St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-19

trainmen and passengers.-An unknown
man jumped from Brooklyn bridge and
was drowned. "A bloody battle has been
fought in the Choctaw nation in Texas,
resulting from family feud.-Debt OF the
city of Chicago found to be nearly &c.
600, 000.-A Vienna paper publishes an
interview with the Sultan in which he
expresses the hope that the Armenans
will repent and be friends of the Turkish
government.-Illinois state house dam
aged by fire, water and smoke-J. F.
Jones OF the government mint at Carson
City, New, arrested for taking gold and
silver to the amount of $1,000
Atrocious murder of child at Spring
field, Mass.
Sunday.
Death of John Waters, mayor of New
port, R. I.-Death of Judge David Aiken
at his home in Greenfield, Mass.-Volent
earthquake in Sicily.-Death OF Prof.
James Dwight Dana of Yale College, for
40 years professor there. He was one
OF the most eminent biologists and sci
entists in this country.-Died of apopleXy
at his home in Chicago, James W. Scott,
editor and proprietor of the Chicago
Herald. He had recently consolidated
these two dailies and was very active in
managing the Worlds Fair -Ex.Gov.
Waite OF Colorado of blood to the bri-
dies" fame, to become an editor.
Monday
Standard Oil Company deny that they
are advancing price of oil for speculative
purposes claiming demand exceeds sup
ply.-Strike of 100 metal workers in
Carnegie's steel works at Homestead,
Pa.-Awful earthquake in Austria Peo-
pie badly frightened and it is believed
that many lives were lost.-Tablequah
|. t., visited by $150000 ire.-A Grim
NAL serving his sentence at Blackwells
Island, n. Y, has spent his time making
counterfeit silver and many storekeepers
in Harlem have been victimized .-Chilian
legation robbed OF $4,000 necklace at
Washington. The thiefwas the butler Of
The house, who had recently been hired.
BY an oil explosion in Philadelphia one
nan was killed and three seriously in
ured.
Tuesday.
Paris Figaro prints the absurd story
hat DR.. hansen, the Arctic explorer. has (
discovered the North Pole. The story
aused quite little excitement-A sugar
maker at Pierre Cote, P. O., fell into a
IAN of boiling maple syrup and will not
Ive,-Train robber o. c. Perry, was
aptured at Weehawken, N. Y, by New
.ork detective. He had escaped from
ne Mattaewan asylum.-Cyclone at 2
,herokee, Kansas, destroyed the house
t Frank Goodwin, killing Goodwin and
everely injurying his wife, whose clothes
aught fire from the stove.--Murder of
atrick Early, constable of Hazel town.
mp, Pa. Supposed to have been COM
lltted by observation-disclosures horse,
freshman" sold at New York to John
AFFORD of Amsterdam, n Y, for $2,20O
MARTINEZ Campos, Spanish general
rived at Santiago de Cuba, and was
'ceived with military honors.-Spain is -
repairing to send more gun boats to +
uba.-Campos expects to quell the mis-
ERECTION speedily. hospitals
led with wounded men brought from
le interior at the rate Of 25 dav-The
nited States is censured by the Echo de
aris for interfering with foreign rebel
'ns, and Europe is advised to form a F
eilant defence against the U. S.-Sign-
g OF peace treaty between China and
pan confirmed by cablegram from !.
. Foster TO Observation-Disclosures dis.
nts to some of the articles of treaty and
Ill protest.-Despite alleged shortage of =
'et cattle, 1900 live cattle and 5000
'arters dressed beef were shipped from =
ew York to Great Britain last week.
anitoba cattle are being bought up BY
rye American houses. 4