St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-17
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

The largest steamboat in the world
was launched at Chester, Pa. she is 415
feet on the water line and 40 feet over
ALA rotten timber in the platform of a
skating rink at Woburn, Mass, caused
collapse in which many persons were
more or less hurt. Theodore Thomas
has resigned as musical director of the
Worlds Fair, and the big orchestra
must go.-Lawrence T. Neal was nomi
mated as the democratic candidate for
governor of Ohio.-There has been no
rain in the greater portion Of Indiana for
two months and the corn crop is an en-
tire failure in many sections, and the
smaller streams have almost wholly
dried up.
Friday.
Forest fires are raging in Great Bar
rington, Mass, and much damage has
been done-Charles G. Eddy, vice presi-
dent of the Reading road under Mcleod,
shot and killed himself at his hotel in
Chicago.-There is yellow fever panic
at Pensacola, Fla-Severe earthquakes
have occurred along the Italian Adriatic
coast, and much loss of life is feared.-A
disastrous fire ragged at Milford Center,
o., the tossing going over 100000.
Saturday.
The schooner race for the Goelet cup,
off Newport, r. l., was won by the Las
ca and the Colonia won in the sloop
race-Reports from China show that
so persons were killed and 300 badly
hurt by an explosion in powder works
at Canton; in another section of the EN-
pire 1000 families were made homeless
by the collapse of houses; and in
still another section heavy floods caused
great loss of ife.-Four persons lost their
lives on an Illinois lake by the capsizing
of boat.
Peary's Arctic exploring party was
heard of last at Northern Labrador
Aug. 2, where he had been storm-bound
for two days and his plans seriously dis
arranged.-Another big Worlds Fair
hotel, the Chicago Beach House, which
cost $625,000 has gone under owing to
the stringeney Of the money Market
Nancy Hanks tried to beat her own
record of 2.04 at Mystic Park, but failed
to do so.
Sunday.
Two million dollars worth of property
was destroyed by fire in Minneapolis.
The blaze commenced in box factory on
Nicollet Island and spr ad rapidly I'M
til 200 houses were burned and 500 per-
sons rendered homeless; a change of
wind saved a still more disastrous fire.
Wagon works, lumber yards, sawmills,
bottling works and other industries were
wiped out in spite of the efforts of the
tiremen.-Mrs. Joseph Bison of Center
Harbor, N. H., who had been away from
home for 26 days, was found in berry
field, insane and in a critical condition.
One boy and a horse killed and two boys
hurt by being run over by an electric car
in Fall River, Mass.
Monday.
Fire in the Senate Hotel, Chicago, re-
suited in the death of seven persons, one
of whom was killed by jumping from a
window, the Others being smothered or
burned Five hundred ditch diggers i'll
the vicinity of Boston are on strike
against cut-down.-Typhoid fever has
assumed almost an epidemic form in st.
Louis, Mo.-Crescent -four mills and
elevator at Denver burned, at loss of
100000.
Forest fires at Scarboro beach and
Scarboro Crossing, Me-, have done
great amount of damage to property.
Tuesday.
The decision of the Boring Sea arbitra-
tors has been announced, and results
practically in victory for the United
States. Both Mr.. Phelps and Frederic
Condert, who argued the case for this
country, express themselves satisfied
with the decision Two thousand idle
men in Denver INDUCED in scramble
for work on the city sewers.
Wednesday.
Fight at North Abingdon, Mass, be-
tween construction gangs of consoli-
dated railroad and friends of an electric
road.-Yellow fever in Georgia and
Florida.-Seven killed in railroad acct
dent at Milton, Va.