Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-04-02
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Everts OF the Week Briefly
ChrOPicied.

are closed on account Of dispute
With weavers.
William Blake's illustrations to the
Book of job brought $4,000 at auc-
don in London
The people of Jerusalem We're panic
striker by severe earthquake shock,
Little damage was done.
Frederick Roscovltz said to be the
last living pupil Of Chopin, died at
Denver, aged siXty-seven.
The presidents of Guatemala and Sal
vador met ON the high sea and ar
ranged the differences between the two
republics,
Monday, March 30.
The body of General Hector Macdon-
aid was buried in Dean cemetery, Ed
iubuTgh.
The French senate rejected the pro-
posed measure for a state monopoly Of
petroleum
The United States squadron, consist
ing Of the Chicago, Cincinnati and Ma
chias, arrived at Leghorn Italy,
Professional safe blowers broke into
a grocery store at Springfield Mass.
They obtained 81 200 and escaped
Mrs Roosevelt and her children went
on board the presidents yacht the
Maydower, to take a weeks cruise.
Two lions escaped in Pittsfeld
Mass, from the Bostock show One
was shot and the other was captured.
Herman Bowman Usher, twenty-five
years old, of Chicago student at
Yale university, killed himself in New
York
Robert NJ Baker of Worcester and
John b. Kenerson of RoXbury, Mass
both freshmen in Dartmouth college,
were drowned
Rloting at Batum and Baku, in the
oil districts of Russia, was suppressed
by the troops. The vice governor Of the
district was injured in the trouble.
William V. Mexican. who for nearly
thirty years was editor in chief Of the
Public ledger died at his home in
Philadelphia at the age Of eighty-three
years
1t was predicted that 10 per cent Of
the cattle and sheep on the eastern
Oregon ranges would be dead of star
walton before the new grass crop
comes
A New York laborer who began
laughing last Wednesday and laughed
his way through every ward in Roose-
welt hospital was transferred TO Belle
yue hospital, still laughing
Frederick S. Rowe and his brother.
Edward f., aged respectively eleven
and nine years, were run down and
killed by shifting engine of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad at Locust
Point, Md.
Canada is TO have another transcOnti-
mental railway. Its terminal viii be at
Quebec I'm the east and Port Simpson.
b. c.. in the west The road will short.
en- the distance between England ami
China zoo miles
Saturday, March -.
The German consul AT Caracas. Ven.
ezuela, accidentally killed himself
VIII Dorsey colored. was hanged at
Ala for highway rob
berry
a number Of passengers were hurt
in a wreck on the Burlington road near
ILL.,
n. X. Fairbank mutimillionaire Chi
cago soap manufacturer. died, aged
seventy-three years.
The empress OF Germany was thrown
from her horse while riding at Grune-
wald, and her right arm was broken
Governor Batchelder of New Hamp-
shire has signed the license bill and
appointed a board Of commissioners.
The Sunset limited on the Southern
Pacific ran into another passenger
train in Texas. Three We're killed and
nine injured.
1t was announced In Pittsburg that
Mr.. Carnegie would give an additional
Sl,550,000 for the purpose Of enlargmg
the Carnegie library in that city
Two companies Of Maccabebe scouts
Slgnally defeated the main body of
San Miguers. force. San Miguel and
forty-iye of his men were Killed.
Articles Of merger filed by the steel
trust at Trenton. n. j., were amended
so as TO change the name of the new
corporation to the Carnegie Steel com.
pany.
The entire Bulgarian cabinet has re-
signed owing to the inability to and
any one who will accept the portfolio
IF war unless the cabinet agreed to the
army appropriations,
The Cuban senate adopted the reel
Drocity treaty as amended by the Unit
ID States senate. This action was Sc
cured OH the strength of President
promise to call an extra
session of congress I'm December to put
the treaty in operation.
Friday, March ~.
A boy at Mahanoy City, Pa, was
killed by an umbrella thrown by man
whom he had annoyed.
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