Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-16
Saturday, Auq n.


An examination OF scales used by Ice
companies In Boston showed that 8S Of
thsss were false and inaccurate. Tho
authorities ordered So Of them to be cor
rected and the others discarded.
President Roosevelt has ordered that
tho revenue cutter McCulioch which
has been doing patrol duty In the victn.
ity of the PTibyior islands In Alaskan
waters. be directed to resume that duty.
Cornelius p. Shea was reelected
president OF the International Brother
hood Of Transfers.
Henry W. Herring, cashier Of tho
Milwaukee Avenue bank, which closed
ITS doors a few days ago, was arrested
in Chicago. He will be refused bail un-
Ill his connection with the diss ppesr-
nnce Of nearly 81, 100000 Of tho banks
funds Is cleared up.
Thomas +. Burke. aged &c. left field
er of the Lynn, Mass. baseball tea ni,
was fatally injured by q pitched ball.
Marigold ", ridden by Jockey Era.
dy, reared up and knocked Jockey
Madden who was riding Centre, out Of
the saddle, and then went on his knees.
got hold of Madden's throat and shook
him like a rat on the track at Brighton,
Eng.
Two chaufeurs were killed. two IN
jured and two escaped unhurt. when a
new racing car plunged into a loaded
farm wagon in Queersborough, y. i.
For the first time in IL years the
government announces its purpose to
purchase silver for coinage purposes.
The first instance Of the conviction
Of a lvnchcr in the history Of North
Carolina was furnished when George
Hall, a white ex-corvict, who was one
Of the party that lynched three ne
sroes. was found guilty OF conspiracy
in connection with that crime and seu-
fenced to IL years in the penitentiary.
Friday. Aug 10.
Frank Kowalski. for FIVE years pay
ing teller Of the Milwaukee Avenue
state bank, Chicago, shot and killed
himself. Criticism by friends, who az.
cused him Of a share in the downfall
Of the bank, 1t IS believed, drove Kowal-
ski to suicide.
Chinese labor will be given a thor.
OuSu tcsl Ol tut I dldlHd canal. ION
tracts calling for $500 Cinnamon for
canal work have been prepared and az
vertisements will be issued by the 18th
misn canal commission asking for pro.
posals from labor agents.
Mistaken by a hunter for a bear,
Samuel Mansfield of East Stewsrts-
town. y. Fl. vas shot and instantly
killed by John Gilbert, a laborer NJ
ployed on a nearby farm.
General Antonio Paroles of vsne.
zuela has arrived at New York from
Trinidad 10 plan a evolution against
President Castro.
The London Times says it learns
from a reliable authority that John d.
Rockefeller has furnished funds for
railroad development in Tanganyika,
Africa.
Nine years in Jail at Dedham was
the sentence imposed on John W. Dick
inson, a Boston promoter, for aiding in
the misapplication Of funds of the
South Danvers National bank Of Pea
body. Mass. A bill Of exceptions, con-
tanning 80 cunts was allowed.
Six men We're burned by an explo-
sion in the paint locker in the torpedo
boat destroyer Worden at the navy
yard at New York.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson as
sures cattle ~raisers. as we'll as the CHI
cago packers, that a square deal" *
what the intends 10 give
every branch of the meat industry i'll
this country.
Thursday. Aug g.
The $500 600 deposited in New York
by the Transatlantic Fire Insurance
company of Hamburg. which has dis
avowed liability for its losses, has been
attached by. the ~policyholders of San
Francisco to prevent the German cor
poration from withdra wing the money
from the United States.
As a result of an official investigation
into the canned meat industry at Hiro-
shima. Japan. il was found that cans
labelled boiled beef contained horse
flesh.
An indictment charging the Standard
Oil company with receiving rebates in
the form of non-payment of storage
charges to certain railroad companies
was returned by the federal grand jury
at Chicago.
The employees of the New England
Cotton Yarn c%ompany's mill at Fall
River. Mass, have decided to present a
demand for 8 percent sdvance in
wages.
The Parkhill Manufacturing COM
pany of Fitchburg will shortly assume
control Of the Lancaster mills at Gin
ton, Mass. Both corporations are en-
gagged in the manufacture Of ginghams.
The plan to give the cities of Hart
ford, Bristol and Waterbury, Conn. an
inter-upban trolley service has failed
by reason Of the opposition in Hartford
TO the laying Of the 1T" rail on certain
streets.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad has purchased the Arkansas
Valley Railway company from the
American Sugar Beet company.
District Attorney Moran released
every inmate Of the Massachusetts
home for Incorporate women at Bos-
ton. They were ON probation and Mo
ran says that such confinement Is H.
legal, inasmuch as no individual or cor
poration has the right to imprison any