Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-19

the entrance to Vineyard sound. The
prospect Of saving her looks very slight.
Monday. March is.
Tho new battlcship Mississippi has
arrived at Philadelphia from Gunntan-
amo. after Il successful trip for ofliclal
~ testing the vessels machinery.
The Japanese government has un-
earthed fraudulent passport manufac.
turcr at Omori. seaport in northern
Japan.
BY the ovcrturning of a rowboat of
Stafford, Conn, during squat Fcter
and Andrew La CroiX father and son
and Henry w. Ellison were drowned
United STATES Senator Whyte is
critically Ill at his home in Baltimore.
suffering from erysipclas ana bladder
disorder.
Angered Ivy scolding for not having
sought employment, Matthew Kraschcf
sky aged II. deliberately shot ana
killed his father at Wilmington. Del.
The Philadelphia police aroused the
Socialists and their followers by stop
ping a number OF meetings scheduled
to take place IN various sections Of the
city.
A satisfactory settlement of the Tatsu
affair is announced. China has conced-
ed all the japanese demands. She will
purchase the arms and ammunition OH
board the Tatsu and will hoist the Jap
anese flag over the vessel.
Albert T.. pilsbury. the reputcd
,,o r.ji np % bo TJnoboc iutoroute IN
Massa chusctts. charges that President
Roosevelt is lacking in candor in no,
declaring whether he IS sponsor for the
report that the Republicans must nomi-
nate TAFT or rcnoninato him.
The American battleship fleet now al
anchor in Magdaiena bay. Lower Gait
fornin. has begun the serious work OF
record target practice and for the next
few weeks it will continue.
Tuesday. March II.
An American WGr vessel probably
the gliuhoal Eagle. Is on the way from
Guantanamo to Port al Prince. Haiti
where tn" lIaticn government sum
marily executed q number of alleged
revolutioniSts.
Rev T.. w. Hunt, pastor OF the
Wollaston. Mass. Unitarian church
whose sermons on religion and health
have aroused much discussion among
members Of his concregati ion. was re
moved from the pastorate by the parish
John Maguire. election commissioner
Of brooklyn. dropped dead in court
while making plea for client on trial
for larceny
Congress passed the bill providing
! for the restoration Of the motto. in
God We Trust" on gold and silver
| roinS of the United States. The vote
was 30 70 !.
| Public Printer Stiilings has rendered
| his resignation 90 the president and il
! has been accepted.
The Providence police. who took a
census of the unemployed people. 70
| port n total Of 5000 people in the city
/ out Of work
Congressman Cochran. who was nom
! mated and elected by Tammauy Hall.
) was dropped from ali the Tanmuny
ronmit,ce- of which he was member
Rev. Charles S. Lewis. rector If 81.
James Episcopal church. Woodstock,
! VT. has given pubic notice that he is
not dead. as reported recently in the
church press.
Senator Tillman, in a speech in the
senate, charged President Roosevelt
with being drunk with power" and
with now being engaged In bold
and unhushing effort to dictate his sue
Cessor in the White House or coinpe
his own denomination for n third term y
Governor Hughes Of New York viii
not interfere in any way with the exc
rution in the week beginning March &c
OF the death sentence upon Chester GIL
lette. convicted of the murder OF Grace
Brown.
Wednesday, March IS.
United States Senator William u.
Whytc died at his home in Baltimore
He had been in public life since lS41
He was born in Baltimore in 1894
The Emperor of Russia confirmed
the death sentence passed upon Lieu
tenant General StoeSsel and also the
courts recommendation for commute
ton of the sentence 10 ten years i'm
prisonuent in a fortress.
In an amateur boxing tournament a
Philadelphia William Robinson, aget
10, was killed while boxing witt
Charles Wolf. of the same age.
Tho British cruiser interchangeable anC
the German cruiser Bremen have ar
rived at Port an Prince, under order:
from their governments to give full pro
lection to any foreign residents il
case their lives or interests are threat
ened.
The executive committee Of th'
United Textile Workers of America pro
tested the recent wage cut of the mil
men. The members called the reduc
ton "premature."
A motion for a new trial for Giusepp,
Ala. the condemned murderer Of Fathe
Leo fIeinrchs At Denver. has beer
filed.
Rear .\dmira Sperry will he com
Mander-n-chicf of the Atlantic battle
ship fleet when it leaves San Fran
cisco in July 10 cncircle the globe.
With liabilities amounting to SPIT,
JS4. Edward l.. Rogers, "A real estat
agent IF sudbury. Mass, has filed vol
,,OtnrV pctitiou in haukruDtcV