Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-02

Maheloa, KING OF Sanoa, signed the treaty
for the settlement of the Samoan troubles in
presence of the various consuls at Apia aud
larger number of the Samoan people.
Tamasse and his party have signifled their
acceptance of the new regime.
Investigation proved that William Pull
man of Bristol, VT, took his own life
using razor. lie left a letter, which he
stuck on the barn door for his wife lie
had been in low spirits for some days, and
committed the act while in fit of despond
ency He was a man respected by all.
project is on foot among leading demo-
cratic politicians at Detroit to secure the
democratic national convention of 1892 for
Detroit. |. NJ. Weston of Grand Rapids,
chairman of the democratic state central
committee is chief mover in the matter, and
Don Dicknson's aid is alsobeing counted on.
The sensation OF the hour in Chicago
in political circles is the discovery by
the States attorney OF gigantic election
frauds in the 2Sth ward in the registry lists.
The States attorney discovered over 30
fctictious names. Five of the men who
voted under them illegally have been ar
rested. Warrants are out for 80 more.
Boating is lively on lake Champlan and
every available craft is being brought into
requisition, several large tows having passed
PlattSburgh within two days Ell route for
W hltehall. The largest load of lumber that
ever left Plattsburgh on a canal boat was
taken 10y the f. c. Baker which cleared for
New Nork Sunday afternoon. The load
contained 40, 600 feet of lumber
most remarkable hail storm swept over
Baltimore Nd. about O'Clock Sunday
afternoon. The local signal service observer
states that it surpassed in violence all rec
orded hail storms 1t is estimated that the
windows of at least 10000 houses were
smashed There are no reports Of loss of life
or serious Injury. The hail stone were as
large as man 5 fist
The New York state game and
fish protectors have captured and destroyed
at several points in the st. Lawrence river,
near the Thousand Islands, fifty-seven nets.
owned and set by those who were fishing
illegally in those waters The total value
of the nets burned was something over $500.
The work will be continued until every illegal
net i'll the river has been removed
special from Salt Lake City
saws the democrats have resolved to
act Independent of the liberal or anti
Mormon party in the future. BY this the
Mormons will capture both the county and
| territorial elect ons the coming summer.
The cause of the split is derelction on the
! part of liberal officials 10 encourage i'm
provements and more liberal license laws
The case of Madison q. Colby. indicted
| for the murder of Martha Fortla at Franz
lin on December : was called the 2i,h He
hanged his plea to guilty of murder in the
second degree and was sentenced to 80 years
i'll the State prison. The crime was commit
ted during one of the series of drunken de
bauches in which Colby periodically in
duiged.
/ Obadiah Collidgc a deck hand on the
! Cnateaugay, was drowned at Plattshurgh
about , o clock Friday evening. He was
unloading freight and the truck he wa, using
/ collided with another one. knocking Co!l.ds
! into tha lake He was taken out in about
/ three minutes but was lead. 1t is thought
/ he struck his head on the dock or against the
! boat. The coroner has taken care of the
body, ColIidge resided in Essex and was
about - years Old
The House committee on public lands
at Washington Monday directed a
favorable report on the Senate bill. with
amendments. to provide for the acquisition
of land for town sites and commercial pur-
poses in Alaska The bill as it come, from
the conmittee changes the capital Of the
Territory from Sitka to Juneau, and ex-
tends The operations of homestead laws
over the Territory and sets apart certain
lands for the use and occupation of Indian
tribes, The reason given in the report for
the change of the capital is that SItku has
but % Whites while juneau has upwards
of 1000 white inhabitants In addition,
it is the centre of operations, and ha, the
advantage of a natural location and a
splendid harbor.
The United States Supreme Court
at Washington through Chief Justice
Fuller, has rendered an opinion adverse
to the constitutIonaity of state laws
providing for the seizure of liquor brought
into the State in original packages. Such
laws, the court holds, are an interference
with interstate commerce, After the
liquor becomes the property of the importer
the state may, under its police powers. re-
| gulate or prohibit their sale bUt it has nc
power, in absence OF the express congres-
slonal authority, to prohibit the transporta-
tion Of the article from another state aud
its delivery to the importer. The case was
brought here on an appeal from the Su-
premc Court of Iowa, aud this court re-
verses the decision OF the State court
Justices Gray, Harlass and Brewer dis
sented. The case is one OF great import
ance to prohlbitionsts and liquor dealers