Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28
NEWS TOLD in BRIEF

"Sweethearts and others inclined to-
ward kissing are advised to cleanse their
Fps regularly. as disease may hc trans
ntted through this common but pernic-
i,us habit" is the warning of the Wheel
ing, w. Va. board OF health.
Postal service fiscal year ended juno
20, handled $4,000. 600 pieces of ranked
mail weighing 61,Wc.Cco pounds or SIS per
cent cf total weight of all domestic mail
carried. on which ordinary rate of post
age would have netted the government
S2oOcoeo
Sir Thomas Iipton's proposal for in
tcrnational yacht race in American
waters in 1915 has been accepted by the
San Francisco Commercial club. Amori-
can boat will be built by San Francis
cans at a cost OF $1,000. and named '"Tho
Nineteen Fifteen" Race will probably
he sailed of Sandy Hook
Mrs Laura c. Cummings in divorce
court at Los Angeles accused Norman p.
Cummings. a real estate dealer, of des-
OF tearing her shirtwaist in Il quarrel
over her alleged presence at cafe.
| In action for separation Mrs Ernest
| II. Glass says her husband a wealthy
| New York importer. once gave her
only steak bone for her luncheon and
at another time 4 lambs heart and liver.
| which he had bought for Il cat
Several priests and elsven firemen
were overcome by smoke in a fire that
wrecked the French Catholic Church of
st Jean Baptistc at Lowell, Mass The
| loss is estimated at sl5O0W
Political leaders in Washington believe
that Congress will pass a resolution pro-
! posing constitutional amendment ex-
tending term of president from four to
six years. and making him ineligible for
| Reelection.
What is regarded forerunner of great
strike in mills of steel corporation has
started. $40 trainmen employed in yards
OF corporation plants having walked out.
At Homestead and the Edgar Thomson
plants and Carrie furnaces about .nr)
men are on strike, demanding an increase
of 20 cents n day
In two years, 1910 and l9l1 Mrs f, H.
Hartman received 6,00' begging letters
asking her to give away total of s267 oco. =
OW Mrs Hartman has had all letters
answered. and then turned over as sub
1ects Of scientific study to Bureau of
| Municipal Research
Resignation of British Ambassador
| Bryce announced to occur in the near
future, has been Indefinitely POSTPONED
Reason advanced is the undesirability of
making a change in the present delicate
situation in Europe. It is thought, how
ever, that a more pressing reason is
the desire of the British government to
Keep MIR. Bryce in Washington In view of
the coming change OF administration in
this country with possible reversal Of
attitude of this government towards tn.
Panama canal tolls question.
Senator Rayner's death changes the
political complexion of the next Senat,
and swings It from democratic control
to tie in 1913. With his vote the demo.
a
AS the present governor of Maryland, Lee
Goldsborough, Is n republican, the new
Maryland appointee will probably be OF
meets In January. 1914. This will Civ,
each party In the Senate 4S votes
NJ Beguery. Paris sexagenariar
whose wife had suffered from the agonie,
| lpc t,l Iad
, repeated requests and killed her witt
three revolver shots He surrendered te
, the police.
Theodore Marburg OF baltimore. presi
, dent OF the Maryland Peace society an,
secretary Of the American Society for tn,
3 judicial settlement of International Dis
putes. has been appointed United State,
minister to Belgium by President Taft.
4 great European war would mean wild,
, ruin Europe possesses about $4,000 600 Oo
nominal capital in public securities whicl
are increasing 5000 10000 annually
q There Is about $sOo0OoWO in gold Il
Europe, a third of which Is locked up il
, government banks
The graves OF more than 23W0 soldier
and sailors who died In the North durln.
and after the Civil War have been 10
Gated and marked with monuments ap
. propriately.
The Rev. Kari Heyne Of the Episcopa
Church, protege OF the late Bishop Hun
y tington. has forsaken the ministry an
has taken up wood finishing at a syria
ouss factory. He says ne can best sup
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