St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-03-01
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Thursday.

Death at his home in Brookline, Mass,
of Moses Kimball, the founder of the
Boston Museum.-Annual carnival at
Concord, N. H.-Death in Epping, N. H.,
of Benjamin F. Prescott, governor OF the
state in 1S77-7S.-North Carolina legs-
lature adjourns in memory of Frederick
Douglass, but refuses to adjourn in hon
or of Washington's birthday or that of
Gen. Lee.-Coffee works of Arbucke
Bros. in Brooklyn damaged by fire
100000 worth, Many narrow escapes
from the factory, but no one seriously
injured,-Northern Michigan visited by
the worst snowstorm and blizzard of the
season.-Chinese generals who had
charge of the defense o. Wei-hai- Wei or
dered beheaded by the peror.-Fire in
a big silk factory in New York does
$325,000 damage Hundreds of women
in the upper stories escape in safety
Thief snatches $1,000 worth of diamonds
from New York store and afterwards
captured with his plumber,
Friday.
Thomaston National bank at Water
bury, Conn, robbed and about $4,000
worth of money taken.-Robbers hold up
a train on the Atchson road in Missouri,
but are prevented from getting any booty.
Big fire in Hot Springs, Ark. Nearly
every business house destroyed, several
boarding houses burned and at least four
persons lost their lives.-Gov. Morton of
New York approves the bill forbidding
the display of foreign flags on public
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. birthday OBJ
served by patriotic societies in Chicago,
Washington and elsewhere. Eight valu-
able dogs killed by strychnine at the dog
show in New York.-Death of Captain
Slevin, one OF the most noted police cap
tains and detectivesin New York Strike
of builders spreading in New York. The
stoneworkers, 10000 strong, vote to aid
the electrical workers by striking.
Saturday.
Train derailed on the Louisville & Nash
vile road and entirely consumed by fire
Only one life lost.-Carnegie' s steel works
at Bradock, Penn, closed throwing So
600 men ont of work. The concern had
no orders for steel rails and therefore no
work.-Senator Ransom of North Caro-
lima appointed minister to Mexico to
succeed the late Mr.. Gray. This office
has salary of ST, 500.-Word comes
from Pennsylvania that the iron and
steel market is looking up, orders having
been received for 6000 cars and 80 loco
motives the past week.-An Italian MUIR
dered in Concord, N. H., by another Ital-
ian.-A Birmingham farmer pays $4,000
for couple of gold bricks" and the
swindlers escape with their booty
Beaver Falls Pa College burned and the
80 students barely escape with their
clothing .-Design for Minnesota's new
capitol awarded to Denver firm of ar
chitects. The new structure will cost
$1,500,000.
Sunday.
Capt. Howgate acquitted OF embezzling
S11 800 from the signal service after a
trial in Washington in which the iury
were out ~ hours. He confessed his
crime in 1882 and has been a fugitive
from justice ever since.-American cattle
shut out of France by order of the minis.
ter of agriculture. George E. Mcbride
elected senator from Oregon to succeed
Senator Dolph.-A freight train ran into
a party on their way to church at Lin
den, o., killing two ladies and seriously
lnJuring two more.-Five prisoners escape
from Jail at Macon, Ga.
Monday.
Great crowds attend the funeral o.
Frederick Douglass at Washington. Til,
remains taken to Rochester, N. Y, for in