St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-05-14
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.


Thursday.
GENERAL.-Germany has accepted
the presidents invitation to the
Worlds Fair, and will take part
Snow enough for sleighing in N orfolk,
Conn.-Reports of coercion of new
men in the Pittsburgh coal region.
The men are confined and the guards
point their rifles at them when they
try to leave the mine.-Robert
Browning's 10Th anniversary OBJ
served by the Boston Browning So
ciety with dinner at the Brunswick
Col. T. w. Higginson presided. Adj
dresses by Col. Higginson, Edward
Everett Hale, DIR. c. P. Everett, Rev.
Charles G. Ames, Mrs. Mary Cohen
of Philadelphia, Miss H. W. Mills of
Syracuse and Mrs. Emma Endicott
Marceau of Chicago. Poems read by
Mrs Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Jean w.
Lander, Mrs. Louise Chandler Moul-
ton, and Rev. H. G. Spaulding. Let
tiers were sent by Whittier, Holmes
and Lowell.
GENERAL.-Deputy United States
Marshal Spencer, who had been sent
abroad the Gillian transport Itata
to hold it, made a prisoner and put
ashore about eight miles from San
Diego, Cal, where the vessel was ly-
ing when he took charge. U. S.
steamer Charleston sent in pursuit.
F. A. Walsh & Cos tinware factory
at Milwaukee burned. Loss $75,-
OOO.-Fire in Alliston, Ont. Loss
about O.-Disastrous forest
fires raging in Michigan.-Spring
Garden National bank of Phi1a-
delphia, closed.
VERMoNr.-No change in Barre
labor troubles. 1t is said that even
if the strikers did give over, only a
part of them could find work as
many new men have been hired
Last day for presenting claims in the
Bradford copper mine difficulties.
Claims have already been presented
for $175, 900, of which nearly $4O,-
900 is for labor.
Saturday.
GENERAL Many villages in Mich
igan wiped out by forest fires. Four
gas wells, eight oil wells, several
tanks and about five square miles of
forest burned in Oil City, Pa.-Fires
in Worcester, Mass, Providence, R.
l., and Pittsburgh, Pa, with losses
of $4,000 $4,000 and 100000 re-
spectively.-Train robbery at Guth-
RE, 1. T., on the Santa Fe road.
VERMONT. granite cutters
held meeting. Reports that the
American Federation of Labor threat
ems to 'scab" all union cutters who
cut any granite quarried by non
union men. Danger of a general
strike-Central Vermont railroad
bridge at Chester destroyed Rail
road bridge at Gassett's station
burned. Traffic somewhat delayed
The notorious Robert Fitton at
tempted to break jail at Woodstock,
was discovered and held in $500
bail while he also spends his time in
the dungeon.-Charles Barnes, ct al,
of Corinth, had hearing before u S.
Commissioner George E. Johnson for
illegal distilling of liquor Bound
over to await trial at the U. S. Cir
cult Court at Windsor May 49,
Failed to procure bail and SO went
into Jail.
GENERAL.-Chateaugay, NY. near
lv wiped out by a fire; largest tan
merry in northern New York burned
$4,000 damag e--Accident on the
Canadian Pacific express near
Straight Mile Lake in Ontario Sew
eral cars and an engine went through
a burning trestle.-Cyrus White, 76,
died at Rockville, Conn. He was a
native of Richford, VT, and one of
most prominent citizens of Rockville,
being the founder Of the White Man
ufacturing company, the largest en-
velope factory in the world, with a
daily capacity of 2,OOO,00O.-Fire in
the F. H. Leggett & Co. building,
New York. 100000 damage
VERMoNT.-Lloyd Roberts, of Bur-
1ington fell on hayfork; tines pierced
his heart and killed him instantly
Rufus D. Chase, 6S, native of Hall
fax, VT, died at Orange, Mass. He
was prominent lawyer, one of the
best known men in Massachusetts,
graduate of Dartmouth and a prom
inent Odd Fellow.
Monday.
GENERAL.-Trainloa of rs men
sent to fight forest fires derailed near
Austin, Penn, by spreading of rails.
Seven including superintendent of
road, burned to crisp, a like num-
Ha,- nf he hoI11,