Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
THE WORLD IN BRIEF.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS FROM AL
PARTS OF THIS EARTH OF OURS.


Globe PithiIy Presented Many Dark
Deeds Give no Indication OF the N1ii-
lennIum.
The entire business part of the town OF
Hudson, Ohio, was burned.
Mr.. Deacon surrendered himself to the
procureur general at Cannes, but was re
leased pending trial
Nearly all the plumbers gas and stoam
filters of Concord, y. Il, have struck for
q nine hour work day.
The press Of | ondon, Berlin, Vienna and
Madrid strongly condemn the jury in the
Ravachol case for their cowardice.
A conspiracy against the lifo Of King
Ferdinand of Roumania has been discovered.
1t is believed to be of Russian origin.
The Elwen lumber mills OF Lacr osse,
Wis, have closed down on account of labor |
troubles aud 1000 men are thrown out OF |
work.
Alvin jenkins, an aged and respected
physician OF Great Falls, y. H., took iaud- |
anum and died.
Two hundred OF the journeymen p'nster-
ers in Pittsburg Rave strucH, pending
settlement of the Saturday eight hour de-
mand.
In the House of Commons Mr.. Clark
motion in favor of local government Tor
Great Britain and Ireland was rejected by
vote of 81 to 4.
The Gloucester maclterel fleet will be very
small this spring when compared with
| former years Only about - vessels will
prosecute the fishing
At the annual meeting OF the National Civil
Service Reform league, he'd at Balti-
| illir,, ( 1n-plagt al
president unanimously.
All counties in South Carolina held demo
cratic conventions Monday. Few counties
instructed for Hill; but large majority
sent uninstructed delegates.
Two anarchists have bean arrested at
Chichy, Il suburb of Paris, suspected of
having been concerned i'll the explosion at
the restaurant of NJ Very.
Gustave Kuntz, living at 4 Eimwood
place, Roxhury, was struck by the fast
train on the o d Colony railroad and killed
lie leaves a wife and two sons.
Work on the manufacturers' building at
the worlds far grounds ia Mt a stand still,
100 iron workers having gone on strike
for 3J, instead OF 30 cents an hour.
The scullng match between Stnnhury
cruu Sullivan, Tor -. uUO rri tAe champion
ship of the world, ZOOS place on the Para
meta river, and was Won by 5tanbury.
The body of a well-dres3e1 young co.ored
woman was found in u shallow pond near
Winlell, l.. l., with her throat cut from
ear to ear. There is no clue to the muir
derer
Advices from South Africa show that the
locusts are raviCins the country. Swarms
OF the insects Blk miles wiIe recently passed
over the country near Ctrahamstown, Cape
Colony.
Baron Fava, the Italian minister to the
United States, has started on his way to
Washington. He viii be passenger on the
steamship Normannla, which !eayes South
ampton May 7.
The commissioner of patents issued three
patents to Thomas \. Edison, assignor to
the Western Union Telegraph company Of
New York, covering the features of the
speaking telephone
Two thousand or more granite CATERS in
tue Cape Ann, Pigeon Cove and Rockport
qunrries struck at the instigaticu OF the
qusrrymen union of Quincy, demanding
- cents an hour and nino hours.
About 800 members of the United Eng
l!sh aud German Carpenters union of New
\ ork and vicinity struck because their
bosses refused to s,Sn tho usual yearly
agreement for rate os pay per hour.
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