News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-03

| Vlce-Battloship Massachusetts runs
into the schooner Ella NJ. Doughty of
Cape Ann, causing considerable damage
to the latter--With the arrival at San
francisco of the FOrty-third volunteer
regiment, the last of the volunteer
| troops have returned from the Philip
pines-Work on imperial property in
Pekin to begin at once, owing to the
early retuSn of the cOurt-NethErlan
! cabinet reSigns--De Giers, Russian
minister to Pekin, transferred to Munich
Proclamation announcing that
| King Edwards coronation will take
| place next June.
SUNDAY, JUNE 80.
Death of four persons in Boston due
to heat; II deaths at other New England
points; 16 in New York city-Sheriff
Parsons deputies discover the best
device for concealing liquor that has
ever been known in POrtland-Steam-
en- Mohawk, with 700 passengers on
board sinks at Glen Island, Long ISL
| and sound; panic enSues-Comptroll
Dawes closes the city National bank Of
Buffalo, and appoints temporary re-
ceiver-AnchOr Line steamer Ar
menian ashore seven miles from st.
John; total loss; crew safe-Ligbtning
wind and rain causes damage in several
sections Of New mpshire-Planine
| Rlill of II. f. Ross, Newtonville, Mass,
destroyed by lire; loss, $40,000-Brit-
ish transport Armenian brings $50 BOer
| prisoners to Hamilton, Bermuda
! General Gomez maintains an appalling
secrecy in reporters presence-Boers
attack blockhouses near Delagoa Bay,
but are beaten off by the British
Texas doctor cOnfesSes to mock burial
to defraud insurance orders-Rev.
John Cordingly of Chicago gives the
poor 1000 lOaves of bread-Prince
Chuan, the Chinese emperors brother,
has started for Berlin-.Chaffee
charges COnger with forcing Chinese to
pay for dead convcrts-Blue Girl wins
the 100000 Great Trial stakes at Sleeps
head Bay-Thirty-n head of cattle
killed by lightning at st. Johnsbury, W
Don Jerman RiescO elected president
Of Chile by a large majority.
MONDAY. JULY 1.
George W. Armstrong, prominent Bos-
ton merchant, succunbs to surgical
operation at Centre HarbOr, \. H
Yacht Independence makes 80 miles to
windward in eight hours Six-masted
schOoners George w. Wells and FL
eanor \. Percy crash together in fog
off Cape Cod the Wells badly injured
Death and suffering reported from
heat all over New England: abnormal
number of drowning accidents-Death
of DR.. Sunderland, a noted Washington
divine--Dr. Emmanuel Pfeiffer begins
30-day fast at BOstOn-Fine pavilion
at Groyeland, Mass, destroyed by fire
Rev. L. Ii. Dorchester of Boston de-
clares that saloons are not as dangerous
as clubs, which menace the home life"
Metal men to strike, affecting about
10000 workers--Lowell police have a
fruitless search for BlOndin suspect.
TUESDAY, JULY 2.
+" Eleven men and boys killed by be-
ing struck by lightning on Chicago
pier-Fire RACES for mile along river
bank at saltwater, Me-; loss, 100000
Grin Capron shoots his wife and
tries to kill himself at Providence
his action the result of a long debauch
-CarpenterS in Boston, BPOokllne and
Cambridge strike for $2.70 for eight
hours wOrk-I1ire at pier of Hoosac
Tunnel docks, Boston causes loss of
about OO,000-BOStOn man reSem-
bling Blondin seen in Hudson, n. H
General Dick to manage the Republic
can campaign in Ohio-AIrs. MCKINLEY
now sits up and walks about her apart
A ments-lntense heat continues all over
the country; little hope for relief-sN@o
excitement at Buffalo over the failure
of the City National bank--Great steel
strike in the vicinity of Pittsburg in
lvolving already 50 600 men--Columbia
delats Constitution in their first race
of the season off NewpOrt-Sixtyt thou
sand dollars worth of dried fruit de-
stroyed by fire near San Jose, CAL.
Professor Francis J. Brtwell, a grad
nate of Harvard, accidentally hanged in
Dew MeXico-Winter wheat crop Of
Minnesota and the Dakotas promises
10 be the largest ever harveSted--W.
]. Bryan says he is satisfied that there
viii be no tariff legislation by the next
congress-Two hundred employees Of
the Illinois Central railroad retired on
a pension, under a new system--Gen-
eral Gomez says his visit to the United
States is on personal business which
he will not now discuss--Scandal in
Colorado caused by the payment of near
ly 100000 by the state treasurer in
warrants declared illegal 10 years ago
Continental Europe said to favor
! United States control Of any and all
ikthmian canals-PrOfessO Schurman
upholds Administrations plan for the
Philippines, believes the FilipinOs in
capable of self-government-Sue2
canal being made deeper-Czarewitch
formally betrothed to Princess Cecile
American sympathizers said to have
contributed 100000 for Boer women
and children-Iive Americans cap
tured by Chinese troops, charged with
holding up a pawnshop.
A competitive examination for the appoint.
ment to the cadetship at the United States
Darlington on Friday afternoon. As a re-
suit of this examination representative D. j.
Foster has appointed Paul r. Manchester Of
lW L 4 f.