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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-27

There is no battle on land or sea in the
worlds history where the percentage
of loss was greater than the battle
between the Scraps and the Richard.
About 20 per cent on the Scraps and
over so per cent on the Richard had
been killed or wounded, and the Bon
Homme Richard was in sinking con
dition. She had been literally beaten
TO pieces. 1t was not safe to remain
upon her decks. Consequently the
prisoners and the wounded, grooming
and crying in anguish, were removed
to the Scraps. In the early morning
Of the day following, the brave ship
which had earned undying immortality
in her wornout old age, because for
three brief hours John Paul Jones and
his men had battled upon her decks,
sank forever beneath the sea.
The refitting Of the prizes for the
returning voyage was at once begun.
To anticipate events, it is recorded
that Captain Landais, the Jealous and
false hearted Frenchman who had so
treacherously Unanswered the Alliance,
was subsequently court martalcd and
dismissed from the service.
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SN NOPSlS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Chapter 1-While cruising in the ship
Ranger Paul Jones chases the English
ship Maidstone upon the reefs. A bcau-
tiful woman seen upon the wreck IL
Lieutenant Barry ONcill marquis Of
licFomonO, an officer of the Ranger.
boards the wreck and rcsCucs a girl and
Ter aged companion. IIl.-Thc helpless
maiden is Elizabeth Howard. ward of
Admiral Lord Westhroukc Of Scar
borough castle. She thinks her rcscuers
are pirates. Jones gives up cabin to
her Use and promises to land her at l.iv-
erpool ONeill smitten by the charms OF
the fair captive. IN.-Miss Howard is
lathroted to Major Edward Coventry of
the English Aarmy, son of her guardian.
q Neil takes her ashore in a boat. They
are met by an armed officers N.-O Nell
las words with Major Coventry about
Paul Jones. They fight duel and
O'Neill spares the life of the English
man. NI.-Somc English soldiers capture
q Neiu Suddenly PAU Jones appears on
the scene with n cutter loaded with arm
ed men. Eliza beth prevents a fight.
After explanations all around the YAM
KEGS put to sea. O Neill whispers to
Elizabeth to wait for him one year. VII.
.-DisEuscd as a Frenchman. O'Neill
visits Scarborough castle and is at once
made a prisoner ny Admiral Wostbrooke.
Jones about to attack the English feet.
Nill.-Nleeting with Elizabeth. Approa oh
ing wedding with Major Coventry, who
Ireets O NELL friend. IX.-Eliza-
beth betrays her love for O'Neill. The
admiral learns how he saved her life
ard spared Covcntrys. The prisoner be-
come a guest as Marquis dc Richemont
Of France.
Chapter 10 Nell and Elizabeth in
q secret interview. Coventry goes away.
tho love ENHANCEMENT. Paul Jones Is
coming.
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ing of the quarter deck guns, which
were WITHOUT an officer since Mease
who had been fighting heroically, had
been severely wounded. of course heard
the noise. and, turning about saw the
gunner running for the flag. Fortu-
natoly III" flag had been shot away,
ana as the gunner was seeking it, FUN
bling over the halyards in the dark
ness. Pearson, hearing the cries, called
out again:
"Do you ask for QuartcrT
Jones had taken two long steps across
the deck tO the side of the gunner
Selling his discharged pistol, he
brought the butt of it heavily down
upon the forehead of the man. cracking
his skull and siloncing him forever.
"Nevcr' he shouted in reply to the
Engllshman.
Then | will give none" said Pear
son-an entirely supertluous remark,
by the way.
1t was ut this juncture that the All
nnce was seen coming down again as
before. Jones had time but for one
glance of apprehension when he heard
the noise of the leaping prisoners be-
low. He sprang TO the main hatch.
'The prisoners have been released"
cried De Weibert, meeting him. The
Frcnchman had been toiling like a hero
on the gun deck. The battery is 81
fenced; we have not a single gun to
work; the ship is afirc We must
yield" he exclaimed.
AS the frightened men came crowd
ing up the hatchways Dale, who had
just fired the only remaining gun on
the deck that was left fit for action.
took In the situation at once. He stay
ed the rush In the nick of time by voice
and action. HeSprang into the midst
of them. threatening them, striking
them, beating them down, driving them
back with his sword. 1t was a magnif-
cent display of hardihood and courage
presence of mind and resource.
ITO the pumps he cried with
prompt decision. For your lives,
men! The English ship is sinking, and
we'll go down with her unless You can
keep us atioat" he shouted in thunder
tones with superb audacity. The bat
tie lost was won again in that minute,
well done, Richard" shouted Jones,
| leaping through the hatchway and sec
onding the daring ruse of his noble
| lieutenant by his own mighty voice
and hcrculean efforts, crying master
fully: "Gct TO the pumps, men! Lively,
for Gods sake. The ship Is sinking
under your feet! The English ship is
going"
1t was unparalleled assurance but it
won. The two officers actually sue
ceedcd in forcing the English prisoners
to man the pumps, where they worked
with frantic energy born of their per-
sistent da2e of terror. This left the
regular crew of the ship free to fight
the fires and to do what they could
| with the remaining guns, AS Jones
sprang back to the quarter deck, the
surgeon, covered with blood and APP
| nalled at the carnage, came running
coward him, crying;
The ship Is sinking, sir. The cock
1T is under water, | have no place
. stow the wounded. We must sur
| cnder.'
Strike! Strike" cried De Chamil'
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a IND now happened the incident
lA which finally decided the bat
-%sSss9 tie. BY Jones orders guam
Gss.S3 titles of hand grenades,
small, highly combustible and eXplo-
sive shell about the size Of large
apple, had been placed in the tops.
After the battle in midnir by which
the Americans had gained possession
he shouted out that they he used in
accordance with his instructions Fan
ming sent a man with bucket of
grcnadcs out on the extreme end of the
around the yard, he sat down. and.
leaning against the lift, deliberately
threw his bombShclls, one by one,
down the open main hatchway of the
Scraps. The powder boys of the lat
ter ship had been bringing charges OF
powder for the various guns from the
.mdgazine, and, as many of the guns
had been put out of action by the
American fire, the supply had been
greater than the demand. A large pile
had been carelessly allowed TO accu-
mulate upon the deck. one of the
Grenades caromcd against the hatch
combing and fell into the center of
the charges.
There was a decorating crash. so
loud, so terrific, that it actually seemed
TO blow even the roar of the battle into
eternity. Twenty or thirty men were
killed or badly wounded, many of
them torn to atoms, by the explosion,
and the rest II the men on the English
mans deck were dazed and driven from
their stations by the conclusion. The
clothes of many were actually ripped
from their bodies, so that they stood
naked and wondering, though they
We're otherwise unhurt. y long mo-
ment of CHASTITY silence succeeded this
accident on the Scraps. Men every
whore paused with bated breath to
wait the issue. The Scraps, dragging
the Richard, reeled and rocked under
the shock. 1t was a last catastrophe
which broke the strength of Pearson's
endurance and ended his resistance.
lie could fight no more. Was II the
devil himself who commanded the 9th
er ship! The English captain sprang
AFT to the mizzenmast, a great Eng
llsh standard had been nailed to the
timber of the spar. With his own
hands he tore II down. The battle was
over! At the same moment the maiE
mast of the Scraps, undermined and
eaten away in its heart by the gnawing
attack of the quarter deck guns of the
richard, came crashing down, hope
less ruin, carrying some of the Amer
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CHAPTER XXI.

TIE AUDAC1TY OF DESPAIR.
- IN the spar deck things had
gone better. Though Dc
ENTrM Chamillard and his marines
GdSEx&;D had been driven from the
poop by the fire Of the English. the
men in the tops had more than evened
that reverse. AS the two ships lay
side by side the interlocking yards
made convenient bridge from one to
the other, over which n bold man
might pass. 1t happened that some OF
the choicest spirits on the Richard
were stationed in the maintop. Fan
Ming who had been busily engaged
with small arms, saw his opportunity
AS the little parties in the two tops
exchanged vollcys The midshipmnn
threw his man on the yard, and as the
smoke cleared away the astonshed
British saw the Americans rushing to-
ward them.
The first and second men were shot
down and fell to the deck of the Sera-
pts. The third, a gigantic man. by a
desperate leap gained a foothold in
the top. Before he was cut down
Tanning and another had joined him
over the futtock shrouds. Two men
took the defenders in the rear by way
Of the lubber's hole. The rest came
swarming. The force of their rush
carried everything before it. The Eng
fish, unable to stand the Irresistible on
set, were shot down or thrown out of
the top. No quarter was asked or
given. The Americans. having effected
this Judgment in the mantop of the
Scraps, now turned their fire upon the
fore and mizzcn tops and enabled
boarding parties from their own ship
to gain possession of all the upper
works of the enemy.
1t was at this moment that the gun
ner ana the carpenter reached the deck,
| crying that the ship was sinking and
proffcring to surrender. The gunner
ran aft shricking: Quarter. Quarter
intending to lower the flag. Jones,
who had boon experimenting the work
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"On deckv' he cried. THE ship is
sinking!"
In panic terror, crowding and tram
ping upon each other like mob Of
wild beasts, the maddened prisoners
scrambled up the hatchway and, yell
ing like animals, ran pellmell for the
gun deck. The body of the brave mid
shipman was spurned. crushed and
broken beneath their feet as they ran.
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leans into eternity as it fell.

leans into eternity as it fell. +Ts"-
"rhey have struck their fag" cried
Jones, who had sprung upon the rail
at the moment of the explosion and
had witnessed Pearson's action. "Cepse
6ringw
His voice rang through the ship with
such note of proud triumph as has
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CHAPTER XIII.

on BOARD THE SCRAPS AGAIN.
T1HE battle is on" said O'Neill,
in the small boat, to Eliza-
c,Sy,SS beth, land / am not there.
SESSEy O God. give us a little
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CHAPTER Xxx.
THE INnoMITABLE EGO.

THE INDOMITABLE EGO.
~1HE battle had been maintain
ed with the utmost fury for
' '-z--ssSa nearly three-Quarters of an
sssJ hour, and both ships had sus-
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CHAPTER N\II.

SINKING, BUT TRIUMPHANT.
IND now happened the incident
which finally decided the bat
~ tie. BY Jones orders guam
"a fitipS of hand Crnnnl dos a
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-25
TRADE LOCALS.

You will never be lonesome In one of
the hammocks Chas. F. Ward ia selling
The carriage repository of L. w.
Chase, opposite this office, is busy
place these days.
Delano's soda has become the STAN
dard; served with the pure fruit juices
there can be nothing better.
Kerosene emulsion will kill any kind
of plant lice and is not poison. For sale
by Steward Bros. at Island Mills.
Now is good time to fill empty coal
bins; order some at least, as coal Is ad-
vancing. Gould & Wentworth sell 1t.
1t is worth anyone's time to visit
Chase's carriage repository and zee all
the new ideas in carriages he has In
stock.
Don't pay high prices for tea, coffee
and extracts when you can buy the best
with premiums, every pound and bottle
guaranteed at o. F. Knowlton Cos.
The best way to kill the lice on rose
bushes is by spraying with kerosene
emulsion. Steward Bros. keep 1t all
prepared at the Island Mills.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-25

Let US frame your picture. We take
ouI all of the wrinkles and use a new
And OF backing that will not stain the
picture and ask you no more.
BRAGG & VARNEY.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-25

DR.. w. q. Spencer was in Waterville,
Thursday, and spoke briefly at the
funeral services of the late DR.. A. E.
BesseY.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-25

Over 1000 monuments and grave
tablets set by Baker & Marble within
the past 80 years gives them an un-
rivaled reputation for reliable, first
class work.
Parties wishing to order monuments
of marble or granite will find at their
shop a large variety of the best de-
signs.
Lowest price for frst-class work.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-25
Asw ADVERTISER ENTs.

,,t.sworks-Henry Rawles.
F PIr Goods-W. P. Ordway.
pr! m,eT Suits-Ira A. Norton.
sum sums for Sale-C. w. Goodrich.
FsI rings Dept.-St cond Natl Bank.
SANG OF Creditors-Daniel Lewis.
aaeefriii Pianos-J. N. 8 l. ]: Smith
neart Wanted-Lswrence Knitting Co.
AseLLrnntcv Notices-James E. Hewey.
B bspe q usIity Shoes-Green g. Barnard.
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The Union Trust Company
NEW HAVEN,

NEW HAVEN.
 CHARTERED Dy tue sLats of Connect,. cut with authority to act as Executor. Ad- ministrator. Guardian. Receiver or Trustee, under will or deed.
 Is a legal depository of money paid luta Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts ss Trustee for Municipalities, Corporation sil kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds, or other evidence of indebf. edness, manage sinking funds, and do Iii business such as ts usually done by Trusi Compsnies.
 it also does . general Banking business. collecting checks notes, coupons. and rs. ceives deposits, The principal of each Trust apart froza the general assets of the Con,s Tbis Company Is by law regularly exam counecticut. ''" " HENRY L. HoTcHKiss, vresldear. 2EGENn 6. BRISTOJA Tressuc1e. ]
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YESTERDAY'S STOCK MARKET.

Evem Professional Room Traders
 Abandon ER rts to Move Prices
 New York, June 25.-Even the pro- fessional room traders practically abandoned efforts to move prices in to- days stock market. The drift on the average was within range of less than full point and was uncertain and irregular all day. The total deal ings fell below the quarter million share mark, marking the low level for the year. If the dealings in Pennsyl- vania, St. Paul, Colorado Fuel and Wabash preferred were subtracted there would be little left of the days market. The business congested in these stocks and the continued large selling of United States Steel second fves made up the market of the day. The selling of the Steel bonds down to new low level at S1 3-4 is corn- monly attributed to the liquidation of a large individual account.
 The iron and steel stocks as whole the tone of the Iron Ages review of the trade, which was somewhat scep- tical as, to the stability of prices for steel products for 1904. The special
 weakness in Colorado Fuel which fell an extreme 3-4, seemed to be due to realizing on the official announce ment of the assumption of control by the Gould Rockefeller interests. This announcement also seemed to be the motive of a slight upward movement in
 some of the Gould stocks early in the day. The money market is very calm, notwithstanding the near approach of the requirements for the new fiscal year and the important operations in connection with the Pennsylvania stock subscriptions. The subscriptions by foreign stockholders for the new the sterling rate to marked degree. Sterling also advanced at Paris and
 Berlin but over $2,000,0O0 was with drawn from the Bank of England for German account The labor dispute in the local building trades was dis
 quieting factor and had it's influence in weakening the iron and steel stocks.
 The market closed easy but at very
 small net changes.
 Aside from the large selling of United States Steel second fives the bond mar
 ket was dull and irregular. Total sales par value s2,535,000.
 United States bonds were all un- changed on the last call.
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YESTERDAYS STOCK MARKET.

YESTERDAYS STOCK MARKET.
 The stock market showed an inclina- tion to do better yesterday morning, but it was a traders market. Possibly the return of Mir. Morgan to active duty had some thing to do with inspir- ing better sentiment. Perhaps the passage of the Colorado Fuel 6 Iron company into the hands of Standard Oil company interests may be account ed an influence. MT. Osgood built the Colorado Fuel & Iron company up from a picayune concern to one of the finest industrial plants in the country. That his retirement in favor of new interests is a good thing is by no means certain. The party who succeed him made a great success of their business but they made magnificent mess of their ven ture in Copper. MT. Osgood's only de- feat has been under the weight of op- posing dollars. The continued strength in the grain markets is clear sign of the most promising field for money making at the moment: Reports from Chicago indicate that very important capitalists have recognized the merits of the wheat and corn situation and have started in to bull them actively.
 Jacob Berry & Co.,,
 7S0 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn.
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she would win it, for she has a phenomenal freshman boat. The race was started within a few seconds of F o'clock and was rowed downstream over the last two miles of the course, from the navy yard down to the draw bridge. In this race, as in the varsity race, Harvard rowed a higher stroke than Yale, while the latter took 32 to the minute gait and hung to it with scarcely a variation of the stroke in the whole two miles. Yale started at 34, dropped to B at the half and rowed out the rest of the race at S2. Harvard led off at 36 to the minute, dropped to 5 at the first half mile and to 34 at the mile. Just before the finish the Cambridge boys put their stroke back to S6. Yale got the best of the start and never lost the lead. Yales time for the first half mile was ? minutes seconds; liar wards ? minutes 10 2-5 seconds. The Ellis were leading at this point by prac- tically half a boat length, but by the end of the mile HarVard's plucky boys had wrested the fraction Of a second away from Yale and Yale was leading
 
 4:39 for the mile; Harvard's 4:40. Be fore the mile and half flag was reach ed Yale had got back her lead which she had at the end of the first half mile. The time for the blue was 7:10 1-5; for the crimson Ill 3-5. Harvard fought with rare courage over the last half mile of the race. Yale's crew averaged more than seven pounds to the man heavier than the crimson and yet Har- yard rowed all the way at from two to three strokes more per minute than Yale. Over the last mile the river was a trifle choppy and Yale's superior weight and form began to tell against Harvard's grit The Ellis finished the
 two miles in 9:43 1-5, breaking the old record of 9:57, which has stood since 1893. Harvard also broke the old rec ord this afternoon. Her time for the
 two miles was 9:4S 3-5. Yale led liar yard at the finish by just about one and a quarter boat lengths. The fight
 which Harvard put in this race was a
 big surprise to Yale and made the
 wearers of the blue feel decidedly ner-
 vous about the varsity race, which was
 the last event of the day.
 In the varsity four-oar event Har-
 yard gave Yale another terrific strug-
 gle In this race the Ellis had to make
 vigorous fight to get the lead. Yale
 started off at a 36 stroke, Harvard at
 95. Although contrary to their instruc-
 tions, the Yale four stuck to this gait
 to the end of the half mile and never
 got down to their normal gait of S2
 strokes to the minute until the end of
 the mile and half. Harvard started
 in at 36 and held it for almost a mile, when she had to drop down to 31. Yale finished the first half mile in 2:45 1-5; Harvard in 2:49 4-5. Yale's time for the mile was 5:3S 4-5; Harvard's 5:45. Yale's time for the mile and half was S:25; Harvard's S:32. Yale finished in 10:59 2-5; Harvard in 11:10 1-5. Yale won the race, by actual measurement, by one and a half boat lengths. The two crews finished in fine form, with out g. break throughout the entire two miles.
 The time made by Yale establishes a new record for this event on the Thames.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Annual Meeting and Communion in
 Boston Sunday.


 Boston Sunday.
 Three services will be held Commun- ion Sunday, June 2S, in the Mechanics Hall building, Huntington avenue. at additional services later in the day if necessary.
 The annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 30, at D. 1r1., in the same building.
 A meeting of executive members (for- merly called first members) will be held Saturday, June 27, at 9 a. m., in the mother church.
 The Mechanics Hall building will be the headquarters for all committees, and will be open daily from a. m. to 9 p. m., Thursday, June 25, to Wednesday, July 1.
 The Mechanics building has been en- gagged for continuous use from Thurs day, June 25. until after the Wednes- day evening meeting on July 1, and during the time that it is not in use for the regular exercises, it will be free to visitors as central rendezvous both Qdy anu evening.
 The Wednesday evening meeting will be held in Mechanics building, July 1, at 7:30 D. m.
 Those planning to attend the annual meeting may have their mail addressed in care of the Christian Science Pub fishing society, 95 Falmouth street, and it will be delivered to them at the Me fnba tt-l@n loI tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 9 D. m., June 25 to July 1, inclusive.
 A committee on securing rooms in private houses for visitors who do not wish hotel accommodations. will be in session at Mechanics building, Thurs from 9 a. m. to D. m. each day. No arrangements can be made in advance by correspondence with this committee, but all who apply to them in person cared for.
 Visitors who desire hotel accommoda- tions should make personal arrange ments with the hotels, as this commit tee cannot undertake to make provision for them. Those who have not yet ar ranged for their rooms at the hotels had better do so at once, since the de- 1nand is very great.
 Those who axe planning to find a home through the committee will. on arrival in Boston. please leave their checked baggage at the depot and bring their checks to Mechanics Hall, where an agent will be in attendance to ar range for it's delivery when their loca- ton has been provided for
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Clossng Prices.

The following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince & Whitely. Bankers and Brokers. 52 Broadway, New York: 15 Center street, New Haven. Conn:
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YALE'S TRIPLE TRIUMPH.

.(Continued from Second Page.)
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Immense Crowds Attend the PeEfor- maHces-Big circus Kept it's Pledges as to fhe Magnitude of its Varied At- tractions-In New Haven To- morrow
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Chicago Market.

Reported over the private wires of J. l.. Mclean X Co.. 25 Broad street. New York. New Haven Office, $40 Chapel street. Nor. man A. Tanner. Manager.
 Open. High. Low. Close.
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(Continued from Second Page.) steanaboats quickly poured their loads of humanity into New London, and as quickly as t came the great crowd dis appeared The races had been disposed of in good season for every one to get home, Yale to celebrate, Harvard to mourn another defeat.
 The story of the freshman race is that of a long sprint by Yale's stalwart youngsters, with Harvard elinging to their heels. in as plucky a fight and as pretty race as was ever rowed on any river. Yale won this race as every one