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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
IMAM IN The IRON mask
The Story 81 Mysterious Prisoner
Why Macchioli Was Confined In
Bastile and His Face Forever
Hidden from the World.

Mr.. Funck- Brentano. q leading French
historiographer. has accumulated a num-
Der Of documents which go to prove that
the celebrated prisoner really existed and
that he was Count Hercules Antonio Mac.
chioli, who had been prime minister OF
the Duke OF Mantua. and had betrayed
the secret OF the sale OF the fortress OF
Ca sal to the King OF France. Casal. with
Pignerol which was already in possession
of the Rreat monarch, gave the French
the key TO all Upper Italy. The Duke Of
Mantua had ruined himself by his ex-
|cesses. and I.ouvois had no trouble in
persuading Louis XIV TO take advantage
of that fact to secure the fortress. Mac
chioli came to France to conduct the ne
gotiations. and closed the sale In the
name Of the Duke. lie was sworn to
secrecy. but on his return to italy be-
trayed the secret. and caused the arrest
and imprisonment Of the governor sent
by Louis XIV. to take charge OF the
castle. The srand monarch was enraged
and soon found an opportunity to have
the Count seised. and he was confined to
tho fortress Of Pignerol on May l6. 1918.
In iss4. Macchioli was transferred TO the
fortress on the island of Ste. Marguerite.
There the public records CEASE 10 tell Of
his whereabouts. and there Mr.. Funck
Brentano's search began.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
lie found three state documents which
absolutely confirm tho presence OF tho
masked prisoner Of the Basttie. First.
Etienne du Jonca. lieutenant 81 the gover.
nor Of the Bsstile. has an entry In his
diary on September II. les. noting that
Mons. de cinq Mars. the new governor
OF the bsstile. has Just arrived from
Pisnsrol and the isle Of Ste. Marguerite
bringing with him . prisenAr who 10 o.
ways kept masked. and whose nsn,s II
never siven. This would seem to b ~
accord with the mandate of the Kins
Ieuts XIV. who. IN the order given Tor
the arrest Of Macchioli sets forth that
mo one In the world must know what
has become Of this man."
The second documents. IN another entry
In the diary Of the same Lieutenant du
Jonea. on November 1s 17os. setting forth
lthst line uukRown prisoner, whose face
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
LOST AND FOUND.

Little Bo Peep had lost her sheep Al
didn't know where 10 find them.
did you think OF looking in
butchers under the name OF spri
lamb?" We asked.
Accepting the clue, she jcyfully sta'1
out to uncover the alias.-New York SUI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
BRONSON ACQUITTED.
Jury Considered the Case Four Hours
before Reaching Verdict.

Guildhail. kprl l6--Rcubcn Bronson,
who was charged with the murder of
Charles Lyon mt Bloomfield, March 81,
1904. was acquitted late yesterday by the
jury which considered the case four
hours.
Lyon was shot ana killed az the re-
suit OF a quarrel among a rnmbsr of
men who had been in the lumber woods
during the winter previous to the shoot.
Ing. bronson held THAI the killing Of
Lyon was in self-oefence.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20

Paul Dubois. who has bean director OF
the Paris school Of hns arts since ls7k
has resigned the once on account Of III
health.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Fully 81 people attended the Saturday
afternoon meeting which was opened with
q devotional service led by Secretary }.
frank Leonard Of Rutland. Jane McCon-
Onehy of the Mount Hermon school for
boys spoke ON "'rhc Miracle of the Feed
ing Of tho Hosts"
DIR. G. J. Foster. physical department
secretary OF brooklyn. N. v. gave a
strong address on THE Temple Of the Holy
Spirit" which he defined as the body He
said the physical department was not a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
HIS FORTUNE.

Duber-Did your picture create -
sation at the exhibition?
Smearly--Sensatlon ] should say
Two OF the Jury tainted and II got II
the newspapers. Nv fortune IL h'o.
Boston Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20

.1 ms A' w.. .l%:. ~: VII. tn' ss":
Ointment cured me quickly and per-
monsntIy. after Doctors had failed" q.
Y, qosawsn. Valley Street saugsrtiss.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
SYMPTOMS o. LIVER COMPLAINT.

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1VO NI\OV BUSINESS - supply want. he urges
uDsa yss ssmhs thnag larger profit ms
your welfare. 1hus sueh dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-20
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
rious. but the physician now says that

rious. but the physician now says that she will recover.
 At the present time sheriff F. H. Crawford has only eight prisoners con- fined in the county jail This Is re- markedly small number for Bibb Coun- ty.
 The election for city officers of Cen terville will take place in about ten days It is doubtful whether H. E. Reynolds, who has been Mayor of the town for several years. can be induced to again accept. the place He has made a most acceptable Mayor. and the people hope that he will consent to act in that capacity again.
 Capt. H. c. Reynolds of Montevallo was in Centerville this week. He states that Centerville has many natural ad- vantages. and ought to be live man. ufacturing town.
 The people of this section are busily engaged with their farming operations. The acreage of the cotton in Blob County will be reduced very consid- erably.
 The petition for the sale of the Belle Ellen coal property which was heard by Judge W. l.. Pratt for several days during this week was denied. 4 great many witnesses testified that the prop erty could be divided among the joint owners without sale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
THE TASTY MARRIAGE.

The New York minister who proposes to put the divorce courts out of busi- ness by abolishing nasty marriages, max be all right in theory. but when it comes to practice it will be a different thing. We presume there will be none to deny the proposition that nasty and ill-advIsed marriages often lead to un- happiness and dissatisfaction. but to prevent such marriages Is the problem. Married in haste. we may repent at leisure" wrote Congreve, and it Is only too often the case that the repentance soon ends in the divorce court.
 Like a great many other questions this is an important one. but as fin va- rious matters we may ask. what will you do about 1t? Ministers of all de- nominations might use their influence to discourage such marriages, and might go so far as to refuse to perform the ceremony. but those would be only partial remedies. Tn our country the church and the minister are not essen- tials in weddings. The ceremony can be performed just as legally and firm ly by a civil officer as by minister, and a marriage entered into in the dwelling or the public road is as binding as one performed in a church. When two young people are fully determined to get spliced they can always find some one to join them. The old proverb, Love will find a way is solid truth and the ardent lover is apt to exclaim, in the words of Pope: Curse on all laws but those which love has made!'
 Perhaps 1t would be just as we'll to do some work at the other end of the line. If divorce were made more difi- cult in all portions of the Union there might be fewer nasty and sunhappy marriages. If those who contemplate assuming the marriage relation without thought or reflection were made to un- derstand that getting unmarried Is a very doubtful and difficult job they might be less inclined to start on a hurried trial trip on the sea of matri- mony Leisurely marriages and diff cult divorces might help to abate a great evil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
TALKING SENSE.

That eminent--or at least. noted chemist, Dr. Wiley. sometimes says things which appear ridiculous, while at others he puts forth chunks of good hard sense. Recently he made the fol- lowing statement:
 have little faith in fads of eating: Such formulas as the faddtsts present generally are founded on no scientific principle. A man % can eat almost any, Y almost anything, so long as 1t Is within the lines of moderation and conserva- tism. The man who starts out in in- must be temperate if he Is to live long. do not mean that he must never touch a drop of liquor. am not pro- hibitionist. mean that he must eat and drink in moderation.
 Is not that sound reasoning? Of late we have simply been deiuged with food and drink fads. The papers are filled with advice and instructions as to what we must and must not eat and drink, and the faddists differ so widely that 1t is obviouly impossible for all of them to be correct. No sensible physician prescribes the same remedy for all dis eases. hut that would be as logical and sensible as it is to prescribe the same dietary rules and regulations for all persons Each must eat and drink that which is most wholesome. and that which agrees best with that particular person. Any iron-clad rule of diet car.- not possibly be satisfactory to the en- tire human family.
 Dr. Wiley struck the right chord when he said that we should eeat and drink in moderation" for that is one of the anchors of health and strength. Bishop Hall almost three centuries ago. declared that moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues," and old Euripides some twenty centuries earlier. spoke of moderation as "the noblest gift of Heaven" Those men spoke we'll and sensibly. We are not condemning thosc who believe in and practice prohibition. or those who approve it. We simply contend that, rational men and women should be able to judge what is best for them in this respect. and above all we contend that in eating and drinking, as we'll as In all other habits or indul- gences. moderation is one rule which can, always be safely followed. Dr. Wi ley may sometimes be cranky but he can talk sense for all that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15

Pope Gregory changed it so that the days would correspond with the sea- sons. and in order to start of right he was compelled to drop ten days from one of the months. It was not till 1752 that England. by Act of Parliament, adopted the new method of computa- tion and as the delay had caused the loss of another day it was necessary to drop eleven days from the old style count, so in that year the 3rd day of September was reckoned the 14th, and since that time the New Style has gov erned both in England and in the Unit ed States. This is why the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. which really occur red on the End of April. is now cele- brated on the 18th of the month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
ALABAMA IMMIGRATION.
Huntsville Chamber of Commerce In-
 terested in Matter.

hcEeStcu m Mattefs
 Huntsville, April 14.-(Special. )AThe Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville adopted a resolution last night express ing the sense of the body that the Com missioner of Agriculture of Alabama should take up the matter of immigra- tion as State enterprise and inaugur- ate some plan by which cooperation can be had throughout the State to se- cure good class of Northern farmers and locate in New York city an agent to direct the best class of foregn im- migrants to Alabama.
 The special committee having in charge the organization of a Fair As- soctation made final report and sug- committee to take up the work in con- nection with the Farmers Club. The general opinion is that there is not enough time now to organize for a fair ahead to organize an association later this season on permanent basis to hold fairs annually beginning in 1906.
 The funeral of the late Miss Howard Weeden, the authoress was conducted yesterday afternoon from the residence of Rev. Francis Tappey, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The fam fly received great nubmer of tele- grams of condolenee from all parts of the country.
 The management of the McGee Hotel of this city will be taken over tomor- row by firm of popular travelling men composed of ". l.. Wall and John Sam ford. J. L. Duggar, who has managed the hotel for. the past year. will return to his home in Franklin, Tenn. The new management will make improve ments.
 The local councils of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics have completed arrangements for the enter tainment of the annual State Council which will be held here next week. The session will begin Tuesday morning and ! ATaur h 1 leo. address of welcome. On behalf of the Juniors, F. T. Petty, Esq, will deliver an address of welcome and State Coun- cilor Conway will respond. The prin- cipal address of the day will be made by F. S. Stone of Bay Minette. The Dauhgters of America will hold a re- ception on Tuesday evening and all of Wednesday will be spent on Monte Sano at a barbecue. The State Council will spend Thursday in business session. More than fifty delegates are expected to attend the approaching meeting The report that there is trouble in the ranks of the Democratic Executive Committee of the Eighth District and that several changes are likely to re- suit is denied by Congressman William Richardson. Judge. Richardson said to- day:
 and there has been absolutely no fric- tion."
 Judge Talley a member of the com mittee from Jackson County, was in Huntsville today and he also denied the reported trouble The committee Is composed of Hon. H. A. Skeggs, Jr.. Chairman; pr. Conyngton of Morgan County; Hon. J c. Kumpe of Lawrence, Dr. J. R. Thurman of Colbert, Capt. Robert Andrews of Lauderdale, Henry B. Malone of Limestone, Judge John B. Tally of Jackson and Dr. J. D, Humph- rey of Madison. all of whom are prom inent Democrats known throughout the district
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15

Tn a recent interview a banker of Bridgeport. Connecticut. in commenting on the great amount Of stocks and bonds of railroads held by widows and orphans. deprecated on their account the recent agitation for lower railroad rates. There is much to be said on both sides of the question which is now so prominently in the public mind, but there is no doubt of the fact that a large amount of dissatisfaction Is due to the great disproportion of bonds and stock of many railroads to the actual value of the property. It Is a hard proposition for the people to pay ope- rating expenses. interest on bonds and in some cases dividends on capitaliza- tion of $5o.00o.0Oo when actual physical value is not one-third of that amount.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
nov. Tre.uas. on Premises.

Found--In my front yard, one step ladder, and one small wagon. Owner can recover same by calling on MT. C.. J. Campbell.
 Behind this advertisement, which ap- peared in yesterdays Advertiser, lies a story of the indignation of a Mont gomery citizen over the trespass on his premises of a number of white boys.
 The yards of the Campbell residence on South Hull Street are filled with beautiful flowers, shrubs and vines. The flowers excited the admiration of the boys. Two or three times they were driven from the premises. But a stepladder and a small hand wagon. Occupants of the house appearing the youngsters fled leaving the wagon and the ladder.
 When they go to the Campbell resi- dence to recover their property their names will probably be given to the police
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
CArcHrNG A soyrRNoR.

Seems to us they've got Governor Cobb, of Maine. snugly fitted into the nine hole. Maine. as all know. is the hoariest prohibition State in the bunch. and recent legislation has made it pro- hibitioner" than ever before. Governor Cobb was elected on strictly prohibi- tion platform. Before he went into the Governor business he kept a store at Rockland. and still owns it. though he doesn't do any c1erking. Recently the sheriff of Rockland made a haul in the Governors store and rounded up lot of alleged patent medicines which he claims are very thinly disguised prepa- rations of alcohol. and that their sale is plain violation of the prohibition laws. The sheriff arrested the clerks and we are informed that the Governor will also be held to answer the charge of violating the law. This really looks like playing it low down on the chief executive. and we are curious to know how he will dodge the issue.
 It must be admitted that this calling a Governor to account for violating the laws of his own State is new, but the incident plainly shows two things. It shows how easy it may be to violate very drastic prohibitory law, as well as the difficulty of enforcing such laws. It also shows how the makers and vendors of some of the alleged patent medicines put up in preparations which are really very thinly disguised strong more hurtful than the drinks sold in the saloons.
 But catching a Governor is a new one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
Improve the Capitol Building.

Mobile Register.
 The Montgomery Commercial and In- dustrial Association has presented to the Governor a formal protest against the plan for a building on the capitol grounds to be used by the Supreme Court. The association was represent ed by some of its foremost members.
 Public sentiment will be in sympathy with this protest. Something should be done to improve the appearance of the State capitol. If money is to be dations for one of the State depart mentS, care should be taken to make the expenditure where 1t will add to the architectural effect of the capitol upon such matters will say that the building, as it exists today, makes good impression. It is large, but it Is not imposing. It Is almost a perfect cube as viewed from the business auar- ter, and a cube is not an attractive form. Very great relief from the rigldity and Journalism that character ize the structure can be obtained by the addition of supporting wings. Ii these wings be of artistic design and in proper proportion to the central build ing, they will distract attention from the crudity of the central building. yet will themselves be accented by that building. The facade of the old structure can be done over so as to ac- commodate its style to the new and modern lines of the additions; and, in the end, we shall have State capitol that we can point to with pride. At present we offer excuses for it. saving that we preserve it as 1t is because of historical associations. We can, how while rescuing 1t from its present rath- CT humiliating situation.
 Certainly, if we are to spend money on the capitol grounds for department al uses, let us spend 1t so as to obtain this much-to- be desired architectural improvement of the capitol.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
Lee Sees Governor HIggIns

Albany, N. r.. April 1S.-General Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia called on Governor Higgins today in reference to the part he wished New York State to take in the Jamestown tercenten- nial exposition to be opened on May IS, 1907 at Hampton Roads. The general, who is president of the exposition com pany, asks that New York follow the example of several other State he has visited in promising to appropriate money for State building and ex- hibit
 Governor Higgins expressed himself In favor of the proposition and will arrange with the legislative leaders to give General Lee a hearing before a joint session of the senate and assem- hlY next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
Mir. Olive c. HInkIe Possesses Sacred
 Flute Fifty Years old.

Flute Fifty Years old.
 Muskogee Phoenix.
 MT. Oliver c. Hinkle, of the prose cuting attorneys office, yesterday se- cured an old Indian flute which at tracted considerable attention at the court house yesterday. It Is about cane, and with bows and arrows and hieroglyphics carved into the wood.
 Mir. Hinkle purchased the flute from He-ne-ha. a full blood of the southern part of the Nation. He has been nego- tiating for 1t for more than year and considers 1t one of the finest curios of his valuable collection.
 To satisfy the curiosity of several admirers of the instrument. MT. Him kle sent for three old time full-bloods who were in the city, and through Will liam McCombs's interpretation a full history of the flute was learned: The when shown 1t, and knew Its history back to the maker. They said that when the Creeks came from Alabama, one of their number, Sa-Pin- -ka-Le- Che, was not satisfied with his country, and continued his journey still farther westward. He stopped on the plains (now oklahoma), where he remained for five years. It was during this time he made the flute to pass away the lonesome hours. He brought 1t back with him to the Nation, where 1t has since been sacredly handed down.
 In olden times 1t was very common instrument In the full blood settlement and was used wholly for sacred and instrumental music Those who un- derstood it. could make fine music. It was the only musical instrument of the Indians until the fiddle was brought to them and since that time, the flute has only been retained as sacred keep sake.
 When asked what kind of music the Indians played, the interpreter said mostly of the march order, although they readily picked up the Yankees catchy airs when he came to this eoun- try. Today, he said, The Arkansa Traveller" is the favorite of the tribe and every Indian with a fiddle can play that almost perfectly. Through the in- terpreter, one of the full bloods was asked if he could play and he replied he could good enough for Indian girls to dance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
Mrs. Craven Insane.

Burlington, Ia.. April 14.-Mrs. Cray en. who figured in a sensational suit Tor share of the late Senator Fairs estate on the ground that she was a common law wife, was adjudged in sane here today. She will be sent to sanitarium.
 Mrs. Craven has been here a week staying at different hotels. She be- came violent last night and it is aI- legged attempted to fire the Hotel De- leno. Mrs. Craven Is said to have wealthy relatives at Washington, Ia. Her daughter resides in St. Louis.