Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-11-10


about s75, 0o0--Rev. Charles ]. white,
for 3S years pastor Of First Universalist
church. Woonsocket, II. l., resigns on
account of i'll health.
MONDAY, NOV. Z.
Chairman Cortelyou claims that
Roosevelt will have 314 of the 476 votes
In the electoral college; Democrats claim
270 votes--Steamer Germanic, valued
at $4,000 burned to waters edge at
Stag Island in st. Clair river--Etta
Fuller, 1G, Of West Gardiner, Me-, at
tempted to dislodge cartridge from
20 calibre target riho when hammer
snapped; bullet pm ssed into her neck
Textile Council refuses to adopt recon-
mendation Of Its executive committee
that committee be appointed to verify
statements of Fall River cotton manu-
facturers that trey were unable to pay
rate of wages In force before strike
Frank Lapoint. H. died at Worcester,
Mass. from burns received by explo-
sion Of kerosene lamp-Killing In cold
blood Of Marshal Bates by two negroes
whom he was trying to arrest causes
white residents Of Coal Creek, Col, to
issue q warning to all egroes to leave
the town-Mukden dispatches state
that Russian commanders are prepar-
Ing their men to hear of fan OF Port
Arthur---Mylius Ericksons expedi-
ton. after 2ls years exploring Green
land, returns TO Copenhage with valu
able ethrogra phiral and scientific rec.
ords.
TJ-ECntV
Both the great parties claim to be
confident of result of elections; bet
ting at New York, Chicago and Wash
ington with great odds favoring Roose-
velt--Another fruitless conference
| between Fall River manufacturers and
| operatives; employers absolutely re-
! fuse to remove reduction notices.
Official report Of trial trip OF cruiser
| West Virginia shows that she devel.
oped speed OF 22.146 knots an hour
Locomotive fireman killed at Greens
Farms, Conn, by blowing out Of boiler
fue--Mrs Elizabeth r. Greenough
brings suit for $50,000.00O against
Standard Oil Company In Massachu-
sets supreme court; seeks to recover
royalties on use Of secret process for
rendering petroleum non-ex plosive--
| Andre monument ut Tappan, ". Y,
sold for non-payment Of taxes--Sut
for s1.20o000 against ]. Ogden Ar
mour of Chicago entered In Massachu-
sets supreme cOurt----Representat
Thomas T. and Alderman James F.
Curley sent to Jail at Boston for
impersonation at q civil service exam
ination-Engineers az Illinois coal
mines give up strike and return to
work---Dscharg Of labor leader
may bring on railway fight in New
Haven-Secret service men are
on track of Krone counterfeiters in
Ohio-Ericksen party returns TO Co
penhagen from successful exploration
Of Greonland--Ttalian cabinet re-
elected in voting; Extremists lose 90
seats in deputies-General de CALI
fet exonerates French officers con-
cerned in bribing Dreyfus witnesses;
court-martia ends.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9.
The net result Of the elections ia a
great Republican victory all along tho
line for the national ticket In Massa.
chusetts the only surprise Is found in
the election of Mr.. Douglas over Gov.
ernor Bates Notwithstanding that the
state has gone for Roosevelt by a plu-
rality estimated in the neighborhood
Of 10000. Douglas plurality will
reach $4,000 The national election is a
Republican landslide. President Roose.
welt has carried every northern state.
New York gives him a plurality of
nearly if not quite 100000. The so.
called dependent states, Connecticut and
New Jersey which have been claimed
by the Democrats, have each given plu.
ralites for Roosevelt Of at least 80 600.
From the great western states the re-
turns all point to emphatic Republican
pluralities Illinois has given a plu-
rality of $50 000-City Auditor Dodge
OF Boston resigns at the request OF
Mayor Collins--Two women drowned
at Lee, Me-Sharp advance in pig iron
prices to SIS at Pittsburg-Anothe
Palmer schooner launched at Waldo
boro, Me.-Four persons burned to
death in hotel fire near Houston. Tex.
Funeral Of Archbishop Elder at
ncinnati-Wiscon antitrust law
upheld by supreme court at Washing.
ton in Wisconsin newspaper CASE
, Fall River manufacturers decline labor
mems proposition to investigate, and
vote TO open mills next Monday
, Federal court at Denver issues tenn
porary injunction against Citizens AL.
lance and Mine Owners Union OF
Cripple Creek--President Cram OF
the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
company denies rumor of control Of
that road by the Canadian Pacific or
any other company-Naval observers
at Washington report seeing Enck's
Secretary Hay notified that
Mexico is ready and willing to arbi-
trate with us-Supreme court de
, cision in Dodge case means travellers
must declare all their possessions
Fine Auditorium Burned
Lowell, Mass, Nov. Huntington
Hall. the largest and finest public aud
itorium IN this city. was burned, with a
loss OF about $4,000. The fire is
= thought TO have originated from Il
,, switch board on the stage. The mem
bers OF hose had narrow escape
from death through falling walls,