Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WednesdnY. MAY ~.

Ot--AnOther lnSurreCtlOn Is reported IN
Peru--The international congress of
miners was opened at Brussels-The
Center party of Germany has issued a
manifesto against the army bill--The
Ives. Blakeslee and Williams company of
New York is in voluntary insolvency.
The Italian ministry are said to owe their
downfall to tampering with the Casa
Depositi-The American Philosophical
society opened it's l50th anniversary
convention at philadelphia-L. Edwin
Dudley has been sued by the United
States government for not fulfilling his
bond as Indian agent-The South Bos-
ton Gaslight company minority stock
holders ask for u receiver until the COM
pany can be rid of the Addcks combina-
ton and reorganize -Diphthera is raging
in Woods village in Northboro Mass with
serious results The house of w. L. Tai
colt at Hartford was entered and $3.50 and
diamond iewelry stolen--Charles Dur
rell, prominent farmer and lifelong cti-
zen of Barre, VT, died from shock of paral-
ysis-At meeting OF the builders and
contractors at Springfield, Mass, speeches
were made in favor of resisting to the end
the eight hour movement--Ihe Glouces-
ter (Mass) high school battalion were
given a complimentary supper by George
r. Bradford, in honor of their victory at
Maiden, Mass--ln the district court at
Plymouth, Mass, f. n. Wood was found
guilty of assault and battery on j. 5.
Brown and fined Sl2 and put on three
months probation-Mrs. May II. Gooch,
wife Of Lawyer w. W. Gooch, has been
granted divorce decree nisi with $4,000
nlimony--A woman was fatally burned
by lamp explosion in South boston
poor's tannery in Salem, Mass, was
burned, entailing a loss OF $3.50, 900
Louis Stevens, the bridgeport Comm
green goods" man, has been indicted
Thursday, May 20.
The Monarch distillery secedes from the
whiskey trust-An Italian crisis was
averted by the action of King Humbert
The Cincinnati university has dis
covered discrepancy of $4,000 in its ac
counts-A passenger on Chelsea (Mass.)
electric car was injured by a collision with
IA coal cart-The Standard Oil company
has absorbed its greatest rival, the Tide
water Oil company are living
in hope of II change in the Geary Law
The worst crevasse of the season is re-
ported at Lake Providence, LA
government board is sitting at Boston eN
unining life saving appliances
and Young's hotels, Boston, are to be
operated by IA stock compahy-Michael
O'Connor, who escaped from the Charles
town (Mass) state prison last July, died
in Philadelphia hospital-A Boston
syndicate is said to have purchased Nova
Scotia iron mines and blast furnaces
a train loaded with naphtha was wrecked
and burned near Burlington, Wis
Emilio CASTELAR,, the Spanish statesman,
has announced his intention Of retiring to
private life--Ihe Belgium government
| has expelled from the country TWO French
delegates to the miners cOngress-
| French public opinion is aroused that fur
| ther notice has not been taken of the dis
| turbance on the Siamese frontier-The
secretary of the treasury has announced
| that no attention can be paid to claims for
| debts of employees of the Department.
| The L. :. 5. Bennington has sailed from
| Vineyard Haven, Mass, for New York <
| EN-Cerk J ohm ;. Russell has returned to
Portland, Me-Dartmouth carried the
day at the intercollegiate games at
! Worcester, Mass-Colonel j. Albert
! Mills is charged with embeZZlement from
the Victoria mills of Newburyport, Mass,
Of which he was aQent-Louise Haml-
ton, an actress, and Herbert Clark, an actor,
eloped from Iorrington, Conn-John II.
Chase wins the Harvard tennis tourna-
| mcut.
Friday, May 20.
Fifteen participants in the Cara revo-
! luton" have been sentenced to imprison-
ment-An appropriation of $1,000 was
recommended for the Farragut monument
charlottesville board appointed by Sec.
rotary Carlisle to inspect life saving APP
pAratus has begun its labors in Boston
A Connecticut miser and hermit left over
e2S, 600 AT his death-Two Haverhill
Mass, tiremen were discharged for intoXi-
catiOu-Michael and Jacob Rosenbaum
of Bddeford, Me, were indicted for arson
Minnie Webb of titchburg Mass,
may be charged with murder--A ma.
sonic temple s to be built at Worcester
Mass--Democrats win at South King
ston, II. l., and have the grand committee
with Senator Watsons vote - The
General Electric company employees at
Lynn, Mass, refuse to accept the com
pany's compromise proposition, and 3
strike is feared-Colonel j. \. Mills o.
the Eight Massachusetts regiment i,
charged with having embezzled funds II.
paymaster of the Victoria cotton mills
Russian troops are moving towards tn,
Pamirs-The trammers' strike at tn,
Calumet and Hecla mine is ended-Th,
German Centrist party has split on tn,
action against the army bill--The villag,
Of Boucheryille, u. G., has been visited by
lire, Thirty houses were burned-A
Spanish cabinet crisis has been precipitatet
oy the proposed retreuchment Of expense
Attorney General Pillsbury will no
conduct the government side Of the Bor
den murder trial-Yule juniors hav,
elected members of the senior societies.
The Veteran Artillery company of New
buryport Mass, had II field day at Ports
mouth, y. H.--Mrs. Hurd, in courU a
Lowell, Mass, admits that her testimony
at the fire inquest last year was not tru,
--George H. Moses has been appointe,
brestry commissioner in New Hamp
shire-The civil engineers of New IIamp
shire railroads are to testify at n hearin.
Ii relation to "A new LAWSUITS wer
brought against the metropolitan Life In
! surance company 10y Lawrence Mass.
policy holdels-The Massachusetts eX
tcutive council rejected William b. Nc
Slellan as fire commissioner, but Judg
Fallon was confirmed as judge of TIN
! South Boston municipal courI-A yer
Iict of Sl4,S33 was awarded Harvey *
Flagler in his suit against DIR, Flower II