Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-19
Ribasso was arrested.

ton, an Involuntary petition In bank
ruptcy was fled against the firm.
The worlds record for n mile In com.
petition was broken at the Ready lie
MASS track when l.. RI. F. Baldwin,
driving a steam automobile. covered The
distance In - 2-5 seconds
Two passenger trains met almost
head OH at Orange. Conn. and in the
crash Engineer johnson was killed and
two other engineers and two fremcn
were hurt.
Ten thousand witnesses will he sum.
money before the attorney general in
his Invcs tigntiors into the alleged
frauds Of the last New York mavoralty
election.
The New Jersey Fire Insurance com
pany OF Camden has discontinued bust.
ness aud will lquidate withou, rein
surfing is risks
Mrs. Carrie Myers. 80 years old. OF
! Springfield. Mass. professional bal
loonst, fell from parachute 1000 feet
above the fair grounds at Clean, y. /.
and was dashed to death.
stephen Finn. s years old. commit
ted suicide nj 81. Adams. VI. by hang
Ing The hoy had been RI Their eccentric
for some months,
Tuesday, Sept. ".
Rear Admiral John G.. Walker. L. S.
~. retired. dted suddenly OF heart dis.
ease at n summer cottage near York
Me. He was nativ. Of New Ham.
shire, hut was appointed to the navy
from Iowa. He was 70 years old.
Massachusetts Socialists placed IL
nomination as the party's candidate for
governor john w Brown of Worcester
President Comp -s Of the American
Federation of Labor issued an appea I
to organized labor for mid for the srik-
ing telsgraphcrs.
The British admiralty has instructed
the dockyard authorities nj Devonpart
TO lay down Immediately q hattleship
of 10000 tons, carrying eight 13.5-lnch
guns. The work will he pushed with all
possible haste
Pauline II. Reardon. aged 6ia yeas.
daughter Of Or. Rnardon, was struck
and almost instantly killed at Spring
field. Mass. Ivy m automobile owned
| by Or. G. J.. Hooker.
| Simple Uonors. valuable race
horse that disappeared from It's stable
at Belmont park. was found IN livery
stable in IIemEstead /. l.. where il had
been left as security for loan of SoJ.
Dobson 4 Wilde. Boston wool deal
ers, have made an assignment for tho
benefit Of their creditors Of their real
and personal estate
The motion to bring Henry II. Rogers
into court FOR the purpose Of show ing
that he was incapable Of testfying IN
the suit against him by c. NJ. Raymond
was dismissed in tho Massachusetts Sill
| preme court
The 6, II. Schofeld company, gov
eminent contractors. pleaded guilty nj
Philadelphia 70 charges of violating the
eight-hour labor law. a fine Of $1,000
and costs was imposed for one offense,
although the ind!ctmcn, consisted Of
$40 counts.
The 9th anniversary Of the indie
pendencc Of Mexico was celebra ted
deliberately throughout the republic.
Wednesday, Sept. ID.
No arrest will be ordered by the Bos-
| ton and Maine road growing ont of the
present oftic.a investigation Of the
| Canaan. y. H., disaster. If arrests are
to come they must come after the road
has turned It's findings over to the state
railroad commission, whose chairman
is Henry NJ. Putney Of Manchester.
President Mellen of the New York,
, New Haven and Hartford railroad is
| said TO have abaLGoned further steps
toward any merger of the Boston and
| Maine road with his road
The long distance prize IN the inter
national balloon race was won by the
German balloon Pomm,rn. piloted by
| Herr Erbslob. The Pommcrn came
down G2l miles from brussels. the
starting point.
Ludwig Szczygiel Roman Catholic
priest, who has been on trial for the
murder of Andrew and Stephen
! StarZynSki. brothers. was convicted at
pittsburg Of murder in the second de-
| gree.
James NJ. Barr has resigned as diroc-
tor general Of the jamestown expos,-
| ton. Continued conflict between
President Tucker aud Barr over the So
| cal features Of III" exposition caused
Barr's action.
More than s. coo. 600 has been left
ne fund for the establishment Of an
institution for the support and educa-
ton Of male orphans Of MssonS under
the provisions Of IL" Will OF Thomas r.
Patton Of PhiladeIphin.
Frank :. Katzonbach. Jr was
unanimously nominated for governor by
the New Jersey Democratic state con-
vention on the first ballot.
The new charter authorized by the
state Legislature at It's last session for
the city Of Chicago was elected by
the voters at tho special election by q
majority of over 62.OuO.
Frank J, Tyler was fined So for op-
Grating an automobile in Nantucket,
Mass. in violation Of the order Of The
seectmen,
Harry Wilson pleaded guilty of
criminal assault on Rose herman OF
Colchester Conn. and was sentenced
TO 10 years in prison.
SENT TO RUTLAND.