Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-10
The WEEKS NEWS
Wednesday, May 9.

The agreement entered into in New
York between the anthracite Goa opera.
tors and the sub-scae committee was
forma ally ratified by q convention Of
miners.
Although there are few surface in
dicatIons Of the fact An earnest duel
Is in progress between thu police and
terrorists and revolutionists who are
thronging to st. Petersburg alert for
any opportunity TO strike Emperor
Nicholas or other marked men.
By the upset. ing Of their canoe in the
Penobscot river near Oldtown. Me,
Harry r. Semen and William i. Rus
sell were drowned. and William =.
Ramsden was barely saved.
The property Of the Rockland. South
Thomaston and Owls Head street rail.
way was sold at sheriffs sale at Rock
land. Me. to Michael Serctto Of Boston
TO satisfy a claim Of SIT ,do2 for unpaid
services in the construction of the road.
The upper house of the Newfound
land legislature unanimously passed
the foreign fishing vessels bill. The
m ca sure had already passed the lower
house.
Mary Connors aged 30. was struck
and instantly killed AT Hartford by an
automobile Her neck was broken and
her face mutilsted.
With the increasing severity Of the
regulation surrounding the bread
line" al San Francisco Genera Greedy
has hopes of soon eliminating from tho
relief lists large percentage Of the
people who are now receiving free food
supplies.
vesuvius Is again showing consider
able activity A dense column Of SIN ok o
IS rising from rho crater and spreading
like an umbrella. accompanied by loud
detonations and olectrical discharges.
The result Of the suspension Of m n
ing in the anthrs lite regions is reflected
In the April statement Of production,
which shows that ASSOC tons OF Goa |
were produced, compared With 5.2IS, 041
tons in April last year.
Tuesday, May 8.
Sub committees repres entinc the an
thraclte mine work ers and operators
Of eastern Pennsylvania have agreed
70 continue the award Of the strike com
mission for another three years and
the men will return TO work as soon az
committed violence against persons or
property will be re-employcd.
The 125 viewers OIL fancy cloth in
the Lancaster mills, Clinton, Mass,
who have been on strike for three
weeks. returned 10 work practically I'M
der the conditions prevailing at the
time of the strike.
Misrepresentation ~ S9Tc35 of the
towns funds Is charged against John
TAR, 9 member Of the Rockport Mass
water commission who recently re-
signed. in the report Of a special com
| nlittee.
Construction Of temporary frame
business buildings is proceeding rapid
~ IA the burned area Of San Francisco.
In a preliminary report Of his find
ings as 10 the methods Of the Standa ri
OIL company in Ohio. Attorney Cen
eral Ellis says that the company has
continued 10 violate the Valentine
| Steward antitrust act
Specific instances Of alleged cruelty
| to patients were given at the investi-
ga ton by the congressional com u,ttoe
Of the charges against the administra-
ton Of st. EIizabe United States
asylum for insane nj Washington.
The results of the French election
are considered chiefly iinportsut in con
| firming the policy which the govern
ment has thus far pursued, particularly
on the question Of the separation OF
church and state.
A decree. perpet,laly enioinjns the
Hammond Elevator company from So
curing in any manner grain quotations
from the Chicago Board Of Trade. has
been entered in the federal court at Chi
csgo.
The Barcelona police have dScov-
cred an anarchstic conspiracy. There
have been Is arrests and eight bombs
have been seized.
Monday, May 7.
The mine workers throughout the an
! thracte region are unan NOUS in their
praise Of President Mitchell in declar-
bitter strike of which the result would
have been doubtful. They say that it
required courage on his part, in the face
OF the strong strike sentiment in sew
eral Of the districts.
Detectives seized boards Of free sup
plies in San Francisco, radins the
home of one Of the relief committee.
Mrs. Paul Popp was frightfully gored
al her home at South Norwalk. Conn,
by a COW owned by her. She is in a
| critical condition.
Rev. &. c. Stuart Balm. pastor Of tho
First Baptist church Of Waterloo, \.
V, is under arrest on IA charge Of ar
| son IN burning his church.
Mark Twain. who had planned 10
leave New York for Dublin, \. H.,
where he was 10 spend the summer. has
been compelled TO postpone his depar-
lure indefinitely. owing to an attack Of
bronchitis.
The $500 operatives in the four mills
81 the Berkshire Manufacturing com
many at Adams. Mass. have been noti-
fed that general advance in wages,
amounting 10 10 percent, will be made
! on May a.
Colonel Manzell's British column,
which is pursuing the Zulu rebels I'M
der Chief Bsmbaata. was attacked hv
200 ZlllS Sixty Tulus were killed