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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

in ISIS. Virenia Cuc colored man. al
St Adams in $50 and the last public
execution at Bennington in 1899 when
Archibald Bates was executed before q
"rowd of 2o."r people.
Nrom that time until 1864 quite a mum.
Der of murderers We're sentenced to he
banged but none of them paid the penalty
upon the galiows. several sentences being
commuted to life Imprisonment. On July
a, 1864 William Barnett and Sandy
kavanaeh We're executed from the same
soafioid, the first execution in the State
prison at Windsor John Ward in 1865.
Hiram Miller IN 1869 and Henry Welcome
in 1871 followed. and then came break
until 1919 when three condemned men
We're executed. iienry Gravelin. March
II. John p phair, April TO- and Asa
Magoon November IS.
The next man to pay the extreme
penalty Of the law was youth - years
old. Edwarl Tatro. who wa executed
April >. 1880. followed by Edwin G.
Hayden February o. 1851 and the first
woman ever hanged in Vermont Mrs.
Emeline l.. Meaker. in March. 1883.
There We're no executions for near
ly nine years. Sylvester n. Bell being
executed in January, 1892. and Mrs.
Mary NJ. Rogers December s. 1905 the
sentences of several condemned men
in the meantime being committed from
hanging to life imprisonment
There are % inmates at present in
prison who are serving life sentences,
and several for shorter terms. includ
ing Mrs. Josephine Averill and Mrs.
Florence NJ. Dodge. convicted for MUIR
der or manslaughter.
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Most Frigid Weather That Chi
cago Has Experienced since
January, 1883.
KANSAS REPORTS % BELOW
Homeless Wanderers to Number
Of $500 Cared For by New
York City and Settle
ment Houses.

Chicago. Jan. ALL local cold wave
'ccords since January. 1883. we're broken
Today. whom Thermometers in tne FED
,ra' observatory registered &c degrees
below zero after three continuous days
of below zero weather. Although there
was n rise Of Is degrees during tho
day. Il Ia possible that the 1883 record
will Lc broken before tomorrow as the
temperature continued one degree Tn
Ter the zero mark tonight.
The lowest temperature ever rsoo'! d
"a here was on December "A. 1872, When
q degrees below was noted
Tho cold wave has caused srcat SUI
.cing 10 the poor.
COAL GIVEN THE POOR.
Kanaas CITY. Miss. Jan. The records
'cr cold weather over Missouri. Kansas
md Oklahoma FOR several Years we're
broken to-day. SIX 10 ~ degrees below be
ing repo-tah. An upward ta!n 81 the
mercury, however gives nope that there
.oon will Ne ~ci!sf from che extreme COLI.
Train service has been dencrei!Hsd ard
.o-nigh. It Is cTiy partly relieved. Frains
Il, wcste-:. Kansas are still held by the
fnow and ;nary Missouri towns report
all trAins running a.s.
The shcr,a2e ~ ,gas here. and 'r other
places deronicnt upon the natural prod
vet for eat. was more apparent than at
any time THIS winter. Al Ottawa. Kans..
an Injunction Issued by Judge Smart in
the district court had the effect of raising
the pressure from one-half to II pounds.
W. f.. Griffin, chief of police OF Kansas
city, was busy experimenting the distri-
button of 100 tons of coal to poor families.
The fuel was donated b" man who
asked that his name he withheld from
publication.
STEAMER USED BY HOMELESS.
New York Jan. 7.--Homeless wan
derers, TO the number of 1000 or more.
sought refuge from the continued ex-
treme cold tonight in the city's free
lodging houses and in the cabins OF
one of the charities department steam
ers that had been moored at con-
venient pier and made comfortable for
them. Several churches also opened
the doors of their settlement houses
and provided beds and shelter for up
wards OF 500 men.
From seven above zero early to-day
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III he Vermont supreme court and M
til. Vermont general assembly. which
vert against him by an Overwhelming
ma jority. and as last resort Supern-
tendcnt Lowell asked Governor Mead
for n reprieve on tho ground OF insanity.
but it WAS all to no avail.
Ken. was originally sentenced TO be
hanged in January. 1911. but according to
the Vermont statutes II is necessary that
a murderer sentenced to the death PEN
atty live through one session of Yer
mont General Assembly. The Legislature
was in session last January. therefore.
owing to the technicaity. Kent got what
was dubbed an "a,tomatic'' reprieve for
one year
EXECUTIONS IN VERMONT.
The hanGines for the first half century
of Ncrmont's existence were public the
first recorded one taking place at Ben
nington IN l7,S. when David Reddngton
was hanged. The next one did not occur
until 1898. when CYRUS r. Dean was eN-
ecuted. These were followed by those of
Samuel Il. Godfrey on Woodstock Green
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DAUGHTER HELD FOR THE
MURDER OF HER PARENTS

New York. Jan. -.--Aa a se,ucl 20 the
finding to-day uf tho mutilated bodies
of two aged East Side residents. Isaac
Futterman and his wife Rachel, in ther
home. victims Of 4 SHOCKING duuble muir
der. Etka Suttcrman. the i0-year- old
daughter % the slain couple. was late
tonight, afte. several hours detention
in po'icH station. taken to Bellevue hos
p!!"i for observation as to her mental!
condition. She had became hysterical
when informed OF the double kill!nS and
whc-~ she lived. some distance from h,r
parents home. revealed. according To
detectives. a bioodstained shirtwais, and
various other articles OF apparel stainc,,
with blood.
No charge was preferred against the
d:straught woman. who cried out over
and over In the matron's room that che
was innocent OF the crime.
Il didn't do IT, she cried IL had
done such II thing" she added more
calmly, II woul meet with the same
fate rs my aged parents"
Etka Futterman's removal to Bellevue
was at the request of Aaron Futter-
man. one Of the two sons OF the couple,
This move. the police say, was the re-
enlt OF hts declaration that his sister
was confined In an institution for the
insane several years ago.
Tho police from the discovery OK
pressed belief that the pair were the
victims Of some religious maniac.
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VERMONT NINE GIVEN
A GAME WITH CORNELL

ithaca, \. T., Jan, The torneil hase-
nan schedule for 1919 was announced to-
"aN' 1t contains % games. including
ho'he-and- nome contests with Yale
princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth and
Brown Harvard. Michigan. Trinity and
bucknell are dropped this year and in
their places, Brown. Holy Cross. Colgate
ana Vermont are taken on. The first
game Is on April IS with Lehigh. and the
last on Jun" 10 with Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia
VERMONT DOCTOR LEAVES ARMY.
washington. Jan. 4.--Capt Henry b.
M'lhtyfc or the army medical corps has
resigned To enter private pra ctice Captain
MCINTYRE entered the service from Yer
mont, lie In a native OF Randolph In that
State and is now residing In New York
city
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GREWSOME ACCIDENT AT
HANGING OF ELROY KENT
Rope Broke by the Weight of Condemned Man
When Drop Fell and 1t Was Then
Fastened Over Balustrade

at the = Gene of the murder. Frank Rog-
at the scene of the murder. Frank Rog-
but was soon released. Suspicion first fe'i
upon Eioy Kent about 4S hours after the
commission of the crime because the
freshly cut initials. II. K.,' we're fouh"
in the door of barn from when there
was n good view of Miss Congdons oeu-
room windows Kent had been seen III
the vicinity of East Walingford snort
time before.
HUNT FOR MURDERER
The announcement that Hent was
sought as the murderer of De'ta Congdon
led to one of the greatest man hunts
southern Vermont ever saw. Every avail
able deputy sheriff in Rutland. Windham
and Windsor counties Joined IN IT ana
farmers we're wrought up over the
outrage that they shouldered rifles ana
patrollcd the principal highways or
secured the wilderness for miles. hoping
to catch q glimpse of the fugitive
There is an almost unbroken wilderness
for miles south from the Congdon place
ana Kent was thoroughly familiar with
the woods so it was an easy matter Tor
him to travel undetected in midsummer
lying in hiding by daylight and making
his way south under cover OF darkness
Several times farmers discovered early
in the morning where some one had
helped himself to milk left out over night
and this petty thievery was laid at kents
door Bloodhounds were brought to Yer
mont from Poughkeepsie. y. T., twice
and employed in the search but all to
no avail
Nothing definite WAS heard from Kent
Unit! the following October. when he
was arrested n, Pittsfield Mass. for
larceny and was recognized by a scar on
his face as the Vermont murderer. for
whom q search had been in progress for
/ three months.
SENT 10 WATERBURY,
Soon after being brought back to this
State Kent was sent to the Waterbury
asylum for observation. sanitary ex-
pert having pronounced him of sound
mind, he faced q jury ut the March 1903
/ term OF Rutland county court, Judge r..
| l.. Waterman of BrattebOrO presiding.
I /; took only five hours after the jury
/ got the case for them to find him guilty
apparently little affected by the verdict.
and when being led from the court room
/ by an officer. he asked for cigar and
said: We'll. let them hang me. don't
Genre
An effor. was made to save his life
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EOIEN'S HONEY AND TAR COM
POUND "tIRES IN EVERY CASE"

Mr.. Jas. McCaffery, Mgr of the Schltz
Hotel. Omaha. Neb.. recommends Foley
Honey and Tar Compound because it
cures in every case. 81 have used ii my
self and have recommended it to many
others who have since told me Of its
great curative power in diseases of the
throat and lungs For all coughs and
colds 1t is speedily effective. j. W.
O'Sullivan, "A Church St
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FOLEY's KIDNEY PILLS

always give satisfaction because they
always do the work. j. r. Shelnut. Bre-
men, Ga. says: II have ,ued Foley
kidney Pills with great satisfaction and
fonnd more relief from their use than
from. any other kidney medicine. and i've
tried almost all kinds. can ckeerfully
recommend them 10 all sufferers for kid
neN and bladder trouble" J. W. O'sul-
Ivan, = Church 1T.
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PHYSICIAN PARTLY GUILTY.
Finding OF Windsor Count! JUr: IN
DR.. Thcriuutt's Case.

Woodstock, Jan. 5.-After being out %
hours. the jury in the case of the State
vs.. DR.. j. H. Therault Of Claremont
y. H.. charged with having procured m
abortion upon Alice Towle Of White River
Junction and with having murdered the
child. came in at Il little before 1--WE this
afternoon with verdict of guilty Of hay
ing used an instrument upon a woman in
order to secure a miscarriage \ verdict
Of not guilty to the murder charge was
returned. TIL" matter OF sentence will ',e
taken up later Tie maximum penalty
for the offense is % years imprisonment.
Cardinal Farley has sailed from
Naples for New York
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DOUBLE. STAMPS?

This beautiful 81 cut glass salt shaker
Is reduced to $l.6l.
"Oh. dear. | wish 1t were selling al
full price Then | should get enough
trading stamps with 1t to fill my book
Buffalo Express.
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APPRECIATED IN FRANCE.

The lie R.polin building. situated on
wharf beside the Seine river, Paris.
France. was recently rooted with our
Compo-rubber roofing Samples free,
Strong hardware Co. Burlignton. VI
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Charles Durham. Lovinston. Ill has
succeeded In finding II positive cure for
bed voting. MY little hoy wet the bed
every night clear through on the noor
J tried several kinds of kndney meui-
cine and I was In the drug store looking
for something different to help him when
I heard of Foley Kidney Pills. After he
had taken them two days we could see
change and when he had taken two
thirds OF n bottle he was cured. That
IL about six weeks ago and ne has ~
VIC: IN he'd since. J, w, O'Suilivan "a
CHURCH ST.
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Miss Consdon. who was about W years
old, and deaf mute. lived alone on what
Is known locally as Sugar NM on 'he
mountain between Wallingford ana East
Wallingford villages ON the morning or
July "A. 1908, her body was found by
neighbor lying on the floor or the MIX
room al Miss Congdon's home The sur
roundngs indicated that there had been
terrible struggle and 1t was evident that
she met death as the result OF blows from
club. The circumstances OF the murder
were OF an exceedingly revolving nature
Robert A. Lawrence of Hntiahd was
States attorney at that time ana, accom-
panied by Sheriff Il, &. Fish, he was soon
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
WASHINGTON.

Under the arrangersnt made last
year for rotation in the office of chair.
man Of the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission, Charles A. Prouty has been
named to succeed Judson c. Clements.
Prouty was next in point Of seniority
of service on the commission. He is
a native OF Vermont and has been on
the commission since 1896.
Enlarged application of the leasing
principle as applied to the public do
main. especially liberal leasing Jaw
for the development Of the mineral re-
sources of Alaska, particularly its coal
lands, and immediate consideration by
Congress Of the whole subject of wa
ter power development and control,
are the most important recommends
tions contained in the annual report
of Secretary of the Interior Fisher.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
states Finances.

Denver.-State Treasurer Roady
Kenehan has struck a balance in the
states financial affairs. Kenehan
finds that the receipts for the year
have been $1.2s1. .O6434 plus $64.67s..
80. The latter figure represents
surplus transferred from the biennial
period 1909-10. The total receipts for
the year have been, including the
transferred surplus, $1,345,744.24. I'm.
der first class appropriations war
rants have been paid amounting to
$797.553.6s; under second class ap-
propriations. $406,s34.65, and under
third class, $31.973.5s Fourth and
fifth class appropriations have not
been paid at all, and there is no
money to pay them with. Kenehan is
holding $1.699.35 for the Railroad
Commission and $4,000 for interest
on old bonds. He has also paid S19,-
1926 interest on, revenue warrants,
$25, ,163 interest on insurrection bonds,
$53.94 interest on delinquent tax
fund and $206.79 premium on county
assessors bonds. The total is the
same as the total of receipts: $1.345..
744.24.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Big Irrigation Scheme Proposed.

Durango.-Senator Frank E. Cove.
associated with Senator George West
of Durango, has a new and ambitious
Carey act scheme for the reclamation
of 10000 to 100000 acres of land in
the southwestern corner of the state
where sagebrush now grows several
feet high. The land is said to be
level and very rich. but dry as q
bone. The irrigation scheme is al.
most gigantic-although as yet 1t is
tentative. About twelve or fourteen
miles below Dolores on the Dolores
river 1t is proposed to construct
great dam which will have to be
about 200 feet high. Then a ditch and
tunnel will be constructed-the latter
being at least one mile long, to bring
the water through the mountain onto
the land.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
POSTMASTER GENERAL RECON-.
MENDs PURcHAsE OF LINES
A BY THE GOVERNMENT.
Will FOLLOW OTHERS
FIFTY FOREIGN COUNTRIES NOW
OPERATING ALL TELE-
GRAPH BUSINESS.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.


Washington. - Government owner
ship and operation of telegraph linel
is favored by Postmaster Genera
Hitchcock.
An official statement made public
by the Postoffice Department, say.
that he will recommend to Congress
that the government be authorized tc
buy the property of the privately
owned telegraph companies, under ar
act of 1874. providing for their ap
praisement.
The announcement came out Of q
comparatively clear sky. Although
government telegraphs have been ad
vocated sporadically, no postmaster
general. it was said at the Postoffice
Department. had officially recon.
mended such an advanced change OF
policy.
Members Of Congress, even those
on the postal committee, appeared to
have had no inkling OF Mr.. Hitch.
cocks intentions.
Acquisition OF the telegraph lines of
the United States by the government
and their operation as a part of the
postal service will be recommended to
Congress in a short time by Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock.
For a year or more Mr.. Hitchcock
has had this RECOMMENDATION under
consideration. After thorough study
OF the operation OF government con-
trolled lines and postal Telegraph
systems OF foreign countries. he has
cd 20 ha
Eress.
Should this recommendation be
adopted" Mr.. Hitchcock said in a
statement OF his intentions, II am con-
WINGED 1t would result in important
economics and in materially lowering
telegraph rates that now are exacted.
In approximately fifty countries of the
world-notably in Great Britain.
France. Germany, Austria. Italy.
Spain. Russia and Japan-government
controlled telegraphs now are in prof
liable operation.
"In many OF the countries they are
operated in connection with the postal
service
These telegraphs serve an average
population OF $50. 0.000. 900. and in every
instance they have been found to be
Of immense practical benefit to the
people, in both promptitude and cost of
service.
I'm this country postoffices are
maintained n numerous places not
reached by telegraph systems, and the
proposed consolidation. therefore.
would afford a favorable opportunity
for the wide extension of telegraphic
facilities. In many small towns where
the telegraph companies have offices.
the telegraph and mail business could
be handled readily by the same en-
ployes. 1t is evident that the separate
maintenance OF the two services under
expense.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
To Teach Women To Vote.

Grand Junction.-For the purpose
of teaching women how to vote and
to protect the interests of the home.
the Woman's Home Protective Lea
que has been made permanent. The
league was first organized during the
wet" and dry" fight here last fall
There were at that time $50 members
It has been decided to continue the
league and Mrs. Emma D. Chester, a
prominent club woman and suffra.
gette, was elected president.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
FOREIGN.

sun Yat Sen. president of the new
Chinese Republic. personally will lead
an army Of 100000 men against the
Manchus at Peking.
Two important developments have
Intensified the interest in the situation
In China. These were a renewal Of
hostilities and the demand Of the Rus
sian government that China recognize
the independence of outer Mongolia.
Shen Chow has ben captured.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
cattIsmen Rejoicing.

Hugo.-Great moderation in tho
weather. and resupmtion of traffic on
the Union Pacific are two events that
have sent the hopes of the stockmen
skyward. A conti.- uation OF the warm
weather prevailing means clearing
Of the range of ice and snow, giving
the cattle which have admittedly suf-
fered greatly during the last two
weeks. an opportunity to secure feed
end water
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Western stock Show Opens.

Denver. - The National Western
Stock show of 1912 was opened when
nearly 1000 persons paid admission to
enter the Triangle and the Amphithea-
ter and the exhibition buildings. The
comfort and ease OF those who visit
the stock yards have been provided
for. Special street cars are being op-
Grated.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Farmer, conoress Meets.

Fort Collins.-The third annual se3
sion Of the Colorado Farmers Con
gress convened at the Agricultural
College with delegates from all over
the state. The sessions opened with
George Lang. OF Denver. presiding
President James d. Hustled of Denver
was unable to be present.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Boulder Sets GOOD ExampIe.

Boulder.-The people of Boulder
county who are interested in the good
roads movement set a good example
by their activity in the cause. The
County Good Roads Association holds
monthly meetings, every one of which
helps to keep alive interest and slim
ulate effort.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
No Free Toll THROUGH Canal.

washington.-With the return from
a tour OF the Panama canal zone of
the House committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce came the death
knell of free tolls through the big
ditch-for coastwise or foreign-going
American ships. The House commit
tee is against it, almost to man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Mrs. Walsh Give. sso,ooo.oo.

Denver.-A gift of $4,000 to the
Sons of Colorado by Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh as memorial to her husband.
millionaire mine operator, and during
his lifetime patron of the pioneer
societies, was announced at a meet
ing of the Sons of Colorado in the
Albany. Walsh died April s, 1910
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
SPORT.

William (Ducky) Holmes has &C.
cured an option on the Lincoln base
ball club and its property.
Charlie Pierson. the fighting news
boy. knocked out Rube Smith in the
fifteenth round of a i5-round bout in
Dallas, Tex, in one of the most fu-
rious fights ever witnessed in he
Lone Star state. He is matched to
tight with Joe German January 23rd.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Collision Kills Six.

Philadelphia. - When an express
train on the New York division OF the
Pennsylvania railroad crashed into a
light station wagon at grade cross
ing in Toresdale, a suburb, five women
and one man were killed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Mine Station Bill Killed.

Neutrality-suspicious. from as
eayers and their friends 10 believed
TO have effectually put quietus. for
the present az least, on the PROPOSE
dion to Incorporate into the bureau of
mines provision for the establish
ment of ore testing and mine expert
ment stations in various Western
states.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Mines pay BIG Dividends.

Colorado Springs.-More than $780,
900 will be paid in dividends by two
Cripple Creek mining companies dur
ing the next two weeks. The Portland
Company will make its quarterly dis
blrsement of cents, or 100000, and
the Vindicator Company, controlled by
Denver men. will pay $4,000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
Fruit Men Combine.

Palisade.-Consolidation of the
Grand Valley Fruit Growers Associa-
tion Of Grand Junction and the West
ern Slope Fruit Growers Association
of Palisade will probably take place
within few days. 1t will be amply
financed and plans to extend opera.
tionS
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-01-18
New Factory for Grand JunctI,

manufacturing firm has written
Mayor Todd and the city commits
sioners asking permission to establish
a factory here for baby carriages and
high chairs. Permission will be
granted.