The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-12-24
THE WEEKS NEWS
THURSDAY, DEC. 10.

Hegal-A. j. Moore, respondent over
having lost his position as a passenger
agent of a railroad, killed himself in
Chicago by neutrality-suspicious. com
panies in the porcelain and japanned
ware business are to be consolidated
Three men were swept over dam at
Grasmere, N. H.. one being drowned
Antoine Demarce, 10 years old, stabbed
his uncle, Philip oCorelli of Stamford
Conn, to death and mortally wounded
Augustine Correlli, another uncle, dur
ing a quarrel about money--Who,e-
sale dealers in fish in Boston are to ask
for a duty on herring in retaliation
against the Gloucester, Mass, fishermen,
who desire to make their city the ship
ping plaee-Freight conductor was
killed by tramp at Borea, o., and
brakeman was wounded during a fight
In a caboose-Fireman was fatally in
Jured during a fire in Philadelphia, and
another was hurt by falling bricks
The Klondike relief committee of the
Portland (Ore.) chamber of commerce
has secured pledges for more than 100
tons of provisons-On complaint of
III. T. Schwalln, president of the Column
bia Aluminium company of St Louis,
warrant was sworn out charging Will
lam F. Wornz, president of the Guar
antee Loan and Mortgage company, with
embezzling $4,000 from the former con-
cern-Almshouse at DeWittvllle, Chat
aqua county N. Y. was partially de-
stroyed by fire.
FRIDAY, DEC. II.
Ten hotels in Lynn. Mass, have been
denied licenses because liquor was sold
tn nt hpr thai OH
Mrs. Preble, wife of the keeper Of
the West Newbury, Mass, almshouse,
was beaten terribly by an inmate
Russian editor has been arrested in Lon
don for melting the assassination of the
car Of Russia-C. M. Johnson, rs
years of age, was cut to pieces by a To-
connective at Fairfield, Conn-Patrick
Donohue, 25 years, was killed by fall
at New Haven-National encampment
of the G. A. r. is to be held Sept. to
Sept 10-William Terriss, an actor, was
stabbed mortally by former super as
he was about to enter London theatre
Louis Altman, a confidential clerk in
Louisville, KY, Is charged with en-
bezzling $4,000 from his employer
Albert Sommers Is under arrest in New
York for stealing from an express COM
pany, being an accomplice of an employe
who had killed himself to escape punish
ment-William Lacrouse, aged 29, was
killed by locomotive at East Kingston.
N. IA. w. Jones, after having his
mothers body exhumed to determine the
cause of her death, has been arrested at
Milton, N. H., for murder despite his
assertion that his father is the poisoner
Fire, said to be the work of incen-
diaries, destroyed the courthouse at
Ardmore, l. T., consuming the written
testimony in certain cases of citizen
ship affecting 1900 persons, besides val
uable records-Bill to establish read
ing or writing test for immigrants is to
be reported to congress-Torpedo sig
mails that failed to do their work led to
a collision of trains at Greenwood, Ark,
in which a woman was killed-Insur-
rection in the Philippine islands has
been ended by the surrender of the lead
of the mint says that |
here are counterfeit dollars in circula- |
Lion With bear a greater amount of pure |
silver than the regulai dollar of the gov
ernment-Train on the Chicago and |
Eastern Illinois railroad ran into a train |
near Clinton, Ind, and three employees |
were killed and half a hozen others in |
jured.
SATURDAY, DEC. IS.
Inmate Of the insane asylum at Taun-
ton, Mass, made key of piece of NUT
ton bone, secured a guards clothes and
keys and passed out of the building
Clerk in Boston jewelry store in whose
face a robber flashed a revolver while |
a pal was looking at rings dashed tray
IL, IA m tho T11a q nd fhaO
seized a revolver, whereupon the rascals |
in the business portion |
Of Grand Forks, N. D., caused a loss of |
$3.50, O0O-James Chainey broke a leg |
,yher running away after having wound
ed a man MORALLY at Shamokin, Pa
Residence of Patrick Leahy was burned |
at ottawa and Leahy and five of his |
children, the eldest only years of age, |
S. Spearing, inmate of |
the Medford, Mass, insane asylum, was
gcalded fatally in bathtub-Eli Lun
dry was killed 20 miles from Rumford |
Falls, Me-, by the breaking of an engine
Thomas futile, Windsor, Me,
for attempted assault upon an inmate of
the industrial school, was sent to prison
for three years-Frederick Northey, |
East Weymouth, Mass, was killed by
falling from a wagon in Boston-M. A.
Sweeter, out of employment, killed him
self in Boston by drinking carbolic acid
and jewelry valued at
1880 were stolen from the residence Of
Percy Parker of Lowell-Thc Cuban
republic has lodged an ultimatum with
Secretary Sherman declaring that the
Island government will accept no sort of
which does not contemplate
ndependence-Two houses owned by
Thomas Hall in West bingham, Mass,
we're completely Quilted by fire-Eight
hundred men accepted the offer of the
Alaska Commercial company and the
Canadian government to supply them
with food free at Fort Yukon, and have
gone for it-Charles Boinay, on trial at
Conn, for numbering George
Nichols. was found guilty.
SUNDAY, DEC. 10.
Joseph Clarke, special agent for the
New York Life Insurance company, is
said to have absconded from Louisville
with a shortage in his accounts and debts
to $50,OO0-Three persons
were gored to death and nine injured by
a bull that jumped barricade at Guada-
Iajara, Mex-Employes of Jordan,
Marsh & Co., Boston, are to be given one
per cent of their sales besides their sal
hook on a mail car
caught in a switch rod at Vail, Ia, and
5even cars were wrecked, rs passengers