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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
RECENT DEATH.

The Charles City. Iowa. Press contains
a notice of the death IN hat city April
.. OF c. ID. Merriam. n native Of West
ford. WHO was in his f5th wear. Mr..
Merriam served during the war in the
End Vermont infantry. being wounded in
the shoulder with n pistol ball which
disabled him n from which he suffered
much in subsequent years. He moved
to Iowa after the war and has long been
prominent in the politics Of his city and
county. Just three weeks bcfor. his
death he was chosen city clerk Of
Charles City. He leaves a wife and two
daughters.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
PHONE IN THE CORN BELT.
To Quiet the baby. Spread Fire Alarms
Trains and Catch
Thieves.

Some very amusing stories OF the new
Iowa are told in tho April Worlds Work.
A few of them follow:
Nearly every day some one invents or
discovers a new use for it.. Ono day the
girl at Central received this message:
Hello. Say, central. l have put the re-
ccivcr of the phone in the baby's cradle.
up at number ~
1t must have been an unusually absent.
minded woman who sent in the messaEe:
'Oh. central! Ring ms up In IL minutes.
SO that l won't forget to take the bread
out If the oven"
If some one finds 1t necessary to take
a night train, the operator at the ex-
change will receive some such message
as this: Central. ring mo up a half hour
before the 2:l7 train in tho morning. Sec
il it's late before you call me. please
Go into the exchange during a rush
period'-say. at nine o'clock in the morn
ing-and you will see the telephone girl
stand up. push her chair into a corner,
and throw" tho plugs with which the
connections arc made as fast as her arms
can ny. for IN lot at n stretch. All she
will have time 10 say to will he. every
I'M in town 10 ordering things for
dinner"
There are about 30 subscribers who are
called regularly every morning by the
telephone instead of by an alarm clock.
The central" siri is supposed to know
the time Of all railway trains. and II 4
train happens to be late. how many min
utes behind time. She 10 often asked
the time OF day. because some one has
let the clock run down. When there Ia
an alarm OF hre. central 10 supposed
to now where it Is. The exchange 10
Just across the street from the fire.
house. and fire alarms are often teic-
phoned into the saving of valuable
time.
Toward the end OF a long. cold drive
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
Meet me at umn ~.
the Wait. Il &cA - CHW Nh.
hs Room" ~ y for s.m,E.

OF Fair Haven. district deputy: the Rev.
Father Barron of Bennington. thomas
Magner OF Burlington. DR.. F.. J. Mel
vile Of this city. the Rev. w. ]. O'Sulli-
van OF Montpelier. ]. Mcdonald OF st.
Johnsbury. Daniel Donnclly Of Montpei-
Ter. and the Rev. p. J. C'Sullivan Of
this city.
The visiting knights had n thoroughly
time, being royalty entertained by
the members Of ST. Alhars council and
also having extended them the court
csies of che Owl club.
A special train left at the close Of the
banquet for Montpelier and Barre. car
rying about 2n knights TO their homes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
TISHERMAN'S LUCK.
J.. w. Rowell Of st. JOhnsbury Caught
An II Ounce Trout In Waterford.

st. Johnsbury. May 1.-The local
fishermen who came back from the
ponds to-day were encouraged over
the opening Of the season, though
there were several snow squalls dur
ing the day.
l.. w. Rowcll carried off the prize,
catching an %l-ounce trout in Water
ford, while another fellow proudly cx-
hibited a string Of 81. ono enthusiast,
VINO went to Caspian lake at Green
boro. said it showed so hard he could
not see the end of the pole and he
came back discouraged. The ice did
not go out of Caspian lake until yes
terday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
GOOD
PRINTING

Many people order printing of
us regularly BY MAIL. They re.
eeivs the same p~ainstaking care
and attention, and the same low
prices, that are given those who
call personally. If You need bus.
ness stationery or if you are
going to get out ADVERTISING
matter of any kind. send it to Us
and be assured that it will be
we'll done. at = reasonable prica.
Free Press Printing Co.
Burlington. VI.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
ID DARLING ONE OF ABI.EST
MEN NAVY DEPARTMENT HAS
KNOWN.
(From the Springfield Republican,,

(From the Springfield Republican,
Compliment comes to the assistant sec
rotary of the navy. Judge Darling. as he
is preparing ia leave Washington for the
more lucrative post of collector of Gus
toms at burlington. Frank W Hackott.
who held the same place in the navy
department under the Mckinley admin
istration. speaking in Baltimore. declared
Judge Darling ITO be one of the ablest
mon who had ever taken part in the adj
ministration of naval affairs." In COM
monting thereon the Washington CORES
pondent of the Boston Transcript adds:
I'm this judgment Washington opinion
generally concurs."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
Good Health
to the
Children

Children especially arefond Of dainties,
and the h~ousekeeper must look carefully
to1their food.
AS good cake can be made only with
good eggs, $ also a cake that is health
ful as well as dainty must be raised with
a Pxre and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
in the preparation Of the highest quality
Of food. 1t imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the
finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc.,
and what is mor important, renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
T7rtl BAKING POWDER co. NEW YORK.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
KILLED AT WORK HOUSE.
4 swaatos Tramp Fell dow. stairs
asa Fractured HE skull.

n Tramp Fell down stairs
and F~ractureA His Skull.
Rutland, May 2.-Charies Walker. -
years Of age who was serving . sentence
at the House OF Correction for tramping,
died late last night as the result Of In
juries received by falling down the stairs
leading from his cell. He landed on his
head. fracturing his skull. Walker had
been acting queerly Of late ana wa to
have been taken to waterbury to the
insane asylum yesterday. He . to his
cell to change his clothes preparatory to
the trip to Waterbury. when the accident
occurred. Walker was committed from
swanton last March to serve six months
for tramping. that being the sixth time
he had been sentenced for the same
offence. The body was sent to swanton
to-day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
ELGTN BUTTER MARKET.

Eigin, i'll, May 1.-Butter sold at -
cents n pound on tho board of trade to-
day, a decline of fcpr cents from last
weeks prices. Sales for the week. woro
10000 pounds.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
HEARINGS TODAY.

They Know About BurtIett Murder.
Bennington, May 2.-The inquest owe,
the supposed murder OF Fred Bartlett OF
North Remington vas not resumed to-
day az expected. There were no hearings
and no arrests were made. The only de-
velopment to-day was the serving Of sew
eral s%ubpoenas on New York men who
are expected to give their testimony he.
fore Judge T.. l.. Bates tomorrow.
States Attorney w. Il. Daley said to-
night there had been no Developments
since yesterday.
The six boys arrested yesterday arc
still held in custody.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
ONE ON THE BABY.

Man in the chair-Doctor. car insomnia
be cured"
Doctor-Nothing easier. Any one eau
fall into a u sleep by frying to count
a thousand.
Man in the chair-Y-e-s, but our babN
can't count. London Taller.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04
RURAL CARRIERS.

Numerous appointments OF rural free
delivery carriers and their substitutes
have been announced here. They are as
follows. the carriers being given first in
each instance and he substitute second:
Williamstown. G.. d. Brockway and ". V.
H.. Saxby; Wells River. O. S. Smith and
B. J. Johnson; Newport. w. Z. Robinson
and II. w. Robinson: Plainfield. +. II.
Bartlett and a. l.. Foss; Marshheld, b.
a. Phelps and Allen Phelps. and A. w.
Blake and Henry Blake route No. %:
White River Junction. NJ. 7. Fcnno and
George II. Braley: Wllliamstown. W. +.
and G. Earl. Tho department
has started in we'll with Vermont in the
matter OF rural routes established in
May. Routes went into operation this
week at Newport. Orleans county, No 4,
serving 49, people; at Plainfield. Washing
ton county. No. 3, serving 400 people: at
Wells River. Orange county, serving i64
people. The middle OF April routes were
established out Of Corinth. Orange county,
Washington county North
Troy, Orleans county; White River juno
fion. Williamstown and Marshield, two
The postofnce department has allowed
an additional letter carrier for the post
office at Bellows Falls. VT. and an addi-
tional carrier for the Office at St. Johns
bury.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04

Currier Of North Troy. has assigned to
L. F. Powers OF Leominster. Mass, his
in a patent on a combined tool.
The corporate existence OF the Wood
stock, VT, National bank has been ex-
tended.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-04

'"yll nAKiNe POWDER co... NEW YORK.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks.

A more important parsonage than
ever in Washington society is Mrs.
Fairbanks, wife Of the vice president.
She is more highly and solidly edu-
Gated than almost any other woman in
the capitals social circle. She is a
college graduate and also studied law
with her husband, in due time receiv-
ing diploma as bachelor Of laws. She
has had a course in international and
parliamentary law, the latter fitting
her especially to fill the post OF presl-
dent general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, to which she
was elected. When her children, four
sons and a daughter, were little, she
studied medicine that she might know
better how to take care of them.
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
will continue to live in the house they
occupied when Mr.. Fairbanks was SEN
ator from Indiana. 1t is adapted to
large entertainments, and that COM
mends it to Mrs. Fairbanks, one OF the
most hospitable hostesses of Washing
ton. In the selection Of her guests she
Is entirely independent, governed by
no official precedent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
COLLEGES RUNNING IN DEBT

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell Columbia, Pennsyl
facing problems through living
yond their INCOME Harvard Yale and Princeton alumni
making efforts raise endowment funds for
colleges which still enable them to make
the meantime several of the greater
colleges of the country been compelled to the sal
of professors to drop of study and other
wise pinch order to avoid serious deficits The only
making the end of the is to depend
upon gifts uncertain Of revenue. Dartmouth
financial problem the beginning of the last
rejecting $50 applicants for admission Other
rather remarkable that in country rich as
university should the to
undertake to maintain its posi-
a university. There money spent high
education in this country to take of all the
colleges WELL The spectacle of of those which
Indispensable lacking for funds raise
question whether there colleges. Are
college scattered much territory?
This query naturally brings the discussion whether
great small colleges needed The de-
small will not admit that with inferior
facilities scientific the smaller college is inferior
will claimed it that in character building and
developing really ahead of the larger schools
the faculty cannot enjoy those close
relations which the soul of the little college
Whether school best performs its
of educating youth will depend to great
upon how define education
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29

good conversation Macaueys
sdered good conversation the Standards
will Dr. Johnsons ddactic monoogues measure up the
complete conversationast" Whether shall give
and take of fippant exchange
between masters science unsolved question
The late Canon Anger, whose lecture conversation
has just been published in the Cornn Magazine would
lead to think that the perhaps only
GRAFTON to avoid being bore The OF
conversation inasmuch kills off good
drives them into guinness forces them the field
entirely He is Of two kinds the artless
know he is and the tried professional
he u.s. and would not be bit hurt if you Under
these two heads subdivisions, viz: The wio
is reminded of story who had experience of
portance of the trivial events of his daily existence
Whether the bore should be cured endured is still
mooed question in society. The precedents nearly all
in the direction of heroic endurance But society be-
complicated necessary
people to be heard subjects there may a
in the attitude of the suffering We in
of curbing trusts wherefore should fellow
who grabs all the conversational air in his vicinity be
curbed? Shall legslate vehementiy against the men
who merely absorb the chances get those
off the conversational grass go
Not if we'll directed efforts towards bringing free
competition in talk be made effective
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
YOUNG Members Of Society.

Seldom has the national capitals So
cial set contained so many beautiful
and accomplished girls as have graced
it the past two seasons. Two OF the
latest Corners are Miss Pauline Morton,
daughter of the secretary of the navy.
and Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter
of Senator Elkins Of West Virginia.
Both these young ladies have mothers
who, if possible, are even handsomer
than their daughters. Miss Elkins is
devoted to outdoor life and to horses,
having three hunters of her own that
nobody but herself ever rides. Many
Of the Washington society girls are OF
the athletic type.
Among scores of charming young
American ladies in the capital set may
be named the Misses McKenna, daugh-
tiers Of Justice McKenna; Miss COL
verse, Miss Mathilde Townsend and
Miss Warren.
DORA BELLE DENNISON
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29

but in the White House. Alice Roose-
welt has her fathers facile way of skip
ping from place to place. If he can at
tend two dinners and make three
speeches in one evening, in like man
ner can Miss Alice go to three parties
in one evening and then take train
for New York or California or the end
Of the earth.
She has a will as strong as her ia
theirs and is original in thought and
action. A sufficient income, which she
inherited in her own right, enables her
to do in a great measure as she
pleases. Being so like her father in
will and courage, she naturally is lit
tie afraid of his ''big stick"
On both sides of the Atlantic match
makers have been busying themselves
for two or three years to find hus-
band for Miss Roosevelt. Last sum-
mer during her visit to the st. Louis
exposition Hon. Nicholas LOngworth,
the gallant bachelor member Of con-
gress from Cincinnati, made things
specially pleasant for her by his cour-
teous attentions, and at once there
was forecast a wedding-which did not
come off, Paris gossips have amused
themselves by selecting for her any
one of dozen royal princes. But prob
ably the presidents spirited daughter
will settle the matter for herself.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
THE BILLION DOLLAR FORTUNE

The Astor properties increase before.
cent Golfers Weekly. The forces already des-
cribe been especially marked since 1900 The cys
population grows the 100 900 a year. many
sections New York has been largely reconstructed;
headquarters retail developed;
public improvements initiated since thenunnes bridges
railroad terminals far from
porations towards York. practically all newly
organized combinations, example, located there
1890 Will
liam Waldorf, estimated s15oOoOoOo. If it were
then, s30O,O0O,OO estate
William Asto who died in 1892 inherited by the present
John Jacob generally placed about 100000
100000 900. combined
accelerated In % years. the
progress, will billion And
then it will go faster, until the ordinary mind is
appalled, protentous figures the
invested John multiplied 200
times 100 has reached conservative esti
century, unimagi-
nabe total of eighty billions stand aghast such
possibility, than nave John Jacobs
contemporaries had they the reality In
1880 John Jacob Astor the only in VINO
worth million dollars
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Day and Brilliant Seasons At the Ma
tfOnal Capital.

tfOnal Capital.
Almost every American girl looks
lOngingly forward to spending a win
ter in Washington. Her imagination
paints it's balls, it's dinners, receptions
and afternoon teas as scenes Of en-
chantment in which she hopes sooner
or later to appear.
The American girls Imagination does
not lead her wrong. In no capital Of
Europe is the best social circle so dem
ocratic, therefore SO attractive, as that
Of Washington.
Mrs Roosevelt and her aids as well
as certain ladies Of the diplomatic
corps are interested in giving digni-
fed, somewhat conventional tone to
Washington society. On the other hand,
however, there is dashing young set
that wishes society to be gay and jolly,
dignity or no dignity. Thus far prob
ably the lively young set has the best
Of it, especially as one of its leaders
is Alice, Mrs. Roosevelt's own step
daughter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
PRAYER FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS

The ministers who have been praying long and earnestly
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia unable
very amendment in the mayors conduct.
reform the along these lines however may
be result. 1t said Lord helps
help themselves considered subjec-
tive power prayer is part of it's efficacy.
There a preacher who asked pray for
WHAT" he replied with
Philadelphia ministers
without taking notice direction
of the necessity of contributing activity part
they will probably fail
General Stonewal Jackson used to all battles
with but it is related him enemy
firing while he praying he would jumy up quickly
and give directions to his Prayer possibly
do the mayor of Philadelphia may
ministers great deal of good by putting a
of mind to do their duty citizens.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
LIFE AT GOLDFIELD MINES.
Miners In Nevada Town Live In Elec.
tric Lighted Tents.

Miners In Nevada Town Live In Elec.
tric Lighted Tents.
W. H. Thomas, a Denver attorney,
who is interested in the mines at Gold.
field, New, where the latest gold fever
has broken out, recently arrived at
Kansas City, Mo. He says that the
camp, although only fifteen months
old, has population of 10000 now.
1.-The majority of the inhabitants live
in tents" said Mr. Thomas to reporter
of the Kansas City Times, 'yet these
crude dwellings are lighted by cleo.
.ricity. Running water is another of
the modern improvements furnished.
While the community is without rail-
road, it is supplied with automobiles,
big motor cars being used as stage
coaches between that town and Tono-
pah, the terminus Of the nearest rail-
road
ALREADY stone buildings are being
constructed. We have four banks and
two newspapers, while the other bust
ness institutions needed in town are
already installed. So great has been
the yield that prospectors have come
in droves until the country is now
staked out for 100 miles around. Ore
has been shipped that brings $4,000
a ton, phenomenal figure. AS there
is no railroad and the ore has to be
carted twenty-six miles in wagons,
nothing is shipped that bears less than
500 a ton, and thousands of tons Of
this are piled up there waiting for the
building of stamp mills.
Remarkable stories are told Of the
fortunes that have come to many. Tive
of the first persons in there were Har'
nv Weber and Marvin Ish, newspaper
men out of work. They rode the
bumpers out of Portland and went
to Goldtield because they knew no
where else to 60 Today each Of those
boys can write his check for half a
million dollars and cash it, and they
will be worth millions when their prop
critics are further developed.
lone feature of the gold mining Of
this camp is the ease by which the ore
can be had 1t is close to the surface,
so close in fact that men have built
high fences about their mines to pre-
vent, persons from running away with
the ore. So rich is the ore in gold that
it is frequently shipped as express in
stead of freight"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
SAVING SOUTHERN PINES.

Bureau of FOrestry's Progress In
Methods of Turpentining.
The old system of boxing southern
pine trees for the production Of tur-
pentine and resin has very greatly re
duced the pine timber wealth Of the
southern states, says a Washington
dispatch. Three years ago the bureau
Of forestry determined that something
should be done to eliminate so destruc-
tive method of procuring naval
stores.
Its three years of experiments to-
ward this end have demonstrated that
a new system of turpentining which
requires the use of earthen cups and
metal cutters not only greatly con-
serves the life of the timber tapped,
but also gives an increased yield Of
resin and therefore a greater profit
than is possible by boxing.
The bureau Of forestry feels that a
still more conservative method Of tur-
pentining can be found which, consist
ent with a maximum yield Of turpen-
tine, will inflict the smallest possible
injury upon the trees. With this in
view the bureau has begun an entirely
new line Of field experiments in order
to determine to what extent the wound
now made in tapping the trees can be
leSSened.
Through the cooperation of land
company in Jacksonville, Fla, stand
of about 10000 pine trees in Clay
county, Fla, with other facilities.
have, without cost to the government,
been placed at the disposal Of the bu-
reau for experimental purposes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
Miss Alice Roosevelt.

More like the president than any Of
his sons appear to be is Alice, his eld-
est daughter now twenty years of age.
She is the first young lady since the
beloved Nellie Grant to make her de-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
THE CONVERSATION RORE

,ou.a. se 'hat ali the writer's what is good CON
-. nave contented themselves with 1efnine i b,
negatives The most they ATTEMPT is to Chow, Us os
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29
LADIES.

Man tailored Skirts to order at Nc
Kean's, Fourth and Main.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29

Needles, the Horse Sheer, 208 Eas
Main Street. Give us a call.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-29

But for a real good meal go to Oh
sons.