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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12

Word comes from Rutland to the eff
feet that the Hon. Pcrcival w. Clement
las definitely decided to become "a can
didate Tor the republican nomination for
tho govornorship. and one of his close
friends says that his candidacy will be
announced in "a few days now. 1t has
been an open secret that friends of Mr.
Clement were getting into touch with
voters in different parts of the State for
the purpose of asccrtaining how his can
ddacy would he received, ana it has been
pcrsistently reported that he would be in
the gLhornatorial lists the coming year.
In spite Of the fact that the nomination
would according TO precedent 20 to some
good republican on the east side of the
state. 1t is the expectation that speech
making tour will begin in the not dis
tant future.
Mr. Clement is credited with the in
tentior to make n reduction in state ex-
penses prominent issue, although former
and wicked republican rule has practically
wiped out the direct state tax on tax
payers Another issue will he project to
provide trunk lines of highway. Former
propositions of this character have con-
sidcred the construction of trunk high
ways running north ana south. but mas
much as Mr. Clements candidacy will in
and of itself mean an attack upon the
mountain line, he may deem it best to
have the trunk lines of highway run east
and west So as to moro thoroughly and
completely emphasize the fact that there
is to be no mountain division hereafter.
While there is a somewhat general dis
position manifest on the part Of voters
to give the license law a fair trial an
appeal Is to be made to the effect that
the presence OF that law on our statue
books is in danger and it will follow as
matter of course that Mr.. Clement 5
nomination will be necessary in order to
ensure the license system that fair play
which it must haze failed TO receive under
tho present republican administration OF
| our state affairs
This is a free country and any man can
aspire to any public position, and more
over. secure the coveted plum provided
he can persuade a majority of the voters
| to his way of thinking. Whether Mr.
| Clement can make an effective appeal tc
republicans this year remains TO be dem
onstrated.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
The Trial Of Cyrus Dear

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
President Rooscvcit's Message.

1t viii bo recalled by our readers that
Nermonts United States senators in con
sdering the subject of our relations with
Canada during the session of the last
Congress took the position that our ma
tional honor demanded the adoption of
treaty Of reciprocity with Cuba. In
President Rooscvelts message to Con
gress he says he has called that body in
extra session to consider legislation neces-
sary to put into operation the CONNER
cial treaty with cuba, which legislation
in his estimation is demanded not only
by our interest but by our honor
President Roosevelt very properly takes
the position that Cuba has been already
recognized by us as occupying a unique
relation to the United States. In view OF
the fact that the treaty between Cuba
and the United States gives our govern
ment a voice in connection with the in
ternational relations of the new republic
it is not necessary TO argue this question;
but the President makes certain state
ments which emphasize the closeness OF
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the two republics. These deal with the
economic and financial reasons as we'll as
the military and naval considerations
which call for our direct interest in the
Pearl of the Antilles, and demand In turn
fair as we'll as honorable treatment for
the people of that republic at our hands.
President Roosevelt answers the sugar
interests and others which oppose recipro-
city with Cuba when he says the recipro-
city treaty will do harm to no industry,
while 1t will benefit many of our in
dustries. 1t Is to be expected that the
extreme protectonists who waged such
bitter and relentless warfare on the pro-
ject of reciprocity with Cuba in the last
Congress will repeat their efforts to de-
feat the legislation called for by the
President, and such rabid newspaper on
ponents of reciprocity as the New York
Press will renew their barking at the
heels of the administration. 1t is safe
to say, however, that our national obi
cation will be carried out and that re-
ciprocty will prevail.
The President does not refer to the
question of the isthmian canal except that
he uses such a project as one of the rea =
sons for Cuba's strategic Importance to
this country, and for the maintenance of
strong naval stations on the shores of that
island.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
TO Raise the" British Warship
Royal Savage

Glens Falls n. Y, Nov. "a corpora
ton is being organized by w. 5. futile TO
raise the British warship Royal Savage,
which was sunk near Plattsbursh in the
War of lAl2 by the American fleet under
command of Commodore McDonough. 1t
is believed that enough relics anu even
the venture a financial success-uespatch
TO the New York Sun.
The autncr of this above must have been
a tremendously careful student of the his
tory of Lake Champlair. The Royal Saw
age was not British warship but a
schooner of Benedict Arnolds American
fleet. She was not sunk in the wai of 1872;
but was wrecked in the War of the Revo-
luton. OF course she was not sunk by
McDonough's feet. She was crippled by
the fire of the British fleet under Captain
Pringle, grounded on the southwest point
of Valcour island, was abandoned by her
men, and was burned by the British.
What remains of her was explored by
divers quite recently, and few cannon
balls and pieces of rusty iron recovered
There Is no reason to suppose that any
relics or papers of any value can ever be
reclaimed from the wreck. The state
1nent about the organization of a corpora
ton to raise the wreck may be as fabu-
lous as the rest Of the story
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12

head was meant for King George III, and
have falsely or blunderingly asserted that
these coppers were issued when" in the
language of one of them "the British
in Canada were carrying on negotiations
with the leading men of Vermont for the
purpose of making Vermont a Deepen
dcncy."
It happens to be the fact however,
that the negotiations alluded to, which
on the part of Nermonters were n
rusc to protect Vermont from invasion
at a time when most of her soldiers were
away in the Continental army, were con
Quoted in 17Sl-2, whereas no coins were
struck in the Vermont mint till 1855 and
no such coins till late in the year 1856.
The bust on the copper was never meant
TO represent King George. 1t is an ideal
bust in Roman armor, the head Of which
does not resemble any head Of King
George III on the English coins, The
copper does not bear the name of any
king. and the Green Mountain boys would
have applied the beech seal to any man
who charged them with putting George
III on their coins, if they could catch
him. There are no Vermont "muled cop
pers"
Our correspondent will lind this matter
Slafters careful and excellent paper on
Vermont coinage in Vol. of the collec-
tons of the Vermont Historical society.
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Muled Copper.
TO the Editor of The Free Press.

i
In an article on rare American coins
in the Washington Star, l find this
New York. when it was called New
Amsterdam had her pine tree shilling,
and Vermont her muled coppers
What, may ! ask. is a 'muled copper
and when did Vermont have such a
coin? ..
muled coin, according to the diction-
aries, is "a coin having by accident or
design both faces alike, or having the
diverse and reverse properly belonging
to different coins
Vermont never had such a coin.
II is true that some collections Of coins
contain a copper coin bearing on one
side the head and name of George III,
and on the other the words "lnde ct
Lib" being authorizations of independence
and liberty. And various books on coins
have mistakenly assumed and stated that
these coppers were from the Vermont
mint. Mr.. w. c. Primes book on coins,
which is before us. says: The mint Of
Vermont seems to have been very active,
and great quantities Of coins were is
sued from it. Among others we have
King George and the reverse hide ct Lib.
A curious combination for coin, but pos
sibly resulting from the counterfeiting of
English half pennies, or perhaps from
the attempt to recon half pennies with
the Vermont legends" But 1t is the
unrest assumption to state that these
coppers were Vermont coins. 1t is GER
tain that they were not from the Vermont
mint. Where they We're struck does not
seem to be known. There is some reason
10 suppose that they were coined in
Canada, or perhaps came from private
concern in Ulster county, n. y, which
in 1887 struck off various anomalous cop
Nor coins without any authority of law.
There were oopppers struck by Reuben
Harmon. Jr, of Rupert who was the
outhorized Vermont coiner, in the years
of Vermont's existence as an independent
commonwealth, which have on one side a
head with the legend vernon. Auctorl'
various authors have assumed that the
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That the partial recognition of the new
republic of Panama, on the part of the
administration at Washington, was u
sther sudden affair, is undeniable; and
AS John Hay is not very impulsive Off
cial or man, 1t is fair to presume that
there were strong and justifabe reasons
for haste in the proceeding. The journals
which are charging that the revolution on
the isthmus was concocted and engineered
from Washington, because Colombia re-
jected the canal treaty. seem to overlook
the fact that the revolution was predict
ed a year or more before that rejection
took place; that there have been threat
erings Of revolution in the Panama jour
mails and in the Colombian Congress
months ago, because of the exclusion of
citizens Of the department of Panama
from all important offices under the gov
eminent of Colombia, refusal Of the gov
eminent to repay a loan made to 1t by
Panama, oppressive taxation. and other
causes, existing long before the rejection
of the canal treaty. and with which our
government could have had nothing 10 do
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BRADSTREET'S VT. REPORT.
Retail Trade Active and logging Re-
quires Considerable Labor.

Among the encouraging features in re-
ports to Bradstreet's of the business sit
uatlon throughout Vermont may be mem
TONED the increased activity in retail
trade, due in part to the cold weather
The lumber interests are be ginning 10
prepare for the seasons logging which
Will require large force of workmen. The
census Of 1900 places the number of wage
earnors in the industry classed as "lun-
Der and timber products" at 3,625, and the
product Of said industry was valued at
81, l3l sos. As the wages received for work
as well as the income from the product
is very generally distributed throughout
the State the effect is apparent in the
dhcrent localities. Manufacturers are
moderately busy although business in
keeping with conditions as they usually
exist at this time of year is devoid of
much animation. There are sufficient
funds available for business needs bur
collections from abroad are somewhat
slow Wholesale trade is well maintain
ed
Burlington reports the local situation
satisfactory. with practically all of the
Industries running fun time and full help
Retail trade is stimulated because of the
cold weather, jobbers are busy, collec-
tions fair.
Rutland reports all manufacturers busy.
labor fully employed; retail trade which
has been retarded in consequence OF the
mild weather. will improve with the ad
vent of cold weather and snow. Volume
of business among jobbers is satisfactory
In Barre the stone sheds and quarrics
are fairly busy, but orders are not com
ing in very freely and there is not much
work on hand. a great deal of money is
paid TO the granite cutters semi monthly,
much OF 1t finding its way to the store
keeper who controls a good trade.
Retail trade in Montpelier is good, the
stone sheds and machine shops are doing
fairly well, collections fair,
The railroad offices and shops at St
Adams furnish employment to a large
force and are the principal local factor in
the way of distribution OF wages Some
curtailment in labor employed Is reported
In one of the industries here but as a
rule manufacturing concerns are well
employed.
In ST. Johnsbury the scale works have
adopted a weekly payment plan in place
of semi-monthly. The business OF the
town is affected by any act of this large
concern and 1t is expected that the retail
trade will not now be called upon to OK
tend so much credit as heretofore Cen
eral business about fair.
Bellows Falls reports labor well en-
ployed, retail trade good, collections fair.
The paper mills and other manufacturing
concerns are busy,
In Brattleboro business conditions are
fairly satisfactory. organ and overall fac
tories are running well, retail trade good
and collections fair. Retail trade, espec-
| tally in seasonable goods, has been help
| ed because OF the weather conditions
The mills at Bennington are doing well,
| labor Is in good demand, storekeepers
| find trade little more active; collections
| fair to good
West Pawlet reports slate trade very
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
1T WILL BE ROOSEVELT
He Will Be Nominated by Ac-
clamation..
Efforts of DiseruntIed Elements in the
Republican Party to Induce Senator
Hnnnn TO be Candidate for the
Presidency Futilc-OnIy Con-
test over Second Place.

There is no possibility of serious OPP
position to the nomination of President
Roosevelt and talk Of defeating him in
the convention is not taken seriously in
Washington. The judgment of best in
formed politicians is that the President
viii be nominated by reclamation. That
has been the outlook for about year
and nothing has occurred to change the
situation or to Justify recent gossip, says
a Washington special to the New York
Mail and Express.
The suggestion of Senator Hanna as
the Presidents opponent follows the
rulnor that secret plans are being form
ulated by conservative republicans "
among whom are said TO be some OF the
most influential and oldest republican
senators, to defeat Roosevelt's nomina-
ton The renewal Of the talk of Hanna
was a not unnatural result of his splen-
ala triumph in Ohio. The magnitude OF
the OHIO victory is explained by the
sthnch republicanism Of the State the
personal popularity OF Senator Hanna
and democratic disgust with Tom l..
johnson.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
MRS. MARY A. LAUMA
Says, "Dr. Williams Pink Pills
Cured Me Of Spinal Trouble
and | Recommend Them"

Some years ago Mrs. Mary A. Lauma,
Of No. 700 East Fayette street, Syracuse.
NY, wife of A. Luma, the Inanufao.
turing jeweler Of that city, sustained ali
injury to her spine by falling on slip.
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years, in fact, until she tried DR.. Viii.
liams Pink Pills for Pale People and
was cured. She says:
my trouble was spinal irritation,
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of eminent physicians, perhaps ten or
twelve in ALL and took treatment from
some Of them. l tried massage and
electricity, the latter affording tempo
rary relief Perhaps it was because I
took so much medicine, at any rate my
stomach gave out and I was troubled
with indigestion and gas on the stomach
had peculiarly unpleasant feeling in
my head and there was n numbness in
my limbs. At this time seemed a con.
firmed invalid.
"a friend Of mine induced me to give
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discover ways and means to consummate
their purchase and legalize their action.
lie had offered to buy a few hundred
acres for a backward and place of deposit.
lie was to have handed over to him a ter
ritory equal in extent to many prinrina1i-
ties. lie had been authorized to extend
two millions Of dollars in a needed pur-
chase; he found himself involved in a
transaction that required on his mart 6f-
teen millions strict constructionist
and believing as he did that the purchase
Of foreign territory would be an unconsit
tutional act on his part. he found himself
bound IN honor to consummate a bargain
that would double the area of the United
States.
At that time the Federalist party had
become merely rartv of obstructionists.
Their only distinct policy. apparently, was
to oppose everything proposed by the re-
publicans. Their cardinal principle was
that whatever jefferson did was not right.
The clamor raised by the announcement
that JenerSon's agents in Paris had bought
the province of Louisiana was prodigious.
IL was asserted that the purchase contem-
plated the formation of Il new confederac v
which should include the valley of the
Mississippi and the land lying Immediate
Is cast thereof Having bought an eluDire.
they asked dcrisivelv who il to be ON r.
peror OF the newly acquired domain? Thu
cost above ALL the cost of this vast region
was regarded as monumental. Fifteen
millions for a worthless wilderness, The
bare idea was prsposterous.
The upper portion of the Louisiana pur-
chase vas known as the territory Of
Louisiana: il COMPRISED All that territory
nurtL of the tEirtv-third degree Of lati-
tudc eastward to The NJ ssls-.pp and west
ward as far rs the undetermined bound
aries of the newly acquired possessions
might extend. South of this was the
district of Orleans with its seat OF govern
mcnt fixed at New Orleans. The cess!on
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
FOREIGN APPLE MARKET.

Gable advioes from all foreign ample
markets report markets as very active
and notwithstanding arrivals are large,
they are cleared daily AZ good prices. Al
fine red varieties in good condition are
selling t. give nets from s. to s.. 10 here
in Boston. Occasional fancy lots Of iinGs
sell to give nets here in Boston at s. 90
to 81 o., Greetings and other cooking app
pies are in good demand and selling to
give rcts from s. 100 10 SIS.
--latest mail advices continue to speak
of the excellent demand for American
and Canadian apples The great bulk of
the arrivals are in good condition ant
there seems to be no let up IN the dee
mand from home and continental buyers.
Good prices are looked for for another
month or SIX weeks az least. Growers
should get their fruit forward at once.
and American and Canadian APPLES
should be marketed before the advent of
the rasmarian fruit which commence -
arrive In England az the end Of the year,
and the crop is said 20 be unusually hne
and large.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
ONE STAGE OF UNCLE SAM S
GROWTH.
Jefferson Doubled the Area of the
United States for Only $15,OOO,OO0
by the Louisiana Purchase.

Nobody could have foreseen what a tur-
MOL the purchase of Louisiana would
cause in the United States. jefferson was
undoubtedly dazed when three documents
concluding and sealing that purpose
reached him. The treaty of cession was
already nearly a month old when it was
placed before him. There was no time to
send word to Washington from Paris and
ask for instructions before closing the
bargain. Although It required about thirty
days to cross the Atlantic, events were
crowding upon each other too thickly to
venture on a delay so great before con-
GLIDING the sale of the French province to
a power on the western side OF the ocean
The deed was done.
jefferson. delighted beyond measure at
the success of his ENJOYS, was puzzled to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12

1t Is gratifying to note that the great
majority of the merchants of Brattleboro
have signed. an agreement not to patron
ize the trading stamp scheme, in case
the supreme court of Vermont decides
our law against the trading stamp to be
unconstitutional. Sooner or later mer-
chants will discover that they must
charge more for their goods or pay tax
themselves in order to keep UP the trad
ing stamp establishment, and neither al
tentative Is business.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
WINOOSKI
Savings Bank

FROM It's careful management has not
met with loss from any loan Liade dur
ng the last twenty years
deposits made during the first five days
OF any month Will draw interest Fl om the
hrst day of that month. Deposits made
af,er the fifth day of any month Will draw
interest from the first day of tie next
month.
Interest Is credited deposltors Jan list
and July LIST compouhding semi-annually.
al! savings banks IN this State is Inn
itco oy law to 81 per cent. until it's sur
pius amounts to 10 per cent. of Its depos-
u.s. when an extra dividend Is to be
made.
NO interest is allowed by law to be paid
on deposits In excess OF two thousand dol
iars except 1t be on deposits by widows.
oIphahs administrators. executors. guar
oiahs, charitable or religious institutions.
vi or trust funds deposited by order OF
court
Inc bank pays all taxes in this State on
deposits or two thousand dollars or less
VERMONT LOANS SOLICITED.
deposits, June 30. 1903. .........E.cU 9, So. 80
'Pius .......,.................. o''eoo Id
deposits and surplus. 81 1fY7 %
OFf1CERS-S II. Weston, President,
j. Is. Small. LIST Vice President; S. Big
wood, 2nd Vice President; Ormond Cole
Treasurer
TRCSTEES-S. IT. Weston j. 3. Small
samuel Bigwood +. g Mower, Ormond
Cole. o. p. Ray, c. H. Sh.pman. r. J.
White.