St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-14

dlsDanding their army-Pawning of
pension certificates and vouchers grown
to an extent which demands reform at
once, says the commssioner-Un
States sent $540 $50, 1862 worth Of products
to the United Kingdom, and received
$lO9,1SS,365 worth--New York man
found In railroad tunnel with frac-
tured leg and arm--Brooklyn man
shot himself in New York hotel, and
left note for the girl who discarded
him-Refined woman In Brooklyn took
carbolic acid-Congressma Bailey
thinks that the next congress will be
mocratic--Westfe Ind, nearly
destroyed by fire-Boy of 10 poisoned
himself deliberately at Sea Cliff, Staten
Williamsburg N. ", man, in
love with his own daughter, killed him
self because she would not give up her
sweetheart-W G, +. Ross Of Vergen-
mes, VT, committed suicide in Yonkers,
N. Y, because a girl Tilted him.
SUNDAY, SEPT. Il.
Spanish senate adopted the terms of
the peace protocol-Austrian empress
stabbed In Geneva with a file by an
italian narchist-Thirty build
ings in Livermore Falls, Me-. burned
and one life lost-Committee of nine
selected by the president to investigate
the management of the war by Secre-
tary Alger--Thirty four Of Worcester's
volunteers dead-Admira Slcard to
be retired-Louis Paille of Fall River
hanged himself in cell in Montreal
hod af h i'm
Jockey Barrett killed by his horse fall
ing on him at Sheepshead, L. New
York Democrats likely to ignore silver
In their platform General Shafter
put in command of the department Of
the east, with headquarters in Gov
ernor's island, N. Y-Mrs. Ell Potter
held up in Kansas City, Kan, and
robbed of SO 900 which she had beneath
the lining Of her dress-Charles Cut
Ter, aged 80, killed in Brookield, Mass,
by being thrown from a carriage
The Oregon and Iowa going to the
Pacific In readiness for an emergency
In Manila or Observation-Disclosures
greeting to Secretary Alger on reaching
his home in Detroit-Providen wom
an took nitric acid in mistake for ginger
and died-Reported that hundreds of
Americans are subssting on charity in
Dawson-Light snow in western Kan
sas and parts of Colorado-Yellow
fever among the troops in Ponce, Porto
Rico-Woman Of st. Stephen, N B..
supposed to have been killed year ago
by her husband. found alive in Boston
Hard winter in Australia-Priest
alleged to have absconded from Mexico
with $4,000 of church money--Idle
and respondent resident of Hawthorne,
N. j., committed suicide by putting his
head under the wheel of a locomotive
-Brigands in Sicily. led by young
woman, committing audacious and cruel
acts.
MONDAY, SEPT. ~.
Jerome, Ariz., almost wiped out by
fire, and II persons killed-Waum-
beck wooden mill of Milton, N. H., just
about to resume after shutdown. of
eight years, burned at loss of SIS, 900
Negro shot, burned and drowned
near Digby, Ca, for assault on white
woman-Man cut his throat during a
performance in an Australian theatre
Sixty cases of yellow fever among
the troops at Guantanamo-Busin
portion of New Westminster, B. c.,
eaten up by fire-Masonic temple In
Washington Court House, o., burned to
the ground-Big fire in Red Bluff,
Col-Patrick Toomey killed near
Greenfield, Mass, by Melvin Hamilton
during a dispute-Explosio of gas
oline In Philadelphia cellar resulted in
the collapse of two buildings and the
loss of several lives-Twenty persons
lost by the sinking of two schooners
bound for ports in Georgia-Dis-
patches Of coincidence arriving in Wen
ma from all parts of the world, testify
ing to profound horror and sympathy
for the assassination of Empress Eliza
beth-Four business houses and ho-
tel consumed in Princeton, Ky-Hun-
dreds Of lives destroyed in Japan by a
typhoon-Half the residents of Jack
son, Miss. stampeded to escape yellow
fever-Ezekiel Lazette of Wyandotte
Mich, killed his wife and himself
Two men dead and two others dying as
the result of a fight in Erlanger, KY,
over a fence.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10.
Mangled head and disjointed legs Of
woman found in packages lying in the
mud in Bridgeport, and murder is sus-
pected-Chapman' hotel and Littles
store in Salisbury, N. H., destroyed at a
loss of $12, 000-Farm buildings of Mary
Whittier of Pennington Falls, Me-,
burned-Safe of Richmond's store in
Hoosick, VT, robbed of 1912 and a dia-
mond ring-Plant of the Rees Printing
company of Omaha burned at a loss of
$751; 000-Blanco protests against at
tacks on the Spanish army made in the
senate of that country-Passenger
train went through bridge south of
Texarkana, Tex, and one person killed
Dewey said to regard the situation
jim the Philippines as critical by reason
of the actions of the nsurgents-Laura
and Alice Dollinger killed by locomo-
tive in Winchester, Va-Flags to be
sent to the schools in Porto Rico by a
Grand Army post in New York-7-Syl-
vanus Warrens stable in Providence in
ashes-Five-y ear-old girl killed her A.
months-od brother while amusing him
with a rifle in napolis-Fourtee
New York firemen overcome by the
fumes Of burning essential oil in the
basement of a five-story building and
carried to the street-Spanish prison
ers on Seavey's island, Portsmouth har-
Dor, sailed for home-Spanish senator
wants Admiral Cervera and General