Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Mans Worst side Comes Prominently to
the Front During the Week-Inter-
esting Notes From all Parts of the
Globe Pithily Presented.

The European influenza has arrived in
New York.
Sullivan has agreed to fight Jackson in
May for purse of $4,000.
The Pan American congress at Washing
ton has adjourned until January2.
There are 5000 cases of influenza in Ham
burg, 5000 in Stockholm and 10, 600 in
Berlin.
Miss Alta Sickles the handsome daughter
of Gen. Daniel Sickos, has eloped with
bartender.
Frank H. Converse, the well-known writ
er of young people's stories, died in Maiden.
Mass, Friday.
Dom Pedro declines to accept any gratlt-
ity from Brazil beyond that authorized by
the laws of the country.
President Harrison has telegraphed to
Stanley his congratulations upon the success
of his tour through Africa.
The estimated damage by the recent
storms to property at San Diego, Califor
mia, is from 500, 900 to $500, 900
New York city was almost entirely in
darkness Saturday night in consequence of
the wholesale cutting of electric wires.
During an alteration in a Baltimore
saloon Monday night the proprietor sliced
of a mans nose with a razor and shot three
men.
A. E. Mack of Chicago, late secretary
of the Arcanum Homestead association, is
missing with $4,000 Of the associations
money.
At fire in the Jewish synagogue in New
York early Tuesday morning three men
We're badly burned, narrowly escaping with
their lives.
Robert Browning the poet, died on
Thursday of last week. During the day he
expressed himself as satisfied with the sue
cess of his volumes.
A letter written by Jefferson Davis un-
der date of August 22, 1852 is published, IN
which the writer said he had no sympathy
with the secession movement
5hohokio Jugilh, the Japanese, who kill
ed his fellow cOuntryman, was Monday in
New York sentenced to death by electricity
some time in February next.
The Third National bnnl, at Malone. y.
y, suspended Monday as the result OF re-
cent heavy losses and a run on the bank Us
the last straw.
a Brooklyn faith curist has been con
victed for violating the health law in not
allowing medicine to be given TO his sick
wife and child
! The work of cutting down the electric
! light wires is going on in New York city,
the Supreme Court having overrued the
injunction granted by Judge Andrews.
Julius Hopper of st. Joseph, Mo-. was
shot and killed Tuesday by Louisa +. Pep
person for his continual twitting about her
numerous admirers.
Five men entered the express office at
4
ing the cIerk INTO nseuslblity, went through
the safe and secured -, 900 and escaped.
The ship Reporter owned at Newbury-
port, Mass, has been lost in the China sea.
The captain aud crew were saved Til,
vessel is valued at 500 900 and was recently
insured.
\ successful surgical operation, consisting
of the removal of some 30 lymplatlc gland,
of the TIN oat was performed upon Law
renee Barrett, the actor, i'll Boston Mon
day.
aaMr Parnell addressed a large meeting il
London Tuesday afternoon, speaking on the
home rule movement and declaring that
Ireland manufactures must be developed
to take the strain OFT the land.
GIOVANNI Iellcente, a shoemaker, wa.
found guilty Tuesday of murder in the
peddler, December 10, lSsS. lie will be
sentenced TO life imprisonment.
About 1900 coal miners employed by tn,
Rochester and Pittsburg coal and iror
company at the Walstone and Adrian mines
Went OH strike Tuesday morning, They
demand increased pay.
Secretary Tracy appeared before the Sen
ate committee on naval affairs Monday
morning to approve Senator Hale's bill
providing for u great addition to tn,
strength of the navy.
While two men and Il woman We're drink
ing together in Il house on Watts street il
New York early Monday morning, one o
the men becoming jealous of the othe
stabbed him and threw him into the stree
TO die
At mass meeting of confederate veter
ans held i'll New Orleans resolutions wer
adopted mourning the death OF jefferson
DAVIS and pledgmg themselves TO provid
n fund for the family OF the deceased AN,
, to raise monument to his memory.
Franklin b. Gowen, the well-known rail
road officer and lawyer of Pennsylvania
shot himself Saturday evening in his room
at Wormley's Hotel in Washington an,
died almost instantly.
Differences between the factions in tn
First Baptist church (coloredl at kansa
!. City eliminated Monday night in a riot il
the church building, During "A shower o
, hymn books and flourish of razors two mel
We're dangerously and number seriousl,
hurt.
: Detectives John S. Tiff and w. j. Grow
and patrolmnn Redmond Mcdonald of Chi
/ cago who testified in favor of Daniel Cough
a lin in the recent Cronin trial have bee
dismissed, ''for conduct lmbecoming a
officer and for neglect of duty. This
only the beginning Of removals.
Ovor 400 business men OF New Englan,
attended the annual banquet of the Bostol
Merchants association at the Vendom
Thursday night of last week Speeche
were delivered by ex-President Cleveland
Henry w. Grady, Andrew Carnegie an
others.
An explosion of over 10 tons of nitro
glycerine at Clarendon, Pa, Saturda
:, morning damaged property to the extent {
. 800, 900, No one was injured. Nearl
every window-pane in the town was br oke
a The democratic members of the Montan