News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-09-06
Celestial evolution before the British
association at Johannesburg
SATURDAY. SEPT. 2


Thirteen articles Of Russo-Japanese
peace treaty completed; hitch over
phraseology Of article regarding Sakha-
lin smoothed over-State census
shows population Of Boston to be 593.-
sos; of the whole state 2,99S Co.'S
Hannibal, Mo-. boy burned alive by a
playmate---Prospects for anti-Iam-
aany fusion in New York seem brighter
Lick eclipse expedition meets with
complete failure in Labrador--Fife
destroys shnge mill and six dwelling
houses at WeeksbOrO, Me-Miners of
Montana and Wyoming renew wage
agreement for another year-JeWeis
valued at $4,000 missing from home Of
Miss C. A. Bliss of New Canaan, Conn
Henry p Brannan of PaWtucket,
Il. l., killed by fall from third story
of schOolhOuse-JOseph O. Smith,
former secretary of state of Maine,
dies at SkOwhegan-Special sheriffs
and policemen Of Chicago form a strike
breakers uniOn-GalvestO leads the
world in cotton exports and the United
States in receipts for the fiscal year
New York's new law, prohibiting boys
under 10 and girls under 16 from sell
ing papers, goes into effect-Wall
street syndicate plans TO join with
growers to control the price of cotton
as fixed by the Southern association
Treasury experts believe the deficit
may imperil the reserve-Agitation
following Bennington disaster may re-
suit in establishment of engineer
cOrpS-Efforts for another peace con-
gress at The Hague to be renewed
when the president returns to Wash
ngton--Ex-SenatOr Caffery of Lou
isiana believes a new party will be
formed, and that Republicans may be
routed in 190S-Canadian province
of Alberta created at Edmonton-
Ten killed and many hurt in railway
accident at Witham, Eng-Belief
that Norway and Sweden will reach
full agreement on dissolution-Two
Congo functionaries sentenced to five
years imprisonment for brutality to-
ward natives
SUNDAY, SEPT. 3.
Text of treaty finished; reading be-
gun of the II articles; no mention of
Roosevelt in Committee of
the supreme council Of the Royal
Arcanum votes to sustain the new in
surance rates adopted last May to be-
come operative Oct. Maine wO-
man loses her fourth son within two
years, when Frank l.. Fox of Bath mis-
took laudanum bottle for jamaica gin
ger-Three persons perish in fire at
Littleton, Mass, house; Jane Willard,
a crippled woman, the heroine of the
occasion--FOur persons seriously
and score or more of others injured
in rear-end collision of two sections of
Bar Harbor night express at South
Gardiner, Me-GeOrge H. Amazeen,
the Durham, n. H, farmer who was
reported missing, returns home with
bride-Unknown person throws brick
at Mrs. c. p, Bean, wife of man promi-
nent in investigation of Hackett MUIR
der case-Thomas Larner of Ames-
bury, Mass, found dead on Plaistow
road, with wounds indicating foul play
-Sysonby wins the $4,000 Century
stakes at Sheepshead bay-Dr.
George H. Sheldon of St. Louis wins
diving championship after keen compe-
tition; G. NJ. Daniels of New York
wins 220-yard American swimming
championship-PresidentH Harper of
University of Chicago goes to Battle
Greek, Mich, for three weeks rest
MONDAY, SEPT. 4.
Peace treaty completed and ready
for signature; consists of preamble and
II articles; President Roosevelt re.
ceives from Emperor of Japan warm
thanks for diSinterested and unremit-
ting efforts in interests of peace and
humanity-Heavy rain in northern
Maine checks great forest fires which
have been burning two weeks--Over-
come by smoke while vainly endeavor-
ing to save his mill property from de-
structiOn by fire, Frank Z. Faulkner,
y. perishes in flames at Turner, Me
w. II. Borce, manager of st. Adams,
VT, street railway, appointed receiver
of that road-Adam Dahmer, 80,
foreman at works of General Electric
Lynn, Mass. killed by live
wire-Four young women drowned
in Hudson river when small pleasure
steamer was run down and sunk by
ferry boat-LoOmis to be sent to work
up better trade relations with foreign
w. G. Rucker yellow
fever fighter sent to New Orleans from
Boston, stricken with dread disease
City of Lowell, Mass, sued for alleged
of city water-Depart- |
ment of agriculture expert to visit |
China to study fruits-Benningt
court martial board named by Secre-
tary Bonaparte-Bomb explodeS on |
marine parade at Barcelona; panic en-
sues and air rent with shrieks and |
groans of victims, who number d.
Seven thousand houses DESTROYED by |
fire in Greek, Armenian, Bulgarian and |
Jewish quarters of Adrianople; many
deaths eported--King Oscar still in |
to any prince of house of |
Bernadotte ascending Norwegian to |
throne
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