Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, April II.


the defunct Provident Securities and
Banking company Of Boston was will
fully squandered by the directors OF the
company and that less than $4,000 re-
mains is the statement OF the receivers
OF the company.
Hundreds of cattle throughout Cuba
ore dead as result Of the continued
drought. Cuba has not had good ra in
since October.
The Minnesota house Of representa-.
tives adopted concurrent resolution
condemning the violent attacks made
by Il. H. Hartman and his crowd"
upon President Roosevelt.
Governor Campbell of Texas vetoed
the Santa Fe railroad CONSOLIDATE ton bill,
| which seeks to consolidate several
branches Of the road in east Texas. The
senate passed the bill over the veto.
Morris Mosessohn. the Boston pawn
broker whom the police discovered TO
at his store by shooting.
Walter Wellman babe his friends in
America farewell when TIE steamer
Touralne sailed from New York. He
says he expects that the pole will be
discovered next August.
Cruiser Washington was presen ted
with handsome silver service. valued
at $4,000, on behalf of tho state of Wash
ington, for which the ship was named.
Friday. April IL.
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A mail package, apparently contain
ing dynamite. exploded while it was
being stamped in the st. Louis postof-
flee. The explosion blew away finger
and thumb Of The clerk who was
stamping the package
A verdict for $3.50. 900 was given to
the executors of the will of the late
Major John Byrnes against Isaac b.
/ Newcomb & Co.. brokers Of New York
In suit brought by the executors to
secure the return Of certain securities
which were negotiated for ByrneS
A rigid inquiry into the operation Of
all the immigration stations Of the
country has been Instituted by Secre-
tary Straus Of the department Of com
merce and labor
Judge Dodge. in the United States
district court at Boston, appointed a re.
ceiver Of the Napier Motor company
Of America. The directors admit the
Inability Of the concern to pay its out
standing Obligations
Lord Cromer, Great Britalns pleni-
potentary on the Nile, has resigned.
Re had been British agent and consul
general in Egypt since 1883.
Confirmation Of the surrender OF
Puerto Cortez, Honduras. on April 9
by the HondurNn army and navy was
brought to New Orleans by the steam r
Mericator, from Cortez.
Ten million lottery tickets. represent
ing, If they had been sold at face value
the federal building at Snn Anton TO-,
Tex
Butcher workmen. who tied up the
meat packing industry throughout the
country In 1904. and who finally suf-
fered defeat in the struggle. are about
to present new demands to the packers.
Saturday. ArrIi 10.
An unpaid state commiss ion to in
. yeStiCate commerce and industry was
recommended by Governor Guild In a
message transmitted to the Massachr-
setts legisla ture.
DR. Samuel S. Guy was held to await
the action Of the grand jury on the
recommendation of a jury sitting at Ia
maica, L. l., and which inquired into the
death of his wife, who was shot and
killed at her home.
Domonico Teti was found guilty at
Rockland, Me, OF the murder OF
Raphael COMFORT, whom he shot in a
drunken row over a card game.
Claude II. Hewlett died of ptomaine
poisoning at Great harrington. Mass.
Hewlett ate some canned chicken and
it is supposed the meat was impure.
Russia is assembling a body of troops
on the Persian frontier for demon
stration which. 1t is thought. will soon
be necessary.
Two German aeronautS. Or, Veg
ener and Adolf Koch. descended in a
halloon at Enderby. Eng. The balloon
had covered SD miles from Berlin in
10 hours.
Three men who are alleged to have
broken Jail at Greenwich. r. l.. were
captured at Moosup, Conn. A fourth
man who escaped from the Jail with
those captured made his escape on q
freight train.
Sunday, April "a.
Policemen Sechler and Selleck anC
Charles Vincenico We're shot and fa
tally wounded by Salvatore Gavornals
in a running fight at New York. Gavor
male. Immediately after his arrest, was
identified by the three dying men.
w. J. Bryan, in nm address at Wash
ington, praised the colleges AND
churches that have declined TO accept
money from wealthy men who have
gained their riches by dishonest meth
DDS"
A referendum in the canton of &c