Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-02
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.
Interesting Notos From all Parts of the
Globe Pithily Prescnted-Many Dark
Deeds Give no Indication of tho Mil
lcnntum.
The democratic State convention at Nash

lle was decldedly III l6VOr OF CleVcldnu.
Lightning struck a miners hut at Hickory
mines Saturday and killed John Peck and
George Hoagley, both miners.
The fruit crop in the south of England
has been greatly damaged, il not destroyed,
by terrific rain aud hail storm.
The Durham miners by large majority,
refused to accept the terms Of the coal
owners for reduction of 13 1-2 per cent.
A steam chest exploded at the Westbrook
Mauufacting company's mill at Saccarrap-
pa, Me-, killing Roger Hilton, aged 40
years.
Joseph DUDE, 12 years old, was drowned
in the Merrimnc at Lowell. He waded into
the river to recover his hat, and sank in a
deep hole.
1t is not improbable that the waye and
means committee will soon report a bill
making en- important revision Of the iron
and metal schedule.
Hugh j. Kimball, FIVE years old, while
playing on the float at the Charles river
bridge lath house at Boston, fell overheard
aud was drowned
Abraham Levy and George c. Graft,
both Of Philadelphia, were drowned in the
Delaware river near Defiance Sunday morn
ing while bobbing for eels.
The Italian Cabinet have resigned but
the king refuses to accept the resignation.
Tho dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies
is believed to be imminent.
The Cleveland New York State demo-
cratic convention was held at Syracuse
Tuesday and contesting delegation was
elected to the national convention.
The Empire Order OF Mutual Aid, bene-
fetal insurance association, is no more.
The treasury, it is said, is $50, 900 short,
and the order will be dissolved.
The stone house OF James Sullivan, four
miles east of Independence Kan, was de-
molished by cyclone Monday night. Two
of the eight inmates were killed.
The despatch from Victoria, B. c., an
nouncing the murder OF Rev. Sheldon jack
son, commissioner Of education for Alaska
at Juneau, is without any apparent founda-
tion.
Tuesday saw the adjournment of the
Presbyterian assembly for 1892 at Port
| land, Oregon. Washington was selected as
the place of the meeting OF the assembly Of
| 1898.
| DR.. McLane, Cornelius Nanderbilt's fam
| lily physician, declares the report that Van
derbiit has become dorauged is untrue. He
| is greatly Frustrated, however, at tine death
| of his son.
A petition to President Carnot from Ed
ward Parker Deacon asking for pardon
has been presented, and Deacon probably
will be released July Il, the date of the
| Bastie anniversary.
An express train on the Santa Fe road
was wrecked 20 miles south Of Chicago Sat
urday night The engineer was killed and
nine passengers were seriously injured aud
| five others slightly.
Rev. Nathaniel Ncolai, pastor of the
First German Presbyterian church Of
Elizabeth, n. j., has mysteriously disap-
peared. His friends fear that he killed him.
self while temporarily insane.
| The report of discovery Of a nihllist
| plot to assassnate the car and the story
that the Gatchna palace had been under
mined by nhilists who proposed to blow it
up las been officially denied
The Russian cabinet has decided that
Jews who are desirous of emigrating shall
be provided with permit free of charge
and be relieved Of military service Other
immunities will also bo granted.
| A Wichita, Kan., special says: Two
distinct tornadoss passed from southwest to
northeast north of Caldwell Sunday night,
carrying everything before them. One
man is known to have been killed.
Alfred and Richard Lips, brothers. aged
about Z and 10 years respectively. were
playing on raft on the Charles river,
Sunday, when they fell Off and were
drowned. They lived at 60 Carver street,
Ferdinand Nichols Ever, who stole sums
OF money aggregating Sll3,0 900 from the
Austin Corbin Banking company, In whose
employ he had been as auditor, was sen
fenced to nine years and q half imprison
ment
| G. =. Montgomery, president of the Ger
man bank, was shot and killed in u dining
room at Lincoln, Neb. by W. II. Irvine OF
Salt Lake City, member OF the Utah Ter
ritoriai Legislature, and a former resident
of Lincoln.
Miss Kate Hesson, aged 60 years, living
at South Norwalk Conn, was run over and
instantly killed by a north bound train on
the Danbury and Norwalk division of the
Housatonic railroad Sunday. She was go
ing to church.
Tho Berlinor Tageblatt publishes de-
spatch from Zanzibar stating that Judge
Sonnenschien has sentenced II Arab slave
traders to be hanged for holding slave mar.
ket at Lindi, Within the German East
| African protectorate.
Mails which have just arrived from Maur
titus confirm tho statement that 1900 per
SONS were killed aud 1000 injured in the re
cent hurricane The hurricane was pre-
ceded by violent magnetic disturbance
the sea having risen nine feet.
Judgment on the charges made agains
ex-Premier Mercier by the Quebec govern
ment for alleged conspiracy. has been post
poned until June g. as has also the contn
uation OF proceedings against Mr. Mercel
for alleged malfeasance in office.
AT least eight European governments hav
accepted the president's invitation to par
ticipats in Il monetary conference, and Their
is no longer any doubt OF such a meeting
The president will communicate with Con
gross on the subject in a few days.
Since May 7, there have been 2ljO death
from cholera at Sernagur, in the Vale O
Cashmere All Europeans in the place be
came alarmed some time ago at the prova
lence of the disease and left the city Their
are now no Europeans in Serinagur.
Cholera continues its ravages in Sarina
CUR, one OF the capitals of Cashmere. Tn
population Of the city is about 81, 900, an