Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-30
THE WEEKS NEWS
| hurscay, Jan. %.


OF the interior, has been dismissed from
office as the outcome of the Lydval
grain scandals.
The Michigan constitutional convep-
ton committee on elections unanl-
mously reported proposal granting
woman suffrage, with a recommends
ton thst 1t be passed.
a bag containing $500 in under.
weight gold coin disappeared from the
New orleans sub-trcasnry. The short
nge resulting has been made good by
those who had the gold in charge.
Orders have been received at the
Mare Island navy yard TO commission
the armored cruiser South Dakota.
10 the booming Of guns and the
cheers of thousands on the accornpanv
ing pleasure craft. the American war.
ships sailed from Rio Janeiro. bound for
Punta Arenas. on the Magellan strait.
Alfred Mahan Of North Bennington,
w., who was convicted Of the murder
OF his 4year-old niece. was sentenced
to life Imprisonment at hard labor.
Sweeping through crowded res
taurant at New York. Mrs. Mary r.
Clark bent for moment over the Shout
der Of Frank Brady, shot and killed
him, and then fatally shot herself. The
shooting was the elimination of a Sc
ries OF violent Quarrcls.
Friday, Jan. "a.
| An abortive attempt to overthrow the
monarchy and proclaim Portugal re-
| n In ka I,
prompt action of the government. The
plot was organized by small group
pf advanced Republicans.
Governor Folk Of Missouri announces
| that he will cndeavor to take the scna-
torship from w. j. stone
Edward A. MacDowcll. ono of Amer.
ica's foremost composers. died at New
York. He was 4G years of age. Death
was due to nervous affection,
Believing that his Illness would re-
suit fatally. John Fetter. aged -. of
South Bethlehem. Pa. confessed that
he murdered his daughter Ella Fottcr.
aged 80 years, in November 1894
The national board of trade adopted
resolutions urging an expeditions revi-
the proposal for the creation Of Il per
manent tariff commission.
In partial report on the sewer de
partment issued by tho Boston finance
commission il is declared that the cost
OF work now contemplated will he near
or $50 100000 than the 500 600. 600 est
mated, and that the work so far done
a f,>,. I;,i A.,
for business or scientific reasons"
William j. Bryan predicts Demo
cratic victory and he bases his predic-
ton on united Democratic party and
divided Republican party.
A survey Of Moro castle, Havana. by
American engineers shows that the
historic fortress has been seriously un.
dermlned by the effects Of storm.
Saturday. Jan. IS.
A determined effort is to be made to
add New Hampshire to the increasing
number Of states in which prob ibitor-y
liquor laws are in force.
The monetary loss by the destruc-
ton OF the Portland, Me-. city hail bv
fire is estimated at S1OOO,O0O. but this
sum will not cover the loss Of papers
and documents lost
William F. Walker, the abscondng
cashier of the New Britain (Conn.)sav-
incs bank. will fight extraditlon pro-
ceedings In Mexico.
The appointment of an advisory
board Of prominent people of Salem.
Mass. is announced by Mayor Hurley.
Paul Kelly. the motorman Of the
Ninth avenue (New York; elevated
wreck in which sixteen people lost their
lives, was found guilty Of manslaughter
in the second degree.
The Portuguese government has is,
sued a statement declaring that it be,
lieves the maintenance of order in
Portugal IS assured.
An epidemic of Influenza has at
tackled the cars family The cars
only son and his four sisters all have
been taken i'll.
Representatives Of the United States
Coal and OIL company operating at Hol.
den. W. Va, a mining town. have been
granted license to sell liquor. The
profits Of the saloon are to be turned
over to charity.
More than 10000 divorces have
been granted in the United States in
the last twenty years, according to the
National League for the Protection of
the Home.
Sunday, Jan. 20.
With the embers Of POrtand's CITY
hall scarcely cooled from Fridays fire,
Portland, Me-, was visited with another
disastrous blaze which caused damage
Of over 100000.
mining engineer says that he saw
large bodies Of Russian soldiers en-.
gagged in building a railway in Norwe.
gIan territory in wilderness many |
days journey from the highway.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely |
has ordered the National Bank of North |
America. New York. closed for liquida.
ton and appointed Charles A. Hanna.
national bank examiner. as receiver
Joseph Trudeau, aged 90 shot and |
killed himself at his home at Boston in |
the presence of his 1o-year.old bride
An unhappy marriage is said to have
been the cause of the suicide.
That the Jewellers National Bank Of |
North Attleboro, Mass. now in the
hands of a receiver, will be liqudated |
and new bank formed Is stated by one |
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