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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS.

L. S Pension Commissioner Warner
states that widows now on the pension
roll will not be required to make appi-
cation for the increase from s. to Sl2 a
month recently voted by Congress. The
commit SIS ioncr has instructed the pension
agents throughout the country to put the
law into effect automatically. This action
will result in a saving of several hundred
thousand dollars TO the pensioners affect
ed, Widows not already on the rolls but
who are entitled to the increase are re-
quired to make application as in the
past, Army and Navy Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
HER OPINION.

A father, whose looks are not such rs
to warrant the breaking up Of all exist
ing statues of Apollo, tells this on him
self:
MY little girl was sitting on my lap
facing a mirror. After gazing intently
at her reflection for some minutes she
said. Papa. did God make you?'
Certainly, my dear told her.
"'And did he make me, too?'-taking
another look in the mirror.
Certainly. dear What makes you
ask?'
"'Oh. don't know. Seems to me He's
dom better work la tely.' "-Everybody's
Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07

the fancy seed business in corn and make
all he liked out Of ii. and tho young rds-
cal to his fathers utter nabbcrgaSted-
ness. put away $500 in one summer. beat
ing his fathers income. I know of an
other boy. paying his way through coll
lcgc, who sold 800 bushels Of Silver King
at 81 to the bushcl-from The New
Spirit Of the Farm ny Agnes G. laut,
In Tn outing Magazine for MAJ.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
BETTER RESULTS POSSIBLE.

Two lrisnmen were passing by a
jewellers store mat had a lot of unset
precious stones IN the window. They
stopped and locked at them. when Pat
said to Mike:
Glow would you like % have your
pick?'
mo- said Mike ! would rather have
me shovel."-Iudge's Library
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07

"Did you ever notice what dirty hands
tho q otherwise neat children of the
Plunkcrs always have?"
Eyes, poor things. They inherit them.
rh.fr father always has taken care of
his own automobile, "-Brooklyn Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
CLUBBING LIST.

The Free Press ana Other PeRiodicals
81 Low Rates t. -Oss Address
The Weekly FRIED PRESS csn be OBJ
tanned IN combination with other leading
periodicals. at low rates. To prevent un-
necessary correspondence We will state
that after the subscription has begun
notice Of a change OF address, or anything
concerning the receipt OF the other per.
iodicssAs. should be sent directly to the
Office Of that periodical.
The Weekly FREE PRESS and any
ono OF the following periodicals will be
sent TO any one address, in tho United
States for one year at the prices annexed:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
REACHING TIE MUSIC.

~ suppose. Pat. since your late en-
poyer was a millionaire he had grand
funeral"
Faith, an he did not lie had only
wan hearse like the rist of us."-Brook
Ign Life
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
At Least IL Are Dead while
Chief Engineer Says 20 Lie
in the Ruins.
GUESTS LEAPED TO STREET
View Avclinc House was SiN-Story
Brick Building valued ut aSO,OOO
LOSS of Register Makes II
Dimcuit to Determine
Those Missing.

Fort Wayne Ind, MAY AT least
twelve persons lost their lives in "A
fire which destroyed the New Avclino
Hotel to-day Tho rntirc interior of
r,,t, 80 S.'!''",'''',S map ~
ccalcd by the debris can only ho con-
jectured Tho hotel register was con
sumcd by the fire ana thcrc Is no ac-
Curatc means of Determining who T.;
missing Tho known dead are: r. :.
johnson. Pana. H.: NJ. uirsch. New
York. ]. Il. Miller Shohovgan. wis,
j. T.. Ellis. Chicago: W. A. Pitcher.
Fort Wayne: j. W. pcvinc. Philadcl-
phia: thrce unidentified mon.
The known MISSING arc: Max Was
sem. a wrestler, Fort Wavue: Frank
Baxter, Auburn, Ind: COMPANION of
Frank Baxter Of Auburn. Ind; T.. y.
Atty, Washington. Ind: Charles Ben
iamin. Detroit: Mrs. Sarah Hathaway.
Mishawaka. Ind: unknown woman.
companion OF Mrs. Hathaway.
The complete destruction OF tho in
terror of tho hotol makes the work Of
recovering bodies n difficult task. as
bricks ana twisted ,-irdors piled up
between tho walls 10 beyond the Soc
Ond story must he removed piece 10y
xio. A< A., 49,, -,
a., ,.,
,r go. ,,,,, 1885,, ,.
,.ora rooo;r,,i,io
NIGHT CLERK SAVED MANY.
Tho fro uas dis.ovo-,d %, s.eo THE
morning in the elevator shaft by Night
,ioFk hopkins. lie rushed to the upper
flames drove min, h,,i, ttis r,,r.y hou.-
,ve- sovcd MANY livos wv. i,,,, u..
erected bo,r - ccrtrr,. ,c, .,,,., ,i,o u.,.,,t
work was dry as ,frd.. /, hrrrod ill.,,
,natrbuood ana u,i,1,i, , fo,. ,,,;,,,,t.s
fron, tho limo tho fr,. u,ss ,1iscova-od tho
prolo inte-io- ~ tho b,,ol VA. . mas.
,f, u,,e h,. tbo ,,.i,do,s
Tho fro donart,ro,, ros,uca MANI. NOV
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
BURLINGTON SAVINGS BANK
INCORPORATED 1s47
INCORPORATED 1s47

A't""t" Is called to the following
sec 4sf7 In
at such time tho shall
can in the
" ms clerks employed for that commissioner
Commissioner .
such verhcaon dopotors will
r. ".
IN. vce-Pr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
HETTY GREEN
QUITS HOBOKEN
" Richest Woman in the World
Moves from Flat to the
Plaza.
IT BEATS BELLOWS FALLS
Her Daughter to share the suite and
Iuxuries which Cost Thirty Times
Her Former Houschold EN-
pcnscs-tIi the Richness
She Finds Delightful.

Now York, May 5-Mrs. Hctty Green
the richest woman in the world" has
moved from the nat in Washington
street. IIoboken. for which she has paid
sl5 month for several years and now
lives at the Plaza. where her rent /.
Just thirty times as much as IT was in
Hobokcn.
When Mrs. Green exchanged the severe
simplicity of the lIobokcn Nat for tho
Savonnorie carpets and the rose sill;
hangings of a sl5 a day suite in the
Plaza She took With her to share her al
tered fortunes her daughter Miss Sylvia
Green, and her maid.
Mrs. Green said last night that she
likes TO dwell in marble halls, and al.
though she had Sopcd it would not be-
come generally known that she had be-
gun TO spend money so fast, she had de-
cJded she was entitled to the best SIS a
day Will buy at the Plaza.
Although her name does not apncar on
the register of the hotel, and although
all. Inquiries concerning her are met at
the Office of the hotel with the state
m'nt that Mrs. Green does not live there
Mrs. Green has cviuccd no symptoms of
being afraid of being seen.
Dressed in black. she sat last night
upon AN upholstered divan in the rccep-
ton room of the hotel idly looking into
mirror that cost a lot of money and
as idly playing with bit OF tapestry
mat cost a lot more money.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07

| Mrs. Green has cviuccd no symptoms Of
being afraid of being seen.
Dressed in black, she sat last night
! upon an upholstered divan in the rocep-
ton room of the hotel idly looking into
a mirror that cost a lot of money and
as idly playing with bit OF tapestry
| that cost lot more money.
no TANICAB FOR HER.
| She dncl in the restaurant in the hotel
| but SO far she has resisted any Impulse
| 10 patronzr any of the long lno Of
taXcabs tat wait in front Of the FIFTY
ninth street entrance. Tho expenditure
of five cents with a iudicious choice Of
transfers carries Mrs. Green from the
Plaza to her office in the Chemical Ma
tional bank each morning in time for her
! to take her place behind the little
| window through which she carries on her
! traffic in bonds and other securities.
| This" said Mrs Green. surveying the
evidences of costly furnishings that lay
about her in the Plaza's reception room.
this IS better than Bellows Fails"
| At Bellows Falls. VI. Mrs. Green has
a summer home, TO which she will go
later in tho season.
Mrs Green knows many persons who
live a. the Plaza. She has called on
some OF thorn and ,n,no ~ .ha,
| called on her To thos. u-i,b uho,,, ~ =.
has talked She has noir.ed out ,ho =.
vantages OF Central Park as field for
exercise. Mrs. Green is fond OF Walking.
| She had not been at the Plaza before
| she went there to engage apartmerts
| When she saw there was an automatic
| clock. an automatic heat regulator and a
| telephone in her apartments she said:
| at may he some comfort to know what
| time it is and it may he pleasant to know
| how hot or how cold it =. but ! can get
| along without that telephone Just tell
them downstairs that IIetty Green hasn't
any telephone"
"c,Erc ,r,,.t,.. Save ,,rrrv
|
She was interested when she found
that on each floor of the hotel there is a
| full Office staff, clerk, maids. hall boys
and telephone operator.
| SakeS aifVe' sald MIS-. Green what
| ~ ~ -,
~, '''' '''e VI '''e
| "o' "''''' 80" '''N''' Sd'u 'i'S
| 'lve"
o.,e "'' N.Y. ''' "o'u'
~ "no' ~ ""''"s va NY SCI S"e
""ue", i'''u ! I'd" "e'p nHSeii ABOUT
as "''' o. an, "'Ns .-', '''p nv
| !" '"e r'oooNei nat 'nere were no nan
ooSS capar'soreo IKE major sehera'S ana
| no '''"'uS u"'io'1neu DIS neatly DIS n'aiuS
IT comic opera Ne'ther were the car
| peS III the ha'is SO th'cA ana so SOIL
'hat "alkinS upon tne" was AK" 10
| stroiiinE through 'ea'her oeu' f'unser
| elevators were absent from tne Scnefne
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-25
THE NATIONAL PRoHIB1TIoNIsT

The benefits of statewide Prohibition
as compared with local Prohibition may
be seen in the following instance: For
the past few years Ware county Georgia
has been dry. In Waycross, the
county seat, during the first quarter of
1907 there were eight blind tigers" on
trial, this year only FIVE For the first
five months of 1907, 3S persons were
arrested for drunkenness, this year up
to June 1 only IL were arrested.
Captain Geo. T. Hager of the famous
Troop A of Confederate cavalry, return
ing to Nashville from the Confederate
reunion in Birmingham, says: "Prohi-
bition prohibits in Birmingham. There
was no liquor to be had in Birmingham.
| heard a man say that whisky could be
gotten there by just walking into a
saloon and getting it. But | never saw
a saloon there, and the man that said
he could get whisky in an open saloon
there was either a liar or a maniac"
He further says: "The people of Birm-
ingham are satisfied with Prohibition,
and there is no doubt that it has bene-
fitted the town."
Major R. M. Hord of Nashville was
recently in Birmingham at the Con-
federate reunion and states that this
is the first reunion where he has failed
to see any drunken men-and thirty
thousand visitors at that. Major Hord
is also large pickle manufacturer, and
while in Birmingham saw many gro
GERS, wholesale and retail, who without
exception told him that Prohibition is
great benefit and boon to the town.
He also states that there is great bust
ness activity, and though Birmingham
was struck hard by the panic it has fully
recovered.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-25

contempt. Looking into the future
calmly and with faith they saw the
golden beam inclining to the side Of
perfect justice and so they fought on
amidst the storm of persecution.
Temperance and Prohibition journal
ism was not profitable in the early days
of the great reform, so far as dollars
and cents are concerned, nor yet is it
profitable Probably it never will be
profitable With the old Lever it was a
and in spite of the struggle, that could
not be done at all times. What was
true of The Le0er was equally true of
all other temperance and Prohibition
papers so far as know The American
people are not given to paying very
literally for being reformed-that is
told of their sins and asked to abandon
them.
What has always been true of the
temperance and Prohibition papers was
equally true of Garrison's Liberdtor.
From its first to its last number it was
a constant struggle to maintain it. Were
the American people disposed to sup
port papers in proportion to their in
trisic worth, and their fidelity to the
fright, Garrison's old Liberator would
still be in existence with not less than
ten million actual cash-in- advance sub
scribers, and the papers now being pub
lished in the interest of temperance and
Prohibition would go forward with a
continuous bound till they were the
most profitable and popular papers in
existence.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-25
Killing the Town

From the Chattanooga STAR.
And still another new skyscraper at
Birmingham is announced. This Pro-
hibition business surely must be kill
ing that town with Kindness
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-25

Moscow, the first town in Idaho to
vote directly for or against the saloon
went dry recently by vote of two to
one.
The Arkansas Democrats have put
plank in their platform asking the
next legislature to submit the state
wide Prohibition bill to the people in
1909.
The news from Florida is to the effect
that at the next legislature will have a
majority for Prohibition. The report is
founded upon the results of the prima
ries just past.
Scott county, Indiana, will have but
one saloon after July 3, and that will
60 on December 81. This has been
accomplished by a blanket remon-
STRANGE" which has been supported by
the courts and will hold until Feb
ruary 1, 1910.
On June 10 Governor Glenn of North
Carolina signed the Prohibition bill re-
Gently voted upon by the people of
that state, and which goes into effect
the first of next year. The occasion
was Justly one of great celebration and
rejoicing.
T. L. Gilbert, states attorney general
of Wisconsin, has ruled that only in
dividuals can hold saloon licenses. This
will probably reduce the number of
saloons, as many corporations, accord
ing to this ruling are now illegally en-
gagged in the saloon business.
TLo o~+,o1a ~, oonaoraJ -, CT
lier's Weekly, "Who Killed Margaret
issue of The National Pr0hibihoniSt
has been reprinted by the Nashville
TemeSseean with a strong appeal for
Prohibition on the facts. The demand
was so large that to supply copies it
was reprinted the next day.
The General Association OF Baptists
of Kentucky recently in session adopted
strong temperance resolutions. The fol-
lowing paragraph is an extract: In
spite of the interstate commerce law,
which prevents a state from exercising
its proper functions and allows the ship
ping of liquor into dry territory, the
results in the Prohibition sections are
gratifying. With the South under Pro-
hibition rule, and adequate legislation
for the enforcement of law, what I'M
speakable blessings will come to our
land God speed the day"
H. C. Hulse of Chattanooga, we'll
known real estate man returning from
Atlanta said recently: ''If Prohibition
killed Atlanta, l think Chattanooga
needs little killing" Mr. Hulse states
that he does not view Atlanta from a
Prohibition standpoint but merely from
business standpoint AS real estate
man he knows that Atlanta is in first
class condition.
The annual conference of the East
Chattanooga district of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, in session at
Chattanooga, Tenn, June IA, adopted
the following resolution: Resolved
that Cooking to God for help we cove
nant with Him and with each other) we
will, at every opportunity, do what we
can in such way as is best adapted fol
the purpose, to rebuke the government
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-25
TeetOtaler's Reward

stainer from alcoholic beverage is thirteen
years longer than non-abstainers. Insurance in
the Total abstinence Department of Security
Mutual Life guarantees poicyholders their full
reward in reduction of premium cost through
dividends at the end of each year.
YOU are requested to investigate.
Address Levi P. Hoag, Superintendent,
Security Mutual Life Bldg, Binghamton, N. Y.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-06-25
INTEREST BEARING NOTES

1t is of interest to note that the Pro
hibition party of Great Britain is rapid
ly increasing in strength and influence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
PUNISHED ENOUGH.
Claim of Family of. Joseph Walker
Who Went to Prison at 16.

The mother, sister and brother-in-
law of Joseph Walker, young man
confined in the state penitentiary, had
long session with Governor Hoch
this morning for the purpose of urg-
ing the governor to pardon Walker,
or at least commute his sentence to &c
years imprisonmen
Joseph Walker was in 1894, when
he was boy of 16, convicted in Ford
county of killing an infant child OF
Mr.. and Mrs William Kimban. He
was sent to the penitentiary for life.
Walker seems to have become invo1v-
ed in a love affair with a young girl,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. kim
ball. He was a country boy, with his
brain saturated with dime novel liter
ature He thought that it would be
| good scheme to kill the girls father
and mother. To accomplish his OBJ
ject, he got a shot gun, and fired two
shots through the win dow where the
members of the Kimball family
were visible. He wounded Mr.. Kim-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
SUFFRAGISTS HEARD.
They Make Their Annual Plea to
Congress for Franchise

Washington, March 3.-The ad-
vocates of female suffrage were to-
day given their annual opportunity to
present pleas to congress the pre-
sentation to the senate being made
before the committee on woman suf-s
frage and to the house before the
judiciary committee. Before the SEN
ate committee meeting Rev. Anna
Shaw, as president of the National
Female Suffrage association, intro
duced the speakers, the first of whom
was Mrs. Belva Lockwood, who ex-
pressed confidence in the support of
her cause by the committee. Mrs
Fannie Fernald, president of the
Maine Woman's Suffrage association,
made an eloquent plea for "a voice in
government which controls every in
terest we hold DEAR
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio,
was in charge of the house COM
mittee and the speakers include Miss
Emma Toilette Of Washington, Mrs.
Chapman Gait of New York, Senator
Owen of Oklahoma, and Miss Rose
Sullivan of Utah.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
COOLEY LANDS ONE MORE.
Signs Up Cuthbert for an Outfield
Position.

Cuthbert, a player who played with
the Springfield Midgets last season,
is the latest addition to the roster of
the White Sox. Cooley secured Cuth-
bert's signature to a contract late
yesterday afternoon. Cuthbert play
ed a number of positions for SPRING
field. He started the season at third
and was later shifted to second and
then sent to the outneld. 1t was in
the outfield that Cuthbert made his
best record He developed great tai
ent along the line of sun fielding and
it is in this department that Cooley IS
planning to use him.
Cuthbert's record last season was
not a wonderful ono. He was dis
couraged in the first place by being
with a team that was hopelessly in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
DAVIS IS SlDETRACKED.
Stubs Candidate in Second District
Turned Down.

Lawrence. Kan, March 3.-The Sec
ond district congressional convention
met here today with a good attend
ance. A. R. Berger was made chair
man and J. o. McAfee secretary.
George L. Davis, who was slated for
q delegate early in the day and who
was counted as a Stubs man, was
sidetracked and c. A. Biglow, of JEFF
ferson county, put in his place. o. j.
Peterson of Wyandotte county was the
other delegate. Peterson is Long
Mulvane follower.
The resolutions endorsed President
Roosevelt. and Secretary Taft. No at
tempt was made to endorse a candi-
date for governor or United States SEN
atOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
WOMAN DEPUTY MARSHAL.
Miss Burch of Abilene Appointed by
Mr.. Mackey.

Kansas has a woman deputy Unit
ed States marshal. Her name is Miss
Burch of Abilene, newly appointed to
position made vacant by the resig-
nation of Clarence Keller who left to
enter the employ of the Harvey eat
ing house system at the Hotel Bis
onte at Hutchinson.
Miss Burch is known as office
deputy, and will not be required to
make any heroic arrests of law
breakers, but hers will be the less ex-
citing work of clerk. Miss Burch
came to Topeka yesterday and engas~
ed on her new duties this morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
Wall Street Alarmed.

New York, March 3.-Greater precau-
lions have been taken and are being
continued for the prevention of an
anarchist violence in this city according
to statements made today by Police
Commissioner Bingham. These meas
ures were adopted after letters of a
nature had been received
by Archbishop Farley and one of the
deputy police commissioners and fol-
lowing the distribution of circular adj
yising the people to march to Wall
street and take what they wanted.
Twenty additional men have been add
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

ball, and killed an infant child which
Mrs. Kimball was holding in her
arms He confessed to the crime.
The grounds upon which the relatives
ask the governor to commute the SEN
tence to 20 years Imprisonment are
that the boy was too young to realize
the nature of his crime. and that he
has been punished sufficiently. The par
don is recommended by the judge who
heard the case and by the county at
torney who prosecuted. There is long
petition in behalf of the young man. A
similar application for clemency was
refused by Governor Bailey. Governor
Hoch has not yet decided the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
Presidential Appointments.

Washington, March 3.-The presi-
dent sent to the senate today the fol-
lowing nominations: Consuls general:
Frank D. Hill of Minnesota, at Bar
celona, Spain; James w. Ragsdale, of
California, at st. Petersburg, Russia !;
Benjamin H. Ridgely of Kentucky, at
Mexico, Mexico; Edward T. Williams,
of Ohio, at Tien Tsin, China. To be
United States marshal for the eastern
district of Oklahoma: Samuel Grans
Victor, in place of G. A Porter,
whose nomination was withdrawn at
the request of the senate judiciary,
committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
Sensitive Plants.

There are plants so sensitive that
II, when standing by them, you should
suddenly put up your umbrella or
sunshade, it would be quite sufficient
to cause them instantly to close to-
gether their leaflets and turn down
their leaf stalks, just as If they were
startled and alarmed by the move
ment- Indeed, on a sunny day, when
the temperature is sufficiently high,
you need not make even so decided a
movement; merely your shadow COM
ing in contact with their leaves will
often cause them to fall slightly
Strand Magazine.