Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-13
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. OCT. G.


" injured in stopping the engine in n
tacl; factory In Taunton after the cylin-
der head had blown out-Loss OF over
half a million dollars to tobacco, freight |
aud buildings by fire in ClarkSN iilc,
Tcnn--Fourtcen houses, comprising |
tho greater portion of ;he business dis
trict of Lowell, Ind, entirely dest"oyCd |
by nre--Boiler explosion at a sawmin |
six miles from Verdi, New. cost two !
lives and three persons seriously injured !
democratic majority in Georgia |
douhlcd--Rerorts from various points |
Of Georgia Indicate that the storm of
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday was dis
astrous to the cotton crop. damage sus-
tanned reaching 100000 - Havana
alarmed over the report of the release OF
70o ranges, who have been undergoing
sertcrce in SPANS penal colonies in
Africa, and who are mostly murdercrs,
belonging to the narico societies.
FRIDAY. OCT. :.
Engineer. fireman and brakeman killed
In freiSht wreck in 1ndianola, Neb----
Movement against ticket scalplng III
Chicago-Alfred Williams hanged IN
Salem, Mass, for murder--Thousan
deaths from n fire in Chna--Two mon
the capsizinc Of q yacht--Two thous-
and people frozen in at Destruction City.
Alaska. and will not b. able to reach
civilization before next July-poli-
ticians OF Spain look to the eastern
question to help them out, but Sasasta
is not sanEuinc OF this-Jcrsey City
tailor eloped with his s;cpdaughtcr ana
his wifc's bank account--Decision in
Brooklyn that a passenger is legally on
titled to n seat--National SpinncrS'
association advocates the restriction of
immigration. and the reduction OF hours
OF labor for women and minors---Cum-
bincd regular and volunteer army to be
reduced from eight corps to four: COM
manders will probably be Generals Otis,
Wade, Brooke and I.ce--Colcnel Eoosc-
Welt will not mako pubic his report on
the Santiago mpaisn-Fourteen
cases of smallpox and six deaths among
! the Americsn troops in Manila in the
past two Gays-Thomas +. Bayards
estate valued n $50 oO; $4,000 to q church
and legacy to his private secretary-
Lewis waste factory In FAN River dam
aged $4,000 by fire.
SATURDAY, OCT.S.
Hundred and fifty arrests of Paris
strikers for riotous conduct-Rcvul-
sion of public feeling against Spains
traditional policy of isolation and neu-
trality-Indian uprising in Minnesota
regarded in Washington as at an end
-Jamcs Blackwell, a Fall River fire.
man, killed by falling under the wheels
of a ladder truck--Stoughton, Mass,
aliashouse Quilted at a loss of 5000
DR.. Townsend. a Taunton oculist. shot
accidentally while cleaning a revolver.
the bullet passing through the chest
cavity--Swindler wanted for stealing
diamonds and jewelry from women in
half dozen cities arrested in Albany
Colonel Rays immuEes reach Man
zanillo; the SpaniardS objected to their
entrance. but the Yankee insisted and a
conflict was narrowly avevted; Spaniards
threatened to use force; Ray told the don
to suit himseN-Uncle Sam paid 81 AS
600 for the use OF the four big liners FOR
, the season--Mrs. John Eldridgc OF
Taunton prevents her home from being
robbed by screaming when two men APP
pear with revolvers-London Times
hopes Cuban debt question will hc care
fully considered; that Americas demand
amounts to population, and that peace
would be dearly bought at a price which
81 would uRscttle the worlds markets
i Proprietor of a New York hotel refuses
! service to Bob Fit2simmons. the prize
= fghter--I.ieutenap Terrell ~: Tho Ken,
) tucky volunteers met n Spanish nader
2 IN Porto Rico and will be married mex
a month--Eid Mccoy and Peter Maize,
4 will meet in New York Dec. 5-Schoon-
, er Hattie May of RalifaS cGpsizes anC
: only two men survive Of a crew of sio
L Panic in Mississippi over yellow
i fever; governor and other officials flet
!. from capital, railroad traffic suspended
: ana schools cIsSeG--Starvation drive,
Cubans to acts OF outlawry. and III,
situation grows serious. L. Cate,
Il of Meredith. y. H., killed at crossing
) Annexation OF Cuba favored by mel
e owning property on the island, and ;
y, representative dispatched to Wa shing
: ton To seek an interview With Mr.. Me
: Kinley.
y SUNDAY, OCT. ..
e Fourteen sailors of Norwegian bari
e drowned when that craft cap.lzed-
=. Mary y. Rue. Freehold. y. j., teacher
II killed by carriage upsctting-POpu
: lists in Will1coockee. Ca. accused o
. burning the courthouse in order to de
4 stvoy ballots used In the election of Wed
& nesday-Mrs, w. ii. I.eeson of Newari
aged IS. poisoned herself while dcrarge,
-EX-deputy chief of the Fort Wort
police accused of connection with high
~ waymen who held up train and com
mitted murder near Saginaw. TEX, i
II Juy-Mlllions sent to Cuba for III
;, payment of the Spanish troops whic
a they did not rcCCiNe--William iona
of Boston fractured his skull and 4 IL
BY falling from II third story windo'
m Only Il sailors killed in the war wit
Spain-Herprt from Washington tina
l. the war inquiry board will not cXamlr
I. any critic of Secretary Alger until 0fte
the election in NoVe:nbev-EN-Trc
= urer Widhcr of san Francisco foun
G. guilty of embezzlirg S16,2i2-MaNin
the sun inventor, arrang, in Plough
u keapsie, n, y. on charge Of bigam.
which he alleges 10 be a hlackmailin
scheme-Frauds ON the payrolls Of III
!, League Island navy yard, Philadolphi
-FostmaSter Shaw OF Weymouth
= Center, Mass. short S2i00--Scoie
buildings in ashes in Atlantic city,
v j., and n dozen families deprived of the
q homcs-One man killed and sewers
:, injured badly in collision on a dow
" grade in Omaha-NaVal hoard 10 d;
X tcrmine the positions of the New Nor
n and Brooklyn and the honors due
4mpson--Ex-Gucen of Hawaii to see