Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-11
TELEGRAP4lC SUMMARY.
Reports Picked or the Wire From Many
PO,nts.


Advioes from Ecuador indicate the suc-
cess of the reVolutionists.
A Baltimore despatch says the steamship
Rydal Water, Capt. Jones, is detained at
OUT rantine with a case of yellow fever on
board She arrived yesterday morning
from St. Jago de Cuba.
Among the passengers on the steamer
Paris from New y ork for Southampton
yesterday morning, We're Hon. Chauncey
NJ. Depew ana Hon. John c. New of In
dianapoiis.
Rose Finn. aged 10, of 514 West 9th
street. New York. was shot in The head
ana instantly killed a 7;30 yesterday MORN
ing at 18th street and 10th avenue by
Michael MCGOWAN.
Reports from Cuba indicate that the
chances of success for the Cuban in
surgents are improving daily. telegram
from the Spanish minister a Washington
states that all the United States warships
and revenue cutters in Florida waters viii
be subject to orders from the Spanish con
sui at Jacksonville.
A young man known as "Spider joe"
living near the Ludlow street jail, claims
to have seeu two women with the prls-
oners in the reception room OF the prison
a few days before the escape Of the three
convicts 1t is supposed that they fur
nished them with arms.
1t now appears that six lives We're lost
by the sinking OF the Memphis & Ashport
packed Lady Lee, which occurred Friday
night at the head of island Forty IS
miles above Memphis. The boat had made
a landing and was backing out when she
struck a hidden obstruction and sank
almost instantly IN "A feet of water.
Reports received by the commissioner of
internal revenue show that since the m
crease of the tax on distilled spirits there
has been a large increase in the business
OF Illicit distillation, The revenue officers
believe there are perhaps 20Oo Illicit stills
in operation at this time, and that the
| output from these unlawful establish
ments is at the rate of several hundred
thousand gallons per annum.
Prince Cantacuzene, the Russian minist-
er to tha>Cnited States, will shortly be
relieved Of his official duties here and he
transferred as minister of Stuttgart. lie
is now in Russia, but will return to thR
country in September ana present MS
letters of recall.
The management of the Atlanta ex-
position has received from Mr. a. Macchi,
commissioner general to Europe, a prop
osition from Messrs. Saunders x Co, OF
London, Offering to build on the lake
fac simie of transatlantic steamship ST.
Louis. The ship will be of exactly the
same size az the St Louis and will be used
as restaurant.
The royal mail steamer Dee from Pan
anna reports that an explosion of Boilers
occurred in the electric light works at
Carthegena July =. The fireman and ma
chinst were blown into atoms. About 20
prisoners in the House of Detention wero
killed and several We're badly mualiated.
The damage to property is considerable.
NUGGETS OF INFORMATION.
A South Dakota farmer this season
planted 100 acres of Russian sunhowers
These flowers are grown for the oil OF
| their seeds, which is the nearest approach
| TO oiive oil, and commands high price.
As an illustration of the vitality of. the
old Welsh language il is shown that it Is
stil spoken by 81 per cent OF the popula-
ton of Wales.
I 1t is PROPOSED 90 utilize, the cataracts of
the Nile for Industrial purposes.