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ANOTHER HOUSE ENTERED
J. E. McCOnnell's Residence on
Bank Street Is Ransacked.
Burglar. Evidently Looking for Money
PASSES over Many Articles of ' niuc
Harry Lyford Arrested ON
Suspicion.

The third home in this city to be entsrhi
By burglars during about weeks time
was that Of J. h. Mcconnell Mt 12o iiH
street. which was entered some time be-
fore 9:45 O'Clock Friday evening. The p)-
lice are of the opinion that they have TIL.
man who broke into the house in the per
son OF Harry Lyford. who was arrested
by the police department Saturday OF Il
warrant issued by states Attorney T. L.
Hopkins. While the house was cah-
sacked Mr. Mcconnell has missed nothing
up to the present time. Mrs. Mcconnell
was not at home, being the guest of her
daughter Mrs. Marden II. Plat, in Provi-
dence, r. !.
MIR Mcconnell, since the departure Of
his wife. has been at his home only To
sleep. Tran his return Friday evening
he Immediately became aware Of the d,s
order in the house, articles being strewn
about by the burglar in his search FOR
valuables Every room in tho houoo
had been entered, half burned
matches We're found scattered over tbs
floors. Matches were also found on the
floor of the rear piazza. Entrance WAS
made by means of the refrigerator win
dow. The burglar opened this window.
where the ice is put in. and crawlc
through the ice box. opening the refrgera-
which he had entrance to the entire
house. 1t is evident the burglar was look
ing for money he passed over many
articles of value pendant which had
been taken from a case IN one room was
, found upon the floor of another. and in
man may have taken some small articles
Of tewery.
Lyford was arrested by the police on I,
description furnished them by one who
saw man trying the front door OF the
house about seven O'Clock in the evening
/ When taken into custody he disclaime ed all
knowledge OF the crime. He stated thn'
he got into this city about four O'Clock
Friday afternoon but he was seen about
/ two O'Clock In the afternoon. When
searched quantity Of needles were found
in his possession. and the man had APP
parentlv been peddling them. There were
also found articles which go to make II,
the pocket travelling kit of vagrant
There was a little lunch in one pocket. p
couple of towels in another. a piece G.
soap some salt. toothpcks, etc. Thcrr
was also an instrument which is used &c
force keys from doors whore they are LEFT
in the lock. after the bolt has been thrown
This the man claimed not to have unit
he was searched Lyford has done tim,
In the local county jail for intoxcatioo.
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WHOLESALERS COMBINE.
AmalGamattOn of Burlington and Hol-
brook Grocery Companies.

The Burlington Grocery company and
the Holbrook Grocery company OF heene'
\. H., were Friday amalgamated. The
new concern Will occupy the new ware
house located on Maple street when w.
without doubt, the finest for the Whol,-
sale grocery business in New EnSard,
1t has a capacity of 400 cars with a side
track to unload four cars at time Two
object of the amalgamation is TO acch-
mulate in Burlington large STOCK N
groceries from all parts of the world ","
nomically handled, so as to make this
city one of the largest wholesale dlsf'p-
uting points in New England
The new company will continue uaoc"
the name Of the Burlington Grocery com
panN, which for % years has been one "'
the leading grocery concerns of the Sth'n
The directors Of the new concern are as
follows: +. F Hobrook. w. f, 'iol-
brook, r. r. Garvey, r r. Hanna e. c,
Blodgett Mr. Hanna will act as iAah'
ager
The new firm will be run in connectio /
with the liolbrook Grocery company the
largest Wholesale grocers in New r.'lS-
iand, with branches in Keene, NasN' /
ana Noodsville, y, II. They are also
large importers, having resident hu%"s
IN emma, Japan, Formosa and Ce'loh'
Altogether they employ about 80 sa'tH-
men,
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UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Freshmen Make Selection of Frntcr-
mites to Which They Are Invited.

The results of the fraternity pledging.
which occurred at two o'clock Friday
afternoon at the Old Mill, were as fol-
lows:
Lambda Iota-Kenneth Clement. Bur-
lington; Noble Shaw Manchester.
SIGMA Phi-John Macleod, Bellows
Falls; Paul Rathfon, Buffalo, n. y;
Phillip Raymond Mystic Conn: Sidney
Nennoman Buffalo, y. y.
Delta Psi-Rcniamin Hulburd. Hyde
Park; Hugh Sconcld. Hyde Park: Porter
Moore, Newport; Harley Leland Lyn-
donville;' Paul X. French. orleans; Wal
lace Goldsmith. Brattlcboro; Joseph Sar-
gent, Paterson. y. j.: Whitney W. Saw
yer, Burlington; Max w. Drury, Essex;
Robert j. Fowler Lebanon. n. H.: Har-
Ian Bostwick, Bristol Carl Jennings.
flardwick; Aubrey Akin. Newport.
Phi Delta Thcta--Trwn w. Gale. White
River Junction; Hugh G. Perkins, Rut-
land; Gleason $. Cummings. Philadelphia.
Pa; DcAlton Jarvis, Burlington.
Simea MIC. u. Rubce, Enosburg
Falls; Roy Logan. Dalton. Mass; Leroy
s. House, Onconta, y. T.; w. l.. Gold
thWaite. Chester; Clarence Pagan and
Emma Pagan. Rutland: S. z. Dow, Mont
Eomory: j. Il, Burk" and r, G, Arlilcy,
Essex Junction; Edward Tyler. Jr.
Eposburg Fails; Robert Wilkinson. Mont
pelier.
Alpha Tau Omcga-R. G. Chamberlin
Brattlcboro Lincoln d, ADAMS and San.
ford Plumb. Brattloboro; George A
| Blood, White River junction; Maxwell
Thompson, Rutland.
Kappa Sigma-SpcnCer Caldwell. Enos-
! burg Fails; Dewitt Doane, ORWELL Henry
| Furbcr. Woodstock; Harold b. Nelson
| Manchester; l.. r.. Parker. st. Johnsbury
/ Lyl" Woodwork. Enosburg Falls; James
Bosiield, orth Adams Mass.
! Delta Sigma--Howard l.. Bailey. John
son; Carroll II. Bowman, Montpelier
Thomas S. McGarry, Rutland Kenneth
$, Pierce, Fair Haven, Mass.
! Commons clnb-AiaX Parmenter
I Corinth, y. y; Maurice G. Bond, Tibet
ford; Truman o, Murray, Waterbury
Edward Plumlev, Ludlow; Ralph Lund
Brattloboro; Wilbur Erickson. Barre
Rev l.. Jones, Randolph; Arthur Pratt
Jericho; RAYMOND Bucknell, Jericho
j. Lester Lamson, Randolph; y. )
Lcung, Hong Kong.
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MARRIED FIFTY YEARS.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. f.. Brown Celebrate
Golden Wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. Z. Brown celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary Mon
day at their home, 35 Hungerford street
with an informal family gathering in the
evening. at which were present about 25
relatives and friends to congratulate
them upon reaching such a rare ami
versary and Thanksgiving dinner at
noon. with all Ave OF their children pres
emit Mr.. and Mrs. Brown were present ed
with several gold pieces in honor of the
occasion. The house was tastefully
decorated. the color scheme being gold
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown We're married in
Montreal October 9. 1865. but have lived
in this city since their marriage Five
children were born to them. and were
present yesterday: Herbert J. and Harold
Of Bridgeport. Conn. and Ferris, Eta
and Anna NJ of this city. Their two
grandchildren. Raymond ]. of Bridgeport.
Conn. and Doris of this city. were also
present Those from out of town were
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Brown and son
Raymond Of Bridgeport. Conn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Brown Of Bridgeport. Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. Lee Of Montreal.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Lee and daughter
Constance of Montreal. Miss Maude Lee
Of Montreal and Charles Lane of Under
/ hill.
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HOWARD RELIEF SOCIETY.
Officers Elected Mt Annual Meeting
Report of Years Work.

At the annual meeting of the trustees
of the Howard Relief society october
the following officers We're elected
for the ensuing year President, Mrs
II. 3. willard; vice-president, Mrs.
Matilda Tobey, secretary, Mrs. Mary
Maxwell; treasurer Mrs. Lille Phelps;
auditor. Mrs. Charlotte Beeman; super
intendent. Mrs. Mary Burritt; advisory
committee. Elihu r. Taft Harvey T.
Rutter and Merritt d Chttenden.
The work OF the year has been on the
same lines as in the past with the
exception of the closing of the sewing
school For many years this school filled
a great need, but for the past few years
lit has been carried on under great
difficulties as teachers in sufficient num-
bers were impossible to procure Now
that sewing is taught in connection with
public day schools it was agreed best
that the Howard Relief society's school
be closed.
The work of filing Thanksgiving
baskets was carried out in cooperation
with the public schools and the different
church societies. q detailed account OF
which was given at the time.
| During the holiday time. and mid
winter months, the b. =. O. +. allowed
US to recommend to their generosity
families and individuals who TO the best
| of our judgment We're at that time need
ing aid and to expe1d for them their
charity fund amounting to slG0 for rent,
fuel. food clothing. and, in two instances,
stoves.
The cooperation of Mr.. Delany, over
seer of city charities. public school
teachers. church and other phanthropic
societies has been freely given and Is
greatly appreciated
Donations of secondhand clothing have
not been as large. which is owing. no
doubt. to the number of rurmage sales
being held Those received have usually
been in good condition, and are Of great
valu, in the work Of the society.
Aid has been given in 1870 families Il
being new on the list Four hundred
recorded calls have been made and 1,0li
received. This does not include telephone
conferences calls made by representa-
tives of societies or individuals in behalf
of others. Three hundred and Seventy-two
pairs of new shoes have been given, n
pairs of secondhand. Many shoes have
been repaired Other articles given are
SO pairs of rubbers, $50 pairs Of stockings
lS5 pieces of new clothing, $50 of old
CSC quarts OF milk, 10i dozen eggs, gro
ceres for varied length Of time in lC
families, 100 prescriptions filed, 30 bars
Of soap, appliances for sick rooms given
and loaned. 30 pieces of bedding, COM
forters, blankets, sheets, etc. !" pair OF
eyeglasses. Employment has been OBJ
tanned for Is women, in three cases OF
which transportation was given, and IT
three others outfits provided.
This report a best can be but an OUT
line as the work is so diversified that II
is not possible to give any clear idea
of the needs and problems met, IL not
solved
Tho trustees wish to again thank
oil who have aided by their donations
and cooperation.
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UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Freshmen Make Clean sweep of Tn
lcrclnss Events.

The freshmen made n clean sweep or
the undercass events Saturday, winning
the cane rush by a score of Il to 40.
and the tug -of-war in two straight pulls
The freshmen assembled in a body at
the gymnasium at one O'Clock and
marched down TO Miles e Perry's store,
where they were given the canes winch
they brought to Centennial Field. the
scene of the battle. The canes We're then
given TO the sophomores. who We're fever
In numbers. The sophs conceived the idea
In a heap on them. but the Boulder men
objected. so each individual had his own
cane to look out for. as in past years. Nt
the end Of seven minutes, the Boulder
men counted the canes in the possession
If each class, with tho above result. In
the tug-of-war the frosh got the Jump
on the sophs in both pulls. and in the
second. the sophs We're pulled over the
line in the first minute ending the con-
test.
The senior class elections which were
held Saturday resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Churchill. secretary, Miss Grandy;
treasurer, Ames. joyce, Burrage, Lougee,
Miss Holdstocl and Miss Parker we're
elected members Of the executive board
No vice president was elected.
Phi Delta Theta announces the pledg-
ing Of John Crawford Trask, 20, OF
Rochester. VI.
Alpha Tau Omega announces the pledS-
ing of Clyde Horton, 10, Of Brattleboro.
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that made 1T impossible to hear the
pres decisions.
so great was the noise that Mar
Nopihsoh hnally protested to the arl U
on the ground that his players coul,
near his coaching instructions. wi
all however, the thousands ver,
ceedinglY fair in their applause. and
star play of the many made by Broc'
was accorded the same approval as
reeled off by the smooth Boston mac|
GAMER NOT THE ONLY STA
While Gamers hit coming as i'll
AT the climax Of q remarkable camel
earned him place in the Hall of n
reserved for baseball players. there
others whose play showed the hoiphI
winch player can rise when occal
IKE that Of this afternoon demand. 4
Myers, already q hero with his homd
IN the opening inning, robbed Hoopd
an extra base hit in the sixth ind
with running catch I'm which he nil
TN" bail off the grass top and fni
with complete somcrsault comina
with tn" ball still clinched in his
; hand. Daubert took a high twisting
far back of first base from Walsh's
IN the nth in a manner made far
by Hal Chase. In the ninth Myers a
temporarily saved his team from d,
with a wonderful throw to the
which nippcd Janvrin trying to 5
from third on Hoblltzols deep fly t.
bro"klNn center fielder Great p
fell also to Pitchers Ruth and ST
who swung through "A innings Of
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A PET SNEEZE.

While campaigning in his home ST.
Western politician was once inveii
into visiting the public schools of Il
where he was billed to speak In on1
the lower grades an ambitious tead
called upon a youthful orator to en
tain the distinguished visitor with the
hibition of amateur oratory The SCI
ton attempted was Byron's Battle
Waterloo" Just as the boy reached
end of the first verse the politician g
vent to a violent sneeze. But, h,
bark acclaimed the youngster: "a d
sound strikes the rising knell! Did
not hear it?" Everybody laughed,
a moment later the second sneeze-wi
the politician was vainly striving to l
back-came with increased violence. 81
bark" bawled the boy, that he
sound breaks in once more. And n
er, clearer. deadier than before! A
Arm. 1t Is the lannon's opening 70,
This was too much. and the laugh
broke from the party swelled to a
when the politician chuckled: Put
your weapons, children: I won't 81
any more. New York Times.
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DISTRICT MEETING.
odd Fellows Guests of Green Mountain
Encampmcnt of This City.

The annual district meeting of the
Encampment branch of the Independent
Order of odd Fellows of Vermont was
held at odd Fellows hail in this city
Thursday with Green Mountain En-
campment, No. 8, Of Burlington as hosts.
There was large attendance all of the
1--WE encampments in this district being
well represented, with large delcga-
tions from St Adams and Middlebury.
The opening exercises We're conducted
by Green Mountain Encampment Of this
lefty The grand officers present were
introduced by committee of past
grands, made up of A. II. Langworthy,
II. A. Spear and W. II. Duncan The
grand officers present were Grand
! Patriarch w. u, Wilson Of st. Adams,
! Grand Scribe Garry Walker of Bellows
| Falls, Grand Junior Warden f.. f. Nash
OF Burlington, Grand Representative
i Jesse Foster OF Waterbury, District
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Grand Patriarch y. Hayes Shangraw,
Past Grand Master f, b. Morton and
Fast Grand Patriarch II. r. Kimball of
st. Adams
Inc address of welcome was given by
Patriarch c. J. Russell of this city and
was responded to by Past Chief Patriarch
f. H. Morton. The Royal Purple degree
was exemplifed by Columbia Encamp-
ment, No. 1, of St Adams. Grand
Patriarch w. d. Wilson presiding. The
unWritten work was given by Grand
Scribe Walker. The reports Of the var
lous encampments as rendered showed
all to be in prosperous and flourishing
condition. The closing exercises were by
Green Mountain Encampment Following
n banquet remarks were made on the
good of the order by the grand officers
and other out-of-town guests
The encampments in this district are;
Columbia, No. |, Of st. Adams; Green
Mountain, No. 2. of Burlington; Addison
No u. Of Mddlebury; Champlain, No
%, of Highgate, and Wardwell, No 81
of Bristol.
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SCHOOL BOARD MEETS.
Pupils Christmas Vacation Shortened
10 Make Up Lost Time.

There was little save routine business
transacted Friday evening at the regular
monthly meeting of the board of scHo'I
commissioners, which was held in the
board room at the high school bulldlht.
All of the commissioners except NJ. }.
Barnes attended the meeting. 1t was de-
cided to close all of the schools one wecE
later than usual for the Christmas Vaca-
tion, on December %, instead of DecenI-
Der Is, and to reopen them ON January ,.
instead Of January $, thus making up all
of the time which was lost by the delayed
opening of the schools AT the beginning at
the year. Because of the order of the
state board of health, the opening of the
schools was delayed from Septembe. l
until september IS.
Or :. T.. Howard and Miss Cora T.. Gu,
lis were rcappointed as medical inspec or
i'm the public schools and school nurse,
respectively These appointments wa
continue only until January !. after
which it is probable that another medical
inspector may be employed, The repor;
of Or. S. T., Howard, who has been sery-
ing under a temporary appointment, since
the opening of the schools, was read, and
Miss curtis appeared before he board tt
read her report and give an outline ol
her work. She reported that kindergarten
cdnvasFes which had been made in the
Champlan and Chase street school dis
tricts had been very successful Two pa
pills who came to this city from New
York had been excluded from the schools
by Or. Howard and their cases repoltet
to the health office.
Charles Ready and Richard Mills, higt
school students. were appointed as man
ual training assistant and assistant t'
Mr. Souls, al the school, respectively The
/ ma q q
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fishing party planned for Sunday
tt Malletts Bay resulted most traGically
when Earl C. Morrill, of this city and
John Smith of Huntington were drowned
b. the broad lake between Hog Back island
hnd the lonG fill of The Rutland railroad
which connects the main land with the
islands. Just what made the men fall
anto the water from the motor boat in
which they We're riding will never he
known as none of the other four men
1n the party saw the cause Heroic
efforts on the part of the victims of the
accident. who made great efforts to stay
on top of tho water until they could be
rescued, swimming Il considerable dis
tance, as well as ali possible efforts by
the four men in the boat proved vain
snd the two men, fighting FOR their lives
tide by side, sank below the surface in
Full view of their companions one OF
whom was Mr. MorrilIs father, not ten
rods from the side Of the boat
The men left this city about $50 o'clock
Sunday morning i'm the motor boat,
"Uncas," the property of +. \.
Brodie of this city to spend the day
fishing az Maletts Bay. In the PARTY
were Earl c. Morrill, Of al North Union
street, who obtained the boat from Mr..
Brodie by whom he was employed, John
Smith Of Huntington. who was working
On Mr. Morrill's residence. q. H. Morrill,
Ind b. r. Morrill, of Huntington. father
Rnd uncle. respectively, of the drowned
man. D. j. Wilton, his brother-in-law
and Mr. Whittons son, John, the latter
Two of Willston.
STIFF SOUTH WIND BLOWING.
While there was rather brisk south
wind blowing, it was not considered by
those in the party that the weather was
bad enough to keep them from making
the trip, more especially as they were
10 60 north and would therefore run with
the sea and wind. The boat is of sub
stantial build. being % feet in length
with five foot beam.
All went very well, Mr.. Morrill, running
the engine and his father steering, tn,
wheel being in the prov Of the boat
After Colchester point had been rounded
and Laws island was over the stern, .
course due north was taken towards tho
large drawbridge near the north end Of
the fill under which Mr.. Morrill, intended
10 pilot the boat into Malletts bay. The
spray hoods both bow and stern, wcr,
down.
The accident occurred about 100 rods
from the draw. According to the story
of the men in the boat. as told that cV"-
ming Mr. Morrill,, who was near the on
CINE, stepped upon the small deck at The
stern of the boat, perhaps yard wide
ct the combing and tapering back to
point at the extreme stern, to wave t.
the trainmen ON the milk train Whicl
was passing over the fill. The other!
were also waving to the trainmon from
their positions in the boat, Smith sttinl
upon the small stern deck with his fee
inside the boat 1t is probable that Mr.
Morrill, lost his balance with the lurch O
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PADEREWSKI COMING.
World Famed Pianist to Play in Bur.
lingtOn October ~.

PadorcwslN, world famed pianist, wiz
appear in this city on Tuesday evening,
october "A. Preliminary ARRANGEMENTS
were completed yesterday for the first
appearance in Vermont Of the most il
mstrious piano VirtuosO of the world.
The concert will be given at the Uni
VcrsitY of Vermont gymnasium, and
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the
Installing OF as many seats as possible.
padoreWski comes here under the aus
pieces of Charles \. Ellis OF Boston, uu-
der whose direction he is making his
sixth tour of this country, and who is
also imprcEario Tor Geraldine Farrar,
iireislcr, and other noted musical stars.
a. II, Handley, representing Nh Ellis,
spent yesterday in the city.
The program to be given by the pi-
anist will be announced later. 1t. VIII
he one of the first concerts of season
which will comprise some so appear
ances. lie viii come to burlington
from New York ANA will 20 from here
to Montreal for 81 concert there the 25th'
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Statement OF the ownership, managomej
rirrula,lon;, etc, Of oulliugt9u Weekly III
mont required 10y the act Of August
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