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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
RUSSIANS FURNISH BAIL.
Held As Witnesses against Louis
Smeldst Charged with SMUGGLING.

Brattleboro. April 1.-THE case of
the United States against a collection
of nine Russians mostly women and
children was tried yesterday after
noon before Judge James l. Martin.
The people were Ezckial Abramowicz.
Mrs. Nashan Isador and three children
and Mrs. Rachel Pcrovoskin and two
children. The crowd was brought
here from ST. Johnsbury and st. Al.
bans, where they were arrested charg
ed with being in the country Illegally.
1t seems that they landed in st.
Johns, NJ b., March %. and were mot
there 10y Louis Smeldst. an immigrant
presented the defense, to-day agreed up
runner, who agreed to get them into
Vermont.
After an investigation Smcldst was
arrested ana all tho Russians We're held
as witnesses against him. They were
examined yesterday before Judge Mar
tin and placed in bail of 500 to insure
their appearance to testify against
Smeldst in May when the case will be
tried at Windsor All furnished the
bail but Abramowicz and he was sent
back to Canada where he win procure
it as he had Il paper showing him to be
the posscssor of some 5000 roubles
Mrs. Isador and her three children went
to Bridgeport, Mass. and Mrs porovo-
skin and her two children to New York
city The husbands of the two women
have been in this country some time
and are in good circumstances.
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM MATHER.
The funeral Of william Mather was
held this afternoon at two o'clock at the
home OF his daughter, Mrs. Austin l..
Miller The body was taken to West
Brattleboro for intermcnt Mr.. Mather
died Tuesday morning of apoplexy. For
many years he ran an old style up and
down sawmill at the outlet ~ Marlboro
South pond but had lived in this town
for the past &c years where he had been
a carpenter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18

Ihen thls; The most crowded civilized
nation In the world is Belgium. The ma
ton That has the most room for expan-
sion is our own United States, Here is
the proof-in figures:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM MATHER
HOW THE WORLD GROWS.

Figures sometimes are fascinating, II
not startling They state thinS when
language fails. You know that the popu-
laton of the world f. increa sing, but Won
do not realize the enormous growth
until you are confronted with the figures
In ten years, total increase in the popu-
laton of the principal countries Of the
world, 63 000NO The compiler Of these
figures adds, in the London Express: We
find that the total population has grown
from 5060dc,0co In 1895 to 570,oOOo,o last
year. The figures are as follows:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
EFFECTED A SETTLEMENT
Casualty Company Gets $3.50 froL
Howe Scale Company.

Rutland, April u.-New York represen-
tatives of the Fidelity & Casualty com
pany have effected a settlement of a
Rutland county court suit against the
Howe Scale company to-day on tho eve
Of its trial The scale concern carried
employers liability insurance with the
plaintiff, premiums being paid on the
basis OF the pay roll. Some time ago an
auditor OF the Fidelity company examin-
ed the scale works books and suit was
Immediately brought to recover about s.
100 claimed 10 be due i'm premiums In that
tho payrolls had not hoen correctly report
ed Charles L. Howe as counsel for the
plaintiff, and Butter & Mooney, who re-
on $3.50 as the amount Of settlement.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
Five Other Jurors Wanted to
Acquit Thaw on Ground
Of Insanity.
THE JURY is DISCHARGED.
DeIiberated ~ Hours without Rcsch-
ing Asrcemcnt-Tbnw Back in the
Tombs TO Await second Trial
jerome VIII Oppose Any
Application for Hail.


New York, April 12,-Hopelessly divided
seven for verdict Of guilty in the first
degree and five for acquittal on the
ground of insanity. the Jury. which since
the 23rd of last January had been trying
Harry X. Thaw, reported to-day after
forty-seven hours and eight minutes of
elaboration. that it could not possibly
agree upon verdict. The twelve mon
l,i,zgcro,d yy6o daa,,.o', 49,, -,
licved their task hopeless Thav was re-
mandod to the Tombs without bail to
await a second trial on the charge OF
having murdered Stanford White. the
noted architect.
When this new trial would take place
no one connected with the case could
express an opinion tonight District At
torncy jerome declared that there were
many other persons accused Of homicide
awaiting trial and that Thaw would have
to take his turn with the rest. As to
possible change of venue. both the
district attorney and counsel for Thaw
declared they would make no such n,ovn
FLAWS attorneys will confer tomorrow
with the prisoner to decide ,tnon their
next step. They may make an carly an
picatJn for bail. Mr. Jerome said he
would strenuously oppose such applica-
ton. He added the belief that nc eeva,
Of the Jurors voted for "euiltv'' HE m
position would probably he e,iccessru1 l.,
that even. 'Thaw has arntbor limo cum,
ner before him in tho c,tv rrieo,, g.,
his case on tho already crnvded crir,ir,1
calendar cannot nossiht,. no roocbo1 go,
I'll some time next fall
THE CLOSING SCENES.
Tho scenes attending the Announce
ment by the jury Of its Inability ia
agrco upon any sort of vcrdIc. ,,arc
robbed of amy thcatricallsm bv the
general belief that after their nro-
tracted discussion and the reports Of
a wide division of sentiment the tur-
ors could make no other report than
one of disagreement.
Thaw, surrounded by \the membnrs
of his family-his devoted aged noth-
or, his pale Young wife. his titled sls
ter the Countess of yaruoutb his sis
ter. Mrs. George Carncpie ana bis
brothers Edward and Josiah 7'haw
received the news in absolute silence
When It became known that the Jury
was about to make its renort and that
the case would be dlsposed Of Thow
allied his wife to n scat by bic e,do ana
sat with his right arm thrown about
her until he was commanded to stand
and face the iltrors Smiling and cor-
noent when he entered the court room.
foreman Deming r. Smith. in response
to u question by Clerk Penny ma 70
whether a verdict had been agreed
upon. said
"We have not"
His mother. her features hidden he.
hind a thick black veil. sat stoIid aud
motionless. In III health of late sb.
had felt severely the strain and stress
OF the long hours of anxlous w,{ti,,-
His wife. by his side. sripned his r,nd
tightly as tho foreman smoke a,d tra,,
when he sank down nv ber s,de cha
tried to cheer him, as best she could
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
NO "UNWRITTEN Law"
JUROR Joseph r. Bolton said.

Juror Joseph r. Bolton said:
There was no question OF the 'un-
written law or of 'dementia Amcrj-
cana in our deliberations We con-
sidered the case from purely legal
standpoint. We We're not swayed by
emotion"
The jury when considering the case
took no stock in brain storms" said
Juror George H. Fecke. We did not
pay an undue amount OF attention to
the testimony of the alicnists either"
Mr.. Feoke said. Mr.. Fecke said It was
after Mr.. Donnce had read some OF
Thaw's letters that the latter decided
that Their" was reasonable doubt as
to Thaw's sanity. nennee then Joined
tho four men who stood for acquittIl
on the ground of insanity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
STATEMENT by ATTORNEY.

Tonight clifford w. Hartridge. the at
torncy of record and the warm personal
friend of Thaw, gave the following state
ment to The Associated Press.
"Mr Thaw has already expressed HIM
self DESTROYS Of trial under and In ac-
cordance with tho laws of the State of
New York. I can add nothing to that
except to say that ! entirely agree with
MIN and hope that we shall have new
trla speedily and that the next time Il
VIII not be necessary for the presiding
judge to have to charge the jury that we
are living in q civilized community"
Attorneys Daniel O'Reilly. Clifford w
Partridge, A. Russell Peabody and John
Il, Gleason acted for Thaw to-day. It
was said that Mr.. O'Reilly would have
leading part In the future conduct OF
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
Nervous
|Worn-Out'

II you are in this condition,
your nerve force is wcak-the
power is giving out, the or
gans OF your body have
Slowed up" and do their work
imperfectly. This failure to
do the work required, clogs
the system and brings distress
and disease. When the nerves
are weak the heart is unable
to force the life-giving blood
Through your veins; the stom-
ach fails to digest food; the
kidneys lack power to filter
Impurities from the blood, and
the poisonous waste remains in
the system to breed disease.
Nerve energy must be restored.
DR.. Miles Nervine will do it,
because it strengthens the
nerves it is a nerve medicine
and tonic, that rebuilds the
entire nervous system.
Several years ago ! was all broken
down, / was nervous. worn out, could
not sleep, and was In constant pain.
] doctored Tor months, and finally the
doctor said he could do nothing for
Nervine. and used altogether eight
bottles. and became strong ana
healthy, and now weigh 40 pounds"
ii. G. CUNNINGHAM
1OS Ellsworth Ave. Allegheny, Pa.
DR.. Miles Nervine is sold by your
druggist, who will guarantee that tho
first bottle viii bensft. II Il falls, he
viii refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Would Deprive Negroes of vote.

In his inaugural address, delivered
Saturday at Atlanta, Ga, Governor
elect Hoke Smith spoke out plainly
on some of the big problems now
confronting che South. He openly
advocated the Acknowledgement of
negroes, through applying education
al tests and declared his determine
ton to prevent lynchings or mob vio-
lence in Georgia during his admins
tration In view of the recent men,
ton of Governor Smith as a possible
candidate for vice-president on the
Democratic ticket, some of his utter
ances are of special significance.
After stating that the platform on
which he was elected entailed on him
special duties which he will perform,
he declared against allowing lobby
ing by agents of corporations, urged
the abolition of railroad passes inside
the state and declared that it should
be made crime for any corporation
or special interest to contribute to a
campaign fund. He suggested the
widest publicity of election receipts
and expenditures. He then urged
constitutional amendment fixing
new standard of franchise quali6ca-
tons.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Fair Lading Bill Won by Shippers

A binding agreement between ship
pers and the railroads, the dream OF
American commerce, in the form of a
uniform bill of lading, practically has
been agreed upon. Representatives
| of commercial interests and all the
trunk lines of the country have set
| tied upon the form of the new bill,
land the interstate commerce commits
sion has concurred 1t will be sub
mitted for the ratification of the rail-
road and commercial interests of the
country early in July
The effect of the notification will
be to make the new bill of lading a
part of the interstate commerce law.
The shippers then will have the thing
| for which they have clambored for
the last decade railroad receipt
binding on the carriers. The negotia-
tons have been thus far carried on
by railroad representatives and mem
bers of the board of directors of the
Illinois Manufacturers association
and the American Shippers associa-
Ition.
The new bill will hold the initial
road and its connections liable for a
shipment from the time it is deliver
ed to the company until it is delivered
Ito the consignee at its destination.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
For Menominee Monument.

Governor Hanly named the three
members of the commission Wednes-
day to spend $4,000, appropriated by
the last General Assembly, for suit
able ground at Menominee Village
Marshall county, for the erection OF
a monument and the rebuilding of the
old Indian chapel there. They are
Charles T. Mattingly, Republican,
Plymouth; Col. A. F. Fleet, Demo
GRAFT Culver, and Charles J. S. Kun.
Ter, Peru.
The members of the Andersonville
monument commission, chosen under
authority of a 1907 act to erect a
monument at Andersonville, Ga, in
honor of the Indiana soldiers who
died there, met with Governor Hanly
Monday afternoon. They had just
come from visit to Andersonville
and reported to the Governor that
they had chosen site for the monu-
ment. They recommended that it
be built of granite The amount ap-
propriated was $500
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Negro to Gain Freedom by Risking
His Life

Several months ago the pulley on
the very top of the flagstaff which
surmounts the courthouse tower at
Richmond, Ind, became broken and
the flag could not be displayed Eff
forts to persuade local men to climb
the slender staff, which is thirty feet
high and less than four inches in di-
ameter at the base were unavailing
Thursday Lon Fisher, a negro inn
prisoned in the Jail for intoxication,
sent word to the commissioners that
he would climb the pole and put on
the new pulley if the commissioners
would give him his freedom
Fisher was told that pardons could
not be given except by the Governor,
but it was agreed that if Fisher did
the work he should have SO. sum
sufficient to pay his fine and give him
freedom. Fisher will be taken to the
courthouse and will make an effort
to mount the staff, which is 159 feet
above the street level.
If Fisher is not game, let the Rich
mond officials come to Plymouth and
give one of our high school classes
remission to fly their colors on said
polls. We believe the pulley would
get there somehow.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
A FAIR CONTRACT.

Plymouth should be able under
contract to have all night lighting for
$1,000 per lamp. The lights that are
furnished free at present should con-
tinue to be so; or if they are to be
paid for at sc per k. w. the street
lighting should be reduced to Sos
The incandescent rate should be &c
per k W and fat rate of so cents per
lighs per month. A maximum rate
of cents per k. W. should be made
for power IF this could be agreed
upon there might be a possible ex-
cuse for the council to consider the
light question at this time, but if this
cannot be done why not keep what
we have as long as we can? 1t might
be argued by Mr. Snoeberger that 4
fiat rate is unfair, that people might
burn them during the day in order to
get even This is a poor argument
but he can be protected, by giving
him the right to discontinue the ser
vice to those who deliberately waste
the current-the authority he now
takes on himself with those who
while their contract gives them the
right, burn one or two lights all
night under the fiat rate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Citizen
Government to Fight for Inheritance

A special attorney will be sent to
Milwaukee from Washington to as
sist District Attorney Butterheld in
trying the case of the Wells estate,
in which suit was brought by the
government against the trustees o.
the estate for nearly a half-million
dollars inheritance tax. This is to
be made a test case and on the is
sue hangs a matter of $1,000, 600
claimed by the government ON es-
tates throughout the country. The
trustees fled their answer to the suit
Monday. In his the most interesting
statement is their denial that Fanny
Wells Norris was or is as stranger
in blood to the late Daniel Wells
Should the contention set up in the
answer of the trustees be established
it would mean a much less inheri-
lance tax to be paid. The trustees
further deny that they are any long
err trustees of the estate, claiming to
have been discharged by the County
Court in 1906. 1t is expected that
the case will come up in October.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04

Much concern is felt by the New
York Central and other railroads ov-
er movement for the organization
of Italian laborers throughout the
country, to be followed by a general
strike for increased pa, On several
roads the strikes have begun and i'm
provement work is being delayed On
the New York Central 500 Italians
have been on strike for several days,
300 have quit on the Long Island
Road and trouble is brewing on the
New York, New Haven and Hartford.
On the New York Central the men
have been receiving $1.60 a day for
ten hours work and the demand So.
For several weeks an ITALIAN nation
al organizer" has been working
among them and he is said to have
the laborers we'll organized, both in
the east and on western roads.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Dog Sausage No Longer a Joke.

The old Jcke about eating "hot
dog" is no joke in Germany any
more, for no less than 1000 CANNES
of various breeds were slaughtered
and eaten by the subjects OF Kaiser
Wilhelm last year, according o re-
port from Consul George N. lift at
Annaberg. The eating of horse meat
seems to be quite general in Ger
many, for no less than 1872, 900 horses
were slaughtered for human food in
1906.
"Horsehesh is generally advertised
in the German papers" says Consul
lift, especially in those in large in
dustrial centers, and most German
cities have at least one market which
makes it a speciality, claiming for IT
a higher percentage of nourishment
than that of beef, veal, mutton or
pork. Neither is it unusual to find
advertisements of dog meat or for
the purchase of dogs for slaughter
In the city of Cassel recently the po-
lice, in searching for a lost dog, dis
covered it in a private slaughter
and discovered private slaughter
house and arrested the proprietors,
who were apparently making a regu-
lar business of stealing and killing
dogs"
In the city of Chemnitz alone, Con-
sui lift reports COS dogs were sl;sigh-
tered for human food in 1906, this be
ing an increase of So over the pre-
vious year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Aimed at Loan Sharks.

Loan Sharks would be hard hit f
bill introduced in the house by
Representative VIM. Fruechtenicht
of Fort Wayne, should become a law.
The bill levies an annual tax of S.
900 on all persons engaged in the
business of buying or procuring as
signments or transfers of wages not
earned or not due and payable at the
time of transfer.
"This would put the loan sharks
out OF business" Mr.. Freuchs enicht
said, "as none of them would be able
to meet this tax The measure may
be stringent, but my single purpose
in introducing it is to create some
way of doing away with the loan
sharks for all time"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Build Military Road to Yukon.

An important work is being Carried
on by the dominion government III
the Canadian northwest concerning
which people in general know little.
This is the building of a military
road from Edmonton, Alberta, to the
Yukon territory.
For two years the construction has
been under way in charge OF the
royal northwest mounted police
From Edmonton the road stretches
700 miles away to Fort St. John, on
the Peace river, and then takes an
almost direct course over the Rocky
mountains for 200 miles TO Fort
Graham, in British Columbia, and
thence in a northwesterly dire ction
| for 700 miles more to Atlin. This long
trail of 1000 miles lies through a re-
gion but little civilized, and where
nature at times opposes her sterneSt
barriers. 1t is not a wide road, only
eight feet. AT regular intervals oi
twenty miles small, rude log houses
ale erected as hating places.
The principal work so far has been
from the eastern side of the Rocky
mountains. The construction party
under the command of Capt. Camies
Hast fall reached Fort Graham, whe.e
they wintered Another party oil
workmen under Inspector Melon III
of Whitehorse this summer will push
the work from Atlin until the two
forces meet, which they hope to dc
before winter
The two front doors to the Klo1-
dixie now lie in the United States ter
ritory of Alaska, one opening in from
Skagway by means of the White Pas
and Yukon railway, the other farthei
north the estuary of the Yukon rive
and St. Michael Should internationa
difficulties arise between England anC
the United States the Yukon territory
would be cut off, The military roa-
lis intended to prevent such a catas
ltrophe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04

On May "a, 1902 the Democratic
lemon tree contained 33 lemons--one
fer each precinct. When they were
distributed Metsker got 80 of them,
the remaining one was given to
Chas. Lemert A few years later, in
1904, when delegates TO the Demo
cratic convention were selected Nets
ker wanted to be a delegate, but the
convention assembled handed him a
lemon. His unauthorized gall fol-
Iowsd him to Indianapolis where he
again tried to force himself on the
delegation; again they handed him
that lemon. When the Democratic
Congressional convention met in Ply
mouth a year ago Metsker wanted to
be the presiding officer He bought
a new Prince Albert suit, rehearsed
his speech before looking glass, and
had it set in type for his paper, but
the convention handed him lemon
Verify Lem Metsker thou art for
saken.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Calls for Many Pennies,

The two-cent railroad rate makes
quite a difference in making change
at the local ticket offices of the rail
roads. The even change is a thing
of the past Tickets to nearly all
the stations require odd change and
the agents supply themselves at the
banks almost daily with stock OF
pennies. Agent Bussard says it re-
quires about SIS every week in pen
MES to supply his Office and he
bought $40 worth this week. Nearly
all the stations between Terre Haute
and South Bend require odd change.
To Lapaz it takes 4 cents, to Lake
vile 4, to South Bend 4, Twin Lakes
2, Hubbard 4, Culver 3, Delong B, Lo-
gansport 2, Frankfort 3.
On the Lake Erie road every sta
ton between Indianapolis and Michi-
gan City makes odd change and
Agent Ma-combe uses about So in
cents daily
On the Pennsylvania road there are
in the state but three stations east oil
here where the fare IS even change
To Inwood it takes 3 odd cents, to
Bourbon 3; to Donaldson 1, Grover
town 3, Hamlet 2, Wanatah 3. Agent
Hanes buys cents in S. lots.
What becomes of these pennies
do they come back?" was asked
Agent Bussard mo. not many come
back; they go out over the country
Travelling men" said he, ''have caught
on, and they make the right change
liz they can, as they do not want to
be loaded up with coppers; but the
general traveller will hand you out a
half or a dollar or a bill. In buying
round trip they nearly always hand
out even money, though they ma,
have the right change in their hand
because, buying in haste. they do no
trust themselves to make the RICH,
change"
Where it is odd for single it is alsS
odd for the round trip, as the ROUND
is just double the single, there be
ing no reduction.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04
Death of Miss Ella DeLoney

Miss Ella DeLoney was born at
Fort Wayne, Ind, May 10, 1860, and
died Monday morning, at the home
of her sister. Mrs. Sarah Langdon,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Deceased has been an invalid for
many years, has lived in this city
most of her life, having resided with
Mrs. Langdon, for some time. She
is survived by brother. James De-
Loney, sister, Mrs. Langdon, and a
half-brother, VIM. F. Young.
Funeral services will be held at
St. Michaeis church Wednesday
morning at o'clock.