Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-04-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEW ENGLAND HAPPENINGS.
SUNDAY. APRIL 3.

institutions have been dropped, as sat-
fsfactory agreement could not be ar
ranged. sssss.. -
The school children OF East Providence,
r. L.. have been the first to respond to
the invitation of the George Washing
ton Memorial association to contribute
to the erection of the administration
building of the proposed university in
Washington.
William J. Bryan will be the guest of
the Democratic state committee of Mas
sachusetts April 16. Senator White of
California and Congressman De Almond
of Missouri are expected at the same
time. A banquet with public meet
ing is being arranged.
MONDAY. APRIL 4.
Twelve-year old boy shot another boy
seriously on the steps of church in
Westerly, r. l., for not holding up his
hands.
Boys playing with a gas stove set
fire to the woodwork in the basement of
a Boston church, which caused STAN
pede of the congregation upstairs in
which woman was injured.
A strong effort will be made to have
the New England rowing regatta for
1898 in Portland, Me. The Cumberland
Rowing association has the matter in
hand, and it is proposed to make it a
part of the Fourth of July celebration.
The city government will be asked to
appropriate $1,000 for that purpose.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5.
Harvard law school men express conf
dence in President McKinley's course;
peace policy not Endorsed by under
graduates.
New Bedford strikers parade, carry
ing banners referring to Mckinley, pros
perity and starvation; meetings to vote
on returning to work announced
The carriage shipments from Ames-
bury, Mass, for March were 1928, as
compared with 1914 the same month last
year. The shipments of some of the
firms last month are the largest in sew
eral years.
At a meeting of, the city council of
Portland, Me-, an order for the appro-
priation of $1,000 for the erection of
monument to the sailors of the Maine
was passed in the lower board and tabled
by the aldermen.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL g.
Peter Kelly of Lynn, Mass, arraigned
for drinking little too much" told
the judge that he was the father of "a
children and was promptly discharged.
A Providence Sunday school will fur
nish counsel to defend a Chinaman ac-
cused of keeping a gambling den, the
ladies asserting that he is being per-
secuted by the police.
Lieutenant Robinson, instructor in
military tactics at Harvard, has issued
a notice urging it as the duty of every
young man at the present time to know
the elements of the manual of arms
New Bedford weavers repudiated the
action of their executive committee in
ordering vote on the question of re-
turning, and decided to hold out six
weeks more; mayor promises protection
to workers in case mills are opened
This week, for the first time within a
year, Massachusetts leads all L. A. w
divisions, both in applications and re-
newals, showing a leadership in re-
newals of CTS, as compared with New
York's 49, and PennsyIvania's 355
THURSDAY, APRIL T.
Republicans made a clean sweep i'm
Rhode Island.
New Bedford mills are to be started
Monday morning.
Homestead of Fighting Joe" Hooker |
at Hadley, Mass, burned
New Haven and New England rail- |
road officials declare that the third rail |
system of electric locomotion is a great |
success.
The highest individual tax on personal
and real estate in wealthy RrookIine |
Mass, is paid by Ellen w Duryea. s13. |
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at 1892, 900, and real estate at 1925. 300
At the Methodist conference in Wor-. |
ceSter, Rev. Mr.. Martin of the New Eng |
land Sabbath league made an address I'm |
which he strongly condemned the use
of the bicycle on Sunday, the Sunday I
newspapers and Sunday theatres and
baseball games.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8.
Boston merchants petition the gov
arm To
China.
Thomas Monahan of North Grafton.
Mass, hid his $3.50 in tin box. He told
his boys, and they lent the money to a
nelghbor, who has been arrested with 16
cents left
The complexion of the next Iegisla-
ture in Rhode Island will be: Repub-
hcans, SO; Democrats, H. Citizens party.
l. The reelection of United States
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich is assured.
The Massachusetts, board of educa-
ton has elected Henry Whittemore, su-
perintendent of schools of WaItham.
principal of the normal school at Fran i
ingham, to succeed Ellen Hyde. resigned.
The salary is $4,000. Mr.. Whittemore
has been superintendent in WaItham for
about IA years.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9.
Government is preparing to lay mines
in Boston harbor
RoXbury, Mass, Carpet company shuts
down because it can get no hemD from
the West Indies.
Striking weavers held mass meeting
In NewBedford and voted not to go to
work for six weeks
The Springfield, Mass. music festival
will take place May 4, and g. G. W.
Chadwick is conductor
Colonel James E. Larl5in offers to do
nate $500 to charities if he becomes post
master of Everett, Mass
Immense crowd greeted General Booth