St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-01-18
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

Ohio wool growers are clamoring for
protection-Three men killed and
| three hurt by the collapse of a dock a t
| Jacksonville, F1a.-Catcher Bennett of
the Boston ball nine was run over by
the cars and both legs cut off.-Com
| missioner Blount examined by the enate
committee.-Eleven thousand window
| glass makers may be thrown out of
| work if the Wilson bill passes, and a
strong protest is being made against it.
Jos. Fl. Manley of Maine elected
chairman of republican national com
mittee.-Gov. Mitchell of Florida is
making strong effort to stop the Cor
bett prize fight in that state, and says he
will do it at all hazards.-An attem pit
made to blow up New York tenement
| house with bomb.-Owners of the
| Viglant, which beat the Valkyrie, have
made its designer present of $780,
The gold production of 1893 was the
| largest ever known.
Friday.
Republican national committee pass
resolutions favoring admission as states
of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma.-Five drowned at Long
Island City, N. Y, by the collapse of a
temporary bridge.-The Pope approves
nomination of new bishops at Los
Angeles, Cal, and at Wheeling, w. Va
Six sailors drowned in gale in Balti-
more harbor.-Admiral Melo and his
flagship arrive in the harbor oe Rio ia
neiro.-Date for trial of Boss McKane of
Gravesend, N. Y, fixed at Jan. %.
Saturday.
Secretary Carlisle offered a salary of
sos, 900 annually to become president
of syndicate of national loan associa-
tons with headquarters in Washing
ton.-Citizens of Russell, Kan, lynch
| three murderers-Prince Bismarck i'll
with stomach troubles and Influenza
News received at Cape Town Of entire
massacre of about SO British troops by
thousand or more Matabeles. s.
Protestants killed by Mahometans in
Uganda province, Africa. - Ipswich,
Mass, visited by severe conhagration,
stroyed.-William Gibbons shoe factory
at Randolph, Mass, burned. - Big
wooden mill in Harrisville, L. l., burned
Loss $445, 900.
News received in San Francisco of loss
of British bark in Java sea. Cargo of
tea valued at $375,O0 lost, crew and
passengers saved.-Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher taken i'll in Plymouth church,
! Brooklyn, but her condition not con-
sidered serious.-The new syndicate
|
| the third time.
Monday.
The first severe railroad accident of
| 1894 occurred on the Delaware, Lacka-
wana & Western railroad early this
morning. A passenger train ran into an
| express train near Roseville, N. J., kill
! ing at least ~ persons and wounding a
score of passengers. Several of the pas
| sengers are fatally injured, The accident
| occurred four miles from Jersey City on
| the Hackensack bridge The fog was so
dense that the last train did not see the
| train ahead. The passengers were
warned of the impending calamity, but
| before many OF the alarmed passengers
| could escape, the Orange local train came
| laundering along. 1t dashed into the
the rear car, and drove it into the car
ahead, shattering both and sending
| shock through the entire train. Alright
full scene followed. The passengers were
| crushed and scattered by the engine
which broke into fragments the tele-
scoped cars. Many people were on the
platforms when the collision occurred.
! Many of these were injured.
In few moments the impetus of the
| local ceased and the wreck became mo-
| tiOnless. The passengers who were I'M
hurt soon regained their presence Of mind
and turned their attention to the injured
| pS1SOuS. ne HuDlDeI OF WORKERS was
small for nearly every one in the rear
car had been killed. The train men la
| bored bravely to rescue the injured or
! SoOthe the last moments of the dying.
| Frightful railroad accident in Cuba
caused by train running into a cow on
the track. Sixteen killed and nine
wounded.-John Henry Gear of Burling-
ton, now member of the house, nom
mated for the United States senate by
|
| Wilson.-Fire in the Whelme snuff mills
at Helmetta, N. J., causes loss of $780,
| OOO.-The Whipple block at Lebanon, N.
H., burned; loss $40, OOO.-Death of
Nelson Beardsey of Auburn, N. Y.
! very rich man and the veteran bank
president of the United States.-Nine
cases of small pox discovered in Chi
Cago.
| Tuesday.
A cipher despatch received at Washing
ton is interpreted unoficially as signify
| ing that the Brazilian revolution is near
! ing its end. 1t is believed that monarchy
will not be restored and that commercial
relations between this country and
Brazil will soon be Observation-Disclosures
| ing establishment OF Rice & Griffin at Wor-
cester, Mass, damaged $50, 900 by fire.
| Queen LiliuOkalanis prime minister
denies that the queen will sue the United
! States.-By the collapse of a railroad
| bridge in Cazadero. Cal, seven persons
are drowned.