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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-11

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DEATH OF o. r. MASON.
Well-knOwn Contractor and Builder
n Victim OF ApOpleNy.

owen r. Mason died at his home on
College street at 4:30 o'clock Monday
morning. having been unconscious most
OF the time following stroke of
apopleXy which he sustained Saturday
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Mason spent some
time in Florida the past winter for the
benefit of his health and he returned
much improved. On Saturday he appeared
as well as usual and the attack came
upon him Saturday evening without
warning.
Mr.. Mason was born in Lebanon, n.
H., February 4. 1853, the son of William
Gordon and Sarah (Mead) Mason. At the
age of two years his parents removed
to Concord. n H., and his early life Was
spent in that city. He attended the public
schools and entered Dartmouth College
in the class of 1874. lie left college at
the close Of his junior year to go into
business with the Sturtevant Manufac-
turing Co. wood workers of Boston,
and later with his fathers firm Of
Mead. Mason a. Co. wood flnishers In
| Lebanon He received his collegiate
degree later. Mr. Mason spent some
time in Boston with the same concern
and subsequently returned to Lebanon,
The plant in Lebanon was burned and
in 1887 Mr.. Mason came to this city
and established a wood working fac
tory in Winooski, which was also
destroyed by fire. in 1898. He then
opened an Office in this city and en-
tered on a general contracting business
under the firm name OF Mason q Co
He was also a member of the firm OF
Mead. Mason & Co.. with headquarters
In Concord, ~ H., at the time of his
| death,
Mr. Mason showed his ability in his
chosen line of work by the number OF
large contracts which he secured wher
In competition with some OF the leading
firms In the country. The list includes
such buildings as st. Luke's hospital
New York city, Barnard College dormi
tory. Vassar College chapel. Holy Trim
| ity Church, New York. Trinity Church
| New York, Lancaster, N. H., bank. opera
house. Barre, Lowell Mass, rendering
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-11
IMPROVEMENTS At POSTAL. TELE-
GRAPH OFFICE.

The improvements which have been in
progress at the Postal telegraph office
were practically completed Monday,
when some COO battery cells We're re-
moved a dynamo service having been in
stalled to take their place. Tho power
for the dynamos Is furnished by the Bur
lington Light & Power company. The
space 4, the rear room OF the Church
street office, formerly taken up by the
battery cells and the frames which held
them. will be devoted to lockers for the
use OF the employees o. the company In
this city and vicinity. A quadruplcx set
Of new Instruments has also been In
stalled. practically doubling the capacity
of the office and placing Manager f. +
Bradsh and his assistants In better posi-
ton nan ever before to serve the public,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-11
EVANGELIsTIC EFFORT.
Ministers Planning for Campaign Il
Cover the state of Vermont.


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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-11
WON BY VERMONT
OutcIasscd all Competitors In Inter-
scholastic Meet Mt Centennial

The third annual nterscholastic meet.
held under the auspices Of tho Athletic
association of the University of Yer
mont. took place at the Centennial Field
last Saturday afternoon. Four institu-
tons were represented. Vermont Acad-
envy won tho meet. getting moro points
than all other competitors put together,
and more than twice as many as any
other single competitor. BY points the
meet resulted as follows: Vermont hcad-
envy, - ia; bradford Academy, 80 ga;
burlington high school, 90 and Spauldlng
high school, G. The great features of the
meet were the al-round work Of Fuller
and Suuires of Vermont Academy, and
Peters and Paine Of bradford Academy.
Highly commcndable, also, was the work
Of Baker. Rand. Mcmillan and Samson
of Burlington high.
Following Is tho summary of events,
and the distribution of points:
Milo run-Tlrst, Paine Of Bradford;
second, Mcmillan of burlington high;
third. Chase. Bradford; fourth, Merri-
hoy. Burlington high; time, ) minutes,
6 - seconds.
lio-yard dash First Fuller Vermont
Academy, second Tyler. Vermont Acad-
! omy; third. \. Avoril Spauldns; fourth,
Smith, Spaul1ing, time, ~ seconds.
Putting iG pound shot-Frst, Saures,
Vermont Academy. distance, 30 feet .
inches; second. Samson, burlington high;
distance. 81 feet 3 inches; third. Benson,
Vermont Academy, distance, Sc feet,
inches; fourth. Carswon Spaulding high,
distance; 30 feet, inches.
| Thinning high jump First, Peters,
\
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grand minister Of state. Henry l.. stillson
Of Bennington; grand prior Charles A.
Coldcrwood Of st. Johnsbury; grand
chancellor, Hamilton S. Peck of Bur
lington grand treasurer, Charles II.
Whitcomb of Ludlow; grand secretary.
Henry II. Ross of Burlington; grand en-
ginecr and architect. c. l.. soule of Bur
linton; grand hospitaler, DIN W. Daley
Of White River Junction; grand master
OF ceremonies. Slas II. Danforth of st.
Adams grand standard bearer, George
f. Root Of Newport; grand captain Of
the guard. Charles A. Chapman of Fer
risburgh; grand marshal, s. S. Ballard
of Montpelier; grand sentinel, Albert
Kiam of Burlington.
Council OF Deliberation, Vermont Consis-
tory q degree. s. =. II. s., Of the A. A.
rendezvous in the rooms of the Rite.
William NJ. Martin. commandment
chief. worked the % degree. knight Of
the Royal Axe or Prince of Libanus' in
full ceremonial form. Music was furnish
cd b: the Scottish Rite quartcttc. under
the direction Of George u. Sherman, and
Ib' Watermans orchestra
EVENING PROGRAMME.
At s o'clock the % degree, Knight
of the Brazen serpent, was worked by
William NJ Martin. commandcr-in-chicf
and the work included the following
programme:
Vocal music. Geo y. sherman, director.
orchostra... Bert Waterman, director.
Prayer ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Tho Chaplain
Hymn. o. D.. ....... The S. II. quartet
Declaration of Dicnitaries. Tho commau-
dcr-iu- chiof,
Ill Daniel 5 Danforth, grand marshal.
introducing Iii Marsh Olin Perkins,
deputy for Vermont; Ill George Otis
TYLER Cir, capt Cd. supreme council;
l., the Ill Sovereign grand inspectors gen
oral, honorarium for Vermont
The evening session was followed by a
| banquet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-11
FOR BABY RASHES
Eczemas and lrritatlons, CYticura
Is Worth Its Weight in Gold.

The suffering which Cuticuro Soap
and Cuticura Oint ment have elleviated
among the young. and the comfort they
have afforded WORKOUT and worried
parents, have led to their adoption in
countless homes a. priceless for thu skin
and scalp. Infantilc and birth hurors,
SCALED head, eczemas. rashes, feelings,
thafings, and avery form OF itching.
scaly., pimply skin and scalp humors,
nently and economically cured.
Every Humot OF fptsnts. Chpdren. And Adults. con-
lists OF Cuticura soap t2tcn % Ecsnso the skin
cuta 8esoivept SOC or r We form o. Chocolate
Gold throughout The world Potter Drug & Chem.
Corp sole props. Boston. Mas.
s8 Meilet Free Cuticufa BOOK on 3kln DsaasNt
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
HEARST AND BRYAN

TT with parade that Mr. Bryan and Mr..
Hearst longer speak, and the democratic candidate unable
the proprietor of the independence league when they
by. Yet it weeks Mr. Bryan, in terms OF
abject surrender imporng Hearst his
Their friendship is longer profitable either.
Mr. Hearst occupies the hotel with Mr. Bryan in Chi
but when he the approach he lodges
down alley 1t be that he fears the wheedng of that
silver tongue and persuasive eoquence He has always had
weakness for the seductive pleading of the usons and the
past shown himself imparay amenable the pesuasons
of democratic and republican slate makers He the most
industrious of political bargain hunters Any party that offered
him Office his party for the OCCASION
1t that these convenient political ventures of the past
have proved neither profitable The arithmetic OF
politics that nfaby promised would work
the polls The Hearst hoodoo defeats all calculations We could
any luck Mr. Bryan than that Hearst should
have responded to his wooing
In the meantime Mr.. Hearst himself by pulling the
strings of his proprietary convention He has named the nde
pendence league because is absolutely dependent him and
payroll continued The forthcoming election
will the obsequies of the independence league gone join the
greenbackers and the populists.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28

every for placing orders the indus
much dsoganzed crippled but that condition
longer exists. Mr. Kerrigan writes
Of
steel and ornamental used the
Out S0oooo since the fire for building o0oO has
plants securing only 20 those the the
building have been east counting the various other in
home here would have enough left this eccuang
panic.
Do the architects the contractors property corporations and
we'll that should be kept here for their and the
small back direct
on but for recircuao which the essential means OF profit to the
plan? Where do they their cntcf the contractors their contracts
sending
be
or not
the business Francisco and
erty vitality their interest give local manuac-
opportunity bid their work and pay
little for the goods thereby they helping home industry
That is the build city The other makes constant
drain resources, with nothing coming back.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
THE STATE IN ARMS AGAINST HERR1N

THE political house cleaning that the Lincoln league
proposes the California electorate should begin with the
legislature and from all there every
hope that the scandalous seviude of the
not be repeated As the conditions that
during that session there need for vivid testimony
that OF Harrison Gray OTIS whose words printed that time
will bear reproduction striking picture of the
that legislature. Otis that time:
The most % DISGUSTING feature Of the entire session
can Be said IN sb ruth {bst & SS d;retd @ b rac 0ooy %
houses every Of importance
1t does the Otis made his
with the he then exposed and eating
Herrn hand The personal affiliations OF Otis conse
quence but the tact that what he printed
OF the session and this condition
that the electors OF California address themselves The
coln-Roosevelt league points the way
1t all along the line and quarter asked or
Every device cery stealing representation by
e appointment of delegates wherever possible and the
derng OF districts will employed by the Organization The
professionals and the programmes straight fight
tev would not have chance on earth their onv hone to win
by dishonest practices BY such they
troll in the but they when people
TO OF the situation, vvdy and truthuy
by Otis.
In San Francisco the league confidently expects win con-
troll OF the delegations from all the important districts thing
be done if all the republicans who government
VIII turn out Tor the primary and the result will be startling
people who have been proceedings
past legislatures 1t has been the repeated history
that with rare exceptions the San Francisco delegations have
ignorant been disgrace
this city decent delegation from San Francisco will be almost
without precedent and the Lincoln Roosevelt league
send one of that character.
AS incident this campaign decency politics. the
league pledged lay the shelf
interests, Mr. Julius Kahn and Mr. E. A. Hayes who mis-
the fourth and fifth congressional districts They
fixed alliance with the push and will be fighting
shoulder shoulder Eddie Wolfe Finn Phiy Grim
Fred Egger DAILY the mlknan, strikers
and eeers and led captains that take orders from Herrn Hayes
and Kahn go.
In Alameda county fight waged same
The machine, under the leadership of Jack"
Dargie the last ditch They nvenng silly
sealed and they know IT
From all the inspiring of the activity
the eaguers the of the situation based
that the anmacne republicans will thirty assembymen
and fifteen against twenyeght assemblmen
fifteen the Herrn push Those figures will give the
eaguers of the republican enable name
United So much accomplished will be salts
factory beginning and will open the way Herrn
employees who officer the house
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
SAN FRANCISCO THE PIONEER

EASTERN cities counting the heavy list of casualties due
II the rework habit connection fourth of Iulv
becoming aroused to the necessity
such have been enforced in San Francisco last
three celebrations But they appear think that the policy
original with them. Thus the Chicago Tribune
aldermen
of
The Chicago mortality
of
public
next ear WI be and atra
The Cleveland aldermen
hot-beoe
deaths
San Francisco has had ordinance of similar
for the last three fours with the Independ
this there deaths and single OF
injury arising from the of explosives Indeed not
split thumb the emergency hospitals Yet if one
may judge from the quantity and volume of the printed by
press this subject the people ee region
playing food for powder year
distressing disregard of the copou obugons of editorial
guardians.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
= ;. -. Gossip of Railwaymen

They had just been married and
crowds of San Jose friends were at the
depot last Saturday to give godspeed-
She was coy and sweet. He was tall
and strong and had a look on his face
as If he were about to quell mutiny
of the crews of several combined har-
vesters.
But a splatter of rice got into his
eyes and on the brides bonnet, which
making a speech from the rear plat
form of the last car.
Lets get out of this, sweetheart -
he said appealingly. as rice began TO
fall till the station platform grew
white.
what" she said. are you going to
sit in the last carr"
why not. darIing?" he muttered.
needless of the rice and the demands
for a speech.
81 am always afraid OF a head-on
collision" she murmurea.
What. dearest. and 1 with you?
Boys" said Henry Lachman to a
group of his dearest friends, among
whom was a prominent railroadman. Il
am going to give you the treat OF your
lives. Come down to my place at Mis-
sion San Jose next Saturday afternoon
On Sunday morning we will take the
machine and go hunting and fishing.
You never saw such hunting and fishing
in your born days
Now, Henry Lachman is one OF the
most hospitable of men and it was late
Sunday morning when the fishermen
and hunters went to bed.
Though every man Is an ardent
sportsman, still it required the aid of
all the cowbells on the place to awaken
them from their slumbers.
Every kind of weapon was taken
along A stoat railroad gentleman with
bucolic tastes provided himself with a
golf stick. He did not know to what
Use he would put the club, but he
thought II would come in handy.
A lovely stream was reached and the
party prepared to fish when a mounted
patrol came along and curtly ordered
them under penalty of arrest not to
trespass on the water company's land.
Pat Geary. who has rancho in the
neighborhood, directed them to the
headwaters of the Calaveras and the
machine started up a high hill.
While toiling up the incline tire
blew out and another mounted patrol
galIoped up and told them he would
put them under arrest for firing on the
water company's lands
He looked severely at the stout rail-
roadman who was holding the golf club
before him to hide his identity
"If this arresting business continues. -
cried the railroadman, "T'll feel like a
higher up
''I guess we are higher ups" groaned
another. Did you ever see such a
mountain?
Say. Mr.. Prosecutor. where are we7'
"You are on Black Jack. There never
has been a machine up here before
Where are you goingg'
I'VE are going to fish,
II guess you are in the wrong direc-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28
The Smart Set

r. FRANK ANDERSON. U. S. NJ
and Mrs. Anderson have sent out
cards for large dance to be
given in honor of their daughter,
Eleanor, on Monday evening next. The
affair will take place in the Anderson
home in Mare island. and will be at
tended by about so young people.
Miss Anderson. who was to have been
debutante next year, will be much
missed when her parents and she leave
for their new home in the east next
month. The older daughter, Dorothy.
has spent the entire summer on the
Atlantic coast and will join her parents
there next fall. The Andersons are
cousins of the Coffins of Ross Valley.
and Miss Dorothy was introduced here
by Mrs. Coffin two seasons ago.
Miss Edith Pillsbury is at present in
London. where she has been the guest
of Mrs. Denis OSullivan and Mrs.
Thomas Magee, who are in the O'Sul-
livan home there. Miss Pillsbury will
sail for America in August and plans
to spend the winter here. Mrs. O'Sul-
Ivan and Mrs. Magee, with their chill
dren. will leave this week for a month s
vacation In ireland.
Miss Vera de Saba was hostess at an
informal luncheon ~on Wednesday last.
guests and hostess afterwards enjoying
game of tennis on the De Saba court.
The affair took place in San Mateo.
Mrs. Theresa Casserly and Miss Mar
garet Casserly, who returned last week
from a fortnight's visit to the Jack
Casserlys in San Mateo. will go down
this week to the Peninsula hotel, where
they will spend month or six weeks
Miss Edith Ball has been spending a
few days with friends in San Mateo.
Miss Christine Pomeroy is visiting
Miss Susan Persons at Mare island and
was one Of the guests at the recent
shipboard dance. She will remain for
another week at the navy yard.
Miss Lucy King is visiting Mrs. Hor-
ace Blanchard Chase at the Chases
beautiful country place, Stays Leap"
near Napa. The Chases have done
great deal of entertaining this season,
every weekend finding a different group
of society people in their hOspitable
home. Miss Isabel Chase will shortly
go to Burlingame fora visit with school
friends.
Miss Frances Stewart returned last
week from visit with friends in Santa
Cruz. and will go back to the popular
summer resort in another day or two
for another stay of several days.
Miss Aileen Finnigan, who is con-
valescent after a severe illness. has left
Los Gatos and rejoined her family in
their new home in san MateO.
Mrs. Ernest Folger has returned to
this city, and has reopened her home
here, after a stay of several weeks at
the Potter hotel in Santa Barbara.
Miss Mildred Pierce, the popular San
Jose girl who was so closely Identified
with last winters dances and dinners
here, has gone to Dakota, where she
will spend several months with kins-
people and friends. Upon her return
she will spend several weeks here as
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28

the guest of Miss Lottie and Miss Doro-
thy Woods
Mrs. James Nee and John Hubert
Nee will leave San Rafael this week for
a short stay at Tahoe tavern Miss
Margaret Nee. who has been III in
hospital here, is convalescent and will
return to her home in another fort
night.
Captain John Barneson and Miss
Muriel BarnesOn. who have spent the
last few months in a tour of the north.
visiting Alaska. Canada and Washing
ton, have returned to their home in San
Mateo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph CoryeH. who re-
turned from motor car trip OF three
weeks last Monday. will have eight
guests in their handsome Fair Oaks
home over the coming weekend The
Coryells possess the finest orchid nur-
series in the state and recently added
several thousand specimens from Brazil
to their collection.
Mrs. A. p. Redding has gone TO San
MateO for a stay Of several weeks,
during which time il is hoped that her
health. which was shattered by her re-
cent severe illness. will be completely
restored,
The officers OF the South Dakota have
sent out cards for an informal dance
which will take place in the sail lort
of the navy yard on Friday evening
Several OF the other ships now at the
yard are planning informal teas and
receptions. for their departure next
week will be a severe blow TO the cltys
girls, as well as to those OF the service
set. and many farewells viii De IN
order.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Metcalf and Miss
Helen Metcalf. with Herman Pohl OF
Guatemala as their guest, are spending
a week at he ST. Francis hotel. en-
route to the north. Their trip viii in
clude Portland. Seattle and Alaska.
The Metcalfs are Los Angeles people.
but Miss Helen Is well known here
through the younger college set, being
a graduate OF the University of Cali
fOrnia.
Mrs Walter Campbell has returned
to town after a visit with old friends
in Washington and Oregon While in
Seattle she was entertained by Mrs
Virgil Bogue. who was Miss Elizabeth
Frye: Mrs. F. ]. Beede. who was Miss
Emily Fraser; Mrs. Alfred Bernstein.
who was Miss Stella Schwabacher, and
Miss Frances Egerton-
Mrs. Francis Barrows Freyer who
has been with her mother, Mrs. Enri-
quita Critcher, here since the depar-
ture of her husbands ship. viii leave
on Saturday for Georgia, where she
will spend the winter with Mr.. Freyer's
people.
An engagement OF great interest
here is that OF Miss ImOgen Hosker Of
Chicago and Captain Thomas B. Doe.
which was announced at tea in the
Hoskers' Chicago home last week Cap
tain Doe is well known here. for he
was stationed at the PresidiO for two
years and was a great favorite in the
smart set The marriage viii take
place in the fall. Captain Doe and his
bride going Immediately afterward 10
Sandy hook, where he is at present
stationed