News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-05-01
THE WEEKS NEWS.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL "a.


Unknown steamer ashore off Maine
coast-Vicar General O'COnnGu ap-
pointed bishop of Portland, Me--Min-
lister Ioomis' course in Venezuela ap-
proved by state department-Presi-
dent and Secretary Root decide upon
regular army of 10000 men-Boston
| and Maine now controls all New Hamp-
shire steam roads except 50 miles
-Twenty-eight Mormon missionaries
| in Boston, bound for various parts of
| EurOpe-Florida legislature passes a
| bill making insanity cause for divorce
THE Ohio river is still rising, but
there is no fear of further damage
Shipyard pool projected by several
large firms to prevent competition in
| government contractS-ROot's visit to
| the Philippines abandoned, and Cor
| bins Reconsideration in Porto
Rico are improving, many difficult
problems being solved-Naval officers
talk of contrasting retirement provisions
of the personnel act-EX-Senator Pet
| tigrew makes preparations to run again
| for the United States senate--London
| Spectators fear of an European anti
American alliance not taken seriously
Report that preparations are being
made for another Boxer uprising in
southern Pechili--Canada adopts
strict precautions against plague.
| Preparations. making to develop rich
| sulphur deposits on Mt. Makushim, I'm
| alaska--Proiect of an American ship
building syndicate to build plant at
Sydney, G. B., favored by the town
cOuncil-New York Central railway
takes first step to secure an entrance in
to Montreal by obtaining control of
company that proposes to bridge the st.
Lawrence river.
THURSDAY. APRIL %.
George H. Brainerd kills l. H. Farm
| ham and Il. NJ. Buxton and probably
fatally wounds two other men at Port
land, Me-; deed committed without
warning and without known cause
Fourteen Massachusetts men made
lieutenants in regular army under re-
organization bill--Judges rule out dy.
| ing statement of Grogan in Eastman
murder trial at Cambridge, Mass
| No danger of a water famine at BoS-
ton; metropolitan reservoirs all full and
overflowing-Mr KnOwltOn, attorney
general of Massachusetts, decides that
street railways have the legal right tC
act as common cariers--Movemen
started to have Boston represented in
the proposed international monument
erected in Milan, Italy, to the memory
of Verdi---Two thousand Cincinnati
machiniSts may Strike---ScOttish Rite
Masons celebrate in Chicago their cen
tennial-GovernOr Odell signs the
bill granting limited suffrage to women
Professor Brooks of Hobart college
believes Mars is inhabited--Only fouI
| plants, it is said, will be included in
the shipyard pool-EXMayo Schier-
n of Brooklyn declines to be the
lti-Tammany candidate-Alabama
votes to call constitutional convention
at Montgomery, May 2l-Effort to en-.
large the scope of the cloth printing
combination in Fall River Mass, being
made--Many more surrenders in IN-
zon-Commissary investigation in Ma
Mia is --Pan-American
congress commission to meet soon to
rganize-United States, Spain and
Germany notify Venezuela that certain
DEGREES of President Castro are ignored
Cuban commissioners arrive in
Washington; hope to reach a better IN
Outstanding, but have no power to act
for the Observation-Disclosures Conger
defends the missionaries in China
Renewed rumors of q Russian loan OF
500, 000,000-Bresci,t the assassin of
King Humbert, said to be mad.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20.
Rumors of Franco Russian deal to
outwit powers and secure control of
Manchuria, China's richest province
reform movement at Gloucester,
Mass, causes terror to evil-doers in all
questionable resorts-Minister Conger
arrives at San Francisco on
dry dock at Boston navy yard suspended
on account of strike of hosting engi-
neers-Another break in prices of pro-
duct of Fall River. Mass. mills. caused
by outside competition; curtailment
plan of past month has proved a failure
boston book collector pays $4,000 for
two first editions of Poe at sale in that
city-Boston yachtsman reports that
the new cup defender Constitution IL
wide departure from previous yachts
New York committee OF Is continues
the crusade against vice---Lawyer
Patrick indicted, charged with murder
of William Marsh Rice at New York
Senator Tillman will wage war on his
colleague, McLaurin; white Republican
party will meet many obstacles-Fail
ure of plan to persuade Porto Ricans to
emigrate to Ecuador-War depart.
ment considering plan for an American
line of steamships to Manila--Ser
geant Weston sentenced to two years
in prison for completely in Manila com
missary frauds-Outlook for a new
canal treaty decidedly unfavorable;
senators oppose any concession to Great
Britain-Ex-C Congressman Tarsney
says southern men as individuals ia.
vor imperialism, but may not vote as
they think--Former French minister
of commerce in Washington discusses
the friendly relations of France and the
United States-Serious commercial
crisis in Russia-Americans take half
OF the British loan-Spanish captain
admits that he violated laws of war at
Contiogo Sir Michael IItoLc- Ron oh