The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-03-11
THE WEEKS NEWS.
THrTRSDAY. MARCH s.


not less than Is years Imprisonment
for arson to secure insurance--TWo
men found dead from Suffocation in a
store in Hyde Park, Mass--Will'a am
Ggglestoin, Mendon, Vt, killed by
wagon wheel passing over his neck
Chester Zimmerman killed his wife in
Tonawanda, N. Y, and wounded himself
mortaIly-Two warships going to cuba
with contributions for the poor
Five children of julie Bonner, LIVING
Ston. Ala, burned to death Tuesday
while the parents were at church
Two men killed by gas in Boston
one accidentally and the other deliber-
ately-Hundred persons persisted in
the snow in northern Persia-Deputy
Sheriff Maloney, As years, shot himself
in North Adams, Mass, while insane
-Baseball season opens in Boston
Anril 19-H. w. Hutchings arrested
in Albany on charge of forging Bos-
ton mans name to checks for $l8OO--
James Daley put bullet into his heart
In a Boston saloon.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4.
Fire in a New Bedford, Mass, glass
cutting factory caused a loss of $2l, 600
Eight fires set in a Portland, Me-,
boarding house. five of them in feather
beds-Despondent Frederick Sheer,
aged 68, hung himself in Manchester, N.
H-Arthur Hutchinson, Bristol, N. H.,
shot himself--Smith Davis, for the
murder of Dora Cushman, sentenced to
serve four years in Windsor, VT, prison
john Maxfield, go years, killed in
West Stewartson, N. H, by wood falling
upon him-Henry Blackburn drowned
himself in Fall River, Mass-Nine per-
sons drowned off Florida coast by the
capsizing of a schooner, six of them hav-
ing belonged III Bridgeport, Conn.,.
M Tenney badly beaten with black
Jack by a burglar in the soldiers home
in Chelsea, Mass-Two men killed in
an electric car collision in Waterloo, N.
Y-Coal dealers in San Francisco in
dicted for alleged violation of the fed
eral law on trusts-Six men badly
burned by the explosion of key Of
powder in a Dubois, Pa, mine-Mary
Balm burned to death in Bridgeport,
Conn, by the explosion of lamp
Discovery of stamp forgeries in New
foundIand results in four arrests
Three hard rubber manufacturers to
combine with capital of $500, 600
Ten or more workmen injured in Texar-
kama, Ark, by the collapse of building
Cornelius O'Leary, Boston saloon
keeper, killed himself by shooting in the
presence of his family-T. B. Gault,
formerly railway manager, committed
suicide in Chicago while deranged by
tIlness-Lorenzo Barnes hanged in East
Cambridge, Mass for numbering John
Deane of Maynard.
SATURDAY, MARCH 5.
Fifteen steel wire and nail manufac-
turers combined with an aggregate cap
ital of So 900, 000-Maine court of in
curry returned to Havana-Hurrican
killed two soldiers in Cuba and wounded
25-Spain reported to be buying war
ships in Europe-Olga DemOrest, in
sane, killed her child in Grove City, O.,
and would have taken the life of her
disabled husband but for neighbors--
Hathaways livery stable in Wakefield,
Mass, destroyed by fre-Damage to
the amount of $45, GOO done by fire in the
Colony block, Keene, N. H-Saving of
$4,000 to be effected by discharges anG
reductions in the New York custom
house-Twenty- -four COWS burned with
barns six miles from North Adams,
Mass-Rhode Island legislature Sc
Iected a commission to investigate the
depression in the cotton industry
Italians celebrated anniversary of the
adoption of their constitution-Ma
editor urges the sale of Cuba to the
United States, remarking that IF Spain
does not find means to suppress the in
surrection, the pacihc intermeddlings
of the United States Will soon become
armed intervention THE court OF
inquiry is unable to fix even an approx
innate date for the conclusion of its
investigation into the disaster to the
Maine-Naval officials deeply inter
ested in reports of purchase of warships
nv Spain, and complain of the inability
of our navy department to do likewise
-Wnman from England, between s.
and 60 years, reached Halifax on the
way 70 the gold fields--GOld Democrat
in Pennsylvania to put ticket of thei1
own in the field for state officers from
the governorship down. and for members
of congress in every district-Russi;
is ordering large quantities of guns
the government factories-Man ia
talIv injured in Frankfort, KY, during
the firing of a salute in celebration o
the Emmett anniversary-Cha
Mass, man held up on a prominen
square and robbed of 81 by two me-
Fierce gale along the New Englan
coast last night-For first time sine
the explosion of the Maine the statemen
voluntarily made at the navy depart
ment that the navy was being activel
prepared for war-English embezzle
arrested in Halifax on landing from
Iiverpool steamer-Strike of fran
SINNERS in King Philip mills, Fall Rive
Mass, ended by their surrender-Pug
last Mccoy won from Burley in a two
round contest in Hot Springs, Ark, 1
spite of the governors instructions
preyent the contest-Reward of $15C
offered by the federal government fC
the arrest of persons concerned in kill
ing the postmaster in Lake City, S. c.
SUNDAY; MARCH 6.
Twenty-Five persons suffocated
n Prussian mine during fire-Georg
Noble, years, killed in Jersey Cit
by a omotive-Chicago truaI
drank carbolic acid through fear of b'
ing found out-Sergeant Charles FISH
or. chief detective at West Point, I
v committed suicide by inhaling Ga
because he had been reduced to the ranl
for fighting-Talk in Washington
the purchase of foreign warships-R
publican differences in New York sta
harmonized-Bidd Me-, strike
voted to declare the strike off on II
assurance that the cut will be restore
inst so soon as industrial condition