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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
STEWART MAY BE THE MAN.
'erm"n'er" In Washington Think Pres
ent Senator May he Elected nv
Legislature This Fall,

Springfield, Mass. MAY TT
seems to be strong feeling among GER
tam Nermonters in Washington who are
in close touch with what is doing under
the political surface back in the Green
Mountain state. that Senator John "
Ste"art who was appointed BY the gov
ernor to temporarily fill the place OF the
late Senatof Proctor. may eventually he
the men elected by next falls Iepisla-
ture. says "A Washington correspondent
fpf"the Republican,. This Is IN spite Of the
aftiTe campaign 81 ex-Gov. Carroll &
Page. Congressman David J. Foster and
others.
The Idea Is that the Proctor forces
Will be behind Stewart and that, while
Gov. Fletcher Proctor does not desire
Tor private reasons to come to the Senate
just yet. he has not by any means aban-
doned his ambition to enter the Senate
a few years hence. The election of Stew
art would At in with the Governors am
bition better that the choice of any OF
the active contestants. Nor. in spite Of
Senator Stewards age. would the selec-
ton be n bad one for Vermont. He would
lend quite as much dignity to the 20
sition as any Of the others and he Is
so hale and hearty and SO mentally acute
that in spite Of his So years, he would
be able to bear his share OF the burdens
of legislation with credit. when he had
once served for a sufficient period 10 get
daily into the harness.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
BROCKNEY-HANLON.
Wedding of Two Young BurlinEtOninnS
Mt st. Nnry's cathedral.

A vorY pretty Wedding took place Mon
day morning at : o'clock at st. Mary's
Cathedral. when Charles Rrockncy was
IIanlon. Til" ceremony was performed by
the Rev. w. =. Crosby in the presence
of a large numhcr of friends.
The bride was Epwned In a brown
suit with a large picture hat to
match and carried G~old-mounted anne
thyst PRAYER beads. Miss Anna Merchant
acted as bridesmaid and was attired in
a brown Panama suit, with a picture
hat to match. The best man was Albert
.~SrOckney, n brother OF the groom, and
the ushers were Jack Smith and Edward
DoGan, friends Of the groom. The we'd
ding marches were played in a charm
ing manner by Miss Jennie Bacon.
The groom is ~well-known in Burliig-
ton, having been in the employ Of the
Arbuckle Co. for several years. and has
many friends. The bride was formerly
in the emplov of the Matted Cereals
ompan and also has a wide circle Of
friends. She received many beautiful and
useful presents. Mr.. and Mrs. Brockney
left on p morning train for a short we'd
ding trip to Montreal and on their return
will he at home to their friends at l06
Howard street.
Among those present at the wedding
from out of the city were Mrs. Stella
LA Point Of Schenectady, y. Y. and
stephen Hanlon OF P~lattsburgh, ". Y,
a brother of the bride.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
NURSES NEED QUARTERS.
Tag Day" Mt Rutland to Help Hospl.
tai Building Fund.

Rutland. May 26.-The student
nurses Of the Rutland city hospital
will give a dance Tomorrow evening
to raise money to swell the fund to
build A nurses' home in connection
with the hospital. Tomorrow will be
designated as tag day and little
girls will go about the streets asking
for subscriptions for the hospital.
Every person who contributes, how.
cver little, will receive. n small tau
In the form Of a red cross The hos
pifal is badly In need of nurses quar-
tors as they are at present compelled
TO sleep In the attic so that because
or the nearness to the patients. there
Is no opportunity for amusement or
recreation. There is already n fund
OF $4,000 for the building. This wa,
started about two years ago when
John ~. Woodfin offered to give $1,000
when a like amoun should be raised
In March, 1907, Miss Mary T.. Cramton
CAV" a thousand dollars and the La
dies Aid society has since added SOW.
cral smaller amounts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
FOR UNPAID TAXES
Constable Florence Advcrtising Prop
erty for Sale June ~.

Constable. \. e. Florence has advertised
for sale TO recover taxes due a number of
pieces of real estate. The properties adj
vertiscd are those OF Alexander Thomas,
30 Murray street; Paul Plant. ~ Inter
vale avenue Alexander 7. Kirby, Alex
ander and Ceiina Seymour. and others,
corner OF Chas" and Grove street: owen
Costello. rs North street; w. n.
Buckley and others. lots nos. Q and 10 In
a plan of Gay & Henderson. lying on
south side Of Toward street: Anna Nc
Gettrick, 100 park street; Thomas II
Kelley. ial Park street.
The sales are scheduled to take place
at the city hall. June Il, ut nine O'Clock
a. NJ. unless the taxes are previously
paid. This action on the part of CON
! stable Florence Is in accord with author
~ization from the boo ri of aldermen to
collect unpaid taxes. both property and
poll. The constable has already adver-
tised the Masonic Temple property fof
sale and has collected many poll taxes
by trustee process.
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FINED FOR SHORT TROUT.
Lockwood and Snow % bennington
Caught by Hurry Chase.

Bennington. May 2'.-Thairman Sh"i-
don n. Rockwood of the board Of Ii
the board of license commissioners
cense commissioners and Harry Snow,
an employ of the Cooper Manufac-
turing company. We're arraigncd m
municipal court this morning on the
charge Of catching short trout Rock
wood was arrested yesterday on the
Pickford hollow stream with six short
trout In his basket. snow was apprr-
hended on the Glastonbury stream and
his shorts" numbered five. Both were
arrested by County Warden Harry
Chase. Judge Bates fined the fisher
men s. apiece for each OF their Illegal
nsh. The costs in the cas- Of Rock
wood were $40 and in the case If
Snow 1921.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
VERMONT TRADE REPORT.
A Small Increase In New Busines"-
Crops Are Backard.

Reports TO Bradstreet's for the week
show some small increase in new bust
ness received by certain manufacture
ing interests but buying is still re-
stricted to small orders. enough to
supply Immediate wants. New IN
Quiry in building lines has been more
apparent, demand for building mater
ial has shown an Increase. with
spring building work we'll under way,
demand for plumbing goods and kin
dred lines shows some Improvement.
Reports from slate belt show large
amount of business on hand, with
prices holding up well. Wholesale
dealers in food stuns report volup
OF trade better than normal. although
confectionery dealers find market
slow. Weather conditions are uneve
and season Is backward and all crops,
lstc, Retail trade continues but lit
tie changed from last week. Vol
ume of business done is consider ID
fair in view of the general situation.
Manufacturers OF knit goods are max
ing plans to send men out for the
are more Or less uneven with slow
ness prevailing, Some new enter
prises have been organized during
the past week.
I Burlington reports some new build
ing work commenced. Machine bust
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28

many quiet ways. She was at one time
president OF the Michigan branch of the
Woman's Auxiliary and later president
Of the Vermont branch of the same or
e. nization. Mrs. Gray had been some
thing OF an invalid for four years, but
vas not In any serious condition until
this last year. She had failed ra pidly
during the winter and spring and death
ca mo as n relief from suffering. No one
who knew Mrs. Gray could forget her
charming personality and the sweetness
and grace of her outward manner were
but partial proof Of the lovely character
within.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs.
George W. Wales. two sis ,ers, Mrs. Will
liam @. shaw. lately of this city, and
Mrs. Pope Of Geneva, n. Y, and by two
brothers. John Bissell of Detroit, Mich,
and william Rissell of California.
The funeral was held from st. Taul's
, church Wednesday at 4 y. m, Will
burial in Green Mount cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
SON OF LIEUT.. GOV. DRAPER
Learning How TO Make cotton cloth
I'm 70 BURLINGTON Mil.

The New York Times Of Monday had
the following special despatch of local
interest;
Burlington. We. May 24.-Bristow ORA
per. son of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
Massachusetts, graduate of Exeter and
Harvard. is working as n spinner in a
local cotton mill sixty hours a week for
Sis per day, and living in n humble cot
ticc at e. Buell. street with his bride
nc two-months-old baby. Mrs. Draper
was Qucenie Sanford, a well known ac-
trcss.
Mir. Draper declares he is happier than
he ever was, and that If he had known
the fulincSs Of life which marriage has
brought him he would have married
three YEARS ago. in spite of the protests
of any one. Since his location In Bur
lington "A few months ago he has devoted
himself strictly to- his work in the cotton
mill. and says he will continue as a
spinner until ne has won promotion to a
higher place.
81 h.lieye in a fellow doing as his
hudgmcnt tolls him, in marryin~ tho girl
he loves and making his own way In the
World" he said.
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ness reports an Increase in volume Of
orders. Wholesalers of building ma
terial report fair amount of new
business Rutland reports some 15T
of labor unemployed hut, notwith-
standing this. the volume Of retail
business holds up well, with general
conditions slow. st. Adams Nor
chants report trade reasonably good
for season compared with general
conditions. Crops are late but prus.
poets are said to be encouraging. At
81. Johnsbury merchants report some
Improvement In retail trade. weather
having been n factor in this direction.
Collections are reported fair. Mont
pelier reports that with more settled
conditions among granite works gan
eral business has improved. although
it continues light with poor %collec~
lions. Barre granite manufacturer
report fair amount Of business ana
some new orders among quarry own
ers. Paper mills at Bennington are
fairly busy, hosiery mill and onc
Knit goods plant employed full time.
Other plants operated short force.
Ochre manufacturers are resuming
business In n small way. Brattleboro
Manufacturers report plants operated
fairly well, although not fun force.
General mercantile business Is a lit
tie quiet. Paper mills at Bellows
Fails operating from 20 to 6Oce Of
capacity. Weather has been favorable
for general trade but volume Is said
TO be lighter than usual. Brandon
reports general retail trade ebnut
average. Labor fairly well employed.
inc season is late for farmers, who
are eXpcriccing trouble in planting
low-lying districts owing to excess
sive rains.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
EASTERN STARS GOOD YEAR
Three New Lodges and Gain of 433
Members over 1907,

Remington. MAY ?5-H. l. stillson'
grand secretary of the Grand Chapter
Of Vermont. order Of the Eastern Star.
has completed his Goth annual report,
which shows a mosf prosperous year.
There are 81 chapters In the state, a
gain OF three over last year. The new
chapters are: Minerva, No 6S. Of Corinth;
West River, No. 50. o. Townshend Far
Haven. No. 20. OF Fair Haven. one
chapter SURRENDERED ITS charter, Met
towel, No. ~, OF Pawlct. There are 5.'S6
members. a gain of 433 over 1907. The
gain would have been much more but
for the large number Of deaths and
limits. The treasury shows a much bet
ter condition than last year. There is in
.he general fund A,4pN home fund,
s1.sson: hospital fund, &.+35; total So
a5s.S. This is exclusive Of accrued in
forest at four per Gent. since January l.
1905.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
SETS ASIDE THE VERDICT
Peck-Erhardt Cases Not Decided Ac-
cording to Law Says Judge.

Montpelier, May 2s.-Judge Alfred A.
court at Montpelier this morning to dis
pose OF several cases that were pending
wheE an adjournment of the March term
OF Washington county court was reached.
A hearing was first given IN the case OF
w. w. Perkins VS.. Charles Y. Kent of
this city. an Orange county case, In
which foreclosure on a farm IN Brook
field Is involved.
Judge Hall set aside the verde. in the
Peck-Erhardt cases. heard at the last
term. on the ground that II was against
the Law and the evidence. Judge Hall said
the jury could rot be blamed for the
verdict they rendered as they did the
best they could with the case, hut the
evidence was conflicting and the cases
were very complicated.
In the case of u A. Perry VS.. W. n,
and J. F.. Ward. a decision was given
for the defendant to recover his costs.
In the case OF Mamie Austin VS.. ID. A,
Austin and wife the appeal from the
justice court was dismissed. the judg-
ment Of that court was affirmed. and
the property in question was ordered
returned to the defendants. This was a
replevin case in which several cows were
taken on a writ.
Arguments were made to-day IN the
case of II. X. Bush. receiver, vs.. the
Harrison Granite company and the Ma
tional bank OF Barre; general assumpslt
This Is an old case and has several times
been before the court, Other chancery
cases will he taken up tomorrow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
POINT VIVIAN HOTEL FIRE.
Loss Of about Si5.OOO nenr Alexandria
Bp, on 81. Lawrence.

O~gdcnshurgh y. y May 2d.-Point
Vivian Hotel, three miles from Alex
andria bay. on the st. Lawrence
river together with half a dozen boat
houses and two valuable launches was
destroyed by fire early his morning.
The hotel was a wooden structure as
wcr, also the boat houses and was
owned by George Goodpenny Of Their
csa. An explosion of a stove or lamp
is %suppOscd 10 have caused the fire.
Tho loss Is about $4,000.
Tine derrick and coal sheds of TN &.
T.. Shields CO.. at Brockvile near here
wer" destroyed by fire about two
o'clock this morning. The coal barge
Mary Lyon. owned by the George Hall
coal co. of Og~densburgh, was par
TALLY destroyed. The loss was about
$1,000" The origin Of the fire is un-
known.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
VERY FRANK.

A minister, who once preached in a
little out-of-the- way town where there
was a great deal Of struggle and hardship
TO get along. a great deal OF close-fsted
shrswdness. and a great deal OF poverty,
having been there a good many years, at
last made UP his mind TO resign. and, to
the surprise OF his congregation. made
the following announcement one Sunday
morning:
Brethren and sisters. II seems to me
that the Lord does not love this people
because He never takes any of YOU to
heaven; there hasn't been a funeral here
for Ave years.
1T does not seem TO me that you love
one another. because nobody ever gets
married | haven had a wedding Zee
for . | nj time.
1T dissent seem to me that you love
your minister. for you never pay his
salary in full; you exc 1t out with
potatoes and wormy apples, and by their
! fruits We shall know them.
II am going to a better place, nave
been appointed chaplain ia the peniten-
tiary, and l will prepare a place for
YOU"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
H WEEKLY SOLD.
Eastern Herald Was Founded b. r. T.
Scully In Burlington,

Rutland. May 2s.-The Eastern Herald,
Nermont's Catholic newspaper. has been
sold by its founder and former manager,
T. r. Scully. to F.. +. Roche, editor OF
the Whitehall. n. Y. Times. who will
extend the field of the newspa per "a
northern New York. as we'll as Vermont.
Mr.. Scully will continue his connection
with the publication as special represent
tative for Vermont.
The Eastern Herald. which is in It's
nth volume, was founded at Burlington
by Mr., Scully on November IS. 1905, and
was called the Vermont Catholic Review
The name was changed to the Eastern
Herald on April q. 1905. The pa per was
moved to Rutland about four month";
ago and since that time it has been print
ed here, The paper, under It's new man
agement will be changed to eight pages
and will be otherwise improved.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
A Million Dollars Worth of Prop.
erty Destroyed by Flood
In Dallas.
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS LOST
The POOR Residence Quarter IL under
Several Feet of Watcr-No water
or Light Service for tho city
Fund Being Vai~rd for
Relief of tho Homeless.

Dallas. Texas. May 25.-Four lives lost.
more than s1.np,.0o worth of property
destroyed. 1905. persons homeless and
telegraph and telephone wires west and
southwest put out Of commissiou are In.
result of an overflow of Trinity river last
night and to-day. Tho poor residence
quarters Of Dallas is under sovcrA! feet
of water and thousands have lost their
household effects.
The water works plant is out Of COM
mission and the light plant is inundated.
Mayor Hay has issued - proclamation
closing all saloons frcm $50 O'Clock to-
night until five o'clock tomorrow. Funds
wore raised to-day for the relief of the
homeless.
Following the torrcntial rains of
Saturday ana sunday. p volume Of
seven inches. the river went three
inches above the record breaking food
Of 1889.
stock valued at many thousands Of
dollars was washed down streams and
DESTROYED. rio paralysis O. railroad
service is almost total. The ln'orurhhr
has discontinued service between Fort
Worth and Dallas.
A woman. a child and three mon.
represent the known victims of the
food.
A negro child was washed from lis
mothers arms. in tn" Rock Island
wards and has not hccn seen since. An
unknown white man was =
quarter of a mile from the Log bridge.
ills coat contained n note of farow'Il
and was found lodged In a tree top.
A negro attempting To pilot ~" men
In a buggy through J""p water OPP
pnsite the city park gate WIS thrown
from his horse and his BODY has not
been. recovered. A German in North
Fort Worth was caught In the swift
water and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
MRS. HUMPHREY WARD
IN A TRAIN WRECK

Winnipeg, Man, May 2s.-Mr'
Humphrey Ward, -fhe novelist, was u
passenger on a Capadian Pacific train
which by the sinking of the road bed
on the main line 100 miles east OF here
last night, WAS derailed. Mrs. ware
escaped injury but several passenger
were slightly hurt h mail clerks
were seriously injured. Fifteen thou
sand dollars worth OF registered mai
Is submerged in a small lake into
which the mail cars landed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
III RS REPAIRED.

Get our fairs rcpa red now. I will be
IN your vicinity soon, and viii be glad to
do your work. All work taken will be
delivered this fall In first class condi-
ton. Best Of references. Prices reason
able. If O have any work To be done,
drop me a postal at the address below.
Max Goldstein, Il Margaret St, Platts-
hureh, n. Y. 4, vat
y will he around Burlington and Yer
gennes the I'd inst.
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FOUND BODY BY TRACK.
Unknown Man Killed year SwantO
suppose dIy stealing Ride.

Swanton, May 26-Tne crew of a Cen
trail Vermont freight train discovered
the body of an unknown man beside the
track a mile south Of this station at
eight O'Clock this morning. He may have
been stealing a ride on an earlier train
that left ST. Adams at six o'Cock The
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28

town authorities were , titled and the
body was ordered removed to undertake
ing room here. Two Italians. stealing
rides on the morning trains, are held for
possible aid In identifying the dead
man.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
WON EMS LIST.

Rebecca w. Baker. Louise Wheeler
Rarrows. Miss Lulu Rascomhe. Mrs.
Charles lombard, Miss Mary c.. Cone,
"Linderhurst", Mrs, II. G. Collins. Mrs.
A. II. Haren, Mrs. Charles Macumber,
Mrs. Herman Sager. Mary A. SHAY ", Mrs.
NJ. Il. Snevily, No. 81 Macon street, Miss
Kate Young.
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IMPROVEMENTS At II ALLEN
PARK.


Z visitors 70 hthan Allen iark' WI"
are very Numerous these peasant days.
find that the park commissioners nave
made many d"slranl" improvements
since last season. Inc plne grove
north ~ III" H''fah'e mas n'eh c'"areh
or stumps ana me E'"uhn s"oo'heo -
that n Is now W. hne shape 10 use -
number OF sea'S nave neeh piaceu
among the trees also picnic 'aoies io'
the use or par'i's nes'rihs '"e"'.
Swings have zen hung IN several
places in the pax ana are a great az
traction to the children and 70 many
adults A good deal OF work has been
done In removing from all parts OF
the park. old stumps and ,otPer uepris
80 that the psrK is rapidly assuming
a very fine app rance
}.v The 70 PM IN
quite a number OF pieces OF play
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
BURLINGTON SAVINGS BANK
INCORPORATED 1s47


ttentio is called to h following section of tn Vermont stste isw'
create at such time in the year as the bank commissioner hn1l designate
ne trustees II savings banks savings sttution and rust ompnnic shall
call n the deposit books for xaminauo IN verihcaton. n eau the
to he examined n verified b y some person, oher thar the treasurer
or his clerks. empioyed for tina Purpose ad approved by said commissioner
n Bank Commissioner having designated the month Of Nay, 1905. ft
such erihcation deposhorsw will please bring or sed their books to n banb
as soon as convenient that they may be examined n verified in accordance,
with he law
CHARLES r. SMITH. rresident. r w. WARD, treasure
HENRY GREENE. vice-preside,s. r. s. 1sHAM, A.st Treasure