Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-12
only a slight cold, but there were great
MONDAY, FEB. ..

ciety Observation-Disclosures shoSks in
Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky
Congregational church at East Wey-
mouth. Mass, burncd-Brazii and To-
livia to settle Acre dispute by nrbitra-
tion-Standard Oil company said TO
have i%nterposed directly in the senate
and congress to prevent any antitrust
leglslation; president tells congress
there must he antitrust legislation or
an extra session will be ca lled--lIouse
Of representatives passes the i.ittlefcld
antitrust bill, 245 to 0@Su1den death
Of Rear Admiral Frank Wiides. u. 3.
~. on way home from China
tain Richmond T. lIobson said to be 10.
litically inclined-Coal iiim sues
Mayor Bryant of Quincy, Mnss.. for
100000 dana ges because of his tcsti-
mony in coal investigation--.Jii Jim
Jcfrrics said to he breaking down.
louise and senate con:erees agree on
bill for new department of commerce
and labor: interstate commerce COM
mission and bureau Of statistics of the
agricultural department left ont and
bureau Of corporations crcated--Will-
lam Hooper Young, accused Of murder
Of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer at New York, de-
clared legally Sanc--Discoyprpd that
secret alliance exists between Ger
many and Italy; Bowen refuses TO leave
question Of preferential treatment TO
one arbiter--Williain J. BRYAN no.
fuses to attend 1ropuois club BANQUET
at Chicago because Grover Clcvcla nd
was invitcd--Soft coal miners md
their employers agree upon a wage in.
crease of IA percent in Wall
street that steel trust will retire its 7
percent stock for 5 percent bonds. -
Effort TO have J. II. Tillman OF South
Carolina released on oail----John d.
Long showing slow bur steady improve.
ment--Army of 240.100 men ordered to
mobilize in Macedonia by the Turkish
government; massac-es expected--
Mountain laurel declared tine Massa-
chusetts floral emblem by the Floral
Emblem society-IIundreds Of de.
tectives guard the kaiser--Rnport Of
Boxer uprisings not causing any alarm
to missionaries friends.
TUESDAY,, FER. 10.
Minister Bowen refuses to sign Ger.
man and Italian protocols until objcc-
tionable demands are modited---,I. Il.
Cassidy. Boston liquor dealer, fails for
30O.000-Boston and Northern road
refuses to recognize Railway Mems
union-War proclaimed between
Guatemala on one side and Salvador
and Honduras on the other-Two hun
dred insurgents routed by constabulary
in fight seven miles from Manila: Two
on American side and 10 Filipinos
killed-Thc steamer Comlnonw ealth
brings 81 Italian stowaways to Boston;
petty officer suspected of smuggling
alicns--Hawaii proposes to nsc &c.
100000 for public improvements--
Strike expected on the Manhattan Elc-
waited at any Notwithstanding Of
arguments before the coal commission
at Philadelphia Denial Of rcport
that Speaker Henderson will enter New
York law flrm-Dolaware Democrats
again change their candidates, but
without result-William II. Young.
the New York murderer, pleads guilty
and is sentenced to life imprisonment
Specific navigation laws urgently
needed in the Philippines--Was hing-
ton opinion gives Minister Bowen
great credit for his conduct OF the ,'enc-
zuelan negotiations--Great damage
done by the overlooking Of the River
Clyde-Lass progress in Orange River
Colony than represented, owing to dis.
affection among Boers-Austro-I .us-
sian reforms for Macedonia said to
merely propose the maintenance Of the
status quo; Bulgaria preparing to war
on Turkey.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. II.
Minister Bowen formally accepts
Great Brita1n's protocol framed to Sc
cure n reference Of the Venezuelan dis
pute to The Hague arbitration tribunal
--Steamer Mndlana. from New York,
for a special cruise among the Carib-
bean Islands with Il party OF excursion.
lists, went ashore at Bermuda and will
be a total loss; passengers all rescued.
but with great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
''' At iLN III, MISS, nOlll-
bardcd with eggs when leaving work
Petty assaults continue on shoe
makers at work at H~averhjll, Mass
Harvard university to have one of the
hnest infants hospitals in the country
Award of $21 900 for injuries TO
boy run over by a freight car at Cam
bridge. Mass--New York retailers sell
ing coal at $3.50 a ton-Chicugo coal
dealers fined 500 each for corspiring
TO restrain tradc--Argumcnt for nom
union men before coal strike commission
at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES trust
program seems near consummntion---
President will not withdraw nomina-
ton of Ryrn- of Delaware--New owl
dcnce sustaining contention that United
states is sinsular-Trcatics likely to
lake mp remainder of this session OF
congress-A citizen of New Mexico
declares all the proposed states would
be DemOcratic--War declared h..
tween Salvador Honduras ard Gun -
mala-Turkcy officially denies that
troops are being modified, but this
statement is doubted-Cutun congress-
working on a provincial bill, which,
when passed, will complete organize.
ton OF government.
ON FIFTH AVENUE.