Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


stealing Sl2,UD- rOrelRu eKplDltorS at
the Fair are to sue the government for
100000 to pay for damaged exhibits
Ex-Governor William Stone of Iowa,
late commissioner general of the land
office, died at his residence near Oklahoma
City yesterday--The Massachusetts dele
gates will present a solid front for Captain
Adams as the next head Of the Grand
Army-Patrck +. Beatty was stabbed
on the corner of Endicott and Stillman
streets, Boston, by Antonio Raimondo--
President Cleveland is still on his cruise
on the Oneida-Vermont and New
Hampshire lead in the dairy contest at the
Worlds fair-D. Ii. Burnham, J. b.
Skinner, G. \. Mcdonald and f. w.
Murphy have been held to await the
action of the grand jury for causing
the deaths at the Worlds fair fire
A furious electric storm visited Michi-
gan-The town of Natrona, Pa, was de-
luged by n terspout--Congressm
Breckenridge was married yesterday at
Louisville-Miss Lillian Russell, the
vocalist, is confined to her bed at Chicago
Thirty buildings were destroyed in
London by fire. Loss s7,5oo,ooo
Thursday, July 20.
The drought in western Texas has been
broken-Hostilites are to be renewed in
Honduras-A bad freight wreck oc-
Cured on the Boston and Albany road,
near Ashland, MasS-A receiver has
been appointed for the Unised Order of
Equity-Nhe Illinois Central IS said to
have acquired the Pacific short line
The damage by Tuesdays storm in Con-
necticut is estimated at 800, oO0---A
NOV ement Is under way to GUST 45 in
surance companies out of Nebraska-
All the Indians enlisted at Fort Reno
have been dismissed from the service
Mrs. Sarah A. Freeman fell down stairs
at Portsmouth, n. H., and sustained in
juries which caused her death-Thomas
+. Haley was killed by the cars at Quincy,
Mass-Frank Brayon was struck by a
train at South Nashua, n. H., and killed
George w. Barnes, farmer of Itch
field, n. H., dropped dead from the excess
sive heat--The Vermont drouth has re-
suited in serious damage to the hay,
whNt and vegetable crops-A terrific
electric storm, accompanied by rain and
hail, passed over lips witch, Mass, Centen-
NAL grove, Manchester by-the-Sea and
vicinity-Randolph Mass, celebrated
her Tooth anniversary Ster
ling Morton, secretary of agrcul-
ture, predicts abundant harvests -
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girl, who refused him, and then killed
himself-E. J.. Gum, prominent Lima
| co. insurance and loan agent, is mysteri-
ously absent, and there are many stories
afioat to the effect that he has gone wrong
or been foully dealt with--Servano
Lopez laborer at Guanajuato, Mex,
while crazed with liquor, killed his aged
parents and his own little child with an
aXe-Low water on the Androscoggin
has hung up millions of feet of lumber
and thousands of cords of pulp wood.
Friday, July Ell.
| The Waltham Mass sewer commission
has discharged two foremen owing to lack
of work-The Milburn wagon works,
Toledo, has shut down, throwing out of
employment 1900 men who had refused a
reduction in wages-The Union bauk and
the Greeley National bank of Greeley,
Colo, have closed - King Lobengula
and his warriors have risen against the
whites in honaland-Flanders dry
goods house, Denver, Colo, has assigned
1t is proposed to work the Comstock
lode in Neveda at a reduced cost for labor
The Union stock Yards company, San
Francisco, was attached--City Solicitor
Bailey of Boston WAS striker with apo
pleXy, Int is slowly improving
Saben- Of Fall River, Mass, brutally beat
her waywasd daughter-It is said that
Matthews and Collins will head the Mas
sachusetts state ticket - Patrick Gal
lagher claims that his Homestead poison
ing retracton was falsitied-Southern
Kansas miners marched into the mines to
compel those at work to strike-The
panic in Denver is wearing itself out
Fall River (Mass.) manufacturers must
| Of e ar la1o hut
The Northern Manufacturing company,
Ashland, Wis, has assigned - The
Infanta Eulalie is to visit England
Cholera is rampant among Moscow's
poor-The Kansas strike is becoming
more serious - 4 Kansas City bank
cashier killed a young lawyer on the street
in cold blood-A bank cashier shot a
burglar dead at Ovid, n. Y.-Edward
Devlin of Boston committed suicide by
shooting-Mayor Matthews of Boston
says he is not formally" in the field for
| governor-The plan to make Philadel-
phia a reserve center for national banks
has failed-The First National banks of
Canon City and Grand junction, Colo,
have failed-England is making prepare
tons TO take hand i'll the Siamese trouble
1t is reported that Hon. Sherman
Hoar is to be appointed United States dis
trict attorney of Massachusetts,, vice Hon.
Frank ID. Allen--Charles Dewnells OF
Mapchester n H., was fatally injured il
Illinois-The Nashua On. H. Security
company has closed its doors, but claims
to be solvent--Two eastern Maine des-
peradoes have been captured--Some 4OC
acres were burned over at Mast Yard, n
IL.
Saturday, July ~.
Yellow fever prevails at Mazatlan, Mex
The condemned Choctaws will be sho
Aug 4-The Liverpool race cup was wor
10y Simonian-Admiral Waldenkolk l.
imprisoned in Santa Cruz fortress, Brazi
The town of Even, Mich, devastated
by fire, is suffering for want Of food
No lease of the Boston and Montrea
railroad by the Boston and Maine has ye
been signed Unpaid Honduras troop
threatened revolt, but their demands wer
satisfied by forced loan from merchant
Minister Baker will not interfere in tn,
present trouble in Nicaragua unless or.
dered to do so-The trial of Actor Cur
It's for the murder of a san francisco
policeman has been again pOstpOued-