St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-05-04

the cost of the exhibits, which will
amount to many million dollars
more; four separate buildings have
been erected, bringing under roof an
area of about $50 acres.
Friday.
The explosion Of powder mixture
during tableaux in an entertainment
in church at Fairview, Pa, caused
panic, men, women and children
making a mad rush for the doors
many people were injured.-A large
portion of the town of Kreutzbergh,
place of about 1900 inhabitants,
in Bohemia, has been destroyed by
fire; the confagration swept away
1859 houses; six persons persisted in
the flames and many others were in.
jured; about 500 have lost their
homes.-Death of four-years-old
girl at Peabody, Mass, who had
been sleeping soundly for ten days;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has been received
that $50 Navajo warriors, while
attempting to steal cattle, met with
discipline at the hands OF posse of
cowboys; in fierce battle five OF the
cowboys were killed and number
of the Indians fell.-A building and
loan association at Indianapolis has
made an assignment, it's treasurer
being about $4,000 short in his ac-
counts. Massachusetts building at
Worlds Fair formally opened.-A
thousand men thrown out Of work
by the closing of mine at Bessemer,
Mich.-The island of Cuba is again
stirred up by instruction.
Saturday.
Failure of Erastus Wiman, the
New York capitalist, for about
81 900, 0.-Resignation of Presi-
dent Mcleod of the Boston & Maine
as receiver of the Reading.-Navajo
Indians returning to their reserva-
tion.-Twenty-one killed in a lorna
do at Cisco, Texas.-Failure of the
National Bank of Australia, with
liabilities, in the colonies alone of
$500, 000.-Three children near
Worcester, Mass, ate dogberries by
mistake for checkerberries, and one
OF them died.-The Canadian Pacific
railway has issued instructions
that American currency of all de-
scriptions, including silver, be ac-
cepted at par over its entire system.
Arrival in New York of the New
Cunard steamer, Campania, the big
gest steamer ahoat. The Campania
has 30, 900 horse power, 1000 ton
mage and is 62O feet long, only 10
feet shorter than the Great Eastern.
1t is expected that she can cross the
ocean in five days.
Sunday.
A large silk mill at Newburgh, N.
Y, was burned, at a loss of $780,
O00.-The burning OF a dry goods
store at Milwaukee, Wis, caused a
loss of 100000.
Monday.
The machinery at the Worlds Fair
was formally started by President
Cleveland.-The rainy season is
causing the Ohio river to rise rapid
ly, and considerable damage has al
ready been done by the floods at
several points; further and more
serious trouble is expected.-The
Reading company created a sensa-
ton in financial circles by defaulting
payment Of interest on its four and
five per cent bonds.-The southern
portion of Illinois has been visited
by an unprecedented rain; hundreds
of cattle and hogs have been
drowned, and the Missouri river
has been rising since Saturday night,
at the rate of an inch an hour.
Tuesday.
A great combine has been accom-
plished by the leather manufacturers,
who have organized under the laws
of New Jersey, with a prospective
of nearly $12O,OOO,-
000.-Robbers secured over $1,000
worth of plumber from the post
office at Woodfords, Me.-Thou-
sands of acres in Illinois and In
diana are now flooded and much
damage has resulted.-An express
train ran into funeral party at
crossing in Toledo and one woman
was killed and two others hurt
Twenty-Five thousand miners in the
state of Ohio are out on strike.-A
Little Rock, Ark, dispatch said that
the river had risen to within three feet
of the highest mark of the great
May flood in 1892, and several
houses have been swept down the
river.-Death OF L. F. Bates, whose
house in Charlotte, N. c., was Jeff
Davis headquarters after the sur
render of Lee.