Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09
Hampshire is 12S,4f3. and Of this mum.
Der 37.O22 reside in Manchester.

W 'he sc'ie'"is vi War tnat the LOCKS
on the canal be constructed ut their
present projected width, namely. 100
feet.
Prince Hello de Sagan has lied suit.
on the ground Of assault, againts Count
BonI de Castellane in the criminal
court, asking one franc damages.
The condition OF King Leopold, who
In suffering from tho govt Ia becoming
worse. II is declared that the bone Of
one Of his heels is slowly decayinr.
His mind innamed with jealousy for
the young woman with whom he lived
as his wife. Vito Constance. aged %,
shot and killed Mamie Zarella. aged %,
at their home in Boston and then IA.
tally shot himself.
Tho council of the Russian empire
uphods the refusal OF the senate to
sanction the proposed sale Of large par
cells Of naphtha bearing land TO big pro-
duccrs on the ground that it would On.
courage a great monopoly.
Tuesday, Jan. 7.
The Republican members Of tho Ken
tncky Legislature nominated ex-Goyern-
or bradley for United States senator.
George Dixon, the negro pugiist, the
winner Of several hundred fstic en-
counters. died in the alcoholic ward Of a
Now York hospital a victim Of long
fight with drink.
Pleading for consistent practice Of
economy IN the administering of the
ia ffttr In ri
i-e Of conducting an absolutely non
partisan administration. Mavor Hin
bard ~ Boston opened and closed his
inaugural address.
Resolutions adopted Ivy The Erie
county. O.. Republican committee last
March, declaring for Taft as Ohio's
candidate for The Republican nomina-
ton for president. were rescinded now
that Foraker j. in the presid race
Thirty-uinr persons have been re-
leased from confinement under author
ity Of the law during the past year by
Governor Guild Of Massachusetts.
Unless the spnners modify their de
mands tho cotton mills throughout Eng
land will he closed and 10000 ON
ployes will hc locked out
That the congro, sional act known as
the "employerS' Liability law" is not in
accordance with tho Constitution Of the
United StsteS IS the conclusion reached
by the supreme court of the United
States
The new armored cruiser North
Carolina on hor screw standardization
trial failed 10 make the necessary num-
Der Of revolutions 70 maintain her con-
tract speed of twenty two knots.
At the close Of three court sessions,
which marked the first day Of the sec
ond trial of Harry X. Thaw for the al
legged murder 81 Stanford White, nine
| tentative jurors had been selected.
Wednesday, Jan. 8.
While the selection Of Baron Taxa
| hira. Japanese ambassador to Italy. to
| succeed Niscount Aok at Washington,
has not been officially announced. ii is
| admitted at Tok % that the appoint
merit has been decided upon.
Following number of heavy detona-
| lions. portion of the cone Of Mount
Nesuvius sank within the crater. caus-
ing great internal ebulitionS
| Representative Willett Of New York,
in a speech in congress. placed all the
blame for the recent iinancia panic on
President Roosevelt whom hr de-
nounced in severe terms.
Surgeon Stokes Of the medica de-
partner, has received orders directing
him to assume mnland Of the hospital
ship Relief.
The long overdue steamer Mount
the news of her safety was received
with JOY in shipping circles.
Although n fall down two fights OF
stairs broke his neck. Jacob Aubuwsk!
Of Providence. a Polish jew. has good
chan.e 10 live.
| The GrenocI ina al Leo. Mass. one
Of the best-known hotels in the Bcrk
shire region, was destroyed By fire
that is believed to have been caused
by a defective chimney. The loss Is
estimated at nearly $4,000
Three jurors sworn to serve on the
trial panel for Harry X. Thaw repre-
sent the net results of two days and six
sessions OF the trial.
Theodore s. Whtmore. who was mr..
rested after he had identified the body
of the victim Of the swamp near Harri
son. n. j.. as that of his wife. was
held without bail on charge Of murder
Indicted by the federal grand Jury
for the Over-certifcatlon of fifteen
checks. representing in the aggregate
over S4OO, 900 and drawn by the firm OF
Otto Heinze e. Co. on the Mercantile
National bank OF New York r. A
Heinze surrendered and was released
in $4,000 bail
DR.. A. j. Wheeler who conducted q
sanitarium in Cornwall. y. Y. and was
prominent in social circles In that city
committed suicide by jumping into the
sound from the steamer Hartford In
Long Island sound.
James Treadwell, once the "colC
king" Of Alaska. whose name has beer
teralded in money markets the world
over, is in the San Francisco county
Jail on embezzlemeut charges.
Princess Beatrice Of SAKE Coburc
Gotha, a niece Of King Edward. is "a
marry Prince Alfonso Of Bourbon Or
leans.