Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-27

from Porto Rico may be made in other
than American bottoms; to relieve the
conditions there somewhat-Hulk of
the Pluton found near Moro castle:
rdded with six-pound shot but with no
mark of a shell; can't be saved and will
be left to rust away.
SUNDAY. APRIL %.
General Otis reports regarding sedi-
tious letters sent to Manila; Lawton
routs The rebels aeain--Attorney Cen
eral knowlton announces his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for gov
ernor of chusetts-Demand for
all kinds of lumber; Maine mills in no
hurry to begin erations-Edward II.
Hartman of New York to take a large
pay of scientists to Alaska--Suicide
of l9-year-old girl in Collinsville. Conn
Quay confident he will he seated in
the next congress-Woman burned to
death in Dixfeld Me-Mme. d'Alma.
an American. arrested in Morocco. while
trying to get into mosque--The
Morgan liner General Whitney sunk
and ~ persons drowned--Organiz
movement among New England iron
moulders for an increase of wages
Tariff question in Jamaica becoming
urgent-Mazet committee to proceed
against stubborn witnesses for con-
tcmpt-Fire in an apartment building
in New York causes damage of $4,000
FIX Governor Black ready to help
Croker investigate Platt-British COL
eGians win cable chess match against
the American students by score OF
Shs to 2ia-The Hague peace conference
expected to be failure--Revenu
agents seize thousands of cigars in sew
eral cities for bearing counterfeit rev
/ cnue stamps--Tewksbu ry equals the
worlds record for 220 yards at the
Princeton gamcs--Mc Kinley managers
looking for a suitable successor to Vice
President Hobart-Tim Callahan de-
feats Young Pluto in a fight of 20 rounds
at New York--Sixteen-ye ar-old boy
of East Webster, Mass, commits sui
eide by hanEing-Chester B. Jordan
OF Lancaster may be a candidate for
governor of New Strike
at Union car works a Depew, y. y
Death of Representative w. S. Baird Of
Louisiana.
MONDAY. APRIL q.
Colonel Stotsenburg and Lieutenant
| Sisson of the First Nebraska and five
| enlisted men killed in a charge on in
trenched Filipinos at Quengua; A
wounded-Germany resents utter
ances of Captain Coghlan of the Raleigh,
and the latter may be reprimanded or
Observation-Disclosures burned at the
stake at Newman. Ga, for numbering a
man and assaulting his Wife-Repre-
sentative Cannon of Illinois announces
! his candidacy for the speakership of the
house of ntatives-'Senator
! Stewart says that Bryan undoubtedly
! will be the presidential nominee of the
! Populists in l900-Charles *. Bradford
! who has been granted more fhan 200
patents by the government, now in
! straitened circumstances near Lynn
Mass--Second boatload of men from
the steamer General Whitney reach the
| Florida coast---Sir Thomas Upton
new steam yacht, the Erin, to convoy
the Shamrock across the Atlantic
! An American named Osborne shoots
himself at Belfast Ire--Foreign trad,
of United States for 1898 broke all rec
ords, while the imports were exception
ally small--Searchligh device being
| tried on western locomotives with view
to greater safety in travel-Medico-
! Legal society of New York working "a
secure a new trial for Mrs. Maybrick-
| Hungarian engineer invents a brake
which it is claimed will stop steamships
and prevent collisions at sea--Forest
fire at Plymouth and Kingston, Mass.
does considerable damage-Robert F.
Hayes of Scston commits suicide in
| Washngtn--Mrs. Nellie Aarosor
burned to death az her home at Boston
Mrs. Charlotte Lynde of Melrose
Mass, burned to death.
TUESDAY. APRIL 25.
Captain Coghlan likely to be court
martialed, which, 1t Is thought, VIII
soothe the outraged feelings of the Ger
man emperor; no need of alarm over the
matter--James Mcmahon killed 10y
the fall of a derrick at Boston-Genera
otis will try to flank the insurgents
two distinct operations undcr way; Mac
Arthur to make a demonstration in from
of Calumpit, while Lawton will try e
got in the rear---Effort to be made II
court today to secure release of Moli
reuX----Thc captured Spanish gunboat'
Sandoval ana Alvarado arrive at Wood!
Hole. Mass-EXposion of gun cottor
at Newton Lower Falls, Mass. causes
heavy damage-Report published II
London that the French superior coun
ell of war decides Dreyfus shall not bt
berated--Attempt to dynamite train!
of the Chicago Burlington and Quinc!
Safe In UXbridge, Mass, postofiic
blown open and $lS5 in cash and stamp
taken no clew to the burglars
Wreckage found at Sandwich. Mass
thought TO have come from the Portlan,
More seizures of bogus stamped ci
CARS at various places---Scnator Ham;