Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-12

which the reputation and wealth OF
New Bedford, Mass, was based
generation ago. has been revived with.
In the past few weeks by renewed
activity in that line
Monday, Sept. 9.
Moy Tokin, a Chinese loundryman,
was found unconscious in bed at his
place at Providence with his head ter
rlbly gashed and with a blood-stalned
Ratchet and large knife on the fooI
beside him. It is said that he has nd
chance Of recovery. His assailant II
unknown.
A total Of % bodies have been
found out Of tine IS men who went
down to their death in the Quebec
bridge disaster.
On additional case Of bubonic plague
has been charted by the San Francisco
board Of health, and four more sis.
pected cases have been isolated and
are under observation.
The body Of Ray HutchIns, aged II,
who was the principal witness in the
Searles murder case for the state,
was found in Wilson stream, near
Chesterville Me.
Paul MacCormac OF New York died
as result Of the automobile accident
at Norwalk, Conn, on Aug. Is, in
which his wife was instantly killed.
The modus vIvendi TO regulate fish.
ing by Americans In the treaty VA,
ters Of Newfoundland was concluded
in London by an exchange of notes
between Ambassador Reid and the
British secretary of state for foreign
affairs.
The United States captured this
Palma trophy on Rock Clffe rife
range, Canada, by the phenomenal
score Of 1912 out of a possible 1900.
This beats all previous records.
The Cliff House, San Franciscos
first attraction for tourists, was burned
to the ground. The building was val.
ued at $4,000.
Tuesd'y, Sept. 10.
The Chinese throne has appointed
three imperial commissioners with in,
structions to separately VISIT Japan.
Great Britain and Germany for tho
purpose Of examining and reporting
on the constitutional systems of those
countries.
Drinking wine with wood alcohol IN
II killed George Shotwell and Alfred
Foster. farm hands, at Mount Holly
N. J.
The entire plant OF Nichols G Stone
chair manufacturers, the largest In.
dustry in Gardner, Mass, was des
troyed by fire, entail,ng loss OF more
than 100000
If the long and. in the main, highly
| serious comment by most of the Lon.
don papers on the Vancouver incident
and the news space devoted to It may
| be taken as a criterion the British
public have at last awakened TO the
Importance of the Asiatic question.
James T. Lenox, a leading investor
of Lynn, Mass has made an assign.
ment. LenoX is a stockholder in
about 80 corporations and firms and
director Of a national bank
Florencio Morales and Bernardo
Mora, who were convicted and sen.
fenced to death for the assassination
of former President Barllas of Guata.
mala, were executed in Mexico.
Walter Wellman and his party have
| abandoned their plans to attempt to
reach the pole in an airship for the
present year.
Mrs. Charlotte Phillips was arraign.
ed at Cleveland on the charge of Kill.
ing her husband, J. J. Phillips She
furnished bond in the sum OF $500,
Wednesday, Sept. II.
Patrick I.ennoX and James T Lem
nox, doing business under the firm
name of p. Le.nnox & Co.. in Lynn.
Mass. have assigned. The Lennox firm
has been engaged principally in the
morocco leather business. The assign
ment involves interests to the amount
of sl,500000
There was another serious and afro
cious anu-Jewish outbreak at Kshinev.
1t is estimated that no less than 50
Jews lost their lives.
The charter of local 1872, Boot and
Shoe Workers Union, Of Brockton
Mass, was revoked because the union
entertained a motion to secede from
the general body.
That the retail price Of milk in
Boston and vicinity will be 10 cents
a quart was the apparent conviction
! of a delegation Of farmers and con.
tractors who held preliminary con.
ference in Boston for a discussion OF
the milk situation.
The first military dirigible balloon
in England made two trial trips and
appears to have answered all the ex.
pectations of It's designers.
Not word has been heard from
any official source az the state de.
partment relative 10 the reported at
tack upon Silks at Bellingham, Wash,
last week
With the formal welcome OF Gov.
ernor Hughes, the 4lst national
Grand Army OF the Republic encamp-
ment was opened at Saratoga Six
thousand veterans are in attendance
The great council of the United
States Improved Order OF Red Men
adopted an amendment to the laws
OF the order prohibiting membership
in the future to all saloon-keepers and
bartenders.
Judges Wilson and Audenried In
common pleas court at Philadelphia,
declared unconstitutional the 2ccnt
railroad fare law passed by the Penn.