St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-08-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. II.

III.
Years. killed in Calais, Me-, by drinking
wood alcohol-Reception to Secretary
Long by the people Of bingham, Mass
st Louis broker killed himself on the
crave of his children on account of
financial trouble--William McCarl
eunposed to have been brutally MUIR
dered by Isaac Snow, near Bedford, Ind
--Gerohom Buckley Bridgeport flag
man. killed by ocomotive-Ezra
Handy struck by fast train in Attle-
boro and mangled-Cigaret exp odes
cask of giant powder and kills three
Mexican laborers--H. Claus Of Ma
naimo, B. c.. killed his two partners and
took poison while under arrest-Nine
Chicago breweries consolidate under the
laws of New Jersey-Poison or a re-
volver the alternative which the Rev.
Flavlus Brobst of Chicago Is said to haze
given his wife to end her life Fa-
Their Of Pugilist Corbett killed his wife
in San Francisco and committed suicide
Two young women jumped from a
Philadelphia ferry and drowned-H
". Wall, banker Of Stanton, Ills,
killed by a miner during a dispute
Freeport, Me-, man suing a couple for
$4,000 for SANDER in alleging that he
set fire to his hotel-Test to be made
by stockholders of the Electrolytic Ma
rine Salts company of the value of the
process for extracting gold.
THURSDAY. AUG. IS.
Thomas Golf arrested in Lynn on a
charge of setting fire to his mothers
house-Man killed in Biddeford mill
while putting belt on a pulley
Peter Stoughton of Whitefield. N H.,
killed by a roll of paper falling on his
head-Seventeen persons killed in q
collision of trains in South Africa
Skaters private secretary In his Indian
campaign suffocated himself with gas
in New York, owing to dependency
Oil tank in Findlay. o., fired by light
ming and flames caused damage of $780,
000-Lightning killed girls in Oakdale
and West Boylston, Mass, and farm
hand named Barney in Waltham de-
stroyed a house and barn in Athol,
Mass. and damaged a church in Abing-
ton, Mass-Suicide of Captain Car
michael in Lakeland, La-Attempt to
kill John HILL Jr.. and family in Chicago
with a charge of dynamite-Three
hundred houses in Galicia burned, and
1900 made homeless-Suicide of a
Brooklyn woman, who feared that she
could not become a mother and live
Bubon plague in Bombay, with large
number of deaths-Mary Landers of
Middleboro Mass, thrown from a car
riage and killed during a runaway
Two colored men and boy killed in
Baltimore while stealing a ride on a
train-Intensely hot in Germany
Mir, in the province of wilma, Russia,
destroyed by fire, is persons being killed
by the fall of building-Attorney
General Griggs tells the express people
that the government is only interested
in securing the stamp taxes and does
not care who pays-Californi Demo-
Gratis congratulate the PRESIDENT
William Walker drowned in Hyde Park,
Mass, by falling from bridge-Com-
missioner reports total of LIZA pen
sioners-Boston man killed by a BIZ
cyclist.
FRIDAY. AUG. 10.
Postofflce in Franconia, N. H., robbed
of $3.50 and a quantity of stamps
Charles Adams of Corinth, VT, killed
by falling on a rock-F. H. Cole, ar
aeronaut, seriously injured at Nahant
Mass, when about to make an ascension
Legs of Patrick Daily of New Bed
ford cut off by train--Two men killed
four hurt fatally and two seriously by
the fall OF cornice in Philadelphia
Rev. Samuel Breakwell of Chicago killed
by Carl Pethke, as the result of trouble
over the minister's wife-Movement
started in New York by veterans to de.
feat Speaker Reed in the fall elections ir
order to avenge an alleged affront t
their interests-Resident of Normal
Ills, swindled out of $4,000 in cash ant
$4,000 which he gave for a WORTHLESS.
mine of silver-Henry Palmer stabbed
seven times in New York for cents
George Emmett Of Rockford. Ills, during
an attack of insanity, killed his sister
and committed suicide-Fire caused {
loss of $4,000 in Cranston, r. White
caps in North Smithfeld w. Va.
dragged six women and three men from
a bagnio, and tarred and .featheret
them, afterwards locking them in ;
room in a -Woodworkers' strik
In Oshkosh, Wis., erminated-Indian
SATURDAY, AUG. 20.
private killed by negro in Bloodfield
Va, and another private wounded in tn
foot, neither having given provocatio
for the shooting-Joe McDermoti
Webster, Mass, brakeman, killed
Frank Poor, lumber dealer Of Kensing
ton, N. H., badly crushed between cars
Mutiny of volunteers in camp in Sa
Antonio against the food-Elme
Bucklin, IS years old killed near Prov
dence by a train while walking on
bridge-Cloudburs at BridgevillC
Penn, caused a stream to overflow, an
five persons were drowned-Eugen
McGillicuddy of Lewiston, Me-, aged 2
injured fatally while asleep on tn
track-John O'Toole Of Fall Rive
wounded MORALLY in New York by tn
owner of dog at which a stone wa
thrown-Walter Eichman of New Ha
ven drowned while bathlng-Twenty
eight persons injured at a bull fight nea
Madrid-Arnod Wyman Of Brattle
boro, VT, left his friend suddenly an
shot himself in a New York hotel
Body of a farmer found in the rive
at Ypsilanti, Mich, weighted with heav
stones-Attempt to blow up police sta
ton and court room In Steveston, b.
Man and woman relieved Paterso
couple of $3.50, and then rode or on the
wheels-Boat capsized and Frank I'M
lips of Providence drowned-Marsh'