Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-18

league OF the state of New York-New
York Central Labor union bankrupt
A New York labor organization objects |
to- Uncle Sans" Marine band Compel
ing with civilian observation-disclosures |
Memorial day observed by veterans
associations of Boston and other places
Casey and Dunno of Brooklyn won
the hand ball match with Carney and
NeeEan of Chicago--Edmond Blanc's
Arroau won the race for the grand prix
lie Paris - Monument to Marcus A.
Perkins, dead chief of fire department,
unveiled at Braintrec, Mass--1Icuador
wants new treaty with the United
states - City marshal of Biddeford
Me-, ousted from office - Electrician
Smith Of the New York Edison Electric
Light company badly injured by fall
from a haymuw - Suspected case of
poisoning in tIdes' Falls, Me--Rev. G..
Is. Bacon ordained at the First Baptist
church, Chelsea. Mass-Attempt to en-
force probibitory law in Lewiston. Me,
followed by a carnival of drunkenness
New York tailors to strike against
the sweating system-Steamer Cata-
lonia beat her own record by crossing In
0 days and &c minutes
TUESDAY. JUNE 16.
Platt won the nght IN the New YORK
delecation at St. Louis----Silver dele
gates at ST. Louis will oppose straddle
platform in hope that the Democrats
will go for free silver II the Republicans
oppose it----New York bank president
shot in his office by n stranger, who also
shot himself--Iowa currency plank
drawn by Senator Allison-Opening Of
PETER investigation into recent bond is-
If n,,1 Oh.
workers opened in Boston---CanHnS
of delegates at st. Louis shows about COO
votes for gold---St. Louis city organiza-
tons paradet. in honor of Chauncey L.
Filley--Property of Arnold u. Sanford
in Fall River. Mass, attached by Citi-
zens' Savings bank of New Bedford and
Fall River Savings bank--Severe
earthquake in Arequpa, u province of
Peru-Wilton Randolph of the Vir-
ginia family died in New Yorls--Consul
General Williams returns from Cuba
Favorites won all of the races at Graves
end--Harvard varsity crew beat the
freshman crew in a two-milc race
One of the Providence jewclry store bur
glars captured---Thc Yale crew arrived
In England--Governoro of Crete to issue
q new northumberland insurgent
treasurer In Puerto Principe stole $50, 900
or more---Partick Lorden committed
suicide at South Boston--Electric
elevated railway has opened for traffic
in Chicago party no
| longer representative of Cuba--Crctan
revolutionists again In arms against the
| Turks - Canadian sealers report
| smaller catches than In former years
| Six hundred Armenians arrested
since June in Constantinople-C
nelius =. sullivan disbarred on petition
| of the boston Bar assoCiation--Crop re-
ports circulated by spectators and rail
| road officials are at variance-Mc-
| Donald, the tobacco manufacturer, offers
nearly 81 600, 900 to McGill university
At Tinkers Island. Me-, Alexander
Dawes stumbled, and charge from d
| gun went through his neck. causing in
slant death-Parker Taylor ell from
Il staging at Nashua. n. H.. and was
| killed-Joseph Draigo of Nashua y
| H., was run over by freight car and
probably Totally njured--Joseph II
| Robinson, an elevator boy at Boston
was instantly killed, while leaning ou
of the car-Mrs. Robert Crockett wa;
seriously. If not fatally, burned at An
dover, Mass-IIerr Wiser. a formc
member of the reichstag, committed sui
eide in Jail at Errurt. Ger-Represen
tative Joe Abbott of Texas received
severe injuries while Shooting tn,
chutes" at Washington-Thc First Ma
tional bank of Cheyenne, Wash, ha
suspended payment. ..-
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II.
A gold platform was adopted by tn
national Republican convention-Gen
eral Bradley T. Johnson missing II
Cuba. Artist Dawley again arreste
and misunderstanding weakness q
the Spaniards in Cuba-Thirty-ei Ugh
fiibusters sailed for Cuba from Miami
Fla, with arms, cartridges and dyna
mite-Belief at st. Louis that the tickle
Will be Mckinley and Morton-Con
gresham w. w. Grout renomnated a
the Republican convention at Mont
pelier, Vt-Delaware Democrats dc
clare for the gold tandard--Shortas
in the accounts of Postmaster Richar
Sayre of Atlantic City, y. J-Corneliu
Vanderbilt. Jr.. sick and his weddin
may have to be postponed - III. j
Beecher. son of the late Rev. Henri
Ward Bee chcr, on trial in New York 10
forgery-Free silver speeches at ban
quet of Maine Democrats at Portlan
democrats of Maine Fourth an
Third districts adopted free silver plat
forms Eight business failures d
WATERFOWL, Tenn. caused by the clos
ing of the bank there---Nenczuelan pc
Gtical exiIes may return to their home
In safety--Fear that yacht Sagett;
with eight persons on board, has bee
lost-Arnod b. Sanford of Fall Rive
Mass, charged with intent to defrau
Creditors-Prices of linseed oil to |
. advanced and aintained-Interni
, tional Machinists' association to reque'
congress to raise the pay of machinisi
In the navy--E. A. Parsons. on trii
, for murder at Waterbury. Conn. plead
insanity - Harvard crews havin
trouble with their food at Poughkeepsi
=, n. Y-Handspring won the 5000
: Brooklyn Derby at Gravesend--CeI
, tennial celebration of the settlement
the town of Alton, N. H---Dixon ar
= Flaherty fought 20-round draw at Bo
a ton--Cooper beat Bald in a half mi
race at Utica. N. Y-Harvard studen
will hereafter celebrate athletic cict,
: ries with bonfires on Molmes ncld---B
labor demonstration at Brockton, Ma
4 Schooner Emerald beat schoon
> ColoniP in the Atlantic Y. c. regatta.
= TOO SICK TO MARRY.
( New York, June lit was authoritatiN
I | lv nnnOuncpd last night that Cornell