St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-04-14

The Southern New England conference
has adopted resolutions urging the
senate to defeat the Chinese exclusion
bill.-Incalculable damage has been done
by floods in the Southwest. Seven lives
were lost in collision between two
German steamers at Seattle French
chamber of deputies has voted the sum
asked for to represent the republic at the
Worlds fair.
Friday.
1t is now stated that property valued
at several millions of dollars, on Chica-
COS water front, is occupied by those
who have really no right to it, and that
the property belongs to the government.
j Pierrepont Morgan has given $780,,
900 for the New York trade schools
COlored people in the South are organ
ling for protection against lynchings
and general ill-treatment.-A wayward
minister at Boyerstown, Pa, ridden on a
rail and pelted with mud and stones
Vienna people alarmed over the frequency
of incendiarv hres-By cyclone in
Faulkner county, Ark, twenty houses
have been demolished and many people
hurt, some of them fatally.-Drought in
a portion of Texas has caused a serious
loss of crops and the death of many
cattle.
Saturday.
Seven persons at North Windham,
Conn, poisoned by drinking buttermilk
that had fermented in tin can.-Lieut.
Hetherington of the United States navy,
who shot his wife's paramount at Yoko-
hama has been acquitted.-A new sub
marine boat, tested at Detroit, made
ten miles an hour while running out of
sight, and is pronounced a successful is
announced that the Knights Of Labor
leaders are inclined to support Judge
Gresham for the presidency.-The town
of Columbus, Miss, has been badly
under water for several days, and SO
persons were drowned.
Sunday.
Boston harbor was the scene of terri
bic accident; A. F. Hardberg, instructor
of the Boston Farm school at Thomp-
sons island, and ten of his pupils. were
capsized in squat while crossing the
harbor, and he and eight OF the boys
were drowned.-Two aged people at
Holidaysburg, Pa, were brutally
tortured by robbers. who, fortunately,
failed to find any plumber.
Fifty or more lives were lost by con-
hagration at Toxic, Japan, which de-
stroyed 5000 houses.
Monday.
James Hayes, Boston electric line
man, was discovered hanging from a
pole, dead; he had come in contact with
a live wire.-A $50, 900 fire occurred at
Newport, r. IA large number of set
tiers waiting for the opening of the Chey-
enne and ArrapahOe Ountry.-Hon. ].
K. Porter, senior council for the people
in the trial of President Garheld's assas-
sin, died at Waterford, n. Y.-POrtions of
Illinois threatened by high water-A
heavy frost in Virginia.-Mrs. Harrison
suffering from bronchitis.-The Congre-
gational parsonage at Epping, N. H.,
has been burned, it is supposed by mad
dened saloon keepers.
President Harrison issues his proclaim
alton opening 574,257 acres Of Indian
land in the Dakotas to settlement by the
whites.
Tuesday.
A terrible storm of suffering comes
from factory district near Atlanta, Ga;
famine and disease are said to have
made sad havoc, and many persons have
perished.-It is now stated that Pitts
burgs chief of police. who died a short
time ago, was poisoned.-The league
base ball season opened, with a large at
tendance and great interest manifested
The horror of the Southern floods is
increasing, and the property loss is put
at So 600, 900; the loss of life may aeere-
gate over a hundred.-Col. Conger, a
strong Blaine man, declares for Harri-
son.-The Butte and Boston companv's
smelter at Butte, Mont, DESTROYED by
fire at a loss of $25O,OOO.
The First Regiment band of Bratt1e-
boro is talking OF disbanding, owing to
lack Of musicians.
I. W. Ramsay, formerly of St. Iohnss
bury. is now the sole owner of the Gran
lite City Leader, at Barre, having bought
c 2 Dndoe'S interest in that naner