St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-06
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEDNESDAY,. HUME 90

old son of Isaac Dunbar of Richmond
Me-, was drowned while playing on n
scow-Clothing of the value of seOo
stolen from a house in Newton, Mass
Thomas Harrison, 35 years. run over bv
a coach in New Haven and injured
fatally-Stranger stepped in front of a
locomotive in Everett, Mass. and
mangled beyond recognition - John
Doherty of Attleboro, Mass. drowned
while bathing -.- Louisiana private
killed in Miami, Fla, by citizen In self
defense--Jer ONE Kenney, 40 years old
killed on the track in Hyde Park. Mass
by Observation-Disclosures of Presi
dent Gates Of the Amherst college ac-
cepted--Several persons killed ana
houses ruined in Italy by an earthquake
-Colored highWayman, for robbine
station agents near Boston, given 20
years risonment-Several Fall
River factories to close for week in or
der to curtail observation-disclosures
Barry OF Holyoke, 13 years old, likely to
lose his sight through the explosion of a
frecracker-Gir killed and several
collapse of building-Letter from tbe
Alaskan gold fields says that of 1O1 men
who left Seattle in party in March only
Jour survived-Michael Flynn, a Lowell
justice of the peace, arrested on a charge
of pension frauds, and United States Of
ficials say many other arrests are 70
follow-Hawaii's liabilities put at
100000, and its assets at over So. 600 600
Captain Sigsbee's st. Paul encount-
others injured in Lancaster, Tex. bv
ers the Spanish torpedo boat DESTROYER
Terror off San Juan Wednesday in COM
pany with Spanish unarmored cruiser
and hits the Terror three times, sending
1t back into the harbor in sinking con-
dition, with two men and an officer
killed-Spain seems on the verge of an
overwhelming popular uprising against
both government and dynasty.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30.
Each state gets s24, 200 for agricultural
and mechanical colleges this year
President deeply concerned over the act
of the senate appropriations committee
In rejecting the item for the Canadian
commission-Pope greatly affected at
the course of the war-Ringleaders of
the attack on Russians at Andijan.
Turkestan, publicly hanged-Common
seamen 10 receive the thanks of the
congress for heroism in Cuban waters.
the first time in the history of that body
such action was proposed and taken
sharkey defeated Rubin in Coney ISL
and in less than three minutes. and
challenged all Of the heavyweights to a
battle for the championship-Coa min
ers on strike in Pennsylvania. G.
Perley of Auburn, Me-, killed by falling
from bridge over which he was pro-
pelling bicycle-Patrick Haggins.
said to be the Oldest man in Pennsvl-
vania, died in Scranton, aged III years
Fire did $4,000 damage to the stock
OF the Ansonia Brass and Copper COM
pany, New York-Terrible distress of
the poor in Madrid-Anna Dewitt of
Brooklyn injured fatally in a collision
while riding in acknowledgements
consul at Kingston, jam, says he re-
ceived dispatch from Santiago that the
Brooklyn had been sunk and Commodore
Schley and "a seamen killed-Locomo-
tive Of passenger train jumped the
track near Burlington, Mo-, and the mail.
baggage, smoking and chair cars fol-
lowed, rolling down an embankment. a
score of passengers being hurt, several
OF them seriously-Death from con-
sumption OF man implicated in the
bombthrowing during the anarchistic
riots in Chicago.
FRIDAY, JULY 1.
Henry Williams, an alleged outrager,
lynched by a mob, which overpowered
the jailer in Macon, Mo-Little son of
II. j. Parker of Marblehead, Mass, suf-
located by fire which destroyed the
fathers carpenter shop-Mary Bou-
LANCER, Is years, injured fatally in a
weave room in Springvale, Me-Mrs.
vail OF Goshen, Conn, and James Brad
shaw injured fatally at crossing in
orrington--Thomas Murray aged 70,
Killed in the Springfield armory by get
ting caught in shaft-Two unknown
men killed by a locomotive near Pitts
Held, Mass-Son Of County Register
Kendall killed by dumpcart in Woods
vile, N. Holm Schmidt, arrested in
hudson, N. Y, pleads guilty to one MUIR
der and accuses his wife of killing the
rather of his victim in 1889 SO that she
could marry the accused-James Arm
strong and son drowned in Philadelphia
While bathing in the river-Two work.
men and two sailors of a lightship sup
posed to have been drowned while on |
the way from New Bedford to the vessel |
with large pump-Six men arrested |
IN Lake City, S. c., for completely in the
killing of the postmaster last February
State central committees of the
democratic, Populist and silver Repub-
lean parties in Wyoming agreed upon |
FUSION for the state and congressional
election-Terrifc thunder and hail
storms, with cloudbursts, in Hungary.
property and crops to the value of 40
VooooO francs having been damaged or
destroyed and many persons and in
Vulnerable animals been killed -
toward Bender, who in April last tried
10 murder his wife, then shot and killed
man who tried to save her, committed
suicide in his cell in New York.
SATURDAY, JULY 2.
Roanoke hotel in Roanoke, Va, burned
at loss Of 500, OO0--Assignment of
seymour Paper company of Windsor
LOCKS, Conn, announced, with liabilities
el S6o,OO0--Nine negroes drowned in
Fiaquemine, La, by the upsetting of
skiff-Mailing clerk in the Boston
postefiice arrested for theft-John Fin
hegan, labor leader in Chicago, had
ms skull fractured by a member Of the
etonecutters' union-Alexande Perry,