Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-30
THE WEEK 8 NEWS.
Continued from 9th Page.)


John j. Hoster. 80, said BY attendants
Of Worcester (Mass) insane hospital to
he the most dangerous man they had in
confinement. escaped by picking the
locks Of three doors with hairpin.
Although the Portuguese government
apparently is master Of the situation,
much nervousness is manifested in Off
cial circles following the plot to over
throw the monarchy and establish
Portugal as republic.
Fifty representatives Of Germany's
highest nobility took part in the celc.
hration Of the Emperor Of Germany's
5oth birthday.
In the famous Vanderbilt mansion at
Firth avenue and Tifty-seventh street
New York. Miss Gladys, one Of the
richest of American heiresses. became
the bride Of Count Iaszlo Jeno Maria
Henrik Simon Szechenyi. young Hun
garian nobleman Of ancient Inca &c and
comfortable fortune.
Secretly. mysteriously. Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy. head of the Christian
Science church. was carried aboard a
special train at Concord. n. H.. and less
than three hours later was carried into
her new home near Boston.
After nearly fifty days OH the ocean,
the Immigrants who left Antwerp on
Dec. for st. John on stea mer Mount
Royal arrived in port on steamer Mont
Rose.
Secretary Tafts report on the Philip
pines is highly optimistic, even though
he cannot fix time for declaring the
independence Of the islands.
~ Tuesday. Jan. %.
The wholesale dry goods establish
ment Of Milliken. Cousens & Co. and
the shoe iobhinG house of A. 7. Cox e.
Son at Portland. Ne. were destroyed by
fire. The aggregate losses are $S3o.00o,
The violent and fierce sports Of the
present day are not necessary to the de
Nelopment of martial spirit. declares
President Eliot of Harvard university.
The government troops occupied
Gonaives. Hayti, without meeting with
any resistance.
For the second time within a month
receivers have been appointed for the
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Rail
road company.
Mrs. Maudc Clarke. charged with
Kidnapping her 4-year-old son. Garlic
ton Kremer. who had been adopted by
DIR. Kremer of New York was arrested
at tn. hons of her mother at Boston.
The celebration at Berlin in honor Of
Emperor Williams birthday passed OF
without untoward incidents. The
elaborate precautions proved to he un.
necessary.
Rumors Of an uprising or invasion in
Honduras have reached the state de
partment. Details are hacking.
The subject Of slavery was intro
5uced in the senate. Secretary Taft
vas directly charged with having
knowledge Of slavery in the Philip
pines.
The American expedition led by r.
.. Mohun, which was seeking TO pene-
trate into the wilds Of the Congo Free
state, was attacked by natives and
compelled TO withdraw.
Harry X. Thaw's defense closed with
manic Oppressive" insanity as c1-
plaining the death of Stanford White
1T the hands Of the young Pittsburg
millionaire.
Wednesday, Jan. 20.
The sacred pallium was invested up
m Archbishop William II. O'Connell
by Cardinal Gibbons at the Cathedral
Of the Holy Cross. Boston, with all the
pomp. dignity and solemnity which six
teen centuries have contributed to the
ceremony.
Suggestions Of graft and admissions
Of neglect, which, it is intimated, may
result in prosecutions, marked the
opening sessions Of the inquest into
the horror at Rhoades' Opera house at
Boycrtown, Pa, when 1863 persons lost
their lives.
In a special message to congress.
President Roosevelt recommended that
pensions should be given to members
OF the life-saving service.
The largest herd Of caribou ever seen
in the wilds Of Alaska Is now crossing
the Yukon river, working its way south
ward to escape the unusually severe
cold Of the Arctic region.
Louis A. rockingham of Boston an
nounces that he will be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for lieu
tenant governor Of Massachusetts this
year.
An address to congress, remonstrat-
ing against further increase In the
navy, was adopted by the board Of d.
rectors Of the American Peace society.
With no attempt on the part Of tn
state to combat with scientific test.
mony the claim Of insanity urged in b.
half Of Harry X. Thaw. the taking OF
evidence in the famous trial ended.
The finance commission, which Is
making an Investigation Of the depart.
ments Of the city OF Boston, finds that
the fire department Is in splendid
state OF efficiency. above the average,
and that the habits Of the men are good.
Cardinal Richard, the archbishop Of
Paris, who had been suffering with con-
gcstion OF the lungs, Is dead. He was
born in Nantes In 1910.
The ocean,going tugboat Edgar F.
Luckenbach, after being rammed by
steamship Pawnee. sank of New York.
Bankers Of Massachusetts are unani-
nous in declaring that the financial
crisis is over and much better times are
clearly in sight.
Former United States Senator War
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