Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-16

tho companies send their vessels 10 us
charge and load at those ports.
Monday, May ID.
The flooding tide Of migration to
American shores runs cease!csslN Gil.
Already the month Of May bids fair to
far outstrlp the April record. when 49,
49, persons poured through the gate
way of New York into the country.
Cuba's great twin crops. sugar and
tobacco. have both been record break.
ers this year. sugar for the size of the
crop. and tobacco for the scarcity Of ali
except the very choicest grades Of the
leaf.
The famous Crocker will case will
now 90 to the full bench Of the Massa
chusetts supreme court It appearing
| that the Issues nre sufficiently involved
to warrant such n course
George Nagle. the insane wife muir.
| derer. who escaped from an attendant
| Of the state farm at Middlehoro. Mass.
| was arrested at Providence. Nag,e has
secured counsel and will resist extradi
ton.
Ninety men are supposed to have lost
| their lives i'm fire which started In the
| Tenares copper mine at Nelardena. Mex
The fire Is st,ll raging and is said to be
beyond control.
The postofices ut Sandy Hook and
| Hawleyvllle. Conn. were robbed Of
! money and stamps agGre eating $1,000
There is no clue TO tho identity Of til.
robbers.
An incendiary fire destroyed the low.
( or mill of the Taylor Wooden company
nj Spencer. Mass. The loss is SIC 200
william ]. Tuckc. has offered his
resignation az president Of Dawrlouth
college 10 the hoard Of trustees. He
will remain nominaliy a. the head Of
4bo college until his successor shall be-
chosen.
As the result of terrific encounter
the Norwegian steamer Edda and the
American fourmasred schooner Saga
more rest or the bottom Of Nantucket
! sound. about two miles apart, No lives
were lost.
Tuesday, May Ia.
In the most sensational opening In
the history of the Chicago Board Of
Trade. wheat shot past the dollar mark,
December option reaching 81 .03. Heavy
realizing sales pushed the price back
ward somewhat. bnt the demand upon
which the late advance has been made
is still unsatisficd.
The Turkish village Of Mustjbasle
was suddenly eneulfed, presumably as
A result Of volcanic disturbances. Sev'
c-al of the inhabitants Of the village
persisted
To avoid the unluckv thirteenth Of
tho month. William e. Corey president
Of the United States Steel corporation,
and Mahelle Gilman. the former actress
were not married until after midn gh'
this morning. The ceremony took place
az the Hotel Goth9m, New York.
Italian sailors swept almost every
thing before them il the inteInatona
boat race between the crews of The Val
rous warsaips anchored in Hampton
Roads
The whole Of the First battalion o
The brigade CT Annapolis midship
men has been restricted for an indef
n'te period to the confines Of the in.
sti,ution as result Of its members
having insul-cd Lieutenant Command
er Mcvay, ore &: the discipline officers
In a strike rio. at the railroad yards
ut Gibson. Ind. 90 laborcrs We're in
iured. some fatally. Bricks, clubs and
knives were used in the riot
More than score CT families were
rendered homeless by a fire which swep
through Lincoln. " H.. ard a total los
estimated at 100000 was caused hefor'
the flames were brought under control
Wednesday, May Is.
Many men took small fortunes from
the Chicago Board Of Trade by Qu.rtl'
unloading wheat at high prices mJd'
possible Iy the extraordinary bull move
reut.
A strike of the steam shovel work er
has begun on the Isthmus Of Panama
', the men demanding $500 per month N
stead Of their present salary, S2lC
Only eight steam ShovelS are at work.
The New Bedford Cotton Manufac
. turers' association voted to increase III
wages of the operatives in the New
Bedford textile mills 10 percent. 1h
advance will affect about $1,000 EN-
n ploycS,
, BY the explosion of soda waite
tank in bottling works ar HaverhiI
: Mass. Cyrus Keller was Instant,
, killed and Joseph Souc died shortly al
ter the accident. The building va
wrecked.
An unsuccessful effort was made I
settle the Boston teamsters' strike b
James y. Colt. the master appointed T
bear the testimony on the question o
making the temporary injunctIo
against the union officials permanent,
:. The number OF scarlet fever cases /
= Melrose. Mass has given the author
!. Ties a scare.
Two French fishing Schoonfrs, wit
crews aggrega,ing 40 men, are ms
,nc. and il is bel eved that all on boar
have persisted on the Grand Banks.
The strike in the textile mills a
Ori2aba. Mex. involving more than -
Il 900 operatives. has been practically sci
> t!ed.
l. Nina hui'diprS including those OCCU