The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-27
THE WEEKS NEWS
THURSDAY. AUG. 10.

THURSDAY, AUG. 10.
Atlantic squadron day at Portland
(Me) fair-Smith G. Davis, the Dora
Cushman murder suspect, arrested in
Montgomery, Vt-Ware and Sheldon
beat Mahony and Nesbit in tennis
doubles at Newport, II. Captain
and mate of schooner Olive Pecker muir
dered and vessel burned al sea-Wal-
Ter and Barnaby still ted in the six-dav
bicycle race at Charles River park, Bos-
tcn-Another big jump In the price of
Eheat-ArChbisho keane and Ire
land and Cardinal Gibbons will settle
the policy for the Catholic university
Treasury confident that country has
the upper hand of the business situation
Decision on tariff unfavorable to
Boston interests expected from the at
torney geneEal-Another chapter in
the Brockton (Mass.) G. A. r. contro-
versy-Charles H. Walcott of Lexing-
ton, Mass, mysteriously missing
Thirteen year-old boy confesses to at
tempting to wreck trains in Lancaster,
N. H-Sound money committee Sc
iected II men to consider the currency
question-Comptroll Eckels dis
cussed currency reform at the bankers
convention at iA1ston-GlenCairn beats
Mono in the deciding race for the Sea-
wanhaka challenge cup-Alfred Wood
worth and Arthur Lord appointed tenn
pOrary receivers of the Massachusetts
Benefit Life-Iowa Republicans nom
mated L. M. Shaw for governor after a
spirited ccntest-Bomb explosion on
departure of President Faure for Russia
causes great excitement in Paris
Compressed air motor tried on New
York elevated railroad-Hurricane and
waterspouts at Rockaway Point, L. +
Sudden death of Frederick N. Cheney
a Boston broker.
FRIDAY, AUG. 20.
Murderers of the captain and mate Of
the Olive Pecker to be brought to Bos-
United States consul-Two more ar
rests in the Dora Cushman case in Yer
gennes, Vt-Secretary Sherman made
final reply to Japan concerning annexa-
ton Of Hawaii-CoGl operators agree
on plan for breaking the miners strike
Manager Wagner of Washington
ball tennis locked up at Boston for print
ing bill-One of promoters and two en-
ployes. of Paris charity bazaar placed
on trial on charges Of homicide-Sui-
eide of famous gambler, California
George" in New York-Walter Baker
& Co. business reported sold to a syn
dicate-Crisis in Spain may result in
the return Of the Liberals to power
Revenue cutter Daniel Manning, built
in Boston, accepted by government
Woman arrested in Swampscott, Mass.
for delirium tremens found to be suffer-
ing from Enthusiastically bic murder
at a roadhCuse near Augusta, Me
General Merritt, u. S. A, unable to re-
view Connecticut militia-Clambak
to celebrate the opening of the Squan-
tum branch of the Quincy and Boston
street railWay-Capila lists propose to
control the milk trade of New York and
BrOoklyn-Elevated railway locations
granted by the Boston board Of alder
men-American Legion of Honor elects
officers at Buffalo-PoWder and dyna-
mite magazine in Port Colborne, Ont,
blown up-Four killed by explosion at |
Davenport, Ia, glucose works.
SATURDAY, AUG. q.
Wheat has reached the 81 mark; farm
ers reap the benefit OF the advance
Facts of the tragedy on the schooner
Pecker all told in the cable dispatches;
further particulars delayed - Joshua
Ferguson of SOmerville, Mass, has dis
owing many debts-Horrible .
state of affairs in the convict camps of .
Georgia-Busness in all lines increas-
ing and prices hlgner--Kerbert Poland !
in connection with the Bristol, !
VT, murder case-Wheat touches 81 |
in New York Minneapolis, St. Louis and
relations of the United |
States and Japan increasing, showing
&I,+
petitors-Solly. Smith knocks out
Johnny Griffin in San Francisco
Wefers lowers the worlds record for 100 |
yards at Worcester, Mass; time II %
l.. Duryee, a 16-year-old /
boy won the national championship
Convention of the Union Veteran union
at Springfield, O.-Woman rescued /
from drowning at Crescent Beach, Mass /
Bark Hope on her way to Greenland, |
with all We'll on lOard--New milk trust .
in New York not an unmixed benefit to .
the public-Death of Charles Stuart .
Osgood of Salem, Mass; register of deeds .
in Essex county-Policy holders in the
Benefit Life association
may be assessed to pay claims against
it-Death of H. c. Andrews, a well .
known New York lawyer-Whitman
championship at Newport, r. WAL
Ter and Barnaby still tied in the siX-day
bicycle race AT Boston.
SUNDAY, AUG. %
Preparations for G. A. r. encampment
at Butfalo-Wheat reaches 81 in Chi
cago and takes another Dig jump in New
fork-Star Pointer defeats Joe Patchen
in their great pacing race in Chicago
Barnaby won the siX-day bicycle race
an Charles River park, Boston-Presi-
dent Mckinley viii demand an end of the
Cuban war-More fighting in Cuba,
with one Spanish defeat-King of
Benin surrenders to the British-Rus-
STA making elaborate preparations to do
honor to President Faure-Tincler de-
feats Conner in an exceptionally fast
mile race at Worcester, Mass-More
miners continue to go t. the klondyke
region and some return-Forty pas
sengers injured in a railroad wreck in
defeats Starbuck in 80
mile race on Manhattan beach track
Bank cashier killed by robbers in Shep-
herd, Mich--Miss Cushman's sister ar
rested for part in the murder-Mrs
Angel declares she never married jay