Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-14
NEWS
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Into the harbor OF San FRANCISCO the
Atlantic battleship feet steamed in re-
view Of q multitude unnun beIed.
Former President Grover Cleveland,
who is suffering from an acute attack
nicely and is gaining rapidly.
BY the overwhelming vote Of 1871 to
46. the house Of represP natives again
went on record against the re-csta blish-
ment Of the canteen in national soldiers
homes.
Democrats Of Ohio nominated .Jutlson
Harmon for governor and endorsed
Bryan for president.
Harry Orchard. the murderer Of sx-
Governor Steunenberg Of Idaho. has
oeen granted reprieve to July 2 by
Governor Gooding. The board Of par
ions meets July I.
Two men were arrested. charged
with being responsible in part for the
great confs grafton at Chelsea Mass,
on April IL. The two men under ar.
rest are Jacob Lewitsky, % years old.
and Abraham Wolnitz. aged 30. Both
are charged with arson.
An arrangement has been made by
the British and Canadian governments
for the exclusion from Canada Of Hindu
emigrants from India.
Manuel. the boy King Of Portugal
took the oat tn Of allegiance TO his people
and was proclaimed the ruler Of the ma
ton.
Friday, May 8.
Robert Fl. Clark was killed and Harry
W. Chase seriously injured when the
automobile in which they werc riding
with two other men struck fence near
Burlington. W.
The first two men TO be arrested on
suspicion Of having set the big fire o'
April IL at Chelsea. Mass. are Jacob
LewitZky and Abraham Wolnitz. The
bail in T<witzky's case was fixed at
$4,000 and Wolnitz was required 10
furnish $4,000
William Mon tgomery. cashier OF the
Allegheny National bank of Pittsburg,
is charged by National Bank Examiner
Folds with the emhezzlement Of
S4o5, 100.
William P. FIewellinc. deputy sur.
veyor general Of New Brunswick. who
committed suicide. left letter confess
ing a shortage of $4,000 in his &C
counts.
There was some opposition to in
structions in favor Of Bryan for prr<i-
dental candidate. although such in
structions were adopted finally by the
Massa chusetts state Democratic con-
vention.
After ten days discussion, considera
ton Of the sundry civil appropria ton
bill was completed by the house. II
carries total appropriation Of S106,,
96G369.
Eight thousand bluejackcts and ma
rines-the largest armed force the
American navy has ever put ashore in
time Of peace or war-marched through
the streets Of San Francisco in the
most notable parade the city has ever
known
The Utah Republican convention
cheered resolution declaring Presi-
dent Roosevelt the first choice for the
presidential nomination and Taft for
second choice.
Saturday. May 9.
sister. 16: Sarah Wilson. her daughter
3: and John Wilson. her son. . years old
A resolution urging the federal ap
prOpria ton Of $50. 600. 900 for national
roads and waterways as a means of re-
lief to the unemployed was passed by
the national convention Of the unem
ployed at New York
The explosion OF a kitchen gas stove
in the tenement of John Wilson at ST,
Johnsbury. VT set fire to the interior
and caused the death Of Mrs. John vii
son. 40 years old; Miss Mary Lee. her
One more body has been added to the
death roll Of the Bella Guinness farm
| near La Porte. Ind, making total OF
ten corpses and skeletons eXhumed in
the yard, besides the four bodies found
in the ruins of the burned farmhouse.
The Euclid Avenue Trust company OF
| Cleveland has made an assignment. |,
is understood that the deposits amount
to between 81 200, 600 and 81 SOC, 900
A million and a quarter dollars is the
loss on fire which swept over two
blocks OF business property at Atlanta
The combined Atlantic and Pacific
fleets Of battleships. armored cruisers
torpedo boat desuoyers and auxiliaries
were reviewed in San Francisco harbOl
by Secretary Of the Navy Metcaf,
Henri Rochelle. the French promoter
Of financial institutions and mining en-
terprises, who was arrested on charge
of swindling on an enormous scale, has
been released in $4,000 bail.
Sunday. May 10.
The Mohmand tribesmen are still civ
ing the British authorities trouble. Two
brigades Of British and Indian forces
will proceed with punitive measures
and will take The field against the Mob
mands.
Isaac Williams Of New York. aged 81
formerly cotton broker but more re
Gently connected with bonding com
| pany. committed suicide few hours be
| fore he was TO have been married.
Nicholas Wallace. a farmland. was
convicted for the murder Of Andrew
Higgins. Baileyville. Me. farmer
aged 20, and was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in the Maine state prison
Caught by a his wave as they wer,
crossing the bar a mile and a half Of
Plum island. At the mouth of the Merri
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