Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-08-18
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. AITG IL

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stigated by the victims wife. who pois-
oned herself in Jail and thus escaped
Tramp's cigaret exploded a car in
Tructee, Cal, loaded with naphtha, re-
sulting in the burning of three men and
the destruction of II cars and IA 500 feet
of nowsheds-John O'Day of Lowell
committed suicide-Eight years old
boy slain by an unknown bicyclst in
Maynard, Ia, for n dsparaging remark
Two laborers killed in New York by
the breaking of the scaffold-Sprague
Umbrella companys factory in Nor
walk. o., destroyed-Ohio troops am
huscaded near Guayama by Spanish
forces. but none killed. and only four
woundcI--New York woman arrested
in Boston for shoplfting for the benefit
Of her childcen-Corca adopts the gold
tandard--Hundreds OF lives lost in
violent storms and floods in Formosa--
Belief said to prevail in Russia that
war with Great Britain relative to Chi
nese concessions will be avoided by
iplomacy--Telcphone war in Kansas
local companies competing successfully
with the monopoly--Two laborers
killed in New York by the breaking of
staging--Thrce years old child killed
by wagon in 1'oston-Charlotte Reed,
teacher in Whitman, Mass. killed in
Boston by an abortionist.
FRIDAY, AUG. ~.
Man killed and several injured In n
train wreck near Cherubusco, Ind-An-
arch.st wounded fatally by Brussels
policeman while resisting arrest with
evolver--Negro lynched in Corinth
Miss, for sandbagging and robbing---
Man drowned by the sinking of a scow
in Boston---Precautions taken to pre-
vent the Introduction of yellow fever
with the troops from Santiago--Berlin
rumor that Prince Herbert Bismarck
may be made German ambassador to
France rouses Paris papers to indigna-
tion-Nearly 1000 applications for space
at the Paris exposition made by Ameri-
can concerns-Chimney glass makers
and workers agree to continue last years
scale and the latter concede the use Of
machnes-Pope Leo ill-Food riots
feared in Fort Yukon and other points
in Alaska---Boston lad drowned while
trying to save pigeon--Fierce at
tacks by the London papers upon the
| English premier for his apparent truck
| ling to Russia over the Chinese question
Will of Adolph Sutro of San Fran
cisco leaves 1000 acres of valuable land
| for charitable purposes-New York
| Yacht club unanimously votes to accept
the challenge of the Royal Ulster Yacht
club for the America cup, and appoints
n committee to have charge of the de-
! tais-Revolution in Guatemala sup
| presscd-Another trial Of Murderer
! Bran ordered. the attorney general be-
! ing dissatisfied with the conviction for
/ killing Captain Nash of the Herbert
| Fuller-Father of Hobson appointed
! postmaster in Greensboro, Ala, although
| a Democrat-Possibili that the au-
thorities will interfere with the Corbett-
Mccoy fight in Buffalo-Three men
| dead and woman dying. the result of a
shooting ARRAY at Central City, s. D.
! Movement in Boston to abolish kinder
! gartens because Of the expense of main
tenance.
SATURDAY, AUG. 49,
Two sisters in Dover, Del. Killed by
| poisoned candy received through the
| mail-Colored youth under II hanged
in Snow Hill, Md, for killing his step
| father--Brother and sister of New
fame, n. Y, nearly 90 years of age sup
posed to have been killed by poison
Matte Eastman of Littleton. y. H..
committed suicide by jumping from a
bridge-Fire damaged the plant of the
American Cutlery company of Chicago
! S15,000-Nine persons killed and 80 in
iured in train collision in Genoa, Italy
| Jennie Donohue OF Hartford, "a
years, drank carbohc acid-Business
portion Of Wheatland. Cal, destroyed
Window glass makers get an ad-
vance of percent, and work to be re-
sumed in eptember-Death of Rear
Admiral Kirkland in California
Maria Flynn, Westerly laundress
jumped from the grasp of an attempted
ravisher named Schooley and drowned
her assailant arrested-Charles Prior
of Proctor, VT, drowned by falling into
a creek-Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of Brook.
Ign alleged to have gone to New Haven
VT. on vacation and left three little
children alone, with but 16 cents for
food: little ones rescued in a starving
ondition-lncrease in internal revenu,
receipts for the year ending June 30 was
$24, 900 000--Close of the convention Of
the C. r. A. Y. of America; Bishor
Tierney of Hartford chosen president
old soldie" charges Speaker Reed
with perfdy in defeating union soldier
preference lli--bTluRepOrt man, or
way to Klondike, murdered in Chilkoo
pass-Fight in a Colorad do town with
robbers costs one officer his life and an
other will die of his wounds-An ISSUE
of 81, 900, 900 in bonds to be made for con-
struction Of a 'women's road" in Cali
forna--Klondike gold received so ia,
this season at the Seattle assay Office
amounts to s., $50 O0O-J. w. Jago, chief
officer of the Britannia, held at Queens
town for smuggling and robbing the
meils---Great growth in iron and stee
manufacturing industry of this country
since 1880 shown by the bureau of sta.
tistlcs-The attorney general com
pleted a bill to foreciose the Contra
Pacific debt OF s64 900 600 to the govern.
ment, and threatens to file it soon
Two women missionaries of the Ameri
hama harbor
SUNDAY, AUG. IA.
Boston boy of killed by wagon
Michael Burke of Brockton cut his throa
after arranging for his burlal-Six in
mates OF hotel in Gormanstown. Tas
mania burned to death-Sixteen dis
ciples of the Mormon faith sailed fol-
Europe for missionary work--Fire II
a Brooklyn apartment house caused
damage of $l3 000-Wisconsin volun
teer said to have been executed in Port,
Rico for mvrder--Two troops of caviar
required to suppress a fight between
New York and Tennessee volunteers il
San ranclsco--Elizabeth Lease, TIN