St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-16

seriously hurt and q house wrecked ana
set afire at Providence by an explosion
Of gasoline-The condition or Nine
Nordica reported as grave-Party of
two men and three women from Brook
Ign badly hurt by runaway accident at
Brattleboro, VT; one may die-Mont-
gomery lodge of Masons OF Milford,
Mass, meets in the room where 1t was
Instituted 100 years ago in Rockville,
Mass.
Monday.
No tract of missing Grace Stevenson
found as yet; mysterious stranger in
Nashua, N. H., thought to have been
her has fled--Three cases OF heat pros
tration at Bpston--Patrick O'Toole,
attacked by nightmare, jumps from
window at Boston-Large saw and
gristmills of Berlin, N. H., destroyed by
fire; loss about $100, 000-Forty helpless
women assaulted by Spanish column in
a Cuban town; General Quintin Ban
deras reported killed-President Nc
Klnley grants the plea of daughter for
her fathers freedom; an embezzler Of
Brooklyn-London papers say that the
Duke of Manchester cannot be regarded
seriously as a marrying man--Three
hundred railroad workmen engage in
scrimmage over crossing In Chicago;
20 men injured-Three prominent New
York society women injured by run
away accidents--Rev. S. F. Pearson
tells Maine men they ought to close
Portland's 300 open saloons-Reported
elopement from Greenville, N. H., Of
two married personal---very. day for
Christian Endeavorers at San Fran
cisco--Rope or stake will be the fate
of the negro who assaulted little girl
In Georgia. 1000 men hunting him
Ex-Governor Goodell of Antrim, N. H.,
frightens Nashua liquor dealers and
their bondsmen-"Lon" Trip of West
port near Fall River, Mass, found dy-
ing Saturday night, his head in the lap
of the wife Of Jerry Manchester, who Is
charged with the fatal assault-Queen
Victoria, Emperor William, the czar and
President Faure offer advice to the sui
tan similar to that given by Francis
Joseph-Jack McAuliffe decides to re-
enter the prize ring, and is matched to
fight Jack Burke at New Orleans Aag.
s; Dan Stuart to hold another carnival
at Carson city, with Maher and Sharkey
and Mccoy and Creedon as attractions
Miners elated over the prospects
and consider the chances of winning the
strike good; West Virginia diggers still
at work, but an effort will be made to
| get them out at once prominent oper-
| a. .4~.lJ-. t.
Tuesday.
| No clew to whereabouts of Grace Ste
venson yet found; mother of girl not at
home and father has suddenly left city
James Shelts or Charles Baker, prob
ably both assumed names, shoots his
employer at Norwich, VT, gets to White
River Junction, where he Is arrested and
escapes by knocking down policeman,
and is now at large, promising to shoot
the first man who touches him-C. H.
Kemp Sturgeon, a colored man of Bos-
ton. creates a dramatic scene at the
White House; complains bitterly of the
deception practiced upon him; gave
time and money to secure the election Of
Mckinley, and now cannot get recog-
nition-Enormous importations of wool
and hides at Boston to avoid the duty
imposed by the pending tariff increase
Operators show no inclination to
arbtrate the question at issue with the
miners; strikers strengthening tNeir
lines along the river, more men going
out-Despairing cry from Armenia;
Turks bent upon determination of the
nlo IT,
and terrible persecution-Two cases
of heat prostration in Boston, six deaths
and Is prostrations in New York
Christian Endeavor convention in Sar
Francisco closed-Terrible railway &C.
cident in Denmark, in which 80 were
killed and "a iniured-Members Of
United States bimetallic commission
confer with British statesmen -
Lightning struck state camp at Peeks.
Kill, N. Y, and killed Corporal McDon
oil of Twentv-second regiment, render.
ing other soldiers unconscious-Mrs
Nancy Wood Kilburn, 1902 years old, OBJ
serves her birthday in Worcester, Mas!
Rev. D. S. Call at Old Orchard criti
cises the Maine way of enforcing the pro
hibitory laws-Tariff conference com
mittee meeting obstacles: sugar, wool
lumber and cotton bags are four vita
and disturbing elements; compromise OF
different schedules probable; Senate
Morgan arraigns the proposed agree
ment with Union Pacific system
plans being made to build new Cath
Ollie college for the higher education O
women in Washington to be affiliate,
with the university there-Three Cam
, bridge (Mass,) institutions left $4,000
by Mrs. Randall
. Wednesday.
: Wind and waves raised havoc wit
the fleet of yachts on the New Englan
coast--Deadlock in the conference O.
the tariff bill; Speaker Reed and Sen
ator Aldrich opposed to each other o
the sugar schedule Secretary Gage see
unfailing signs of a revival of bushes
john Fl. Laskey, contractor, who fig
, ured in engine house scandal at Cam
!, bridge, Mass, brought from New Yor
:, to answer charge of forgery of bond
given the city-James Stevenson pos
, itively asserts that he Eas no knowledg
, of the whereabouts of his missing daugf
ter, and blames her mother for her dis
appearance-Six Wellesley MASS
, boys en- route to the wIds of Maine O
q foot stopped by the Newton police
, Sentiment seems to be growing the
+ l.. A. w. should let racing alone; sane
ton business regarded as humbug-
!, American Benefit society officers sus
a pend the S52 members of the four Brocl
o ton (Mass) lodges--Millionaire Mine
G owner Creede of Colorado prefers deaf