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Ii. BURLINGTON, VT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 1904

are now in the county Jail.
Mrs. Od,ll and her son, Wyman, who
were witnesses in the hearing of her son.
Constable G. j. Sccly on the charge Of
stealing, were arrested at the close of the
hearing and brought before Judge Foote
Tuesday afternoon on the same charge.
The mother was discharged but the son
was held for the grand jury. Bail was
fixed at $1,000 which he was unable to
procure, and he was committed to the
county Jail.
weeks visit with friends in Albany. N. Y.
Charles Peck, student at Vermont
Academy. Saxtons River, is in town for
a few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Peck.
Dr. and Mrs. Allen have gone to Crown
Point. y y to spend Thanksgiving day
with their parents.
The Benedict Whist club will meet with
Mr. and Mrs. Euway Buttolph on Friday
evening.
Mortimer '. Drake of Tcondcroga. N.
y, is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Q. II.
Cushman for Thanksgiving day.
The Mlddlcbury Grange will meet Fri
day evening ana work the third and
fourth degrees, after which banquet
will be served.
Mrs. Rowe is seriously i'll at tho home
of her daughter, Mrs. II. Phillips, on Mum
ger street.
Mrs. Haskell and son have moved to
Boston. where they will make their fu-
ture home.
Pauline and Jessie LaCroiX have gone
to Rutland for weeks visit with rcla-
ltivcs.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTE.
Official Count Made In tho Middle OF
the Night.

Concord, \. H. Nov. 2t-At ton min
uics after midnight this morning, Acting
Governcr Harry NJ Cheney and the ooun-
cli met and canvassct tho vote cast in
thus State on November for presidential
electors. The statutes provide that this
canvass be made on the dav following
the last Wednesday but one IN November,
md in order to comply with the law and
not interfere with their ThaukSEN ing
dinners, the governor and council 'Ict
at this unusual hour.
II vas found that the Roosevelt and
Fairbanks electors had received H,l7a
votes, the Parker and Davis electors
S3 t95 the Swallow ard Carroll electors
7>9. the pcbs and Hanfcrd electors 1000,
and the Watson and Tibbcs electors %
votes.
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MIDDLEBURY.

The Rev, John ". bennett died at
his home IN Round Lake Saturday
might His remains were brought to
Mlddlchury on tho ll;25 train Wcdnes-
day. The funeral was held in the
Methodist Church At ! p. IN. Wednesday
snd burial was in the family lot in
the Foote street cemetery Mr. Ben
nett was born In this town and mar
Ficd Louise j. Scoley daughter OF
smlth Seeiey lie preached In this
Vicinity and was presiding elder OF
snis district. He also preached five
years In Troy and the same length of
time In Albany, He was G3 years Of
age and is survived by a wife and one
daughter
On Monday market day, eggs
Drought "a cents and butter 20.
Constable &. j. Seely and Policeman
EDWARD higgins, armed with war
rant, arrested Eli Odell at his home in
thc Seely district Saturday night IN
. charge OF stealing. He was lodged
in the county jail and brought before
Judge FOote Monday for n hearing Uo
was held for the grand Jury and bail
nxed at 500, which he was unable to
procure. During the hearing word was
received from the vicinity of Orwell
from a man who had missed some furs
which he described. The officers were
given papers and william Odell and his
mother, who were witnesses In this
first case, were held, a search warrant
was issued and Sheriff Cobb, Consta bles
Scely and Doine and Policeman HiE-
gins went Monday evening to tho
Odell's home. near the rivor, searched
the house and found some $3.50 worth
Of furs and two rifles, which answered
the description furnished by the man
from orwell. All three Of the Odells
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BOY MURDERERS CAUGHT.
Were Chased by 1000 Men-Talk Of
I.ynchlng Three Men.

Minneapolis NOV. % The three muir
dcrcrs ana hold up men who killed nine
yotr.old Fred King and shot Bartender
Edward NinGo last night during a turkey
rarlc III a saloon. were captured to-
night at Cambridge, MINI, 20 miles from,
here nftcr a chds. lasting u hours in
which at least one thousand mon have
been engaged since the commitment Of
tho crime.
There is talk Of lynchnE. Mingo IS In
serious condition but may recover
FARMERS WIFE MURDERED.
81. Joseph, Mo. Nov. 23 Mrs. George
Gay wife OF "A farmer living near
Agency in this county, was found dead
in hcr home to-day with her throat cut
and her hands and feet pinioned. y
stranger was seen afterwards driving
away from' the house.
Late tonight a telephone message
from Agency says that II is believed the
murderer is surrounded in a corntield.
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ASTROM CAME BACK.
Officials of His Company DO Not Want
Him Arrested.

White River Junction, NOV. 23-H.
II. Ostrom, the alleged defaulting man
ager of tho q. W. Angler company.
electrical contractors, reached here
early this morning by the Central Ncr-
mont train from the north. II is un-
dcrstood that he was in 81. Adams
yesterday. In company with walter
Crane Of the Angler company, ne took
the morning train for Boston. A war
rant was sworn out for his arrest on
TUESDAY but the officer was requested
not to serve it, The case seems more
mNstcrious than cNcr.
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MURDER AND ARSON.
Several Members Of the johnson Fam
lily Indicted by Grand Jury.

Towanda, Pa Nov 25-Thc grand
jury to-day found true bills against
Mrs, Sophia Merritt, tn" mother. and
Charles Biglcr Alanson and Nancy
Johnson. her children. charging them
with murder and arson.
Tho mother and her four children are
charged with killing Maggie Johnson,
wife Of Bigler Johnson. and her To-
yoar-old niece, Annie benjamin, on the
night of September IS, and afterward
setting fire to the house and burning
the bodies. Fresh interest is reused in
the case by reports of new confessions
of Charles and Bigler Johnson, the de-
tails of which are not made public
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SHOREHAM.

Mrs Lyman Nottingham returned from
New York Friday.--F'. NJ. Nottingham,
who has been a recent guest at j.. y.
TottinCham's. has returned to New York.
Mrs. Manlcy IIazetinc died Friday
evening. having been i'll with pneu-
mona less than a week. a husband and
four young children mourn her loss. The
funeral was held Monday At two o'clock.
Mrs. l.. y. Farnham and Margaret OF
Sudbury arc guests of her sister. Mrs
W, y. Stokes.---Tiarry Church of Bos-
ton has brought his daughter to her
ErarduarpntS for a visit
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SOUTH STARKsBORo.

also Mrs. Celia Babcock of Weyhridgc
are visiting Mrs. Mary A. Young this
wcek.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morrill, of
Bolton recently visited his father, George
Morrill, Walter Kimball intends to move
to Joel Carpenters farm soon. Walter
Kings children of Huntington visited
their uncle Daniel HnlloclS last week --
Mr.. and Mrs II. II. Young visited her
sister. Mrs. Sophia Philips, Tuesday.
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were married Mt c. =. Cranes November
IL. They took n trip to Montreal.--Mr
and Mrs. w. C. Finncssy have returned
from Essex Junction. where they went
to attend the funeral of their sister. Mrs
Eugene Bouchard.-- George Russell of
Burlington is visiting friends in town. -
Mrs. J. II. Wright has returned from her
visit to Five Mile Point Edith Billings
is working for Mrs. O. l.. Convcrse.D.
F.. Rice lost his PAGER, Fannie, last Sun
day.
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SALISBURY.

Joshua Hyde of Bennington visited at
A r. Whitncy's reccntly.-Me Stone
and family have moved to School House
NIL In East M!ddlobury.- Nelson is
expected home for Thanksgiving Henry
brIgss and wife and daughter OF Bran
don spent Sunday at Orcn Nelson's.
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TO DISCOURAGE DIVORCE.
Southern Unitarian Conference would
Cooperate with Other Churches.

Charleston, :. C., Nov. 2--Thc southern
conference of the Unitarian church to-
day adopted n resolution expressing
sympathy with the growing sentiment
among Christian people In favor of safe
guarding the American home by dis
couraging in every possible way the
growing evil of divorce" and voicng a
desire To cooperate with our brethren
of other churches in all legitimate efforts
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NORTH FERRIsBURGH.

Mrs. Lucinda Allen has gone TO Bur-
lirgton to spend the winterMrs NJ.
i. Allen has gone to Hubbardston,
Mass. to visit her daughter. Mrs. Will
lam Newton,-Moses Bushey has return
ed from IA long stay at the St. Louis
eXposition.-All the ladies of the church
and congregation are invited TO meet for
work for tho fair 10 be held on Decem-
Der and 10. at the home of Mrs. Stod-
dard Martin on Saturday Of this week.
Mrs. George Sorrell and Hattie Stone
were in Burlington Monday, Quite a lit
tie party Of our people went 10 Burling-
ton Monday to attend the "Chimes Of
Normandy"
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to New York Monday morning.-Mrs.
Marion Hubbard returned from Whiting
on Thursday last.-Marshall Broadway
and Miss Louise Blanchard were married
at Father Suliivans residence Thursday
morning last.-The creamery paid 2lc for
October milk. 1t is now taking in 1900
nn,lnlls Of milk eVerY other duX
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LOOKS LIKE TUNING MOVE

Mukdcn. NOV. 2;.--Indications are grow
ing that the japanese are undertaking Il
wide turning movement on the Russian
left. large number of Cormlssairiat I
wagons have been observed going east
ward. and some artillery exchanges have
also been reported from the eastward.
General kuropatkin has permitted men
Who have captured horses to sell then.
to officers, the proceeds to so to the
flIniles Of m.n killc1 in hattln.
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HANCOCK.

Julius Church IS very sick.-Mrs. > A.
Tart from MoutI'ucr was III town scV-
eral days recently calling on old friends.
Marie Church from Boston IS home on
account OF her 81 hers illness.
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FIRE AT PORT ARTHUR.

Washington, Nov. 23--rhe Japanese
legation has received the following cable
gram from Toxic.
Port Arthur army reports the build
ings near the arsenal caught fire about
noon November % owing to the bonn
bardment Of our naval guns AT go n
NJ. they are still burning
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BENJAMIN Eiarnden. aged 81 years, a
railroad trainman At Altoona. Pa, last
night killed his wife by cutting her
throat and then cut his own throat,
dying n few hours later.
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POSTMASTER AT BARToNsvILLE

Washington. Nov, .3.Andr, J, Nc
Ginley has been appointed postmaster 1t
Bartonsville, VT.
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Goldman, Sachs s. Co, of New York
Yesterday announced that they will ship
between $4,000 and sl000o0o in gold coin
to Berlin on Thursday. this being in adj
dltion TO their shipment of s5Oo,o0Q hereto.
fore announced
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THREE RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT
SUNK

London, Nov. ga despatch from
Nagasaki says that three Russian tor
pedo boat destroycrs left Port Arthur
carrying duplicates of n despatch from
General Stocssel a few days ago Some
badly wounded officers were on board
the boats, who preferred to risk their
lives at sea than to meet certain death
in the iusanitary hospitals of Port
Arthur.
The Japanese cruiser kasuga sank
the first destroyer after a fight lasting
half an hour, in which all the Russians
were shot or drowned except four who
were rescued by boats from the kasu-
ga one Of those thus rescued has
since died.
The chuser Matsushima sank the
secand destroyer % miles from Port
Arthur, receiving herself an inenec-
tive blow from n torpedo.
Two Japanese torpedo gunboats
sighted the third destroyer off Liaotis-
han at midnight and chased her
when tho engines OF the torpedo boat
broke down. The gunboats discharg-
ed two torpedoes at her, both of which
struck almost simulta neously. The
destroyer sank with all on board of
her
The correspondent adds that the
Japanese naval officers express the
highest admiration of the bravery of
the crews of tho destroyers.
BALTIC SQUADRON SIGHTED.
Port Said Nov. 2i-'rhc Russian Sec
ond Pacific squadron was sighted at six
a.,rlnck thi4 morning.
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BRIDPoRT.

Miner LAnders Is under the DOCTORS care.
Herbert Hueatis and Edna Shackett
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RUSSIANS ARE DESERVING.
Defenders of Port Arthur Are Conn
pletely DemOraiiZed.

London, Nov. oi-A despatch from
Toxic to the Standard reports increas-
ing dosertion from the Port Arthur gar
rison into the Japanese lines, the stories
the deserters tell indicating the dcmoral-
izaton of the Russian defenders. The
same correspondent says the Russian
forts on tho sea front of Port Arthur
no longer fire on the approach Of Jap
ancsc warshps
4 japanese correspondent writing to
the Morning Post bctrayS growing
anxiety concerning the Russian Second
Pacific squadron, which probably is due
to the unexpected strength of Port Ar
thurs resisting powers. He points out
the Inconsistency of Egypt in permit
ting Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's ships
to coal when not going to a Russian
port compared with the refusal of such
facilities when the Spanish Admiral
Camard wanted to take the battleship
Pclayo by the Suez route six years ago
and maintains that ii is Great Britain 5
business To compel Egypt to maintain
neutrality in the present case.
rhc Daily Tclcgraph's correspondent
at Port said says the Russian wurships
when herthcd, will be completely iso-
lated from other shipping, and that
they will be allowed 10 take ON water
and provisions. but the correspondent
adds that it is stll uncertain whether
they will be permitted to coal.
Copenhagen kilograms report that
the supplementary detachment of the
Russian second Pacific squadron is still
detained at Skagen by storms.
Tho Japanese according to n de-
spatch from Che Foo to the Chronicle
are reported to have captured the Brit
ish steamer Tungchow laden with 80
600 cases of canned meat for Port
Arthur.
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VERMONT
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES

The Winooski Valley, Villages up NORTH
From the Island in the LIKE to the
pnssumpsic, Along otter Creek
and by the sho' - of white
River o'''''' '''-
ciai Corrcspon.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-07-27
PERMANENT HOME
MINING CONGRESS

The growing prestige, the in
creasinR influence of the American
Mining congress has made IL neces-
sary that IL should have permanent
dominates the mining regions. This
IL the conclusion which the officers of
the organization have arrived at, and
they have therefore determined to
have the matter settled at the forth
coming session at Portland. Oregon.
This association has been IN ex-
istence for seven years, and Ii has
never had IA permanent home, which
seems somewhat surprising, consider
ing the importance of its mission
aud the lines of activity which ii il
following. No one realizes the need,
however, more than the men who are
guiding it's destinies, and il is now
determined that some western city
will be selected for the establishment
OF headquarters, the citizens of the
favored place being expected to pro.
vide, or assist materially In provid-
ing, for suitable building,
The building committee which has
this matter in hand Is composed Of
Thomas Ewing, of California, David
II. Motfit, of Denver, aud j. X.
Leonard, of Pittsburg, but the selec-
tion OF u site rests with the dele
gates to the next congress. The
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-07-27

per cent per annuml lon par Of e5; f;
Silver King, Of Utah, forty per cent
on par Of $50, aud Portland, Of
Cripple Creek, twenty four per cent
on 81. It is interesting to add that
the two best paying low grade gold
mines are the Homestake, Of South
Dakota, which distributes three per
cent In dividends annually on a
capitalization Of e21, $4,000 and
the Alaska. Tread WE'LL, on Douglas
island, Alaska. which will divide this
year seven and one half per cent on a
capital Of s5,000,0O0. The magni.
tude OF these two low grade prop
ositions will be better app, eciated
when 1t is learned that the Home
stake mine milled in the yearNending
June IL 1908, total Of l,279,O75
tons Of ore, which yielded an average
Of 1884 per ton in bullion. while
the Alaska -Treadwell, In the year
ending May 30. 1903, stamped 1856.
325 tons, with an average assay value
of -. 90 per ton.
The quicksilver mine reporting
dividends is situated in California,
and Of the six zinc properties the
New Jersey Zinc company is credited
with the largest payment, 5000, 900,
being at the rate Of twelve per cent
per annum.
The industrial dividends, led by
iron and steel and oil, still continue
the bulk of the payments, owing to
the heavy capitalization Of the com
binations. The coal and coke prop.
reties, with a few exceptions. are not
yielding as well as "A year ago, rs a
result of the present slackening Of
activity in all lines of manufacturing
aud particularly in the iron aud steel
trades.
In addition to the dividedns
enumerated above. there have been
paid 81, l5S.450 by five Mexican,
aud sl32, 600 by two Central Ameri-
cans gold. silver aud copper mines, In
which Americans are interested.
Upon the whole the showing made
by the first half of 1904 IL a very fair
one. aud 1t IL quite possible that II
may be equaled, IL not exceeded In
the second half OF the year, now
beginning. Engineering and Mining
Journal.
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CLIMAX TO
MICHIGANDfRS

+. x. Bishop, one of the main
owners Of the Climax in the Cracker
Creek district, arrived today with r..
+. Ximms. of IIouphton, Michigan,
representing the investors who are to
take over this property. Accom-
panying these gentlemep vas Captain
a. Case. former superintendent Of the
Columbia, who is To make nm in
spection of the property with Mr..
Ximms
Mr. Bishop declined 10 give out
any dgures In regard 10 the transac-
ton, but said il had been closed, aud
that the new people would soon be
operating the property. II IL
favoraLly located and the showing 30
far has proved very satisfactory.
The new people, ID IL understood,
will operate on an extensive scale.
Mr.. Ximms Is Houghton man who
is thoroughly advised in mining
matters.
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Portland gathering will therefore be
enlivened by All Interesting contest
for recognition on the part of
various cities which will likely put
In their claims, the usual fight for
the next meeting Of the congress
thus being thrown into the shade by
the more important one. 1t may
be said, In fact, that the two fights
will oe merged into one. for the city
which gets the headquarters may also
get the session.
Denver and Salt Lake City are
making an active effort to secure the
permanent home Of the congress. and
FL Paso is said to be preparing to
enter the contest. Doubtless Others
will spring into notice within the
next few weeks. Denver was the
birthplace Of the American congress.
that is, its predecessor, the Inter
national Mining congress, aud this IL
one Of the arguments that will be
brought to hear upon the delegates at
Portland. The first session was
held In this city In 1897. The next
meeting place was at Salt Lake City
In 1898. The name Of the organiza.
tion was changed to the American
Mining congress in 1902, and the first
session of the new organization was
at Deadw ood last year.
1t IL reported that Salt Sake City
has already pledged $50, 600 toward IA
building for the permanent head.
quarters, and the Commercial club
of that city will send IA represe ntntive
to Portland especially delegated to
carry away the plum, IL possible.
The Chamber of Commerce Of Denver
is also In the fight and IL IL under
stood tnat Its president will go t.
Oregon on similar mission.
The interest that Is hcins taken In
! this matter goes tn show what i'm
por'ance the two cities attach to the
honor. There IL no doubt that the
future power of the congress in do.
signing ways and means for the nd
vancement of the mining industry
will direct no little attention To tn,
city which claims its Headquarters.
Naturally II should be "a city whose
people have some interest In mining,
and Of course 1t will be no other.
The work that is before the congress
Is OF great Significance to mining
communities and mining men aud
they will certainly rec that the
organization is appropriately housed
wherever the place may be. Daily
Mining Record.
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f. l.. Kennon, Whitney, Oregon,
lumber, sash, doors, shingles, build
ing material, mining timbers.