News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-02-25
THE WEEKS NEWS
WEDNESDAY, FEB. Is.

| WEDNESDAY,, FEB. Is.
Hay and Bowen sign protocol for set.
tlement of claims of United States
against Venezuela; expected TO serve as
model for other claimant nations-Sen-
ate agrees to continue consideration of
Panama treaty in executive session un-
til disposed of-Eighteen lives lost by
sinking of steamer Olive in CiloWan
river, Va, after being struck by tornado
/ Three more Cornell students die of
typhoid fever Steamer Livonian six
days overdue at HalifaX-VenezueI
presidential decree imposing war tax
of 80 percent on all imports Electric
cars held up for hours at Chelsea, Mass,
because of battle between railway
company and the city officials over re-
noyal of snow from the tracks---Death
Mt Boston of Hon. Charles Theodore
Russell, brother of the late William r.
Russell-Gale hampers movement of
coast vessels; trains and the United
States mails badly delayed by stor1n----,
FOrmalin treatment fails at Bellevue
hospital, New York, and patient dies
New York labor organizations plan
to enter next mayoralty campaign with
| Independent ticket-Littlefield anti
trust bill amended and reported to the
senate-Politiclan think Wick matter
shows presidents negro policy to be
| inconsistent.
THURSDAY, FEB. 10. as
Argentine republic bars live stock
from New England points
lot injured by cold spell Justice
Shiras resigns from supreme court
bench--St. Louis suffering from fuel
famine-Two children, aged 1 and 3,
| locked in house at New Bedford, Mass.
burned to death-United States circuit
court at Chicago grants preliminary in
| junction against beef trust; bidding
agreements called Illegal combinations:
fixing of prices and shipments forbidden
Ten steamers arrive at Boston from
abroad within 1G hOurs.-The formalin
cure for blood poisoning has proved
failure-Miners at Colorado City de-
mand uniOniZing of Standard reduction
Works-Denver cannot provide suf-
| fiCient Accommodate for Christian
| Endeavor visitors next .Iuly-C0mDla
| ton Of coast defenses will cause aban-
| donment of many inland army posts
General Davis approves finding of
| Glenn court martial, but criticises
! Glenn's orders-Brigadier Generals
| Breckenridge, Ludington and Wade
nominated to be major generals -
Deaths from plague continue at Niazat-
! lan-Guatemala and Salvador reach
peaceful settlement of their dilticultics
French protocol on Venezuela claims
follows that of the United States -
Spain RECEIVERS $337, 500 her full claim
for delay on Scotch torpedo boar con
tracts-Austria and Russia fail to
reach agreement on Turkish cOercivn
mea sures--Toronto Mail objects to
the United States members of The
Alaska commission as disqualified by
aTowed prejudice,
FRIDAY, FEB. 20.
Four men killed, two dying and sew
eral injured at Fort Lafayette by eX-
plosion; were extracting fuse from
eight-inch shell-Quay joins Morgan in
senate hold-up-Goyerno of New
Hampshire signs papers for extradi-
ton of ex-MayOr Ames of Minneapolis
-Express train strikes a trolley car
at Newark, n. j., killing eight chill
dren on their way to schOol--Beef
packers expected to appeal from decision
of Judge Grosscup and the injunction
matter in that case will go directly to
the supreme court-Fewer prisoners
In Massachusetts than since 1S91---
J. w. Dickinson admits heavy over
drafts on South DanverS, Mass, Ma
tional bank, but says President Clark
advised his action-Marshal Field
will give Chicago $10,O00,000 for new
museum-New Y. NJ. c.. A. building
burned at Springfield, O.; loss S250,000
Two highwaymen hold up Los
Angeles trolley car and rob the ! as
sengers-Employe of Chicago City
railway present ultimatum and threaten
to st1ike--Monroe county, n. Y, court
holds that selling found property is not
crime-Water from below mouth of
SulcdSO CauuI SHOWS Duct 'Ild
to the drop-Two American miners
butchered by ladrones in Mindanao---
President declares extra session will be
called if Cuba and canal trea ties are not
ratified-Banker s' association names
committee to consider legislation pro-
viding a more elastic currency--Judge
Day appointed to succeed Shiras on
United States supreme court bench
Hungarian minister wounded in duel
with deputy-British colony planned
in Canada to take up 2,00000 acres
Germany and Russia open negotiations
for new commercial treaty
dent Palma urged not to sign Cuban
loan bill, but he probably will--Foot
and mouth disease reported in Mexican
cattle at San Luis Potosi-Fire at
Dominion iron and steel plant, Sydney,
G. B., causes loss OF 200,00O-King
Oscar says trouble between Sweden
and Norway is due to badly devised
union-Germany resumes diplomatic
relations with Venezuela, and sends
new minister, Herr Pelldranl, to Car
acas-Lord Cranborne, in British
house of commons, says United States
was not formally notified of Anglo
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