Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-19
The WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, Sept. ".

The Grand Army Of the Republic held
its 41st parade at Saratoga. Ten
thousand veterans braved a driving
storm to march once more beneath
their battle nags.
defalCation in state tax collections
which amount to at least $l07 900, and
may reach 5000. 900, was discovered on
the books of Charles p. Letten chief
clerk for the state collector of the first
district in New Orleans.
John n. Astermill was struck and
killed by lightning and his wife and
her two brothers were rendered uncon-
scious by the same bolt at Bloom.
field, Conn.
Iasters' Union No. 32 OF Lynn. Mass,
the oldest union of lasters in the coun-
try, voted to secede from President To.
bins organization.
Chester f. Runyan, paying teller OF
the Windsor Trust company. New
York who confessed to stealing $780,
900 Of the company's funds, was SEN
fenced to seven years in prison.
Mrs. Eliza e. Thornton, 46 years old.
SuHiut at NODuID, MASS
after having killed her 5-year-old
daughter Marion. Mrs. Thornton is said
to have been mentally unbalanced.
Friday, Sept. 10.
Two hundred and ffty-three thou
sand tons Of coal exclusive Of that 70
be shipped in government GOLFERS will
be required to get the Atlantic battle
ship fleet 70 the Pacific coast and prom
erly coal it at Mare island.
The Spanish sonderklasse Yacht Do.
riga won the kings cup in the contests
in the Hsnano>American regatta.
Edward w. Vanderbilt, the aged and
retired merchant Of Brooklyn. who
married May s. Pepper, the spirtualist
medium Is incapable Of mana Cing his
affairs because of lunacy. according TO
verdict returned by sheriff's jury at
Brooklyn.
The maria gc Of Prince Wilhelm of
sweden, second son of Grown Prince
Gustave. to Grand Duchess Marie PAY
lovnn. daughter Of Grand Duke Paul
Alexandrovitch Of Russia, will take
place next month.
Plans for the construction Of n mile
race track in Zion City. the colony es-
tablshed by Dowie as seat Of the Chris
tian Catholic church. have been made
public.
Il am not presidential candidate
and do not intend to become one"
and I do not intend to become one" is
the emphatic declaration made by Gov
ernor johnson Of Minnesota.
The governments Of The Neither
lands and the United States have come
10 an understanding in the matter of
tariff agreement.
Miss Myra Kingsley, aged 40, a
school Tea cher of Wpsthampton. Mass.
died as the result of taking carbolic
acid.
Saturday, Sept. Ia.
The Lustania failed to lower the
hourly speed average Of 23.5S knots
made by the Kaiser Wilhelm III of the
North German Lloyd line, or the
Deutschland's record.
Justice Russell Of the supreme court
of Nova Scotia ordered the relea Sc from
jail at Sydney of II Cinnamon. arrest
ed by the Canadian customs authori-
ties on charge Of being struggled into
Canada. The warrants were faulty.
d Not even respectable nonsense"
was the way Luke Wright, who has
just returned from Toxic to resume pr-
vate life, aracterized the war talk
between the United States and Japan.
In a riot between Purdue university
students and city toughs at Lafayette.
Ind, six students were severely in
jured and u others were severely
beaten.
Virginia Reed. a negress who ac-
cording to Charles Z. Letten default
ing New Orleans tax collector, re-
ce'vcd about 100000 ont of the Sis
900 he stole from the state, attempted
to commit suicide
The New York Yacht club has re
ceived cablegram from the Royal
British Yacht club at Dublin stating
that the challenge Of Sir Thomas Lip
ton for the Americas cup has been
mailed.
Secretary Taft boarded steamer Min
nesota at Seattle Thursday morning
and confidently expected to So il II noon.
but repeated postponements delayed
the departure until Friday, the 18th.
Fred A. Hawley, driver Of hose
wagon In the Hyde Park (MassJ fire de-
partment, was thrown beneath his wag
on and instantly killed by the wheels
passing over and crushing his skull.
Walter Wellman has definitely ahan.
doned for this year, after a disastrous
trial OF his arship. the proposed at
tempt to reach the pole,
Sunday, Sept. is.
A head.on collision between a south
bound Quebec express and north
bound freight train occurred four miles
north of Canaan. \. H, due TO mis-
take in train dispatchers orders, and
from n demolished passenger coach
there were taken out "a dead and dying
and 81 other passengers more or less
wounded, one of whom has since died.
With clubs and revolvers drawn.
squad Of reserve policemen fought
mob Of Infatuated Italians who tried TO
lynch a motormnn. after his car had
run over and Killed n 0-ycar-old boy at
New York.
In fierce fight in an Italian shack
notta had his head split open with an