Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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of Nebraska is pcnniless and Is being
sheltered by poor soldier. His moneyed
friends have deserted him-A man
named Remission and his son, aged 49,
were burned to death in a barn near New
buryport, Mass--There is a scarlet fever
scare at Weymouth, Mass-John Brad
ley, q veteran of tho late war, was sen.
fenced to prison for twenty-five years at
Salem, Mass, as au habitual criminal
The motion for new trial for Holmes,
the wife murderer, was overruled, and he
will be hangod-The ship Robert l..
Belknap, of Book port, Me-, owned by Bos-
ton parties, was lost in the China sea-
Ex-Seoretary of War Endicott is seriously
sick at his home, Salem, Mass--Frank
Vining was sentenced ut Salem, Mass,
to three years in state prison for forgery.
| He was u prominent citizen Of George
| town, Mass-English admiralty officials
deny that England has sent warships to
| Hawaii-A ragged and hungry crowd
| tried to assemble in a manner to attract
members of parliament but were dis
persed by police-Edward II. Savage.
ex-chief OF Boston police, died at the age
| of S0--The Lake Auburn Mineral Spring
Hotel, six miles from Auburn, Me-. was
totally destroyed by fire; loss $4,000
Peter Phillips beat his wife with a fence
picket at Three Rivers Mass. She may
die from the injuries received--A report
on the Canadian militia says it exists only
on paper--A circular protesting against
| Gladstoue's home rule measures was is
sued by the Irish National League of
America-Missionary Henri Tripet is in
Jail Mt Pittsfed, Mass. on charge of
bigamy-The Whitney coal bill passed
it's third reading in Nova Scotia legsa-
ture, and is practically law-Ice sunk
and carried away hundreds of barges near
| usville--The leader the Marine
| band protests against the securing of
another musical organization to furnish
music for the Cleveland inaugural ball.
Thursday, Feb. g.
Officials of the Massachusetts Mutual
| Fire Insurance union asked the mayor of
Boston to thoroughly investigate the re-
| cent big fires in that city-Ihe 2-weeks-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. kuensal of
| Waltham, Mass, is progressing finely in
an incubator it weighing but two pounds
at its birth-Daniel Kelleher, a New
buryport (AIsss) tirebug, was sentenced
to seven years in the state pr;son-Henry
| Smith, who murdered 4-ytar-old Myrtle
Vance, was tortured with hot irons and
| then burned at the stake At Paris, Ten
| Thousands of people Witnessed the deed
| Intense excitement prevails in New
foundland over the fai ure of q firm for
$3.50, O00-A Paris dispatch says Ed
ward Parker Deacon was granted di-
vorce--Asa Potter admits that he certi-
fed checks for Evans ~ Co., after their
account was Eighteen min
ers were instantly killed by an explosion
at Recklinghsusen. Germauy--Four ne
| gro murderer5 were lynched at Tazwell
Court House, Walk United States
Treasurer Hyatt is seriously sick at his
home in Norwalk, Conn--Town Clerk
Willis of Wendell, Mass, was killed by u
| falling tree while choppnQ-An earth
quake on the Island of Zante wrecked
many villages, and hundreds of lives were
probably lost-The nomination of Pro-
lessor Baldwin to the supreme bench was
confirmed by the Connecticut scnate-
The Nova Scotia legislature enacted the
Whitney coal lease and charter and adj
journed-A plot Of Almy, the murderer,
to escape from the Concord On. H prison
was frustrated--The cash bslance in the
treasury touched the lowest point yet
reached-The proposed athletic change
at Yale, when put to Il vote, failed of ratti-
cation-Wallace w. Holmes, the con-
demned Holyoke (Mass) murderer con-
fessed his crime to reporter-Parnell-
risoners-Ex- Governor Robinson has
been retained as counsel for Lizzie Bor-
den--Mrs. Lucy Wood of Barre, Vt, who
recently celebrated her 1O7th birthday. is
dead-Ex-Chief Cozzens was reelected
superintendent of the fire alarm system
at Newport, X. l., after hard contest
DIR. Richard Lord Hodgdon, chairman
of the Massachusetts, board of lunacy and
charity, died in Arlington. He was born
in South Berwick. Me, April II, 1925.
Friday, Feb. 3.
Wife Mu rderer Wallace W. Holmes was
hanged at Springfield, Mass-The nomi-
nation Of Professor ). T. Baldwin as as
sociate justice of the supreme court was
confirmed by the Connecticut house-A
dozen men We're injured, one fatally, by
an explosion in a foundry at Worcester,
Mass-The agricultural portfolio was
offered by Mr.. Cleveland to Governor
Boies of Iowa-Professor Gold win Smith
of Toronto is in Washington to further
the annexation movement - Robert
Beatty was convicted of poisoning work
men at Homestead, Pa-President Har-
rison nominated Judge Howell Jackson
of Tennessee, Democrat, for the United
States supreme court-The French ey-
tradition treaty was ratified by the senate.
John H. Paine of Boston is to build a
yacht to defend the Americas cub
Judge Endicott is reported much bettey.
Two cases of smallpox are reported at
Russell Mass-Judge Braley, at Bos-
ton, decided that damages for libel cannot
be recovered from municipal corporations.
Secretary Of State Foster is engaged
on the draft of treaty by the United
States of protectorate over the Hawaiian
islands-IJ is denied that Murderer
Almy tried to escape from the New Hamp-
shire state prson-The governors
council refused to confirm Irving ..
Sayles as Massachusetts savings bank
commissioner, and Samuel o. Lamb of
Greenfield was appointed - Colorado
miners have struck for more pay
A new plush mill was dedicated at Cape
Elizabeth, Me-Yale's athletic man
ayers have not yet decided TO resign-The
buncook On. H. gas works were burned;
loss S25, 000-rhe Cunard steamer Luz
cania was launched at Glasgow-The
Illinois compulsory public school law
was repealed Guardian Endow-
ment society has been temporarily en-
joined-rhe Nebraska Legislature, on