Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-15
THE WEEKS NEWS
THURSDAY. AUG. 3.

Ala, for assaulting white woman
T.. G. Bolles of Boston presented checks
In Berlin stolen from the American Elk
press company in Paris last April, and
under arrest-Harry Carney and
Charles Inman. Boston boys, drowned
while canoeing--"Corn King" Phillips
says he will never tackle another corn
pool---Fifty thousand Chinese lost
in the recent foods in Yang Use district
----Boers surprise and capture post on
Sab river--I7ield Marshal Won wei
dersee welcomed at Hamburg
ish government carries an extension OF
closure through the ommons--E rcnch
canal from Atlantic to Mediterranean
pronounced easiblc-Educator re-
turned from China. says we have with
drawn our troops too soon-Steamship
kincora sunk in collision in the Irish
channel and seven people drowned
SantosDumont rounds Eitfel tower, but
fails to reach starting point, owing to
strong wind---Captain Dingle found
responsible for the wreck Of the steam
ship Assyrlan, and suspended-Daw-
son City enjoying many improvements;
the years output Of the Klondike set at
S20OO0,OOO.
FRIDAY, AUG. 8.
Steel masters start one Lindsay &
McCutcheon and one more Clark mill
at Pttsburg; Shaffer says operations
are only apparent; Gompers in confer
ence with Shaffer-Cyclone swes ps
over Portsmouth. n. H.; two persons
killed and half dozen injured on Sea
vey's island--Red Jacket Hose conf
panv of Cambridge. Mass. throws
stream 22T feet, 10 3-S inches. worlds
record. at New England hremcn's mus.
tei-Revcre. Mass, Law and Or
der league will institute vigorous cru
sade against places Keeping open on
Sunday---Hawaiian legislature adj
journs-Great increase in baggage
duties in New York--Two of Dowie's
followers mobbed in Chicago-Ta un-
ton tMaSS) Locomotive company to
build larger plant at once--Brock-
ton. Mass. police board deadlock pre-
vents transaction Of business Castor
bean plant said to be effective remedy
against mosquitoes --Strikers tie-up
of San Francisco shipping amounts to
virtual Fiftcen-mill inde-
pendent tin plate plant to 20 up at once
In Pittsburg-American Federation Of
Labor will urge rigid exclusion Of ORR
entail labor--New York clothing man
ufacturers refuse to employ union la
Dor Work on the new
sugar refinery in New Jersey, backed
by an English firm, to be started soon
Wisconsin "stalwartS" workin
against Governor In Toilette. and in
tile interest Of Senator Spooner---Dis-
covery of rich collaborating copper in
a mining tnmpede--Collector Bidwell
Of New York says 1ammany will be
hard to beat, but that reformcrs are
Stronger than ever-Increase in nOstal
receipts this year likely to be 81, OOO, 900
Silk imports of the Philippines more
than doubled in 1000-TheoSophist
want Cuban orphans to learn their doc
trines.
SATURDAY, AUG. 10.
Support OF American Federation Of
Labor pledged 10 the steel strikers
Ferguson foundry, Chicago, yields
to its striking iron mouders- Navy
yard and arsenal workmen organize a
national labor union--Scheme 10 form
a combination of piano manufacturers
falls through Ship cooks and stew
ards and Union Iron " orks apprentices
Join the san Francisco strike-Dr.
McGillicuddy of Worcester reelected
president Of the Catholic Total Absti-
nance union OF America Porto Rican
agriculture rapidly recovering from the
great stormy Wireless telegraph
equipment being received on board of
hips--Secretary Hitchcock OPP
poses Governor Dolc's plan to issue
Hawaiian bonds ixto Lopez return
ing to the Philippines to arouse senti-
ment against American rule--Judge
Humphreys Of Hawaii is in Washington
10 answer charges, and Governor Dole's
overthrow may follow--Another Co.
lombian invasion reported near Colon
Salisbury to continue as premier I'M
I'll after coronation--Prince Henri Of
Orleans died in Saigon. French Cochin
China-Blg department stores in
Sydney. Australia. burned; loss. $780,
0O0--Bresci's companion confesseS to
completely in the assassination of King
Humbert--British objection to inter.
national tariff commission delays the
China settlement--Hithert unscaled
peak Of the Matterhorn assembled by
the Duke of Administrations is
sues an authorized proclamation allow
ing Doe" leaders until Sept. II to sur
ished permanently from South Africa
Recruiting for the regular army
booming at Boston--No Boston banks
will suffer if congress fails at its next
session to authorize the renewal of char
Efforts to secure machinists in
Boston for other cities where there are
strikes, are thwarted by local unions.
SUNDAY. AUG. H.
Constitution defeats the Columbia in
the n. Y. Y. c. event by Am. 9s-Negro
burned in Georgia for attempted as
sault on woman-Order of President
bur as many mills closed down regu-
larry Saturday nights accurate figures
cannot he given--Presiden Castro
says Venezuelans have defeated the sec
ond Colombian nvasion--Fulton OF
Springfield, Mass, wins 20-mile ANA
tcur middle-distance paced champion
ship, and Grady two-milc national ANA
tcur at Ruffalo-Alaba ma OF the
North Atlantic squadron in quarantine,