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THE BURLINGTON FKttU PKIffljtj AND TllVirJS: TllUKSDAY, APK1L z, lvia. 1.4 JURORS PETira FOR A NEW TRIAL Ten Out or 12 Ask for Stay of Execution for Condemned Gunmen. TO AWAIT BECKER 1EH0ICT Vant Ever' Chance ol Error Eliminated Suggest Sec ond Trial May Benefit the Tour. N -a Vo. k. Mulch. r!. Ton of llu 12 Hh'l J.irolH who found .he foul gunmen guilt v t thf murder o. the gambler Herman .io.'cllthiU n.ive flgm-d a petition nskli.v liovern if Olynn to wln the ixei.ithm ' "rath. Fct or n.'Xl nv.,,lh, i.util :.flf.' i'ie i -en trh.i of rimilef Heck, r, th" 'on... r V'l e Ueulel.iint whose coin letlni. vi J -1 t arlde Inst vyinlh iy the State 'ou,' lf. It I n.-I '.r 'he riiiwn Ii i inin-iii. . ' to ) i, t tltloi' .ind oilier dnouni I r . ,utt. i- would V' pi. --el. ted to :he (i ,r t. - lu.row. ').. I .roiii' potltici'. j s .i ii -i d bv tuo ot then- number ; oik , . ,i i a.i- out of town when hi fil l ii va sunirlit, .iiiothi . declined to , not i altitude. Tho otheis f. i r ' .it t'elr re..ient wus mii.nuueu u part. d.h' to Imp.Kii' s .1 on r i o ic- i tne vei.llit" they i . jirl i t ii i, .. the new tiinl that hn- bef" I tnte.l to lieeker. the petition net" foith. He 'iitercHts ot justice may re tjulr.) I .it the exeeutlon f.f judKineiit of Jentli proiiouneed upon tht.i defendnntf) U ion iir venlii t be Hayed until there e Una' .1. tirmlmitlon of the sullt or In nteni ' o; th said Chnrles lieehir, or 5" rr dlspopltlcm of tho ease." WOl Ml AVOID MI9TAKI5. . rr i.oFtl'.lllty of erior should be i in'n.it d. the ten jurors pointed out; 1 n t .. .r re.iue.t for u reprleye or a Ma i . the end that If anything here ntter may ouur or any Information be procured, or durlnii the trial of CharloH Jleckir bo brought to light which may redound to the benefit of the defendants, they may have an opportunity at the proper time, to avail themselves of such development or revelation." ' TI. Lionel KririKel, of counsel for tho Ktinmcn, will piesent the petition, to gether with a HG-paKe typewritten statement niiikinc references to tho opinions of tho couit of appeals in the Becker case, and vaiious petitions-', among them one by the gunmen, "IV.rh Krnnk," Ciroflcl, "hefty l.oulo" ISognu lierg, Harry Horowitz, ("'!p the Jllood") and Jacob .el.lennhner, f'lVhitev l.t-wlK.") SUKK COMJU'TATION Tho four iciiucsts: Virst, that the judgment of death be commuted "to .such tonus of imprisonment as to the Governor may bcem just and proper;" and, second, that the execution of Judg ment ho stayed and lepleves be Brain ed "until after tho final determination of the indictment' 'against liecker. Affidavits by arious attonii.s, "new witnesses," relatives of the puiimen and other documents inlenued to Mu.u that tho four are inn.'. 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The pains m my sides were in creased by walking or standing on my feet and I had such awful bearing down feelings, was tlu- i pressed m spirits and boenmo thin and pale with dull, heavy eyes. .1 had six doc tors from whom I received only tempo rary relief. I decided to give Lydia E. Pin'kham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial and also the Sanative Wash. I have now used the remedies for four months and cannot express my thanks for what Ihey havo done xor mo. " If these linos will he of any benefit you have my permission to publish them." Mrs. SADIi: WILLIAMS, '155 i Jiunc.i Street, Elkhart, Indiana. 'nisscd doniiitnulo leaders mni almost Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegctablo Com- i oliU nilhoriiv opposition, adopted . poin.'.l,madc from native rootsr-nd herbs, "'"lul ml., for th,- consideration of coi.tains no narcotic or harmful drags, 1,111 'd-aling tho free tolls pr- and to-day holds the record of being tho VlHJn ,"r the Pananm canal ml. " r i i f r , .,, . Speaker Clark, Democratic Loader most succcssfu remedy for female .11 ril,erw1)(Ji 1!ol)U'1)llcall ,.,ler Man wo know of, and thousand? of voluntary , H(liVo Lcil,,or MurrtocK were testimonials on file, m the Pinkhwn , UllJ h(MU or Uln5, lillcrt u .lK,uBt laboratory at Lyn.i. Mass., seem to tlu, naniinhitmtk.ii, but the.- House re prove this fact jmionde.l lu t"' J'.csldonCs personal If JOll havc'lhc .Slightest (loul)t 'Plonl for prompt consideration of tn -flm! f .vilhi K. Viiil-hrmi'K Yrtref n 'repeal bill .is ii menus nt suppovi InfT ldoConipoillKllvillllcil) you. write , to liyUit JO. 1111 Ivliailt JKMIlClllCl I). ! Two otos demons! rat'-el tlio Presi (cotlfulontial) Lj'nn.jMass., i'orail- ; h in n commanding influence, with his vice. Vour lettor AViU iJOOptMlCfl, ' pni iv in Congress. On the first tout. and Jicld in strict contitlcucc. will se.l. .in .uidieuee with the fioer nor on TiiimIh Tile statement in the gunmen's behalf (uuclu.les: "ll is Ii. limed that Justice will lie satisfied, if tin- punishment w. i com muted; but surely .very rule of public decency and every desire for fair play. It H respectfully submitted, would dic tate that these four in. n be given the opportunity of having whnt.or bene tlt may come from th.. developments and determination f Becker." the I rial of TRIAL OF $20,000 LIBEL SUIT BEGINS Rutland. .March 2;. The trial ot the libel suit brought by John H. Stearns of this city, n furniture dealer, to recover Sii'iMd from John JlcteaU. publisher of the Fair Haven Km, a weekly newspa per, and Charles Turner. Rutland corre spondent lor the paper, because of a paragraph published September I, lull, Mas begun to-day In Ilutlaml county court. The plaintiff completed direct tes timony and gond prusiess was nin.le for the defense. The defendant pleads justl lleatloii of the vlto-beatlns phase of the article In the lira. The affinity charge contained In the objectionable article does no, ligure in tin- present trial he cause It lias been taken to the Vermont Supreme Court for a dolmition of tho vv.ir.l alflnity. The attorneys In Lie case ale Krncst II. o'lirlen, Thomas YV. Moloney and Joseph C. Jones of this eity for the plaintiff, nn. I Jlarvtlle C. Webber of Rutland. John ti. Sargent of l.udlow and !;. l). ltavmond of fair Haven for the d. fendnnts. Mi Stearns testified that he is the only rur.iiture dealer ill this city having a .ife and four children and that he was the only furniture man having a family at Lake lloinoscen last summer so that there Is no question at whom tho slur la aimed. Mr. Stearns said that since the article appealed In print his filenda had tailed In recognize 111 in on the street and that he had .suffered fioin great humiliation, mental anguish, los1- ot sleep, loss of appe tite and ner ousiiegs. He has been tillable to give proper attention to his large un dei taking and furniture business and to the diith .i of his oinVe its a member of tlv Veimont Stale boa nl of e mbalniers. Mis.. Stain . omiburat. el h. r husband's ftory. She said that he olten had paced tin- llooi at night because uf inabllltv to sleep or had read for hours in the n'.cht. Sh. was the only other witness lor the plaintiff, oxcept that Mr, .M"K'al( was called to establish his owncivdilp ,.r the Krn. lie said that 'i.Tr Turner had no linanelul interest !! the nev.srinper The chief llneNae fir tile ch-fenS" this aft'inoan were Ccorgo II. Wheeler, feum erly of IVi't autland, a teacher at Verona. J. and Harold .Tacobua of Wrona. They Were camping i.t i.ai.e. llomoscn hisl August. Xiither l-.new Mr. and Mis. Stearns. They te&tllled n Kanling iries wMc they wild they over heard while passing a cottage e.eciphd by th- Ktearnses th- night .lefoio tin lamily 1. ft tho lake. DAMAGES OF $500 AWARDED IN PAIR HAVEN LIBEL CASE Jlutliui'., March "lt.--.lonn '., St' 'ins or thin city was awarded damaget of y,t) and John II. MeUalf, editor of tho Fair Haven Era, mid Charles Tine r of Hutland, a coirespondenl ..f tc we. kl newspaper, were adjudged guilty of libel by a jury which returned a verdict hi Hutland coun ty court ychti rdny aft' rnuon la a suit for JJ.t,irt) biotight by .Mr. Stearns on account ot a paragraph publii-hed In tho Urn' Sep tember I, Wis. Th" jury In a apodal ver dh't found Ii . in not guilty of wife beating which wiu alleg. .1 In the aitlcle, which contain, d no nam. s but was hi worded as to Indicate that Mr. Stearns anil Cora K. Porter, a nuise In his home, were referred to. The counm I in Hi" case were Ernest II. O'lirlen. Thomas W. Moloney and Joseph C, Jones of Hutland for tho plnlnlilt and M.irvella C. Webber of this city. John (J. Sargent of l.udlow and 11. 1). Hayniond or I'oultney for the defennlnntH. This trial merely disposes of the wife beutlng phase of th. ruo. It Is expected that tho Vermont supremo court at Its next term In May will pasii on the nihility charge. Cntll this Is decided thu llhel suit biought by Miss Cora IC. Poiter, a nurse, iixuliiHt MeHsru. Metcnlf and Tur in r will stand and If the BUpruino couit finds there is ground for dim Ring libel in reference to the word alllnlty, Miss Pur ler's case will bo tried at the next term of county court. Mr. Stearns stales that If this . uiii .-. about lie will billig suit I'.i Illli 1 '.'..llii-t Turin I' ,V"1 Mi 1. . If Hi ' 'i. " ' i M. i m Mi i. t, nih i, i Ue i.LVlU'v jiiuouhU mUu U uluu' IiIiilshI C. WILSON 1HS THE OPENING mm Special Utile for Consideration of Tolls Exemption Repeal Hill Is Carried. OPPOSITION IS BITTER Underwood Pleads in Vain for Votes Result Shows Pres ident's Command of His Party. 1 u-UHllBlllll. Mai oh ST. ivcsliK-nt I U ilt((,n to-day mm tho opening sklr- 1 ,,, ImIi of the greatest legislative battle ,,,f i,l administration when the House, liner bitter protests Irotn the recog- Ill's administration's foreign policy. tt motion to end debnto and preclude amondmeiit ot. the rule, carrieil by a vote of 211" to 17; the rule Itself was adopted, 201) to 172. Nothing to compare with tile scene to-day had occurred in the House since, tho famous Cannon rules fight four ,cars ago. In vain Representative rndei wnod took tho floor of the House and urged bis colleagues to vote against the rule. The rank and llle deniociuts, after listening to three hours of passionate argument, swung into the l'lesldent's column, HIT, of them voting to prevent the amendment of the special rule, while but fi." followed the leadprs In Joining with the minority In opposi- 1 tlon. PREDICT FAST R HP UAL. Tn-night administration supporters con sidered the crucial point passed, and Jubilantly predicted the passage of the repeal bill Itself Tuesday or Wednesday by a majority of more than one hun dred. The roll cull was taken in silence, the crowded Hour and galleries tense with excitement, aft. r an hour of debate. With Representative I'nderwood, tho Hour leader, Speaker Clark and Repre sentative Fitzgerald, on the minority side, the democratic majority for the tlmo being recognized as leaders Representa tive Henry, chairman on rules; Adamson, chairman of the Interstate and foreign c.miiuei'f onimltteo; Palmer of Penn- shani.i. I la rd wick of Georgia: Shcrley of Kentucky, and nther prominent figures supporting the President's position. i inly eight republicans joined with the majority in sill. port of the admin istration's program, but It was con ceded to-night bj lenders on both sides that main republicans whe voted against the piollmlunry administration plans would vote eventually for tho repeal. The solid progressive dele gation of the House, led by Repre sentathe Muidock of Kansas, was aligned against the majority. President Wilson's triumph was coiislde red most notable by the rank and file of all parties because of the unusual alignment of forces within the. dnm.icratic ranks. Speaker Clark, though he did not take the flour to-day, had issued his eleventh hour attack upon the plans of the Pres ident's lrlends to limit debate, and an nounced that lie would speak against the repeal bill Tuesday. ATTACKS PRESIDENT'S TOHICY Representative I'nderwood, who has been in the open against the President on the issue, pleaded urgently against the rule, and later delivered an attack on President Wilson's pulley, denouncing 'he repeal of tho loll exemption as an economic mistake, and declaring th President to bu wrong In bis conclusion that exemption la in violation of th ii.ij -Pauncefote iic.tty. Yet In the face of this opposition the President won w!th'n 'be p.i-tv membership ti nearly foil.' ll. O'l" . Whll" the House ven. enjrnBed In the In i I in I Biriifcgio uf tht conlllct, I he centre. Viir. was tlio nn dium of enlivening ells i.ur!on in Hie Senate. Senator Ow.Mi In a speech voicing the President's position, declare! that tolls exemption ivvcr had been supported by i majority of hid democrats in Con gr. s, and pleaded dramatically for his nlleagui-s to uphold the honor of the na tion. Senator Jams and Senator O'Oormnn, the latter leading tho revolt against the President In the upper house, engaged In a stirring ci.liiitiy. Hepresentutlve Sims of Tenmspe, the author of the repeal bill, made the first sp. ech In support of his measure. He ar gued at length against tho economic pol icy of thefreu ptissago of American ships through the canal, F. S. FHEU TO EXEMPT SIMPS. Debate nguliist the repeal was opened by Hepiosuntajlvp Underwood, who deliv ered detailed argument, to show that un der the various treaties the UnlU'd States had tho right to proscribe such tolls as It deems necessary for vessels using the vaiial. "Great P.rltaln " ho Mid, "could not prop, oily contend that tlio United Stales under the treaties Is not free to exempt Its ships ft urn tolls If It sees lit." HeproHentiitlve Palmer of Pennsylvania told the democrats that opposition within the ranks of the paity to the President In this matter amounted virtually to "Impeachment of either the veracity or the Injustice of the President " When tho elotuio nile went in force the Houho Immediately began the twenty hours of general debate on tho i.peal hill. Secretary lli.vau let it bo known dur ing the day that ho was with tho Preul dent on the Issue and was heartily in favor of the Sims hill, Proddcut Wilson wfi-- at lunclioon with i,i- f.iiud and Herniary Tumulty when i . H in-, wan voting i'ninlovos from Uio i.MLUiivo oiucca lushoU lu from. Urn to tlmo with bulletin on tho procrcra of the light hut thu Prunident rcmnlncrt nt tho table. TWO TELEPHONE COMPANIES FILE HILLS OP EXCEPTIONS Mriittlrburo, Mutch 29, H1U of ex eeiUtons to I ho recent order ot the I'ubllo Servleo commlHslon have been llled by .lohn O, .Sargent of Ludlow, of coitnsol for tho Champlaln Valloy Tele phono company, and tho 1'Ynnklln County Telephone company. The bills arc Identical in their wording except so far ns the proposed telephone rates of tho-Mcspectlvo companies aro con cerned. Kxcoptl.m is taken by tho KrnnUHn County Telephone! company to tho fol lowing rates: St. Albans exchange, six-party business, from ?24 to $21 per year; six-party residence, $1S to SIT. per year! IB-party business, from $1!).S0 to $18 per year! tr.-party resi dence, from $10. so to $15 per year. Mast Fairlield exchange, six-party business, from $21 to $1S per year; slx-pnrty residence, from $1S to $15 per your; jr.. party farmers' line busi ness, $21 to $18 per year. exception is taken by the Champlaln Valley company to tho rates ordered by tho commission as follows: Six party business from $21 to $18 per year; lR-purty farmers' line business ft urn $21 to $18 per yoai. Further exceptions to tho older and findings of tho Public Service comtnls- Ihloii are taken to the number of 37. Xew York, March JT -Kiank Tannen- baum, the youthful l. ad.r of the Indus trial Workers of the World who recently led a ciow.l of between two and three hundred homeless men into New Yorl churches where he demanded food and shelter for his followers, was to-night found guilty of participating In an un lawful i.jsemblage. The jury that has been healing th. case against him deliberated about an hour. Immediately after the verdict was found . Lidge Wadhams In the court of general sessions sentenced Tannenbaum t. one yea- In tho penitentiary and in addition Imposed a line of $5. or one day for each dollar not paid. Before the case was given to the jury Tannenbaum, at times highly excited, told his story on the stand. He admitted o had led his "army of unemployed" into the churches, and that on the evening he and the "army" Invaded St. Alphonsus' Catholic Church hu had addressed a largo crowd In llutgers square. He denied that he had threatened that blood would lie shed"' as the police had claimed. On cross-examination Tannenhauin said his occupation was that of a bus hoy, or waiter's helper: that he was twenty- one yeais old, had been In this country nine yeais and was not a citizen of tho United States. The former leader of unemployed said he wanted to be sentenced publicly and without delay, and then availed himself of tho customary privilege to make a statement. In passing sentence Judge Wadhains said that true liberty existed only among those who had love and respect for tho law. MRS. JOHN M. THOMAS IS OPERATED UPON FOR APPENDICITIS Mlddlobury, .Match 19. M.-s. John M. Thomas, wife of President Thomas of Mlddlebury College, suffered a severe at tack of appendicitis and wan taken yes terday afternoon on thu mall train to Unrllngton, where an operation was im mediately performed nt the Mary Flet cher hospital. Sho was accompanied by her husband and Dr. F. S. Eddy. It was said last evening1 at the Mary Fletcher hospital that Mrs. John ,I. Thomas, operated upon late Saturday afternoon, for appendicitis, was progress ing favorably. The operation was entirely siiceosful and she was said to be out of danger. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE FILES ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Montpelier, March 21'. Articles ot as sociation have belli fib d vlth the secre tary of statri at thu State House by tho Vermont Antl-Salocu la-aginf of Unrllng ton and the Wlndbnm Lumber company of Windham. Th. Incorporators of the lumber compnr. are Arthur C. Hurbeo and Frank W. ilurpee of Windham and O. H. Hughe... of Hrattleboro. VERMONT NOTES. .Honl poller In Copley f liiglnc-lT ot l,.-.0l .Miliirj. Montpeller's city council has voted to engago a city engineer nt a salaiy not to exceed $1,500 a year and also a stenographer for the city officers. There was little opposition to tho engineer pro Ject but tho engagement of a stenogra pher had to bo voted upon by wards. WH.ti OHDEH OVEHPASS. It Is expected that the public service commission will within a short time is sue an order requiring the building of th. overpass on Hridgo street at Hrattleboro, as plans aro now under consideration It is against tho Central Vermont rail road that an order for the construction of an oveipass will be Issued, for It is tho tracks of that road which cross lirldto street at grade and not those of the Hoston & Maine railroad. SUES OX ASSAULT CHAIUIl'l, The suit of H. Hossl against Edward Cetrlnl and others Is being heard In Washington county court, tho plaintiff Hooking W.ikO damages for an alleged as sault committed last November S. Hoisl claims he was attacked hi a house In Montpelier, that ho wns shoved Into a kitchen, struck on tho forehead, torn about tho oar and couldn't work for thrro months afterward. FAMOUS FESTIVAL SINCIHI!. Montpelier Is to hear the famous contralto, Mmo. Oervlllo Heache, at the musical festival In that city May 2T and 28. Through tho generosity of Fred A. 1 lowland, Joseph Delloer, Dr A H. Illsbee, L 1. Taft and Mayor James M llinitwell, who guarantee hor .ii tV"' 'U'lo'iiw haa buun aaauretl. filElli IS GOICTEO SET5 ONE YEAH BOY CHARGED KITH mmm girl Warrant Served in Little Falls Case Alleged Admissions Incriminating. FFIOS HAVE HONS Are Wrench and Knife Used, Is Claim Affidavit Declares Youth Asked for Aid in Crime. Little Tails, N. Y., March 2J.-Joun nianlnl, who had been held as a suspect for the minder of l.ydla Ucecher, thu voung Poland, New York, school teacher who-e body was found In a clump of I woods near that town, was arrested to day on a warrant charging him with the crime. The Innuest has not been con- eluded and no autopsy has been held, but " , , , ,, ,, ... i,i ,,, ii,. 1 Coroner lluyck said that hi ills o ilman ....... the evidence already adduced Justilicl , the Issuance of the warrant. Alleged ndmlsplons made by (ilatilnl, who 10 years old and n former pupil of Miss needier, are hold by the all tliotitles us tantamount to a confession. In Mipport of the youth's reputed state ments an affidavit was inude to-day by - . Ihainard Will, ompanlon or .laninl , and a year 1.1s senior, to the effort that the ..censed bov .ever.l .lavs ago aMkod the accused lioy suei,u das ,im .iskoo Will to assist In murdering Miss Ileecher and robbing the safe In the second largest bushics house In 1'oland village. Will said that ho did not think (ilatilnl was In earnest. r.F.n .m'OTs ox coat. The Weapons which aro alleged to have been used to commit the crime ale In the possession of the authorities. There Is a vr nch belonging to a enrtman to whose barn Olnnlnl had access, and a knife simi lar to those used by hunters. The wrench was found near the scene of the tragedy and the knife taken from a pantry at the (Jlaninl home. The coat which the hoy wore contained red spots which he said were paint stains, and tho garment harf been sent to a chemist for examination. Charles tllanlnl, maintaining his son is Innocent, has engaged counsel, Charles 1. 1 lanen, to defend the boy. The lawyer and Or. Suitor, a brain specialist of Her kimer, went to 1'oland to-dav. Miss Beecher's mother, affected by the strain, has gone to Syracuse to be with relatives. A brother, W. ). lieecher, a stenographer to Hear Admiral Krnnk 1". Fletcher, Is with his father arranging for the removal of the girl's body to the Ileecher honiu In Sonnelt. A i :t ops y p kiifo it m i:n. Utiea, X. V., March 20. An autopsy was performed late this afternoon and the body given to the father of the mur dci enl gill. The relatives will have Po land to-morrow morning for Sennett and the funeral will be held immediately after arrival there at 1:0'. I JIISS JULIA E. KOCH DIES SUDDENLY Hutland, Mnrch 2:1. Miss Julia E. Koch, sister of William E. Koch, who was acquitted of the charge of murder of Charles Cm don nt the last term of county court, dropped dead at her home In Wet Haven this afternoon shortly after live o'clock. Although she had not boon In the best of health, her death was un expected. Her father, William Koch, Is visiting at his former home In (iormany and her brother Is spending tho winter In Florida. Mls-4 Koch was born in Jersey City. N. ,1., rl years ago, but had lived on the largo farm In West Haven for many years. Miss Koch was particularly In- terested In raising Shetland ponies and she had at the tlmo of her death some very well bred horses. Miss Koch at tho time of the trial of her brother for tho killing of Charles Cordon, while the latter was poaching on the Koch game preserve, whs very active In as.-istlng hi pi opining the. de fense and dining the trial i.ot boslde her brother every day. Although not In excellent health Miss Koch felt as well as usual to-day and after lying down on a couch In the after noon she amc about 1:30 o'clock and started for the barn to feed her horses. Sho had just reached the barn when she fell ami called out for asslt-tanco. Tho telephone was out of order but an employe hurried to Whitehall, X. Y., and brouiiht back a phyfelchui by boat, but beforo ho arrived Miss Koch was dead. She was in Hutland Filday of last week. Besides her father and brother, Mlfs Koch Is survived by a sister, Mrs. M ule Letts of Xew York city. Hl'TLAXD YETEHAX DIES. Hutland, March 27. -Elijah P. Xeedham, a veteran of Company C, Fourth A'or niont Volunteer legliueiil, died at his home In South Walllnglord to-day, ago 7S yeais. -.e lived with his son, A. W. Xeedhnni, and ho hsivos two other s-ons, Oeorgn of Hutland and Myron of Albany, ... Y. Tho funeral will be hold at tho house. Monday morning- at S:15 o'clock, burial being In Oilttlngsvillo. Huberts Poit, f!. A. It., of which tho decayed was a member, will bo lepresoute.I. Mr. Xoedham was horn ia Shrewsbury, lie was a fanner, Sprelnl "lIci.Kli Wiirnliig" for .Unroll, March Is a trying month for tho very young and for elderly peoplo, Croup, bronchial colds, la grippe and pneumonia aro to bo feared and avoided. Foley's Honey and Tar Is a great family mcdlclno that will quickly stop a cough, check the' progtess of a cold, and relieve inflamed and congested air pnssages. It Is safe, pure, and always reliable J. W. O'Sulll (adv.) coxFiuMixci Tin: book. Mr. Blown had been helping llttlo eight-year-old May wllh her school work, and sho had learned to boltuvo Implicitly III his knowledge. Olio day at dinnor hhe uHked Mr. 'howii what the I'lilted State paid for Alaska. "A little over $7,000,000," said he. "All right," said May, as sho consulted a slip of paper. "I looked It up lu the encyclopedia." "Why did you ask me then?" said lur fathei "I a anted in sec If th' c ne lopedi.i .is I'iahU"' SWIFT'S ARSENATE OF LEAD is sure death to all lcaf-cating insects. Save your apples, potatoes, truck gardens, berries, vegetables, fruit. lfi years' experience back of this pest destroyer which sets the Standard of Excellence. Not always lowest in price hut absolutely cheapest in the end. Take no other brand but insist on receiving eWBtTT THE HIGHEST Wflfc B O QUALSTY KNOWN For sale by leading dealers. Write for our Apple Book. MERRMAO CHEMICAL GO,. 22 ;G2(1 St., Boston, Mass. RUTLAND COUNTY'S OLDEST 1SIIT DEAD II ftGE OF101 Rutland, March S". At 3:l"i o'clo. k this inoinliig Mrs. nilza l.ittlelleld Urown, probably Rutland county's oldest resi dent, died at her home, 38 West street, I at the age of l"l sears, six niontha and! 15 daj s, In the house where more than a half century ago she Was led a bride by tile late Oscar Urown. Since her last -i '- ' 1'" ebrat'd by cntertu nlng many cal ers. , ,,. . lt llr.U.Ti llnil f'lilml Vfinlillv. th tv'nn r- 1.t.l...n. C3..t. 1 Iftl'l tt.l.lnl, . : ,,, . . , . ,,, ., lug out of life being gradual until the filial spark was extinguished. On Se tember V2, lsil, lOU.u 1,. Urown was born at Andover, this State, and sho! passed r, years In Hutland, which she. saw grow from a mere hamlet to a Halving citv of 1-VjOO Inhabitants. One I nt If ..l,t1,lr..M uVi,. tt-.! tVw. q-.tirrVU.!.. ,.f '" ' -"'" i , '' .'"'nuina r.. li.own, wi n came ' i Massachusetts stock of revolutionary u,.., ,,,,,. .,,,..,,' M. Her grandfather, A , l r; .Jlrnre. fought In one of the fust buttle. of the revolution, and an unclu. Mtnon i , , , ,, ', , , . , i l. ttle eld. enlisted when a boy and served eight years In ., , , t tne coniinoniui i army. He uaH later a physician at Ar lington, this State. When Mis. Urown came to Hutland with her parents in 1S17 they located on what l" now the prize dairy farm of ex-Gbv. John A. Mead. .Virs. Rrown was a talented musician In her cavlv life and was for years prominent In the choir of tile Congregational Chinch, ot which she was a member for S3 years. Her only near surviving relative I" a step-daughter, Miss Helen H. Drown, with whom she lived. The funeral will lie held at the Con giegational Church Monday. PIG'S EYE TO GIVE SIGHT Remarkable Operation on Baby Is Expected to Prove Success. Ualtimore, Mr., March L".i.-Slght has been given to tho left eye of David Kane, nine months old child of Mr. and Mrs. i l lei man Kane of fie ttyburg, Pa., througn the grafting of the eome.i of a nig's eye (.. the child's evchall, according to a state- lii.-nt of ph.slelaiis at a hospital hero. A test which brings out tlie fact eloarlv Is that the child now winks his eyelid it anything N waved dose to the left eye. The movement of the eyelid ia the natural one. The disease from which little David has been suffering since lie was three weeks old Is known as staphyloma of the cornea. Both eyes became affected and the child was vlitu.Uly blind. Slalit was pattly re stored to the right oye, however, lifter tre-atment. The loft fceemed to he In a l,r,.,.l.L'., wt,i,11tlr.,i The operation was performed last Mon- dav and the cornea of tho pigs eye was used because It is said to more closely resemble the human cornea than that of any other animal Child und Pig were wlac.d under an ' anaesthetic and the outer covering of the I animal's eye was n moved. It a quick ly placed on the eyeball of the child. The child's eye to-dav is said to bo per fectly clear and free from Inflammation. TOWN CLOCK IS . THROWN DOWN London Suffragettes Hurl Odor iferous Bombs and Bags of Flour. Li.udon March 20. An extiaordlnary suffragette dlstuibance occurred to-day at a meeting "f the popular borough coun cil, which had voted aiUorsoly to letting out council balls for suffragette meetings. With shout.- of "cowards" and other of fnlv,. e.athetA n hirce number of women invaded that section of the hall reserved for the councillors. Bombs containing evll-smolllng chemicals were exploded by the scores; bugs of Hour and stone" wore Hung at the members. Tho councillors. were soon struggling with tho Infuriated I women, many of whom were armoel wltli j bludgeon and bottles I Tho police were sent for, but for some reason refrained from interference. Tin, mayor retained the chair In a vain endeavor to resume the council proceed- lugs, but finally the council beat a ie- treat, leaving the woman In possession of the hall, with a few socialist members of tho council, who remained to hear n.w.el,OB rlMlvernrl l,v M1BJ Zelln Emerson. p ... !,.,,. Mii. .i .i.,. of Jackson, Mich., nnd others, Whllo Miss Hmorson wns speaking, l tho council ventured to return to the chamber and carried a resolution ex cluding tho public from tho chamber threo '"""l"' Qco0 I-nnsbury, a member ot ho ro"l'c" "'1 n strong- supporter of tho ' "V . .. . V n.. . . V against this proceeding as irregular, and throw tho town clock, books ami papers to the floor, amid cheers from tho suffragettes. Tho council meeting then adjoin ncd. IXADEQPATE. FlrM charity visitor How did you llnd I poor Mrs. llolcomb? Second charity visitor Xonrlv frozen. Fiist diailty lsltor Neaily frozen? I thought St. Andrew's Helping Hand so ciety sent her a lot of clothes? Second charity visitor It did and alio had them nil on seven peekaboo waists and four slit skirts. Life Trlnltv Church of Montpoliur V'"uutuif nn i.ll'icK'UCX camuulujk WOODSTOCK HAS STORMY SESSION Attorney-General Gives Opinions as to Legality of Proceed ings Issue May Go to Supreme Court. WooiUtoek, March 2. A largely attend ed speclat town meeting to-day voted to i' rclud the vote passed at the annual mcei- lug March t to raise a tax of 52 on grand list. There has been much feel'ng over tlu' tax 'lUe.stton and tho town has been MUi'lJ L J It Ll 1 it TI A U" I UV Um'Um'MU illlU 3UI.J- m ... ,,, th ' tnx. The gathering was stinicwhat bel luercnt an 1 vociferous nuuhat b.lllgercnt am voc lerous l'here was some iiiestlon as to the legality ( . .... . ...i.i, ,i.pioiuatloii for ..iir.'nt expetifces, which ' 1 ' . 1 111 l.l'Je'O 1. IlUUl C.l" 11."" I1, Ul.l. LII1S ..IV.T , . disposed or by Attorney-General Urown, whu Kild It wa.s legal Inasmuch as the number of votes cast by women would not have affected the result. After much speechmaking the meeting to-day rescind ed the former vote and reduced tho tax to $J..".o. This wns done notwithstanding a statement from the attorney-general, which wns lead b Moderator J. S. Eaton, that such action was UlPgal. A motion to Instruct the selectmen to submit tho ques tion to supreme court was also howled down. There Is a unite general opinion that to-day's vote was ill-considered and likely to Involve the town in legal difficul ties If any taxpayer protests and the attorney-general's opinion Is supported by the supreme court. BALSAM FIR NOW IN DEMAND FOR PULP. Washington, Jli.reh 20. That balsam fir, a tree which a few years ago was con sidered of little value, Is now In demand for pulp wood, Is the statement mado by the department of agriculture In a bulle tin hist Issued on the subject. This de mand has been brought about, says the j department, by tho enormous expansion 0f the pulp Industry during the past two decades, with Its present consumption ot 1 three and a quarter million cords of coniferous wood and tho consequent rise jn te prrt. 0f piiruce, the wood most in demand for paper making. In addition, ,, .i,1.irim.,nt goes on to say, balsam has begun to take the place of spruco lor rough lumber, laths, and the like, as the price of the latter wood has risen. The eldof objection to the use of largo amounts of balsam tir In the ground pulp piocess of paper making Is said to be due to the so-called pitch in tha wood, which Injures the felts and cylinder faces upon which the pulp is rolle-d out. Balsam Mr does not have a resinous wood, and the material which gums tip tho cyunoer pioouu.. e.u...e-n wo... balsam under conditions adapted to Hruco wood. Yet from 10 to IS per cent, and possibly more of balsam can bo 1,1 srmmd P"lp without lowering the) graue oi tne paper in ouov.u. it , j that with balsam logs left lying in wa- tor over a season this drawback practi cally disappears. In chemical pulp, produced through tha action of acids, these acids aro known to dissolve tho pitch, and any amount of balsam can bo used, though some claim that too much balsam in the pulp gives a paper that lacks strength, snnp and character. At the present time, balsam fir furnish es about six or seven per cent, of tha domestic coniferous wood used by tho country's pulp Industry. The tree itself constitutes, numerically, about 20 per cent, of tho coniferous forest In northern Xew York and Maine, and is abundant In many parts of Xew Hampshire, Ver mont, and In the swamps of northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and Minn esota. It readily reforests rut-over areas and attains a slzo suitable for pulp wood hi a short time. Under present methods of cutting, bal sam llr Is suld to bo increasing in our second-growth forests at tho expense of red spruce, and with tho gradual declluo in the supply of the latter wood tho llr will become more and more important commercially. 'TUK TOHET. CarMn0 Uockharti tho noveilsti sa)a im R recont vIs.. .m-i,.,. ' . . nvl Ps o Tv' He bLh , ' Wman l; ' ' " r "th ad " " ' hf c.lf four demand X, her ,', ,,, u " T"'' h . . tlc 0 " 1 10 mlloation. beforo a '..nils Quluzo dressing table, of a dozen unguents and cosmetics from bottlea iriMinl.,,1 I.. .-.1.1 ...1... ..... . . . " '. " .HI'l Il.'ruciui.l dressing, the actual putting on of hot clothes, hasn't, mark you, yet begun' "It all makes tne think of a shack I once put ui nt overnight in the prairie. I rose at daybreak, and washed my faca and hands In a creek behind tho house. V piece of burlap bag hung on a branch, and I used this for a towel. Then I took a comb trom my pocket. "A boy ot 12 had been watching m ivlth a cynical smile. When ha saw my comb appear ho could restrain himself no longer. Ho gavo a laugh of scorn aad veiled: " 'Hoy, lady, ain't you a good deal o' trouble to yorself?' " Avoid Sfuny, Whceny llrrathlng. Tako Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for an Inflamed and congested condition of tho air passages and bronchial tubes, A cold develops quickly If not checked nnd bronchitis, la grlppo and pnoumonla an) dangorous possibilities. Harsh racklnn coughs weaken tho systom, but Foley's Honer nnd Tar Is safe, purn and certain in results. Contains no opiates. J. W. jO'Sullivwi. IM'vt ON TAX QUESTION