Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-29


sions Of a cyclone did great damage in
Somerset county. Pa Houses and
barns were destroyed and growing
crops leveled.
Monday. Aug. 20.
Rev Charles S. Bowers, secretary OF
the Baptist state association and for.
merly for 80 years pastor Of the Baptist
church at Clinton, Mass, died at Gin.
ton, aged 90
Advlces from Casablanca show no
change in the situation. The French
troops are anxious for a decisive en-
gagemcnt with the trbesmen, but
Frances determination not to penetrate
far into the country prevents pursuit
Of the fanatics. Meantime Morocco's
internal affairs are growing worse.
w. w. Merrill Of Boston n broker,
and Eric Landstrom, a chauffeur, were
killed by the overturning Of an automo-
bile which collided with stone wall
at Saunderstown, r. |.
While the United states was decker
ing in supposed secrecy for the purchase
of 80 Of the newest and most approved
torpedoes from the Whitehead company
Of England, Japan stepped in and or.
dered 1000 Of them.
For August the decline in 3S7 repre-.
sentative stocks on the London Stock
Exchange rea ched the staggering total
Of $3.50 100000. This makes an aggre.
gate of Slips 900, 900 since the begin
ming Of the year.
Tuesday, Aug. 27.
Massachusetts gave Prince wilhelm
Of Sweden a cordial welcome, both al
Worcester where he first stepped upon
the soil Of the Bay state and in Bos.
ton, where he was the guest OF this
commonwealth.
At the anarchist congress. in session
at Amsterdam. Emma Goldman advo.
Gated reign OF terror" as the means
Of readiustng social conditions in the
United States.
William ]. Bryans reply to the speech
Of Secretary Taft at Colun bus, O., con.
dennis Taft as a traddler' on nearly
all the important issues and criticses
him for not taking advanced grounds
in reforms.
President Roosevelt has approved
Colonel Goethals' request to continue
expenditures on the Panama canal n
excess OF the pro rata monthly allow.
ance for the present fiscal year.
Three years after the beginning Of the
trial Of the New York and Rermudez
company for completely in the Matos
revolution, judgment was rendered al
Caracas against the defendant com
pany, It being condemned not only 10
pay $1,000, 600 damages, but also TO pay
other sums which may very likely
amount to $4,000. 900 more.
decree crea ting a national depart
ment OF sanitation in Cuba has been
| signed by Governor Magoon.
tornado struck the towns OF Woods
field and Newcastle. o., wrecking n
number of buildings and doing other
damage A child was torn from its
mothers arms and carried nearly a
quarter Of mile and killed
DR.. Oren Root. brother of Secretary
Of State Root and professor of mathe-
matics and natural sciences at Hamll.
ton college for q years, is dead.
Charles II. Andrews of South Bend,
Ind. shot and killed his wife in the
Saratoga hotel. Chicago. and then COM
mtted suicide by shooting. The cause
for the tragedy Is unknown.
Wednesday, Aug. %.
Eugene Moriarity, editor and pub
Usher Of the Worcester Post, and one Of
the leading Democrats in western
Massachusetts,. died from heart failure
while swimming.
Five new cases Of yellow fever have
broken out at Cienfuegos. Cuba.
Joseph sullivan. aged 10, and John
Sullivan. his 17-year.old brother, We're
drowned in canoeing accident at Fall
River, Mass.
Sallaro Cara baeau, aged 46 charged
with the killing OF Alphonzo Delphi. an
other Italian. during quarrel over a
strike, was captured in the woods near
North Stratford, y, II.
A massive tin bucket. constructed
strictly after the style Of the laborins
mans dinner pail holding six gallons
| ana Uluut 10 typilt tiic i"'' u'h ~ l
pail" campo gn cry, was presented to
Secretary Taft at Fort Scott, Kan.
A Russian Hebrew walked into the
Boston city hospital to be treated for a
blood dseas Sc which the physicians soon
diagnosed as leprosy.
The Irish evicted tenants bill passed
both houses Of the British parliament
in what Chief Secretary for Ireland
Birrcu called an emasculated form.
A passenger train carrying Secretary
of War Taft was derailed nenr Sprip :
Hill Kan. No one was hurt.
An agreement regarding the standard
length of cut of cloth was reached a
Fall River. Mass, and strike affecting
25. 600 operatives was averted.
The explosion Of what appears t.
have been large percussion cap in {
package addressed to Secretary OF thf
Treasury Cortelyou created excitemen
in sub station Of the Philadelphi
postoffice.
Alta meeting Of the American Bar IS
ISOLATION Judge Dewey Of Boston intro
duced a resolution containing article,
of faith to the effect that the associa tor
teaches that every good law Is IN har
+, mony with the unwritten law.