Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-23

THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. MARCH t6.

makes his first public appearance in
England at banquet in London--Kip-
ling continues to mproVe-Captain
p3rrett of the wrecked steamer Cas-
lillian goes ashore at Yarmouth. n. s.
and tells of the loss of his vessel
j. w. Spalding, n director in the New
York Baseball club for more than de-
cade resigns. owing tn what he terms
Mr. Freedman's "unsportsmanlike end
runous cy"--Springfle Mass,
bicycle men propose to hold an annual
tournament as usual this year-Gen-
eral GOmsz will go on distributing the
$4,000, 900 as if the assembly did not en-
ist---Spanish cabinet council decides to
Immediately ratify the treaty; General
Wheaton takes and occupies Pasg
and Taguig; captures 400 prison
ers and kills nearly 800 1'ilipinos---
Speaker Reed in New York declares
that so far as he knows nobody is boom
ing him for the presidential nomination
Luigi Manno stabbed four times at
Boston; his assailant arrested-Labor
men in New York to get up n counter
Jefferson day dinner because Croker
would not employ union mon as walters
--Boston Fruit company now controls
the banana trade of the country
Nancy Guilford's condition reported very
grave and the murder case at Bridge
port. Conn. is again put off-Gorman
said to be set against Bryan for next
years candidates said he favors Schley:
Mckinley and Hobart almost certain for
the Republicans-A yacht
Norma, bound on a cruise around the
world reported lost in the Red sea--
I s,,t r. oil !, lob,
wayman. held in sl5,000-Presiden
Mckinley had day of complete rest in
the south.
FRIDAY, MARCH II.
Riot followed election at Hot Springs
Ark, and four men. including the chief
of police, We're killed: mob shoots four
negro prisoners at Palmetto. Ga. in cold
blood, and race war is threatened-
Six tons of dynamite discovered in a
barn at Chelsea, Mass. very near GONE
dwelling houses--Joe Walcott knocks
out Billy Edwards in 18th round at New
Broadway Athletic club, New York.
Governor Roosevelt instlucts warden of
Sing Sing prison as to attendants upon
Mrs. Place and witnesses to electrocu-
ton, to avoid "hideous sensationalism"
Death of Joseph Medill proprietor
of the Chicago Tribune-Higher wages
decided upon for stove founders and iron
moulders to be followed hy higher prices
District Attorney Gardiner opposes
motion of MolincuXs counsel for an in
spection of grand jury proceedings
-Four hundred looters hover around the
wrecked steamship Castilian and seize
everything of value-Serious condition
Of John Sherman thought to be a little
better-Colonel Whitney resumes
command of his brigade in camp at
Greenville. S. C--Mcmber OF the Arkan-
sss legislature has smallpox. and order
is passed by the house requiring repre-
sentatives to be Observation-Disclosures ne
groes, charged with incendiarisn. shot
by mob at Palmetto. Ca. ave fatally.
SATURDAY, MARCH is.
Windsor hotel. New York, destroyed
by fire. II persons known to have been
killed and 30 injured; many missing be-
lieved to have been buried in the ruins
Loss of over 5000. 900 by fire at Ames-
bury, Mass--Queen regent OF Spain
signs the treaty Of peace-Death of
Rev. Michael f.. Strictly, secretary Of the
American Missionary assOcia tion-Ab-
scrption Of Woburn's declining leather
industry by the western trust seems to
threaten the future of the city-Lynn
judge rules that owners Of stolen prop
erty can always recover it from pawn
brokers without paying Will
lam g. Doucette held in the sum Of $4,000
for the grand jury on a charge of EN-
bezzlement from a Boston church
Spectators selling print cloth at less
than trustees prices-Genera Hyde of
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