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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
CITY NOW OWNS THE PARK.
Deed 10 Ethan Allen Property Made
and Delivered.

special meeting Of the board OF alder.
men. called by Mayor Bigelow. was hold
last evening, all of the aldermen being
present except Aldermen Bomhard and
Clark.
a resolution for appropriatinc a sum ot
money - construct water main on St
Louis street was offered by Alderman
Courtney and was laid on the table The
resolution was 10 the effect that the city
trea suror be authorized - place to tho
credit Of the water department Of tho
city of burlington 5000 10 meet the ex-
penses OF a water main on 81. Louis street
from Archibald TO oak streets II was
held that the water commissioners had
plenty OF money and full authority 10
construct tho main without action by tAe
city council
\ resolution offered by Alderman Pine
that the license fee for the exhibition Of
Forepaugh e Sells Rrothers' circus on
August 70 he not less than $3.50 and ho paid
before the license was granted, was adopt
ed
Alderman Russoll offered a resolution
approving the mayors warrant for $1,000
to pay for Ethan Alien pdrk in accord
ance with a resolution adopted at a city
meeting held on the l4th day Of Juno ami
in line with a resolution adopted by the
oOard last Monday evening"
Al this juncJure Alderman Courtney
arose and presented a petition 70 Mayor
REolow calling for n city meeting to he
held in the city Hall To rescind the reso-
luton for the purchasing by the city ~
Ethan Allen Park. already passed by the
board of aldermen.
Mayor Bigelow explain d mat the deed
of purchase for the park had been made
and delivered. the notes authorized ny
the board had been issued and sold and
that a deal had been consummatcd. Ho
said that If a city meeting was called its
action would he Illegal for that reason.
\ vote was called for by the president Of
the board and the resolution was passed.
all voting yea except Aldermen Courtney
and Murphy.
resolution was passed authorizing the
city attorney 10 notify the property own
ers on the street leading westerly from
North street. commonly known as Depot
street to remove their property from the
street boundaries. The action was taken
SO that the street may be put INTO proper
shape and be brought to grade flt to
be travelled upon.
An amendment To the ordinance recently
passed by the city council relating to
hackney carriages. substituting the words
"city council for the words committee
on license" or license COMMITTEES" wher-
ever they are used in the ordinance, was
read twice and laid on the table to await
a third reading.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
BRISTOL.

Alfred Ferguson, ag'd IS years, a
farmer living on North street, died in
| his chair Saturday forenoon He had
been sweeping out his horse barn, came
In to sit down and died Instantly He
leaves an aged wife and two sons Wright
A. Ferguson II New Haven and Edward
Ferguson of this town. His age was IS
cars.-Mrs Alma Curtin Is at Long
po!nt.-Mrs. Hannah Prime who Is in
the Mary Fletcher hospitaI. IS doing well.
Miss FNelyn Dumas was in Middlsburv
Sunday with DR. and Mrs II /. Avarll
-Mrs' -,,i i'"S' ives ""! son. N'nh''A' OF
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
G. w. Delamater Once Candidat,
for Governor in Pennsylvania
Committed Suicide
BROKEN DOWN BY GRIEF,
Dehth of His Father in Nay FoIIowo.
by sudden Dcnth Of Hi. Son i'm
J"n"-IInd Been II Stnte Sen
ntor md Made n Hot Fight
for the Governorship.


fN'ShnrF Aug. 7.-Geor-e Wallace
'e'dn't'r' ono" candidate for governor
"I pennsylvania and State senator from
'ra"f"rt county from lsS7 To 100 com.
! mitf"d suicide to-day by shooting in h.s
! oIfic" in this city Occupants Of neigh
boring Offices in tho Diamond Nation4l
| oank building found him dead with a
| bullet hole in his temple
Grief over the death VI his fatho-
foorE" r. Delamater, at Meadvi'la Pa
/ IN May and tho sudden death of his son
James Scott Delamater in juno =. Con-
/ nellSvi.le, Pa. Is believed 10 have been
tho reason for his suicide. Members ~ ,ba
/ family say that Delanater had heoo,r.
morbid from sorrow
Shirley p Austin. sor.s--,or de-
clared that tho dead mans affairs we're f.,
no WAY involved
Iolan7ter was connected with me
Prudential Life Insurance coroar, -,
this city and leaves a com fortah,a fo-,r,,
to his family, having been heavily, IN
sured.
Mr. Deiamater was born March ., ,s,o
in Meadv.ie His education was roo.i,..,
at Allegheny College and at tho Ha-var1
Law school
He engaged in banking but his in+oras.,
, wero diversified a; d general,. suocossf,,,
In 1s7f he became MAYOR Of N1e,d,4ue o,,4
in 1850 ne was a republican ,ras,do,ttar
elector for Pennsylvania. In 1856 he ro,
elected 10 the state SENATE and +, ,soo bo
hecam" the republican nominee fo, eo,.-
ernor through the support Of + s sera,or
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE
HEAD-ON AT RUTLAND
Four Seriously Injured and One FataI-
Iy-M"torman Praised for Bravery
Protecting Pnssengers-Crew OF Ex-
tra Jumped.

Rutland, Aug. In 4 head on trolley
ooHlslon at Center Rutland about moon
to-day four Rutland people were serious
~ injured, at least one fatally, and sev.
en or eight others were cut by evire
glass or bruised. Tho cars on tho Rut-
land Railway Light g. Power comnsnv
!i7o, which Collided were a was,bourd
passenscr car and an extra with onlv
Motorman w. p. Richmond and lame.
priscoll, conductor, aboard The EXTRA
was Following regular easthound car
which passed the other only three min
ntes before the accident and the COLI
SION is said 10 be due to the failure of
the conductor on the eastbound to report
tho extra following his car
Tho trDlloys met with n tcrrible crash
on n sharp curve and tho ends OF ho,b
cars were badly smashed. Tho conductor
and crow of the extra Jumped and u,ero
not hurt but Motorman a. A. Farnsworth
Of the wostbound stuck to his most and
was crushed down by flying timbers. He
Is now at the Rutland city hospital in n
critical condition, suffering from a frac-
ture at the base OF the skull and a frac-
tured leg. Farnsworth is married. He
was squeezed between two cars and badly
hurt few weeks ago .Ie IS loudly
stuck 10 his post, even when he saw tho
collision was inevitable, to protect the
wife Of General Freight Agent George
Cassidy Of the Rutland railroad and four
children, who occupied the front set
THE PASSENGERS INJURED.
One OF tho Cassidy girls, Lois, aged 12.
was shocked by electricity so that she
was unconscious for a few minutes She
will recover II is a mystery how Mrs
Cassidy and the children escaped death
as the car front was crushed in on TO
them Mrs Cassidy Is suffering greatly
from nervous shock
Claire Coolidge. the 12-year-old
daughter of Mr.. ana Mrs o. II. Cool
idse of this city. was severely cut and
may lose an eye Miss Mary e. De.
ceIlc OF this city, n nurse. has a broken
leg and fractured arm.
Hundreds Of people from this citv
went to see the wreck and most of
the injured were brought here in auto.
mobiles. Traffic was delayed about
two hours.
1t is the practice for conductors on
the street railway line TO notify each
other in passing II there Is another
car following. This is the only sys-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
TWO CASES REMANDED.
Franklin and Esscx County Cnsc, Re.
versed by supreme Court.

Montpelier Aug. 1.-Supreme Court has
reversed the Judgment and remanded tn,
cause TO the lower court in the Franklin
county case OF leonard l.. Morse by his
next friend VS.. Lyman Hendricks and
Walter r. Hendricks. The case was
brought to recover damages for injuries
alleged To have been received from a vic
ious horse verdict was awarded the
plaintiff in county court of s5s9s3 and
costs.
The Essex county case OF stephen s.
Place VS. the Grand Trunk Railway COM
pany has been reversed and remanded.
The verdict in county court was for the
plaintiff to recover 49, 355 and costs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
Robin Hood AM n lition Co. Z
Loading Room 3 swanton
.- Blows e Il
ARTHUR MULHERON KILLED.
Three Otbcr Employees Seriously In.
jured-No Explanation of What
Caused Accident - Wrecked
building of Small Nnlu,
Financial Loss Small

Swanton, Aug. At exactly two
o'clock this afternoon No. short shcll
machine IN the loading room Of the
Rohin-1Tool Ammunition conranv OK
ploded with terrific force. three others
nearby machines following in quiclt
succession and every quick eve in the
village turned in the direction of the
plant saw for few seconds. great
bank of yellowish green smoke. high
In air. fringcd with flying timbcrs and
1ebrs
The top anil west side Of tho build =
Ing, light ono story affair about 20
X4o feet. was blown or. the concussion
breaking windows in the main build
Ing and in other nearby buildings
About 20 young men and girls were
I'm tho building at the time. all Of
whom escaped with only slight in
jur!es except the following:
LIST OF THE INJURED.
Arthur Mulheron, son of John Muiheror.
right foot blown off and arms and limbs
fractured. who expired a 4:30
Nora Lunar. Is years old injured in
back Of head and outer plate of skull
fractured; recovery doubtful: was n hsvo
been married next month
Nelson Raine. right hand and arm
badly torn and burned; right side Of facs
injured and bad scalp wound: condition
serious
Howard Tasso, vicious purcturo as
from flying bolt between right shoulaa-
blade and spine; right side Of face and
neck fun of fine bird shot. No 6. Tassia
was bending over box of shells placing
cover with his back to the machine His
condition while not critical is serious.
Nellie HoaR, ,cvere scalp wound IN,
1ot serious
Jessie Kirby wounds a hout head ord
eft arm; severe hut not serious injuries
No explanation can be given Of the
cause of the explosion. 1t Simply han
pened and only lot Of theories can be
offered
BLOWN 30 FEET IN AIR.
Young Mulheron was on top Of the
budding placing a supply Of powder in tho
overhead receiver of the machine tina,
first blew up. He went up in the air N
feet or moro and landed among some rub
Dish in the rear of the building.
Only comparatively small amount Of
powder is supposed to he stored in these
loading machines at one time and the sun
ply ls paced in small storage rcceptacles
above the roof and fed to the machines
through small tubes as a precaution.
Fortunately the small FIRE that started
was quickly eXtngushed
The injured were attended to pron1ptIv
by Drs. Allen, Cross and Norris all OF
whom happened to be within quick call.
Intense excitement prevailed until par
ents and friend learned just who the in
jured We're
The financial loss is small
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08

tom In vogue at the present time to
inform car crews of extra cars on the
linz.
II was because Of the fact that Con-
ductor Ernest l.. Crandall of the east
bound car forgot to notify Motorman
Farnsworth In passing that the en-
PITY car was coming that the accident
occurred. Crandall is one of the mos,
popular young mon on tho line He is
in bed Frustrated tonight The COM
rany has not discharged him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08

William II. Dunn, Rutland; first vice
president, Charles l.. Woodbury., wau.
hanakec; second Cc-president. H. NJ
Cutler, Montpelier; secretary y-treasurer
George t.. Morse, Rutland, tournament
committee, +. NJ Pond. Rutland, +. w
Elliot, Waubanakee, Paul Waterman
A. S. NJ. Chisholm, Mount
Anthony; F.. I. Hall, Rutland. II is a
question whether the next tournament
will he held at burlington or Rutland
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08

| have gone to Worcester Mass, to visit
Miss Sloan's brother, Henry Sloan. and
before their return will visit friends in
| other cities in MassachuscttS-T ladies'
Of the Nereennes Improvement society
received $40 from the sale or soda at p.
Nevills's soda fountain Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Lawrence and son
and Mr.. and Mrs George Lawrence of
Midilebury have returned home after a
visit to their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L.
Lawrence. Louis Seiplc. a member Of the
reportorial staff Of the Springfield Rop,b-
| lican, is passing his two weeks vacation
with his parents MIR aud Mrs G. w.
Seiple.--Mrs. g. IT, Fora has gone to
I tftchburg, Mass, to visit her sister, Mrs.
D, F. Manning after which she will 20
to Nantasket beach, and will also visit
relatives in Boston and Worcester. Mass.
Sh" Will be absent about two months
The Misses Fannie and Ethel Manning
of Fftchburg, Mass, are making two
weeks visit to their grandmother. Mrs.
Louis Geror miss Alice Bristol of Pan
ton Is passing = week with her cousin
Miss Vera Ward.--.D J. Gleason and VII
liam Ruscoe Of Holyoke. Mass who are
asSing a weeks vacation with Robert
Gilmore of Bristol called on friends in
town Tuegdav.-Thc Misses Mary
Amblo. Eva Lawrence and Fanny Fredo
were In Bristol Sunday.-Mr and Mrs.
]. G. Ryan Of sudbury and Mr. and Mrs.
William Barnes of McCde. Ariz.. visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hudson Tuosdav
Miss Anna Whitley Of Worcester, Mass.
Is visiting Miss Anna TcRocuf NJ. and
Mrs. r. J. Brown of Baltimore. Nd. are
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
OFFICERS ELECTED BY
VT. GOLF ASSOCIATION

Manchester, Aug. 6,-The delegates of
the Vermont State Golf association met
after the championship tournament and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year Honorary president. John
g. Mccullough, Bennington; president,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
MONTPELIER WOMAN
HORRIBLY MANGI,ED
To Identify Wifc's Remnins-Shc
Was Run over by Train.

Montpelier Aug. SNIrs. Daniel Sex
ton aged 80 years, was horribly mangled
and killed by tho Central Vermont train
on It's way from Barre shortly after
cigl' o'clock this morning in what is
known as tho stone shed district of this
city She was walking down tho track
and IN getting ont Of tnc way of an up
train on the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad. was run down by the Central
Vernon; train. The noise Of freight
oncin" switching in the neiGhborhood
helped to drown tho warning whistle
Engineer Joseph Derry had almost
brought his engine 10 a standstill when
uo struck the woman, but she was hit
with enough force to knock her down.
and the engine passed over hcr body
across tho stomach. Death was instan-
taneous
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
IDENTIFYING THE REMAINS.

Severa women were reported missing
and Il was two hours before she could be
positively identified Mr.. Sexton went to
tho undertaking rooSns but owing to the
condition of tho body did not see her at
first He looked Al one hand ard n ring
and declared that It was not his wife
Then he went back To the house to hunt
her NJ The neiEhhors seemed To think
she was the ono killed. so he returned
to the und 'rtakers and then positively
identified her. Her face was not cut bad
ly, although she had a severe scalp
wound which covered her features with
blood.
Mrs. Saxton was on her way down to
the home Of James Doyle when struck
by the train. The train men think that
she was confounded by the whistles and
trains coming in both directions and did
not know which way TO move
Resides a husband she leaves mother
and two brothers and two children, one
four years and another IA months old
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
PAPER MAKERS BIG
STRIKE is SETTLED
business interests Mt Bellows FaIis
Hail Outcome with RcIief-A Conn

Bellows Falls, Aug THE paper
strike is settled is the news that is
given out tonight. 1t was the result
of series of conferences between Of
fcials of tho International Paper com
pany and Of the Paper Makers union.
beginning in New York last Thursday
ani ending in Bellows Falls yesterday.
AT the New York conference Thurs
day tho company agreed to put the
three tours on January |, 1908. on such
machines in the Fall Mountain plant
as in its opinion could be operated
with profit under that system and shut
down such machines as could not he
operated with a profit President Gary
or tho union asked the COMPANY to
make the date September instead Of
January ], hut tho conn ny refused
At a meeting Of the strikers SATURDAY
evening the January proposition was
turned down, the vote being JOY Ia
President Cary, who came to Bellows
Falls Friday. then got busy with tho
New York office Of the Internationa nj
Paper company and A. y Burbank and
w. A. Whitcomh came 70 Bellows Falls
Thursday afternoon. conference was
held that evening ard another ycster-
day forenoon. The result was the fol
lowing agreement
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
THE OFFICIAL AGREEMENT

1T is mutually agreed between the In
ternational paper company and the In
tern1tional Broth ,rhood Of Paper
Makers, pulp suIphi,c and Paper NH
Workers that the Fall Mountain mill
will start operation Immediately under
conditions same as existed June II. 1907.
whom operations ceased. and furthermore
that upon Monday. october u. 1907. the
two-tour system will be discontinued and
Tho threc-tour system adopted Mt the
Fall Mountain mill. II IS further under
stood that there shall he no discrimina %
tion against any former employees on
account Of the recent trouble.
(Signed) For the International Broth
or hood Of Papermakers. Pulp, Sulphte
and Paper Mill workers, J. T Cary.
president. for the International Paper
makers Co. w. A Whitoomh, manager
manufacturing department"
The men are 70 go 70 work as rapidly
as the plant can he put in readiness to
manufacture paper and by Monday all
the wheels will be turning as usual On
June ! the company voluntarily raised
the wages OF the tour workers 10 ner cent
and tho increase holds under the present
agreement. The men on the three tours
will receive the same pay that they now
do on two tours. This settlement does
not effect the three independent COM
panies, whose mills arc shut down, or
partially so, but the number Of men
employed is small and tho union does not
intend To force matters at present
What ever difference Of opinion there
may he as to the necessity of the strike.
now that II is settled, or the largest part
of IT, the business community breathes
easier
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law, DR. W J Haseiden, at this
place.
1t has been rumored that some
real estate was bought a few
days ago for the purpose oi
erecting large brick stores
Don't give Cades out!
Mr. s L Rodgers is very sick
at his home near here. There
seems to be very little hope for
his recovery. He has been con-
fined to his bed for about ten
months.
Other towns can boast of
their large pumpkins and choice
melons, but when coming down
to things ''serious" We are glad
OF having With US Still a mother
of a Confederate veteran, who
is still very active, enjoying
good health, doing all her house
work, and is nearly 81 years Of
age.
Mrs A T Rodgers of Lake CITY
is visiting friends and relatives
here.
Avery serious accident occv-
red at Salem last Friday night
A negro boy employed by the
Wilson Lumber 60. got his arm
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Local and Personal.

S- We are sending out a
number of statements to sub
scribers in arrears. There are
now on our books nearly 1000
subscribers, many of whom
have paid nothing in a year or
longer. We ask all these de.
linquents to settle up as soon
as possible. Each account is
made out up to the nearest year
or half year. 1t may be that
some who get these statements
have already paid;if so just call
our attention to the fact and
We will cheerfully make the
correction. All We want IS
what is due US and not a cent
more. But we do want that.
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With the difficult task of get

With the difficult task of get
ting out two papers in one
week and a short printing force
We ask our friends to be pa
tlent and overlook our short.
comings. Several letters had tc
be left out because we could not
get the type set. We are scour.
ing the country for printers and
hope to secure some help short.
ly.
Mr. T A Blakeley, one Of Will
liamsburg's most prominent bus
mess men, died suddenly last
Tuesday night at his home near
Taft. The remains were inter-
red this morning at 10 O'Clock
at the Williamsburg cemetery.
We are unable to get data for
an extended sketch, but will
try to have it ready for next
week.
Mr. Jas B Husbands, organi-
zer for the Farmers Education
al and Co operative Union of
America, was an interesting Wis
itor at The RECORD Office on
Tuesday of this week. He was
here to perfect an organization
of that order, but for some rea-
son there were not a sufficient
number of farmers present. He
hopes to arrange another date
later on for this place.
Mr. ] S Hunt, assistant State
dispensary auditor, was here
Thursday and Friday of last
week checking up the accounts
of the several dispensaries in
the county and the Office of the
county dispensary board. We
are informed that he found
everything in good order and
was well pleased with the con-
dition of the different dispense.
ries and the books in the Office
of the board, which he found in
the best of good order and from
which he made a very favorable
report of the business.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Transient Notices will be Published
In This Column st the Rate Of On
Cent q Word for Each Issue.
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Notice of Homestead
EXemDtiOn-

Nstice ip hereby given that J. ".
Cockield has applied to me to lave his
homestead and personal exemptNns set
off to him as head Of a family cut OF
his lands and personal property IN VIII
limsbsrg county, and Will, afher tne
publication 0 this notice FOR fonr con-
secutive weeks, appoint appraisers tor
the purpose of betting of said home
stead and exemptions in aocosdanee
with Section 2ea5, Vol. ], OF thetIvil
Code of South Carolina.
n. o. BRITT0H,
Clerk Of Cont Of Williamsburg Go.
9-2G4t
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CADES CHRONICLES.
Interesting News Letter Meant fol
Last Weeks Issue.

CADEs, October 15:-Mr Gill
bert Gee of Single postofice
was in town Monday. He re.
ports very good crops in that
section.
Messrs Smith, of Smith Bros,
and Turner, of Turner & Josey,
both we'll known market men of
Florence, were in town today on
business.
slack White" came last night
and his black signs can be seen
everywhere. He was not a Wis
itor of surprise, however, for we
have been expecting him sever.
al nights.
The cotton seed market is not
as good as at last writing, but
thev are still bringing what they
are worth !; $19 is the mills
limit, but our keen buyers here
are giving s2O.25 per ton today.
Mr. Young Wilhoyt and fam.
ily of Nashville, Tenn, are
visiting the formers brother.in.