Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-16
WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, Jan. 9.

circuit court At st. Paul has appointed
receivers for the Chicago Great West
ern railroad.
Frederick T.. Cutting. one OF the lead.
ing insurance experts in the country,
died Of para lysis Mt his home q Welles.
ley, Mass.
Unable to meet payments due on his
stock in the institution. f. Augustus
Helnze lost control Of the Mercantile
National bank of New York. the con
duct OF which. as its presidentI had
brought about his arragnment in the
United States circuit court on charges
Of identification. He is under 500
600 bail for A hearing
Attorney General Bonaparto has d..
| rected suits against a large numher Of
railroad companies to recover penalties
incurred by them for alleged violations
Of the safety appliance laws
A verdict Of $4,000 was awarded at
Bos ton to Alfred W. Berry against the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad company for the loss of an
arm while coupling cars
Frank Cousins. who pleaded gully
70 the embczzlement of S1c5 from the
Boston postotfice funds and who Subsc-
Quontlv made restitution had his case
placed on file.
After forty years Of con tinuous ser.
! vice as n tcamster for the Spencer
| Mass Wire company. Henry RI. West
celebrated the attainment Of his ninct-
9th birthday by quitting work. He re
! tires in comfortable circumstances.
/ Harry X Thaw's attorneys furnished
! a big surprise in his second trial by adj
uniting that several of the expert wit
nesses who served on the staff of the
district attorney at the first trial are
now under subpoena for the defense.
Friday, Jan. 10.
| The candidacy Of Charles II. Hughes
! for the Republican presidential nomi-
nation was launched by the enrolled
] Republicans Of the Twenty Ninth New
York assembly district
/ Attorneys for the estate Of he late
Henry .. H,vemeypr state that Have.
meve''s W, contains no public 10
! quests.
The DISTRICT court Of appeals handed
down a decision AZ san Francisco SET
ting aside The Judgment in the case of
on Mayor Schnlit2, convicted Of eytor.
ton n tho French restaurant cases
The discovery or revolutionary
plot among the officers n command Of
the artillery a. the Warsaw fortress has
led n the Imprisonment ~ seven off
| GERS
Serious trouble in Italian Soma land.
on the east coast Of Africa. has re-
suited in pitched battles between the
Italian forces there and the Aybs-
s'nians. Lugh was hesieged ny the
Abyssinians and destroyed and its de.
tenders We're killed.
The first state state reCepton Of the
season was held at the White House,
the function being in honor Of the diplo-
matte corps. 1t WAS one OF the most
nota bic society events ever given at
the White House.
Judge Kohlsaat. in the United States
circuit court at Chicago. rendered de-
cision in favor of the government in the
suit against Captain Obcrlin VI. Car
! ter. former United States army enGl-
neer. charged with having defra uded
the federal government to the extent Of
S10o,OO0
Frank i. McBrlen. 4 wealthy retired
business man. was killed in saving the
life OF Mrs. Mary Scheele who had
fallen in the path of a Long Island ex.
press train At New York.
Saturday. Jan. H.
President Roosevelt is confident that
Taft vii! be nominated for president
next June on the first ballot. and that
the convention will then make .he nom
ination unanimous.
The secod Jury to try Harry X Thaw
for killing Stanford White was com
pleted AS whole the jury s made
up OF business men of middle ase or
over.
-Four hremen went to their deaths
when they responded 10 fire that
ruined the Parker building. 12-story
business structure in New York. The
monetary loss is bout ST. coOOcu.
Receivers have been appointed for
the New England Coal company. which
| holds 10000 acres Of coal ands in Ohio
An organized movement among the
Republican negroes OF Florida in favor
of J. Il. Foraker for pres dent has come
to light
Because conditions have changed
since 1903. when the maiority of the
board of consulting engineers Of the
Panama canal submitted its report. Il
is now admitted that the cost may ap-
| proXimate S20000O.0U0.
More than go bills already have
been introduced in the SiXtioth con
sress for the expenditure of $4,000
600 in proposed public buildings.
Mrs. Georgi gamma Dick inson, aged -
wanted by the police of Harrison. y. J..
"a accessory 10 the murder Of Mrs
Helena Whitmore, was arrested at Cam
bridge, Mass.
Another effort was made 10 organize
the Democratic state committee Of
Massachusetts. 1t is probable that the
state courts VIII he asked 10 adiudi-
rate the question as Ia which faction
controls the party machinery.
Sunday. Jan. ~.
CableGrams indicating an oycrwhc elm.
ing sentiment in America in favor Of an
exclusion bill are causing much nm
PaSincSs among leaders Of all shades