Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-07-18
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Many Fires do n Great Deal of Damago-
Tho Dark Side of Lfc-Intoresting
Notes from all Parts of the Globe
Pithily Presented.

lhdnCusI6f, y. Il, MOnuaY.
Tho strikes in the Cleveland rolling mills
and in the lumber yards in Indianapolis
have been amicably settled
Mount Bazostof one of the Aleutian islands
of Alaska, which has been inactive since
1876, is now in violent eruption.
Congressman David b. Henderson was re-
nominated by the republicans of the third
Iowa district at Des Moines the 9th.
The strike at the shoe factory OF J. II.
Wipchel q Co. at Haverhill, Mass, has
been settled by mutual compromise
At fire at Ithaca Friday morning 20
buildings with their contents We're consum-
cd. Loss $2S, 500. Insurance $4,000.
John Both of Gaena MS, who had just
passed his Goth day of total obstiuence
from food and nourishment, died Monday
William Ninel Burt of Boston, son of ox-
Postmaster Burt, has been found guilty of
forging his mother's name to notes amount
ing to Nl3, 900.
sunday afternoon a cyclone visited the
vicinity Of St. Paul Mimi, and nearly 30
persons We're killed and a large amount of
property destroyed.
Advises from Honolulu speak of whole
sale dossrtons from the United States ship
Charleston, owing, therecaptured ones say,
to too severe discipline.
At Baldwin, Il miles from Saa Francis
co, Cal, wagon load of ID people was
struck by train and six of the occupants
were instantly killed.
Tho Tennessee democratic State conven-
ton at Nashville was called to order at -
O'Clock Tuesday by the chairman of the
state executive committee.
Fred ". Baker of bingham, Mass, ia
tally shot himself at Nashua, y. H.. sun
day evening. Temporary insanity, the re-
suit OF Ia grippe, is the supposed cause
Miss Hattie Smith of Fitchburg, Mass,
was so badly burned by a lighted match
thrown by Walter hunt of New Bedford,
that her recovery IS thought Improbable.
en- Friday the rioga one of the largest
freiL hit steamers on the arest lakes was com
p.ete Y wrecked by the explosion of her
boiler at Chicago and nearly dozen people
were illed.
There was a bloody faction fight at
Yslcta. Texas. last week between tUo par
ties each OF whom claimed control OF the
local government. in winch SIX people were
killed.
The marriage of the African explorer
Henry NJ Stanley and Miss Dorothy Ten
nant occurred in Westminster Abbey on
Saturday, Gud was witnessed by a large
a-selublage.
The executive committee of the National
q. i. r.. orcamument voted chat the secre-
tary of the navy he requested to order a
naval squadron TO Boston durIug encamp-
ment week.
The MAGNIFICENT wall paper l1apusactorv
of Cnry Bros. a. philajeluLia win. u larg4
amount of adjoining property wa destroy
eli by fire sunday. causing a loss of nearly
lG,O COO
1T Dartmouth. y. S., ou Friday night a
crowded ferr, landing collapsed and a large
number of paop!e were preclpitatel into tue
water At least four wero drowned and
several injured
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