St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-10-05

will be able to establish stable and In
dependent government In Cuba--Simon
McKelvey slain by Medric Couture
near st. Johnsbury, Vt-Dog supposed
to be mad bit three persons In Lynn
Two lives lost by an explosion In a
powder factory at Mountain View, N.
J--Philadelphi bank president lost a
vaise containing $4,000 worth of Sc
curities while in restaurant-First
session Of the peace commissioners held
In Paris-Alleged murderer of drug
clerk in Boston arrested in Chicago
Forest fires in the west number VIC
Tins by the score--Lumber and
planning mills in Salem and
Peabody burned at a loss Of 0,O00--
War investigation swamped by written
charges. e. Pearson of Boston killed
by fall from a 1Oth-story window
A. M. Herrod, Montello, Mass, shoe
maker, failed with liabilities Of $4,000
-Four children Of Gilman Rosebrook
Of Cranberry isle, Me-, poisoned by drink
ing putrid water-Con1agr ton in Col
orado Springs at a loss Of $1,0OO,0O0-
James Hickey of Pawtucket killed while
hunting-Thousan dollars worth Of
liquor seized In three places by Portland
police.
MONDAY. OCT. 8.
George Collins fatally stabbed in
Rumford, r. l., by an unknown man
Lion trainer nearly killed by one
Of his animals in Butte-W. ]. .Hald-
man, wealthy resident Of Glendale, O.,
accused of the murder of his partner
and brother-in-law during quarrel
Arbitrary action Of Spanish authorities
in Havana in regard to American YES
sels-League season nearing the end;
Boston and Baltimore coming down the
stretch under a hard drive and making
a pretty race for championship honors;
champions slightly in the lead, but re-
suit is by no means assured--Sawyc
wooden mills corporation of Dover and
F. A. & ]. Sawyer of New York make
an signment-William Reardon' of
South Boston drank carbolc acid un-
knowingly and died in great agony
In spite Of efforts to check disease, yell
becomes aaarming-Tenness party
Of men assassinate another party out to
collect damages for murder--Eight
thousand people present at peace
Jubilee in shington--Cambridg
man held up by three negroes and
robbed-Captain John M. Life of the
Seventh Ohio volunteers filed suit
against Rose Lee Burch, daughter of
Lieutenant Burch of the same regi-
ment for $1,000, charging false and ma
licious libel--Monthly statement of the
public debt shows an increase for the
month of $54, SOS, 488-Arrangemen
being made to bring to this country for
interment the bodies of all the soldiers
of the American army who died inGuba
Porto Rico or the Philippines, congress
having made an appropriation Of $500 :
900 for this purpose--The Richard Hill
of Thomaston, Me-, cut to the waters
edge by a Fall River steamer during a
fog-Ten horses burned in a stab
fire in Taunton-Rev. Mr.. Perrin and
wife of Boston nearly killed by illumin-
ating gas-Paris dispatch says peace
commission may break up without ac-
complishing anything, as Sagasta has
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yield on question of Philippines-Rev.
j. w. Shoemaker, pastor of the First
M. Z. church at Scottsboro, Ala, and
president of the Tri-State Normal uni
versity of that place. and his son arrest
ed on the charge of mailing letters with
postage stamps that had been cancelled.
TUESDAY, OCT. 4.
William Eagan, ball player, at
tempted to kill his wife in Camden, N.
j., during a drunken deirium-Box
containing money and securities amount
ing to $4,000 stolen from the woodshed
of an aged resident of Stevens Point
Wis-Deaf and dumb boy killed by an
electric in Newport-H. ]. McDermott
rs years, drank poison in New Haven
Wheat crop of 1898 figured at 702,-
961, 900 bushels against 675, O0O, 900 in 1891
largest previous crop-Window cleaner
in Boston killed by a fall-Miners
strike in Ohio settled in favor Of the
Observation-Disclosures, Mass, wants tc
become a city-G. W. Rock, an en-.
gineer, killed in Bath by falling into the
hold of his steamer-John Green Of
Hudson, N. H., broke his spine by a fal
Number Of persons burned out In
Wisconsin estimated at 10OO--Mort
I troops going to Porto Rico-Henry
George declines the New York silverites
nomination for governor-Boston tes
store robbed of $4,000 worth of silver
ware during alterations-Bath iror
works awarded the contract to build one
of the monitors, of which four were
awarded-Lenox girl kisses Chaunce!
M. Depew at a fair in that place
Chaplain Mcintyre of the Oregon say
he was mentally irresponsible for his at
tack on Sampson and Evans-War
rants issued in Philadelphia for the ar
rest of Senator Quay and three others
on the charge of conspiracy to unlaw
fully use the states money-Probabl
murder of Cyrus George of Ledyard
Conn.,, negro, on the road from Mystic
Spanish commissioners seemlngl.
unfinching in their no-surrender atti
tude respecting the Philippines-Ohi
; soldier died of a severed artery by tn
slipping of knife he was sharpening OF
n a wheel in Mddletown, Pa-Mrs
e Clotier of st. SEVERN, Que, cut tn
S throats of her four children during al
a attack of insanity.
Christian EndeavOrers.
Manchester, Oct 4.-The opening ses
. sion of the ate convention of the Chris
= tian Endeavorers was held last night. '