Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Many Fires do Great Deal of Damage
The Dark Side of Life-Interesting
Notes from all Parts of the Globe
Pithily Presented.


Ness City, Kan, sugar mill. The loss is
| SljO, 600 only partly insured.
Mary J. Carroll, a tervant, was fatally
burned at Laconla, y. H., Wednesday morn
ing in attempting to extinguish blazing
oil stove. The firewas caused by her try
ing to refill the stove while it was lighted
Representative Watson Of Pennsylvania
died in Washington Of heart disease. This
is the third death that has occurred in the
Pennsylvania congressional delegation dur
ing this session.
The Senate committee on postal affairs
Monday decided to make the bill to extend
the free delivery system to apply to cities
of 1000 inhabitants or TO cities where the
| postal receipts amount to 5000.
A loaded passenger coach ran down the
| Pennsylvania Gravity railroad near Read
Ing Friday, and at the foot OF the descent
rolled down a jO.foot embankment Four
people were killed and number seriously
injured.
The will of John Boyle o'Renlv,
executed in 1876, gives all his prop
| erty, real md personal, to his wife,
| Mary \. O'Reilly and her heirs and APP
points her eXecutriv of the will with fun
power and without bonds or suretes
| y despatch from jay. n Y. says: COW
ing to the strike Of their employees. the J. &
j. Rogers Iron company has decided to shut
down its works indefinitely at this place.
! It they resume work at all, 1t is sad, it
will only he to work up the stock Of coal
and iron on hand. -
Charles SpauIdng, acting agent Of
! the American Express at Weirs, y. H..
was caught 10y an iron mail hook
on the afternoon mail train sat
urday. He was badly mangled, and prob
ably fatally njured He is % years old
and his home is at Bridgewater, VI.
Commodore Thomas Chubb, harbor master
at Galveston, Tex, died suddenly this morn
ing of heart disease at his summer residence
| in Post Mills, Vt. He was - wears old
and widely known in naval circles \
! widow and three sons survive him. Ono
of tho latter is Hon. Thos. H. ChuJb of
Post Mills, VI.
Capt. Perry Of the steamer Richmond
! Hill arrived New York Sunday morn
inG from London with several Of the
cattlepen locked up between the decks a,
prisoners. they having stolen portion of
the vessel cargo during the voyage 20 this
rort, Ou Capt Perry arrival at 3uaran-
! the he telesraphed to police headquarters
TO send their tug boat alongside to take of
the cattlemen.
McNickers theater on Madison street.
! Chicago, was burned about $3.50 Tues
| day morning. \ number Of frcmen ,yero
! buried by the falling of the rear wall. oll
more or less injured Fireman Duffy fatally.
, Seven other men were in the auditorium
! when the ROOF fell IN, but all escaped injury
he damage 10 the theater and Offices there
IN Is over Nloo,ooo. Horace Mc\ lcEor
| proprietor says his own loss Is over NlDO-
OOV
A disastrous accident occurred on the Of
tcrnoon OF the l9th at o o'clock on the
| Delaware and Eudsoa road at a point
| about three miles south OF Port Henry
! in which Engineer Carrier Of Schenec-
tady and Brakeman Fred Terry Of White.
hall were instantly killed, and Fireman
Parks OF Sandy Hill was so rightly scalded
that portions Of his flesh dropped from his
body. lie died at his home during the fol
loving nIEht. Tho wreck was bad one
ana the road was blocked the remainder OF
the DAY.
The Chicago Stock Yards Switching
| association, whose schmcn nre out on
a strike. Tuesday morning decided to
dissolve tine association and allow each road
to do its own switching Tho striking
switohmcn were told that their services
usro no longer required and new men were
procured 10 do the switching The strikers
have given mp the fight and have sent a
committee to the railroad officials asking 70
be taken back at tho old rate OF wages
There are seven engines from five different
roads at work.
The PlattsburSh Telegram saws that as
George Connell. Ed. Nymctte and another
miner were starting to drill a hole in slopa
No. 8 at LYON Mountain. y. y. on the 2Otb
they drilled into missed hole and an
| explosion occurred. throwing them several
feet. Wymette was found dead. with his
neck broken. and skull fractured and
otherwise badly bruised. Couueu only re
ceived slight iniurie, about the chest aud
hip. where chunks of ore hit him His
escape was quite remorl,oble ms Wymotta
| other man rareiyp1 a small scnlp Nyoupl