News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-08-18
NEWS OF The week
Tuesday. AUG. 10.

Inc Gfeek nag which was run III
over the fortress and the Cretan mill
tary barracks at Canea, the day fol
lowing the evacuation of the island b,
The international troops, was lowered
as a result of the protests of the foul
protecting powers.
The United Mine Workers al
Spring Hill, N. s., voted to go or
strike for recognition of their union.
Schooner Medford brought to Bos-
, Ton from Tampa, Fla, the record
Fargo of / ,037, 900 feet of pitch pine
lumber.
The sixth anniversary Of the coro-
nation of Pipe Plus was celebrated at
the Vatican with great pomp.
The body of Anna Schumacher, II
years old, was found crudely buried
In cemetery at Rochester, N. Y.
She had been choked and beaten to
death after being criminally assault
ed.
American bankers are to have full
one-fourth share in the Hankow- SEE
Chuen Chinese railroad loan.
Vehemently protesting that the job
was cursed" Italian workmen quit
their labors on the Bradford bridge,
Haverhill, Mass, after one of their
number had been drowned by falling
through an opening into the Merri-
mac river
Allegations of gigantic frauds are
made in connection with the election
! Of Diego Redo, administration candi-
date for governor of Siniola, Mex.
Governor Conner of Alabama signed
the Carmichael prohibition bill. I'm
der this act it is unlawful to sell or
to store any liquids containing more
than II of l percent alcohol.
Wednesday, Aug. II.
Before sailing for Europe, where
he will make air flights near Berlin,
Orville Wright declared his belief
that the Wright aeroplane can fly 1000
miles
Two of the so-called charitable So
cieties which purport to furnish as
sistance to Immigrants upon their ar
rival at New York have had their
privileges revoked.
Colonel Albert A. Pope pioneer bicy-
Gle manufacturer of the United States
and one of the first advocates of the
existing good roads system, died at
ais summer home at Cohasset, Mass.
The contract to supply S25 600
yards of olive drab cotton cloth at 25
eents per yard for use of the army
was formally given to the Massachu-
sets Cotton Mills of Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. Jane Germon died at Phila-
delphia. She was 81 years old and
probably the oldest actress in Amer
lea.
For the first time in nearly two
years all departments Of the Maryland
Steel company are running full time
six days a week.
1t is still impossible to foresee the
end of the strike in Stockholm.
The Spring HILL N. s., coal COM
pany ordered all operations suspend
ed at the mines.
James McSorley, a former Coney
Island hotel keeper, who completed
a prison sentence only few days
ago, murdered Daniel E. Fenton at
N. Y, whom he believed |
was responsible for his conviction, |
and then committed suicide.
The much-heralded appeal of Gil
Driano Castro to the Venezuelan con-
gress has died a natural death in the
room,
David w. Williams, the negro mess
1and on the battleship Vermont who
was one of the parties to a boxing
oout in which Harrison H. Foster was
lnled, will stand trial before the ma
7al board of inquiry.
Thursday, Aug. ~.
The business community of Month
.ello, n. Y, which was swept by a
disastrous fire, is paralyzed. The loss
will reach $500, 600.
The belief is gaining ground that
he backbone Of the general strike in
sweden has been broken.
The crusade against evils in the
of immigration aid So
ieties in New York has shown condf- {
ions which officials declare will be !
allied to the attention Of congress at 1
g next session.
Articles of agreement for fight Il
etween Jack Johnson and James j. h
earies for the heavyweight cham +
ionship of the world were signed at
hicago.
President Taft made the statement Il
nat if will be his policy to make as S
wv recess appointments as possible. W
The American bank of Nicaragua, II
bich has been chartered in the Unit
I States, has been given fifty year
,ncession for the establishment of tt
INK in Managua and other Nicara- d.
ian cities. =
.Jobn E. Wilkie, chief of the federal X
cret service bureau, declined to ac- h;
ut the Office of chief of police of
licago. Il
One quarter of a million dollars W
IS resulted from a fire which de- tn
Dyed Lynn's largest and Oldest be
,rocco factory, that of A. B. Hoff- he
in & Sons, Inc.
An epidemic of smallpox has broken &C