News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-12-23
THE WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY. DEC. Is.

VI CIlilNh SltllNo Alsli lAiSo
landed at Colon; will proceed to i'm
portaut strategic point and resist any
irVasiOn OF isthmian territory by Co
lOmban troops--Sea flows 80 feet be-
yond low water mark at Nantucket,
Mass. old slippers say phenomenon
forete.ls hard wi.lter--THe 25th ami
versary Of ST. L0uis post-l fispatch cele-
bratod by Is ,ujur of edition, single copy
of which WEIGHS two pounds and con-
taiEe 100 pages--&uoe travelling
agents predict long and busy spring
migrants landed Mt Bos-
ton in last I months exceed total num-
Der admitted in 1902--Judge Holt
.dismisses smuggling cases in Porto
RicO-More cotton mill wage reduc-
tons in effect in New England
Futile conference at Boston in effort to
settle upholstercrs' strike--Burglar
rob four houses at Fail River, Mass.
Troops OF provisional government Of
San Domingo attack revolutionary
troops and are repuls adz--Transvaa
miners in favor of Importation of Chi
nese labor.
WEDNESDAY,, DEC. 16.
Patrick a. Collins reelected mayor
of Boston by nearly $4,000 plurality;
Democratic board of aldermen, common
council and school committee also
electGd-Directors Of the Marblehead,
Mass, National bank recommend liQui-
datiOn--Departmen of yards and
va Nd I,oI ,OiT
large number Of its employeS--Ed-
ward G. Hodges, formerly prominent
stock broker, found dead at Boston
Cashier Of Yale National bank, New
Haven, commits suicide; accounts are
short--Chicago city hall employees
must wear badges; move to check graft
Chicago Board of Trade fails in its
efforts to suppress bucket shops
Wage cut of II percent in the Councils
vile coke region affects 10000 men
Home for frie1idless women to be
established in New York in memory Of
Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Ayer--New
canal treaty brought to New York by
steamship from COlon-Treasury de-
partment startled by the discovery that
the Cuba bill may be retroactive
Senator Hay burn introduces resolution
proposing sovereignty over Hayti and
San Domingo-Full report on the af-
fair at AleXandretta shows attack on
Consul Davis was unWarranted--
Treasury department asked to decide
whether commission merchants hand
ling liquors for foreign customers shall
be taxed as wholesale liquor dealers
President Loubet to visit Italy in April
-Armenians may revolt against re-
pressive measures by Russia--Russia
will not aid Finland schools unless they
teach the Russian language-Fight
on the Persian frontier in which shah's
troops are defeated by Turcomans--
Japanese minister to France expects
peace, but says it all depends upon Rus
sia-CTown Prince of Germany con-
fined to bis room for three days for dis
obeying his father--Unlted States
minister demands from Korea definite
reply about opening Wiju-Founder
of German colony in Brazil says the
people do not want German political
COllllOI--- 4AllIlllldI -AlbAIbIl nor
Baron DeRosen suggests any changes
in Russians reply to Jupan--Cardinal
Herrero y Espinosa makes beQuest of
$4,000 to ''the first Spanish general to
invade United StateS''--Indians in
northern British Columbia plan to kill
a tribesman accused of sorcery be-
cause he wore love charm in his shoe.
THURSDAY, DEC. II.
Heath and Beavers blamed for
fraudulent employment Of subordi-
mates in postal service; Bristow's report
makes charges of grating" Senate
passes Cuban reciprocity bill--In-
vestigation of charges against General
Wood completed; his confirmation will
be recemmendcd-Thr Boston city
hall patrolmen to be placed on retired
list; Chief Watts office to become Il
Kindergarten" for Peters
& Rice selected by the treasury de-
partment as architects of the new fed
eral building to be erected 1T Marble
head, Mass---New moves for peace in
the Colorado mine district-First
suits in Pennsylvania under news
paper libel law--LOuiSiana supreme
court fines whitecappers $1,000 each
Ext Governor Russell of North Caro-
lima believes the negro problem is I'M
solvable-Fever epidemic at Butler,
Pa, due to suspension of mechanical
filtration and pollution of drainage
Government demands reparatiom by
Turkey by Alexandretta outrage
Ambassador Won Sternberg is assured
that American consuls do not dis.
criminate against German manufac-
turers--Scottish Antarctic expedition
returns to Buenos Ayres-Bye-elec-
tons in England a great triumph for
mberlain-Austrian emperor re-
news his determination to have the
dreibund intained-Captain "Sol"
Jacobs steam fishing vessel, Alice NJ.
Jocobs, wrecked near Cape Race
Emperor Francis Joseph warns King
Peter to punish assassins or remove
them from otfice-Cuba delays action
on loan bill until approval of all amend
ments can be secured from New York
financiers.
FRIDAY, DEC. IS