Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-05-21

Eltts los h,ie u WV
seen at st. Johnsbury, VT, believed to be
missing Maude Williams of S%tonlngton,
Conn-Two more incendiary fires In
Cambridge, Mass - Eleven attempts
at incendiarism in Fall River, Mass, in
two weeks-Cyclone visited Kentucky,
but few lives were ost-Italians fred
volley after voliey into q big crowd at
a ball game at Honey Brook, Pa
Socialist Labor party of Massachusetts,
nominated Thomas c. Brophy for gov
ernor-Moscow overlooking with rep
rcsentatives Of all nations to witness
coronation of the czar-Palace of Enlir
Malekis ut Blda blown up and 200 per-
sons killed - Yale varsity crew de-
Veloping a stroke suitable to the short
distance at Henley - Argentina gov
eminent claims hat Alonzo is elected
rresident--Great forest fires in Ran
dolph county, West Virginia-Twenty-
six buildings burned at Blue Island, Ills
Claim for reward offered for capture
Of Cambridge (Mass.) irebugs filed by
II. NJ. Clayton of that city--Confer-
nee of labor unions in Lewiston, Me-,
In the interest of a 54-hour bill -
Housesmiths to strike again in New
York; 10000 men may be involved
New mystic head of Theosophy In Amer
lea announced-Schooner Alice Belle
stranded off Ocean City, n. Prom
inent Portland (Me.) man accused of
threatening to kill his wife - Priest
charges that the girls high school at
Santiago is a center of corruption -
Springfield (Mass.) church members will
boycott the Springfield Baseball club be-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shrdu cmfwyp vbbgn
cause it plays Sunday games-F. w.
Hatch, minister from Hawaii. is It
Portsmouth, N. H., to spend a few weeks
at his former home-Nlcholas Clark OK
Providence cut his throat at South
bridge, Mass.
TUESDAY, MAY 10.
Big c%onfagration in Nahant, Mass;
nve houses burned; loss, 500 ,000-De-
structive forest fires raging in South
lIingham, Concord. Andover, Reading
and East Billerica. Mass - Weyler's
order against exporting tobacco will af-
feet 10000 to 100, 900 Cubans in America
Large fire in Washington; three or
more iremen killed; loss, 5000, 600 -
Iowa Democratic delegates are for silver
Qualifications bill as reported to the
senate carries over $40. 000, o00--Nfetho-
dist general conference still unable to
elect a bishop-Garnier beat Ives In n
balk- line game in Chicngo-McCoy-
Smith fight given to Mccoy On a foul
Measles epidemic among Wakefield
(Mass.) school children-Harvard STU
dents nominated candidates for presl-
don't at a mock national convention
cholera gaining ground in Egypt
Foreign crop statistics in general prom
ising-American corn will be admitted
free to Vera Cruz-Duchess of MARI
borough presented to the Princess OF
Wales-Whitecaps drove negro labor
ers out of Manatee county, Fla-Most
of the striking painters at Boston re-
turned to work at the union terms
Possibility that Maud c.. Williams, misc
ing from S%tonington, Conn.,, may be In
Montreal-Rev. Samuel Richard Full
Ter. Maiden, Mass, resigned from the
ministry of the Episcopal church
Newfoundland may present a large
claim against Venezuela for seizure OF
the schooner NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that
Pelee island. LAX Erie, now ownd by
England, should belong to the United
States-Joseph A. Bartlett of Somer-
VILE, Mass, committed suicide-Street
railway conductor at Lowell, Mass,
killed by e,ctricity-Intoxicated man
fired a revolver over a sleeping child in
the house of G.. Arthur Boutwell,, In Wo-
burn. Mass-An 1S00-pound box OF
stones, used as a clockweight in a Pea
body (Mass.) church, fell through the
ceiling--Francis Sullivan charged with
manslaughter, in causing the death OF
his father at Boston, pleaded guilty OF
assault and battery, and the plea was
accepted-Thomas j. Little, owner OF
the Pennsylvania knitting mills, Phila.
delphia, made an assignment. Liabili-
ties estimated at about 800. 00O-C. e
Zane g. Co., jobbers in gloves. Philadel-
phia, assigned. Liabilities estimated
at $4,000. So
WEDNESDAY. MAY 20.
Rev. Drs. C. c. McCabe and Ear
Cranston elected bishops by the Metho.
dist general OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fires
burn over many miles in Plymouth
Carver and Wareham, Mass-Quay
thought to he going to make a trade
with McKinley-Schaefer beat Gar.
nier in the Chicago billiard tournament
DIR. j. G. Moore of Manchester, N
H., may be called into court to make &C.
counting as guardian Of Nina Brook
house-The national senate discussed
immigration restriction. and house
passed District of Columbia appropria,
ton bill-Charles II. Otis, who at.
tempted to murder his wife and sister
in-law, caught in a swamp at Ports
mouth, N. H-Man suspected of be
ing a professional forger caught n
Pittsneld, Mass-Body of a missins
Turk found in the pack bay at Portland
Me, and 1t is thought he was murdered
by Armenians-President Eliot o
Harvard scathingly denounced by Cor
poral Tanner-Heavy downpour O
rain in Missouri. People on bottom
lands forced to desert their homes
Destructive forest fire at Popham
Small Point and Parker's Head, Me
Man persisted in a burning harm q
Hamden, Conn--Weavers' strike a
Lewiston, Me-, not serious-Strike O
cotton mill operatives at Columbus, Ga.
settled--A 500, 900 sewer loan favored
at a mass meeting at Fall River, Mas,
Michael J.Kittredge. one time cham
pion skater, dropped dead at Clinton
Mass-Dr. Charles A. Fox of Hartford
missing-Yale flag burned by Cit,
Auditor Brown at New Haven
T.. f. Hanson may be the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor O
Maine, in favor of high license
british North American squadron to b,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bank official.
Of Denver indicted for fraud-Italiar
chamber will not impeach ex-PremieI
Crispi--Board of inspection approved
the battleship Massachusetts - A
least IS persons killed by the tornado IL
Kansas - Steel arched bridge to re
place the suspension bridge at Niagara
Falls-Body Of a suicide, with q letter