Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-22

lnauglrated the Legal action for scpara.
ton from her husband. Count Boni 1s
| Castellane
Horace A. Taylor. assistant secretary
or the treasury. rendered to the presi.
dent MS resignation, to take effect June
80. 1906, which was accepted.
Saturday. Feb. ~.
In the beautiful white and gold ras,
| room Of the White House. a few min.
utes after noon today. the venerabl.
Right Rev. Henry Y. Sattcrlee. bishop
| Of Washington. Of the Protestant Ennis.
copal church, pronounced the word,
which united in marriage Alice Lee
Roosevelt eldest daughter Of the prosi
dent of the United States. and Nichola,
Longw orth, the representative in con.
gress from the First district Of Ohio.
Pat Grove. charged with the robbery
Of Edward A. Cudahy. the Omahs
packer, Of S25,0OO in connection with
the Kidnapping OF Cudahy's son. wa,
acquitted. The jury was out IL hours.
Good progress is being made toward
an international treaty on Niagara.
owing to the success of the New.
foundland colonial policy of excluding
American fishermen from colonial wa
ters last year the Bond cabinet pro.
poses TO more strin gently enforce tho
exclusion during the coming season.
senator Dolliver declares the court
review plan for rates is "dend."
Customs officials in New York have
reached decision which increases the
duty on imitation silk yarns.
Cortelyou has issued an order that no
more temperance tracts shall %
through the mails under franks.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Lieutenant David II. Jarvis to succeed
John &. Brady as governor of Alaska.
The Newport naval apprentices sent
to Norfolk during the spinal meningitis
scare are to return to their own station.
ledge found Al the entrance 10 the
drydock at Portsmouth, y. H. will havs
to he removed before large ships can
enter.
Director Of the Mint Roberts is to
undertake prosecutions in the case Of
thefts from the Seattle assay office.
Friday, Feb. 1e.
Tho Bank Of America. Incorporated
at Chicago last December with cap
ital stock Of $4,000, was placed in the
hands Of receiver. The bill asking
for the receivership holds Abner Smith.
president. and three other officers of the
bank responsible for the alleged insol.
vency Of the institution.
Governor Magoon has concluded his
testimony before the senate committee
on inter-oceanic canals. He closed by
urging the committee to visit the 18TH
mus before concluding It's investigation.
After conference at the Wbits
House it was decided that there should
not be open hearings before the board
of general appraisers in cases of con.
tested valuations of imported goods
Pacific express train was wrecked
in Boston yard. Only one person was
killed. five were seriously hurt. and
several others sustained minor injuries.
Secretary Hitchcock says that 600 in
dictments and 900 land fraud convic-
tons have been obtained by the interior
department in ~ states
Cables from Shanghai report attacks
on the foreign mission in Nganking.
Other outbreaks are reported in vari-
Gus sections of the southern part of
China.
In an address al a convention Of ne.
groes at Macon, Ga, 10 discuss race
problems. Bishop Turner. A. NJ. T.. de.
clared the American flag to be "a dirty
and contemplate rag and that hell
was an Improvement on the United
States when the negro was involved "
The Riggs National bank OF Wash
ington was the successful bidder fortne
I percent Philippine public works and
Improvement bonds.
Thursday, Feb. IS.
The Ohio house adopted joint reso,
luton congratulatng Representative
Longworth and Miss Alice Roosevelt
on their approaching marriage.
President Roosevelt received and &C.
cepted the resignation of John -.
Brady. AS governor Of Alaska.
Former Premier Baltour finally has
crossed the bridge which Chamberlain
held out for him, and he takes his po-
sition practically on Chamberlains
tariff reform program.
GARRISON Goud. n widely known I'D.
ventist preacher, died at his home at
Topsham, Me. at the age OF 100 years
The Union Cotton mills Of Union. s.
c.. have been adjudeed bankrupt.
The idea Of having joint army and
naval maneuyers during the coming
summer has been practically aban.
dOned because Of lack of funds.
The wedding present Of the Emperor
of Japan to Miss Roosevelt consists OF
two silver vases and a valuable piece
of japanese embroidery.
The rebel Hottentots ambushed a
German patrol near Sendoorn, German
Southwest Africa and killed Lieuten
ant Bender and six troopers.
John McNally. n IA gman. dropped
dead in the street at New York. When
his body was searched there were
found in a belt around his waist bank
books, showing deposits Of $4,000, i
United States 500 bond and $50 il
cash. McNally lived alone in a tene.
ment house.
EGG CORNER SMASHED.
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