Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-03-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.



city physician Of Quincy, Mass, il dead
---Liouor dealers are buying heavily in
authorization Of an increased taxation on
whisky New industries in San T.uis
potosi state, Mex, are not TO he taxed
hereafter--An instruction In the island
of Raintca was promptly crushed by the
French authorities----In q battle between
a Virginia police boat and oyster pirates
the pirates triumphed- Murderer Mat
thew johnson of New York made full
confession of the murder of Emile
Tlcklehorn--The case of the Adams
Elk press company vs.. ex-President Spooner
of Bridgeport. Conn, was settled out of
court--1he London Times asserts that
if the United States gold reserve is to DO
maintained, interference with trade must
stop--Henry Labouchere, in a letter
that has just been made public, de-
clares that there must he refor-
NATION in the house of lords
Boss McKane of Gravesend was sen
fenced to six years imprisonment at Sing
Sing--There 10 general rejoicing At
Barre, Vt, over the favorsbl outlook for
the granite business Work was re
sumed at the Wheeler a. Wilson Manu-
featuring Company's works at Bridge
port Conn---Senator White of Lou
isiana was nominated and con
firmed as associate justice OF
the United States supreme court Baby
Esther wan christened at the White
House--Evans, the California bandit.
surrendered Joseph Kepper, the car
toonist died at New York--Frcnch
force sheled an African town. and 100
natives were killed-Murderer Mat
thew johnson of New York makes a
full confession of the murder of Emile
Kucklehorn--The Empire Knife com
pany of Winstcd, Conn, have discharged
all of the hands who went out on strike
because of n Is per cent reduction
Ex-State Senator William Barker, Jr.,
of Dartmouth died suddenly of heart
disease at New Bedford, Mass. He served
in the legislature from '6S to I'll
James Smith aged 10, was killed by being
caught on belt in a paper mill at
Bellows Falls VT
Wednesday. Feb. Ell.
| An anarchist paper was seized i'll Paris
No more men will be recrute ed at Bos-
ton for the marine service after Feb Is
THE Russian commercial treaty has
been sent before the reichstag-A plot
! TO assassinate the Servian minister of the
interior has been nearthed-David
Barney was found guilty of man.laugh-
ter at Boston-The will Of j. b. Fenno
of Boston bequeaths $25, 900 TO the chart
ties of the Episcopal chureh-The Brit
| ish ship Cleopatra will do the duty left
undone by the wrecking Of the Kearsarge
-George Angler, ticket agent in Boston
Of the Boston and Albany railroad, com
mitted suicide-Hugh Carey OF Salem,
Mass, is to bring suit against the United
States government for pay as soldier
since the close OF the war-The
| international sanitary conference at
Paris are TO talk of measures to
be taken against the spread of
cholera and other diseases--Gov-
ernor Brown threatens to prorogue
the Rhode Island legislature--A gang
of youthful burglars at Biddeford, Ne,
is suspected of breaking into many places
The trail board OF the schooner
Bessie NJ. Wells and other wreckage were
washed ashore at Provincetown, Mass
Ithamar Howe lost his alienation suit
against I. o. Woodruff at New York -
A crowd of unemployed men gathered at
the state house at Boston and hurled
threats at Legislators. Governor Green
| halge addressed the crowd from the steps
of the state house and afterward in Doric
hall. Morrison J. Swift, leader of the
mob, shouted incendiary words and was
BUSTED by police, while the crowd gave
vent to defiant utterances.
Thursday, Feb. 22
New jerseys senatorial fight is to be
taken into court-Edward J. Phelps eX-
minister to England, is seriously ill
About 1900 miners returned to work in
the eastern Ohio district--The supreme
court finds that the Michigan Sunday
| closing law is constitutional - The
Munich Zeitung AYERS that the hand of
Bismarck is needed ut the German helm
Victor Carlson of Quincy, Mass, was
dangerously wounded by being hit with
bottle in u street fght--The French
chamber rejected the sliding scale of the
corn tax bill by large majority-Suit
has been brought against the receivers
of the Northern Pacific in the sum of
5000 0O0-Lord Dunraven announces
that the Valkyrie will not race here this
year unless the ViSilant comes out
| Seventy members of the Omladna So
ciety OF Vienna were sentenced for CON
spiracy-The last bomb found in Paris
wrecked the room in which it was ex-
plodcd by the police on n test of efficiency
II. n. Mackinnon = resi- gnation as gen
eral manager OF the Concord and Mon
treal railroad was accepted. Mr.. Mac
kinnon will become general manager of
the Boston and Maine railroad
Charles Howard of Gloucester, Mass, is
missing-The high school building at
Pawtucket, r. l., is pronounced unsafe
"A nest of horse thieves in the woods
near Danielsonville, Conn, was broken
up and plumber recovered-Erastus Wi
man was arrested and held in $25, 900 bail
at New York on charge of forgery and
embezzement of 500 900 - Colonel
Hatch hopes to secure reference of his
pnti-opton bill to the agricultural com
u1ittpp i onis Wt4tap the Atlnptir ('it U
millionaire, died OF apopleXy Mrs. An
Meta Legi, who was born in France 10,
years ago, died at New York-M. X.
Morley, actuary of the Hartford Life and
Annuity company, died at Hartford, OF
apopleXy aged 66-The president has
withdrawn the nomination Of Arthur G,
Randall to be postmaster at st Johns
bury, Nt-A legislative committee on
labor is visiting New Bedford, Mass, in
the interest of the particulars bill
General Sampaio, commander of the