Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-13

'"N''dl 'IuD lTdHSIcTfcu by IL. ~.
Mathis TO Fall Rtver---Fire engine
horses and driver plunge into canal in
East Pcppcrcll MasS-Secretary Long
says President ROoScvolts decision i'm
Sampson-Schlcy CASES may he expected
within Il week La dderman IIauton
and James +. Evans save u number of
lives at n fire at Boston---Ch Charles II.
Miles held in $1,000 on charge of arson
al Iaconia. y. II ---Colonel kekewicb
captures AlbertS commando. 49, mon.
and Landdrost Potsieter and Cornct
Reported engagement Of
Senator ". A. Hanna's eldest daughter
---t'overnor Taft says stories of friars'
wealth are exaEgerations.
MONDAY, FEB 10.
A great fire swept through Paterson.
y j.. and in It's desolatc wake are the
embers and ashes Of property valued in
preliminary estimate at SO. 600 600. IL
burned its way through tho hliineSS Sec
ton of tho city and destroyed ma
jority Of the finer structures devoted 10
commercial, civic. educational and re-
ligious use. as well as scores of dwell
ing houses. No lives were lost-Al-
though President Roosevelt. upon lis
arrival AZ the Groton school did not
find his son, Theodore. Jr.. alarinincly
i'll with pneumonia. still the lads con.
dition was not sufficient y reassuriny to
warrant the presidents immediate re-
turn 10 the national capita --'rhc AL
Ian line >tea mpr Grecia n ia n ashore five
"a linx = h..
rot'ks on tho western shore full %
water--Addison Apt cook. sta bbcd
in the back while attending n Polish
wedding at Portland, Me-An
carly morning fire. which destroyed the
Empire Hotel. a large three-story lodc-
ing house at st. Louis. occupied by mon
exclusively. caused the death OF II per
sons. and dangerously injured eight
others---Lord Kitchpner's great plan.
which he has been celebrating tor
months past, failed by the escape Of
De Wet. but WAS successful in the great
est single capture Of Beers since Lord
Kitchener arrived in South A fyica. The
Roer casualties were 2S3: the British,
1O--George n. Greenieaf found guilty
Of murder in the first degree Of Mrs.
Nancy Jane Folsom at Boscawen. \.
H--Boer delegates may leave Hol-
land, owing to friction with t"h cab
| inot--COloncl Kckewich AID Scottish
! Horse capture 13l Boers at Gruisfon-
! toin-Natale Tonnelli shot dead by his
! brother-iu-law at Providence-Tam-
many reunion under Nixon leadership
proves ggreat success FitzsmmonS
and .leltreS again fail TO agree on terms
! for Il glove fight--New York mer-
chants protest against practices of bag
| cage Spectovs--Schlsy returns TO
/ Washington highly sratified with rccop-
ton on hi, trip---Governor Taft going
to New York TO undergo second sur
| gical operation--Rear AdEliralS
Sampson and Cromwell retire from
active service.
TUESDAY, FEE. II.
The condition OF Theodore R0ose' cit
is apparently very serious. Nothing
could he obtained from the house. bur
ii is believed the patient Is dclirious -
Vice President Frank c. Andrews Of
the City Savings bank. Buffalo. ar
rested and arragned on the charge Of
having "vilfuly. frauduentiy and
knowingly" secured from the bank
without security. and without tnr
| knowledge of the OTHER directors. the
sum of 1.15S,o00--William II Mich
olson. aged Is, was oleclrocutch at Re-
we're. Mass. while a his Wort; As a line
Municipalities Cummings OF Rrattlr.
boro, Vt. disresarded his physicians
| In arA cd I Iii in
ternal application of wood alcohol
Schooner John 2 Randall >f .'o:t and
Ne. for tho safety of which there il
much anxiety at her home port may
have gone down off Rarnega THE
new navy has cost the United states
500 SOB 92S for construction and So
;S43. 90 for repairs OH completed vessels
Olympus sails for New York to join
Admiral Evans squadron; may return
to help Boston welcome Prince Henry
Irish cnveys arrive in New York --
Atteboro Fails, Mass, postoffce robbed
-Keone, y. H.. pail factory burned
Forty wood workers strike at
Worcester, Mass---Few voters register
under Connecticut's new caucus law
New eyhihtion OF volcanic action IN
the porcelain basin in the Yellowstone
Coroner jury finds Shafer, Matte
son and Epps responsible Tor New York
subway e2Yiosion-Sew York petition
for reform in baggage inspection may
lead to charges in the law--Senator
Foraker offers amendment 10 Philip
pine :arif bill. making rate 81 percent
of Ding!ey tariff---Count Tolstoi' s
health in serious condition Mission
buildings burned at Fayen. near Can
ton----Grsat Britain may transfer Wei
Hal Wei TO Germany Tnterns Tic nal
sugar conference postponed until Feb
11--Revolstion against President
Castro in Venezuela Gerna n
omperorS opposition I" ChrIstia n
Science and similar cults tinds support
-German paper declares that country
has document 10 prove hat 'sf y pped
action against the United States 'efore
the Spanish war
WEDNESDAY. FEB.12
The consensus Of reports from the
sick room OF Theodore Roosevelt, IT..
who Is i'll with pneum mia NJ the Grotor
school intirmary, tend to show IN in
provement. hut the crisis Of the disease
is still 10 come Parliamentary pane,
issued at London giving the term,
of a practical alliance between Grea'
Britain and Japan for the preservation
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