The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-11-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Thursday, Nov. 22.


stop at Queenstown in the future-Tht
state inspection of cattle in Massachusetts
will result in higher prices for beef---It
seems conceded that Thomas Reed will
be the next speaker of the national
house-Dr Horace L. Bowker, state
assayer and manufacturing chemist
died at Boston, from heart disease
Through misunderstanding of orders
two passengers trains collided at Oxford
Me-, and four persons were injured
Captain Albert Reid, United States navy,
took command of the Kittery (Me.) navy
yard-A big police bribery scandal is on
at Portland Me-The training ship
Portsmouth arrived at Newport, II. l.,
from Madeira-A paper mill at Bellows
Falls VT, was damaged $4,000 by fire
The stomach of the late Clinton
A. Woodbury. of Portland, Me-, was
found to contain prussia acid - A
pauper attempted to murder the keeper
of the almshouse at Lincoln, r. L
The national bank note circulation is
showing tendency to reduction-High
Commissioner Upper is likely to be re-
called from England by the Dominion
overnment-General Miles visited Gov
ernor's island as commander of the depart
ment of the east-Ex-Chief Drummond
ia spoken of for the head of the New York
police department. If Byrnes is deposed
-. The attorney general of New
York decided that no state official
has authority to allow attempts to
resuscitate electrocuted convicts -
A relief store for striking cloakmakers in
New York was overwhelmed with appli
cants for food-The Portland Orr saw
ings bank has failed--The w. G. T. U.
convention was brought to close
Christians in Armenia were massacred
with rifles furnished the Kurds by the
Turkish Thirty eight COM
munes in Italy suffered from the earth
quakes.
Friday, Now rs.
New Zealand still wants Samoa-The
italian parliament is called for Dec. 8
The Bank of Paris shows an increase of
gold and silver-The torpedo boat Erics-
son broke an air pump and her trial trip
has been delayed for the fourth time
The Standard Oil company officials, from
top to bottom, have been indicted for vio-
lating the anti trust laws of Texas The
marriage of the car and Princess
Alix may be accompanied by a state pro-
SESSION.. L. M. Pierce, an English
man, has made million in five years by
swindling English capitalists in South
Dakota-A circular saw was put in
operation in the Massachusetts supreme
court-The. Indian crew of the sealing
schooner G. d. Rand were found
guilty at Vancouver of assault
and mutiny on the high seas
James G. Paul was sentenced to 10 years
in state prison and three days in solitary
for attempting to murder Mrs Eleanor
Whitfield at ACKNOWLEDGEMENT head
of cattle, supposed to be afflicted with
tuberculosis, were slaughtered at the
Brighton Mass abattoir-A boiler ex-
ploded in a schoolhouse at Uxbridge,
Mass. Children were injured in STAN
pede and scalded-A woman servinge a
sentence for infanticide gave birth to a
child in the Connecticut state
prison - Burglars blew open u
bank safe at Ridgefeld, Conn, but were
frightened away by woman
George G. Blanchard tried to shoot
reporter at Bridgeport, Conn-Large
legacies were left by Henry Keney to the
city of Hartford and educational ana
charitable institutions-An abortive at
tempt to overthrow the Hawaiian govern
ment was made by a New York news
paper man-There are no tidings as yet
of Messrs Holt and Sherman who left
Fall River, Mass. on Monday to shoot
ducks in Coles river, and their relatives
have given them up for lost For the
first time within the memory of the oldest
inhabitant, Thanksgiving promises to pass
in Bucksport, Me-, without ball
A rumor current in Springfield, Mass,
is one that credits the A. p. a. with rails
ing subscriptions for daily newspaper to
be started there in the interest of that
order.
Saturday, Nov. "a.
Three national bank directors of Detroit
are implicated in serious charges There
is a demand for farm hands in many sec
tions of Massachusetts-Th Auburn
Theological seminary, Auburn, n. Y, has
bolted from the general assembly-There
is large increase in insurance rates on
electric light stations through New Eng
land-Turkish officials still claim that
the massacrrd Armenians fell in open re-
volt-Fhe ferryboat Netherlands was
damaged and several passengers injured in
New York-The sentence of 10 years in
state prison imposed on James r. Paul
at Boston was revoked and another one
of 10 years pronounced by the court
Mrs. Keefe and her son of Hyde Park,
Mass, were held in $40, 900 each for assault
on Judge Terry and Officer Rooney
Earthquak shocks were felt in Connecti-
cut-Joshua Ainsworth of Saco, Me-,
assaulted his wife and mother-in-law and
stabbed his father-in-law II times-Miss
Emma Manson, Bath (Me.) lady, was
lost in the woods and found in an ex-
hausted condition G. Mclean,
who killed Nettie Douglass at Hen
mixer, n. H., was found guilty of
murder in the second degree
Reeds Home Market clubs speech con-
firms the opinion of public men that he
proposes a most conservative policy"
Secretary Carlisle believes that the new
bond issue will be largely over-subscribed
New indictments are to be found
against Captain Observation-Disclosures
reports a continuation of the feel
ing of business confidence - The
knights of Labor convention lowered
General Master Workman Sovereign's
salary at his own suggestion
Counsel for Holmes, the alleged insurance
conspirator told him plainly that he acted
the part of fool in making confessions
-Carnegie's wire nail works in Beaver
Falls, Pa, were burned. Loss. 500, 0OO-
George NJ. Irwin of Pittsburg, was ar
rested in New York on a charge of misap
propriating $26I. 900 - General Thad-
deus Phelps Mott is dead - Brazil
has not accepted Italy's proposal to
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