St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-09-28
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.


Illinois Central was held up near
Centralia, ILL.,, and desperate oattle
occurred between the robbers ana the
trainmen, in which one OF the former
was mortally wounded and three OF inc
latter badly hurt; the robbers appear
ed first on the tender and fired upon the
6reman and engineer who refused TO
sion the train. The express car was at
tackled. but the messenger and conductor
with the aid Of passenger, repelled the
gang and shot one OF the robbers. nc
wounded highwayman was taken TO
Centralia and narrowly escaped lynch
no-The British Schooner Windermere
caTnsized off Mobile and FIVE persons, IN
Guiding the captain and his wife, perish
ed-Asa P. Potter, president OF the
defunct Maverick Bank, discharged from
custody, the government having aband-
oned its case against him.-Another
train hold up reported at Fulton, KY
and engineer, fireman and two pas
senoers said to have been killed IN
desperate fight with the robbers.,-flve
men killed and as many more urea by an
explosion of gas in mine at Plymouth,
Recommendations church at Franklin,
Mass. burned, at loss OF SAC, ooo'
Friday.
The second section of vestibuled tram
ON the Wabash road near kngsbury,
Ind. was wrecked by an open switch,
eleven persons being killed and eighteen
injured a brakeman's careessness IN
handling the switch was responsible Tor
the disaster.-The business portion OF
Machiasport, Me-, was destroyed by
fre.-Muta Wilkes trotted a mile IN ~
at Narragansett.-Th men were Kilieo
in fight over a claim at Waukomis
0. IA near-sighted man at seekonk
Mass, fatally shot young boy misIak
ing him for a chcken.-Mrs. Penneli o
Brunswick, Me-, was brutally knocked
down and robbed of a bag containing
$500 and some diamonds while at tn
Worlds Fair.
Saturday.
A substantial snow storm in tn
northern section of England.--Mrs. Obe
of Boston seriously hurt while rescuin
her two-year-old child from fatal cor
tact with on electric administrations c
a gigantic strike on the Big Four road
Newburg, Ind, had $40, 900 incendiar
6re.-Two students in normal scnoe
at Valparaiso, Ind, turned safe robber
8 and one OF them was killed.
Sunday.
e An attempted train robbery on TT
Kansas. St. 10 and Council Bluffs roa
e was thwarted by squad OF police COZ
t cealed in a car, and two OF the bandi'
n were killed and four captured a
;, tempt was made to kill the SPANS
i captain general at Barcelona, by throw
r ing a bomb at him. he was only slight
ii injured, however.-Slxty-eight Austria
anarchists arrested at Vienna.-A no
h union sailors boarding house in 81
d Francisco was blown up by dynaml
9 and two sailors killed; the outrage WI
: perpetrated by union" sailors IN
is veuge.-It is feared that the Russi;
" Monitor Roosalka has been lost at Sc
ID with all on board. Gangs OF Italian al
" Irish workmen had bloody fight
j. BROOKLYN streets, and race preJudl
I'd runs high in that city
ne Monday.
nc 100000 fire occurred at st. J
" seph, Mo-, many valuable business STIR
lures being Observation-Disclosures McKeoW
n aged 80, was murdered at Hartfol
ID Conn, and three men are under arr
for the crime-The burning of Hayti
steamer is reported, with the loss OF
in lives.-Rebel forces in Brazil are on
is increase as government troops are
tn serting in large numbers
n Tuesday.
tn Prince Bismarck is seriously i'll WI
ct acute pneumonia.-A ten-years-old
in New York city was run over a
r. killed by an electric car.-The debate
+o the federal election bill in the house is
= =" dull as not to hold a quorum togetf
o. An Alabama doctor claims to hi
St. discovered the true cause OF yellow fe,
m and remedy,-The town OF Braun
w in Russian Poland has been destroyed
he fire and several lives were lost.
,le Wednesday.
,,a Massachusetts democrats nomin
W. Tohn E. Russell for governor.-Wreck
ke- the Chicago & 6. T., kills two
ich wounds several others-Nine employ
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas /
'as road killed in a collision at HILLSIDE
Texas.-A cholera infected steamer fl
Italy refused landing on Brazi
IL coast. Deaths range from 20 to
VI daily.