Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-29
MONDAY, DEC. rs.

worthless, having let O robber they were
sent to arrest sleep in the house next to
them-Mrs. c. NJ. Lyon drops dead in
st. Josephs church, Burlington, VT
Bay State boys in camp at Americas,
Ga, and Greenvile S. c., enjoyed tur-
key dinner on holday-Uncle Sans
soldiers patrol the streets of Havana;
troops Observe Christmas-Jury in the
case of Mrs. Fayne Strahan Moore I'M
able to reach a verdict and dismissed
More males than females born in New
York in Novem ber-Cuba now beau
tiful country. like a New England June:
all classes welcoming the Americans
Day back home and will resume the
practice of law; no political ambition;
s100,o00 compensation is ridiculous, he
eays--Suts to he brought by relatives
OF Portland people lost in steamship
Portland-Corinna Me, sues the four
bondsmen of the defaulting town coll
lector for $40 000-Charles o. Mccain
of New Bedford run over by freight
train at Waltham. Mass, and legs cut off
Rev. Charles a. Crane Of East Bos-
ton deprecates any movement to decor
ate graves Of those who rebelled against
their country--Tar and feathers await
James Peet, janitor of a Stratford. Conn,
church, who took 4 girl from her home
burning of ]. z. Henry g. Sons saw
mill at Lincoln N. H.; loss. 10000.
TUESDAY. DEC. %.
Special dinners served inmates of Bos-
ton public institutions, the Jail and the
state prSon-Secretary Long returns
TO Washington after spending Christmas
with his family in bingham. Mass
Market for sail tonnage much improved
having heen hclpe1 bN racapt st
Mr.. Mckelzy. a harnessmaker asphyx-
lated a Boston---Many persons report
ed to be leaving Dawson City; no Short
age of provieions hreatened--Captan
Chadwick replies to an engineering ex-
pert, who, he says, made little error of
q perccnt--Busy times in Havana har-
Dor; Spanish soldiers slip away. without
| noise and without notice-Camp of the
Eighth Massachusetts lavshly decor
atrd with Christmas green; Major Ed
| ridge starts for Cuba-The American
| evacuation commission issues Its formal
| proclamation and orders to the people OF
| Cuba concerning the change Of proprie-
| torship-Senator Hale says England is
trying to complicate Clayton Bulwer
| abrogat!on with Canadian treaty; using
| the canal matter as a club to compel real
| concessions to Canada in return and NOM
| inal concessions to United States
| Charles Matson. Gloucester fisherman,
| positively identified body of the burglar
| at quincy. Mass. as that of Charles
| HansOn-Thirty-th hundred poor
| people fed by Salvation Army at Me-
| chancs building Boston--Italian
Waterman murdered for his money near
New London. Conn-Attorneys for
the Portland Steamship company filed
| r
loss of the Pertland-After being part
ed many years, Mrs. Charles Kittredge
| of Winchester. Mass, finds her brother
dead in New Haven-MuHally and
Baxter. charged with four breaks at
| Cambridge. Mass. assert they are inro-
cent-Divorce proceedings by Mrs.
Lilly Barnes Cooper of Providence
against her husband at an end-E.
| c. Kneeland, charged with stealing $3.50
at Ocean Park. Me. escapes from the
| Saco police--Marlboro. Mass. shoe fac
tories will open as free shops" one
firm says it has enough workers TO start
! up-Corrina, Me, sues the four bonds
| men of the defaulting town collector for
$40, 000-Charles O. Mccain of New
/ Bedford Mass, run over by n freight
train at Waltham, and has both letys
| cut off-Rev. Charles a. Crane Of Bos-
ton deprecates any movement to dec
crate graves of those who rebelled
against their country--Burning of ].
l.. Henry & Sons sawmill at Lincoln
n. T., caused a loss of $4,000
WEDNESDAY, DEC. IS.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont dies at
shington-Captain John NJ. Tobin.
who had received a medal of honor for
bravery at Malvern hill. shot himself
at Knoxville, Tenn; believed to have
worried over being mustered out of the
volunteers in the war With Spain
( Daughter Of the late General Garcia
dies in Georgia-Installatio Of Grand
Master Hutchinson of grand lodge, F.
and 4. NJ, of Massachusetts, and cele.
bration of the feast of ST. John-M<
raculous escape from death of Mat
thew Foley. who leaps from n bridge
and strikes the ice on Saco river AZ
feet below---W. a. f. Moore sentenced
to - years in state prison for working
the badger game" in New York.
Timothy +. Kinchella of Watertown,
Mass. held in $1,000 on a charge of shoot
ing two other men-Unrest in Cuba:
negroes fire on Yankee soldiers; also on
Spanish; General Brooke takes formal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the moons
eclipse by Harvard astronomers was
only partial success-Joe Cans gets
the decision in 25-round bout with Jack
DAILY of Wilmington. Del. at New York
-Cubans and Havanese learning to
speak English; fine opportunities in Fa-
vana for American grocers and plumb
ers-MasSachusetts naval reserve Will
have the United States Inca for
training ship-Harry p. Doherty APP
pointed superintendent OF public build
ings in Lowell, Mass--Shoe shops in
Marlboro opened and one of them started
up: volley of stones thrown through
Misunderstanding Judkins of Water
Vile, Me. convicted of assault with in
tent TO Kill Tsdor Tallouse-General
Rios cables to Madrid that he has sur
rendered Iloilo, but does not say 10
whom, though II is supposed it was to
the Americans-Judge Webb at Port
land, Me, appoints a commissioner to
whom all claims for damages by steamer
Portland be made-Bessie McDonagh
of Worcester, Mass. twice shot by her
lover, who also shoots himself-Sa-
gasta's condition improving; he favors
q reorganization of the country.
In three years Rudyard Kipling has
received dozen offers for his Vermont
residence