St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-10
News Of the Week.
Washington Matters.


further amendment, the bill for fast
ocean mail service.
Every territory in the United States
has applied to congress for admission
into the Union as Il state.
The grand jury have thus far endors-
ed ii indictments against the star
route thieves as ''true bills" The in
dictment against the Brady-DOrsey
crowd is most vOluminOus document
and contains one of the largest counts
ever prepared, exceeding in length
any in the famous Tweed indictments
which were somewhat remarkable in
that respect. 1t contains 100 special
allegations of fraudulent acts and COW
ers transactions in 81 pOstroutes.
An important measure has been
framed by Congressman, which, if en-
acted, will relieve Congress of large
amount of work on private claims,
which now interferes with important
public matters. 1t throws extra work
upon the Court of Claims.
Queen Victoria Shot at She Escapes Unhurt.
On Thursday afternoon last, as Queen
Victoria alighted from the train at
Windsor and walked across the plat
form to her carriage in waiting, man
named Maclean, standing at the station
yard, among a number of spectators,
pointed pistol at the carriage and
fired. The Queen was Immediately
driven to the castle, but before she
passed the man had been seized by the
superintendent of the borough police,
who was standing near. He was also
violently seized by the crowd and only
rescued from them when three or four
policemen came to the superintendent
assistance, and the would-be assassin
was taken to the police station. The
Queen was uniniured. The man gave
the name of ROderick Maclean, and
said that he committed the act through
starvation but several valuable arti-
cles and small piece of money found
on him disprOve this assertion. Sever
al ball cartridges were also found on
him. He is supposed to he insane, as
it is alleged that he was at one time an
inmate of an asylum. At IA subsequent
examination of the prisoner, two letters
written by him were read. In the first,
written before the shooting, he said he
was compelled to commit a crime
against "the blOated aristOcracy," be
cause of the insut1iciency of the relief
offered him. In the second, written
after his arrest, he said that his only
object was to cause public alarm and
get his pecuniary grievances redressed.
He did not mean to hurt the Queen,
but only fired at the wheels of her car
riage.
Great Loss of Life and Damage to Property
by Floods.
The rains of last week were very
extensive, and did great damage to
property and caused much loss of life.
In the Mississippi river great desola-
ton has resulted. One hundred fami
lies below Memphis are utterly desti
tute. One hundred horses and mules
and many more cattle were placed i'll
Il starving condition. Fifteen persons
at Riverton Landing, Miss, were
drowned. Forty persons have been
drowned near Helena, Ark. Not less
than 10000 head of stock have been
drowned, and large numbers that es-
capped the flood are dying. In Quit
man county, Miss, the richest portion
of that county and at least twOthirds
of 5000 acres of land located around Be
len, the county seat, were overlooked.
Belan is in the centre of Il magnificent
cotton growing section. Not less than
1900 head of stock were drowned there.
By break in the levee at RivertOn
fully 10000 people suffer. In White
river valley, Ark, hundreds of tami-
lies were made homeless and desti
tute of food and clothing. On Il rail
road in Arkansas a heavy locomotive
was run two and half miles through
water averaging three feet i'll depth.
A man was kept on the COW catcher
pushing off drift wood.
At Plattsburgh the new bridge of
the Chateaugay railroad company, just
completed at cost of $4,000, was to-
tally wrecked by the flood. The fur
niture factory of +. w. Pierce Il Co.
was damaged several thousand dollars.
The Mohawk river was higher than
for 10 years. The Central railroad
track was two feet under water in
some places. The water tore up the
rails near CanOjoharie, and the cars
were thrown off the track there. The
Hudson rose more than nine feet above
its usual level.
Floods in and around Montreal
caused much Inconvenience to the in
habitants and did considerable dam
age to railroads and private property.
Rats had to be resorted to i'll order to
reach many of the houses. The Della
ware river rose rapidly, and inundated
places along its shores.
A Washington dispatch of the 9Th
says the losses and suffering of the
Southern people are terrible. The
Senators and members of the House
from the afflicted states are also in re-
ceipt of urgent kilograms calling for
an appropriation commensurate with
the disaster. From Little Rock alone
there are reports of l2,OOO persons
made absolutely destitute, and to feed
these even until the flood recedes will
require double the sum that has been
set aside for that state from the apprO-
priation by Congress. Additional APP
will be asked for, and
measures taken promptly to relieve
the victims of these extraordinary
floods.
IN VERMONT.
A culvert was washed out near Beth
ell on the Central road and the long
DfluSe AT hlultS over Jhe w lhooshl
was threatened by the ice, but escaped
damage. A trestle between Rutland
and Sutherland Falls was started from
its place, necessitating carrying by
passengers.
In General.
Vandals broke $1,000 worth of grave
stones in a cemetery at Birmingham,
CT, the other night. The people are
greatly excited.
1t was agreed in New York last Fri
day to advance rates in the following
to take effect March l3
East bound rates will be advanced from
Chicago to New York on 9TH class to
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