The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1893-04-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Thursday, April 20.


Senator Pasoo of Florida has been re
elected-A movement for the secession
of the mainland of British Columbia from
Vancouver island is on foot--Edwin
Booth is dying. He has had a second stroke
of paralysis at the Players club in New
York Souvenir coins are being prepared
for use of lady managers of Columbian
fair-The silver payment of 1890 treas
ury notes will not be begun until the gold
reserve drops below the 100, 900, 900 point.
Lord Salisbury attacked the home rule
bill at the Primrose league meeting.
Rev. Calvin M. Clark was installed as pas
tor of the Center Congregational church,
Haverhill, Mass.-The works of the
Clinton Mass.) Wire Cloth company were
badly damaged by fire-The Charlestown
(Mass.) prison was damaged about $4,000
by fire, supposed to have been set by a
convict-Governor Morris of Connecticut
has signed the anti-pool bill-A Man
chester IN. H. embezzler was caught at
Dover, N. "A reward has been offered
for the capture and conviction of firebugs
at Castleton. Vt.-The Ingham County
(Mich.) Savings bank is in trouble.
There is an alarming epidemic of
typhus fever in Mexico-Mrs. T.
Thatcher Graves arrived at Denver and
met her husband-The Dowager Duchess
of Sutherland was too i'll to go to Jail.
Zante is again shaken by severe earth
quakes-The Massachusetts, naval bri-
gade will take part in the naval
parade in New York-Harry Lynch
has been implicated in the shooting of
James Fish at Pontiac, r. IA
strike on the Atchison road is immi-
nent-Four persons persisted in fire
at Cambridge, NINA cumulative SEN
tence bill passed the Ohio assembly-The
resignation of the CHILEAN cabinet has
been accepted elections in
Illinois favored the saloon interests.
George Gould says the Union Pacific's
floating debt is only 81, 0O0000-Owing
to pressure of business the supreme court
will not attend the Columbian ceremonies.
The ex-mayor of Kansas City claims the
Office of mayor on the ground that his sue
cessor did not qualify in time.
Friday, April FL.
Major Merrill was appointed insurar ce
commissioner, and Horace G. Wadlin chief
of bureau of labor statistics by the gov
ernor of Massachusetts,, and confirmed.
w. B. Mcclellan was named for fire mar
shall, to succeed Charles w. Whitcomb
w. w. Burke of Nantasket, Mass, was
murderously assaulted. His supposed as
sailant has been arrested-Two nuns
were admitted to full membership in the
order of Carmelites in Boston-The gun
boat Machias, built at Bath, Me-, made an
average speed of IA "a knots at SEA-
bride of eight months shot herself over the
IF how hr1S nj Natu Hauap
Edward Begor pleaded guilty to the muir
der of Mrs. Abigail Rogers at Wendell,
Mass, and was sentenced to prison for life.
William Arnold of Worcester, Mass, was
fatally injured in New York-Dr S. S.
to an insane asylum at Chicago-The di-
rectors of the Vienna Opera House have
refused to accept Richter's resignation.
The death of the widow of General Han
cock is announced-Manyw were killed
and hundreds of houses were destroyed by
the cyclone in Mississippi-Peter Knox
was held without bail at Holyoke, Mass,
for manslaughter-A fire in the Chase
mills cotton house at Fall River, Mass,
caused $4,000 loss-Robert Templeton
escaped from his keeper at Biddeford, Me
Refugees escaped from the United States
legation at Santiago-A large body of out
laws are sacking towns in Chihuahua
Packing company's brewery
at Detroit was burned; loss SIS, 0OO-Cap-
tain Guthrie reports that the Choctaw
trouble shows signs of adjustment
Terms of the proposed lockers com
promise seem to favor the English ship |
weekly statement of the
Bank of France shows an increase $780, |
100 francs gold and 100000 francs silver |
A torpedo boat collided with H. NJ. S.
Nile off Malta and stove hole in her
DOW. The warship leaks badly-English
INVESTORS in the Nicaragua Canal scheme |
charge Warner Miller with extravaganza. |
ind want his resignation as president. |
Colonel Charles B. Happen, the oldest |
'esident of New York city, is dead. He |
vas born Feb. 5 1896.
Saturday. April 22.
The treasury department must refund |
everal millions to wool importers under "A
ecent decision-The Russian extrad-
ion treaty is said to have been signed by
he car and the notifications exchanged.
secretary of State Osborne of Kansas has
'een arrested, charged with criminal libel
he city of Truxillo has been recaptured
" uHe government lTOOpS--l ne request
f the Edison company for preliminary
Injunction against the Columbia company
as been denied-Three men were killed
y the blowing up of a glycerine house at
Emporium, Pa. Hans Richter has an
ounced that he cannot come to Boston.
Governor Flower has appointed commits
oner to take testimony in the case of
arlyle w. Harris-The Austrian gov
rnment has decided to refuse an exequa-
III to Max Judd as consul general 10 vi
Booths condition is con-
dered by his physician to be very
home rule bill has
assed it's second reading in the house
commons fire in the Butte and
oston company's mine at Butte. Mon,
FUSED the loss of nine lives-Day, Chand-
r and Hunnewell, who were arrested
r robbing William Warren of Saugus, {
ass, accused each other. and severally =,
boile-nakers of Boston
e promised the nine-hour workday after
lly on condition that they resume work
Immediately under the old schedule and
ntinue until that time-A large amount
stolen property has been found in pos
ssion of the supposed Brockton (Mass.)
Morris of Connecti- ]
t has signed the Storrs Agricultural (
n