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GREAT FIRE AT PLYMOUTH
PcmiEr wassett HOusc Destroyed. Fire
Then Entered Pine Forest Where
u StiIl Burns-Farm Houses
Burned.

Plymouth y. II, MAY l2After des-
troying the Pemirewassett House one
Of the most famous obstetrics in the
White Mountains, together with the rail-
road station and express office one OF
the most disastrous fires in this vicinity
for many years. to-day swept into tho
pine forest licked up two farm houses
and tonight was still raging In the
timberland.
The loss on the hotel Is estimated at
$4,000 while the destruction Of the
other property will bring the loss ZIP
to $4,000.
The PemiEeWassett House was
owned by tho Roston'& Maine railroad.
Ma thaniel Hawthorne died in the hotel
in 1864.
The fire apparently caught on the
roof from spark from a locomotive.
The - guests In the hotel escaped
without injury.
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s. OF v. AUXILIARY.
Incrrnsr IN Ncmbcrship-Ni~s Rivers
Reelected Pre- sidrnt

The 18th encampment Of Vermont III.
Vision. Sons of Veterans Auxiliary open.
@d yesterday morning in Memorial hail
The morning session opened at ten
o'clock and the afternoon session began
a, i3o Wand continued until after seven
O'Clock in the evening. AZ the after
neon session all the business Of the en-
Campmcnt was transacted. leaving MOTH
ing for the session which 1t was thought
to be necessary to hold To-day The Off
ccrs for the ensuing year were elected
and the reports for last year Were read.
Tho society has made such satisfactory
progress during the past year that it was
tne will Of the meeting to rc-e|e"t Miss
IGNORE Rivers to another term as plesi-
dtrt.
The meeting was called to order by
tic division president. Miss l.enore RiV-
eis of Bristol After the routine bust
ness of appointing committees, the roll
call. etc. had been disposed "f. the re-
ports of the officers We're read. The re-
crts Of the secretary and treasurer were
especially gratifying. The secretary 6
report showed the membership 10 have
decreased from l2s to les and the number
Of auxiliares to have increased from SIX
to nine The new auxilaries are located
~ St Johnsbury, Springfield aud Bran
dou. The treasurer's report WAS almost
as good. showing "A balance on hand and
practically no outstanding debts After
.he reports of the officers. the meeting
ad iourned for lunch
One Of the most pleasing parts of the
afternoons program was the excmplif1
cation Of the ritual by the Johnson AUX
liarv Tho work was done in a most i'm
ressive manner. Later the election and
Installation Of officers held Nation
al Vice President Miss Anna Williamson
lad charge ~ the Installation. Following
arc the officers elected and installed
President-M Miss t.enore Rivers of Bris-
tol
Vice-president- Mrs Emma Rarrows o.
Johnson.
Council--Mrs. Edna TAYLOR " Hard
wick Mrs Lotte Ruggles or Lyndon
| , He. Mrs Marie DeForh Of Tardwick.
Chaplain-Mrs. Ress,e Sader Of Hunt
irgton.
Inspector Mrs Alice r. white q
Hardwick
|. and T oft,cer Florence Little q
North Montpelier.
National delegate Mrs Alice 4 White
Of Hardwick
Alternate--M Martha stevens o
| Ivndonyille.
Treasurer Mrs. Marie Smith Of Hunt
irgton.
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NO TRACE OF MURDERER
Divorced Husband OF Mrs. RegestcI
Couyiuces OMcers He Ia Innocent.

Providence. X. T., May lc-Ernast Allen,
the divorced husband OF Laura Register,
the girl whose mausled body was found
here Yesterday. was questioned TODAY
by the police at Hope Valley, where hs
was working on a farm. He claimed an
albi and the questioning established
Aliens Innocence Of participating in the
crime Ne is accompanying the officers
here this afternoon TO aid IN clearing tho
mystery. His mother in Providence had
stated that he has beer unbalanced
since the woman left him and that
twice he had been It patient in the state
insane asylum.
1t is now said that the police are in
vesticating a prominent married man "
Providence. who is said 10 have been
friendly with the girl, giving her costly
presents strange automobile was
also seen rear the scene of the crime.
and it is being traced. II has been dis
covered that tho girl was not outraged
and as her purse is missing there is the
possibility Of a robbery motive A bloody
handkerchief Ia the only clue. but ther"
are no marks Of the owner upon il
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Senate Unable to Come to Any
Conclusion Regarding Win
dow Glass.
GORE DEFENDS RETAILERS
Declares they Are Held Up ~ a shield
vt Manufacturers and Trusts-Sen.
krcot shows Immense Front
Of Retailing GIass-scn.
crawford Speaks.


Washington. May l2.--After several
hours spent in the Senate to-day il
discussing the window glass schedule
of the tariff bill Senator Aldrich asked
that that paragraph be passed over.
some other sections rela ting to glass
manufactured articles that previously
had been passed over were agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to the consider
alton of passed over sections until the
ircn ore paragraph was reached. when
Senator Crawford spoke at length
npon the lack of wisdom OF any tarif
mat encouraged the exhaustion Of nat
ural resources which could not read
nv be reproduced lie insisted that
there should he no tariff on iron ore
OIL lumper' ana 60" ''', -
session senator f"E"'e' spun 80
of the removal oi 'n' "u'y W S'N 'e"',
II pouh' uPo" '''' '''''''
f"i freeing me t"oA'c" ei'"eiS '''''
the control of the t"hacco 'rus'
NJ. simmons coh'ehueo 'ha' '"e p''
posed duty on window glass wou'o en-
courage the formation Of winoo" glass
trust
M Elkins defended the interests of
Vic American manufacturers and de-
Suites would result possibly In the oe-
s,rction Of the window glass industry
Vt Smoot said that since lN' utod'c
" the Senate Yesterday ne nan 'e''-
t'apne" !" -'eN ~ ,.e ,,,,.
hnH re'a" prices WI paw
in'hes -,
'"7 a.. COCO, s,jd
glass With duty added MI o,noo' s.,"'
Was tour GEMS 80, -.
!" picture ao .,,
i''rt '''r'e w. NC ~
mont store i" e"'' 90. 90,
mat "e''"'e" WI
pr ''"'
TARIFF DOES NOT Arfboi ''>-
81 MtRS.
NJ, Hale declared that the tariff duty
had no relation to the protective DUTY
levied to build up the manufactures in this
country
There never was a time" he continued
when the profound policy Of the German
F,n,pire has been 80 strong as to-day ir
the determination 10 invade the American
market The democratic proposition Is
that whatever Is added 10 the tariff Is
maid by the consumer. but X anything IL
shown by thorough investigation into thi.
whole business II is that the protective
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LADIES OF THE G. A. R.


Membc rship-CircIcs All Prosperous.
The second annual convention ~ the
depart Of Vermont. Ladies' Of the
G. A. r.. opened Yesterday morning at
ten o'clock in the hall on Main street
with good attendance OF members and
delegates from circles about the State.
An extra session was held yesterday
afternoon, at which much Of the business
scheduled for this morning was TRANSACTED
This morning the meeting g called AZ
nine o'clock whom tho unfinished bust
mes. will be disposed Of and the instala =
ton Of the officers. nominated yesterday.
will take place.
The convention was called to order
in due form by Department President
Mrs Emma A. Roberts OF Northtield.
who appointed tho pianist and other Of
icers for the meeting. After the ap-
pointing of committees TO work during
the convention: the reading of the reports
Of the officers for the past year took
place Tho report Of the secretary. Mrs.
Kate Tyler OF Northield showed the
membership to have increased to $50 mem
bers and so honorary members. This is
an increase Of - regular members dur
ing the past year. The reports of the
different circles were also read and showed
them all to be in prosperous condition.
The report NJ the treasurer also made a
good showing
At noon an excellent luncheon was
served by the ladies OF Garfield circle
Of this city. At the afternoon session
the election Of officers for the ensuing
year took place. They were as follows
Department president, Mrs. Ida prcniss
| Of Burlington; senior vice president Mrs
Youtt OF Middlebury; junior vice president
Mrs Eddy OF Middlebury: treasurer, Mrs
| Lillian Meier Of Burlington. chaplain
Mrs Lillian Zottman OF Burlington
| council OF administration. Mrs. Luther
| Clough. Mrs. Laura ~ Morrison of Md
| dlebury. Mrs. Maud Dyke Of Mortified
| and Mrs Il. J. Thomas OF Burlington
| delegates to the national encampment &c
be held in Salt Lake City next August
Mrs Bertha Tilley and and Mrs Sarah
| SpauldinR OF Burlington. Mrs. Lucia
| Getty of Mortified and Mrs. Lillian Zott'
man Of Burlington; alternates, Mrs. Mar,
f.. Langworthy. Mrs. Etta LaPage ano
Mrs, n. A. Proulx.
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TEACHERS MEET NEXT WEEK.

Bristol. MAY 12-The seventh annual
meeting Of the Addison County associa.
ton OF teachers and patrons and State
teachers institute will he held here
Thursday and Friday, MAY 20 and 81.
Sessions will be held at the Baptist
Church and at Holley hall. the meeting
to close In time for teachers to take
the north bound train Friday afternoon.
The following will take part in an in
reresting program: W. A. Lawrence and
F.. A. Hasseltine, Bristol; State Forester
A. r. Halves. Burlington; State Com
missioner OF Agriculture o. L. Martin,
Plainfield j. W. Sanborn, Pittsfed, n.
IL: Supt Mason S. Stone. Montpelier
W. c. Belknap, Bellows Falls r. l..
Greene, St, Adams Miss Edith Nc
Govern. Versennes, Miss Caroline
Beach. Mddlebury; Miss Ida A. Poulin
New Haven; Miss Julia Parnell orwell;
Prin. q. Leland Green. Franklin; Miss
A. May Pierce CAstleton; l.. A. Webster
Whiting; the Rev. d, L. Hillard, New
| Haven. Teachers who attend the meet
| ings may legally receive compensation
| for both Thursday and Friday as though
| engaged In teaching.
| "PINAFORE" ELABORATELY GIVEN
Brattleboro May l2-"Pinafore" was
| Ella borately staged and presented thii
evening in the audit orium for the bene-
nt OF the First Regiment band, A chorul
Of 70 correctly costumed and severa
special features gave the performance .
| character which places 1t above any pre-
vious attempt of the band, A specia
drill by "a members of Company !. V. n
G.. who co-operated with the band prov
ed Of especial merit. The opera will b'
given Thursday evening and a specia
matinee VIII ha held FRIDAY afternoon
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PORTO RICANS DISAPPOINTED
Do Not like Pres. Tan's Attitude In
Special MessaEe-Only Politicians
At FAINT.

San Juan. Porto Rico, MAY l2-Only
excerpts from President Tafts message
on Porto Rico have been received here.
There have caused excited comment.
mostly of an unfavora Bile nature. Pres =
dent Taft's attitude has caused general
disappointment among politicians OF all
parties Governor Regis II. Post speak
ing to-day with reference to the mess
age said that 1t would undoubtedly be
disappointing TO political circles, but he
anticipated no trouble in the ISLAND.
There Ia no unrest here and business
interests are not affected,
Dr. j. e. Barbosa. leader OF the Re-
publican party who Is serving his third
term in the executive council, said:
The Presidents message is unjust in
treating all Porto Ricans alike Neces-
sarilv, We shall all have to suffer the
consequences for the errors committed
nv half a dozen politicians. who obtained
their influence and prestige through oper
support of tho Americans controlling the
insLlar government"
Louis Munos Rivera, leader Of TN
unonist party and member Of tn
delegation which went to Washington Il
discuss with the State department Port
Rican legislation, was bitter in his de
nunciation.
THE message" he said has caused
feeling of the most profound discomfort
The speaker Of the House of delegates ha
sent a cablesram direct to Congress II
behalf Of the House and the rnionis
party resolves to itself the adoption
resolutions depending upon developments
We will remain still and await the legisla
tion Congress chooses to pass.
FOREsEEs GREATER CONFLICTS.
81 foresee greater conflicts for the fu
Mre," continued Senior Rivera, "termi
nating in complete rupture between th
government and public opinion. Tn
unionists cannot he held responsible TO
H. They tried TO prevent clash. Th
message Of the President is an insul
keaped upon weak people that canno
reply.
Santiago Iglesias. organizer Of tn
American Federation Of Labor In Port
Rico, said:
The message IL a strong reproof gen
kaLslly but II does not discriminate be
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-13

Nermonts war governor and counsellor
Of President Lincoln He eulogized briefly
Gov. Holbrooks zeal for the state and
the nation throughout a lifetime Of al
most n century
After greetings from Mrs Mary J.,
Gilman. national president of the W n.
C.. and Edgar Allan, Jr., OF Richmond,
Va, commanders -chief Of the Sons of
Veterans, there was another selection by
the double Quartetlc. Mrs. Nellie NJ
Smvthe Of St Johnsbury retiring de-
partmcnt president OF the W. Il. G., then
presented to Retiring Commander G. f..
Beach Of the G. A. r.. and through him
to the q. A. r.. of Vermont silver
offering to be placed in the relief fund
and invested for the good of the email
posts OF the State.
The new department comma nder Col.
a. y. Franklin. was here presented lie
sang the Sword Of Bunker Hil' with
great feeling. There followed remarks
by Mrs Emma A Roberts Of Northheld,
retiring state president Of the Ladies OF
| the q. a. X. of Vermont. Hugh Henry
Of Chester and col r. X. Campbell of
Washington, a native Vermonter. who
has the double distinction of being q
veteran and a son OF - veteran.
Mrs. Cornie Glynn Cocklin of Rutland
sang FOR All Eternity" to the great
delight Of the assemblage and IN response
to hearty encore sang when Song Is
Sweet" The last speaker was n. T.
| Morgan Of Rutland The camp fire closed
with the singing OF America. An informal
reception followed, with dancing and light
refreshments.
TWO HONORED GUESTS
! Among the honored guests who are at
tending the division encampment Of the
| Sons OF Veterans are Gen. Edgar Allan,
| tr. Of Richmond, Va, commanderin-
| chief. and col r. K. Camphc!! of Wash
| ircton. y. g. past ommander-in-ch
! Sons Of Veterans. L. S, A.
: General Allan's father. who came from
| England when 20 years OF age, was a
member Of co. NJ. 7th Michigan cavalry.
clusters brigade, Sheridans cavalry
oorps. and served with great credit
| throughout tho war At its close he
made his home in Virginia. and durn &
;he administration Of President McItin-
ley was United States district attorney.
He also special district attorney
general. and while occupying this office
ad charge of, and won, the great Texas
boundary land case. the largest land
case In which this country was ever In
Owed The son, who was educated in
| Massachusetts. Is a lawyer by profession.
ana at present Is assistant postmaster OF
Richmond While in Burlington he will
attend the sessions Of the various q. A.
Il. organizations. and will speak at some
IF tho meetings
Colonel campbell needs no introduction
to- Nermonters. being native OF the
ha DF
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NO jim CROW" AUTOS.
supreme Court Awards Damages TO {,
Ncgress because She Was Refused
Ride.

New York, Nav 1.-The supreme court
hsre to-day decided that TN" proprietor
n, sight seeing automobiles IN this state
may not draw the color line among their
passengers. and any attempt 10 estah-
lish the "Jm Crow" ldea In public con
vcyances OF this character Ia Illegal The
court granted damages OF 800 TO Estelle
Green. negress who was refused a
scat on one OF the cars operated by
local tourist COMPANY.
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SONS OF VETERANS.
One New Camp during the Year,. D..
Kelley Elected Commander.

The 9Th annual encampment Of the
Division OF Vermont, Sons OF Veterans,
was held yesterday morning and after
noon in tho Woodmens hall on College
street with a large attendance. The
sncampment opened in tho morning at
nine o'clock. followed by the annual bust
ness session and the election and
installation OF officers. The various an
nual committees were appointed and the
of1icers' reports were read including that
" Division Commander c. @. McCafrcy
OF this city.
Commander McGanfeys report showed
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CONCoRD's NEW CHARTER

Concord. n H.. May 1.-THE voters
decided. at special election to-day,
to place the city government under
new charter
Candidates FOR city offices are 10 he
nominated by direct primaries and no
political designations will appear on
the ballots
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WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
Morning Business Session. Followed
nv Election Of OficerS.


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REPAIRING HOLLAND HOUSE
Contractor Expects to Have Hotel
Ready for Reopentng In Five Weeks.

Rouses Point. May l1.--John A. Writ,
a contractor OF Osdensburg. began
work with a gang Of mon here TODAY
repairing the Holland House which
was recently damaged by fire. The
damage to the house was not so great
as al first reported and the contractor
expects to have It ready 10 be reopcnad
within I'VE weeks.
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CHARGE IMMENSE FRAUD.
A London Dealer Sold Imme ns- Qua y
titles OF Spurious Ware to Old Man.

London. May 12.-Amaztng frauds
involving hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars IA alleged against number
OF we'll known Bond street dealers IN
a suit brought by the executors Of the
state Of the late G. J. Dickins. against
a dealer named Arthur Ellis. They
allege that while Dickens was suffer-
ing senile decay Ellis defrauded him
Of thousands OF pounds palmng ON
spurious modern china ware as Ores
den ware alleged to be l50 years old.
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tween the various classes. While the
unionists are solely responsible for the
present condition OF affairs President
Taft accuses the republicans. federal ion-
lists, socialists and neutrals. composin Z
the large majority. who have not the
slightest responsibility for the quarrel
between the unionists and the executive
council. The rganized laborers are dis
satisfied with the message because they
see retrogression."
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WELLMAN STARTS AGAIN

New York. May ll-Walter Weilman'
who has made two unsuccessful attempts
to reach the north pole by airship, left
New York tonight on the kronprinz
Wilhelm NJ the North German LLOYD 10
make third trial for the honors o.
Aiseayar
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THE GRAND ARMY
AND ALLIED BODIES
CONTINUED from pase oneJ

No 101. of Bridport. with eight members,
has disbanded and surrendered Its chart
er and returned to this office its records
and other property as required by the
rules and regulations Of the order. I
issued transfer cards to each Of the
members.
Number of members in good standing
Dec. a. 1877 ............... ......,..... c7O7
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NEW ROOSEVELT TROPHIES.
Has shot a Leopard, Two GirafTes and
NuRaI0-NO More SmeIO pon

HuRale--No More Small ro1.
Nairobi. British East Africa. MAY 12-
Theodore Roosevelt's hunting luck con-
tinues. The former President on his last
expedition. shot a leopard and captured
the animals two cubs. A buffalo and two
giraffes also have been captured by the
expedition. Tho party Is still In camp near
Machakos
No further cases of smallpox have de-
velopcd among the porters Of the expedi-
ton.
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DANCED HERSELF TO DEATH.

Chicago, H. May ll.-Marie From. d
years old, danced herself to death In q
public dance hall last night according 70
the verdict of a coroners jury to-day,
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AFTERNOON SESSION

The principal business Of me afternoon
session was the election Of officers. the
session continuing until after SIX o'clock.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Mary L. Rising Il Randolph. senior
Iice-president. HATTIE r Richardson Of
{ hester; junior vice president Edna l..
lewett Of Swanton: chaplain, Harriet
sleeper ~ Newport; treasurer. Lucinda
Cleveland Of Randolph. delegate at large
20 the national convention, Mabel Baker
q. Rutland
The other Officers will he appointed tIis
morning by the president
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''N''
''''''''''e'
Department RI W., q. A. X. May IL,
1909
NEW OFFICERS.
The following officers were elected:
Commandcr-A r. Franklin OF Town
shend.
Senior vice commander-El y Peck Of
Burlington
Junior vice comma nder-I.afayctte Myers
Of Cabot.
Medical director-Dr. G.. NJ. Ferrin OF
Essex junction.
cha plain-Stephen r.. Blodgett Of Cabot.
Council Of administra tion-John l..
Moseley Of Mortified, Milo Lyman ~
Rutland. Elisha MAY Of St. Johnsbury.
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posts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IVA
This report was accepted and adopted
az was the report of Comrade Williams
as assistant quartermester general. the
latter report showed the total receipts
to have been s1S37.I6, the total disburse-
mcnts ss6O.so and cash on hand. $3.50.
DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR
The report Of Department Inspector z.
Fl. Putnam of Brattleboro which was
accepted contained the following figures:
Total number Of posts ................ 20
Number Of posts inspected .......... So
Number of posts not inspected ....... I
Total number Of members as re-
ported OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .-its
Number OF posts having W. r. g.
attached ....................... ~
Number Of posts having Ladies of @.
A. r. attached Observation-Disclosures.
Number ~ posts having 5. OF Y. at
tached ....................... "
Number Of comrades In the State
who are eligible to membership In
the Grand Army of the Republic
not now members. estimated ...... 42f
OTHER REPORTS.
Other reports presented and accept ed
were those of II. !. Van Cor Of Morris
Vile delegate at large to the National
| Enca mpmcnt at Toledo. r. J. Foster of
| waterbury Center chief mastering Of
| ficer :. y. Blodgett Of Cabot, depart
| ment chaplain. C,E. Putney Of Burling
ten. patriotic instructor. G w. kenncy OF
| Rutland. senior aide-de-camp and chief of
| staff. The latter report spoke IN mgr
terms Of praise OF conditions At the sol
dcrs' home In Bennington
| COMMANDER BEACH REMEMBERED
| A pleasant feature Of the morning SEES
sion was the presentation TO Retirins
| Comma nder Beach OF a beautiful Eolt
watch foh in the form Of the oficial en-
| blem OF the Grand Army. The emblem
is inscribed Dent. Com. G. L, Beach
Nay p lSa" the gift came from Mrs. w
e. Goodwin of Wells River. Mrs A. A.
| Niles Of Morrisville and Mrs. Hugh Hen
| ry of Chester. members of the Woman
Relief Corps, who have served during thu
past year special aides and recruiting
| officers on the staff Of Commando
| Beach. Commander Beach made n fittini
response in accepting the gift