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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
Not a Pound of the Black Dia-
monds for Sale in Montpel-
Ter Monday.
DEALERS CAN'T BUY ANY
Central Vermont Railroad Conflscates
Some Sent to Private Parties to K sep
Trains Moving-But Little Suffer-
ing anon the Poor-A Senator
Alleged to Be in Trouble.

Montpelier, Dec. 15-Up to the present
time Montpelier has not felt any bad eff
fects from the scarcity of coal, but the
city Is now experiencing a genuine coal
famine with no prospect of relief Not n
basketful Of coal is for sale in Montpelier
to-day. and local dealers give no encour-
agement to those who bcsege their Of
fees of any immediate relief. II. A. Du-
buc returned last Saturday from Burng
ton, where he went to try and purchase a
few carloads, but he was unable to buy
a pound, and could get no definite promise
of future shipments.
| The public schools have enough coal on
hand to last this week. and the school d.
rectors hope for the best after the Christ
mas vacation which begins next Friday. If
the situation is not relieved by that time
1t is probable the schools will remain
closed.
The Church of the Messiah is the only
one in Montpelier that put in a supply Of
coal last April. The six other churches in
town have no coal. and in three of them
service last Sunday were held in the YES
tries. The Montpelier & Wells River rail-
road has a supply of soft coal on hand
enough to last three months, but the Cen
! trail Vermont has been hard up during
tie past week It has conflscated coal con-
signed to private parties and dealers i'll
Barre and Montpelier to burn in locomo-
tives.
| The supply of dry hard wood generally
| so abundant at this time of year is run
/ ing loW. The farmers are rcaping a har-
vest, and can readily obtain IS and 50 cash
per cord for all the dry wood they haul in
here Their reserve supply is running low.
however. ard the next resort must /
green wood Tho supply of this is un-
limited.
The National Life and Vermont Mutual
Insurance companies put in a season :
supply of coal last April. but many Of
the largest business blocks are without
p pound of coal George Wheeler. over
seer OF the poor has been kept busy day
and night, for several days supplying the
poor of the city with fuel, and no case
Of extreme restitution have been reported
Those who can afford to buy coal by the
ton or more and cannot get it at any
price are the ones most Inconvenience
lust ut present.
ST. ALBANS LIBRARY CLOSED.
Especial to The Free Prcss.)
St. Adams Dec. 1.-THE board of trus
toes Of the St Alhans Free Library to-
day voted to close the library until furth-
or notice. This action was taken on &C
count Of the coal situation. the library
having but little fuel on hand.
MORE LIQUOR AGENTS APPOINTED
st. Adams. Dec, 15-County Commission
or Charles A. Oliver has made the follow
ing appointments Of town liquor agents
which completes the list of towns in this
county which have agencies. as follows
Swanton, Charles r. Bell; Fairfax, Mrs
NJ. ]. Despart Fletcher, Charles F. Wood
sheldon, Miss Julia Trudo Richford
Fred w. Mitchell; Enoshurgh A F.
Galbraith; bakersfield, Mrs. 5. o. Tillot
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
3 LIQUOR AGENTS APPOINTED
SUIT AGAINST A SEN AT0R
Alleged MONTPELIER Man Wants to Re
covAr $40 Lost in a Polk az Cana

Montpelier. Dec. l5.-It is stated on eX-
celent authority that before senator
from one of the southern counties in the
State left Montpelier papers We're served
on him in an action of general asSumpsit
to recover $50, alleged to have been won
by the senator in a poker game from a
temporary resident of Montpelier. 1t is
also said the senator offered to refund $40
Of the money but the feeced individual re-
fused to accept and will resort to the law
The date for the trial Of the case, nor the
name of the justice before whom it will
be heard can not be ascertained IT is
safe to say that if such thing is possible
the press will be excluded.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.

Middlebury, Dec 15--ln Addison County
Court the case Of State VS.. ID. A. Bisbee
occupied all the time Monday The evi-
dence was ali in at the time of adjourn
ment and the counscls arguments will be
made Tuesday morning.
Joseph Lorraine and Mrs. Mary Sherbino
entered n plea of not guilty of under the
blanket act. William " hittcmore plead
Hartland who was arrested some time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18

VERMONT PENSIONERS.

Washington, Dec, 5,--Vermont pensions:
Increase, reissue, etc, Earl f. Willard,
West Dummerston, 49, Frances Forbes,
Talcott $40; Frances NJ. Whitney, dead,
West Concord, sl2; widows. minors and
dependent relatives, Olive Guile, Lyndon,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
VERMONT PENSIONERS.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Vermont pensions:
Increase, reissue; James Snedon. Bris-
tol. $l2; Widows minors and dependent
relatives, Almira Il. Stevens, Sudbury,
SI2
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18

Howard Gould and his party Will soon
start on a trip around the world on ma
Yacht Niagara.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
r. ALBANS LIBRARY CLOSED.
Especial to The Free Prcss.)

St Adams. Dec. 1.-THE board of trus-
toes Of the st. Alhans Free Library to-
day voted to close the library until furth-
or notice This action was taken on ac-
count Of the coal situation. the library
having but little fuel on hand.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
Tuttle'S Elixir

bo"srs Oh soeaied f'xifs-nono genuine but Tuttiea
Avoida blisers they offer only tenn porary any
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
PHILIPPINE FdLLaCIES.

Senator HOar made yesterday a rhetorical ar
gument against what he conceives to be the
policy of the United States in the Philippines.
1t is not disrespectfUl 10 him TO say that his
speech was chiefly a rethrashing of old straw,
because practically all the material in the case
is old straw. At least he impaired TO the process
the charm of chivalric earnestness even though
the interest of much of the subject under dis
cussion be that of a twice told tale. II may be
well, however, to dwell for moment upon one
salient feature of the discussion. feature which
appears in Senator Hoars speech, and which
also is made conspicuous in a recent magazine
article by Mr. Sixto Lopez 1t is not uniting to
bracket the two men together for Mr. Lopez is
a spokesman of the insurgent party in the ISL
ands, as Senator HOar is its defender here.
Mr.. Lopez goes beyond Senator Hoar's as
sumption of the right of the Filipinos TO entire
independence, and speaks of such independence
a though II were an actual and long estab-
lished fact, which the United States was trying
10 overthrow. Americans. he says. would die
rather than lose the independence of their coun-
try, and 'in this respect the Filipinos do not
differ from the Americans" and he adds that
'they are Just ready TO refuse TO submit TO
the loss of their independence. But the fact is
that the Filipinos are not threatened with the
loss OF their independence, because they have
never, III Ieasl for lnree centuries, had indcpen-
dence, and they cannot well lose that y, lich
they do not possess and have not possessed For
many generations they were under Spanish SOW
ereignty, without dispute or protest. When
finally they did revolt it was not for indepen-
dence, but merely for redress of grievances. and
when a promise Of such redress was given TO
them they relinnuished their revolt. To talk of
Filipino independence and freedom from alien
control is to talk Of something which has not
existed since the time Of Magellan.
Again, Mr.. Lopez speaks repeatedly OF Amer
fcan rule" as though every office in the islands
were 10 be filed with an American and admin
istered solely for American advantage The
fact is. Of course, that no such thing is or has
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23

are distinctly non-socalist, and it is to be re-
gretted that the name of municipal socialism
has been given to them, for it Is not only mis-
nomer but one calculated to darken knowledge.
For whether socialism be good or evil, it is de-
sirable that men should keep accurately In nina
just what socialism is, and not confound it with
other things with which 1t has no relation ana
which perhaps are actually opposed to it. And
public ownership of public utilities certainly IS
not socialism.
The need of clear thinking and judicious def
milton is daily emphasized. 1t was only the
other day that an esteemed correspondent made
the amazing declaration that socialism did not
contemplate any such thing as an equal dlstrl-
button of wealth; which was about comparable
with saying that democracy does not contem-
plate universal suffrage. 1t was Proudhon, we
believe who once defined socialism as every
aspiration toward the betterment of human life.
There may be some to whom such nebuOsity Is
grateful and comforting. The average man pre-
fers TO stick to the text, and to a definite ana
concrete text, and to him it seems preposter-
Gus to say that a city is socialist because 1t
owns its waterworks or harbor, or that State
is socialist because it carries the mails, conducts
schools and maintains an army.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23

been contemplated 1t has been made clear py
President Mckinley by President Roosevelt, by
Governor Taft and by every one IN authority
that the offices are TO be filled as largely as pos
sible by FilipinOs and are to be administered
primarily for the advantage of the tlnphos'
The islands are to have the largest practicable
degree of self-government, and the measure OF
self government is to increase pari passu with
fitness for IT, This has been made clear not
only in words but in acts in the way IN whlch
offices have already been filed and in the way
in which Governor Taft decided that Ian
guage understood by the Filipin0s should be the
official language in the courts. The fact is that
the establishment of American authority in the
Philippines, under the perfect sanction of inter
national law does not mean subversion or
Filipino independence or any oppression OF the
people. On the contrary, It means a granting
to the Fiiipinos of something very much nearer
to independence than they have ever known
before.
Senator Hoar speaks elegantly, and Mr.. Lopez
writes vehemently. Doubtless they both feel
strongly upon the subject But there is "a
miliar saying to the effect that:
Your labor is wasted, your argument wrecked,
If your major premise is incorrect
And the major premise of the whole argument
against American sovereignty over the Philip
pines is hopelessly incorrect.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington, May % (speciaD-President Roose-
welt busy until o'clock to-day receiving
callers and dsposing of business. Soon after the
opening hour Senators Quarles. Stewart and Cock
rell and Representative Lacey had conference
with the President about the Indian Appropriation
bill recently passed by Congress The FFesideht
found that features necessary fully TO pro-
tect the interests of the Indians had been omitted
He was informed by his callers that the incomplete
ness of the bill was due to msstatements made by
one of the witnesses before the Committee on Pub
lie Lands. The rights of Indians on their reserva-
tions have been encroached upon by cattle rangers,
and the President is determined TO give them every
possible protection He will sign the bill as 1t was
passed and a resolution 10 cover the neglected
points will be introduced.
At 1880 the President left the Cabinet room TO
receive the Frenchmen who arrived in Washing
this forenoon take part in the exercises at
tending the unveing of the Rochambeau statue
on Saturday. He had already received a number Of
the French visitors who came TO Washington
earlier. Tonight he entertained about seventy-tve
guests at a dinner in the East Room in honor Of
the French party.
General Horace Porter, United States Ambassa-
dor to France, who is spending brief vacation in
The prompt action of the. President and Congress
in the Martinique disaster has touched every heart
with France have never been better than II in The
for this country has been intensified by sym
pathy for the Martinique sufferers The F=ench
beau exercises is most distinguished one second
to none sent abroad by France The French
officials and people interested in the commits
sion, and Will be grateful for the warm reception
being extended 10 their representatives by President
Roosevelt and the people OF this country.
At 23O O'Clock the President received several
hundred delegates from the Synod of the American
Reformed Church, which is holding its triennial
session in Baltimore.
Tomorrow morning the President will go 10 An
napols to attend a luncheon to be given on the
GaulOis.
Two members OF the Cabinet are out Of town
Attorney General Knox went to Pittsburg yester-
day to remain until Monday. Secretary Shaw has
gone South TO look into the condition OF affairs in
that part OF the country
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
NON-SOCIALIST "SOCTALISu"

Names sometimes tell what things are and
sometimes what they not. The latter is
nowadays generally the case in respect to what
is carelessly called State socialism or municipal
socialism. Sometimes, on rare occasions and in
minor particulars, the thing is really socialism
In the majority of cases. and in the most i'm
pOrtant ones, it is not socialism ALL but some
thing actually antagOnstc thereto.
A highly interesting consular report from
Liverpool, for example is on Municipal Social
ism in Great Britain" That is its title But
examination Of its contents shows that it is
chiefly concerned with non-socalst enterprises
Thus il tells us that there are in Great Britain
931 municipalities owning waterworks 90 own
ing street railroads. 240 owning gasworks and
ISL supplying electricity. The inference from
the title is that these municipalities have all
adopted a measure of socialism. But such is
not the case. New-York has owned and oper-
ated its waterworks for several generations
Is it therefore a socialist city? This govern
ment was carrying the mails when Robert Owen
was a schoolboy. Was it therefore his precursor
in the foundation of socialism? Glasgow. we
are told in the same report, has a municipal
lecture system. So has New York. and a much
larger one. The docks of Liverpool are par
TALLY municpazed. So are those of this city
Manchester owns shares in its ship canal
American cities and States have owned railroad
shares. Doncaster and Chester own race
courses. So does New York. Nottingham owns
parks. markets. baths, hospitals, a forest, mu-
scum and a college. New-York has long pos
sessed all of these without a thought of social
ism.
There are, it is true, some things In the report
which may properly be called socialist. Such
are the selling of milk by Liverpool. the man.
agement OF a hotel by Bristol and the operation
OF fagstone quarry by West Ham, London
These. however, as we have said are few and
minor things. The many and important things
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
THE BELGTAN RARES.

Dogs have been killing Belgian hares in New
Jersey, and the wrathful owners of the slaugh-
tered animals have been Staying the murderous
the question. What has become of the famous
plan to bankrupt the Beef Trust by filing the
markets of New-York and other cities with the
flesh of Belgian hares in such quantities and at
such prices that the buyers of meat would turn
aside from fat beeves and thick. round sheep
and purchase the Belgians in preference?
II was said that hares were so prodigiously
prolific, and Were Of so dainty flavor, there
doubt Of the success Of the scheme. AZ
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
NO GREEy GOODS IN SPORTS.

The air is full of sporting "booms" worthy OF
general support. Ever since the beginning or
the year the enthusiasm over every sort or
recreation which deserves the patronage of the
people has been in excess of anything seen for
many seasons Indoor contests and outdoor
rvalries alike have collected multitudes of ap-
plauding spectators. This is wonderful era
for sports Keep them clean and honest through
and through. and kick out all INSCRIPTIONS
schemers and swindlers. and Americans will
gladly unite to afford the most liberal support in
the history of the republic for all amusements
which deserve public patronage.
But if taint or suspicion of trickery or crooked
ness is permitted to sully the fame of the sports
of this nation Americans are too clear sighted
to allow themselves TO be fooled and feeced
They are not in the habit of buying gold bricks
or green goods in sports or in anything else
Give them a clean deal with no marked cards
or "cold decks" and they are glad to play the
game.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
Personal NOTES

The Boston Transcript tells this story about
DIT. Henry van Dyke. the Moderator OF the Pres
bytertan General Assembly He was member Of
the class OF 1s77 In Princeton Seminary. and when
the Scriptures were under consideration in the
classroom he argued with his teacher. Princeton's
great theologian, Dr. Charles Hodge, in favor OF
human and therefore faIlible element in the
Scriptures DR. Hodge illustrated his view by say
ing that II one were TO find immense mar
BILE palace-marble within and without. but on
close inspection. its side, at obscure
point he were to find red brick in it, he would
not say that IL was not marble palace Mr.. now
Doctor and Moderator. Van Dyke. replied: No.
he would not say that; but he would say that IL
marble palace with red brick in it. and
that Is precisely what say OF the Scriptures
The Keunebec CIe) Journal says: Samuel
Valentine Cole. who will read the poem at the
centennial celebration OF BowdOin's first class in
June. when ex-Speaker Reed Will deliver the
tion. is the president of Wheaton Seminary.
richly endowed school for young women He was
graduated from BOwdoIn IN 1S74 and then from
Andover Theological Seminary. After his gradua-
ton he spent about year in Europe. in travel and
study. He was pastor Of the Broadway (Congrega-
tiOnaN Church in Taunton for eight years, but re-
signed nearly five years ago in order 70 assume the
presidency of Wheaton Seminary. His literary
work done in such intervals OF leisure as one finds
in the midst of a very busy lie, includes many
book reviews. poems. essays, etc.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
amustmenis.
-@~--

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s-Quo vadit.
AMERICAN THEATRE-2-S:15-The Two Orphans
BIJQU-s-A Modern Magdalen. -,
BROADWAY THEATRE-s-The Sleeping Beauty and me
Beast.
CRITERION THEATRE-s-Du Barry.
DALlY'S THEATRES liking Dodo.
EDFlN NCSEE-Day and Evenng-WOTld in wax -,
EAIiIRE THEATRE-s s30-The Importance OF Beng
Earnest.
GARRICK THEATRES: :I5-The Lady Of Lyons --,,
TAELEM OPERA HOr'SEc-s:l5-AN on Account o. f>iZa'
1sEp.AlD SQUARE THEATRE-S:15-Doliy WARDEN.
KEITH s-l2S0 70 10%0-Continuous Per
rSfCK BOOKER THEATRES 1.-THE WIG ReSe'
SQUARE THEATRES .30-The Diplomat
2ANHATTAN THE ATRE-s -20-Tess Of the i Irher-
villes
MURRAY HILL TTIEATRE-2-s-Forget Ne Not.
NEW SAVOY THEATRE-s:lJ-Solders Of Fortune.
NEW-YORK THEATRE-S-Hs OF Fame
PAErORS-COntinC0us Performance
PROcTOE'S FIFTH ANENUE-i:sO 20 lo-oo-1%0rd
Chumley and Varieties.
CRocTORs TWENTY-THIRD STREET-i:3o 10 lO3O-
FROcTOR'S 18TH STREET, 30 20 I0-30-Carrnen and
Varieties
PROCTOR's FIFTE-ETGHTH STREET-l:3O TO lO:oO-
The Deacons Daughter and Varieties
VICTORIA THEATRE-sl5-Kelar.
WALLAcK'S THEATRE-s:I5 :I5-The Show Girl.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
A LETTER FROM PRINCE HENRY.

THE HUDSON COUNTY SINGING SOCIETIES
THANKED FOR SERENADE.
Mayor Lankering Of Hoboken yesterday received
letter from Prince Henry OF PrUssias marshal, IN
which the latter. behalf OF the Prince through
the Mayor, thanked the singing societies OF Ho-
ooken for the Serenade given for him on the
steamer Deutschland on the day OF his departure
from this country. The letter as follows:
Office of the Marshal 70 His Royal Highness
Prince Henry OF Prussia
Kiei, May II. 1904
To Mayor A Lankering Hoboken
His royal hghness Prince Henry Of Prussia at
his departure board Of the steamship Deutsch-
land on March II. highly pleased by the sere-
made rendered him by the United German Singing
Societies OF Hudson County and desires offer
his special thanks the members for this evidence
of friendly feeling
FREIHERR Won SECKENDORFF.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Yesterday was the last day OF the spring meeting
of the Westchester Racing Association at Morris
Park. and there a very large and fashionable
attendance. Indeed. the season has been socially
most brilliant one and will figure with red letters
in the annals of the Westchester Racing Associa-
tion. There was as usual a large concourse of
various country seats in the westchester district,
W. tbrong cTs of santiIv dressed Women spectacs
Goodwood or Chantilly.
MI and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, in spite Of re-
ports 20 the contrary. going abroad early next
month. but will return in time for the Newport
season. toward the middle Of July. with Mrs Van
derbilts sister. Mrs. Ogden Goeet, and her daush-
ter
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford White Will leave town for
their country pace at IS St ,s JamS Ions Island at
Mr. and Mrs. Abram 5 Hewitt will close their
town house, In Lexington-ave-, early next month
and leave the city with their daughters for their
country place. at RinEwood. N j., for the summer
The statement that Mr and Mrs. Philip Living
ston are going abroad. which has appeared else
where is erroneous. They will spend the summer
at Bar HaToor
Mr.. and Mrs Henry w Poor and Miss Poor
are still at Tuxedo. and will remain there TIL
the middle OF July, making frequent trips into
town where their Lexington-ave. house is stili
Harbor for the remainder of the season.
Mrs. W. Duncan Butler ir,, Mrs. Frederick Allen
and her children and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston
will be among those who will pose in the tableaux
vivans. which will be the feature OF the enter
tainment be given tomorrow afternoon at the
westchester Country Club in aid of summer
home for mothers and children. near Southamp-
ton, Long Island. George c. MunZlg has the
rangement of the pictures, which for the most
part represent portraits by ancient and modern
masters The music will be under the direction
of Louis Coleman Hall. and among the patronesses
Of the affair Mrs. c. Oliver Isen. Mrs. Hor-
ace Russell. Mrs Frederick Betts. Mrs. h. Aymar
Sands. Mrs James l. Breese and Mrs Howard
NJ. Potter.
Mr.. and Mrs. PhoeniX Remsen are AT Washing
ton. and will open their country place, at West
Islip. Long Island. toward the end OF next week.
Robert Collier who booked TO sail
Wednesday board the St. Louis has postponed
his departure for Europe.
The ping pong tournament which has been IN
progress az the Calumet Club brought a
close last night with 4 smoker.
The engagement IS announced of William Fen
nets Cochran. of the late William f. COch-
ran. OF this city, and a graduate of Yale. class Of