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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09


Charles Def. Bancroft, the local statis-
tician, has compiled the list Of males
who have lied in Montpelier during 1901
OF the 81 deaths so recorded, were
killed by acc!uent: were Civil War
veterans and one, Richari Dodge, was
also a Mexican War veteran. The aver
age age u these men was 60 years, This
list does not 'rcludc non-rcsidents who
died in Montpelier during the year.
Henry Bowers was at the state hospital
for the insane Friday to visit James
Bowers, his father. After spending more
than half his life for the past :, years in
the House of Correction at Rutland. and
after having tried every known cure
"Hcenan" Is now taking the hypnotic
treatment for the lquor habit and thus
far with excellent results Louis LABEL.
a local ny. ..o:ist, is confident that the
reform will be permanent. The case will
be watched with no little interest
At the annual meeting of Company n
hold Thursday evening, at which the
present officers and long list o, COM
mittees were elected and appointed L was
announced that the next annual muster
Of the First Vermont regiment will be
held outside the State possibly ut Port
land Me. The location Of the rife range
the State is to provide h,. iot been def.
mite fixed Tho winning team AZ thi,
range will be sent to Wakefield. Mass.
next summer to compoto with other Now
England teams It was also announced
that each germany Of the regiment I.
soon to receive two new SnrinpHeld rife,
of 22-calibre for indoor target nrac.ice
William Wright of Bolton who was
arrested at Lisbon. ~ H. Thrrgd,v n,
trison breach. is occupying the dungeon
| at fine county i,l whore no will he ken,
| for y yyo.k or ten days before he f.. intro
duced to sheriff Tracv's woodpile He /,
apparcntlv rcpentant and ashamed that
| he abused the confidence OF tho sheriff
| Under tho new law he l., guilty of a pris.
| on breach the maximum penalty for
when is imprisonment in state prison for
| f-.c years or a fine Of 500. His sentence
| Of CO days was for a second offcnse of In
| toxication At its expiration he will be
| arraigued on the prison breach charge.
| Kimball Brothers & Co of Enosburgh
! filed Friday articles of association in
| the office Of the secretary Of state. This
| company has a capital stock of $1,000,
and is formed for the purpose Of manu-
faturing toilet preparations proprietary
medicines and havoring extracts.
The funeral Of Mrs. John Coghan will
| was held at o'clock Sunday afternoon
at St. Augustine's Church, and burial
| will be in the Catholic cemetery. Mrs.
| Coghan was % years old. She died
Thursday night after a brief illness. Prior
to y years ago she lived at Constable.
y. Y. A husband and three children sur
vivc her. Pneumonia following the grip
was the cause of death.
| h1 IF ba
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09
Laces. Dress Trimmings.

nothing less beautiful exclusive novelties
staple Laces third the rghtful the plans
spring be will be
very materially.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09

Thousands yards after six days greatest selling
Silk department this Store has knownhe Silks that will
later sought after $00$125-$150 $175
yard Never such values hererich ads for that
made for of New York largest stores sell $3.50 but adj
trade conditions left the maker with several hundred yards
get sold reduction priceBeaufu Pompadour Silks
Stripes Checks Brocades and Prints None valued at less than
proportion should sell at $125 $150
Fine Novelty Dress Fabrics
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09
EAST RANDOLPH.

Elsie and Holden Camp returned to
their school in Barre Monday-Miss Shir-
ley Camp has resumed teaching on Fish
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09
Fine Novelty Dress Fabrics
(SECOND FLOOR)

Ladies miss this chance quantity of finest excu
novelty fabrics brought expressly for the dressmak
ing department formerly priced $500 $500
n three lots and priced at $125-$1.50 and $500
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09

glance of the large show windows to-day will give
idea of this chance ia pink light blue border
Dress Silks So Gents and 60 Cents
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09
Hosiery In The Basement 10 Cents

Here being sold the surplus stocks from the wholesale
parment Stockings for boys and children
weights and qualities made sell regularly 19c and
White Blankets ST SO Per Pair
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09
Ladies' Silk Hose 90 Cents

Equally substantial savings here-broken
but the right size be found getting the
finest qualities saving of 0c 15c to 25c per
black.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20

wax seals were in blank, replacing
those of like size that had originally
been affixed to the envelope, and at
once after the attack on the dark deck
he opened the packet and examined the
papers, some half dozen sheets of thin
linen written in a clerks clear hand in
black ink There had been no mis-
take in the matter. The packet which
Chauvenet had purloined from the old
prime minister at Vienna had come
again into Armitage's hands. He was
daily tempted to destroy it and cast
it in bits to the sea winds, but he was
deferred by the remembrance Of his
last interview with the old prime min
lister. 500
''Do something for Austria--some-
thing for the empire" These phrases
repeated themselves over and over
again in his mind until they rose and
fell with the cadence of the high, wa
vering voice of the cardinal archbishop
of Vienna as he chanted the mass Of
requiem for Count Ferdinand Won
Stroebel.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20

said gravely. Il Shall certainly give.
myself the pleasure very soon.''
AS Shirley passed on with Chauye-
net Mrs. Sanderson launched upon the
girls praises, but she found him sud
denly preoccupied
1.-THE girl has gone to your head
Why didn't you Tell me you knew the
Claibornes r
Il don't remember that you gave me
chance, but I'll say now that intend
to know them better
She babe him take her TO the draw
ing room. AS they went down through
the house they found that the aa-
nouncement of the Emperor Johann
Wilhelm's death had cast a pail upon
the company. All the members of The
diplomatic corps had withdrawn 81
once as a mark Of respect and sympa-
thy for Baron Won Marhof. and at mid
night the ballroom held all of the cons
pany that remained ArInitage had nas
sought Shirley again. He found q rooun
that had been set apart for smokers.
threw himself into chair. lighted .
cigar and stared at a picture that had
no interest for him whatever he PIT
down his cigar after a few whiffs. ana
his hand went to the pocket IN whscn
he had usually carried his cigarette
case.
"Ah. Mr.. Armitage. may offer You a
cigarette?"
no be continued next week.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20

name ON the posse1a- found Armitage
ger list unnrenared and
off guard. but with swift reaction his
wits were at work. He at once sought
the purser and scrutinized every name
on the passenger list. 1t was unlikely
that steerage passenger could reach
the saloon deck unobserved. A second
cabin passenger might do so, however,
and he sought among the names in the
second cabin list for a clew. He did
not believe that Chauvenet or Durand
had boarded the King Edward. He
himself had made the boat only by a
quick dash, and he had left those two
gentlemen at Geneva with much to
consider.
It was, however, quite within the
probabilities that they would send
some one to watch him, for the two
men whom he had overheard in the
dark house on the Boulevard Froissart
were active and resourceful rascals. he
had no doubt Whether they would be
| able to make anything of the cigarette
case he had stupidity left behind he
could not conjecture, but the impor.
lance of recovering the packet he had
cut from Chauvenet's coat was not a
trif1e that rogues of their caliber would
ignore. There was, the purser said. q
sick man in the second cabin, who had
kept close to his berth. The steward
believed the man to be a continental
Of some sort, who spoke bad German.
He had taken the boat at LIVERPOOL.
paid for his passage in gold, and, com
planning Of illness, retired, evidently
for the voyage. His name was Peter
Ludovic, and the steward described
him in detail.
big fellow. bullet head, bristling
mustache, small eyes,
sThat will do" said Armitage. grin
ming at the ease with which he identi-
fed the man.
"You understand that it is wholly ir-
regular for US to let such matter pass
without acting" said the purser.
1T would serve no purpose and
might do harm. | will take the re-
| sponsibility."
| And John Armitage made memo
randum in his notebook:
"Zmai -; travels as Peter Ludo-
vic.''
Armitage carried the envelope which
he had cut from Chauvenetss coat pin
ned into an inner pocket Of bis waist
coat, and since boarding the King Ed
ward he had examined it twice daily
| to see that it was intact. The three red
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20


sneak claim past the watchdog of
the treasury"
The caller threw himself into chair
and rolled fat, unlighted cigar about
in his mouth. You're a peach, all
right, and as extensively hale and hand
some as ever. When are you going to
the rancho"
well, not just Immediately. ] want
to sample the fieshpots for day or
two
you're getting soft; that's what the
matter with you. You're afraid of the
spring zephyrs on the Montana range
Well, III admit that it's rather more
diverting here"
There is no debating that, senator
How do you like being a statesman!
1t was so sudden and all that. l read
an awful roast of you IA an English
paper. They took your election to the
senate as another evidence of the com
plete domination of our politics by the
plutocrats."
Sanderson winked prodigfously.
The papers have rather skinned me;
but. on the whole, I'll do very we'll
They say it isn't respectable to be a
senator these days. but they oughtn't
to hold it up against man that he's
rich. Ii the Lord put silver In the
mountains of Montana and let me dig
1t out, it's nothing against me, is it?r
Decidedly notl And If you want to
invest it in senatorship it's the
Lords hand again"
Why, surew And the senator from
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20

giant of forty,
the possessor Of
alert brown eyes
and a big voice.
Its my rural
habit of reading
the register ev-
cry n g h t in
search of constit-
uents that brings
me here. They
said they guessed
you were in, so
l just came up
to see whether
you were open
ing a poker game
orr had oonaa RI
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20

down on the register of
the New American as John Armitage,
Cinch Tight, Mont, and took a suit
of rooms high up, with an outlook that
swept Pennsylvania avenue.
It was on the evening of bright
April day that he thus established
himself, and after he had unpacked his
belongings he stood long at the win
dow and watched the lights leap out of
the dusk over the city. He was in
Washington because Shirley Claiborne
lived there, and he knew that even if
he wished to do so he could no longer
throw an air of inadyertence into his
meetings with her. He had been very
lonely in those days when he first saw
her abroad The sight of her had lifted
his mood of depression, and now. after
those enchanted hours at sea, his COM
ing to Washington had been inevitable.
Many things passed through bis mind
as he stood at the open window. His
life, he felt could never be again as it
had been before, and he sighed deeply
as he recalled his talk with the old
prime minister at Geneva. Then he
laughed quietly as he remembered
Chauvenet and Durand and the dark
louise on the Boulevard Froissart, but
the further recollection of the attack
made on his life on the deck Of the
King Edward sobered him. and he
turned away from the window impa-
tiently. He had seen the sick second
cabin messenger leave the steamer at
New York, but had taken no trouble
either to watch or to avoid him. Very
likely the man was under instructions
and had been told to follow the Clai-
bornes home, and the thought of their
Identification with himself by his enc
mics angered him. Chauvenet was
likely to appear in Washington at any
time and would undoubtedly seek the
Claibornes at once. The fact that the
man was a scoundrel might in some
circumstances have afforded Armitage
comfort, but here again Armitages
mood grew dark. Jules Chauyenet was
undoubtedly a rascal Of a shrewd and
dangerous type, but who, pray, was
John Armitage?
The bell in his entry rang, and he
flashed on the lights and opened the
door.
"Well, 1 like this, setting yourself
up here in gloomy splendor and never
saying word. You never deserved to
have any friends, John Armitage?'
"Jim Sanderson, come in!'' Armitage
grasped the hands of a red bearded
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20


iaration If III. fnalancholy attache ar
this moment He had known when he
left Geneva tl,at II, had not done with
Jules .Chauvcaat. BIT. the mans prompt
ran oyer tile naHs.s Of tse steamers by
which ghanveaof might easily have
sailed from either Il oman or a
French bon s,l3 reached Washington
quite as sooa ;,S himself Chauyenet
was In Washjaw4sa al auy rate. and
not onlv thera l,it socially accented
and III the gaa3 rraeas Of Shirley Clai-
borne
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! ,,,a.-;,n : ar cot r s bv his
daelings with foraien mowers It's a
.1oa,. ,,assado, INC copld ,,ot no nor
snaaod aftar an bour a. this snlenai,l
roon, Tho ordinarv AFFAIRS Of life
should NOT ha mentioned here. 4
ly;no,s coronation would not he out of
nlace-in fact there's chair in the
corner against that Gobelin that would
sarva tha situation The old gentle
man nv that cabinet is the Baron vop
Marhof tha ambassador from Austria
Hungary He's a brother-in-Iaw of
Count Won stroebel who was murdered
SO horribly in a railway carriage a few
weeks ago.
aAh to be surei I haven't seen the
baron IN wears. He has changed lit
flo,
serhen Won knew HMM the old
country?"
Eyes: / used to see him-when |
was a boy remarked Arnitage.
Mrs. Sanderson glanced at Armitage
sbarnIy. She had dined at his ranch
house in Montana and knew that he
lived like gentleman; that his house
it's appointments and service were un
usual for western ranchman. And
she recalled. too. that she and her hus
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20
v MEREDITH .NIcHOLSOy

which / am not grateful" Then In a
lower tone to Shirley: THAT was GER
tainiy a strange proceeding. | am sor-
ry you were startled, and am under
greatest obligations to you. Miss Clai-
borne. Why, you actually pulled the
fellow away"
ooh, no." she returned lightly, but
still breathing hard; sit was the in
stinct of self preservation. I was I'M
steady on my feet for a moment and
sought something to take hold of. That
pirate was the nearest thing, and l
caught hold Of his cloak I'm sure it
was a cloak. and that makes me sure
he was a human villain of some sort.
He didn't feel in the least like sea
serpent. But some one tried to injure
you-it is no jesting natter
"Some lunatic escaped from the steer
age probably. shall report it to the
officers"
Eyes; it should be reported" said
Shirley.
ut was very strange. Why, the deck
of the King Edward is the safest place
in the world. but it's something to
have had hold of a sea serpent or
piratel hope you viii forgive me for
bringing you into such an encounter.
but if you hadn't caught his cloak
Armitage was uncomfortable and
anxious to allay her fears. The Incl
dent was by no means trivial, as he
knew. Passengers on the great trans
atlantic steamers are safeguarded by
every possible means, and the fact that
he had been attacked in the few min
utes that the deck lights had been out
of order pointed to an espionage that
was both close and daring. He was
greatly surprised and more shaken
than he wished Shirley to believe. The
thing was disquieting enough, and it
could not but impress her strangely
that he, of all the persons on board.
should have been the object Of SO I'M
usual an assault. He was in the dis
agreeable plight of having subjected
her to danger, and as they entered the
brilliant saloon he freed himself of the
ulster with its telltale cash and sought
to minimize her impression of the in
cfdent
Shirley did not refer to the matter
again, but resolved to keep her Own
counsel. She felt that any one who
would accept the one chance in thou
sand of striking down an enemy on a
steamer deck must be animated by
very bitter hatred She knew that To
speak of the affair to her father Or
brother would be to alarm them and
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20

prejudice them
against ] 0 b Il
Arnlitag e, about
whom her broth
eratleast had en-
tertainedd doubts.
And it is not re-
assuring as to a
man of whom
little or nothing
is known that
he is nenaced
by secret enc
mics.
The attack had
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20
HELP SUPPLIED

am prepared to furnish farmers buiIders
factories or contractors with efficient labor 81
skilled labor in stone or cement, male or fe11sale
FRANK BELMONT
Ills Fitzwafer, ST.. Phila pa
or GEO. Z. MANKIN. ESQ.
42oS-s mo. IS Dare 81. Woodbury., N. j.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20

Ohm ARMITAGE linger-
ed in New York for a
week, not to press the
Claibornes too closely.
then went to Washing
ton. He wrote himself
doun m {ha rao;c4ar If
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-20
N u
:, ClAaE)teE'yIEI

THE KING is DEAD; LONG LIVE THE
KING!''
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-22
SHIPS QUEER CARGO
Jap Goose, Chinese Bull, Bluc-Eeg
 Chickens in from Singapore.

New York, Aug. 2l.--There arrived this morning on the British steamship Ghazee, from Singapore, the strang- est lot of animals of the Far East that ever landed in South Brooklyn There was a Japanese goose that looked like d cross between heron and chick en; a wild Chinese bull, about as big as a Newfoundland dog; chickens that laid blue eggs throughout the long voyage of 30,00O miles, and several snakes of the sand variety who have the habit of borrowing under the sands of the eastern deserts and re- pose there for their siestas.
 Monkey Sam" "Snakey Joe" and Sonn, the dog man, all animal fanci- CTS, were apong the first to arrive to see what they could gather up for disposal to the geological gardens of the country. It was busy day for the curious and the hunters after the queer in animal life.
 NThe Ghazee had forty-seven days of absolute drought--as far as rain was concerned. She had terrific monsoons in the Indian ocean and bad gale in the Mediterranean; but 1t was All wind, and no precipitation from the heavens occurred until the freighter neared the American shores. Then the officers and crew walked about the deck barefoot and in their thin oriental suits, so as to catch all the bnpoAt nP fha
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-22
PEOPLE RULE, SAYS TAFT
Republican Candidate Takes Up Bry-
 ans Campaign Slogan.

Hot Springs. Va. Aug 2i.-"The people have ruled through the repub lican party This is William IL Taft's answer 10 Mir. Bryans challenge, shall the people rule?"
 The answer was made in an address the republican presidential candidate made today before a gathering of sev- eral thousand Virginia republicans who came to the mountains to see and hear him and to celebrate Virginia day. To make his point perfectly clear Mir. Taft referred to the first election of McKin- ley "as one of the most intelligent and effective expressions of popular will ever manifested to the world, and the maintenance of the gold standard and q protective tariff by his adminlstra- ton as a correct interpretation of the peoples will. This was shown to be so," he continued, "by even greater ma- iority for the party in 1900. and a still greater majority in 1904 when Roose- welt was elected, and" he added. Eve may well submit to the country wheth- CT his administration has not expressed the will of the people"
 Mir Taft was surrounded during hls speech by approximately 5000 people. MT Taft, accompanied by Mrs. Taft, Colonel B. S, Allen and Representative Slemp, drove 10 the ball park in car rage, with little Charlie Taft on the box with the driver. MT. vorys and AL yah Martin, national committeeman from Virginia, accompanied the party in another carriage. The scene at the park was typical of a real country picnic. There were seats for but few hundred. While the thousands had to stand or sit on the ground, MT. Taft occupied a hastily erected speakers stand in front of the preachers bench es. Mir Taft was introduced by Colonel Allen. His reception was cordial and his speech heartily applauded.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-22
SERVANT FIFTY YEARS
Negro Who Came North With Civil
 War OfIiccr Dies.

New York, Aug. 21.-The death of George Haskell Williams, she faithful servant of tho late Gen. deMilhau, and after his death, of the deMilhau fam fly, in St Nincent's hospital to-day, had peculiar interest, for he was one of those who followed a northern soldier home from the civil war, Will Hams was of Indian descent, and had negro blood, too. At the outbreak of the war he was an apprentice in blacksmith shop in Tennessee, but soon afterward entered the ambulance service In Atlanta, where Gen. deMil- hau found him.
 Williams came north with the gen eral, and was his personal servant until his retirement, in 1867 From then on he was the confidential seryi- tor of the family in the old house In Lafayette place No one was ever allowed to drive Mrs. deMllhau but Williams, and none of the children was entrusted to any other care He followed the son to Cambridge, and stayed there as his servant through his university course, and attended him on his European travels,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-22
HUGHES MERELY SMILES
Governor Makes No Comment on De-
 cision to Renominatc.

Albany, Aug. 21.-Governor Hughes returned from Oswego to-day, but re- fused to comment on the announce ment of James s. Sherman, republican candidate for president, regard ing yesterdays conference with Pres ident Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. The governor smiled when questioned.
 Tho governor will remain here until next Tuesday when he is to attend the Otsego county fair at Schenevus On the following day he will go to Sara toga county fair at Ballston. On Sat urday, August 29, he is scheduled to speak at the opening of tuberculosis pavilion on the outskirts of Albany, under the auspices of Albany Fedora ton of Labor, John Mitchell and Sec retary of state Whalen have also promised to be present