Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-01-23

tanooga Tennessee Savings bank, was shot
and killed Sunday by his father in-law,
! Judge j. A. Warder, the city attor ney.
Judge Warder is shot in two places, and is
iu critical condition. Mrs. Fugette, the
only child of Judge Worder, is dangerously
wounded in the right thigh. The Judge
YVES drunk.
The time of the Senate Saturday was de-
voted to the consideration of the elections
bill, and the discussion was participated in
by Messrs. Daniel, Vest ami Hoar
The House went into committee of the
whole on the District of Columbia appropri-
alton bill, nnd after debate of political
character, adjourned without action
George Bancroft, the historian, died at bis
home in Washington Saturday afternoon
Hc was sick only two days. His end was
quiet and peaceful The final cause Of his
death was simply weakness, old age
He was born in Worcester, Mass, October
g. 1900. The funeral was held Tuesday
at Worcester.
Authority has been granted to Gen. Miles
to transfer temporarily the north
ern Cheyenne band OF 500 from Pine Ridge
to Fort keough, Montana. This authority
Is granted 10y the secretary OF war with the
| concurrence of tho secretary of the interior.
| This has been thought to be necessary by
! Gen. Miles for the protection Of the Chey-
/ ennes, who have been serving as scouts
against the hostile Sioux
The terrible scourge known as "the
| black death has reached the city
of Tobolsk, the capital of West ST.
IBERIA. The whole of Asiatic Russia,
! from SamGrIcand to the mouth of the Obi,
is suffering from the scourge Thousands
are dying at Obdorsk, near the mouth of
the OBJ owing to lack of physicians. 1t
seems almost hopeless to try to check the
! spread of the fearful disease.
John q James Dobson's carpet mills at
/ Philadelphia were burned Friday night
/ Sparks from the blazing building were
carried across the Schuylkill river and set
fir TO the woods there In Mount Peace
| cemetery the trees were ali aUlaHe Eigh-
| teen hundred employees will be thrown out
of WORK 10y the tire. \ late estimate makes
the loss between 81 $50, 900 and y $50, 900.
| On this there is an insurance of 81 900 600,
placed in 800 companies
Two hundred and fifty delegates, who
havo been attending the Citlzens' ALI
ance convention at Topeka Kan,
have completed organization and issued a
| call for a national convention at Cincinnati
between March 10 and 20, to organize a
third party. The organization is intended
to give the Knights OF LABOR and other III
dustrial organizations AN opportunity of
joining the peoples movement The name
OF the organization was changed to the
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The following nitod States senators were
elected the 2Uth and list: D. Is. Hilioycr W.
NJ. Evarts hVtwo majority IN New York.
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The base ball war is at an
END, the National league, American Is
socatIon ana remnant of the PLAYERS
leag'" having IN Joint session tonight
formed into two hague, absorbing the
/ iinNe!o The Western association is al
/ m'''j to the new National agreement. The
! fycTe Ioh|ue clubs ol Boston, Cil'agC
ana Fhliadeiuhia ana Washington were al
mI.led 10 the american assoc alton IN place
OF f"chesler, syracuse, lole 10 and th" Attn
'e''- me Boston league cIuh ma-NhtcN con
srh''d To having an ASSOCIATION c'Hn il their
cllE. Inc new national agreement pro
NI!eS Tor boNrd OF three, which shall con
tr"I Inc Workings OF the as>oclatlons. 1t
destroys the sales system and black list, but
retains the reserve rule.
Two g!rlS were killed and dol-n injured
! 10y an eXplosion of natural AS IL n Flndlay.
ONO, no'ci sunday afternoon. The Owner
Of tho hmldins, with three plumh,rs had
.pant the entire forenoon trying to locate a
gas lcnk, and about o'clocl; found II IN Il
| chamber under the dining room. tho accu-
lhuia'Ioh Oh gas pe'hs so great mat they
'ould h"t nr'a'ht' y noe was sawed
tAroU@n the Moor Ihto Tue dining room N
oru'' 10 "U1"'h Ire'h slr' tine OF tne an
ing ro, III bHls' VINO was sweeping the hoor,
StcpPeu upon Il Wl'cu, ana IN an instant the
explosion oeSuTr!u Inc whole city rocked
Hs y IN an eafth4uake by the conclusion,
ana an the windows ON the square were de
moAshea' Inc ohlY rooms IN the hotel es
/ cap!hS destruction We're the pdriors aud tht
once.
negro barber, Monday Mcfarland,
confesseS that he murdered John Sheedy
a gambler worth 500, 600, who was as
! sasslnatet last week Monday while enter
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