Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, Jan. 2.


Ont. The whole train. with the excep.
ton Of the locomotive, rolled down a
forty-foot embankment and was
burned All the passengers were taken
sut safely.
The Massachusetts state house
kparkled with the brilliance Of Govern.
or Guilds third inaugural. which set
the legislature into the whr Of its six
months session.
Five persons were injured and two
street cars were riddled with stones
In riot after an attempt by the In
diana Union Traction company to run
cars manned by strikers at Muncie Ind.
MOSQUITO Indians have risen against
the government Of President Zclaya Of
Nicaragua. who is accused by them Of
being responsible for the death of their
chief
President Roosevelt received a New
Years thronc Of 5G4J wcll-wishers at
the White House which took two hours
in passing him.
The mystery surrounding the muir
dor Of the "woman in red is as i'm
panetrable seemingly as when her nude
body was discovered on Christmas day
in a pond near Harrison. Nj
owen Moran. champion feather.
weight Of England. fought twenty-five
rounds to a draw with Abe Attell,
champion OF America. at San Fran
cisco
The Colonial Arms AT Gloucester.
Mass. the largest summer hotel on the
north shore. was burned With nearly
all its furnishings. The loss Is $500
nOO. Tho fire ( thought TO have been
incendiary.
Friday, Jan. 3.
AZ Fayetteville. y. G.. Ollie Manuel.
aged 10. stabbed to the heart and
killed Lush Manuel his cousin. aged
-. and AT sight of the boy falling dead
their grandmother expired instantly.
Green and Gaynor. who are in Jail
IN Macon. Ga. will be taken TO the fed
eral prison at Atlanta on Jan. I. Ev-
cry possible legal step tosave the pris.
oners has been taken and they now
must accept their fate.
The Seahoard Air Line system was
put into the hands Of receivers at Rich
mond through the action OF Judge
Pritchard Of the United states circuit
court.
John n. Rockefeller has added ST.
1Al 600 to his gifts TO the University Of
Chicago. making the tota Of his bene-
factions over 500, 100000
DR.. Walter r. Amesbury Of Hyde
Park, Mass. waived examination when
arraigned on the charge Of killing his
wife. Anna A. Amesbury.
The st. Petersburg police have ar
rested nineteen persons accused OF con-
spring to murder Dowsger Empress
Maria Feodoravna upon her return
from abroad three weeks ago.
Major Crabs Of the quartermaster's
depnrtT ent has been placed on the re-
.lred list. being the FIRST officer to be
retired as the result of President
RooseveltS horsemanship require.
ments.
Edward Hanlon. ex-champon oars
man Of the world. died at his home at
Toronto Of pneumonia.
Or. Nicholas Sem. one OF the most
widely known physicians in the United
states. died at Chicago. He was born
in Switzerland in 1874, and came to the
United states in 1859.
Saturday, Jan. q.
Seven companies of United States
troops left Goldfield New. for their
California posts. The troops remaining
IN camp. 1873 men, have been divided
into two companies
Mrs. John Van Ness Roberts, well
known in New YORK society. died In her
home from the effects of a drug WI oh
had been prescribed for weak heart.
The Countess Of Yarmouth, who was
Alice Thaw of Plttstuyg, daughter
Of Mrs. William Thaw ana sister Of
Harry Thaw. accused Of the murd II Of
Stanford White, has applied at Londsia
for an annulment of her maria &c to the
Earl Of Yarmouth.
Second Lieutenant John II. Thomp-
Eon of tn" marine corps has been al
lowed to resign for the good OF the ser
vice. He was convicted of conduct un-
becoming an officer and gentleman.
Theodore $. Whitmore, the husband
was held by the New Jersey police as a
suspect in the death Of Lena Whitmore
who was beaten insensible. stripped OF
her clothing and drowned in n pond
on the Hackensack meadows in Har.
rison, \. j.
The notorious Harden-Von Moltke H.
bel suit came to IN end at Berlin when
the accused editor OF Die Zukunft was
sentenced to four months imprison
ment and to pay the entire costs Of both
the present and the former trial.
Three thousand suburbantes resid
ing along the line Of the French West
ern railroad. exasperated by contlnuou,
delays in transit, wrecked the Offices
at the Saint Lazare terminus OF tn,
railroad.
Sunday. Jan. 8.
With hundreds OF nilitamen in tn,
streets and martial law prevailing
street cars were run over all lines a
Muncie, Ind. The strike Of street ca
men that caused the recent rotng 1.
still in force.
An end Of the prosecution OF the mel
charged with the murder OF ex Govern
or Steunenberg. except two. occurred
with the acquttai Of George A. Petit
bone and the discharge Of Charles II
Moyer, president OF the Western Fed
GRAFTON OF Miners,
The home Of T.. X. Carpenter. ius