The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-07-10

Soettell of Meriden, Conn, shot him
self in the heart at Hartford-At Cam
bridge, Mass, Nat and Tom Butler
made new worlds tandem record for
mile competition, their time being
1859 1-5-Edwin Prescott, aged 3d.
burned to death in his hut at Went
worth Beach, Me-Horace Williams,
aged q, instantly killed by the explosion
of a cannon at North Grosvenordale,
Conn-Twenty-s cases of cholera,
with nine deaths from 1t, among the
Egyptian troops at Wady Halfa-Two
electric cars collided at bingham, Mass,
and Is people more or less injured.
MONDAY, JULY 6.
Ante-convention situation at Chicago
practically unchanged - Arrival ir
| Chicago of the Massachusetts delega.
ton to the national Democratic conven.
tion-McKinley to remain at his home
in Canton throughout the summer
Yale crew far from being in proper con-
dition for the Henley race-Kaiser to
be in constant touch with Berlin DUR
ing his tour of the North seas-Mgr.
Diomede Talconis to succeed Satolli as
! papal delegate to United States-A
series of Salvation Army meetings in
Berlin successfully conducted by Cen
eral Booth-Christians of Crete elected
provisional government and will pro-
claim union with Greece--Lawrence
(Mass) policeman suspended for re-
fusing to haul down an Irish flag from
schoolhouse-The Valkyrie said to
have been sold to go to San Francisco
Secret circular framed by the BIZ
metallic national committee brought to
the attention of delegates at Chicago
Three children drowned at Rochester
Teller formally places himself in the
Democratic ranks - Steamer S. F.
Hodge burned near Coburg, Ont-Rev.
Allan B. Hudson of North Weymouth,
Mass resigned his Observation-Disclosures
of an Italian at fremont (Mass.) picnic
Man and two sons drowned at Col
lier Bay, N. F.
TUESDAY, JULY 7.
Gold standard Democrats making lit.
tie Roadway at Chicago-Ancients and
Honorab les of Boston arrived in London
Man shot, and, it is thought, fatally
wounded, by an American medical stu
dent in New Castle, N. B-Henry
George sees among silver men longing
to put silver on par with gold-Judge
Samuel Shellabarger, formerly of Ohio
very sick at Washington-Twe mill
| corporations in Fall River Mass, idle;
shutdown and strike in Biddeford, Me
Executions in case of DR.. Moore ar
| gued before full bench of New Hamp-
shire supreme court-Stephen Morse,
| Jr, struck by train at Wellington,
Mass; killed almost instantly-Head-
| quarters of New England DISTRICT Turner
! ofganization to be removed to Manches-
ter n. H-strike of IS girls in the
Cochece mills in Dover N. H-The
Satanic beat the Tacoma in the first OF
their match races-A1inn & Co.'S com
| bositors, feeders and pressmen struck at
| Cambridge, Mass-Great damage by
cloudburst in Ohio-Death of General
p. M. B. Young, United States minister
to Guatemala-Postoffi department
claims to have been defrauded by rail
roads which carry their own local
| mail Order issued prohibiting it
Explorer Stanley again critically sick
-Valkyrie being prepared for sea
Australia crippled by the tick plague
Spain now seeks an alliance with
Germany or England-St. Louis grain
rnen secure better railroad rates than
Chicago shippers-Body of John
Leary, the missing Somerville (Mass.)
| man. found in the Mystic riVer-An
| Injunction asked by the American
Grapiophrns Company against the New
| England monograph company for al
legG0 infringement of patents-Earth-
| quake shocks felt at Larnica, cyprus
! Young steamboat Waterman, named
Frank Wrinn, arrested at Boston on the
charge of causing the death of a deck
hand-Portland (Me.) city council de.
feated the order to create fire commas
sion-Eddie Stevenson is reported TO
have been drowned at Portland, Me
Major and Mrs. Marshal, commanders
ar the Salvation Army of Maine and New
Hampshire, are to go to Chicago.
WEDNESDAY, JULY s.
The silver power in the United states
asserted itself in the Chicago conVeh-
ton. This assemblage of the national
Democracy went on record on the issue
of the free and unlimited coinage OF Sill
yer at a ratio of 16 to l. The convention
consisted of 906 delegates, OF which bot
> recorded themselves on the side OF the
+ minority nominee of the Democratic ma
tional committee for temporary chair
man, Senator John w. Daniel OF Vlr-
,, einia. and 849 stood by Senator David B.
| Hill OF New 1OTh, the Ie6 uioi
of the committee and majority. The re-
suit stamps the convention and the
party as the free silver organ of the lane
The porte suspended military opera
tions in Crete-Cubans propose to senc
, a balloon full of dynamite to Cuba
= Silverites not at all agreed yet as to
o candidate - Ancient and Honorable
p Artillery company of Boston given al
9 enthusiastic welcome in London-Gar'
n ret A. Hobart officially notified of his
= nomination for vice president-Yal'
} beaten by Leander at Henley-Deatf
h of Mrs. Sallie Ward Downs, once IA
= nous belle of the south-Dedicaton o.
Y a new church at Mt. Vernon, N. H
d British troops captured a Matabel'
- ronghold-Archbishop Langevin o
d Montreal to visit Rome-Commodor'
D Joseph H Tooker died in New York
e Canadian-Australian steamship line viii
d probably be subsidized - Postmaste
n General Wilson will watch railroad
e transporting the mails-No agreemen
?. vet reached in the matter of rates on tn
transatlantic steamship lines - Den
mark waiting for proposition from tn
II United States relative to the Danisl