Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-17
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday. Oct. 10.

as the consumers go, with the present
price Of o cents a quart in vogue, prom
ises to remain thus for some time to
come
Continuous heavy rains have caused
serious floods in many parts Of France.
Up to- the present few deaths have been
reported.
All the schools at Rumford Falls,
Me-, except the high school have been
closed because Of the prevalence OF
diphtheria.
The peace conference committee on
maritime war approved the PROPOSE
ton on the subject OF contractual
debts, the vote standing 80 to in its
favor.
The condition Of Ell" peror Francis
Joseph, who has been i'll since the be-
ginning of this month, is pronounced
by the attending physicians to he TN.
satisfactory.
The unionists have voluntarily and
unexpectedly discontinued their raids
upon the Jewish population Of Odessa.
Nne-year-od Philip Mastriano's
nude body was found covered with a
woman's skirt in dense thcket in
the eastern part Of Bridgeport, Conn.
The police say he was the victim Of de.
generacy in its basest form.
The cotton industry of the world.
from the time OF the planting Of the
seed to the time the mills turn out their
goods. will soon be under one great or
,i,o d - 4
Friday, Oct. II.
Yale students, In a riot at New Ha~
ven. tore down street lamps and, pilng
them with boards against Il railroad
bridge, set the pile on fire thereby
holding up trains and traffic.
l.. ID. Perkins, former deputy mas
ter Of the Deer Island (Rostom house
Of correction. and o. +. Pray, night
Waterman of tho institution. were
found guilty Of assaulting prisoner.
Mrs. Cassi" L. Chadwick. whose
amazing financial transactions culmi-
mated in the wrecking Of an Oherlin
bank. died in he ohio penitentary.
The methods employed by Turkey to
put an end to the famine IN Armenia
is causing wholesale emigration of
Armenians into the Caucusus.
The Arctic steamer Frithjof. which
accompanied the Wellmnn- Chicago
Record Herald expedition to Spitz-
bergen. was lost off Cape Langanes,
Iceland. The captain and 10 of her
crew were drowned.
Tho Rhode Island Republican state
| convention nominated Lieutenant Gov
ernor Frederick II. Jack son of Provi-
dence for governor.
President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers of America will not be a
candidate for reelection because OF Ill
health.
, There is an Improvement in the con-
dillon Of Francis JoF"ph. Emperor Of
Austria ana King Of Hungary, who Is
suffering from bronchial catarrh
The Democratic Club of Massachu-
sets issued a statement condemning
the Bartlett. leaders for their acts at
the Springfield convention.
Professor Ronnette. a balloonist,
was badly injured while making an
ascension at the sullivan county fair
/ at Claremont. y. II.
Saturday, Oct. IL.
Three negroes We're lynched Mt Tun.
lea, Miss. for series of burglares.
The jury in the case Of the Atchson,
! Topeka and Santa Fe railroad charged
/ with rebating. rendered a verdict Of
/ guilty.
| Government experts are husily en-
gagged going over books and records Of
the Standard OH company.
A plea of guilty Of murder in the sec
( ond degree was made by Thomas +.
Murphy Of Haverhill, Mass. when he
was ARA gned on the charge Of having
killed his wife. and he was sentenced
to Imprisonment for life in the state
prison.
Systematic determination of rats has
commenced mt Oakland. Cal.
Patrick Il. Mcdonald, wanted iu
connection with the alleged murder of
the infant whose body was found in Il
suit case. voluntarily gave himself up
to the Providence authorities. He de.
MES any connection with the crime.
Russell Washington, IA, died al
Maiden. Mass. from lockjaw He had
stepped on nail, which penetrated
deeply into his foot
The price Of refined petroleum fol-
export, which has been $S.4l barrel
was raised 80 cents by the Standard Oil
company.
John II. Clark. former building In
spector OF Boston, was placed on pro
baton, following his conviction on the
charge Of accepting bride.
Sunday, Oct. Is.
BY defeating the Detroits, cham
plons of the American league, the Chi
Cages, champions of the National
league, become the new champions OF
the baseball world.
Half an hour after party Of merry
makers had left Solomon Franks
home at Gloversvile, y. Y, fire swept
through the house and six members oil
the family were killed Only the
mother and two infant sons escaped
On the second trip she had made
since being launched at Lorain, O., or
Aug. II last. the steel frcightel
Cyprus foundered in Lake Superior
taking down with her 30 members Of
the crew.
After celebrating more than II
! bourc tho iury at HoultOp Ma hi al