Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-05
Friday, June 80.

DOM ny tHe DelnOcTHllC stdle COHNeu-
ton and by an Independent state con
vention. A fusion ticket was nomi-
mated for the various state offices, each
convention nominating candidates for
three positions.
District Attorney John p. Moran Of
Boston was givon the gubernatoral
nomination by the Massachusetts Pro
hibitionists at their annual state con-
vention.
The Russian court is to return to
Tsnrskoe Selo, owing to the discovery
that there are revolutionaries among
the palace servants at Peterhof.
King Edwards court was made not
able by the presentation Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. The latter
wore her wedding gown, with diamond
ribbon at her throat.
E. f. HARDWOOD, teller in the Zion
City bank, testified that the book s
showed that Dowies account in the
bank Is overdrawn to the amount of
S1s1,237
William j. Bryan was strongly en-
dorsed as the standard bearer Of the
Democratic party in the presidential
campaign Of 1908 by the Wisconsin
Democratic state convention.
Thursday. June 20.
That Harry X. Thaw. the slayer OF
Stanford White, is perfectly sane was
the report made by the aiienists re-
tained by the district attorneys Office to
examine the prisoner.
President Roosevelt has approved the
Joint resolution of congress expressing
the horror of the people OF the United
States as the result of the reports OF the
massacre of Hebrews in Russia and ex-
pressing sympathy with those be-
reaved.
The Republicans OF Maine nomi-
Rockland for second term as chief ex-
ecutive of the state.
Edward p. Lyons was removed from
| the board of license commissioners by
Mayor Linscott of Woburn, Mass. on
account of alleged malfea sance in office.
Waller Wpilman, who will seek to
discover Che North Pole by means of an
airshp. says ii Will be quite impossible
for him TO start on his expedition this
summer.
Creditors OF the American Slate com.
pany Of Boston have filed petition
asking that the company be adjudged
! bankrupt. The American Slate com
pany is said to control the slate trade
of the eastern states.
1t was the smallest class dinner ever
held by Harvard graduates at the
| Thorndke hotel, Boston, where just
two men sat-the class of '4l-repre-
scented by Thomas ". IIigsinson and
| Judge j. II. Reyes.
Richard Croker. former leader OF
Tammany Hall. expresses the hope that
| he may live to see William Bryan
elected President Of the United States.
"Wednesday, June IT.
Frankly admitting that he killed
| Stanford White. and pleading in justi-
| iicaton OF the decd that White had
| ruined the life Of his WIFE Harry X.
Thaw Of PlttshurG occupies a cell,
awaiting tho action of the grand Jury
| on CnarRe OF NutueT, 1is CouHsti
will offer The defense Of insanity.
Robert l.. Hunter, who stabbed TO
death Charles La Crosse at Worcester,
Mass. WAS ARA ignrd in court and held
without bail on a charge of murder.
Michael Dyer, 20 wears old, was sen
fenced to nos less than IL or more than
20 years for the murder of James Webb
|
at Lawrence, Mass.
Yale defeated Harvard in the second
of the championship series of baseball
by the score of 3 TO q The victory gives
Yale both games Of the series and
makes third game unnecessary.
The managers Of cotton mills in q
score or more Of Rhode Island and
Massachusetts towns and villages an
nounce that an advance in wages viii
go into effect on and after July ..
Saturday haif-holiGayS during the
months Of July, August and September
have been granted by President Roose
Welt to skilled mechanics and laborers
and to all employees in the classified
service at navy yards and naval stations
of the United States.
The session of the lower house Of The
Russian parliament was openly de
voted to the revolution!Sts propaganda
for undermining the loyalty OF the
| troops. A score of speeches couched
in ardent revolutionary tone were de
livered. with the direct object Of theil
dissemination among the soldiers.