Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-23
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, April 10.

vsory board of the A. p. A. says the
Catholic church Is backing Mckinley
for the presidency - Memorial tablet
and portrait Of Henry Ellis, first superin-
tendent OF the Cambridge (Mass.) manual
training school, unveiled-Rev. Mr..
Cleveland, the preside nt's brother, objects
to being ousted from his charge at Chau-
mont, N. 1.-TWO lives lost by an cx-
plosion In q firecrncker factory at Chicago
DIR. Starkwcnther of Nichols, Conn,
found guilty of non-support of his wife,
his divorce being declared illegal-
Ex.mayor and city marshal Of Central
City, Colo, shot In court-Boy and man
who tried to rescue him drowned at Dan
ielsonvllc, Conn-Caso against DIR. j
Edward Lee of New Haven nollcd-Par
sonage given to the Congregational
church at Somersworth, N. H-John
johnson of Montpelier, VT, attempted
suicide-Naval experts examined the
construction of the battleship Massachu-
satts-Clyde yachtsmen looking forward
to seeing the Defender and Emperor
williams Meteor race-Principal w.
n. Whiting OF tho Greenfield (Mass) high
school resigned - ExMayor Cough
lin OF Fall River, Mass, making
no canvass for election as delegate
to Democratic national convention
Premier Bowel Of Canada to re5gn soon
Saginaw (Mich.) school blown up by
dynnmite-Many troops needed to crush
the natives of Matabclcland--Holy water
Is dutiable, according To a New York Gus
tom house Mileage book re-
strictions will be enforced by western
roads hereafter - American schooner
George w. Whitford still detained by the
Colon thoritios-Considera excite
mont in Salem, Mass, over tho work OF
burglars and 1rebugs-Barn of Joseph
Murdoch of Somervilc, Mass, destroyed
by an ccndlary-Owncrs OF the steamer
Crathie, which sunk the Elbe, condemned
to pay 1927, 900 damagcs-Debarred Ital-
ian immigrants will be sent on board the
ships that landed them, If Ellis island is
| overcrowded.
Friday, April II.
Great fire still raging all around the town
of Sandwich, Mass. 10000 acres burned
ovcr-Leading colored men oppose pro-
posed conference of colored delegates to
| St. Lous-Another Cuban fllibustering
expedition sailed from Newcastle, Del
Bradley the first choice OF Kentucky Re-
publicans for president and Mckinley
seconi-New Jersey Republicans refused
to instruct delegates for Mckinley
Hundreds Of acres Of timber land burned
over at Newmarket n. H-Brush fires
burning fierccly between Manchester
and Hooksett, N. II - Indications
that the Boston and Maine or Fitchburg
may take the Rutland railroad
Italian forces defeated the Abyssinians at
Acknowledgements troops defeated Os.
man Digna's forces-Two mill barns at
Albion. r. l.. burncd-Rev. J. b. Girls
void burned TO death at South Manches-
ter Conn-Dcdicatio OF Broadway Con-
grcgational church. Somerville, Mass
Overdue brig Acacia at New Haven
Monitor Terror put in commission at
Brooklyn-Steamer Lakmc, with 200
miners on board reported adrift west Of
Sitka-Canadian cattle may yet be adj
mitted under restrictions to the United
Kingdom - Floods in tho vicinity OF
Montreal will cause damage amounting
to housands-Corporatio making an
attempt to obtain possession Of 10 acres OF
landin Central park-Manoinell to take
the place OF Seidl at the Metropolitan
Opera House, Now York, in the future
Professor Roentgen declares that he
anticipated from the first the usefulness
of X1rays In curing all kinds Of disease
Quincy Mass.) physicians protes,
against opening the grave OF q child who
died with smallpox years ago, for feal
ofinfection from lurking disease germs
The Troy (N y Mcthodist-E Episcopal
conference, on the question of admitting
women us lay delegates to the general
conference, voted 1t down-113 to IS
James 5. Drake, superintendent OF the
New Jersey and New York railroad, died
of pneumonia at Sanitara Springs, n. Y.
where he was in search of health. Mir
Drake was born in Mechanics Falls, Me.
In 1893,
d Saturday, April 1S.
Ex-Governor Russell of Massachusetts.
a candidate for Democratic nomination
for Theatrical Manager Johr
Stetson died at Boston-Cape Cod con
flagration estimated to have caused from
100000 to 100000 damage-Dcath Of
Carl Meyer at Boston house of industry
thought to be due to blows inflicted by
Chin Toy, II Chinamnn-Arrest OF Mr.
J and Mrs. Kilham Of Lynn, Mass, in con
ncction with the Celia Leonard case-Gir
bcycist killed nearS Worcester Mass, -
, New Marblehead Neck light tower Lighted
for the first timo--A Brockton Mass
, dressmaker one of the heirs to the Ephrain
Howe millions-Tuburculin tost O.
l Hampton Falls (Mass) herds find many
5 animals diseased--Refugea going bacl
: TO Hayti--Death OF "Plunger" Pard
ridge, the Chicago wheat speculntor-
Korea will try to borrow $S,0o0o0O from
Russia-Red Cross agents not interferet
with in Armenia-Five French children
suffocated in a fire at Turner's Falls
Mass-M. Menier, the French chocolat,
t manufacturer, who intends to coloniz,
t Anticosti, has sent forward the first expe
dition-Omaha railroad men object tC
the new section inserted in the Pacific
railroad settlement bill-Prospects fo
, bringing to trial the men implicated IL
: bank scandals at ST. Johns, N. T., no
bright-Steamer I.aurada, which lef
| Savannah, March /, with 800 negro col
onists for Liberia, has not reached por
yet-Report that an unusually powerful
( feet is being prepared to impress Spain
in case any utterances by President Cleve
land relating to Cuba may be resented
: Timothy Riley aged &c years, was killed
by large stone falling upon him Will,
mt work in u quarry at Mantle, Il. L
r The fire in the woods near Newmarket
n. H., has stopped. The loss cannot b,
estimated as yet.
Sunday, April 10.
J. b. Steers, who built the America an,
sailed her to victory in England, Is deaf
G -Watchman in n Lawrence Mass
mill killed himself in the presence of tw,
y Diamond experts will go t,
! London to identify the stolen BurdeI
gcms--Cuban rebHls continue applyin,
the torch Families divided by the flgh
over the money question in Missouri
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