The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-02-04

ter were murdered in Burlington, Ia, by
somebody nknown-Norman Vroomar
shot and killed his wife in Coblesklll, N.
Y, and afterwards inflicted mortal
wound upon himself-O c. Delfs,
New York butcher killed himself with
gas - Dependency caused Aaron
Yingst, bookseller in Reading, Pa, to
put a bullet into his head--Brot ding
over the death of her sister caused Edna
Chase, 80 years, to kill herself with
razor in Brooklyn-Cut of 10 percent
has been made in wages in the Burling-
ton, Vt, mill--Steamer from Germany
landed 25 men in New York who were
taken off a British steamer that had
been II days in the trough of the sea-
MONDAY, JAN. 81.
Twenty-three members of the, sophie
more class of the Iowa university in
Iowa City were suspended for interfer-
ing with the banquet of the freshmen
Seven prisoners escaped from the Buch- !
anan county, Mo-, jail-Ocean Bluff
House, Kennebunkport, Me-, destroyed
by fire-Minnie Tucker poisoned with
strychnine in Kent, N. B., it is alleged
by her sister, who was jealous-Mex-
ico's president to visit the United States
Michael Gibbons, 70 years, killed by
a locomotive in Taunton Mass-Hall
the business portion of Hoffman, Mo-,
destroyed by fire-Moses Rosenstock
arrested in New York as fugitive from
Justice, his father in-law accusing him
of embezzling $50, 000-Insane man Wis
tied a Denver bank and asked for $5,-
900, OOO-Boy run over and killed in
Williamsburg, N. Y, by a wagon
f.
tempting to board a train near Man
chester N. H.-G. c. Howard, superin
tendent of schools in West Bridgewater,
Mass, confesses to forging a note fol
s40O-J. F. Waters, brakeman, was
killed near East Deerfield, Mass
New York people lost $4,000 by putting
confidence in a rascal named Graham,
who claimed to own phosphate deposits
in Mexico-Two green goods swindlers
caught by New York detectives-Six
members of a gang arrested for killing
a widow and her daughter in Burlington
Ia-Five persons were burned Sc
yerely and three persons were nearly as
phyxiated by gas in New York city
Fire caused damage to the extent OF
500 900 in Boston's mercantile district
Washing on opera house and Mason
y
books and historic relics, burned and a
number of business houses more or less
damaged in Maysville, KY.
TUESDAY, FEB. /.
Renewed talk of removing the naVa
training station from Newport TO Ne"
London, Conn-W oman and two chill
dren persisted in a fire that Destroyer
| SWISS vinage--Recluse near Harvey, "
T., tortured ny masked men INTO paftlhs
with a few dollars, sons OF prominent
farmers being arrested for the crime
In colns.on OF locomotives near Green
field, Mass, three railroad emp eyes
hurt. one PROBABLY fatally-F1 ann
Derven fatally injured IN Lawrence
Mass, by la ling bale of cotton-I"o
men arrested on the New Orleans steam
er on arriving in New York on charge
OF muruer-Wasningt Conn, man
died under circumstances suggestive OF
murder--Ensign Frye killed at ca oss-
ing near Skowhegan, Me--Postofilce IN
| Canton, Mass, roDped OF $2OUO worth OF
! stamps-Man and his child killed and
his wife terribly injured al crossing in
| GreenVi lie, O-Bald Head Cliff House
at Ogunquit Me-, burned at loss OF
$40 OOO--postmaste Stacey, North Will
berham, Mass. dropped dead--Elec-
tries collided at West Newbury, Mass.
and Motorman Hudson was injured IA
tally-Australia suffering from hot
spell, temperatures of 1872 in the shade
being of daily occurrence-Forty- thret
horses persisted in a fire in a Providence
staple-House rejected the Teller res"
olution on silver payments for bonds
Pc DER mill trust Incorporated in Albany
Powder trust to be attacked in Cali
fornia-Treasury receipts exceed ex
penditures by $250,000; treasury return
for the first seven months under the new
tariff law make an excellent shown,
Cold wave followed by heavy fall
OF snow. which interfered with com
munication by wire and rail-AdVers
reports have been made by senate com
rnittee on bills to increase pensions L
SO and to establish health department
In hustle of Mrs. Tibbetts, ARRESTED
in northeast territory with her HUSBAND
an alleged embezzler from Boston, S26,
600 in bills and bonds were found, to
gether with $50. 900 worth of jewelry.
WEDNESDAY, FEB, 2.
T. L. Thompson, former member O
congress, cut his throat in Santa Rosa
robbed of large amount of money an
. killed with a maul-F1Ve person
burned to death in hotel fire in Glover
: vile, ~ Y.-Three shovelers xii ed b
a locomotive in Dedham, Mass-Epis
copal church in Taunton, Mass, burne
by fire started by an electric wire
Negro who killed railroad watchma
near Bramwell, w. Va, was lynched-
: Fire destroyed the morocco factory c
, Poor, Littlefield & Co.. Peabody, Mas
Blizzard that ragged for "a hours
New England and parts of the middl
states worst since the storm Of a decad
ago, cutting off all traffic by rail and rer
dering wires of all sorts useless-Ca
culated that 200 horses were shocked
death in Boston by broken wires charge
with electricity-Because of numerou
holdups, additional policemen are to b
employed in Lynn, Mass-Trial
{ deputies for killing miners in Latino
Pa, began with the dismissal of CON
plants against Is of the 50 accused
E Senator Plat of Connecticut alleges tbs
4 money is being used to prevent the ar
nexation of Hawaii