Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-09-26
BURLINGTON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER

r. l., and John Purcell of Florence, Mass,
contested for n purse of 500 and the cham
pionship of the United States. The former
threw the % pound hammer 50 feet, Purcell
throw the u pound hammer l2l feet three
inches and Cattanach threw the lG pound
hammer, which weighed II pounds and two
ounces, 1913 feet eight and onehnlf inches.
Fred Il. Gehem, a Louisville, Ky, baker,
shot and killed his wife Tuesday night, and
suicided by drowning
A house in the northern part OF Augusta,
Ne, was burned Wednesday, and Mrs
Mahala Brown, an aged lady, was burned
in the flames
The Pennsylvania prohibition State COM
| mittee met at Harrisburg Wednesday af-
ternoon and nominated John d. Gill OF
West Moreland to take the pacs of Charles
| Miller of Venango who declined.
| The freshman class which entered Talo
is the largest that ever entered. The
academic freshman class will have 21O
members, and the scientific freshman class
will number 100, making total of 400
| freshmen
Nelson, astalicn owned by c. II. Nelson
of Watorville, Me, trottcd Il mile over
| the Kanltal,eeul track Wednesday morning
in 2;12, equallng Axtell's record The
|
| against q heavy wind.
In the House on Wednesday, it was voted
to oxpunge from the record, the obnoxious
speech of Mr. Kennedy. The Senate bill
granting pension of $4,000 to Jessie Rem
! ton Fremont a similar bill with similar
amount to Mrs. Gen. Crook was passed, as
was the bill granting a pension Of 500 a
| month o the widow of Gen Jones;
Three-fourths of Colon, Panama, have
been destroyed. The fire broke out at
midnight and was not under control
until Z a. III. 1t is feared that 80 car loads
of freight in transit have been consumed.
The wharves and shipping are safe. Owing
to the riotous behavior of a mob Of looters
the military opened fire with ball car
tridges, killing and wounding several per
sons Ronforcements Of police have been
despatched from here. supply of food
has also been sent. Everything is reported
quiet now The total loss is estimated at
about ST. 800, 600.
Mr. John Dillon. NJ. T.. and William
| o Brien were arrested at Dublin the 18th
for their utterances in Ireland. The
former was taken to Tipperary. O'Brien
was taken to Cork. Warrants OF arrest
for Patricl, O Brien, Commoners Thomas J.
Codon and David Sheehy and Rev. David
Humphreys OF 'Gipperary have been issuod.
hlr, Dillon in an interview after his ar
rest said the object of the government in
taking such a step was mystery to him
unless it was tine intention to pre- eyent thc
mission of himself and associates to Amer
lea. in his opinion the arrest would dc
more harm than public meetings.
Two thousand people saw the double team
! trotting record for mile OF 2:3I3, mad'
by Maxy Cobb aud Meta Medium IN 1854
beaten al the Philadelphia Driving Pa:l
Friday. The team that broke the recor,
was C. j. Hamlins Belle Hamln and jus
tina. They We're driven by Mir. Hanilii
himself and made the mile in 2:lj. on th'
second trial This mile equals that Iuad
by Maud $. and Aldine at New YORK il
1888 when they were driven 10y William II
Vanderbilt a mile in q top wagon in 2:i5 =
> The record is disputed by a number Of turf
men who We're present and timed tn
horses and they claim that the mile was only
trotted in 2:l6-
Gustaye G.. Koch, 2G crayoa artist
:, born in Vienna. and Emilio Rossi, aged 10
l IN actress, born IA Berlin coumitta,
in New Tork on the morning of the lSth
{ Koch came to the house Of the youn
- woman, and seeing her at the window said
n ''N-es. have come Emile: are you ready -
e | The next moment at the signal ready,
70 he shot himself filling dead under th
window and the woman com:uitted In
same act in her room. Emile left a lotto
+ addressed 10 her aunt with whom she hoard
o cd in which she spoke about Koch, quar-
rel with her mother and the determinatio
of Koch and herself 10 commit suicide. an
c asking that her body be crenated.