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

bOrO, MaSS rhinestone says the BRUSH
government will meet the inquiry con
corning the navy without delay-1mports
of corn from the United States to France
are one cause of the low price of that
cereal in that country Minister Thorn
son saws that commerce of the United
States will be protected at Rio Janeiro--
President Rcinhart arrived from London
and reported encouragingly on Atchison
finances The Arcade building. Musee
theater and Shea's concert hall were
burned in Buffalo; loss 81 200, O0O-Mr
Proctor hns become president of the civil
service commisson--Th Maharaiah of
Bburtpore is dead---The warehouse and
contents belonging to the Auburn, Me,
Stove Foundry company were burned
| Joss. 49,, OOO--Waldo G. Perry of Yer
mont. chief clerk of the dead letter of
flee. has rendered his resignation TO the
postmaster general--The stockholders
of the Orient Fire Insurance company of
Hartford voted TO reduce its capital from
! 81 .OOO. 600 to $500. 000--George F. Brennan,
/ charged with the murder of Frank f.
REYNOLDS. was brought before the New
Haven court pleaded not guilty and was
| bound over TO the next term of the SUI
perior court for trial - Mrs. Georgia
! Anne Porter widow of Admiral Porter
died at Washington aged "A years
Lawrence Grinnell. an ex-colector OF
the port of New Bedford, Mass. ia dead
aged s3-E x-Congressman John Cessna
of Bed ford, Pa, died in his I'D year
Edward J. Ashton, ex-mayor of Ashe-
Vile, one of the most widely known men
in North Carolina is dead. He was 81
years old.
Saturday, Dec. 16.
Another case of smallpox has been
found in Boston The run on the Salem
Mass. Savings bank has euded-The
| steel rail department of the MARYLAND
/ Steel company at Sparrow's Point is TO
close down--Practica iokers are fright
eninu the Pnris aristocracy with sham
! bombs-The steamer Burgurmeistcr
| Petersen was damaged at sea--Two coal
barpes are ashore on N4ushon island.
Martha's Niueyard-M. Georgevich,
| Servian minister to France who was
stabbed by an anarchist, is likely to die
The Crane Iron company of Philadel-
phia has sgned-W oburn. Mass.
clergvmcn have organized TO relieve the
poor of the Secretary Carlisle is
! di,pleased with the Voorhees, silver bill
Traffic managers on trial at St.
Louis escaped punishment for vio-
lation Of the interstate COM
merce law on a technicality-
Flahcrtv defeated Burns in an 1S-round
fight at Provideuce-A bank in South
Dakota controlled by the Vermont In
vestlaent company is in a receivers hands
Names new registration law favors
the Repuhlicans-The business of the
Peoples Industrial Insurance company of
! Norwich Conn. is to be transferred to
the Mctropolitan of New York Marriage
licenses in New Brunswick must be signed
by the governor. but Governor Boyd
is dead and hetrothed couples are
puzzled - Michael Carey, the South
bridge. Mass. wife murderer, attempted
suicide in the joil at Worcester-There
are many cases of typhoid fever and grip
at Wesleyan. Mass. universi'y "a lbau
Stoclman, said to have two wives. sud
denly left Manchester. y. IA head-on
collision occurred on the New York and
New England railroad at Providence
Several persons were in iured-The crew
of the Bangor schooner found bottom NJ
at Edgartown. Mass, were probably lost
Chairman Wilson is not Apprenticeship,
of Democratic opposition to the tariff bill
- Senator sherman says every effor
will he made by the Republicans in th'
senate 10 defeat the tariff bil--Th
house voted to admit Arizona to state
hood-Thc fight of post Office clerks for
definite classification of salaries is to b.
renewed in the present congress--Sen
tors Frye and Morgan argued for he build
Ing of the Nicaragua canal by the United
States - President lIarrison's friend
believe that events must make him tn
Republican candidate in 1896 Five per
sons were killed by a railroad acciden
;,l- Il 4 =;
cans are said to wish for n United State
protectorate - Ex-Minister to Hawai-
Stevens SAYS he never received a reply t,
his dispatch of March s, 1892. from Secrc
tary Blaine --Schaefer beat Slosson il
the New York billiard tournament
The receiving mill of the American For
cite Powder company at Dover, y. j., wa
blown up. Two men are missing.
Sunday. Dee. II.
John H. Harrington of South Boston
on the charge of arson. was held for til
GRAND i1lry-Walter NcDcrmott, know
on the stage az "Walter Mack died a
Boston. aged 4O-Edwaro Atkinson say
an income tax il neither eXpedent no
uece,sarv-Tha Danbury, Conn. will
man. has been captured There ar
rumors of anothcr tie-up on the Lehig
. rilllfOau lbIbDhi II NICllSS NdI men uT
to strike if refused demands -
Burglars entered the tailor shop of Isaa
Cole. Providence, and stole about $50
worth of William lester
well-known farmer near Newport, Il. I
q dropped dead. Anxiety over law suit
supposed to be the cause of death-Th
p statement that Randolph & Gloves, manu-
:, factureis at Waterbury, Conn, wOul
=, shut down their works indefinitely Satl
day night was without foundation-Th
= commercial traveller who was killed b
the cars at Kent, Conn, has been idcnt
fled as II. i. Works, traveller for william
Harvey * Son of ReadVillc, Me.
I Monday, Dec. is.
n Tena Davis mother has sued James A
4 Trefethen for money claimed to be due he
$ An old lady al Boston, Mrs Kane, wa
r given paris green in whisky, probably b
= her daughter-in-law, Her condition
: crtical-A free fight occurred at a Sa
t walton Army meeting at Lewiston, NJ
o Mrs. Meyers, who was shot 4
e Yarmouth, Me, is dead Lewiston
= Me Democrats charge registration cal