News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-01-22
THE WEEKS NEWS
Tuesday, Jan. Ia.


nearly one hundred souls Of Boyertown
Pa, into eternity in almost the twink
ling of an eye and injured nearly three
score, many of them fatally, A tank
used in Il moving picture scene ex
ploded in a theatre and the building
was consumed by fire.
Former United States Attorney Gen
eraI Judson Harmon will be a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination fol
President of the United States.
Mrs Russell Sage is the largest indi-
vidual taxpayer in the city of New
York Her assessment on personal
property and real estate stands at ST.
25S,000
The suspension of the firm Of Robert
Maclay d Co. was announced on the
New York Stock Exchange. The obi
cations amount to $1,500,000.
After one of the hardest fights
against eXtradtion in the court history
of the south, Ernest d. Blackwell was
brought to Boston from Florida by Bos-
ton police officers. Blackwell is
charged with the larceny of promlssory
notes.
An enthusiastic campaign for lower
rents was started by a mass meeting
CT 1900 tenants in the West End of BOs-
ton. 1t was unanimously voted to de-
mand of the landlords reduction of 10
percent in rents on the next rent day.
Wednesday, Jan. is.
The official roll of victims taken from
the ruins of the Rhoades Opera house,
Royertown, Pa, where a holocaust oc-
cured, numbers 167. The ratio of wo-
men and girls to men and boys is about
nine to one.
President Roosevelt has directed that
the installation of the president and
congress of Cuba, to be elected next De-
cember, and the turning over of the
island to them, take place not later
than Feb. l. 1909.
The stock brokerage firm of Dane,
Smith 4 Co. announced its suspension
on the Boston Stock Exchange.
The attorneys for Harry X. Thaw
have begun relentlessly to build up the
ease of legal insanity which they have
iDterposed in his behalf as defense
for the killing of Stanford White.
The fact that Frederick E. Sergeant,
the late cashier of the jewelers. Ma
tional bank of North Attleboro. Mass.
which is now in the hands of receiver
had been hypothecating the funds of
the bank, has become definitely known.
Governor Guild of Massachusetts, in
lIyac hnfn IN Nnti1 nj h.
and Leather convention, advocated a
sweeping revision of the tariff. with
the abolition of the duty on many i'm
ports.
Mayor Gerber of Reading. Pa, re-
ceived BLACK Hand" letter in which
not only his life but the lives of the en-
tire police force of Reading are threat
ened.
Health officials, having discovered a
suspected case of yellow fever in the
business section of Santiago. Cuba,
have ordered the disinfection of all the
houses and stores in the district.
Thursday, Jan. Is.
The Second Congregational church of
Dorchester BOstonJ. one of the most
beautiful types of colonial church archi-
lecture in the city, was burned by a
fire which is believed to be incendiary.
The building was erected 100 years
ago The loss is $4,000.
The special grand jury which was
sworn to investigate the conduct of GER
tain banks in New York. returned two
indictments against William r. Mont
gomery, president of the Hamilton
bank
A serious earthquake occurred at
Gonaives. Hayti, seaport town of 49,
GOO population. No loss of life is re-
ported Communication with the town |
is broken.
John A. Steele. who shot and killed |
Edward H. Cohen and seriously wound |
ed Dennis ID. Driscoll at the Massachu- |
sets state house, has been committed |
to the state hospital for insane Grim
inals.
Receiver Bancroft. who is now in |
charge of the affairs of the jewelers.
National bank of North Attleboro,
Mass, says that the late Cashier Sar-
geant had diverted to his own use the
banks money to an amount a good deal
in excess of 100000.
Postmaster Sampson was held up at
the point of a revolver by a masked
man in the Hanover On H. postoffice
and robbed of $570 and gold watch.
The robber escaped.
The Robinson schoolhouse at Attic.
boro, Mass, was burned. 1t was
valued at $1,000. The cause of the fire
IL thought to have been incendiary.
The Corriere D'Italia, an organ of the
Vatican in an article on the Japanese
American situation, says that war be-
tween these two countries is inevitable
Friday, Jan. II.
Charles L. Bruffee of Westfieh,
Mass, was sentenced to serve four
months in Jail for sending scurrilous
letters through the mails to his wife.
President Roosevelt has approved the
Recommendation of the ;sthmian canal
commission increasing the width of the
locks of. the canal from 100 to ITO feet
Malachi NJ. Johnson was sentenced