Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-14


rerance brand containing only rs Of one
,er cent Of alcohol. which made its sale
legal.
The cleaning out Of the ruins Of the
ia irish house of st. Paul's Church Is
parctically completed and work on the
new building has been begun. The
contractor IL r. W. Rogers Of Brandon
house Will be completed In about ave
months. The outside walls have been
found to be In good condition, as we'll
as the Innings and floor timbers. and
consequently they will remain as
heretofore. The hardwood floors are.
however of little use and they will
be torn up. a number OF changes
will be made in the plans and several
improvements within the now struc-
ture.
A large number Of men charged with
Iintoxicat,on were arraigned in city court
Monday. Neil Monahan was fined s.
and costs " s94S and will pay. Thomas
Mealev was fined the same amount and
costs Of "a and will also pay. Frank
| McKenna was fined IS and costs of s.. 70
and will pay. william Reume was fined
50 and costs Of 1913. and also expects to
nav. Louis St. Clair, who pleaded not
guilty to the charge OF intoxication on
SATURDAY, was found guilty yesterday and
was fined s. and costs Of Sl3s5. He will
probably serve the alternative sentence
of 10 days IN tail. Edward Demag was
arralgned before Justice Stearns and was
fined s. and costs OF &.29. lie will take
ten days.
At the annual convocation OF Burling-
ton Chapter. No. s. Royal Arch Masons.
held last evening in the Masonic Temple,
officers were elected and appointed for
the ensuing year J. E. Trail. the retir-
ing f. H. p was the installing officer
| and also presided as tOastmaster at the
| excellent banquet which followed.
| list Of the officers follows: w. F. Gill
bert, f. H. p; y. c. Simonds, king: n.
| II. Shufelt. scribe, C. A. Barber, treas
urer. w e, Weller. secretary; W. F.
Smith. c. H.; NJ. F. Sornberger. p. s.; A.
| W. soule. r. A. c.; G. H. Pierce, NJ. 3V.:
| c. A. Davis, NJ zV.: r. L. Soule. NJ. w.:
Rev c. V Grismer. chaplain; and G. II.
| Whitman, tyler.
| The 29th anniversary Of Hamilton
Lodge. No. IA, l. Q. o. F., WAS celebrated
| last evening, when a banquet was given
to the three surviving charter members,
DR.. w. b. IIund. II. II, Davis and G. A.
Rumsey. About rs people were present
at the banquet. when a musical program
was rendered by Miss Jane Warner as
soloist and the Hamilton quartette. Ad-
dresses were made by the Rev. F. D..
Penney. Past Grand Marshal o. E.
Gibson Grand Marshal r. q. Nichols Of
Richmond and n. w. Warner. past grand
master and secretary, who gave his
tory Of the lodge. Remarks were also
made by the charter members. II. w.
Thomson. DR.. c. r. Dalton and "A. c..
Ferris. o. W. Edwards presided as toast
| master.
| At "a largely attended meeting Tuesday
evening the organization Of a branch OF
the Ladies' Auxiliary Of the United
Spanish War Veterans was completed.
Officers for the ensuing year We're elected
and the installation will take place two
weeks hence in the James W.
Flynn hall. where the meeting was held.
The officers elected were as follows:
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vice president, Miss Jennie Trick; junior
vice president. Mrs G. W.EGrandy: secre-
tary, Mrs. Ella simpson; treasurer, Mrs.
William Thyme; conductor, Miss Cornelia
Marengo; assistant conductor. Mrs.
Charles Eashaw: guard. Miss Katherine
Mccartney; assistant guard. Mrs. j. A.
Campbell; color bearers. Mrs Robert
Carlisle and Mrs. 8. II. Whitaker
In the confessions to the police of
Bertrand Gage Spencer. the clerk who
murdered Miss Martha Blackstone in
Springfield. Mass, a few davs ago 1,
developed that he paid a visit to this city
last summer about the time CT the rob-
berries here. when the residences of ths
Rev. J. Staples and d. J. Pond were
entered. A large amount Of booty has
been found at his home and a description
of some Of the articles taken here has
been sent to the authorities In hopes tha,
they may be found A gold watch was
taken from the Staples residence and d
ring at the Bond house. in addition &c
some money Spencer admits that hi
came as far north as Burlington and lid
business as far south as New Haven. ],
was the opinion of the police at the tim.
was the work of some professional ant
not of any local amateurs
AT a meeting OF the executive committe,
uf the Vermont State Firemen's associa
ton held In fire station one OF this city
IT was decided to hold the annual tourna
ment this year In Burlington on the lOtl
; and 18th of August. The program O
sports will consist OF many OF the oil.
time competitions such as hose races an,
the throwing Of streams from han,
pumps The tournament has not bee,
held in this city for many years and tn
ex-membcrs Of the old volunteer depart
ment as we'll as the members Of tn
present paid department Will spare n
effort TO make the affair a success.
, purse OF about $500 has been raised 10
the prize money and number of town
in the State have already announced thei
intention OF entering. Among thos
, present at the meeting were Chief BRYAN
, and j. f.. Beach Of Ludlow, f. r Sion
!, of Middlebury, O. f.. Averll of Barr,
Chief Towne Of Morrisville and e. L
Morse of Bennington.
The IRE department killed two bird
with one stone Tuesday evening when
extinguished a fire ut the home Of r. !
Saunders of South Union street and witt
out turning back answered an alarm fc
a grass fire near Park avenue. The hr
, at the Saunders home was caused by tn
. small daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Saunder
who lost a ball with which she wa
. playing and. In looking for II under
couch, the lighted match which she hel