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The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22
Deliberate Suicide.

Edward McGee, man 10 years old.
committed suicide in Marshall on
Thursday. He bolted the door. and.
sitting before a looking glass. placed
a 81 caliber revolver 10 his right temple
and pulled the trigger The bullet went
through his head, and dropped upon
the floor not far from where he sat.
McGee had been working in Battle
Creek for some time past. No reason
can be assigned for the suicide. Mar
shal Stone, upon being notified. made
an entrance TO the room by a window
and found him sitting dead on the
chair. The dead man is survived by
two sons. three daughters. mother,
three sisters and three brothers.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22
Free Hair Cuts.

The Disciples Of Benjamin and Mary,
Flying Rollers and other curbstOne
preachers must get Off the main streets
in the business district of Benton Har-
hor. This is the edict handed down
by Mayor Giliet. For the past two
months Benjamin and Mary. Dowie-
ties and preachers of other rival creeds
have been competing for business on
the street corners. The noise made
by preachers and gospel singers and
several kinds Of wind instruments put
all the medicine shows III the back
ground and an appeal was made 10
the authorities. Any Flying Roller VIC
lating the edict is TO be placed in
Jail and his hair clipped.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22


The population of Marshall decreas-
ed nine since 1900
Ionias population increased just IL
in the last four years.
Coldwater will have an auto parade.
to end with banquet.
Farmers are returning To lightning
rods for protection for their farm
buildings.
Ovid has newsboy that clothes him-
self and has n bank account from the
receipts of paper sales.
Carl Nern. student of the VI. y c..
collapsed on the street i'm Port Huron
from a weakened condition from over
study and the heat.
There is now very good prospect
that Pontiac will secure new depot
and along with 1t will come new ho-
tel.
The trout fishing this season has
been about the poorest on record. and
as a result there is a movement on foot
among sportsmen TO petition the legis-
lature to close the trout streams for a
year or two
A $1,000 loss resulted from the burn
ing of five large barns on the Sterling
estate stock farm on the River Raisin.
Senator Fairbanks, Republican nom
inee for vice-president. has gone to
Mackinac, where he will rest for a
fortnight.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22
RACE FOR LIFE.
A Farmers wild Drive To Save a Mans

A Farmers Wild Drive To Save n Mans
Life.
For more than seven miles with
BLOOD dripping from his buggy and
leaving a ghastly trail in the road, Mat
thew Leonard drove literal race with
death-and won. Louis Pearl lies in Il
Grand Rapids hospital terribly weak
from loss Of blood and almost at the
point of death, hut it is said he will
survive.
Pearl was working on the Leonard
farm III Alpine township, about seven
miles from Grand Rapids, and in
some manner got In front of NOW
Ing machine The cutting bar caught
the right foot and cut through flesh
and muscle and hone at point few
inches above the heel. A great artery
was severed and the blood poured from
the wound in 4 torrent. Mr.. Leonard
put an emergency bandage on. but it
did not check the flow of blood
Leonard hitched UP his best horse
and started ON the wild drive. The
animal was kept OH Il dead run for
the entire distance, persons, believing
the animal was running away, making
efforts to stop him.
Down the Bridge street hill the horse
tore AZ full speed and through the
city TO the corner of Broadway, where,
covered with foam, it staggered anu
fell to its knees.
Leonard had Pearl carried to the
barn and the police ambulance was
called. The run was taken up by the
police team in few minutes with DR..
l.. Park Edwards working over the
wound while the ambulance dashed to
u. b. A. hospital.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22
Imperfect Work. .

Ii is doubtful if the Fred NJ. Warner
state census supervisors will give out
any figures on Detroits population. As
sistant Supervisor Smith says the re-
ports of the $50 local enumerators are
so imperfect he believes no fairly ac-
curate totals can he furnished. He de-
clares, however. the returns Indicate
Detroit's population is nearer 30O,OOO
than 353,2 ,2JS, the water boards recent
estimate
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22
Foolish Risk of Life.

In spirit of bravado. Capt. Arm
strong, young man of Plainwell,
climbed to the top Of a 75-foot ladder
erected by Prof. Horton for high
dive attraction to a show The ladder
was not quite complete when Arm
strong mounted to the top, and the
affair swayed and broke. and the
young man struck OH cement walk.
His skull was frightfully crushed and
his body badly mangled. He cannot re-
cover.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

Judge Brewer recently declared that
in forty years experience on the
bench he had never heard but one law
yer tell a lie in court This is the
first time that we knew that the Judge
was as deaf as all that.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The brilliant Washington Post
quotes a current magazine as putting
America Developing an Aristocracy?"
II we are, it is certainly one of the
worst cases of arrested development"
on record.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

Well bet so1co mean man meant to
put woman's temper to a severe test
when he started discussion of the
question, "Why have women more tenn
per than men?"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The Academy of Medicine at Paris
has decided that excessive meat eating
causes appendicitis. 1t does more. 1t
causes emaciation of the pocketbook
and bankruptcy.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

A Pennsylvania man who inherited
SS5 900 has received no less than 800
offers of marriage. Money must be
uncommonly scarce or women uncom-
monty plenty up there.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

According to the Department of Ag-
rioulture, peanuts contain about four
ounces of protein and 2,767 calorics OF
energy" We know now why these cir
Gus men are all so strong"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

Two Philadelphia society men fought
twenty rounds with hard gloves and
one finally Knocked the other out.
Philadelphia as a whole may be slow
and sleepy, but there are parts of
Philadelphia which are as alert and
modern as the Bowery.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

A Tennessee court has decided that
a woman cannot be compelled to tell
her own age. When under oath, the
average woman is apt to be under age,
as well.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

A Milwaukee man tried to fly the
other day, but owing to the fact that
his starting place was only five feet
high he is still able to be up and
around.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The June bride didn't realize how
she will hate next December, when the
thermometer is marking 10 degrees
below zero, to get up and build the
kitchen fire.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

1t was a man who declared man the
proper study of mankind. Whether 1t
is proper or not, man always has de-
voted most of his studying to himself.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The theme chosen for her COM
mcncement essay by one of Chicago's
sweet girl graduates was the Psyche
logy of the Pig" The subject has the
true stock yards flavor.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

To the residents of Port Arthur the
case of the Trenton IN. J.) man who
never sleeps does not seem at all re-
markable.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

An imminent agricultural authority
informs us that hogs are said to cut
their throats when they swim" The
trouble with the sort of hogs we have
around here is that they can't be in
duced to swim enough.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The difference between the Fourth
of July and Thanksgiving is that one
has its night before, the other its
morning after.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The new battleship Kentucky is said
TO be swift. The Blue Grass state al
ways did produce racers.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The late Mr. Herbert Spencer's lady
housekeeper desires to meet with a
similar position. Highest references.
Address the London Times.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

In Boston the pianoforte is now used
to assist in the cure of nervous dis
eases. Eccentricity always was Bos-
tons forte anyhow.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

This is the time when the cam.
paign song-writer makes the inventor
of names for new breakfast foods look
like wilted Seeding.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

Those current attempts "to reform
the Fourth of July" unfortunately ig-
more the necessity of first reforming
the average small boy.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

A Brooklyn judge recently declared
it to be his candid opinion that Adam
deceived Eve. Probably had to to
get his share of the fruit.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

A San Francisco man is now suing
his wife for divorce because she will
not talk. There's no accounting for
tastes.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

One of those up-to-date New York
fnanciers has a safe with a tin back.
Needless to say that his depositors
never get their money 'back."
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

A Chicago woman believes that men
should pay their wives regular sala-
ries. Some of the wives may be de-
pended on to get theirs anyhow.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

In not liking the way American
yachts are sailed, the Kaiser is assur-
ed of the hearty sympathy of Sir
Thomas Upton.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

Quiet weddings are now said to be
the proper caper. Designed to harmo-
nize with the divorces, probably.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-22

The Atlanta Journal says that Lon
don proper" is but a small town.
But then, so much of it is improper" !"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

was starting a successful popular loan to
head off this pandcring to ''plutocracy."
stirred by the necessity of doing some
thing to stem the tide of Hearst senti-
;ncrt in the Western states the Hon. Ed
ward G. Wall Of Wisconsin has announced
himself as a candidate for his party's
presidential nomination in the hope that
he can hold the badger State delegates
for future delivery, bu. nasmuch as he
was a gold democrat, W%isconsin's would
be favorite son may have to go to the wall.
And so with other late cases of demo-
cratic favoritc sons.
What will the democratic harvest be?
The Cleveland and Parker booms are
evidently neutralizing each other in New
York, thus holding the influence Of that
State back as a factor in the struggle
FOR delegates to st. L-ouis, while the
Hearst boomers are busy everywhere in
the country forming, not democratic clubs
in name but Hearst clubs, and making
sure of delegations.
Unless the situation changes rapidly
this drift will continue until New York
democracy finds itself compelled to mount
the Hearst hand wagon and secure a seat
IS near as possible to the driver.
The result then will be plain. The coun-
try will simply have Il repetition of the
campaign OF 1900 with William Jennings
Bryan posing as the power behind tho
throne instead OF visibly holding tho
| rcins of power,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
THE TEST OF EFFICIENCY,

Some Of our contemporaries are saying
that the experience of the past year shows
at least that under the existing law there
is less Illicit selling of intoxicating LIQUOR
than under the old law. From a temper
ance point Of view the question is not
whether there is less illicit selling under
the present liquor legislation, but whether
the consumption of intoxicating liquor
has not largely increased under license,
with more drunkenness md disorder as
a natural sequence.
In Burlington. for example, it would
hardly be reasonable to expect as much
illegal traffic, when there are nineteen
licenses providing for the open and legal
sale Of intoxicating liquor to meet differ
cnt demands, as there was under lcgis-
lation declaring all sale of Intoxicating
liquor as a beverage to be illegal since
under our former system all beverage
trainc was illicit.
In any comparison of this nature VT
must, moreover. distinguish carefully be-
tween local option and license.
that license has largely increased tbs
traffic in intoxicating beverages during
the year now approaching its close hard
ly needs to he argued in view of the OK
periences of Rutland and other towns
which led to a revolution in public senti-
ment sufficient in some of the larger
towns to swing them into the no-licenss
column.
License as n temperance measure, as
compared with no-lconse has been trieo
and the assertions made during the refer
endum on this point have been demon
stratcd to be untrue to the satisfaction
of Il large number of people,
The question that remains to be dc
termined is whether the claim that pro
hibition in the larger " could he en-
forced better under local option than IN
der State control was we'll ioupdcd Thi!
test of local option as compared will
State control will fall upon Rutland, st
J~ohnsbury and Bellows Fails.
TO sum up the situation, license as a,
alleged measure of temperance reform
has been tried and found wanting. No
license under local option as a temper
ancc measure in a number of the large
towns remains to be tried in comparison
with State prohibition; and the comm.
months of no-license in the towns naInc
will tell their own story as to the merit
of local option
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

exercise its right of choice in this matter.
votes a certain way.
There are men who do not use intoxi-
eating liquor themselves who sincerely
believe that license is tho best method
of dealing with the liquor traffic in the
larger towns in the State. Some men
who use liquor at times do not believe
in tho licensed saloon, with its attractions,
but in some system that will restrict
the traffic ms much as possible, or at
least remove the elcmen of personal gain.
The latter may be just as sincere as the
former, and neither is necessarily a hypo-
critic.
The great majority of the people of
Vermont are anxious to have that sys-
tenn of regulating the liquor traffic adopt
ed, which will best promote the cause
of temperance and law and order. When
they are fully satisfied what that system
is, that is the system which will I'M
questionably be adopted for a consider
able period.
II Rutland and Bellows Falls and other
large towns which have changed from
license to no license show during the
coming season their ability to enforce
prohibition better under local option than
under State control. it must be recognized
as a victory for local option. If, condi-
tons in those towns are practically tho
same as they were under State prohibit
ton or worse, with license as an occa-
sional certainty, the claims made for the
increased efficacy of local option as n
temperance measure for the larger towns
will be d%isproved.
In the meantime we can afford to be
tolerant OF each others views on the
license question. recognizing that the
object sought is the greatest good for the
greatest umbe
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
AN CASE.
Washington County Court to Decide
Whether the Nehasaue Is m
Engine or n Car.

Montpelier. March 9o--rhe case Of John
Trow Of Barre, administrator of the es-
tate of Joseph II. Ward, VS.. the Preferred
was taken up in Washington county court
this morning and a jury was empanclcd.
Mr.. Ward WAS Il well known contractor,
Il member Of tho firm of Ward & Doug
lass of Barre. lie Was instantly killed
November |. 1909, on the Rutland railroad
near Mt. Holly station while riding on
the presidents ear Nohasone. lie carr
ried All accident policy of $500 in tho
defendant company, payment of which
was refused on the ground that ona
clause in the policy prohibits the holder
from riding IN a locomotive or walking
ON railroad tracks. The main point al.
issue seems to be whether President
Webb's private car is a locomotive Within
tho meaning OF the Law. John w. Cor
don and S, HOLSTER Jackson of Barre
art counsel for the plaintiff; T.. s. STAN
ton and George w. Wing for the defend
ant company.
The jury in the case of Northrup VS..
Sharkey to recover for the value Of q
dump cart rendered a verdict this morn
ing for the plaintiff TO recover s2.Si and
costs.
HEARING WILL BE HELD FRIDAY.
Bennington, March 22.-Thc hearing hes
fore the railroad commissioners at Cams
bridge will be held Friday morning in.
stead of Thursday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24

A prolific field for exhausted novelists
has Just been brought to view. Amer
lean and British engineers are re-
ported to have discovered in Bolivia bur-
led treasure valued at SIG, 0 .00O, the search
having been continued during five ccntur-
les. There is a legend that at the time
of the Spanish conquest the gold was bur-
led for the Peruvian 1ncas by Indians, to
be paid later to the Spaniards as a ram
Hom for the liberation of Emperor Atahri-
nlpa, but the money was refused, possibly
on the ground of suspicion that it could
not be produced. and the treasure remain
I'd hidden, The gold is said to have been
discovered during the progress of a survey
and inasmuch as n dispute arose between
the finders, the Bolivian government has
taken charge of the treasure for the pur-
pose Of supervising the distribution of
the millions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
HEARST AND THE FIELD.

The republicans presidential problem
having practically furnished its own So
luton, political attention is now monop-
olized very largely by the democratic
game of chess. In the political game the
candidate must not only make progress
himself, but unless he has "a cinch" he
must also checkmate his rivals. This is
what different democrats are doing at
the present time.
At present it is the field against Hearst.
We referred the other day to the an
nouncement that Indianapolis democrats
wanted anybody to beat Hearst. The
present outlook is that it will require
the united efforts of all democratic prcsi-
Dental "anybodies" to beat the New York
gates thus far than all other demo-
cratic candidates combined and even Mis-
souri, 10 which the democratic national
convention fled in its eagcrness to os-
cape Hcarst's Chicago influence, is won
dorinE whether she can resist the young
aspirant's ardent wooing.
In view of recent developments in New
York's democratic fractional fight, one
would naturally suppose Parker to stand
a fair chance to secure the presidential
prize of his party. particularly as Eoss
Murphy and Senator McCarren are said to
have made up. This opinion is not unani-
nous, however. The democratic New
York World, which Will never forgive
Parker for having been nominated by the
conference.-the Brooklyn Eagle, speaks
as follows under the caption Of Judge
Parker's Handicap:
Mr.. August Belmont, the subterranean
sprite of rapid transit: Mr.. Patrick Nc
Carron, who for conjectural reasons last
fall destroyed and now seeks to restore
Brooklyn's autonomy; ex-senator Hill,
the stormy petrol of political disaster; ex-
Senator Murphy, Croker's friend-in short,
pretty nearly all the men who for ten
years have led the New York State dem
ocracy to defcat-favor Judge Parker's
nomination.
personally Judge Parker is a charming
gentleman, an able judge, a good demo-
crat, greatly handicapped by the ma
ture of his support. Is Wall Street also
tor Judge Parker?'
Now any one who knows the delicate
amenities of New York newspaper rivalry
might naturally think the World was
thus working in the interest of its dear
friend, William i. Hearst of the Journal
While the editorial page of the esteemed
World is thus ~checkmating Parker, how
ever, its news columns are busy show
ing that Grover Cleveland Is not as un,
popular among democrats of the South
and " est as he was-well, say wher
the World was showing that Clevelanc
had played an issue of bonds into the
hands OF ]. Pierpont Morgan to replenisf
Uncle Sans vanishing surplus" anC
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Hon. Charles II. StcnrnS Named for the
Office Of Licutcnnnt-GOvcrnOr.

To the Editor of The Free Press:
Among the men prominently mentioned
for the office of MISUNDERSTANDING the
name of tho Hon. Charles II. Stearns of
johnson is repeated in many quarters
with such frequency and approval as to
evidence IL general acknowledgements OF
his sterling merit and striking ntncss Cor
the office.
Every part of Mr.. Stcarns's record of
public service reveals good judgment.
strong efficiency and sound integrity. Ills
strong personality has made him IL power
IN all his public relations. In lSSj he was
a member of the House, serving On the
general committee, and in 1873 he was in
the Senate, in which he served on the
railroad and other committees. His Assoc
ciatcs in both branches of the general
assembly will vouch for his fair-mindcd-
ness, breadth of view, capacity for work
and the service that counts, and bear
witness TO the fact that important pub
lie interests We're promoted by his in
fiucncc.
His town and village have protitcd by
his leadership and business capacity.
Among other official positions he was for
mcily for many years town treasurer.
and to his long service as moderator is
largely due the good judgment with
which the affairs Of his toWn have been
managed. Every movement for public i'm
provomcnt has received the generous sup
port of his purse and person. Largely
through his leadership and inspiration his
native village, with its water system,
electric lights and sewerage system, own
cd and controlled by the village, with its
excellent public buildings and recent i'm
provemcnts, has become a model munic-
ipality.
His business career of thirty years is
distinctively a commcndable record of a
self-madc man. a typical Vormonter, he
has shown the possibility of successful
working and living in Vermont. Be
ginning by making butter tubs and sell
ing them in Lamoille and Franklin coun-
ties. he has by thrift, industry and
honesty, step by step attained to Il po-
sition of large interests in industrial and
financial operations. such as NUMBERING,
quarrying, mining and banking. in which
he is owner, partner or director,
For many years he has been prominent
in the councils of the Republican party
and a real factor in its work and achieve
ments. lie has served his party in many
relations, has been chairman of his coun-
ty committee, has frequently been Il dele
gate to district and state conventions,
III which his influence has been felt. and
is at present the president of the State
Republican League. he has always bee,
loyal 10 the best interests of his party
and state. His ineXhaustible energy has
made him an active worker everywhere.
lie has never sought a State Office for
himself, but has frequently been found
hustliug for others, whom he believed
worthy of p%rcfcrment.
Although Mr.. Stcarns has not declared
his candidacy, his eminent fitness, past
service and popular esteem make him a
logical candidate through the voluntary
choice of many citizens in many parts OF
the state.
CITIZEN.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-24
ALLEGED CROOKED DEAL.
Reported That n Barre Man Was Warns
ed before Search Was Made for Liquor.

Barre. March 22.-Considerable OF a sen-
sation was caused at the board of alder
men meeting this evening when tho ru-
NOR of an alleged crooked deal in the re-
cent liquor raids was brought before that
body by Alderman Robins, chairman oe
the police committee.
Chief of Police Brown notified him that
a person. whose premises were raided
Sunday. was reported to have said after
the raid that he was given Il tip of what
was coming. Chief Of Police Brown i'm
mediately asked for an investigation.
The board of aldermen went into eXecu.
tive session and summoned before II chief
Brown, Officers George Wood and Frank
Hamel, License Commissioner +. f..
Langley and the mar who is alleged to
have made the charge. a searching IN
vestigation will be made. nothing further
being announced tonight,
Six raids were made here Saturday and
Sunday cone Saturday and the others
sunday, liquor being found at only ono
place.
The rumor, which has not generally be-
come public, caused a sensation where
ever repeated tonight.