Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08
NEWS TOLD in BRIEF

dropped from $40 TO SO.
Beef has jumped from a cent to a
cent and a half per pound Wholesale
in New YORK. city.
President Joseph Smith OF the Nor
mon Church has a9vIsed all Mormons
to leave Mexico.
The late ex-Mayor John n. Adam of
Buffalo left an estate of $4,000 of
which 100000 goes to charity.
Capt. T.. IT. Bixby, aged sc. WAC
taught Mark Twain how to pilot a
steamboat, has been found dead in bed
at st. Louis.
Dun's agency reports 1890 failures
In the Unrted States in July with IL
abilities of sls.o9s, AGO.
Montreal is to have n floating dock, COO
feet long and 1875 feet wide. which will
shortly be toweu from England.
In the quarter ending July 81 there were
2i deaths from bubonic plague and 20
deaths from cholera IN Annoy. China.
The London Economists monthly index
number of commodity prices will show
an increase In July Of Al points, following
an Increase Of IS points In June.
DR.. George Ernest Morrison, noted
american newspaper correspondent, has
been appointed adviser to the President
of the Chinese republic.
The japanese press expresses great APP
probation OF the sympathy shown by the
United States IN the death of the late
emperor.
j. j. Darwin of Pittsburg found in his
pigeon loft a gold band rim lost IL years
ago by Joseph c. Baird. now n bank presi-
dent, while out driving.
It is figured that with old Standard
OIL stock at s1.ooo. John D. Rockefeller
has paper profit on his holdings since
dissolution of $50. 524. 276.
Opening prices on spring WOODEN dress
goods show advances of from seven to
nine per cent. The demand Is broad. mills
are wei! sold up and earliest deliveries
Will probably be in January.
A local mining paper of Minneapolis says
the wheat Weld in Minnesota and the Da-
kotas will approximate 265, G0o. go bushels.
, The previous record was 19s. COO. 90 bushels
in 1906.
. Feeling in Jamaica Is exceedingly bit
, ter against England because OF It's with
-.,. 49,, 49, p,-
/ ton. This is felt to be another step driv-
, ing jamaica nearer to the United States.
l An unsuccessful attempt was made al
: Chicago 70 dynamite the saloon of Man
ny" Abrdhams. the first Legislator ia
t VOC for William Lorimer on the ballot
2 which sent him to the United States SEN
e ate.
: w. +. Grace e. Co. Of New York have
awarded to William Cramr & Sons the
: contract for two steamships. to cost APP
proximate'y 81, 50O.oo o for coastwise trade
/ between New York and Panama.
o Suffragettes. who have thus far beer
4 able to conceal their identity. cut thu
e wires of all the public telephones in tn
principal railway stations Of Edinburgh
and placarded the booths with slips o
paper reading mo votes. no peace
international Harvester will fight tn
sl.oO.NN tax levied by Ogdensburg. y. Y.
covering all personal property in TIL
State. Ogdensburg Is given as the com
pany's home office. The tax heretofor
has been nominal.
A London special says that directors o
Z the White Star line have decided to max
such alterations to the Gigantic, the tt
II tanic's sister ship. now building. as expe
a rience and findings of the commissio
| which investigated the Titanic disaste
suggest.
Lloyd's Register reports that during 49,
- the gross reduction In effective mercantil
marine of the world, through vessels los
broken up. condemned, etc, amounted t
SIS vessels ,of Ssi.S43 tons, excluding a
" vessels of less than 100 tons.
Henry c. Prick, the steel magnate. wi
give a millionaires' lawn party at HI
Pride's Crossing estate on the north shor
IN Of Massachusetts on August l6. With tn
u exception of President Taft, every ma
=" present will he a millionaire,
II" One man was killei, seven other
: were injured and $500 sheep wei
III killed when a stock train was deraile
!" near Guffey, Idaho. The engine role
down an ~embankment. taking IA LOAD
=" ed stock cars with II.
The Isla de Cuba. one of the Nesse
:" captured by Admiral Dewey In the bait
of Manila bay. has been sold by the go
50 crnment to Venezuela for $50 so, The Ia
'" ter government will spend $4,000 in repai
w ing IT at tic Charleston navy yard.
Cruelty TO a lobster Is the charge II
" on which John Harduceau, a Philadelph
!" cafe chef, will be tried August s. An age
of the S. =. G. 4. caused his arrest f
'. placing n wooden peg in the first poi
>" back of a claw of a lobster on exhibitiC
in tho cafe window.
I'LL . no, ,,oooaoa
having a now school election called
Nv P~ocantico Hills, n. Y, to Dust Irving
~ BRYANT. farmer. who defeated Mrs.
: NJ. Milton, friend of Mrs. John p. Rock
" Teller. Jr.. for trustee. The new Eclectic
VIZ will he held August is. Bryant mas so
his place to Rockefeller and will lea
or the village.
A Chicago despatch states that a de