St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-04-06
RECORD OF THE WEEK.



II. c. Swaine of Sea Isle, n. J.. was
caught by meadow fire and burned to
crisp.-Varnsh works at Cleveland
o., burned and several lives lost.-An at
tempt was made to wreck train on the
Southern Pacific, near Drain, Oregon, by
tearing up the rails; the crime was dis
covered in season, however.-Freshets in
Minnesota are carrying away railroad
bridges and threatening property gen
erally.-SpecialC Commissioner Blount has
reached Hawaii and will get at public
opinion there as to annexation. The
president OF the Worlds Fair announces
that it will certainly open May /, and
that no extortion or imposition will be
tolerated.
Friday.
Cholera is said to be spreading rapidly
in Southeastern Hungary.-Secretary
Carlisle means that the states shall
have their proper quota of appointments
in the treasury department, and no
more-Gen. Hiram Berdan, the inventor
OF the famous Berdan long range finder,
torpedocs and rifle, died suddenly at the
Metropolitan club in Washington.-A
large glass factory in Kansas City was
burned at loss of $120,000.-A Rio
Grande passenger train was badly
wrecked at Leadville, Col, and many
people seriously hurt.-The Chinese have
been advised to resist the Geary exclu-
sion act-Presideut Cleveland has
decided to open the Worlds Fair, on the
first day Of May.-Several of the
Nebraska state officers are to be i'm
peached.-Au extra session of congress
is to be called in September, according to
reports from Washington.
Saturday.
The Higgins Hotel at Bradford, Pa,
was burned, and at least six persons lost
their lives and 20 or 80 Others were in
jured 1875 guests were in the building at
the time, and it is remarkable that the
loss of life was not greater -"Crow's
Nest" the beautiful summer residence of
Joe Jefferson, at Buzzards Bay, was
totally destroyed by fire. Helen Nc
Grath, the cook, it is feared was burned
to death; several of the help received
serious injury; Mrs. Jefferson and family
escaped without injury.-A section of
Nebraska, covering some 20 miles, has
been swept by prairie fire and at least
one life was ost.-Ten men were killed
by an explosion in Pennsylvania coal
mine-Destructive forest fires have
ragged in New Jersey, and large force of
men, women and children have had to
fight desperately to check the progress of
the flames.
Ninety houses in section of Austria
bordering on the Danube river were
burned and some 81 people perished.-
Snodgrass & Co., who have been in the
provision pit" of the Chicago stock ex-
change, have failed for SIS, OOO-By the
burning of dwelling house at Woburn,
Mass, Mrs. Margaret Began persisted
and her two children We're terribly burn
ed.-Three hundred painters on the
Worlds Fair buildings quit work be
cause five-cent increase i'll their wages
was not forthcoming.-James w. Hamil-
ton, the colored ex preacher, died in the
electric chair at Sing Sing, N Y, the
crime for which he suffered was the
murder o! his wife.-Reports from the
Big Bend country show that ranchmen
have lost from % to rs per cent of their
stock by starvation as the result of a
very severe wnter-Four tramps, who
are supposed to have set the fire, were
burned to death in barn at haywood,
N. 1.-The total number of post Offices in
the United States is said to be 6S $50.
Tuesday.
Allegheny, Pa, was visited by fierce
and Cestruet We fire; several factories
and dwellings were rapidly consumed,
and one child was killed and several
other persons hurt.-Seventy deaths
from cholera i'll two weeks, is the report
from Lorient, France-A financial panic
has been created at Melbourne by the
failure of the Commercial Bank at
Australia.-A, A. Mcleod has resigned
the presidency of the Reading road, to
take effect May l.