Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-14
TIL. WEEKS NEWS
Thursday. March Z.

Flrty-three representatives in con
gress, who desire to know for them
selves the conditions under which the
Panama canal is being built, sailed from
New York for Colon.
The British government has decided
to drop for the present session Of par
lament the bill to create a national uni
verslty fov Ireland.
At Nantes, France. a police court
judge imposed fines Of 800 each upon
II CrsUl.nc nuns and fine OF s. upon
the mother superior for persiSting in
refusing to quit their convent in com.
pliance with the law dispensing re
l!g!ous communities.
The Suffolk county G3ostonl grand
Jury has taken up charge that Repre-.
sentative LamOureuy. a member of the
legislature, had solicited a bride on
promise to obtain favorable action on a
certain measure.
Lewis Nero pleaded not guilty To a
, charge OF murder and was remanded
without hail to jail to await hearing
William II. johnson died rs Il result Of
Injuries received. If IS alleged. during a
quarrel with Nero at ITopkinton, Mass.
BY the accidental explosion Of dynn-
mite cartridge at West Hopkluton. "
H. Percy Libby. aged % was killed.
and Joseph Perry and Clarence Rich
ardson 50 injured that each will lose
the sight Of m eye.
Chauncev Lines was instantly killed
while working on transformer in a
power station Mt South Meriden. Conn.
His body was found fter the workmen
III the place had noticed the odor of
burning flesh
Dan K. Hanna Will offer no defense
10 the charges Il gross neglect, aban-
donment and extreme cruelty laid
against him in his wife's suit for d.
vorce.
The differences between the Penn
sylvania railroad and its trainmen,
which for a time threa tened to precipi-
tate strike have been settled. The
railroad company says that the in
creascs in wages approximate an an
nral increase Of nearh Sll 100000
Friday, March 6
James and Philip StrotherS We're &C.
quilted of HE murder Of their brother
in-law, William f. Bywater>. Mt Gull
pepper, Va. The defense WIS based
practically on the unwritten law.
Mayor Schmitz Of san Francisco ap-
peared In court and pleaded not guilty
to four indictments charging him with
| extortion.
There was another quick turn of the
cards in the trial of Harry X Thaw
when the defense announced that it
had concluded to rest It's case.
S. j. Lamoureux OF North Adams.
representative Of the massachusetts
legislature from the Second Berkshire
district, was arrested on an indict-
mert charging him with corr1lpty re
questing and accepting Il gratuity.
Mrs. Nathalie y. Latham committed
suicide al Paris by shooting She was
| al American and was well known in
New York rs a portrait painter,
An attempt is being made 10 have the
Rhode Island legislatures adopt a bill
providing for n bank examiner.
Workmen discovered two ancient
tombs Of extraordinary interest and
value ut Arcona, Italy. while excavat-
Ing for the foundations of a hospital
These tombs date from the third cen
fury before Christ.
A fire which practically destroyed
the cabinet shop building Of Sing Sing
prison caused a panic among he pris-
oners.
Saratoga. y Y. has been definitely
decided upon for the national encamp-
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lie this year
Archie Roosevelt, the presidents
third son, who has been suffering from
d!phtheria, haI turn for .he worse.
Saturday, Ma CHI g.
Chief Wilkic Of the United States Sc,
cret service. who has been in charge of
the investigation Of the disappearance
OF $lT3,0o0 from the Chicago sub
treasury, has found no clue to the
money.
A sudden, virtually unanimous and
unexpected strike or the part of prac-
tically all the electricians OF Paris re
suited in the almost complete paralyza-
ton of the business of the city.
by the Gavin: In Of a sewer ditch AT
Statesville, \, C., six negroes were
buried alive under tons of dirt. The
rescue party found the dead men stand.
ing bolt upright when the earth was re
moved
Thrty-fve men, women and children
were killed at San Andoes, Mex, by the
accidental explosion OF n large quantity
Of dynamite,
he ,ir,f.. g 4 4 50, ID