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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
A DAMAGED Article.

Sophie, after scrutinizing her new
sister for several minutes, discovered
deep creases in the flesh Of her fat
little wrists and neck.
Mamma" said Sophie earnestly,
I'VE don't want her. She's cracked. We
must exchange her right away. DE
Iineator.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Tn. Quasi Of Tranquility.

sometimes" said Flooding Pete,
I'm tempted to map out route that'll
take me to them there arctic regions"
1.-THE climates no good" ventured
Meandering Mike.
mo, but your nerves git a rest
None O. them Eskimos Is iookin' fur
farm hands Washington Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Tia Ilna and Downs Of Life.

Wife lat breakfast table)-Who are
your two letters from, dear?
Hub-Oh, one is from Jack Dudley,
asking me to come up, and the other
from my tailor, who wants me to
"come down,"-Boston Transcript.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
a Set Back,

"started saving up for your summer
vacation yetT'
81 had started, but we ran out Of
coal, and now / shall have to begin all
over again. Detroit Free Press.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Tha Safe Course,

This clerk may have been itnpudent.
but no doubt the customer smiled in
spite of herself.
How do you tell bad eggsf" asked
the young housewife.
81 never told any," replied the gro
Gerry clerk, but IL did have anything
to tell bad egg I'd break 1t gently"
Christian Guardian.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Wanted IL Settled.

'There's one thing never could I'M
derstand," her husband began, but he
got no further, for she interrupted him
to ask:
(Which one-your first wife or meT'
Chicago Record Herald
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25
Ninnad M tha Rud.

He-If | should-er-ask you to mar
ry me
She-You'd make the thirteenth
Newark IN. i'll Star
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-25

No. 15,211-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La:
T. M. Richardson vs.. D. C. Rich
The evening world., 1911-06-16
MORE Of THE MAINE
IN VIEW SHOWS HER
ACOMPLETE WRECK
Little Hope of Repairing Any
Part of the Battleship-
No Bodies Found.

UAVANA. Juno ia greatly In
creased area OF the wreck OF the battle
ship Maine was exposed 10 view this
forenoon when the water level within
tho coffcrdam had been lowered 60 a
total OF ioIa feet pelow normal. The
portions Of the Inflated warship now
above tho water include the whole OF
the after superstruc,ure and most Of
the spar deck aft OF the port turret.
Thus are revealed tho ten-inch guns
pointed aft with the tlmpions stu In
their muzzles. all OF tho engino-room
superstructure and confused masses OF
ron forward and apparently what
formed the upper part OF the bow sec
tiun.
Everywhere the iron work exposed II
not shattered by the explosion has been
SO corroded ms TO be reduced to mere
shells. making II highly probable that
the plan TO repair and float any part 81
tho ship must be abandoned because OF
The evening world., 1911-06-16
PROD FOR SLOWER
IN OPINION Of
1. SUPREME COURT
He Is Indirectly Criticized for
Failing TO Remove Street
Obstruction.

Commenting on the necessity for a
prod 20 compel public officers 90 do
their duty. tho Appellate Division Of the
Supreme Court. First Department. to-
day ordered Charles II. slower. president
OF the Park Board, 90 remove street en-
c~roachments from the old Union Dime
Savings Bank building. south OF Greeley
Park. at broadway and ThiNy-seoond
stree.
A firm which occupies an adjoining
building brought an action against the
liPark Commissioning. the lessees OF the
building. the English American Realty
Company and = ohm David. TO remove
show windows yhsch are alleged to on
croach on Thirty-sccond street, Broad
way spd Sixth avenue.
In reply to the suit the lessees took
M the defense OF the action.
Park Commissioner Stovcr took no
mart in tho controversy says the Court,
though he has jurisdiction over all en-
croaohments on streets facing parks
Justice Scott. stating the decision OF
- fve Justices. says:
Starting nj then with the proposl-
ton that the c-ncroachments are unlaw-
full and subject TO removal by the Park
Commissioners. we have TO consider the
question whether or not the relator has
u standing in court to set the Park
Commlssloner in motion TO perform n
pubhc duty"
Citing the case OF the Lotos Club.
formerly at No. CSC and No. COS Fifth
avenue, where statute provision pre-
yented tho city from remoy1ng an on
~croachment on the avenue. Justice Scott
sdds:
'But this is not such a case. 1t IL an
application to compel public officers 10
perform a duty which they. owe TO the
public; which they could and perhaps
should perform without the necessity for
mo prod OF n ~mandamus.'
The Court ordered a peremptory wrl'
OF mandsmus, permitting Stover TO use
ale discretion to allow the lcssees e
remove the obstruction. or. IN default OF
thas, 10 do 1t himself. Costs OF $50 wer,
attached to the order against the offend
ing concern.
The evening world., 1911-06-16
CLAIMS "MET" DIVIDEND
FROM N. Y. CITY RAILWAY,

Judge tacombc in tho United States
Circuit Court, In on order made to-day,
authorizes william Mas, ms a commit
tee representing holders OF 725 shares
Of stock Of the metropolitan street
Railway Company, to file with william
l.. Turner. the special master as or
Dec. 10. 1907. his claim against the
New York city Hallway Company and
its receivers for damages for breach %
covenant In the lease OF tho Metropolis
tan Street Railway Company, dated
Feb. II. 1902. for the payment Of divi-
dcnds on the stock of the Metropolitan
street Railway Company.
Asking for the order. Mas stated
that he has been advised that the
rights and interests OF the ~stockhold-
ers of the Metropolitan company viii
be better maintained and protected 10
a claim In his behalf ana IN behalf Of
those ne representa- is Med against the
New York city Railway Company.
The evening world., 1911-06-16
MUTE CHILDREN KNEW
OF NURSES DRINKING.
SO Supervisor of Trenton Home
Says at Investigation Of Al
legged "Orgies.'

TRENTON. y j.. June 1G-The
drunken orgies tia, are said to have
taken place frequently at the state
Deaf Mute school here. and which re-
suited IN the suspension OF Miss lie on
Rcedy. Assistant Supervisor, ana MIS-
Cora TlndalI. a purse, were taken up
again to-day by the Special Committee
of the state board o. Education. The
two women are charged with general
misconduct.
Mss Annie Fitzpatrick Supervisor oil
tho home. said Miss Recdy was IRE
ouently absent from her post and mat
on a number ~ occasions she showed
evidences OF drinking. She said Mise
Rrcdy Dragged OF her influence win
Charles II. SAMSON. q member OF tho
state Board OF Education. ana that she
once told her that "Sfnsom told Frin'
cipal Walker that II they tmsanlnS
those in tho school bother ne ! Will
send them all to hell"
The witness said tho children nt the
school learned Of the conduct and dis
cusscd IL among themselves. on one
occasion, witness testified. after Miss
Recdy had kissed one OF the children
tho little one said, "Oh, you have been
drinking
The evening world., 1911-06-16

Mated MINSTREL 20 Retire.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 10. - Geo.
Primrose, the minstrel. announced to-
day he will finally retire In three
weeks. when he will complete an en-
gagement at Denver. lie has plenty
| OF money, he says. ana wants TO quit
bafore he has 10.
The evening world., 1911-06-16
mnIe,e structurai degeneration.

complete structural degeneration.
No trace Of bodies has been found IN
the decks or superstructures. Thu whole
Interior OF the wreck IL 80 choked with
mud thai II 10 improbable that n at
tempt will be made to enter the ship
until Tomorrow.
II was expected that by nightfall the
water in the coferdam would be low
cred 20 a total OF fourteen or fifteen
fg.t
The evening world., 1911-06-16

ALMANAC ron TO-DAY.
Sun rises. LIS Sun sets. 1892 Moon rises II o,
TINE TIDES.
High Matsr Los w.,.-
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HE DIED AS HE WISHED.
MyrOn \. Eritton of Rutland Dropped
Dead mt Iits Home.

Rutland. Jan. %. Remarking in a cas-
ua way at four O clock that. when his
time to die came. he preferred 10 go
quickly rather than suffer a protracted
Illness. Myron a. Britton. So years old,
an hour later this afternoon dropped dead
at his home. Mr. Britton, who was en-
ployed as a mechanic by the Rutland
Garage COMPANY of Willow street. had
been in poor health for the last two
weeks.
Mr. Britton was born at Springfield Feb
ruary S, ls5S. and had been a resident OF
this citA FOR 81 years. For many years he
was n marble worker. having been en-
ploYed at various times by the Columbian
Marble company and al other marble
plants in this city. He had been In the
service of the Rutland Garage company
for about year, and was an expert me
chanc Besides his wife, formerly Miss
Dora A. Martin, whom he married a Per-
kinsville December %, 1873 Mr.. Britton is
survived by his mother, Mrs Ellen Brit
ton two brothers, Herbert and Fred Brit
ton. and a sister, Mrs. Lewis Brown, all
OF Springfield,
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SHERIFF IN A QUANDARY.
Five Lumbc rmcn of Dorset Are under
Ares, mt bennington.

Bennington, Jan. 2S.-Sherin Frederick
Godfrey has Eve prisoners at the county
iai and Is III something Of a quandary as
10 what he is to do with them. The men
are all residents of Dorset and were ar
rested on wrtts issued in a trespass suit
brought by oliver H. Danforth and 9TH
ers of Rupert The prisoners, Allen 4,
Roberts, John Dennison. Stedman Aldrich
and John and Harry Sero. have been nj
work on a lumber job for Lyman y, Wise
Of Deerield.
on Friday Sheriff Godfrey and Deputy
Sheriff Harvey Lincoln Of Rupert drove
TO the top of Rupert mountain, where the
men were at work aud made the arrests.
The damages in each case are set at Aoel
and the only one of the six men named in
the writ who could secure proper bail was
the employer, Wise There was no con-
veyance 10 transport the men across the
mountain but they agreed to appear I'm
Remington on Saturday and all did SO.
arriving in the evening.
They have not been kept closely con
hned, the sheriff being somewhat In doubt
as to the course he should pursue in the
matter. The writ was properly made out
| hut tho amount of bail, the same as the
| damages, is so high to be practically
prohibitive. The sheriff has written tn,
| attorney-general for instructions. Chase
& Daley OF Brattleboro are attorneys fol
| the plpintif
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visit Brattleooro regarding certain bills
pending before Senate Vote demanded
by Senator Barden. Yeas. Adams. Barden.
Butler Butterheld, Orvis, Iyf0rd: nays,
Archibald, Clark, coolidge, Cushman.
CUTS. Dale, Daniels, Darling. Edgerton,
Gordon. Griswold Hitchcock, Norton,
Pike, Powell, Seaver, Sheldon. Shepard
son, Smith. Tapin. futile. The third
reading of the resolution was refused.
KILLED.
II. Relating to n digest Of the Yer
mont reports
8. 12e-Relating to the Vermont cita-
tons.
II. 223-To provide apartments for tho
records and files OF the public service
commission.
on motion Of Senator Gordon, the SEN
ate voted to discharge the committee on
State and court expenses from duty to
consider Joint resolution about Senate
going to Bratteboro. and that rules be
suspended and resolution put upon It.
passage. on question shall resolution ho
read third time. Senator Bardcn demand
ed the yeas and nays. vote q TO 6, Reso-
luton refused third reading.
| The Senate requested tho return OF II
sol. relating to employment of railroad
| tor Taplin.
On motion Of Senator futile, the Sen
| ate adjourned.
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OFFICIAL RECORD OF DAY
SENATE-MORNING.

Called TO order by the president. Devo-
tional exercises by the chaplain.
Senator Cushman asked and had leave
to introduce a bill. senator Griswod
asked and had leave to introduce n bill
Senator Barden introduced joint
resolution relating to a visit to Bratte-
boro by the Senate committe OF the
whole to examine property effected by
pending bills now before the Senate,
Senator Harden asked that rules be
suspended and the resolution put upon
its passage. Senator Powell objected and
the resolution was referred to the com
mittee on State and court expenses.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
"a. 22e-Rehtlng TO the taxation OF
motor boats. Finance.
H. G52-To leralize the grand list and
Guadrcnnlal appraisal Of the town OF
Bristol, Grand list.
n. e53-To legalize the auadrenntal APP
uraisal Of the town of Brighton. Grand
list
n. officiating to Legislative counse
and agents. General committee.
H. 657--Rolating to Sand Bar bridge
Appropriations.
plies state and court expenses.
H. esl-Village OF Richford to issue
bonds. Municipal corporations,
II. 663-Reating to digging up high
| ways. Highways and bridges,
| H. 669-- Relating to taxation of interes
bearing deposits and national banks
| Banks.
II. s7o-Relating to Inheritance taxes
| Finance.
II. G7I-To pay ]. c. Coolidge a certai,
sum, Claims.
Fl. 672-To pay Nathan n. Post Ger
tain sum. Claims.
| II. 67i--To enable towns so voting T.
permanently mark their boundaries
| Judiciary.
| II. 675-To pay certain persons certain
| sums. Claims.
u. s76-To pay certain claims for cattl
killed. Claims.
| Fl. sT-'To pay The national bank o
Bellows Falls certain sum. Claims
| Fl. 67s--To pay George Il. Rand Ger,
tain sum. Claims
II. 7s-To provide for repairs and nj
terations at court house IN Franklin
| county. Joint standing committee or
state and general expenses
H. ESQ Relating to collections of taxes
by suits at law Land taxes.
YEA AND NAY VOTE
Yea and nay vote on joint resolution
for Senate as committee Of the whole 70
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property herein before enumerated held
by or belonging to corporations associa-
lions or persons otherwise exempted from
taxation: nor to include any part of the
grand list of n town or person nade up
Of one per cent. of assessments made
under the provisions Of section FIVE hum
bred sixty-one of the public statutes as
amended by an act entitled AN act TO
amend section SCI and to repeal section
500 OF the public statutes relating to the
grand list" approved January 20, 1911.
Sec. 3-Section 52o is hereby amended
so as to read as follows: Section $50 In
appraisng shares of stock in national
bank or corporation, the value of all
its real and personal estate taxed to said
corporation in this State or elsewhere
shall he deducted from the total ap-
praised alue Of all its shares of stock
and the remaining value only shall be
apportioned among It's shares to ascer-
, tain the appraised value thereof
| Bill provides uniform rate of seven
tenths Of one per cent. on intanglbles..
Some Of the benefits OF the bill are to un-
cover n large amount Of notes, moneys
| and securities that now go untaxed. Tho
bill accompishes uniformity on intangi-
|
/ loan his money In the state instead Of in
| vesting elsewhere. Rural communities as
/ well "a Industrial ccnters need the indi-
| vidual loans. Effect of being to abolish
! present state and highway t1X and sub
stitutc the proceeds collected under the
bill eight-thirt eenths to school. nve-thir-
teenths to highways. No offsets are al
! lowed on intan2ibles more than on money
deposited in rawlings banks. This Law
meets two demands: First by eliminat
ing all necessity of equalization In tho
appraisal Of property among the different
towns: second, In reducing the OWL effect,
of double taxation.
PASSED IN CONCURRENCE
n. 69-To incorporate the village OF
| Cambride.
II. 31s-To incorporate the Second Con
! grega tional Church in Bennington
KILLED.
II. 48-To provide for publication o
State papers.
ORDERED TO LIE.
S. 164-Rclatng TO free transported ior
by railroads; motion of Senator Dale.
on motion OF Senator futile, the Sen
ate adjourned at 2:to p. m
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shops are we'll supplied with orders, al
though the box business has not develop

shops are well supplied with orders, al
though the box business has not develop
ed much yet. Granite business shows a
small improvement. but it is st!ll early
for seasons business in that line Among
the garment manufacturers. plants are
fully employed and the outlook for future
business will be governed by prices to a
large extent. Weather conditions have
favored retail merchants trade In season.
able lines Boot and shoe trade is good
clearance sales in this line have been well
patronized Wholesale dealers In food
stufrs report a normal demand. with col
lections fairly good for the season OF the
year. Among the failures for the week
are three bankruptcies and one receiver
ship appointment
Burlington reports manufacturing plants
in all lines are as well employed as could
be expected for the season OF the year
Retail merchants speak well Of the vol
ume OF January business 40 far, and an
ticipate a larger business for the near
future. Collections are reported more or
less uneven but the slow period has been
passed, Reports from Rutland state nor
nal conditions exist generally among BOTH
the manufacturing and retail enterprises
. Dor is fully as we'll employed a. usual
for this period OF the year s. Adams
| reports industries al that point are noins
reasonably We'll and are believed 10 be
making good progress. Retail trade mas
been Of fair volume, with some improve
ment in collections, The granite trade at
Rarre notes considerable new business
has been submitted for estimates, and tht
| outlook for resumption of busy season
period is looked for al an early date. lie
tail merchants state amount of business
being done compares well with that OF
! other years for this period; better thar
that of year ago, Montpelier merchants
| report reasonably good trade for th''
| time OF year. Labor is fairly well EN-
ployed 81 Johnsbury reports industries
| that recently were burned out are rapidly
| becoming installed in other quarters
General business is fully mp TO that usual
| ~ done At Brattleboro mills are runnin.
full time and while retail trade Is inclined
| to be quiet and collections are reported
! only fair, the outlook for the near iutuF
| is encouraging Bellows Falls report
| manufacturing plants are reasonably EN-
ployed for this time of year; retail bus'
ness is fairly good. An uneVenness IN re
tail trade IL reported by the merchants
Bennington; labor, however. Is reason
ably well employed. one new manufac
turing plant has commenced operation
at North Remington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-26
THIRD READING ORDER ,D.
DEATH OF ROADMASTER.
Frank E. Dodge WAS Highly Esteem
cd by the. VI. & w. r. Omcinls.

Montpelier. Jan. 23.-Franh r. Dodge,
Cor u years roadmastcr on the Mont
pelior & Wells River railroad, ded sud-
denly this morning in Woodsville, y.
H. at tho home Of Mrs. George O'Mal-
ley, his daughter, aged So wears. Mr..
Dodse had been in his usual hcalth up
to a very few minutes before he died.
lie was held in high esteem BY the off
Gals OF the road FOR which lie had work
ed - long ana last Christmas was pre-
sertcd by them with n gold watch In
recognition OF his long and faithful scr
vice Ills funeral win be held We1nes-
day Afternoon at Woodsvlle and burial
will be in Pire Grove cemetery. Just out
side that village. Mr.. Dodge was ? ma
tive Of Bath. \. r., and before coming
to the Montpelier 6 Wells River rail-
road was section foreman and assistant
roadmaste- on the Boston. Concord r
Montreal.
ALLEGED THEE ARRAGGNED
Montpelier. Jan. 23.-Fred Barnet. who
WIS arrested last week in Elmore
charged Wit. stealing a horse and buggy
from Rollo G. Griffith of Moretown No
vornber ~ last, and who was placed in
Jail at Montpelier after his arrest, was
taken this morning TO Moretown, where
he was arraigned before Justice I,ovejoy.
The rig, which it is alleged Barnet stole,
was valued at +150 and ever since it was
missed by f. owner the shcrins depart
ment of this county has been on Barnet's
trail. Barnet. who is % years old. has
| served sentence IN the house of
correction at Rutland for stealing a
| bicycle. He has been bound over to tho
March term of Washington county court,
| MONTPELIER SUES MORETOWN.
Montpelier. Jan 23.-Papers were
served to-day on the town authorities
of Moretown by Deputy Sheriff Charles
a. Smith in the suit brought by the city
OF Montpelier against that town for the
care and support Of Joseph Bower, who
died recently in Heaton hospital. The
suit is returnable in Montpelier city
court January 81 The amount set up in
the writ is 800 and the city claims, in
asmuch as Bowers residence was More
town. that he was a charge on tina,
town.
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EOUSE-MORNING.

Devotional exercises We're conducted by
the chaplain.
THIRD READING ORDERED.
II. 49Relating to resolution on exemp-
tons from taxation. az amended.
II. 12sTo aid the town of Mt. Tabor
in repairing and main tanning highways,
as amended making" annual appropriation
500
II. 2e2-Relating to the sale OF land for
taxes ms amended.
II. 3s1-Permitting the erection OF his
torical monuments on the bennington
battle monument grounds.
H. Officiating to the open season for
trout. An amendment was proposed by
Mr.. Bryant OF Ludlow making the open
season uniform throughout the State from
April 10 to August I. was favored by MIR.
Stafford Of Brattleboro, Mr.. Billings Of
Woodstock Mr. Battell OF Middlebury
thought the season should extend further
into August.
Mr.. Orvis OF Manchester proposed 70
omend the amendment by fixing the open
season from May to August 15 Mr.
| Howe OF Bennington favored the opening
OF the season on April Is, thinking by
''NN
! Weather would help conserve the Ash.
) MIR. Martin OF Hartland favored the
| first proposal of amendment Mr. Bent
ley Of Sandgate, and Mr.. Briggs of Sears
burg also favored the motion Of Mr.. Bry'
ant. Mr. Carpenter Of North.ield said +
would soon be time TO go fishing and 81
moved the previous question. The pro
rosal of amendment offered by Mr. Bry
ant of Ludlow was adopted and the bill
as amended, was passed.
RECOMMITTED.
H. 219-To regulate fire insurance com
Ianies. a. amended in 10 particulars.
THIRD READING ORDERED.
H. IS-Relatng to mining, rs amended
H. 5s4-RelatiTi to the ale Of disease
! or disabled horses. as amended.
| KILLED.
H. 6ls.-To promote the conservation o
forests and the prevention OF forest fires
as amended
II. e3s-Relating to homicide as amend
CD
on motion OF Nj Marin OF Brookline
the House az twelve o'clock adjourned.
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BRADSTREET s WEEKLY
VERMONT TRADE REPORT

Reports to Brandstreet' for the week
show manufacturing concerns are operat-
ing their plants with about the usual
number of men for this time of year,
with the exception of machine industries
in special lines. While there Is no heavy
demand among lumber dealers, the vol
ume of business Is keeping mp reason
ably we'll. Most of the woodworking