Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-13
XIV BURLINGTON VT. FRIDAY,

meetings, reports and general dis
cussion occupied the forenoon ses-
sion while the afternoon was devoted to
addresses. There was large attendance.
The closing day at the academy at
West Point, N. ", was cool and cloud
ess Secretary Proctor spent few hours
there jim the morning. salute of II
guns was fired, but he declined the honor of
a review of the battalion because he did not
wish to interfere with the examinations.
Superintendent Wilson escorted him about
the grounds and buildings when he res umed
his journey to Vermont.
very serious railroad wreck occurred
at Warrenton, Mo, 81 miles west of st.
Louis on the Wabash road, early Mon
day morning. Two freight trains col
lided and both engines and 1S cars were
wrecked There were eight palace horse
cars attached to one of the trains laden
with race horses en-route to Kansas City,
two Of which were wrecked, and seven of
the men in charge of he horses are reported
killed and severely injured.
Senator Edmunds introduced a Ebll
at Washington Tuesday providing
all funds or other property lately belonging
to or in possession or claimed by the cor
poration of the Church of Jesus Christ of
there is no lawful private right shall be de
voted to the benefit of public common
schools in Utah. The Supreme Court of
| L tah is invested with authority to make all
necessary and proper orders and DEGREES for
this purpose,
a deputaton from Scotland visited
Mr. Chaplin, minister of agricul-
ture recently and asked him to modi-
fx-t tl,n ho M q
American cattle. The chief argument of
the deputaton in support of their request
was the scarcity of store cattle in Great
Britain and the absence of pleuro pneu-
monia in America. MIR Chaplin said the
| bulk of the farmers of Great Britain fav-
ored the restrictions. He was unable to
hold out the slightest hope of modification
of the present regulations governing the
| Importation of cattle.
At an early hour on the morning of the
| 9Th two women and a child were rescued
| from dangerous position in the sixth story
of the Leighton House, Pitts street, Boston
the upper part of which was on fire. The
| flre-escape, which ran up the centre OF the
building, could not be reached by the wo
| men. who were imprisoned in a corner
room. At the risk of their lives in flames
and sitting smoke, Firemen Adams, Stew
ems and McManus succeeded, after heroic
efforts, in swinging the women and child tc
the fire-escape and thence to the street
Della Meehan, one of the women, wa
taken to the hospital unconscious from in
haling smoke.
The anchor line steamer City of Rome
| which left New York May 81, arrived
at Queenstown at 10 O'Clock Sunday
morning. The vessel had a mar
row escape from destruction at Fastnet
She was gong slowly and was taken sound
ings when, notwithstanding the care exer
cised, she struck Fastnet rock, about three
miles seaward of Crook Haven. The bow
on her forefoot got on the rock, and but fo
the promptitude displayed in reversing thu
engines, a great fatality would have beer
recorded The steamer trembled all owe
when she struck and for time there wa
intense alarm on board. The pas
sengers were finally quieted by the as
surance of the commander and other officer
of the steamer that not the slightest DANCE
existed. The full extent of damage viii
not be ascertained till the vessel is docke
at Liverpool. Her stem is broken at III
peak and she shipped a large volume o
water forward.