Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-22
Tu ssasy, March 20.

securing $4,000.
Tuesday, March 20.
Representative Babcock (wis) has
made it clear 10 Republican leaders
that he will not serve in another cam
paign as chairman Of the Republican
congressional committee.
Edward w Gardner OF Passaic, n.
j., won the title Of amateur billiard
champion of America at the tourna-
ment at Chicago.
Schooner Mary Buckley. with cargo
of bricks. turned turtle off Branford,
Conn. The captain and members of the
crew escaped in a yawl and landed ut
Rocklaud Park.
Fire at Haverhill, Mass. destroyed
the manual training school building in
which it started and partly burned an
annex structure known as the Whittier
hi gh school. Several students, as we'll
as two teachers, were slightly injured.
The Cuban presidential electors for
mally met and unanimously elected
Tomas L. Palma president OF the rcpub.
lie.
Advices from 1aihoku, capital of For
mosa. state that in the prefecture OF
kagi alone 400 houses Were complete
~ destroyed By an earthquake, 1014
persons killed and 635 injured.
Perley Is. Dodge. aged 81, student
at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. was ele~.rocuted while conduct
ing some experiments at Beverly, Mass.
In high circles the rumor is current
that Count Witte has definitely decided
to retire from the Russian premiership.
Former Lieutenant Schmidt. who
commanded the vessels of the Russian
vember Of last year, was shot at Otcho-
koff. with three of his sailors.
An accommodation train was wrecked
at Clarence bridge. o5 miles east Of
Calais. Me. and three passengers were
injured. The accident is attributed to
spreading rails.
MONDAY. March 10.
Police Sergeant Coombs OF Fitch
burg. Mass. has been suspended be
cause he is named as correspondent in a
divorce suit.
Dennis Donovan, ex-membor Of the
Boston police force. has been selected
for city marshal by the victorious
Democrats at Augusta, Ne.
United States Steel is 10 build a plant
in Canada. according TO Toronto
trade journal.
Three trainmen were killed and sew
eral injured In collision OF freight
trains at Hudson. y. H.
New York Life officials are securing
the whole world to secure proxies for
the coming election. Members Of the
board of trustees are TO reimburse the
company for the money spout in po-
litical contributions.
Mrs. Terrence McGoveru objected to
her husbands attention TO a pretty
actress. She waded into the Terrible
Terry" pulled his hair. cuffed him aud
took him home
The Adobe Coli wreck was due TO an
operator falling asleep after working
long hours. The death list totals -.
Rev, Frederick T.. Hamilton recently
elected president Of Tufts college, an
nounceS that he has decided 10 accept
the position.
A verdict Of guilty OF murder in the
first degree was returned against John
Schidlofski by jury at Cambridge,
Mass. He was accused Of having
killed his wife because she did not
have as much money as he expected she
did when he married her.
Sunday, March 10.
Annie DeBryuuion, aged 10 one of
two women who were nearly suffocated
in fire which damaged Hotel Mar
lave at Boston, died as a result
During minstrel show in the Wo.
burn Mass auditorium fire was dis
covered III the rear OF the stage but
through the efforts Of six Young men
who continued IN act a panic was
averted and the audience Of nearly 1000
people gained the street a few minutes
before the building was wrapped iu
flames.
The strike of the coal miners at Ieth-
bridge, Canada. has caused so much
uncasiness among the citizens that the
northwest mounted police has been
placed in control of the town and mar
tal law prevails.
John r. Lewis has rUUc The church
bell of the FIRST Parish Unitarian
church at Hingham, Mass. every Sun
day for so years with seven exceptions
Former President Grover Cleveland
spent his Goth birthday in Florida,
where he will probably remain month
longer on account OF poor health,
Vice Admiral thouknin has rejected
the appeal of Lieutenant Schmidt to sci
aside the verdict Of death passed upon
him by Il court martial for his part in
the mutiny at Sehstloroi, hut has con