St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-20

| Dy IdIIlnB ITCHl IL tTce---Mhuu bIdIuOH
of Toronto fatally burned from an ex-
plosion Of oil which she was using to
| light a fire, her mother seriously burned
while attempting to save her, and three
houses estroyed-Colorado Midland
company held responsible for the dam
ages caused by the collision with a
Denver and Rio Grande train in which
20 persons were killed-Shipping dis
asters off Australia and many lives lost
Spain issues royal decree suspend
ing the rights Of individuals as guaran-
teed by the consttuton-Not one
saved of 11S men on board a Chinese tor
pedo boat sunk off Port Arthur. C.
| Clavin killed and Christopher Michigan
injured fatally in collision of wagons
| in South Weymouth, Mass-Move-
ment to close Fall River mills during
August--Shipping merchants of Bos-
ton petition to have mines in harbor re-
moved--Thirty men drowned in Cook
inlet Alaska, during the last four
months--Suicide of John w. Day, a
prominent Somerville Mass. Citizen
Italian squadron in Colombian waters
to enforce payment Of an award by
| President Cleveland to an Italian citi-
zen-Robert Lindsey of Springfield
murderously assaulted at his door by
two unknown men.
SUNDAY, JULY II.
Reported failure of the effort to or
ganize the Gamers of sardines into a
trust, a New York firm refusing to as
sent to the onditions-Albert loyal,
IS years, injured fatally in Lowell by
freight train-Bicyclist Michael
beaten four laps by Linton at Manhat-
tan Beach in paced race Of 20 miles
Nelson Colburn injured fatally by fall
ing from barn near Rockland, Me
Hot wave in England and several deaths
from Notwithstanding of the
Farragut, torpedo boat destroyer, in
| San Francisco--Mrs. Edward Smith
arrested in Manchester on a charge of
having three husbands-Car shops Of
the Central Railroad company in Eliza
beth, N. j., burned at a loss of 100000
Grace Root of Chicago, 20 years of
| age, killed herself with chloroform on
Baileys island, Casco bay, Me-, while
Wages Of fine wire draw
trust cut one third--John McCullagh,
ex-chief Of the New York police, ap-
pointed superintendent of elections by
| the GOVERNOR. f. Mcdonald, aged
So, cut his throat in Providence-O. d.
| Talbot of Boston, Is years, accidentally
killed near Grand isle, Canada-River
steamer, Northampton, burned in Nor
folk-Postoffic safe in East Moriches,
l.. l., blown open and 5000 of valuabes
secured-James Dumping, Phla-
delphia inventor, killed in New York
while showing workmen how to operate
dumping CARL. II. Bidwell, quar-
| termaster of an auxiliary cruiser, ar
rested in Mobile on charge of robbing
the mails--South Dakota Farmers re-
joicing over wonderful yield of wheat
this year, said to be the greatest in the
history Of the state.
MONDAY JULY 49,
Emily Hunt, Al years, burned to death
in Boston while asleep on a sofia
Thomas Hurle, New Haven tailor,
ended pains in the head by asphyxiation
John Reshi killed in Fitchburg by
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arrested-At Pennington, Ia, two
men killed in a saloon row, one of the
victims being spectator-Two labor
ers on the st. Louis and Oklahoma rail-
way murdered near the Sac and Fox
agency in Oklahoma after being paid
off-N. F. Allen of Riverside, Cal,
robbed and killed in Pima, Ariz-
Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper COM
pany's mill in Stevensport. Wis, de-
stroyed by fire at loss of between $780,
600 and 5000, 000--The counties in
northern Texas swept by terrific hail
and wind storm, two persons being
killed and great damage done to the
grain and cotton crops-Dispatch from
Porto Rico says $50 cases of ammunition
exploded, killing IA persons and wound
ing many others-William Scott, 2S
years old, drowned at East Dedham
Mass-Three-st tenement block in
Leominster, Mass, nearly destroyed by
fire-Sarah Cole of Washington, Ind.
colored, murdered by her divorced hus-
band after he had made several at
tempts on the lives of his four children;
he killed himself-Fire DESTROYED the
sash and door factory of Segelke- Kehl-
haus company and the lumber yards of
the John Paul Lumber company in La
crosse, Wis-Conference of coal min
ers at Cardiff failed to reach any agree
ment, and the Welsh coal miners strike
ontinues--Seventeen miners who left
Dawson City June 2S arrived in Seattle
bringing with them gold dust and drafts
estimated at 5000 OO0-Four young men
drowned off Milwaukee by the capsizing
of sailboat.
TUESDAY, JULY 10.
Notary public and two women ar
rested in Providence on charge of
violating the pension laws in various
ways-John McNulty, a Lawrence ma
son, killed by falling from staging
John Thomas injured fatally at Riley,
Me-, by lcg-Fire in Wellington, Me-,
caused loss of about $7000-Judgment
by default against lola, and sentence Of
a years imprisonment and 5000 fine i'm
rosed-Hurricane in Behring sea
caused the loss of several vessels
Chicago engineer wounded MORALLY in
a park by negro, supposed to be a
maniac--Christian scientists held not
10 be medical practitioners Ny a Rhode
Island court-Arthur Beals professor
Of philosophy in the university of Wash
lngton, killed by falling through a
hatch on a steamer in Seattle-John
Blanchard terribly injured by a Boston
comotve-Frederick Beals, aged 10,
drowned in Sharon, Mass while fishing
White farmer, his wife and infant