Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-31
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Cyclones and snow Storms in the West
The Dark Side of Life-Interesting
Notes From all Parts of the Globe
PithiIy Presented.

DR.. Sir William Gull, an eminent London
physician, is dead
Ex-senator Riddleberger died early Fri
day morning at Winchester, Va.
The New York Senate passed the worlds
fair bill by a vote of 2j to Wednesday.
Engands difficulty with Portugal is at
an end and the British ironclads will leave
the Tagus.
Unsuccessful attempts were made to
wreck two different trains near Avon,
Mass, Wednesday.
Guy Turner, city treasurer of Augusta,
Maine, shot himself Wednesday. Cause,
dependency.
Adam Forepaugh, the veteran circus
manager, died January % at his residence at
Philadelphia, of pneumonia, aged 6S.
The centennial of the organization of the
Supreme Court of the United States will
be held in New York city next week
Nellie BY arrived in Jersey City Satur-
day afternoon, having made the voyage
around the world in - days, hours and II
minutes.
1t is reported that the Chateaugay rail
road is to be extended next summer from
Saranac Lake to Lake Placid and the base
of Whiteface mountain.
Adelbert l.. Brown of Laporte. Ind, an
attorney, real estate and insurance agent.
has skipped for unknown parts, leaving
creditors to the amount of $50, 900.
The coroners jury in the Knilren murder
case Tuesday brought in the verdict that Mrs.
kniffen died from the effects OF chloroform
administered by persons as yet unknown.
contract for furnishing about q, 600, 900
sheets OF schedule paper for the census
enumerators has been awarded to the
Holyoke Printing company of Hoiyoke,
Mass.
Secretary Tracy has settled the contest
for the position of chief of the bureau of
ordnance in the navy department by select
ing commander W. NJ. Folger Tor that
duty.
The directors of the Connecticut River
railroad Tuesday reelected President ~ A.
Leonard and voted to consolidate with the
Ashulot road, running between South Yer
non and keene.
Secretary Window in letter TO Senator
Frye, chairman of the Senate committee ON
commerce, commends the present system of
leasing the Alaskan seal islands 10 tie high
est responsible bidder.
a family of eight persons named Har-
grave living several miles south of Point
Pleasant W. Va, have been poisoned by a
ported dead.
John Most, the anarchist has been grant
ed a stay OF proceedings pending an appeal
to the Court OF Appeals from the Judgment
of conviction and sentence to one years
Imprisonment.
George Lounsberry, who was ca sher of
the postoflce in New York, shot himself
dead at his home at Haclensack, n. j., Fri
day afternoon. His accounts were short
$40, 600. He was 30 years old and married
There is an unprecedented snow blockade
on the Central Pacific in the Sierra Nevada
mountains. In places the snow is from lJJ
to 2OO feet deep on the tops of the snow
sheds and %, 900 extra men are employed
shoveling.
NJ L. Hurd cashier of the Cunard Steam
er company of Boston has mysteriously dis
appeared. He left the Office last Friday to
go to lunch and has not been seen since.
Examintion of his books has fa led to reveal
any irregularities.
Ten sailors on the bark Jennie Hardness
from the Philippine Islands for Philadelphia
were imprisoned on their arrival for setting
fire to the vessel on the voyage. The flames
We're controlled and the 10 tars were bound
hand and foot and thrown into the hold
Johann Most, the anarchist, was sentenced
some time ago to a year, Imprisonment and
500 fine for fiery utteranCes i'll a speech.
He appealed the case and has been out on
bail, but Friday the New York Supreme
Court affirmed his sentence and he must 20
to prison.
Secretary Proctor, who has for some time
past been considering the advisability of
purchasing the sword of the late Gen.
Shields, has decided to pay so, 900 for it.
4,
consummated before the sword will be
turned over to the department.
An explosion of natural gas in a small
building in Columbus, o., Friday after
noon, resulted in a fire and tho death of
three men and a woman One woman vino
rushed from the burning building wrapped
in sheet OF flames, was put out by a stream
from one of the fire engines and her life was
thu saved.
While Prof, jess, at Lexington, Ill.,, was
conducting an experiment in chemistry
Monday, in which oxygen was being
generated in retort composed wholly or
IN part OF iron, with iron pipe connecting,
the retort suddenly flew TO pieces and near
u ~ persons were hurled in all directions
and ~ OF them more or less injured.
At Plattsburgh before sentence of death
was pronounced ON Joseph Chapleau for
the murder OF Irwin b. Tabor, the prisoners :
counsel, Mr.. Averill, made a motion for n
new trial, on the ground that the verdict
against the evidence and on exceptions
taken on the trial. particularly the excep
ton TO the admission of the testimony of
Coroner Gillland tnat the prisoner had ac
knowledged at the inquest that he struck
Tabor with a stake. The motion for a new
trial was denied by Justice Fish.
a number of ladies who believe in non
partisanship in national w. c. r. L. work
met at Cleveland last week and formed an or
ganization to be called the National Nom
partisan Womans Christian Temperance
Union. " There are to be five departments of
work, evangelical educational legislative,
literary and young womans. A consttu-
tion was adapted together with a pledge
similar in language to that of tho W. c. T.
L. Mrs. f. D. Phinney Of Cleveland was
elected president and Mrs T. B. Walker of
Minneapolis, yice-president.