The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-03
THE WEEKS NEWS
THURSDAY. NOV. Is.

Collins, Story county, Iowa, was nearly
destroyed by fire, the loss aggregating
SS0000-City hall at Stratford, Ont.
was guetted by fire, the insurance being
small on a loss of $780, 000-Aretas
Blood New Hampshire's wealthiest man,
died at Manchester after two weeks
illness-H. L. Willis, Brockton, Ma ssi ,
for causing the death of w. j. Randall
of Easton, Mass, was sentenced to
serve two years and six months in
the house of correction--Will of Eus-
tace Fitz, Chelsea. Mass, devses pub
lie requests as follows: $4,000 each to
Brown and Colby universities; $4,000
each to Wellesley, Newton Theological
seminary, American Baptist Missionary
union and American Baptist Home Mis-
sionary society-Fire and water dam
aged the paper and Irvine stock of Stone
& Forsyth, Boston, to the extent of
$40, 0O0-Oficer Murphy, at the risk of
his own life, rescued two children and
secured a pocketbook with $500 from
burning house in Waltham. Mass
Full rugged ship, Port Patrick, loaded
with oil for abroad, was destroyed by
fire in a New York dock-Miners are
striking in two places in Indiana
Falling of a brick upon the head of
a -year-old boy will cost a Boston
I contractor named H. I. Atkins $1,000, if
the verdict of jury be sustained.
FRIDAY, NOV. 26.
Henry = aloney, 3S years of age was
smothered by door falling on him in a
barn at Bennington, Vt-Piece Of
beefsteak lodged in the throat of John
Mccarthy, New Haven, and choked him
to death--Sarah f. Hobbs, rs years. fell
over a kerosene stove AT Lawrence and
was burned to death-Fire caused dam
age to the amount of $4,000 on the steamer
BarrOwmOre at East Boston Just as it
was getting ready to leave for London
Pastor of the church which the presl-
dent attended Thursday, said that the
nation is confronted by three great dam
gers-rum, socialism and jesuitism-
There is excitement in Washington be-
cause President Mckinley has appointed
a friend of Elkins as United States dis
trict attorney for West Virginia who is
delinquent to the amount of $12 900 in
funds collected for the state.
SATURDAY, NOV. 81.
Thousands of sheep are in danger
through a prairie fire south of Clayton,
N. M-Fire caused a loss of $500 to
the F. B. Washburn Baking company of
Brockton, Mass-New York capital
lists are said to be ready to invest $15,-
900, 900 in a telephone company in OPP
position to the Bell monopoly-New
York policeman shot a boy who had been
kicking a football on the street and had |
started to make his escape-Joseph |
Deamaral Providence, died of a wound
caused by his brother-in-law to whom |
he refused money-M. c. Stookey, |
Bellevile, Ills, deputy collector of in
ternal revenue, was found dead under
a trestle, having fallen from a train
it is upposed-Caroline Abke, eccen-
trio and supposed to have money, was
choked to death at Leavenworth, Kan
w f. Whitney, hotel keeper of War
rem, Me, cut his jugular vein in the
Jail at Rockland where he was under
going a sentence of so days for selling
c. McCloud treasurer of
a screw company at Worcester, Mass,
made deep wounds with a razor IN his
Fuda, who impH-
Gated Nicodemus IMPOSING in the kill
ing of Mrs. Fuda, for which crime both
were to be hanged at Wethersfield
Conn, next month, has made a confess
sion saying that he lied at the trial, and
that he committed the murder with
out assistance-Drunke Antoine Mil
ango threw oil and tar into the face Of
his wife at Erie, Pa, and as the mixture
caught fire from lamp the woman was
burned fatally-Woman named Poir-
Ter, st. Canut, Que, is accused by her
lover of melting him to kill her hus-
band with a butcher knife.
SUNDAY, NOV. 2S.
Lunatics kicked and beaten into insen-
sbilty, crazy persons put to the torture
Of hypodermic needles, medicated in such
a way as to make the victims senseiess
for hours or days at a time; helpless pa
tents kept in filthy cells and dragged
through filth at the whim of keepers
such are the reports from the state asy-
UNI for the criminal insane at Mattea-
wan, N. Y-Pay of 5000 day workers
employed by Jones & Laughlin has been
advanced 10 per cent-One man was
killed and three injured by the falling
IF three floors of building at Winning ,
.on, Del-By the giving way of a trestle
1t Winchester, KY, 20 cars of coal
dropped 65 feet and two bridge carpen-
ers were killed-Consul General Lee
'eports that there are 1907 citizens in
Cuba dependent upon charitable as ,
;istance-Martin Thorn says that Mrs.
Mack cut up the body of Guldepsuppe-
Six members of the Lemer family are in
4 Boston hospital for treatment for
poison taken into their systems a a din
Ter of fish and chicken-There is no
sign of international bimetallism or any
)ther kind of bimetalism in the plan
which Secretary Gage will submit to
congress in his annual report-Thou-
.ands of lives were lost by a typhoon
hat swept over the Philippine islands
n the Southern ocean Oct. 6-John Nc
a United States marine, plead ,
yuilty at Portsmouth, N. H. to a charge
# highway robbery-Burglars blew
pen the safe of the Safe Deposit bank !,
It North Amherst, o., but the noise at
racted man, who shot one of the mar
lnders, while second of the gang was :
aptured while trying to effect his es- >
ape. o. Taylor, whose life was in
ured for $1,000, drank coffe containing :
Lrsenic that was furnished by friend, l
md died-New York city Republicans
re to reorganiZe in order to pacify the
.ickers-Frederick st. Cyr and F. E. I
are under arrest at Lewiston,
ie., for stealing a horse and breaking -
nto a shoe store-Business is booming