Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-31

Striking miners were shot by deputies at
Washington Run, Pa, eight being killed
and many wounded - Carl Waiss,
who stabbed his brother at Roslin-
dale, Mass, confessed to his crime,
and his accomplce in robbery,
Thomas Burke, also pleaded guilty
The m ystcry OF the disappearance of Her
bert c. Hatch Of Laconia, n H, is still UNI
solved--Amherst (Mass.) college gets
s25, 900 from the Sidney Dillon estate for
the astronomy department--1nsanit is
the defense in the Donovan murder trial
at Norwich, Conn--The trustees voted
to rebuild Gilmanton IN. II. academy--
Bland was beaten in his attempt to shape
utterancss of Missouri Dem ocracy Oh sill
ver--Dobbins was first in the Brooklyn
Derby at Gravesend--Five strikers were
killed and many wounded in a battle with
deputies at Sickle Hollow, Pa--New
| York business men ars to hold a monster
| mass meeting to protest against an in
come taX--Sailors refuse to go to sea in
the big British bnrk Lydgate, now at New
York-EX-General Master Powderly
was suspended, not expelled--A ban
ouet was rendered to United States naval
officers in London--The informal dedi-
cation of the new Postal Telegraph and
Commercial Gable companies building
occurred in New York city--Hundred
Of ex-Presdent Morton's fowl were
stricken wi h tuberculosis and killed
The captain Of the Paris denies the story
that his ship crossed the bows of the Ma
jes ic---M. Dupuy refused to undertake
to construct Il new French ministry
Several opposition motions and amend
ments to the budget bill were rejected in
the house of commons--The J. X. Gill
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stationery Portland, Or, assigned. Liza
bilties, Sl3O. 600 -- An express on the
Shore line struck and killed two tramps
who were walking on the track at point
between Branford and Stony Creek Conn.
Saturday, May 40.
c. c. Baldwin was nominated for naval
officer at New York-Not one of the
latest counterfeit S. bills has reached Bos
ton--C. f. Clapp of Northampton, Mass,
was sulfocated by gas at Young's hotel
Boston--A jealous husband murdered
his wife and attempted suicide at New
ark. y. flames Dunan, who shot
Alderman Lomasney of Boston, was sent
to the asylum for the insane at Worcester
Visiting British wGrships at Boston
were besieged by thousands of visitors
The Massachusetts prohibition state COM
mittee asked ex-Chairmau Blackmer to
withdraw his siynaton-Clarence VI.
Mason was found guilty Of assault with
intent to kill in the superior Grim
inHl court at Salem, Mass --
The Guion Steamship company is going
out of business-Franc has sued the
Worlds Columbian exposition for
$l,oOO,OOO damages - Samuel Alex
ander, the crazy murderer who es-
capped from the Worcester (Mass }
asylum, was arrested in Montreal
Fatal hostilties occurred in the mining
district of Cripple Creek, Colo-The
cruiser Marblcheld is not to be Mt Marble
head, Mass, on the Fourth, as was ex-
pected--Francis L. O'Reilly was nomi-
mated for collector of customs at provi-
dence - Unconditional repeal of the
state bank tax is not expected by its
friends--The wall of u Brooklyn build
ing caved in. One man was
killed and three are missing
missioner Roosevelt pointedlY replies
to criticisms made by congressmen-
Smallpox is prevalent at Providence and
Putnam, Conn-Aninsan man allowed
himself to be run over by a train at Rock
fall, Conn-Actor Arthur G. smith was
arrested at Hartford, charged with rn5-
bling drummer's valise-Four COWS
sufT ring from tuberculosis we're killed at
Tewkshury, Mass-A national associa-
ton of ladies of the Naval Veterans was
organized at Providence -Ihe Rhode
Island legislature legalized lEolselling nj
race tracks on race days, and then adj
journed sine die
Sunday, May. 81.
, The Whitway party in Newfoundland
is trying to have Governor Brown re
called --S5 tenitz was defeated by Laskel
for the 10Th time-The estate of the late
Abel Abbott Low of Brooklyn foots III
over = 600 0O0-A revolution is immi
nent in Venezuela, and only kept down
by President Crespos firm hand-Tht
Sugar trust investigating committee
! wants power to compel witnesses to tes
tify-The Elgn National Watch com
pauy will probably sell ont to an Eng
lish syndicate--The United State:
frigate Constitution will remain at Ports
mouth (N H navy yard-Jules Simon
will have both eyes operated on for catar
act Immediately - The dead body o
John Mahoney was found beside thu
railroad track near Worcester, Mass
; The feast of Corpus Christi was ccle
, brated with imposing ceremonies at st
Johns church, Worcester, Mass-Rev
> e. Everett Bean of Portland, Me, has
resigned, and spoke very bluntly to hi
congregation.
, Monday, May 28.
Industrials Swift and Fitzgerald are t.
/ stay in Washington till their petition il
e preseuted-The coinage ri the iisca
! year will be the largest since ISL
t The old frigate Constitution is not to b.
4 removed from Portsmouth n. H., to Bos
r. ton-Seuator German is conyalescing
70 Alexander, the insane murderer, wa
brought before the extraditiOn commits
s sioner in Montreal and remanded-P Pole
% riot at Freeland, Pa, and two We're ia
. tally wounded-The yacht Nalkyrie va
% sighted Off The south of Ireland-Th
= imperial trade conferen ce to be hel,
, at Ottawa June 22-Chief Justice John
a son of Quebec is dead-The followers O
: ex-Admiral da Cana concentrating ii
} Rio Grande do Sul-Divi6ed skirts ar
e forbidden by the city council Of Ell Pnso
=, Tex-The body of prominen
N.m Iar,ay busiupss man foun,