St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-03-30
RECORD OF THE WEEK.


Thursday.
Death and destruction were wrought
in Tennessee towns by cyclone. Hall
of the big state penitentiary which covers
80 acres OF ground was torn to pieces,
entailng an enormous loss the conylcts,
500 in number had Just moved out OF
the mess hail when the building col
lapsed. Derden, suburb of Nashville,
was entirely obliterated by the storm
and fire. Several lives were lost. The
town OF Roland was nearly all destroy
ed; the property damage at Bowling
Green and other places will amount TO
over $150,000. At Stanford II houses
were wrecked and several persons hurt
Five pclsons persisted by the burning
Of an apartment house at Cleveland, q,
Several Mississippi towns were nearly
wiped out by cyclone, but no lives
were Iost.-The court OF arbitration APP
pointed to adjust the difficulties between
Great Britain and the United States
in relation TO The seal fisheries IN Behring
sea met at Paris and began It's work.
A report has been received from Pau
huska, Usage nation, OF fire which
swept away large portion OF the town,
destroying the Indian council house, sew
cral stores and many small buildings.
Five lives were lost in the flames.
Friday.
Destruction has been wrought in Cen
trail Indiana by flood and cyclone.-Col.
Elliot f. Shepherd, editor OF the New
York Mail and Express, died suddenly at
New York.-The mountain known as
Cruz Iona, in the republic OF Columbia,
has suddenly sunk into the earth;
great food resulted and II persons and
many cattle perished.-lt is claimed that
over two millions of dollars has been
wrongiuly paid out to pensioners by rea-
son Of the non-enlorcement Of an import
ant ruling made by Assistant Secretary
Bussey.
Saturday.
The new cruiser New York on her trial
trip showed a speed Of 20 nautical miles
an hour, proving herself to be the fastest
arnorcd vessel in the word.-A large
number OF Kansas women will vote at
the municipal election there April r.
Poisonous well water is supposed to
have caused the death of Jour persons
at Painfeld N. H.-The Brazilian envoy
at Washington has been stricken with
paralysis
Sunday.
lrishmen in New York held an enthu-
sastic meeting in behalf of home rule
Three young men drowned while trying
to shoot the rapids at Marietta, O.
Monday.
The New York Times has been sold to
a syndicate. of which Gov. Flowers one,
for $3.50 000.-Thc Montreal Herald
office was destroyed by fire at loss of
$40 000.-By the burning OF stock barns
at Mason City, Iowa, the famous Storm,
holding the fastest 5-ycar-old stallion
pacing record of the world, Brown John,
Reme, Red Clay and Edmunds c., per-
ishcd the loss on the horses was fully
500, 00O.-Aiter seven months idleneSs,
involving an estimated loss of 1000
600 to employers and employees, the
strike of coal miners in the Mononga-
hela Valley, Pa, has been declared Off
An uncon6rmed rumor of a Chinese re-
bcllion against the exclusion act comes
from San Francisco. The story is Off
cally denied by the Chinese vice consul,
who says that Cinnamon will be adj
viSed not to resist arrest, and that the
matter will probably be carried to the
supreme court.-Several bank failures at
Nashville have created financial panic
there.
Tuesday.
A bloody fight, resulting from political
troubles, occurred in the Choctaw
Nation, and ten men were killed and
many more ed.-Incendiaries are
at work again in Fall River, Mass.-A
recent decision by the Federal court in
New Jersey in favor of the Edison patents
is said to mean millions of dollars to
electric light companies; the decision
touches an infringement by Westinghouse,
Kerr g. Co.-Female foot pads are said
to be operating in Chicago-Gcn. E.
Kirby Smith, ex-Contederatc, died at
Sewanee, Tenn.-A cut-down OF the
working force in the department of agri-
culture has begun.
The savings bank at Paving, n. Y,
was robbed Of $10,000 but the burglars
were caught and the booty recovered.
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