Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-07-20
TIE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. JULY 10,

THURSDAY. JULY 10.
The lie passed between Senators CAL
linger and Chandler at the hearing at
Concord, n. H-Malden to be annexed
70 Boston postal system by next April
Industrial commissions Subcommittee
to look into trusts durihg its visit to New
England--Colonel A. f. Bates appoint
ed to succeed General Carey a s paymas-
ter general Of the army-Harvard and
Yale athletic teams begin training in
ngland-"Major" Taylor wins two
nationa, circuit bicycle races at James,
vile. Wis-William H. Peake, the
original Swiss bell ringer, dead-As-
sistant Secretary of the Navy Allen Wis is
the Charestown navy yard--Texas
flood losses now placed at more than
5000, 900; appeal to the public for re-
lief-Copper production of the United
States for 1898 the largest ever reported
Mayor Quincy vetoes the order i'm
posing restrictions upon the use Of auto
mobiles in Boston streets-John w.
and Joseph e. Seery rearrested at Ded-
ham, Mass. charged with the murder Of
their mother, July Putnam. Conn,
mother browns herself and child
MolineuX case not to be presented to the
grand jury until late in August
Stanley Electric Manufacturing COM
pany of Pittsfield, Mass, absorbed by
the Sprague Electric company of New
York-General Wood establishes alb
solute quarantine at Santiago-Cur-
rency convention to be held in October
at Richmond-Cruiser Olympia, with
Admiral Dewey on board. arrives at
Suez-General Alger makes formal
statement 20 the effect that he will not
leave the cabinet--Copy Of first folio
OF Shakespeare sold for $500 in London
Attempt to kill ex-King Milan said
to he part of a conspiracy to overthrow
the government--Briti trade re-
turns show a falling off in imports the
past month, as compared with the pre-
Ceding one.
FRIDAY. JULY
Kentucky Republicans nominate At
torney General w. s. Taylor for gov
ernor and John Marshall Of Louisville
for lieutenant governor---Report that
the naval war college at Newport, r.
l., was to be removed to Annapolis un-
true--Disappearance of former City
treasurer William S. Barton of Worces-
rumor that the Shamrock has hollow
keel in which her cable is slowed
Attorney General Oren of Mich
igan declares sugar bounty law
enacted in 1897 is unconstitutional
Young Peoples Christian union con-
vention at Lynn is attended by over 500
elegates-Railroad commissioners
authorized the Boston Terminal COM
Alabama anti-imperialists want Wheel
ers seat in congress declared vacant
Attorney General Taylor nominated
for governor of Kentucky by Republic
cans-Ohio congressional candidate
proposes that nomination be sold 20 the
highest bdder-Indication point to a
good sugarcane crop in Cuba-United
States silver coins may be made larger
in order to stop counterfeiting-Fiv
hundred insurgents driven from in
trenchments at Mantilupa by 1876 Amer
icans-State department anXiously
watching developments in Guatemala;
additional naval force may he sent
Transport from the Philippines brings
report that volunteers are greatly de-
biliated by their three months cam
paign-Nova Scotia loan subscribed
for nearly twice over in London--Cer-
many to be neutral in case Great Britain
attacks the Transvaal-Steame Paris,
temporarily unmanageable, crashes into
a crowded pier and causes panic
British ship City of New York wrecked ;
captain and II of the crew missing
ship Carlisle Castle also lost. with the
entire crcW-American interests to de-
vclop large tract OF coffee and fruit land
conceded to the Carthagena- Magdalena
railroad by the government of Colombia.
SATURDAY, JULY 10.
Checks for $4,000 on the Metropolitan
National bank of Boston and a mes
sage purporting to come from the Port
land picked up near Westport, n. S.
Duke of Westminster's Flying Fox wins
the $4,000 Eclipse stakes at Sandown
Park--Boston Dental college, merged
into Tufts college, retains its former
name-Charles S. Hamlin made presi-
dent of the Massachusetts Anti Double
AVIATION league-GeorGe Dixon bests
Eddie Santry in glove fight at Chicago
Many Boston boys have died of lockjaw
resulting from their last Fourth OF July
celebration-Death of DR. George w
Babcock. a well-known Boston physician
and one of the founders of the soldiers
home-Naval parade at Portland, Me.
witnessed by housands-Fifty gold
laden Klondikers arrive at Port Towns
end-General John b. Clapp died in
Hartford-West Virginia Republicans
planning to retire Senator Elkins--
Squadron of evolution in the Pacific to be
rganized--Poitical crisis in British
Columbia acute-Warships to convoy
remains of the czarewitch - -Four
bombs exploded in Barcelona, but with
out serious damage-Chamberl de-
MES that Great Britain has approved
Transvaals concessions - Leonore
Jackson, a young American violinist, to
play before Queen Victoria-Braziliar
officials said to be responsible for the
misunderstanding in the Wilmington
case.
SUNDAY, JULY 16.
Chief Justice Field of Massa chusetts
supreme court dies in Boston after long
illness-Perth Amboy. N, j., defalca-
ton may amount to $4,000 or more
Mrs. Ida A. Flagler wife of the Standard
oil magnate, hopelessly insane--Mur.
derer shot dead in cell by a Georgia
mOb--Tom Burke of the Harvard ath
! letic team goes lame in training-Eng
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