Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Fergus Falls Minn-Russia's customs
reductions have gone into effect-The
India Mutual Insurance company of Bos
ton is to 90 out Of business-The govern
ment bought 100000 ounces of silver at
Il 1-2 cents an ouace--An American
missionary was tRobbed in the province Of
Shan-TunR, Chna--Tufts college is TO
have scientific and manual training
school for both sexes-The Brazilian
government has ordered the port of Rio
Grande do Sui ockaded-Several cap
tans will be court-martialed for not obey
ing Admiral Tryon's fatal signal
A gang of alleged bank swindlers were
unearthed and captured in Boston
Hon. A. 4. Pillsbury is a candidate for
the governorship of Massachusetts and II.
NJ. knowlton for attorney general
France has submitted proposals to SIM
pity the merchant signal code to the
United States and Great Britain-NIex-
leo has recalled all of its foreign minis
ters except Minister Romero at Washing
ton and the minister at Madrid-The
convention Of the United States Railway
Mail Service Mutual Benefit association
is to be held in Boston next September
Commercial travellers have petitioned
the railroad commissioners for more trains
on the Cape Cod division of the Old Colony
railroad-Bismarck entertained German
business men Monday and offered toast
to William l, "A model of magnanimity,
honor and gratitude" - There are no
new developments Of Importance in the
Attleboro (Mass.) murder case-A war
of words ensued in the British house
Of commons over the Irish question
Eighteen dead bodies have been taken
from the ruins of the burned building on
the Worlds fair grounds.
Thursday. July 13.
There are S5 cases of cholera in Alexan-
dria-The cholera has again appeared in
Moscow - Pomeroy, lowa's Cyclone
stricken town, is in need of food-Peach
prospects in Delaware and Maryland are
good--The whisky trust differences are
said to have been settled-Rev. w. w.
Hooper, who has severed his connection
with the Universalist church at Taunton,
| Mass was presented by his former parish
| toner's with 500 in gold-Charles T..
| Simpson, a recent teacher of penmanship
and bookkeeping in the Saco (Me) public
| schools, has been elected instructor in COM
mercial branches in the English high
school, Lynn, Mass-William O'Brien,
lineman, while fixing trolley wire OF
the electric railway at South Natick
| Mass, broke his right leg. The wire
broke and precipitated O'Brien from the
tower wagon to the ground-Ihe Viking
ship has arrived at the Worlds fair
Lord Derby, the retired governor general
of Canada, has started for England-A
movement is on foot in the Worlds fail
commission to close on Sunday-Nava
Constructor Hichborn succeeds Commo
dore Wilson as chief constructor of the
navy-There are IA known victims of thC
Chicago oholocaust-The steamer Arthur
Orr crashed into an excursion boat neal
the Worlds fair and panic en-
sued-The officers of the Plankintor
bank of Milwaukee have beeen in
dicted for fraud aud embezzlement-
The wooden mill of Schoheld g. Sons, Madi
son, Ind, was burned-The Lake Su
perior Mineral company's plant at Wes
Superior was burned-A German war
ship has been ordered to Bangkok to pro
tecU German interests
Friday. July II.
A South Boston man was killed by
train at Providence-The Italian warshil
Etna has sailed from Bar Harbor, Me-, 70
HalifaX-Alderman Philip Little o
Salem, Mass, is a candidate for mayor o
that city-Two boys were arrested a
Cambridgeport, Mass, for passing counter
lelJ money ~ W -pOuuu pAcCc u tHlocl
girls, worth $500, was found on the beac
at Ipswich, Mass-iuckey, O. was almos
destroyed by fre-The cholera in Hun
gary is of the Asiatic type-Postal card
are to be uniform in size hereafter-Chir
pewa Indians are traudulently drawing
nnuities-Another negro murderer ha
been lynched in Mississip ppi-The captai
OF the British brig Darma died from ye
low fever-An expedition has left Mai
( Unique for the invasion of Venezuela
Receivers are to be asked for in the cas-
of every existing endowment order
report is current that Admiral Wander
t kok has captured Rio Grande do Sui
The Sultan of Zanzibar has conceded tn
government of the Beuadir ports to ltal
The Baptist Young Peoples union ha
opened an International convention at Ii
dianapolis-M. Buloz, editor of The r.
vue des Deux Mondes, Paris, absconde
after paying IL, 100000 francs blackma
"A man, supposed to be James Crane
= of Willimantic, Conn, was sutfocated In
Boston lodging house-Both Sheriff
9 Brigham and Hurlbutt of Plymout
g county, n. H., claim victory in the
$ legal fight-Twelve insane convicts hay
- been transferred from the ConnecticJ
= state prison to the insane asylum
/ twelve employees of the New York al
4 New England railroad have been arreste
for swindling the company-Dsvid
}, Sccor of Bridgeport, Ct, has been a.
4 pointed a judge at the Worlds fair, an
r assigned to group 95-gold and silver plat
= etc.-The Mallory line Of steamers hi
discontinued its service from New York
n Bar Harbor, Me-, owing to the hard luc
i with its vessels-A terrible railroad acc
r dent occurred at Newburg, n. Y; six we
: killed and over score injured-A Ge
man doctor and his wife were arrested
Detroit for several murders to defraud II
surance companies-ln the British hou
a of commons the Irish members won
every point on the home rule bill--N 90
ward, the inventor of the undergroul
y electrical system, died at Lynn, Mas,
from poisoning.
i saturday, July l5'
It A military revolt in San Salvador w
suppressed - Hanlan has challeng.
l. Teemer to three-nile boat race
i cyclone did considerable damage at Eli
d wood, Neb-J. y. Wales Of DorcLeste