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WEST MILTON.

Mrs Anna Kay and Miss Helen Kay
have returned to Brooklyn.-Mrs. J. T..
Finn is visiting her mother for few
days.-A serious fire was aveTted in the
pine woods near the church Friday af
tcrnoon by the prompt action Of the peo-
nile
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ESTATE; OF WARREN e. PORTER,
WILIISTON.
PORTER,


STATE OF VERMONT. pis,rie, of Chit.
tenden.
To all persons interested in the es-
tate of Warren c. Porter, late of Will
liston, In said district, deceased,
GREETING:
At Probate Court. holden at BurlinR-
ton. within and for the District Of Chtten-
den. on the 18th day Of September,
1908, an instrument purporting to be
the last will and testament of Warren
c. Porter late of Williston, in said
district deceased, was presented to the
Court aforesaid. for probate.
And 1t is ordered by said Court that
the 9th day of October. at the Pro-
bate Court rooms IN said Burlinston, be
assigned for proving aid instrument;
and that notice thereof be given to
all persons concerned. by publishing
this order three weeks successfully In
the Burlington Weekly FREQ Press, a
newspaper published at Burlin & ton.
previous to the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified
to appear before said court. at the
time and place aforesaid, and contest
the probate of said Will, If you have
cause.
Given under my hand at Burlington.
in said District, this 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1908.
MARCELL1'S A. BINGHAM.
13,w3t. Judge.
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FOR SALE-A farm OF l6 acres. excel
lent grass land. will keep 30 cows. has
modern 5000 barn and newly new
1850 house. running water. sugar bush
OF 660 trees. equipped with tin buckets,
average yearly cut of hay So tons.
Price Of farm 800 Personal property
ct a FAIR price. $3.50 cash. balance easy.
Location five miles from the large rail-
road town of Morrisvile J. f. Hunt.
the bargain finder. Essex Junction. Vt.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE how little 1t costs to tell
thousands of readers In many towns
Of Vermont what you have to sell
or what you wish to buy. Adver-
tise in the Free Press and you will
get replies to your advertisement.
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NOTICE

To whom II may concern: I have given
my son, George Kimhall his time during
the remainder of his minority and will
not claim any of his earnings, nor pay
any Of his debts after this date.
EZRA KIMBALL.
Huntington Center, Sept, 49, 1905.
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POINTERS.

OWNERS OF FARMS who wish to hire
nelp or to sell farm should use
this column. Nearly 5000 copies OF
this paper are sold every Issue and
your advertisement would be read
by many possible buyers 3.wtf
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ESTATE OF DANIEL AND MARI
GARET MULLIN, BURLINGTON.

We, the subscribers, having been
appointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District of Chittcnden,
commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust the claims and demands Of nll
persons against the estate Of Daniel
and Margaret Mulin. late of
burlington, in said district de-
ceased, and also all claims
and demands exhibited in offset there
to; and six months from the day of
the date hereof being allowed by said
court for that purpose we do there
fore hereby give notice that we will
attend to the duties of our appoint
mont at tho office of Elihu II. Taft In
Burlington in said District. on the o2d
day Of March next. at 10 o'clock a. M,
Dated this 23rd day of September,
1908
ELIHU y. TAFT.
ELMER l.. DAVIS
13W3t Commissioners
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FOR SALE.

A BEAUTIFUL HOME for sale. In one
OF the most desirable locations in Yer
mont 65 acres, no stones In meadow,
keeps 10 cows, nice tools, nice stock.
Price $3.50. Owner has business n
California and must sell at once. Ap-
ply 10 J. r Hunt Real Estate. Essex
junction, W .i3wSt
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)Ck or GENERAL MERCHAN-

Disc FOR SALE. Cash business es-
.ahlishcd eight wears. located on
Main St. In a hustling village In YER
mont. Population about 900. Stock
consist of dry goods ladics' and gents
furnishings shoes and groceries. Clean
stock and rent is reasonable. Address
C., Free Press Office Swift
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WANTED.

WANTED-Apples. butter. eggs, live and
dressed poultry and potatoes shipped
to us at Boston. We are an old es-
tablishcd commission house, having
been IN business over thirty years. We
make quick returns and get the high
est prices. Patch d Roberts. II No.
Market St, Boston Mass.
2306t and wit
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TO RENT.

THE a. A. MEAD HOUSE. go Maple
street. to rent, furnished for one year.
Apply +. Johonnott. 2l3,d&wtf
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lCOstinued On Page IA
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letter. Propositions that have been made
since have totally changed situation, so that
l will not have to make the demand upon
you which three days ago It seemed / would
have to for the interest of the nation. 7
thank you most deeply and shall write
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
PERSONALLY
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON,
Oct. l6, 19O2.-My Dear Mr.. Cleveland: l
appreciated so deeply your being willing to
accept that II was very hard for me TO
commission. But in order to get the vitality
necessary agreement between the operators
and miners / found / had to consult their
wishes as to the types Of men. OF course
you not to be obliged to serve, but / did
wish to have you on-in the first place, be-
cause OF the weight your name would have
lent the commission, and In the next place
because of the effect upon our people, and
especially upon our young men, Of such an
example OF genuine self-denying patriotism,
for. my dear sir, your service would have
meant all this. i do not know whether
you understand how heartily l thank you
and appreciate what you have done. Faith
fully yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. Grover Cleveland, Princeton, n. j.
The above correspondence shows not only
that Mr.. Cleveland accepted my offer TO
actually accepted 1t at a time when the
appointment Of this commission was not
acquiesced in by either operators or miners,
and when, therefore, every argument made
by the ultra-conservatives against the APP
pointment of the commission applied with
a hundred-fold greater force than when
the commission was actually appointed.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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intending to do. l answered on October 10
explaining that because Of an injury from
which 1 had not recovered 1 would not be
able to go to Princeton, and I then con-
tinued, stating that / was about to ask him
to render a service which l knew he would
be reluctant to undertake, and which l only
asked because l felt we were in the midst
of so serious a crisis and one so deeply af-
fecting the welfare OF our people. I con-
tinued:
My efforts to get the operators and miners
to agree failed, chiefly through the fault OF
the operators. 1 then asked the miners to
go back to work 50 that the pressing neces-
sity of the public might be met, promising
at once to appoint such a commission as
Mr.. Mitchell had suggested, and stating
that l would do all In my power TO have
the recommendations Of that commission
adopted, of course meaning that / should
do all in my power to have whatever legis-
lation they advocated enacted, as we'll as
backing up their recommendations In all
other ways. But Mitchell refused on behalf
OF the miners to entertain this proposition.
4" / shall now direct Carol ID. Wright
TO make a full and careful investigation.
. . . / wish to join will him two emf
nent men-men of such character that save
in a crisis like this l would not dream OF
appealing to them to render any govern
ment service. In all the country there is
no man whose name would add such weight
TO this inquiry as would yours. l earnestly
beg you to say that you Will accept.
To this Mr.. Cleveland wrote or October
y as follows:
PRINCETON, oct. u. SONY Dear Mr..
President: Since the receipt of your letter
yesterday / have given its subject matter
serious consideration,
You rightly appreciate my reluctance to
assume any public service. ! am also quite
certain that II my advice was asked as to
the expediency of naming me In the connec-
tion you mention. l should, as a matter Of
judgment, not favor ii.
/ cannot, however, with proper Difference
to your opinion, consider this phase OF the
question as open to discussion. have
therefore felt that ! had only TO determine
whether your request involved a duty which
! ought not to avoid, and whether my en-
gagements and the present demands upon
my time would permit me to undertake IL.
So far as the latter are concerned this Is
my situation: l am to take part and say
something at President Wilson's inaugura-
tioE on the 25th init, and ] have agreed 70
do the same at the opening OF the new
building Of the Chamber OF m IN
New York on the nth OF November. My
preparations for the inaugural exercise Is
complete, but for the other occasion II Is
hardly begun. am aosurdly slow In
such work.
i have no idea Of the time which would
be exacted by a compliance with your re-
quest, nor how early you would expect a
result from the commission.
/ feel so deeply the gravity OF the situa-
your efforts 20 remedy present sad condi-
tons tina I believe II Is my duty to under
take the service II / can do so ard keep
The enEaEemenla i have already made
This i will leave for your decision, only
snGGsstinE that ! ought to have the next
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Ing on my way home from Buzzards Bay,
the newspaper account of what took place
Yesterday between you and the parties d.
recty concerned in the coal strike.
am so surprised and stirred up" by the
posltloh taken by the contestants that /
cannot refrain from making a suggestion
Whlch perhaps l would not presume To
make II 1 gave the subject more thought. i
am especially disturbed and vexed by the
lone and substance of the operators de-
II cannot be that either side, after your
admonttion to them, cares to stand In their
present plight, II any sort OF an avenue
even Tor temporary escape, is suggested to
Has it ever been proposed to them that
the Indignation and dangerous condemna-
tion now being -cannonaded against both
their houses might be allayed by the pro-
auction OF coal in an amount. or for a
length OF time, sufficient TO serve the pur-
poses OF consumers, leaving the parties 10
the quarrel, after such necessities are met,
TO take up the fight again where they left
off without prejudice" II they desire?
This would eliminate the troublesome con
suhler ana public, and perhaps both opera
tors and miners would see enough advan-
tage In that TO induce them to listen "a
such a proposition as I have suggested.
know there would be nothing philosophy
cal or consistent in all this, but my obser-
walton leads me to think that when quarrel,
ing parties are both in the wrong, and are
faces.
IL you pardon my presumption in thus
writing you, l promise never TO do II again
At any rate II may serve as an indication
OF the anxiety felt by millions OF our citi-
Gems on the subject.
have been quite impressed by a PAM
phlet ! have lately read, by a Mr.. Champ
lin OF Boston, entitled. / believe, 'The Goa
Mines and the People I suppose you have
seen H.. Very respectfully, your obedient
servant GROVER CLEVELAND.
To the President.
l Immediately answered him describing
among other things. the attitude OF the OPP
orators at the conference and their refusal
to consider what I regarded as Mr.. Mitch
ellis entirely fair proposition, and continued
1 think shall row tell Mitchell that II
the miners will 90 back TO work / will APP
point a commission 20 investigate the whole
situation. and Will do whatever IA ny
power lies TO have the findings OF such
commission favOrably acted upon. This
seems 10 be . . the best step at the
moment 20 take. I feel the gravest appre-
tension concerning the misery pending over
80 many people this winter and the conse-
quent rtOting which may, and probably will,
ensue.
Immediately afterwards Mr.. Cleveland
wrote ne aaking me 20 be his guest when
I eams on 70 Princston, which I was then
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Grover Cleveland and the Coal Strike

One Of the most interesting Of the many
contributions 10 the public press con-
eerntng the late Grover Cleveland is
from President Roosevelt who writes to the
Outlook giving particulars OF how nearly
Mr.. Cleveland came TO being one OF the
sIeat coal strike commission. The presi-
cent writes Gs follows;
OYSTER BAY. y. r.. Aus. q lss.-To
A. Edtor Of The Outlook: A friend has
80 called my attentton 70 a clipping from
Tire New YORK. sun. seemingly OF about a
fortnight sso. containing what purpOrts 10
- an extract from a private letter Of the
late Nr. Henry LOOMS Nelson TO Mr..
Gsorge Harvey, writer in April. ls6 and
prnssd IN Harpers Weekly on the day OF
the issue Of the sun. This clipping runs
m PARE as follows;
The truth about The letter Of Mr. Cleve-
had tccepttng q place on Mr.. Roosevelt's
commission has never appeered When In
80 Mr Cleveland Wss spoken o. as a pos
stole eanaidsts. esFtail republican leaders
especially one editor. announced that there
existed a letter from Mr.. Cleveland init
appointment On the coal arbitration com
mit1ae which WQuld be- published II Mr..
Cleveland we're nomiratsd BY the demo
vas never offsred = position on this com
MISSION. and therefore never accepted M.
There seems % have been some confusion
On Mr H0Qsavehs own mind about a.. ana
tns dca maj MF Cleveland had CONSENTED
60 - a memhor Of the commission Was stu
4ouaiy sncourEsed and spread abroad b.
Interested republicans
NJ Cleveland gave ne an account % the
whole affair ~ TAR a. his Own connection
win be- VAS eoncerned Moved ~ the sur
sriUa especially or people or moderate
mFaua Who we're living ABOUT him IN Prince
on. ha wrote to Mr Roosevelt a letter
WIicn apparently 40 resrets uoU % have
anuf him Tn THE lester Mr.. Cleveland told
Wa fTeaidenf that ne thouBht has the tWo
ounealuN bodies should be- asked In the In
tereaf of the penltc, 90 agree % a truce, and
tstt turing ns truce some Investigation
sl1uld Do Mtda o. the situation. IL Nas a
laltar thaf he Nrote under me strong feel
ms t1ak ue sufteElua % t1a people about
rIm 1aI ar1uaed shoruy afterWard when
AR AseauValt determined % take some ac-
ruus ~ urota 90 AR Cleveland askina nam
- a nemnar af 4 commission % mVesti-
asfa sundlfionz a. M Cleveland had writ
.ea 80 ursp is9ter BE- feit rhal he bad puf
tlaself m me power 81 me president o.
Iat Nsan o. nreauaut = riEnr % call up0n
ana Euu fasin8 80 rl4l M Roosevelt thai
- aoul1 ncCenH tbs lcttar had hard1
Wa1nu1 IA EaalnEI1u Nhan he reserved a tel
ar4ln Iom NJ Aooaageif saYina thal u
4HIN1 lnt - naoa4IatN % cal apon hin.
NlH FeasaI NJ ciaaeland VerY much.
Aaa a. aueastaA aecilel lpon another
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BY Theodore Roosevelt.

course. and upon the appointment OF. com
mittee OF arbitration-the composition of
whlcn and the purpose of which we are all
iamillar wtth-it appeared to have got into
Mr.. Roosevelt's mind that he had offered
Mr.. Cleveland a place on this commission.
subsequently when the two met at some
junction. Mr. Roosevelt said TO Mr.. CleVe-
land that he had tried very hard to have
him appointed one of the commissioners
but that the labor unions or the coal opera
tors, one or the other or both. desired rem
resentatives OF certain PROFESSIONS or
branches OF government appointed. Upon
hearing this MIR. Cleveland said TO Mr..
Roosevelt that he had never accepted a
position on such a commission; he added
that he would Fever have taken such a
place. and that under no circumstances
would he have consented TO be a m of
such a commission. Not long sfterward the
two met else and Mr.. Roosevelt
repeated his remark about his desiring TO
appoint Mr.. Cleveland a member OF the ar
duration commission. Then Mr.. Cleveland
said 10 him. Why, Roosevelt, l have al
ready told you that l never would have ac-
eepted a place or such a commission; It
VAS an entirely different commission fnat
you proposed TO me, and Il was on that diff
iefeht commission that reluctantly con-
sented 10 act, but l never could have been
induced 20 be one OF the arbitrators."
Mr.. Cleveland was offered a position on
the commission as I originally intended to
form IL. and accepted n. and he never had
any such conversations with me as those
quoted In the latter Fart Of the article. and
never said to me anything remotely re-
semhiiEs what he Is there alleged to have
said As a matter OF fact. I do not for a
moment believe that there is any truth in
the allegation that he told MIR. Nelson that
ne rad made such statements for the fol-
io~inS LISTERS show that Mr.. Nelson's allie
gAuon simph amounts to an attack on Mr..
Cieveiands good faith. me facts OF the
case are as follows:
On October g. 1870 held a meeting in
Washinston between the coal operators and
ne strikers 70 endeavor to ge< them TO
come 70 an agreement or to submit their
differences 70 some outside cody OF men.
me strikers were willing 10 do as I suk-
se-tsd. provided the operators would also
consent but the operators refused 10 con
sent and on the whole showed much more
violence IN the interview with me than the
strikers I'D and the faets we're made pub
Nc m ne papers nsxt day by some o. ths
operators themselves Immediately on see
ne them M Cleveland wrote me the foI-
bWinG letter,
fhlNchfQN Oct A 9N-Nv D. Ar.
Fresident; Fead In tas paper ms morn
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
WHAT A GREAT NAVY COSTS
Items Involved in the Maintenance
of EnKIRnd's WRrshiD
D-readnauEht.

A vessel like the D~readnought with a
complement Of 800 men has an admiral
aboard II whose pay in el.S25 a year. It's
captain gets over $500, including allowances,
and its two commanders about 900 apiece.
II has about a dozen ~lieutenants, who
manage various OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
gum cry. torpedoes, etc.-and their com
bined pay is roughly e2,sc0. It's half
dozen engineer officers are rather better
paid. They take sl.6O between them. IL
has a chaplain. two doctors, a naval in
structor, accountant officers, a paymaster
and his staff. There are four warrant Of
ficers, who each draw about Ri20 a year; a
number OF midshipmen, or naval cadets; a
sick-bay staff, carpenters and artisans,
cooks and domestics. bandEmen and ships
police. besides all THE petty officers, sea-
men. boys. engins-room artificers and
stokers. II carries also marines, both
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

artillery and light infantry. So It Is not
wonderful that the total pay roll exceeds
$4,000 a year.
The cost of victualing varies very greatly
in different places. In some places you
can buy beef as cheaply as Sd a pound; In
Others-such as ascension-it costs Is Sd a
pound. The men nowadays get five meals
a day, II you include the early morning
cocoa. Until lately they had three only.
In round figures the feeding of a Dread
nought's crew costs e18,OOO a year. Coal is.
OF course, an item which depends upon the
distance Travelled and the speed. Although
the Dresdnought's turbines can drive IL
through the water at twenty-four miles an
hour, It usually travels at an economical
cruising speed OF about ten knots. Even
so. the 200 tons of best Welsh which its
vast bunkers contain will carry It only $500
sea miles. Besides the vast amount which
It uses for steaming, It needs coal for dis
tilling, for making electric light and for
the pumping and other auxiliary engines.
of which it has no fewer than S4 aboard IT.
The coal costs about a pound a ton and
the bill for fuel-coal and oil together
comes to about the same as that for vice
tualing. The value of the stores carried bY
a ship like the Dreadnought Is about ei20,-
600. stores include paint, rope lubricating
oil, boats. tools, FORCES, etc. The amount
used yearly would average about e7.o0o.
Add R6,O0O for depreciation and the stores
figure out at eiS,OOO a year.
Ammunition is not counted among stores.
In these days Of keenly competitive target
practice, when every ship In a squadron
is trying to wipe It's neighbor's eye, the
target practice allowance is large. The
Dreadnought has eight twelve-inch guns,
which cost about e12.OOo apiece. To fire a
single shot from one of these weapons
costs no less than $50. There are also a
number OF quickfirers, fields guns and
other smaller guns: and quite ESQ has to
be allowed for rifle cartridges for SMALL
arm practice. Torpedoes cost $500 apiece,
and a ship usually loses at least one In the
course OF a year. Eighteen thousand
pounds is the lowest figure at which yor
can put that one item-ammunition.
Repairs are always a big matter; bu
they vary so greatly from year TO yea.
that It is almost impossible to make any
thing Ike a correct estimate The effecttn y
life Of a modern steel battle ship Is no
at the outside. more than twenty years.
And at the end OF that time a million
pound vessel fetches, perhaps, 10000 as
old lron.-London Chronicle.
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week at least for preparation to keep my
New York engagement.
If after reading this you shall notify me
that you still think i can undertake the
duty you suggest, will you deem it amiss
IL l hint that / should be glad to know
who the third member of the commission
will be? Your obedient servant,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The President, Washington, d. c..
In this letter I call attention to the fact
that he expressly alludes to the body on
which he was to serve as a Commission"
which does away with any bubble as to the
Technology. L received this letter on the
18th. l Immediately wrote to a certain fed
eral judge asking him to be the third mem
Der Of the commission, but during the next
two days finally got both the operators
and the miners to consent TO the appoint
ment Of the commission. which relieved me
from the necessity of appointing 1t without
their consent. The operators, however,
wished the commission to be of five men
instead of three, and each side insisted
upon having certain categories or types Of
men represented on the commission, and in
order to get all these types on l finally had
to increase the commission to a member
ship OF seven. and even then my efforts to
get both sides to agree to abide by the de-
cislop Of the commission, and meanwhile to
resume work. nearly failed. for the strikers
insisted upon having a labor man on the
commission and the operators positively re-
fused to consent to such an appointment.
After hours OF patient negotiation / finally
found that the operators really objected
TO the labor man being appointed as such,
and as they wished some one Of the COM
mission to be what they called a 'socio-
logist," / finally appointed a labor
man and called him a soclologist, which.
rather to my amusement and greatly to my
relief, gave entire satisfaction TO both sides.
1 endeavored to get the consent Of both
sides 10 appoint Mr.. Cleveland In place Of
one Of the men who actually was appointed,
but as he did not come under any OF the
categories which they had named. and as
they declined to permit me to appoint him
in place OF one of the meT included in these
categories. l had to abandon the effort.
OF course 1t would have been not merely
silly, but wicked for me to have insisted
upon the appointment Of any one man. at
the risk of jeopardizing the agreement Of
the two sides to resume work and to sub
init the whole question 10 the judgment Of
the commission which I was about 10 APP
point. l therefore appointed the commits
sion and telegraphed and wrote to Mr..
Cleveland as follows:
-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
He m Him

The Beggar-Mister. l wasn't always IKE
this.
The Old Mani know, II was your ether
foot you had ~bandaEed last week