St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-05-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEDNESDAY. MAY II.

WEDNESDAY, MAY II.
Evangelist Moody wants christian lit
rature for the army and navy during
the civil war, and proposes to send evan
gelists to the camps-Fire In West
Newton, Mass. destroyed E. M. Staples
home and outbuhdings-Cons
amendment sanctioned by the senate
changing the day for inaugurating presi-
dents from March 4 to May DOG
found the head of the body of man
that was discovered near Verona lake
N. j., Monday-xavier Grubla, rs
years old. killed by locomotive in New
buryport while on the way to Boston
to join the navy-Five Of John Breen's
children had q narrow escape from death
through fire in Biddeford-Tornado
devastated the country between Cliff
ton and Hsgar, Oklahoma, destroying
10 houses and badly wrecking as many
more-J. c. Neal, 81. killed in Kittery,
n H., by an electric-Capture of q
Norwegian steamer while trying to run
the blockade after previous warning
Mr. Roosevelt given cavalry sabre
by clerks in the navy department.
Half of the business portion of Pine
City, Mimi. destroyed by fire-Preston
Greene, 80 years, arrested in Providence
for choking and robbing a woman in
her home-Two stores in South Paris,
Me, were destroyed and a residence bad
ly damaged by fire, the total loss being
No00o-Company OF the Rhode Island
regiment disbanded for striking against
the rejection of its colonel on account of
defective vision-Henry E. Potthoff,
city treasurer Of Peoria, Ills, who at
tempted to commit suicide by shooting,
said to have forged the names of rela-
tives and to have secured $4,000, be-
sides being a defaulter to the city to the
amount of sS00-Four men killed at a
Petersburg. w. Va, mine--About
$4,000 in bounty expected to be due the
100 men in Admiral Deweys fleet
General Woodford expected to return to
Madrid as minister after the war Is
ended-British tramp steamer tried
to run the blockade at Matanzas. but
Is turned back-French steamer al
lowed to leave Havana with refugees
for Vera Cruz, but sharp watch will be
kept for the lafayette when 1t energies
from Havana-Spanishs soldiers active
in setting up defences along the Cuban
coast-Four hundred rough riders as
sembled at San Antonio to join Roose-
velt's regiment-Barrel makers on
strike in Chicago.
THURSDAY, MAY 70.
Two Boston men killed on bridge In
Rye, N. Y-Driver of a stage in Cali
fornis, though badly wounded, beat of
arobber who had attacked him from the
rear-Effort being made by rival to
have the contract for stamped envelopes
withdrawn from Holyoke company
Benjamin Edwards two children
drowned in a quarry pool in Monsoon
Me-Woman suspected Of poisoning
two horses and cow owned by Nahum
Piper of East Belfast, Me-Wool store
house in Ballardville, Mass, burned will
100000 worth of the raw product
Martin Cunningham drowned in Ban.
cor, Me--Death of Charlotte Thomp
son, at one time well-known actress
American missionaries flee from the
Aarampa district, Soudan-Corre
spondents in Rome Of Paris papers agree
that revolution is imminent, and re-
public is expected-Hampshir Count!
National bank loses s24O, 900 by President
Warmers misdeeds-Mexico strength
ems her frontier troops-Two attempts
made to poison troops at Camp Mobile
Aa-Shoestring factory Of Sidne!
brentwood in South Weymouth, Mass.
burned at a loss Of $S500-One man In
'urtd fatally and two seriously by Al
explosion Of gunpowder in Barre, Vt
national association Of police chief
wants a federal bureau for the identifi
cation Of professional criminals-Tw
hundred political arrests in Porto Rico
and hunger and smallpox ravaging tn
populatlon-Six hundred persons salt
70 have been killed during the riots Il
Milan and 1000 rrested-Lighting of
match by smoker resulted in an ex
pioson in waterworks tunnel in Clevs
land which will cost Ave deaths.
FRIDAY, MAY IS.
Two shells from Cardenas forts dis
aoled United States vessel, killed fiv
VI Its men and wounded several
downing. spy, under arrest in Wash
,,ngton, hanged himself In his cell
,nody of Marjorie Howard, Newtor
mass., girl of II, found mangled nea
railroad track under mysterious Gil
,sumstances-Belgium accused OF al
owing Spanish vessel to take on sup
pIes IN Antwerp harbor--Can Of dyna
~. 'te found in car Of coal intended &c
Nne government originally, but aftel
wards used by the seller in filling press
ns order In Salem, N. J"Austrl
.eems 1t unnecessary to issue declare
..oh or neutrahty-James A. ThomI
SUI, IL years old, drowned in Gloucest'
IL nassett & Son, hat manufactures
rankin, Mass, made an assignmel
AMlilion bushels of grain burned wit
s ars elevator in Chicago-Cal
so oms wheat crop reported to be
.e''ure, and that of Oklahoma's promis
70 be enormous.-T,uo nersona neri,