Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-18
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY, JUNE II.

to death--Engage OF Miss Ger
trude Vanderbilt TO Henry Payne Whit
ney formally announced-Open letter
by Governor Bradley OF Kentucky, de-
fning his position on the financial ques-
ton - Cambridge (Mass.) policemen
badly used up, and three Harvard stu
dents arrested during jubilation over
Projectors ball teams defcat-Mary-
lard Democrats declare for the gold
standard-A $4,000 fire at Keene N. II
Verdict for Viscount Sudley in the
breach of promise case brought by Ac-
tress Mary Gore-General Weyler or
ders that General Lee be refused adj
nittance to Cuban forts-Armenia
spy assassinated at Constantinople--.
n. II. Macdonald. ex-lieutenant gov
crnor of ontario. dead-N. X. Fair
bank charged Mrs. Carter with being
in collision with Mr.. Belasco--Joseph
Hall, principal emeritus of the Hartford
high school, dropped dead-Connecti
cut Democratic state convention elected
Selegates understood to favor Russell
Gold standard platform adopted-In-
itial work on the new southern station
| at Boston to be begun at once---l,oston
grammar school graduates may receive
| diplomas at the school festival, instead
of ice cream and fiowers--Effort being
made to purchase the James Russell
Lowell homestead in Cambridge, Mass.
| for q public park-Two youthful fire.
bugs confessed to State Fire Marshal
! Whtcomb that they set a fire in Wal
| than, Mass---Great increase of receipts
at the Boston custom house-Massa-
chusetts Legislature prorogued - Fan
Kiver (Mass.) Catholic priest eloped with
| n Portuguese girl and welded her at
/ pringfield-Gotham beat Hornpipe in
/ a fast race at Gravesend-Coopert twice
! defeated Bald in the Rochester bicycle
! races
FRIDAY. JUNE ~.
First session of the Fifty-fourth con-
gress journed-Spealser Reed states
that his name will be presented at the
i st. Louis convention - East Boston
policeman shot one of three men who
tried to rescue a prisoner from him
Portland (Ms) Republicans indignant
over Mr. Manley's course in showing the
white feather--Hammond and his corn
panions to be banished from the Trans
vaal If they default the payment of their
fnes-Reichstag commission proposes
that civil code bill go into operation
Jan. /. 1g00-Rhode Island delegation
will hang to Reed as long as possible
, bland boom launched at st. Louis
Minnesota Democratic state conven-
ton adopted a gold platform - Ex-
, Senator Kellogg of Louisiana, who has
been an ardent Reed supporter, says the
fat has gone forth for McKinley's nom
!. nation - Private bank of Edinburg
!. Ind. failed for 500. 900 - Municipal
: league organized at Providence-Johr
Cato of Woonsockct. r. l.. held
20
card - Mail carrier shot at b,
, highwaymen near Calais, Me -
: Another revolt reported in Cores -
Terrible famine prevails in Kwangs
province. Momentum worstet
mill at Newton, Mass. to be closed
Trial of Commissioner Parker of New
( York begun---Robert d. Evans elected
president of the Rubber trust-Ken
t lucky distillers agree to cease making
n whisky until January, 1s9S--Congres
n of Chamber of Commerce at Londoi
favors consultative imperial council
II New York Chamber of Commerce
:, protests against the abrogation of theat
: les with Madagascar - Connection
= Democrats willing to bolt, 1t is said. |
= silverites carry the Chicago convention
r british foreign office admits that ne
p gotiations with the United States on tn
/ Venezuelan matter are under way
: Six thousand dollars worth of bond
:, filed at Maynard, Mass, by Rowland 4
C Ellis, contractors, have been found I
d be forgeries.
5 SATURDAY. JUNE 10.
= Republican platform will declar
It against free coinage of silver and TO
ie good money" - Ex-Judge Isaac il
= Maynard dropped dead at Albany
g Argentina house of deputies exempt
- from duties machinery destined for min
Ia Ing purposes-Three Phillipsdale q
- operatives drank wood alcohol, Wit
fatal effect upon one of their numbe
D. -ExGovernor Chamberlain of Sout
re Carolina delivered a bitter addres
Y. against sectarian schools - Hill pre-
n pairing a scheme to prevent the disrur
ton of the Democratic party-Colon,
T. Morrison says he expects to see the tw
- old parties hold together-Ten thou
70 sand tailors in New York city to stril,
r. July 1 against the sweating SYSTEM
a Actress Lizzie Derious DAILY welded
n wealthy New York business man
r. Two missing girls of Middletown, \
IN y, seen in Concord, N. H
g. Wrenn and Hobart won III
+. middle states tennis doubles -
:. TURKS SelZeu q tITetk VeSSel--Hurf
n. Berry, a Woburn (Mass,) plumber r,
IN ported missing-Hawaiian governmer
u proposes to refund Its Indebtedness
re British Chambers of Commerce condem
Ill fog sound signals-Six Warships gay
at O searchlight drill off Staten Island
ey Austria to raise its minister at Wasl
IN ington to rank of ambassador--Mormo
=, -, settlers In northern Mexico desire
D" trade across the line--President Egbe
c. Smyth of Andover (Mass.) Theologic
seminary resigned - Permanent e,
hibit of American goods in Venezuela
be blished--Nonantum Worstt
- company of Newton, Mass, made an a
~. tignment-GilB Bias, Paris newspa pc
nd advises Spain to end the war in Cuba /
at concessions to the rebels-Statisti
lie seem to prove that the free silver me
at will be unable to control the Chicago col
I'm vention--Daniel Dooley. 60 years
M age, had his ankle broken by stepping
- two dogs that were fighting at Boston.
20 SUNDAY, JUNE IA.
,s Woburn (Mass.) citizens indignal
70 over the failure to obtain hearing b.
es, fore the aldermen of that city. request,
in order to protest against prize flghtir
Bald defeated Sanger in the one mi
professional race in lion. N. "a
tempt made In Newton, Mass, to set II
ry, to q building containing $50 barrels
on kerosene-Yale nine outplayed 4
10 Princetons on Manhattan field and til
his the series-Hobart beat Wrenn for Il
ne middle states tennis championship
ut ORC defeated I5by In the championsh
he pool match--Meeting of the corpor