Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-30
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday. April %.

PrcsidenS Roosevelt signed the en-
ployers' liability bill upon receiving an
opinion from Attorney General Bona
parte that the measure was constitu-
uonal.
Postmaster General Meyers resi-
dence is still being watched by the
Washington police for fear anarchists
might attempt to wrcak vengeance be-
cause of the suppression Of an incen-
diary paper
Photographs taken during the start
of the conflagration at Chelsea Mass,
were exhibited at the hearing which is
being conducted by the state police.
and furnished evidence which points to
incendiarism.
President Roosevelt will veto the
naval appropriation bill should the
senate, ms did the house. fail to make
any appropriation for the two battle
ships which are authorized in that
measure.
A quarantine Of the Massachusetts,
state prison has been declared. owing
to the number Of cases Of diphtheria
which have appeared among the pris-
oners
A verdict Of guilty Of the charge Of
using the mails in a scheme to dcfraud
merchants out Of goods sold on credit
was returned at Boston against Will
lam l. Alkon. HarrisA. Alkon, Thomas
Scottnn and Henry Barish.
Sir Henry Campl~ll-Rannerman died
at his official residence in London.
| The cause Of death is officially given
rs heart failure. He was born on Sept.
Z, 1896. at Stratoathro. Scotland
Census takers uncarthcd settle
ment in Wocott. Conn. on n road only
q half-milc long. which contains thir
teen granCers who arc past the three
score and some past the four score
mark. their ages aggrcgating 900 years.
Members of the Boston Chamber OF
Commerce went on record as opposed
to the merger of the New York. New
Havc1 and Hartford and Boston and
Maine railroads.
Friday. April %.
Forty poverty stricken Italians from
Massa chusctts mill towns sailed out Of
New York harbor for their native soil.
their transportation paid by the com
monwealth Of Massachusetts.
Mildred Brewster. who shot and
killed Anna Wheeler at Montpelier
Vt in 1898. hut who was found not
guilty Of murder by reason of insanity
was released from the state insane
asylum.
The dag Of the American frigate
chesapeake. which was taken by II. NJ
S. shannon in 1913. and which was re-
Gently sold at auction at London. has
been presented TO the Royal United
Service Museum by William w. Astor
Lieutenant General 1.inevitch. aide
de-camp to Emperor Nicholas and com
mander of the first Manchurian army
died at ST. Petersburg from pneumonia
Linevitch was 6s years Of age.
The condition Of ex-President Gro
yer Cleveland. about whom alarming
reports have been circulated. is said by
Mrs Cleveland to be improved.
President Cabrera Of Guatemala
against whose life an attempt was made
by students. declares that eighteen O
the leaders have been shot to death b,
his orders and that the death penalt.
will he melted out to others.
The Illinois Democracy adopted tn
INIT rule and instructed its delegates t.
the ma tional convention at Denver t.
vote for Bryan and TO 'use all honor
{ able means" to secure his nomination.
. Saturday, April rs.
The executive board of the Western
Federation Of Miners has terminated
the services of William u. Haywoo,
as representative Of the federation il
the field.
. The arrival Of six Japanese armol
clad warshpS at Annoy has caused grea
excitement in the Fukien and Kwana
: Pekin.
y Frank L. Strang. an American. driN
y ing a IO-hOrse power Italian car. wa
: the winner of the Briarclff trophy a,
8 tomobile race.
T. The strike Of granite workers
f Barre. Montpelier and neighbour
4 towns in Vermont which has kept 500
5 men out of employment for the las
y eight weeks, was finally settled.
=. The Northwest division Of Manche
ter. Eng. unseated as it's member
v parliament Winston S. Churchill. Lii
d eral. who has been made president {
IS the Board of Trade in the new AsQuit
a ca binet.
y In the presence OF his bride OF le'
~ than three months. the Duke
Chaulnes died suddenly from hea
failure at Paris. The duchess was II
daughter Of Theodore Shonts of Ne
York.
She widely known brokerage firm
T. A. Mcintyre & Co, members Of Il
~ New York Stock Exchange ~ xzx I'll
New York Stock. Cotton and Produ
Exchanges, with branch offices in sc
eral cities of the country, was place
&c in the hands of receiver,
q. Sunday. April rs.
n. News from isolated points in Miss
IN sippi adds fifteen more deaths to I
4, list of victims Of the storms viii
n, swept through four southern state
Il making the total death list 36S. wi
- probable reports which may run t
49, number up TO 400.
~ Dr. Romrne, the Psychologist. h
completed statistics which prove,
.. maintains that a boy is born when