The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-01-03
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, Dec. 20.

Tariff and bond certificate bills formally
adopted by ways and means committee
- Reported that $4,000 Druses were
killed in fight with Turkish
troops - Lord Dunraven arrived al
New York on the Teutonic - Body
of John Cagney found in shallow
pond at Bridgewater, Mass-President
Moraes of Brazil favors arbitration with
England on Trinidad question-James
Cook arrested at Amesbury, Mass, on a
charge of assault and robbery -
Abyssinian forces advancing slowly, hav-
ing given up the siege of Makalle-Rela-
tons between the Vatican and Austria
harmonized-Several vessels wrecked on
the coasts of Scotland and Ireland
Joseph Cook very sick in San Francisco
-Twenty-two persons lost by founder
ing of schooner Victoria, off the New
foundland coast-Mrs. Hannah Lovett
died at Nashua, N H., at the age of 107
years-Mrs. Mary Morey died at Plym-
outh, Mass, at the age of 101 years
The strike situation in Philadelphia re-
newed-New York locked-out Hebrew
tailors victorious over the middlemen.
Friday. Dec. RI.
New York Yacht club hearing on the
Dunraven charges begun-Passage of
business men met to consider the Ar
nenian question Horace NJ Cum
mings claims ownership of courthouse and
Jail at Paris Me-Francis l.. Higginson
Of Boston begun suit for divorce from his
clipping wife-Opening of annual con-
gress of scientists in Philadelphia Boy
killed by an electric car at West Fitchburg,
Mass - Two more cases of smallpox
among the Alsatia's passengers at Hoff-
man island, n. Y--Receiver appointed
for the St. James hotel, New York city
Deficit of 100000 in Canadas ac-
counts for the past year-Princeto
forming a dual league with Yale in all
branches OF athletics, save rowing-Big
meeting of dairymen and farmers at Ian
caster, N. H--Travellers' Insurance COM
pany will resist payment of the policy
issued in favor of Catherine Ging--Fall
River, Mass, postoffice to be first-class
office--Burglars secured $4,000 worth
of plumber from residence of Thomas
u. Cakes, Oriental Point, N. Y
DIR. Marmoreck of the Pasteur institute
claims to have made valuable serum dis
ooveries-Pardon committee of the Mass
achusetts executive council refused a par
don to ex-Alderman Ham of Haverhill--
Detectives and police aiding in the search
for Frederick X. Anthony of Providence,
who disappeared in Boston-Brigantine
Buda, of ST. John, N B., sighted, bottom
side up, off Georges. Entire crew of seven
or eight men believed to have persisted.
Saturday, Dec. 20.
Twenty-four persons killed in senseless
panic in a Baltimore theater---The pres-
dent decides to issue 800, 900 bonds at
per cent--Bond and certificate bill de-
layed day in the house Christian
teacher at Marash flayed alive and then
killed--A Woonsocket (R L. young
man committed forgery in Nashua, N. H..
and eloped with a Lowell (Mass) girl
Daniel M. Howard, an old citizen of Ban
gor, Me dead--Pano stool factory in
South Acton, Mass, burned Loss, $4,000
Cuban rebels on the march, leaving a
barren waste to mark their progress
Wind and rain storm caused $50 900 dam
age at Rockaway Beach, N. Y--Epi-
>1srnic 81 peTTty~+hieying in Somervilio,
Mass So Harvard leads in the college
ahess tournament in New York
Showalter beats Lipschutz for the
American chess championship - Brit
ish ambassador will be the first TO
shake President Cleveland's hand New
Years day-Smth bill for the relief OF
the treasury introduced in the house
Bill to permit railway pooling will be re-
ported to congress-The Kennebec river,
after being closed to Navigation 70 days,
again open from Augusta TO the sea
Maine delegates to Republican national
convention sold for Reed-Leslle COMBS
of Kentucky, largest tobacco grower In
the world, failcd-American Hand Sewed
Shoe company put attachment on default
ing treasurerS properly-Three men
killed by a dynamite explosion at Mines
willie. Pa-LOss resulting from flood in
submerged districts in Missouri estimated
at SIS OOO, 900 - Harvard and Pennsylvania
made an agreement for track games
Pullman fats burned in Chicago suburb
New York to have a 12-story office
Receivers of the Atlanta and
Pacific railroad resigned-Man who
murdered james McNally in Providence
not found-More than 1000 Armenian'
slauchtered at the capture of Zeltoun-
Peter Shellmer, found to be an innocen
man. discharged from the Massachusetts
state prison-Philadelph citizens de
sirous of having the city assume contro
of the street railroads - Glouceste
(Mass.) fishing record of 1895 shows tina
12 vessels and 107 lives were lost.
Sunday, Dec. 80.
One of the main supports of the HOOK
sett IN. H railroad bridge washed ava
Yale does not accept Princeton as
full-sized substitute for Harvard in ath
letics-Captain Charles A. Kendall G
Fitchburg, Mass, will be chief of police a
North Adams-Lynn (Mass.) shoe MANI
facturers deny the claim that Haverhlll
the leading shoe-producing center of tn
world-Eighteen reelected Republica
representatives endorse McLaughli
for reelection as clerk of tn
Massachusetts house - Governmer
rested its case in the Thompso
brothers murder trial at Augusta
Me-Bournr mills of Fall River, Mass
Maid another dividend to its employees
Fritz Friedmann, the great Berlin lawYe
an bsconder--Nictins of Turks
atrocities in Arabkir alone are said
rumber 2OOC--Railroad agent stabbe
shot and robbed i'll Wa erville, O-JOh
II Lockwood. u New York broke
William II. Wallis, vetera
tor died i'm Philadel phia-Peter NJ