Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-04-30
GENERAL SUMMARY.

William Ramsey shot Samuel Woodlaw
in Philadelphia. Wednesday night i'll quarrel.
Charles Smith stabbed Jack Wilson dead
in Cincinnati, Wednesday night, both negroes
The Dominion House of Commons has
just voted that Canadian ought 10 have the right
10 marry his dead wfes sister
A steamer has sailed from Philadelphia
within the past few days having arms and auuiunl
ton for the Cuban insurgents.
Thursday and Friday 1913 emigrants ar
rived al the port of New York, making aggre-
gate of over 10000 arrivals this month.
James Jcwclt. policeman, shot Charles
Cooley dead in his store Al Nrlsonville o. We'd
nes'ay night and then shot himself in the head.
The number of different kinds of postage
stamps which have been hitherto issued all over
the world is estimated, In round numbers, at
6,OoJ.
\ boiler explosion occurred at keDkuk,
Iowa, in the mill OF {. Dunbar. Thursday morning.
resulting in the death of Mr.. Dunbar and two
others named Wilson and Mccain.
The strike at CohOcs, n. Y, has ended.
The strike has continued three weeks and two
days One hundred thousand dollars In wages are
lost 10 the operatives.
William Bradford, the artist. who has
beon spending much of the winter in the Yosemite
Valley, says that the lee pinnacle OF the Yosemite
Fall became a tower over six hundred feet high.
The British army in Afghanistan have
won another victory, IN which the Afghans lost
more than Thousand killed. The British loss was
Il killed and lis wounded.
The rainfall on the Pacific coast this mouth
has been unprecedented. The storm has been as
severe IN the interior as in San Francisco, and the
rivers and streams rising rapidly, and great
damage from no ri Is feared.
Matthew Thomas, aged l., hung himself
In Patterson. y. j. Friday, because his mother
whipped hm- several young children were in the
room when the decd was committed and thought
he was playing.
The Senate of Massachusetts has passed
an act to prohibit the erection of screens In bar
rooms. II II becomes Il law, the drinking men Of
Massachusetts must face the sun and the glare Of
their passing itllow-citilens, or quit drinking at
bats.
Charles Il. Boiling culorcd) of Richmond,
Va, charged with rape upon white child years
old, was convicted hI jury, making the punishment
death. The Jury composed Of ten white and
two ool"icd men.
The oldest Indian inlubiiant don't remcm-
hcr aiI"hcr cold a winter IN British Columbia
the Just closed. Thr destruction Of animals
has been terrible. and IN many places the dead
bodies of deer have been found standing still.
The Cabinet has been in consultation about
the coming visit ot The King OF Sam To the United
States There VAS some talk uf sending naval
vessel la bring him from England tut II was stated
thai III" entire party, iuclulng servants Will he
larger than '.ln hr accommodated on man-ot
war.
Al thu first days sale of tickets for the
cincinnati MAY festival over seventeen thousand
iIr Il SINGLE sitting. Tins would indicate THAI. al
though Theodore Thomas has left. the people of
Cincinnati haN7 moi lost all interest IN musical mat
trts- u IN" ,hcinlihlin7 II" moi get music enough
at tins festival the Democratic COM enIIon Will sup
ply the deficiency.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent of the
Iou.s I"itt1' relates Tragic incident which re-
Gently occurred ~ the palace Near five O'Clock one
morning. one of the imperial servants who was ON
duty ms Majesty bed chamber thought he
heard The tlur CIll "ut ~ "A loud Voice, and he
tered the room. The car, whose mind Is full Of
ussd5sinS. awakened hy the noise, seized "A pistol
and nr'l. The man VAS seriously wounded, and II
was thought he could MI i've The whole palace
was aroused. aud thc;c was Tor awhile the greatest
Caufusuu. When the affair leaked out the authuri-
ties Ilrd To- the impression that the servant
hail accidentally wounded himself.
a Detroit, Michigan, despatch says: On
Ihurs,la, night the north wind drove vessel,
name unknown. on the reefs at MorrIsous slide,
Tour miles below Huron ,iiy. TN Friday morning,
the l1r saving crew from Station No. 2 attempted
tu rescue the crew. When within II quarter of IL
mile ui The vessel the lir boat swumped. The men
chung tu the submerged hna hut chilled 10y long
pu-uTc dropped uf one hi one until Captain hlah
was lr1t. lie iluully driftrd ashore with the boat.
The names of the lost were Robert Morrison, Cass-
NIllc, Mich: VIM Siyre. Port Austin Mich: Dennis
Dugan, Grlnd~innr Ciiy, Mich; James Pattenger,
Huron tI'l, Mich: Walter HCpthrldgc and James
Maitin NakriN NE, ont. 1hiS crew, with the eX-
repttuu uG the last two. last season rescued the
and Passengers ut the propeller BeItschy,
which wrnt IL pieces near GrindsIune city, one Of
the greatest teat4 ever performed on the lakes.