St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-05

killed and several hurt.-Indiana Day
celebrated al the Worlds Falr.-One
hundred and fourteen persons on board
the steamer Carlo R., en- route from
Genoa to Santos, Brazil, died OF cholera.
A crank who wanted the president S
chair was elected from the White House
and arrested. He was determined to
get at President Cleveland.-At New
York the horse Tammany made a mile
and a quarter run in 2.0612.-lmpure
water has caused 100 cases OF typhoid
fever at Virginia Mimi, and 80 cases in
a neighboring town.-Assistant Cashier
Kendrick of the Commercial bank at SYRIA
cuse. N. Y, is said to be delaulterto the
amount of $30,000.-Judge Reed OF
Wichita, Kan, has declared the eight
h ur law unconstitutional.-A skeleton,
sup osed to be that of an army officer
who fell in 1912, has been found in
Maine by men dieging.-It turns out
that hundreds of the boomers who rush
ID rom Kansas to t! eCherokee strip have
forfeited their residence in Kansas and
cannot vote at the coming election.-H'
c. TYLER at Springfield Mass, broke
the worlds bicycle record making two
miles, with standing start, in 4 MIN
IS 3-5 secs.-A milk train on the Harlem
road was wrecked 10S miles from New
York, one brakeman killed and another
badly hurt Two freights on the {. b.
& O. road collided near Streator, ILL.,, and
an engineer was killed.-Two trainmen
and several persons hurt in collision
between passenger train and freight
near Hazelpatch, KY.
Friday.
1t is stated now that 179 lives were
lost in the wreck of the Russian steamer
Roosalka.-Five negroes were hanged
together at Mt. Vernon, Ca, each hav'
ing been convicted of murder.-Forty
men entombed by the collapse of a mine
at CRYSTAL Falls, Mich, and % of them
were drowned .-Trefethen on trial a
second time for the murder of Tena Davis
at Boston, was found not guilty by a
Jury, and discharged.-A st. Lawrence
steamer with 200 Worlds Fair pas
sengers aboard took fire near Coteau
and a panic was narrowly averted.-
Senator Morgan of Alabama made hot
speech against repeal, paying his re
spects to the administration and every
body else who advocated repeal 1.-The
supreme council of the Knights o
| Pvthias decides not to admit saloor
keepers to membership in the order
business failures reported for the las
three months involve liabilities amount
ing to $15O,000, 900; there have beer
800 failures in the United States th'
past week.-A slight snow fall in tn,
Pennsylvania mining regons.-Th'
Western roads are now being furnished
by the express companies with burglar
proof express safes.
Saturday.
\ labor conflict at Auburn, Me-, be
tween Union workers and ArmcnianS re
suited somewhat seriously, several o
the rioters being hurt.-The northern
part of Maine had three inches Of snow
A third attempt to wreck the steam
boat train on the New London division
of the Central Vermont road was mad
near Palmer, Mass, by placing ienc
rails on treste; the train struck ant
demolished the obstruction.-The WOO
growers Of the United States, in session
at Chicago, unanimously declare agains
q decrease of the present tariff on wool
The differences between France an,
Siam have been adjusted by treat
stipulations.-Three big turbine waite
wheels, each expected to develop 800
horse power, have been completed an
will be put in position at Niagara Fall
I NIo-a +,o,, 0Q0n ,,1,,arc |, q
again taken up the pick in Colorado
During a funeral in a Kingston, Wis
house the floor gave way and 100 pc
sons were thrown into the cellar, 20 {
them being seriously hurt.-Irish da
celebrated at the Worlds Fair.-Tl
state of Texas is hard up financial,
and an effort is being made to save
from bankruptcy,
Monday.
Western and Southern railroad Ell
plovees have struck against cut dow
in wages.-A freight train on the Bj
Four road coided with three loade
fiat cars at Edgewood o.. three tramp
were killed and three other men bad
hurt.-Three Chinese gardeners nei
Buttle, Mon, were murdered for Il
purpose of robbery, 5000 being take
from them.-Poor contract work hi
been held entirely responsible for Il
recent fall of balcony at Chelsea, Mas:
by which several persons were killed.
A passenger train ran into an OPT
switch at Lyman, Mo, and Il
engineer and brakeman were instant
l,;iIeJ. ~ &c thought the switch w:
opened maliciously for the purpose
wrecking the train.
A heavy southeast gale blew Il
waters of the gulf far back into t
streets of Mobile, deluging the who
sale section of the city to depth of 70
feet.-The Hill and administration dem
Gratis held two lively county conventio
in the same hall at Malone, N. Y, al
nominated two separate tickets-Rho
Island wooden manufacturers ha
decided on a reduction of wages.-T
, Golden Dragon, a hotel at Konigs,
winter resort of Rhine tourists, collapse
killing seven persons.
Tuesday.
q Yellow fever is said to be spreading
a Georgia.-A railroad Waterman ga
the wrong signal to couple of freigl
+, at Catasqua, Pa, and then, fearing t
result of his blunder, shot himself,-Pil
y bury declines to run for governor
o Massachusetts and Greenhalge acceI
e the CONGREGATIONS makes apple
d ton for admission as a state.-Lal
sections of Italy have been flooded a