Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-10-29

secretary, is slowly improving in health,
and his friends say LIE will DO able to resume
his official duties by the end OF the month.
A general strike of German prin ters seems
TO he determined upon In case the employ
ers refuse to grant working day of nine
hours and advance of 33 per cent in wages.
Harry Mclaughlin was struck by an OK
press train near Shamokin, Penn, and
flung on tho pilot, where he chung to the
flag pole and was carried half a mile I'M
hurt.
The German imperial family have ordered
costly presents to be sent to the Prince OF
| Wales on the occasion OF his jubilee. Prince
Horny will probably bring the gifts to Eng
| land.
Cornell. Columbia and the University of
Pennsylvania have decided to form an inter
collegiate rowing association, which will
hold an annual regatta somewhere on the
Hudson.
| Lord Wolselsy has made arrangements
for strengthening the military at Cork dur
ing the contest for Parnells seat A num-
Der of troops were forwarded from Dublin
Friday
Henry Wizard who is making tour of
the Northwest, expresses tue belief that
ali trains Of the Northern Pacific would,
before long, be operated entirely by electric
power.
A Tennessee man has given 500, 900 for
one horse. Blass, and tho Philadelphia
Ledger thinks it wouldn't take long to
Blaise away big fortune in citing up
stable like that.
The boiler Of threshing machine burst
near Mayville, n. D., Thursday, and six
men were killed. The explosion was due to
cold water forced into heated boiler when
tho water was low.
The strike Of the miners OF the Pittsburg
district will continue. 1t is stated that the
operators will fill tho strikers places with
imported foreigners and there will probably
be serious trouble.
The elections Sunday in Argentine Re-
public were attended with riots at Cordova
and Tucumcn. The police were compelled
to fire on the rioters aud many OF the latter
were killed or wounded.
Floods in the departments OF Ardeche and
Gard are causing immense damage. Many
persons have been injured, and 1t Is feared
that some have been drowned. The river
| Hhone continues to rise.
Gen. O'Beirns denies that he will be re-
moved from the management of the New
York barge office He says the rumor was
started through spite The report is also
denied from Washington
Minister Egan has besn informed by the
Gillian government that his application for
safe conducts for the refugees in the United
States legation will not be granted Dir.
Egan will continue his demands.
The Jews are Increasing In Palestine and
especially In Jerusalem Eleven years ago
the population of the Holy City was not
more than Is, 900. Now 1t is nearly SO,
} 900, of whom 80, 900 are Israelites.
The two little girls Of Mrs. Emily Ter
bucher, living in Buffalo, were kidnapped
by their father, who had separated from his
wife. The mother has gone crazy over the
loss and will be taken to an asylum.
l A man named Schulze, a clerk out Of EN-
ploy ment has been arrested at Berlin OF
the suspicion of being the murderer of thu
Ntsche woman who was nutilated il
, "Jack the Ripper" manner Sunday.
A wonderful lake. named Ala Paakaia
has been discovered in the Hawaiian islands
1 The waters are more salty than those OF tn
a Dead sea. In composition the water ap
proachss closely that of the Dead sea.
Great floods have occurred in the stream
fed 10y the mountain torrents of the Easter
Pryenne.. Many valleys haye been inun
: dated mud crops and buildings washed
away. There has been no loss OF life.
King William of Wurtemburg opened tn
a Parliament Of his kingdom Thursday. II
- expressed warm satisfaction at the re-unifi
cotton OF the kingdom of Wurtemburg will
; Germany under the late King Charles,
l. At Los Angeles Saturday the trial wa
begun of Richard Trumbull, George Bur
and Capt. James Farrell charged with via
lating United States neutrality laws in load
+ ing the steamer Itata with arms for Chilli
) The schooner Albert Woodbury. of Beverly
Mass that sailed the latter part of Angus
: for the cape shore codfshing has not return
@ ed, and is believed to have been lost, witt
!, her ten men, in the gale of Sept. & and Z
America has lost 10 of the few remaining
;, prairie butfaloes. They were bought at
u Fabulous low price by Mr.. Leland, the mil
% lionaire banker Of Liverpool, England an,
will be placed in Mr.. Lelands privat
- park,
u In the rebellion in Paraguay the revolu
% tionary leaders and 10 of their men wer
killed and two government colonies and 81
:, soldiers also killed. The state Of al
h fairs In Buenos Ayres is regarded as crit
20 ical.
Thirty Italian families were driven b
= the police from big New York tenement
i rear of 81 Crosby street, and were CON
y pulled to build bontres and camp in th
street. The building was in danger OF co
ie lapsng.
'r A passenger train on the railway betwee
g Lyons and Grenoble, France, was dsraie
Monday and ran over an embaukment. .
,r number of the carriages were telescoped
I'd Eight persons were killed and 80 seriousl
o injured.
The late E. A. White of Boston, lei
IN about $3.50, 900 to his widow, and an un
v brella to hi, daughters husband. Thoug
i, thus provided VITA something to put u
for rainy day, the daughter is to conte
in the will.
a Dr. Hamilton Griffin, stspfather to Mar
ne Anderson Navarro, has arrived in Ne
York from Europe. He said that Mar
n was devoted to her domestic life, and thu
~ the statement that she is again to 60 on IL
r stage is false.
Forest Hotel, the largest hotel at II
lie Natural Bridge in Virginia, took fire 0
ut Monday during dinner, and in two hou
az was ia ruins. The vauables, silverware al
trunks Of ths puests were saved thrOul