Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-20

imperial palace at st. Petersburg, re-
tired at Peterhof to rest and gave Or
ders that he should not be disturbed
until dinner was served. When dinner
was announced, Trepor did not answer
the call and finally n member Of his
staff found the general lying stretched
out at the foot Of his couch with a news
paper in his hand, dead.
Water from a %cloudburst rushed
down the valley OF Elk creek, Nab., do
ing damage a~geregating 100000.
DR.. -. j. McCabe Of Berlin. N. H.,
was driving when his horse took fright
and bolted. The carriage collided with
a post and McCsbe was thrown out
and killed. !
Farmers lynchcd Mitchell Frazier, a
negro. at Rosebud, Tex, because he
pushed white farmer from O walk.
The naval tug Potomac has sailed
from New York for Newfoundland to
prosecute an inquiry into the fisheries.
Thomas 3. Hickey 6 Brockton,
Mass. has been elected general presi-
dent of the Root and Shoe Workers un- =
ion over John II. 1obin, the present in
cumbent.
While the cruiser Cleveland was MAX
ing hasty preparations to leave Norfolk
navy yard a number Of the crew oh.
. jected TO discipline OF n master-of-arms
and gave him IN Unmerciful beating.
Because it was considered unsafe for
passenger and freight traffic. the White
River Valley Vt.J railroad has been or
dered closed by the state board of rail.
road commissioners.
The cotton crop Of Mexico will in
all probability by Is or 20 percent less
this season thar last, owing to the in
undation Of land. The loss will be
about $1,000, 900.
Saturday., Sept. IS.
President Roosevelt addressed o
communication TO Cuba, urging patriots
TO band together, L sink all differ
ences and personal ambitions. Our
responsibility will necessarily be exer-
cised should peace not he preserved. :
The president arranged to send Taft,
and Bacon to that island Immediately
10 make q thorough Investigation of con-
ditions there and lend their influence
to restore peace.
~ IL Al " II AN'h AAD-
letlc club lowered the worlds swim
ming record for 220 yards. setting the
hew mark at PAP 80.
The Giirnour hotel at Ottawa was
destroyed by fire. Many Of the guests
jumped from windows and were ser!-'
ously injured. -Four are missing.
Two violent and seemingly distinct
storms swept over Johnson county,
Neb., causing the death of four persons.
Erastus NJ. Strout, assistant post
master at Empire, Me-. is accused Of
stealing $50 worth of posta ge stamps
and using them to pay for goods for his
own personal use.
Lieutenant General Corbin has been
retired, having reached the age of 54
years.
The $1,000 cup offered by Commodore
Reid for the schooner yacht winning
two OF three races over the Americas
! cup course, off Sandy Hook, was won
by Roger Maxwell's Queen.
Friday, Sept. -.
The sailors who were landed at IIa-
vana from the American cruiser
Denver have been ordered to immedi-
ately return to their vessel, save for
a small guard which will be left at
the American legation.
The grand Jury at Chicago returned
indictments against the five directors
OF the Milwaukee Avenue State bank.
Of which Paul o. Stensland was presi-
dent. The indictments charge embez-
element.
"Swiftwater BIZ Gates. an Alaska
miner notorious as a spendthrift, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
federal court at Seattle.
In the next Maine legislature the
Democrats will have eight OF the 81
senators and go Of the 151 representa-
tlves. This is a gain for the minority
party Of four senators and "a repre-
sentativeS.
Jane Toppan, the notorious p%oisoner.
can live but n short time longer, report
physicians who are caring for her at
the Taunton insane asylum. Though
she weighed $50 pounds when she was
lncarcerated, she weighs now but 61
pounds.
Lieutenant General Corbin, in a re-
port to the military secretary, con-
tributes his disapproval OF the legisla-
tive prohibition against the sale of beer
md light wine in the post exchanges.
Thursday. Seq II. 10.
The Connecticut Democratic state
convention named a full state ticket
headed by Charles +. Thayer Of Nor
witch for governor. The convention
was the QuieteSt in many a
Alleging combination and conspir-
acy in restraint Of trade, Charles Il.
Hale. an Independent coal merchant
of Hartford, has brought suit against
10 local coal ealer OF Hartford,
claiming damages Of $4,000.
Twelve persons are known to be
dead and there were II injured in a
head-on collision between two Cana
dian Pacific passenger trains at Azil.
da. Ont.
Hours of terror were passed by the
passengers and crews OF the steamer
Admiral Schley and the steamer
Alice, which arrived at Boston from
Jalnaica and Cuba, badly damaged in
a violent West Indian hurricane.
Ammiello Bio was sentenced at