Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-22
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. DEC. is.

| z, ward TO- Boston, adjourned the count
| ing of the votes to one of their homes.
which may throw out the vote of the
| precinct; If this is done Day will be
| elected and Croker defeated, Demo-
Gratis and publcans--Antonio Il.
Terry, husband of Sybl Sanderson the
| opera singer. dies In Paris--W. ].
| Bryan in Washington declares against
annexation of the Philippines, but not
against the ratification of the treaty of
peace-English delegates speak at tn ;
| convention of the American Federation
of Labor-Thorneycr have con-
| sented to build the Shamrock for Sir
| Thomas Lipton-Meeting of the board
| of officers of the Massac husetts division,
| l.. A. W., and election of delegates to
| the national assembly-Murphy of
| Waterbury defeats Gallagher of Bos-
| ton in seven rounds at New London,
COMBINES O'Ncil suffocated at
his home at Boston by gas from a fur
| mace. and his wife and three children
nearly ovcrcome-Banquet flag pre-
sentation and ball at Springfield in
honor of company l.. Sixth Massachu-
sets vOluntcers-Boston Typograph-
ical union celebrates It's 50th anniver-
| sary--Death of Edward X Boardman.
| town clerk of Melrose, Mass--Genera
Corbn makes a sensation before the
house committee on military affairs by
saying the evacuation commission
thinks $4,000 troops necessary to gar
| rison Cuba--Grand lodge OF Masons of
Massachusetts holds its 165th annual
communications preached at
baseball meeting in New York to have
16-club organization to be divided into
two bodies of eight clubs each--Mayor
Quincy of Boston vetoes the order TO
raise the salaiies of policemen-Dep-
uty Warden Nathan ID. Allen murder
ously assaulted by a convict at the
Massachusetts, state prison-Crew of
schooner Acara rescued by men on
schooner Morales at sea in n storm. and
landed in Boston-Joseph H. Manlev
says that Senator Hale of Maine will be
renominated by reclamation.
FRIDAY, DEC. 16.
President Mckinley. in speech at At
lanta says new problems are to be
solved by expansion grand ovation to
chief executive, General Wheeler and
Lieutenant Hobson-New cast steel
gun, tested at Sandy Hook, stands pres
sure of $1,000 pounds to the square inch.
5000 pounds more than present require
ment-Man's leg in rubber boot and
one in shoe and stocking found at High
Head station on Cape Cod: evidence
that the Portland's hull has already
broken up considerably-Nat
league magnates in New York still
scheming on an eight-club circuit for
next season-Sir Thomas Liptons
yacht Shamrock will be launched about
June l next year-American Fedora
ton of Labor convention votes, 1871 to /
against expansion-Move in Cam
bridge. Mass, school committee to in
crease salaries of teachers--Bridge-
port, Conn, club offers $500 purse for a
bout between Ryan and FitZsimmons
Pension LII. carrying S145 600, 900,
passes house in 20 minutes and I'M
mended-Death OF former United
States Senator Calvin S. Brice In New
York-Natonal Civil Service Reform
league decides to investigate appoint
ments to war department and consular
service--Colonel Woodward's resigna-
ton accepted by governor Of Massa-
chusetts from Sixth regiment-Col-
onel Davis, commander OF the Loyal
Legion, and n native of Concord, Mass,
dies at Chicago-Receiver appointed
for Boston and Montana company
Boston colored people protest against
the treatment OF their brethren in the
south-Nne million bushels of grain
tied up at Buffalo by ice blockade-En-
gineer Getchell found guilty OF man.
slaughter in the Sharon, Mass, accident
case.
SATURDAY. DEC. II.
Three Orders of the drawbridge of the
railroad over Fort Point channel, Bos-
ton, breaks away, suspending traffic
and causing no end of confusion to pas
Observation-Disclosures baseball team
transferred to Brooklyn and Hanlon to
manage the combination; magnates'
plans for eight-club league meeting with
the desired success-McCoy and God
dard meet for six rounds at PHILADELPHIA.
but the latter is disqualified for wrest-
ling in the nfth-President Mckinley
signs the order to put in force the tariff
for Cuba on Jan. Marlboro manu-
facturcrs remain firm in their determine
ton not to treat with employees as MEM
bers of labor unions-A. r. OF l.. con-
vention votes to recognize the Baltimore
faction of painters; long and heated dis
cussion on socialism-President Nc
at Montgomery, Ala. He says: Il like
the American feeling against large stand
ing army, but we must have 1t large
enough to do the work required"-
President Mckinley speaks to teachers
and pupils at the colored school in Tuske-
Eee-Overdue steamer Matteawan
reaches New York with a broken shaft
Plant OF the Poughkeepsie, n. Y, gas
company wrecked by an explosion and
one man killed-General Fitzhugh Lee
gees to Havana and takes his old table
at the hotel Inglatcrra Spanish will not
leave till the last day, Jan. Train in
New Jersey strikes a carriage and kills
four persons--Some Hawaiians will
start petition to France to have that
country restore the Hawaiian monarchy.
SUNDAY. DEC. is.
Mckinley got a greater reception in
Savannah than before in any southern
city; he says the covenants which duty
has laid upon us in this year must be
observed by the nation-Death of l..
II. Smith, formerly of Brewer, Me-,
United States consul at Curacao, w.
Peace commissioners sail from
Southampton; Day, Reid, Gray and
Davis expect to see treaty ratified: Frye
will say NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. manufac-
turers rcterate statement that fac
tories will be reopened only on free
shop basis--James Creelman says Eu-
rope is uneasy over the continued Brit
ish preparations for war, and that
England would annul Clayton Bulwer
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