Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. APRIL 10.


benjamin Andrews resigns his office in
Chicago and will go to Nebraska---
An Agawam, Mass, farmer swnded out |
of $4,000 by the gold brick game
]. G. parrar, the Waterbury (VtD en-
hezzler let out on bsil---Mrs. Leland |
Stanford gives a house and SIS, 900 TO the |
Catholic church-Death of Richard |
Peck, the venerable secretary Of the |
New Haven Steamboat company
Missouri middle Of theroad Popuists
adopt new name and nominal e Richard
Thomas for governor-W Wife Of RuSie,
the baseball pitcher, sues for divorce
Vermont Republican state convention
elects delegates to national convention
and adopts resolutions endorsing
President Mckinley's administra-
tion--Bil abolishng death penalty re-
ported in the Massachusetts legislature
Walter Coggswell, Boston engineer,
scalded to deatl---Stockholde Of thu
Blackstone National bank, Boston, to
liuuidate--Another heavy snowstorm
begins in Colorado--Work resumed on
Cornell dam at Croton, N. Y---Old Col
Inns mill at Dracut, Mass. burned
pittsburg wire mills begin work again
by order of the trust---Aus. ii to 18 set !
by New Hampshire association for Old
Home week carloads Of cot
ton cloth shipped from Cordova, Ala.
mills for Shanghai, China--Americans
will try to secure contract to build new
Russian railway from St Petersburg to
Odessa-William Rockefeller elected
o director Of the New York Central rail
road in place Of tho late Cornelius Van
derbilt--Nermont Republicans endorse
,he administration; chairman Of con-
vention says Dewey candidacy causes no
cnanpe in conditions---Havana police
said TO he corrupt and dornineering: Cen
eral Wood investigating Senate
passes measure providing medals for
men in the North Atlantic squadron dur
ing the Spanish war--Both Russia and
Japan said to be waiting only for the
other to take the first step---The car
presents to President Loubet a map Of
France made with precious stones and
marble-The sultan insists on his origi-
nal ulan to increase duties; his tenacity
may have serious results.
FRIDAY, April. 20.
Lexington and Concord. Mass. cele-
brate on grand scale the 125th anniver-
sary Of the notable 18th of April
a.
Marathon race at Boston in hours
80 minutes and ID > seconds which is a
new record--British occupy Dewets-
dorp. "a miles from Wepener; Roberts
on the move-FaCe of Walter K. Park
or cut in two al his mill in Hubba rdston,
Mass--E. II. Carpenter reports the dis
appearance of an employe, $1,000 worth Of
iewelry and horse and buggy from his
Stoughton. Mass. home---Death Of
Frederick z. Whitney, business man
eypr of the Boston Transcript-P resi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley visiting
Mrs. Hobart at Paterson. y. !
Turkish minister. Ali Ferrouh Bey
calls at the state department. and it 9
understood he was notified that the sit
nation was one of extreme gravity. and
the sultan would better pay up--John
Noynihan, a Boston and Maine section
man. accidentally killed at North An
dover. Mass. by a shot fired by one Of
/ three men on the opposite side of tho
! river--Two more indictments as ac-
cessories in the murder of Goebel--
William Russell, who assumed a IL blame
for assault upon Ennis at Wallineford.
Conn. sentenced to sk years, admits he
perjured himself to save his father
Big fire a t Lewiston. Me--Man shot AT
Republican state convention at Mont
.omery. Ala---Twenty- NTH anniver-
sarv of the passionate of Rev. DR. Reuen
Thomas of Brookline Mass, celebrated
w meeting and presentation Of $1,000
TO the doctor.
SATURDAY. APRIL 81.
Fighting reported at Karee Siding,
Il, \, n
from Bloemfontein the fighting does
rot appear. however. to have been Sc
rious. and was probably little more than
outpost mishing-GOvcrno Taylor
OF Kentucky indicted az an accessory be-
fore the fact to the murder of Governor
Observation-Disclosures railroad abb
serbs the New Haven Steamboat com
pany-Nicaragu guam canal bill amended
by house committee. and determined ef-
fort will be made to seCure consideration
of the measure-Connectu river a
rushing torrent; 1t overflows its ba uks ir
many places. causing damage Woman
jumps from Brooklyn bridge. but is no
, killed-Terry McGovern whips Tommy
Warren in one round at New York.
Steamer Rose Standish burned at hel
pier at Calais. Me-Strike at the Crotor
dam apparently ended-Roston paint
ers demand s2.75 per day--Republicar
state convention in Tennessee splits, ano
two state tickets are nominated and two
sets Of delegates elected to the nationa
convention.
!, SUNDAY, APRIL %.
Beers around Wepener reinforced anc
one commando goes to meet Rumble ant
= oh H. Era \
Mckinley. Governor Roosevelt and ex
President Harrison address ecumenica
I conference in Mex York--Alleged enc
! of the Sampson Schey feud is a victor,
I for Schley: New York world story o.
the eight-page supplement OF the Bait
, more American which, it = asserted
4 forced Mckinley to back town--GoV
1 ernor Taylor of Kentucky in New iorl
to escape arrest on Frat kfort sran'
jury's warrant; he appets to Governo
= Roosevelt not to honor requisition--
, Two New Jersey boys, aAxious to see
wreck attempt to ditch al express trai'
r Death of Mrs. Tatros of Id
\ Mass, the mother of &c CSlldren-Ey
= Congressman Colson acquitted al Fra nix
. fort. Ky, on murder charge-Phili
. Scully, forcibly elected from his Wife
house at Fall River, threatens a lega
Y actiOn-ReduCtion OF $50 per ton mad
' by steel and wire trust in nails and fl nc
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