Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-29

The public service commission. after |
granting a fve-cent toll from Coney Is
land to lower Manhattan. has ordered |
Investigation of all telephone rates in |
the city of New York
The Chemical National bank, New
York of which Hetty Green is one of
the biggest depositors, has notified the
treasury that it wants to he relieved of
government deposits of S15Oooo rather
than pay two per cent. interest
Killing a valuable menagerie lion by
"a lucky shot at Altoona. Pa, Col.
Francis Ferari, owner Of the beast, pre-
vents him from eating alive the trainer,
Mile. Florence. who had lost her con-
/ troll over the beast
on account of the number of funerals
| in the town recently, the Rev. DR.. 5.
Travena Jackson of Trinity Methodist
Church, Hackensack, y. j., is out in a
proclamation denouncing people who die
| instead Of marry
John z Wilkie, chief of the secret
service, who has resigned, announces
that he will become assistant to Henry
| A. Blair, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Chicago Railways COM
pany.
Assemblyman Bacon of Colorado,
charged with the murder of his wife
| Ind stepdaughter, ends hunger strike
of over 1874 hours by drinking two gal
Ions of buttermilk and eating two dozen
doughnuts.
1t is rumored that Theodore Roosevelt
has had a difference with the outlook
which may lead to his severing his con-
nection with that publication He feels
entitled to greater compensation. and Is
considering offers from at least two other
New York weeklies.
The Senate subcommittee Is expected
to lower wool rates from those in I'm
derwood bill and cotton duties may be
advanced. The bill may not reach the
Senate until June 10.
Latest addition to feet of super-dread-
noughts of the United States navy will
be a 4O,0oO-ton oil burning fighter to cost
so 10000 to build and equip. She has
not been named
The output of oleomargarine in the
United States for the year ending May
amounted to 14l, 35l ,S9S pounds. The
amount manufactured in April was A.,
49, 1874 pounds, nearly q per cent more
than in April year ago
At Atlantic City. Robert healing A.
yea RS old, superintendent of a bridge
building concern, is learning to walk.
He fractured his spine six weeks ago
and has progressed so far towards re-
covery that his mother can lead him
arounl Just as she used to do when he
was a baby taking his first steps
A dog ran into the office of Howard
Wilkinson at Wheeling, w. Va. pick
ed up a purse containing SIS in bills
and $40 in silver and dashed away.
The purse was open when found and
the silver had disappeared. The bills
were chewed beyond recognition.
Because n number of boys have been
convicted before him Of throwing stones
in the streets, Judge Bruce of Maiden,
Mass, now sentences offenders of that
kind to a large field where they are made
to throw stones from one to five hours
continuously, in accordance with the
enormlty of their misdemeanor.
| The explosion of q dynamite cap in
the kitchen stove may cause Mrs. John
Vivier of Brattleboro to lose the sight
of one eye. She was badly cut about
the face and the upper part of her
body Mr., Vivier, stone mason had
put a dynamite cap in small piece
of paper on a pantry shelf, and when
his wife was cleaning she thought 1t
nothing but a wad of paper and threw
, II into the stove.
Jacob Schif. now in London, says: 81
have made a very careful study of
European money markets while abroad.
, and l think money is on a more solid
basis than ever with the settlement of
Balkan affairs / find markets stronger
and better than ever Although there has
been constant talk about our markets
being weakened by the European situa-
ton ! don't think we felt the situation
40 strongly for quotations show we have
been rather firm during the whole crisis.
wish to assure the American people
that we have a good, sound market which
few months"