Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-12

William j. Bryan announces that he |
will accept the nomination for presl-
dent for the thltG time II II IL rendered |
10 him.
Natal troops hive completely SUR
rounded aud defcnted a rebel body In
the Uinvoti district, DAT rebels being
killed. Hut few escaped. There were
no white casualties.
Five Yosemite valley stnge coaches
were held up near the entrance TO the !
Nntiona. park by lone hlshwayman
who obtained considerable amount
Of money and jewelry.
About one person IN every 1900 WINS
blind and one in every $50 persons was
deaf In the United states In 1900, nc
cordng TO special census report on
the blind and deaf In the United States
In that year, Just Issued by the census
Office.
Harry Thnws defense will he emo
tlonal insanity, 1t Is stated on good au-
thorlty.
News from Blalystoii Is to the effect
that the Jews there are in such a condl
ton Of panic that they are selling all
their property to emlgrate to America.
As the result OF the labor riots last
month at Cananea, Mex. the mining
camp Of w. {. Greene has been con-
verified into military stronghold and
hereafter 14.0OO Mexican rurales will be
quartered there.
Failing from q car on scenic rail-.
way at Rockaway beach. Harriet Nagel.
Is years old, was SO badly injured that
she died within a few minutes.
Saturday. July 7.
After one Of the most remarkable ex.
periences in the history Of aerial navi-
CATION, James K. Allen, the aeronaut,
who made balloon ascension at Provi-
dence on the Fourth Of July, was
brought to Boston on the fishing
schooner Francis V. Sylvia. having
been picked mp at sea off Block Island.
Mrs. Solomon Gobbeau and her six
children We're burned to death in a fire
that destroyed their home at Lafayette,
Ind.
Former Judge Tanner Of Portland,
Ore, who committed perjury In order
to shield his law partner, the late Unit
ed States Senator Mitchell, has been
pardoned by the president
The United States transport Thomas
Is ashore on a coral reef near the Island
Of Guam. Her position is favorable as
long as good weather prevails.
August Rosenberg. arrested at AL
tona. Prussia, is strongly suspected Of
having planned an attempt on En-
peror Williams life.
An important development in the tex
tile situation at Fall River was the an
nouncement that a general advance in
wages will be given at the mills Of the
Fall River Iron Works company, affect
ing 5000 hands.
.Jabez Wolff swan from Dover to
Rams Gate Eng, covering the Is miles
in 9 hours IS minutes, breaking the rec
ord for the same course made by the
late Captain Webb in 1875. who covered
It in s]a hours.
The production Of George r. Shaw's
play, Mrs. Warren's Profession" In
New York was not a violation Of the
penal code. according to a decision
handed down by the justices Of the
court of special sessions.
Friday, July 8.
Fred Ainsworth aged so, was mis-.
taken for a burglar at Villa mstown,
Vt, and fatally shot. Thomas Jamson,
who found Ausworth in his barn early
in the morning. fired the fatal shot, and
Is held for court
Ferdinand +. Borges was sentenced
at Boston to from ~ TO 10 years in
state prison, the first day il solitary
confinement for his connection with
Ubero Plantation company operations
The Welman-Chicago Record II err
aid Arctic expedition has sailed from
Tromsoe. Norway. on the steamer
Frithiof for its headquarters at Spitz
bergen.
II. Mex. Twombly, Jr.. son Of II
Mex. Twombly. the New York and
Newport capitalist. was drowned while
swimming in Big Squam lake at Hol
derness. y. II.
The Lincoln Republican club of New
; Hampshire has invited Winston
Churchill, the novelist. to become d
| cHnulQa(e lot tut ktpNultdH SubeiHd
tOrial nomination and he has accepted
the invitation.
The loss of his crew Of four men ant
the wrecking of his three-mastet
schooner Ella G.. Eells of Rockport, Me.
were reported by Captain Breen. whit
was the only survivor. The schooner
was wrecked in Machias bay.
A federal warrant was issued a
Guthrie, Okla. for Carrie Nation
charging her with sending obscene
matter through the mails in her ten
perance publication, The Hatchet.
Thursday, July 5.
William J. Bryan and Congressman
! Charles A. Towne of New York wer
nominated for president and vice presi
u dent by Congressman Henry Of TeNa
u In his long talk" al the Tammany wiz
wan. New York.
' Crown Princess Frederick William
was safely accouched Of "a son at Der
lin.
= The Japanese have virtually mad
y the Emperor Of Korea prisoner in hi
e own palace by surrounding the palac
e with police, because of the emperor
constant lntrgues to foment provinca
troubles.
: Professor Henry 4 Ward of Clica g(