Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-31

year.
at Nashville escapes wounded after Il
spectacular chasc--Fivc Springfield,
Mass. boys found playing with sew
eral sticks of dynamite which they dis
covered in a vacant lot--Giant Crus-
tacean uncarthed in excavation 1t Wa
chusetts dam. Clinton. Mass--Mrs.
Mary Cannon falls dead while attending
service at st. Johns church, Clinton,
Mass-Miss Alice Ellis. n Meridcn,
Conn. nurse. takes her life oy inhaling
chloroform without apparent rlotivn-
Great destruction Of property from vast
forest fires along the Allegheny
mountains-Pretty New York girl weds
Il helpless cripple, after trundling him to
the altar-Two survivors Of the
wrecked bark Angola tell a frightful tale
of suffering, murder and cannibalism;
adrift for 3S days without food or
water-Mrs Helen C. Ncagle of Bath,
Me-. is todhy 1O5 years old---Adam "a.
Harley, until recently n bank manager
at Fredericton, y. g.. charged with steal
ing S60OO-Congress will he asked TO
pass n bill making an assault upon the
presidcntof the United states Il capital
offensc-London newspaper declares
Kind Edward has a cancer-ln n fight
at I'assi insurgents lose - killed, three
captured: naval cadet Loveman Noa
shot and boloed at Nipa-Nipa; stringent
measures to be adopted in Samar-
Little prospect that the Schlcy inquiry
will he complete this week-William
Opperman of New York falls five stories
down a light shaft and escapes with Il
torn coat.
TUESDAY, OCT. 90.
Leon +. Czolgosz sufferes a slight
nervous attack. but remains snllen and
stoical. He refused to heed the words
of the priests who came to urge spiritual
preparations for death, and declined
eithcNNo rc-embrace Roman Catholi-
cisIn or our anarchy, nor did he
turn to any of those higher cOnsidcra-
tons which ordinarily claim the
thoughts Of mon occupying his position
Tinted States Marshal Darling. his
deputies and three Boston police inspec-
tors went to the offices of j. NJ. Fisher
& Co., brokers. at Boston with United
States court warrants. The warrants
named Fisher and his partners and al
legged that they had used the mails IL
legally to secure patrons-Boston 10
have what will probably be the largest
candy mandatory in the world
Many destitute miners forced to remain
at Nome--Only relief for Illinois COR
porationS seems to be in the legislature
-Wollen mills at East Killingly.
Conn. bought by Francis II. Manning
of Boston-TWo more fine goods mills
and an addition to the Dartmouth plant
contemplated at New Bedford-A
great industrial trust for Europe pro-
icctcd and an alliance with the United
States combinations sought-M. G. u.
Borden's agents buy $1,000 pieces Of
print cloth at 3 Is cents. an advance Of
n sixteenth since Snturday-Schley
completes his story and Lemly pro-
cccdS with cross cXuminatiOn--SiX
months more allowed to present claims
to Spanish Claims commisSion-Gen-
eral Miles favors more power for sab
ordinate commanders in the field. and
less interference by war denartment--
Turkey bars religious associations eX-
PEELED from France-Danish com
mercial interests trying to prevent sale
OF islands-Fr"nch Canadians oppose
admission of Newfoundland to the o II
observation-disclosures showing strained
relations of French and German leaders
in China.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 30.
Autopsy shows that CZolgosz' brain
was normal and in no way responsible
for the assassination of President Nc
Kinley. Doubt having been thrown
upon the efficacy of %quicklime, the agent
mentioned in the statute, it was de-
termincd that, as the purpose of the
law was the destruction of the body. il
was not necessary to use quicklime.
Accordingly acid was poured upon the
body in the gravc-The United States
secret service agents who captured the
penny counterfeiters, located at Cam
bridge, Mass, feel that they have
broken up n business very profitable to
those who conducted ii. For a year they
have followed the gang, always OH their
track, and for months having part Of the
gang under surveillance. They waited
until all the principals wanted were in
their clutches--Home Market club
Of Boston wants congress to collect in
formation about the effect of trade
treaties-A business arrangement in
volving clearing house methods between
five leading fire insurance firms of
Decentralization traction en-
ployees decide o to strike Buffalo