Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Interesting Notes From all Parts of tho
Globe PIthilv Presented-Many Dark
Deeds Give no Indication of the Mil
lennium.

Six men were fatally won nded at a Ken
lucky ball, woman and whiskey being the
cause of the fight.
Lyman 3. GoT has declined the republican |
nomination for the lieutenant .governership |
of Rhode Island.
The collector of the port of San Francisco
states that 10000 pounds Of opium were
! legally imported into that city the past
year.
Six inmates of an insane asylum near
Nashville, Tom, were burned to death dur
ing the destruction of the building by fire
Sunday morning.
Henry A. Stearns of Lincoln has been
nominated for lieutenant governor by the
Rhode Island republicans in place of Iapan
b. Gof, declined.
Representative Spinola is lying seriously
! i'll at Washington of nervous prostrntion Mt
the Arlington Hotel, and his friends are
alarmed at his condition.
The president and party returned to
| Washington Friday afternoon at 3lJ
| o'clock The president said he had enjoyed
his visit to Bengies very much.
At Jeaunette Pa, at 1880 O'Clock Fri
| day morning the wind storm blew down
the east wall at the Fort Fit glass works
eud many persons were uiured by falling
tmbers and bricks.
tSrhe body Of Fred Evans of England "
the mysterious Astor House suicide has been
finally and fully identified as Wright the
supposed murderer of Ruttiger, whose body
was found Off Staten Island.
John Cronin, a river driver, 63 years old
died at Augusta, Me-, Sunday night Of a hem
orrhage in the brain, caused by blows re-
ceived in a saloon row Saturday evening.
No arrests have as yet been made.
New York with $50 souls on hoard, mostly
immigrants, collded with an ironclad IN
Gibraltar bay Tuesday, and $50 o. the pas
sengers and crew are either drowned or
mi sing.
The interment Of the remains of DR.. Lud-
wig " md horst, the late leader of the Cath
Ollie party in Germany, took place at Han
over " ednc siay. a large number of the MEM
bers OF the Reichstag were present at the
ceremonies.
Rhode Island democrats have nominated
j. W Davis for governor W. I. c. Ward
we'll for lieutenant governor, Z. y. Nc
Guinness for secret AIRY of state j. G.. Perry
for treasurer ana Il. O. Slocum for attor-
ney genera.
E,ebt hundred weavers employed in the
Atlantic mill at Prov dence, r. l., are out
ON a strike, on account of the alleged eXces-
sive fines imposed for alleged imperfectons
i'll the cloth. They also complain of tre-
quency of fines.
1t is said at the navy department that the
official report of the tral board on the gun
boat bennington, not vet submitted, will
show that the vessel failed to develop the
horse power required by contract by nearly
500 horse power.
The Spanish minister at Washington
a,,plottsnIIV hut l..
any foundation for the rumors of u revo-
lutionary outbreak in Cuba or Of dissattec-
tion Of any kind whatever existing that
| might lead to a revolt
/ james S.well, president of the Arkansas
/ Valley bank Of Ozark, Ark. was robbed Of
{ :lO42 at Longview Texas, Thursday by
two men who crowded against him in II
. passenger car lie was on his way to south
8 ern Texas for HI, health.
Two young sons of Charles ii. Knox of
4 Saco, Me, were playing with matches dur
n ing their mothers absence Friday, and
s the clothing OF the younger boy, Charlie, aged
3, caught fire The child was so badly
9 burned that he died that evening.
= The California Assembly last week passed
t the anti-Cninese bill 10y vote of 80 to five.
e 1t provides for the issuance OF certificates
5 of residence to the Chinese now in the State,
- | anu tIe exclusion OF all OtneES. l ne blll
e had already passed the Senate.
The floods which followed the recent snow
storms have destroyed one-half tue winter
= crops in many places in Southwest Russia.
f The Vistula has overnowed its banks and
+ inundated great part of Warsaw. Tn,
n inhabitants of that city are in dire distress.
n United States Senator +. {. Walt
e hall of Mississippi has published let
IS ter in which he states that he viii
l. not be candidate for reelection under
u any circumstances. Gen. Wathalls re-
!. election was considered a foregone conclu
/ sOu
The failures last week as reporte,
A, to X. Il. Dun a Co. and f.. Rus
e, sell ~ Co., of the mercantile egency
'd number for the United States 230. For TIN
ST corresponding week OF last year. the liz
ie ures represent 2l1 failures in the United
t, States.
III Jake Kilran of Baltimore and Georg
;, Godfrey Dcolored Of Boston met in Il lnis
a. fight ut the California Athletcscluh IN Sa
at Francisco Friday night for $4,000 trophy
~ kilrain weighed 1872 pounds and GodIre
IA. Godfrey was knocked out in the lit
er round
he Gen. Joseph Z. Johnston, the last surv
~ vor of the great generals of the war, is ly
nc ing very i'll at his residence in Washington
NC He is suffering from general debility, due t
III his advanced age. AS he is an octogcnel
iu ian, his friends are not hopeful of his re
:" covcry.
Wv james j. O'Kelly, John O'Connor, w. II
~ X. Redmond and Henry Harrison, member
-, of Parliament, sent to this country by Nh
- Paruell to raise funds, arrived at New y or
Sunday morning. They were met dow
the bay by II reception committee on th
i steamer John +. Moore. An address signe
A. by Michael Breslin as chairman was pre-
~ sentel 70 them.
po The great strike of the 1000 coke WORK
rh ers in the Connellsville region entered on il
ed sixth week Monday. While the leaders
"A the united mlne workers will not say 80 pul
OBJ lcly, they privately admit that the men al
re defeated The wages lost thus far amouu
to 5000, 600. 1t is said the operators can III
dereo another month of idleness Withoi
IRE serious loss.
n'- Prof. Z, ]. Phelps, minister to Englan