The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-04-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and TerseIy Told.


Alvaro Covarrubias, one of the mos
prominent residents of Santiago, Cuba
is dead.
Five houses and a factory in Collins
vile, Conn, We're destroyed by fire Sc
by passing locomotive.
Jewels, silverware and clothing to the
value OF $4,000 found in the Windsor
hotel ruins await identification.
President Mckinley is reported suf
fering from neuralgia of the face, the
result Of work with his dentist.
Fourteen lives were lost on the
steamer General Whitney, which foun.
dered north of Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The Daughters of the Revolution de-
cided in Philadelphia not to unite with
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
The gunboats Sandoval and Alvara-
do, which were captured from the Span
ish during the war, sailed for Ports
mouth, N. H.
Reports from Cayenne, French Gut
ana, and Surinam, Dutch Guiana, say a
destructive earthquake has visited
those colonies.
A $4,000, 900 trust to include all the
large farming machinery factories of
the United States is in process of for
nation at Chicago.
Monday, April "a.
Safe manufacturers have formed a
SIT, 100000 trust
The British beat the Americans in the
interuniversity chess match.
Colonel M. Lewis Clark of Louisville
the well known racing judge, has killed
himself in Memphis.
The Right Hon. Sir John Mowbray
father of the English house of COM
mons since 1898, is dead.
The Lake Shore railway complains of
a car famine, being unable to furnish so
per cent of cars called for
Funeral services over the remains of
Representative s. T. Baird of Louisiana
were held in Washington, where he died
Saturday.
Edward Cameron of st. Louis, assist
ant supervising engineer of the United
States treasury, died in Philadelphia
from typhoid pneumonia.
Mayor Van Wyck has signed the
Ahearn teachers salary bill. 1t provides
an Increase of about 100000 for 1000
teachers in Greater New York
Saturday, April ~.
The Bolivian revolution was declared
at an end.
Ex-Secretary Sherman called on Pres
ident Mckinley.
Elk Governor Lord of Oregon declined
the mission to Persia.
The postoffice at Bernardsville, N. j.,
was robbed of $500 in stamps.
been cleared out and many of them
killed.
The city of San Vincente, San Saliva
dor, has suffered from severe earth
quake.
1t was reported in Paris that three
cases of the plague had been discover
ed there.
The net receipts for the year on the
New York and Brooklyn bridge were
$3.50, 2SS.O7.
The German cruiser Gefion has been
ordered to Samoa and another cruiser
is to follow her.
Director Merriam has determined to
literally recognize Democrats in ap-
census supervisors.
Friday, April Fl.
Lord Rosebery's daughter was mar
ried to the Earl of Crewe in Westmn-
ster abbey.
Three Chinese were killed and two
wounded in a highlander war
at Fresno, Cal.
Edouard Jules Henri Pailleron, poet,
dramatic author and member of the
French academy, died in Paris.
The Machias sailed from Key West
for San Juan. The torpedo boat Manley
sailed from Brooklyn for Annapolis.
The governor of Alabama called an
extra session of the Legislature to re-
peal the constitutional convention act.
Fire at San Jose, Cal, destroyed a
and winery a fruit packing
house and a cottage. Loss, over $4,000
Addison Johnson of Port Chester, was
appointe1 agent and warden of Sing
Sing prison at a salary of $4,000, to sue
coed o. V. Sage.
a thousand Toledo carpenters decided
to strike May / unless their demands
for eight hours work and 20 cents per
hour were agreed to.
Thursday, April 20.
Primrose day was generally celebrat-
ed in London.
A rich strike of gold is reported in
Hamilton county, Tex
Cardinal Phillip Krementz was re-
ported dying at Cologne.
Eight towns in Dallas county Tex,
report cases of smallpox.
Serious student riots were suppressed |
by the troops at st. Petersburg.
Thtee persons were burned to death !
IN tenement house fire in Chicago.
A fire in a large millinery store at |
VT, caused loss of $4,000. |
The Michigan senate passed a bill |