Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-19
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. IAN 10.

| field, Mass, and little Lena Akey dies
OF burns at WILLIAMSBURG, Mass
| Germany said to be behind Aguinaldo
M. II. Quinn. 40, of Needham, Mass,
| found frozen to death in cave at Bos-
| ton-Storm has delayed number OF
| ocean liners-Cold snap has not
| changed to a very appreciate extent
| General Wheeler proposes special pen
sion legislation for the widows and rel
atives Of those who fell in battle during
| She Spanish war--President Mckinley
| decides not to comply with the Hoar res
oution, asking for the instructions given
| TO the United States peace commission
ers--General Hawley Of Connecticut
renominated for the senate--Proposed
| deep water basin at the Charlestown
navy yard for the coaling of warships
| -Eopement Of George Josephs and
| Mary Minkey Shamokin, Pa, ended in
death in the Lehigh Valley railroad ac-
cident at West Dunellen, n. j. Monday
| -Congressman Dingley's condition
shows a marked change for the better
! Directors of the Gloucester Fresh
Fish company decide to take decided ac-
ton to hold owners of fishing vessels to
| their agreement to land their catches
| at that port--Movement in progress to
! consolidate the manufacture of gas and
| electric light fixtures; capital may be
| s., 900. 000-Sharkey and Mccoy are
| we'll, question Of bout with fitzsimmons
now the all important pugiistic question
Justice Bixby's fnding that Elijah
A. Godfrey OF West Bridgewater, Mass.
was murdered-Possib of further
search for the hull of the steamer Port
land; talk of reward by people of
Portland, Me
FRIDAY, JAN. IL.
Commissary General Eagan makes a
| ferocious attack upon General Miles and
says the man who makes such state
ments has as black heart as the man
who blew up the Maine"-Filpinos
active at Iloilo; lighters rock loaded
and sunk in channel; they will have no
dealings with the Americans whatever
-Business section of Bridgewater. y.
S.. burned; loss, $3.50, 900; insurance $50, -
000-Elkes beats McDuffee easily in
25mile race at New York-The Hart
well & Richards company Of Providence
/, placed in the hands of trustees; assets
are ample--Said that Boston and AL
bany will be brought into closer COM
petition with New York, New Haven and
Hartford by building Of branch road
TO Tarffville, Conn-Michael O Cornell
} and Alfred Estes suffocated by coal gas
in car at Melrose, Mass-Sharkey is
a much hunted man; puHilists and
!, theatres compete in his quest---Mr
; Dingley's condition still Improving
Joint caucus OF New York Republican
! senators and assemblymen unanimously
nominate Chauncey NJ. Depew for United
} States senator-Anti-Q Quay Republi-
cans claim As votes, and Democrats be-
J lieve that with their aid they can elect
q successor to Senator Quay in Penn
ylvana-Navy department publicly
reprimards Captain Ludlow and Lieu
tenant Potts for the grounding of the
battleship Masxac husetts-Colonel
Clark of the Second Massachusetts crit
icses General Shafter in an address at
Greenfield, Mass.
SATURDAY. JAN. IA.
Congressman Nelson Dingley died In
Washington at 1890 last evening; sud
den change came yesterday: heart
weakening followed double attack of
observation-disclosures discusses the
Eagan- Miles episode and Miles seems to
be waiting for the next move---Boston
, streets covered with ice. and pedestrians
/ find it hard to make progress--Be-
, lated steamers put into st. Johns for
coal, and report tempestous passages
DEPUTY Sheriff Fogg reports that
Peter WEIGH was in Sanford. Me-, the
night of Ivory Boothbys murder, and
could not have been concerned in it
Captain julius Palmer. the friend and
private secretary of ex-Queen Liliuoka :
lan of Hawaii, dead at Wellheet. Mass
flowers Paper company and Lyman
mills of Holyoke, Mass, fired for work
ing women overtime-EX- Post :
master General Wilson will accept
the presidency of Yale university
Rev. DR.. j, d. Kingsbury Of Haver-
hill. Mass, will go to Cuba to look over
field for Congregational missionary work
Naval personnel bill seems to be GO
ing triumphantly through the house
Shawmvt Congregational church, Bos-
ton, accepts DR.. Barton's resignation,
and adopts laudatory resolutions
Alarm in Manila due to several trivial
Incidents occurring simultaneously
causes call to the United States troops,
which cover the city in Is minutes
Maxine Gomez, the only disconnected
commander in Cuba, advises Cubans to
let politics alone and go to work.
Mortality report for Boston for last year
shows fewer deaths and a lower death
rate than in previous years-Superin-
tendent Dewey of the Midland division
Of the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford railroad resigns-Death of George
l.. Richardson, for many years principal
of the Abingdon. Mass. high school
BY the absorption of the Nassau 'ailway
the Flowers control all surface lines in
Brooklyn-General Wood certifies be-
fore the war investigating commission
that the beef used in Cuba was good
Senator McLaurin of South Carolina
makes an anti-imperialistlc speech
bringing in the southern race question;
, Senator Hoar will make another speech
on this subject-War investigating
. commission passes a vote of censure OF
, Commissary General Eagan for languag,
used in his estimony--BuS!ness in
, London seriously interrupted by severe
, gale-Australia sends 81 900 to In
! dia as an exchange operation-The
5 City of Mexico street railways being
4 rapidly converted into electric lines
8 Nova Scotia apple growers net 5000 0o(
on this years apple shipments to London
! SUNDAY, JAN. Is.
Edgar s. Stratham attempts to kill his
wife, father-n-law and himself at Wake
field, Mass succeeded in only slightly
wounding wife-General Eagan's as
l. sault upon General Miles still the tall
of military circles; President Mckinley
u said to insist upon court martial, while
= It is claimed, Secretary Alger is opposed