The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-07-08

NV baavv wind storms--The governor
80 wisconsin ordered the withdrawal
ne militia from Oshkosh. and local
force will guard the mills-John j.
Plunkett, an attendant on the insane at
Manhattan state hospital New York,
has gone crazy and Is confined in Belle
Nue-Joseph Stern, aged 80, chiropo-
dist of New York, tried to kill himself
in a cell by cutting his wrist-Mine
GENERATORS and employees of Alabama
agreed in a scale of wages, an advance
of 21S cents and a strike averted.
MONDAY, JULY 4.
Lawrence Riley, II years, drowned in
Lyndonville, VT, while bathing
michael Horrigan, 3S years, killed by
| train in Wyoming, Mass-Icehouses in
Gloucester destroyed by fire at loss of
SIS, OOO-William Blast, driver of an ex-
press wagon, killed in Newark by the
explosion of box containing 720 giant
torpedoes-Girls employed in a hand
kerchief factory in New York struck
| because the thread they bought was ad-
Vanced-Two women arrested in New
York for passing spurious coin-Ex-
Mayor P. H. Darcy of Salem, Ore, and
Lawyers S. T. Richardson and John A.
Carson under arrest for tampering with
election returns-Boys who wear their
hair banged are not allowed to graduate
from the schools of Mannheim, Lancas-
ter county, Pa-Margaret Mccarthy
of Philadelphia given five years for kill
ing her husband with a lighted lamp
New York dealers and jobbers talk
ing of start a distillery to fight the
whisky trust-Four men who arrived
in Philadelphia from Kingston, Jam,
suspected as Spanish spies, deported
from New York-Former chief of DO
lice of West Hazleton, Pa, in custody as
a member of gang accused of looting
freight cars.
TUESDAY, JULY S.
G. w. Avery Of Alton, N. H., drowned
in Lake Winnipisaukie-Fir in Nc
Pherson, Kan, destroyed the First Ma
tional bank building at loss of $75,-
000-EK- Senator PETER accepts the pro-
hibitionists' nomination for governor of
Kansas-Gustave Ellis son, IL years
old, drown d in Pennington, Me-
Bert Bickford of Fitchburg made sight
less by the discharge of small cannon
William Rollins of Whitinsville,
Mass, to lose both arms on account of
the bursting of a cannon-Berger Bor-
ganson, So years, killed by lightning
while setting at a window in Provi-
dence-Three firemen injured by fall
ing from a roof in Waltham-Two
Lawrence boys drowned while bathing
E. w. Minhler, paymaster's clerk at
Newport torpedo station, committed
suicide on account of worry-TWo
privates killed instantly in Key West
while a salute was being fired, by the
premature discharge of a cannon
Steamer Surf City, while on trip from
Salem Willows, Mass, struck by
squat and sunk with 20 or 80 persons, it
is thought-Four persons killed and
100 injured by the fall of bridge in
Shelby, O., during a ceremony of mar
riage-From a dozen to 20 lives lost
by a tornado in Hampton Beach, N. H.
WEDNESDAY, JULY6
Fire in Laconia, N. H., caused a loss
aggregating $4,000 - Wages of the
Northern Pacific Railroad companys
employees ncreased-Passenge on
train in Colorado relieved of $500 by
robbers-Conhagra in Bath, which
ss,l ,4ssssel.s 1ressra cIres sIGrd
loss or oo,ooo---Henry Landrum killed
by the city marshal in Hulls, Ills, while
resisting arrest with a revolver
Seventy-five adults and children taken
from a sinking schooner a few miles
out from ROston-Three murders. a
probably fatal shooting and death bv
burning form a part of the record for
the 4th in st. Louis-Theate in Electra
park, Norway, Me-, burned-Dora
Nelson, years old, burned fatally in
loucester-Gaetano Saini, Gloucester
grocer, drowned himself because of en-
barrassment-Jam McGulan run
over and killed by a car in Redstone.
N. H--C. a. Low, aged a. killed in
Derry, N. H, by the discharge of his
gun as he was stepping over a wall
George and Alden Meredith of Provi.
dence, aged and H. respectively,
drowned while bathing Peter Phil
lips killed in an engine works in Provi
dence by being dragged about a shaft
lng-M1chael Barry of Boston shot
at Peekskill, N Y, while trying to
separate two men who We're fighting-
hohn f. Waters arrested in San Fran
cisco for alleged embezzlement from =
Boston fnstalment house three wears
bgo-Dunsair, Cal, almost swept ONT
of existence by flame-Brig r. L, Z. of
.Lunenburg, N. s., sunk 30 miles east of
Nantucket by a German steamer
Coast from New Orleans to Mobile de-
clared free from yellow fever by the an
horities--Senator Hoar advocates the
annexation of Hawaii, but opposes q
general policy of territorial ACQUISITION
by conquest--Boston merchants want
a chance to bid on contracts for furnish
ing supplies to the army-Madrid ed
itors suppressed accounts of Cervera's
surrender because of disbelief-An-
other Carlist attempt to incite a revo-
luton in Spain-New England league
of baseball disbands owing to poor re-
turns-The Standard Oil company's
warehouse in Calais, Me-, containing
from 300 to 400 barrels of OIL caught fire
and was destroyed-Seven of the Mas
sachusetts soldiers killed in the attack
on Santiago-Haytians have seized
Navassa island owned by Americans
and abandoned at the outbreak of the