Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
H WEEKS NEWS
Wednesday. Aug 20.

AHo Reai EStdtc trust Ut
ganized at Philadelphia in 1885, the de.
posltory for nearly Sl,O00,000 Of the
funds Of the Presbyterian church, has
closed its doors. The failure was
caused by heavy loans made by the late
president, Frank X. Nipple, to Adolf
Segal, a promoter, on insufficient Sc
curity. The liabilities are placed at
$10,O00,oOO Nipple died last Friday,
supposedly by his own hand.
Henry L.. Bruce, eldest son and heir
OF Lord Aberdare. authorizes the an.
nouncemcnt Of his engagement to Miss
Camille Clifford. the American actress.
G. J. Bowens, q negro. has resigned
as American consul at Guadeloupe,
French West Indies. An investiga-
ton is said to have shown that Bowens
exaggerated the condition OF affairs at
Guadeloupe.
The French fishery at 81. Pierre is a
failure, the present season having been
the worst in many years.
President Riesco of Chile expresses
the belief that all the villages and towns
Of Chile destroyed by the recent earth
quake will be rebuilt on their old sites.
City Auditor Kirby Of Chicopee,
Mass, reports that there iS an appar-
ent shortage Of $500 in the accounts
Of the missing city clerk and treas
urer. John d. White.
Walter Wellman, leader Of the polar
expedition at S%pitzbergen. has decided
not to attempt a voyage northward this
year on account of defects in the me-
chanical equipment of his airship.
Thomas Hardy. the novelist, opposes
the suggested changes in spelling and
writes: Il am struck with the advan-
tage of having reform of English spell.
ing taken in hand by an eminent Amer.
lean Of Dutch extraction"
A monument erected to the memory
Of Rev. Elijah Kellogg. the author and
writer Of boys books, was dedicated at
Harpswell Centre, Me.
Robert II. Long of Chelsea. Mass,
aged 30, was arrested on a charge Of at.
tempting to kill his wife, Jennie H.
Long. Mrs. Long was shot four times
and is in a serious condition. The &C.
ton Of Long Is attributed to jealousy.
Edison Bleteau was confined in Jail
in $4,000 bonds for alleged assault on
12-year-old Josephine Patnaude in a
lonely spot on her fathers farm outside
Grand Isle, VI.
tuesday,, Aug 20.
At the moment when the Cuban gov
eminent was Issuing its proclamation
offering pardon to rebels who would lay
down their arms, Its forces dealt a blow
against General Guzman's force of in
surgents, who lost II men killed and
many wounded, while the loss 20 the
government force was one man killed.
The cranberry picking season, which
has opened in many boys in the Cape
Cod section, promises to afford a crop
of medium size.
Distinct progress has been made to-
ward the settlement Of the dispute be-
tween Turkey aud France with regard
to the frontier of Tripoli adjacent TO
the French Sahara.
The new railroad rate law. which
applies to all railroads doing an inter
state business, has gone into effect.
An all.day search Of Chicopee
Mass, roads and woods by a posse OF
citizens developed no clue regarding
the mysterious disappearance of City
Clerk and Treasurer John w. White,
who is believed to be suffering from a
nervous breakdown.
Automobiles are 10 be substituted fol
one-horse wagons in the collection Of
mall from letter boxes in large cities
Three Spanish ships captured by
Admiral Dewey in Manila bay have
been sold by the navy department for
$1O3.
General Vonliarpiarski. acting mill
tary governor general Of Warsaw, was
shot and killed while driving IN a cab.
The assassin escaped. V~onliarplarski
was the commander Of the Fifth army
corps stationed at Warsaw.
Charged with the murder of Maud r,
Taggett as the result of alleged Grim.
inal surgery, DR.. w. Fl. Briggs was
arraigned in the supreme court at Ban
gor, Me, lie pleaded not guilty.
Monday, Aug ~,
Thirty-two persons are dead and "a
wounded as the result of an attempt to
assassinate Premier Stolypiu with a
bomb while he was holding a public re
feption at his country house or
Aptekarsky island. The premier was
slightly wounded in the face and neck
by flying splinters. Among the dead
are General Zameatein. the premier'S
personal secretary; NJ. KhovostOf, for
mer governor of the province of Ponza
Colonel Federoff, chief Of the premier''
personal guard; Court Chamberlains
Davidoff and Voronin, Aide DoubaSso1
-four women and two children.
Tammany Hall will present for the
Democratic nomination for governor OF
New York the name OF Congressman
Sulzer.
Sylvester b. Hinckley. president OF
the First National bank Of Chelsea
Mass. which closed its doors, Aug. IT
died In his home at Newton, Mass, IN
his G3th year. He died without hav'
ing been advised Of the failure Of the
banking institution of which he had
been president for six years.
John Rance, a Penobscot Indian Of
Old Town, Me-. was found guilty OF
granddaughter in shooting Peter Lorins
of the same tribe.
Andrew Blanchard and Franl
Blanchard. brothers, We're shot by
George Miles during an alteration n,