St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-05-10
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

The town OF Eln1ra, Cal, extensively
damaged by fre.-The republicans carry
Louisville, Ky, with the exception of
one councilman.-It has been decided
that the triple control of Samoa will
continue.-A great railroad and steam
ship rate war is said to be imminent
A steer walks into a dry goods store at
Newton, Mass, and creates sensation
Five men killed and seven fatally injured
by boiler explosion at Hammerbrook,
Germany.-Premier Roseberry says that
IN order to secure united empire Eng
land must grant Ireland home rule
Ezbon, Kan, visited by cyclone, which
did much damage, blowing away a
church and other buildings.-A storm of
cyclonic proportions passed over Chica-
go; in Melrose Park Benjamin Franklin
was killed by falling timbers in a house
which was demolished by the gale.
Friday.
A wind storm in Illinois did considera-
BILE damage to property and caused some
loss of life.-A cold wave and snow re-
ported from Scotland.-Fire and panic
in Ypsilanti Mich. school and several
children hurt.-Big fire in Dublin, loss
two and a half Misunderstanding
started a $3.50, 900 fire in Cincinnati
Three lives lost in an attempt to clean
out an old we'll at Pleasant Hill, Mo-
Toluca, Mex, excited over the finding of
stone on which is the inscription Five
million dollars buried here. ''-Forest fires
raging over a large tract OF land IN
Charleston, R. l., and the residents
obliged to fight for their homes.-A riot
occurred at the coke works near Scott
dale, Pa, in which a mob led by 200
women charge upon the militia; many of
the rioters wounded, some of them fatal
| ly.-Cholera has reappeared on the
Of pnlo
| ITO cases of cholera and 81 deaths in the
empire between April IS and May l.
Saturday.
1t is now said to be possible that a
new Panama canal company will be
! forned.-Fire and hurricane have swept
the town of Stephen, Russia, and the in
habitants are homeless and starving
The people of Athens, Greece, and vicini-
ty greatly alarmed over continued
earthquake shocks and the prediction of
still further disaster.-The French line
steamer La Champagne stranded off
Fort Hamilton, New York harbor; the
passengers transferred in safety.-Kelly,
one of the commonweal army leaders,
said to be busy building a fleet of fiat
boats near Des Moines, Ia.
A nugget has been taken out of the
Smuggler mine near Aspen, Col, that
for size surpasses anything on record
and for richness is most remarkable. The
chunk weighed $500 pounds, and con-
| tanned silver to the value of S25, 900. 1t
is the largest silver nugget ever known,
and is almost pure.-A thunderstorm,
which did much damage to property,
passed over Ohio, Kentucky and West
Virginia.
| Sunday.
The Whitley reaper and mower works
| T,,I OF
of S245, 900, with no insurance-Nanai-
mo, B. c., had a 100000 fire, one FIRE
man being killed and another danger
ously hurt.-Immense eight-hour demon
stration by London workingmen.-An-
archists who talk about killing Glad
stone and Salisbury roughly handled by
British workmen.
Monday.
Milburv, Mass, has a $500 fire
The village of Gatow, Germany, destroy
ed by fre.-Striking miners blow up
mining property at Horse Creek, Ala
The village of Bradford, n. H., suffers
heavily from fre.-There is talk of a
monster strike among the flour milling
| operatives of the Countrywide strike
movement has extended to every plant
in the coke regional heavy forest fire is
prevailing on Dark Palms." southeast
of Concord, n. H. Several hundred
acres of valuable growth have already
been burned over and the fire is still
spreading.
Tuesday.
Coxey found guilty of law violation at
Washington and put under $500 bonds.
Three hundred persons wounded by
bomb explosion in Rome.-The village of
St. Anne de la Parade, Quebec, threaten
ed with humiliation by the undermining
process of the river.