Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-20
TIE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. OCT. IL

stopped Tor lack OF OrderS-Planing
mills in the northwest to be combined.
with capital of $4,000 O0O-Postoffic
in Albion, Me, robbed of $55 in cash and
stamps--Police force in Pana, ILL.,. dis
charged by the mayor because of SYM
pathy with the strkers--Train robber
found guilty Of murder in Fort Worth
and given life sentence, the Jury hav-
ing considered his case for n week.
New York girl who fell victim to the
wiles of a scoundrel drank carbolic acid
when her shame was told to her father,
and her mother drowned herself-Pat-
rick Blake of New Haven, RESPONDENT.
poisoned himself-Increase in whiskey
smuggling in Newfoundland and Cam
ada--Trolley to be introduced into
London-Futile attempt by tramps to
wreck a freight on a bridge 30 feet high
Two thousand dollars worth of
jewclry stolen from a house in Uol-
yoke Mass.-Chicago polceman'killed
by one of two burglars Battle be-
tween negroes, deputies and miners in
Virden, ILL.,, in which several were killed
and a great many wounded--Lord
Rosebery, in n public speech, gives de-
fiance to the whole world, aiming es-
pecially at France-Mrs. George held
without bail, charged with the murder
of Mrs. McKinleys brother--Ten men
killed and so wounded in a tabor riot at
Virden, Ill.--Oregon and Iowa, sup
ply ship, distllling ship and two coll
liers start on their long trip to Manila.
FRIDAY. OCT. H.
Four buildings in Ryegate VT, burned
with eight horses-Railways station in
Georgetown, Mass, robbed of s2S--
II. T.. Doughty Of Roclsland Me. swept
from the deck of a barge and drowned
--Hazing abolished at Dartmouth coll
lege-Hole in which were hidden gold
and silver worth $4,000 discovered by
accident in Leadville-Applicatio for
release of enlisted men very numerous
and most of them are granted--Two
officers who declared martial law In
Honolulu and took charge of the city to
be court artialed-Story, told by
Kentuckian. Of July 3 at Santiago, when
Shafter wanted to turn the army over
to Breckenridge, but the latter would not
accept because a retreat had been
planned and he would not conduct a re-
treat on the Fourth, but would assault
Santiago--Chaplain Mcintyre OF the
oregon declared guilty under three
. charges and sentenced to be dismissed
from the navy-Patrick Cunningham
of Lowell fatally burned by explosion Of
naphtha in his shop.
SATURDAY, OCT 10.
Members of a gang of bicycle thieves
arrested in Mansfield, Mass, and Central
Falls and Pawtucket r. Loss of an
ocean steamer off Great Britain, and
death of 1863 persons-Baltimore man
after losing his money gambling in
! Europe, blew out his brains-C. T.
Rolston, newspaper man of North
Adams, accused of forging a note for
slSOO--Wlliam Busby injured probably
! fatally In a bicycle collision in Provi-
| dence-Italian anarchists plotted to
kill Emperor William in Egypt, and nine
of them arrested-Telephone war in
New York probable through new COM
pany-Presiden Mckinley receives a
| remarkable ovation in st. Louis. and
makes two addresses to enormous
rrowds--Two murderers hanged in Chi
cago on the same scaffold-Man who
killed a girl of Is near Shamokin, Pa,
confesses to killing her for fitting him
Special committee OF the Massachu-
sets Reform club to hear evidence OF
returned soldiers as to the conduct OF
o.
Madrid censorship revived, but a
paper publishes the announcement that
Sagasta has cabled Blanco not to turn
over more territory TO America till the
peace treaty has been signed-Report
of the existence of a plot to set up a
military government in France-East
Rochester. y. H., green goods man. al
legged to have been captured at Fishkill-
H..
Hundred and First New York complain
Of their treatment at Camp Meade. say
ing that they are not properly fed
Chelsea, Mass. victim of the drink habit,
"a years old, drank carbolic acid.
SUNDAY, OCT. l6.
Counterreiter who posed as a detective
arrested in Swainsboro. Ga-Faiiure of
New York builder with liabilities of
1891 92S-A sergeant killed and several
privates wounded by the provost guard
during a soldiers fight in Admission, Ala
Ten Jews killed by peasants in Cali
cia--Nelson Loring of Barre, Mass, "a
years gored by bull-Autonomists
trying TO retain power in Cuba-War
department to distribute supplies among
the people Of Georgia-Woman and her
daughter asphyxiated by gas in North
| Tonawanda, n. Y-Contract laborers
from Japan arriving in Hawaii in large
sumbers-Chicago man beaten by thre:
negroes, robbed of $500 and locked in a
closet-Two lost in a Lake Michigan
wreck-Eight men hurt in a sham
battle In Dubois, Pa-Agreement
reached whereby sympathetic strikes
will be fewer in the building trades in
New York-Suggested by American
officers in Havana that 900 Spanish
and Cubans be hired for garrison duty
in Cuba because of their immunity from
disease. W. Barrows of Brockton
shot himself in a New Bedford hotel
st. Louis man thrown under his pony
during game of polo, and hurt fatally
Game warden killed a violator of the
law near Paterson, n. j.. in self-defense
Typhoid fever raging at Whippe
barracks, Arzona-Brooklyn mar
Bwarded $25 900 for losing a hand in a
sugar Refinery. w Clenderin. presi.
dent of the Arcadia Coal company OF
Nova Scotia, killed By a runaway in New
York
MONDAY, OCT. Il.
Philip LayeuX of Lewiston, aged 10
killed by falling down a cellar stairs
Officers and men of the army not liable
to punishment for appearing before tn
war commission and telling the truth
-Colored miner murdered another II