News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-03-15
THE WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH Z.

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churian base; kuropatkin believed to
have staked wars result on his pres
ent rally-Stfke affecting 5000 en-
plOyes declared on Manhattan elevated
railway and subway system; New
York passenger traffic tied UP
Boston's apple shipments for the sea-
son far ahead of other ports-Massa-
chusetts supreme court decides thai
superior court judge has plenary pow
er to determine what constitutes moral
disqualification Of jurol-Election
in II Maine cities; Republicans success
full in nine-Trial of Mrs. Cassie /.
Chadwick opens at Cleve.and-Eight
year-old boy shoots and kills baby
brother at Natick, r. Maine Cen
trail sheds at Waterville, Me-, burned.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH s.
Because of the power of the attack
on the west of Mukden. Kuropatkiu
has been obliged to abandon his offen-
sive against the japanese centre and
give his whole attention to defending
his existing lines; st. Petersburg in
clined to believe it too late for Kuro
patkin to attempt retreat, and that he
will have to fight out present battle to
decisive finish; 10000 men reported
killed in 10 days fighting-Big strike
on New York ~ road and subway;
traffic in confusion: rear-end collision
in which 90 passengers are injured
Plant of American Cereal company at
Cedar Rapids, Ia, largest of its kind
in the world, comprising two entire
blocks of brick and iron structures, de-
stroyed by fire; loss 81, 50O.OO0-No
license makes gain of 10 towns in mu.
nicipal elections in Nermont-Massa
chusetts troops return from Washing
ton-Home for needy and INDECENT
Masons to be established from be-
quests in the will of William II. Will
Jams of BOston-Postoftice at Taft
vile. Conn, robbed Of $100O-Corn
elevator burned at Council Bluffs, Ia:
loss $2OO,0 00-Hotel and restaurant
burned at Berlin, n. H.; loss $4,000
Belgian minister to the United States
badly injured by being hit on the head
by falling screen-Report that New
foundland may retaliate on our fisher
men for failure of Hay-Bond treaty not
taken seriously in Washington
Cabinet crisis at Ottawa more acute;
Sifton pressing Laurier-CaLadia
commission recommends tax on Sar-
dine herring exported in American bot
toms-N1icholsen called to form new
cabinet in Norway; crisis brought on
by move to establish consulates indie
pendent of Swedish control.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8.
Indications that Russians are badly
beaten in bloodiest battle of the war;
giving ground before armies of Japan
and abandoning positions south and
southwest of Mukden, burning sup
plies which they cannot carry with
them; Japanese artillery laundering at
gates of Mukden, which Russians are
preparing to evacuate; enormous loss
of life Oh both sideS-Great improve.
ment in New York railway strike sit
uatiOn; narrow escapes from disaster,
due to nervousness of green motormeu
State police trying to discover who
set numerous fires in freight sheds at
BoSton-Harvard overSeerS appoint
Andrew Carnegie on committee to visit
chemical laboratory sent
to $500 Boston merchants calling at
tention to Importance of entering for.
eign goods through Boston-~Plans for
conducting work along new lines dis
cussed at meeting of the Massachusetts
Total Abstinence society-Ice goes
out of the harbor of Rockland, Me
Lenox, Mass. trolley car wrecked; mo.
torman badly injured-One mar
killed, another injured, by a train col
lision at Rochester, n. Flour
miners killed in West Virginia as re-
suit of the breaking of a cable-Cor-
oner reports no murder in case of man
found dead at Pawtucket, r. I-Re-
ceiver of Oberlin bank testifies Mrs.
Chadwick was given checks when she
had no eposits-Stanford inquest at
Honolulu complete; experts report evil
dences of strychnine poisoning-Il-
linois court holds that failure of policy
holder to receive insurance company's
notice of expiration does not invalidate
claim-William G. Fox to be chief of
bureau of American republics-Dis-
trict of Columbia court of appeals de-
cides Porto Rican to be citizen under
civil service gulations-Startli
increase in the number of paupers in
England-King Edward confers deco
ration on Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Resignation of the 10th ministry Of
the present administration in Chile.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10.
Mukden still occupied by Russians;
Flu pass, - miles to eastward, on Hun
river, vital point for General Kuro-
patkin in the retreat of his eastern
wing, bombarded by japanese
Steamer Vera passes wreck of wooden
craft 10 miles east of Boston light
Strike at hat factories in Orange, N. j.,
settled-Haverhill Mass.) child dies
after eating strychnine tablets
Strong opposition to Governor Herricll
developing in Ohio-Kansa oil field
boycott practically renewed by Prairie
ompany-Arbitratio settles strike
at Republic Steel plant at East Chi
cago-Boston and Maine freight
handlers at Gloucester, Mass, receive
increase in wages--Lewis and Clark