News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-12-27
THE WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY, Dec. IS

TUESDAY, Zee. 90
The casualties at Moscow are esti-
mated at 5000 killed and $4,000 wound
ed with the fighting still proceeding.
The inhabitants of Moscow have been
forbidden to leave their dwellings at
ter O'Clock in the evening. 1t is i'm
possible to move about the city in con-
sequence of the frequency of stray
bullets. a scarcity of provisions is
threatened.
Fire which is supposed to have been
caused by a lighted candle ignitlng the
Christmas decorations destroyed st.
Patricks Roman Catholic church at
Fairfield. Vt The loss is $4,000.
Secretary Taft has granted the ap-
plicatiOn of Lieutenant General Miles,
retired, for relief from further duty
with the organized militia of MasSa-
chusettS.
Admiral Dewey's Christmas greet
ing to the officers and men of the navy,
bespeaking a united stand for the good
of the country and the service, was
communicated to the officers and men
aboard the vessels throughout the world
wherever they could be reached by tele-
graph.
Every union in the New York build
ing trades, with the exception of the
Housesmiths and Bridgemen's, has
signed Il trade agreement to go into
effect on Jan 1 next This affects 100,-
600 skilled men.
An anarchist who attempted to stab
Cardinal Pages at Barcelona commit
ted suicide by taking poison soon after
bis arrest.
President Morales has left San Do
mingo and his destination is unknown.
Considerable unrest and excitement is
shown at the unexpected departure Of
the president.
Monday, Dec. rs.
Hope Youngf. convicted of murder
and awaiting a new trial, was sudden
ly bereft of her reason il the Digby,
n. S. Jail.
Major Charles J. S. Miller now at
his home in Franklin, Pa, denies that
he has any intention of clipping with
Mrs. Robert Fjtzsimmons.
Two boys We're drowned at Webster,
Mass, while learning to use skates
given as Christmas presents.
A Philadelphia policeman interrupted
a Socialist meeting when Ben Hanford
called President Roosevelt an agent of
the car.
A woman clerk in Oakland, Cal,
postoffice is alleged to be $1,000 short in
her accounts.
There is a great increase in the eX-
port trade of the United States with
China and Japan.
Ruth Blackburn, ) years old, of South
Groveland, Mass, was instantly killed
by the accidental discharge of shotgun
in the hands of her 7-year-old brother
James f. Martin, prominent New
Yorker, was instantly killed by the over
turning of an automobile.
A monument to Senator George
Frisbie Hoar has been placed in the
family lot at Concord, Mass.
Employees of Boston and Maine rail-
road have endorsed the pension plan of
President futile, which aims to raise
100000 annually.
Mrs. Burke Roche, New York So
ciety leader, estranged from her father,
has left her home.
Sunday, Dec. "a.
An Ansonia Comm girl was killed
by the wrong drug in prescription.
Amesbury, Mass, Republicans talk
of sending protest to the president
on the postmastership
Increased Royal Arcanum rates were
declared void in New York by Justice
Gaynor.
Jewish societies are to seek natu-
radiation of 10000 Boston Hebrews.
Mormons dedicated shaft on the site
of Joseph Smiths birthplace in Yer
mont.
Chicago is to have theatre that will
produce only the works of masters.
James A. Clark, heir to S1OO000O,
has disappeared from his home at
Flushing, N. Y.
Foreign steamers are taking out |
large shipments of grain.
A number Of midShipmen are to be |
court martialed for hazing at Annapo- |
lis.
Robert FitZsimmons, who went |
down to defeat at the hands of Jack |
O'Brien and in an hour was made
heartbrolen old man, has received the |
announcement that his wife has left |
New York and gone with another man.
Saturday, Dec. 20.
The members of the MelrOse High
lands, Mass, Congregational church
took unusual action by voting to invite
a Methodist minister to become pastor
of their church.
Charles Bassett, aged 10, was SEN
fenced at Waterbury, Conn, to life
for the murder of Thorn
as Lockwood. Bassett's self-confessed
accomplices, Edward Leonard and JO-
seph Ceneski, were offered an opportu-
nifty to plead guilty to murder in the
second degree, but refused
The annual report of the street rail-
ways of Massachusetts to the board of
railroad commissioners shows marked
increase of business.
Joseph II. Choate in all likelihood
will be named by President Roosevelt