St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-12-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
,rHlrRsnAY DEC. 10.

THURSDAY, DEC. 10.
Grand lodge directors favor rebuilding
Poston's Masonic temple on the pres
ent site--The Dingley bill'goes back
10 the senate calendar, where 1t viii
probably remain-Sociald debut Of Cen
eral Grants GRANDDAUGHTER Miss Sar-
tors, occurred at Washington -- Fred
Biledeau, a Maine couEterfeiter, Is sent
to prison --- Smuggling Is extensively
end boldly carried on along the Maine
border-Ambassad Uhl's daughter
was welded at Berlin Massachusetts
State grange asked Mckinley to appoint
Colonel j. II Brigham secretary Of agri-
culture--Fctes were held In Paris In
honor of Nine. Sarah Bernhardt--
General Polayieia assumes the duties OF
governor Of the Philippine Stands
Alleged death of General Maceo Is
cause Of rejoicing at Habana and Madrid
THE French government plans to in
crease its navy--An amicable settle
ment has been made I'm Armstrong VIII
case az New Haven--Ther report thatthe
powers would compel the sultan to adopt
reforms ia nfounded-There is be-
a pooling bill this session-Chairman
Lyman of Massachusetts Republican
state committee resigned as memberf for
1Sg7-One of Sharkey's trainers says
the late fight was fixed "--George w.
Briggs Of Hyde Park, Mass, war vet
eran. committed suiclde--A society
woman Of Burlington, Vt. committed sui
cide-A Fail River (MassJ man killed
himself IN the courthouse rather than
stand trial Walcott ana West fought
- rounds TO a draw IN New York.
The board of officers Of Massachusetts
division, l.. A. w, held its annual meet
ing-Home Market club Of Boston de-
mandsan immediate revenue MEASURE
New England trottlng horse breeders
held their annual meeting-Train held
up near st. Louis and express car blown
open, but no booty securcd-A new
comet Is discovered at the Lick Obser-
vatory-Couferenc Of Massachusetts
Populist leaders held in Boston-Din-
ner to Coach Lehman by Harvard '96
varsity crew-Meeting Of the Dairy
mems association at Wolfporo, n. II.
FRIDAY, DEC. Il.
A new Dingley general tariff bill Is to
be framed this winter--General Maceo
is reported alive in Pinar Del Rio
A North German Lloyd steamer foun-
dered off the Spanish coast and all on
board, 2SS persons, lost-Minister Ter
rel is denounced by Americans in Con-
stantinoplc-C Canadian independence
club of Montreal organized to obtain the
independence Of the Dominion Andre
Theuriet ana NJ Vandal elected mem
bers of the French academy - The
recently appointed Chinese minister to
Germany Is persona ron srata to the
German government - EX-Queen
Liliuokalani is in san Franc SEQ, sup
posedly on her way to Washington to
plead for r-storation-S harkeys as
sistant trainer testfes in behalf of Fitz-
simmons -- New York Jockey club
raises the scale of weights-Mrs Annie
NJ. Dupont of Boston is arrested again,
charged with larceny from a New York
firm-There IS report that Colombia
will assert its claim to Mosquito territory
Maria Barberi is found not guilty of
murder-SOund money Democrats dine
Colonel Watterson at Indianapolis --
Captain General Weyler returned to
Habana province from Pinar Del Rio
The WestbrOok (Me.) Manufacturing
company defaulted interest on its bonds
---GovernOr Wolcott practically ordered
a halt on transfer Of liquor licenses to
Boston residential districts-Hale con-
tnues to lead in the siX-day bicycle race
A family row at Carver, Mass, nearly
ended in tragedy-The crew is res
cued from stranded schooner at Nan
tucket Mass-New Britain Comm
board of assessors refused to assess prop
erty at full value - birmingham
(Mass) petitions for a state road to the
muster field-ReV. Frank Hyatt Smith,
formerly Of Cambridge, Mass, ordered
released from Washington insane asylum
"A Bangor CMe.) bride who was driven
insane by her husbands brutality died
In an asylum-IIighway robbery in
Belmont, Mass-O, II. p. Belmont
added 26O acres to his menagerie at
Newport, X. Edward ]. Carroll of
Haverhill, Mass. pardoned out of state
prison--A plucky school teacher held
two brutal tramps at bay at Midtown,
N Y-Meeting Of branches of the
printing trade in Faneuil hall, Boston
A church edifice at Woonsocket, r.
l., is likely to be sold by mortgage.
SATURDAY, DEC, -.
Sudden death of Vice President James
r. kendr"k Of the Consolidated road
-----General Weyler returned to Habana
and cheered as a victor by enthusiastic
crowds-The new Dingley bill is in pro-
cess of making, and viii be a moderate
measure" -- Mckinley says he will
recognize the south in making up the
cabinet-Nurth Carolina Republicans
are fighting for reelection of Senator
Misunderstanding of the executive
committee of the gold Democrats at In
dianap Number of victims in tho
salier disaster now placed at 346-
Major General Ruis Rivera is reported
to be the successor of General Maceo-
An East Boston engineer caught in
fly wheel and killed--Buiders Of war
ships have large claims against the gov
ernment--Senator HOar will oppose
the adoption of radical Cuban resolu-
tions-Congressme Hit and Gros-
Venor favor the United States
taking the Hawaiian islands --
Testimonial TO Miss Rose Coghan at
the Broadway theater, New York
Medals of honor for gallanlry in action
awarded to Captain j. G. B. Adams of
Lynn, Mass, and Sergeant Major John
c. Curtis of Bridgeport Coma man
was struck and killed by an express
train at Woburn Highlands, Mass
Creedon defeats O'Bricn in nine rounds
in New York--Hale almost sure to win
the New York bicycle race-Brad-
streets reports no Improvement in gen
eral trade-Hon. Carl Schurz re elected
president of the National CiNil SnrM -cn