Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-25
THE WEEKS NEWS
Wednesday,, Jan. "a.

steamer NalenClu, ell route HUH CaH
Francisco with % pa ssengers and crew
Of 50, went ashore off Cape Beale, Van.
couver island, during thick fog, anc
lnrge number were drowned when at.
tempting to leave the ship.
Freight steamer Trojan of the Bos-
pany's line was lost in collision with
the Ocean line steamer Nacoochee in q
dense fog at the entrance to Vineyard
sound. The, crew was saved.
In hunting for the murdercrs Of Mich.
ael Carrazola. wealthy Italian who
was shot at Dunlevy, Pa, the authori-
ties have uncarthed a plot TO assas
snate some of the leading men Of the
country,
Under the influence of a high tenn
perature and "A heavy fog of severa.
days duration. the ice in the Kennebec
river is rapidly becoming porous ana
wearing away.
Counterfeit 81 bills to an unusual
number have made their appearance
ut Providence.
The worlds record for the mile was
lowered in the fourth annual Ormond-
Daytona automobile tournament by
the cigar-shaped steamer driven by
Fred Marriott. which made the mile ia
50 ID seconds.
The supreme court Of Vermont has
declared that the tax upon nonresident
deer hunters is constitutional, as well
as certain provisions of tha,law prOvid
ing for tax on inheritances.
The Bangor and Northern road, for
merly the Penobscot Central, a trolley
line extending from Bangor to Charles
ton, Me, &c miles, has been sold to the
Bangor Railway and Electric company.
The terms of the sale are not made pub
lie.
Poultncy BigelOw confirms the re-
port that he has severed his connec-
ton with Boston university.
A magnificent library building is to
he erected on the campus of the Uni
versity of Chicago as q memorial of DR..
Harper. the late president of the inst-
tuition.
In the French chamber Of deputies
the government was defeated on the
question Of aboishing the sub-prefects.
The vote was 300 TO 2Io. There is nc
suggestion that the government will re.
sign.
Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Four rear admirals, supernumerary
officers. the complete staff of the battle
ship and nearly 200 of the crew per
! ished. blown to atoms or carried tC
death by drowning. when the powder
magazine on the Brazilian ship Aqui
daban exploded and the ship sank al
| most instantly in the harbor of POr
Jacarepag na. south of Rio .Ianeiro.
In collision of two electric cars or
the Portland (Me.l street railroad, tw,
persons were crushed SO badly that the,
died within few hours. four wer
seriously injured and II were bruised
cut or sustained nervous shocks.
Banjamin Dodge u years old. wa
held in $1,000 at Littleton. y. H.. 10
the grand jury on the charge of at
tempting to kill his sweetheart, Myrtl
Silver.
The motion for new trial in the cas-
! of Charles l.. Tucker, under conviction
Of the murder of Mabel Page. was de
/ MED by Judge Sherman Of the SUI
perior court at Boston.
The New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company has decided t
operate line of steamers betwee
Boston and New York
. The will of William A. Richardson
: wealthy rerluse of Worcester, Mass
who committed suicide by hanging
: leaves the bulk Of the fortune. est
mated at 500, 900. to Worcester, for it
public parks.
A huge landslide is taking place i
!, the canton of Nilois. Switzerland. Tw
Y villages have been completely evact
l ated
over 100 students left TnIladega CO
lege megro' because white man, |
0. Parks. was employed as superir
tendent of the college farm.
Steamer Rees Lee plying betwee
Cincinnati and Memphis, sank nea
Tiptonville. Tenn. No lives We're lost.
Having reached the statutory age
e. years, Rear Admiral Nancy, chic
OF the bureau of equipment, has bee
placed on the retired list.
Monday, Jan. 22.
, The American delegates to the Nj
roccan conference. as the result {
talks with others Of the ENJOYS, hav
become impressed with the undeveloI
: ed wealth Of Morocco and the oppo
tuntes it affords for American ente
prises.
: After a voyage of l6 days and afte
: being given up by her owners as los
the British bark Eduyfed arrived
Gloucester, Mass. from Trapani, ltal.
A panic among the guests or III
Windmere hotel, Chicago. followed IN
e explosion Of a steam boiler in the Das'
S ment, John Rapkoch, engineer, wa
d killed.
Edwin r. Mason, an cmploye or IN
: Providence Gas company, was foun
- dead in the gas storage house or II
concern in Providence. having bee
asphyxiated by Illuminating gas.
The weavers at the American Hal
cloth company Of Central Falls, Il.
have been notified that The compar
!. will require them to handle 10 instes
Of eight looms hereafter
o Eighteen persons were killed ar
probably half hundred injured in
panic following the cry Of fire" la