St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-14

issue.-The reported release ofHammond,
the American mining engineer. from the
Pretoria jail Officially confrrmed.--CuDans
reported to have lost 200 in the battle OF
Candelaria.
Saturday.
A drunken Harvard student assaults
one of the u. S. mail carriers in Boston,
severely cutting his lace with a WHIP
Cuban insurgents derall and burn q tram
Great loss ot lie said to have rtsulted
Returned American miners say that Johh
HAYS Hammond de.erves no sympathy.
-Reported in London that the Queens
speech will announce thatthe Nentzurlan
question has reached a stage where ad-
instment is possible.-The names OF the
success, full bidders for the new bonds an
nounced by Secretary CarlisIe.-A cain
Ole priest sentenced TO ten years lmpris'
onment toi burning a parochial school
house in Charlotte, N. Jan office o
in New York makes Sc 600 on an expen-
diture Of two cents, by taking advantage
of the weaknesses in the bond issue.--V,l-
lagos in New Jersey flooded blythe rapidly
rising Passaic rIver.-The success OF the
new loan dispels the English illusion nat
American finances are in hope ess diSor-
der.-London Times annOunce@tha CeciI
Rhodes will return at once to his workln
South Atrica.-Successiul experiments
mace by Dartmouth College profes' ors
With the Routgen system OF photography
Thomas A. Edison proposes totry pho-
tographing the brain OF a man.
Sunday.
Word received at London that in spite
OF the favorable reports spread abroad
bv the Turkish government regarding
the attack on Ze'toun, the Armenians
have so far held the advantagc.-Th'ee
schooners wrecked he Florida near Sails
bury beach the British schooner, al ianza,
offPlum island and The Glendon of Hamp-
ton beach. Ten lives lost.-Streets OF
El PaSo, Texas, swarning with sports,
who are on hand TO witnessthe big hight.
Gomez and Macco effect a union IN Ma
tanzas provin. Two mOre bodies
recovered from the ruins OF the bridge
disaster Il Bristol. Ct.-Funeral OF the
late Thaddeus T. Cushman, M. D., held
IN CONGREGATIONAL church at Randolph,
Mass.-Ueath Of DR.. Richard M. Hodges
at his home in Boston, Mass.
Monday.
A misplaced switch wrecks a train near
Crooksyile. Ohio, killing one prison in
s%tanlly and injurIng eight others, two OF
whom will probably die.-A resolution
introduced into the senate by Mr.. Came
ron OF PennsvlvAn a urging Spain to give
the CubanS their | bcrty.-At a meeting
Of the Ple>bvtery OF New York, the com
mitt. e reported that President Cleveland
had intimate his will ngness to preside
at the forthcoming public meeting in be-
half ofhome mlsslonS.-Boilcr explosion
in a Providen e, K. l., mill by which one
man lost his Ire and three were wounded.
The new fying squadron OF British
warshipS sails Tor Bantv Bay on the
south coast OF Ireland.-Minlst.r Terrell
succeeds in procuring Tor Miss Clara
Barton and her assistants the sultan
safe guard, which will all4 wthem to visit
the SIX distressed provinces OF A~ntatolia
and personally distribute ~rellel.-lnter'
ment with full military honors in the
Arlington National cemetery of the re
mains of General John Gibbon.-Deatf
at Washington OF Congressman William
II. Grain OF TeXas.-An immense aerolitt
exploded above the city of Madrid pro
ducing a vivid glare OF light and a loca
report; buildings were shaken and many
windows shaltrrtd.-RepOrt that the re
fusal OF u. S. Minister Willis to partici
pate in the recent national celebration il
Honolulu has aroused the greatest in
dignation in that city. President Dol
int,n S to take a decided stand in tn
matter.
Tuesday.
No attempt being made to float tn
stranded steamer Lamington. Part O
/, her cargo is being removed ashore, an,
the captain and crew remain near her.
The notorious Bat Shea electrocute,
t Tor the murder, in Troy, N. Y, OF RoHer
Ross TN election dayin thespling ol1S94
r Queens speech read at the opening c
Parliament in London; demands mad
for a settlement OF the Venezuelan dis
pute; opposition utter many bitter word
! against Sali,bury and his position on tn
Armenian and Transvaal questions.-Th
senate passed without division a bill d
recting Secretary Morton to continue tn
= purchase and distribution OF Seeds.
! severe wind and sno storm in Boston
= blizzard in some parts OF Vermont, caus
I much d lay in trains.-A Washingto
special says Senator Quay is to have til
Pennsylvania delegation present his nam
TOR the presidential nomination at the S
Louis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cullom {
Illinois not averse to receiving the rcpul
v lican misunderstanding OIney will
G ing that ex-U. S. Consul Waller should |
!. a ir, man il he chooses, but the U. s. wi
not claim NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. warned h
Captain Weyler's proclamation not t
give aid to the insurgtn s.-Lord Dunr;
6 ven denies writing a letter of apology t
the New York Yacht Club The Port
has notified the foreign diplomats tn;
II the Turkish government agrees to graz
amnesty to the Armenians who are
e possession OF u 'itoun, but demands III;
r those among them who are members
II the Armenian revolutionary commit,
t shall be expelled. --Heavy gold deposi
d made in Boston and New York.
i Wednesday,.
IS Abraham Lincoln's birthday celebrate
as a legal holiday in New York and 9th
a states.-James H. McVicker strickt
with paralysis and not expected t lv
{ For nearly halt a century a prominel
u tn, atrical manager and one Of the be-
T. known and most universally respectt
n men connected with the stage.-Two !
IL borers at work in a trench in West Ro
bury, Mass, when one of their pick-ax
u struck an uneXploded dynamite ca