Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-31
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Interesting Notes From all Parts of tho
Globe Pithily Presented-Hany Dark
Deeds Give no Indication of the Mil
lennium.
The Montreal Herald has suspended pub

The Montreal Herald has suspended pub
LEGATION.
Eleven deaths from grip were reported to
the New York health board Sunday.
The japanese government has sppropri-
atod 81, 0U0, 900 for the relief of the desti-
tute.
hurricane passed over the northwest Of
Spain yesterday. A heavy snow fall in
Aragon.
Work on the New York end OF the New
York and New Jersey bridge was begun at
noon yesterday.
Four hundred bales OF iute were damaged
by tl:e and water on board the British
steamer Devonia at Glasgow.
William j. Scanlan, the insane actor, is
failing. Hope of his recovery has been
abandoned and he probably will not live
long.
John George Lingman, who wanted to Sc
cure Cornelius Vandsrbilt's brains, has been
pronoun ced insane aad will be sent to an in
sane asylum.
Another strike is threatened in the btu
mnous coal fields OF Indiana because the
operators refuse to recognize the men as an
organization.
was shot and killed by her lover with the
revolver she had given him for Christmas
present. The murderer escaped
Michael Nolan and James w. White
about 20, two burglars who had pleaded
guilty and were awaiting sentence escaped
from kennebec jail yesterday morning..
The fast mail train on the Union Pacific
was wrecked near La Graude, Oregon, and
an engineer, fireman and a tramp were
killed and another tramp fatally injured.
Homer Bald win, who lost his mother
sister and friend in the railroad accident
which occurred at Hastings, \. Y, or
Christmas eve, has gone insane with grief
Contrary to general expectation. Coz
Russell yesterday afternoon refused to sign
the pardon of James Dunlap, the Northamp.
ton bank robber now in the Massachusett.
prison.
William Rhoades of Wichita, Kan, sho
and fatally wounded his wife, from whom h
had just oht ined n divorce, because she re
fused to marry Inn again. Rhoades thel
shot and killed himself.
\ terrific gale prevailed yesterday in Ire
land. The Atlantic rolled mountains mig
especially at the South islands of Arran. !
number Of houses and considerable othe
property was destroyed.
While dynamie was being thawsd out a
Il quarry near Milwaukee yesterday an ex
ploson occurred ami William and A ber
Walters were blown to pieces, while Johl
Rogalsky was seriously injured
On Christmas day, near Gold Dust
Tenn, Shir.ey Wakefield, a father, Will
drunk, shot and killed his wife. Wakefield
was quarreing with his brothcr-in-aw an
Mrs Wakefield sought to prevent the me
from firing at each other. Wakefield re
sented his wite's interference.
While Pink Franklin and son and job
Canterbury We're nearing Hale mountain i
st. Clair county, Alabama, Wednesda
night, n terrible storm came up. A larg
tres was uprootel and fell across the wagon
killing Pink Franklin and his son an
ataliy wOunding Canterbury.
There are stories from Chilli of plot
kill President Jorge Montt and other leat
ing officials OF the Junta, but any such a
tempt seems certain to prove disastrous t
those who undertaKe it. Everything po!
; siLle has been done to prevent the successll
accompl shment of the rumorsd plot.
I Some unknown person released the brak
on cable car at Butte, Montana, Satul
day night, causing the car to so down
heavy grade at tightening speed and jumI
ed the track. William Cunningham,
miner was killed. 7. c. Cameron an
Daniel McDonals were injured the latte
fatally.