Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK


| muCn distress IN Central anu southern
Russia--There is a runner that Agent
Plunmer has teen killed by the Navajos
- 1t is said the Duke OF Veragua may
represent Spain at Neutrality-suspicious.
Is permanent split in the German radical
p,rty over the army bills defeat. b.
| Wells, Son &; Co., dry goods, Utica, y.
! Y. were burned out; loss 2f5,OO0--
| The trial of Lizzie Borden wiz begin the
! first Monday in June in New Bedford,
! MaSs-Cioverno Russell of Massachu-
! let's spoke at the banquet of the Granite
| litate club at Manchester, y. H, on the
| Democratic party as constructive
! United States consul Coudert was compli-
incnted by the president Of the Behr-
! Ing sea tribunal of arbitration
Auxiliary receivers for the National Cor
dage company were appointed i'll Massa-
chusetts-NearJy 20oO more emigrants
were landed in Boston in April than came
the same month in 1S96-A United States
warship may be sent to Nicaragua to pro-
tect our interests there during the present
disturbance -- Five hundred cordage
workers are temporarily thrown ont Of
work in Brooklyn owing to the troubles
pf the National CosdaRe company
herman emperor announces his intention
bf carrying the army bill into effect even if
the new reichstag refuses to adopt it
! Gladstone denounced proposed amend
ment to the home rule bill-Three New
port OR. I) storekeepcrs were convicted of
! keeping their stores open for business on
| Sundays.
Thursday, May II.
Pension frauds involving 100000 have
! been neerthcd-The revolt in Nicaragua
! Is assuming II serious aspect--Newton,
Mass, wants to supply its own electricity
and gas for illuminatng-A guerilla
band is committing depredations in the
province of HavaG body of Rohle,
one of Sing Sings escaped murderers, was
found in the Hudson--The truth about
the recent fight in Rio Grande he Sui,
! Brazil, is not yet btainable-Seventeen
Cinnamon were taken from a steamer at
| Tacoma, Wash, on writs of habeas corpus
| THE supreme court heard arguments
on the Chinese exclusion Cases-CGrl
Schurz talked with the president on civil
service reform Commissioner BlOunt
has been appointed minister resident to
Hawaii-John c. Lynch, the escaped
convict, is again back III Charlestown
Mass prison. fire at Cambridgeport,
Mass, damaged the Close candy factory
$40 O0O--W enhanl, Mass, celebrated the
250th anniversary of her incorporation as a
town-Thoma> H. Carter Of Mon
tana was elected chairman of the
Republican national committee
The method used in electing n successor
to Bishop Brooks was denounced by
Bishop Scarborough accounts of
ey -County Treasurer Crawiis of Putnam
county, o., are found to be S24 1886 short
notice has been issued prohibiting So
licitations of contributions for presents
| for custom house otiicerS--Oueen Vic
toria made her last public appearance at
| the opening OF the British Imperial insti-
| tute in .onuon-SSecretary Gresham ig-
nored protest from Chilli based on Minis
ter Egans refusal to surrender refugees as
prisoucrs-The death of Admiral Gomez
Of the Spanish navy is announced--Sir
| Charles Russell begun his argument be-
! fore the Behrng sea arbtrat ov-
ernor smith OF New hampshire visited
Amy at the prison in Concord-A 9
year-old boy was arrested for liquor sell
ing in Portland, Me.-Simon Alanen has
manslaughter-W. c. Grant of West
Springfield, Mass, committed suicide by
shooting at New Haven.
Friday, May IL.
The annual Spanish budget shows n sur.
plus-Russian cossacks mutined and Ii
were killed Fire caused loss of S35, O0C
Il n v. n
ings were burned at Pittsbur5; loss $40.
OOO-An electric roads plant at Roches-
ter was burned; loss GO,000-MaldeI
(Mass) schoolteachers have petitioned fol
better pay Eight New York national
banks hold 81 800, eco OF cordagc paper
Only POP out ol a cargo of Gl2 Cinnamon
got ashore at Portland, Or.-lt appears
that the man Townsend did mean to
murder Mr.. Gladstone-Three of the
crew of steamer Etherly died from
yellow fever at Rio Janeiro-Austria
protests against the expulsion of one Of
her citizens from Russian Poland
The drought in Italy Will compel the extra
importation of lib, 5O0,0 900 bushels of grain
Ambassador Bayard will be rendered
public reception on his arrival at south
anptun, Eng-1he Column iau review
has not influenced the number of appli
cants for service in the marine corps
Louis kossuth, the hungarian patriot
thinks Irelands independence can only bt
attained by force of arms-Residences OF
citizens of Muscatine Ia, who have beer
prosecuting saloon cases, were blown W
by dVnamite-Sr Charles Russell say,
that Great Britain represents the right.
of nations in the Behring sea controversy
The Plymouth and Kingston (Mass
Street Railway company has voted to in
crease its capital stock from $4,000 &c
100000, this action being ueCessitated by
the extension of the road into Kingston
A man at Barre, W., with eight
ounces Of his brain removed talks sensibly
The Connecticut house passed tn,
medical practice bill-Iwo brothers wer,
drowned near Round Pond, Me-EX
Governor Robinson had conference witt
Lizzie Borden in Taunton (Mass.) jail
Suicide Of Warren Ii. Buttcrworth o
> Warren, Mass lie shoots himself through
the head and the bullet lodges in Iii
daughters brain, killing Der as well IA
| himself-An engine ana one ear goe
through a trestle into otter creek at Mid
, dlebury, Nt-Murlery Amy has grown
- ugly and profapc Exc Congressman O
u c. Moore Of Nashua, y. H., is very low
"A bold gang of housebreakerS is OPP
Grating in Needham, Mass, and vicinity
An explosion, fire and a man burned
to death at the American Rubber com
rany'a works at CgmbrdSeport, Mass
The condition of the treasury gold is sat
isfactory -- The Itussian eXtraditior
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