Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-27
THE WORLD IN BRIEF,
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Christmas Week Teens with Crimes o.
Every Sort-Interesting Notes From
All Parts of the Globe PithHy
Presented.

NINE business houses III IeeSDuTB, luu',
were burned Monday.
A general strike of golfers has been inau-
gurated throughout Belgium.
Sixteen miners were entombed by cave
in in a California mine Saturday.
Ex-Pensiun Commissioner Corporal Tan
ner has opened law Office in Washington.
Some successful observations of the total
eclipse of the sun were made in Africa Sun
day.
Emperor William of Germany has entire
" recovered from his illness and has resumed
his receptions.
Two Italians in Boston quarreled over
game of cards Monday afternoon and one
was stabbed
The fight between Jem Smith of London
and Frank Slavin the Australian champion,
resulted in draw.
Vicksburgh Miss, suffered a loss of $780,
600 by fire Tuesday night caused by
careless use of fireworks.
Christmas day was warm ali over the
country and summer sports were the order
of the day in many places.
The Senate committee ou military affairs
has reported favorably the bill providing
for an assistant secretary Of war.
A baker In New York fatally stabbed his
wife Sunday afternoon, through jeaously,
and then gave himself up to the police.
William Sloan of Lynn, Mass, while
drunk, Tuesday, tried to shoot his wife and,
failing, attempted to end his own life.
Dispatches from Zanzibar state that
though Emn Pasha is recovering it will
not be safe to remove him for three weeks.
Arthur Whitney, third baseman Of last
seasons New York league club, has signed
for next seasons New York players club.
The City of Kingston which left New
York three weeks ago for Puget Sound via
Cape Horn, has been lost with her crew of
AZ men.
Italian anarchists have posted placards in
Lugano, calling upon Italians to follow the
example of Brazil and overthrow the mon
archy.
The Senate adi diourned for the holidays
without taking action on large number of
important nominations made by President
Harrison.
Saturday morning the gasometer of the
Ashville, n. c., gas works exploded by the
gas igniting from lantern and two men
were killed
The Chandler Scientific school at Han
over, n. H., a three story brick building,
narrowly escaped destruction by fire Mon
day afternoon.
Harvard has withdrawn from the inter
collegiate football league claiming that
professionals are engaged to play with the
Princeton team.
a call for the twenty second annual con-
vention of the Woman Suffrage association,
to be held in Washington February IS to u,
has been issued.
The town of Pineville Ky, was struck
by a cyclone Monday morning. Two men
were seriously injured and $50, 900 damage
done to property,
\ New York city hospital burned Thurs
evening and the last one of so patients was
carried out just before the walls fell, injur-
ing four firemen.
Burglars at Bridgeport, Conn, dragged
a safe mile froma store through the streets
and had time to get to sleep before they
were tracked and arrested.
A report has reached San Francisco that
four of the crew of a trading schooner We're
lured to shore and roasted and eaten by the
cannibals of the Solomon Islands.
The grand jury is engaged in investi-
eating the recent numerous deaths by cleo
tricity in New York city, with view to as
certaining who is responsible for them.
The decree relating to Dom Pedro besids
suppressing his allowances, orders the con-
fscation of lis property and forbds the re-
turn of the imperial family to Brazil for two
years.
NJ. Tirard, the French prime minister, De
Freycinct, minister of war; NJ Spuler, min
lister of foreign affairs and NJ. Faye, minis
ter Of agriculture are reported taken down
with influenza.
Secretary Tracy has decided to name the
new coast defence vessel now building in
San Francisco the Monterey, in commem-
Grafton of the great victory of the Amer
icon forces in Mexico.
The executive committee of the National
Civil Service reform league has held meet
ing and agreed to advocate congressional
action and to learn the causes of appoint
ments and removals.
The total liabilities of the Saugerties,
n. y, paper firms that have just
failed, including the Chicago branch,
known as the Wabash Manufacturing com
eany, are estimated at 81 900 000
Secretary of the Treasury Window has
invited bids for the exclusive right TO take
seals on the Alaskan seal islands during the
next 20 years, The contract is now held
by the Alaska Commercial company.
The defalcation of the suicide Schatton
berg, late secretary of the Milwaukee school
board, is growing at rapid rate. The
amount has now reached $40 900, and there
is strong probability Of its going higher
Samuel V. Marks of Lynchburgh. Va.
hard character with quarrelsome dis
position. shot and fatally wounded his son
Willis Thursday and then blew out his owr
brains.
William Salley was Friday in New Yorl
sentenced to imprisonment for life for th,
murder of Benjamin Hatton last June. Sal
ley throw Hatton into the East river from
an excursion barge and Hatton drowned.
Charles Schellenberg, 81 years old, a
German cabinet maker hanged himself il
his lodging room New York Tuesday be
cause he could not buy a Christmas presen
for young woman to whom he was engag
ell to be married,
Prof. Brooks director of Smith Observa
tory at Geneva. n. y, discovered a new
comet Wednesday evening, Its position is a
follows: Ascension Is hours, 23 minutes
and declination north "a degrees 10 min
utes, with a slow westerly motion. The