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S3,652 IN DIVIDENDS.
Aggregate Amount Of tn" Suits Brought
by Receiver Fish.

Vergenncs, oct. 2,-The answer to
the suits brought by +. l.. Fish. re-
ceiver of the defunct Farmers National
bank of Vcrgennes, against the stock
holders to recover dividends paid them
subsequent to April 1897, must be filed
by October 7. 1t was expected that the
cases would be tried at the Rutland
term of United states courts, but 1t has
been decided to defer the matter until
the February term, to be held in Bur
lington.
The suits and the amount for which
they are brought are as follows: -. H.
Lewis of Rutland. s776; NJ. f, Allen of
I'errisburgh, $160; W. Il. Lii Of Berlin
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08

Makes people better acquainted with their
resources Of strength and endurance.
Many find thHt they are not 50 well off
as they thought and that they are easily
onervated and depressed by the heat
what thcY need is the tonic effect of
Hoods Sarsaparilla which strengthens
overcomcs that tired feeling, creates
appetite.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
Broke Into His House.

S lie quinn of CaNcndish, VI, was
robbed of his customary health by in
vasion of Chronic Constipation, Nhen
Dir King NeW Life Pills broke into his
house, his trouble was arrested and now
he's entirely cured They're guaranteed
to cure, 3jc pt j. W. O SulliVans and all
druggists.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
OXEN MAKE WORLD RECORD.
Drawing Contest at Valley Fnir--t1,-
2sf Pounds on n stone BUat.


Brattleboro, oct. 1.-The 18th annual
Valley fair closed to-day with a record
breaking attendance of nearly 10000 max
ing close to 5000 for the two days. a
new worlds record was established in
the drawing contest. Tho Holstcin oxen
owned nv ]. u. Avery of auckland. Mass.
Wrghiug 6VD mounds drn wing "A load Of
II 2,J hounds ON a stone boat The races
were exciting and interesting.
Tho 2.17 class was unfinished Lady
Iaurin taking the first heat and KITTY
Wilkes and the Govcrnoress two each.
The summary:
mn. ....... ......
-il iNCl Wv NN1'-i iN'I '''V'
Carrie j.. b. m. ON. T.. whitney
Lebanon, y. H., .................3 !
Frank. b.. e, (Joseph Ralph
Scheme Ctady, y. y, ..............1
Aristocrat. blk e., (Thos NJ
Macr) Ijttleton Common
4, N'bS = 1900 , ,c;,. ' i,.
Iarr", Vt, ........... ...........5 ?
Josephine. b. m, CIV. y. Phelps
Addison Junction, y. Y, ..,.....i }
Time err 2;l3i2, 2:lGia.
o.9o ,rpoT op pAC,
Wv
Decim1 Dean, C.. NJ O'NeiD Lex
inrton, Mass, ......................1 l i
He En- r., &c. 7. Hays Wcstteld,
Mass. .............. ............... . 2
kis Murphy, U'. G. Galc) Brattlc-
boro. Vt. ............. ..............3 3
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
SOME COUNTY FIGURES.

The Chittenden county returns show in
1908 an acreage, as returned by appraisers.
OF %f,S9 acres compared with 5jtONi
acres IN 1902. Real estate is appraised at
sl64l7,93 while the appraisal i'll 1909 was
$l59lS,723. Personal property this year is
valued at S55y5. ass, compared with a val
uatiOn last year of S5.717650
The returns for Franklin county SHOW
this year an acreage returned of :t2. -O2
acres, compared with a return Of @pl.T1l
acres In 1902. The appraisal of real estate
In 1893 is S9.773 l9l. compared with AN dp-
praisal of sg.l4aG4 in 1902 The personal
property appraisal this year is $267L4SO.
compared with 2SAs.32 last year.
The figures for Rutland county show
an acreage returned IN 1903 of J5S 20 acres
compared with 537.93S acres in 1902. Real
estate Is appraised at 81. 1872 43l. compared
with S1139,3o5 in 1902. The personal
property this year is valued at $j.lN,.;@i5.
compared with a valuation last year of
S5,3.l.4lA
The acreage, real estate appraisal and
personal property appra isal for Orange
county is as follows. 1902. acres @9,c>i
real estate $6,17S. 90. personal property,
S.. 325.6G7; 190S--acres 40. 234. real estate.
sb,3s6,39S; personal property $2,2,5.534
Washington county has shown an in
crease in its appraisal of real estate, an
increase in the number OF polls and
ia Sablc acres, 4 decrease in the appraised
value of personal property ana al, IN
crease in the State tax of S70r0.S7.
POLLS BY COUNTIES
For comparison, the lists Of polls by
counties for the years 1902 and 1903 are
given as follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08

"1t was almost = miracle. Burdoc
Flood Bittc~s cured mo Of n terrlbl
breaking out, Ill oyer the body. ar
Very grateful" Mrs. Julia FiiOrids,
West CornNoll, Conn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
If the iinhy Is Cutting Teeth

he sure auC USE that old ind well-tried
remedy, MRS. WINSLoW'S SOOTHING
SYRUP, for children tecthing. 1t soothes
the child softens the gums allays all
pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy tor diarrhooa. Twenty-Five cents
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
POLITICAL NAUTE.

A fellow in good old Terre Haute
Went out At election to Vaute,
When his party won out
lie save a great shout
And came home as fun as a gautc
-MunCie Qnd) Star
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
PAID PENALTY
Execution of Three Van Werner
/ Brothers for Numbering q"
Uncle. &c
MET DEATH WITHOUT FEAR
Slept Little during Their Last Night on
Earth-l'nithful Priest Administers
cd First and Last COnriunion-
ExhOrtcd COurnGc--Story of
Their Crime.

Dannomora, n y, oct. 1.-Cloudy skies
and drizzling rain darkcncd the cell
room at the awakening OF the three Van
Wormer brothers to their last day ON
earth.
The condemned men did not sleep last
night until nearly three o'clock this
morning. The last thing any of them
said last night to Assistant Chief Keeper
Nash was from the lips of Burton. Said
he:
Il have no moro fear of the electric
chair than of this meal which we are
about TO eat. | would Just as leave he
the last one 20 go in for | know that /
can stand the farewell. ! am not afraid 50
This was not said boastfuiy, but very
quietly. Keeper Murphy. who was in the
cell from midnight until "A. m. said
when he came off duty this morning that
he had never seen men better prepared
for death or mole fully in possession Of
their nerve. IL tell you" said he to the
Associated Press representative, they
were a lot more sclf-controlled than l..
Leaving out any question of their guilt,
or whether or not they ought to die. |
have come to like those three fellows and
it made me feel bad to say good bye to
them"
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court, pronounced incredible the main
plea for defense, that the expedition of
the four to Halenbecks house was in
the nature of n young mems prank, the
fatal outcome of which had not been u
part of the plan.
TWICE RESPITED.
The court fixed upon the week of July
6 for the carrying out of the death SEN
tence. but the NanWormcrs have been
twice respitcd by Governor Odcll, to whom
Judge Cady appealed for n Communication
Of sentence to life Imprisonment. Elk
ccpt for tho efforts of Judge Cady In
their behalf. and for the futile attempt
by Mrs NanWormcr. the stepmothcr OF
the condemned men, to appeal to Cover
nor Odel1 no voice has been raised in
their behalf No letter has been received
by the governor endorsing their appeal
for mercy.
1t is known that Gov Odc1l would
have welcomed any plausible ground
upon which to commute the sentence
As he felt that little good would result
to the public mind from the morbid IN
tcrcst attaching to the triple execution.
Tit governor had even written por-
ton of his final opinion in the case,
| committing the sentence of Frederick NJ.
Van Wormer. the youngest OF tn"
three, upon the natural theory that lac
might have been Influenced to tho
crime by his older brothers. but - care
full demonstration of the question con-
WINGED the governor that the youngest
brother was as guilty as any. it in
deed he was not in fact the rims Leader
in the crime.
THE FATE OF RELATIVES.
Harvey Bruce, their fellow in the
crime for which they died to-day. was
tried alone. and was sentenced to inn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08

4 boon 10 travellers. Dr. Fowlors IN
tract Of wild Strawberry. cures iNN'h-
icrY. 2idrrhoea. soasicku'SS haI@'"'
Pleasant to take. Acts promptly.
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destood, Is it not?"
Eyes. no weakness. We are ready and
anxious to 60" answered the three BROTH
crs.
Now Willis come" and Willis stepped
out of his cell and walked To the chair
carrying the crucihX in his right hand
and repeating with the help of Father
Bclangcr an Invocation.
Each brother recitcd the invocation as
he was led to the chair
AUTOPSIES ON BODIES.
The autopsies upon the three bodies
were made with great care. that upon
the body of Burton being the first. The
autopsics were performed by the official
physicians, Doctors Ransom. the prison
surgeon, Dr. Carlos f Macdonald, who
was present at the request of prison
superintendent Collins. and Or. Edmond
a. Spitzka, the brain anatonomist. Or.
Macdonald said after the autopsics:
THE operative part of the work was
done by Or. Spitzka. lie remains at
Dannomora tonight for an exhaustive
study of these three brains"
The results Will be published later with
Illustrations.
The results Of The autopsics wcrc on
tirclN negative. SO far as concerns path
illogical or diseased conditions, for the
brains and other bodily organs Of these
young men were entirely normal. exhibit
ing no physical aspects unusual in well
formed, we'll developed we'll nourishcd
young mon in state of health.
TRAINS NOT DEFECTIVE
The brains showed no suggestion of
dcg"ncraCy, deficiency or defect.
I'm a word there was nothing in the
physical aspects discoverablc in these
autopsics to dinercntiate these young
IL. .,
Spit@ka's minute study OF the brains Will
undoubtedly be of great value in the
field of brain anatomy
The bodies of the three brothers will
he taken to Undertook by tho noon train
out of plattshurgh Tomorrow, rcachin.
Kindcrhook about 600 p. m. Tho expense
Of transportation of the bodies will be
borne partially by Warden Devo and tho
ley. Father Eclangcr. Father BclanEcr
received to-day from uircc little brothers
in New York city three pious pictures and
three medals for the Van Wormcr broth
ers. They were withheld because 1t was
feared they would affect the Young mon.
ON each of the three pictures were writ
ten few words Of cheer.
THE VOLTAGE USED.
Regarding the voltage of the current
used, state Electrician Davis said to-
night.
"A current Of $50 volts was first APP
piled for seven seconds ! then lowered
it to POO volts for two seconds. then sent
it up; thou again lowered it To 2cn volts
Cor tn" balance of The minute. then /
threw it back up to $50 volts and mmc
diatcly cut it off cntireiy.'
STORY OF THE CRIME.
In almost all respects tho tragedy
which closed to-day at Clinton county
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
ORDER OF EXECUTION.

First, Willis, tho eldest and most i'm
press i0nabc Of the three. Second, Fro l.
orick. the youngest, who has seemed to
bo the most hardened Frederick cried "A
little, il is said, as he parted with the
night watch Third. Burton the second
I'm point Of age. 1t was Burton who told
the warden tho other DAY that he had no
preference as to his turn in the success
sion to the chair. He had the nerve nc
said. to go first or to wait until the last.
At 9:3D is WAS reported by the warden
Mat the mon were in the hest possible
condition both of mind and body and well
norN,l for their ordeal
Willis was led to the chair at II S3;
Frederick, at 1l:43; Burton, at ll:iS;0.
Besides the physicians two priests were
also witnesses, as woll as several news
paper men. Six prison officials made up
the party,
The warden refused not less than 5o0
requests from persons who wished to at
tend from all over the State and from
l'urr States Early this morning the Van
Wormcr's wrote last words and bit Of
poetry ana gave them to the guards and
Keepers. Warden DeYo. however, direct
3d. that all he surrendered to him and
they will be destroyed,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08

Willis Van Werner said this morning
to Keeper Murphy:
II only wish there were three chairs in
stead of one. so that we could all go to-
Gcthcr. The hardest part of it all is the
suspense but we are ready. We are crate
full for the kindness which everybody
about the prison has shown to us
Keeper Murphy awakened the young
mon shortly after seven O'Clock this
morning ThoY were a little da2cd at
first sound sleep in the later hours hay
ing followed the rcstlessness after mid
night. but almost Immediately they were
awake to a full realization of the fact
that this was their last day.
Their new clothing was ready for them
and they at once clothed themselves in
the garb thcy would wear at the eVccu-
tion. \ gray flannel shirt and dark trous-
ors, each with the right leg slit To the
knee to allow the attachment of the lower
clcctrodc.
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Returns to State Officers Show
Number s7,643, Compared
with $3.50 in 1902.
CONSEQUENT LOSS SS,4S2
IN Increase I'm Total state Tax of S29,-
3O0.S5-Rcnl Estate ApnraisCd at
$125,35O, 29s-PcrsonnI Property
S4O.T21,ft2-Somc Chitten-
den County Figures.

Montpelier. Oct. 1.-The work of com
piling the grand lists of the several coun-
Ties OF the state was completed NeStcr-
Gay by Jesse A. Harvey, assistant seCre-
tary of state. and the list was sent to
State Treasurer Bacon at White River
Junction.
The increase in the total state tax this
year will he S2SJ09Sj. rhe total number
of polls in the state less those that are
exempt. is T.6i3 against 1859 in 1917.
which means loss of 50. 49, in poll taxes.
The number of acres of real estate this
year is 52S1,SSO with an appraised value
of $l25 $50 29S. The value of personal prop
erty has decreased from $ll,9l636j in 100
to $40. ga, 412 in 1905.
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THEIR APPEAL DISMISSED.

The grounds of appeal We're, in tho
main. that the lower court erred in nor
hitting their conviction upon the evil
d"uCc Of their foot prints in the snow. tho
accused mems counsel, Judge Cady's con
tontion being that when their shoes were
taken from them at the Jail for the p,r-
pose of comparison, they were in effect
compelled to eve testimony against them
selves. It Was also contonded to no an
error that Bruce. who was Jointly in
dictcd with them, was permitted To tes-
Try against them,
pom al these questions, together with
othors of a technical nature, the court
of appeals ruled unanimously in dismiss
ing the appeal and affirming the Judg-
ment Of conviction. Judge Brien, in
writing the unanimous opinion Of the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
FOOTPRINTS BETRAYED THEM.


Harvey Bruce turned states evidence
ana II was to q large extent upon his
testimony that the COnViCio ion of the Van
Wormcr brothers WAS secured. He sw0ro
that unon the ride back from the scene
of the crime, one of the brothers boosted
of baVing made a "Czolgosz shot" into
his unclc's stomach; another of haVm.
shot him in the back, while the third lc-
clarcd that the old man had not escaped
without setting the contents of his re-
VOlrer.
II was shown that the bitterness which
the brothers felt toward their uncle WAS
due chiefly to his having forecoscd a
r1ortPagc upon the property in Green
dale owned by their stcpmother the loss
of which compelled their removal to
KindcrhoCk, Upon April u.s. all three
were found guilty and sentenced to he
put to death in the week ending May 20.
1902 Their appeal to the cour, of appeals
acted as n stay, and the case went over
10 the prC sent year pending the decision
Of the highest court upon the exceptions
taken ny their counsel to the proceedings
II, fore JugtiCc Chester,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08

court pronounced incredible the main
plea for defense, that the expedition of
the four to Halenbeck's house was in
the nature of a young mems prank, the
fatal outcome of which had not been a
part of the plan.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03


play, never more than two acts, and
usuaully comedy or broad farce based
upon the everyday life Of the people. Is
given for an admission fee of one pesa-
ta--twenty- five cents in our money.
The performance is divided into four
parts, each part being complete and
distinct, and tickets may be bought for
seats or boxes for single acts or fun
clones por hora,' the plays of one hour.
This arrangement, which prevails at all
>of the cheaper and popular theaters, Is
in compliance with the popular demand.
Their patrons Of the working class cam
not afford to pay more than twenty-five
cents for an evenings entertainment,
and theater managers cannot afford to
give them more than an hours fun
for that amount Of money. So
unique custom has grown up, like our
continuous performances at home, and
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03

ming he will lapse into barbarisln, or
words to that effect, and continues
throughout in the same vein. Gun does
not in the least understand what 1t IS
all about, but she learns it with the
perfection of an automaton. / 81.
When she is grown up the words are
right there, just as the Mother Goose
rhymes or the songs of their chlldhood
are in the minds of Americans. BY that
time she understands the meaning OF
them, too This is the principle at the
base Of the Chinese system OF educa-
tfon, according to the teacher OF the
school, Fong Now. -
First the learning by heart trains the
memory to a mervelous extent. Then
| it trains in language.
The children, as they grow older, he
saws. fall naturally into the pure, clas-
sic language Of the reading book, IN
stead Of the vulgar tongue. Last and
greatest, it trains the morals, as the
books are made up of moral philosophy
and practical precepts.
If there were different reading book
| in every school in China put out by as
many different publishing houses, the
result obtained would not be very uni
form. But there is in China one set OF
| readers, and one alone.
II contains four books, called the clas-
sica primers. Every Chinese boy learns
these readers from end to end, and no
adult Chinaman, according to- Fong
Nov, could any more forget them than
he could his name. ...... il.
| After they have learned the four clas-
| steal primers they begin on the works
of Confucius. Confucius wrote fifty or
Esixty volumes, all on moral philosophy.
The average Chinese boy leaves school
at sixteen, so he does not commit the
whole library to memory, but he makes
good beginning at it. Scholars go on
studying Confucius all their lives and
never finish.
One is. fully aware that the boys are
committing to memory at the school at
liz Doyers street, for they howl the
words of the classical primer at the
1 tops Of their voices, The girls, over on
/ their side of the room, study out loud,
too, in a gentle, feminine way.
The boys drill in their moral philoso-
l pny Dy main LOTCS Oh lung. SollleIlIilts
the singsong chant drops low, and then
|again, some leader starting in with re-
newed energy, 1t surges up to the very
roof. ~. d.
The roar of traffic without is drowned
! and one wonders dazedly If he is in New
York or Pekin. In fact, the boy who
makes the most noise in Chinese
school may justly be said to be the
model pupil consideration which
Knight recommend the system to young
America.
This school was started during the
summer. There are sixty families il
the quarter, numbering forty children
of school age, and these forty children
all attend this school at some hour o.
the day. There is an American schoo
, in the morning. Chinese school In thu
afternoon and night school in the even
ling. The school proposes to go on anc
Ion, year after year. until these littl'
trousered youngsters have finished thu
J classical primers and made valian
, excursion into Confucius. :
] The task set before these infant
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-03
NIGHT IN MADRID.
The City is Livelier Than in the Day.
s.. time Pill

The City is Livelier Than in the Day |
.-...., -.s time.
The Madrilenos are the greatest folks
you ever saw for sitting up nights
Business Is usually suspended for two
or three hours in the middle Of the day
for siesta, which is the practice
in all the Latin countries. In the old
fashioned cities and towns all the shops
are closed at noon; the tram cars stop
running and the streets are entirely de-
serted between twelve and two 10 clock,
and you would as soon think of calling
upon man at two o'clock In the morn
ing as between those hours. Madrid,
however, is an up-to-date city. It has
all the modern improvements, the latest
fashions from Paris, and all of the fads,
and the people in great measure have
departed from the custom Of their Cas-
lillian ancestors. You can usually catch
street car and find cab at MONDAY,
and the big shops keep open, but the
streets are more ltyelytfand noisy be-
| tween twelve and three o'clock in the
night than they are during those hours
| in the day. All night long, almost until
daybreak, we who live In the downtown
hotels can hear the rattle OF wheels
:. over the stone paven1ents, the shuttle OF
| feet upon the sidewalks. the chatter and
laughter of people passing, the cries OF
the peddlers and the newsboys and the
men, women and children who sell lot
terry tickets. The hand organs were
playing upon the street at three o'clock
this morning; an old blind man who
blows flute at the corner below the
hotel keeps 1t up until four O'clock and
two orchestras of blind men who stray
about from place to place and perform
melancholy music under the windows Of
1.-THE residences and before the entrances
of the shops do not give up their game
iuntil almost daylight. The beggars
stay till the last, and they are as nu-
merous here as in Constantinople.!
| But it is a popularity Of this city that
people seem never to go to bed. You
icannot look out upon the great square
called Puerto del Sol. the rendezvous Of
the busy-bodies and the loafers of Ma
drid, at any hour of the night without
lseeing five or six hundred people stand
ling idly around, smoking cigarettes,
talking politics and gossiping with each
other, evidently Without the slightest
Intention Of going to bed; while the
|peddlers, as matter Of course, remain
also and are moving around among
them. Human streams continue to pour
Into the square from the side streets
unutil daylight and disappear in other
directions. Coming home from the the
alter at one or two in the morning the
sidewalks are overcrowded. You can
Inject women carrying children in their
arms, or leading them by the hand, as
liz they were returning home from some
pleasure trip or from paying visit.
THE cafes are open all night, and the
theaters have plays beginning as late as
half-past twelve in the morning.
The theaters Of Madrid are conducted
upon a peculiar plan, which is called
1.-THE "tanda." A ''genero CHICO" or small