Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-23
The WEEKS NEWS
Thursday. Jan. ia.

lecture In the city, was burned by n
fire which IL believed 10 be ncc1,diary.
The building was erected 100 wears
ago. The loss IL 10000,
The special grand Jury which was
sworn TO Investigate the conduct of Ger.
tain banks In New York, returned twc
indictments against William Il. Mont
gomery, president Of the Hamilton
bank.
A serious earthquake occurred Mt
Gonaves. Hayti, II seaport town of 49,
600 population No loss Of life is re.
ported Commitment with the town
is broken.
Lohn A. Steele who shot and killed
Edward II. Cohen and seriously wound.
setts stpte house has been committed
TO the state hospital for insane Grim
inals.
Receiver Bancroft. who is now in
charge of the affairs Of the jewelers.
National bank Of North Attleboro,
Mass. says that the late Cashier Sar-
yeant had diverted to his own Use the
banks money 10 q n amount n good dea
in excess of 100000,
Postmaster sampson was held I'D at
the point Of revolver ny masked
man in the Hanover ~. IL postofice
and robbed Of $50 and gold watch
The robber escaped.
FRIDAY, Jan. IL.
Charles f. Bruffce Of Wes<tfield.
Mass. was sentenced to serve four
months in jail for sending scurrilous
letters through The mails to his wife.
President Roosevelt has approved the
recommended of'the isthmian canal
commission Increasing the width Of the
locks Of the canal from 100 to 10 feet.
Malachi NJ Johnson was sentenced
at Providence to sixty days in Jail for
setting fire TO q large dog upon which
kerosene oil had been poured.
Patrolman John T. Lynch. connected
with division > Boston, was shot by
William Foley I'D -, whom he placed
under arrest Tor robbery. Lynch died
an hour after the shooting
Through the failure OF George l..
dissatisfaction or many investors IN a
number Of Richards Boston companies.
promoted on the lines OF the "get-rich-
| quick concerns, Francis w. Hume
well was appointed receiver
Edwin T.. Scott. cashier of the Peo-
pies NationaI lank Of Franklinville,
n. y, which WIS closed by federal
bank examiner. was committed to a hos
| pital for the insane.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed by Frank +. Hawks. a Boston
real estate broker. The total liabilities
are $40, 43S7S md the assets $40.
Saturday, Jan. lS.
| Arthur Il. Smith. alias William Foley.
who shot and klled Patrolman John
T. Lynch at Boston. was held for the
grand jury on charge Of murder in
the first degree
The Sovereign Bank Of Canada has
gone into liquidation ami the Bankers
association will take charge of the as
sets.
President Roosevelt will permit the
troops 10 remain in Nevada for such
reasonable length Of time SIS will give
the legislature opportunity TO organize
| O force to perform the police functions
Of the srate.
Three sailors of the cruiser ST. Louis
died ut Vallejo. Cal. from drinking
wood alcohol. Two other sailors are
| blind from the same cause and five
others may never again be tit for active
service.
The announcement is made mt the
Charlestown navy yard that the wages
of a considerable number of the govern
ment employees have been raised.
Four girls were killed, ten seriously
injured and score or more slightly
hurt at a fire in the Imperial KNITTING
company's MIL at Scranton, Pa.
The American Insurance company
which has done business in Boston for
fifty years, has gone into the hands of
n receiver.
The Haytian government has dc,
clarcd the ports Of Gonaiyes and st
Marc. which are occupied by insurgents
to he blockaded, and t declares that
prepa ratons are being made 10 BON
bard them.
Sunday, Jan. 10.
Officers Of the steamer Mont ercy de
clare that on Jan. a peculiar white
powder like -four fell rom the skies il
the Gulf OF Mexico II was not vol
canjc dust. there being no grit in The
composition.
While festival was in progress a.
Ora gosh Macedonia. a large band OF
Greeks suddenly Swoopeti down upol
the villagers and after driving then
into their houses, set lire 10 the build
ings and burned them to dearh.
Fire damaged two buildings Of tn,
colony for tho feeble minded and epi
lcptics at Marshall Mo 10 the amour
of $4,000 and imperllcd Ia patients.
There is much suffering because o.
the unusual heat wave throughout Vic
toria, Austria ia. Thirty two death,
have been recorded from sunstroke dur
ing the past few days.
Earl Jacques. 10 years Old. confesse t
that he killed and robbed Miss Mar,
Eddy at Greenville, r. l., while she wa,
on her way home FROM work in tn,
wooden mills there
Charles Emory Smith. editor of III
! Philadelphia Press, former minister t,
Russia and ex postmaster general. die,
suddenly from heart trouble. He wa,
born at Mansfield, Conn, 65 wears apo
John Il. Walsh was found guilty o