The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-08
THE WEEKS NEWS
THURSDAY. SEPT 90.


At Norristown, Pa, three men tor
tLred Isaac Alderfer, aged 70. with arred
hot poker because he refused to disclos,
the hiding place Of money sunnosad r.
have been boarded by him-Danie
Gallagher, 80 years, broke his neck b,
a fail down stairs in Boston-A coupl
at san Rafael, Cali are suing the Owner
of merry-go-round for 1925, 900 becaust
Of an accident that means permanent
disability for woman-Two desper.
ADDE'S escaped from the iail at New
Brunswick, N. Ut is understood in
administration circles that the presi-
dent is not only anxious not to disturb
Ehe existing relations with Spain, but
is extremely DESTROYS that no war scares
shall agitate the country or at least.
not until after the fall elections
Jacob Wyman, Winslow, Me-, was fatally
injured in runaway accident-One
hundred dollars, stamps and six regis
tered letters were secured by burglars
on visit to the postoffice of Berlin. N.
H--Charles Pearson, engineer on Bos-
ton express from New York, was killed
in a collision at New Haven, the air
brakes failing to work-Three stokers
were killed by the bursting of pipe on
the English torpedo boat destroyer
Thrasher, which grounded and broke in
TWO on the English coast.
FRIDAY, OCT. /.
Simon Kent discharged both barrels
of shotgun into his brother near Will
Jamestown, Mich, during a quarrel over
business-The wedding of Delina Du-
COS and Frank Degraffee at Holyoke,
Mass, was prevented by the father of
ri oe of he,r hoo inc Mo
and, with a revolver, compelling her
to return with him to Canada-At
Glade Springs Va, William Mason, a
member of a prominent family, while
crazed with drink went into a field where
John Clark was at work and shot him
for interfering when the murderer sought
to Kill his own fathers. H Jones, a
washington contractor, was killed by
bicyclist-Boston's ball club assured
hts ownership of the championship of
the National league by winning from
the Brool<lyns al the same time that
ahe Balttmores were losing to the Wash
dngtons-Repair shops of the Boston
and Maine railroad at Lakeport N. H.
are TO be closed when the buildings at
concord are ready-Mrs. C. c. Bennett
injured herself badly while making a
descent in parachute at Malone N.
Thomas Jones, a prospector in the
Northwest, is believed to have been
murdered by his partner, named Gordon,
who is locked up at Victoria, B. c.
Sreeces legislative assembly refused a
vote of confidence in the ministry over
Ghe Turkish question by a vote of three
to one-The Rev DR.. Court, one of
the leading ministers of Lowell, Mass,
died of a cancer, aged 68-Two years
ago the people of CherryfieId, Me- were
warned to look after their tax collector
and now they wish that they had for the
collector explains the disappearance of
his books for two years by saying that
a hog ate them-Peru wants reciproc-
Aty-A circular has been issued by the |
postoffice department inviting persons
who have designs for cancelling stamps /
TO submit them to the committee recently |
saA.aQinted for the purpose of davising |
a means OF securing better results in |
this branch of postoftce work-Gov-
ernor Wolcott of Massachusetts has APP
pointed Frederick Cutting of Chelsea |
state insurance commissioner, to succeed .
Major George S.Merrill, resigned.
SATURDAY, OCT.2 2.
c. H. Lamphere, assistant manager of
the Narragansett Pier, r. l., railroad,
was drowned by the capsizing of his
Doat-Harry Wedge, Bolton, VT, u
years cid, died of injuries caused by
falling between moving cars-W. C.
Merchant, charged with larceny from
cottages with Mrs. Wissell of Chelsea,
Mass, was married to Ida Fairfield at
Alfred, Me-, who has stood by him since
last May, when he was indicted
Star Pointer lowered worlds pacing rec
ord to 2:OO12 at Springfield, Ills--Two
guides named Shepherd and Heath of
Norcross, Me, were drowned by the up
setting Of a canoe-Three cars were
dera.led at MedtCrd, Mass, and 80 per-
sons We're hurt more or less-Insane
woman named Rivinius killed herself and
four children by Illuminating gas in
New York hotel-Dr. Flagg, Yonkers,
n. Y, a groom of a day, in an insane
frenzy, leaped from a second story win
dow of hotel and was killed-Two
men committed suicide in adjoining
hotels in Philadelphia, one being Robert
Prominent lawyer of Ches-
ter, P, who was subject to spells of in
sanity Rock Island train was held
up 10 miles north CT Chickasaw, l. T.,
by five masked robbers who made two
unsuccessful attempts to blow UP the
express safe after securing about 5000
or $500 from the passengers besides the
mail
SUNDAY, OCT. 8.
Major Louis Center, the cigaret king,
lied of brisht's disease at Richmond,
Va-ConseEsu of opinion in Chicago
s that the prosecution had the better
IF the argument as to bones of the hui
man body as well as the lower order Of
animals-General Neal Dow, Names
great apostle of prohibition, died Satur-
day afternoon at Portland-Bert Gill
patrick accidentally shot himself fatally
while hunting deer near Danforth, Me
boy named Paro, Troy,
n. H., swallowed a bee and died of the
effects Sagasta, leader of the Span
sh Liberals, has formed a new cabinet
n that country-Post Is, G. A r.,
8rockton, Mass, is to lose it's charter
ior alleged discourtesy and insubordna-
ion, subject to the right of appeal to
he national encampment-Whi sky is
plentiful, but food supplies are so scarce