Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-19
H WEEKS NEWS
ThuredaY. Dec. u.

President Roosevelt will not be a can
iidate for n third term. All doubt on
his point was dispelled by the au-
lhoIitatlve statement to that effect
from the White House.
Steadily mines Nos. G and s Of the
Fairmont Coal company are giving up
the victims Of last Fridays explosion.
There has been a total of 22J bodies
taken out.
A challenge cup. to cost $4,000, for an
international yacht contest to be sailed
with wholesome type Of beats is offered
by the Brooklyn Yacht club.
Five of the most valuable pictures
have been stolen from the Musee de
Picardie at Amiens. France. together
with a collection of coins and art oh.
jects. valued at about S5O.0O0.
A grand jury found no hill against
Seth McCalvin Of Braintrce. VT, who
shot and killed Iiollin +. Forbes. a fell
low hunter m%istaking him for a bear.
Three l. .ers, who have been en-
tombed for n week in a shaft OF the
Giroux mine at Ely, New, are still alive
and able to communicate with miners
at the top of the shaft.
Friday, Dee. 10.
After having submitted to an opera
ton for appendicitis at the White
House. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. the
eldest daughter of President Roosevelt,
rallied nicely. Her condition is most
favorable.
J-.1 ,I 7 \f,I'oln 81 pvDri1a, ~ N
was found probably guilty Of man
slaughter in causing the death Of Elisha
Arnold. aged 13. and was held in $1,000
for the gand jury. Arnold was killed
by McCabe's automobile.
The breaking Of a mailing case, con
tanning "A culture Of n supposed case OF
sore throat, possibly d%iphtheria, was
the cause Of the closing Of the Augusta.
Me. posto6ice for half n day.
The Democratic national committee
decided to hold the next Democratic
convention at Denver and fixed the
date of the meeting for July :. zoos.
Governor Warner of Michigan has
formally notified Attorney General Bird
to draft charges against State Treas
urer Glazier. looking to his removal
from office.
Convicted on two counts for pension
frauds. Charles II. Avery. aged 6S. was
sentenced at Boston IL two years in
jail.
Herman Henze, who made silver half
dollars so we'll that only experts could
distinguish his product from that Of the
mint, was sentenced Mt New York to six
years at Sing Sing prison and $40 fine
Saturday, Dec. Ia.
George II. Fan, who on the face of
the returnS was elected mayor of Nal.
den, Mass, by a small majority last
Tuesday, lost his title 10 the position as
the result Of the ecou Of votes.
After having met and conferred with
many citizens of Golddeld. New. Gen
eral Funston said that he found condi
tons worse than he had anticipated.
Mrs. Roy Wilson of Chicago, seeing
her husband at tho mercy of an n
furiated bulldog at their home. seized
a sword, ran the animal through and
pinioned it against the wall until dead
The Ohio child-labor law was de
clared invalid by the circuit court
The decision holds that the provisions
of the law are in c~ontravention Of thu
constitution.
George Doerler. who was charged
with murder in the first degree. was
found guilty Of murder az Hartford
and was sentenced TO state prison fol
life. Doerler shot to death Mrs. Dora
Luth1e.
David n. Farrar. mayor Of Lewiston
Me, in 1882 and for 80 years treasure
and tax collector, was found dead IL
bed. He was more than 80 years old.
A small Bristol China teapot, pre-
scented to Edmund Burke by the feun
der Of the Bristol factory. was aur
toned at London and brought the re
markable price OF S2l00.
The grip epidemic which recently an
peared at Smith college, Northampton
Mass. continues undated. The in
Urinary and other buildings are full @
girls who are i'll,
President Roosevelt has neithe
asked for, nor does he expect 10 re
ceive, the resignation Of any membe
Of his cabinet.
Sunday, Dec. Is.
Announcement of the discovery Of
new a%naesthetic will soon be made b,
the Rockefeller institute for medica
research. 1t is nothing else than com
mon EPSON salts.
Captain Marshall and crew of |
men abandoned the schooner Augusta
Welt, which foundered at sea.
To practice his understanding o
theosophy on the unison OF souls, Bori
Minon unsuccessfully attempted (
kill Jessie Schroeder. IL years of ags
and then committed suicide at Clev,
land.
: Louis B.. %Sternbcrg. a Kansas CIT
grocer, was killed, and his wife wa
fatally injured by robbers who al
tackled them In their store.
No fatalities resulted among the !
people, including one woman. VIII
reached shore from the wreck of the tn
Hercules and her four barges on Pleas
ant View fR. H. beach after one Of tn
most arduous resCues in the history @
Rhode Island l|ifesaving work.
immigration to America during tn
year ended June 80. 1907. was vast
greater than in any previous year i
the history Of the United States, Tn
number admitted reached 1.2S5,34o.
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