St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
NEWS SUMMARY.
Thursday.

Sewal drops off.-A fire which is sup
|. posed to have been started for the
purpose Of robbery was discovered in
store underneath the Globe hotel at
Halifax N. S.-Rev. J. c. Hull, a proml-
nent Methodist minister of st. Paul.
Minnesota, has been locked up in police
station, charged with administering
poison to his wife, who is in a very
critical eondition.-Mark Hanna officially
complied with the request of the colored
men for recognition in the national
campaign. - Secretary Carlisle's sons
bolt they cannot support the democratic
ticket.-The Brown strikers at Cleveland
have resorted to Injunction proceedings,
in the effort to bring the company to
terms, praying for a restraining order
against the Brown company and the
MAYOR to prevent the calling out OF
additional military companies or the
making of display of force in the
vicinity of the works calculated to
provoke a breach Oft the peace.
Friday.
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe's resigna-
ton aunonced by German newspaper.
An explosion from some unknown
cause in the packing plant Of Swift &
Co., at Kansas City, resulted in the
death of one man, the injury OF six Others,
four probably fatally, and in the fire,
which followed, 100000 in property
was destroyed The Park theatre that
was built upon the site of the one de-
stroyed year ago was burned. Loss
100000, partly Observation-Disclosures just
received at Cape Town of the decisive
victory won by the 700 British troops
composing Colonel Plumer's column over
native force estimated to have num-
bered from 5000 to 1000 men.-A berry
picker of Williamstown, Mass, chased
by four bears and narrowly escaped
being overtaken.
Saturday.
Ii Hung Chang will sail for New York
on the steamer st. Louis on August 90
The sound-money democratic conference
at Indianapolis decided to call national
convention, to meet in indianapolis on
September 2, to name candidates tor
president and PRESIDENT Chairman
Hinkley of New York issued a call for a
democratic state convention to meet in
Buffalo on September 16.-In the mile.
open bicycle race at Buffalo, E. c. Bald
lowered the worlds singe-paced compe
tition record to 2:01.-John X. Gentry
, lowered the worlds record for pacing
stations at Columbus, Ohio, to 2:03H.-
The coroner's jury which investigated
the Atlantic City railway collision re
turned three 'verdicts, censuring bott
engineers and the siguaman.- There
were three deaths in the city of New York
from the heat and an unusually large
number of prostratons.-Th hottest
day in the history of observations il
> Chicago.
S Sunday.
, 1t was reported in Paris that Queer
I Victoria has invited President Faure t.
I meet Emperor William at Osborne House
Isle of Wight .-Advices from Athens ar
that body of Mussulmans butchereC
thirty unarmed Christians in Anopols
9 Gambia, Crete.-Reports from some o
- the observers of the total eclipse of tn
u sun, which occurred yesterday, SHOW
" that the astronomers were not entirel
: successful in their work.-The principal
J. OF band of criminals, who are said t.
@ have swindled the public out of $3.50
is 600, were arrested in Chicago.-W.
Il Bryan left Chicago, and continued hi
=, journey to New York.-A great man
=, deaths from the extreme heat are rt
!" ported throughout the states,-The Ne>
= York yacht club spent Sunday in Cot
= tage City, Mass Three Italians, az
f. cused of murder, were lynched in s.
IL Charles Parish, La-About forty-hv
le deaths from the heat, and many pros
a trationS were reported in New York cit
ID and its vicinity The Rev. Or. R.
"a Macarthur preached on the tree-sive
-, heresy.-A protest against the adoptio
:. OF the Savage gun for the National Guar
~ has been sent to the governor of Me-
rs York.
'o Herbert Willis, the 19.year-old de
re- perado of Taunton, Mass, confessed t
I'd many crimes and the murder of Fred
L. Strange last June.-Candidate Sewa
arrived in Boston on his way to Ne
a. York. Among the passengers on IL
4 steamship Peru arriving from Honolu
70 and Yokohoma was Mrs. Sanford
W Dole, wife of the president Of Il
o. Hawaiian republic.-The great Englis
s. and Australian rubber cricket mate
W begun at London.-AIss Clara Barto
re president of the American branch Of Il
40 Red Cross Society, started on her retul
40 to the United States. her mission
ne distributing relief to the Armenian SUITE
al ers having been ended. - Gideon
10 Haynes, well-known Boston your
- man, arrested forforgery.- connectiC
y with the policy of German colonial G
ne pansion, 1t is worthy to notice that Il
a Prussian rescript of 1859, forbidding Il
40 promotion of emigration to the thr
p southern provinces OF Brazil, has ju
e. been withdrawn.-The condition of
John Millais, president OF the Roy
Academy, who is suffering from Il
effects of an operation of tracheoton
IN performed upon him some time ago,
tv EXTREMITY critical.-Hon. P. c. lon
IL leaves Honolulu for the United States
- float the So, 100000 Hawaiian loan.
sI Tuesday
{" The Murray Hill bank, one of t
oldest state institutions in New Yo
=, city, goes under. Loans on real esta
- caused the trouble, THE Security ban
u of Duluth, capital 100000, one of t
p leading banks Of the city, closed it's door
es The Italian government has sent
ne cable dispatch to Baron Fava, the al
of bassador'at Washington, directing hi
he at once to forward to Rome precise al
H. detailed information concerning the
be cent lynching of three Italians near Ne
n. Orleans.-The populists and democra
~, are so frequently quoting Gen. Grant
J" the effect that he once said he stoned +