News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-12-23


kanagansett Pier is ompleted--NeW
York phys cians curing typhoid fever
with serum from Italy and SWitzer-
land--William Rockefeller loses suit
for trespaSs against a resident of the
Adirondack regi0n---President signs
the Cuban reciprocity bill--Report
that former Speaker Henderson may re-
turn to congress --President offers va
cant civil service commissionership to
General John @. Black--King Chris
tlan of Denmark in Berlin--Admiral
AleNief said to opposs war with Japan
French fishermen said to be violat-
ing French shore treaty--C Chamber
lain's proposed tariff inquiry meets
conflicting views Of the press-An
American said to have offered $250,0O0
or original manuscript of paradise
Lost''-Austrian imperial minister
suggests that Turkey places herself in
danger if she does not agree to plans
of powers.
SATURDAY, DEC. 10.
John y. Benson, head of what is
styled California Land syndicate, ar
rested at Washington on charge of
bribing interior department employe,
w. b. Harlan; held in $4,000 bail
Secret service agents arrest Il. q. Will
son and Il. B. Wiggin at Boston,
charged with being dangerous counter
feiters-Treasury Agents Bum and
Bean return to Boston for duty-Re-
port of Professor Shaler's withdrawal
from Harvard lacks foundation Of fact
Theological students of Boston uni
yersity de ~ that they have declared in
favor of Dr.. Hamilton for president
Nebraska supreme court holds that deal
ing in options is alnbling-SiXteen
hundred livery drivers strike in Chi
cago; 400 stables tied up-EXecutiye
committee of the civil federation meets
in New York and makes plans for the
year-Independent plate glass manu-
facturers agree with Pittsburg COM
pany to maintain prices and output
Merging of American Tin Plate and
Steel companies will save United States
Steel corporation 100000 a year
Senator Hours speech on Panama
pleases General Reyes-TranSpOrt
Kingsley ashore on the north coast of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HOar's Panama
speech arouses new interest in the sub
ject; plans being made for handling
such resolutions -Nicarag qua first
Central American republic to recognize
Panama-Wos y Gil says annexation
to the United States would not be
agreeable to San Domingo.
SUNDAY, DEC. 20.
Electric car Just escapes being
smashed in pieces by an express train
in Somerville, MasS-Isaac Isaacson,
sailor, beaten and robbed Of 500 at
Boston; a man dragged into lodging
house and robbed-Historic South
church at Salem, Mass, destroyed by
fire--Judge Beatty of Idaho, called to
sit in United States court in Butte by
Judge Knowles, adjudges r. a. Heinze
in contempt of court ard fines him
heavily--Chicago hearse strikers max
ing it perilous to bury dead or even re-
move dying folk TO ospitals-Presi-
dent Roosevelt sends third batch Of
Panama correspondence to congress;
message between Reaupre and state de-
partment in the documents-Mrs.
Mary II. Rogers, on trial on charge of
numbering her husband, at Bennington,
Vt, to submit her case to the jury with
out Charles Nelms, a Ken
tuckian, charged with paying men to
kill his wife and with kidnapping Vent
Charles s. Bullock of STRAIT
ford, Conn, bound over for trial at New
Haven on charges preferred by Miss
Isabelle V. SEailer, member of his
gregatiOn-Oscar S. Straus tells
of civic federation that Hanna
prefers to work for that body to being
president--Consolidated railroad ell
gineer sticks to his lever, and with one
arm broken keeps his extra freight train
out of the way of n passenger train fol
and Wiggil. alleged
counterfeiters, arrested at Boston, held
in $70O0--MOody instructs naval
iOlIto Ill llC SuIlDUedIl W let W.
lombians take the initiatives" situation
not alarming, but one that requires very
delicate handling--Spain, France and
the United States join hands in cele-
brating Louisiana purchase day at New
Orleans-General John G. Black ac-
cepts civil service commissionership.
MONDAY, DEC. 81.
In hope of discovering perpetrators
of numerous robberies and burglaries
which have occurred in Boston the po-
lice of that city made raids in cheap
lodging houses and arrested 80 men
Chinaman murdered in a Boston street
by three unknown thugs-Turkey
agrees to apologize for assault on Con-
sui Davis; officials to be punished
North Adams, Mass, police officer who
shot Chief Dinneen promptly removed
Kernel, the noted Irish
dies in hospital at Detroit
st. Joseph's orphanage at Nashua,
n. H., robbed of S200-Drunken row
starts fire at Providence, and woman
is fatally burned-San Domingo agrees
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