Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Tuesday, May 10.


ting rates on hQur-Professo Henry
Morley of England is dead-The holy
coat is on exhibition at Argenteuil.
France" Boss" McKane Is unable to
secure a writ Of hsbeas corpus--The
Italian military budget was passed by
the dcputies----Keeler & Co., furniture
dealers, Boston, made an assignment
The training ship Enterprise has
started on her cruise along the coast--
Thirty persons were injured 10y the ben
zine explosion at Bradford, Pa--liolt
and Ware were the victOrs in yesterdays
plav in the iutersch elastic tennis tourna-
msnt at Harvard wardt, the jew
batter, gives statistics showing the enor-
NOUS increase of the Jewish population
in Prus.ia--Judge Emmons of East
Boston finds that G. A. Bemis was negli-
gent of his horse when he ran over Elisa
NJ. Wright last April--Mrs Marion
whitney is under arrest at Cambridge,
Mass, for hiring carriages and
horses from livery stables and fail
ina to return them --- Baron Way
de Nsjs, president of the Hungarian
house of magnates, is dead
Cape Cod cranberry growers propose to
organize a sales company to handle the
crop---One woman was killed and four
were injured, two fatally in runaway
accident Mt Brattleboro, Vt--A forest
fire threatened the town of Beddington,
Me-Boys started a disastrous forest fire
in Brockton, Mass--Fire in the door and
sash factory of the Rice & Griffin com
pany at Worcester, Mass, caused loss of
about sl5,O00--The suspended Rock
land (Me) high school class re-
fuses conditional reinstatement--
The United States is likely to take the
initiative in bringing about a change of
government in Samoa Sinking miners
tried to blow up n Baltimore and Ohio
tunnel--The Union Lsague club of Chi
cago voted to drop Breckenridge from
honorary mem bership a child was
killed and several persons hurt in a rail
road accident near Owego, n. "a
large restaurant and clubhouse in Forest
park, St Louis was struck by lightning
and DESTROYED Francis l.. Eames was
elected president of the New York Stock
Exchange
Wednesday. May 10.
Smallpox is raging in Mexican cities
The Behring sea patrol sailed from
Port Townsend, Wash-Six excursion
ists were drowned near Ipswich, Eng
President Carnot of France does not seek
re-election-Henry Alexspder, a New
York artist, committed suicide - France
will eventually annex Tunis and NADIA
gascar-B. r Hamilton of Boston was
beaten and robbed in New York D.
Ryder, the alleged forger of New Bed
ford, Mass, has escaped--Two English
prospectors died of thirst in the Har
guhala desert, A. THE expenditures
of the government for 10 l2 months
EXCEED the receipts by 0,0oC 0o0- Mr.
Johnson the correspondent of the Pari.
Figaro, died suddenly at London-Tht
Washburn & Moen company Of Worces
ter, Mass, asks for an injunction against
two rnilroads-A re-trial of the Fox viii
case was begun at Hartford--St. AIMS
Episcopal church, Richford, Vt, was con-
secrated by Bishop Hall-The town of
Milford, Mass, voted to build a new
high school building -James w Carver
of Auburn, Me, was arrested for pulling
q revolver on Detective Odlin-A Fort
Tru !. bull soldier was murdered at New
Loua W, Conn No new bond issue is ex-
pected to be necessary this summer
The belief that the Brooklyn Tabernacle
fire was incendiary is growing Presi
dent PeiXOto has announced to the Bra
lillian congress that he has handed to tn,
Portuguese minister his passport
United States squadron is to visit Ant
yyerp on June l. and remain there unti
June 15-Carrie Wendell SHOT anc
killed J. p Row on the stems of the Ma
tional hotel at Chicago. She then sho
herself in the head-The engineers yes
terdav endorsed the ciparmekers' blu
label as a mark for union goods at ST
Paul The rest of the dav was devoted +.
routine matters--A disastrous fire a
Boston started at the BASEBALL grounds
Two hundred families were rendere,
homeless and 81 OuOO ono worth of nronert,
DESTROYED
Thursday, May II.
Fraiobt rates on cereals have been on
Q ~ cents-The nostofice at Milton
\ n was robbed of s4o0-Anothe
case of SMALLPOX has been discovered \
Chelsea Nfass-The French anarchist
Henry is to he executed soon-Kousa
Democrats are yranplinp at Kansas Cit,
Premier Crispi is supported bv tn
Italian chamber--A school at MAYS
vile Ind was struck INV liqhtnino an,
one scholar killed--The Is O00 Vienn.
strikers have returned 10 work bevin,
given up the contest Governor peel