The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-10-22
THE WEEKS NEWS
THURSDAY, OCT. IA.

Stockholm, Sweden. M. Peck, NORTH
Braintree, Mass, hung himself in the
woods-P. F. Henry was killed while
unloading a steamer at Charlestown
Mass-Margaret Mclaughlin frac-
tured her skull by falling from the Sec
ond story of a house in Charlestown
Mass-Stevens' foundry and engine
house at Cromwell, Conn, were burned
by blaze which started in the draft
cupola-Wiliam Daniel, one of the
leaders of the Prohibition party in the
United States and it's candidate for the
vice preside. cy in 1884, died suddenly
at Mount Washington, a suburb of
Baltimore-Last year 1900 railroad en-
ployes were killed and 181 passengers
Peekskill, N. Y, has been shocked by
the marriage of Carrie Robertson,
daughter of Colonel George w. Robert
son. to Walter ]. O'Connor, a cigar
maker.
FRIDAY. OCT. 15
Strike OF the weavers at the Clinton
(Mass.) worsted mills has been settled
by ompromise-Three thousand five
hundred miners of the river district in
Pennsylvania, who have been idle for
two weeks owing to a dispute over the
differential, have resumed work pend
ing a settlement of the trouble by ar
bitration in 10 days-Alonzo Williams,
Buffalo, N. Y, has been sentenced to
IL years Imprisonment for numbering
his brother-About 5000 additional
soldiers will leave Spain for Cuba before
the end of the present month-Sophia
Klonger, Chicago girl killed John
Peters, her lover, and then herself after
a quarrel-Fourteen persons were
burned or crushed by the giving way
of a vat in a sugar factory at Cannes,
France-Alleged stage robber named
Harold killed a deputy sheriff at Delta.
Cal, wounded another and died shortly
afterwards of wounds inflicted during
the eneounter-Driver of an engine in
Denver was thrown from his seat and
killed by the machine, while freman
was perhaps fatally injured-Four
boys were burned to death at Willis,
n. S-James Thompson was killed and
his wife injured by John Vance near
Huntington w. Va-Robert Wilcox
lied Joseph Gibson at Middleboro, Ky
A game of seven-up was played by
Jurors to decide case in Ashland Wis,
where one member refused at first to
agree with the eleven-Four persons
were killed in a collision on Canadian
railroad-A family consisting of father,
mother, a boy of Is, and three smaller
children the youngest about years old,
walked into New York and said they
had tramped from the Pacific and want
ed to be sent to their home in Sweden
Jennie Sheldon wants 100000 from
Brewer MacIlvane of Staten island for
blighted affections-Boston police be-
1ieve that they have unearthed a bad
gang of robbers of letter boxes that has
been operating all over the country.
SATURDAY, OCT 16.
Chicago police have four burglars and
$50, 900 worth of property which they
stole in various parts of the country
Postmaster Kelsey, Queens, L. l., is
under arrest for a shortag e--Citizens
near Warren, Ark, destroyed vine
yard because young men became in
toxicated on the wine that was pro-
duced-John Matthews, 10 years, is
accused of shooting a -year-old boy |
at Guthrie, Ok-Adam Huffman,
wealthy land owner at Brimfield, Ind,
was murdered and hired man mortally
wounded by a burglar-Seven freight
cars were piled up at Rochester, N. H
There will be no strike of SYM
pathy on the part of the lasters at Brock
ton. Mass-P. B. House, South GIas-
tbnbury, Conn. died of injuries sus-
tanned in a collision with an electric
John Lyons died at Old Orchard Me-,
from Injuries received by falling from
the ROOT of a house-James Healy,
Quincy, Mass assaulted by Boston foot
pads, died Of his injuries-Three per-
sons were killed and large number in
jured by the falling of dome in a Gin
chime :. theatre-Frederick Singer,
New. York shoemaker, hanged himself
while in a fit of dependency caused by
ms inability to get work-Tramp
asleep in a car loaded with lumber was
KILLED at Pawtucket, r. l., by the pile
falling on him--Strong protest against !
bimetallism has been offered by financial
interests in England-Professor
Rogers of Evanston, Ills, says: THE
exClusiVeness OF universities has brought |
them into disrepute with the common
PEOPLE; if they had been in times past
more in touch with the people they would
have been more of a success"
SUNDAY, OCT. II.
Margaret Laundry died of burns re-
ceived by falling with a lamp down.
stairs near New Hartford, Conn
Station Agent Cook, Wallingfield, Conn,
is said to have left that place because his |
accounts are badly miXed-Mrs. Pat |
rick Crofwell, Providence, was burned |
to death by the breaking of a lamp, and
her husband and a daughter were in
iu"e7--Warre0 Reynolds, Is wears. was |
killed while hunting near Cleveland /
The London Daddy Chronicle publishes |
the report that Lord Salisbury is likely /
soon to resign-Senator Hoar has been |
called upon to resign by the Social Eco /
nomic club of Boston because of his .
statement that wrongs to Pennsylvania |
ans do not concern Massachusetts men .
Bernard c. Hinrichs, a Jersey City |
merchant, in insane frenzy tried to kill .
his family and fought a duel with a po-
Iiceman"Messag purporting to be .
from a suicide and a suit of clothes were .
found on the bank of the river at Man
chester, N. H-Burglar secured booty /
worth $500 in a Manchester Me, house, .
but was forced to drop it on being pur-
sued-Danel H. McKinnon, captured
at Troy, N. Y, by decoy letter, must
stand trial at Bennington, VT, for burg
larry and assault upon a woman-Col-
ored voters of Ohio have broken away
from the Republican party and nomin-
sted a full state ticket of their own
Wife Of Governor Dyer of Rhode Island
falls in Lenox and breaks her right leg