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


are charged with misuse of northern
vr,,r,u- ~ oney-Ihe Abbott Bowen
Gclt loo New Orleans was declared draw
The shutdown in Connelsville (PaO .
coke region Is complete - Joseph n. /
Choate IS to I've the president Of .
New York's constitutional convention -
Il is rumored that Providence may he .
made the eastern landing point of Fall
River line steamers Colonel Crawford .
Allen died at Providence-The grand .
jury is to investigate cases of "boodling" /
in connection with the granting of Hav- ,
erhill Mass liquor licenses Sire in the
Whitteuton mils ut Taunton, Mass,
caused a loss o. between $40 600 and $4,000
W. f. Sayles, the millionaire Paw
tucket (R u manufacturer, IL dead
The village of Gatow. Germany, was de-
strovcd by fre--The Italian govern
ment has sent assistance to Greece----
A lover who had been tilted killed him
self Mt Carlyle lll.-.A negro suspected
of incendiarism was lynched in Mississippi
HI b. Stoll OF Boston attempted
suicide at Buffalo - A thieving
Brooklyn official was given seven
years and four months In jail
Two of the tourists imprisoned IN the
cavern at Luzloch, Syria, were rescued
by miners Captain Selfrdge, l. :. y,
has been allowed to accept the decoration
conferred upon him by France
The German Colonial society wants
Germany to establish an exclusive pro-
tectorate over SamOa-Bogus lottery
concerns claiming to be the successors OF
the old Louisiana lottery have been doing
business in Missouri - A bookkeeper
who left the employ Of Minneapolis
firm with shortage of sos 900 turns out
to lie member of an organized gang of
.f-at Ir,
lingame of Connecticut has appointed as
his deputy f. P. Bates of Guilford-
Sparks from the forge of blacksmith
chop at Roslindhle, Mass. started fire
which destroyed over $1,000 worth of
property Colonel Madison, who is we'll
versed in Indian affairs, thinks that the
story of intended uprising of the
natives is in every way eorreot-A sub
marine cable has been laid and is now
omen for public correspondence between
Hong Kong and Laburan, Borneo.
Wednesday, May o.
Berne rioters were sent to jail-There
was a $4,000 fire Mt Chicopee, Mass
The revolt in Salvador is seemingly
crushed--A lone highwayman held up
the Milton (Cal) stage and robbed the
Wells Fargo treasure boX-A Swede
who was afraid he would be hanged for
placing cancelled postage stamp on q
letter committed suicide at Boston --
The 100000 15-year per cent water bonds
OF northampton, Mass, were awarded
the Franklin Savings bank of Boston at
l04 15--L L. Snow & Co. launched a
tugboat at Rockland. Me. She will be
used for wrecking purposes -The body
of Frank Garlick of Providence, who dis
appeared mysteriously March %, was
found floating in Narragansett bay
Rev. f. c. H.ddock, pastor of the Foss
Street Methodist church, Biddeford, Me.
has resigned on account of poor health
commission reported in favor of taliin z
water for Providence from farther up the
Pawtucket river than now--Tbe Con
necticut Eclectic Medical association will
fight the state medical practice act--A
committee at New Haven is to inquire
into the sanity of Joseph Scott, the vio-
lent CoXeyte--The schoolship ST. Mary s
went ashore u second time at New Lon
don. COMA family of Russian Jews
We're driven from their home and stoned
by drunken mob at Portland Me-
The p T. Bgrnum estate Is to undergo
another partial distribution-The Meigs
elevated railroad system was endorsed by
the Lowell (Masb.) board of trade-The
Brockton (Mass) Central Labor union
protests against cheap contract labor in
city departments--Rev Louis lie Due OF
North Adams, Mass, is dead-CoXey
a1d Browne were found guilty--The
Youth African production of gold in 1899
was somewhat Overestiin ated-As sist-
ant Secretary Hamlin is to make AZ
official inspection of the customs service
on the Pacific coast-A large number OF
government printing Office employees are
to lie harged-Colonel Breckin
ridge is to be asked to withdraw from the
contest by members of his party-TwC
American steamers We're captured ant
passengers and crew arrested by a Cana
dian patrol boat on Lake Erie.
Thursday, May 10
The gold reserve is down to S04, 900, 00
Farm labor is scarce in the Missis
sippi valley--The Leyland line steame
lancastrian went ashore on Georges isl
and, Boston hnrbor--Six hundred ar
reported killed in recent battles i'll Saliva
dor---The anthracite coal miners are T.
Join the United Mine Workcrs--Brtisl
Liberals are called upon to rally roun,
the government--Hon. Charles Will
fans, exm mayor of Nashua, y H., is dea
The French cham Der of deputies CAV
the government a vote Of confidence
Woodbury. Noyes, a retired HaverhiI
(Mass) shoe manufacturer, is dead
Kansas Repu blcaps may support Tor
Reed for the presidential nominatio
The Society Of Colonial Wars is
celebrate the anniversary of the settl
nent at jamestown, \. Y --
Two-thirds of the village of Norway, Me
was destroyed by fre-The book keep
of the Gloucester (Mass.) Fish compar
is said to be a defaulter-Two brothe
attempted suicide at Putnam, Conn
The Portsmouth On. H. navy yard is to
discontinued, and l5O men discharge
Two deaf mutes were killed by
train at New Haven Conn -- lie
thousand persons were killed
an earthquake in Nenezuela--A form
Boston man killed a woman and a
tempted to kill himself at Pittsburg-
Richard Croker has definitely announce
his retirement from the leadership
Tammany Hall wiRwam--People fro
all over the country are beginning to tai
sdvantags OF the Oklahoma divorce la
which is 20 considerable to those desirr