Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-28
WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, Nav 81.


the Boston leather merchant. and Of
trolled, liabilities Of over s., 900 900 are
involved.
Coroner Mack Of La Porte. Ind. rem
Tered verdict that Mrs. Belle Guinness
rame to her death through felonious
homicide and that the perpetrator
thereof Is unknown.
President Roosevelt has signed the
bill directing the restoration Of the
motto an God We Trust" ordered by
him stricken from gold coins.
Secretary Humphrey NJ the National
Hughes league declares that New
York's governor will have 13G votes on
the first ballot In the national conven-
ton.
The Fall River Textile council voted
h accept the reduction Of nearly 1S per-
cent In wages called for by the averag-
ing margin between the cost Of cotton
and the selling price If cloth
After lying hidden in small closet a {
the Yale Divinity school for years. a
lot Of manuscript sermons Of Presidents
Dasgett and Clapp Of Yale. delivered
between 1741 and 1850, have been
brought n light
The conclusions Of the special com.
mittee which has been investicat ting
the charges Of Representative Lilley OF
Connecticut that members Of the house
had been Improperly Influenced in con.
nection with submarine torpedo boat
legislation that Lilley had violated his
obligation as a member. and acted in
bad faith and in contempt were sus.
tained by the house.
Thomas A. Mcintyre. head of the
New York brokerage firm Of T. A. Nc.
Intyre & Co, which recently failed. was
Indicted by grand jury on a charge Of
grand larceny.
Friday, May %.
The jury in the trial Of Abraha m
Ruef. central figure in the San Fran
cisco bribery graft prosecution. failed
to agree on a verdict and was dis
charged
A car ran over and was blown IN by
dynamite at Cleveland and some per.
sons were injured. one probably IA.
tally.
Herbert Briggs. aged II, shot and
killed his chum. John T. Qualters. &C
years old. at Athol, Mass, while they
were playing burglar.
The Atlantic League Baseball asso
citation voted to disband The average
attendance al games had been less tina n
$50.
Mae G. Wood, whose suit for an abso
lutte divorce from United States Sena
tor Plat has been on trial at New York
! for severa days. was committed t
prison after Justice O'Gorman had dis
missed the complaint in her suit anc
ordered her held IN $4,000 bail on ,
charge Of perjury.
A new bridge under construction OF
the New Haven railroad at Bay Ches
ter was wrecked by dynamiters.
After Sept. it will be felony to con
duct bucketshop in New York state
Governor Hughes signed the bill
amending the penal code to that effect
Burglars made a successful raid OF
the Van Buren,. Me-. postoface, secur
ing postage stamps said to be wortl
$1,000 and 5000 in money
Saturday, May 20.
G. H. Curtiss made a flight Of S3'
yards. 1917 feet. in Baldwin's aero
plane, White Wing, at Hammondsport
n. Y. This flight Is the worlds recor,
for a first attempt.
In returning seven true bills agains
Ray Lamphere, the La Porte. Ind
county grand Jury also indicted Mrs
Belle Guinness for the murder Of An
drew Helgelein NJ Mansfield, S. ".
Policeman George H. Brown o
Portland. Me. was found guilty o
breaking. entering and larceny while II
the performance Of his duties.
Attorney General Jack sons applica
ton for permission to begin suits to an
null the charters Of the Western Union
and the Postal Telegraph companie
was denied in the New York suprem
court.
Governor Sparks Of Nevada die
from an affection If the heart. Spark
was a millionaire mine owner and ca
tie raiser and was past 20 when electe
10 office.
Legislative problems presented to tn
present congress for solution. but ur
answered. SO far outnumber the actua
results" that they may afford justiica
ton Of the charge that the present ha
been a do-nothing" session.
Twenty peasants who took part 1
recent aCrarian disorders were hanpe
at Khersion. Russia. The resort TO tn
death penalty for agrarian outrages is
new departure.
Henry NJ. Rogers. trustee in bank
rurtcy Of the estate Of j. o. Shaw q
Boston. who is now in an insane hos
came Of $3.50, 900 which was at one tim
In Shaw's possession.
| Sunday, May "a.
The American car in the New Yorl
to-Paris automobile race is again In tn
lead. arriving at Nikolsk, Russia, abou
100 miles from Vladivostok.
Every railroad in Oklahoma quit OF
Grating as a result Of heavy rains an
coudbursts In various parts Of III
3 state.
Ernest Terwilgcr Of Newark. o
killed his 1S-year-old wife and their III
, born child by choking the woman du
ing a quarrel. He is under close guar
to prevent a lynching.
Captain Mandacus and twenty .on
members OF the crew Of the Gree
vteamer Cvclod dos xCere obi cod IN ha