News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-09-22

Inc ninety -nlnll anniversary VI tHe
independence of Mexico was celebrat-
ed throughout the republic with much
enthusiasm.
The campaign ON the question of the
adoption OF an amendment to the
Maryland state constitution, which Is
designed to disenfranchise a large
number Of negro voters, was formally
opened by Democrats.
The Hydeville, VT, postofIlce and
the building in which it is located were
wrecked by burglars, who secured
500 in cash and considerable guam
tity Of stamps.
of 1909 claimed as its grim toll 215
lives, according to the figures COM
piled in the current number of the
journal of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION.
Two hundred men were killed by the
explosion of powder magazine near
Mogador, Morocco.
The first general strike in the his
tory of the Fall River Iron Works cot
ton mills at Fall River, Mass. owned
by M. G. d. Borden, was ended when
the seven mills of the plant resumed
operations after a shutdown Of three
days. The strikers return to work on
a compromise.
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Richmond, pro-
prietress of Hotel Florence, Cam
bridge, Mass, was indicted for muir
der in the first degree for the alleged
killing of Stewart McTavish.
Saturday, Sept. 1s.
Tell the people of America to have
the fullest confidence in my conquest
of the Pole. | have records of obser-
vations made by me which will prove
my claim. l shall be glad again to
set my foot on American SOIL" This
was the brief message which DR.. Cook
asked the press to give to his coun-
trymen as he neared home.
Ell Roghi, the rebellious subject of
the sultan of Morocco, was put to
death inside the palace at Fee and in
the presence of the imperial harem.
Ar indictment charging him with
the murder of his father, George
Kent, was returned against Fred
Kent by grand jury at Newfane, Vt.
vt.
Professor William T. Smith, dean
of the Dartmouth medical school and
a widely known author of medical text
books, died at Hanover, N. H.
A call upon Massachusetts people
for funds toward alternating the con-
ditions following the recent flood in
Mexico was made by Givernor Draper.
per.
Miss Marion A. Mcbride, journal
list, prominent writer and worker in
the field of domestic science and an
organizer of many associations of
women, died at Arlington, Mass.
The body of DR.. Henry N. Stone,
aged 55, dentist of Newburyport,
was found near a main highway be-
tween Aver and Harvard, Mass. the
circumstances indicating that he was
a victim of foul play.
In speech at Winona, Mimi,
President Taft defended the Payne
tariff bill as the best tariff bill the
people have ever known and boldly as
serted that the insurgents" who voted
against the bill had abandoned the
Republican party.
Sunday, Sept. 10.
The new tariff board, which re-
Gently was appointed. by the presi
dent, is preparing to hold it's first
meeting in Washington.
The population of Massachusetts on
May 1, 1905, the date of taking the
last decennial state census, was 81
OO3 $50.
One OF the men on the steamer
Roosevelt at least knew long ago that
DR.. Frederick A. Cook had claimed to
have reached the Pole. He is Will
Roosevelt, who remained at Annatok
with Boatswain Murphy to guard the
stores.
Sophia Kritchman, a well educated
Lithuanian music teacher, and Joseph
Peczinitis, a bartender, were held at
Waterbury, Conn. on the charge of
numbering Bronick Kulvinski.
President Taft met at Minneapolis
the fifty members of the Japanese
commercial mission to the United
States and babe them a hearty well
come to the country.
Governor Johnson is still in a criti-
cal condition, with the chances even
for his recovery.
The street car system of Omaha and
Council Bluffs was unexpectedly put
out of commission by a strike of near
ly 500 employees on the question of a
new wage schedule.
Monday, Sept. 20.
Newly indicted into Office, Com
missioner Cabell of the internal
revenue bureau is now engaged in the
heavy task of providing for the execu-
ton of the corporation tax law.
On the charge of numbering his
wife, Mary T. King, on Sept. 3,
Henry w. King of Moultonville, N.
H., was held without bail to await
the action of the grand jury.
Charged with receiving a large
ouantitv of goods stolen from tho Con-