St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-01-26
RECORD OF THE WEEK.


A fast express crashed into a stalled
freight train near Jersey City, and three
persons were killed and 10 wounded
The New York alumni of the University OF
Vermont held their annual banquet, Pres
ident Buckham and Hon G. G. Benedict
being among those present Violence has
broken out among the UNEMPLOYED
workingmen at Brussels.-Julius Eicl-
burg, the great violin virtuoso and in
structor, died at Boston-Driven des-
perate by the cold weather, wolves have
invaded several Russian villages and
devoured a number of people.-A bulletin
issued by the census bureau shows that
the Protestant Episcopal church has an
organization i'll every state and territory
in the United States; the total of com
municants is $50 ,054 value of property,
$S1 ,O66 S17.-The handsome building of
the Calumet Club, in Chicago, has been
burned lat loss of $500, 00O.-A sleigh
ing party near Cleveland, O., was run
into by an electric car and six people
were badly hurt.
Horrible stories come from the re-
moter regions of Europe, and especially
the Balkans, of death and suffering
caused by the severity Of the winter. In
Servia, the wolves have abandoned the
forests. and prowl about the towns and
villages in search of prey. young girl
was devoured by wolves in the suburbs
OF Belgrade, and the animals, made frcer
than ever by hunger, have actually an
peared in the streets of the city. In
Montenegro packs of wolves have at
tempted to enter the sheep folds, refusing
to retreat when fired upon by the
peasantry, Dispatches from Russia
state that there is great suffering in the
provinces where the famine prevailed
last year; the people have been too much
weakened by their former sufferings to
make sufficient provision of food and
fuel for the winter.
Friday.
Funeral ceremonies over the remains
of ex-President Hayes, at Fremont, O..
there was a great demonstration of
popular regard for the dead statesman's
memory, President-elect Cleveland and
members OF President Harrison's cab;net
besides other distinguished persons, being
present,-lllnois women have been given
by supreme court decision, the right to
vote at school electons.-Th Corore.
gational church and E. H. Shaws store
at North Chelmsford, Mass, were
burned. - District Master workman
Dempsey of the Knights of Labor at
Homestead, Pa, has been found guilty
OF poisoning the workmen's food to
break the strike.-Out of an estate
estimated at $4,000, 900, the will of the
late Horace Smith OF Springfield. Mass
leaves all but about $4,000 to beneyo.
lent institutions in that city and else
where IN the state.-Sixteen occupants
OF Chicago tenement were Iound
asphyxated by gas, and two of them
were not expected to recover-A Like
Ere Western train went down with n
collapsed bridge near Peru, Ind. and
several passengers were badly hurt NJ
least one of them fatally.
Carroll the telegraph operator of The
New London Northern road. whose
negligence recently wrecked two trains
and caused the death Of five men and
!our horses' was sentenced to one year in
Jail and costs. :"
Saturday.
A horrible accident, for which q
Negligent switchman is said to be to
pane occurred near Alton, ILL.,, on the
Big -Four" road. A passenger and
freight train collided with terrific effect
seventeen persons being killed outriobt
ana many, more fatally injured The
wreck took fire and was part;allv
burned; the property loss to the com.
pany will be nearly $3.50 ,O0O.~Tbe
water works boiler at Naphanes Ind