Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-17


complaints of the treatment Of men and
natives on the island; court martial said
to have been candalous---Cbcago ga id
20 have been robbed Of 5000 900 by water
meter trickory--Kansss people scour-
ing valley for two alleged bank robbers
and murderers--Richn new gold fields in
northeastern STANDARDIZATION of a
successor to Senator Chandler in New
Hampshire will cause bitter fight; there
are several aspirants for the honor
officials in Manila active do not think
the threatened uprising will be attempt
ed; insurgents oppose the landing Of
American troops on the island of Leyte
and suffer heavy loss--Child Killed and
four persons injured by runaway
horse in a New York parlS--Sixty-on
buildings burned in Camden, n. j..
rendering $50 persons homeless, and
,ausing 5000 600 property loss--Death Of
Hon Charles w Palfray of Salem, Mass
----Rev DR.. Francis Il. Hornbrooke ten
ders his resignation from passionate %
Charming Unitarian church, Newton,
sc--People dying in India famine
camps faster than those that remain can
bury them--Cenntral Village, Conn
boasts Of a baby weighing about Il
ounces at birth child is healthy.
TT 'I1r.DAY, MAY IS.
Lynn begins celebration of 50th ami
versary of city's Incorporation with an
all day Observation-Disclosures turns
Boer flank at the BiggarsberG; Roberts
horse push is miles north Of kroonstad !;
from everywhere come tales 81 Boer dis
observation-disclosures Jeliky. 40 years
Il ID
Charles A. Richardson of Worcester
strangely missing from New York
George H. Watt of Lynn captures two
men in his house and hands them over
to the police Methodist general con-
ference comm ttee on temperance scores
President Mckinley on the army cam
Revised Cuban tariff to 20 into
effect June 15--One division of the St.
Louis street railways agrees to arbitrate
and men return to work; settlement on
same basis expected on other divisions
Two more arrests at Havana in con-
nection with postal frauds. Postmaster
Thompson suspended and six clerks I'M
der surveillance, Fourth Assistant Post =
master General Bristow ordered there
to investigate affairs--Mcthods gen
eral conference decides upon two
thirds vote to elect bishops-Joseph
Chamberlain introduces the Australian
commonwealth bill in the house of com
mons-F, n Forbush, director Of the
sypsy moth field work in Massac hui
sAtts. resigns his oflice--Maine officers
claim they have almost conclusive eNi-
| dence in tho Sprague murder case and
talk of sensational arrest impending
Iof f,.;.,
have match with him AT once--Sensa
| lion promised by A Boston policy hacker
| who says he has paid for police protec-
| ton and has not received it-Thomas
McDermott killed by failing from the
sleepe of St PatriCks church. Lowell
Senate passes naval appropriation
| bill. which provides for building an
armor plate plant if armOr costs over s445
y ton. and also for FIVE Holland torpedo
! boats; house passes deficiency bill
| Curfew law a success in Cambridge, Mass
-Boston's fishery products for April
amounted to 5,47S,500 pounds, valued at
| sS1 .217-State of Massa chusetts to be
| reimbursed to the extent Of SEA. 600 by
| the government for outlay on troops a,
| .he BEGINNING OF the war with Spain
| Charles II. Cole, late president of the
| Globe National bank at Boston, SEN
| tenced by Judge Lowell to eight years
| Imprisonment in Greenfield Jail for mis-
| apnlication of the funds of the bank
| Extraordinary showing made by Fail
| River mills in paying dividends during
the past quarter-almost 2 percent
Cir Thomas Upton subscrbes $1,000 ia
| Tho press artists exhibition at New
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| amendment to- the naval appropriation
| hll--ITnited States trade with Guade.
| loupe may suffer on account of increas Sc
| in port charges-Supreme court rules
that inheritance tax is valid, but that IT
applies to the amount Of legacy.
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
| General Butler pushing on, Beers re-
| tire and he occupies Dundee: reports OF
| fierce fighting at Mafeking -Boer en-
| voys receive warm welcome at Hobok en-
| and New York-Senator Clark resigns;
is reappointed by Lieutenant Governor
| Spriggs in the absence of the governor
and accepts the appointment--Lynn
Mass closes it's jubilee celebration with
| one Of the greatest parades ever seen in
| New England-Death at Boston OF
l
man----Grand court of Massachusetts
| Foresters OF America, meets in annua
| sesso on at LoWell--Committee proposes
anti amendment to constitution
| 1t enables congress to make all neCe sa y
laws for their regulation or suppression
| Spanish war veterans preference
| Dill killed in Massachusetts senate. l6 to
| l2-Death of Mrs. Lucy Davis, LOG neal
| Lewiston, Me--Settlement of ST. Louis
strike still pending; union motormar
killed; another man and boy wounded
| Professor Oakes Ames of Harvard
college united in marriage to Miss
Blanche. daughter of General Ames anC
granddaughter of the late General But
| Ter Medford, Mass. honors with med
| ais it's citizens who saw service in the
! Spanish American war---John w. Gil
| lion, aged 81 dies al Weymouth, Mass.
| was with Wellington at Waterloo
| Billings, Clapp < Co, Boston, manufac
turing chemists, make an assignment
Boston has furnished the model for fed
| eral civil service examinations in othel
| sections Of the Country---NeW York city
| officials said 10 have large holdings O
| stock in the American Ice company
| Washington fears there are new cases o
| plague in HaWai---General Wheeler
will not stand for reelection To con
| in the hands of a chartered company
| Mystery surrounding disappearance o
g. \. Richardson of Worcester. Mass, a