St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-04-20

and several dwelings.-The A. S.
Holmes oil refinery, covering II
acres OF ground, 30,000,000 barrels
of oil, 20 freight cars and a train OF
oil cars were burned at Buffalo.
Friday.
Nine business concerns at CRANKY,
p. O., were burned out, and the
Windsor Hotel narrowly escaped
destruction.-Two policemen at
Dubuke, Iowa, were fatally shot by
tramps whom they attempted to
dislodge.-Mcmphis, Tenn, and
Jackson and Vicksburg, Miss, have
been visited by a destructive wind
storm.-Alarming earthquake shocks
continue to be felt in Servia.-One
thousand persons were made home
less by fire in Veszprim, Hungary,
which burned al houses. Rev. Dr.
Morgan Dix OF New York has de-
cliacd to be a candidate for Bishop
of Massachusetts.-A warm discus
sion over the record Of Senator
Roach of North Dakota took place
in open senate at Washington.-Chi-
cago restaurant walters are to de-
mand an increase Of wages ION May 1.
Saturday.
Secretary Morton of the agricul-
tura department is to investigate
the foreign demand for American
corn, with a view to developing a
large market abroad.-A movement
is on foot to unite the railroad en-
ployees of every description in one
great order.-More than 200 Metho-
dist ministers in Ireland have signed
an appeal to Methodist ministers in
England that they oppose Home
Rule both on religious and CONNER
cial grounds--CaShier Schardt of the
Mechanics Savings Bank at Nash
vile, Tenn, is about $4,000 short in
his accounts, and the bank has been
closed. 1.-The secret is now fully out
that Amy the Hanover murderer,
is really the notorious Abbott who
escaped from Windsor prison some
time ago.--It is said that the cele-
brated Kelley cure is about to be
sold to syndicate OF New York
for $40, 00,000.-The chief of po-
lice at Ware, Mass, was shot and
dangerously wounded by tramps
whom he was about to arrest The
Dead wood Terra mine in South
Dakota son fire and burning fierce
ly; one thousand men are thus
thrown out OF employment, and
great loss of property is probable
through the caving in of the mine
Fifteen persons were killed and many
Others hurt by cyclone at Thibo-
deau, La
Monday.
BY the breaking of some gearing of
one Of the large pieces Of modern
ordnance forming a part of the
United States government exhibit at
the Worlds Fair grounds two
private soldiers were crushed to
dcath.-Thirty-two Chinese for the
"WOrld's Fair" and PAL Chinese
merchants will be returned to China
from Tacoma, the officials refusing
to rccog ize their certificates Of
identihcation.-A dispatch from
Athens, Greece, says that the island
OF Z1nte has been shaken by two
heavy earthquake shocks, and the
people are fleeing, terror-stricken,
from all the towns. The greater part
OF the city of Zante was destroyed,
aud many lives were lost.-In the
second election for mayor of Port
land, Me-, the republican candidate,
Baxter, was elected by large major
ity.-SlX hundred men on the Union
Pacific at Omaha went out on a
strike; this will involve about 5000
men.-Hawaii's provisional govern
ment is said to be losing ground.
Tuesday.
Miss Lucy Larcom, one of the old
est and most popular of New Eng
land writers, died at her apart
ments in Boston.-Three men were
killed by boiler explosion in a
Rhode Island Irvine mil.-Two men
were killed by an explosion of nitro
plVcpriup near ina q