St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
NEWS SUMMARY.
Thursday.

Inur60ay.
The Spanish cabinet has under consid-
Grafton the impeachment Of General Wey-
Ter on account otthe sentiments expressed
by him before sailing from Havana for
Spain.-A suit in which the Prince of
Wales was accused of fraud was dis
missed in the Lord Mayors court in
London.-The steamer which hasgo in
search of Andre carries fifteen men aud
provisions for eight months.-The Cana
dian Minister of the Interior said that
all the Canadian routes to the Klondike
would be opened. ed.-President Mckinley
returned to Washington from his visit to
Ohio.-The treasury department has
completed arrangements TO prevent a
disturbance OF the money market result
ing from the sale of the Union Pacific
railroad.-It is expected that negotia-
tions for an arbitration treaty with Eng
land will be reopened in Washington
soon.-Ex-Senator Thomas L. Clingham
died at Raleigh, N. C.-Four people were
killed and seventeen injured in a wreck
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.-.
1t was announced that Henry o. Have
meyer had undergone an operation TOR
appendicitis and was doing well.
Friday. 10,
The Spanish government decided to
court martial General Weyler on his ar
rival in Spain unless he explains his offen-
sive speech made prior to his departure
from Havana; the new trial of the crew
of the Competitor will begin in Havana
on Monday next.-A soldier OF the gar
rison of Rio Janeiro attempted to shoot
President Moraes of Brazil.-Two Rhen-
sh missionaries have been murdered in
province of Southern China.-Soldiers
have been arrested in the French garrison
at Nancy for distributing Anarchist liter
ature.-The state department has re-
ceived the full text OF Spain's reply to
Minister Woodfords note.-There were
ten deaths from yellow fever and twenty
| five new cases of the disease in New Or
leans.-Premier Laurier and Minister
Davies OF Canada are to visit Washing
ton next week to take part in the seal
ing negotiations a reciprocity treaty
may also be considered. Forest Pre-
serve board bought many thousands
ceres in Hamilton county for the Adiron-
dack park.
| Saturday.
London newspapers criticise the utter
ances of Hannis Taylor, former Minister
to Spain from the United States; it is re-
ported in Madrid that if the Competitor
prisoners are condemned to death again
they will be pardoned.-Great Britain, it
is declared, will not stop pelagic sealing,
but expects the United States to buy out
| Canada's interests.-A soldier and sew
] cral deputies inrulted President Moraes
OF Brazil as an outgrowth of the attempt
to assassinate the President on Friday.
The Anglo-Egyptian expedition up the
Nile has been abandoned the British
foreign Office is active in opposing French
aggression on the west coast of Africa
The sealing treaty between the United
States and Russia and Japan was signed
at the state department. in Washington.
Three court officials in Philadelphia
were arrested on charges of issuing iraud-
lent naturalization paper.-The Carnegie
and Bethlehem steel companies are said
to have acquired the new Krupp process
of hardening armor plates Attorney
General McKenna ordered that the mutt
neers on the schooner Olive Pecker be
tried at Norfolk, Va.-Several appoint
meuts were made by President Mckinley.
I'm the principal foot ball games of the
day the University of Pennsylvania beat
the Carlisle Indians, Princeton beat La
fayette, and Yale beat the Chicago Ath-
letc club.-Richard Crocker started South
for rest.
Sunday.
The Spanish cabinet council has ap-
proved the proposal oi amnesty for Cuba
and the Philippines; number of repre-
IN A,,tn tc ,,,(> (>,rho ho
cepted appointments to provincial gov
the Office Of "The Republican," in Rio
Janerio. because the paper had criticised
the policy OF the government and at
tackled President Moraes and General
Betancourt-It is said the admnistra-
tion will give fair trial to General
Blanco's policy before taking any further
action on the Cuban question; Consul
General Lee left Washington to return to
his post in Havana.-Some of the plans
for currency reform suggested to the mon
etary commission in session at Washing
ton were made public.
Monday.
Marshall Banco issued an edict grant
ing full pardon to all Cuban rebels who
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are being made by General Weyler's
friends in Spain to neutralize the threat
ened action of the Sagasta cabinet.-The
charges against Signor Crispi, ex. Premier
of Italy, in connection with the bank
scandals, were quashed by the Court Of
Cessation at Rome. Premier Laurier and
Minister Davies, of Canada, are on their
way to Washington, prepared to nego-
tiate for settlement OF all the questions
in dispute between the United States and
the Dominion.-The President is said to
desire a speedy ratification OF the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty, in view of a
possible crisis in Cuban affairs.-The ad-
ministration decided to send the revenue
cutter Bear to the relief of the whaling
fleet imprisoned in the ice in the Arctic
Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter of Kentucky was
appointed Minister to Guatemala and
Honduras.
Tuesday.
At the Lord Mayors banquet in Lon
don Lord Salisbury said that the concert
OF Europe was like steam roller having
great power, but little speed.-Premier
Sagasta said that Spain would regard
an occasion for war with the United
States as grave misfortune.-The Span.
ish reply to Minister Woodford's note
was read at the cabinet meeting and was
considered as allaying any fear Of hostil
!, tiles. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier o.
Canada, and his companions arrived il