Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-30

in Beverly In 1899.
Monday, April 27.
A remarkable blizzard continued
practically all over the United King
dom. 1t was accompanied by a violent
northcrly gale and n low temperature.
and in many places the snowdrifts are
eight feet deep.
The epidemics Of typhoid fever and
other contagious diseases which are
now sweeping over Boston, it is charged,
are directly due to the conditions APP
pertaining to the milk business.
In consequence of the continued dull.
ness in ocean frcights. inward and out.
ward, the Leyland line has cut down its
Boston sailings.
The total number Of dead and missing
Of the Gladiators crew as a result Of
the collision during a snowstorm be-
tween the American liner st. Paul and
the British cruiser off the Isle Of Wight
IS twenty-eight.
forsaken liquid diet for solid food.
He now sits up in chair for consider
able part of each day.
Two bags Of mail from London. con
tanning securities and other valuables
worth 100000. have been stolen in
New York.
An accident 10 the engines Of the u.
s. s. Missouri occurred on the run of
the fleet from Santa Monica to Santa
Barbara, Cal The high pressure
cylinder Of the port engine blew out
No one was injured.
The Bristol county $4,000 steel
bridge. connecting Fall River and
Somerset. Mas. across the Taunton
river, was partially blown up by a
heavy charge Of dynamite. There is no
clue to the perpetrators.
Tuesday. April 20.
A special message sent to congress
by President Roosevelt is Il rciteration
cations. and especially those points
which he urged specifically in his mes
| sage Of March -.
Thrcece street car fares on all
| lines operating within the city of Cleve-
land have become a possibility.
William l.. MCGUIRE, aged 3G. died as
/ the result of injuries sustained by being
| gorcd by bull 1t Riverpoint. X. |.
The corpse Of Mrs Sarah Brennan.
| friChtfully hacked with an axe and
with the skull crushed in. was found
tightly packed in large trunk at her
home at Brownsville. y. Y.
The 1908 wage scale for the more
nd
ioiners OF Boston and vicinity has been
settled
A seat on the New York Stock Eek
change sold for $4,000
An epidemic Of measles. which has
rea ched serious proportions. threatens
to close the schools and public places
OF Wakefield Mass.
Recent disturbances in Guatemala
made manifest by the attempt on the
life Of President Cahrera, are rega rdcd
at Washington aS likely to interfere
with the peace n ssion to the five Cen
trail American republics.
by an overwhelming vote. President
Roosevelt's four batteship program
failed in the senate. lust as it did in the
house.
\ total of approximately -, 800 miles
will have been covered by the Atlantic
battleship fleet when 1t arrives a
Hampton Roads on Fob 90 next.
Three chalices and two ciboria. each
Of gold and valued altogether at $1,000
were stolen from the affairs Of two Ro
man Catholic churches 1T Worcester
Mass.
Wednesday. April 20.
The general talk about congress is t
the effect that the presidents messag
will not cause any change to be mad
in the tentative program to adjourn
this session in about three weeks
Two large trolley cars collided head
, on while running about forty-tive mile
an hour near Ypsilanti, Mich. Min
men We're killed and about thirty me,
. aud women injured, some of them ser
Ously
The New Jersey Democratic stat
4 convention to select delegates to the nj
: tional convention at Denver selected
0 delegation that is uninstrncted. eXceI
t as to voting under the unit rule.
resolution to instruct the delegation i
= favor Of Bryan was voted down.
Z The bodies OF six unk nown Italian
= were found in room of New Yor
{ lodging house. The gas In the ROOF
h was turned on.
Dispatches were read in the Persia
S parliament stating that the Kurd
Z around Urumiah, a town ~ Persian A
t menia. had pillaged thirty-six village
e and massacred two thousand people.
" Acting Assistant Surgeon Schweri
attached to the torpedo destroyer Il
Il tilla on the recent trip from Hamptc
e Roads to Magdalena bay. was four
guilty Of charges against him and Sc
o fenced to dismissal from the navy.
=. The nomination Of Joab y. Pattersc
d to be pension agent at Concord y.
was confirmed by the senate.
The Chinese board Of war has dra "
s. up scheme to strengthen the ma,
lie by the formation of three new squa
ii rons, each consisting Of one battlesh
$, and several cruisers.
b FRITZ Scheff. the actress. is entitl,
Re 10 a decree of absolute divorce fro
Baron Ven Bardelben, according to
as report which has just been made at Ne
he York by Referee Wise.
!, AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING
Won. Lost +