St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-03-06
NEWS IN GENERAL.
4 Race Against Fire.

here WAS I'LL anu CA-
citing race on the Central Pacific rail
road Thursday near Blue Greek, 35
miles west of Ogden, Utah. 1t wasa
race against time, and the goal
ahead was the water tank, six miles
distant. AS the west-bound fast
mail reached point six miles east of
Blue Greek the engineer discovered
the mail car, which was filled with
through mail, on fire. An effort was
made to put it out, but there being
no water near the engineer opened
the throttle and resolved to reach the
water tank if possible in time to save
the valuable cargo. Each minute the
burning train was a mile nearer the
promised rescue, and six minutes
landed the burning train under the
spout of the tank, but too late. The
interior was q Seething mass of
flames, and 1873 sacks of through
mail was almost totally consumed.
Word soon spread through the
coaches that the train was on fire.
The greatest excitement prevailed,
and only the lightning speed of the
train prevented the passengers from
jumping from the cars.
German printers are planning to
celebrate the 45Oth anniversary of
the birth of Gutenberg, the inventor
of the art of printing.
Ex-President Cleveland has cleared
an even 100000 by the sale of his
country residence in Washington to
California syndicate.
Count julius Andrassy, who was
foreign minister of the Austrian En-
pire under Emperor Francis Joseph
from 1871 to 1873, and who was re-
cOgnized as one of the ableSt and
most independent of European
statesmen, died at Buda Pesth, Hun
gary, on Feb. IS.
Mrs. Proctor, wife of the secretary
of war, will leave Washington with
her young son in few days for the
Hot Springs, N. c., the baths of that
place having been recommended by
her physician for the cure of rheuma
tism, from which she has been a
sufferer. Redfeld Proctor, Jr., has
almost entirely regained his health.
William Steinway is the first New
Yorker to contribute to the Chicago
Worlds Fair fund. He subscribed
$4,000 to the New York fund, but
now that New-York has lost the fair
he writes to the chairman of the
Chicago finance committee offering
to subscribe 100000 to the fund of
that city, provided the Senate con-
ours in the decision of the House of
Representatives.
The Canadian Pacific railway is
arranging for line of three or four
steamers to go around the world as
straight as the intervening land will
allow. The plan is to start from
Montreal, Halifax and New York in
the fall so as to avoid the summer
heat in India and the Suez canal.
Gibraltar, Malta, Suez, Penang, CO.
lombo, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Yoko-
hama and Vancouver, and passen-
gers will be on the same steamer
throughout the voyage.
The will of the late John Jacob AS
tor bequeaths the following legacies:
ST. Luke's hospital, 100000; Me
tropolitan Museum of Art, $50, 1000;
| New York Cancer hospital, $780,
| 600; and to the trustees of the As
tor library, $500 to be paid at
the expiration of two years from the
testator's death, and to be invested
by the trustees at their discretion.
All the rest of his property, real and
personal, he leaves to his son William
| Waldorf Astor, and his heirs. Seve-
raj years ago the Astor income was
computed from a careful examination
Of the tax lists at 100000 a
month. In the estate there were
300 dwelling houses alone, of an
estimated average rental value of
$4,000 a year each, to say nothing
of the vast amount of business prop
erty and the personality. The esti-
mated income of $12,OOO,OOO year
would therefore seem to be not ex-
| ceSSive