Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-02
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday. March 90.

niversary- of receivers OF
the Central Vermont railroad confirmed
Resolution introduced for adjourn
ment Of congress May 2-Reed club
formed by eastern Maine Republican,
Charles Wales held for the grand jury on
the charge Of setting fire to Goddard sem
mary, Barre, Vt-Pastor Brown OF San
francisco lost his suit against Mrs. David
son - President Zelayn of Nicaragua
making progress In crushing tho revolt in
that country-Frank McCooe lost his
suit for $25. 900 against the Dighton, Som
erset and Swansea railroad--Tria Of DR..
j. G. Moore Of Manchester, N. H., post
poned until April 30 - Federation OF
Labor will push the eight-hour movement
--Charles w. Comstock nominated for
United States district attorney for Con-
acknowledgements (Mass.) license COM
missioners resigned at mayors request
South western Traffic association reorgan-
ized-Russia accepts $50 tons Of Ameri-
can srmor, tested NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
law declared constitutional by Justice
Pryor Of the New York supreme court
Chicago railroad officials indignant at
the recent interstate commerce case de-
cision-Porte of Turkey resents the Dom
COLA expedition, and will appeal to France
aud Russia--Cheyenne and Arapahoo
Indians want the q, 100000 credited to
them in the treasury-Wcisbach Light
company of New York secured AZ indict-
ments against alleged swindlers.
Friday, March Ell.
England purchases Delagoa Bay, East
Africa, from the Portuguese--Naval
appropriation bill passed by tho house
Reduction in wages expected to cause
trouble among mill operatives at Olney-
vile, II. I.-Another Holyoke Mass pa
per company in financial straits-Greator
New York bill passed by tho assembly
The Matabeles revolt and murder white
sottlers--German naval officer killed
Herr Zenkcr, an anti-Semtic leader, in q
duel-Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Is. Morrison
Of Bangor, Me-, celebrated their golden
nniversary-James Lyons of Arlington,
Mass, killed Observation-Disclosures, II. l.,
to have q Masonic templc-Major Ed
ward Leslie, tho inventor, commit
ted suicide in Paterson, N. j.
Drain on treasury gold reserve may
be renewed at an early date
Three young men of New Hampton. N.
H., arrested for burglary at Holderness
National bank to be established Mt
Sanford, Mo-Bernard b. Green sue
ceeds General Casey in experimenting the
erection of the congressional library build
ing-Turkish minister denies the report
that he has been recalled-Dcath OF
Hon. B. f. Lincoln OF Lyndon, Vt-Rcv.
w. l.. Bevan resigned the pastorate OF
Trinity Episcopal church ut Con.
cord, Mass--State federation formed
! by womens' clubs Of Vermont -
Mayor of Omaha vetoed the curfew or.
dinsnce--New Jersey senate passed five
constitutional amendments - Cuban
rebels tried to seize the arsenal at Santa
Clara, but failed--Clerks to members OF
congress swamped by applications FOL
seeds - White settlers in two Of the
Transvaal districts massacred by Mata
beles--A;lianco Of Great Britain and
Italy announced as an accomplished fact
---Egypsian debt commission voted &c
advance q, 600, 900 for the British Soudar
xpedition--American subscribers to the
Salvation Army property fund object &c
giving over their interests to the British
section--Map OF South America, drawn
in 1904, discovered to contain valuable cor
roborative evidence fos Venezuela before
the boundary commission.
Saturday, March 20.
Speaker Reed pleased ut result Of Massa
chusetts Republican convention, which
endorsed him for the presidcncy--Reet
will have majority of the Connection
delegates--Three youthful flrebugs ar
rested In Somervlle, Mass--Dolagoa bay
not yet purchased by Great Britain, bu
negotiations with Portugal said to b,
pending--Thomas Butler of Boston ar
rested for extensive defalcation at Opelika
Ala - Woman strangled to death n
Estellville. N. j.; her husband missing
Members of Spanish cabinet fear n,
further complications with the Unite,
States--Manuscript collected by Vene
zuela said to controvert the accuracy o
quotations In the British blue book
Minister Terrell granted leave OF absence
--Bradstreet's reports that general trad
remains dull - Schooner sunk and tw,
men drowned near Bridgeton, n. j
Julius Porter convicted of placing oh
structions on Boston and Maine track
near Brattleboro, View York brew
ers will lose millions by the operation o
the Raines law-Midway Deposit banl
of Midway, Ky, made an assignment
Handsome and we'll woman kille,
herself In Central park, New York
Cambridge won the athletic contest wit
Oxford-Vatican may be asked to inter
} fere in the Manitoba school affair-Sc
clety Of American Artists opened thei
18th exhibition in New York Genera
Weyler says no will treat Cuban rebel
henceforth as incendiaries and bandits
Amos j. Cummings says that no Ney
York candidate will be presented to tn
Chicago nvention-Kalamazoo Lar
sing and Battle Creek, Mich, to be cor
nected by an electric railway rs miles 4
length-Terminatio by France @
treaties made by Madagascar with othe
powers may be resented by Great Britai
and the United States.
Sunday, March 80.
More than 200 men arrested as result
of raids on William Skakel's bucket shop
in Chicago--Egyptian advance guar
said to have been defeated by dervishe
near Akasheh-French minister OF foi
eign affairs resigned, and succeeded by NJ
ourgeois-Oxford won the great val
sity boat race on the Thames-Fiv
) horses and Is head Of cattle persisted in
. fire at East Milton, Mass-Lima, Peru
( shaken by an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Y Wiley, the celebrated abolitionist, dea
-TornkiDs defeated Peterson In flgh
at the New York Athletic club-Show
walter won another game In the ches
championship match.
a Monday, March 80.
Burning OF the church and hospital c
s St. Saviour at Lille--Four persons los
> their lives in a fire In New York city
! Anti-English sentiment reawakened 1
4 Germany-Two fires in PHILADELPHIA
. caused an aggregate loss Of $685., o0O-Sc
= cialists and their methods denounced b
i New York Central Labor union-R,
8 ported defoat Of egyptian advance guar