St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-12-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
Thursday.

Thursday.
Thanksgiving day was observed in sew
eral European capitals; three hundred
Americans had dinner at the Hotel
Cecil in London, at which Ambassador
Hay was among the speakers; Ambassa-
dor White was among the speakers at
the dinner oil mericans in Berlin.-The
sitting of the lower house of the Austrian
Reichsrath was again closed on account
of the disorderly tactics OF the German
Opposition.-In the Lancaster Nursery
Handicap at Manchester "Tod" Sloane
rode the Prince OF Wales Little Dorrit,
which was not placed; Sloane, later,
with Ravelaw Castle won the Roths-
childs plate.-The president is expected
to urge legislation for the better govern
ment of Alaska in his forthcoming mes
sage to congress-Th Hawaiian minis
ter in Washington said he expected an
| amicable settlement OF the trouble be.
tween his country and Japan at an early
day.
Friday.
| Dedication of the new Christian Science
church in Chicago, the largest and finest
oil it's kind in the world; communication
read from Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.-An-
nual report OF the secretary of the navy;
he recommends building only one battle
ship and few torpedo boats.-More tu
multi and disorder in the Reichsrath;
dozen or more deputies suspended and
the police called in to clear the chamber;
harsh epthets banded about.-Dr. Bart
lett OF Dartmouth college celebrated his
SOth birthday sterday-Cubans reply
to the Spanish autonomy; "lndepend-
ence or death" is the watchword.-N
a riot at the Great Northern theatre in
Chicago; audience rushed for the DOORS
stage hands and electricians strike.
Saturday.
The sitting of the lower house Of the
Austrian Rechsrath was closed after an
other outbreak of violence by the Ger
man Opposition; it is reported that
Premier Badeni will be asked to resign,
the Reichsrath dissolved and new cleo
tons ordered.-An official forecast says
that the German governments naval bill
will provide for sixty-nine new warships
to be built in the next seven years.-The
royal DEGREES granting autonomy to
Cubo and Porto Rico were published in
Madrid. TOD" Sloane, the American
Jockey, won four races at the Manchester
November meeting in England re
port of conflict between the French and
English in Africa proved to be uniounded.
, In connection with German naval op.
erations against the Chinese, and the
possible seizure Of territory, Emperor
William is reported as saying: 1--WE
, must forestal England. The Canadian
government, in declining the proposal O.
. the United States to suspend pelagit
sealing, says that such action can bt
] taken only by the British Parliament
e Walter L. Sessions, son of the late ex
Y Congressman Sessions and two othel
n people lost their lives in fire in James
2 town, N. Y. - President Mckinley
promised to send special message tt
. congress in behalf of the Pan-Americai
j. exposition to be held on the Niagar'
: river in 1904 report from Honolulu
!, that this government would advis
u Hawaii to pay the indemnity demande
y BY Japan was discredited by officials il
!. Washington.-President Smith, of tn
y Louisville and Nashville railroad, d.
). clared the pooling and anti-scalpin
y measures before congress to be radics
q and revolutionary.
=. Sunday.
,e A Paris newspaper published allege
4 letters oil Comte Esterhazy that create
# a sensation in Paris by their reflection o
3. the French army.-Ambassador Whit
II has been instructed to inform the Germa
v government that no undue punishmer
.. OF Hayti in relation to the Lueder's ca,
" will be tolerated by the United Stat
4 government.-Two steamers arrived {
Of Seattle from Alaska, bringing $3.50, OC
in in drafts and gold dust; twenty-five i
turning gold.seekers who left Dawson Il
middle Of October, declared that the foe
SC shortage at that time almost amount'
rs to famine.-A comparison of the fir
NJ NJ four months under the Dingley act wi
~! ~ the corresponding period under the W
~ son act shows that the governments l
~ ceipts were over 81 100000 great
81 under the present tariff law.
he Monday.
he China has determined not to gra
90 the demands of Germany, but will e
.al deavor to settle the trouble by diplomat
a measures.-I 1t was said in Berlin tn
gs only monetary reparation was to
demanded from Hayti for the arrest
ed Lueders, but that no interference fro
m. the United States would be tolerated
,t' The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse on t
;s trip ended Yesterday made an avera
az speed OF 2235 knots, the highest ey
EST made on a voyage across the Atlantic
eel Senior De LONE, the Spanish minister
,cv Washington, made a statement i'll ,
no PLANTATION of the scheme OF home r,
ut. proposed for Cuba.-The United Sta
of supreme court met after the Thanksgivi
as recess and handed down number
Id" decisions.-Th second trial of Adolph
Luetgert on the charge of numbering
rod wife has begun in Chicago.
rn- Tuesday.
EN- Emperor William opened the Reichst
the in person; the speech from the thrC
,ep- dealt with the importance of increas