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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
AFTER WHOLESALERS.
'iaimcd e. ~, LaIor d 90. Have sold In
small Quantities.

Rutland. Dee. &C. H. I.alor e Co,
holders Of "a wholesale liquor license,
|vrle summoned before tine board of
|ic"nsc commissioners TINS afternoon,
|hargod with selling liquor IN small guam
titles Illegally. Five Witnesses were exam
med, Patrick Rossi, a young Italian, aged
4 years. testitied to getting pint of
Ehiskoy of the firm. Walter Read aged
years, testified to waiting while Ross
went for the whskcY ANA that he got a
pint. Johu Foley testified 10 getting a
uart and to getting AT later day i've
)Ialf pinls
For the defense, sylvester Lalor tosti-
fed that he sold Rossi a pint Of whiskeN
1 ut that he expected that the man would
Puy barrel or half barrel of ale about
fhat time. lle also testified that ne sold
POM FoleY quart once but denied sell
phg him two half pints. At that time he
Pnade the sale 10 Foley, the batter bought
= cas-" Of ale. e. II, I.llol gavc the same
fVidonco, adding that nc was the sole
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
SHOREHAM.

rhc entertainment by tho young pcopl"
of st. Grnovicve Church Wednesday even
irg was good NJ l.. baldwin and T. .
Brown were al home over Thanksgiving
and sunday Father N"ziud attended a
funeral in LeiC, stcr sunday. liurrN john
s,u is at g. y North'S for a few days
nv and Mrs. j. c. Moore spent Thanks
giving with friends in Rridport Miss
Elizabeth Nottingham went ON Friday to
visit friends in BrIpport for two days. --
MI and Mrs. John Benson and Miss Or't t'
have returned from the South Mr.. and
Mrs Merrill Fields ANA son of Cornwall
were at c. T. kcudulls for rhaukSrIV-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
LITTLE DOING IN CONGRESS.

Congress reassembled Friday after the
ThankSFiVlnp recess. IL the Senate the
Cuban reciprocity bin was brought Tor
ward but no one expressed Il desire to
speak on it and adjournment until Tues
day WAS taken in % minutes. The House
dia nothing ara also adjourned to Tues
day. Brief and unimportant sessions of
Senate ara House were ncld Tuesday and
adjournment taken until F"id9v
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
GARRETTO TO Be TRIED
cuhS Mt Guilty 10 the Charge Ut
Nurder--TriaI Set for Non,IaN,
December t4--CrOto sent
TO Asylum.

tlontpclcr. Dec. 2-Judgc stanford this
ltoluoon occrrucd the motion for IL
lntmuauce in tho murder cuso of stat,
| AleNaudro Garr"tto aud the tlial is
h for Monday. December II.
iarretto was brought into court This
moon and plcauou rot guilty tn tho
ne indictments against him. ffc un-
Srstauds ENGLISH sufficiently to .1mprc-
|nd the meaning of the Indictment with
the aid OF AN intrrnrctor 1h, read
of the indictments hv CIork Smiii,
ycumed H. minutes and curing that tim.
l. rcspmdeuts eye, meyer wandered
on the clerk desk
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
l.. :,

30 years ago. has been in town VISITING
the friends of his childhood. Mrs. caro-
line Masters Is no bettcr.-Thc Eulld OF
the Episcopal society viii meet with Mrs.
Austin Peck on Wednesday afternoon
December 2.-Flctchcr Parker IL VISITING
his mother, Mrs Julia Parker, dt [. J..
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

member of the firm. The Iaore said that
it was their custom to let a buyer have
u small quantity of liquor if they bought
a large order of ale or similar drink at
the same time. Decision was reserved.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

president: Mrs. Harvey Beach. second
vice president; Mrs. Homer Ban, third
vice president; Miss Anne klhSinan'
fourth vice president; Miss Elsie Brk-
ett. secretary; Elmer Birkett, treasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

salt rhoum. Witr It's burning stmglu :
~cututpu. lu. o. npol iluoJ ana 3
cured hN Hoods Sars1plrlla, tn Srcls
blood puiuDr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

ries shall immediately proceed to draw up a list of foreigners domiciled within their territory.
 Article 20 Foreigners who may come to the republic shall. in order to be ad- mitted within it's territory. be under the obligation of presenting, before the civil authority the documents which prove their personal status and a certificate of good conduct issued by the authorities at their last place of domicile..
 Article 2l The national executive shall make rules and regulations for the work ing of the present law.
 Article 22. The executive decree of the 14th of February, 1873. which determines the rights and duties of foreigners, and the executive decree of the 30th of July, 1897. which treats of the interference of foreigners in the electoral affairs of the country, are hereby repealed.
 Given at the legislative federal palace at Caracas this 11th day of April. 1s0S the ninety-second year of the indepen- dence and the forty-fifth year of the federation.
 (Signed) J. A. VELUTlN1,
 President. of the State. Federal palace in Caracas, this 18th day of April 1903 the ninety-second year of the independence and the forty-fifth year of the federation.
 To be executed.
 (Signed) CIPRIANO CASTRO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
CAN TAA SPECIAL FRANCHISES.
Decision of Court of Appeals of Great
 Interest to Wall Street.

Albany, N. Y, April 2s.--A decision of much importance and one which had an immediate effect in Wall street was hand ed down today by the Court of appeals. This body sustained unanimously the spe- cial franchise tax law, reversing the de- cision of the appellate division of the Su- preme court. Today's decision sustained the provision for the assessment of the special franchise by the state board of cases all involving the same question, the validity of assessments upon special fran chises of the respondent corporations made by the state board of tax commits sioners under an act of 1889. which amended the general tax law so as to in- clude as taxable real property the rights of street railroad, gas. pipe line, telegraph, telephone and similar public service com panies in the public streets and places. Taxes assessed during the three years since the passage of the law amount to $1S,412 SS4 upon an assessed valuation in 1902, for instance, of $26S 017,770
 The court holds that the legislature in creating a new system of taxation em- bracing a new kind of property never taxed before, had the right to entrust to state officers the power of making the assessment and that tangible property, such as rails and poles which had been formerly taken by local assessors is mere 1y incidental to the special franchises and holds that there was no infringement upon local self-government All the judges concurred in the opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
WHITAKER WRIGHT
 GIVEN A HEARING
ATTORNEY CLAIMS THAT LOWER COURT WAS PRACTICALLY SIT TING IN A MOOT CASE, AS IT WAS TOO LATE.

Washington, April 2s.-In the United extradition case of Whitaker Wright was begun today, Samuel Untermeyer appear ing for Wright Charles Fox representing the British government and Solicitor Gen. eral Hoyt the United States. The case comes here on appeal from an order of the United States Circuit court for the southern district of New York dismissing writs of habeas corpus and certiorari is- sued on Wrights petition and denying his application for release on bail
 The most striking feature of the pro- ceedings in the Supreme court today was the presentation of an affidavit made by MT. Fox to the effect that the appeal is from decision in a case which had been instituted on March G. whereas the British government formerly sought to abandon the proceedings tl4en begun and had asked for the discharge of Wright from custody under those proceedings.
 He claimed therefore. that the court practically was sitting in a moot case. The commissioner who heard the case hal declined 10 dismiss IL on Ine ground tnat the case had passed from him, but it was urged that the Supreme court could legit- imately exercise that right. MT. Fox claimed that the crime with which Wright is charged, viz: that of fraud as the d. rector of a company is extraditable un- der the provision of the extradition treaty between the United States and Great Bril- tain.
 MT. Untermeyer, speaking for Wright, contended that the complaint does not state sufficient facts to constitute any crime which Is extraditable within the meaning of any of the treaties between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and that there is no allegation or statement In the complaint which consti- tutes crime under the laws of both countries.
 Solicitor General Hoyt had just begun his argument when the court adjourned for the day. He appeared especially for the purpose of presenting this govern ments view of the applicability of the treaty cases similar to that of Wright, but did not appear. strictly speaking, against Wright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather

The Weather. For Alabama: Fair Wednesday. Show CTS and cooler Thursday; fresh south winds, becoming northerly, Thursday.
 P.-s One. William R. Hearst is married General Miles Is severely criticized. Disorders in France continue. Venezuela hard on foreigners. Russia makes no response to the United States on the Manchurian question.
 Page Two. Weather bureaus crop report.
 Page Three. General state news. Roosevelt makes hurried trip through Iowa.
 Page Four. Editorial comment Gossip heard in hotel Hobbies,
 Page Five. Glen Havls and William Wise bound over to Criminal court. Large dynamite plant being built be- tween Boyles Gap and Lewisburg. Texas men telegraph to Milliken and claim they can identify Hunter, who was arrested here a fugitive from Justice. Little Miss RothoIz. who was recently
  skips and plays. City committee to meet Friday. MT. Lindsay the florist has leg broken. Man punished for snatching woman's satchel.
 Page Six. Social notes and personals
 Page Seven. King Edward visits graves of Italian kings. Page Eight. Curious things seen in the world. Page Nine. Local and foreign market reports. Page Ten. | Baseball. racing and general sporting news
 Birmingham team defeated by Nash vile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
WYoMING'S GOVERNOR DEAD.
Deforest Richards, Who FormerI,
 Lived in Alabama, Passes Away.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 2S-Gov. De- forest Richards died at his home in this e.. today of acute kidney disease.
 Governor Richards was born at Charleston, N. H., August 6, 1846. After finishing his schooling at Phillips Andover academy he went to Alabama and engaged in cotton raising. In 1885 ne established himself at Chadron, Neb., as banker, and in 1898 was elected governor. The governorship now falls to Fennimore Chatterton, sec relary of state, as there is no lieuten- ant governor of Wyoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
LIMANTOUR COMES
 TO STUDY FINANCE
MEXICAN MINISTER STOPS AT SAN ANTONIO ON HIS WAY TO NEW yoRk-MUsT SETTLE MATTER OF FINANCE IN HIS COUNTRY.

San Antonio Texas April 2S.-Senor J. Y. Limantour, minister of finance of Mexico, spent half an hour in San An tonio this afternoon on his way to Wash ington and New York. Minister Liman- tour is accompanied by his son. The party arrived from Eagle Pass at 8 o'clock in a special car of the magnif- cent Mexican presidential train and pro- ceeded east at S:3O o'clock over the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas railroad. He was greeted at the station by Dr. Plutar- co F. Nelas. the Mexican consul in this city.
 q am going to New York" said Senor Limantour, lon business TOT my country The length of my stay in the United States is uncertain, depending upon the development of the business I have in hand"
 Senor Limantour was asked whether his visit to New York had any bearing on the proposition to place Mexico on gold standard basis.
 That Is partly my mission,' said the minister, q should be glad to settle this matter of finance, but it Is a matter that requires a deal of time. Mexico is study ing the proposition now and is carefully working out the details. regret that cannot go into particulars as to my mis- sion"
 Minister Limantour is counted among the shrewdest financiers of the day and has done a remarkable work for Mexico. He is thoroughly familiar with Ameri- can law and speaks the language fu- ently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
TRUTH POWERFUL
 SAYS GEN. BELL
HE IS NOT PLEASED AT THE COM MENTS ON ALLEGED BRUTAL lTY IN THE PHlLlPPINES-HE SPEAKS OF MILES REPORT.

Southampton, England, April 2S.-Gen. way home from the Philippines and who will sail for New York tomorrow, was shown today the cabled digest of the re- port of Lieut. -Gen. Miles. He said to a reporter of the Associated Press
 T must decline to make any statement or comment on the report farther than to remark that all complaints made to Gen eral Miles while he was in the Philippines have been thoroughly Investigated by or der of the war department In the ordi- nary course of events these reports of investigations probably have been for warded to Washington" When asked If he did not wish to say anything concern ing the truth or falsity of the accusa- tions or of the complaints of occurrences in Batangar province, Luzon, while he was in command there General Bell re- piled;
 q would very greatly regret to have the American people believe that an Ameri- cruel or inhuman in their treatment of natives. However have said in official reports all care to say on that subject. l do not believe that anything | can say unofficially will change any ones opinion; nothing certainly would make anyone who served creditably in the Philippines think that the conduct of the American army has been characterized by cruelty. Nor could change the opinion of anyone who wished to believe the contrary"
 When shown editorial articles from to- days London papers commenting upon the brutality of the American army in the Philippines. General Bell said: These comments are evidently inspired by mis- apprehension. and l trust that the Amer ican army may not long rest under such a stigma in the eyes of foreign nations; truth is powerful and 1t must finally pre- vail"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
British Officials interested.

London. April B.-The British officials today read with much interest the dis patch to the Associated Press from St. Petersburg of yesterday. giving the views of the Russian foreign officers on the al- legged demands made by Russia on China regarding Manchuria. It was the first intimation they had received of Russias attitude on the subject of Manchurian agreement The officials here, however. declined to comment on the Russian statements pending further advices from the British representatives at St. Peters, burg and Pektn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
ROOSEVELT HAS A JOLLY
 FOR IOWA CONGRESSMAN

Osceola, Iowa. April 2S.-Presldent Roosevelt received an enthusiastic greet ing here this afternoon, and the short speech he made was heartily received. During his address he paid the follow ing compliment to Congressman Hep burn and the other members of the Iowa delegation in congress:
 Tt Is a great pleasure to come here today and to be introduced by Colonel Hepburn who has been travelling with me throughout his district, and In depart ing from 1t and from him l wish to state my sense of obligation to him and all the Iowa delegation for the aid they gave me last year-the invaluable aid in bring ing about certain bits of legislation, non- partisan in character, which I deemed of the utmost importance, whereby a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
EnaIIsh Yachtsmen Worried.

London, April 28.-British yachtsmen are much interested in the published report from the United States that Ratzy & Lapthorne, the English sail makers, who have an establishment at City Island, N. Y, havs been given or ders for suits of sails for the Reliance, the Constitution and the Columbia. The British yachtsmen are disturbed by the fact that the Reliance went out for a trial spin on Sunday. The Evening News says it trusts none of the inter- national races will be fixed for Sun day, or Sir Thomas Lipton may lose by feeling compelled to scratch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
FRENCH PRIESTS
 ARE BARR|CADED Disorders As Result of Recent
 Law Grow Worse PEASANTS RESIST ARREST 
Surround Religious Leaders and Re fuse to Allow Army to Execute Or ders of the Government--one
 Officer Wants to Be Retired.

Paris, April 2S.-The deposing of the congregations continues to be accom- panied with violent agitation and disor- der wherever they occur. The capuchns at Marseilles are undergoing a regular siege. The convent is now encompassed by strong force of gendarmes and po- licemen to prevent communication with the inmates. Food, blankets and mat tresses are being thrown from adjoining houses into the courtyard of the con vent. Inside the convent a crowd num- bering about 250o persons. but composed mostly of women. fills the church. and the singing of hymns Is mingled with prayers and shouts of God save France Outside an equally large crowd of anti-clericals is singing revolutionary scngs and shouting Down with the priests"
 The monks at the abbey of Kerbeneat have barricaded themselves strohgly, while the peasants of the vicinity mount guard around the convent to prevent the execution of orders of the court to close the abbey. A similar state of affairs exists at Millau, where the Capuchin convent IS guarded against the OFFICIALS by 200 peasants, while from time to time crowds assemble around the convent and expressed themselves vigorously in favor of the monks. The authorities have not a sufficient local force to en- force the decrees.
 At Versailles the Capuchins appeared before a magistrate today but refused to answer questions. They returned to their convent escorted by crowd ot friends shouting Long live liberty
 Colonel Coubertin, in command of regiment of dragons. has telegraphed Minister of War Andre asking to be placed on the retired list rather than obey an order to send t8 saNadrons of hls command against the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

O T. PAUL. April 2s.-George c.
 Squiers. prominent attorney of v this city and a brother-in-law of Major Edwin F. Glenn, has written an open letter addressed to General Nelson A. Miles. in which he replies to the strict ure upon Major Glenn In the generals s report upon alleged atrocities in the Phil ispines. The letter Is In part as follows:
 Tt Is a remarkable spectacle that the commanding general of the army of the United States presents by besmirchlng the names and the records of his own brother officers and holding them up to the world as unfit for the positions they hold.
 If instead of listening to the unsup- ported statements of irresponsible natives,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
KNOXVILLE MYSTERY SOLVED.
Postoffiee Inspectors Cause the Arrest
 of One of the Clerks.

Knoxville Tenn, April 2S.-Postoffiee Inspectors Keys and Ninsel claim they have unraveled the mystery surrounding the disappearance of sack of registered mail from the local postoffce last Satur- day. At q late hour tonight they caused the arrest of A. P. Russell, who has been a clerk in the office for nine years past
 Russell stoutly denies his guilt but the inspectors say they have established a perfect chain of circumstantial evidence. The pouch and four of the twenty-four packages have been recovered These were found in the basement of the post office. Russell will be tried before Unit ed States commissioner tomorrow morn ing. Russell is a member of a prominent family and is young man of excellent habits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
NJ WORD COMES
 FROM RUSSIANS State Department Gets No Re- spOnse Concerning Demands OFFICIALS ARE IN SUSPENSE 
There Is Good Reason to Believe Thas the Chinese Government Itself Gave Out the Facts So as to
 Get Help of Powers.

Washington, April 2S.-No response has come to the state department as yet from either Ambassador Tower at St. Peters burg or Minister Conger at Pei1in to the inquiries respecting Russia's demands in connection with Manchuria.
 The officials are in a state of suspense and uncertainty In view of the conflict in the semi-offcial dispatches from the Rus- sian and Chinese capitals. In the absence of official statements of Russia's pur- poses. the opinion prevails here that these Russian demands were really put out In tentative form last week and not in regular official shape.
 There Is good reason to believe that the Chinese government itself let the demands leak out in order to secure the support of the powers in its refusal of the Russian tenders
 Noting the intense public excitement over the proposition, the Russian govern ment 1t Is surmlsed, took steps through the statement issued in St. Petersburg yesterday to abandon several of the orig inal demands.
 It is doubted that such a reduction of the maximum demands was fully within contemplation when the tentative statement was thrown out.
 If this assumption. which is general In official circles here Is we'll founded. then Russia will not further interfere with the consummation of the United States trade treaty with China. including as 1t does the new ports of Moukam and Taxu Shan.
 On the other. hand the fourth demand, which is characterized by the St. Peters, burg staement as ''unimportant" is not so regarded here, for it amounts to an in- definite continuance under Russian direc- ton of present conditions in China, which will stop all reform movements.
 1t Is now learned that In the original statement of this fourth demand, namely: The present status of the administration of Manchuria remains unchanged" theae was an important element of error and the word Magnolia should take the place of "Manchuria."
 The demand, as thus modified, continues the status quo in all north China.
 China Absolutely Refuses.
 Pekin, April 2s.-China has given Rus sia what the officials describe as a final and definite refusal to accept her de- mands regarding Manchuria.
 VIII Incorporate Three Provinces.
 Tokio. Japan. April 2s.-The Jiji today published a dispatch from Pelxn, in which its correspondent quoted the Rus sian minister as saying that the ~ffect of the remonstrances of Japan and the other powers would be that the states men now paramount at St. Petersburg would decide to incorporate the three provinces of Manchuria in the Russian empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
WILL GO TO GRAND JURY.
Attorney christiancy Will Be Given
 Ample Opportunity to Explain.


 Washington, April 2S.-United States Attorney Beach had a conference with Postmaster General Payne today regard ing the recent abstraction of papers from the safe of the assistant attorney general for the postoffice department with a view to laying the case before the grand jury. If the grand jury takes up the case 1t Is not probable that it will report for at least two weeks.
 Postmaster General Payne has sent a letter to c. A. c, Christiancy in which he says that MT. christiancy's request will be granted and that he will be given leave of absence until further notice. The postmaster general also says that Mir. Christiancy will be given every oppor- tunity to explain any matters refiecting upon his conduct as an official of the postoffice department