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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
BURDEN or PROOF UNCHANGED.

BURDEN or PROOF UNCHANGED.
Mr.. rccts bill does not DO violence %
the law, as 1t is now ami always has
been, as to where the burden Of proof
Hes. IT gives n right Of action TO tho
en,ployc or nis Legal representatives
non the employer, or one who Is hi,
1per'ntcndeni. or actin, as such super-
.ntcndent Is negligent in respect of the
ways, works. or machinery connected
VII the err oloyers business
= a'io pr ides for a right of ,ctio,
against the Employer when injury is duo
to the negligence Of person In his en-.
ploy, who is In charge or control Of a
signal, switch locomotive engine, or
rain UPON railroad.
It describes n car IN uss by a rail-
road as part OF ruoiI ways, works, VI
machinery Of IN" employer. II Prov
That If injury results ia DEATH not in.
S'ahthntouS ana l. preceded By CON
scious suffering. tno lc2ai representatives.
may bring IN acton for damages for
the death In addition 20 those for tho
injury. And it also PROV dos that In case
of instant death or death without con-
acious suffering, tho willow OF the In.
jurcd person or next OF kin who were
dependent upon h. WAGES for suppor..
shall have right ( action.
PROVIDES AMPLE NOTICE.
1t provides for notices 20 be given t.e
employer, and If the injured man Is un.
conscious he shall have ten days after
recovering consciousness within which t1
civ" such notice. II provides that II tho
employer q tracts with another person
10 DO his wort--or If such extractor con-
tracts with a contract, .he employer
shall be Liable if the injury Is caused
or machinery of the employer, or IL such
defect arose through the negligence of "A
"erson Z" trusted BY Il Employer with
the duty OF seeing thu. they were H.
proper condition.
y provides that the RIGHTS given 70 tho
IN. red man under this act shall not
thridre ary of his right, or remedies ut
common i1w. but that a Judgment ind
u" one shall have 4 recovery under the
other
II Provides that in case of an injury.
N" party injured. may apply to
superior judge for tho appointment of a
person to visit and inspect the ways
works and machinery when the injury
happened, and the Judge may grant O.
o.d"r for his purpose.
Teck'S I'll follows the Maine law with
some additional features Of the Massn.
chrsetts law or this subject as thess
nave been considered to be fair towarda
"cth employer and employee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03

The Otter stream Is till Officially n
"creek," but at present there is IN
II O river, who so desires, and custom
to after all stronge- than law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
ny Perjury.

ORION tho New Orleans rlmes-beMocrat)
\ newspaper correspondent IN ths Far
East writes homo that many Japanese ARA
eoe,mittins suicide to escape tho tax bur
ion, II the half that Is told he true. not
a few Americans escape by commission OF
loss serious offences.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03

Governor John 4. Mead has signed
the bill dealing with the rebuilding
HYDE Par, and this whole matter is
undoubtedly settl d as it should he.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
THE POINT OF VIEW.

(FTon the ni-hmond Times Dispatch.)
Mr., Bryan can holt q friend for prin-
eiple, but the friend who bolts Mr., Bryan
/, a scaunaNl in leaEne with tho powera
ne darkn ness ana seeking the destruction
oc tho country, The I"int OF view Is
great help
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03

the state, ono hnlf OF the members Of
the governing board ana the Governor
Of the State.
r. standard N1rges the university
with not making public the manage
mont Of ita finances. Tho biennial
report OF tho trustees to the General
Assembly hne always contained n
summary Of tho financial statement
made. as required, 70 the sccrstary Of
the interior and the secrctnry Of agri-
culture, az approved by them acting
expenditure of appropriations made
by the govern mt but Including also
the management Of funds rom all
other sources. he board has recent
!" made provi IN for n more extend
ed md detailed financial report in
conformity with the methods OF pub
Lefty now obtaining ~ all public in
situations.
WIN reference to the very proper
demand for progress and aggressive
work, we note that the university has
established. and was the first New
England college to establish, a depart
ment OF commerce.; that 1t was the
tirst institution in tho state to tab
sh department OF teaching. some
times called pedagogy: that 1t is alone
In maintaining Il department of homo
economies. with a professor nj it's
he9d; that 1t maintains courses of
inst" ION forestry; that In its
oe'iIcal department 1t has kent mn
with the progrrfs of medical pducn-
tion so nc to b" ranked Ivy tho Ano~-
, ic Medical association in the small
number of institutions of tho first
rank; that II has added to it's scion
tho apparatus two OF tho most fam
Gus botanical collections In tho world:
that in its well equipped f'vmnasi,un
and by It's systematic physical cul-
turc II docs ample iret,ce 10 this I'm
i''r'ant "rdhcn OF education, ana TINT
in It's growing work for the people
or this rural and agricultural state
it is now making an earnest appeal
to the Legislature FOR means to OK
tend very greatly its instructiondl
AMI missionary work in developing
tho agricultura' resources of Yer
mont.
Thc s'crdarG. a we'll as all rriends
of tho university. viii DOUBTLESS lie
pleased to learn that tho student
enrolled for the yoar-excluding short
course and summer school students
number 313-that with a probable
mcdica, college enrolment OF 175. tho
aggregate number will approach 500
of whom lG5 constitute the entering
classes
The l'ItEE PRESS. sharing as we
believe the better sentiment Of the
state. notes with approval that the
university. In appealing for aid TO
carry forward it's plans for this -
volopment of Vermonts main indus
try does not enter upor any ca,npaigi
Of antagonism. or Of Intrusion upon
The rights and claims Of other institu-
tons. but only voices a general public
ness within It's own chartered and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03

Tho he'd hog is tho most expensive
animal which flourishes in Vermont. IS
we'll as the most lrrepressiblc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03

Wbc- you want a-vtt 8 advertise in
tho new special Of this paper.
Eoro barge.rs n. red there this
about. Sec page two. This paper has
m ,re than a5,Occ readers eve week
and one cent Il word will reach I'M all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03

;TON, THURSDAY. NOV. .
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

state Senator ID. W. Holstlaw, Of Iukz.
Ill. one OF the 1fty-three Democrats Who
helped elect William Lorimer United States
Senator. took the witness stand before the
Lorfnsr investigating committee and testi-
fed that after he had voted for LoTirner he
received se.500 and that he supposed the
money was paid because Of his vote
Victor MaureI. the barytone. known in
American musical circles since 1894 sur
prised lovers OF grand opera IN this city by
the announcement that be had made ar
rangernents with Klsw 4 Erlanger TO give
a season of grand opera at the New Am
sterdann Theatre from January 20 the end
OF April.
Census returns showed that the popuia-
ton OF Birmingham. Ala, is 132.sS5. an in
crease OF e4,sT0. or s45.4 per cent, over
ss415 I'm 1900.
"The population OF the oTd capital Of the
southern Confederaey, Richmond. Va. ha'
Ieaped from s5.05e IN 1900 to 127.s2s ir
the present year"
''StIch figures" commented Busy Man
Indicate new and prosperous march or
Richmond ."
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
NEW RECORD MADE.

walter Brooklns, guiding Wright bi-
plane broke the American 'cross-country
record for sustained flight in the course of
a trip from Chicago to Springfield. Ill. an
actual distance Of Isl miles. during which
he made two stops
king Victor Emmanuel and his cousin,
the Count OF Turin. had a narrow escape
while inspecting aeroplanes at Milan. The
aeronaut Simon failed TO observe that the
King and count were walking directly in
front of him and started his machine. 1t
swept toward them at full speed. There
were loud cries from the spectators and a
warning call to lie down. The sovereign
and count threw themselves TO the ground
and the machine Just cleared them.
After making five successful flights with
rupfls at the aviation school at Chartres,
near Paris Edmond Poiliot was landing on
his sixth fight from a height Of l50 feet
when his aeroplane fell like a stone from
q height of sixty feet. Apparently it had
been struck by a sudden wind eddy. Poll
lots backbone was broken and he died in
twenty minutes without regaining conscious
ness. The pupil who was with him was
only slightly injured.
George Chavez the Peruvian aerOnaut,
who was injured in alighting after his fight
over the Alps last week. died from his
hurts at Domo d'Ossola. The aviation COM
n1ittee which had charge of the Brigue TO
Milan transalpine race handed over check
for $4,000 TO the brother of Chavez"
Anything else happen that 1 ought TO
remember asked Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
DIX FOR GOVERNOR.

The following ticket was nominated;
For Governor. John 4. Dix. OF Washington
Cotrnt--. chairman Of the state Committee.
once beaten for Lieutenant Governor; for
Lieutenant Governor. Thomas F. Conway,
q Cli-ton. twice defeated for State ofice;
for Secretary Of Stale. Edward LazaLsky.
of K1nes. fer Controller. William sohrner
q Ne~r York and Tammany Han, former
Register. for State Treasurer John J.
Kennel. CT Erie for Attorney General
Thomas ! Carrnody. OF Yates; for State
E-ot--er ard Surveyor. John a Bensel. Of
New York and Tammany Han. q former
Is-cE Commissioner: for Associate Judges
c. rs.- court Of Appeals. Frederick Collin.
O. C5eusng ard Irving G Nann. Of Onon-
czga lrenor1inatsd).
The platform declares in favor ~ state
vfEe direct primaries and attacks the new
rer5orsIiS-n advocated by Theodore Roose-
1e,r and declares opposition 10 any and all
croacfineur Oh state powers and rights
bv the federal government. An attack on
tre Favne tariff law il prominent among
TIE declarations. and the tariff II de-
4louur-a a. being responsible for tire high
cost of Irsua The platform pledges th'
Democrats to q renewed and extended pros
..,.sticn ~ the legislative graft inquiry. ane
declares Tor the popular election of United
States Senators. Personal registration q
voters throughout The entire state Is an
orhc- pronsincn: plank The income la
b inaarseI and state conservation Of nat
Isral r,srlress II advocated.
Mayor Gayuor announced ia Hnequiyoca
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
CADETS IN REVOLT.

",The entire West Point cadet corps was
put under arrest and faced general court
martial for gross disrespect TO Captain
Rufus f. Longan, instructor in tactics. 10
whom they offered the affrOnt termed the
silence because they did not like him or
his ideas OF discipline The cadets declared
that Longan treated them with the harsh
ness of martinez.
"a coroners jury in London. after one
hours deliberation, brought in the verdict
that Mrs. Cora Crippen, known on the stage
as Belle Elmore, had been wilfully mur-
dered by her husband. DIT. Hawley II. Grip
pen, the American doctor The cause or
death was given as poisoning by hyoscin
The case viii come UP for trial at the next
Criminal Sessions. which are scheduled for
October II, and il probably Will be called
about October IS.
An analysis by Professor William H
Goodyear of the report of the commission
on the leaning tower of Pisa. proved that
there has been no increase in its inclination
since the authoritative observations of NJ
de Fleury in 1889. and that, therefore. the
tower Is in no danger OF falling. as has
persistently been maintained.
The beginning OF a municipality ewned
and conducted college is the description
given the new Institute OF Municipal ana
Social Service. which will open in the Mil
waukee City Hall on October 2T. The new
institute is q branch OF the university ex-
tension work and will be devoted TO the
study OF municipal and sociological prob
lens.
With the closing Of licensed sranhling
in Nevada on October l ended the last op-
portunity OF flirting with the goddess OF
Chance within the borders OF the United
States in open. legalized play
William W, Rapelyea, head bookkeeper
in the Office OF Charles F. Lewis, Treasurer
of Nassau County. confessed that he and
j. Frank BauciSney, mis- immediate superior
in tho office, who killed himself on Tuesday
night. had stolen more than $4,000 OF the
county funds District Attorney Coles,
however. said that the thefts would amount
to more than 100000 IN his opinion
AN indictment for murder IN the first
degree was reported by the grand jury
against Edward T. Rosenheimer. the
wealthy Pelham Manor resident. whose
on August Is. smashed car
rioge on Pelham Parkway. killing Grace
Hough, one of the occupants. and injuring
two others
.'Waldemar Pouisen. the Danish inventor,
succeeded in lighting incandescent lamps
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

L. Clarke Davis. at one time editor Of The
Philadelphia Public Ledger mother Of
Richard Harding Davis, the novelist and
dramatist. and herself novelist and edi-
torial writer died at Mount KiscO, n. Y,
Of heart disease, at Cross Roads Farm. the
home of her son. The Rev. DR. Wayland
Hoyt. of philadelphia, died at Salem, Mass
George W Patten. brother Of James A Pat
ten and partner of the great wheat Oper-
ator died ar the home of his brother in
Evanston, III. John G. Parker, secretary
of the New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Company. died at his summer
home in Madison. Conn. from kidney trou-
bic Caspar SCroEvninshieId, the Ameri-
can Consul at Naples. died there Mrs
Frances Victoria Sankey, widow of Ira Da-
vid Sankey. the singing evangelist, died at
her home, No. 14S South Oxford street.
Brooklyn Nicholas Monsarrat, one of the
Oldest active railroad men of the country,
and president of the Kanawha & Michigan,
died at the Murray Hill Sanatorium in this
city. He was also president Of the Hook
ing Valley until recently Francis Henry
Wilson. who up TO 1901 was active in Re
publican politics in Brooklyn. having served
as Congressman and postmaster, died sud
denly at his home. No. 1902 Pacific street.
Brooklyn, from hearC disease.
Frederick J. Kingsbury. Of Waterbury,
Conn. a lawyer and banker and one Of the
most prominent citizens of Connecticut.
died at his summer hcTle. in Litchfield.
after d brief Illness. He had been promi-
nent as a legislator. member Of the Yale
Corporation and man OF public affairs for
more than half century"
What have the aviatOrs been doing?
asked Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
nEN OA. sa7;" + s;s'H'a1 s@.-
"EDEN PALACE. "
IIEAIcs Hotel.
\ Royal Danisli
All Modern Comforts
Newly Refftfed- J

IL. and these are filed thrice weekly WIN
alcohol, ether. chlOroforrn, lysoi. sreen
soap, peroxide and anything else that rs
especially needs. But one day ran upon
him while he was filing up his bag. anh
asked him what he was doing He ex-
planned that as he gave his services Tree he
thought II was only right 20 get All NJ
could so he was stocking I'D. as was
his habit after the clinic. His ONCE was
filed with his Legitimate graft taken
from the hospital clinic room, and ne mas
told me many a time that he seldom has
70 buy any necessary ofhce supplies
The drug room in the average hospital
even where open Ioottng does not preVali'
is a great source Of waste. Alcohol, band
ages. gauze pads. medicines etc. are
handed out ad Hbitum. and there seems
10 be very little supervision when new sup
plies are being ordered n the poor SUI
ferers In the wards and ar the clinics Were
the recipients OF this lavishness one would
be less inclined to criticise. but here. as
we have seen, is the very place IN which
tardy economy is applied
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
REMARKABLE DUEL IN

Washington and appeal to the government
of the United States for a square deal TO
their employers meaning in this case lib
erty to raise freight rates. II was their
first ut-and-out pronOuncement that the
interests of employees and employers are
identical. and It was the first time the pow
erful unions have ever united TO back Up
the railroad companies by going directly
TO the government.
ct. J. Nolan. general secretary and treas
urer of the International Brotherhood Of
Steam Shovel and Dredge Men. called on
President Taft relative to the proposed in
crease in freight rates, which his organiza-
ton approves. Afterward he said The
President told me that he could be depend
ed upon to give the railroads a square deal
regardless Of the clamor Of political intiu-
ence. and that Furthermore he was going
TO see that they got it
Holland has abandoned free trade, and
Herr Kolkman. Minister Of Finance. is TO
bring forward a tariff for ratification by
Parliament This action is the result Of
the recent elections fought on the free trade
and tariff reform issues. The tariff reform
ers won.
"To prevent corporations. firms and indi-
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
What Goes on
Inside Walls
of Hospitals
SOME ABUSES LISTED
Or. Barnesby Charges Graft,
Cruelty and Discrimination
AGAINST Charity Patients.

rDr Norman Earnestly in The Forun.'0
The visiting surgeons Of hospitals are
ordinarily men of experience and aolity'
fact regarded by the prospective patient
as OF the utmost consideration It also m
huences the phiIanthropist. who thinks that
in contributing to the charity wards ne Is
placing poor helpless creatures In the nands
of the most humane and skilful operators.
How fortunate for the poor and how graft
fving to their sympathizers that the hum
bIest outcast may have as good surgical at
tendance as the millionaire! II almost
savors of Utopia
This is verv well in theory, but II Is haro-
ly borne out in practice For instance l
was informed by a nurse recently that
house surgeon in one Of the largest New
York hospitals had performed during ms
few weeks of service no fewer than seventy
FIVE major operations and that the attend
ing surgeons were in the habit Of giving
most of their work to this young man IN
less they got paid for IL So that any non
naving patient who enters this particular
institution expecting 20 receive tne services
of one of the famous surgeons connected
With n at least by name will simply De
turned over 10 an assistant who is allowed
10 operate pretty much as he likes
--,,o-a is M better way 70 Judge doc
tors character than 10 study his respectlV7
methods of treatment in charity and pay
cases. For instance. a well known gyne-
coIoeist of New York, who often performs
the operatfon OF hysterectomy, MAKES hl@
charity hospital patients sit up on the sec
ond dav following the operation IL Is auits
different with his paying patients. Inest
he keeps quiet in bed for much longer
time The operation is formidable. and tn'
/ thought os permitting requiring poo
woman TO get I'D on the second day Is SICK
| ering. The fact that the man treats th'
/ +vo classes OF patients so differently Is
/ s,,ra indication that his rule for the CHARITY
,o+tan+s was not made with any reference
I 70 their welfare. Why, then, does ne d'
/ this? Probably to get rid Of them QUICKLY
as thew have no money, and thereiore ar
not Of any further interest TO hlm aitei
+La oneration has been performed Or per
hers the desire to be quickly rid or tn'
1 .oo- na+ients eTnanates from the hospita
1 au-bortties. and the doctor, for reasons o.
b;s avn- acts in accordance WIFE LssA
wishes ..,t,
| A similar practice goes on IN a certain
! -,,a+arnitv hospital. The chief Obstetricial
| raoufres the inmates TO get up on Ihs SCI
o,d dav after confinement. II they ar'
charity patients; but in the case Oh paylns
/ Datisnts he makes them remain In ped toi
I
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

z. Vail deputy surveyor in charge of weigh
ing in the port of New York, was acquitted.
Charles De Witt Drew and Charles II. War
deli. two former United States weighers,
were convicted. but only on one Of the overt
acts alleged in the Indictment, that which
charged that they received money from
Thomas 8 Doyle, an employe of the firm
Of Arbuckle Brothers. importers Of raw
sugar The sum involved was $50 in each
case.
During the trial Bedell admitted that
he had taken what he called house money
or tips OF large amounts. as favors to ship
pers and Importers but denied that he had
ever accepted bribes.
B. H Scheftels & Cos big Broad street
Offices, at the head of which. according to
the government agents. is Jacob Hersig, an
ex-convict, who operated under the name of
George Graham Rice. was raided by order
OF the Department OF Justice. Seven pris-
oners were arraigned before United States
Commissioner Shields, charged with using
the United States mails with intent TO de-
fraud. simultaneously with the raid in
New York government agents raided the
branch offices Of B. II. SCheftels & Co in
Boston, Philadelphia, Providence, Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
A LA TOILETTE PLATFORM.

Any other political news asked Busy
Man.
What IS probably the most radical plat
form adopted in a generation by Republic
can convention was promulgated by the
Wisconsin Republican State Convention.
The document voices the views and policies
OF Senator La Toilette. who was I'm COM
plete control OF the convention. No men
ton was made Of the national administra-
tion save in disparagement Features of
the platform are: Condemnation Of the
/ PAYNE Aldrich tariff act, physical va,ua-
ton OF railroads and more stringent regu-
lation of them; second choice primaries;
initiative. referendum and recall: anti-Iobby
law. graduated income tax: home rule in
the liquor traffic; national control of rat
lsral resources ad vaIorem taxation of cor
porations: condemnation of the 'pernicious
activity in the recent campaign of the
brewery corporations. insurance agencies
ard the binding twine trust; employers
liability laws: condemnation Of the sup
preston by special interests in Congress-
OF the Investigations Of the country life
commission: regulation of working hours of
women and children: urging the federal
government 10 determine the style Of craft
hest adapted for river use in the light of
future improvement of streams.
"A platform constructed by Progressive
members Of the party was adopted unani-
mOusly at the Republican State Convention
Of New Hampshire. Under the new pri-
mary law this the only work which the
convention had to DO. The administration
Of President Taft was indorsed TO the ex-
tent of a connmendation of the Republican
achievements of the last Congress, under
the leadership Of President Taft. in carry
ing out IN such a large measure the policies
inaugurated by Theodore Roosevelt The
party nominee for Governor, Robert P
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

al assistant postuaasters- About eignt
--..,ss,d assistant postnlasIers will be al
fec,ed bv the order. He also Will recon-
.s - Congress that second and thlro
.-la'-s ,,oe,n,asters be placed under the CiVli
- ,,,les This action is in line with
I-ost,,,,srer General Hitchcock recommen-
cations
..rhr following were nominated as Re
...n,t..r candidates FOR New York State
Se,a,o,s. George b Agnew. in the l7th;
sI~Taof.r Rroueh. IN the 18th: Josiah T
-. a. tbe 1871. and Alexander J.
I.ndsar. in the 18th District
what has happened in the world OF com
-,a-ez 90 zlyed Busy Man