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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05

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larcc CONSIGNMENT Of rifles and amnu.
nition
Arthury Scbritz ~ vnars old md
.b~c. of ne ,,,iltr., Xorlio 10. 1oso,,b
II and N,v : ,yo,o hurncd to doath
in = fire in thcir homo NJ unnov ms
The denrcda,iors of an extensive
herd Of elk have aroused ,,rootnnx,ct1
e,nonr fine farmers Of ,nJovor y II
and surrounding town,
win IN average speed Of o,;.53 l;,o.e
an hour to her cr,.,it fine scont cruise,
Chester returned IN po,tr,,d Nc f,,r,
her four hoIlrs' orluronco r,,, .u ,o,,
snrcd Her avoragn f.. - n ,.nots in OK
cess of the contract r.urire,n.n.
TUESDAY. March 3.
The New Brunswick government is
investigating The large numbers of ac-
cidcnts which have oo currcd recently a.
he iron mines Of the colony.
Commander Sims. naval aide 10 prcsi
dent Roosevelt hy his own statcmcn,
is Responsible for the row" over criti
csmS Of batrlosilips' CONSTRUCTION
Steamship and emigration comnan!e.
are now tlruiu., their attention to In
dia. em'cra1ion from .Iapan having
been GU; Of.
Or /. G. VcrriU Of Dover. y. IT. WAS
held without hail On the charge Of hay.
| ing caused the death Of Mrs. Artie Nil.
Ter of Newcastle by al unlawful opera
| ton.
Chief of Police shiny Of Chicago,
attacked in his hoIn, 10y Lazarus Aver
huch. a Ellss,an student and supposed
| anarchist. sho. and Killed the latter hut
not until his aSsailant had stabbed the
! chief in the arm. had shot and seriously
wounded = son of the chief. and had
wounded James Foley. member of the
/ noIico d,uortfran+
| 1ua.o ,,or1cro nf ,ho rodnro, co,,,., or
rn,,rnd, row.r cnJiforria has d..
uied th. na,ft,ou for rolooso fran, cus.
toly or "a l. W,I,cr vontod IN \ou
Britain. Conn. for alleged ombezzle.
mont
S.von Maine cities oIcct,l Rnnuh,i.
can uovors on1 citv Governments
against four Republican MAYORS and six
ponulti,,u unvsrnp..rts far ,ou- y,
| nnb,jcnu n,lus were shown in nearly
all cities
Attorney Grnrrnl Rononarta has a..
ractnd tho verinls United STATES attor-
povs IN irst,t,u. suit. ouojrst ,wnntv.
civ r,i,ro,I cn,u,..ui.s ia r.oover NON.
,Itins incurrad hy them for aII.ced viz
1nuiors or tha s,f.,y ann,i,nca ,ov
disclaimer u,,Jo th,t +bo stoto sr.
ncc,.d ,bo ,rtn,ritv If amy iurv IN tho
poprs,rvari, r,,,i,oI .,,rnr,.. ,,iol and
an ,dn,,s.icr I,v rho ,tist,.ic, o,,,.n.,
,h,, an ,r-,St en- - cberca of ,,,,nrt,l
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incidan. fryoIv.u, .Iuror Pals,
Mc,i,eed5y March
Secretary Ntr,ils Of the hurcau
commerce ord Labor issued drastic 9.
Jere fnr g. rcunj-un of anarchists 80.
aI',u criminals pov IN MS .our.r,
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nd ins,c.,r,. .c t,r.f,,r,;.nn.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05
A LOSS OF $7,iSS
Experts Make Report on Munich
pal Light Plant.
with New system of DOoEk ccping De-
partmcnt should Hereafter he Able
90 RENDER sU Intelligent state
mcnt Of Operations.

st thc regular monthly meeting Of
the board of aldermen last evening. the
last regular meeting Of the present
board. all of the members were present
except Alderman Pcase. Tho principal
feature of the meeting was the acccp-
tancc of tho report of How, Rose & Co.,
certified public accountants with refer
cncc to affairs of the municipal electric
lighting department. The report was in
part as follows:
Referring to our report of the ith
inst. dealing with the electric light
department. We beg to state that We
have now Installed a system of book
Keeping by which the department will
be able to render periodically an in
tellgcnt statement Of its operations.
We hav" prepared ana attach hereto
! comparative form showing tho results
of tho departments operations since
il commenced business down to De-
"ombcr @lst last
w" find. after providing for dcprc-
Citations. bond interest, etc. that the
department sustained Il loss Of S7.13S. T.
%. Tho actual not income from opcr-
atin- IT." department amounts in all
tc $lf.9ppG5 bat this amount is NOR
than offset by interest charges. rc-
serves for depreciation, street light
ing charges for 1905 and the balance
of tn" current account in 1906. charged
off.
Tho amounts Vhich we have set IN
for depreciation. in our opinion. arc
by no means excessive: that fol
buildings being . per cent. machinery
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05
COUNTY COURT IN SESSION.
March Term Began Yesterday
Judge Haselton Presiding.
Fort -four Crises Continued and En-
tries of Discontinued Nndc In II
Norc---sUit of walker vs..
Bailey First.

The March term Of Chittendcn county
court convened at ten O'Clock yesterday
morning, judge Seneca Iiaseton prcsi-
ing Sitting with Judge Haselton are As
siStant Judges John II. Lyon Of COL
csostcr and william NJ Barber Of Wills.
ton Tho proclamatious opening court
were made By Sheriff James II. Alien.
following prayer by the Rev. Dr. |. G.
Smart.
Tho dockets wcro called. and forty
four cases were continued. Entries OF
discontinued or settled and discontinued,
were made in the following y cases.
Louisa Gotta vs. Charles hoffman
Daniel Bombard vs.. Lena Bombard,
divorce
Joseph Derrick vs.. James Rohana,
alias Surkis Rowhana. apt. assunpst.
John J Flynn vs. Edward ". Barlow
and Isabella w. Barlow. assumpsit
Josephine lombard vs. Joseph lombard,
divorce
Eno L. Tnison vs. Orrin y. Tnlison,
divorce.
Oliver LoMay, u, by next friend, VS..
Thomas rarizo, assumpsit.
Grace Nablo ve. william Mahle, divorce.
Willard s Ball VS. Nora c. Ball,
divorce.
Moline Jewclry co.. VS. Morris Hanson,
ant, assumpsit
George l.. Thomas ve. charles NJ.
Miller ana f. J. Kent trospaSs.
j. W. G. Clapp " city Of Burlington,
assumpst
Other entries mad were as follows:
Albert ". Polka and wife -. Martin
= Allen. paseed. amended declaration
- bo filed in a w0-rk.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, Feb. ~.

A warrant for the arrest of Paul r.
Roy on the charge TINT he murdered
his brothcr-in-law George A. Cnrkins.
at Newlngton, n. H., on Jan. 9, has been
sworn out Roy is in France and is
said to be citizen of that country.
The cotton mills Of Georgia have de-
cIded on n reduction Of ~ percent in
wages, effective March next.
The bill providing for county local
option throughout the state passed the
Ohio house BY vote Of 10 to SO. The
bin has passed the senate.
Judge Cornish instructed A inry at
Lincoln. Neb., to bring in a verdict of
not guilty in thr case of the state
against Swift Il Co., who were charged
with failing to brand net weight on
packages Of ham aud bacon.
George Dawkins, yew York police
man. was found guilty OF burglary and
grand larceny. 1t was also charged
that he held up and robbed a nan.
President Roosevelt declares that the
railroads through unreguluted compe
tition, have destroyed or prey ented the
development Oh commerce on the llaViE
able rivers in this country.
Otto Kelsey was retained in the office
Of state superintendent Of insurance by
the New York seua0. over the recon.
incubation for his removal by Governor
Hughes ~ a vote of 50 to 10. WITHOUT
one word of debate
That there will be no let-up IN Prcsi-
dent Roosrvelts policy of "warring'
against evildoers was cmphatcaly 10
clared by the president in an address
Mt Wash u1tOn,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05

For any pain. from top 10 toe from
any cause, apply DR., Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil. Pain can't stay where it is
paaA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05
THE DIVORCE CASES.

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05

Postmaster George g. Houston Of
ReadHeld. Me, was fatally wounded by
rifle bullet fired accidentally by hi:
SON Emery, aged I.
Governor Guild Of Massachusetts,. ad
dressing the Harvard alumni of Buf
falo, declared himself heartily in favo
of tariff revision.
In an ARRAY at Providence Lavrenc,
McKiernnn, II years old. was fatally
stabbed, The police made three ar
rests.
Mrs. Evelyn Fhaw denies that sh,
has demanded $1,000 600 or has re
ceved any offer of money to induce he
to consent to an annulment Of her mar
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05
Friday. Feb. %.

Herbert Woodbury. was held without
bail for 'hc grand Jury on the charge
of murder M his wife, whose body was
found han glug to the doorknob Of IN
upper room of the Exchange hotel at
Foxcroft Me- after n disappearance Of
three months.
III" Wisconsin Republican state cen
tra comm itee adopted resolutions ou-
dorsing SeHator In Toilette rs n can
didate fol president.
Three ares IS brought to light scan
dal in tn patent office at Washington
which rcvolves around an invention
valued ut moro than S1.OOoOOO.
Resolutions favorinC the candidacy
of W. II Raft for president were
adopted D., rho Missouri Republican
state convention.
Frank A. Munsey has bought the
Baltimore News. taking over all Of the
stock of 'he corporation
Twenty TWO specific charges are
made in a petition praying for the re
nova Of William r. Jerome as district
attorney Of the county Of New York
which was sent 10 Governor Hughes.
Edward X Thomas and Orlando +.
Thomas We're indicted on cha res
growing ont If their management Of tho
funds Of The proyident Savings Life
Assurance eociety Of New York. which
they controlled. The offences charged
are violations of the state insurance
/ laws
Thomas \ Edison was operated on
at New York. An ahsccsS in the mid
! die ear was opened. The condition of
| the inventor is favorable
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05


Moha mmDd All Mcrza Shah Of Per
sia. narrowly Is capped death at the hands
Of an assassin 4 bomb was thrown
from .he roof Of n house at the shah's
automobile. the explosion killing three
of the vehicles escorts and wuundinC
the chauffeur and score of bystandcrs
The shah was uuhurt.
Ex-Governor Bradley. Republican.
was elected United states senator from
Kentucky to succeed james Il. Nc
Crcary.
In an explosion in the La Rosita mine.
near San Juan, Mex. seventy-six men
We're killed. Firedamp is believed to
have been the cause
Wa Ting Fang. for the second time
appointed Chinese minister to this coun-
try, arrived with large retinue of sec
retarleS. consuls and attaches, number
ing sev-~ty persons.
There is a growing distruSt in British
commercial circles on the Chinese coast
of the entire policy of the Japanese gov
eminent in the Far East.
T. Patrolman George II. Brown of
| Portland, Me, was arrested on the
charge Of burglary of stores on his beat.
The Kurn IIattin home for boys at
Westminster. w.. was burned. The
boys all made their way out without
difficulty. The loss is 500
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-05

side in this city.
the marriage Of Edward Lyman Allen
Of this city and Miss Louise Spullock Of
Rhoa Springs, Tenn. by the Rev. DR..
Eachman Of Chattanooga. Tenn, is an
nounccd MIR. Allen is son of II. ".
Aucn Of this city and tho bride is a
graduate Of the Burlington high school
class Of 1905, and has many friends in
this city.
TIE divorce petition of Charlotte Gates
vs.. jonathan Gates was filed in C'httcn-
den county court SATURDAY, the grounds
alleged being intolcrah bile severity, The
petitioner resides in Milton and the peti-
.ioncc in parts unknown. The case of
Andrew Levi vs.. CoWlcs & MOulton, an
action Of trovcr, was also entered in
court Saturday.
The death of Mrs. ". s Howard oc-
CURED Saturday at noon, al her home
345 St. Paul street. at the age of 81 years
Mrs Howard was a member Of the Meth
odist Church and had resided in Bur
lngton about Is years, She is survived
by a husband ana three daughters. Kit.
tie Mabel and Ncttie and one son
Frank, all of Burlington The funeral
was held Monday at two o'clock from
her late home.
The annual meeting Of the Cungre-
gational Club of Western Vermont will
he held in this city April Sth. 1t is
expected the club will listen to ad-
dresses by speakers prominent in the
denomination on the topics SO strong
~ at the front just now, the laymon's
missionary movement and the lay,
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
FIVE HELD BY CORONER.
Investigation Of Collapse Of Balcony
an MOring Picture Theatre.

Five men were remanded TO the coroner yester-
day as a result of the collapse of the balcony OF
the moving picture show at No. l25 Rivington
street on Saturday night. Louis Fein. eighteen
wears old one Of the Victims. died at GouVerneur
Hospital 4 few hours after the balcony gave way,
Stephen J. Scherer photographer. living at NO
4S East 9th street. who the proprietor OF the
Golden Rule Theatre. where the accident hap
pened. was arraigned first In Essex Market court
before Magistrate Ccrrigan. The manager OF the
rlsce. his assistant and two ushers were also ar
raigned and remanded to the coroner Coroner
Hamburger held them in 5000 bail each for the
inquest December -.
There viii Re an investigation Of the moving
nicture shows this week by the police ana the
Building Department. Many of them II is said
are violating the regulations of the Building De
partrent relating to halls and stores used fer
moving picture shows. The great danger. 1t Is
said is from inadequate exits and improperly con-
structed lantern boxes
The Actors Protective Union will present a
formal request to-day to the Building Commits
sioner to investigate every moving picture place
in the tenement house districts. President De
Neallx of the union said there were between three
hundred and four hundred OF these places, where
the machines were operated under conditions that
would imperiI life and limb in case of fire Most
Of the machines are placed just above to one
side OF the main entrance and In case OF fire
would block the principal avenue of escape.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
NIKE THE MILLIONAIRE.
Uncle Grodski Left Fortune and
Nephe7c Is Planning to Spend 1t.

Nike Warshafsky. employed at about so q
week John Zesler's cigar store, at No. 2I9 East
Houston street. has fallen heir estate worth
very nearly 100000 At least, his mother is a
sister Of a man who died intestate hero in this
city at the time Of the Civil War. leaving about
that sum. and he says If his mother inherits It
he'll get il all right
The story in brief relates that man by the
name of Grodski enigrated from Poland when this
country still in swaddng clothes and made
pile in New York City. When he died. in 1864
cording The Warsaw Courier which copied
the story from a Yiddsh newspaper printed here
his property. consisting Of deposit $S37S56 with
the Merchants Credit another dep sit of $500
and fifty shares Of stock in unknown corpora
ton. reverted TO the city, there were no heirs
10 claim II. Years afterward member OF the
Polish colony here a visit to Rypen Russian
Poland related the incident to Julian Cirodsk,
VINO remembered that uncle # his had gone to
America make his fortune Julian got busy
the case and in papers signed with al the official
seals which Poland affords, sent a power of at
torney over to his sister. Mrs. Maltke Warshafsky,
mother Of Mike"
David Friedman. who is representing Mike
and his relatives in the affair is trying to
fnd out just what and where the Merchants
Credit HI thinks it must have been pri-
vate banking company which has since E out
of business. Mike" says that when he gets the
money he's going invest ii in first mortgages on
real estate and Miss Elsie Zeisler, his employers
daughter. saws when the galleonzarrives she is
going propose Mike" When advised that
leap year was fast waning she remarked that any
old year would 90 when there was million dollars
al stake.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
NO DEATH REVTV 1JEpu
State Prise" officials Oppose E.c-
perment-Dr. Smteka'g Vie7cs

A-hany. Dec 13.-PrIson officials in This e+s..
VII not lend themselves any experiment 1rb,ob
SEEKS 70 revive man executed in the eIec+riq
cnalr- such as has been under discussion in NJ
Jersey Superintendent 9. Y. Collins Of The Sta.a
Frlson Department said to-day that he v,o,,15
consider such experiment illegal in This s,s,.
and permission would have 70 be secured fr,r,
the Legislature before he would consent 70 any
attempt 10 revive after he had been eye
ouIeo IN order 70 prove the theory that the elaO-
tr1c current does not kill and that # is tba
PHYSICIANS autopsy knife that really causes death
Dr. Z 4. 6pitzkas professor Of general anatomy
al the Jefferson Medical College Phflsdel lpria who
has attended many Of the executions in this state
says that man subjected 10 the electric current
n The way employed by E r Davis. state cleo
tTician. could never be revived. He says:
Warden Osborne Of the Trenton state peniten-
nary very properly has refused permit this use
Nilo mas heeh el-cirocuten- might add that six
q those executed at Trenton were not examined
post raorte1n, that the aua1Omist's knife rests
innocent IN their cases at least.
Ny observations are based upon thIrty-one elec-
trocutons in the last six and half years at Sing
sing, ALnlIn ana CLINTON prisons and the Trenton
state penitentia-y- OF these. twenty-five cases
came 10 autopsy al my hands
The physician in charge OF an electrocution OBJ
serves the respiratory movements oe The r,rf-ore~
and signals 70 the electrician at q moment when
the lungs contain the minimum ous1tirZ- Of air
crlnnina1s body stffens IN a state OF tonic mus
culsr sPasm, restrained by tie straps When the
pletely. An examination By the physicians usually
falls 70 elicit any signs Of life.
Inc DEAN is undouhtedlE painless and instan-
ton and respiration cease with tie frsr con+act
compared WITH hanging. aS well as other methods
elecIrocution Is lhe most humane. decent and sci
enti1c method Of ln-icting the death penalty.
cause of its efciencl. gaiCkness and peinlesSness
ana i should oe adopted by every state IN the
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
TO CELEBRATE DARWIN CENTENARY.
Scientists Also to Observe semi-CentenniaI of
Publication Of Origin of Species"

Nearly thousand scientists, representing
educational institutions all the United States
will in Baltimore in Christmas week to Iiste
to papers detailing the scientific progress of the
year and TO celebrate the centenary of the birth
of Charles Darwin and the semi-centenarv of the
first publication Of The Origin of Species They
are members Of the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science the annual meeting Of
which will be held Johns Hopkins University IN
the week Of December IS In addition, as many
more scientists belonging to tUenty-four separate
scientific societies will in conjunction With the
American Association TO tell one another Just what
has been discovered since last January
Receptions, dinners. smokers and informal meet
iugs Of many kinds are being arranged in addition
to the stated programme The Darwin celebration
viii occupy a whole day and evening. and VIII take
the form Of memorial addresses and lectures show
ing the progress that the theory OF evolution has
made since Charles Darwin first laid down for
the consideration of the world Darwin was born
Shrewsbury England February .. 1903 but a.
the American Association always holds its annual
meeting during convocation week between Christ
mas and New Years. the celebration Of his birth
will be held then instead Of the day itself The
Origin Of Species was published first in 1873
one OF the speakers who viii take prominent
part IN the Darwin celebration will be Professor
F 3. POulton. Of Cambridge, England who will
represent that univ ersity. Professor PouIton is
famous as an evoutonist himself. spectacular
feature Of the meeting will be lecture accom-
PANIED by moving pictures showing the startling
aspects of Kilauea and other volcanoes Of Pacific
islands The lecture viii be delivered and pict-
ures viii he exhibited by William A. Bryan of the
Bishop Museum OF Honolulu. one Of the features
Of the meeting viii be a symposium on public
health which will be held in conjunction with the
American Health League Members Of the associ-
alton from ali the United States will speak on
public health and the advisabty Of establishing
q national health
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
DEATH NOT DUE TO AMBULANCE RIDE

Coroner Physician Schultz performed autopsy
yesterday the body Of the woman known as
Nay Davis, who died IN ambulance while being
transferred from Roosevelt to Bellevue Hospital,
and found that death due 70 cerebral Csdema-
He reported that the Roosevelt Hospital officials
were not In any way responsible for her death in
ordering her transfer. When DR.. Z. T Ward an
ambulance surgeon, dressed wound over her left
eye on Saturday night he that the woman was
suffering from alcoholism. and ordered her trans
ferred Bellevue.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
POLICE STOP BOXING CONTEST"
Injunction Restrained Them Until Fighter s
Jaw Was Broken-Five Arrests

Restrained from acting until they had positive
evidence that a prize fight was in progress. In
spector George F. Titus and Acting Captain Edward
J Bourke. OF the Hamburg avenue police station.
waited the National Athletic Club at Nos. II
and 13 Cedar street. Williamsburg, Saturday
night until fighters jaw broken. Then
they stopped the fights and made five arrests.
An order Of the Supreme Court prevented the IN
terfering with boxing exhibitions the fighters
slammed away at each other William Schumacher
who said he lived 81 No S65 Sumner avenue. Jersey
No. - Garfield Place. Brooklyn. the stars -
Schumacher's Jaw vas broken and he knocked
out. Then the police intcrfered. The handlers and
referee were locked up and held yesterday for
further examination. In court they said Palmer's
fist slipped and he did not mean to break his oppo-
nant's Jaw.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
THINK WOMAN HELPED IN MURDER
Struggle Apparently Preceded Placing of
Mans Body on Tracks

Bowdoinham, Ne. Dec 13-The discovery Of Dor
tons Of mans body streun for mile and a half
along the tracks OF the Maine Central Railroad
near here to-day with evidences of struggle.
cause town and railroad officers to beIiev. that
the man was slain and his body placed on the
tracks.
Footprints at the point where the struggle is be
feHed to have occurred indicate that a woman
and probably three were concerned in the
affair one Of the footprints fits exactly rubber
overshoe found near where the body had appar-
emily been placed This shoe evidently belonged to
the dead man. Near the scene felt hat with
a hole through its front. believed to have been
made hv a bullet