Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-20
THE WEEKS news
THURSDAY. JULY IL.

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chief peace plenipotsntiary; will be 70.
placed By NJ. Witte. president of com.
mittes Of ministers; Whites selection
hailed a. practical assuranc Of peace
---Penikese island. 10 Busxards 10y,
will be site Of new massachusetts, sta; e
leprosa rium-Town OF Groton. Mass,
celebrates its 250th annnversary--
Lack OF funds causes weakness in the
Chicago strike--Court sustains New
York firm In selling books at cut prices
----Wcstern tsAion may adopt nav
regulations a. to racing news---Mis-
souri, railroads secure temporary ir.
junction against the state Police un.
able to solve mystery surrounding theft
Of Oelrichs Jewels at Newport, r. T.
Mormons asked to explain their alleged
Land ONCE s"---Portisp nd
(Or.) Chamber OF Commerce appeals to
the prssidAnt for more liberal treatment
Of the Ohinese---Francs passes an.
nssty bill IN connection with con-
spiracy Of 1s80---Delcasse thinks
Frances agreement to Morocco confer.
cnce a mistake--Morocca forces de-
fest pretenden who escapes. leaving
1870 dead on the neld--Turbine stsa NJ.
ship virginian fails to break record ow..
ing 10 foEs and icebergs-France
takes another step toward separation
Of church and state by appointing q
com nittee---Rrest gives garden party
to British officers as one Of events Of
Franco. British naval festivities.
FRIDAY, JULY IA.
Body Of unknown woman found. face
downward. in a gully on golf links at
Belmont Mass. with cuts upon her
arms and body and her head nearly
severed. while on rude boards nearby
were pair OF cuffs and bottle filled With
whiskey; no clue to murderer--Cx.r
signs appointment Of Witte as peace
plenipotentiary; peace treaty now gen.
orally regarded as certain----Wool
selling steadily at top prices; large
transfers said to he penddng-New ir-
terurbar railway projected between
Worcester and Providence: locations
now await approval---Eight killed In
explosion at Giant Powder works,
near Oakla nd. Cal--Contributionsf for
'hicago strikers drop from $12,OOO a
-reek to less than $4OOc----Tirc ut
Wexford. r. l., destroys the steam
yacht senator, owned by Arthur W..
Dennis Of Providence--Chairmau
Morton says that Senator Depew has
not formally resigned as Equitabe di-
rector although he said he would
Governor Winthrop of Porto Rico visits
the president a Oyster Ray-Charles
G. Maeoon formally takes up duties
as governor Of the canal zone--Presi.
dent Roosevelt declines Australians in.
vitation for his daughter 10 visit that
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wilson de-
clares he has no advice or orders from
the president in relation to the cotton
leak case-Canadian plan for faster
mail fails; fog and ice delay the Wiz.
ginian--Violent scene in the French
chamber Of deputies during debate on
amnesty bill.
SATURDAY. JULY IS.
Thunderbolts strike two Boston
churches and several dwellings in that
city and vicinity-Thousands Of
whites and blacks in furious race riot
at New York: police reserves use guns
to quell combat--Woman murdered
at Belmont. Mass. identified as Mrs.
John Schidlofska: police looking fo,'
husband. against whom suspicion
strongly points-Pure food lahora.
tory being opened at Boston custom
hOuSe--New York coatmakers en-
pected to strike next week-Twe.ve
new Equta bic society directors chose n
Three killed and seven injured in
a train wreck in Illinois--Chicas 20 ex-
press drivers TO vote on question Of
calling of strike-Defense Of Jus.
tice Hooker opens before New York
Witnesses at Missouri
oil hearing say the Standard gave re-
bates to secure Observation-Disclosures ..
varia railroad cuts connections OF the
Pan Handle with Waba sh at Pittsburs
San Francisco to have new imLli-
era tion sta tion--United States treas.
ury conscience fund now amounts to
S4O0. O00-Governmen bureau Of "a.
Dor investigating prices and wages
Secretary Shaw's bank call natures:
about $1,000 900 to be paid to trea sury
Expert engineer tust returned
from Panama says work never will he
completed under existing system OF
observation-disclosures not pushing
alliance with Sweden---Uls,er
Orangemen issue a manifesto urging
burial Of tarianism-Brazil ard
Bolivia in serious difference over d..
narration Of boundary line----Report
that McGill. who murdered IL people on
steamer Olympia. has been lynchcd by
Inhabitants Of Vtilla island.
SUNDAY. JULY l6.
Thomas w. Lawson gets great re-
ception at jefferson club. Chicago: he
scores municipal ownership. the rail.
roads and western sovsrnors--Sn4ok
thieves chloroform and rob Mrs. John
Cohen at New York and set Are to the
house---Mrs. Janet Wilson. who cs.
capped recently from sanitariuin,
shoots herself at Milford. Conn; size
may recOver--President Roosevelt
urges Attorney General Moody to act
himself in cotton report scandal and
10 bring Holmes to Senator
Clark of MOntana operated on for an
abscess on the brain at his New York
home; resting comfortab'y--Ma jcr
Delmar goes mile az Cleveland In
2:05iA to Lou Dllon's 2:O6 IA. beth time