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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
BRADSTREET'S WEEKLY
VERMONT TRADE REPORT.

Reports to Bradstreet's for the week
indicate manufacturing interests are gem
orally fairly we'll employed for the
period. In the granite line some new
business has been received and specifi-
cations for estimates. for future de-
livery. are larger. Work in the sheds was
held up on two days. the past week. be-
cause Of intense cold. Situation among
marble and slate Industries is not chang
ed. Among the knit goods lines new bust
ness Is coming in slowly but an i'm
provement Is noted. Machine manufacture
ing plants have a fair amount of bust
ness but could do more. Demand for
turned wood novelties and mailing boxes
Is fully as good as usual plants are
operated to capacity. The lumberman has
been able to make better progress in the
woods as the fall OF snow has aided in
that work. More trade from the rural
sections has been noticed in larger
places Building operations in the state
are more or less limited at this period
by reason of the season and 1t Is early
yet to make any prediction along that
line. Reports to Bradstreet's from 120
cities In the United States gives total
expenditures on building permits for 1911
OF $S24.OSS,O0O, a decrease of 300 for
amount of year preceding and 73co
ior 1919. Wholesale trade in this state
reports usual volume of trade for the
period. With some lines collections are
said better while among others slowness
still prevails
burlington manufacturers report but
little change in the general trade con-
ditlons. Retail trade keeps up to about
usual volume for period of year. More
rural trade is reported Rutland manu-
facturers report usual volume of trade
for the period of the year. Demands
among wholesale trade said fairly good
with collections from fair to slow. Re-
ports from st. Adams note no change in
either manufacturing OF retail business.
Cold weather caused falling off in re-
tail trade on two DAYS but the sales on
other days OF the week were about nor
NAL Labor at st. Johnsbury is reported
well employed. Reports from retail mer-
chants indicate stocks comparatively. low
and buying for future conservative,
Montpelier granite manufacturing plants
were idle two days the past week on
account of cold weather Labor IN that
| line is not employed to capacity. Retail
merchants report an improvement in
buying of heavier goods over what was
done in December. At Barre some of the
granite manufacturers report consider
able new business ahead, while others
are still short of enough business to
keep plants working full time. Two small
granite firms have discontinued business.
Bellows Falls reports manufacturing
plants reasonably well employed and
trade In seasonable goods brisk At Ben
nington an increase in the number Of
employed is reported and outlook in the
manufacturing line is better. Brattleboro
reports general trade conditions good for
the period of the year and manufacture
ing plants employed full time. Lyndon
vile reports labor is well employed and
retail business food for the season of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
FIRE LOSS $4,000.
Property at Corner of Church and
Main SITS. Well Covered by Insurance.

Main SITS. Well Covered by Insurance.
An examination Monday OF the build
ing at the southwest corner OF Church
and Main streets. where fire broke out
shortly before one o'clock that morn
ing showed the interior to be pretty
thoroughly Quilted. but the walls are not
damaged so far as could be ascertained.
The fire was under control about two
o'clock but was watched until daylight
j. NJ. Lamora L. Sons barber shop on the
second floor was drenched with water
but the fixtures We're not damaged with
the possible exception OF large mirror.
The Lamoras had no Insurance. The store
on Main street west of the restaurant
was temporarily occupied by NJ. C,
Powers. who was conducting a manu-
facturer's sale of shirts. The stock was
moved out before the water reached it.
The building was erected by the Baptist
Church society and was dedicated as a
church about 1915. The society remained
there until about 1860 when the building
passed to the late G. II. Bigelow and was
for several years the home of the Bur-
lington Times. The late c. n Mead was
the next owner and he added the mansard
roof. Two years ago ii was sold for
$500 to S. ]. PloOf, who said Monday
that he would begin the work of repair
ing 1t as soon as the insurance Is
| settled.
The insurance on the building amounts
| to $500. of which Powell & Marks have
5000 and T. S. Peck $500. 1t is esti-
mated that the building is damaged TO
| the extent Of about rs per cent of the
| total insurance.
| II. l.. Pitcher. the lessee, has insurance
| amounting to $500, of which II. VI.
| Hickok carries $4.1OO, T. s. Peck 5000 and
| Powell & Marks $500. Mr.. Pitchers loss
is estimated at about 65 per cent of the
| insurance on the contents. Mr.. Pitchers
| plans for the future are uncertain. He and
| his wife and mother are at the Sherwood
| House. The latter lost all her clothing.
j. d. Nash. a roomer. lost all his per-
| sonal property.
The total loss may reach $4,000.
| The Indicator In fire station one showed
box 10 when the alarm sounded and the
automobile truck went up the hill and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
SENATE HAS STEEL BILL.
Progressive Republicans win Vote n
on Tarif Revision.

Washington. Jan. ga fight over the
question of instructing the Senate III
nance committee to report back the steel
tariff revision bill within fixed time
Will be made tomorrow before the
Its consideration. The regular republi-
cans in the Senate are for granting hear
ings to those interested but the progress
sive republicans favor a reasonable time
for the committee to consider the bill.
Senator Reed of Missouri tomorrow
will ask the Senate to refer the bill
to the finance committee with instruc-
tons to report within 70 days. He
sought Intellectually to force this fight
to-day.
Republican senators and representa-
tives held Individual conferences to-day
over the situation in the Senate at which
the prospective position of the progress
sive republicans was discussed. 1t was
pointed out that with the Senate men,
bership now standing as 40 republicans,
A. democrats. one vacancy. the detection
OF only four progressives from the re-
publican lineup would be all that would
be necessary to pass the bill. A number
of the progressives have indicated that
they will stand Just where they did In
the tariff fights OF the extra session.
Republican Leader Penrose will return
tomorrow from Pennsylvania and will
confer with his colleagues on the finance
committee on which he is chairman. re-
gardlng the committees procedure as to
hearings on the bill,
Senator La Toilette to-day reintroduced
his antitrust bill Of last session. extend
ing its provisions to prohibit the govern
ment from buying from trusts and for
feiting patents on articles manufactured
10y trusts.
In the House the pension appropriation
bill carrying sl520o0,0oO was reported.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
SISTER CONFEssEs MURDER
Dramatic Climax Mt Trial Of McDer-
mott for MuldOOn's Death.

New York. Jan. 30-With an 18th hour
confession that it was she who stabbed
Charles Muldoon. Mrs. Theresa Martin,
aged % years. brought to a dramatic
climax to-day the trial of her brother,
James F. McDermott. who was accused
of Muldoon murder.
The victim of the stabbing. who was
Mrs. Martins former sweetheart. was
killed in an East Side saloon on ST.
Patricks day night. 1911. McDermott
fed to the West and after being captured
in Denver Il was alleged that he con.
fessed to the murder, The State was
pressing the case against him when the
sister Unexpectedly appeared yesterday
and confessed to guilty knowledge,
The woman spent a hysterical hour on
the stand this afternoon hesitating to
tell more than that on the night OF
the murder shl had quarrel with Null
doom and that she went to her home
for a bread knife. Finally she was asked
point blank:
who drove the knife through Mul
docn's heart?"
Il did, she replied.
The woman collapsed as she Taft the
stand The lawyers went ahead with per.
functory summing up and the case will
go TO the jury tomorrow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
MADE I'LL BY GAS.



Mrs George b, Catlin Of 2se Pearl
street is quite seriously III at her
home as the result of an experience
she underwent Tuesday morning
when she was nearly asphyXiated by
illuminating gas. Mr.. Catlin is suffer
ing somewhat from the same exper-
fence and Miss Anna Flynn. who was
at the Catlin residence, also had a
narrow escape.
The Catlin residence is lighted by
gas and the NANTES are fitted with
pilot lights. Early Tuesday morning
the pressure in the gas meter became
low. The meter is the type that is
known as a quarter meter
During the interval between the low
pressure and the time that steps was
taken by the members of the household
to secure a better gas pressure. 1t is
evident that the lights In the pilots
went out. When the pressure came on
again these lights did not relight and
the gas escaped through them. a large
water heater was lighted and the fam
lily supposed that a peculiar odor which
was noticeable was due to this,
Miss Flynn was the first to be at
fected by the escaping gas She man
aged to reach tho outside door and
then fell upon the porch. Mr.. Catlin
In the meantime had noticed that she
was III and went to her assistance,
Shortly aftsrwsrd Mrs. Catlin fell
from her chair to the hoor. Mr.. Catlin
reached up to Light one OF the mantles
when he at once mistrusted what the
trouble was and threw open the doors
and windows. Miss Flynn had recov-
cred In the meantime and telephoned
to DR.. W. q. e. Flanders. who went
Immediately to tho Catlin home. where
he found Mrs. Catlin In quite a serious
condition. She was recovering nicely
last evening. however.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

trace their lineage TO the Normandins of
France. and who therefore naturally be-
leved they had an interest in the alleged
estate. Several Of these people reside in
Clinton county. where the name ~
Normandln Is not unfamiliar At the re-
quest OF one OF these parties resident
of Mooers Forks wrote to the Hon. Frank
r. Mason. American consul-general a.
Paris, asking him to investigate the mat
ter and inform her as to tho result ,f
his Investigation. Recently the following
letter was received from Consul General
Mason which shows the story to be a
hoax, and absolutely without foundation
in fact
"1n reply to your letter making in
Quiry concerning the alleged estate left
by one Nine Maria Huet- Normandin (dit
BeausolieD. ! have to say that your client
has apparently been reading the fairy
story that went the rounds Of the Ameri-
can newspapers and which has stirred
up n vast number of credulous people
who imagine that they are possibly heirs
to such an estate.
I'VE have had several inquiries about IL,
and some weeks ago I asked n clever
idWyeT mere WIN nus every Iaclllty TOT
finding such an estate II 1t existed and
after careful search he reported that
there was nothing In the story. no such
estate nor any trace Of Madame Huet
could be found. The fact that the French
newspapers did not mention this great
fortune looking for heirs Is sufficient
proof that it was more or less ina
ginary.
IF your client Is not satisfied witt
this report l advise you to write 20
Messrs. Valois e. Loeb, attorneys, No Sc
Avenue de rOpera. Paris. who have
examined the case. and they will give
you for a reasonable fee a categorical
and thoroughly trustworthy report"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
HOTEL
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Smoke Discovered Pouring from
Basement at One O'clock
This Morning.
FLAMES GUT The BUILDING
Guests Escape from Second Floor
Mother of Proprietor Car
ried Out, Her Clothes
Burned.
FLAMES GUT The BUILDING

A fire which is supposed to have
started from an Overheated stove
was discovered a few minutes before
o'clock Monday morning in the base
ment of Pitchers Hotel at the cor
ner of Main and Church streets, and
the local fire department had hard
fight before the flames were put un-
der control. For time the livery
stable of o. C. Stacy e. Co, separated
from the hotel by a six-foot alley,
was in danger. when the fire broke
out of the windows at the rear of the
burning building.
The bitter cold hampered the work
of the fremcn at the start
Mr. and Mrs. II. 1. Pitcher were in
the Cometa lunch room on the street
floor of the hotel when Mrs Pitcher
detected the odor of fire and on in
vestigation smoke was found pouring
from the basement windows outside.
An alarm was rung in from box 40.
and the automobile truck and ladders
from station one were on the scene in
few minutes. Two guests were in
the second story rooms of the hotel,
but hurried out.
The fire spread through the building be.
fore it's progress was stopped. The prop.
erty Is owned by 8. ]. Ploof. who bought
1t from the C. n. Mead estate a few years
ago for about $4,000. Mr. Pitcher stated
that his loss on furniture was fairly vel
| covered by insurance. The basement OF
the building was occupied by a poolroon
and arcade. and on account of the ex.
treme cold weather the stove there hat
been kept going hard all day.
| Mrs. Josephine L. Pitcher, mother OF
| the proprietor Of the restaurant. was
| sleep in her room on the second floor
She was aroused and carried out, but hel
| clothes in the room were burned.
| The entire building was heated by
stoves. there being l6 Of them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
A FAIRY TALE.
NOrmandin Family win Get No Money
from Estate Of Paris Woman.

from Estate of Paris Woman.
The romantic story OF Nine. Maria
Huet- Normandin, supposed to have died
recently in Paris, leaving a vast fortune
in real estate to many unknown heirs in
this country has been declared fairy
tale. firm of Burlington attorneys who
had many inquiries from clients concern
ing this story looked into the matter
carefully, and the complete story was
published some months ago in the Free
Press. The burlington lawyers, after in
vestigating the alleged facts, concluded
that there was little foundation for the
tale.
The Hon. Frank II. Mason. Amcric an
consul-geperal at Paris. has recently in
vestigated the matter somewhat, accord
Ing to the Pittsburgh Press, and has
found the story to be a hoax. The tale,
as related and believed by many mem
bers OF the Normandin family i'm this
country, was to the effect that one Maria
Normandin. a beautiful French girl,
married an English army officer named
iuet many years ago In Canada and
that this Huet afterward became wealthy
and died. leavinv Nine. Normandin very
rich. Later. Nine. Normandin herself .
said to have died without leaving any
children and her vast fortune was sup
posed to be In Paris. awaiting the heirs.
The Plattsburgh Press Of yesterday has
the following story:
For somei time past o story has been
going the rounds Of the American news
papers to the effect that q large estate
left by one Nine. Maria Huet- Normandin
was being held In trust by the French
government for the heirs who resided IN
America. This story has stirred up a
largo number Of Americans who could
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
SEVEN MILES DOWN.

A travelling man who drove across the
country to a little town In western Kan.
sas the other day met farmer hauling Q
wagon load Of water.
'Xr'here do you get water" he asked.
"Up the road about seven miles" the
farmer replied
And YOU haul water seven miles for
your family and stock?'
Yep"
why, in the name OF sense don't you
dig well?" asked the traveller.
Because. It's Just as fur ono way a
the other, stranger. San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

FOUNTAIN PENS AT FREE PRESS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

FOUNTAIN PENS At FREE PRESS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Perhaps there's classified ad in to-
days paper that you ought to answer
within an hour from NOW!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01
U. s. CORPORATION TAX.
Only One Month More Allowed for Re-
turning Blanks to Collector

Last year several thousand CORPORA
lions neglected to report to the Collector
OF Internal revenue before March !. AL
though the tax Is not then payable the
reports must be mailed early enough TO
reach Portsmouth. N. H.. on or before
the first day of March, For failure to
comply with this provision of the law
the tax is increased 81 per cent and added
penalty Of from $1,000 to $4,000 Is in
CURED.
Willmar tribune., 1912-12-25
CREAMERIES HIT HARD
Internal Revenue Department Class
eS Butter With Much mOiS-
ture as AduItera rated.

The business of the small dairy
men throughout the Northwest is
menaced by the ruling Of the COM
missioner of internal revenue, ac-
cording to members Of the Minnesota
delegation. This ruling is that but
ter containing more than 16 per cent
Of moisture is adulterated butter and
must be taxed at the rate Of 10 cents
a pound. In addition, the makers Of
such a product are required to take
out a dealers license, which costs
$3.50 year and manufacturers S
license for which $475 is required.
This question was brought today to
the attention Of R. W. Cabell, the
commissioner of International reve-
nue. by Representatives Hammond
and Volstead in connection with a
case arising at Leroy, MINI. A cream
cry company at LIE Roy shipped a
consignment of butter to the East.
It was seized by government officials
at Pittsburg, samples were examined
and the product found to contain
more than Is per cent Of moisture.
This butter was held to be "adulter-
ated" within the meaning Of the law.
The LIE Roy firm was notified that it
would be obliged to take out license
as a maker Of adulterated butter.
Representatives Hammond and VOL
stead appealed for a reversal Of the
ruling in the LIE Roy case. Commis-
sioner Cabell informed them that he
was powerless to act. He said fur
ther that Congress only could afford
relief through amendment and the
laws that the ruling in the LIE Roy
case was to be applied generally.
A rigorous enforcement of the
"moisture provision" Of the adulter-
ated butter act will prove bad thing
for~the small creamery, it was ad-
mitted by Commissioner Cabell. 1t
was pointed out today that in order
to ascertain the precise quantity of
moisture in butter, it is necessary to
employ highly paid chemists and util-
ize expensive apparatus. These lux
uries the officials say, are beyond the
reach of the small creameries.
The big creameries that are so
equipped, the officials say, are able
to inject moisture into their product
to point just below the legal limit.
In this respect, they will have their
small competitor at a disadvantage.
The small creamery man, in turning
out his products without a scientific
knowledge Of it's contents, must take
a chance in being ~hauled up as a
dealer and manufacturer Of adulter-
ated butter. Is. .: :><*s 5:5..z# ....
Representatives Hammond, Vol
Willmar tribune., 1912-12-25
Order Limiting Tine to File Claims
and for Hearing Thereon.
Estate Of Curl Hande.

Estate Of Guri Hande.
State Of Minnesota, County Of Kan
diyohi, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Curl
Hande, Decedent.
Letters Testamentary this day
having been granted to P. A. Gand-
rud, Of said county,
1t Is Ordered, that the time with
in which all creditors of the above
decedent may present claims against
his estate in this court, be, and the
same hereby is, limited to six months
from and after the date hereof; and
that Monday, the 10th day of June,
1913, at 2 o'clock p. M, in the Pro-
bate Court Rooms at the Court
House at Willmar in said County, be-,
and the same hereby is fixed and ap-
pointed as the time and place for
hearing upon and the examination,
adjustment and allowance of such
claims as shall be presented within
the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in the Will
mar Tribune as provided by law.
Dated December 9th, 1912.
(SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Judge Of Probate.
GEO. H. BITTERNESS,
Attorney, Willmar. MINI.
Willmar tribune., 1912-12-25

this will be used for the one to Duelm
and Princeton Another prospective
route is by Bowlus and Elmdale to
Long Prairie, which is some IA miles
shorter than by Sank Centre. One
of the popular routes is to Cold
Spring, Richmond, Paynesville to
Willmar. It is an easy road to fol-
low as far as Paynesville, but blind
one from Paynesville to Willmar.
About the only remaining route is to
Clearwater by way of st. Augusta.
By blazing these trails, by the one
already marked by the national as
sociation, it will be easy for auto
mobile drivers, although strangers in
the country, to have route so plain
1y marked that he who drives, al
though deficient on locality, cannot
err therein.
A different color will be selected
for each route, and the club, or some
of the garage men will have cards
printed giving the various routes,
with colors, and other information.
The annual meeting Of the Auto
mobile club will be held in February,
when the colors will be selected and
men employed to do this work by at
least the middle Of March.
Willmar tribune., 1912-12-25
WILL BLAZE new TRAILS
St. Cloud Automobiles Planning to
Mark New Routes in Spring.

St. Cloud Journal-Press: The St.
Cloud Automobile club will blaze a
few trails of its own in the early
spring, as soon as the automobile
season opens, in the opinion of sew
eral of the members of the club, who
have discussed the matter.
St. Cloud is on the ocean-to-ocean
trail, New York to Portland, Ore,
and the blaze is a red stripe, between
two white ones. One can start at
St. Cloud and follow this trail to the
Twin Cities, then to Chicago, and
New York City, going east, or going
west will have plainly marked route
to Sauk Centre, Fargo, and on to the
Pacific coast. A second trail starts
from this city, the central color be-
ing blue, which goes by way Of Rice,
Royalton, Little Falls, Brainerd and
to Duluth. This is known as the St.
Cloud-Duluth route.
There is another blazed route from
Sauk Centre to Itasca Park, the CEN
trail color being green.
Local clubs are expected to mark
the shorter local routes. The pres
ent plan is to have trail blazed
from St. Cloud through Luxembourg,
Maine Prairie and Kimball to Litch-
field. Another to Foley, and part of
Willmar tribune., 1912-12-25
stead and other Minnesota members
will try to devise legislation to give
the small creameries relief from the
operations Of the Cabell ruling.
NOn-PartiSanShip.

St. Peter Herald: When the next
legislature meets it should lose no
time in amending the primary elec-
ton law so as to provide for the
nomination Of all county officials as
non-partisans. In the majority Of
the counties of this state securing
the republican nomination is equiv
alent to election, but there are few
in which it is necessary to be nomi-
mated as Democrat to be elected.
Whatever the local situation, the
voters Of the minority party are dis
franchised. Every man wishes to
have voice in county affairs, and
public sentiment throughout tn e
state will be overwhelmingly in favor
Of the change that is contemplated.
The reform is needed and should be
granted before the next election.