Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.



The schooner Senator Lodge of Glouces-
fer. Mass, is ashore at Port Nova G.. B.
A case of smallpox has been discovered
I'm Somerville, Mass. Fifteen hundred
l.chigh Valley strikers are ont of work
THE Mohican has been ordered to re-
place the Philadelphia at Honoluu--A
train ran off the track at Dedham, Mass,
but no one was injured-peru and Ecua-
dor are likely to go to war over the bound
airy disputc-The Great Northern ex-
press was held mp rs Duval, Tex, and the
passengers robbed -- Chicago packers
propose to build a tannery to tan the
hides from their estahlishments-All
Europe is aroused over the anarchist out
rage in the French chaIpber Of deputies
THE amount embezzled by Clarence
Murphy, the missing bank teller of Salem,
Mass, may reGch S6O,0OO-Admiral
Horribly says the British fleet in the Med
iterrancan could not hold its own against
the France Russian heet-More than 100
granite cutters have petitioncd the ways
and means committee of congress not to
reduce the duty on dressed granite
Danburv. Conn. hat manufacturers say
there is no chance for arbitration in re-
gard to the lockout --- OneyNillC, i. l..
manufacturers decided to close their mills
for the present. in spite of a vote of the
strikers to return TO wOrk-1he
grand Jury is to investigate the affairs
OF failed New Hampshire banks
Mrs. Halliday, the New York murderess,
tried again to Kill herself--Gcneral Doe
was confirmed by the senate as assistant
secretary of war and Colonel Ruggles
rs adiutaut general of the army-Mr
Bland will not call up his free coinage bill
until the tariff is disposed of--Ed-
ward Cunningham, indicted for the
murder of William Baxter of Holden,
Mass. pleaded guilty to mauslaughter
Judge Aldrich stated that he had no au-
thority to pass sentence and left the mat
ter for the January criminal sitting.
Wednesday. Dec. IL.
Another storm is sweeping the English
channel - The Columbian liberty bell
is $1,000 i'm debt -- The Austrian crown
prince and the c2nr'S daughter are to wed
- Europe j. discussing measures for
the suppression of anarchy - The
British cabinet has decided to spend
$4oo0ooO0 to strengthen the navy
Directors of the West End railway of Bos-
ton voted to reduce the dividend to per
cent The train robbers secured from
$1,000 to $4,000 booty in the hold-Up at
Duval. TcS.- The question of caring
for the great number Of employed in
Nalthan, Mass, is agitting the people
1,.farJ COT ,,a,.o hoon oon,,'1iad ,,.;tL
by the cancellation of the A,5oo,0o0
note given by the Bay state
Gas company of Massachusetts to
the Beacon construction company
Albert Day, who was recently married in
Halifax. said to have another wife living in
Bostou-Johnnie Williams. 3 years old,
was burned TO death at Boston -Slos7on
defeated Scha"ter at billiards in New
York The provisional government still
rules Hawaii flre III the D0nnell block
of Portland, Me-, occupied by the Akin
son FURNITURE company caused loss OF
about H2Woo" Francois NJ. Nablon. a
mimic ana dancer dled IN New ON, aged
o. years. ne was It naive Oh france
IT. H'"'y' t""'"H' l"I q" wars well
h""" 'i; rtV'''' ~ 7P'lnS IrlH' NuH.'' ~
oe'u' age" III nehJ'''nlh d. hltchlhGs'
wen NOV ~" o'N "l''! brooN
~" lawyer, ",e" "' ',e age Oh ~
i'"i"'e iiul'o'i W i-ul',"o'er' ~ H.
lo',lerIH p'oulill'n' an. very "orNef,
at'l rt'en!.S d "ie'''per "l .llg S.a'e p9ar'
W W "fI''% tIm! "T"'' "seu neN
W. H. Ei's'I,' -, ~ one Oh me oI''S
Inenip'iN VI me ! nIl"ueiphla conference
W. /: '""rtn' que" at l'epah"n' Fa' ne
Va H'"'' '" AZ i'''' 'eiVli'I"i
,H"rPnH' Der VI congress IRON
iowa "''" d, "H1h!Ig'oh' Mr, Murphy
was "orn III LOWELL MISS III 1862
Thursday, Dec. II.
Oueeu Victcria is noiun TO Italy for III,
winter -Depositors are getting nervou,
about the condition of the Salem. Mass.
Saving. bank and have BEGUN a run or
the in.titutiou--A death from smalpo,