Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-11
THE WEEKS NEWS
Wednesday, Got. 10.

Charles 10. Magoon, the newly mp.
pointed provisional governor Of Cuba,
has arrived 10 Havana. Coincident
with bis coming, Governor Taft gave
out a general decree proclalmlng am.
nesty not only to the rebels, but to all
persons charged with political offenses
Or crimes Ia any way connected with
the revolution.
| An announcement that the debt Of ST..
100000 which has accumulated during
the several years had been entirely
wiped out through the generosity Of
some business men In making up the
balance was made by the American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions.
Colonel Barnett has ordered the i'm.
mediate removal Of the American ma
rInes from Clenfuegos, Cuba, on &C.
count Of the appearance there Of yellow
fever. The marines were taken on
board the ships.
Prince Jason Pavlenoff has been as.
sasslnated in the Cork district Of Rus
sla. The murderers escaped. Prince
Gregory Pavlenoff uncle of Prince ia
son, was recently assassinated
Invitations for proposals to complete
the Panama canal have been issued by
the canal commission.
Bloodgood II. Cutter. the Long Isl
and poet who died two weeks ago. left
$I50,0OO Of his fortune to the Amer
lean Bible society.
John +. Cronan and Matthew *. Xii
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serving as jurors in the Crocker will
case. were arralgncd in the superior
criminal court ut Boston and held in
$4,000 each.
In II standardization trial trip the
cruiser California averaged % 81 knots
over the measured mile course.
Recent floods in the southern part Of
Jalisco aud Colima. Mex. have re-
suited in great destruction of property
and loss OF life. The number of IA
talities from drowning is 1913.
tuesday, Oc.. 9.
The Transatlantic Fire Insurance
company was defeated in the first de-
cision to be rendered in the superior
court at San Francisco regarding the
liability of companies which have re-
fused a dollar for dollar settlement OF
losses due to the disaster that befell San
Francisco.
A voluntary decrease Of the hours Of
labor of the 5000 employees Of the Gen
eral Electric company at Lynn. Mass.
has gone into effect, and ii includes no
cutdown in wages.
hn In, .f IL ~ tt1S n
so-called policy king" does not reveal
upon its face the vast estate of the
dead man. Adams did not give one cent
CT his fortune to charity.
Charles Pair. Is years of age, who, it
is claimed. shot and killed his lI-year-
old chum. Augustine Fable. while the
lads were hunting in the Conway.
Mass. woods. pleaded not guilty to
charge of murder and Il further hearing
$1,000.
Warrants have been sworn out for the
arrest of the Philadelphia managers of
Armour & Co.. charging the firm with
illegal use of boric acid in hams.
1t has been finally decided that the
| Panama canal will he completed by con
tract. The change in the plan Of build
ing the canal Will in no way affect the
employment Of Chinese labor.
Two men We're killed and dozen
wounded in conflict between striking
millhandS and provincial police at Mae
I.aren's sawmills at buckingham, Que.
Monday. Oct. 8.
The season of both major base
ball leagues has ended For the first
time since the two big leagues have
been organized both championships
have gone to one city, Chicago captur-
ing the honorS.
The first landing of American sol
diers in the present occupation of Cuba
was accomplished with marvellous
promptneS>. and 900 men of the Fifth
United States infantry and 800 men
of the Second battalion Of engineers
are settled under canvas in Camp Co
lumbia. The cruiser BROOKLYN arrived
at Havana with 400 men on board, who
were also sent ont 10 the camp.
John a. Dowie'S plan for an Amer
lean colony in Mexico WAS abandoned
in obedience 10 a command received by
Dowie in vision which came To him
Saturday night, according 10 an an
nouncement made 10y one of Dowie's
followers
Fears of retaliation 10y Mobile negroes
for the lynchngs of Thompson and Rob
inson. negroes charged with criminal
assault. have disappeared, and the city
is quiet.
Anna Kunpak. years old. was found
murdered in a field near Monessen, Pa,
with her throat cut From the appear
ance of the body the child had been as
sauted
As ii sequel to the killing Of John
: Lindsay and wounding Of his son at
Argenta. Ark. presumably by Garrett
Colum and Charles Colum. negroes,
II. Blackburn. Il negro, was lynched on
Il street corner.
Sunday, Oct T.
Eva NJ johnson. who was shot at
Providence by George y. Miller in a fl IL
= OF Jealous rage. died of her wounds. II
is expected that Miller will be ar.
raigned on charge of murder.
The Social Democrats Of tron>tadt
have issued manifesto TO the soldiers
of the garrison against Isolated mu-
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