Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-25
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.

OF inc SnoNlltr.
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.
There are 40 cases of smallox reported
in Petrograd.
a herd of "a blooded cows found near
Passaic. n j., infected with hoof AMI
mouth disease
2on0 German high school boys Of aver
age age of Il volunteer for army service.
Munich brewers raise the price Of beer.
Standard Oil will spend 10000 on a new
dining room for employees on the roof Of
the company's building, New York,
Mrs Martha Kooch, 90. 6 feet tall. seeks
a place on the Passaic police force. She
has three children.
Estate Of the late Mayor Schioron Of
Brooklyn. amounted to 100000, goes to
his three sons.
Charles W. Morse again secures con-
troll Of the Hudson Navigation company
putting in his own directors
G. 6. McChord succeeds James s Har-
Ian as chairman Of the interstate com
merce commission.
Deaths on steam railroads show a de-
crease of LAS for June, July and August
last year.
Missouri House Of Representatives
passes suffrage bill.
Canal engineers admit they fear another
slide in Culebra cut, Panama
Work will begin shortly on trolley line
from Binghampton to Pittsburg
The Netherlands mas issued a decree
forhidding the expectation Of pork
PENNSYLVANIA department Of mines re-
ports that 1000 lives were lost I'm 1914.
Russia $ anxious for new treaty with
lP. s TO establish closer trade relations.
steamer whaler Belvidere will leave
Seattle and search for explorer Steffan-
son.
Eddie Foy will stand trial for permit
ting his 14-year-old daughter to sing ON
the stage.
| Copper seized at Gibraltar will be
bought by England, that country agreeinS
to pay American exporters Sl,6oooo".
Austria has been quietly removing inn
rortant papers from her Roman embassy,
anticipating Italy's plunge into war.
Mrs. Emile Kohlemanin Of North Ad
ans receives word from Russia that she
is heir to an estate valued at 10000.
Adirondack hotels expect record season
owing to the war in Europe which Will
keep thousands of tourists in America
It is rumorcd that 5000 automobiles or
dcred by Germany from American man
ufacturers have been captured by allies
at sea.
Fifty thousand French have been kill
ed since February In S5-day battle in
France French fire l,ooo,no proiectiles
daily.
Billy Sunday visits Shibe Park and
knocks out a home run. circlins the bases
in l6 seconds,
q rlaut If 4 American SD1cltipt, ba {
shipped 10 train loads of lead to Eng
land, enough to make $4,000 900 standard
bullets Each car carried 30 tons.
]. T Wilson, 75 We'll known Denver pio-
neer. leaves $4,000 to Miss Carrie Hurd
of Denver, an old-time sweetheart II
whom he was engaged 70 years ago.
| Samuel Lehman, 80. insane, drops two
children from NTH floor of New York tene
ment down an air shaft where both are
killed
The Rev. w. A. Tucker rector of st.
Agnes Episcopal Church Mama, Fla
shot and killed Harriet Delaney and then
killed himself
Mayor w ebhOn, lISl may VI VI Nl'lN'-
field n j., under commission charter Will
resign owing to lack Of support of his
policies by other members of the board.
Berlin special says that during first Rus
sian inVa sion of east Prussia, 10000 houses
were burned. 2o0O civilians murdered and
1900 kidnapped, During second invasion
1900 civilians who remained In the PROV
ince up to November, 1000 had been MUIR
dered or kidnapped by the Russians.
Canada has begun to raise fourth army
corps for the war This would make 10 -
, 900 men lighting in France
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
| furnishes report showing that 40o000 are
unemployed in New York city,
| Opening of annual flower show in New
York attracts 5000
New York health commissioner will en-
force rule against oVercrowding in street
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