Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-05-18

President Tafts bureau of efficiency and
economy. Mr.. Powell will also lecture on
constitutional law at Columbia during |
the coming summer session.
Col. John II. Mmms Of this city, the
official court stenographer at the Florence
NJ. Dodge murder trial at Guildhall, and
Dr. Joseph c. Breitling, one of the wit
nesses for the prosecution, had unique
chess match last week They had no
chess men so they mprovlsed them White
pawns were shelled peanuts, black pawns
were peanuts In shells, kings and queens
were checkers. rocks were two checkers,
all marked differently. bishops were
dominoes face up and face down and
the knights were cigar stubs Colonel
Mimms, who had the whites, checkmated
Breitling.
A meeting of the general commit
tee Of arrangements for the State
Sunday school convention was held
at the y. NJ c. A. parlors Tuesday
a. eight o'clock. DIR. H. F. Perkins
was elected chairman of the commit
tee which consists OF the following
persons. who are chairmen of the diff
ferent local committees: r. II. Brown,
II c. Burrows, Byron ~ Clark DR.. r.
C. Drew. Mrs. +. G. CRIBS. Miss May
Lemon f. c. Lyon, II. +. Stanhope.
Miss Lucy Sabin. Miss Mabel South
wick. ]. L. Southwick and Prof r. d.
Thompson.
At a hearing before Justice ]. T.
Stearns Tuesday Wilbur Ring of Jer-
;of, inl 81
tity of liquor seized by the sheriff's de-
partment and ordered to pay the costs
Of seizure. lie took an appeal from
the judgment. On another charge of
furnishing. brought against him by the
states attorney. Ring was bound over
to county court and furnished bail
in the sum of $500. Herbert Edison. who
was arrested by Deputy Game War
den f. f. Lord, charged with fishing
in Shelburne pond, was fined $40 and
costs of $3.50 by Justice Stearns, and
ordered to pay the costs.
The Burlington Driving club held
meeting Monday and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, George E.
Whitney; first vice-precident, ]. r.
Lockwood; second vice president, M l.
Baker; treasurer. j. r. Miles: clerk, +.
A. Ashland: directors. II. r. Thomas.
Fred Flanagan, r f. Weller. P. u. Kel-
ley. j. r. Lockwood: counsel, +. A.
Ashland 1t was decided to hold the
fist matinee meeting about June |.
ana a good meeting Is expected. The
standing committees We're not named,
but will be appointed by the president
later.
Miss Mary Stanley was resting com
fortably Yesterday. She was injured Tues
day evening when she was thrown from
carriage just as 1t was entering the
bridge over the river at WinoOski. The
horse SHE'D, throwing out both occupants,
but James Shannon. who was driving.
seized the horse, which he stopped be-
fore It had gone far Miss Stanley was
taken to the office Of Dr. A. S. c. Hin.
where 1t was found that both bones of
the right forearm were broken. There was
also a cut on her chin that required sew
eral stitches, and she had received
bruises about the face MI Shannon's
clothing was badly torn.
Tuesday in probate court Deputy
Sheriff Henry Todd was appointed
Todd and Annie Margaret Todd Wallace
Coleman OF Charlotte was appointed
administrator of the estate of Edward w
Coleman. late of Charlotte Philo r
Irish of Westtord was appointed admins
traitor Of the estate of Amos D. Partridge
| late OF Westford. The copy of the will
of William W. sherman Of New York
has been proved and established. The
u-ti
| lington, has been proved, and yesterday
Georgianna Charbonneau was appointed
executrix To-day there will be hear
| ing upon the will of Charles p. Sander
| son, late of Milton.
Robert M Tracy. young son or Mr.,
| and Mrs. James f. Tracy OF IA Beach
street. was the host Mt party given
| Tuesday afternoon at his home, in honor
| of the fourth anniversary Of his birthday.
About a dozen boys and girls We're pre-
| sent between the hours Of three and five
O'Clock, and all took part in n pretty
Maypole exercise. The rooms were hand
somely decorated with spring flowers. in
GLIDING Vioiets. pansies and especially
| apple blossoms. Refreshments of ice
cream, cake and otherdaintlesw served.
| a group photograph was taken. and the
| occasion wa. much enjoyed by the chill
| dren, who left numerous gifts for Maste r
| Tracy.
Capts. A. I. Goodhue and w. w.
| Rockwell returned Tuesday from
Shelburne harbor. where they inspect
ed the steamer Vermont. which will
make its initial trip OF the season on
the night of Saturday. the 27th inst,
when IT will be brought to this city
| from the harbor and will leave on its
| first regular trip to Plattsburgh Mon
day. The Ticonderoga will ply between
| Burlington and Plattsburgh for the
present and not make stops at the
beaches for a few weeks. Capt. Il. b.
| Rockwell will again have command of
well as first pilot and William Nolan
as quartermaster.
| The Champlain shops are engaged in
Ian undertaking that Is of novel
character In Burlington, and one that
is not common in other places To in
| crease the size of Charles l., Wood
burys residence on North Prospect
street the workmen using the ordinary
hand saws, cut completely through tho
house from rdgepole TO stills. just in
side the south wall With jackscrews
laid horizontally the wall. which
| contains bay window, was then
moved entire to a distance of eight
| feet from tho rest of the house, and
It,1a In do ~, hot baI