St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-27
NEWS SUMMARY.


Free Masons hall in Providence, X. l.,
- burned; loss half milion.-One of the
heaviest falls ofsnow during the win err
!, fears of anol her food in portions oil Yer
mont .-Reported bcthrothal OF King
: Alexander OF Scrvia 10 Princes Marie OF
G Greece. Carlisle issues orders
o seize the Bermuda il she is found to
have on board arms and men Tor Cuba,
American missionary association de-
cides to meet in Boston next Oclober.-
Arrest Of a protege Of Dr.. Edward Ever
cit Hale for Iohbng fifty flats in Boston.
Leading republicans OF Kentucky en-
dorse the course taken bv Governor
Bradley during the recent session OF leg
i.lature. in New York OF William
w. Howard, who has ben connected
with the Armenian relief work but who
was unsuccessful in his attempt to enter
Armenia. News Of an attempt to take
the life of u. S. Consul J. b. Hall at st.
Johns, Porto Rico, by a Spanish sol
dier.-Major Salso, returning from his
mission to King Menelek reports 1,5OO
Italian prisoners held by the Abysslnian
king.
Friday.
nc u. y. mouse VOlCu, lou w 80 W
censure Ambassador Bayard for his
speeches in England reh' citing on the
American people and political Methods
A thrteen.year-old girl OF Craig, Mo-,
confesses to the poisoning of her parents,
brothers and sisters.-General Neal Dow
celebrates his god birthday at Portland,
Maine.-Much anxiety felt by people liv-
ing on the shores of the Hudson river in
the vicinity OF Four Mile Point, where,
in places, the ice is piled in huge masses
rom II to 40 feet high.-President Cleve-
land writes a letter Withdrawing his
name from The presidential domination.
Report from Kentucky that meteor
falls destroying house and burying a
woman and her children.--A dispatch
from Cairo says that the KhaIifa has
proclaimed holy war against Egypt and
has called all Dervishes capable OF bear.
ing arms to enlist in his army.
Saturday.
Dynamite explodes in Ellicott City,
Md, killing two men.-Mr. and Mrs.
Booth-Tuckcr sail from Southampton Tor
New York.-Plan to construct failroad
through Arizona by the Saluda Southern
Railway company incorporated with a
capital of 9,000,000-The teams of
the Boston Athletic association and
Princeton University, which will repre-.
sent American athletic at The revival Of
the Olympic games at Athens April 5,
sail for Napies.-Sr Philip Currie, British
ambassador receives TELEGRAM Stating
that 5000 persons were killed at Oorla
in the recent disturbances at that place
"A member Of the Cuban Junta in New
York states that as soon as the United
States recognizes Cuban beligerency, a
navy will be provided in short time by |
the Junta.-Consul Hall denies the story |
that Spanish soldier fired at him with |
murderous intent.-Chiel engineer w. A.
Allen OF the Maine Central railroad fell
from the platform of a train and was
lost in the rapids while crossing the
bridge over the Androscoggin river near
Lewiston, Me.-Prominent Indiana lead
ers announce that Benjamin Harrison's
name will be presented at the national
at st. Louisa party OF con.
gressmen on an inspection tour of the
Monongahela narrowly escape going
over dam.
Sunday
Col. William Eadie, for many years
chief secretary at headquarters in New
York OF the Salvation Army and ordered
to return to England, makes his farewell
address to the Bowery barracks. Sever
al influential German newspapers defend
the English Nile expedition as necessary.
by Lord Salisbury that
for arbitrations of all disputes
between England and the United States
are before both Sixteen
out of twenty-five delegates 10 the St.
Louis convention chosen in Alabama are
for Observation-Disclosures Tor the new
battle-ship Massachusetts, by Rear,
Admiral Makaroff OF the Russian navy.
"A fire in the census Office in Washing
ton destroys many valuable papers,
Complete returns from Minnesota show
that out OF 1000 delegates to the state
Mckinley has over 7OO.-
Two Philadelphia sailing vessels, the
parks Havana and Robert S. Patterson.
given up for lost, together with their
'rews. numbering thirty persons.-The
evolution in Nicaragua according to
private dispatches is serious President
lelaya unable to suppress the rebellion.
Monday.
The steamship Shamut runs aground
II Fort channel in Boston, obstructing
Ill New York and New England railroad
rains.-Several killed and many injured
n coal mine explosion at Dubois, Pa.
Mr.. Gladstone donates f1O0 to the Ar
nenian tund.-Great Britain threatened
~ an invasion OF American pig iron,
which, it is said, will be serious blow
% the supremacy of Great Britain as a
manufacturing nation. limited States
enate rejects the report on Cuba.-The
Madrid agent of the Rothschid firm in
orms the Spanish government that the
Iothschllds desire to subscribe for large
mount of the new Cuban bonds.--Re-
eivers appointed for the Central YER
mont on account of the Grand Trunk
ltigation.-Report confirmed that the
British Egyptian advance guard captured
without firing a gun.-The en-
'eror and empress start for Genoa, for a
Mediterranean cruise. accompanied by
he King OF Italy.
Tuesday.
1t is announced that the bank of Italy
VIII issue government loan Of 140, 00O,-
700 lire for the purpose of carrying on
he campaign in Africa. The loan will
'e issued at 81 per cent.-The Gendron
ron company, one of the oldest furnace
operating concerns in the Lehigh valley
make an assignment, naming as the
lssignees 7. ]. Lea of Philadelphia and
;. S. Gray Of Boston.-United States
enate refuses to endorse the conference
eport on Cuba.-Mark Hanna, McKin-