Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-17
Flora Adams Darling vco- president gener
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caused the death of Annie Goodwin, the
Harlem cigarette girl, by criminal NAL
practice, was sentenced to If years in
Sing Sing prison.
The tuberculosis excitement in Man
chester, N. IL, and vicinity seems to
have degenerated into first-class scare.
| The post mortem of the cattle killed
| Saturday afternoon does not back up
the diagnosis. Three cows we're slaughter
ed under the supervision Of Expert Smith Of
Rochester. In the first one killed the doc
tor claimed he found small tuberculos in the
! lungs, but that disease was only beg inning
| to be developed.
| In the Superior Court ut Lawrence,
Mass, Monday morning William Nc
kenna OF Lawrence and Hayerhill, known
| as the king Of horse thieves sentenced
| by Judge Sherman under the habitual Grim
inal law to % years in the State prison. He
! has served three tems in The Massachusetts,
| State prison Of three years each and one
| term in New Hampshire The officers in
the latter State have number of cases
against him now
Advices from SAN Salvador are to the
effect that the reports of fighting
on the frontier are entirely false,
/ There is no motive whatever, says
| President Ezeta, for .reopening hostiIi-
ties. Prisoners on BOTH sides have all re-
turned to their home and peace reigns
throughout the whole country. All the
| colleges and public schools have opened and
trade industries are active. The official re
latons between Guatemala and Salvador
are pleasant,
The postal authorities on Thursday
seized the weekly edition OF the Atlanta,
/ Constitution which contained priz.
/ distribution TO ito subscribers to be
settled by Il Christmas drawing. About
| 100, 600 papers got out before the seizure
was made and the northern edition OF H.,
600 is detained The paper offered to give
bonds for any amount to cover the verdict
J which might be rendered, hut the postal
authorities We're obdurate and refused to let
the papers go through the mails.
The 2l Cinnamon recently captured at
! Port Townsend and who We're taken
/ to Victoria Friday by order Of the
/ Cnitcd States District Court, We're re
/ fused permission to land al that port
by the Canadian authorities, except
ing two VINO had papers. The Others did
not have the repaired certificates. Taey
were rearrested for Illegal entry into the
United States aud taken to the United
State, pcntontiary at McNsl's island,
toms at Port Townsend.
Cen W W. Belkuap, secretary of war
during President Grants first term. was
found dead in bed at Washington Mon
day morning \ physician was summoned
and after a bTief examination expressed the
. opinion that death resulted from a stroke
o. appO.e&y. Gen. Bei!yuap had uceu IN
poor health for some time past As soon
as the death OF the general was known at
the war department., Acting Secretary
Grant ordered the ilug on the building to
be pat at half mast IN honor OF the eX-sec-
retary, and gave directions that the build
ing be draped IN black for the customary
period. The autopsy on the body of eX-
Secretary Bekuap disclosed tine fact that
the Immediate cause of death was intl1m-
nation of the inner lining Of the heart
Clayton Lloyd, farmer, living a Ozark
Ala - years of age. Saturday poisoned
his wife anG children with rat poison. The
poison va, placed in meal, and when dinner
( wHo cooked the little children partooi OF Il,
,hrec of them falling dead at the table
Mrs. Lloyd was taken doathly Sic,. and in Il
few hour, died The baby breathed its last
yesterday morning. Lloyd bears very
uusavory reputation and has bern in Jail
several timc, lie wished to we'd young
some time. and to accomplished this end he
secretly came back. ended the lives OF his
wife and children and then took a train.
lie was cauturcd at Donaldsvills, ia, and
is now in jail here
Dr. Walter NJ Fleming one Of the
most fGmons experts on insanity, was ar
rested New York Monday on two in
dctments charging him with larceny and
eXtortion. His arrest is the sequel to the
apprehension of General Milton $. Little
fold in Boston, on Thursday last
Both are charged with being in col
| lusion for the purpose OF cNtortins
money from Mrs. Joseph Stephan, a
wealthy CUban widow whose sou is await
iug trial for the murder of exJudTe Clint on
e.. Reynolds some months ago. I.ittletield
secured $1,000 from Mrs Slrphani on the
prctext that he could get her son released
on a plea of insanity. Or. Fleming was
appointed on the commission to inquire into
ehe mental condition of young Stephan
Before the murderer was declared insane, it
is charged he received money from the
widow. The checks are all in tho possession
of the district attorney.
Detectives of the Baltimore aud Ohio rail
road assisted by the chief of police and a
squad of policemen from Ellicott City,
| uIfcatct u btu6 "a Spul4b lN4ANad iOb
bers near EIlicott City Monday aud
they were brought to Baltimore. The
youngest is about 10 years OF age and the
oldest not over 20 Their names ara vii
liam Southcomb. alias Chapman, Lee
Mullen Rube Richardson, Harry Stucter
and Frank Mooney. They are the gang
that held up and robbed George w.
Williams OF Harpsr's Ferry. One man
is now lying dangerously i'll at the
Maryland University hospital as a result of
Il meeting with these young desperadoes or
others D: similar type He was stabbed
under foot hit in the head with 'billies,
robbed and then thrown from the train
while it was going 20 miles an hour. An
other man was assaulted and thrown from
a moving train and Charles r. Smith and
James Schrer were made to take oil every
stitch of clothing by the gang. Each were
given An old coat to wear sud started for
the woods. Smith and Schrer nearly died
from exposure In every instance the rob
bers have compelled submission from their
victim at the point of revolvers. Several
others are TO be arrested
Vermont Postmasters
WAsHINGrON, Oct 10. Fourth class