Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-05-21
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Notable Events OF the Week BI1eGy
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pOIlttls
The London Times says Shamrock
Ill is easily the best Of the cup chal-
lengers
Russian officials are hurt at the crit
icisms of the American press on the
subject of Manchurla.
The funeral of Sibyl sanderson in
Paris was attended by prominent mu-
gicians aud diplomats,
Twelve were killed and fifty injured
by the collapse Of an amphtheater
during a bullfght at Algeciras Spain,
Mrs. Cunning S. Bedford was re-
manded without bail at London on a
charge of making a false declaration
of a babys birth.
Monday, May Is.
Lieutenant General Won Reaben, gov
ernor Of Bessarabia, the capital Of
Kishineff, has been summoned to St
Petersburg.
The newly formed Law and Order
league made it's force keenly felt in
Amsterdam, n, Y, when 1t forced sa-
looms to close on Sunday.
Leland Dorr Kent has been found
guilty Of manslaughter in the first de-
gree for killing Ethel Dingle in Roch-
ester, n, Y, last September
In spite of the fact that he died Of
cholera, the authorities permitted Ma
bini, the Filipino politician, to be given
public funeral, which was attended
by ex-Leader Aguinaldo.
The full text of the formal charges
of Irregularities in the administration
of postal affairs preferred by Seymour
w. Tulloch have been made public by
Mr.. Tulloch. The charges were embod-
led in a letter to Postmaster General
Payne.
Saturday, May 10,
Supposed river pirates were arrested
at Perth Amboy
Nine. Calve has recovered in Paris
from accidental aconlte poisoning.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
have returned to London from Edin-
burgh.
The striking railroad men in Veto
ria, Il. c., have submitted uncondition-
ally and returned to work.
Sybil Sanderson, the well known
American singer died suddenly at Par
is from an acute attack of the grip.
The teamsters renewed the strike on
two sections of the New York subway.
Italian navvies are turbulent in tho
Bronx
Former Mayor A. A. Ames of Min
neapolis has been sentenced to spend
six years at hard labor in the state
penitentiary.
There is a growing belief in official
circles in London that King Edward
is contemplating a visit to the United
States in 1904.
Premier Balfour has received a pro
test from influential men against re-
mission Of the grain duty, but he gives
them no encouragement
Stead in the Review of Reviews has
said that If King Edward does not Wis
It America in 1904 the kaiser or the
car may forestall him.
The steamer Ortegal Of the Mesa
gerles Maritimes line has arrived at
Marseilles with forty-nine men Of the
steamer GuadelQuiver, destroyed by
dynamite off Salonika.
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone has made a de-
mand for damages from the Turkish
government on account of outrages
perpetrated upon her by the brigands
who captured her while in Turkey.
Friday, May 10.
The fifth annual horse show has
opened at Baltimore.
The steamer Victoria, with Nicara-
guam insurgents aboard has been cap
tured
Dry weather, prolonged for twenty
eight days. has put up the price of veg
etables.
Inspector McClusky is working per
sonally on an important clew in the
dynamite bomb mystery.
Magistrate Zeller Of New York will
hold for trial all persons arrested for
speeding automobiles.
Crops have suffered from lack Of
rain in New York state. The drought
has now lasted four weeks
A native Hawaiian was beaten to
death with Bible in the hands of
native sorcerer at Honolulu j
The German squadron under Prince
Henry called in at Brest on the way
from Kiel to Spain and Portugal
The memorial arch for the American
missionaries killed in China IL 1900
has been dedicated at Oberlln, o.
The strike of the Valparaiso dock la
borers has ended. The damage done
during riots is estimated at l,OO0,0Ou
pesos,
Mrs. George S. Batcheller Of Sarato-
ga. wife Of Judge Batcheller of the in
ternational tribunal of Egypt Is dead
at Alexandria.
Rev. r. J. Campbell pastor of the
City temple, London, has Joined the
passive resistance movement against
the education bill