St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-06-15
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE s.

Point, N. j., on charge Of strangling
a boy who travelled with him, the VIC
TINS body being found In woods COW
cred with leaves-ADeath Of II. G. Dor
sey Of Pawtucket, known as the pris-
oners' friend, because of his Willingness
to serve as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In the
case Of Martin Thorne Of New York,
murderer of Guldensuppe affirmed by
court of appeals--Failure Of national
bank in Delhi, NJ Monument to
Gladstone to be set up in Westminster
Abbey-Law clerk In New York in GUS
tody for stealing package containing
$500 worth of jewelry, and letter of
credit for $50 900, belonging to one of the
frm-Frank Cooney Of Worcester
sailor, drowned in Gloucester while
boarding schooner. e. Hescox of
Greenfield, Mass, aged 20, drowned by
the upsetting of a canoe-Body Of
Mary Ouimett, 40 years old, found in
canal in Manchester, the woman having
drowned herself through grieving over
the death of her husband in Cohoes, N
Y-Doffers in the Corr mill in Taunton
struck for an increase of 10 percent
Frank Murphy killed his father in Mars
Hill, Me-Hospital train of u cars
prepared for the army-Rural free de-
livery to be continued by congress.
THURSDAY. JUNE9.
Frederick Rivers of Lowell brakeman,
disembowelled in Londonderry, N. H.,
by falling under his train-Richard
Dwyer, aged 20, drowned in Lewiston
while bathing-Fire caused loss of
$4,000 in Pascoag, r. l., destroying a
dwelling and a store-Two farmhands
drowned in Fairfield, Conn, by the over
| turning Of boat-A. S. Van Wickle,
Hazleton, Pa, millionaire, killed ac-
cidentally at a pigeon shoot--Ethel
Dawkins, II years, burned fatally in
Cambridge by the explosion Of a gas
oline stove-Henry Weston, 10 years
of age, killed himself in New Brunswick,
N. j., because he had been censured-
Fire in South Weymouth. Mass, de-
stroyed Moodys betting mandatory at
a loss of $5500-Woolen mills in Ware
and Gilbertville, Mass, to run two days
a week-Clark's hotel at Fort Point,
near Belfast, Me-, burned at a loss of
$75,00O-A. A. Winslow of Taunton
killed. supposedly by the accidental dis
charge of gun-Twelve stores burned
in Mt. Olive, N. c., loss approximating
$50 ,0O0-Three children burned to death
by the explosion of a can of oil in shed
in Allegheny, Pa, one of them having
lighted a match-All but two stores of
the business section of Ittabena, Miss,
destroyed by fire-Conference of Jews
in New York to devise means for over
coming the tendency Of younger be-
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gent drowned in Hillsboro, N. H
Water barge filled with water for the
army and navy lost off North Carolina
during storm. her c1ew of five being
rescued-Three smooth-bore guns at
the fort in New Bedford spiked by some
body nknown-Joseph Ellis murdered
his wife and killed himself in Lowell
because she reproached him for his
drinking habits-Verdict for $4,000
against the Boston Ice company in a
suit to recover for the loss of childs
foot by cake falling from wagon Of
the defendant--Can of powder found
in coal heap by the fireman in Hol-
yoke factory.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10.
Ninety men affected by a strike of
stone cutters in Rockport, Mass-Cap-
tain Hart, the filibusterer pardoned by
the president against the advice of the
attorney general-Mah arrested in
Nashua, N. H., for seven burglaries-
Italian resident of Quincy, Mass, ar
rested in Italy on charge of leading a
bread riot-Boston boy drowned while
bathing-One man killed and two in
jured in wreck of train near Roches-
ter, N. Y-Fish's sawmill in Upton,
Mass, destroyed by an incendiary fire
0lof Swenson, aged 49, killed himself with
gas in Melrose, Mass-Yellow fever in
McHenry, Miss-James McKerron
wealthy and eccentric, died in squalor in
New York-Fatal case of sunstroke in
Manchester, N. H-Will of B. B. knight
Of Providence contains provision for
yearly allowance of $500 for 16 years to
the Rhode Island Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Children, and for
$4,000 for the city library-Resident of
Bowdoinham, Me-, suffering from re-
ligious mania, found in woods after 16
days of wandering without food or water
Burglars operating in Clinton, Mass
Orange, Mass, Furniture company's
factory destroyed by fire-Jewelry
store in a Boston suburb robbed of 60
watches in daylight during a brief alb
sence of the owner-L. I. Varnum of
West Brookfield, Me-. fatally injured
while unloading coal from barge in
Boston-Rosa Masso, a Cuban spy,
visiting in Boston-London financier
who has just failed claims to have paid
thousands of dollars to newspapers I'd
keep them from attacking his ventures
Woman who was Mrs. McKinley's
teacher appointed postmistress in
Media, Pa-In the last II months u.s.
6S7 tons of grain, of the value of one
hundred million lire, have been imported
into Italy from America and Russia
British capitalists urge the United States
to retain possession of the Philippines,
that business enterprises may be pro-
NOTED and encouraged-Debs de-
nounces the policy and the results Of
the war-Effort to unite iron foundry
interests being made-Kansas Repub-
licans nominate w. e. Stanley for gov
ernor-Importers say a Decent tax on
tea might not raise the retail price
Canadians invited to Portland's cele-
bration of July Chicago physician
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