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New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
REQUEST FOR AFFIDAVIT KILLED HIM
Shock of Recalling Fate of His Father Too
Much for Fred Singleton.

Cincinnati July LESS than hour after
Fred singleton was asked TO sign affidavit
charging the man Evans. West arrested in
Boston yesterday. with the murder Of his father,
Squire Fred Singleton, of Newport Ky. the
Young man was seized with commissions and soon
afterward died The arrest came Unexpectedly,
the fate of Squire Singleton having been almost
forgotten. To-day the Cincinnati police sent
word through the Newport police requesting Fred
Singleton to come 10 Cincinnati and file the afi-
davit The Newport police went TO Singleton's
home in Roberts street, and told him Of the ar
rest and the request of the Cincinnati police, and
instantly he was seized with commissions. A ply
sician was summoned, but despite all he could do
Singleton rapidly grew worse and died 1t is be
lieved that the shock caused by recalling to mind
the fate Of his father is the sole cause of the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
HELPING GIRLS WOULD PAY.
a'tel for a Thousand Would Mean 4 Per
Gent on Investment. Saws Mrs Sheppard.

-'o"ma-t Inn, the wonan's hosiery OF Abing-
@2 Square. has never lacked its full complement
20 boarders since its erection. two years ago
= 1eaftil the founder. was prepared TO stand the
~Nsl expense as philanthropy. but, as mat
q fact the place has paid him per cent stead
:. Mrs Sheppard, the superintendent, whose sue
So! management Of the place entities her TO an
--l on The subject. believes that similar hotel
o1lAocsing a thousand boarders would pay
=, cent interest instead of per cent She said:
Nhal We really need is building accommodate
E tAoosSnc women. There are enough self-sup-
ttH4g women IN New York 10 MI several such
--'ss- Several homes exist for them under
a., auspices of varioaS churches and societies, but
a., thousands ot girls are left in hall bedrooms
i 40iliortless boarding houses. The woman who
g. -''s Toy small salary in New York wants
., ,@4y % do laundry work or dressmaking
:, - eotAes IN the evening. She wants a place
,''e men callers She wants q little fun and
r,, ~1'eat IN the evening. She will not stand TOO
win eS0lct4ons She is independent bread
o. aAc she viii not be treated like an Inmate
m, '''sole 81 refornatogy institution.
tsr ea'tr 10 al these needs here. Boarders can
Ne . use Of tie laundry till O'Clock at night
hssr mem d sewing room. equipped with
mor --sci..fi6s There are i library. writing
gsr,- fsl private reception rooms, and large
a tts,'. i pianos. in which dances and music are
s'enngs Though we are supposed TO
New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
NEAR DEATH IN GRAvEsEND BAY.
shubert's Press Agent Seeks Name OF Boy
Who Rescued His Wife.

Mrs. Lydia Warner and Mrs. Thomas H Hop
kirk had narrow escape from drowning late yes
terday afternoon in Gravesend Bay at 18th street.
They were rescued, but not until they had swal-
lowed considerable of the bay Mrs. Warner was
saved by boy and her husband, Henry Z. War
ner. general press agent for Shuberts, is anxious
learn his
Both women sitting about twenty-five feet
from jetty watching one of the steamers of the
North German Lloyd going 10 sea. With them at
the time were Mrs. c. T. William, Mrs. William
Bullock. Mrs. William Gibbs and Miss Hazel
Bloom, all guests of the Hotel Bensonhurst. big
swell. which was probably caused by the steamer,
threw Mrs Warner and Mrs. Hopkirk into the bay.
The latter was rescued by s. Percy Mills.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
MRS. scHENck ADMINISTRATOR.


New Haven, July NO opposition mani
Tested in the probate court to-day to the appoint
ment Of Mrs. Effie Morgan Schenck of New York
City administrator of the estate OF her husband
Spottswood d. Schenck, and she named by
Judge Studiey TO take charge of the estate. which
it is believed, will amount to about 5000 900. Mr.
Schenck separated from his wife several years ago
and his relatives believed that he had made a will
disinheriting her and his daughter, Natalie Schenck
Collins. A rigid search for the document has been
made. without result. but no contest over the
estate will made Mr.. Schenck died suddenly
two weeks ago He had lived al the Quinnpiac
Club for several years.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
S SPECIAL e. p An COL M n S.
Foreign Resorts.

Proprietors The GORDON HOTELS, Ltd
Close Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey an
convenient for everywhere. Tariff free from Uptor
Office New York Tribune" 1904 Broadway New for
New-York tribune., 1908-07-08

Santa Fe. N NJ, July Upon motion of United
States Attorney David J. Leshy. Judge John r.
McFie in the federal court, this afternoon dis
missed the blanket Indictment against Phelps
Dodge e. Co, their attorney, Charles A. Spies. and
other officials of the company charging conspiracy
10 defraud the United States out of coal lands in
San Juan County. New Mexico. Attorney Leahy
said that the facts in the did not justify fur
ther prosecution.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-08

close II D. m. any boarder can come in at any
time Of night providing she offers proper eA-
PLANTATION. We give reasonably good board and an
atmosphere of home interest and sympathy. The
result is that have paid per cent steadily, ana
if we had thousand boarders we could pay per
cent If Mrs. Russell Sage some other philan-
tfropist felt like establishing such a place she or
he could benefit thousands of girls and reap steady
interest at the same time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
HAS 700 POLISH POPULATION.

During the last few years there have
come to Bellows Falls a large number OF
foreigners who have found work in the
factories and who are rapidly becoming
part of the citizenship of tho place. With
out taking into consideration the Irish,
the Polandcrs far outnunbcr any other
nationality now there. In the factories
of the International Paper company and
the Vermont Farm Machine company.
who have the largest number of en-
ployes. there are 176 Polanders, 81 Greeks,
Il Russians, nine Italians and seven
French. all men Adding to these the
number employed by other corpora tons
and the women and children of the fam-
lies, a close estimate of the resident Po-
lish population of Bellows Falls and its
suburbs would he 100 These include two
classes of Polish people, the real Poland
ors and the Lithuanians, each speaking a
different language and not able to under
stand the other The majority of them
live in small quarters, the women take as
many boardcrs as they can accommodate
and the tenements occupied by them are
greatly overcrowdcd. The men arc thrifty
and as workmcn compare favorably with
ether nationaltics. paying their bills
promptly and saving their money to send
back to the old country. The men are
quick to learn and the>childrcn are great
imitators The latter attend the public
schools, seem anxious to learn. and one
is already in the high school Tho women
care less than the men to learn American
ways, are especially loath to learn or
change their customs and live much as
in their old homes. Their religion is
Roman Catholic but not understanding tn"
language they do not enjoy attending
church. A Polish priest comes to Bellows
Falls several times year and the Polish
people are ALREADY talking of building II
church. They have quite sum raised
for the purpose and it is said they
have a site selected. The school board
and teachers have discussed establishing
an evening school or these foreign work
men 1t probah'y will done before the
opening of the nest school year
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
state Aid to Establish Them Wherever
Lacking.

The Vermont Library Commission is
sending out the f1llowing circular in
forming citizens low to obtain free
public library in tleir towns, where this
educational help IFS lacking:
The State f.. willing to give you 800
worth of books for that purpose if your
town will comply with the conditions re-
quired by law. which are as follows
First see that these articles are inserted
in the warning for the coming town
meeting:
Ito see If the town will elect a board
Of trustees and instruct such board TO
make application TO the State board of
Library commissioners for State aid.
ITO see what sum. if any. the town
will appropriate for the maintenance of
free public library.
If the grand list in your town is less
than $500, the sum must not he less than
sl5
If the grand list Is more than $500. yet
less than $4,000, the sum to be appropri-
a,ed must be not less than So
If the grand list is $500 or more. the
sum To be raised must be not less than
so Many towns show their desire for
civic Improvement by raising much high
er sums than the state requires of them.
The State of Vermont recognizes that
n free public library is necessary to the
education of its children and the develop
ment Of its people IN the sam manner
as the free SCHOOL,
A free public library owned and con-
trolled by the town has It fixed income
and is not dependent upon spasmodic
attempts to increase its funds. 1t can
be made of practical use in connection
with the schools or in the EQUATION of
those who have been unable to have a
full school course. and a pleasur prof,
and aid to the entire community.
In many of our larger towns and cities
private enterprises and benevolonces
have supplied advantages and opportun-
tiles. which have tempted ambitious and
intelligent scholars from towns and
homes which could i'll afford to spare
them No town in Vermont can afford
to have the name OF depriving It's boys
and girls of the culture and inspiration
to be found in a free library. No town
can afford to be reported to tho state
and country as too niesardly to cooper
ate with the State for the benefit of its
own children.
If further information is desired. any
member of the library commission or its
secretary will be glad to furnish it.
The members Of the commission are
NJ. NJ Wilson, Randolph; T. NJ. Goddard
Montpelier: Mrs W. = Smith. St. Johns
bury; Mrs. NJ. II. Buckham. Burlington
Mrs. G. NJ. Winslow, Brandon; Frances
! Hobart. Cambridge. secretary.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
a Square Deal

n assured iH'i snn, you by Dr. Pierc@s
family pes, ,Des- iot o.. tie ingred.
cnts cEyS 7rg ir'o thc.n stc printed on
the Lot2is- ranrp Ruu lh-'r formulas
are a ties tco c',Sn So .a ~ nline cong 90
and correct. Io r.ou .cc " Vat yor we
paying 70, ar6 rU Es ju*r"d EMS are
gathered from N''"r : lators cory, being
selected from tho most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in our
American foree q nAd ubi lie potent 10 cure
delicate ,amA. S<SrhiidTrN Not a DROP
ul-alcahs,. x,selE into thelE QJ61SlIlQl
uNlAl,g BSf ,lIt@Sttyl1g IN. .med1cYlnAl
rel asI r THIS agent .sIasesses
iELf!nSil nIedIc,!ix: properties Of lis own,
being mos- eDrable antlse ptic and anti
ferment, nusr,t.Ve anu soothing domul-
cont.
Glycerine phys an IMPORTANT part in
DR.. Piercc's toiJsn Med ca .vacovpfy ia
the cure of Is, rostior. dyspepsia and
weak stomach. ',t.ndec by soi- Using
heartburn. foul ,nrath, coated torghe,
poor appetite. gnaNinz feeling in stom-
ach, blltousness and inbred ,erange-
ments OF tNo stomach. liver and bowels.
Besides curing al, tho arove distressing
ailments the" Golden Medical Discovery /"
is specific for all diseases OF the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether Of the
nasal passages or Of the stomach. bowels
or pelvic organs. Even in its Lucrative
stages it viii yield TO this sovereign rnn-
edy II its use be pcrscv' red in. IN Chronic
Cstarrh Of tho Nrsal "a 'saess. it is We,
whila taking the "'ioiden ., edical Lis.
coeery" fer ;hc necessary cOIstitutlOca|
treatmeDt % cleanse The passages free y
two or tire times q day WITH Or. S2g' s
Catarrh ,:,mcdy. : his Thorough COURSE
Of treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
In coughs and hrnrseress caused = tmn-
chial. throat ar6 ,Dut affections, .Grcui o'.-
nmptoG ~ Us eG'- ',ed stages. tie "',cIGt I,
Medica! bi., CN.ty i most efficient rem
cdy, espcNia " 80 .tu:V obstinate, haug-Otl
coughs rah~,l q .ifr' alton and congestion at
th' bron' ia thtt - r."mhrRncS The 'Nis'
ccV"iy iH n,, > good for acute coughs aris-
iDE nom su.D'n ODDS. Nor must II he eN-
poole, 80 are rrr~uu. Dtiru in rs adv anced
: ages go lncd.D i've vii d" mat hut for III
too .'iist ug,'. ,i4tNpf.' "ON--iS. which, II ncR-
h.,sd. c'j.. y 'i"1trti, lai 4 MP to CC0Sur ~
ton. il l. tht ,i' q i"t i'l, trat Hnu re taken
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
THE LATE JAMES BUCKHAM.

o. W. Hard graduate OF the unlVer-
SHY OF Vermont formerly on SCUM bur
hheton bul now located IN Buiialo ana
connected with the state engineers de-
partrneht OF good ROADS pays 'he iol-
lowing trloutc 10 the late James Buck
nam III the hunaio news;
Ihere went away the other daY a man
ulSuhS on inc lips OF men YET most
newspaper n'h' ana many bunalohiahs'
VINO "'' IalhIHar win me independent
ana Aou'" companion ana many other
Journals ana p'riod'c"ls LOT - years
pach' VIII roadllF recall the name ana
la'"e' MANURE I"Feis' 'oo' ''c"'''ct INV
pen name oil Faul faSthor' as II appear
cd IN FOREST ana Streatn' ana o'hcr out
door magazines II was sometimes Salo
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
JANE NcLAUGHLIN'S ESTATE.

STATE or VERMONT. District o,
The Honorable. the Probate Court Tor
the District OF Chttenden.
To tho heirs and all persons interest
ed In the estate Of Jane Mclaughlin,
GREETING
Whereas, application hath been mado
mrisrator dc bonus non Of Inc "a" estate ate
of Jauo Mclaughlin, late of Burlington
deceased. praying for license and au-
thoritN 10 sell the whole of real estate
or said deceased, representing to said
Court that it would be beneficial to
N" hoirs and all persons interested in
ID" state of said deceased, to soil the
c"ascd. and convert the Same into
money
And bringing into Court the. consent
heirs 10 said estate residing in this
Stato, and setting forth tho situation
Of the real estate
whereupon, the said Court appointed
l9oS. at the Probate Court rooms. in
said district, to hear and decide upon said
ppllcation and petition. and ordered
public notice thereof to be given to ali
said order. together with the time and
place Of hearing, three weeks successive.
y in the Burlington pt N Weekly Free Press.
said estate. ali which publications shall
be previous to the day assigned far hear
ing.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to
appear before said court at the time and
place assigned. then and there in said
granting OF such license, II you see cause.
Given under my hand at the Probate
Cour' rooms, this cath cay of January
.-.AECE1LCs A. BINGHAM.
3l,W3t Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
HOW CONGRESS PASSES \ BILL.

on day SGT for the consideration Of
the bill the House goes into committee
Of the whole. A chairman appointed by
the speaker presdes. The bill is read
by sections and clauses. after general
debate has been closed. and any member
may offer amendments. All voting IN
committee is by rising; the yeas and
nays are not taken.
when the bill has been gone through
and all amendments have been voted
upon, the committee rises and the chair
man reports the bill back to the House
with the amendments. Tho House then
votes upon them, either slnglv or IN
gross and by yeas and nays if they are
ordered to be taken.
The bill is then ordered to he enGross-
ed, that is written out in a fair hand
and just as it is after being amended
and to he read third time. AS it is
usually ergrossed It is at once read the
third timely title, as beforehand pass
ed
The clerk takes the bill to tho Senate
by which body it is referred to the f.
nance committee. In due time the COM
mittee, If it sees IT. and not otherwise,
reports the bill back to the Senate, with
propositions to amend. In tho Senatc
the bill il conside red las in committee
of the whole: the amendments of the
| finance committee and other volunteer
amendments are accepted or rejected
| they are again voted upon when the bill
| is reported to the Senate from the COM
mittee Of the whole, and the bill is
passed.
AS the two houses are not agreed
| upon the bill, a committee Of conference,
usually consisting Of three members of
each branch of Congress, is appointed.
| The committee. when it has come to an
! agreement, reports to each house: and
the accel lance of the report is the final
stage of the bill in its passage.
| The measure is now enrolled" that
| Is. it is printed in large open type upon
parchment, and Is taken first 70 the
| House where it is signed by the speak
err; then to the Senate, where the Vice
President signs IT, and finally to the
! President, and makes tho bill a law
Congress is notified that the bill has
| been approved, and the original copy of
the act is deposited in the department
of state.-Edwin Tarrisse in Harper's
Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
LIVING RELATIVES OF WASHING
TON,

Many kindred of George WASHINGTON
dwell on and about the oric'nal Wash
ington plantation in Westmoreland
county Virginia; writes Guy T.. Mitchell
in the Technical World Magazine for
February.
John Washington of Brigton parish,
Northamptonshlre, England. came to
Virginia in 1857 and bought farm on
the Potomac river between Bridge Creek
and Pope's Creek. in what was then
Northumberland county, but which long,
long ago, became Wcstmorcland county.
He bought the farm from Col. Pope, n
| great landlord in the early colonial era.
| and whose daughter, Anne Pope. became
the wife of the immigrant John Wash
| ington. These were the great grand
parents of George Washington the great.
John Washington through his marri-
age to Anne Pope obtained lands outside
Of the farm purchasd by him. The or
| iginal farm Is owned by John T.. Wilson,
who married Miss Betty Washington,
grand daughter of William Augustine
Washington, a nephew of George Wash
ington. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson are adj
vanced in years A score or more OF
| Washingtons live on their ancestral
lands and within rifle shot Of the spot
where George Washington was born
| Some of these people are prosperous
| farmers and professional men; Others
are not prosperous, They are all plain
and simple folk who have the good will
and respect of the neighbors A peculiar
thing about this family is that all its
members have the distinctive Washington
features
1hAr 49, hn 70 nd
homes are described by the writer and
photographs of family groups and views
of Mount Vernon and the other home
places are given. The article Is very
| interesting one.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
SQUIRREL AND SNOW.

In the winter woods no wild trail Is
more frequently seen than that of the
red squirrel Chickaree. like the gold
finch and the chickadoe among the
birds, is one OF natures cheerful Great
ures, whose courage and activity nothing
daunts nor damps. After the coolest
nigh or the hardest snowstorm we are
sure to find somewhere his pretty trail.
There Is scarcely a wood where a little
searching VIII not reveal lis tracks,
especially IL it contain scattered butter
nut trees or n cluster of pines; and II
the snow he deep enough we are sure
to discover one or more tunnels which
he has formed in his search for nuts,
or a pit that he has dug to the ground
At times these tunnels arc yards in
length, with an opening at both ends
sometimes they are extended in many
directions by daily trips in his search
for food. when most of the snow has
gone, | have found these branching
tunnels changed to troughs Of ice and
strewn with empty shells, and 1t is not
uncommon 10 see a dozen trails at the
entrance to a single burrow. A favorite
tunneling place is at the foot of tree
especially of n buttcrnut, where the
eddying snow has made a circular drift.
Mature and Science in February St
Nicholas
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
ESTATE OF JOSEPH LAFAYETTE
(H OI"IE.

STATE OF VERMONT. Distr ct Of Chit.
tenden.
To all persons interested in the es
tate of Joseph I.avalettc, late Of Char
lottc in said district. deceased.
GRE cTING:
At a Probate Court, holden at Bur
lington within and for the District OF
Chittenden on the 3ist day OF Janu-
airy. 1908. an instrument purporting to
he the last viii and testament Of
Joseph Lavalette, late of Charlotte. in
said district deceased. was presented
to the court aforesaid. for probate
And 1t is ordered by said Court that
the 21st day Of Feb. 1908, at the Pro-
bate Court rooms in said Burlington. b,
assigned for proving said instrument:
and that notice thereof be given 10
all persons concerned, by publishing
this order three weeks successfully in
the Burlington Weekly Free Press. a
newspaper published at Burlington.
previous to the time appointed.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to
appear before said court. at the time
and place aforesaid. ID contest the
probate of said Will. II you have cause.
Given under my hand at Burlington,
in said district. this 31st day of jan
uarY, 1905.
32,w3t Judge.
MARCELLUS A. BINGHAM,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
TESTING HIS LOVE.

What can you do to prove your love
To show your fond devotion?
If some small things you're not above
think | have a notion.
VIII you. unlike most other men.
BE kind and sweet and steady
And not make awful comments when
Your dinner Is not ready?
VIII YOU take samples to the stores
And match them without swearing
And do tn simple little chores
That women find so wearing?
VIII you beat rugs 80 | desire
Without unpleasant clashes
And rise to build the furnace fire
And carry out the ashes?
And even though you are in haste
To get down to the station
Win you then button up my waist
And show no irritation?
do think that you aim to please,
So do not wish to task you,
So If you'll do things like these
It's all that | shall ask you.
Chicago News
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13
$1,000 For A BIRDS EGG.

Most Of masculine America at some
time or other in its career has hunted
birds eggs but few OF all those who
have tramped hill and dale, climbed
towering trees and paerNd INTO hedge
rows in search OF the fragile shells
realize that in far corners of the world
there are men who are spending their
lives IN the pursuit Of those very aggs
or others more rare. So writes Harry
II. Dunn in the Technical World Mag
azine for February.
The tangled iungles Of equatorial At
RIGA know these men; the snowy stcppcs
of northern Asia have felt the pressure
Of their tireless feet; they trace new
trails across the Saharas Of the globe
and on the spreading Pampas of the
| New Worlds southern continent. while
the distant islands of the sea are scour-
ed for new specimens in bird skins and
birds eggs
| Swinging on slender threads of rope
from dizzy cliffs that lean above flashing
waters of the rough north Atlantic. they
CLEAN rare sea birds eggs from inches
in the rocky wall which these winged
wanderers call home; from the tops of
skY-scraping pines they ti1.e eagles eggs
while the brave parent birds hurl them
selves in vain fury against their daring
enemies. From caves far up in the face
of steep cliffs in the Western Sierra they
gather the solitary egg of the California
/ vulture, the largest bird that flies. and
in the jungles of the tropics they risk
their lives amid fevers and poisonous
reptiles and vindictive natives in search
of rare hummingbrds, and other COR
| y1O faa IN, ~
lands.
The writer tells some very interesting
stories of birds eggs and egg-huntcrs
including one of the $1,000 eggs which is
the hearts desire of collections Excel
lent DhotOpraDh mis- illuctrata tho ar,ioIo