News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-10-02
THE WEEKS NEWS.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 25.


Leon f. Czolgosz was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree in shooting
President Mckinley Sept. 6. The trial
consumed hours and PC minutes. The
! defense called no witnesses. The ex-
perts reported that Czolgosz was sane
Judge Lewis spoke about 25 minutes
for the defense, his principal plea being
that if any doubt existed in the minds of
| the jury as to the sanity of the prisoner
he should be given the full benefit of
the doubt District Attorney Penney
summed up for the prosecution in about
Is minutes. The judges charge was
| brief. The jury was out about 80 min
utes-Hardly had the good news cir
| culated about Fall River that NJ. C. D.
| Borden. owner of the Iron Works mills
| had advanced his operatives wages 5
| percent, when George \. Chase, treas
urer of the Bourne mills, Rhode Island
corporation, employing 600 hands
posted a notice of similar import
Report from Baldwin polar expedition
| shows all favorable as to the first stage
Reports of increased intoxicat'on
| following anti-canteen law denied by
| s--Anti-Tammany ticket re-
garded as generally satisfactory, all
| parties being represented-St Strong
union against regular Republicans in
| Pennsylvania---St Louis police thing
they have an accomplice Of Czolgosz
| KioWa Indians have a war dance in
honor of President RoOseyelt-Two
antitrust statutes in Nebraska pro-
nOmced Observation-Disclosures adj
miDiStratiOn reduced New Yorks direct
tax nearly $4,000, O0O-President
Roosevelt will attend Yale bi-centennial
-Weyler finds defects in Spanish
| fortresseS and dismisses governors
! Spain starts Il dragoman to Morocco in
| interest of the captive Spanish children.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26.
The athletes of Yale and Harvard
met the Representatives of Oxford ard
| Cambridge universities at Berkeley
| Oval. New York, in track and field
| events, and, as was expected the Drawn
and muscle of the American coll ans
! proved to be too much for that of tha
visitors. The Americans won six Of
the nine events on the program. Points
We're counted for wins only, so that the
Harvard and Yale men defeated their
English opponents by score Of to 3
Serious desrtutiCn among MIXERS
and Indians at Nome-Colorad asks
| federal government to aid in fighting
| forest fires--Seth Low will GLADLY ao-
cept" nomination for mayor of New
York-Dr. J. A. Dow of West Tops
| ham, VT, held in $4,000 on a charge Of
arson---New Hampshire farmers to
ask 36 cents per can for milk in Boston
| Oct. fall River Mass, cotton man
ufacturers resent Bortlen's increase Of
wages, and may unite for defense
! against him-SeCretary Gage antici-
| pates no further trouble in the money
market-No one is authorized to state
in detail the policy of Pre- sdent Roose-
velt-Belief that the canal treaty will
| be ratified; Lord Pauncefota Sattsfe |
! with nditiOns---General Macarthur
says conditions in the Philippines are
| favorable for the ideas of Il republic
-Postofiice department. decides not to
issue memorial stamps in honor Of
President McKinley--Democratic CON
gressmcn in Philippines promise flea-
dom, but the Republican visitors do not
support them-Tcrrible storm sweeps
the AzOreS--King Edward returning
| to England Russia reaches out after
markets in the east----Plan for martial
law in Cape Colony being cOn>idere |
American sealing schooner seized by
Russian warShip--North China News
says China's court will not return to
Pekin for two 'yearS-Venezuela
fear invasion by Colombia, but later
denies any intention of such a move
German authorities in Carolines ac-
cuse American whaler of selling arms
to natives-China to issue edict pro-
hibiting importations of firearms and
material; eXpiatory monuments to be
erected i'll foreign cemeteries.
FRIDAY. SEPT. 81.
Leon f. Czolgosz the assassin of
President Mckinley, was sentenced to
be put to death by ELECTRICITY during the
week'beginning Oct. 2S 1901. Before
sentence was passed the assassin
eyinced desire to speak, but he could
not get his voice above whisper, and
his words were repeated to the court
by his counsel. There was no one
else but me-" the prisoner said in a
whisper. No one else asked metto do it,
Although the first contest for the
Americas cup resulted in mo race" be-
cause of lack Of wind, the relative
performances of the Columbia and the
Shamrock ii have given yachtsmen a
fair line on the merits and capabilities
of the two boats. And this, tersely put,
is the lesson the experts have deduced
from the contest: The cup will stay here
Boston wholesale grocers opposed
to the proposed combination formed in
New York--Groveland Mass, town
hall burned--More reindeer added to
the Alaska herd-COal strike predict
ed in Pennsylvania for next spring
Great forest fires in Hawaii threaten
plantations and Secretary
Gage receives $G150 conscience money
Government orders release of Chinese
students held in San Francsco-Judge
Humphreys, indicated, starts for
Hawaii; it is to try to GUST Dole in favor
of Sewall-Botha's forces moving
rthward-German socialists over
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