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Vettmmt VOIy. 106. MONTPELIER, VERMONT, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1910 NUMBER y; JOURNAL'S GRANDPRIZE VOTING CONTEST One High Grade Piano, Five Tiffany Diamond Rings, Five Ladies' Gold Watches and Five Vacuum House Clean ers To Be Given Away to Popular and Energetic Young Women (Married or Single) of Mont pelier and Surrounding Territory. READ CAREFULLY THE PARTICULARS ABOUT THIS THE GREATEST OFFER MADE BY A NEWS PAPER IN THIS VICINITY. Tho Montpelier Mornlng Journal has dcclded to glve away niore than -a thousand' dollars worth, of useful .and costly prlzesto tho young wo nicn of Montpelier, Barre and sur roundlng communitlcs. Thls wlll be -tho greatest voting contest ever at tempted by any publlcatlon ln the 'Stato of Vermont. Tho prizcs to be awarded are the best of thelr respectlve klnds and wlll doubtless insplre a large num ber of young women of this sectlon to hccome enthusiastlc over the Jour nal's ofter. The ladies to share in the ll8tributlon of these splcndid prizes Wjll be dotermined by popu lar vote of the readers of the paper. Voting coupons wlll be published in cach issue of The Mornlng Jour nal which count for TEN VOTES during tho first week of the contest. Votcs wlll also be issued on pald-up in-advanc(J subscriptions for threo months or more. A nomlnatlon blank will be found on anothe'- 'page of this paper, which wlll count for 1,000 votes if properly fllled out and sent to this office. Who 2Iny Enter the Contest. Any lady (elther liiarried or single) residing in Montpelier Barre or sur rounding territory, excepting of course, employes of The Mornlng Journal may enter thls contest. A young woman does not have to be a subscriber of The Journal. All that is necessary is to send in the nanio and address of the candldate and the namcs and addresses of at least two people whom you have known for six months. How Votes Are Sccurctl. GLIP, and have all your friends clip the coupons from each issuo of the paper. The coupons wlll count for TEN VOTES during this week If pollcd withln the date of cxpiration which is printed on each one. If the date is expired beforo the coupon reaches the office it wlll not be counted. Another and the best way to se cure votes is to get a number of your friends to subscribe for Tho Mornlng Journal for three inonths, jiix months or a year and give you tho votes. Ballots will be issued on each subscription paid in advance for threo months or more. In thls way, votes will count up much faster. Re ceipt blanks wlll be furnished all aspirants. Votes will be allowed on both new and old subscrlbers, also arrearages. Votes wlll not be sold. THREATS OF VIOLEXCK. Mllk Produccrs Sendlng- Milk to llos ton llnvc Thelr Product Spllled. Rutland, May 9. Feellng ran high among the milk producers in the towns of Danbury aud Llnmouth, and several of the men who ship milk to Boston clalm that they do not dare to do so because of threats which 'have been mado against thelr stock and bnildings. Certain lawless char ncters among the fanners have threa tened to burn the bulldings and pois 011 the stock of the producers who have not jolned in the movement for higher prlces. The milk of several farmors which hau been placed in watering troughs for the nlght have been spilled. M. P. Millard and Heury Stono of Danbury and Ira Crauton of Linraouth being among those who have lost thelr entire nlght's milk. The two latter have offered a rewnrd of $50 for Informatlon leading to the arrcst of the guilty partles. FELL DOWX SHAFT. Arthnr Thoninsoii Fell Into Elerntor Wcll But Kscanes .Serlous Iulury A narrow escape from a serlous acldont occurred Monday mornlng at the shons of the CoUon Manufnc- turlng Company, wlien Arthur rnompson,, roll through nn olovator woll, a distance of 30 fcet, from tho second story to the basement. He was fortunate enough, howovor, not to oven oreaK a bone 111 tho fall. Thompson had Eonn to thn Rfnnnri floor wlth a load of castlngs and had left tho eievator on that landlng when some other employo of tho Col ton shops took tho elovator to tlu floor abovo unknown to Thnmnann When tho lattpr arrlved wlth hls load of castlngs to load tho car. sun. poslng lt was where ho left it, ho backed into tho well. He.-wns plcked up by A. V. Stead mnn and William Patterson and taken outsldo tho bullding, whero ho was rovlved and a doctor called. At hls home on Berlin sido and ox amlnatlon was mado and it was found that no bones wero broken, nlthough he ls serlously shaken up. Only bona fido subscriptions wlll se cure them. How l'rlzcs 1VIII Ile Dislriljuted. lst. The flrst grand capltal prlze is The 'Piano, which wlll be given the lady who secures tho largest number of votes ln the entire contest. 2. The territory will bo dlvided Into fuc divlslons and cach of these dlstricts wlll get three prizes of equal value Ono Vacuum ' House Cleaner, one Diamond Rlng, and one Ladies' Gold Watcli. 3rd. Candldates in one aistrict wlll not bo confined to the distrlct in which they live, but may securo votes and subscriptions auywhere dcsired. 4th. Candldates compete with only those in thelr iminedlate dlvlslon for the D1STR1CT PltlZES, only in ln stance of the GRAND CAP1TAL PRIZE, which wlll be given the highest candldate regardless of dis trlct Hmitation. .Send ln Your Xume or That of 11 Frlcnd. If you are lnterested in The Morning Journal's great prize con test, send in your nanio or that of a friend and begln gathering coupons now whlle the contest is just begln ning. Those who get the best start in a contest of this kind are gcneral ly the ones who carry away the trophles at the end of the r'ace. Don't stand back and let your more thoughtfui acquaintances get FILL OUT THIS BLANK And mall or bring lt to THE MONTPELIER MORNING JOURNAL of lice at once. NOMINATION BLANK GOOD FOR 1,000 VOTES I Nomlnate MIss (or Mrs.) Address As a Candldate In The Mornlng .Tournars Contest. My name ls Address , This nomination blank entitles the person so nomlnated to one thousand (1,000) votes if properly fllled out and brought or sent to THE JOURNAL Office. It is furtnor understood that only ONE nomi nation blank entltllng the nomlne to 1,000 votes will be acccpted by the Contest Edltor. . . Flll out the above blank at onc and send or brlng to the Contest Department or-THE JOURNAL. It ls good for 1,000 votes. Ortly a- 11m ited number of nominations will b accepted, so send yours in early. COT LIFE SEXTE.NCE. Colored Troopcr Who Mtirdcred M11. lalto Girl l'lciuls (iiillty to .Second Di'grre of Crlme. nurlington, May 10. William West, tho colored soldler who shot and klll ed Jessle Lebard on Aprll 29 at Win ooski, this afternoou pleaded guilty In County Court to murder ln the second degree and was thereupon sentenced to Stntes prlson at Wind sor for lifo. He said he had nothlng to say be foro sentence was proiiounced and he smlled when the lifo sontenco tenn was imposed. John Bllllngs, lnalcted for assault wlth a razor with intent to murder a fellow trooper named Flemlng D. Jordan, pleaded not guilty when ar- ralgued. Bllllngs will probabiy plead self defense, as hls motlvo for tho act. l'OM'ELL TltY. Burlington Hotel M1111 Tnkes a Slap at tho Woodburys Kegnnllng Wlth drinvul of Thelr Sult. Burlington, May 9. Max L, Pow ell arrlved hero thls afternoon from New York and regardlng this dlscon tinunnce of tho sult against hlm by the Woodburys, he said: "I cannot see 'how tho Woodburys can now wlthout at least forfoltlng tho amount of the bond, $7000, and I cannot soo how ln Justlce to Mr. De lanoy and hls credltors they can wlthdraw thelr offer. At any rate, I shall do my utmost to mako them keep falth wlth Mr. Delaney and hls credltors, as woll as wlth tho courts." ACCIDEXTLV SHOT SISTEU. Slxtecn Year Old lloy lVlillo Practlc lng Wlth Itlik', Accomiillshes Fatal Ilced. St. Johnsbury, Mnj- 9. Whlle prac tlcing wlth a 22 callbro rlflo today, Louls Martello, 16 years old, of Shef field, shot hls slx year old slster Beat rice in the head, kllllng hor. jthe start on you and thcreby securc 'tho prizes through thls stupendous subscription campaign. Dld you ever havo nn opportunlty to securo a nico upright piano, a bcautlful diamond rlng, a nico gold watch or an ideal Vacuum House Cleaner at home aniong your friends and acqualnt ances? Now, can you reasonably ex pect to have anothcr such opportu nlty? Did lt ever occur to you that some good people in this country never save up cnough so that they feel able to purchaso a nice upright piano for the hoine? A diamond rlng is one of the luxurles that everyone cannot have. A gold watch is a most Invalu able piece of property for any girl or womau. A Vacuum House Cleaner Is both a labor saver and a great dlrt rcmovcr, and every woman should have one. All theso valuable addl tlons may be secured for a little ef fort among your friends and neigh- bo rs. The contest will run only n few short weeks and it would be ad vlsable to mako your candidacy known and get busy. Addrcss all inquirles to The Con test Department of The Mornlng Journal, Montpelier Vermont. The office of the contest manager is in the Journal bullding, where hc may be seen at any tinie relatlve to the contest. If lnterested call and see him, or phonc number 259. Watch tomorrow's Journal! FOKMKR WIRELESS OPEHATOU I'reM'iit Mght Openitor at Ceutral Yennont Stntlou Has Had ExpcrK eiiff on Sea Oolnp Vessels. Harold Fennlng, the new night op erator at the Central Vermont station has seen conslderable servico ln tho employ of the Unlted Wlreless Com pany both 011 shlps plying ou tho great lakes and on the Atlantic. Hls lirst experlence in a wlreless station was threo and a half years ago as an asslstant on ono of tho boats on Lake Erlc. As asslstant hls duty was to watcli tho receiver for messagcs and do the rotttino work connected wlth the posltlon of opera tor 011 a ship. later ho learncd tho key and in tlme got a boat of his own on tho lake. Hls most excltlng cxperienco was when the ship bn wnlch he was chlef opcrator ran Into anothcr vlssel and sank her In 12 mlnutes, Mr. Fenning was stationcd on tno "Bopo" at tho tlmo and was about to turn ln for tho night, the vessel belng well in the center of Lake Erie, when ho heard four blnsts of tho whlstlo which ls the dlstress slgnal on the lakes. Runnlng to the deck he saw anothcr vessel close by, which apfteared to have run Into them. Thinklng that hls own ship was slnklng, ho ran below and gavo tho Internatlonul dlstress slgnal. Ald arrlved flnally, but not untll lt was found tlint tho "Bopo" had run into tho stenmor "Clarlon" staviug n holo ln her sido which uulckly fllled up, slnklng her In 12 mlnute3. When tho crash came, 12 men on tho othr boat desevted in a sinall boat and wero never heard of aftenvard. Tho remainder of tho crow, 2G In all, wero taken on board tho "Bopo" und brought to port. The last boat on which Mr. Fennlng was Btatloned was the "Luckenbach" plying betweon New York and Porto RIco, Whilo ln this servico ho niet C. L. Earlo, now tho operator at Es scx .Tuuctlon, who was hls asslstant thero. The Johnson Congregational church has oxtended a call to P.o. Francts Parker, of Enfleld, N. H., to becomo lts pastor. KING EDWARD DEAD ? England's Moiyirch. Succumbs to a Quick Attack of PneUmonia WAS NOT JJNEXPECTED lilnir Ijlwiml Yllvmt tho Agc of C!) Years, 1'ass.ed y Last Mglit After an Illncss' of Almut n lYcek, Kollowlng Hls KHiirn From a Vawitloii 10 Hnys Ago ln Appar ont tJoud Ilciiltlr i;ntJmsias,tlc Sportsiiimi and Mldfly Known foi His Loi! of Flne Ilorscs. London, Mny 7. Klng Edward VII. who returned to England from a va catlon ten dnys ' ago in the best of health, dled at 11:45 last nlght ln tho presenco of hls famlly, nftcr an 111- ness of less than a week, which was serlous hardly more than three days The Prlnce of Walea succeeded to tho Crown immedlately according to tho lnws of the Kingdont with official ceremony. Hls Ilrat official act was to dcspatch to tho Lord Mayor tlie announcement of his father's dcath, ln pursuance of ;custom. His tele graph read: "I am deeply grleved to inform you that niy beloved father, tho Klng, passed away peacel'ully nt 11:45 to night. (Slgned) GEORGE," Tlie physiclans soon afterwards Is sued their official bulletin, which was as follows: "May 011:50 p. m. His Majesty tlie King breathed hls last at 11:43 tonlght, in the presence of Her Ma jesty Queen Alexandra, the Prlnce and Prlncess of Walos, the Prlncess Royal, the Duchess? of Flfe. Prlncess Victoria and PriAcess Louise, the Duchess of Argyli. (Slgned) "LAOING, "REID, "POWELL, "DAWSON." Pneumonla, ' followlng bronchltis. Is belleved to have been the cause of death, but the doctors thus far have refused to make a stateiuent. Some of the Klng's friends are convlnced that worry over the critical polltl cal sltuatlon, which confronted hlm wlth sleepless ulghts, aggravated, if it did not cause the fatal Illncss. Besldes the nearest relatives ln England, the Duke of Fife and the archbishop of Canterhuiy were in the death chambor. The Klng's brother, the Duke of Connaught, wlth his famlly, Is at Suez., hasten Ing' liome from Africa. The King's daughter, Queen Maur of' Norway, will start for England tomorrow. The intelllgence that the end of Klng Edward relgn had come was not a surprlse ln the least. The people had been expectlng to hear lt any hour since -the evening's bul letin was posted at Bucklngham palace and flashed throughout tlre Kingdom. The capltol recelved it wlthout excltement, but sadly, for the Klng wlth his own people was unquestionably one of the most pop ular rulers ln the world. They re- garded hlm as one of tho strongest forces maklng for the stabillty bf the peace of the emplre. The fashlonable restaurants were just emptylng and groups of late the- atre-goers were maklng their way honieward through tho roln, whlle a small crow'd stlll hung about the pal ace, when the streets wero fllled sud denly wlth newsboys crylng: "Death of the Klng." The papers were quick ly seized, and tho people dlscussed tho momentous event and (uletly and soon dlspcrsed. Tho streets were de serted by ono o'clock. Hls I.ast Wortls. One of tho last utterances attribut- cd to Klng Edward was: "Well, lts all over, but I thlnk I havo done my duty." He seemed then to have reaehed a full reallzatlon that hls end was fast approachlng. The Queen and others of the Royal famlly and four doctors had been constantly In the slck room through out the day. Several hours beforo hls death tho Klng was ln a comatose condltlon, but he rallled sllghtly be tween nlno and ten' o'clock and ap- peared to recognlzo hls family. Then ho lnpsed Into unconslous- ness, which cnded ln hls passlng. It was ncarly half an hour after the Klng breathed hls last, when Lord Knolly walked into tho office nnd snld to waltlug reporters: "Gentlemen, Hls Majesty is dead." Tho peoplo outsldo tho palace only earned tho news when tho boys ap- peared wlth papers. To Proclaim A'ow Klng. A summons to tho privy councll lors has been Issued by Slr Almortc Fitzorocy, clerk of the councll, con- venlng tho councll ln tho throno room of St. James' Palnco at two o'clock thls aftornoon, when tho counclllors wlll "wlth ono volco nnd tho consent' of tonguo and heart publlsh and proclaim that tho htgh and mlghty Prlnco Georgo ls now, by the dtalli of our lato soverplgn of happy inoinory, becomo our only lnwful and rtghtful llego lord, Georgo V, by tho graco of God, Klng of the Unlted Kingdom of Great Brltaln Ireland, Defender of (he Fnlth and Emperor of Indla, to whom wo do acknowlcdgo nll falth and constnnt obedlence, wlth all heartv and hum- blo ntTectlon, besoechlng God, by whom Klngs and Qucens do relgn, to bless the Royal Prlnce Georgo V, wlth long nnd happy years .0 rclgu over ub.'" The new Klnn, al'tor thlH procla matlon, wlll addroaii th? iiouncll and piomlso to relgn aa cotv.il!tuMonal sovcrelgn. At tli--. on-l or the nieet lng Klng Ocorgn wlll lasno hls flrst proclam&tlon, rofiuli'.'nj aM orficials to procced wltu iln-lr rlutlos. For merly, all offl-cs. Iiicliidlng the counclllcrs, wc.v vacaled on the death of tho severolgn, The aldcrmon of tho citv oj Lon don wlll .attend :hu councll aud swear allcglanc A proelamntlon has already been Issued by tho home office, reiiiil -iiit? tlicatrcs to close today. The court wlll go Into mournlng for slx months. and tho Lord Mayor has ordered that (he great bell of St. Paul's shall be tolled through out the day. Skctch of Jlls LllV. Edward VII., who ascended the throno upon the death of his mothcr, Queen Victoria, January 22, 1901, was born in Buckingham Palace, Novem ber 9, 1841. He was christened Al bert Edward, Prince of Wales, re celvlng tho name of Albert after his father and Edward after the Duke of Kent, his grandfather. The tltle of Duko of Cornwall fell upon hlm at birth, ho being the oldest son of the ruler, and ha was made Prlnce of Wales and Earl of Chester beforo he had llved a 111011th. The other tltles that fell upon him were the Duke of Roth'esay, Duke of Saxo-Coburg-Go- tha Prince of Saxony, Earl of Carrick Earl of Dublln, Baron Rcnfrew and Ixird of the Isles. The baptlsm was performed in St. George's chapel, Windsor, with great ceremony, January, 1842 and the ear ly education of tho child who was heir to the throne was entrusted to Lady Lyttleton, a sister of Mrs. Glad- stone. Lady Lyttelton carcd for the mental tralning of the prlnce, as well as the royal chlldren who followed hlm, untll he was slx years old. The followlng year Rev. Henry Mlldron Birch was appointed tutor and serv- ed untll 1851, when ho was succeeded for seven years,- by Frederlck W. Gibbs. His royal hlghness studicd for a scsslon at Edlnburgh, entered Chrlst Church, Oxford, where he- at tended the public lectures for a year and afterwards reslcled for three or four tcnns at Cambridge for the same purpose. On hls lSth birthday he was made a colonel in the army, wlth Col. Bruce as hls governor. He recelved the Order of the Garter on the same day. The flrst official appearance of the young prlnce was at the opening of the Coacl Exchauge in London, Oct. 30, 1849. Queen Victoria was detain od by sickness and was represented by the prince and tho prlncess royal. Ho also assisted in the opening of the exposltlon in 1851 and was pres ent wlth tho Queen at the House of Lords for the flrst tlme when the an swcrs to her inessage announcing the opening of the Crimean War were read. Trau'lcd Extenshely. As Prlnce of Wales Hls Majesty traveled extenslvely. At tho age of seven he Journeyed to Ireland for the flrst tlme, and ln 1855 vislted Paris with his parents and tho prin ess royal. With hls tutor tho prlnce walked through the west of England incognito when 14 years old, and lat er vlsltcd for some tln'10 In Germany. Many journeys to all parts of the Contlnent were taken, the prlnce generally golng Incognito under the namo of Baron Renfrew. Tho prlnce declded to vlslt Canada and tho Unlt ed States in 1800. Arrivlng at St. John's ho visited Nlagara Falls and traveled west to Chlcago, where he was mct enthusiastically, although ho followed his custom of , uslng the name of Baron Renfrew. The prince went from Chlcago to St. Louls and arrlved ln Washington late ln Octo- ber, where he met I-resldent Buch anan and spent several days ln the White House. He vislted other pla- ces ln the east and salled for homo from Portland, Me. Tho followlng year ho agaln traveled on tho con tlnent of Europe nnd later spent some tlme ln Egypt and the Holy Land. Whllo on thls vlslt to Europo the prlnce met the Prlncess Alexandra of Denmark, nnd thelr betrothal was an nounced September 9, 18G2. Tho weddlng ceremony took plnco in St Georgo's chapel at Windsor, Mnrch 10 of tho followlng year, and the princo and his wifc furnished nn cs tabllshment at Sandrlngham. Albert Vlctor, Duko of Clarence, was the flrst chlld, born ln 18G4. Ho dled in 1892, Tho other chlldren ln tho or der nnmed were Prlnce Georgo of Walos, born ln 18G5; Prlnco Louise, Duchess of Flfe, born in 18G7; Prln cess Victorln, born lu 18G8; Prlncess Mnud, Queon of Norway, born ln 18G9, and Prlnco Alexander, who was born ln 1871, hnd dled tho samo year. Iroland recelved a vlslt from the Prlnco and Prlncess of Wales flve years nfter they wero married, und ln 1868 they traveled extenslvely through tho east, returnlng through Russia. MAGAZINE EXPLODES Many Persons Killed and In jured by Terrible Accident at Ottawa POWDER PLANT BLEW UP Largc Qunntlty of Exiiloslrcs Set Off by Flaines Whleh Consumed Part of thn Flant, Cause Doalh of SoTcral I'orsons and Injury to Jlany .lloro Trenieiidous Force of Exiiloslon. Ottawa, Ont., May 8-An explo slon which late thls evenlng wreck ed tho plant of the General Explo slves Company of Canada, sltuatcd a mlle from Hull, Quebec, and four mlles from this clty, killed between te naiid flfteen persons and lujured scores of others. The force of the explosion was tcrrlfying. Thd country for mlles around was lnld waste and many small dwelllngs ln the clty of Hull, on tho slde nearest tho sceno of the explosion were tlat- tened to the ground. A baseball game was In progress a short distanco from the powder work about 6 o'clock thls evenlng The teams were playlng the last In- nlngs and when a flre was seen In one of the small bulldings of the powder plant the crowd began to swarm upon the hlll to get a better view of the blaze. Warning of the danger came to the orilookers in two mlnor exploslons soon after the lire got well under way. A shower of sparks and fragments of the wretch ed bullding fell among tho specta tors and there was a scurrylng out of what was consldered tho danger zonc. Some men ln the crowd, aware of the posslbllltlpa of the dan ger when the maln magazines were reaehed by the Ilames, pleaded with the crowd to go still farther back and many of them heeded the warn ing. Others, apparently enjoylng the element of danger ln the spectacle stood withln a thousand yards of the huruiug bulldings. They were kept pn tho qul vlve by detonations which sent sjiowers of burnlng brands in ali djvpptns. The baseball gamo nroKo up anu tno remainaer 01 ine spectators and the players rushed up to joln the crowd at the flre. lt was then that the maln magazines oxploded. There were two stunnlng detonatio3. lEverythlng withln 'a radlus of a mlle a half was torn and shattered. Glant trees were snapped off closo to tho earth; barns and dwelllng houses worc converted Into klndllng wood and even ln Ottawa, four mlles from the scene, hundreds of plate glass windows were shat tered to fragments. Tho scene where the crowd from tho ball Held stood resembeld a bat- tlelleld. Headless, armless and leg ess bodles were lylng about among scores of unconsclous forms. To the few who retalned a fllcker of con- sclousncss lt appeared as though over a hundred had been killed. The strange sllenco which followed the flnal death deallng blast was more terrlfylng than the crles and moans which came with a return to con- sclousness of the badly Injured. At 10 o'clock tonlght a pollce estl- mate placed the number of dead at flfteen and thc Injured at fifty. llldeau Hall, the official home of Earl Grey and the bulldings on Par liament hlll caught the full force of the explosion, belng two mlles nearer the powder plant than tho maln sec tlon of tho clty, Every wlndow on one side of Rldeau Hall was blown out and two great stono chlmneys top pled over upon the roof of the bulld ings. Fragments of stone weighlng up- to a half tone were shot through the alr for a quarter of a mlle shatterlng tlie frame dwelllngs of worklngmen which run to withln nn elghth of a mlle of tho factory. In a homo just north of the works two slsters named Carrler, aged 1 and 19 wero killed whlle slttlug at the supper table. John Blanchileld, was slttlng wlth hls wlfe ln the door of hls home when a fragment of rock snuffed out his lifo nnd left her un hnrmed but covored wlth blood. The head of a lad named Fablen was cut clean from hls body. Louls McCann, a laborer was crushed by a falllng fragment. He was taken ln an? automoblle which started hurrldly for an Ottawa hos- pltal. lt was seen that ho was dy Ing. The automoblle was stopped In front of the Roman Cathollc cathed- ral and staudlng on tho steps of the cdiflco a prlest admlnlstered tho last sacraments a few mlnutes beforo ho dled. A llttlo boy and a girl, iound dylng togethor, crushed beyond recognltlon havo not so far boen Jdentlfled.' Otht'r vlctims are Ferdinand Laurln, Autonlo Cnrvaute, Joscph Bedard, Horaco Anderson and Albert Lcblanc. Tho prlnco mado hls momorablo vls lt to Indla in 1875. Tho death of William 1. of Germany caused tho colebratlon of the prlnce nnd Prlncess, sllvor annlversnry to bo a qulet one. Tho oldest daughtor, Prlncess Louise, was .married to the Earl of Flfd ln 1889. Tho Prlnco of Wales flgured In tho famous baccaret caso in 1891. Tho Prlncess Maud of Wales was married to Prlnce Charles of Denmark ln 1S94 and ln 1906 they becamo Klng and Queen of Norway. l A -Y I Xl'OX YEX 1 12 X CKS SUKltOUXI). tho aged." If lnterested ln your Indlvldual comfort, send for An nulty rates. A guaranteed Ufe In como goes a long way toward com fortable accommodatlons. Natlon al Lifo Insurance Co Montpelier, Vt. (Mutual.) S. S. Ballard, Gener al Agent, Langdon Block, Montpel ier, Vt. Insurance ,. $159,187,877.00 Assets . 47,490,998.93 Surplus t 5,829,868.86 S. S. BALLARD Gcncral Agent Montpelier - - . Vermont "ELITE" Oxfords (For Men) $3.50 and $4.00 "LaFrance" Low Cuts For Women $3.00 New Spring Goods in these pop ular llnes now in stock; also a large variety, ranging from $1.25 to $2.50, iwlth a partlcularly large and strong llne at $2.00, at Shipman's 100 Main St. THOSE NEW SPRING STYLE LOW SfiOES ufe have arrived at B. M. SHEPARD CO. State Street, Montpelier CJ Tell your neighbors, and see them yourself. GR ANITESHED BURNS Plant of National Granite Co. Consumed by Flames Sunday Nighl LOSS NEARLY $20,000 lllazc nt About Mldulght Tobilly Dcstrojed Bulldlut; In Heart of (Jr'anlte Dlsrrlc-Caiiso Unknown at L'rc.sent I'artlul Insnranco Carrled By 'ew Owuers Other Structures Endangered. Tho granite shed of the National Granite Co. at the upper end of Barre street went up In flames Sun day nlght shortly before 12, caus- lng a loss estlraated at between $15, 000 and $20,000, only part of which was Insured und only for the work of tho flre department, mlght havo meant the burnlng of several other sheds. Tho llro was dlscovered by a num ber of peoplo llvlug ln the vlclnlty of Granite street at about tho same tlme, but for some reason or other tho flre nlarm box In that part of tho clty could not bo worked, eo that threo or four men ran to the corner of Maln nnd Barre streets, where Curnlo H. Lawrenco rang In tho alarm at 11:45 trom box 31. Tho tolephono had been In operatlon for threo mlnutes beforo the alarm rang howovor nnd some of tho flremen wero on thelr way to the apparatus. Both teams got out at about the samo tlmo although hoso No. 1 was tho flrst to reach tho scene, On the nrrlval of tho flro flgh'ters, tho bullding was a mass of flaines and a llght wlnd was blowlng ombers ln the dlrectlon of Semlnary Hlll, but for tunately no ovll results woro felt ln that dlrectlon Tho Excelslon Granite Co., which ls at one slde of tho burn cd bullding, caught in threo places (Contlnued on poire elght.)