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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02
BEAVER.

Miss Alace Cherrler, daughter Of A. L.
Cherrier, died Wednesday morning No
vember 81. Her funeral was attended at
the house Friday at HOO a n.-Thomay
Cross and wife and Henry Bossett md
wife spent Thanksgiving In burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02

and Mrs Moses Clement have returned
from Belvidere where they have becp
running camp for the past three
months. Prof. Il. T. Green, superintend-
emit Is In town assisting in the schools.
lie expects to put In about three weeks
of continuous work here
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02

York. 35-foot power boat raised
decker style. Tho boat will come into
Lake Champlain Just as soon as nav
igation opens next spring.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02
ORLEANS COUNTY.
CRAFTSBURY

The dance given BY the Woodmen last
week Wednesday was well attended -
The village school was closed three days
last week.-Harry Macomber has fin
ished his work with the Stratton BROTH
rs.--Ella Smith returned to Woodbury.
last Sunday. families out OF town
for Thanksgiving We're George and Will
liam Tillitson, Jennie Twiss In Hardwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. II. Kinney In Troy
The organization OF Modern Mechanics
OF America attended church in a body
last Sunday and heard very able SER
mon by the Rev. w. Il. Allen.-Mrs.
Theron Miller went Monday to the Mary
Fletcher hospital. She was accompanied
by Mrs f, s. Stratton.--Dora Gallagher
was home from burlington and Avis Kcir
from Barre for Thanksgiving.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02

Wilbur Meisgs have returned from their
wedding trip and will spend the winter
at the home of her father, Alexander
Newton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02
WoLCOTT.

Miss Nora Twiss Is attending higf
school ut Craftsbury. Jackson haH
received word Of the death OF his broth.
or, George In the hospital Mt Hanovsn
~ IT, Death was due to cancer of the
stomach --Miss Maud Carpenter has
gone to Warren for the winter. Mrs. g.
A. Fife returned horne from Morrisv,llS
Tuesday where she fas been since
Thanksgiving day with her daughter,
Mrs A. J. Nallcau. who is ill-Miss
Ethel Hoyt Is attending school at the
Morrsville acadcmy.-Mrs. James l..
Peck is very low from valvular disease
Of the heart.-Mrs. Edward Jacobs hat
gone to her home In Morristown to PACK
her household goods to ship to Montana
where they will make their home.-A.
w. Foster he's moved his barber shop
into bis new hnildinEs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02

Mr.. Northway and son Of westford vert
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Mcclure
Thanksgiving day.--Mr. and Mrs II
Doroughty are tho parents OF q son born
November ?j
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02
LAMOILLE COUNTY
BELVrDERE
JOHNSON.

Mrs. w. Scofeld. who is at Mary Flet-
cher hospital, is improving
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-02
LOWELL.

Al the special town meeting called No
vember 80 the town voted to sustain Milo
Hines az town agent VS.. !. Stephenson
(COntinued ON page ~
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05

Henry NJ. r u t Il e y, chairman of the board of railroad commis- sioners of New HamD-
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05
General Markets.

New York. Aug. 3.
 BUTTER - Unsettled; receipts, 20 4S1 packages; creamery, specials, Hc. (oficial 27c); extras, 26Iac.; thirds to firsts, 23a 26c; state dairy, common to finest, a0a 26c process, firsts to special, 20a241hc. western, factory, 2Oa211kc.; imitation creamery, 22a23c.
 CHEESE-Steady; receipts, 10,232 boxes state, new, full cream, special, 144a15b<c. small, coIored. fancy, 14c.; large, colored, fancy 14c.; small white, fancy, 14c.; good to prime, 13a131hc.; common to fair, 1la I21bc.; skins, full to specials, 3a11Ac.
 EGGS - Firm; receipts, 17,0T4 cases state, Pennsylvania and nearby, hennery, white, sOa32c.; gathered. white, 25a30c hennery, brown and mixed, fancy, 28a29c. gathered, brown, fair to prime, 24a27c western, extra firsts, 24a25hc.; firsts, 2215a 231kc.; seconds, 20a22c.
 LIVE POULTRY - Steady; quotations not made as yet on freight stock; express fowls. 16c; chickens, 17a1Sc.
 DRESSED POULTRY-Irregular; broil- CTS, nearby, fancy, squab per pair, 40a Soc; lbs to pair, per h., 2oa25c.; wests ern dry picked, 15a1Sc.; scalded, Halle. fowls, barrels, 16a161hc.; old roosters, 11a 111hc; spring ducks, nearby, 161ha17c. squabs, white, per doz.. S2a350; frozen broilers, milk fed, fancy, per lb., 2Oc. corn fed, fancy, 1Ta1Sc.; roasting chick ems, milk fed, 16a4c.; corn fed, 13a20c. {; geese, No. l, 9ai0c
 HAY AND STRAW-Steady; timothy, per hundred. soc. .aS1. .O215; shipping, 7OaTc. clover mixed. 65aS0c.; clover, 60a70c.; long rye straw S0a90c.; oat and wheat, 40c. {; small bales, 2l2a5c. less.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05

Asserting that J. F. McMurray, m attorney, is seeking a contract with the Choctaw -ChickaSaw Indians that will net him several million dollars, pro- test was filed with the government by Green McCurtain, chief of the Choctaw nation.
 The first tube in the series of four tunnels being bored by the Pennsylva- mia railroad under the East river be- tween Manhattan and Long Island City was completed and is ready for the fn- stallatfon of tracks and operating equipment.
 A reciprocal patent treaty between the United States and Germany which is of far reaching importance to the commercial world was simultaneously promulgated by President Taft and the emperor of Germany.
 A grant of $2,500 annually for the support of the Russian Immigrants home in New York, which was found ed by Archbishop Platto, was made by Emperor Nicholas.
 Trading stamps are now contraband in Georgia, Governor Brown having signed the bill which prohibits the use of little stickers for barter or trade inducements.
 Because they were barred from talk ing while at their monday luncheon POO young women waistmakers in New York went on strike.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05
Live Stock Markets.

CATTLE-Dressed beef, S1ka1Okc. per pound
 CALVES-City dressed veals, SaS1ac per pound; country dressed, 7a11c. dressed grassers and buttermilks, 51aa7c
 SHEEP AND LAMBS-Dressed mutton, 7a10Ihc. per pound; dressed lambs, s14a 12hc HOGS - Quoted at $S.SOaS.45 per 100 mounds
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05
FOREIGN
 NEWS OF INTEREST.

empire by Imperial Chancellor Beth mann-Hollweg. ..# t.s
 The pen with which President Me Kinley and Jules Cambon, then French ambassador at Washington, signed the Spanish-American preliminary peace agreement on Aug. 12, 1898. was pre- scented to Stephen Pichon, minister of foreign affairs, by NJ. Thiebaut for merly first secretary of the French em- bassy at Washington and now minis ter of Argentina, and was deposited in the Foreign Office museum at Paris.
 Lewis Rodman Wanamaker and Miss Violet Cruger, daughter of the late Eugene Guido Cruger of New York, were married in London.
 The Kiel canal, in Germany, was closed to traffic in consequence of the emperor of Russia passing through on his way to England.
 Thousands were rendered homeless, 10000 houses were destroyed and more than $1S,OOO,O00 damage was done by a fire in Osaka, Japan. .t.
 A thousand people were drowned and 1000 houses submerged by flood in Kirin. Manchuria.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05
GRIM ES AND

NeW 1OIk lO pIeNeuI the supreme court from granting the application of Chong Sing, the self confessed partner of Leon Ling, the supposed murderer of Elsie Sigel, the girl missionary, for a writ of habeas corpus.
 Blinded by the fashlight set off by a photographer in the Hudson and Man haitian Railroad company's station under the Hudson Terminal building at New York, Nels A. Johnson, a switchman, stepped in front of train entering the station and was instantly killed.
 Walter Zeller, aged nineteen years, who murdered his grandfather last October in Vineland, N. J., was grant ed respite for thirty days by Gov ernor Fort, who was moved to his act of clemency by the pleas of Mrs. w. E. Cooper, mother of Walter.
 Many passengers were severely shaken up aud Owen Meredith, an ex- press messenger, was fatally injured at Bellefontaine, O., when a Big Four passenger train crashed through an open switch into restaurant, demol- ishing the building.
 Following a boxing bout in which he took part on board the battleship Yer | mont, George Foster, a colored mess attendant, died at Provincetown, Mass His opponent, Frank Williams, also colored, was a fellow mess attendant on the same ship.
 Frederick J. Smythe, a lawyer of Rochester, N. Y, was killed and his ] wife, three children and Mrs. A. B. l Davis were injured when his auto mobile turned tdA'tle near Rochester, pinning the party under the heavy machine.
 l Charged with using the mails to de- 1 fraud, J. A. McNulty, president, and H. Van Vleet, secretary and treasurer of the American Civil Service institute, | incorporated, were arrested in Wash ington by postotfice inspectors.
 Richard H. Van Alstyne, a man prominent in politics, a former asso- ciate of ,ex-Governor Black and depu- ty internal revenue collector, shot and killed himself at the Island Golf club. Cohoes, N. '.
 Louis S. Gottlieb, treasurer of He brew Actors union 752. New York city, was arrested in Washington charged with misappropriating S4SO the property of his fellow actors.
 -Chaun Lox Wing, Chinese vice con- sul at New York, was shot and killed in the offices of the consulate by a young Chinaman named Wong Bow Gheung from Atlantic City.
 Grace VivianO, five years old, and Thomas VivianO, two and half years old, children of wealthy manufactur- CT of St. Louis, were Kidnapped and held for 5000 ransom.
 A roll of bills amounting to $540 was stolen from locker in a Boston police station. The locker was in. the guardrOom, to which none had access but the police officials.
 George Johnson, white, who murder ed John W. Moore, a farmer, near Platte City, Mo, June 20 was taken from the jail at Platte City by fifty men and lynche1.
 Antonio PanH,a and Mrs. Clara Pig
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05
DEATHS OF NOTED PEOPLE.

shire and for years one of the leaders of the Republican party in that state, died of apopleXy at Manchester. N. H.
 Solomon Hicks Bethea, United States judge for the northern district of Hi nois, died at Sterling, H., of paralysis of the heart. He was United States district attorney in Chicago during the investigation of the beef trust and was prominent figure in the Republican party in Illinois. ..... a'"E
 Mrs. Jeanne Eliza Bailly- Blanchard Of New Orleans, mother of Arthur Bailly- Blanchard, second secretary of the American embassy at Paris, and daughter of Seaman Field of New York, died at her country place at Bagnoles, France. .
 The Rev. pr. John G. Butler, one of the most prominent Lutheran minis ters in the country, dropped dead at his home in Washington. Forty years ago he was chaplain of the house, and from 1886 to 1893 he was chaplain of the senate. ..-
 George k. Conklin of Monroe, one of lhG oSNl hItO W IL buSlllSSS &Aeil upper New York state, membST>of the firm of Conklin & Knight, died suddenly of heart disease at his summer home Cliff cottage Mombassha Lake, N. Y.
 Calvin Wells, aged eighty-two years former owner of the Philadelphia Press and former partner of the firm of Hussey, Wells X Co, Philadelphia. died at Pittsburg.
 Dr. George D. Dowkonnt, physician. author and editor, died of bronchitis and nervous complaints at New York. He was sixty-seven years old and was born in London.
 William G. Binney, author of works on natural history and father of the Princess de Camporeale of Rome, died of paralysis at Burlington, N. J..
 Colonel Leopold Markbreit, mayor oi Cincinnati, died at his home In that city after brief illness. He was six, ty-seyen years old.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05
spopTINc The twenty-four hour .rrn,pe automobile race at the
 Brighton Beach mo-

tordome was won by George Robert son in a fifty horsepower Simplex car. He covered 1,091 miles, and his near est competitor was fifty miles behind him. ....#
 For the fifth consecutive time the New England interstate match, the feature of the annual tournament of the New England Military Rife asso. citation at Wakefield, Mass, was won by the Massachusetts militia.
 Fred Lucas, New York middle weight, was battered into helpless condition by Sailor Burke in the first round of a ten round bout at Brook lyn
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05
NEWS
 OF OUR N EIGHB BORS.

El Paso was on Mexican soil, and the authorities at Washington were asked to straighten out the tangle.
 Six persons were killed and thirty five wounded in a riot at Guadalajara, capital of the state of Jalisco and the second largest city in Mexico. Two of the dead were Americans.
 A plot to overthrow President Gomez of Venezuela and to reinstate Cipriano Castro was discovered at Caracas and many arrests were made.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05

S1ni. an elopinG couple. were shot aRo htahbed to death i'll Canton, O.. by Mrs. Panilla, who then quietly submit ted to arrest.
 | rank Steiner of Brooklyn was drowned and six persons were thrown into the East river, New York, when a gasoline engine in launch exploded.
 Beatrice Mahaney of Duboise, Pa, and William NJ. Yorkey of Auburn, her flance, were drowned in OwaSco lake, Auburn, x. l., while boating.
 Fifteen persons were killed and sev- enty injured in head-on collision be- tween two electric passenger trains at Lacrosse, Ida.
 Mrs. William T. Chase, a third cousin of President Taft, was instantly killed by an Erie express train at Middle town, N. I.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05

An old map was dis
 covered in M exfc c showing that the pres ant site nf fha city nf
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-05

Nearly 2,500,000 train ed sharpsheoters were added to the defensive farnne, NF %hn Tax.rp,aro
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23

u u b u u u u II u " % ~ d AA
phreys get the story from then?' My
father told him to ask the Advertiser
about that Cathcart then INDUCED in
some profane language regarding my
father, Lghtfoot and Humphreys, and
asked some more questions about the
happenings of last fall. He was again
told by my father to go to the Adj
vertiser for his information. Cathcart
then stood up, taking off his glasses.
My father stood up also and faced
him, Then my father went behind
the counter, and Cathcart leaned on
the showcase facing him. He wanted
to know some more about what he
called the 'put-up job but my father
would tell him nothing. Then Cath
cart said. III / catch hold of you, I
will lick you Lick me?' asked my
father. Yes said Cathcart; L dare
you to strike me; then I'll give you n
licking My father said, No; this is
my store. You had better get out OF
here Cathcart walked over to the
door and said, Come on outside and
I'll lick YOU My father would not
go outside. but walked from behind
the counter Cathcart returned from
the doorway, walking up close to my
father. My father then started to go
back towards the rear of the store.
when Cathcart made some remark
about licking him. My father turned
his head just in time to receive blow
from Cathcart on the side of the neck.
stepped between them then, and
pushed Cathcart outside the store.
HE tried to get back in again, but
stood In the entrance and refused
to allow him to pass. / told him he
was no gentleman to act that way,
and he said he knew that 1t wasn't
right to go in, but he had grudge
against my father He said he didn't
want to hurt me; he only wanted to
get at my father. He talked for
while, then turned and went down
Bethel street toward the Postofice or
the police station.
",rhere were two boys. one of whom
] think is the son of Representative
Kama, who saw Cathcart in the store.
Lee Tong, a hack-driver at the
Bethel street stand, was also wit
ness"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23
What Captain Dan Said.

The Call.-To the landsman trans
fer from command of the liner China
to the bigger and newer Manchuria
might look like promotion. To Captain
Daniel Friele, however, the change was
an unwelcome interruption in the
placid current of his life that the com
modore of the Pacific Mail company
tolerated only because his sense of duty
compelled obedience. He made one
voyage on the Manchuria to demon
strate his willingness to obey orders
and then applied to be reassigned to
his beloved China. OF Friele IS love for
the China they are telling this story:
When the Manchuria entered the har-
Dor at Hongkong the China was there.
Captain Friele on the bridge of the
Manchuria turned his binoculars on the
China, and for fifteen minutes gazed
at his old ship. AS he gazed his of
ficers saw a tear course down his star
board cheek and there was pent up sor-
row and Indignation in his voice as
he soliloquized:
"There, gentlemen, is ship. That IS
no dam warehouse.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23
Veterinary Bill Killed Dead.

Sheldon, on conclusion of the order
of the day, moved that House Bill 22S,
the bill relating to veterinary practise,
be taken up from the table, where it
had been voted the day before. This
notion on advice of the chair, was
changed to one to reconsider the vote.
The motion was lost.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23
RUSH WORK ON wARsHIP.

Unless unexpected delays arise be-
tween now and the latter part of May,
the New York Shipbullding Company
Of Camden viii complete the battle
ship Michigan, now in course of con-
struetion, and will turn 1t over to the
government for its trial trip six
months ahead Of time.
This will be considered record I'M
dertaking, for the period of construc-
ton, as stipulated in the contract, was
thirty-eight months, or four months
less than the time clauses in former
large batIleship contracts. says the
North American Philadelphia.
In order to make this record, extra
large forces of men are being employ
ed The Michigan is the first "all-bIg-
gun" war vessel. It's contract calls
for a speed of eighteen and a half
Knots an hour for four consecutive
hours. Its hull is of steel, eleven and
twelve inches thick.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23
EYE DISEASES
LEAD IN CITY

Diseases of the eye are still the most
prevalent among the people of this
city, according to report submitted
TO the Territorial Board OF Health at
its meeting yesterday by Dispenser
Nugent. His report, which is very in
teresting in so far ms the nationalities
are concerned, showing that the Portu-
guese lead by far in the number Of cases
treated, is as follows:
M. =. Robinson, ESD, President Terri
torial Board of Health, Honolulu.
Sir:-Elerewith | submit report Of
the cases a the free dispensary for the
month of March, 1909.
Number of cases treated, 3sl.
Number of medical cases, 127.
Number of surgical cases, 254.
Number of prescriptions filed, ISL.
Number of eye treatments, 1912.
Number of health certificates grant
ed, lG.
Number of children vaccinated, 1.
Nationalities.
Portuguese, 1874; Korean, "a; Hawai-
ian, 46; Porto Rican, 20; Spanish, 25;
American, 10; Part Hawaiian, 49,; Chi
nese, .; Japanese, 4; Negro, A German,
3; Norwegian, 2; Scotch, 3; Italian, i;
British, j Irish Scandinavian, /.
Respectfully submitted,
+. X. NUGENT,
Dispenser, Government Free Dispensary.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23
THE SONS STORY.

The following is the way Glen Goo
On, son of Goo Wan Hoy, told the
story:
"Cathcart stumbled In my fathers
store short while after 10 o'clock
tonight in what appeared to me to
be half-drunk condition. My father
was sitting on "A stool in front of the
soda fountain, He said, Good even
ing, Mr.. cathcart,' very politely. Cath
cart did not answer, but turned and
lighted his cigarette. He turned
around and eyed my father critically
for short space and then went over
and sat down on the stool near him.
Cathcart then wanted to know If
Humphreys and Iightfoot had an in
terest In the buslness--ths store-with
my father. The latter answered no,
that he was independent In the bust
ness. Cathcart then asked II he was
the Goo Wan Hoy who put up JOB
on him last fall. My father answered
that he had only told what was the
truth in the matter. Cathcart then
said, Who did the Advertiser or Hum
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23

~ rlit aaf fannit aNtlhis tad ~hi.h
ehf MNeh wa faalnsHsfsA Hn enc
mailen ui stnRiHf uainr. We stated
ihat H eas his initnileh in fsis2 she
kudiief 60 $500 Staf and ihs clB
ana t'onniy Atiofnef 10 5000 rh7
iuoglors madN by Qalnn hHA Feupnata
hf Moore we're rsffltd
Harvey moved o. taist ths rureftis
ORE from SEQ 20 800. bot the motion
Was lost
senate pu No ~. hslnr the H..
conses for hotels and restaurants, was
passed on Third reading IN the form
recommended by the conference com
mities
The House bill amending the law
providing Tor a Territorial sinking
fund passed second reading
House Bii no, i6e the statue bill,
was handed back to the Senate from
the ways and Means Committee. The
measure provides $4,000 appropria.
ton for a statue Of Kamehameha Ill,
and was laid on the table.
The Senate bill providing for n med
zeal Inspection in the public schools
passed second reading after President
Smith had taken the floor and urged
the necessity OF some such measure.
The bill providing for the payment
OF claim OF the Hilo Electric Light
Company was handed back from the
Ways and Means Committee with the
recommendation that IL be referred 20
the select committee OF the Hawaii
delegation.
courage the diversified industry" was
tabled on the showing that IL was
hopelessly defective.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23
KEEP THIS IN MIND.

Bowel complaint is sure to be preva.
lent during the fruit season. Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy gives prompt relief. For sale
by all dealers, Benson, Smith & Co.,
Ltd, agents for Hawaii
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-23

House Bill 30, Shingle, making
secrecy concerning the presence of dis
ease among animals punishable Of
Tense, was read a third time, a new
section in the bill making it illegal
to trade off glandered horse or one
in which CHAMBERS or farey develops
within two week after sale or trade.
Kaniho had had this bill deferred from
the day before and he renewed his oh.
Evening journal., 1909-09-14
NIGHT INSPECTION
AT MARCUS HOOK

Announcement Is made by Pennsyl-
vania state Quarantine Physician IL.
d. Heller that on and after Wednes-
day. September 10, the night boarding
service will be put into fun operation
at the Marcus Hook quarantine sta
tion. Heretofore vessels desiring a
visit at the station were required to
make official application at either the
quarantine Office i'm Philadelphia or at
the Marcus Hook station.
All that will now be necessary will
be "A signal of four long blasts on a
whistle by the vessel when she is APP
preaching the station.
The new order IS the outcome of th'
agitation carried on by shipping mcJ
since the inauguration of the nigh
boarding service at the Federal quar-
antine station at Reedy Island, which
was established on September 1. 1908
Evening journal., 1909-09-14
CHINESE POSTMAN


1t is not only in France that postal
employees are discontented with their
lot for the Chinese postal workers
are also in a state of ferment. They
are strongly protesting against the re-
muneration which they receive and
which they consider little less than
an insult when compared with the diff
ficulty Of obtaining employment in the
postal service of the Celestial Empire.
The training is arduous, and full of
peril. The men urge, and apparently
with reason. that as it is only the
bravest who adopt the calling of post
man the emouments should not be in
an inverse ratio 10 the difficulty of
attainment.
A son of Heaven wishing 10 enter
the postal service must, to begin with,
give evidence of courage. robustness,
power of endurance, ability to traverse
great distances over mountains and val.
loys. through dangerous forests frequent.
ed by wild beasts and robbers. These
dangerous journeys must be undertaken
alone and accomplished IN a fixed time
Aftor this the would-be letter carrier IS
sent into uncanny places which are con
sidered TO be the abode Of evil spirits.
When tho Chinaman has satisfied Tho
authorities in regard to these matters h'
is appointed a letter carrier-Londoi
Globe.