Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-03-20

odieS o. Lue city. ably seconded by
nc chief executives of city and state
conference with the recognized lead
RS of organized labor. the great strike
If freight handlers and kindred trades
represented in the Allied Freight Trans
pOrtation council. which has acid Bost, n
in its grasp for four days, was broken,
and the men, fully 10000 of them will
resume their respective occupations
this morning-Mrs. c. =. Hunt lgton
gives S250,OO0 for the new Hary ard,
medical school. completing the fund of
nearly $1,000, O00--K ennebec river
open to Augusta-British buying more
mules in Montana-IIerbert Booth
leaves Salvation army-Forty- thous.
and-dollar fire at Claremont, y. H
Pittshurg painters strike is becoming
scr5ous--Robbers wreck q safe and Sc
cure $4,000 at Joliet. Ills Gale in In.
diana does considerable damage in oil
fields-Hartford to introduce forestry
in the watershed Of the city water sys-
tem-Chicago women protest aga inst
tlI0 ditlludC vi tIe -NtW IOl "A DdSRiSt
inspectors S. Mccormick Of
Los Angeles will accept Secretary
Hitchcock's place il there is a vacancy
-GovernOr of MatanZas appeals to
Miss Roosevelt to try and save the life
of man under death sentcuce--Span-
fish cabinet resigns-Italy sends troops
to strike districts-England places
contracts for more warships--Czarin in.
vitcs Emperor Of Austria TO hunting
party-Suddon change for the worse
in the condition Of Tolstoi. --New
steamship Oscar II sails from Copen-
hagen for New York-Canton mer-
chants fear extortionate taxes will re-
zuela are sill active. but make few
important moves-Canada considers
Japanese immigration as obie ctionable
as Chinese-Town of Kyankari I'm
Asia Minor destroyed by all earthquake
Chiefs of pan+islamic movement de-
nounce the khedive of EGypt-.-An-
other serious fight in Manchuria be-
tween Russians and Tunguscs- Port
uguese troops rout slave traders near
Pumba bay and free 100 slaves
British cabinets veto of Il royal visit
to Ireland regarded as tactless IL owe
charges England three per
cent commission for fitting out South
African conStabulary.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10.
Hopes for full .ettrmcnt of the
Boston strike growing on o.. sides; eff
forts of the governor. it is generally be-
lieved, will smooth away all obstacles;
longshorcmcn 90 back-Mayor Hurley
of Salem, Mass. announces himself as
candidate for congress to succeed
adopts The Hague
rules intended TO mitigate warfare
Edward +. Grant of Boston sent TO
state prison for S to 10 years for as
saulting his daughter-FieldM Marshal
Lord Wolseley TO go to South Africa
on tour of investigation at personal
request of King Edwari--Strike in
the American Woollcn company plants
in Olneyvillc and elsewhere becoming
more serious Ebcn -. Jordan con-
tributes $4,000 to the New England
Conservatory of Music building fund
-Boer sympathisers advance the
movement for a permanent organza-
ton in behalf of the South African
peoplc-Tommy Ryan knocks out
"Mysterious" Billy Smith-Nermont
congressional delegation not inclined to
discuss candidacy of Fletcher ID. Pros
tor for gubernatorial nomination.
Lawyers ask Iees of over $4,000 from
estate of Sylvia Ann Rowland of New
Bedford, Manufactures and
operatives to meet at Fall River; bust
ness men thus hope to effect a COM
promise.
SUNDAY. MARCH Is.
Big Boston strike practically set
tied; freight handlers and clerks vote
to return to work; governor hopeful of
smoothing over the differences New
Haven road to give vacancies so old en-
ployes; r. and NJ. takes back nearly all
men at oncc-Fall River mills will
pay the 10 percent advance demanded
by the mill operatives; result made
known after conference, in which it
was found that some mills had broken
away from manufacturers agreement
F. p. Sargent to succeed Powderly
as head OF the immigration bureau
Governor Benjamin +. Tracy stricken
i'll at court hearing in brooklyn
Cecil Rhodes drowsy. and barely able
to speak to those about him--Senate
finds canal the most difficult problem
now before it-Matanzas, Cuba,
chief OF police arrested on a charge of
stealing cattle--IIenry Wattorson
says Democratic party has great OPP
portunity--Amcrica wins the annual
cable chess match with Great Britain,
5Ia to iia-One person killed and seven
wounded by an explosion in Cleve-
land-Brldge in Peru breaks while
being blessed; 100 persons drowned
Eighteen insane soldiers from the Phil
ippines pass through Omaha---The
Brooklyn league to begin a crusade
lpainst vice in that borOugh--Am-
,assador you IL oil ehau a puast of praci