Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13

chosen president OF the Hughes Lea que
Of the United States.
Monday, Feb. 10.
Alarmed at the unchecked Turkish
penetration of Turkey and the mobiliza.
ton in Armenia. Russia has decided to
execute formidable military demon.
stration on the Tirko- Persian frontier.
Declaring that he had lost fortune
in Wall streets through duplicity, T..
C. Brooks. who came from the west
wealthy man few years ago. killed
himself in an annex of the New York
Produce Exchange by drinking poison.
William +. Walker, accused Of en-.
hezzing $3.50 900 from New Britain,
Conn. bank and now in Jail at En-
senada. Lower California, is preparing
10 fight oXtradiction.
For the first time this winter the ISL
and Of Nantucket. Mass. is isolated.
An unbroken field Of hard ice bars Off
the island from the mainland.
President Roosevelt made answer TO
the recent public statements that he
has made use OF federal patronage to
further the presidential interests Of
Secretary Taft. chara Ct erizing the
charges as false and malicious"
The American fleet Of warships
made q favorable voyage through the
Strait OF Magellan They are expected
to arrive at Callao about the oOth.
An epidemic Of typhoid fever which
developed two weeks ago at Boswell,
Pa. a mining town. is rapidly increas.
ing IN alarming proportions.
Tuesday, Feb. II.
The bodies of King Carlos and Crown
Prince Luz Philippe were laid away
beside thoS" Of their royal ancestors in
the sacred scrul"hrps Of the Pantheon.
The OFlah"mH house passed a meas
ure providing that every hotel in the
state shall provide nine-foot sheets and
shall use mo cup. dish. vessel or re-
ceptacic for food that has cracks visible
TO the naked eye"
NaSrancy. mcndcancy. intoxcation
and disordcrly conduct or disturbance
Of tho peace are hereafter to be dealt
with severely by the officials of the
HHrama canal IOnH.
BY vote Of thirteen to five the
house committee on naval affairs re
iected the presidents urgent recon
mendatiou thar congress at this session
but voted for the construction of tive
battleships.
William /. Walker. tho defaultins
banker Of New Britain. Conn. will &c
back TO the United States to hc tried
according TO a statement made at the
Mexican foreign office.
Boiler tubes on the cruiser st. Louis
blew out while tho st. Louis was off
Sausalito. Cal. Four men were hor.
ribly scalded with steam. A rigid in.
vestgation is under way.
Nine miners We're killed and one was
probably fatally injured by an cxplo.
sion of gas in mine at South Carroll
ton. Ky.
Tommy Burns. American. knocked
out Jack Palmer. the English cham
piOn. in the middle of the fourth round
Of what was scheduled to he twenty
round contest at London for the heavy
weight championship.
Following disagreements covering a
period Of several years. Cornell uni
versity and Princeton have severed
football relations.
Wednesday. Feb. ".
Governor Hughes transmitted to the
! New York senate an extended MESA e
again requesting the removal from Of
| fee on grounds of incOmpetency, al
Otto Kelsey. state superintendent Of in
surancc.
A special naval court Of inquiry rem
dered a report justifying the abandon
| ment Of the British steamer St Cuth
bert. which caught fire off Nova Scotia
and was abandoned. loss of fourteen
| lives resulting.
Mrs. Dora Mcdonald. who has beer
on trial at Chicago on the charge Of
| numbering Webster S. Guerin, an artist
was acquitted by jury.
Leavenworth. Kan, by majority
Of approximately 500, adopted com
mission form of government.
William +. Walker. the ahscondin,
treasurer of the Savings Bank Of New
Britain, Conn, is making an elaborat,
defense against extradition.
An appeal for fund to maintain al
anti home rule campaign in Great BRIT
ain has been issued by several Irisl
Unionist peers.
William H. Zinser, for forty.seve1
years in the employ OF the banking
house OF Drexel & Co.. Philadelphia
committed suicide at his home b.
swallowing carbolic acid.
The net result of the Republican pr'
maries held throughout Ohio was, 70
William II. Taft, four delegates-a al
large and twenty-five district delegate
and a list OF delegates to the state cor
vention. which will be unanimously /
his favor.
Three members Of the Typographics
union were fined $3.50 each and sci
fenced to twenty days. imprisOnmer
for disobedience Of an injunction 6
New York.
About one million robins have bee
killed by hunters this winter in Louis
ana, which is a winter home for thes
} birds, according to President Miller {
the Louisiana Audubon society.
CANADIANS ARE OPPOSED