Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-08-06

Two persons killed and l6 injured IN
a collision between electric cars on tbs
| Boston Il Worcester railway, n,
Southboro.
Bourke Cochran, Charles Francis
Adams, Ex-Governor Boutwell, and
Governor Garvin of Rhode Island
wake the echoes of Faneuil hall in de-
nonncing Imperialism, Roosevelt ano
the Republican party.
Stabbing affair In Boston's China
| town; extra policemen sent to the dis
trict to maintain order.
Lightning strikes in several places
at Salem during electrical storm;
C, .ucester, Concord, Winchester. ETC.,
Sns Sdlsn , suffer; several thousand dollars
storm in New York city also.
Robert e. Pattison, twice Democrat
ic governor Of Pennsylvania, died yes
terday at his home in Overbrook,
Penn.
Central Vermont train wrecked at
Norwich Town, Conn.,, several persons
hurt, but none fatally.
Chicago mob of 1000 storms po-
lice station and is driven back only
after repeated charges, packers kill
nearly $4,000 animals and think they
| have the strike broken.
]. Pierpont Morgan's launch, with
the flnancier aboard, nearly wrecked
| three times in short trip.
Five masked robbers hold up two
men In Central park, New York.
Passenger train help up and passen-
gers robbed by five masked men 20
miles from Chicago.
Russian army in full retreat from
Liaoyang; skeleton force left behind
to check Japanese advance as much as
| possible.
WEDNESDAY, August 8, 1904.
Three days assault on the inner de.
fences Of Port Arthur fails; report
from Chefoo says Japs lost 10000 and
that Russian loss was 5000.
President Roosevelt tells Grand
Army committee he will visit Boston
If possible, but doubts if he can.
Special inspector in Chicago looking
into the packing house strike on or
ders from President Roosevelt pack.
ers claim they are doing 80 percent OF
their normal business.
Apartments of Fred C. Raymer of
the Boston National Baseball club
robbed of jewelry to the value of
nearly $1,000 by sneak thief.
Alleged bomb-thrower attempts to
secure money from British ambassa'
dor at Lenox, Mass.
Charles Bosworth, said to be policy
man and gambler, found battered and
dying in room at New Britain, Conn
Boston schools to be used for G. A.
r. reunions.
-- Aadrssa-Is, pishop Potter and sing.
ing of the doxology features OF open
ing of New York saloon.
Opening of the convention Of the
Federation of Catholic societies in
Detroit, Mich.
Sentiment in the teamsters' conven.
ton is in favor of sympathetic
strike to aid the packing house
strikers.
Jewelry stolen from Newport cot
tage of Frederick Van Horne of Bos
ton; no clew to thief
Mrs. Constance Phelan of Chelten.
ham, Eng, crosses ocean in a ball
gown, with no baggage but 81 and two
cases of mineral water.
Cortelyou chooses his chief aids;
Scott and Murphy in east, and New
and Lowden in the west the best
known.
Representatives of $4,000 anthracite
miners vote in effect to strike unless
operators obey umpire Wright's decis.
ion now in dispute.
Inspector who examined the Grand
Republic tells the federal Slocum COM
mission that its fire equipment is prac,
tically worthless.
THURSDAY, August q, 1904.
b Chicago packing house strikers cut
off ice supplies to retailers who have
bought meat of the combine packers;
riot in the stockyards in which two
beaten to the ground
Senator George F. Hoar taken sud-
denly i'll at his home in Worcester and
his daughter is summoned from Pigeon
Cove.
st. Petersburg anxious over the 81.
lence of Kuropatkin for "a hours; be.
lieved situation at Liaoyang is most Sc.
rious; orders to prepare Harbin for
winter quarters.
Ending of Vanderbilt feud marked
by vis of Mrs. Alfred G., to Mrs. Cor.
nelius Jr., at Newport.
Revere, Mass, selecmen vote to IL
cense Sunday shows at beach.
Steamer Monohansett goes ashore on
misery island, but passengers safely
taken off.
Bradford, the new fruit steamer. ar
rives at Boston.
Wall of Wisconsin brings to Judge
Parker message from Bryan, that Ne
braskan will place himself at the dis
posal Of the national committee to aid
in the election of Parker.
Chairman Taggart names Delaney
Nicoll and George Foster Peabody at
head OF national committee; Sheehan
and Belmont on executive.
Trustees will wind up the affairs of
Daniel j. Sully.
Brother and sister drowned nea
Bridgeport woman's husband fatal
hurt in a runaway while hurrying to
the place.
Mad dog causes panic at Eastons
beach, Newport.
Senator Fairbanks notified at Indian.
apolis of his nomination as candidate
for vicepresident by Elihu Root for
Republican national convention.