Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-06

Secretary Chandler denies the rumof tina,
he Is to succeed MIR Foger as Secretary of
tho Treasury
Asiatic cholera is spreading in Chapas,
anu the state has been quarantiueI hy order
OF the Federal government. A commission
mas been appointed To tlvvist means OF check
ing the ravagcs
An AleNa,~sa correspondent telcglaphs
thAt |ii assured that the Egyptian govern
iii'nl possesses telegram from Prince bra
MN 10 Arab l'aclia, congrg,ulating him on
'lle supposed Egyptian .iCtOry at kas-assiu,
anu hoping thai u .Hr next feast of Bair.im
Englishmen would be sacrificed instead of
eh,ep
lhc London Times in its leader SAYS il has
been decided to retain for the present II 900
men III Egypt 10 cMIt On and consolidate
me work Tor wlI;h ;he suppression Of Arab
facha does i!',.s more than clear the way.
\ nriVaie despatch received from South
,arolina shows that the so-caled uesfo rot
Al Lancaster IN that State was simply auurh-
tr demonstration Of the rel SHIRT Democracy.
at which only negrcr. we're killed The &c.
spatcli illrlhct STATE that the Democratic rifle.
club at Lancaster murdered seven colorcL
Republicans.
The National woman suffrage conv,ation
held il closing services Thursday. Speeches
were made by Miss Anthony, Mrs. SIMttuck
OF Boston and Nine. Neynann of New York.
There has been Lively Interest in the SUI
frage movement at Gtushs, aui the meetings
have been spirited and ably conducted.
The anti.mouopolisls oi Chlcag, met
thursday night, the session holding ill mid
nrght. Re solutions were passed in favor OF
aholishSrI monopoly in land purchase, and
she submission of prohibition and woman
suffrage to the vote of the people,
typhoid fever prevails to IN unusual cx-
tent IN Boston. Since Juuc LIST, 3Dl cas- :
have been reported, mCst VI them within the
last two months, The number Of deaths in
the same time has beeu twcnty.,iN. :, lnr5. a
propos;.2n n, 10 indicate tina. all cases Of tue
disease have not betn reported Monday
morning, there we've reported from tie ciiv
hospital siXty.threc cases If typao.d. with
three mcle To come H.. SiHce August list
these have been reported tom the hospital
ia cases OF the disease
The bishop Of Ontario has received Il letter
from Capt bedford PIN, cx-nemhcr of tn.
British House Of Commons, in which he
states that it is though the Prince # Wales
will he elected Ie'l' eat Of the British assl-
citation for the advancement of science Tor
WV ttHih- 1td III winch went IL IS DIOtA-
BILE he will accompany The association TO
Montreal, where their annual meeting is TO
be held in lsSi
\ mcmbvi OF the Tariff Commission being
asked as TO the probable tenor of the com.
missions report, says There will be Il clear.
ing away OF the cowbwehs that afrec, the.
working of the tariff The tendency will be
in the direction OF II reduction in the indus
tries that have grown up andarc abletn stand
without assistance. Rcpr, senta'ives Of in
dHatries like cotton, iron, silk and others are
now comforting together, and will present
written statements to us in New Ierk The
commission WI make specific recommcnda-
tons III 10 various articles in the tariff, and
will embody in its report draft OF II law
which, in its opinion, viii remove Mi detects
IN the existing turtl and remove all rvusona-
b!e complain, against H.
y Vienna newspaper states that the em-
peror aud empress Of Russia were secrutly
crowned during their recent visit 10 Moscow
If the emperor survives TIL the public coro-
nation, the secret ctremuny will b. cousid-
cred void. Should've die, It will be made
public so as TO avoid any difficulty in pro
Claiming the Czirewich Alexander AS the
lawful successor of the crownGd monarch
Five burglars who two months ago robbed
the express office in Greenvillr, Penn, and
were afterwards captured IN on City after
desperate street fight, aud cOntlned in The
Mercer jail. escaped Wednesday. They
seized Marshal Hughes, bound him hand and
foot, gagged him and locked hun IN II cell.
Then, with revolveis, they torced fifteen
prisoners into their cells, and AS the turnkey
entered with the Jail physician both wcrr
seized and locked up. securing the keys
tl.tNs and
shcritls quarters, captured the shcritf's wife
and the cook, locking them up So AS to pre-
vent an alarm being gwen, after which they
fled.
At St Louis n remarkable ilial WAS begun
Wednesday Wallburger Wackrrle sues the
Mutual lite insurance company New York
TO recover the Insurance on the lie of her
husband William Wackclle, who was run
over and killed by tIuiu al Shreveport, La,
on Christmas Day, 1872. The widow went
To Shreveport To gather proofs of his death, |
aud the description OF the man killed cores
pended to her own description of her hus. |
band. Moreover. the body was disiuterrei
aud recognized by her MS thut of her hus-
band. The -Etnn life insurance company.
with whom another policy was Effected, was
not satisfied, however, aud refused payment.
suit was brought and Judgment obtained
against the Etna company, but it was re-
velsed in the Supreme Court of Louisiana
Pending the appeal to the court, Joseph
Wimmen, aMinneso,a attorney, went to. Cali
fornia, and soon aflerward offered to pro-
duce Wackerle alive. A pension was APP
piled for, and it was granted to the man thus
produced Mrs. Wackerle denied that he
was her husband, and brought suit in the
circuli court TO recover on the Mutual life
policy. 1t is altogether a remarkable case