Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-25
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. JUNE ~.

for the vice presidency, and in favor OF
Hobart of New Jersey Wedding OF
Mr.. Vanderbilt and Miss Wilson post
poned-Morton's friends urge him t,
let his name be used for the vice presi.
dental nomination--Cretans make ar
appeal to the United States-Incursiou
into British Guiana by Venezuelan
troops-British steamship Drummond
Castle goes down and $50 lives lost
w. L. Elkins, the Philadelphia street car
millionaire, says he has not sold any OF
his stock in New York and Philadelphia
traction misunderstanding Hoffsis.
years old, burned to death at Somervillo
Mass, by fireworks. during the celebra
ton-Mrs. John Sylvester of Belfast
Me, made two attempts to commit sui
cide-French and Spanish merchants
In the city of Mexico buy out the Englis |,
control of the Bank of London and Mex
Ico--Gold men victorious in the Maine
Democratic state conventions Edward
=. Winslow nominated for governor.
Dominica Placillo sent to jail for IL
years for burglary at Providence
Troupe of women cyclists stranded n,
Manchester N. H. 70 adj
vertise 100000 bridge bonds for sale
st. Maxim beat keenan, in the Brook
dale handicap at ravesend-Hopkin-
ton won the firemens tournament at Pea
body, Mass-General Bradley T. John
son escaped from train wrecked by
dynamite by Cuban Insurgents
steamer Commodore left Charleston
with arms and ammunition for Cuban
surgents-Spanish General Castcl-
lanos praises Gomez's men for bravery
In the recent action-Cuban insurgent
chief Bermudez dead-Fitzhueh Lee
hu ich Hor ct.
--Barcelona bomb throwers to be par
doned if they will serve against Cuban
insurgents.
FRIDAY. JUNE 49,
Nomination of Mckinley and Hobart
by Republican convention at st. Louis
-NeneZuelans and British Aettlers re-
ported fighting OF Baruna, a frontier
station In disputed Guiana territory
New Of the massacre of Marquis de
Mores and his expedition confirmed
Aaron Clark of Buxton Me. nomi-
mated for congress by Prohibtionists in
Reeds district-August Belmont and
others examined by senate special COM
mittee on PETER bond Investigation
University of Wisconsin crew defeated
the Yale freshman crew-Insurance
Commissioner Merrill says the American
Wheelmen's Protective association of
Chicago cannot lawfully insure against
bicycle stealing in Massachusetts,
Princeton defeated Harvard in their de-
Gliding baseball game--Leading silver
ties bolted from the Republican national
convention-Maher defeated Slavin in
four rounds in New York-Salvado and
Margrave won the Gravesend end stakes
Two boys drowned in West Bridge
water, MassS-Granite State Prevalent
Ia 1,I -.
H, revived by charges of mismanage-
ment against Secretary NIorse-New
Baptist church in Somerville, Mass.
edicated--Chesapeak and Ohio canal
not to be sold-Native outbreak re-
ported from Matabcleland-Th ST
James Gazette thinks Venezuela owes
Great Britain an apology-The Madrid
Fpoca claims that three European
powers may agree to aid Spain in the
West Indies--At least 240 persons
thought to have persisted on the British
steamship Drummond Castle
SATURDAY, JUNE 20.
Mark Hanna made chairman of Pc.
publican national committee He rec
ommends a Republican emblem--JIil
plans to have Whitney and Fitz Hugh
Lee nominated at Chicago - Colonel
Morrison withdraws from contest for
Democratic presidential nomination re-
tusing a silver endorsement-Bcie
boom the first to arrive in Chicago
Big demonstration in honor of the nom
ination Of Mckinley and Hobart in
Wilmington, Del - Liquor dealers in
Nashua, N. H., notified to close up today
senator Hoar favors the candidacy
of Colonel Winslow for the Republican
nomination for lieutenant governor of
Massachusetts - Schooner Stanbury
left for Cuba with ammunition for in
surgents-Fire caused $50, 900 or $50 0O0
damage in New Haven Peruvian
revolutionists concentrating their forces
John Sherman denounced at a pro-
hibtion meeting in Lynn, Mass-Pre-
diction that $4,000 Kansas Republicans
will refuse to vote for Mckinley -
President Cleveland demands that the
Venezuelan question be included in the
arbitration convention with England
THE Vanderbilts likely to refer the
engagement of Cornelius. Jr., to Miss
Wilson, to Chauncey NJ. Depew---Pas-
senger coach on the New York. New
+. Haven and Hartford railroad struck by
u huge boulder OF Jamaica Plain. hos
ton. Several persons injured--Meet-
ing of New England brewers called for
prices-Martt L. Brown. bail jumper,
arrested in Chicago - Young man
crushed to death by an elevator in a
building at Boston Shuttle train"
derailed near bingham, Mass, causing
suspension of beach travel for some
hours-Suicide of Albert Lovejoy, for
S3 years head porter of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, New Observation-Disclosures reports
increased restrictions in the volume Of
trade-Forty spinners in Boot mills,
Lowell, Mass, voted to so on strite--
New York Journeymen tailors may strike
--Englishmen think Yale crew improv-
ing in stroke-'IIenry Ward Beecher's
son acquitted of the charge of forgery
ultimate adoption of an interna-
tional arbitration treaty seems assured
Porte must execute reforms in Crete
declare Great Britain, France and Rus
sia-Canadian government will not al
low NJ. Menier to domineer over Cana
dian hshermen--Dominion Liberals
have appealed to Rome against interfer-
ence OF Roman Catholic bishops in cleo
non issues--New telephone COMPANY
chartered at Albany to embrace New
england and New York in it's territory.
SUNDAY. JUNE 81.
Whitney and his friends orpaniz,,o
FOR the financial fight at Chlcaeo--
-Four Turkish companies cut to nieces
by Druses-Steamer Bermuda TO sail
for Cuba under the Cuban fiae-sav
eral buildings burned at West BrattIo-
poro, Vt-Belmont colt Don de Orc
won the $4,000 fremont stake at
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