The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-06-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, June FL.


Gallipolis, O-The fishing smack Mon
terey was run down and the captain
drowned--A British protectorate fo
the western Pacific islands is advocated
Miss Abbie Lowell of Winthrop Me.
was robbed of $3.50 by burglars--Th.
Thayer Memorial library building al
Uxbridge, Mass, was dedicated -
Thomas Lomasney of Boston was found
mot guilty" of manslaughter---Bu
glars secured railroad tickets valued al
$500 at Winsted, Conn--The Peary
relief expedition has sailed, to return
with Peary in Septem ber--A young
daughter of James w. Taylor was killed
by lightning at Houlton, Me-The
lexington Hotel. Washington, was de.
stroyed by fire. Total loss $40 600
English labor associations expect an in
crease of 80 representatives of labor in
the house of commons-Mr. Laurie of
Nova Scotia, Free Mason, says America
and Canada will never come under the
same fag-The proposed increase of
duty on diamonds by the United States is
regarded as aimed at the Rothschilds.
Friday, June 20.
Richard Croker has left London for Ire
land--Brutal evictions of miners in
Indian Territory are reported--George
A. Stewart, naval architect, died sud-
denly at Boston--Serious disturbances
have broken out at Puira, Peru--The
Miantonomoh left New London for Ports
mouth, N. IA locomotive exploded
at Hiawasse station, Tenn, with fatal
results--A book has appeared in Lon
don urging the formation of new party
in English politics--The United States
has given permission to General Jeffries,
Salvadorian refugee, to leave the Ben
nington-The grand jury at Washing
ton adjourned without announcing the
indictments of Shriver and Edwards
Teller Emil G. Knapps was arrested
for stealing $4,000 from the Chicopee
National Bank, at Springfield, Mass
The Society of the Army of the Potomac,
in session at Concord N. H., elected Major
General Alexander S. Webb PRESIDENT
Robert Rawley of Rackliffe island Me-,
attempted to kill his wife with an axe,
and then hanged himself. The wife will
recover-Z,mmerma finished first in
the international race at Florence
Treasury officials, being well supplied
with currency for current obliga-
tions, are not disturbed by the de-
pletion of the gold reserve-As
congress has made no provision for its
maintenance as lighthouse, Bartholdis
Liberty" will not enlighten New York
bay after June 30-A crowd witnessed
the electrocution of a lineman in midair
at Rochester - The New York state
board of health has pronounced the cpl
demic on Staten island as smallpox.
Saturday, June 20.
There was a $4,000 fire at Somersworth.
N. H-Great damage was done by cy-
clone at Bonneville, Mo-Strained re-
lations exist between Nicaragua and
Costa Rico--The extended drought was
broken in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
Senator Patton calls the income tax the
result of bargain--Iramp army lead
ers were arrested in Louisville for va
grancy--Texas Populists omitted the wo-
man suffrage plank from their platform
KAISER William has caused the arrest
of his cham berlain for writing anony-
nous letters-Mines were discovered |
under the tracks of the railroad over
which the Gar of Russia was to travel |
Hills speech won no converts and no |
radical modification of the income tax is
likely-The payment of Mexican war
pensions will make an expense of more |
than 81, Oo0, 900 per annum for the United !
States-William Middleton, alias Ma
years in the Massachusetts, state
prison for robbing the mails
has applied for pardon
An Italian organ grinder from Boston
shot a man, probably fatally, at Brad
ford, Mass - There is trouble in
Gloucester, Mass, over the Withholding
of diplomas from high school graduates
THE reunion of the Army of the Poto-
mac at Concord, n. H., closed with a ban
quet--A f. Glory four houses and two
stables were urned at Ashland, Mass
Wolcott knocked out Harris in six rounds
at Boston-Professo Mendenhall has
resigned, claiming, it is said, that the
work of the coast and geodetic survey has
been hampered by the secretary of the
treasury-The grand jury is to look into
the cases of the heads of the Sugar trust,
who refused to answer questions asked
by the senate investigating committee
York banks have decided
to reimburse the treasury for
the gold exported this week.
Pittsburg is threatened with a police
York merchants testi-
fed to paying the police for the use
of Observation-Disclosures Neb., was nearly
destroyed by fire-Alfred p Bur bank,
the elocutionist, died of consumption in
New York-The Hungarian house of
passed the civil marriage bill.
Sunday, June "a.
President Carnot of France was assas-
sinated in Lyons street by Cezare Glow
ami Santo, an Italian % years old. He
gives no reason for his crime-Treasury
officials were much pleased to learn of
large transfers from the national banks
Of New York to the sub-treasury there
An outbreak of hostilities between the
Chinese and Japanese in Korea seems
proba ble-Some 600 journeymen en-
ployed by the fashiona BILE Fifth avenue
New York; tailors struck against a cut
IN wagee-The Union Theological sem
mary as .ltered the constitution in such
a way IL Il DR.. Briggs can continue to
preach there. even if deposed from the
ministry II Two Phila-
ielphia police captains and 80 lieut.
enants were arrslgned on a charge
preferred against an unknown one of them
If receiving "hush" money-Populists
and Republicans in the south are said to
have been greatly str engthed by the SEN
ties tariff tinkering- General :
of Colorado was mobbed and I