Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-03
THE WEEK S NEWS
Continued from 9th pngeJ

team because Of playing summer base
ball as professionals.
Hcnceforth no prize fighting or box |
ing bouts in so-callcd athletic clubs |
will be tolerated in New York city.
The overflow Of river Otonashigawa !
running through the town Of Fukuchi- |
yama, Japan. caused the loss Of more
than GOO persons in the river.
Sunday, Sept. 90.
Two men were lost overheard from
the Provlncctown schooner Annie NJ.
Perry while returning from the fishing
grounds off Cape Cod
A demonstrative three days "halle-
lujah' service in honor Of the presence
of General William Booth by the Sal
walton Army corps Of Boston and vicin-
ity came to close with monster
mass meeting.
The great Mckinley mausoleum, with
the bronze statue Of President McKin-
ley. was dedicated at Canton. O., in the
presence of many notable men from all
over the country. President Roosevelt
delivered an Grafton on "McKinley."
Following the funeral Of his mother
Rev. James A. Walsh. aged A. curato
Of the Sacred Heart church in East
Boston, died suddenly of heart dis
ease at Lowell, Mass.
Enrlco Tessell, who last week mar.
ried Countess MontiGnoSo in London,
confirmed the reports that 1t was his
intention to make an American tour as
a singer.
General Franz SgerS daughter
pulled the cord which loosed the flag
unwilling the granite monument to the
Civil war hero on the slope of Wood
lawn cemetery. New York.
J. L. Wood, member Of the Span
ish treaty claims comm ission has been
promoted to the craftsmanship of that
committee TO succeed W f.. Chandler
of New Hampshire, resigned.
Monday, Sept. 30.
/ Senator Thomas c. Plat says: "The
| Republican party of New York has
| other material besides Hughes and
! Roosevelt for president Before any
outsider shall have our delegation, Root
] must If NOuSl'ltlf'.
President Small Of the Telograp piers
union says that there are more than
/ $1,000 union teleEraphers on strike and
less han 200 at work.
Mrs. Henry Holmes and Mrs L. G..
Munsell Of Springfield. Mass. dele
gates to the convention Of Eihlc Stu.
dents Of America. were run down 10y a
/ switch engine at Norfolk and instantly
( killed
Eight men were Killed. four fatally
injured and Il more or less seriously
hurt when an express train was
wrecked in the yards at Bcllarc O.
There are rumor> Of a serious mutinv
in the feet a: Sebastopol. 1t is reported
that many officers have been killed or
wounded, but the reports lack confirma-
ton.
Secretary of state Root crossed the
Rio Grande river and became the
| guest of the republic of Mexico.
Tuesday, Oct. !.
William T.. Chandler issued an opcn
letter to the Republicans Of New Hamp-
shire, calling upon them to oppose the
transfer Of the Boston and Maine rail
road TO the ownership Of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford system.
The deer hunting season in Maine
opened today.
The epidemic of cholera IS spreading
rapidly in Russia and already T. prov
inccS are affected.
\ number of heads # departments
will resign with Dirccto" General Barr
OF the jamestown exposition. who has
declined to withdraw his res ignItiou
Mae G. Wood. the former govern
ment clerk. has brought act on for ah>o-
lutte divorce from senator platt, allcg'
ing that she had been married to HIM
in New York in 1901.
Sweden again is about 10 challenge
for the Americas cup, which she com
peted for in 1872
True bills against seven Of the 1t de-
PENDANTS iu the Pennsylvania capitO
prosecutions were returned n three OF
30 suits by grand jury.
Greeted by several thousand per
sons. Secretary of State Root arrived in
Mexico City a. the guest of the Mex
lean government.
George NJ. Wethcrhee. a Boston au
tomoble dealer, pleaded guilty to "A
charge of manSlaughter in causing the
death of Warren f. Bachelor.
! Fifty-eight COWS aud II work horse,
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed two large barns, two SiloS
. and a boiler house OH tho Meadow Farm
property, Pittsfield. Mass.
Wednesday, Oct. 2.
! Sir Thomas Upton expresses his deer
regret at the refusal Of the New lorl
Yacht club to accept his challenge TO j.;
race for the Americas cup, and says
, that his challenge must be abandoned
Charges of extravaganza and neglect
p full management, or, If not that, failure
to account for millions of dollars, ar,
made in Il petition calling for the APP
, po!ntment of receivers for the New
York City Hallway company and thu
, Metropolitan street Railway company
5 Mrs Aurel Ratonyi a prominent so
I ciety leader, has begun suit at New
York against her second husband,