Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-04

door Quartermaster General w. II. Gil
more, and Surgeon General Thompson
performed like duty, while score of
Wallets were present to conduct and show
the way to the preparation rooms Tho
ushers were Col. +. f.. Burgess of Bur
lington and Col. Linn Taylor of Brattle-
boro. The guests were received in the
reception room Of the mansion. The re-
Giving party was composed of Governor
and Mrs. Mccullough: United States Sen
ator w. i. Dillingham; representing the
Sons of the American Revolution; Mrs
A. f. Valentine. Miss Kathryn ]. Hub
bell, and Miss Anna G.. Park representing
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. Among the guests present were ex-
Gov. John W. Stewart of Middlebury.
and Superintendent and Mrs. Harmon Of
the Soldiers Home; Mr. and Mrs n. NJ
Puffer, Major A. II. Valentine. president
of the bennington Battle Monument asso-
citation; Mrs. s. s. Pratt, past regent
bennington chapter d. A. r.; Major II.
ID. Fillmore, representing the Spanish
American War veterans; II. L. Stilson,
registrar of Vermont division of s. A. r. -,
and Mrs. Stllson; cx-United states Mar
shall John Robinson. ]. X. Batchelder Of
Arlington; l.. T. Abbott Mr. and Mrs.
Olin Scott T.. p. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs.
+. L. Howe. Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Holden.
Judge John V. Carney, the Rcvs. DIR. G.
K. Seymour. w II. Washburn, G. H..
Peck and r. y. Tozzer, 7. f. Gibson. Mr..
and Mrs. John Henry Cushman of New
York; and most Of the leading society
people of the village. Elaborate refresh
ments were served by caterer from New
York city. The hours were from four TO
seven o'clock. and every moment of the
three hours was taken up,
SERIOUS FIRE At IIYDEVILI.E.
Fire which started between and :
o'clock Sunday afternoon in the kitchen
Of the IIydcvlle house at Hydevllc
totally destroyed the hotel and barn and
the store and barn owned by Cummings
& Cainc. The fire started in the kitchen
OF the hotel. which was owned by John
Murphy in some unknown manner and in
4 few moments the hotel was in n mass
of flames 1t quickly communicated to
the barn I'm the rear and to the general
| store of Cummings 4 Caine and the barn
| in the rear of their property. II was a
| quick fire all four buildings being burned
to the ground in less than an hour. The
| tenement over the store was occupied b.?
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Brennan, who lost
| al of their furniture and clothing. Moth
ing was saved from the hotel or the store
| Three hundred dollars which Mrs. Murphy
! had charge Of. was also lost IN the hotel
blaze. The Downs house and the depot
| both had narrow escapes from dcstruc-
| ton, catching fire several times, but
the active work Of the bucket brigade
saved them. The WOODS. some distance
! from the fire. were also iGnitcd by brands
! from tho burning buildings and large
| force Of men had all they could do Ia
subdue the flames. 1t Is estimated that
I the total loss on the burned buildings
will be about 5000 to 5000.
JUDGE IDE ON THE PHILIPPINES
E,r,t.
mortal day in St. Johnsbury was the adj
dress at the Grand Army campfire in the
evening by Judge Henry c. Idc of the
Philippine commission. great audience
greeted the judge. He said in part: 81
am not entirely at home in discussing the
army in the Philippines as my duties
have been with civil life of that new gov
eminent but | can briefly express my
opinions as an outsider. For long time
the newspapers were filled with stories
of conflicts between the civil and military
authorities and Of the atrocities of the
American soldiers. Now, it was not al
all strange that there should he some
! jealouses and difficulties between the
two departments, but they were so few
and so carefully worked out that great
credit belongs to the heads Of these two
sides. General Macarthur. General Chat
| fee. and General Dawn on the one side
and Judge Taft on the other. Now. as
to the atrocities. lot mo say that atroci
ties have been committed. villages have
! been plundered, natives have been tor
tured and abused. Eut our United States
soldiers have been tortured and abused
Human nature is alike everywhere. Oul
soldiers sometimes found themselves
marching on ground that had been streWl
with the dealiest poison. When captured
as prisoners they were mutilated. dis
membered. slowly burned to death. OF
! otherwise most brutally tortured. Wher
| their friends captured the tOrmentors il
was impossible for our soldiers to re
strain themselves. But the atrocities
have been enormously unreasonably anC
disproportionately exaggerated. There
never was a war In civilized or uncivi-
liked countries that was waged more
mercfully, more kindly and more hu
namely than the war in the Philippines
In closing, Judge lde spoke of what the
civil government had accomplished in
the three years of its existence
SCHOOLS AT SOUTH ROYALTON
CLOSED.
South Royalton recently was disturbed
by al alarm of scarlet fever but further
development proved to he measles, and
only one case is now reported. The sor
OF Henry II. Whtcomb has been ailinG
several days with sore throat 1t was
pronounced n mild case of diphthera
Thursday. The family has been quarar
tined also two school teachers who had
Just returned that day from vacation
caused by the scarlet fever scare, The
family Of c. +. Abbott has also been
quarantined and children having beer
playmates and constantly with the Whit
comb children All the schools have
closed, and graduation arrangements will
be decided soon. No services were held
in the churches Sunday.
DEATH or ONE OF VERMONTs
PIONEERS IN SHEEP INDUSTRY.
Claudius Henry Warner eldest son of
Deacon Daniel Warner and Nancy Gates
Warner of Cornwall. died Sunday in his
S0th year In early life he was engaged
/ in sheep business. In the spring of 1876
he entered the employ of the late Rev.
| l.. G. bingham. at that time pastor OF
! the Congregational Church in Williston,
as shepherd. He went to Connecticut
and procured the Ramhoullet sheep which
Mr.. Bingham purchased there. He drove
the sheep through New York city and
placed them on a canal boat and brought
them to Burlington. From 1916 to 1851 he
was associated at different times with
the following gentlemen: Joseph X.
Sperry. Reuben II. Wright and Calvin
w. Foote. Calvin w. Foote, now an aged
resident of Mddlebury village. alone re
mains OF n large coteire who were en-
gagged in the business during this period.
In the year lSiS he drove for Wright d
Bingham flock Of sheep from Cornwall II
to the Western reserve in Ohio. From
1854 till the time of his death he resided
on the Boynton farm, two miles north of
West Cornwall Four Corners. Four