The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-06-03
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THURSDAY. MAY 26.

jealousy and drink being the cause"
Secretary Gage wants life-s saving crews
on duty during June and July this year
-Four western crooks, arrested in |
New York, supposed to have been con- |
cerned in the murder of a bartender in
1895 and in the robbery of postoffice,
during which a woman was killed.
]. Dorcey, S. years old, murdered in Key
West and there is demand that martial
law be declared owing to an increase III
wlessness-Large breweries in Cleve-
land, except two, to be consolidated
Martin Mcmahon, laborer, fatally
crushed in Nashua by cars--County
treasurer in MADEIRA, Cal, beaten and his
safe robbed of several hundred dollars
Benjamin. Young of Stewartston, N.
H.. protected his family against attack
nv an Infatuated son-in-law named Ira
Reed by shooting the latter mortally-
Thirteen miners killed in Belgian mine
by an explosion of Schaef-
fer's leather factory in Newark Quilted
by fire at loss of $50 00O--Two 3-story
blocks and a lumber mill destroyed in
Newton, Mass-Governme expended
LOCO, 900 for army mules.
FRIDAY, MAY 27.
Brooklyn c1gamaker shot his wife
fatally and killed himself while despon-
dent from illness and idleness-Harry
Ray, q years old, killed at Parkville.
Conn, by stumbling over the rails of an
electric road-ROckland Me, boy of
Z drowned-Two women and an infant
rescued from a burning building in Bos-
ton by a policeman and fireman-Ha-
vana's defenses said to be very formd-
able and the Spanish army of 10000 men
very strong-France disturbed by the
misguided attack Of journalists on the
United States and by fear of an Anglo
American alliance-Several encounters
between marines and civilians at Key
West-American reverses alleged in
stories sent out by the Spanish COM
mander at Manila-European media
ton seems impossible, even to leading
Spanish tatesmen-Troop of 81
cayalrymen leaves Chicago to join the
Cuban surgents-Savings bank de-
posits fell off for a short time on account
of the war, but have now resumed their
usual conditions-Our trade with
China shown to be one-seVenth of that
empires entire commerce and second
only to that of EngIand-Indians muir
der a boatman on the McClintock river
British steamer Mecca sunk and 81
lives lost-Widespre food riots re-
ported in Cheh Kiang province, China
-Japan's premier introduces bill eX-
tending the suffrage five-fOld-Mrs.
George M. Pullman renOunces terms of
husbands will and will receive So 900, 900,
and her sons each get a fortune
"Statesmen's corner" in Westminster
abbey, where Gladstone will be buried
Senator German proposes war tax
on trusts; house amends internal rev.
enue bill-Nearly 100000 people passed
the bier of Gladstone in Westminster
hall in IA hours that body lay in state
Buildings and machinery of brick COM
panv in Chelsea destroyed at a loss of
SGS, 0OO--Klondike party of seven from
the Armenian colonies in Haverhill and
Nashua drowned in the Frazer river
DR.. Ferguson and w. M. Smith killed in
ST. Louis during quarrel over sighting
remarks about a woman--Colored
youth in Salisbury, Md, lynched for
shooting a white boy of his own age
Guns sent from Germany to Spain
marked urniture''-Lowell woman,
60 wears. burned to death--Sheriff
deputy and an Indian killed by train
robbers in New Mexico in attempting to
effect a capture-Four men on hand"
car killed near Gillette, Colo, in a col.
lision with train.
SATURDAY, MAY %.
Twenty persons injured in riot at
T,rf1irt. Prussia-Idea of pan-Amer1-
can union finds much favor in Mexico
and Central America-Amer1can goods
in Australia rapidly absorbed because of
fear that the war Will cut off the supply
Exciting chase off Key West by the
Bancroft of a 3-masted vessel thought to
be a Spanish auxiliary crulser--Sen-
atOr Lodge introduces the resolution LOT
the annexation of Hawaii as an amend
ment to the war revenue bill--Second
Manila expedition includes 3OOO men from
Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
John Skelly, 40 years, beaten and robbed
in Dover N. H., by two men-Sophla
Anderson, "a years, hanged herselt IN
Campello, Mass-Thirteen envelopes,
containing about $500 in wages for rail-
road employees, stolen from car near
Attleboro Mass-One life lost and
property worth 100000 burned during a
blaze in Dallas-CorreepOn of the
London Times imprisoned in Havana
Sixty-fve deprived of employment by
the burning of Hughes harness factory
in Holliston, Mass-WelCh' brass
foundry in Fitchburg reduced to ashes
Charles Fetter killed in New York
in trying to stop runaway horse
Three men killed in a collision near Day
ton. Tenn-Six men drowned by rush
of water in a Pennsylvania mine
Baldwin locomotive works secures a con-
tract to supply II locomotives to the
Trans-Siberian and Eastern China rail-
road-W. F. Bechel and T. K. Sud
borough, late employees of the Pacific
Express company of Omaha, arrested
for Observation-Disclosures secured
$500 worth of money and valuables in 6
Rockland Me. house--Margaret Riley
II wears old and hayward, killed her
self in Lowell with poison because she
had been turned from home-C. L
Barrows of Winthrop, Mass, killed by
falling from a window-Fire by al
incendiary in Portland caused loss
of $4,000 and exposed lives to peril
JB. Kelly 65 and respondent, shot him
self in Bristol, n. HI. 7. Titcomb'
sawmill. dryhouse and stable in Houl
ton. Me-, destroyed at a loss of $1,000
-Graining mill of a powder factory il
Hazardville, Conn, blown up, and on,
man killed.
SUNDAY, MAY 90.
jeremiah Bibeau, Manchester bicyclist