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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
TRIAL OF LICENSE AND LOCAL
OPTION,

We expressed the opinion a few days
ago that the free discussion of tho license
question would result in a. broader spirit
Of liberation in Vermont. We still be-
lieve this to be the case, but tho remark
Of the Montpelier Argus that Bellows
Falls has voted no license and Immediate
ly afterward arrangements are COM
pleted to connect it with the license town
OF Walpole, n. H., by a now bridge"
IS not one of the evidences of such
tolerance. This is only an illustration
of what is being said of Rutland and
other no-liccnse towns.
1t i'll becomes journals which argued
that one of the merits of the local option
law was that it would allow every town
10 decide for itself at to the licensed sale
Of intoxicating liquor within its own
borders, to c~riticise a tow because it
Exercises that right Of option. Much less
thould they indulge in the charge of
hypocrisy, in some cases, in view of the
argument that the new law would do
away with tho hypocrisy charged up
against state prohibition. The intima-
lion that a town would go to the expense
Of building a bridge across the Connect
Cut to accommodate those of its citizens
who desire liquor, after voting no-license,
suggests its own commentary.
Nothing will so surely lead to the re-
turn of Vermont to State control of tho
liquor traffic in some form as the cndea-
Vor OF outside influences to force
license on towns. At the present time
there is a pronounced disposition to give
the existing law a fair trial. 1t is no
20 be forgotten, however, that n fair tria
means a fair trial by both the support
ers and the opponents of the law. II
the advocates of local option proceed OF
the assumption that local option is in
consistent with no license, they will no
only substantiate some of the charges
made in the referendum campaign, bul
they will also promote the growth OF
the movement for State control of thu
liquor traffic.
Rutland has voted against license thu
coming year and Burlington has voted
In favor of license, We do not believe
tina Rutland became a hypOcrite in {
day. We believe that under the law
us it stands, each town should freely
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FOR Ills COUNTRY's SAKE.
(.Not copyrighted.)
CHAPTER l..

Over the distant hills. nellowcd with
the crimson glory of the setting sun.
came the lowing of n herd of Korean
cattle. and u lone jackal yelped on Sec.
23. Town 10. Range Is west.
otherwise, a hrooding silence reiEned.
Seated in his tent. Gen. Bunkovitch
ran his piercing eye over a mar and
back again. 1t was a thrilling race. lie
yawned.
1T is getting late" he muttered. Il
believe | will go to the haysky."
He clapped his chapped hands thrice,
and "A Cossack entered.
send for Vladimir was the stern
command.
\ muscular baldheaded youth. with
an upright carriage. answered the sum-
mons.
vladimir" said the great command
cr. Il want you to get for me some al
most priceless information. Go to the
fortsky OF the Japs and learn how many
~cannonsky they have at the present
timeroff. Also get the list of prices and
discounts in hardware. Don't tell your
real name. Leave your watch and your
yellow streak with me, and CO.
The boy bowed gravely and made his
departure.
CHAPTER II.
1t was all off with Vladimir Break
thenewstomothersky
His disguise had been detected by the
vieilant Japs, and the rising sun il
lunIined a tough. fbrous with a
Japanese mule at one end and II hero
at the other.
What might your name be- asked
n wiry little Jap, who had attended a
business college. in the United states,
and spoke good English.
My name might be Charley Ross
,yo, NTl,l'- fnnAttntG Ian1I - htt ~
hain't.'
Nobody laughed.
We'll" he sighed. II suppose I might
as we'll fess up. My name is Vladimir
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. My last
word are 1 only regret that | have but
one name to leave to my country Any
how. that names a peacherof"
The mule started, the ropc creaked
and, Evalike, our hero gracefully as
cended until his head struck q limb.
(The Enid
milwaukee Sentinel.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
YOUNG MORMON NEEORMERS.

There is an old adage that one has to
90 away from home to hear the news.
1t seems to nave been necessary for the
Younger element of the Mormon Church
to go to Washington to learn that polyg-
amy was being practiscd in spite of the
law against plural wives, and that Prosi-
dent Smith of the Mormon Church him
self had five wives and no less than forty
two children.
1t is barely possible, Of course, that
the young Mormons did not make this
startling discovery through IA 1erusal of
the record of the Smoot hearings In
Washington. 1t was announced that all
OF President Smiths wives and over
thirty of his children gathered to meet
hin on his return to Salt Lake City from
the national capital. and 1t is not i'm
possible that the first intination the
young Mormons had that their church
president was not leading Il sober, mo-
pearanCc of this multi-marricd mans
merry wives and their progeny at the
station to greet him. If SO the famous
Bee Hive House must be Il marvel OF
mystery.
Be this all as it may, the younger clo-
ment of the Morrnon Church is said
to have been so scandalized by the open
declaration of President Joseph +. Smith
that he was living with his five wives in
defiance of law. and above all hat he
proposed TO continue doing so, that they
have united in d movement having for its
object the enforcement of the pledges
given to the federal government when
Utah was admitted as Il State,
1t is encouraging to note that these
young Mormons have threatened that un-
less President Smith and the other polyG-
amous church authorities do not abandon
they will withdraw from the church. A
general conference of the so.called
saints is to be held in Salt Lake City
the coming month, and according to all
accounts this is the ultimatum which the
young Mormons will deliver to their
multi-matrimonial ministers at that time.
1t is difficult to believe this story in
view OF all th;t VIC have been told about
the power of the Mormon Church over its
members. but it is easy to understand
how the Mormons who do not believe in
polYgamY must nave been scandalized
as a result of the disclosures in Wash
ineton. If it is true, this threatened re-
volt is significant, and those responsible
for the investigation into the case OF
Senator Smoot evidently builded better
han they knew.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
A POOH BAH

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle praCticcd nedi-
cine before he began to write, and in one
of his scrap books he has a newspaper
advertisement that he cherishes because
it shows we'll the low standing of many
doctors in the eighteenth century. Sir
Arthur clipped the advertisement from
a newspaper of the year l7S7. 1t reads
WANTED. for a family not blessed with
GOOD health, a sober, discreet and steady
person to act in the capacity of doctor
ard apothecary. He must often act also
as a steward and butler. and accession
ally dress hair and wigs. He Will hs
required TO read prayers and sometimes,
on wet Sundays. 10 preach a sermon
or two. A good salary will be paid and
n preference will be given to such an onc
as, besides the above qualifications, can
mend clothes. philadelphia Bulletin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
The United States battleship Kearsarge

The United States battleship Kearsarge
in her recent target practice at Pen
sacola made a remarkable record. One
thirteen inch gun made six hits out Of
seven shots in five minutes and twenty
hits out OF ten shots in five minutes and
a five inch gun made eighteen hits out
Of eighteen shots in two minutes. If the
Car had a few men behind the guns like
those on the Kearsarge, the Japanese
might to-day be telling a different story
from that credited to them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
State Meeting Of Representative
Vermonters to Be Held in
Burlington, March %.
TO DISCUSS THREE TOPICS
Aid" ~Stntc Aid,y ana "a
More Complete Supervision Of Road
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in stowe
Destroyed by Lightning
Another License Vote,

Barre. March q. -Invitatione have boe;
sent out from this city To representative
men in all the towns on tho cast side
of tho State to attend d meeting to 10
held at the Van Ness House, BURLINGTON.
March IS, in the interest of good road1
1he committee having the matter IL
charge on this side is comprised OF Rich.
ard Currier and city Engineer Charlie,
X. Allen of this city. A similar commit
tee on the west side consists Of city
Engineer II. NJ. Mc1ntosh of Burlington,
eX-City Engineer A. &. Grover Of Rut.
land and George Pierce of Brattleboro
farmer at the Brattleboro retreat
Three topics will be discussed at tho
meeting az follows: National Aid.'
state Aid" and "A More Complete Su.
pervision of Road Building"
The Barre board of aldermen voted TO.
night to attend the meeting in a body.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
LIGHTNING STRUCK BARN.
Killed n Horse BESIDES Burning Build.
Ing and Four Hogs In the Basement,

stowe. March 22.-During a thunde,
storm which passed over this place this
afternoon the horse barn of Osman A..
Sanborn on West Branch was struck bv
lightning, ana entirely consumed by fire.
one horse in the building was killed by
the bolt and four shotes in the basement
were burned. A carriage. two harnesses
and sone farming tools were also de.
StrOyed.
Mr.. Sanhorn was away working in tina
lumber woods at the time but the fire was
seen from the home of 9. w. Adams and
messengers were sent to the village and
the Forks and soon d large number Of
men were on the scene. By hard fghtinh
the residence which adJoins the barn was
saved.
Mr.. Sanborn Is unable to estimate hin
loss, but it is partially covered by insur.
ance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
ELECTRICITY TO REPLACE STEAM.

The world has grown accustomed to
academic predictions that electricity will
displace the steam locomotive in the not
distant future. This is a very elastic cX-
preston, and the public obtains no very
definite idea from its use, beyond a vague
animation that we must begin to think
about the possibility of a change in meth
DDS of locomotion on our steam railways.
When the head Of a great railroad sys-
tenn like President @. $. Mellen Of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
says in an authorized interview that he
has to look ahead only a very few years.
to see a time when the steam locomotive
will become a curiosity on the line of the
'Consolidated' between New York and
New Haven, we are at once brought face
to face with a practical probability.
President Mellen's explanation shows
thai the ~supplantinG of steam by electric
propulsion is not to be expected on all
railroad systems, however. lie says that
the great obstacles to-day to the substi-
tuition of electricity for steam as a motive
mower upon the railroads are the conStruc-
ton Of the roads themselves, the fire.
Quency of crossings and the danger of
conducting the power by Il third rail-. He
thinks these will be greatly overcome and
IN the near future; and on such portions
of systems as have eliminated crossings
he expects the steam locomotive to give
third rail system of electric propulsion
In the course of time it is probable that
3ome system will be devised which will
combine the various advantages Of the
third rail system of electric propulsion
snd at the same time avoid the extreme
danger attendant on the exposure of a
powerful electric current.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED.
An Attempt to Restrict the Kinds OF
Liquor Sold in Br~attlebOrO.

Brattleboro. March 22-This town,
which went for license by a majority OF
Is March /. will have another struggle
with the liquor question. The law pro-
vides that when a town votes for license
II special town meeting shall be called,
upon the presentation Of a petition the
Solectmen signed by six or more voters,
TO vote upon the question of whether Ii
cens"s shall be ISSUED to sell all kinds
Of Intoxicating liquors or only malt
liquors. Lawyer Frank H.. IhuShton
presented to-day to the selectinen such
a petition signed by II. +. Weatherhcad,
the Pew, l.. NJ. Keneston. j. q. Stafford.
F.. II. briggs, Warren FesSendcn and +.
-. L. Stow. Mr.. Wcatherhoad and Mr..
KcnestOn live in West Brattloboro.
Mcssrs. Stafford and Briggs are farmers
and Mr.. F~csseuden is a dealer III farm
ing tools, all living outside the village,
and Stow is Il lawyer. This campaign
is not approved by many men who are
opposed to license.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

When yUu want anything. advertise In
the new special column Of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week which
II will pay you to read about. See page
seven. This paper has more than S'VV'
headers every week. and n cent a WORD
Nill reach them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR.
Spanking has made more great men than

Spanking has made moro great men than
genius.
The part Of mathematics that marriage
has most to do with is multiplication.
a man with a big voice takes himself
as seriously as a little man with a tall
hat.
Women go out and pay money to hear
lectures, but men get theirs at home
for nothing
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

When a woman's bank account is over
drawn and she has to make It up she
acts Just the way she does when she
says the grocer charges her for things
she never bought.-New York Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
IRA ALLEN.
To Mr.. Ethan Allen,
Sheffield

What these bargains about Hines
hurgh' were does not appear, but We
learn from records that there was Il
proprictors' meeting of the township hcld
at New Milford. Conn, in january fol
lowing, 1t7j, at which Il vote was passed,
giving TO Col. Ethan Allen and others
500 acres Of land for making roads"
which road it appears was not made. nor
WAS there time for necessity to make it
then, or have il made, the Revolutionary
War right away breaking out. first at
Westminster, Vt. in March following,
where the first blood was shed. Their the
battle of concord and Lexington in April.
the takirs of Ticondoroga and Grown
Point in May, and the battle of Bunker
Hill in June of the same year, 1775, put an
end for many years to such enterprises
as road building in that wilderness sec
ton of Vermont, now so fertile and so
fair and lovely to look upon; and our
surveyor and his more dcmonStrative
brother, Ethan. found a larger and more
important sphere for the exercise and
development of their great executive and
administrative abilities. even 10 the
founding of an independent state, unique
aud fascinating in its history, having a
motto emblcmatic of its characteristics,
"Freedom and Unity"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
Boston, Mass, March 21, 1904.

"RALLADE OF ST. MARTINS CLOCK"
Glad is the feast of St, Valentine
When Towns black twilight turns to
gray,
And in woodland walks at the snowdrop's
sign
Love first dares dream of the coming
May.
But for me, of a sudden, splashcd
streets grow gay.
And my heart leaps up with a joyous
shock.
When at half past five on my homeward
| can see the time by st. Martins clock.
All winter the fogged street-lamps contine
My smartinG sight 10 their dull display,
Where the shop-fronts flare and the flash
lights Irvine.
Roof-high, strange legends with ftful
All winbir I've longed for the longthen-
ing day;
Lo! now, with never a warning knock,
Spring stands at the door-She has come
to stay;
can see the time by st. Martins clock.
Pail Mall passed eloomily' who could
divine
ON Trafolgar Square what cnchantment
lay.
II stirred my blood like a fairy wine,
Springs spirit distilled 10y an April fay.
Sure Nelson in stone might yield to its
sway,
And turning, | VOW, on his pillarod block,
Clap his glass TO his binder eye ANA say
Il can sce the time by st. Martins
clock"
ENVOY.
Princess, If one impulse twin souls obey.
Does not yours feel its prison with mine
unlock,
When at half past five on my homeward
way
] can see the time by ST, Martins
clock?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

II you are scrofulous, d%yspcptic, rhou-
mate, troubled with kidney complaint,
general debility, lacking strength, take
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 9.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

Ierms-S1.OO Year, Always in Advance
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
STEAM SAW MILL BURNED.
AN ALLEGED ELOPFMENT.

Green Mountain Valley in Bennington.
otherwise known as the east road to
Shaftsbury and formerly called Shirk
shire, is stirred up over an alleged clone
ment from that neighborhood. According
to report the principals in the case are
Mrs. II. Elwcl! Henry Harrington.
They are both aged about 30 and are well
known in that section. They are reported
to have left their homes separately and
gone to bennington and there to have
hired II team and driven over into New
York State, Some think they went to
Cambridge. So far as is known no legal
steps have been taken to find them, II
Americus times-recorder., 1904-02-19
WlFE's DEVOTION REWARDED.
After Weeks of VigiIant Search She
Causes Arrest of Supposed Murderer


Causes Arrest of Supposed Murderer
New York, Feb. 18-After an un.
femitting search of nearly seven
weeks, during which she has walked
DAY and night on the bowery, spent
hours in unsavory sports and exhaust
ed every resource of a skilled detec-
ed every resource of a skilled detec-
today caused the arrest OF the man
who is accused of being her husbands
murderer
Richard Duffy, her husband. was
fatally stabbed on the night of Jan.
l., IN frent Of a bowefy resort and
before hrs death said that the wounds
mad been inflicted by Charles De-
yuno. The police used every effort
TO capture Deynuno but in spite of a
full description given by Duffy, were
unable to do so. His wife, however,
undiscouraged, kept up the search
She strolled the bowery, visited the
haunts Devuno was wont to frequent,
shadowed his friends and even watch
ed railroad stations and steamship
piers in her attempt to lind him.
Last night she saw the man enter
a hotel on the bowery and notified the
police, who arrested Devuno after a
struggle. He had been in P1ttsburg
since the murder, it was said. De,
Tuno, who, with Duffy, is said to have
been prominent in the gang" life
on the lower East Side. was arraign-
ed today on charge of homicide.
Americus times-recorder., 1904-02-19
RUSSIA WAS NOT
READY FOR WAR
Says Japanese Struck while
Negotiations were On.
JAPAN PROMISES OPEN DOOR.
Minister kurino, Returning from Rus
sia, Declares Japan Will Keep Open
Door in China-other interesting
News from the Far East

Siag OSCtaFSS Japan Will NSSp OPen
Door in Chna-Other interesting
News from the Far East
st. Petersburg, Feb. 1S-An official
proclamation explaining the unprepar-
edness of Russia for war and the ne
cessity for the exercise OF patience
by her people, has been issued here.
1t is as follows:
Eight days have elapsed since all
Russian was shaken with profound in
dignation against an enemy who sud
denly broke off negotiations by q
tFeacherous attack, tried to obtain
easy success in war long desired.
The Russian nation, with natural i'm
patience, desires prompt vengeance
and awaits feverishly news from the
Far East.
The unity and strength of the Rus
sian people leave no room for doubt
that Japan will receive the chastise-
ment she deserves for her treachery
and provocation to war at a time
when our beloved sovereign desired
to maintain peace among the nations.
The conditions under which hostil1-
ties are being carried on compel us
to wait with patience news from the
success Of our troops, which cannot
occur before decisive actions are
fought by the Russian army The
distance of the territory and the de-
sire of the emperor to maintain peace
were the causes of the impossibility
Of more complete and effective prepa.
rations for war Much time is now
necessary in order to strike at Japan,
but it was worthy of the dignity and
might OF Russia and while sparing as
much as possible the shedding Of the
blood of her children to inflict Just
chastisement upon the nation which
has provoked the struggle. Russia
must await the event impatiently, be-
ing sure that our army will avsnge
an hundred-fold that provocatlon.
Operations on land must not be ex-
pected for some time yet and we can
not obtain early news from the scene
OF war. The useless shedding OF
blood is unworthy the greatness and
power Of Russia.
Our country displays much unity
and desire for seIf-sacrifice on be-
half of the national cause that all true
news from the scene of hostilities will
be Immediately due to the entire ma
ton
Americus times-recorder., 1904-02-19

tSecend chief or stan OF J1r7zanrsv errr.zyr,
diately for Toxic, where, during the
present crisis, he Will act as advisor
to the foreign minister.
In the course of an interview on the
Ear Eastern situation, NJ Kurino said
Japan, having gone to war with Rus
sia for the defense of sovereignty of
the Korean and Chinese empires,
would religiously respect that sover-
eighty il she were victorious He
added:
I'VE pledge ourselves to the mainte-
nance of the open door wherever the
fortunes of war clothe us with ascen-
dancy in the Far East. | find COM
mercial Germany exploiting the bug
bear that il we humble Russia we
shall proceed to slam the open door
in the face of Europe and America.
Japan has no such intention.
1t is fundamentally opposed to our
national ambition to rank as a world
power III the general sense of the
term. The idea that Japan plans the
VI oeA-ii&AlIOll VI the SSIlOW race 1OT T.
purpose OF crushing white power in
Asia is a ridiculous fantasy. Whoever
permits himself to be frightened by
the yellow peril is ignorant of the
gull separating the Japanese and the
Chinese peoples.
China, indeed, regards the jap
anese as tradition enemies and the at
titude of China at this hour most dis
turbs Japanese for fear that China
will find it difficult to maintain in
ternal order in the neighborhood OF
the fighting zone"
NJ. Kurino added that the Japanese
finances were never in a better condi-
tion than now, and that unless the
war lasted long time, Japan would
not need to seek a foreign loan
Americus times-recorder., 1904-02-19
LockjaW Caused Death.

New York, Feb. 18.-Lockjaw caus-
ed by cut on the hand from a trans
fer slip has caused the death OF Geo.
Powers, street car conductor here
The cut was sustained two weeks
ago, while Powers was tearing the
slip from his book for passenger.
In this connection, the board of
health has issued mandate forbid.
ding conductors to moisten their fin
gers with saliva in order to separate
the transfers before dealing them out
to passengers. Fears OF disseminating
disease germs caused the boards ac-
ton