Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24
TUESDAY, AUG. 20.

MaSS-War declared on Croker and
Carroll by New York gold Democrats
w. A. Roberts of Bddeford is a can
didate for congress from First Maine
district-Lightning causes loss of $4,000
In Westfeld, Mass-Mayor Jones of
Toledo will run for governor Of Ohio
Death of Isaac Mcclellan, the poet
Police at Bar Harbor, Me. arrest min
lister by mistake while seeking a muir
derer-Jack OBrien defeats Jack
Downey in 10 rounds at the Coney Island
Sporting club--Death of Daniel G..
Stilson. inventor of the Stilson wrench
Weak evidence at Rennes against
Dreyfus; Demange disconcerts wit
eesses; Colonel JOuaust shows his bias
against Picquart and is hooted and
hissed by the audience; disappointment
at absence of Labori-President Clark
OF the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company has not resigned
but he may in September--Colonel
Ingersoll left only l0,0O0---Beaver dis
| abed in first race for the Canada's cup
indians at Navajo Springs, Ari,
| threaten TO extcrmnate the whites in
the vicinity-New Jersey inspectors
! determined to stop the employment of
! children in Paterson mills---Lcwis
|
| the Columbia will defeat the Shamrock
RALPH II. Robbins of Warren Mass,
! accidentally shot and Killed by his
! brother at their Adirondack camp
J. p Paret defeats Dwight Davis in the
finals at the national tennis tournament
at Newport. r. 1--Treasurers and mid
dlemen at Fall River, Mass, opposing
the trust plan: stockholders generally
favor selling Kolowsk OF
Chicago announces his will to church
committee; believes enemies of indie
pendent Polish Catholic church may
[ murder him--Government receipts OK
coed expcnditures--Five men arrested
at Leghorn for wounding some of the
/ OlVmpia's SailOrs-Generll Corbin
says that JimineZ will not be allowed to
fool with our neutrality laws--Secre-
tary of agriculture desires information
concerning forestry in United States
for publication in report for Paris ex-
I position-Increase in wages of tele-
/ graphprs on Intercolonial railway Sys-
tem-7he charity bazaar at Homburg
q success: noted persons help to make it
-Japans new religious law Just gone
into effect. very sweeping in its pro-
| Visions--Paris newspapers urge gov
eminent to be more firm in view of riots
Clarence Hobart. the American wins
lawn tennis championship of Germany
! in international tournament at HON.
[ burg-Kruger has replied to England:
franchise proposal said to have been re-
jected and new proposals maGe-Cap-
| tain of steamer Merrimac, which was
| wrecked at AnticOsta, is suspended by
court of inquiry at HalifaX--Canada
government said to have lost $500 600 in
revenue at Dawson by the giving away
of whisky permits--Racial differences
| between CZeChs and Germans at Prague,
| bohemia, lead to street conflicts, in
which four persons are killed.
WEDNESDAY. AUG. %.
Steamer Yarmouth crashes into the
steamer Maynower during dense fog
in Boston harbor: latter badly damaged.
and beached to prevent sinking--Fu
sion conventions in Nebraska indorse
| Chicago platform: Ex-Governor Hol-
comb nominated for supreme court
judge--Seth II. Ellis nominated for
governor by Union Reform party OF
Ohio-MeXican soldiers have lively
fights with the Yaquis-General Law
ton says the end of opposition to our
authority in the Philippines is in sight
The American boat Genesee wins tho
first race for the Canadas cup at To-
ronto-Congress Reed resigns,
and his action is criticised by some
Republicans of Maine-An attempt to
be made TO indct the Maine Central
for Illegal transportation of liquor
Massac husetts Democratic state con
vention will be held Sept u at Boston
-Massa Chusetts state police to send
an exhibit to the Paris Opposition
Maitre Labori appears in the courtroom
at Rennes, is greeted with enthusiasm.
and makes an eloquent speech; he soon
proves himself valuable by his scorch-
ing inquiries; threatens to make MERCER
answer question, and gives notice that
he will examine the eX-minister;
Dreyfus corrects Jouaust's remark
Reuben Crooke. formerly managing edi-
tor of the Boston Traveller and Herald
dies at Observation-Disclosures to the
Boston fund for the relief of sufferers
at Porto Rico amount to $1,000 90
Mass chusetts Democrats approve of
holding the Democratic national conVen-
tion in February, s proposed by the
national commttee-M. D. Whitman
wins United States tennis championship
at Newport--Thomas Maloney. an al
legged actor, arrested for burglary at
Manchester, y. H--Subsidy raised at
Juneau, Alaska for construction of tele-
graph line to Skaguay--Plot to free
prisoners at Fort Sheridan frustrated
and officers of the guard under arrest
-Lynchers out after negro assailants
of women in Kentucky Tennessee and
Georgia-Ahearn act, providing for
compensation of New York city officials
illegally removed, declared unconstitu-
tional-Omcials of the Big Four refuse
to consider demand Of the engineers for
the restoration of the 1898 schedule of
wages, and a strike may resut--Ad-
miral Dewey arrives at Vile Franche