St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-03-22
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

Thursday.
Negroes in New Orleans, who were re-
Gently driven from work by white mob
return to work under the protection o.
the miitia.-Negroes in Winchester, Va,
threaten to release a colored prisoner
and burn the town. The city is now un'
der military protection.-Rev Col
lector James T. Taylor waylaid in the
woods in Campbell County, Tenn, by
two highwaymen After shooting him
he was robbed of $245.-The Nebraska
legislature is to pass bill abolishing
capital punishment.-New government
As sell as high as 1875 at the New York
stock exchange This is the highest
price yet at the stock exchange.-Sharp
advance on cotton causes considerable
excitement at the New York Cotton ex-
change-A $15O,000 fire at Laramie,
Wyo., results in the death oftwo persons
besides the destruction of several stores.
Friday.
Secretary Gresham demands an apology
from Spain in regard to one of her ships
of war which recently fired on the United
States steamer Alliance. Spain's minis
ter at Washington denies that the ship
was fired upon by any Spanish ship.-A
drunken man at Batavia, n. Y, shoots
an officer who is attempting to arrest
him, and then shoots himself.-William
Bother, a press boy at Baltimore, Md,
instantly killed by electricity. He steps
on the zinc floor resting his hand on the
motor turning the lever with the above
result.-Three thousand pounds Of nitro
glycerine explode at the Hancock chemi-
cal works, near Dollar Bay, Mich. Only
one man killed as the remainder of the
workmen were at dinner Windows are
broken in buildings six miles away
Wash Strong, colored, hung at Hawkins
vile, Ca, for the murder of Johnson Dun
can, Dec. 1890. Strong confessed his
crime.
Saturday.
Fifth attempt made to burn the town
of Algoma, Iowa. Four houses are de-
stroyed. Militia on guard and detectives
will be employed to ferret out the fire.
bugs.-Chinamen arrested for keeping a
gaming house in Observation-Disclosures
troops under General Menatus, defeat the
rebel forces, 5000 strong, near Soata,
Central America,-Special Treasury agent
Carter arrests Smuggler Casey after a
long chase. Casey is thought to have
struggled Chinese across the border.-A
character party" given by the Stratheld
Presbyterian church, of Bridgeport,
Conn, turns out to be an ordinary
masquerade ball. The pastor and several
Others retire in CONFESSIONAL Cuban,
who recently arrived in Florida, saws
that the condition of affairs in Cuba is
worse now than when the revolution
started.
Sunday.
Boiler explodes at Webster, Mass.
causing SIS, 900 damages-Colored citi-
zens of Worcester Mass, hold a mass
meeting as a memorial to the late Fred
erick Douglass.-Report received that the
entire cabinet at Madrid, Spain, has re-
signed. The upset is largely due to the
Ill feeling reused by the military raids on
the newspaper offices recently.-Gov.
Mcintyre OF Colorado offers a reward of
$1,000 for the arrest and conviction of
those implicated in the killing of the Ital-
ians at Wakensburg recenty.-A destruc-
tive fire at Toledo causes the loss of three
lives and injury to nine Others. Loss es-
timated in figures at Boston
base ball team arrives at Columbia, S.
C., where they will go into practice.
Sixteen OF the players are there,
Monday.
Return of Judge Dixon. who was re-
Gently sent to Honolulu by Chairman
McCreary OF the house-foreigu-affairs
IN reg 40 ,,,ly 4 l,a r
Hawaii must come as everybody there
iavors it except the English.-Natona
Bank OF Kansas fails to open its doors.
No detailed financial statement has been
given out.-James Blizzard OF Port Norris,
N. j., commits suicide by driving a horse
and buggy down the wharf into the
water The horse and buggy were saved.
The German Emperor issues orders
that all public buildings be decorated and
tagged on April 1, Prince Bismark's SOth
brthday.-Death of Col. M. V. B. Edger-
ly, president of the Massachusetts Mutual
Lille Insurance company, at New York.
Tuesday.
Arrangements perfected for the celebra-
ton of the 250th anniversary of Man.
chester, Mass, July 10. The town has
appropriated $1,000 for the event.-Fail-
ure of the Long Island Traction company.
This company was chartered under the
law of Virginia in 1898. The system has
145 miles of track Schooner Irene of
Key West, Fla, fired upon and wrecked
by Spanish war ship off the coast of
tlorida.-Report comes that the post
office at Camden, Ala, was robbed re-
Gently of $500, The door of the office
was pried open with a hatchet and the
safe blown open with powder.-A man
mortally shot by two brothers at Kewa-
wee, Miss. He in turn shoots the two
brothers killing them instantly.-T. & p.
Coats u Co. reduce the prices of their
products 20 per cent,-Connecticut passes
a bill requiring every elector to be able TO
read clause OF the constitution printed
in the English language.
Wednesday.
Jonas l.. Warren blows out the gas at
the German-American House, Worcester
Mass, and retires, becoming nearly
asphyXiated. He is in precarious con-
dition at the City ospital-Canadia
Paclhc directors order a cut of five per
cent IN wages. -Apartments of Henry s.
Burdick OF Mass, robbed in daylight
Silver and jewelry taken to the value of
S2O0.-Freight train wrecked at Pitts.
held, Mass. Six cars were piled up be.
sides tearing away portion of the plat
form at the station.