Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-21
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
MANY Fires do a Great Deal of Damage
The Dark Side OF Life-Interesting
Notes from all Parts of the Globe
Pithily Presented.

Prince Bismarck resigned the chancellor
ship of the German empire on tuesday.
The wheat crop is almost totally detroyed
in Illinois by the recent hard frosts
There is large miners strike in pro-
gress in Great Britain and there are fears
of coal famine.
In the Rhode Island republican State
convention March 13 Gov. Herbert W. Ladd
of Providence was renominated.
George 2. Witherbee of Port Henry, is
said to be a promising candidate for the
freshman crew at Cornell University.
The weather in some parts of Florida on
Sunday night was the coolest in years.
Fruit and vegetables were damaged by the
frost.
General Won Caprivi, commander of the
tenth army corps, has been appointed chan
cellor of the empire to succeed Prince Bis
marck.
Finanoier Henry s. Ives of New York
was released on $2J, 900 bail from the
criminal charges against him at the Cen
eral Sessions Court Tuesday afternoon.
The International labor conference which
meets at the invitation of Emperor William,
formally opened Saturday in the large hall
of Prince Bismarck's palace in Berlin.
Frank b. Madden, son of DR.. Madden of
Plattsburgh has been dominated for ap-
pointment as a naval cadet and has gone to
Annapolis, to attend preparatory school.
A landslide occurred Saturday morning
at Mount Ida Troy, y. y, demolishing
several buildings on Adams street. -Four
persons were killed and several injured
Ten firemen were killed in fire in India
napolis on Monday night,-Ihcy were on
the roof of the building when the structure
collapsed and they were burned in the
debris.
From an authentic source it is stated that
Thomas w. Palmer, United States minister
to Spain will leave Madrid in May and
will not return. He lntends to run 1or gov
ernor of Michigan.
One hundred thousand English miners are
out on strike and many owners are con-
ceding terms by which the men receive an
advance of ) per cent i'll wages now and a
similar advance in July next.
The railroad committee of the Massachu-
setts State Legislature March IL reported
a new bill! for the consolidation of the Bos-
ton aud Maine and Eastern, and to allow
the Maine to issue So. 0G0, 900 in new stock.
At the regular weekly meeting of the pas
senger commission of the trunk lines at
New York Tuesday it was decided to
issue excursion tickets to the Grand Army
OF the Republic in Boston next July on a
basis of single fare.
The prohibitory law was enforced at
Woodsville. y. H., Saturday. the raiders
being under command of d. c. Rcmck Of
Littleton They closed all the bars and
/ E.,. tal
to upward of $500.
The House committee on military affairs
has reported favorabiy by unanimous con-
sent Congressman Mottitts bill appropria-
! ting 500, 1000 for enargng the United
| States military post at Plattsburgh, max
/ ing it into arst class post.
Harry ". King, project of the Pennsyl-
vannia institution for the instruction of the
blind was arrested at Philadelphia Satur-
day. charged with ms-appropriation of the
funds, cruel treatment of the inmates and
SURVIVING them with insufficient and poor
food.
w. johnson Brown of Brimfeld Mich
while at work in Sasher's steam saw mill,
three miles from Warren Monday after
noon, accidentally fell across a circular saw
as was instantly cut in two. He was 81
wears old and leaves awidow and five chill
dren.
The price of coal is advancing
rapidly in England in consequence of the
miners strike. 1t isthe general opinion that
the strike will not be of long duration but
| if it lasts week it will cause the stoppage
Of scores of factories and throw thousands
of hands out of employment.
Mrs. S. NJ Worthley of Manchester,
n. H., early Friday morning tried
10 commit suicide by taking aeon
ite and belanonna and jumping % feet
from the back piazza. She WAS insane
from recent attack of la grippe, There
are slight hopes of her recovery.
In the Sawtelle murder hearing al
Rochester, n. H., Friday the counsc
for Isaac Sawtee complained of unfair
treatment by the court and refused to put
in any more testimony there, prelerring tC
go to a higher court for his rights. Saw
telle vas then committed to await the ac
tion of the grand jury.
Dirty Foot, Sioux buck, while drunl
picked up an axe and strucl, souaw on th'
forehead cracking her skull. A crowd soon
gathered and Dirty Foot was seized anc
thrown into the fire in the centre of thu
tepee and as he tried to escape was thrown
back again and again, until burned 10 {
crisp.
j. NJ Seymour, a member of the New
York exchange, and representing a number
of well-known capitalists, appeared befor'
the House committee on postoliices and pos
roads Friday and said they We're prepared t.
establish postal telegraph at the term
and rates proposed in the bill and prepared
by the postmaster general on a uniform rat,
OF 20 cents per message.
The dry goods trade was startled Wed
nesday at New York by the announce
ment that the well-known house of John f
Plummer e. Co. had made an assignment t.
jeremiah p Murphy, the cashier and book
keeper, giving a preference Of $4,000 t.
Evarts Choate & Beaman. The liabiitie
are said to he 81 900, 600.
The New England investors and manufac
turers excursion to Tallapossa, Ga, reache
there Wednesday morning. The delegatio
from Vermont waited on exGov. Stewart
while the New Hampshire men called o
= Senator chandler. The special limited trai
of vestibuled Pullmans, under charge Of +
: Z. Carpenter, will leave Wednesday nigh
/ for the South.