St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-13

80 " 1hNHle---Arlnur Jones
OF timporia, Kan, aged, 16, killed Mary
Leighman of Scranton, Kan, and com
united suicide--Frank Whtcomb. 7
yaars old, drowned while bathing in a
quarry in Concord, N. H-Maher de-
teated Goddard, who won from him a
month ago, in the eighth round of a
pout-Spanish soldiers in Guantanamo
on the verge of arvation-Buffalo
Cooperative Brewing companys plant
was destroyed by fire at loss Of $685.
UcO, and two men were injured-Water-
spout almost swept away Steelville, Mo-,
and drowned 13 persons-Chilian SEN
ate passed bill empowering the presi-
dent for period of six months to issue
treasury. bills for $500000O0, bearing in
terest payable in gold at rate not ex-
ceeding percent-Quarantin sta
ton at Mobile burned, including the
fumigating machinery, the loss being
$4,000, with insurance Of $15,000-In
Stanberry, Mo-. heavy rain caused a
flood, 10 families with their houses be-
ing carried away, and four persons
rowned-Adjournm of congress
Judge finds no motive, and dis
charges Ernest Brown, charged with
numbering his mother in LYNN.
II. Molten of Jersey City robbed and
murdered in New York-John Sexton
of Springfield, aged so. lost hand under
an electric In Boston-Burgogne
survivors taken to New York from Hall
fax by way Of Boston.
SUNDAY, JULY 10.
Mrs. Paul Dengler Of Clinton a.,
while demented drowned herself and
two children-NewH Hampshire social
lists nominated candidates for governor
and congressmen-Two youths and
three men drowned in Portland harbor
In trying to reach land from a founder
ing sailboat-Six-story block in Cleve-
land destroyed by fame and one man
killed-Six million feet Of lumber
burned in Pentwater, Mich, at loss of
S60,000-Empty houses Of the Paw
tucket Ice company in Valley Falls, r.
l., burned-Opinion that the captain
Of the French steamer, Bourgogne,
wrecked in a collision, violated the in
ternational rules of the sea in not run
ming at moderate speed in the fog
Ex-mayor and notary public of Taun-
ton arrested on charge Of perpetrating
pension frauds-R. c. Williams SEN
fenced in Salem to be hanged Oct. for
killing John Gallo in Lynnfield-Dela-
ware, plying between New York and
Florida, burned off the New Jersey
coast, the passengers and crew escaping
in the boats and liferafts-Rev. /. B.
Leclaire of Lowell sued by missionary
of that city for alleged alienation of the
affections of the plaintiffs wife-Fire
in Webster, Mass, caused a loss of
S65OO-Two Spanish officers imprisoned
in Mexico for planning an invasion of
Texas-Pope Leo falling rapidly
Considerable damage in mountain
towns in Mexico caused by an earth
quake-New York man killed by falling
five stories down an air shaft-Peter
Capello. arrested in Montreal, confesses
to killing a man in New York-Fire
discovered in cargo of cotton during
the trip of the Catalonia from Boston
to Queenstown, and only by hard work
serious results were averted-Ger-
many opposing the American shoe on
account of the discovery Of shoddy
goods-Oficials of express companies
in Kansas City to be prosecuted for not
affixing stamps to bills of lading
MONDAY, JULY II.
Halton & Shoemaker's five-story fac
tory burned in Philadelphia-Jose
Revell killed and Charles Kelly badly
hurt in Boston by the fall of derrick
king Leopold of Belgium to make
an American cruise-Six prisoners es-
capped from Jail in Manchester-Ira.
Townsend of Wellfeet, Mass, drowned
in Gloucester harbor-Fifteen of the
Spanish guerillas killed by a dynamite
bomb-One man killed and rs injured
in Washington in collision of street
cars-Samuel Gross, aged "a, hanged
himself in Bridgeport - Arrival in
Portsmouth Of two cruisers with 100
prisoners, including Admiral Cervera
II. ]. Mooney drowned in Worcester
by the upsetting of canoe-Andrew
Mason, farmland of Goshen, N. Y.
murdered and his house destroyed by
dynamite-William King of Marlboro
drowned while bathing - Thomas
Landry, aged 2S, killed by jumping from
a second story window in Fitchburg
while insane-Theater and several
buildings in Allegheny, Pa, burned at a
loss of $175,OOO-One life lost at hotel
fire in st. Joseph, Mich-Starch plant
in West Hammond, Ills, consumed at
a loss of $3.50, 0O0-Salarie of players in
Eastern league clubs cut 20 percent
Fighting resumed in Santiago.
TUESDAY, JULY 70.
B. r. Stainsby, chief Of the Newark
detectives, shot himself fatally on ac-
count of dependency arising from i'll
health-Mrs. Caferia and 5-year-old
child burned to death in New York as a
result of the use of matches as play
things-Edward Vincent, years old.
killed in Manchester by an ice wagon
Fire caused $4,000 damage to the oc-
cupants of block in Pittsfeld, Mass
Capitalists in Dawson attempted to
corner the provision market, and charge
exorbitant prices for flour, beans, ETC.,
but their scheme failed, as miners with
more provisions than they needed sold
their superfluous stock to old residents
at cost-Miners in the northern coun-
ties of California compelled to suspend
operations until next spring, owing to
lack of water-Woman fatally injured
by falling from balloon at East st.
Louis, Ills, on Saturday, the balloon
careening when about 500 feet high