St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-20
NEWS SUMMARY.
IllursdaY.

Great bicycle warehouse in Boston, OF
the Pope manufacturing company de-
stroycd by fire; loss $500 000.--Thomas
c. Platt declares for Reed for president.
-Maceo's forces once more i'll Havana
after Weyler's vain attempts to corner
them elsewhere. AT Corunna, 200 Span
ish students burned the American flag
and at Alicante STONED the police who
tried to disptl the rioters. Powder mag
azine at st. Paul dc Loando, West Africa,
expodes killing nine soldiers and wound
ing ten others.-Two OF Miss Barton's
helpers receive permits to proceed to
Alexandretta.- Report that the Italians
are negotiating with Abyssina Tor a
treaty officially confirmed State bank
commissioners report deficit OF S26l.-
600 in the Granite ST ate Provident asso-
cations finances Steamship Rio de
Ianeiio reported safe at Honolulu.-Sen-
ator Hill joins Senators Huar and Haw-
lev ia the ranks of opposition to the Gu
ban beIligerency.-Gen belief in the
Ministerial circles in London that Lord
Salisbury has assented to the formation
OF an Anelo-American commission to set
tie the Venezuelan dispute
Friday.
Harvard easily defeats Princeton in
debate.-No special significance attached
to the homecoming Of Minister Willis
from Honolulu William H. Hunting
ton, trusted partner in the wholesale
boot and shoe firm Of Childs, Croft & Co.
OF Cleveland, Ohio, steals thousands OF
dollars, which causes the assignment OF
the frm.-Dr. Arthur Ducstrow Of st.
Louis, Mo, sentenced to death for kill
ing his wife and baby.-The Moscow
correspondent Of the London Daily News
believes it to be true that the Porte has
decided upon the expulsion of British
and American missionaries in Asia Minor.
Suicide of Z A. Kelton OF Winchester,
N. H., at CopIey Square hotel in Boston.
The Venezuelan commission at Wash
ington decide to send representatives to
search the Dutch and Spanish archives
The battle.ship Indiana arrives at
Port Royal, S. c., where she is to be
docked.-Fully 1900 Chicago tailors
strike out of sympathy for their CO.
s.-International chess mass by
cable between Brooklyn and London
bcgru-The Brittania and Satanita
beaten by the Alisa off Cannes, France.
Saturday.
Minister Terrell starts for America or
steamer Fuerst Bismarck on leave o
bsence.-The result OF the gun trials or
the new battleship Indiana said to bt
disappointing and unsatis actory.-Sev
eral Salvation army officers resign theii
| D,lt Il
British troops ordered to support TIT
Egyptian forces in the immediate ad
vance upon Dongola Mr.. and Mrs
Ballington Booth announce the name o
their new movement to be Gods Ameri
can Vounteers;;" white flag, emblem o
purity, with a large blue star il
the center signifying hope, will be tn
banner. Kincv's managers CLAIM
that more than so delega' es are alread,
elected and instructed Tor the Ohio candi
date.-Report that the Park Squar
ton will be abandoned il a new uniol
station is built.-Will of the late Dover
Mass, millionaire, Benjamin p Cheney
to be contested. -Acc riding to a repor
from Washington, the war department
of the United States, in case of need. ca
put ,467 694 men in the field.
Sunday.
Cuban flibustering steamship Bermr
da sails without molestaton from NeN
York with men and munitions aboar
for the patriots.-Governo Bradley {
Kentu ky orders company of the mil
tia to go from Lexington to Franklor
to quel anv disturbance that may arts
at he coming meeting of the Legislature
Boston Italians meet to take action /
relation to the raising OF funds to assis
their countrymen in the Abyssinia
troubles America declared the WHINE
of The International cable chess mate
between this country and England
Rev. F. E. Clarl president of the nation
al Y. P. S. c. E., joins the Salvatio
Army-Death OF c. w. Shaeler, D.
LII. D., a distinguished minister of II
Lutheran church, at Philadelphia alter
briel ilness.-Frank Murdoch, II, acc
dentally shoots himself at his home
Norwich, Vt, while cleaning his revolve
! Monday.
The British steamer Matadi, whiC
sailed from Sierra Leone February B, M
been totally destroyed at Bona by q
t explosion OF gunpowder. Some OF h
passengers and crew were saved, b,
, many are missing fire in Chic
go loss SIS 900, and one in Clevelar
with a loss Of $45 000.-EIoquent spec
by Senator Lodge on the menace
America OF Unrestricted immigratio
. and an earnest plea for rigorous illite
t acy test of those would take up the
II residence in this country.-Citizens
y Kentucky's capital angry and excite
$ threats made of placing Governor Bra
ley on trial on the charge Of menaci
v the senate and interfering with the leg
d lature by his late official acts.-R
Cross society in Constantinople to Sc,
+ relief to Zritoun under the lead OF |
- Hubbell.-Mr. Curzon, parliamenl a
secreta airy for the foreign office, states
attitude of Great Britain toward t