The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-05-20
THE WEEKS NEWS.
TBrrRsDAY. MAY IL.


Two Boston men killed on bridge in
rive. N. Y-Driver of a stage in Cali
fornfa. though badly wounded, beat off
a robber who had attacked him from the
rear-EfFOrt being made by rival to
have the contract for stamped envelopes
withdrawn from Holyole company
BENJAMIN Edwards two children
drowned in a quarry pool in Morson,
Me-Woman suspected of poiecn.ng
c.yo horses and a COW owned by Nahum
PIT. Eo~t Bella -, Ne-Wool store
house in BalIardville, Mass, burned with
5000 900 worth of the raw product
Martin Cunningham drowned in Ban
COR Me-Death of Charlotte Thomp-
SON. at one time well-known actress
American missionaries flee from the
Marampa district, Soudan-Corre-
spondents in Rome of Paris papers agree
that revolution is imminent, and a re-
public is xpected-Hampshire County
National bank loses $24O, 600 by President
Warmers misdseds-Mexico strength
ems her frontier troops-Two attempts
made to poison troops at Camp Mobile,
Ala-S hoastring factory of Sidney
Greenwood In South Weymouth, Mass.
burned at a loss OF $9Bo0-One man in
iured fatally and two seriously by an
explosion of qunpowder in Barre, Vt
National association of police chiefs
wants a federal bureau for the identifi-
cation of professional criminals-Two
hundred political arrests in Porto Rico,
and hunger and smallpox ravaging the
population-Six hundred persons said
to have been killed during the riots In
Milan and 1000 arrested.
FRIDAY, MAY 10.
Two Shells from Cardsnas forts dis
abled a United States vessel, killed five
of it's men and wounded several
Downing, spy, under arrest in Wash
irgton. hanged himself in his CELL
Body Of Marjorie Howard, Newton,
Mass, girl of II, found mansled near
a railroad track under mysterious cir
cumstances-Belgi accused of al
lowing a Spanish vessel to take on sup
plies in Antwerp harbor-Can of dyna-
mite found IN a car of coal intended for
the government originally, but after
wards used by the seller in filling a press
ing order In Salem, N. J-Austria
deems it unnecessary to issue declara
ton of neutraHty-James A. Thomp
son, 10 years old, drowned in Gloucester
-Bassett & Son, hat manufacturers
In FGdpKlfIl, AldSS., lIlduS di dSSI + llltlCuL
Million bushels Of grain burned with
Armours elevator in Chicago-Cali-
fornia's wheat crop reported to be
failure, and that of Oklahoma's promises
to be enormous-Two persons perish
in a Chicago clearinghouse fire-Flour
in New York $8.25 a barrel the highest
in 10 years--Bombardm of San
Juan, Porto Rico, with successful re-
suits Spanish making little resistance,
though still holding the city-Clark
Braden, Jr., night clerk in the office of
the American Express company, New
York city, who abscOnded with an ex-
press package containing $4,000 in cash
and FIVE $1,000 bonds of the Consumers
Gas company, was arrested In Washing
ton with all of the stolen bonds, $50 in
cash and a quantity of valuable jewelry
and clothing-SwitZerlan will prevent
bands of Italians now marching through
the country with avowed revolutionary
intentions from crossing the frontier
into Italy-Archbishop of Naples has
written pastoral calling upon all in his
diocese to cooperate in the restoration
of order.
SATURDAY, MAY IA.
Congressional conferrees over the pos
of free deliveries to four per day in any
city-Pension of $50 per month voted by
the house to General Clay of Kentucky
Chaplin & Company's wooden mill
in Chapinville, Mass, shut down
Five men killed and four hurt by the
collapse of two new buildings in New
York-Tidal wave destroyed 200 fish
ing boats in Swatesi, Japan, and 1900
fol lot q
against France desired by Chicago pack
ers because of an increase in the French
duty on lard and sausages-Letter
from Manila says party of Span1ards
pretended to be insurgents, fraternized
with the Americans, and then treacher-
ously massacred them-Spanish ac-
count of the Manila bombardment says:
Five killed, one a civilian. and 43 wound
ed, 30 of them civilians-Four cars
derailed in Greenfield, Mass, and a
brakeman's leg broken-Gomez says
it is folly to send small body of troops
to'Cuba-qermany said to be trying to
obtain coaling station in the Antilles,
and has approached the Dominican gov
eminent with the view of securing a
lease of SANTANA bay-Plot concocted
in Philadelphia to assassinate General
Lee-Amalgaf nated dSSOcldIlon OL
iron and tin workers to demand increase
of 10 percent-Boston police investigat-
ing the death of a country girl through
criminal operation.
SUNDAY, MAY Is.
Two men drowned and six others have
narrow escape, having been run down
by an ocean steamer while occupied in
laying mines off Sandy Hook-Fire
caused a loss of $4,000 to Glaser's dry
goods store in Boston-Occupatio
army to be sent to Manila to comprise
$4,000 men-CoIlision of freight trains
near the Hoosac tunnel, North Adams
damaged rolling stock and injured many
hogs-T. ]. McManus had a leg cut off
in jumping from a car at Wakefield
Mass-Albany physician offers 1000
reward for the author of a report thai
he was a Spanish spy-A $25, 900 trair
for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul railway, 10 cars fresh and new from
the shops at Dayton, travelling on an ex-
hibition tour from Columbus to Cincin-
natl. collided with a switch engine, with
freight cars, two cars being derailed and
n fireman badly hurt-Andrew Henri!
shot and killed in Hoboken by William
Reed for an unknown cause-Mary
nfzboy, en- billed nv a locOmOtiVe in Ions