Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-12
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, March 5.


up against schooLhouse doors that open.
Ell inward, between 100 and 10 chill
dren in North Collinwood. o., were
killed by fire and smoke or beneath the |
grinding heels Of their panic-stricken !
mates. The fire resulted from a dcfec- |
tive furnace in the basement. All Of the
victims were between the ages of q !
and II years.
United States Senator Rcdfeld Proc |
tor Of Vermont died at his apartments |
at Washington after a short illness fol |
lowing an attack Of grip. The senator
was ~ years old,
Policemen in Providence. as we'll s i'm !
Pawtucket, Woonsockct. Central ia lis !
and Newport. r. l.. have begun an
! enumeration Of all the unemployed.
Ohio Republicans nominated candi-
dates for state officers and delcgntcs-a at
! afge to the national convention. who
were instructed to vote for Taft until
| he Is nominated
The customs receipts az Havana for
February amounted to only 81, 604, 100.
| The Intcrna tonal Paper company
has issued orders to board up the win
dows Of it's pulp mill at South Gardiner.
Me. The mill has been running for
sbo IT eighteen years.
The scout cruiser Chester, which has
Just finished her trials off the Rockland
| (Me.) course. has made worlds record
for any naval vessel above 100 tons
displa cement
By vote af twenty one to seventeen
tho New York board Of education de
feated the proposal TO reintroduce cor
poral punishment in the public schools
OF the city.
Friday, March 6.
The body Of Lazarus Averbuch. the
young Russian jew who tried to take
the he of Chief Of Police Shippy of
Chicago. was buried ~ the potter's
field
Lily Hamburg. the actress died at
London from complications following
her ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of a still-born child.
An appeal has been issued to the ne.
gro voters Of the southern states to
bring about the election Of delegates to
the Republican national convention at
Chicago who will oppose the nomination
of Taft for the presidency.
William Adler, formerly president of
the State National bank of New Or
leans, was indicted for "msappyinc
national bank funds" Adler has dis.
appeared.
The measure for the abolition OF
the death penalty persisted in the Mas
sachuSettS senate by vote of IL to IL
on n rollcall after a spirited debate.
Curry Robertson and John Henry. ne
groeS. were lynched near HaWkinsville.
Ga. and their bodies burned They
We're charged with the murder of Mr.
and Mrs Warren Hart.
Driving his sixty-horse power Ital-
ian car at Ormond. Fla. 600 miles at
an average rate of Seventy-seven miles
an hour. Emanuel Ce+irino broke the
worlds record for avera sc speed for
the distance.
While playing soldier, Earle A. Hart
nett. 3 years old. was accidentally shot
and killed by his uncle Fred Tucker,
aged 10 years. at Blackstone, Mass.
Saturday, March 7.
An outburSt Of anger against En-
peror William by the British public fol-
lowed the announcement that the on
peror attempted TO influence the Brit
ish naval policy by a secret CORE
spondence with Lord Tweedmouth.
first lord of the admiralty.
Speaker Cannon appointed commit
tee to investigate charges made by Mr..
Illey Conn that members OF the
naval affairs committee were unduly
n n I'M a,1 Al no 81,
submarine torpedo boats.
Sir Edward Morris has assumed the
leadership of a new political party in
New foundand in opposition to tue adj
mnistraton of Sir Robert Bond.
John ]. Lynch. 30. went to the home
Of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Catherine
Dittman. at Avon. Conn. killed her
shot his wife twice and then killed him
self They had ularrclcd.
The Democratic state committee of
Minnesota after a bitter fight, adopted
d resolution endorsing Governor John
son Of Minnesota for the Democratic
pres dental nomination.
; The senate passed the army pay bill.
increasing the pay of officers from . to
- percent and the average pay Of en-
listed men 40 percent.
An invests CATION under naval aus
: pieces will be conducted into the cause
and the responsibility for the ground
ing OF the yacht Mayhowel in CheSa.
, peake, bay
Frank Boyd Gary was elected Unit.
ed States senator from South Carolina
to succeed the late Senator Latimer
He was born March .. 1860, and is a
lawyer.
A violent gale has swept the coasts
OF the British Isles. causing numerous
wrecks of small craft Altogether
> about twenty lives were lost.
= Sunday. March 8.
5 Wary Charles, the wealthiest ant
ono Of the most influential merchant
Cinnamon Of Boston. and eight of his
country. believed to he notorious
, "hatchct men," were found guilty a,
Boston Of murder in the first degree
for the killing of four Cinnamon in Bos
, ton on Aug. Of last year.
Warden COnlry Of the Montana pen.
itentary was severely stabbed and As
siStant Warden Robinson was killed by
three life convictS who tried 10 escape
prison and who were armed with peck et
II knives.