Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-19
WEEKS NEWS
DEC. 10.

J. lieutenant Commander Young as mp
tain of the port of Havana as result
of statements made in II recently pub
llShed interview regarding the ability OF
Tie CubanS to govern themselves,
which have been deemed indiScr "t
Senate takes up canal treaty: no OBJ
Staclcs to ratification expected
Washington anXiously watches proceed
ings Of Germany in Ncnczuela--im-
portant amendments to civil service
rules approved by the presidcnt-Gcn-
cral Wood opposes temporary arrange
mcnl with Cuba; he will draft Il plan---
Senator Frye's new subsidy bill an On
tering-wcdgc for Il measure similar to
the previous mpaSjtrc-GcrmHn crown
prince very ill-Krugcr in his new resi-
dcncc at Utrecht. IIolland--DcWct in
the Lindley district watching ) block.
houses French chamber passes ship
bounty hill near four to one-Brid.,c
plans made at Kansas City seized at
Victoria for duty-Spain to ask re-
turn of ships taken before declaration
of war"--FraucG confcrs Legion of
Honor on Wang Chi Chun. governor of
Nuan Whei-Boer command sur
priscd nj Trichard's' Fontcin; seven
killed. 13l prisoners.
FRIDAY, DEC. IS.
Santiago Iglesias. president of the
Federation of Workingmcn of Porto
Hicoand representative of the American
Federation of Labor. together with nine
companions. was tried in, the dist let
court Of san Juan. l.. r.. on n charge OF
conspiracy. Iglcsias was sentenced to
three years. four months and eight
days Imprisonment. Seven of his com
panluns We're sentenced TO four months
imprisonment. while two were acquitted
Of the charge of being the founders Of
the Illegal association and conspiracy
10 raise the price of labor in Porto Rice
Report that the Bell Telephone com
pany is to take over the Eric Telegraph
aud Telephone company. after r%eorgani-
Zation-Snow in Colorado delays
trains--Itepublicans move &c destroy
iohnSon'S machine in Clevcland-
Rumford Falls. Me-. mai seriously
stabbed by Observation-Disclosures
New York cigar manufacturers TO unite
in a S1.50O,00O colnpany-H. A..
IIaVcmcycr says the sugar trust is lot
Interested in sugar in Cuba-t;oOd
progress in Porto Rico shown by re-
port of commissioner of the interior
Korea grants concession for an Amer
lean bank-Tuan said to be planning
an invasion of China-Ficrce gale
weeping English and Irish chair
nclS-Dr. Icnp elected president Of
the Swiss confcdcration-R iotous
mohS led by strikers parade the streets
Of Cadiz-Working people in Clili
show warlike spirit against Argentina
British troops in South Africa in
FOOD condition, but $4,000 moro are
ncedcd-Empress dowagcr confcrS
honors on Chinese who assisted in i'll
tcrnational ncgotiationS-Couut Won
Kanitz seriously alarmed by the Amor
lean peril which he secs lowering over
Germany.
SATURDAY. DEC. II.
The report of the Schlcy court Of in
curry was promulgated by Secretary
Long. There are two reports. admiral
Ronham and Ramsay concur in de first,
which is signed 10y Admiral Dewey also.
as a matter of form. Admiral Dewey
makes a separate report, although he
agrees with the findings of facts sub
scribed 10 by the others. The majority
report condemns Admiral SchicI IN If
points. while Admiral Dcwcy'S slstainS
him in most particulars The jury in
the trial of Ida BONNIE, accused OF Tie
murder of James =. AyrrS. Jr.. the young
census office clerk, killed in the Ken-
more hotel at Washington, returned Il
verdict Of NOT guilty--IIclvy fog de-
lays traffic in New Iork-BrNHu dis
appointed in the presidents handling of
the trust queStion-Now York justice
issues injunction to prevent award Of
contracts by present administration
charters forfeited and vast penalties inn
capitalists intcroSted-lteItIhlicanS r.
congress urge ccOnOmy-FaNuo Pink
ippinc tariff bin and minority report in
the houSe-Costa Rice to grant The
same canal rightSaS Nicaragua--RIS
Sia may seek part Of her loan IN the
United StateS-CerInHn tariff ILL
referred and rcichstag adjOurnS unit
Jan. S-Eotha's influence sand 10 pre-
vent large SurrcndcrS of Boers---Bc
lief in Chill that boundary dispute will
never justify Il rupture with Argentine
british solicitor general sees no rea
o why England should not join il
union against anarchism-Slloo work
crs at northampton, Eng. make riotou.
demonstration against the "sc OF new
lasting machines.
SUNDAY, DEC. X.
Wnlthoura and McEachern win the six
day bicycle rae at New York Every
body in Washington talkin" about III,
Schlcy verdict; congressman ana spna
tors diSapprOvc-M Mrs. George brook,
shot and killed by Charles II. Hawkins
at Nashua, y. Il Record Lroakin.
cold snap in the west Recount il
Chelsea. Moss, gives the license pant,
Il majority Of but only four votes
William II. Emerson Of Newton, Mass.
suffering from IA fractured >hull: Mich
, ael |Shanahan under Signo
} Marconi succeeds in ~tplcgraphing acroS
, the Atlantic from Cornwall to 81. john
, Moro rioting at Lynn by The mo
, rocco strikers and nOn-unlOn men; dozrl
; or more heads laid open ~ variou
, mlSSiles-~Corncr stone lodge of Ma
sons of DuXbury. Mass. celebrates If
, communication receipts of Tie Han
) vard-Yale football game Of Nov. -
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