Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-22
NEWS OF,THE WEEK.


MOOD or reduction OF rates TO CnlcapO at
present-The health of some of the Irish
political prisoners has improved-The
proposed administrative reforms for Cuba
are generally pproved-Eight hundred
Russian Jews are soon to sail from Bre-
men for the United States--Three work
ers were killed and several injured in
fire in n sweater shop in New York
There was a disastrous fire at Waldoboro,
Me. Ten buildings were burned; loss $50
600 to s65, 000-Secretary Gresham sees
little use in again appealing forslemency
in the cases of Irish political prisoners-
The Marquis of Salisbury charges that
Gladstone is undermining the imperial
structure by his home rule operations
Moses Latenville, aged s. was drowned in
the south canal at Lawrence, Mass
The wife of Salmon Falls On. II man
and man said to be a mesmerist were ar
rested at Lowell, Mass.--Augustus b.
Farmer was probably fatally assaulted at
Bow, n. H., by James and Albert Jane
son--Steamer Winthrop was burned at
PASSPORT, Me.--A motion was made
for the discharge of DR.. Graves--rIeavy
defalcations were discovered in the Irving
Savings institution New York city
Herbert Besls was struck by lightning
at Yarmouth Island, Me-, and instantly
killed-About one-quarter of the spin
ners who struck at the the Everett mills
at Lawrence, Mass, last week have re-
turned to work-Expert testimony at
the Borden trial at New Bedford, Mass,
shows no trace of blood on clothing or
hatchets--Evans and Sontag, the Cali
fornia outlaws, were captured after being
severely wounded--The viking ship has
arrived at New London, Conn.
Thursday, June 10.
The village of Alba, Mich, was de-
stroyed by fre-There is a dangerous
break in the levee at Baton Rouge, La
The home rule bill may be passed by the
last of July-A marked improvement in
winter wheat is shown-A new Japan
eseAustralian. steamer line has been es-
ablsbed-Thomas Sexton has formally
withdrawn his resignation from parlia-
ment-An evening Democratic l-cent
newspaper is to be issued in Boston about
July French authorities say they do
not anticipate wide spread cholera cpl
demic-China retaliates for the Geary
exclusion act by an embargo on American
oil-Sx endowment companies now do
ing business must make returns to Com
missioner Merrill of Massachusetts prior
to being wound up-The Massachusetts
Sons of Veterans are in annual session at
New Bedford, ass-Riotng is reported
among the disaffected mill operatives at
Biddeford Me; a settlement of the trou-
bic now in sight-The pope gave an au
dience to Dr. McGlynn-Ship McCallum
of Maine was sunk by steamship Servia;
two men lost, and others save themselves
colonel Charles II. Goldman has APP
piled for the collectorship of Boston
An attempt was made to assassi-
nate Colonel Ropes of the Corpus Christi
and South American railway in Texas
Two persons were killed and several IA
tally in ured in a railroad collision at But
Ter l. T.-An insane mother killed four
children and then herself near Pleasant
Hill, W. Na.--An appeal has been is
sued for subscriptions to a5tund for a new
music hail in Boston ,$iO0,0 900 being needed
Nothing has been heard from DIR.
Walker who is "A prisoner among he Leach
Lake Indians in Judge Nc
Connell of Chicago says that a corporation
which is a member of "a trust is as egal
a body as the trust itsclf-Ihe trial cup
defender Pilgrim is coming to Boston
after the fin keel is bolted on.
Friday, June 10.
The brothers OF Grace Allen, the miss
ing Somcrville (Mass.) girl, know OF no
reason for her leaving home-I'wo col
ored men at Newton, Mass, claim to have
been swipdled by means Of stories of
mythical legaces-A blow will be aimed
at the whisky trust by an attempt to
annul the charters of the individual COM
panies-Pope Leo is said to contemplate
Il compromise between the Catholic fac
tions in America on the school question
flames and Albert Jameson, in Jail at
Concord, \. H., may he charged with the
murder of Augustus Farmer of Bow
Mayor Matthews has issued an appeal TO
the citizens of Boston TO cooperate with
the authorities in their precautions against
cholera The six Wright brothers were
standing under tree at Adrian, Mo,
when lightning killed four of them and
injured the other two so they may die-It
is rumored that the Pope Manufacturing
company is to operate factory at South
birmingham, Mass-Thomas Cox of
Fall River, Mass, 80 years of age, com
mitted suicide. He was n laborer-
President Carnot's illness is believed to be
serious-Cholera deaths at Mecca are at
the rate of 20 per day-The report that
American bluciackets were landed at Nj
caragua is dened-A train was ditched
by wreckers at Carbon Hill, Ala, and the
engineer killed.-The Connecticut hou,
postponed the naval reserve bill and killed
the good roads bll-rhe trial at New
Bedford, Mass, Of Lizzie Borden is prac-
ticaly at an end, and for an hour yester-
day Lawyer Jennings pleaded her case. A
Jewish pedlar turned up who said he saw
a woman coming from the barn on the fatal
morning, thus proving Lizzie's alini---
The Sons of Veterans at New Bedford,
Mass, elected officers yesterday for the en-
suing year--Dr. II. A. Chaput of Low
ell, Mass, was stabbed in five places in his
rooms at 1872 Merrimac street, aud is now
at st. Johns hospital under the influence
Of ether His assailant was arrested.
saturday, June IL.
! Manchester, y. H., celebrated Bunker
Hill day-A young woman bather was
drowned at Shelter Heights, l.. I-Johu
Morrough, an anti-Parnellite, is to retire
! from parliament - Iuhuman cruelties
have been practised on those suspected of
! aiding brazilian rebels -- Thomas II.
! Crttenden and Judge Sneed, both of Ken
| lucky, are talked of TO succeed Minister
| Blount at Hawaii-IIarry Norris, aged
| ~, was drowned in the river at Biddeford
| Me, by the overturning of q boat -