News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-05-08
THE WEEKS NEWS.
WEDNESDAY,. NAY l.

against United States-IerryMc
ern knocks out Oscar Gardiner in fight
for lightweight championship at San
Francisco 100000 pier at San
Juan, F.. r., destroyed by fire--John
Grogan, testifies at the Eastman MUIR
der trial at Cambridge, Mass, that the
defendant once threatened to shoot his
Observation-Disclosures corpus proceedings
brought against Warden Bridges of
Massachusetts state prison from ex-
ecuting StOrti, on constitutional grounds
Difficulty in securing competent Off
GERS hinders army reorganization
General Portuondo says the Cuban fear
of troops was the stumbling block in
the Plat amendment, but this is rem
edied by the presidents wOrds-An
extensive Nihilist plot in Russian Po-
land; GOO arrests made-Circular is
sued by the Leyland line shows that ].
p. Moran will undoubtedly control the
line, through the purchase of a majority
of the ordinary stock. N
THURSDAY, MAY2. II
Assistant Town Clerk Swan arres
on suspicion of being connected w
disappearance of town funds of
lington, Mass-Boers beaten at b
platz--John p. Weber, Jr., son
Boston millionaire, drowned while
| noeing at Brunswick, Me-Presi =
| Mckinley given royal welcOmev
| New Orleans-John f. Reynolds
and killed at Worcester by john
Cummings; latter held on nun
charge-Coroner investigating de;
at Concord, n. H., of +. p Mems
a wealthy young man of Bos
boston street car service threatenw
by a strike which has been defep
pending tiations--Henry
| Whitney denies that J. F. Morgan lVs
| secured the Dominion Iron and StS 4
ks-Massachusetts legislature re-
| jects the bill to permit the imprison-
ment of patients who escape from the
state dipsomaniac hospital ColoW 0
restores the death penalty---More
Porto Ricans arrive at Honolulu
| End of organized rebellion in Panay;
Quentin Sales surrcnders-Steps for
the establishment of a national art gal,
lery at Washington
FRIDAY MAY 8.
President Mckinley given a wonder
fully warm reception by people of New
Orleans Martinelli takes
oath of office-Former City Clerk
Moore of Portsmouth, n. H., arrested
on embezzlement charge-FeliX An
taxa arrested at Gardner, Mass,
charged with robbing employer-W.
l.. Gushing, tax collector of Plaistow,
| N. H., short in his accOunts-Cyrus G.
CaSwell, a Boston milkman, killed in a
collision with an electric car--Roland
A. Swan arraigned for the larceny of
$4,000 and four books from the town Of
Arlington, Mass--Rritish press
alarmed by the power of American
trusts-Leading wOmen's club in st.
Paul votes against color line-Pere
Marquette system grants 12-hour day
to legraphers--Many miners who
| Joined stampede in Alaska are missing
The Havana-American Cigar COM
pany absorbed by the tobacco trust
A difference of cents a day between
men and owners causes closing of big
smelter at East Helena-Contracts for
material and equipment of the British
Westinghouse electric plant placed in
the United States-Stock of the new
Soule cotton mill at New Bedford
Mass, over-subscribed and directors ia
vor an increase of 100000 in capitalize
on-More insurgents surrender al
Bangued--Province of North Ilocos
LuZon. cleared of rebelS--DemocratS
see a third term scheme in the presi
dents trip--Philippine commission
completes a successful tour of eight
weeks-Zeal of American producers tC
: control Cuban markets cause cOmpli
cations in fixing the tariff-Havana
paper says acceptance of platt amend
ment before a republic is established
would invalidate Cuban bonds, and ia
vors delay-Li Hung Chang said toAe
pandering to BoXers--BlOody bad
between Russians and Chinese neE
Moukden: former lost 60 killed D.
wounded---British said to have
stroyed the Majuba monuments
strike of miners in Spain--BritA
mine owners fear they have gone too
in opposing coal taX-Aim of Morgt
purchase of the Leyland line said to
to place it in closer touch with the
lantic Transport line.
SATURDAY, MAY 4.
. Mrs. Rathbun convicted at New
ven of murder in the second degree
poisoning her husband; sentenced d
life mprisonment-Civ governing
established ut Manila-TwO casesv
yellow fever at Havana-Rev. Nei
Andrews, Jr., pastor of East Baptis
, church, Lynn, Mass, resigns by re
7 quest-Charge Of murder against Mel
son Jones withdrawn in Fosburgh poi
soning case; he is held in $1,000 Of
charge of attempting Man,
e business and residential blocks at Jack
sonville, Fla, destroyed by fire; 81.
lives reported lost; money loss of be
+ tween $S,000,000 and $9O00,O00-
e Presidential party reaches Austin, Tex
and receives grand ovation-Tor
> Sharkey defeats Fred RUSSELL the Cal
fornia heavyweight, in four rounds a
!. Denver-Lynn and Boston compan
S authorized to buy two more street raj
e ways-Many educational institution
y remembered in the will of the late Mar
Shannon of Newton. Mass--Counst