Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-02

expenditures Of S116,SO 400.
The Estes cotton mills Of Fall River
to absorb the Seaside mills.
Commissioner McAdoo of New York
stops performances of Shaw's play.
Mrs. Warren's Profession"
Kansas Natural Gas company buys
eight other concerns and increases ca
pacity to $500, 10000 cubic feet daily.
Navy department making extensive
experiments with the wireless.
Federal officers arrest seven persons
indicted for land frauds in Colorado.
First third Of fiscal year closes with
good showing by the United States
treasury.
Railroads file brief attacking decision
OF interstate commerce commission on
regulation Of rates upon live stock.
Leading nations ready to recognize
Norway.
Lord Curzon Frustrated with fevet
at Lahore.
Swedish steamer and Russian bark
collide in North sea and founder; %
men drowned.
Tuesday. Oct. 81.
Practical abdication of his %autocrntic
powers. the comforting Of the rights OF
civil liberty. inviolability Of person,
liberty OF conscience. speech and as
scmbly upon his whole people. has been
made by the Car of Russia. in an
imperial manifesto. NJ. Witte is APP
pointed minister and has begun or
ganizing his cabinet.
Fall River Textile council and manu-
facturers reach a wage compromise, in
which a profit sharing plan is incor-
porated. making an advance owe pres
ent wages Of slightly less than 9 per-
cent.
Joseph Ii. Nickerson of Needham,
Mass. aged GO, accidentally blows top
of his head Off while hunting.
Revival in forestry in Massachu-
sets. due TO new legislation.
Snow falling in some of the western
states.
Thirteen killed and 80 injured in a
wreck on the Santa Fe railroad at
Sheffield. no.
Burglars raid Kaskel's cigar store in
New York for 4Oth time in 40 years.
Methodist bishops believe pay of
preachers has not increased in proper
ton to cost Of living.
Writ of habeas corpus granted for
Newton e. D~ougherty. Peoria's default
ing school superintendent.
Hearst movement in New York
reaches astonishing proportions and
seems to be increasing in force: it Is
impossible to figure on results OF cleo
ton.
Senator Morgan secs danger in pro-
posed rate plans.
Rear Admiral Train. communicating
chief OF the American Asiatic squad
ron, and his son Lieutenant Train.
We're pheasant shooting near Marking
China. when the admiral accidentally
shot a Chinese woman, slightly injur-
ing her. Hundreds of villagers there.
upon surrounded the officers. took away
their guns. knocked the admiral down
In the mud and held Lieutenant Train
as hostage.
Governor Roberts Of Connecticut has
granted a reprieve until Jan. q. 1906.
to Frank Shcrrie. who was sentenced
TO be hanged at the state prison this
morning for the murder of Mrs. L.ud-
wika KulaS at SOmerSville. Sherrie's
case will he argued before the board
Of pardOns.
Monday, Oct. 30.
The Boston suit case mystery and
| the 1iSn nnaarnnpo IN Sant m laSt or
Miss Susan Geary OF Cambridge. Il
member of The Shepherd King The
atrical company. where she was known
as Ethel Durrell. has been partially
cleared by Identification of the victims
rings by her mother. Morris Nathan.
TO whom girl was engaged. arrested at
Pittsburg.
While st. Petersburg is o%utwardly
calm. developments all Indicate that a
crisis Is imminent. Many calm OBJ
servers seem seriously to believe that
present regime is lettering to its fail.
Report of board of investigating en-
gineers appointed to examine the Ultra
ton system of Philadelphia shows that
up to date the city has lost through
VA,tSSiNC ONt tOIluSlNt bluN, ilitEd
advertising and in other ways. the sum
Of y $4,000 600.
Datto Ali. Philippine bandit chief,
killed by American troops.
Army officer detailed to Vestticld.
Mass. calls camp worse than useless
Senior Rios to try to form new Span
lsh ministry.
Chicago p~ostofice being moved with
out disturbing mail matter.
Kaiser intimates he is strong enough
to meet the world in rms.
Police find $4,000 in Pittsburg home
Of Edward Cunliffe. express thief.
Sunday. Oct. 20.
Nearly ~ persons injured in a rear.
end collision of trains in the Boston
subway.
Boston police board issues order that
religion shall not he discussed in sta
ton houses, nor anywhere else, If in
Fever situation ut New Orleans
still clearing; committee has balance
OF S44.7l ~.
Steps taken 10y the Massachusetts
S~choollnnSterS' club ia favor Of Il pen.
sion system for teachers.
uniform; men to take no part in politics
for or against any candidate.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. plays strong
game for Harvard freshmen. but team
loses TO Worcester academy. ! to u.