Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

Wilson left, which the sheriff, with the as
sistance of Sheriff Drew of this city, has
been carefully following up ever since, they
havin pursued Wilson until they arrested
him in Detroit.
The Manhattan Club" of New York.
which j. described by the New York Herald,
as a great radiating focus O. of Democracy
had a political reunionOn Thursday night, to
which several hundred leading Democrats
of the country were invited to rejoice over
the victories" in New Hampshire and
Connecticut, and to exchange views in regard
to the policy of their party in the immedl-
ate future. The reports in the New York
! papers describe the meeting a not very
large, and the rejoicing as rather mild
while the letters read and speeches made
gave no very definite indication of the future
! policy of their party. Among the short
| speeches reported We find the following;
! REMARKS OF !. d. SMITH, OF VERMONT.
Hon j. D. Smith, of Vermont, was the
last speaker, but he said, as it was already
50 late, he did not propose to make any
speech. lie said that whenever there was
a great desire to do anything for the estab-
llshment of purer government people were
very likely to look toward New York and
ask her aid and counsel. He had come
down here now to know what the course to
be followed was. 1t was something TO have
elected Thurman Governor of Ohio, State
IN which no Democrat had been similarly
hOnOred Tor many years, as well as TO have
carried two Of the New England States and
heargued from it bright hopes for the future
of free government and a liberated people.
We suspect-such is fame-that "Hon. j.
d. Smith, of Vermont is the gentleman
known hereabOuts as "H. Il. Smith, OF
Milton" As Thurman was never elected
Governor of Ohio, and as it is some seven
years since be had the honor to be defeated
as the Democratic candidate for that Office,
Mr.. Smiths bright hopes" would seem to
have rested on rather slender basis. Per-
haps, however, his speech was no more ac-
curately set down than his name.
The Buffalo CATAsTRoPHE.-A despatch
from Buffalo, dated Monday evening, gives
the following fU rther details of the fatal
accident on Monday:
The ruins of the fallen building covered
the entire sideV ak and half the street to
the depth Of SIX feet. The fire department
was soon on ne ground, and the work of
the killed at once began. 1t was
an hour hefol the first body was reached.
that OF lalpc rer, passing at the time, who
was telled by the falling bricks and fatally
injured. Ntxt two little girls and boy, all
OF tender y'.ars, were reached. The girls
were both dead and the boy seriously in
jured. 4 W oman employed in the store
was lou I'd seriously but not fatally injured
lying u der the crashed counters. She was
carried to the city buildings Darkness
came On so soon that the adjoining building.
No. J95 Main street, which was occupied
IN the two upper stories by families, was
not rec ched, except imperiectly, with Ian
terms No bodies havebee as yet discover
ed, b 1T several persons are missing. The |
lowe It estimate at present is six or eight |
Kill ed and the same number of wounded. |
Id scene Of the accident is, tonight, |
b Jcked with an anxious parents and friends, |
nd many thousands of spectators.
The Macarthur building has been con-
fectionery store for twenty years; the ad-
joining stores were occupied by jewellers
and dry goods dealers.