Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-17


are to attend the convention OF
tho Young Mems Christian association
10 he held in London In June
George w. Rverson was sentenced AZ
Paris. Me, to five years in prison for man
siaughter Boston man and Nashua
woman who were married IL years ago
and d .vorced three years later, were
again married at Nashua, y. IA
Taunton Mass colored man tell heir TO
$500 on his g5th birthday--A verdict of
granddaughter was given in the Hennessy
murder trial at Litchfeld, Conn. Hen
messy was given 10 years in prison
Emil ogzler Paine of Portland, Me,
was sentenced to IA months i'm
nrisonmeut Ex-Mayor d. b. Narney
was chosen mayor at Manchester,
n. H., to fill the vacancy caused
by Mayor Knowlton's resigENtion--
The Mary Washington monument at
Fredericksburg Va, was unveiled
Seven men cleaned out Il bank and shot
four citizens in Southwest City, Mo
Richard Croker has voluntarily ceased to
be boss of Tammany trainmen
were killed and three injured in
railroad accident in wisconsin,
The Hungarian house OF msgna'es re
iacted the civil marriage bill - The
Countess of Clarendon is dead The
budget bill passed the second reading in
the house OF commons, 30S to 294--
The Ancient Order of Hibernians at New
York elected John Haggerty of New York
national delegate. Patrick Mccarthy
was elected national secretary and Dan
p Battle national Bishop
Smithes OF Zanzibar died of fever on
board a steamer bound for Alden, and was
buried at sea He had started GU a trip
for the benefit of his health "A suit for
divorce has been brought by Mrs. Green
y. Raum. .lr, at Philadelphia The
ground alleged is said to be desertion
Saturday, May 12.
North Queensland is Ham
burg dock laborers are on strike--The
foundation of an ancient temple was dis
covered at Eretria---Tempels second
comet was discovered on its return by DR..
Finlny--The Boston Fusileer Veterans
celebrated their 10Th anniversary--The
new American Institute for Females was
opened in Rome--The French cham Ter
demands the immediate extradition of
Herr, the Panama canal lobbyist
Abutters along the Newton Mass. )boule-
ward are dissatisfied with the amount
awarded as damages - The Boston
and Maine road is undecided about
when it will complete the double
tracking of the Gloucester branch
Edward Gould, the veteran bank cashier
of Portland, Me, ia dead-Burglar. at
tempted to blow open the safe of the say
ings bank at West Buxton, Me Every
building in the village of Brdgewatel
Corner, Me, was burned-Tip, the big
Central park elephant, died after
hours of suffering. A second dost
of poison was necessary to kill him
/ Avano Bushey and Ernest Bushey were
arrested for burglary at Lewiston, Me-
The gas commissioners gave Il hearing a
Haverhill. Mass. to % petitioners for
reduction of the price of gas i'll that city
to 81 per 1000 The present price is II a
Evelyn Berry, years of age, who hat
both her legs broken by being struck by
an electric car, died in St Johns hospital
Lowell, Mass -Richard Farrell, year
old, fell over high mbankm ent into tn
Housatonic river. Pittsfield, Mass, anC
was drowned-Dwight Goddard of tn
senior class in the Hartford Comm Thee
logical seminary has received an appoint
ment from the American Foreign Mis-
sionary board as missionary to China
and will sail for Hong Kong in Septenl
Der The employees of the Union Stree
Hallway company ut Providence hav
organized rs branch Of the Amalgs
mated Union of Street Railway En-
Sployes in anticipation of cutdow
to 50 per day, which they fear tn
new management intends to offet--
General William II. Mccartney. pres
dent o. the Wilkesbarre (Pa) cit, cour
Gil, is dead-The New York legislator
] i h IN
a libel for publication-Relat b,
tween the Panama railroad and Paciti
Mail Steamship companies have bee
severed-Charles d. Walcott has bee
appointed to succeed Major John "
Powell as director of the geological SUI
vey.
Sunday, May f3.
The American Railway union is to SUI
port the Pullman strikers Anti rigg
men will control the Presbyterian ger
eral assembly statue of Column BIT
was unveiled in Central park, New Yorl
by Vice President Stevenson Brazi
ian insurgents are said to hay
defeated government forces at G.
huhy-Canadians complain of unjui
treatment at the Worlds fair
} The Republicans Of Fairfield, Me-. non
mated straight Millken delegates -
The Goth anniversary exercises of II
Newton (Mass.) Baptist Theological inst
tuition were opened Ivy the preaching
= the baccalaureate sefmon by Rev. \.
Wood, ID. D-The body of William
Looney, Springfield (Mass) tinsnit
1 was found in the Connecticut river -
G. The 2Oth annual reunion of the class
/ "a Bowdon college, will be held at Por
e land Me. June 2S-Jonas TAYLOR
- Munsonville, y. H.. committed suicide
| hanging. He was ~ years old--It is I
- ported that the marriage of the Prince
n Alike of Hesse to the c1arawitz will tai
u place Nov. 10.
o Monday. May IL
> Miss Mary L. Talbot is mysterious
- missing from Dedham, Mass-Lew
b., Bennett, years old, got in front of
n moving electric car at Boston and lost
y foot Everett lMass) druggists clos