St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-05-28
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

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Two men killed and 500 poisoned
Pittsburg in Morely,
Mo-, and Emporia, Kansas. Much
damage done and in Empo-
ria lady fatally injured. ExMinister
Taft died at San Diego, Cal. He
was born at Townshend, VT, in
1910; was minister to Austria and
Russia in President Arthur's admin
istration, encouragement and sec
rotary of war in President Grants
cabinet.-Corner stone of new
Masonic temple laid at Utica. N. Y.
Speeches by Mayor Goodwin. DR..
Depew and prominent Masons.
VERMoNT-Deatha at South Royal
ton of Hon. c. NJ Lamb, oldest
member of Windsor county bar
Senator from Windsor county in
1872 and was SO years old at time
of death.
GENERAL.-Ten negro convicts and
one miner killed by an explosion of
gas III an Alabama mine-T. E. Lee
| of Harvard college breaks the
worlds record in the 900 yard hurdle
race making the distance in "a As
seconds.-Ten miners killed by roof
falling in mine in Wales.-New Bra
lillian cabinet organized. = Dutch
steamer "Veendam" disabled at sea
with go passengers on board
Fourteen persons killed and six fatal
ly injured by a cyclone near Mexico,
Mo.-The president issued q procla
nation opening to public settlement
under the homestead law about
100000 acres of land in the Fort
Berthold Indian reservation in the
northwestern part Of North Dakota.
VERMoNT.-Arthur M. Foster, %,
hung himself in barn in Chelsea
John w. Hobart, general manager Of
the Central Vermont railroad, re-
signed. He had been With this rail-
road company 43 vears.-R. H.
Daniels appointed postmaster at
Woodbury.-Dr. o. w. Sherwin of
Woodstock appointed member of the
State board of health by Gov. Page
to succeed the late DR.. Chessmore of
Huntington.
Saturday.
GENERAL.-Jefferson City, Mo-,
penitentiary visited by 100000
tire-Dr Lorimer's church in Chica-
go damaged by fire to the extent of
$4,000.
VERNoNT.-James A. Allen whirled
around the shaft in the Rutland
shirt factory but no bones broken.
Sunday.
GENERAL.-An Austrian noble and
a young Southerner fight a duel in
Chicago over love affair with an
actress. The Austrian wounded.
VERMoNT.-Death at Burlington of
John B. Hollenbeck, 90, the oldest
Mason in the United States. Was a
veteran of the war of 1912 and given
a place in the Burlington custom
house under President Jackson.
Trial justice of Burlington for 40
years. Was a democrat in politics
and voted for Cleveland in 1888.
Had held many offices in the grand
lodge Of Vermont.
Monday.
AL.-Representative Houk
of Tennessee died at Knoxville from
taking a dose of arsenic in drug
store instead of a compound pre-
scribed for him and which the clerk
placed next to the solution of arsenic. |
He was a republican and represent
ed the Second district United |
States Supreme court upholds the
constitutionaiity of the original |
package law passed by the last Con-
gress.-The Supreme court retu ses
to interfere with the execution by |
electricity of the four New York
murderers.-Failure of Potter, White
& Bayley, big Boston shoe firm,
liabilities 81 100000. The Hill Shoe
company's failure at Memphis, Tenn,
swamped this Boston firm.
VERMoMT.-Three bills brought
against the Corinth moonshiner by
the United States court. Burnes
was taken to Burlington and enter
ed plea of not guilty in the open
court.-Funeral of Judge John B.
Hollenbeck at Burlington conducted
by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Yer
mont.
GENERAL.-John Burns, prize fight
er at Lynn, Mass, died from a blow
on the head which ruptured blood
vessel.-Four men attempted to rob
the mail train running between Ban
gor and St. Johns.-Venezuela has
formally accepted an invita- ton to
participate in the Worlds fair.
VERMoNr.-Hugh R. Hughes of
Poultney was seriously injured by a
falling stone and there is but little
hope of his recovery.-Col. c. D.
Abel, editor of the Rutland Daily
Monitor, resigned and returned to
Albany.
Wednesday,.
GENERAL.-Rev. DIR. Henry J. Van
Dyke, one of the best known Presby-
terian clergymen in America died at
his home in Brooklyn.-JohnR yan's
Sons, large dry goods firm at At
lanta, Ca, failed for $3.50, OOO.-
Thirteen prisoners have been killed
bv the guards at the Pratt mines at
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