Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-01
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY, MAY %.

THURSDAY. MAY %.
General Lawton learns that American
prisoners have suffered outrageous in
dignities at the hands of Filipinos--
Death of Captain Andrew Campbell
member Of the Massachusetts, legislature
from Westfleld-Arthur p. Harkins a
New York travelling salesman, arrested
at Boston as a fugitive from Justice
Representatives of a Boston syndicate
said to be negotiating for copper mines
In Maine--American Sunday School
union celebrates it's 18th anniversary a
Phiia dephia-Machlner secured to
equip the negro mill at Concord, N. c.,
and it Will be operated at once---Bil
passes lower branch of Michigan legis-
la ture providing for a new railroad tax
of $500 900 per ann Supreme court
of California orders that all appeals in
the Fair Will case be resubmitted to the
fun court--Several hundred negroes
engaged to take the place of striking
miners In Kansas, and trouble expected
-Important silver mines at Creole
Colo. that had been partly abandoned
on account of water, will be drained by
the Nelson tunnel-Rush of Japanese
to Hawaii is causing trouble between
them and Chinese-The president will
visit Spri ngfeid, Mass. in June, but will
not accept banquet--Gomez working
hard TO secure an acceptance of the
money from United states by the Cubans
General Funston leads charge
against 500 insurgents and puts them to
flight; Otis determined to consider no
terms for the insurgents until overruled
at -Viscount Esher. mas
ter Of the rolls. died in Sondon----At-
/ tempts to float the steamer Paris prove
unsuc cessfu-Russia informs China
that she will build the Manchuria- Pekin
| line despite China's protest--Tra nsvaal
raad adopts Krugers proposition to pub
! lish the proposed amendments to the
! franchise law-F1ndings of the civil
section of the court of cessation on the
Dreyfus case submitted to the president
of the court--Delegate to peace con-
ference infer from De Stalls speech that
| Russia has abandoned the disarmament
| idea.
FRIDAY, MAY 26
! Bryan and other Democratic leaders
/ denouncc monopolies at a mammoth
antitrust banquet at ST Louis--Fire
at St John causes $500 900 loss. and
makes 1000 families Profess
sor A. T. Hadiey elected president of
Yale university; Secretary Dexter and
Treasurer Farnam resign because
| Dwight retires--Betting favors Fitz-
| simmons in his coming bout with Jeffries
Explosion Of Kerosene barrel in
| basement of Hotel Rexford. Boston
causes $4,000 danage-Presbyte
general assembly avoids a heresy trial
| by leaving the fate Of Rev. DR.. McGiffert
in hands Of New York presbytery-
| City of Boston must pay wages due to an
employe whose salary had been fraucu-
! iently assigned-Joel G. TYLER Of
I4eominster Mass, on trial for alleged
! embeZZlement of about S13, 900 from a
Fitchburg bank-Imprinting of in
ternal revenue stamps on checks can no
longer be ordered through tationers or
egents-Boston merchants planning to
give Admiral Dewey a big reception
when he reaches Boston next fall
| Death of Aaron p. Magoun for as years
master of the Harvard school at Cam
bridge. Ma ss--Many Maine CORPORA
lions launched under Massachusetts
uspices-Warrants issued for arrests
In connection with the Exeter Pa) rail-
road wreck-Fall River mills receive
| large orders for bunting for Dewey cele-
brations-New York legislature passes
| the Ford bill amendments by large ma =
| jorities-Nashua shoe manufacturers
ere rushed with orders and have diff
Guilty in getting lasters and cutters--
Coal mines a I Cooks Inlet. Alaska to he
operated by the Standard Oil company.
which has control of the property
Western manufacturers OF chamber sets,
sidehoards, bookcases. etc, decide to ad-
vance prices rs percent before July i
! Senator elect Clark of Montana denies
that he is Interested in an international
copper trust or In the Amalgamated
company--Native commissioners leave
Manila for nsurgent headquarters
| Italys parliament ssembles-Joint
| commission reaches Samoa--Second at.
tempt to float the Paris fals-Death of
Castelar,. the famous Spanish Republi-
can--Germany gets important railway
franchise in China-Gloucester schoon-
er Latona sunk at her wharf at Port
Midway.
SATURDAY. MAY %
Motorman and conductor indicted for
manslaughter at Leicester, Mass, fined
$50 each-Kate Warren an actress, a t
tempted suicide by asphyXiation at New
York--McGovern defeats Kelly in less
than five rounds at New York--French
| members who seeded from st. Joseph ;
church, North Brookiield. Mass, appeal
| to pope for permission to build editice--
William V. Kellen denies that the presi-
dency of Brown university has been Of
| fered to him-School to be esta bishe ID
in San Juan will be a memorial to Henry
Leprelette DagGett, late of Goston--
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania advo-
Gates President Mckinley's renomina-
tion-New York Ship Building COM
pany granted 100 acres of land and a re-
lease from taxes on improvements for
20 years by the Camden city council
Supreme effort made to feat the Paris
fails-Electric street rsilways may be
established in Shanghai by Canadian
capitalist s--Neilson Bros, the largest
dealers in steel plates in Scotland, fai
because of inability to make deliveIie!
--Finland's diet considering a measure
accepting some of Russia's institutions
and yet preserving that country's rights
--Spain's native industries said not &c
have suffered greatly as a result of the
can trade-Alexandrian advices indi.
cate slightly larger Egyptian cottor
crop than last year--New York CORE
epondsnt of London Times says Can.
joint negotiations hopeless; British