Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-10-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
MednesdaY, Gent. 81.

Ths Italian minister at London has re-
gned--The Whittenton mills at Taun-
ton, Mass, have started up OH full time
The freight steamer City Of Taunton
was disabled off Point Judith--A
Fitch5urg railroad coal elevator was
burned at East Fitchburg, Mass.
-Engish miners want the nation
to control mineral deposits-Louis
Eugene Hatin, historian whose spe-
cia4des were journalism and the prov
inces Of France, died in Paris at the age
of S4--Francis Needs died at Biddeford,
Me, aged 16 years Hewas grocer and had
been in business 30 years-Mrs Anna
Flanders, tue oldest person in Madison, n.
H., is dead aged 96 She was pensioner
of the war of 1912 and has three sons who
served in the war Of the rebellion-A
jealous husband killed his wife and
then himself at Atlanta---Search
is still being made for the sunken
Russion ironclad Roussalka--United
States infantry sharpshooters beat the
worlds record for workmanship
continuation of the Czech agitation may
lead to all Bohemia being placed under
martial law---The Brazilian rebel ad.
miral says he is trying to restore the CON
stitutonal rights of the republic, which
have been overridden by the president
Thursday, sept. 20.
Emperor vii liam has returned to Ber-
lin--Minister Taylor is quite i'll at Mad
rid--The insurgents in Argentine are
gaining strength-A grain blockade is
threatened at San Fraucsco--W hite
Cap outrages in Mississippi are becoming
bearable--The great Buddhist temple
at Toxic. Japan, was destroyed by fire
Receivers were appointed for the Wiscon-
sin Central ailroud--There was a sharp
passage in the senate between Wolcott
and Gorman--There is a possibly grow
ing belief in Washington that the outcome
of the silver contest will be a compromise
-Robert f.. Preston of the District of
Columbia was nominated director of the
mint--Arrangements have been made
for the Americas cup races-The office
and apparatus of the New England Print
! ing Telegraph company in Providence
are in the hands of a keeper-Fears of
foul play are connected with the disap-
pearan1e of an Attleboro, Mass, man
! Israel Leavitt of Harmony, Me-, was
found guilty of assault with intent to kill
Warren Spaulding jury in the
| Harper election case at Portland, Me-, dis
! agreed---A lunatic fired five shots from
the gallery of the Chicago board of trade,
injuring three persons-William a.
Levy was sentenced at Dover, n. H.. to
eight years in prison for killing Hiram
! PhilpOt.
Friday, Sept. 20.
Argentine rebels seized an ironclad-
The postmaster at Midway, La, was as
sassiuated- -Railroad car shops were
burned at Niclsburg. Miss-Nearly 200(
miners went out in Belgium-Thert
were II deaths from cholera at Palermo
Italy--Fuer,t Bismarck beat her owl
record to Southampton-F. +. Pope &
Co., drugg .sts of Lynn, Mass, have made
an assignment-The Santa E'e hotel
Empora, Kan, was damaged by an in
cendiary lire--A slaughter house anC
other buildings were burned at Newbury
port, Mass--The catch of the Russian
Sealskin company is valued at $500, ,0OO-
Two meu at Waltham, Mass, were hurt by
the caving in OF an mbankment-Hal
dozen persons We're burned to deatt
by prairie fires in the Cherokee strip
The entire bonded Indebtedness of tn
Worlds fair will be Cancelled Oct. 9
Arthur W. Campbell of Boston WA
arrested for passing a bogus check
The New Haven Historical societ
building was dedicated--Attempts ar
being made to save the Peoples Fire In
surance company of Manchester, \. Il
ii. G.. Tyler broke the two.mile bicycl
record, riding in 4:l5 3.5---One man wa
killed and four injured by dynamite eX
plosion at Pawtucket, II. l---Land
locked salmon were planted in Ner
mont james Ransom Deantown'
(MassD missing man, is believed t
have been murdered THE Wesleya
university has opened for its G3
; year with a freshman class of - member
-Autiquarians are interested in tn
y finding of a skeleton at Falmouth For,
side, Me--Tramp p bound and gagged
t wntchman and stole lot of jewelry q
Stratford, Conn--Tammany beat LAM
lighter in the match race--Nan Allen
nomination to the Italian mission
e likely to be reiected--Nancy Hank
l trotted in 200 IA at Terre Haute, Ind
= George Thompson, charged with causin
the death of his wife at Boston, WI
found guilty of manslaughter - II
vessel sunk off Chatham bar on the nigl
>. of Sent. u is believed TO have been IL
+ missing schooner Captain John
y John Jacob Astors steam yacht W.
4 wrecked in the Hudson RIVERA negr
:, woman was murdered by her brother-ii
= law. a deaf mute, at Keswick, y. B.
= Crops in the valley of Mexico are in fiji
= condition--The Massachusetts sta
h board entertained foreign commi
4 sioners at the Worlds fair--Tl
>, owner of the schooner Tiger, reporte
:, scuttled in Newfoundland, says the stol
10 is ridiculous-The shipments of co
~ from Cape Bsston mines are largely in e
* cess of last year-The Jarvis-Conkl
Mortgage company of New York w
placed in the hands of receivers Gre
excitement in Hayti was caused by
Sc rumor that United States warships are
lc be sen, to enforce demand for a coaliI
:, station-The English government
le CARDS the situation in Brazil with gra
1t anxiety-The pope has received wi
II satisfaction reports of the Catholic co
a gress at Prince Bismarck
Ie gaining strength-One hundred al
re- fourteen persons died of cholera on Il
TO iteamer Carlo II.
- Saturday, Sept. 80.
.J Ten thousand Belgian miners are o
France has assumed gentler tone
Siam-Five negroes were hanged at n
Narnou Ga--Ilalf "A million i'm GOLD :