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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS t THURSDAY, JTNE 7, 1006. 0 Tailor Made Skirts At priers thai Mill nft'ord you ,'i bit' savini,'. "Mndc of (lie most popular fabrics-- Kroadelotlis. Sieili.ii's, Worsteds, niul 1 .iniinins in black, blue, jjrny. brown, (iiven mid uviim whito; mid in all the new est stvlcs plaited, circular, panel and sunburst effects. The regular values arc 5.08, $7.08, $9.75 and $12.50. You may pick your favorite at One-Third Off from these prices. A fortunate purchase permits us to make this un usual offeriut'. See north window. tfTTI? w ju smit'i'k sxj- ,r Tixs NEWS OF VERMONT, More linpnrtnnt Events lirotiprd or the Free Press Menders nilrc(v urk Killed on (In- Montpcllrr Wells II hrr Hond. U'-ii.t' 1. s,t ct.il;. WAS - k r and was attnehod tn - ivc t hum'. 11. 1.VM) IX Till-: WOODS. A .1. fl--.. i 1 letter 1. )( i 1 I ft (i'rrt vr ar 1 I. S E'f r- w Willi:, a resident of Wih.-I'f-i i R' toVMi iC lliirro. was marly 'i ti'l liy a train on the Huston A n irrniil nt Writs River May o in ..I y w in foiiiul h.v worht. i ..lontlilcd hy menus of imhN nml found 111 tin- pockets. A brother, t Vv.iik, of Hurre, was untitled and 'v wn tnwftt there Thursday tif u Thr. funeral was held Friday i .a nt two o'clock. Wark whh 3.S r.lil ami unmarried. Up Is survived in. .tin r. th ret1 brothers, anil three. , a'l hi' this city. iin.fMiu-s uri.i.vn DEAD. Col mil' is ItuIliiK of North Mcnnina: tin uii I at his lionu' In that vilhiKo II, iy 11. Ho colebrnldl his Mini 1 rtliliv May IS. Ills birthplace being l.i toe neighboring town of Shnfts burv. Ik had resided In North Moii Ji'nKt n for nearly no years. Ills - .rpir life was, however, passed In (. i r i?d whore, in connection with oil c r numbers of his family, he ae-I ruin i Hi ,1 considerable properly. Of. the o di . feneration of the family, he j wm i l.i.'t. Life for Mr. Hullim dur- J i g ' n t.n.il year of his exlstento was ! lud' ' . usually strenuous by the! i 'I r.- (.f his relatives, who sought I t I r-v nt Ills marriage with the v i y.il I ' whim) he was united last An?" 1 The widow, who a year ago, v J. mi.' lllsHi'll. 24 years old, an 'ii in oim of tin; lactorliH nt N r Hi tin ngton, will Inherit tho umlf of his estate, estlinati'd to be ' 'r l .it over ?2un,iiu(). Last sumnier m i i Mr Hilling's nephews anil uteres 1 : 1 tint In- was i:ii n 1 1 in ' la I lug in nt monv. they made an aiijilleathm to " t foliate court for the appoint ment . ' a gimnlian and the applica tion w is granted. In his efforts to love the guardianship annuled habeas c orpin tr, a codings wire Instituted for Mr ll'lbnc and a homing; was had be fore one of tho supreme court Judges, decision was given out submitted to a medical ox- wiiH pronounced inoiitnlly went Imini'dlately from tin1 office to the Methodist nod was married. Not long e i i-rciimny Milt was brought Mi. llullntr In- a woman who o be the widow of a Mm by to ii riiitre, for a claim of iiuir "". Hie value of the estate father inherited a.- the only Monday M was vork'ii scythe n it:i old lulling ly hilled. II and was Mi to the groiiu Mr. Willi In .y M. ,U AYIlltins, who ; In the woods, gcttlnir out stoel:, near the site ot the I. nil In Kteip.iifT was Instanl- was Mllng a lodenl trn n k on the hmd nml crushed d. lii'atli was instaut.iui'ous. was 13 years old and came I. i MiM'lteu m ffoni ("rnltiliury last fall, lie was th father of Mrs. Arthur Matt hews, Willi lesides In tile ItllllllKM mill lumse. Me ,iad two brotheis living in HeadlnK. and alio a daiiHhter, Miss Hthel Wdklns. Short funerul services were h"1d Into Wediiesdny nflernoon the house and the body wns taken to Heiidlng for burial. U13AVKH MKAnOW UHOClK IS TOST- Whether or not Heaver Meadow Hrno't In the west part of Morrlstov.'n was posted has been occasion for considerable ills cuslon In the past. That rpiestion, liow eVi r, was quite conclusively settled May 20 at least In the minds of a few residents of that vicinity. At the Insti gation of Fish and (inme (.'oinniisf-ioner II. it. Thomas, Wnideii rileiens of Hyde 1'nrk happened over In that section a week ,'iro last Sunday and cnught sevi r nl tisliertn.in enjoying the port on the ahoy.- mentioned brook. At a herulng Tuesday afternoon before .lust'ee Nile". 1'hdi moii Preston, John Parsons, (iap.v flodfrej .uid to await the action of tin- grand Jury at the June term of county court. Tho. mas r. cimney was the prosecuting at torney an, I K. rj. Fleetwoo'l represented the retpi mdenls. parlmcnt hns hud more tronblo In and about llaiiojhan tlirotighout the rest of tile county, the rarriisseH of two deer having been found wllliui a few weeks. I'ealh was undoubtedly Laused b dogs, VKH.MONT ASSOCIATION OF HuHTON TO VISIT NOUTlIFIKItlJ, The members of the Vctiilonl nnea tlon of lloston old homo week commit tee were the guests Saturday of Chair man Henry t). Houghton at the Trdcsco rluli nt SttHtnpseott, where plans for tin old liolne week celebration of the associa tion wcio discussed. Among the mem bers present were Charles II, llradley, Dr. Ulles W. Ilrynnt, Arthur I ltobln soii, William Craig and Addlron O. Denny of the committee, and President N. U Slielilnn. The committee hud before it nn liivllatlou from .North Held, Vt to the dedication of the llrnwn llhrnry, the gift of George W. Drown of lloston, a native of Norlhlleld nml a niomber of the association. It wns decided to nrrange a trip to Vermont which should Include n stop nt Northlleld, on August 11, to attend the dedicatory exerrlscH at the li brary. From theie tho trip will he con tinned to Ittirllnglon or some other point of Interest In the Stale the same day, with an exiurslon on Lake Champluln the dny following. It Is probahlo that a special train will be chartered to carry the party, which will leave Uoston cat li on the morning of August H. HOY CIlAlUiF.D WITH FKITINC.. COU.VTKK- t'harced with making and passing eotniti rtelt tnone.v, Frnecr Mears of I'.eniilimloii. II je.ns old, was artisled Saturday at his home on the, mountain road between Manchester and Snndirale. The money which has lieeii eliotilaUd n lining people in this vicinity is In the denonilnntlons of .", in and 25 cent pieces, and is a poor imitation. J 'art of tint ap paratus wlil"h the boy Is alleged to have Ued WHS sel7.I nt his home. DATKS OF l'LAOF.S OF POLITICAL CONVENTIONS IN VF.KMONT. republican State At Monlpeller, Juno convehlion. At Ihirlington, June JS, State democratic. and the Clement Independent conven tions. At Mellows Falls, June 1(1, State socialist convention. Al Mfddlehiiiy. June is. tho First Con gressional Dltrlct lepubllcan convention. Al Moiitpeller, June the Second Con gressional Dlstilct republican convention. At Mui llngton. Juno 21!. tho First and Second Congiessloiial DIMikt democratic, i onvintlons. Al Mlddlehury, June 27, Addison county lepubllcan convention. At llurllngton. June St. Chittenden coun ty republican convention. At Newport. June Oilcans county re publican convention. Ai Holland Juno 21 Republican Joel chase were bound over l-eount y convention. At Liioslnirgh Falls, June 22. FranK Ilu county ieiiiblican eonvenl ion. At Chelsea, Junu 23 County republican convent Ion. At St. Johns-bury, June 2, Caledonia county lepubllcan convention. i f i lr re ..r 111 l g mutilation, sound, and 1 h slel.in s pi rs i c gi llfti r t ' e as ip rl.un an i l.v S W ill . lii'ir , Thl tli o tbe ( tin J m r ' I ' time of the Son's death. ..' however, wns s-ubd, but ' C. it the husband of one of i i ins nieces wns attorney for "f added consldc r, Ide local 1 1 t incident. FlrfHI HMAN HAD 103 SHOUT THOFT Gu f a' d M a h it.' a ti sj p to k C 11. W IS Hi ,t brri' 1 dur kei ff V .Udell C. C. UImI'. t '1 ahor was on M ' '"'igh the woods w ' i..g for trout win, i.-- manner. Hp wns ' t a contents of the of Danhy . JS taking i. ii he saw acted in a ry careful ti"ii bnsket 1 1 ! lun-lc'd LOST ( '. I rum view, and the warden 'ranted to 8eo what it routaiiied. Urtoil; to raise tin. lid which u ll Struggle hetttii-n tho inn im.i 'I the lishermaii got his bas- ni. I threw It awa.i. He then lit 'If. Warden Hlsdon secured Ilie d upon investigation found In rt trout which renders the nian a line of JKCO If he Is annrc- MA.V IIFT HOT OILI. NUT. v Oitnc Wardin Harry t'hase k seized a IQ-foot gill net g g of poachers has been using llooinsae river. Hecntly coin. been made to the wardoi ' '' wife l.eliig Illegally taken W illoonisae In the sictlon 1'vnl " Sudani. .Monday night while lie llllll liOllfl iif tli.. White ' n ,' "f 'he Slink I'apir conip.iny ' ' ' "w a ni. in preparing to put ;i ' "" ihe w,itir. Seeing that he 'ml tin p .a. h, r abnndoiu'd 1 i h.'hji. d iu'o ii,. mill i-ii-isn i ii but ia- unable I,, fini hjs "un ,1 tin i.et how. w i, which ovr III the t,,wn , li-rU of .! Ol'dll g tO i.,. 'VI,, ,.. lu .:.!' iv of line , ,,i, ft half It. i h in, Ii in,, .ihont in 11 l'H..i.l with 'h f 1 K w W i t I 1 1 1( II - , I n an IP ' 1 tor i.i Shaft h ff t' h II i r .. 1 ,, fei t I uju the DOC, roltF.TOLD F.AUTIIljFAKi:. F. S. Penrsons, formerly of Kutlnnd has just returned from San Jose, fal., In company with his wife, mother and daughter. Mr. Pearsons wns in San Jose during the earthquake and experienced mnnv unusual udventmes. Mr. l'ear sons was obliged to sell his lot nt a great saertfl"p. the leal estate market, being at a standstill. He reports that earthquakes are still shaking the conn m hip vicniitv of sun Francisco and San Jose and that on Die Thursd.iv previous depnrtine for the Hast, an enith- fldtiptcd, nnd that for reasons besl It., own to herself, she had while heir pu.-sed off tho girl as her vn, 1 uithenuoro that she hud placed In 1 tin box or tan, papers showing that the girl wns heiress to a large iHiioujit of property niid hurled the (an lu the cellar of the house. We hear that ti search of the cellar will soon be lunile to dlsrovr. !f tiosslblu, the long hidden box and Its contents. 1f found they will he restored lo the rightful own er. There Is nti air of m.vsleiy about the whole ii ff n If, hut the search Is to be muile, 111 evidence that the story Is believed In part by certain parties nnd the result of tho hunt nfter the but led papers will be eagerly recolvi d. MANY MAIUti: PFOPLH POISONED J)Y JU'LLMD rullS. About F'i peoplii In llarre were made violently 111 Sunday by en ting hulled corn but there liavo hern no fatal cii.se. Tho physlclani say that the man who peddled tho corn put It Into his cart steaming hot and shut It up, causing iv rhemlcnl chajige which m nln It poisonous. The victims wcro taken with seveic pains and violent nausea, whole families being pio.i tinted. 1'tr.MPF.D IUVHft DRY SEAHCIltNC, FOlt 1IODY, Tn the rnntlnun! search for the body of tlefaldllie Ludubouohe Sunday along Fast creek In lint land, 50 men and Ihe tire steamer iisslslid. . dam was constructed, the eotirso of the stream changed and thu fiver hoi pumped dry. All efforts were fruitless. THOMPSON'S A session of tin lirhl at the home la Itrattleboio I., Thompson being ii IllO olllce of Itefei. i xiinilnatioli w.i" relative to brink Manufacturing i. Thompson was pn Hon for tlie px.m Smith, trustee of Hie bankruptcy f journal nnd cash b of the company. . had lefusid lo turn them over to the trus lee although oral and written damages had been made up. a him Mr. Smith also Mated In the petit. .11 that he believed the company had a "ock book and oilier ".-er Al the hearing ed Hint he tonic the ioi to New York In islinss matters, loft them at Hie Webs', r hotel over Sun. lay, that on his return Monday they hud dis appeared nnd that in did not know when they were, lie s d no ledger was kept and that the clip, k n ioks containing eherk od as toon as the .' by the hank. JuiIko i. 'Iin led the exanilna k appearing for Mr. DRANK POISON Orrico Ballard of Georgia Com mitted Suirjido by Drinking Horso Medicine. SUPPOSED HE WAS INSANE llnd flcen Acting Strangely ft,r .Scleral Daji Had n Loaded llcvoKcr Vcs. tcriliiy .Horning ami Declared Ills Intention tu Slioot Himself. HOOKS MISSING. bankruptcy court was ' Charles 1 1. Thompson t Week Monthly, Mr. hi nl not able to ro to . I''. D. 11. Stowe. An i eld In fori) Mr. Stowe of the Mrnlllehorn ' ipmiy, of which ilr. - dent r nd clerk. A petl i atioii. Ilh-il by W, D. me e-iate, stated that bolide enunieratrd a ok, among othei books od that Mr. Thomnson books, Ini lud'iig a Mr. Thompson a Journal nnd ensh connection with PCTNF.Y WOMAN IV YL.vllS OLD. Mrs. Until AHi n Smith of Putney, "Aunt Kuth." as she is generally known, was InJ yrnrs old Friday. She did not publicly observe the annlvei sary, but was glad to to his quake visited Sun Jose. It lasted se- ral seconds and was sufficient In fori"? to remove many large jijeees nf planter from the wall and in ninny other ways shake things to piece.-'. The shakes have In en or curing along the coast over since the big shake of April 1'. Mr. Pearsons n ports Unit lilstrad of getting weaker each quake seems stronger than the one Pernio and that tin. people ;i!0 having the coast In great numbers, fearing nn other tdl worse than anv whh h have nlii.iole , a , ... I It.-. 1. ...i.i. " . .. ... ii.- oi.'uko'- AVllll llllll a per dog, which, he thinks, n wonderful animal, innsnut-h as "it can forlell an earthquake. On the morning of the big shake and shortly brfore the shock ennie. the dog began howling and Mr. Pearsons was obliged to get un to sc. receive a number of calleis, some ot whom carried llnrnl remembrance-. Mis. Smith was hoi u in Knyntston. Mass., and was the second of la children of fienjaniln .i.T-i Csthor (Wilson) Alkn. Sho has lived lit l'lltne.v since she was 2.'! years old. Match .'-'I. 1MI, she was marrnd to (ieorge S. Smith, a fanner. Alter Ids death in KUT. .Mrs. Smith went to live with In r ilnuuh- tcr, Mrs. Albert W. Abbott, In Putney vil lage, which Is her present home. Her only other child, 'Mis. Henry 11. Mlick, died 111 iMiT. Mrs. Smith is somewhat deaf and her sight is impaired, otherwise sho lis reniai kably well piei.crveil. She Is the oldest person In Putney. She and her sis jtir, Mrs. Lucy Jackson, of Putney, who is neaily M years old, ate the only sur Ivivors of their lather's family. Mrs. I Smith has vivid i ofiilieclUms of tin; Keens of her childhood. INSPECTION OF CO. I. The annual inspection of Co. 1, First In fantry, V. X. C, ( apt. F.. W. Ctilison, commanding, at llrattleboro, wu" Friday. Is answering to the roll-call. The comp.iiiV was ins'pected by Major Heibert stulw were destr cheeks were n tun. L. L. Watennan ' lion. A. F. Sihwe Thompson, 1 X FI! I Xi i F. M I : NT CLAIM F.D. A ease of great I'.ipor: n p to the gran ite manufacturers "f Ui.tp has lust in en ibrouglu In the Fni'. d Si lies circuit court for the district of Vemnnt, ll Is John W. frier of Oreen island N, Y., vs. Alex ander tunes of tl.vi" ami William Mart', ndinlniBtrator t.f Al. nando.- c ruickshank of Marti! for Int" i'eie n e with patent lights iu a mn' in mm design, the suit claiming infringement, In 10T a patent was granted to Will mi M Young of Troy. X. Y.. to run 11 yri-s. Later thn patent Ivvas nsslgnrd to ft er. tl ralor In the ll'.arte suit. Prior lo the Hssignment. how ever. Young had bion-it suit against , Pemilson Dab y for J patent rights on tin d' .State circuit eoiii1 ,,f m winnlng theie ainl cell I'nlso In the 1 'lilted State anil rerciving on ihkiii.i uf damages and ' violation of the paten' ' .w flier brings a slmalnr inse iign'nst lines of the Crulrks'i i"k es'nte, itmlng a similar Itt l frlng" luetir and asking for n'i injunction I rest raining 'ho defendants fro-n using the deslgn oran,' part of thr desivti. lie asks Mhat all the monuments m ihe di fondant's po-.se.-sion s'ld to li ne hern made by tin Id'fend.int from the .p ign. 'ie desiroyed ior tin tied over the the defend mt 'to be dei roved. )e ask '.in for cveiv tnonu im nt of thru design or "colorable Imita tion," for all protli nbove Ihe cost of manufacture, and. lnMly. ila'nnges. It can 'easily be sren that wife a decision favor- held l'u 1,1 lfl 'ne orator i" oe uwaroeo intu n Marge aniount vvouiu ne involved, oecaiise lerference with -m '''1 the Fnited liern New York, g a llnal decree court of appeaN, wife, a brqther, I Hell. W'llllt lhil lllflltf r .....e n.,.l .Al c...ne e.r thr. ,!,. ni !...' .i. .u..,T. Jolniso,, of Mrniidoti. assisted by Adji came. The dog has foretold thhe smaller ! shakes vviilch follovve.l, by barking and' doing stunts to warn his master tint something was going to happen. MFFTINC. OF VT. Ll IIP. A I! IANS. AY. II. flilmore of Fairhe and fapt. C. F. lliirnhatn of Huillngton ordnance otllcer. The afternoon was devoted to drill ami rllle practice at the rango In the west part of tho town. nO LIllliAliY THIS YI:AU. The Vi rmon: Library nssocintion In ld its iinnunl milling in Hrattleboro Tues day of last week. It was well attended, about loity librarians In ing present. Thc-e officers were elected: Prrs-1 blent, I'M ward N. (ioildaid of MontneUcr; vice-president, Miss Fraud M. Pierce of Ludlow; n cretary-treasurer, Miss J-Mith K. I'lark of Muiiington, A resolu tion was adopted which opposed th en actment of the proposed copyright law which Is before Congress, which prohibits the free Importation, by hluarus, of bonks which are enpyt ighteil In this country. MNs o, jj. Henins, llhrnrl.iii of the public library In Hartford. Conn., mil. ducted a round table and papers were glviu liy Miss !. M. Pierce of Ludlow, on "Charging Sysli ins"; by .Miss Sarah f. Hugnr of HuiiiriKlon, on "('1111111 IteadiiiK": .by Mrs. W. p., Johnsbury, on "Work wlih. dreil"; and liy Miss Frances Hobart of Montpelier, on "The Vermont Library Comniissioii." At the evening scsiou Miss I Irwin gave nn aihlress on "The foiin try Library: How to Make It Attrac tive." Tim n ssitms wet gi'cgatlonal Church. At a meeting of tho Aldrleli public hliiary trustees, reiently held ill Mane, it was di child to postpone the construction of the library building until next summer. This action was taken for several tea- sons, one of which is that it would be Impossible to have the building enclosed before cold went her. with such a late stait. Another leasoti is that there Is a very strong deslic on Hie putt of the pub lic that the building lie ol granite, whn Ii, at this time, is Impossible. And llnally, the coniudtten of business men, to whom was given the work of evisin,g plain so as to lessen the cost and still allow of the tire of granite, i ported that they found with the revision of plans thn money available was still shoit of tlie required sum. The I'otniiiltti repotted that they ''" I thought it iidvisab.e to postpone! the eotl- hnlth of St. If,.,,,,.,!,,,, until nexi year, which opinion 1101 11 1 nil- r.ir.,i, ,1 with the Idea of the trustees. Therefore the latter decided to let the mailer tost for tho pret.eiu. M YSTFH Y AT WIIITF IUVUIt Jl'NC-TloN. held in the Con- WAS THHIlt FA TI I Fit MONEY LAWN A10 f i'i ill ,,r 2". ....Irs' experience rltv ti 1 tx Pisiv.lv to the iniiiiufiictiiro of I w , mowers. They havn many good point-, making; ultntsether an al most pr i f, i t machine. Sallsfiu Hon to tlie user or money bsor; Is wn.it the nair.i of the mower signifies and is our method of nxpiess Ing the t ie .vtrruuf guarantea wo glvo with c erv mower. Thetr urn four different stjlos, rllf frrlng onlc In style of hearings (philn or bull) number of knives, and height of wheels 'uatity is Hie samo In nil tnr be si " $2.75 to $0.00, St d ior r i,i iii.i r. agar tiros., Burlington. Vt. Charles W. Urooks of liiattleboio h,,., leiiiinnl from 11 trip to the northern part of the State lu scutch of Information about James I'.rool.s, who went away from homo years m.n and iitiumd to look up Ins childien, Cluiiics Hmoks at- M iught range d a family reunion for the prodigal Imotber father, but tho latter t.i led to appear, and nothing hns been heaid from him. As Chailes Urooks was but three yiars old when his latlu'i left home, lie wa't not sure that the man who claimed to be .latins llioolts was his long lost p.uent. He visited his aunts, Mrs. Hani, t l.a pl.uit, of West Derby, nnd Mis. Nam y l",iict, nf Marlon, unit they assuiid lum "en James Mrooi.s was their bieither and siil he vlsltnl them bii"ir 1 inning to I'l.ntlehoio. They gavo Chinks Hiooks the aldilloiiiil Infoiniation (hat James Mroohs had iniiriinl again and liad an other Utility of children. Dniis ncxxixn dffr. Cee.rKo Casslo of U.irro wns niralgned before Justim II. I'. Mnitln of Marshllekl In ii.iiiitlrld Thuihday, ch.itged with al lowing dogs to run at largo in fotcsts In habited bv deer. Two rnses weie brought against him, as two dogs belonging to Mr, C.iKlo were seen at different times limning deer. He pleaded gulltv to both cases, being lined JS and costs In each c.'c-r, which ho paid. Strnnga dogs liavo in en seen running deer and killing slurp In Hull v Inlty. After thne weeks' search he coin, t,i waideu located the dogs Nove ll is up in tin selcctme.' to llnd out about Hie URcp killing. The ilah unit tiiitue du- A sitmy romantic In lis outline, ami pos slbly moie so when the filling iu mukiM It complete, Is toing the 1 minds at White Itlver Junction, It seenn that 2K years ago or perhaps a little humer ti woniati tilled nnd occupied for about six weeks tlie house In which II. c. Hubert and lumily now ii'shli'. With thr woman was n young girl ivho was supposed to be her r. Tune passid on. The alleged and daughter pus'-ed out of tho memory of foinnr leshients. Now it Is said Unit not long ago while 011 her death bed 111" woman i'"i,(. "i that that girl was not lu r child but one whir It she had How to Test industrial Values" Uooklet No. .' of our serlis, "Principle,, of Invioilinenl," shows very clearly the methods to be employed to determine tho intrinsic value of an industrial stock. A copy will bo si nt freo upon nppll cation to anvoiie Interested In Indus tilnl securities, CURTIS SSEDERQUIST Bunkers and Brokers the orator claims tint ninny monuments have been made from ihe design. In re ply to iris suit the il' fend.in's claim that Young wns not the irictnnl designer nnd inventor of tin' pnti.rn. and that monu ments were made no' 'filing to it long be fore the patent was i-ucd to him. Argu ments will he made before the novt term of circuit court In Wnimnt, both In the Interference suit and the Injunction pro- ridings. COLDEST MAY IN 22 YEARS. I.asl Month In lliirllnglnii Untitled to Thai iliillnclloii. fibsii v' r W. II vjex.nidcr of the lo cal station of Ce Fnitrd States weather bureau in ports a mean bar ometir for May of ' ' Inches, the highest Iming: Si)..' nd tho lowest S!'. 49. Tim mean temp future was ."2 de grees, with a maximum of ST on tho ISth and a minimuir of .10 on tlie 21t. The mean temperature In Murlingtnn for May during the last 2-' years is eS degrees, inakliu, last month tho coldest May in that period. The low est previous teinper.it lire for May was r.r, degrees In lPOfl and 1002 The pre cipitation nmoiinlcd to 2.M1 Inches, rain falling on 1.1 d.tva. The average pieclplatlon for Mn.v for tho last 22 yeuts Is .",.fi9 Inches. The prevailing wind wns south and Hie maximum ve locity was at thn rate of u nvllcs per hour from the south on the 12th. Thn avt rage hourly velocity wiu 11 mile, The month was made up of live clear, nine partly cloudly and 17 cloudy days. An aurora was noted on Ihe MHh, lunar halos on the 1st nnd 3d. fog mi the f.d, Hlth and 2.".lh. thunder storms on the 12th. Full, lilth, 17th, 2llh nnd 2iilh, a light frost 011 the Hth and heavy frosts on the Klh and 21st. St. Albans, June .1 Thn Hon. Oriice Mallard, 57 years old, and one of the best known residents of lieorgla, com mitted suicide shortly after lovcn o'clock this mnuilng by drinking a quantity o: horse medicine, the principal Ingredient of which was carbolic acid. Mr. Ballatd dlid within 1J minutes after he had tnk.ni the poison. Mr. Malhild is believed lo have been temporarily Insane when In committed tliei deed. Foi the past few days ho has been acting iiueorly and on Saturday In- was especially so. During tlie afternoon he disuppmred suddenly fioin his home, and was found asleep in the woods near his plnco by a seiirching party at nine o'clock Saturday night. He walked bad; to his house and was put to bed, passing a restless night. This morn ing he arose about siVeti and a few minutes after appeared In the family living room with a loaded revolver ill his hand. Ills daughter, Mrs. Ira Perry, aske'd him what he was going tei do nnd ho atiswi'.'iel, "shoot himself." Slin per suaded him to give her the revolver and he then went out to the barn, got the bat tle containing the poison and when found by a man. who went to see what lie was doing. iuiii Just taking his third swallow. He was helped back to the house an 1 was tle-nd before the medical assistance, which had hern summoned, could reach liini. Oriii e Mallard was the youngest child of a large family, the son nf Mr. unel Mrs 'oiriee Mallard and was born in Gimgta ( January 1!!, IMfi. He was educated In tlie common schools and Heorgia. Academy and was a farmer by occupation. He was actively inteiested In politics and was a staunch lepuhlhiui. He had soivr-d his native town in various offices as lister, school director and selee'imnn and was elected tei the House of Hepiesentatives in 101 and lkI'x nnd represented Fianklin county in thr Senate In 11) 1". In lVd ho sitv'i il on the committee on highways, bridge. and ferries and in t'f'i lie was chairman of the Important committee oil agriculture. In the Senate lie wns ,1 mem lnr of the committee on lailroads. land taxes and on insane. He served as a trus tee of the State' hospital for the Insane at Waterbnry for several .vi'ars and nt his death was one of tho trustees of the St. Albans hospital. Mr. Mallard is survived by laughter. Mrs. Ir.t Perry and Joseph Mallard, all of Ceorgin. A prnyi r service for the family, will be held fiom the houe at oil" o'clock and the funeral will be held from the church Uit C.eorgla Plains, at two oVlock 011 TueH 1.1 ,. FItAXK LIN COFNTY CONVENTION. St. Albans, June 3. The Franklin county republican committer held a meeting here yesterday morning and Issued the foi mal call for the county convention, which will be held nt th" opera house In Knosburgli Falls on Frbliiv, June 22, nt ten o'clock iu the lorenooii. i The sevcrnl towns will be entitled to delegates as follows: Makerstleld. I. P.erkshlre. 4; Kuos hurgh. s; Fairfax. ."1: Falrileld, 4; Fletcher, 3; Franklin. Georgia, 1".; Hlghgalc, 1), Montgomery, Klchford, X; Sheldon, I. St. Albans city. 13; St. Albans town, Swanton. 7. Total S. VICTIMOF ROENTGEN RAY. Dcatli of Dr. Welgcl, Hie First Ameri can VllllinrKj oil This Light, ItorhcsM-, N. Y. Mav 31. -Dr. Louis A. Weige!. tin tlrst American authority 011 the Itoeiitgeii ra.v. dhd Mils afternoon at his home in this city, as the direct result of his iNperiiuent.il wotk In thai con tncilun. He had practiced his profession in this rlty for 31 yearn. Ho was a man of unusual energy and In addition to caring for .1 very large practice wrote iiwnv 1 ontiihutions to medlc.il Journals. He was nlso a leading amateur photog rapher and one of the organizers of the Rochester Camera oluh. He was presi dent of the American Orthopedic sorioty, pr'sidunt of the Mochester Acndemy of Medicine and a member of many medi-c-r. societies, lie was among the first to fe.1ll7.e1 the possibilities nf tho IJnentgen rav. and did much experimental work with 11. believing It would be of gic.it use In his piofesslnn. In October, 1WI, it became uecessniy to remove his right hand nnd three fingers of his left hand which had hecoine covered with a can cerous growth. A f'W mouths later he was nga.n put under the knife nnd the muscles of his k'f breast removed. Four more operations were perfmnied before ho llnally succumbed. BURUNGTON SAVINGS BANK. LVCOIlI'Olt-iTr.U 1117. Deposits January .1, 1000 $ 9,857,328.78 Sui-pHia G25.830.65 Total Asaets $10,483,159.33 Depodts tecehed um pnld dally. Deposits made during the first four business daj-f ot tho month will drW Interest from tho first of th.it month. Interest Is credited on nil deposits January 1st nnd July Sat. All tnxes In this Htnti aro paid !V tho bnnlt on deposlti of 12.006 or WM. Deposits can bo mndo or withdrawn by mall or expro-i. Money loaned on legal security at tho lowest rattt". CX1Ul,.V,H P. smith, Prrntm. UBMtY Gltnirvt:. Vr..-Pr,lfmf. . W. WAItn, Trrnmre-r, E. f.. ISMA.1I, An..C. ir,nsnrt. TrtUSTEKf:. CTIAS. P. SMITH , WIl.LAnO CnANB, HF.NJIY UHKIZXE, J. IIAIISTOW, iikviiy wni.i.s, r, w. ward, Al.Iir.IlT O. WIIITTHMOKK. You Have Doubtless Noticed $ That about all that was left of San Francisco was found in S the bank vaults. ( These strong boxes and their protected contents saved C many people from destitution. Moral : RENT A SAFE. The Burlington Safe Deposit Co. 162 COLLEGE STREET. i. WSMOOSKI SAVINGS BANK From careful inntngement hns nni met with loss from any loan maJei dur. inp the last twrt tj years Deposit, nuole .1 nii'g- first five days of month draw Interest from first rl i of thai m.'ii'h. D. posits Hindi, ul'tor fifth day of month draw intore.it frr'rA i, first (I: of net month. annuaMy 'r,""Ul1 defiosltors January 1st and July 1st, compounding siml- '' The bank paj-3 all taxes In this Stato on deposits of tvro thounnd dollars i or loss. v i vniunivr loans .oi,icrn:n. Perioslts, Dccemher 31, FIOTi ?Ui:t,tl2fl.lt2 surplus sti.:t:t2.rt Deposits and Surplus oFrtci:ii! S. It AVrslon. resiietit. J V. i'mn11 1st Vice prr -i.il nt . S I'.tgwooil. 2nd' VI. n-pre idrnt, ormn.d C lo, Tiros-iirer. Tit i'-ti;i;si s tr w. s'ni ,i. i: sn.ui Samncf Miirvvoo'l 1 Mow..", Ormond Cole, o. p May, i- u s . rnnn, It J. write. Money Received on deposit at tho Money Loared on good security at tho Home Savflig Sank. BURLINGTON, VT. C. . I..M, President. V. K, nnOWV, Treasurer. MASONIC WEEK. 19 Congress St. Boston 53 BrocHway Now York Members N. Y. Cons. Stoci Excte I'rugi'iiniiue of Heelings In lliuilngloii .lime II-I.1. Thr programiiir for Masonic week In Hi s rlty from June 11 to Juno 15, It, as follows: Monday, 11th 2:ni p. in. Vermont Coun cil of Deliberation. Illustrious Deputy Marsh O. Perkins, ftlrd degree, cmninand-er-ln. chief; 7:nn p. m.. Vermont Consistory, Waller K. Hunger, Klrd degree, (onimand- er-ln-chlef; exemiillllcitlon of SiHh degree. Tuesday, t.'th Jfuirt a. m.. flrand Coin- mandiry of Vermont, It. F. Charles A. Calderwood. giand cnniniaiuler: 7::W p. m , grand council, It. .V S. M., of Veimont, M I. Orvlllo.C. Maker, grand master, Wednesday, 13th, likim a. m,, nrand Lodge of Vermont, M. W. Walter n. Han ger, grand master; 7:31 p. in.. Masonic Veteian .'issocliitioii, William F. Scott, venerable chief, Thursday, 14th 9;'t n. in., lit.ind l.odgo of Vnriuuiit; s :- p, m., Order of High llilrslhood. Kittiiilge Husklns, president. Friday, 1."ith-W:i) a. in., Hiand Hoyal Arch (ii.iptrr of Vermont, M. t;, Delo3 M. Macon, prand IiIhIi irli'bU AHHFSTKD FOH HA VINO MITF. DYNA- Hutlaiul, May "1 Hollo Howo nnd Charles Hlekcrs of Shefburne wcro ur rcsti d yesterday, eiiarged with being found mi the banks of North pond at Chittenden, which Is Inhaliitid by trout, with dynamite In their possess ion. Tim men werr arraigned before city Judge Willis M. Moss id thl.i city and plendcd not tvuilty to the chaw. The cases were cenil lulled until June i, bail being IKnl at S1."0 In each case, which was furnished. Tho offense with which they are charged is pun Ishnblo with a line not excecdlui? $100. MICYCLIST MHOKH HIS NF.CK. Springfield, May 31. On. M. Witt, a prominent business man formerly ot the firm of Witt .vV Keves of tills plnco, fell from his blcyclo yesterday after noon and broke his neck. CANTON DAIRY MARKET. Ft lea, N. Y, dall.v nial Hot butter sold at liieofe at lOHe dairies at tho June 3. On the Canton yesterday 1.4M tubs of I'J'iiC nnd 5,Vl boxes of C,ras Is at Its best find flush. DIPLOMACY. "Here," said thn grand vizier, "Is nn ultima turn from F.nglar.d." "Very well," n piled the sultan, with a boied look, "give notice that vve hack down, and tn-inorrnw morning go ahead wit i tlie matter as If nothlm; had hap pened." Chicago Record Herald COUNTY COURT ADJOURNED Ilearlnc In Progress When the Hnd C.'iuie S.iturdnv. Tho M.ifh erm o' ('hl'tenden countv ourt was tinall;. nl.ioureerl Saturday morning at t, n n' lo, k. by Sheriff Horton. The term has been an unusually long and busy one and many cases have been dis posed of. Judge Miles having frequently held evening sessions. Fven with all the extra time that ha been devoted to court work, the docket has not been cleaned up and several actions are still waiting for trial. A rase wns In process of trial when the adjournment wns taken. It was necessary to adjourn because Judge Miles opened the Addison county court Rt Middle-bury Tuesday. The hearing In the rase, of George D. Sherwin vs. Lena Hello Walker, which iias been In progress for severnl days, has been ceimpli ted but a decision has not been rendered. Judgment wns renilered Saturday In the cfise of Lucy Ann Martin vs. F. M. Sut ton for the plaintiff, tlie clerk to assess. Ill the rase eif Sam Mmgrnan vi. Peter Onv a Judgment wns rendered for tho defi ndant to recover damnges of ono cent nnd costs nnd the possession of tho prop erty. The last hearing was In the. ense. of James Jl, Virgin vs. Julia J. Virgin, a petition for divorce, , hill was granted to the petlloner some months ago nnd at that time lie was given possession of the property Tlie present hearing was an attempt tn liavo the cas. reopened. Mis. Virgin claiming that s'ie was en titled to sotiin of the propel".'. She sail her former husband was in tho hai t o' being out nights .,nd frequently rime home drunk. Mr. Virgin dei,,"d that he got drunk but said he kept 1 epior at hi house nnd used It when he wanted It The hearing was in progress when eourt adjourned. r.s'iwrn or IIK.VHV T. lKll.TO.V. I) VV1DSON, We, the sutiscrlljers, having been ap pointed by the Honorable the I'robato Court for tho District of Chittenden, commissioners to recrlvr. e, vanillic and adjust the claims and demands of all persons against tho estate of Heurv T Davidson. late of Mutton, In s.ild district, deceased and also all claims and demands exhibited In offset thereto, nml six month, from tho day of the (Into hereof being al lowed bv said court tor that purpose, we do therefore hereby give notice that we will attend lo the duties i.f our ap pointment nt the late residence of the deced.nt, iu Holton, tn u.i !.J district on the third Fridays of June and Novem ber, next, at in o'clock a. ni., mi each of said days. Dated this 10th day of May. 1 00(3. HFCFNK DAVIS. SKLDH.V TO.MLINSON. 17,w3t 'muniissiouers. In the matter of the estate of Marv L'. Driiry, San Dlcgu, California, iiuui i ompos i STATU OF VUHMONT, District of Chit tenden. The Honorable Probate Court, tor tlie district of Chittenden. To nil persons Interested In the estate of Mary K Drory now ot S m DP go, Callforniii, mentally incmnpi I ut ward liltUUTINd' Wlien a. application In wilting hath bee.n made to tills conn by th" guard Ian of Maty U. Drill y of San Diego, "al., for llcciisu to sell tlie real tst.ne of said ward, setting: toflli tin rein that lnr said ward is tin owner of a lot and house No, situated on tlie east side of Ulmwnoil Avenue in Hie city of Muiiltlglmi, said lot being No. 4 as lain down on a plan of land reiord cd in volume 2 on page inn ot said Muiiington land rcrnrds that the avails Ihereeil mav be used In the care and nialntalnance of said ward And thereupon the said court appoint ed nml assigned tlie liith day of .lum, Ifnbi, at the probate court rooms, lu said district, to hear and decide upon said application, and ordered that nubile notice thereof bo given to all per sons therein, by publishing this order three w eks siiecesslvcl v In tho Hurllnyton Weekly Free Press, ,n nowi piper which circulates in the neighbor hood of those persons Interested there. In. all which publications shall be previous to tho time appointed for tho hearing. 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