Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-09
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Many Fires do n Great Deal of Damage
The Dark ide of Lifc-Interesting
Notes from all Parts of the Globe
Pithily Presented.

conllnlUtee mas been postponed tlll may l%
The authorities of Edinburgh have resolved
to confer the freedom of the city upon Mr.
Henry NJ. Stanley.
The Senate in secret session has confirmed
the nominations of Rev. D. Il. Lowell Of
Vermont as post chaplain.
The president has approved the act pro-
vidiug for the establishment of a temporary
government in the Territory Of Oklahoma.
George w. Nesmth ex-judge of tho
Supreme Court, died at his home in Frank
lin Fall, n. H., Friday morning, He was
80 years old.
Willie Leaphart, the colored boy under
sentence of death, was shot and killed in
Leyton jail at Columbia, S. c., by a mob
Monday night.
At Freeport, Neb., Tuesday, a young
man named Clark, on being rejected by his
weetheart, shot her fatally, and then blew
out his brains.
Rev. William Barnes, who preached the
funeral sermon of Daniel Webster, died in
jacksonville H., on the morning of the
1st inst, aged "A.
The big warehouse of the Mattoon Furni-
ture company at the corner of Union and
Erie streets Chicago, was burned Saturday
night. Loss, So 900.
A destructive cyclone visited Salt Creek,
IN the eastern portion OF Hood county,
Texas, after O'Clock Sunday evening and
about 20 persons were killed.
The Massachusetts Senate Friday enacted
a bill authorizing the New London and
Northern to lease its railroad to the Con-
sohdated railroad Of Vermont.
Representative Stewart of Vermont Mon
day introduced bill III the House for the
erection of a public building AT Rutland,
VT, at a cost not exceeding so, 900.
Charles Gibson was arrested Saturday
night at Hopkinton, Mass, on the charge of
drunkenness and found dead in the lookup
Monday morning by Jantor Phelan.
The entire republican ticket was elected
at West Wusted, Conn, town meeting Mon
day, by majorities ranging from 100 to l15.
Last years officers were solidly democratic.
The torpedo boat Gushing made the run
from Newport to New York Friday in 6
hours and ) minutes. beating therecord by
seven minutes in ii nigh sea and against a
high wind.
dispatches from points in Illinois, Iowa
and Missouri show that the heavy trosts
were quite general Tuesday aid the night
before. Fruit and vegetables We're seriously
damaged
Tho removal of the constitutional restric-
tions as TO the re election of the president of
the republic of Mexico is assured, President
Diaz will undoubtedly accept the office for
another term.
Mary Brigham of Marlboro, Mass, re-
ported missing, was found on the afternoon
of May l wandering in the woods near
touthboro by Chief of Police kean, and re
turned to her home
DR.. Joseph A. Cummings, president of
the Northwestern University al Granston.
died suddenly Tuesday morning at Grams
ION, III. Fatty degeneration of the heart
is assigned a. the cause.
The Graf brewery OF Toluca Mexico. has
been purchased by trust with capital of
So, gU0 900, This is the first trust incorpor-
ated in the republic 1t is composed of pro
miaent Germans of the city.
ExPresident Grover Cleveland has been
admitted to practice in the United States
Supreme Court on the motion of ex-Attor.
ney General Garland. Mr.. Cleveland is of
counsel in what arc known as the drainage
cases from New Orleans.
A despatch from United States Consul
Malley at st, Johns, n. f.. states that the
captain and crew of the schooner Howard
the New Foundland bait act. The vessel
and cargo were ordered confscated
1t is quite definitely settled that there will
be a union between the Knights of Labor
and Farmers alliance all over the country,
for the purpose of making an aggressive
political campaign next fall. Steps in this
direction have already been taken.
The case OF William H. Noyes, of Lebanon.
IA oh No
portation Company, in a suit to recover $40,
600 damages for injuries received while tray
elling on one of their steamers, has been
withdrawn by defendant paying plaintiff
several thousand dollars Friday.
A serious fire is raging in No. II colliery
of the Pennsylvania Coal company at Port
Blanchard. The after damp resulting from
the burniug'gas and inflammable material
makes the exploring of the mine dangerous
and slow The loss will be heavy. Four
hundred hands are out of employment
Senator Edmunds OF Vermont, is confined
to his bed by severe attack of the rheuma-
tism, following a heavy cold which he con
tracted last Sunday. His condition it is
thought is not serious but he has been in
poor health for several months it will be
some days before he can return TO the
Senate.
The body of DR.. Patrick Henry Cronin
OF Chicago, who, a year ago Saturday
night, was lured to the Carlson cottnge and
murdered, was buried Sunday afternoon in
Calvary cemetery. Over a thousand men
add women who had known him in life
braved the bleak wind and pelting rain to
witness the final obsequies
Milo Miller has purchased steamer,
which he will operate during the season on
Lower Saranac lake. Mr.. Miller and other
gentlemen propose to build look connect
ing the lower and upper lakes, so that the
steamboat route may extend through both
This will be the first steamer to ply the
waters of the Lower sjaranac lake.
Mayor jackson of Fall River, Mass, has
sent notice to Marshal Hilliard that he
hould expect rigid enforcement Of the
lSOdibition laws, and that the officers would
he held responsible for the condition Of
their beats, Some saloons have closed.
Others are dispasing of their goods in
various ways, and many keepers will branch
out into the restaurant business.
Early Tuesday morning the New Jersey