St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-02-25
NEWS SUMMARY.
Thursday.

made IN Havana, tHV 'OhNS ~ ."
CITY hall.-A decree accepting the res'R'
nation of Minister Dupuy de LONE was
pazetted in Madrid.-A Russian cruiser
With two thousand men for the East
passed through the Bosporus.-An ex'
plosion OF fire damp in Belgian colllery
caused heavy loss of liie.-The president
and members of the administrator are
still confident that the destruction OF the
Maine was caused by an accident lnsde
the ship; board OF inquiry was APP
pointed, with orders to c1ake rigid III
yestipation.-The state department an
nounced that the De Lone incident was
salts orily closed, the Spanish gov
ernment having disavowed the ex-m'nis-
ter's reflections on President Mckinley
An introductory Judgment tor over
$500. 900 was filed against Miss De'laria
Grace Richardson, who is contesting the
will OF her father. the owner OF the spite
House" in New York.
Friday.
The bodies OF 1876 sailors OF the wrecked
battlc-ship Maine have been recovered
at Havana; precautions are taken to
keep irresponsible divers away from the
wreck; another sailor died in the hos.
pital al Havana.-A protest was entered
in the French chamber OF deputies
against the importation OF American
horses. - The Russian government mas
appointed Count Casino to be ambas-
sador to the United States instead OF
Ministerial bread riot broke out in Stro.
ina, Sicily, and the troops were compelled
to fire on the mob-A resolution appro-
priating 5000 900 for saving AS much as
possible from the wreck OF the Name was
passed BY both branches of congress-
Secretary Long, in behalf OF the admin.
istraton emphaticaly denied wild and
warike rumors arising from the destruc-
ton OF the Maine; the deaths from the
explosion. according to latest iniorma-
ton, number 24S The government at
Washington received an appeal from
Governor Brady of Alaska for troops to
afford protection at Dyea and Skaguay.
The government OF Canada consented
to United States troops accompanying
the Klondike relief expedition, provided
they do not hear arms in Canadian terri
tory.-The Spanish cruiser Vlcazya an
chored off the Bar; police measures were
in New York harbor.
Saturday.
Captain Sigsbee in an interview de.
scribed the scenes at the explosion of the
Maine; divers continued TO work on the
wreck of the battlcship iii Havana har-
Dor, doing salvage work; sailor OF the
Maine died on board the Spanish steamer
Colon.->panish troops have been de-
feated in Cuba. and General Gomez is
marching westward in the direction of
Havana -Counsellor of Legation Speck
Won Slernburg has been appointed first
secretary OF the German embassy at
Washington -Thirty-six British officers,
with immense quantities Of munitions of
war, LETT London for West Airica.--The
request OF the Spanish officers in Havana
for joint investigation of the wreck OF
the Maine was d, cllned by this govern
ment, but all facilities will he granted for
them to make separate inquiry.-Act-
ing Secretary Meiklrjohn Of the war de-
partment said that the present activity
in work on coast deiences had no connec-
ton with the Maine disaster.-Howard
Could yacht, the Niagara, said to be
the largest steam yacht ever built in the
United States, was launched at Whining
ton, Del.-Another day OF excitement &C.
Cured in the Chicago wheat markets,
with sharp rise in May and July OPP
tions.
Sunday.
A special dispatch from Havana says
that the inquiry into the cause of the
disaster to the Maine is expected to be
finished n three days "A French force
advanced or Saketo, town in West
Africa, within territory claimed by the
Brtish.-A requiem service for the VIC
tins OF the Maine disaster was held in
Berln.-The navy department received
word from Admiral Sicard that the
Maine court of inquiry would assemble
in Havana today the coast survey
steamer Bache, with wrecking apparatus
and divers. arrived at the scene of the
Disaster Senior Du Bose. Spanish Charge
d'Affaires in Washington, said that Lieu
tenant Sobral. whose criticisms of the
American navy have attracted some at
tention, was not the naval attache Of
the Legation, his service having termi-
mated on January "a Senator Plat S
declaration in favor OF the denomination
OF Governor Black is regarded by the lat
ter's iri,nds as assuring his success in
the republican state convention.-Pas
engers and crew regard an Alaskan
steamer as unsafe and leave her.-An i'm
por,ant missionary convention will meet
this week in CLEVELAND Information as
to the situation in Cuha has heen Dre.
pared by the atedepartment, but prob
ably will not be transmitted to congress
at present.
Monday.
The Maine court of inquiry reached
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