Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-15

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BILE Of Maine dies at Wadoboro. aged
81 years--LcrOw Claiming Shear.
notorious forger and murderer. is ar
rested --Mamri, Jimmy Gibhon and
Compute win the stake races at Morris
Park.
SUNDAY, MAY II.
st. Pierre, the principal city OF
Martinique, the gem of the Wipd,yard
islands, has bden blotted out Under a
storm Of fire and an vaa nche of molten
rock and ashes. With population ~
upward of 10000 persons. the CITY las
been destroyed and the survivors are
reported to number less than two score.
nearly all Of them burned wounded and
| suffering awful fortunes. These eur
vivors, It is believed, were not in the
city. but were saved from the hipping.
The loss Of life in Morne Rouge and
other neighborng towns and parishes it
is feared, will swell the death !isttotbe
appalling total Of 40, 00O-Senatc con
firms II. Clay Evans as consul general
at London---Denial of demand for
share in Datrimony supposed to have
led to the Ford tragedy-B,rnhard
Weithaas indicted At Springfield. Mass,
Tor murder of his wife, Marines and
naval apprentices plant tree in men,
DRY of Rear Admiral Sampson on Coast
ers' Harbor island-Dr. f. l.. Nc
Dowell and Miss blanche Jones n,ys-
tcriously missing from Manchester. y.
Inlay Twins III health causes her
| to close her season---Fall River IAN
fires four shots from revolver at woman
with whom he has been keeping COM
pany, and escapes--President Henry
Morton Of Stevens Institute of Tech
nnlogy is dead-"The' Aliens pool
room in New York raided and 300 play
crs arrested-The national nouse
passes the territories statehood bill
without division-Admiral SIMPSONS
body buried al Arlington cemetery with
impressive cerem onies-Miss Mary
Mac Donald of Fall River sues Patrick
! Keran for $4,000 for alleged breach
Of promise to mswy--Ftre at La
! coma, n. H. causes loss Of more than
So, probably fatally
burned while fumigaung her hSne at
Portland. Me----Venezuelan revolu-
tionary forces are expected to occupy
Caracas soon--Flre at New Haven
destroys eight buildings and renders
9S persons homeless.
MONDAY, MAY1e
Indications that the island OF st.
Vincent. West Indies, has almost been
destroyed by the volcano Soufreia. and
that thousands of its inha bita nts have
spreading; Fort de France threatened
Pastry and confectionery makers a t
Lawrence, Mass, orga niEe-Aeronaut
Severe and an assistant killed at Paris
by explosion of airship-Lawrenc
Bressano splits the skull and horribly
initiates the body Of Michael Tornish
at Bridgeport, Conn-Cholera con
tinues una bated in the Philippines
Queen Wilhelmna making rapid prog
ress toward Bnrnum &
Bailey's circus attacked by mob in n
French town; one Snowman probably
fatally hurt death Of Jesse Stone
Lieutenant governor OF Wisconsin,
Three drowning accidents at Lawrence.
-President-elcct Palma ac-
corded warm welcome upon arrival at
Havana--Lord Pauncefot very sick
TUESDAY, NAY 13.
st. Pierre is desoate with 80. 600 dead
Martinique is in straits with 10000
homeless and hungry refugees from the
volcanic section. st. Vincent IS cut Off
fro,n 90 bio com NH NJ ~ tion Tho lo tact
adviceS are by ships, and say that from
800 to 700 had persisted up to Saturday
Until il is definitely known that the
peril is passed the gravest fears are en-
tertained for this British colony. Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent a special
message to congress asking for $500 600
to aid in succoring md reno ling from
their present perilous situa Ii n the sur
vivors of the disaster--Thirty persons
killed and 200 injured. $50 probably
fatally, by explosion Of naphtha cars in
railroad yard in suburb of Pttsburg-
Texas Democrats start a boom for
Bailey-A new astronomical camera
in Pittsburg, the first TO have curved
plateS--Law Lowell and Collins
Vile wooden mills all running to fun ca
pacity--Ro bbers secure $500 from the
Milford, Mass, Street Railway com
pany's safe-Negro preacher sues
Pullman Car company for refusing to
serve breakfast TO him-Au miners
under the suspension order obey and the
tie-up is complete In the anthracite
region: $4,000 men out--General
Wheaton coming home soon---Many
Philippine friars going TO Brazil
Renewed activity OF friends OF the ship
subsidy hill--Sixto Lopez sister. who
is now in Boston. to be called BY senstc
Philippines ommtttee-Chi-h rebels
defeated Queen WiIhslmina's condi-
ton shows continued Improvement
Spain makes elaborate preparations for
enthroning of new king-Esst Lon
don, Southeast Cape Colony, suffering
from lack of milk.
WEDNESDAY,. MAY ~.
Advices from St Vincent, by ships to
ST. Lucia more than double the list e
Soufrers victims. The dead in this
British island now are said to number
1000. Martinique's need is also sore.
ST. Pierre is silent city. From II few
escaped after the blow fell. But from
Fort de- France comes cry for aid
Refugees from other parts Of the isla I'd