News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-06-03
THE WEEKS NEWS
Tuesday. May 26.

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George G. Richmond is to resign Oct
/. The charges against the rector We're
That he had brought disgrace on his
church.
The King and Queen of England en-
tertained President Fallieres and their
other French guests at a grand banquet
at the London palace.
M. G. ID. Borden announced a reduc-
ton in wages of 1904 percent, equal to
the reduction which went into effect in
the other mills at Fail River, Mass.
Rev. Nathan f.. Woods, ID. D., presi-
seminary, II leading Baptist institution,
has resigned his office Reason for the
resignation is not stated.
A mysterious crime took place at
Manchester, ~ H., in the shooting of
Miss S. j, Robinson, employed as house
keeper for George II. Sturdivant. y
shot crashed through a window and she
fell to the floor MORALLY wounded
An interlocutory decree of absolute
divorce was granted to Mrs. Elsie
French Vanderbilt from Alfred G. Van
derbilt by Justice O'Gorman in the New
York supreme court Mrs. Vanderbilt
is given custody of the only child, boy.
Supreme Court Justice MOrschauser
decided that Harry X. Thaw is still in
sane. He finds that confinement will
best serve the public interests" APP,
parently, Thaw has become resigned tc
the failure of his plea.
A general ballot of the men involved
in the British shipbuilding strike was
held and resulted in favor of accepting
the terms offered by the employers.
Wednesday, May 27.
North Carolina was carried for state
prohibition, by majority that is esti-
mated at from 10000 to $4,000.
Charles H. Northrop, former towL
treasurer of Newtown, Conn, under in
dictment for alleged embezzlement of
$4,000 of the town funds. took his life
by hanging.
Police Officer George H. Brown of
Portland, Me-, was sentenced to five
years in the state prison. He con-
fessed to fifteen breaks while an officer
on duty.
The Central American court of jus.
tice was inaugurated at Carriage, c. r.,
with representatives of Salvador,
Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua in
attendance.
1.-The street railway strike will pro
ceed," says Vice President Behner of
the Cleveland Railway Mems union.
President Dupont of the traction com
pany says the strike is broken.
Chief Justice Douglas of the Rhode
Island supreme court has resigned. The
resignation entities Douglas to fun pay
for life.
Geneva police are investigating the
execution by the Russian revolutionary
committee of man named Naidoff,
Russian government spy.
At buckingham palace, London, a
great state ball was given in honor of
President Fallieres of France.
AS result of conferences between
President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft |
and General Bell it has been decided |
not to withdraw any of the United F.,
States troops from Cuba at the present |
time.
Two duels were fought at ST. Peters
burg between Prince Napoleon Murat |
and two brothers named Plen, we'll |
known in exclusive social circles. |
Murat wounded both his opponents, one
of them seriously, but escaped I'M
scathed himself.
Thursday, May 20.
Fishing schooner Fame of Boston |
was run down and sunk while cruising |
off Cashes Bank by the steamer Bos-
ton. Eighteen lives were lost
On charge of attempted blackmail, |
Burton j. Emery and L. ID. Muzzy |
were bound over to the grand jury for
tried to extort money by means of a
threatening letter sent to Walter H. Pit
man of Laconia, n. H.
At least a tentative draft of the Re-
publican national platform will be pre-
pared in Washington. Already ar
are making for conferences
IN the subject.
Nearly all of the Olneyville Or. ~
mills of the American Wooden COM
1any which owns thirty plants in New
England, are starting additional ma
,hinery.
Robert w. Pierce, IS years old,
'atcher for the North Kingstown, r. l.,
Ugh school baseball team, was hit over
he heart by foul tip and died almost
The officials of the Milford Mass,
Rubber company announce that the
actory will be permanently shut down,
wing to unsatisfactory trade condi-
ions.
Six we'll known Boston steel men
we're arrested on charges of conspiracy
o defraud the city of Boston. The
harges are in connection with some
ontracts for city work.
The body of Reginald S. James was !
ound in the Charles river at Cam
ridge, Mass. James was medical
tudent at Harvard university. He
ad become respondent over excessive
tudy.
George G. Ryan, member of the
lew York brokerage firm of T. A. Nc