Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-01-30

Meser said he merely held the boy over
the stove to frighten him. Immediately
after the affair Meier fed to escape arrest.
The child's condition is critical.
Reports from Milton, Ore, say the Chi
nese were driven out of town Friday night
by a mob. One hundred men went to the
Chinese quarters and led the celestials out
with ropes around their necks. 1t is thought
the mob consisted of discharged railroad
section hands and their symDathizers. The
Chinese were roughly handled and two were
badly hurt.
The headless body of man who
had been run over by the cars was
Saturday morning found by Track Walker
Fay, on tho railroad track eight miles
east of Athol, Mass. The remains
were removed to Undertaken II. G. Dun
tons and were later identified as those Of
Frank Leonard of that town. The body
was fearfuly mangled, and the head vnich
was found at some distance beyond was cut
so as to be unrecoguizable. 1t is probable
that Leonard was intoxicated, and was
lying across the track when struck by a
train.
The headless body of major in
the Roumanian army was found Fri
day in the bath room Of the Hotel
Carol at Kustendji. The orderlies who
were detailed as the ma jor's body servants
were arrested Sunday on suspicion of hav-
ing murdered tho officer. One of the or
deries confessed and said they had buried
the dead mans head in the sand not tar
from the hotel. Revenge for ill-treatment
received by the orderies at the ma jor' $
hands is supposed to be the cause for the
murder.
Surrogate Ransom of New York has de
cided that the marriage of Eva l.. Haml-
ton to Robert Ray Hamilton was void and
that Eva is still the wife of Joshua A..
Mann. just before the conclusion of the
examination it was announced that Eva s
mother had just died, and she wished to
leave town at | o'clock to attend the
funeral. She had obtained the permission
of the opposing counsel to 60 provided she
admitted that the celebrated baby Beatrice,
because of whose existence she hal forced
Hamilton to marry her, was not Hamilton )
child nor her own child. That admission
she made. She also admitted that at the time
she claimed to be Hamiltons wife she was
Josh Manns mistress.
The last honors were paid to the late
King Kalakaua at San Francisco, Jan
uary -. The body lay in state in
tue lnOfluary cnapii 0l the TRINITY EplsCO-
pal church the preceding afternoon and
night. \ guard of regular soldiers from
PIesidio kept watch over the caske;
throughout the night. The streets in the
vicinity of the church were thronged long
before the time of the funeral. and during
the services the building was crowded,
city officials, representatives OF foreign gov
ernments judges of the State and federal
courts, army and navy officers in full dress.
| leading Masons and n lminent civilians lie
| ing present. The chaucei was filled with
large and choice floral pieces. y large
crown of flowers rested on the bier.
Prince Boudoun. neyhew of kim
/ Leopold and heir to the throne ol
Belgium. died in BRUSSELS Friday morn
ing from an alleged attack Of bron-
chitis The public was entirely upGv-are
/ that the prince was ill., and hi, death eau .ed
a Tremendous sensation The pr.lce wa =.
wears of age. Tile news of hi, dea.h wa,
! withheld from bis SIS er. who is suffering
/ from inflammation OF the lungs. Ihe.e.tr,
/ starting rumor, in circulation r,.ur,.in-
/ the Princes death. AMI B, - asserted tina, ru,
circumstance, surrounding his sudden do-
mise are similar 10 those which a,ten led
/ the death in 1859 OF Arch Duae RuIo.pn.
/ heir to III. Austrian throne. Ii i,rprorteI