Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-11
THE WEEKS NEWS
Wednesday, Jan. 10.

"cONcSodyS Jun. W.
Secretary Taft has been endeavor.
ing Systematically to reduce his weight
When he began the treatment he
weighed 31i3-4 pounds. Today he
weighs 294 3-S pounds.
james +. Nichols. postmaster at II Ills
boro Bridge, n. H., is charged with
the cmbezzlemcnt Of S6S from the gov.
eminent through discrepancy in the
accounts Of his office.
Experts are at work on the books OF
the late Town Treasurer Hall of Need
ham, Mass, for the purpose of invest
eating n report of shortage Of $4,000
There was sudden eruption Of
Mount Nesuvius, and the resultant
scene Of picturesque magniticcncc was
witnessed by thousands Of tourists.
Leland W. Prior. ono of the best
known men in financial circles in the
west. shot and killed himself at Clcvc.
land. He had lost heavily in stocks.
The control of tho American Nation
nj bank Of Providence has passed into
the hands Of the Rhode Island Hospital
Trust company. also Of Providence.
Hope Young. who was convicted Of
the murder of child and for whom
a new trial was granted by the Nova
Scotia supreme court has been taken
10 an insane asylum. Her mind be-
came deranged
For 30 days Mary Ference Of Bridge
port, Conn, has gone without eating
subsstng on water through insane
fear that those about her hre trying to
take her life by poison. Judge hobbs
has ordered the woman committed to an
insane asylum.
Seventeen persons are missing and
are believed to have gone to their death
when IL houses at Haverstraw. y. Y,
toppled over into pit go feet deep.
which had been cut 10y clay diggers in
connection with the brickmaking in.
dustry there
Harry Zucher. bartender OF An
sonia. Conn. who was struck over the
head with billiard cue by Walter Mel,
son. n negro. died Of his injuries.
Tuesday. Jan. g.
Except for few broken casks Of
china clay in one of the forward com
partments. steamer Ashticld arrived at
Boston from Fowey. Eng. little the
worse for n hard battle with the north
Atlantic seas and winds.
Civil service regulations will not
hereafter apply. so far as the iSthmian
canal commission is concerned, TO the
employment of track layers. skilled la
borcrS, forcmcn. etc.
Nathan Il. Goodnow & CO., bankers
and brokers at Boston, have made an
assignment. The advance in copper
shares is said TO have affected the sta
lility of the concern and contributed
largely toward the causes Of the failure.
Frank Sherrie was hanged at the
Connecticut state prison for the muir
der of Mrs. KulaS. He declared his in
nocence of the crime Of which he had
been convicted.
Suicide by means of both bullet and
poison is the explanation given by Cor
oner Mix of the mysterious death G:
Charles A. Edwards Of New York. a
fnancicr. at the Abigail Hitler home
stead in New Haven.
The cornerstone of the Presbyterian
church. the first Protestant church edi-
flee to be erected in Havana. was laid
and Americans.
Catherine and Lillian Mosni. aged =
and 6 years, respectively. were left
alone in their home AT New Haven and
their dresses We're set on lire by coming
in contact with IL stove. They We're
burned to death.
Monday, Jan. g.
Timothy Regain. aged 81 years.
dropped dead during mass AT the I'm
maculatc Conception church at Law
renee. Mass.
Professor Frank Parsons of the BOS-
ton University Law school, in n speech
before the Central Labor union. de-
clared that the shortening Of the hours
of labor is Il vital element in the wei
fare of the individual and the progress
of society.
Herbert La Marchc. a carpenter,
was killed while stealing electric light
wires in park at Montreal. He had
tried to steal live wire.
William NJ. Wenckeldach. mail
carrier, was arrested at New York ON
charge of "trif1ing with mail matter
over which he had 10 control"
Mrs. Alice f. Davis. Il woman Of in
,ernational reputation as Il missionary
worker in Jerusalem and an artist OF
renown, died at Portland. Me-, aged rs
Katie Lashcr, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Delbert Lasher. died at Lee, Mass,
OF n wound inflicted by hatpin.
The Dowagcr Empress Of Russia is