St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-06
NEWS SUMMARY.


on the question Of our coast detences;
thinks a great naval torce needless, land
Notifications cheaper. more durable and
M re efficient than costly war vessels
W Il am II. Preston, the youngest expert
telegraph operator in the west commits
suicide III Chicago excitement III
Addison county, VT, over the TACT that
gold bearing quartz has been found in
paving quantities on the summit OF
Snake mounlaln.-Gencral Weyer will
, give Cuban inSugents Is days in which
to surrender. AUer that time all Will he
considered bandits and shot il caught
Senator Gray Of Delaware announces
that President Cleveland Is not candl'
date Tor denomination and will not
allow his name to be presented to the
natlona, democratic conyention.-Lord
Dunrapen expelled from the New York
Yacht cub.-rhe Nicaraguan revolution
lists reported to have taken Colinto and
two lake steamers. Navy department
orders the cruiser Alert to proceed to
Corinto for the protection OF American
rests.-Mail advtces are to the effect
that besides terrible storms and destruc-
ton to marine property along the Aus
tralian coast the weather on land has
been unprece1ently hot and the death
rate from sunstroke has been excessively
high. In Queensland 113 in the shade
was the recorded temperature, and in
many places in Australia the thermome-
ter reached 1875 in the shade.
Friday.
Vigorous action taken by senate COM
mittee on foreign relations in behalf of
Cuba Gable message received by Secre-
tary Olney SAYS Transvaal government,
shows every disposition to treat Ameri.
can prisoners lenently and has been
friendly towards all American official
| representatives. -Venezuelan commission
making good progress in sitting the vast
accumulalions OF evidence concerning the
| disputed boundary ine.-A bust OF Gov
ernof Greenhalgc presented to the state
! of MISUNDERSTANDING OF an insult
offered the American flag by a Spanish
! gunboat which detained and searched
| Boston schooner.-lt is reported that the
| emperor OF China has recently dismissed
from the public service Wang, vce-ptesi-
dent OF the board ofcivil appointments,
! and Chang, vice-president OF the board
of revenue. Chang has died broken
hearted, and Wang become a suicidal
maniac Street railway employees
threaten general strike if the employers
refuse to grant their demand Tor 10
hour day at 20 cents an hour.-Secreta
Lamont approved the plans recommend
ed by board OF engineer officers Tor the
construction Of the NV bridge across
Hudson river from New York TO Brook
lyu-Accident in Fall River polo rink
one person fatally injured and many
more seriously hurt.-Currency question
discussed by speakers at Massachusetts
Reform club dinner.
Saturday.
Eight are dead or dying as the result of
escaped coal gas in a Chicago family -
One woman loses her life in a Duluth,
Mimi fire American liner, New York,
ashore off Swlnhurne island in New
York harbor.-J. Perpont Morgan said
{ o have bought he charter of the Boston
| elevated railroad company. known as
the Meigs elevated company. - Great
scheme reported from Paris, by which
the Panama and Nicaragua companies
are to consoldate.-The enthusiasm over
Iameson's return to England sus-
excite the British against the TransvaaI.
Honduras will send 2000 troops to aid
! the government OF Nicaragua to suppress
| the revolt the LeOniSts.- The house, bv
a vote of 200 to 80, passed over the
| Presidents veto the bill permitting the
/ leasing o school lands in Arizona. The
sultan to be very care uly guarded on
his journey to the Mosque. - Cuban
resolution passed by the senate seems to
be satisfactory tomust Spanish.
ministers in Washington
Sunday.
! Governor Grcenhalge alarmingly i'll at
his home i'll Lowell, Mass; grave fears
as to his l, covery .-Iucaculable damage
from foods all over New England; farms
swept away, bridges gone and railroad
traffic stopped death OF William W.
Rice OF Worcester, Mass, a leading citi-
zen, eX.mayor and exc congressman
American consulate at Barcelona at.
tackled and stoned by rioters iuiuriated
at tie news Of the resolutions adopted
by the U. S senate in favor of the Cuban
insurgents
Monday
Cablegram from Minister TAYLOR at
Madrid states that deep regret is
expressed by Spain for the insult to
the American consulate at Bare, Iona
The house passes the Cuban resolutions
by vote of 263 to II, Congressman
Grout voting mo. '-European nations
think Cubans should not be recognized,
and look to President Cleveland to sup
press the movcment.-DeCision bY u. S.
supreme court in favor of Mrs. Stanford,
widow OF Senator Stanford whose estate
was sued by the Sudden
death of Charles {. Coffin, former war
espondeut, historian and ex-senator.
widely known in literary and political
circles.-Gencral opinion that Gov.
Greenhalpe has passed the crisis and
that he may regain his health.-Supris.
ing results furnished in testing real and
imitation diamonds with the X RAYS at
TriMlty college in Hartford Conn.-Loss
OF SlOO,O 90 i'll wheat by fire in Mime
apOhs elevator.
, Wednesday.
Senior Elduaycn, Spanish minis
ter OF foreign affairs has resigned his DO
stlon,-Seuate committee on foreign re-
lations refuses to concur with the House
Cuban resoIutions.-Senator and Mrs
, Morrill, entertain the Vermont delegation
in Congress, "A New York woman blown
from train by the high wind and se,i
ously injured in coal mine il
5 Germany in which over 100 men wer,
entombed the bodies of21 victims recov
q ercd.-Death OF John Connolly, one o
the best known base ball umpires in tn,
country.-lntense excitement in Italy
= mobs in Venice, Verona and Padua.-Su
# preme court over ruled all assignments
Il OF error in the case of II. H. Holmes, tn,
t murderer, and confirms Judgment o