Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-08-22
TIE WEEKS NEWS



week Japanese meeting with unex-
pcctod resistance in Formosa-Death
in Lcipsic of Baron Tauchnitz, the
celebrated publisher - Queens speech
rc,d to parliament -- German vet
Grams forbidden from carrying their
war celebrations into French terri
tory-Unitod States comes up for criti-
cism at the peace congress at Brussols-
Many lives lost by collision of barges with
| fcrryboat near Goletta, in Tunis--
| Titus and Tyler broke a number Of rec
ords at Manhattan Beach, n. Y--BoSton
man killed himself in Chicago to test the
teachings of theost3 hy--Thrce big saw
wills burned at Fairfield, Me-, en-
failing over SS5, 600 loss---North Atlantic
squadron sailed from Newport, Il. l.
Artist Thomas November killed by Il train,
while attempting to rescue girl, near
Norri5town, Pa -- Miss Jane Mercer
granddaughter of the fourth governor of
| Maryland, and Schuyler Hamilton, Jr,
married in Baltmore--Actor Burke shot
and wounded by an insane man at Nor
wich, Conn - Whisky trust property
sold to the reorganization commit
tee --- C0pituletion Of Puerte Prin-
cipe Cuba, momeutnrly expected -
Battle in progress between forces of Al
] lNrO anu SHrHSll, -ln8TlcS IL.
Wilson, the new president OF the Grand
Trunk railroad, arrived in New York
Many Connecticut towns saiS to be unable
to pay their war bounties-New York
jacket makers winning their srikc-
Two Costgan (Slc.) boys to be tried at
Bath for neutrality-suspicious. taken from
jail in Ellcnsburg, Wash, and hanged
Fitzgerald Of Coxey army fame com
m:tted toan insane asylum ---Chilian con
sulate in Ornro, Bolivia, stoned by mob
-- Montreal planning mills burned
Da CANA mutilatcd body found at Rivera
--Leominstcr Mass horn goods factory
destroyed lg tire--EXQueon Mario of
Hanover may become blind - Twenty
persons poisoned at a dance in Indiana
THE Amcsbury (Mass.) pGrochial high
school will he abandoncd--North Caro-
Ina Democrats want to consult on the
silver oucstion-New York ctys debt
has increased more than $6,00O,0 900 during
Mayor Strong's regims-Sundav thcatri
oals without a license rendered legal in
Massachusetts, by an oversight in lcgis-
latiyc act.
Friday, Aug. 1G.
Increase in American exports Of manu-
featured goods contiruc5-LittlC danger
Of further outbreaks against foregn in
China-French authorities temporzing
in the Waller case-Nml,ezzle Shirley
arrested in Boston, disappeared from
Manchester, n. H., a year aeo-Foss
stables burned in Mclrose, Mass; six
horses persisted in the flames -- Fall
River (Mnss.) manufacturers do not give
much encouragement of an advance in
wages-Children iacket-makers in New
York to return to work Sunday morning
I = tpI nv
publicans for governor OF Muryland---
The tussock moth, not the gypsy mots,
has invaded Lawrence, Mass--Man who
escaped from an officer by jumping over
board from steamer Puritan IS alive
President Clevelands new stcamlaunch
pronounced unsafe--Israel Bant, the
missing Lincoln (NaSs) man, returned
home-Mrs. f.. I. Gardner, whose dis
appearance caused a sensation, pro-
nounccd mentally nbalanccd-Bond
syndicate said to be paying a small pre-
MUM for gold bGllion-New armorcd
battleship Texas put in commission
Fatal railroad accident at Camden, y. J
--Steamlaunch with four persons said to
have sunk in Lake Winnipisecgee, N. II
Quay mon defeated in York county Goa)
Republican convention A man from
England, who did not like America,
killed himself at Fall River, NlasS--
President Cleveland invited by the city of
Boston to become its guest during the tr-
cnuial conclaye Knights Tcmplar -
Boy rescued his father from he horns of n
bull at North Jay, Ne--New Hampshire
Forcstcra had'a Dig parade at Laconia-
Rov. Daniel Huntington of Hartford
going to China as p nisSiOnary-
Order of the Little Red .S,hoolhouse insti-
uted in Boston-SaEford (Mc.) liquor
sellers hired thug captured norica' S
cup races may be set for later dates to &C
commodute the Nalkyrie-,Toe Patchen
failed in an attempt to lower the
stallion pacing record at milwaukee,
Forest fires raging in New Jersey--Ne-
gro lynchcd near Fulton, Mo-German
Socialists show lack of rnanimity-
Three trainps killed in a railroad accident
near Pomfret, Conr-Stri!c at the fac
: tory Of the Noble stove company nj Lynn,
Mass, scttled--AhOut co clerks at the
Boston postofflce received an increase of
pay-Aug 80 the date chosen for the
North Atlantic squadron 20 visit Boston
Mayor Clark of Bridgeport, Conn,
approves the Investigation OF the Traction
comp2ny's electric system.
saturday. Aug. II.
Hon. NJ. w Ransom's iucumbency Of
the post of minister to Mexico contrary 20
the stitutiCn--Stoamer Glengarrir
went ashore near Ballycotton, Ire, bat
was iloated again-Nery little likelihood
that President Cleveland will accept the
invitation to attend the Knights Templar
= celebratiCn-Co atmakers Of Boston re
, quest contractors to sign a new agree
, ment-Fall River (Mas5.) watching
, the move FOR higher wages at New
Bedford--William \. Dickinson, treas
urer of Amherst college, dead-SiX
hundred men killed in battle at
Fcuador-Dcath OF Samuel j. Maxcy,
3 sy-Unitod States senntor-Plot Of pris-
= oncrs to break Jail in New Brunswick,
\. j., rustrated-Iarre numbers Of ar
: rests in Spring Valley, HIS, on account of
the shooting there Of colored residents
Assignee of the dcfunct Dover On. II }
= Savings bank declared a 30 per
; cent dividoni-Georgc d. Mckay of
South Norwak, Coun,, to size for
- T. divorce from his wife who left
him two weeks after marriage -
Biddeford (Ac.) widow gave birth TO trip
lcts-TWo burglars caught at West Nor
wich Vt Outlaw Morris. who shot
: Warden Collins seen by guides in north
ern Maine woods Simultaneous raids
t planned TO bc made on all Manchester
q. H. saloons -- Waterbury Comm