Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events OF the Week BrIeHy
ChrSnicIed.

hWangSl province, CHINA.
Russia is reported to be sending large
Grns to Newchwang via Transsiberlan
.s.lway.
4 striker was shot in the Bronx, New
York, by nOnunion man who refused
TO be inundated.
Mrs Potter Palmer pronounces the
story Of her engagement to the Prince
of Monaco as absurd.
Eugene Garfield pleaded not guilty to
an indictment charging him with keep
ing a gambling house in. New York city.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain says
the British government is not support
Ing the movement of South African
mine owners to import Chinese labor.
David Barrie, Lipton's former repre-
sentative, has made bet of $1,000 on
Shamrock Ill against $500 from a
New York Yacht club member on the
cup defender
Monday, May rs.
An Anglo-American club has been
founded in Vienna.
Sir Thomas Lipton's feet will leave
for America next Thursday
Mr.. Foxhall Keene's selection to take
part in the automobile cup race is wei
coined In England.
Five persons were badly injured and
many were shaken up in trolley acct
dent at Paterson, n, ],
Several clubs in London according to
a special cable dispatch, have put lin
its on bridge whist playing.
Members of the Brotherhood of Car
penters, out on strike, have acknowl-
edged defeat by applying for work as
individuals.
A fire that is estimated TO have
caused a loss Of upward of S1,0O0,0O0
occurred at the Front Street Ware
housing plant in Philadelphia.
Garabed Kentooni, an Armenian was
murdered and his body was mutllated
by unknown assassins in his room on
East Thirteth street, New York,
A thunderstorm, accompanied by a
high wind, struck Pittsburg Sunday
afternoon and besides killing one man
did considerable property damage
Albert Spauldlng, the fourteen-year-
old son Of Mr. J. Walter Spauldlng Of
New York, has obtained a diploma as
professor of the violin at Bologna.
BY order Of Park Commissioner Will
cox workmen demolished the summer
garden Of Philip II. Dietrich, who was
squatting on New York city property
Twenty-Five thousand dollars worth
Of bunting and flags were draped from
the city hail. New York, in preparation
for the two hundred and tiftieth ami
versary celebration
While passing Mays Siding. near
Erie, Pa, the boiler on one of the loco
motives pushing Philadelphia and
Erie freight train exploded. killing one
man and injuring four others, three
perhaps fatally
saturday. May %.
Cars are running on all Bridgeport
trolley lines.
Friction in Korea with Japan is laid
to French influence.
Korea insisted on the Russians re-
GAOoNiAiE lAlt ! ulu llNtI.
tornado at Clay Center. Kan, killed
two girls and injured others.
The first hanging In Porto Rico viii
be that Of Pedro Dlsz, convicted Of
murder at political riot
The Seaboard Air Line railway shops,
offices and warehouse at Portsmouth,
Va, were destroyed by fire
Dennis Kilbride, recently released
from prison, was elected to parliament
from South Kildare, Ireland.
One section of Montana has been eat
en- up by grasshoppers, while another
was under three feet of snow.
Three students were hurt in bicy-
Gle race at the New England intercol-
leglate games at Worcester, Mass.
The Dalmatians have petitioned EN-
perOr Francis Joseph to intervene and
prevent further bloodshed in Croatia.
Samuel II NcElroy has died sud
denly in Brooklyn. Two weeks ago he
received sharp shock on trolley car.
While farmers in Schuylknl. Pa.
were in church praying for rain a
cloudburst caused great damage 10 their
lands
The Chicago Jewish massacre relief
committee has cablcd $4,000 TO Kislh-
nef as the first nstallment of Chica-
gos contribution
The people of Stamford, Conn, want
George Francis Train, who has vario-
loid, taken from his daughters house
to the isolation hospital
Ambassador Mccormick in an inter
view in London says that the Russian
government has no desire TO shut
Manchuria to American trade
The permanent treaty was signed at
the Office of the secretary of state in
Havana by Secretary of State zaldo
and United States Minister Squiers.
NJ Santos Dumont is preparing at
Paris balloon which is fifty-six meters
In length and has speed of eighty
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