The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1899-08-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Brief,
and TerReIx Told.


The hurricane that swept over tn
West Indies was reported as sending
gales northward from Florida.
Locked out employees of the Chatta
nOoga street railway attacked cars las
night and injured several persons.
A historic old church at Evanston, Ills.
sold for $50, has been marked for CONVEX
sion into a floating saloon and dance hal
on raft.
A German officer who served under
Admiral Won Diedrichs at Manila denied
at Chicago the reports of bad feeling be
tween his chief and Dewey.
Dr. Andrew K Smith of New York
city, a retired surgeon of the United
States army, died suddenly from apo
plexy at Highland Falls, n. Y.
Monday, Aug. ii.
Richard Croker and Congressman Reed
have returned from Europe.
John Sheridan, aged 10, was drowned
at Cortland, N. Y, by the overturning OF
a boat.
opera singer, died at her summer home in
New Hampshire Of peritonitis
The tannery of James Robson Il Sons,
in Ontario, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000; Insurance. $4,000.
The bubonic plague has appeared at
Newchwang, in the province of Leao-
Tong on the FLYER Liaou China.
Two thousand newsboys of New York
city declared a boycott on all editions of
the New York Sun because of its attitude
toward the labor unions.
Arson L. Stokes of New York city suf-
fered a compound fracture of his leg by
being thrown from horse at his country
seat, in LenoX, Mass. The member was
amputated above the knee.
Saturday, Aug. IL.
Emperor William attended the opening
of the Dortmund-E Ems canal.
Over $50 sailors and soldiers started
from Jersey City for the Philippines.
A list of Japan's open ports under the
new treaty was given out in Washington.
An automobile gun carriage was re-
ported under construction at Peoria, Ills.
Hailstones destroyed nearly 100000
bushels of growing wheat in North Da-
kota.
Cotton advanced 81 bale in 20 min
utes on the New York Cotton Exchange
amid great excitement.
The ground assigned to the United
States at the Paris exposition has been
formally handed over to the commission.
Robert l.. Walker of Poland, o., with
whom President Mckinley was once
connected in business, filed a petition in
bankruptcy.
A Cleveland nonunion motorman shot
and wounded teamster who, he said,
had called him "scab." The teamster
threw Ratchet at the motorman, cut
ting him.
Friday, July IL.
Tremendous storms were reported in
Chile.
Terrible foods have swept over War
Chow province in China, and thousands
of people are homeless.
New York state has formally ac-
copied the Indian Lake reservoir, and it
is now a part of the canal system.
Chinese mail advices reported the loss
of the steamer Nunobiki Mark, with the
drowning of more than 100 persons.
Bryan men have secured Convention
hall at Saratoga for Aug. % to defeat the
schemes of the anti-Bryan Democrats.
Mexican state troops defeated body
of warning Yaqui Indians, killing several.
The outbreak was regarded as having no
political significance.
Ex-Mayor and Mrs w. L. Strong have
reached San Francisco, where they will
meet their son, Major P. B. Strong, re-
turning from Manila.
All the shipping companies under char
ter to the British admiralty have been or
dered to hold their transports in readiness
for immediate dispatch of troops.
Thursday, Aug. 10.
A monster fossil dinosaur has been
found in a quarry near Laramie, Wy.
One negro was killed and two others
severely logged by mob at Amite City,
La.
Dominican troops sent against the rev.
olutionists at Dajabon deserted to the
enemy
The Republicans and Socialists have
agreed to combine for the expulsion from
Spain of the religious orders.
A British gunbOat fred on a French |
boat fishing within the three mile limit |
and killed the latter's helmsman.
Only 200 renegade Yaqui Indians were
reported on the warpath in Mexico, pre- |
viOus advices having been exaggerated.
q. +. Bell. who says he stole the Car
rama letter in Montreal, assaulted in
court man who contradicted the Gsser-
ton.
A strong anti-Englsh feeling was re-
ported in Cayenne, French Guiana. An
English subject was shot by the police
patrol.
The Dreyfus court martial continued
at Rennes, France, in secret session. The
prisoner was carefully guarded from in
suit in the street.
Parliament was prorogued after the
reading of the queens speech. The stu
alton in the Transvaal was declared to be
"a constant source of danger"
Wednesday. Aug. o.
Rain has relieved the long continued
drought in India.
The Columbia outsailed the Defender
in 80 mile trial race.
A Harvard athlete won the 100 yard
dash at Barrow, England.
ambassador Choate has left London
for three weeks tour in Scotland.
1t was stated that the Filipinos demand
100000 for release of Spanish prison
ars.
A tunnel on the Georgia division of the
Southern railway was blown up by dyna-
mite
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