The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-07-20
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and TerseIy Told.

Inc Mexican government mas lnau-
gurated an active campaign against the
Maya Indians.
Three parties sent out by the United
States geological survey are now at work
in the Cape Nome district of Alaska.
Ten thousand Beers, according to
Cape Town dispatch, will emigrate to
the United States after the war is over.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck and probably to rob the Union Pa
cifc f1ier about four miles from Manhat-
tan, Kan.
A Union line car on the Lee avenue
division Of the st. Louis Transit COM
pany was blown up by dynamite. Two
passengers were badly injured.
Curtis Guild of Boston, who was
rendered the appointment as first assist
ant postmaster general to succeed Perry
). Heath, has declined TO accept the Of
fee. =, 10 sSsr, So
Monday, July 10.
Fire in a car of a South Side elevated
train in Chicago put the passengers I'D
great peril of their lives.
G. V. Eskridge editor of the Emperia
Kan.) Republican and former lieutenant
governor of Kansas, died from self in
aicted wounds.
At New Castle, Cal, fire destroyed all
the fruit warehouses and principal bust
ness houses of the town. The loss will
exceed 100000.
In Baltimore Louis Essen, shoemak-
er, killed himself, his wife and 13month-
old babe and wounded almost unto death
| his 31a-year-old son.
Judge W. H. Washington of Philadel-
| pha, a direct descendant of Augustine
| Washington, father of George Wash
ington died at Castle Creek, a. I.
Saturday, July II.
Another victim of the oil tank car ex
plosion at Somerville, Mass, died.
Patrick Welsh North Pelham IN. "
farmer, was gored to death by his bull.
The rail reducing mill of the Illinois
Steel company at Milwaukee has resumed
operations.
The recently quarantined Chinese OF
| San Francisco have prepared suits fol
damages against the city.
Superintendent Kilburn addressed the
state bankers convention at Saratoga on
the requisites of a good bank er.
A collection of rare coins, valued be-
| tween $1,000 and $4,000, has been stolen
from the Milwaukee public museum.
| J. G.. Schmidlapp has offered 100000
to build a wing to the Cincinnati Art
| museum as a memorial to his wife and
| daughter.
Cattle were reported dying by thou
sands in the drought stricken counties OF
Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma, Cochise
and Maricopa in Arizona.
The doors of the Dime Savings institu-
ton of Newark, N. j., were not opened
owing to the alleged stealing of its funds
| by Charles r. Westervelt, secretary and
! treasurer.
Friday, July 13.
The Indians at Red Lake, Mimi, were
reported holding war dances.
| A strike has been ordered at the tin
| plate plants at Washington, Pa.
Fifteen persons were badly injured in q
trolley car accident at Springfield, o.
Exceptionally hot weather caused nu
nleIous sunstrokes and prostrations in
London
Disastrous forest fires We're reported
near Ell Dorado, in Colorado, and Pres
colt, in Arizona.
Ex-President and Mrs. Harrison left
Indianapolis for their summer home in
the Adirondacks.
Bandits robbed freight train at Santa
Fulalia, station near Chihuahua, Oh
the Mexican Central.
Immense subterranean streams of pure
water have been discovered from 1,50C
to 1000 feet above sea level Oh the is.
land of Hawaii.
Thursday, July IL.
Two young women were saved from
drowning at Patchogue, n. Y.
Fire, started by fire balloon, destroy
ed thousands of acres of California tim
Der.
The work of removing shag rock from
San francisco harbor has been com
pleted.
The colonial cruiser Fiona went ashore
near Codroy, on the southwest coast OF
Newfoundland.
Chicago promoters have arranged 8
$30,000,000 deal to insure a permanent
pure water supply for St. Louis.
Eighteen buildings, comprising over
half of the business part of Walnut, Ills
were burned with a loss of $112,0 900.
Serious trouble was reported threatened
between the Mojave Indians at Fort Mo
jave, Colo, and the agency authorities.
The Baltimore and Ohio express from
w aSllngtOn Tor new 1OTk WAS WTeChSO
near Philadelphia. 1t had S3,OOO,OOO il
gold on board. The switch had been tam.
pered with.
Wednesday, July II.
The yellow fever epidemic at Quema-
dos, Cuba, has subsidized.
Hawaiian plantation owners have de
cided to import negro labOrers from the
southern states.
Ground for the New York state build |
ing of the Pan American exposition at
Buffalo was broken.
The commission to the five civilized |
tribes has begun the enrolment of Chero
KEGS at Falkland, |. T. -
Chicago won the Brooklyn trophy al
the meeting of the American Whist
League at Niagara Falls.
The Chicago city council kicked about
the council chamber and tore to bits peti
tons signed by p 600 persons on the
North Side.
An AeroIite Exp1Odes.
NEW ORLEANS, July 13.-A large
aerolite or meteroic stone burst over the
$780,, RaIlafontaina in Wph |