Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-30


imposed on Delarge. At the conclusion OF
the arguments the court overruled the mo-
ton and took the matter Of sentence un-
der consideration.
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.
a string of pearls Weighing 900
Paris.
Young men, more than two score of
them under 40 years, dominate the New
York LEGISLATURE.
A four-rowed necklace of 24O orien-
tai pearls, weighing 1880 grains sold
in Paris for s241.OOO.
Hobble skirts were worn by the Ro-
mans, according to Professor Gordon
]. Laing of the University of Chicago.
Pittsburg BARRIERS hereafter will
charge the man ten cents extra who
waits until Saturday to get a hair cut
DR.. Charles w. Eliot says war be-
tween Japan and the United states is
almost impossible.
Joseph johnson, New York fire COM
missioner, accuses the insurance fire
patrol of the majority OF thefts at fires.
A New York court holds that a wife
cannot run up bills for her husband to
settle when he gives her a liberal al
lowance.
The Canadian government has promised
the Canadian Pacific railway a subsidy OF
100000 to run line of steamers from
Canadian to West Indian ports
Ar Whaley, who started as a brake
man at sl.62 a day, is made vce-presdent
of the New Haven railroad at $4,000 a
year
The Stanton Memorial association OF
, steubenvile Ohio. is seeking a desk used
by I.incolns secretary of war who used
to practice law there.
The increase in the price OF gasohne
in the last year has added $6.3oc'oo TO tine
nroflts of the Standard Oil company II
New York alone, says the New York Her
| aid.
A warm current, that is 100 miles wide
and flows through the ocean at rate o
seven miles an hour from its origin In th'
ennatorial Pacific to eastern AustraH'
and Tasmania has been discovered
Panama special says the Sliding
movement which started January ~ II
,be canal near Culebra is continuing
; The slide already involves $4,000 cuoi
wards OF earth and 1t is feared Will eX
tend much further.
| Renorts from Argentina state that IN
corn crop there had been greatly dah
aged by hot, dry weather until very re
Gently IT was expected that the Argentln
exportabe surplus of corn would be Ver'
large,
Chairman Bancroft of the port directors
asserts that the only way the port o
Boston can be developed successfully
through its passenger business. Because
, of adverse railroad differentlais' there
} no present expectation Of making bostol
a great freight port.
The brain of the late Robert Haus
' of Denver, which has Just been remove
by physicians weighed 81 ounces mn
' ounces more than that OF ms srahu
: father, Kari Frederick Gauss, the grea
mathematician. The average male prai
j weighs as ounces and the female prh
43ls ounces.
u Postmaste r- General Hitchcock, 1t Is eS
pocted, will materially change the pres
:, ent parcel post rates and classification
Books viii probably be admitted at IN
new rates, and there will undouoteol
be a reduction of charges on other al
:. ticles on the longer distances
:, Washington correspondence of the Bo'
;. ton Advertiser says, according to leac
ing democrat in Washington, who MN
=, eelf expects to be in the Wilson caplne
, that the president elects cabinet mas
ready been chosen and it is the unde
4, standing 1t will be announced in full @
!. February 10.
II Charles w, Morse at Rome says: TT
betting chances on my life are three
m one compared with ~ months ago" 1t
doubtful II Morse creditors will put hi
Al into bankruptcy, as he is expected
~ settle in fun, Thomas b. Fielder of Ne
:, York says Morse is still indebted to II
- law firm with which he is connected Il
part Of the 100000 fee he was willing
-, pay to obtain his freedom.
m In connection with the price of 3lH p
square foot paid for strip OF land
!. London at Charing Cross. It 10 interests
~ to note that land at No l Wall sire
brought s5bS,e5 a square foot the la
=, time It was sold. or at rate Of $4,000,
an acre Land on which j. r. Morgan
Office stands was purchased several yea
laeo at s349 A. SQUARE foot