News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-03-27
THE WEEKS NEWS.
WEDNEsDAY. MARCH 20.

Wife; daughter Elizabeth and Baby
Mckee get $1,000 each; Russell Har-
rlson and Mrs. Mckee also remembered
live students killed in clash with
police in st. ConvictS
mutlny in Kansas penitentiary mines
ana are starved into submission
| Nora i. Phillips, a young widow, com.
mltS suicide at Boston by shooting; had
Killed her brother last fall III self-defense
Jury trying the case of John C. Best,
| charged with the murder of George L.
| Bailey at SauSus. Mass. visit the scene
Of the crime-Tammany said to want
| 10 help handle the Carnegie fund
| Death of Colonel Edward II. Gilman of
! Exeter, n. 1.-THE Ashaway Savings
bank of Hopkinton, R. l., resumes bust
ness-Chicago Iresbytery to raise
| 100000 to erect churches in and near
the city--California Cured Fruit as
ISOLATION said to have cornercd the
prune crop of that state--James +.
Osborne and n. B. Borden elected mem.
bers of the Fall River selling committee
N. 7. II. Melvin. for three terms
mayor of Lawrence, Mass, died at An
| dover, Mass--Noted Tagal leader,
DiocinO, aptured-GOvernm to
buy the old Corcoran art gallery in
| Washington for S300,0OO-New army
appointments not to be made until end
of May-COuseryat in Cuba are
gaining, and the Platt amendment may
be ccepted--Samoans express pleas
ure at the reelection of President Me
Kinley, and praise Commander Tilley
--Reduction of revenue may obviate
the necessity Of a bond purchase: no
action expected until Mr.. Gage retnrns
from the west-FOrty-fi hundred
regulars TO be sent to the Philippines to
! take the place of returning volunteers
| fighting force to be kept at not less than
| 0,000--TrOuble at Tientsin said to he
| settled, but reports are contradictory
General Botha rejects the peace
| terms offered by the Britsh-New dis
coveries as to tuberculosis is made in
Paris--King Carlos promises support
in separating church and state.
| French barkentine Aquitane wrecked
on the coast of Observation-Disclosures
lands proposed sugar duty agitates the
West India mmittee-Legislatu
of British Columbia asks the dominion
government to suhsidize shiphuiIding.
THURSDAY, MARCH 81.
While temporarily deranged, Mrs. w.
II. Wilkins of Milford, n. H., drowned
her 11-y@ar-old daughter in the Souhe-
| TiVnr- l1nra TnD1A++, I
from custody at Middlebury, Vt, on or
der of States Attorney Donaway; an
other arrest likely to be made-Ger
mans alarmed at Americas commercial
| activity--James 7. Tierney killed as a
result of being caught in an elevator at
| Boston-Marylands election bill
passed by the house aud senate
death of Professor Calvin S. Pennell,
tAfounerly principal of Dean academy
I Chicago judge makes decision de-
4 Tending personal liberty of workingmen
William McCaughey declares that
Bly, and Quinn killed May Fosburg at
Pittstield, MasS-Fifty tons of sweet
peas to be used to decorate San Jose.
! Cal, when President Mckinley visits
that place-SituatiOn at TientSin I'M
changed; no information of an out
break-Thrce men shot by British at
De Aar for treasOn-Chamber con-
veys the impression that BOtha is held
responsible for failure of peace negotia-
tiOns-Severe storm off Newfoundland
Edwin A. Abbey commissioned by
the king to paint the coronation scene
-EX-PCeSident Andrade at Sene-
zuela supposed to be preparing for move
against Venezuelan government.
FRIDAY, MARCH %.
Jacob Dearborn Mari of Clinton, Me-,
killed his three children with an axe;
supposed to be temporarily insane -
Mrs. Lizzie Naramore, while in a lit
of insanity killed her entire family Of
six children and then cut her own throat
with a razor; she is not expected to
live English and Russians agree to
withdraw troops from disputed terri
tory at Tientsin--Boralma and The
Abbot not likely to meet in the S25O000
match race-Philippin towns to have
civil government soon; small gaTiSOns
to remain to insure peace President
Diaz returns to City of Mexico; given a
great receptiOn-Rulea adopted in New
York to prevent smuggling to be tried
lSewhere-HinSdale Savings banks
affairs wound up--COlOradO TO have
extra session of legislature-Two big
cotton mills planned for North Carolina
Republicans hope to carry large
cities in Missouri---Charges of bribery
in Minnesota legislature--No open
quarrel between Governor Odell of New
York and Plat, but governor does OPP
pose further police legislation--Con-
fident belief that there will be no bond
| purchase to reduce surplus--President
Mckinley receives many invitations to
visit cities on his western trip-Posi-
tive denial that ex-senator WOlcott is
to be appointed secretary of the Interior
--Kwang Su anxious to return to Pc
kin-No trouble expected between
| Russia and Japan-Powers generally
favor the American plan for a joint de-
mand on China--Russia considered
the Tientsin affair clearly case for
diplomatic treatment; reports greatly
exaggerated. DE Wet reported near
Heilbron-A brother of General Botha
Kitchener says the Beers have
disbanded in the Orange River colony
Treatment of the Cape rebels said
to have caused the failure Of the peace
negotiations in South Africa-'Case OF