The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-10-06
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
ana TerseIy Told.

The Sharon Steel company with a car
ital of S3O00,000, was chartered at Hal
risburg.
News reached Victoria, B. c., of tn
maturing of plans to dethrone China
emperor.
An oriental triple alliance was reporte
under consideration between China, ia
pan and Korea.
In rear end collision near Newman
ket, n. j., between coal trains, an engi
neer was killed.
Twelve of the Scotsman's fremen wer
arrested at Liverpool, charged with loot
ing the passengers cabins.
f. f. Moore, an alleged defaulter iron
a Boston bank, where he was cashier
was arrested in Valparaiso, Chile.
The steamer White Cloud, under Amer
lean charter, sank en- route from Hong
kong to Manila, seven men beini
drowned.
A burglar arrested in Knoxville ha'
offered in exchange for his freedom to re
veal the spot near Akron, O., where ex
President Harrison's famous stoler
watch has been buried.
Monday, Oct. 2.
Olga Nethersole arrived on the Amer
lean liner New York.
Returns from the Russian winter and
spring corn crops indicate a yield below
the average.
Rear Admiral Walker and several 9th
er members of the isthmian canal COM
mission returned from abroad.
The sum of 25,000,000 pesetas was
paid into the Spanish treasury by the
German government as the price for the
Carolines.
In New York state the law licensing
dispensaries and placing them under the
jurisdiction of the state board of chart
ties went into effect.
The Kaw river region in Kansas this
year produced 100000 bushels of pOta-
toes, which brought an average price of
about 20 cents per bushel.
Twenty-thtee of the crew of the,wreck-
ed steamer Scotsman were searched at
Montreal, and jewelry and other articles
valued at $1,000 were taken from them.
Saturday, Sept. 30.
Horace Wellman, a sailor, was rescued
at sea after having been jammed in the
masthead of q capsized schooner for six
days.
The Colombian legation in Washington
has received news of the drowning of
General Julio Rengifo, recent Colombian
minister to the United States.
Arrangements have been completed by
the Russo-Chnese bank for a loan of
100000 taels for the construction of
Lungchau and Nanningfu railway, in
China.
Friday, Sept. 20.
A heavy blizzard was reported at
Grand Forks, N. ID.
A trolley car and a freight train collid
ed in Brooklyn, killing two persons.
A stay of execution for 80 days was
granted to Mrs. Botkin in San Francisco.
1t was rumored at Oporto that seven
fatal cases of the plague had developed
outside the sanitary Gordon.
Republicans of the First Maine district
Amos l.. Allen to succeed ex
Speaker Reed in congress.
1t was reported in London that the
earthquake of Sept 20 near Smyrna had
killed 1000 persons and injured 800.
The bodies of three Klondikers have
been found, and not far off a letter say
ing they had killed their dogs for food. I
A delegate at the meeting Of the new
union in Chicago advocated
the use of dynamite in blowing up brew
cries.
The number of lives lost by the foods
at Darjeeling, India, was placed at 400,
in addition to those drowned on the
plains.
Thursday, Sept. 2S.
The Dewey home fund reached $40, 145.
The Pan-Presbyterian alliance began
its session in Washington.
-Four fresh cases of the plague were re-
ported at OportO, Portugal.
Three hundred lives were lost between
and Kurseong alone during
the recent storm in India.
Wayne MacVeagh, counsel for Captain
Carter, had hearing before the attor-
ney general at Washington.
The French government estimates
showed wheat production of 120,OO5,.
900 hectoliters for the year.
Irish fishermen expressed great indig-
nation at the appearance of American
fishing boats on the Irish coast.
A new temperance society was started
in Chicago, pledged to secure 100000
votes for the Prohibition party.
Wednesday, Sept. ~.
Lew Houk, once notorious Ohio
gambler and criminal, uied at Durango, |
Mexico.
During a terrific storm at Saratoga. |
asting Is hours, nearly > 10 inches of
ain fell.
The lion cubs in Central park menag- |
arie have been named Dewey, Olympia |
and Manila.
a new steamship line between Port |
and, Or, and Manila has been annOunc-
ID at the former place.
In memory of Frances e. Willard a |
rational agitation against saloons has
been planned in Chicago.
The Potts Greek iron ore property in
West Virginia was sold for 100000 to
he Valley Ore company.
Prince and Princess Cantacuzene (nee
Miss Julia Dent Grant sailed for Eu-
ope on the steamship Saale.
Corn brought from Porto Rico and
planted in Wisconsin in June has reach
d a height of nearly IA feet.
The Standard Oil company has pur-
hased the Manhattan Oil company, its
argest competitor in the Lima field.
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An Art Discovery.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Oct. 2-It has
ust been discovered that the Right