The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
THE WEEKS NEWS.
TKIJRsDAY. APRIL 7.

Freight train on the New England rail-
road crashed through bridge at Storm
King, N. Y, and fell 30 feet into the
river, nobody being hurt-Marine en-
gineer says the torpedo fiotilla of Spain
is not so formidable as reported-Re-
port that English capitalists have
bought Nicaragua's railroad-Many
prehistoric ruins found by an archaeol-
ogist in a Mexican state-A man fined
$3.50 in Boston under the short lobster
law-About a dozen men start from
Boston for the Klondike-Anothe cpl
demic of grip in New York-Business
manager for Keene, the tragedian, mis-
sing from Chicago with $20OO-Massa-
chusetts board of arbitration asked to
mediate between milk producers and
contractors in settling a dispute over
prices-People living in the towns in
proximity to Mt. st. Helena, Wash, be-
coming anxious because the peak is
showing evidences of eruption-James
Pinkham, 70 years old, killed by loco
motive in Taunton, Mass, on his way
from work, having taken the same path
for so years-Three men drowned in
Buffalo by the sinking of a dredge-
Three men killed and one badly hurt by
a box car leaving the track near Thorn
aston, Conn-Brewers protest against
an increase in the beer tax unless the
addition for war purposes is made gen
eral-New Bedford mill treasurers vote
to open the gates Monday, but will close
them If marked opposition is displayed
by strikers.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8.
E. A. Duff, for killing his wife and
mother-in-law in New Haven, given life
N..I
soundness-Death of Margaret Mather,
the actress, suddenly in Charleston, w,
Va-Alfree Carlson, % years, killed in
Norwood, Mass, by a locomotive
John Dobbie, Newton, Mass, killed him
self-Sarah Stewart and her young son
terribly burned in their home in Charles
town, Mass-A. j. Luke of Lewiston,
Me, killed while walking the track in
Auburn Me-Madrid paper printed an
article describing an attack upon the
Spanish legation in Washington-W
H. Oldenburgh arrested for inducing
sons of Thomas Monahan of Grafton,
Mass, to steal $3.50 which the parent
had il a box-Bankers in OSwego,
Kan, swindled out of $1400 by drafts on
a firm in Lima, O-One man killed and
seven badly hurt by a bridge dropping
w ISCl III ACIllOl ldSSJ ANOl III NCol SII l.
tory-TWenty women arrested in a
betting establishment in Chicago-Na-
tional Parcel Post league organized at
Chicago-NeW Hampshire brick max
ers form an observation-disclosures S.
Warren Hall wrecked off Virginia capes
Governor Black of New York puts
into operation the act to abolish grade
rossings-Princeton to defend the
negative in the proposition to be de-
bated with Harvard May 11-Three al
legged swindlers who operated in New
South Wales said to be on the way to
San Francisco-Three disastrous fires
in Tokio--VictOria's wheat yield esti-
mated at 10, 900 bushels-Hawaiian
natives excited at the manifestations
from a VolCano-American mission
chapel in a Chinese province destroyed
by natives, and several persons muir
dered-An alliance between England
and Japan suggested to preserve peace
in the far eaSt-Ohio senate committee
TO investigate chargee of- hriber against
Senator Hanna may make no report
Gloucester, Mass, fishermen fear that
their fleet will fall prey to privateers
in the event of war.
SATURDAY, APRIL 8.
DR.. George H. Hepworth of New York
thinks Armenians have a dark future
Woman suffrage in New Zealand
success, according TO a member of the
colonial parliament now visiting New
York-Rapid transit commission of
New York favors the granting of seven
franchises for an underground railway
to the Manhattan Railroad company
brakeman named Merchant killed at
the Atlantic, Mass, station of the con-
solicited railroad by falling between
cars-Eliza Dexter, 81, killed by a
switcher in Willimantic, Conn-Diver
johnson of the Newport asphyxiated in
Key West while examining the ship S
bottom-Dwelling and two barns OF
Mary Voght of Plymouth, Mass, burned
john Bradford, 60 years, drowned
himself in Newport because of grief al
the death of his wife,. w. Baker cut
his throat in Shrewsbury Mass-Fal
River weavers loan New Bedford weav'
ers $1,000 to continue the strike-Mili'
tary committee of the house to repor
favorably a bill granting authority tt
erect a Catholic chapel on the nat1ona
grounds in West Point-Thirty-o
persons killed and many injured by al
avalanche of ice and snow on the Chill
koot trail in Alaska-George GoulC
places all tnaI ne mas dI lHe ulSpOSei u
the government in case of war
Charles Smith, 10 years, killed in EPSON
N. H., while boarding a train--Thre
men killed and a bridge destroyed ant
10 cars demolished by the explosion o
dynamite in a car in Montana-F1V
men hurt seriously by the shifting o
stagings from the fifth and third floor
of a building in Boston-Saco, Me
strikers voted to give up the battle
]. ]. Mulraney, 26 years, arrested Il
Taunton for alleged completely in hold
up in a Nashua, N. H, store-Thirteel
emaciated negroes from Cincinnati
found in a freight car opened in Mon
treal-Arrestfn Philadelphia OF Geurs
r. White, accused of obtaining larg
Gums from Boston banks-Bay Stat
silver Democracy getting ready to wei
come William j. Bryan April Is
British attack dervish position and carr
IT inficting very heavy loss--Civil &C
tions for libel to be begun against Zol
One of the big college races may b
rowed at Saratoga -Encouraglng re
norts of the mercantile agencies despit
,.ar talk - Preparations for layin
mines in Boston harbor going on
Rradstreets reports trade narrower an
nrices lower-Two thousand add
tionoI British troops to be sent to ia