News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-01-31
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canal investigation.
The New England States Limited, an
express train bound from Boston for
Montreal, was wrecked at Bolton, VI,
by running into Il switch which is be-
lieved to have been opened with ma
lciOus intent. Six cars were p"acti-
cally demolished. but none Of the pas
sengers or tlainmen was injured.
The pope has signed the papers ap-
pointing Bishop O'Connell of Portland,
Me, archbishop coadjutor of Boston.
The jury in the trial of the criminal
libel suit Of Justice Deuel. against Nor
man Hapgood. editor of Golfers Week
ly, returned a verdict of mot guilty"
Rev. George q. Ware. charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government
by means of fraudulent land entries in
Hooker county. Neb. was found guilty
by jury.
Violation of law, extravaganza,
in charges made by Senator Molsberry
in the Iowa senate against life insur-
ance companies of Iowa.
Melville Sheppard schoolboy from
Brown preparatory school, Philadel-
phia. has established a new running
record of % Is for the indoor mile.
The Cuban senate unanimously
passed an appropriation of $4,000 for
the purchase of wedding gift for Miss
Alice Roosevelt.
William G. Mccarthy, who was a
postal clerk at the North terminal sta.
ton. Boston, was sentenced to one year
il Jail for stealing letters from the mail.
Former Premier Balfour has ac-
cepted the seat resigned in his favor
by A. G.. H. Gibbs, who is pronounced
tariff reformer.
Friday, Jan. 26.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
W. Winn and Mrs. Charles e. Riggs
were found dead at the VIM home
at Providence. The murderer was
VIM, it is believed. who, after shoot
ng Mrs. Riggs, killed his wife and
then committed suicide. Jealousy is
ascribed as the motive.
The military reservation at Sabine
head mouth of the Kennebec river,
Me, has been named Fort Baldwin, in
honor pf Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin. en-
gineer and artillery artifcer regiment,
Continental army.
The big drydock Dewey is getting
along well on her way to the Philip
pines, according to almost daily re-
Of ha do, MIR oTnt
by wireless telegraphy.
General Joseph Wheeler, the famous
Confederate cavalry leader, and brig
adler general of the United States army
since the war with Spain, died at
Brooklyn. The veteran of two wars
was 90 years old.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
issued the invitations to the wedding
of Miss Roosevelt and Representative
Longworth of Ohio, which is to take
place Feb. II.
Stephen Decatur, first class, United
States naval academy, has been dis
missed from the navy in conformity
with the sentence of the court martial
in his case, on the charge of hazing.
The Philippine commission has &C.
cepted tie bids of the White syndicate
to build under 4 percent guarantee,
several hundred miles of railroad in
the islands of Cebu, Panay and Ne
gros.
The mill of the American Hair Cloth |
at Pawtucket, r. l.. was shut |
down, following a threat of women |
employed as weavers to strike.
Thursday, Jan. IS.
The closest friends of President |
Roosevelt say that not only will he not
again be a candidate for the presi- |
Dental nomination, but he will not ac-
cept the nomination if it is offered to
him.
The population Of Boston for 1905 |
was $3.50, an increase over the fig |
ures for 1895 of about 100000, accord
ing to the latest census bulletin.
President Palma has vetoed the |
measure passed by congress prohibit
ing the importation of foreigners to |
work in Cuban ports during strikes.
A score of Cinnamon engaged in a re-
yolver battle in the streets of New |
York's Chinatown, which resulted in |
the death of two Cinnamon, the mortal