The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-01-21
THE WFFK'S NEWS
THURSDAY. JAN. 10.

Fifteen persons were injured in col
aision of locomotives in Jamaica, L. !
- Tornado nearly destroyed Fort
Smith, Ark and killed a score or more
of Oeople-J. W. Towle assaulted j. b.
Gordon in Boston, and was shot and
kIled--Unknown miscreant dashed
vitriol in the face of Magnus Dolan,
marine on gate duty in navy yard in
Charlestown, Mass-Hundred army
officers in Havana engaged in riotous
demonstration in the offices of two pa
pers which had abused the army
Three New Workers lost their lives In
Arizona at the hands of Indians while
specting-Jealous Ephraim Cole
man killed his sweetheart wounded an
other of her admirers and killed h mselt
in Hurlick, Nobody of Minnie Still
man was found in a brook in Coster, N.
J-Determined opposition is mani
tested by business men in Ontario to
movement to make more stringent the
Sunday laws iii that province-Thirty
thousand packages of supplies and $780,
900 grains of quinine have been for
warded to Cuba-By threatening to
turn the hose on them. the sheriff que'ied
an outbreak of prisoners in the county
fail in Bridgeport, Conn - Harvey
from East Concord, VT, by a limb of a
tree falling upon him. A. Cochran,
years old, was drowned in Newbury-
port, Mass, while skating-Dr. Eayrs
was arrested in Nashua, N. H, on a
charge of felonious assault upon two
girls, 10 years of age-Fifty persons
were killed and 200 injured by an earth
quake in one of the Moucca islands
Malay pelago-Seventeen year
old Marshall N. Benso of Buzzard's
Bay, Mass, is under arrest, and in him
the state police think they have one of
a gang that has been burglarizing for
months. M. Criker. formerly in
bu-iness in Boston, killed himself in New
York.
FRIDAY, JAN. IA.
Fire destroyed Dominion Paper Box
.company's factory n Toronto and Quilted
an electrical works adjoining-There
are threats that opposition to Senator
Hanna will be carried to the federal
senate because of the allegations as to
bribery-Three youths arrested in Bos-
ton confessed to a series of burg ares
that had gone unchecked for six months
-EXpIosion of Illuminating gas eau ed
injury to five members of a Boston
family-Murderer Durrant's body was
coal cOmpan e.
have advanced prices 10 to 20 cents per
ton-Flywheel weighing 200 pounds
burst in Kinds sawmill in AthOl, Ma s.,
and caused a boiler Xplosion-GeOrge
Lloyd, Gloucester, Mass, was drowned
while tending trawls-Fire destroyed
Taylor and Bankers chemical works
near Lowell, Mass-EdWard Goodman,
a New York manufacturer, killed him
self by shooting-NeW York woman
was found in a shed with her head fright
fully bruised-Bush fires have caused
immense damage in Victoria, N. S. w
George Smith Wakefield, Mass, was
caught between trains in Melrose and
killed-Snow fell in several counties
in California-Prince, who killed Actor
Terriss in London, has been COZ fined n
a lunatic asylum-Hugh Murray des-
pondent over the failure of his bus ne $,
Killed himself in PrOvidence--There
was a $5090 blaze in the p ckei room of
the Hamlet mill, Woonsocket, r. I
Joe Curtis, New Haven, cut his throat
in retreat for nervous patients in
Lexington, Mass.
SATURDAY, JAN. Is.
Delay in the Hawaiian annexation de-
bate in the senate-Charles e. Pat
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ton for stealing letters, and confesses
the theft-Stars and stripes hauled
down in the Klondike-A joint silver
manifesto to be issued by chairmen of
the three silver parties-Engagem
of Miss Ethel Barrymore and son Of
Sir Henry Irving nnounced-COnsul
General Lee reports all quiet in Havana
-Antt-Zola demonstrations by stu
dents in Paris--Direct testimony for
the state finished in the Luetgert trial
at Chicago-Missing barge Coal King
flowed into Newport News, Va-CCr-
nell will make no further effort to ar
range a race with Ya.e-I&aVages of the
insect pest known as the broWn-tail
moth in Cambridge, Mass-Bicycle
manufacturers may give up their racing
8earns-New York police sWoOpcd
Gown on four bucket shops-Death of
Rev, c. L. DOdgsOn, author of Alice in
Wonderland '--Insurance rates in BOs-
ton may be evised-Unknown man
KILLED by train near Augusta, Me
Will of Mrs Mardeina Lubee of Bath,
Me, to be ontested-LemOn w. RCWel
of Eddington, Me-, committed suicide
Lieutenant Commander Delehanty
elected governor of the Sailors Snug
Harbor at New York.
SUNDAY, JAN 16.
Three masked men entered store in
Brockton, Mass, and secured about $50
from the proprietor and two customers
Music hail. Cleveland, was destroyed
by fire caused by electric wires. w.
Stonehouse ended his dependency by
jumping 16 stories in a Chicago bui ding
--Rev. DR.. Stoddard, Episcopal rector
in Jersey City, proposes to establish a
dancing class in the church building
Coal companies constituting trust In
Springfield, Ills, have been indicted for
violating the antitrust law-Pan of
grease ignited and set fire to the dress of
Mrs. William McKennan, Bridgeport,
Conn, causing fatal injuries--Select-
men of Brookfeld, Mass, offer a reward
of $500 for the arrest of Miller, the al
aeged murderer of the Newton family
Samuel Harrison, prosperous mer-
chant of Manchester, N. H, was nearly
killed in his barn by an unknown assail-
ant-Sarah Holm, schoolgirl of New
port, r. l., swallowed carbolic acid VIII lie
deranged-Plant of the Meredith, N. H.
Shook and Lumber company has been
closed for lack of ORDERS, causing the