News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-01-04


New inland waterway from Chesa-
peake bay to Beaufort inlet to be rec
commended to ongress--Secretary
Taft sees the president and urges re-
duction of tariff on Philippine sugar
and tobacco-France preparing for a
crisis in Morocco-Captain and cap
tain's wife and crew of Maine schoon-
Ell w. R. Chester rescued at sea and
landed at Havre, France.
SATURDAY, DEC. 81.
Fourth big lumber fire of apparent
incendiary origin at Providence causes
less Of $780, 00--Mrs. Newell Ellis
worth of Morrisville, vt, while insane,
places poison in family's food; woman is
dead and husband critically ill, but son
will recover-Japanese lost 10000
men in killed and wounded in six days
fight in capturing Rihlung fort
Vermont clergymen working for re-
prieve of Mrs. Rogers, under sentence
Of death for killing husband-Fall
River Textile unions vote to continue
the strike-Tammany hall reor-
ganizes by re-electing nearly all officers
Pulmonary diseases causing great
mortality in New York-Rabies never
so prevalent in New York as during the
past year-New York commission to
make plans for municipal lighting plant
City of Chicago held not liable for
damages in Iroquois theatre fire suits
PLAN of universal alphabet pro-
posed at Chicago; phonetic spelling
feature-Adams' petition for full in
vestigatiOn in Colorado granted by the
supreme court-Success of Wichita
mountains national game preserve
| project expected in Oklahoma-Re-
ported reputation of presentment
against Bishop Talbot by signers in
| Huntingdon, Pa-British steamer
| Drumelzier, ashore near Oak island,
outside of New York, breaking up
Francis H. Nichols Of Chicago, widely
| known as newspaper man, reported
dead; was on an expedition to Lhassa,
| 1hibet-Fierce gale sweeps over
United Kingdom; vessel goes down in
| North sea-Move to give the mullah
a settled sphere and bind him to keep
the peace--LOndon police capture
| two counterfeiters, who are charged
with extensive orgeries-Herbert L.
| Bridgman and J. ]. Harrison on the
way to the Congo to investigate condi.
| tons.
| SUNDAY, JAN. 1.
DR.. Charles M. Raymond victim of
brutal assault near RehobOth, Mass
Bride of a day deserts husband at
| Beverly, Mass, and Is arrested at Lynn
| Man Patterson to be tried again;
| district attorney refuses to release her
OH bail-Miss Anna Higgins, ~ years
old, of Somerville, Mass, burned to
death-Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick ar
rives at HobOken, n. j., and starts for
| Cleveland in company with Sheriff
Barry-United States Senator Mitch
ell and Congressman Hermann in
dicted for conspiracy to defraud the
government of public Iands-TwC
men arrested in New York for abduct
ing a girl, whom police found by
| breaking down doors in hOtel-Man
and woman murdered in a New York
| tenement house-Massachu state
board of health member says only tenn
rorary hospital for lepers is desired or
Cape Cod-Panic in a Chicago the
atre follows cry of fire" but no one
| is seriously hurt-BostOn Elevated
Railway company distributes 100000
in gold to about 1000 of its employees
Friends of Worcester (Mass.) acad
envy raise 100000 endowment fund
Death at Boston of James w
Vose, the famous piano manufacturer
Boston board of aldermen defeats
order for a municipal gas and elec
tricity plant-Japs storm ard cap
ture Sungshu mountain-Russiar
commission decides to recommend
recognition of American passports
without distinction of religion.
MONDAY, JAN z.
General Stoessel senGs letter to Gen
eral Nogt offering to surrender POI
Arthur. as last defenses are gone; no
vet stated what terms Stoessel asks
some of most important inner forts
acknowledgements patents
many of them either totally or partially
disabled imperilled in $30,OOO file
which destroyed New England SAM
talium buildingS-Chief Justice Al
bert Mason of the Massachusetts su
RI riOr court dies at BrOokline, Mass.
Of eumOnia-Sheriff Barry and DR.
Chadwick arrive at Clel Gland; bal
bond for $4,000 furnished for Chad
wick's appearance in criminal cour
john j. Taggart of Philadelphia
gives himself up to Chicago police
saving he is wanted for embezzlemen
OF $1,000 from Pennsylvania Railroad
company Morrissey of Bos
ton dead as result of terrible burns, anC
his wife under arrest on charge of as
sault and battery-FOr first time il
MANY years the United States enjoy
New Years day without the tempera
ture at any point throughout entir
country touching zerO-Eermont stat
board of health to commence crusade
against buildings throughout state tina
are not adequately equipped with fir
escapes.
Domestic Troubles
1t ia exceptional to find a famil.
where there are no domestic ruptureI