The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-04-03
THE WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, March 20.

King Hiram lodge of Masons, Province
town. Mass. celebrated it's centennial an
niversary-Appointme of receivers OF
the Central Vermont railroad confirmed
Resolution introduced for adjourn
ment of congress May 2-Reed CLUB
Formed by eastern Maine Republicans
Charles Wales held for the grand jury on
the charge of setting fire to Goddard sem
mary, Barre, Vt-Pastor Brown of San
Francisco lost his suit against Mrs. David
son - President Zelaya of Nicaragua
making progress in crushing the revolt In
that country-Frank McCooe lost his
suit for $25, 900 against the Dighton, SOM
erset and Swansea railroad--Trial of Dr.
j. G. Moore of Manchester, n. H., post
poned until April 90 - Federation of
Labor will push the eight-hour movement
--Charles W. Comstock nominated for
United States district attorney for Con
acknowledgements (Mass.) license com
mssioners resigned at mayors request
Southwestern Traffic association reorgan-
ized-Russia accepts $50 tons of Ameri-
can armor, tested satisfactorily -Raines
law declared constitutional by Justice
Pryor of the New York supreme court
CHICAGO railroad officials indignant at
the recent interstate commerce case de-
cision-Porte of Turkey resents the Don
COLA expedition, and will appeal to France
and Russia-Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians want the 100000 credited to
them in the treasury Weisbach Light
company of New York secured AZ indict-
ments against alleged swindlers.
Friday, March 81.
England purchases Delagoa Bay. East
Africa from the Portuguese-Naval
appropriation bill passed by the house
Reduction in wages expected to cause
trouble among mill operatives at Olney-
Vile, r. Another Holyoke Mass pa
Der company in financial straits-Greater
New York bill passed by the assembly
The Matabeles revolt and murder white
settlers-German naval officer killed
Herr Zenker, an anti-Semitic leader, in
duel-Dr and Mrs. Samuel B. Morrison
of Bangor, Me-, celebrated their golden
neutrality-suspicious. Lyons of Abingdon,
Mass, killed himself-~Pawtucket, r. l.,
to have Masonic temple-MaJor Ed
ward Leslie, the inventor, commit
ted suicide in Paterson, N. j.
Drain ON treasury gold reserve may
be renewed at an early date
Three young men of New Hampton. N.
H. arrested for burglary at Holderness
National bank to be established at
Sanford, Me-Bernard B. Green sue
ceeds General Casey in experimenting the
erection of the congressional library build
ing-Turkish minister denies the report
that he has been recalled-Death of
Hon b. +. Lincoln of Lyndon, Vt-Rev
w. L. Bevan resigned the passionate of
Trinity Episcopal church at Con
cord, Mass-State federation formed
by womens' clubs of Vermont -
Mayor of Omaha vetoed the curfew Or
dinance-New Jersey senate passed five
constitutional amendments - Cuban
rebels tried to seize the arsenal at Santa
Clara but failed--Clerks to members of
congress swamped by applications for
seeds - White settlers in two of the
Transvaal districts massacred by Malta
beles-Alliance of Great Britain and
Italy announced as an accomplished fact
-Egyptian debt commission voted to
advance s., 500, 900 for the British Soudan
xpedition-American subscribers to ISS
Arfar property fftfs1s5oJed<
giving over their interests to the British
section-Map of South America, drawn
in 1894 discovered to contain valuable cor
roborative evidence for Venezuela before
the boundary commission.
Saturday, March 20.
Speaker Reed pleased at result of Massa-
chusetts Republican convention, which
endorsed him for the presidency--Reed
will have majority of the Connecticut
delegates--Three youthful irebugs ar
rested in Somerville, Mass--Delagoa bay
not yet purchased by Great Britain, but
negotiations with Portugal said to be
pending--Thomas Butler of Boston ar
rested for extensive defalcation at Opelika,
Ala - Woman strangled to death at
Estellville, n. j.. her husband missing
Members of Spanish cabinet fear no
further complications with the United
States--M Manuscripts collected by Vene-
Zuela said to cOntrovert the accuracy OF
quotations in the British blue book
Minister Terrell granted a leave of absence
-Bradstreet's reports that general trade
remains duh - Schooner sunk and two
men drowned near Bridgeton, n. j
Julius Porter convicted of placing OBJ
structions on Boston and Maine tracks
near Bratteboro, View York brew
ers will lose millions by the operation of
the Raines law-Midway Deposit ban X
of Midway, Ky, made an assignment
Handsome and well-dressed woman killed
herself in Central park, New York
Cambridge won the athletic contest with
Oxford may be asked to inter
fere in the Manitoba school atfair--So
ciety of American Artists opened their
18th exhibition in New York - General
Weyler says he will treat Cuban rebel
henceforth as ncendiaries and bandits
Amos J Cummings says that no New
York candidate will be presented to the
Chicago vention-Kalamazoo, Ian
sing and Battle Creek, Mich, to be con
nected by an electric railway 20 miles in
length-Terninati by France OF
treaties made by Madagascar with other
powers may be resented by Great Britain
and the United States
sunday. March 20.
More than 200 men arrested as a result
of raids on William SkakePs bucket shops
in Chicago-Egyptian advance guard
said to have been defeated by dervlshes
near Akasheh-French minister of for
.eign affairs resigned, and succeeded by NJ
Bourgeois-Oxford won the great var
.sity boat race on the Thames-Fivs
horses and 10 head of cattle perished In
fire at East Milton, Mass-Lima, Peru
shaken by an hquake-Abrahan
Wiley, the celebrated abolitionist deac
-ToInkins defeated Peterson in hgh
at the New York Athletic club-Show