St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-05-18

Juan, Porto Rico, with successful re-
suits, Spanish making little resistance,
though still holding the city-Clark
Braden, Jr., night clerk in the office of
the American Express company, New
York city, who absconded with an ex-
press package containing $4,000 in cash
and five $1,000 bonds Of the Consumers
Gas company, was arrested in Washing
ton with all of the stolen bonds, $50 in
cash and quantity Of valuable jewelry
and clothing-Switzerlan will prevent
bands Of Italians now marching through
the country with avowed revolutionary
intentions from crossing the frontier
into Italy-Archbishop of Naples has
written pastoral calling upon all in his
diocese to cooperate in the restoration
Of order
SATURDAY, MAYA
| Congressional conferrees over the pos
tai appropriation rejected the limitation
of free deliveries to four per day in any
city-Pension of $50 per month voted by
the house to General Clay of Kentucky
--Chapin & Company's wooden mill
in Chapinville, Mass, shut down
Five men killed and four hurt by the
collapse Of two new buildings in New
York-Tidal wave destroyed 200 fish
ing boats in Swatesi, Japan, and 1900
men are missing Retaliatory action
against France desired by Chicago pack
ers because of AN increase in the French
duty on lard and sausages-Letter
from Manila says q party of Spaniards
pretended to be insurgents. fraternized
with the Americans, and then treacher-
ously massacred them-Spanish &C.
count of the Manila bombardment says:
Five killed, one civilian, and 4S wound
ed, 80 of them ciyilians-Four cars
derailed in Greenfield. Mass, and a
brakeman's leg broken-Gomez says
1t is folly to send small body of troops
to Cuba-Germany said to be trying to
obtain coaling station In the Antilles.
and has approached the Dominican gov
eminent with the view of securing
lease of SANTANA bay-Plot concocted
in Philadelphia to assassinate General
Lee-Amalgamated association Of
IRON and tin workers to demand increase
Of 10 percent-Boston police investigat-
Ing the death of country girl through
criminal operation.
SUNDAY, MAY Is.
Two men drowned and six others have
narrow escape, having been run down
by an ocean steamer while occupied in
laying mines off Sandy Hook-Fire
caused a loss of $4,000 to Glaser's dry
goods store in Boston-Occupatio
army to be sent to Manila to comprise
Is, 900 men-Collision of freight trains
near the Hoosac tunnel, North Adams,
damaged rolling stock and injured many
hogs-T. ]. McManus had leg cut off
in jumping from car at Wakefield,
Mass-Albany physician offers $1,000
reward for the author Of report that
he was Spanish spy-A s25, 900 train
for the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway, 10 cars fresh and new from
the shops at Dayton, travelling on an ex-
hibition tour from Columbus to Cincin-
natl collided with switch engine, with
freight cars, two cars being derailed and
fireman badly hurt-Andrew Henry
shot and killed in Hoboken by William
Reed for an unknown cause-Mary
Bishop, 60, killed by a locomotive in Long
Island City-Seven-year-old girl in
Williamsburg, N. Y. killed while play
ing with a revolver-Near Osceola,
Mo-, William Piper shot and killed
Major Trammell, who interfered to save
; the life Of his son as the murderer was
about to kill him-Several thousand
. members of the Amalgamated Wooc
Workers union have served a mani
festo upon the Oshkosh, Wis, manufac-
turers demanding an increase in wages
of rs percent, with a minimum of $12t
per day. the abolition of female labor II
the factories and weekly pay day
> Break in the Erie canal in Syracus,
!. caused damage to the extent of 5000
One man killed and seven badly
= wounded while American sailors were
. cutting a cable off Cuba-Girl 4 yeac
old killed by an electric In Centerville
r. I|Sawmill in Conway, Mich.
blown up, two men being killed and ]
injured-Reductio Of 10 percent de
i cided on by the City Manufacturing com
q pany Of New Bedford, the first of tn,
= yarn mills to follow the example of tn,
= cloth factories-Two Somerville, Mass
= boys arrested in Fitchburg for putting
/, ties on the rails in the hope Of stopping
r a train and obtaining ride.
= MONDAY, MAY 49,
i Warehouse Of Ball Bros makers O
i fruit jars in Muncie, Ind, destroyed b,
= fire at loss Of S2S5, 000-Ths Angela o
,r Franklin, Me-, with birthstone for Soutl
r Gardiner, sent to the bottom in col
j. lision with the 8. ]. Lindsey In Vinegar,
la sound, the crew escaping--Flywhee II
l. a mill of the International Paper com
D many of Berlin, N. H., burst, injuring tw
er employees and killing a horse-Thre
RS new cottages in Nantasket, Mass, val
Mt Med at s25OO each, burned-Hattie Jor
III dan, II years old, poisoned herself Il
H. Haverhill--Flre in Buffalo caused los
a of 100000 to the owners and tenants
es the Tiff block-Factory Of the Bait
yh more Biscuit company damaged $4,000
I'm A.. that consumed large suppl