Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS


JANUARY.
3. A strike of printers, extending owe,
tho United States and Canada, inau-
guratad
H. NJ. Taigny, retiring French charge
d'affaires in Venezuela. expelled from
that country.
IS, NJ Marlborough the charge d'affaires
of Venezuela in Paris, ordered to leave
France
20. The Slmplon tunnel opened to rail.
way passenger traffic.
FEBRUARY.
10. England monster battleship Dread.
nought launched by King Edward at
Portsmouth.
q. Race riot in Springfield. o.
6-S. Fight between Gen. Leonard Woods
force and tho Moros on Mount Daio;
600 Moros killed, and the troops suffer
ed q loss of 10 killed and So wounded.
II. Decision rendered by the United
States supreme court that corporations
must produce their books and papers
and answer questions in actions
brought by the government.
II. Johann Most, noted anarchist, died in
Cincinnati
p. Judge Otis j. Humphrey of the United
States district court granted the i'm
munity pleas of officers of five pack
ing firms under indictment for con-
spiracy in restraint Of trade in Chit
cago
APRIL.
L. Paul Noquet, the Belgian sculptor and
amateur oeronaut, killed by falling
from his Balloon on Long Island.
10 Maxim Gorky, or Pieshkoff, Russian
author and revolutionist, arrived in
New York on n mission to raise funds
for the revolutionary cause.
II. Bicentenary celebration of Benjamin
in irtb n nj
"a. The remains Of Paul Jones entombcd
In a crypt at Annapolis with cere-
monies.
e. dwelling of statue to Benjamin
Franklin accompanied by a celebration
in Paris.
g. Anthracite miners voted to resume
work under the scale of 1903,
JUNE.
l. 4o Americans killed In race war at
Cananea, Mexico,
O. Morales, tho Madrid bomb thrower
committed suicide after dispatching a
guard who attempted to arrest him.
10 Christian Science temple dedicated at
Boston In the presence or 900 people
a. Jewish massacre at Bialystok, Rus
STA.
10. Continued attacks on the Jews at
Balystok
22. c. T. Tripler inventor Of 'liquid air."
died at Liberty, n. Y.
%. Harry Kendall Thaw of Pittsburg
shot and killed Stanford White, o
noted architect, In Now York.
JULY.
| IA. Honduras declared war against Qua
temala, becoming tho ally of Salvador
| Is. Armistice declared between Salvador
and Honduras and Guatemala
| 20. Treaty OF peace between Guatemala
and Salvador and Honduras signed by
commissioners of the bellserent states
on board the United States cruiser
| Marblehead off the Guatemalan coast
| rs. 100 Flipinos (Pulajanes) killed In bat
tie with American forces near Baneun.
island Of Leyte
| 20. Prince Eugene Murat, great-grandson
of King Joachim Murat. Napoleon's
| famous cavalry leader, killed by his
own auto in Munich.
| AUGUST.
Strike of lithsgraphers involving 10000
workmon in tho United States and
| Canada, begun,
6. Milwaukee Avenue state bank closed
| its doors In Chicago with a dehcit or
| 81 600 0oO.
"a Frank J. Nipple president OF the IN
solvent Real Estate Trust Company or
| Philadelphia, took his own life at
Bryn Mawr.
%. In an attempt to assassinate the Rus
sian premier. Stolypln. at St. Peters-
burg by a bomb % people were killed
| and many injured; Stolypin escaped
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