News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-03-30
THE WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH %.

l-cIC a NA4hANCAA --'
Story from Toxic that japanese have
occupied Port Arthur after combined
land and sea attack; from same source
comes stCIy OF lighting on the Ialu,
with 600 Cilsut ltitS-GrUduateS and
ind ararududres OF harvard unite in OBJ
serTiuG 10th birthday of President
Lhut AS We.l as mplet. Oh Of 80 years
Is lead OF Gaiv. roIty bakers
o: Eostou pat smaller caves of bread
"a the m&tAet--NO ,llentitic oDserva-
tons OF earthquake E.ate in New Eng
land--Peuce DIT clareU between Platt
and Odsu in New York-Confedera
veterans in Mississippi start crusade
against lyncling-One killed and sew
eral wounded in Il riot in an Italian set
tlement in New YOrk-Former Mayor
Grace dies of pneumonia at his home in
New York city-Striking weavers at
New Bedford apply for work, but more
than 200 are turned away-War de-
partment denies that arms We're given
to the Panama revolutionists-Im
portant engagement in Mindanao; 100
MOros killed by the American forces
under General WoOd-Secretary Taft
plans trip to the Philippines, which
will mark the first step toward home
rule for the islands-Bubonic plague
at Johannesburg-Ma tador at Juarez,
Mex, fatally gored by a bull-Great
increase in immigration to Canada;
better class of people cOming-Pro-
fessor Strobe of Harvard arrives at
Bangkok; he will be general adviser to
the government of Siam-British
bankers object to a clause in the Lon
don dock bill, which might disturb the
money market.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %.
japanese make another desperate at
tack on Russian fleet and forts at Port
Arthur; town bombarded by six battle
ships and II cruisers, the Russians re-
turning the fire; Russians report five
men killed and claim to have disabled
Japanese warship-Sympathetic lock-
out of Lynn shoe manufacturers
against strikers; long and hard battle
between capital and labor looked for
Three incendiary fires within few
hours at Maiden, Mass-Martial law
declared in Las Animas county, COL on
account of miners strike-Supreme
lodge of A. o. U. w. questions the
jurisdiction of the Massachusetts SUI
preme court-Receivers appointed for
d. j. Sully q Co-Strike of 500 en-
ployes of the Arlington Cotton mills at
Lawrence, Mass-Sultan of Sulu ac-
cepts abrogation of the Bates treaty
Republican congressional campaign
committee named-Charles Cunning
ham, millionaire stockman of Oregon,
indicted on charge Of conspiracy
President Smiths promise to help find
Mormon witnesses for Smoot case has
brought no results-Supreme court
holds that person riding on railroad
with a free passage cannot recover
damages in case notwithstanding
Taft says that unless tariff on Philip
pine imports is lowered there will be
little trade for American ships except
in hemp-Russia asks Canada to
abandon pelagic sealing in the Pacific
French deputies pass an amend
ment to Combes' religious orders meas
ure-Anarchists at Liege make an
other attempt to kill Police Commits
sioner Binett-Motion to censure Bal
four government on South African Chi
nese labor issue defeated-Cuban
house Of Representatives will see con-
tests over seats of nearly all the new
members.
THURSDAY, MARCH "a.
No further news of bombardment of
Port Arthur; indications that land op-
erations will begin early in April, with
New Chwang as objective point of Jap
anese-Shutting down of turn shoe
departments in Lynn factories on ac-
count of strike may throw 5000 men
out of emplOyment-Miss Florence
Borden of Fall River Mass, wins
Southern California golf championship
Five men injured at the Spectacle
Island (Boston) plant of the New Eng
land Sanitary Product company by ex-
ploson of a digestion Representative
Brewster of Springfield, Mass, a posi-
tive candidate for the Republican nomi-
of Maryland signs Baltimore aid bill
Good results of anti-gambling cru
SADIE in Chicago Prominent church
leaders unite to combat the divorce
evil-One contractor on the collapsed
Darlington hotel, New York, arrested
-Sharpe's hotel at Iittleton, w. Va,
wrecked by gas explosions; one man
killed-Lawrence, Mass, strikers
willing to compromise, but decline TO
accept wage cut of 10 percent-New
shipping rules at Vancouver aimed at
American vessels-Consul Fee at
Bombay cables: daughter dead
plague; wife attacked" Charles
Dick of Ohio sworn in as successor to
the late Senator Hanna-Move in con-
gress to abolish the office of Judge
Swayne ard thus avert impeachment
trial-London discredits report of
death of Amer of Afghanistan-
British loan of $25,OO0,O00 under Irish
land act seven times oversubscribed
-Dato Hassan killed in Sulu; Sakay,
president of PhiliDDine "renuhlic." and