Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-13

streams discovered in Porto Rico
Many New York Germans say Ridder
does not control their vote and that
they will vote for Low----Secretary
Root and the president discuss army
staff pl3ns-Congress to be asked
to investigate alleged land frauds in
olorado-M ethods of steamship
agents in soliciting immigration to be
investigated-No customs examina.
ton of baggage at Honolulu pending
tigation---Truce in salmon fish.
cries war due 10 treasury ruling as to
rawback--Geologica survey finds
no coal in commercial quantity in east
ern Maine---Bryan finds another
presidential candidate in John w.
Bookwalter of Ohio--Demurrers Of
Machen and Croft Bros overruled in
Washington district court--Most of
defending fleet near Bar Harbor. show.
ing that attack Is expected near there
Teachers in the Philippines COM
plain that government blacklist pre-
vents them from obtaining other en-
Laurier said to
wish to retire--Canal treaty may be
defeated by tering--Several
Servian officers arrested on charge of
nspiracy-Odessa factories idle.
and business of the port is at a stand
still--Zionist meetings in the Rus
sian province of Kherson are prohibit
ed--Diplomatists in Rome extend
greeting to the pope, who replies
| nd nI1 I'M h.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who proposed re-
forms in the Chinese administration
| fee from Pekin, fearing arrest ana exc
cution.
SATURDAY, AUG. 8.
Willard S. Allen, treasurer of
Preachers Aid society of the New
England conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal church, disappears from
Boston, a self-confessed absconder to
amount of more than $4,000 of the
society's funds-Lieutenant General
Miles retires from command of the
Hostile" fleet believed sight.
| ed; heavy firing heard near Bar Har.
Dor, Me--Pirates terrorize fisher.
men on Puget Sound-Signals sent
! by DeForest wireless telegraph from
Buffalo to Cleveland--New York
Negro league appeals to president to
| check lynchings and peonage--Ex.
Governor Hogg of Texas advises farm
ers to form political rganization-
| Wallace Bros circus train wrecked at
Durand, Mich. 81 people killed.
Maurice Runkel indicted with Machen
gives bail OF S5000-Baron Speck Won
Sternberg presents his credentials as
German ambassador to the United
States-Pope Plus receives Cardinal
Gibbons-Trinidad wants anneXa
ton to Canada-Five Chinese re
formers arrested in Pckin-Ha
vana's sanitary condition of highest
excellence-Great decrease in Ger
manys meat imports as result of in
spection aw--Insurrection in Mon
astir said to have started two weeks
earlier than expected - Professor
Slaby shows that the earth plays ar
important part as conductor of tele
graphic electric waves.
SUNDAY, AUG. 9.
George Leander and Nat Butler gel
broken collarbones while riding II
bicycle race|at Revere, Mass--Acci
dent at Philadelphia ball grounds
eight dead, five expected to die, ISL
others in hospital and 200 treated a
| drug stores and homes-Tornado i!
the mining district of Kansas kills two
| persons, injured 60, and levels man,
| houses--Major Taylor beats Jen
kins, champion of England and Piarc
| of Paris at the mile, at Canningtown
Eng-Naval manoeuvers off Main,
| end in a victory for the defenders
Rear Admiral Melville, head of tn,
bureau OF steam engineering. retire
| Mrs. John f. Eaton of Waldoboru
Me, claims her husband, a Boston
business man, committed her to
Vermont insane asylum - JOIN
Evans. aged II, drowned in a well a
Auburn, Mass-Arthur s. Cutler
architect. of Lowell, Mass, drowned a
Bow lage. Stafford, n. H--Leuten
ant General Miles takes his leave o
on the battlefield shed tears at thu
| parting English Jack" a strange
character of the White Mountains; i:
dying-Reliance and Constitution
have fine spin off Newport-Oars
man Titus disappointed many by re
fusing to row in senior singles at st
GATHERINGS; said water was too rough
Members of the Massachusetts so
ciety, Sons of the American Revolu
ton, celebrate the discontinue of the
British sloop Falcon by the people o
Gloucester, Mass, 128 years ago
Most conservative estimates of th'
value of Texas produce from farms
ranches and oil wells foot up the mar
velous sum for one year of S250,000
900; $4,000 900 more to be added i
United States corn estimate is &C
curate.
MONDAY, AUG. 10.
Pope Plus crowned in presence O
10000 people; gorgeous ceremonial il
St Peters; burst of acclaim as tripl,
crown was placed on pontiffs head
Chances against the passage of a cur
rency bill at the next session
Cornerstone of new church of FRS
parish of Leominster, Mass. laid
Cotton situation seriously felt in New
HAMPSHIRE; some mills close
Twenty thousand textile operatives a
Philadelphia to return 10 work.
Rumor Acknowledgement Knox may b.
a PENNSYLVANIA gubernatOrial candj