St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-06-01
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEDNESDAY, MAY rs.

WEDNESDAY, MAY rs.
Cut of 10 percent in the wages Of 1000
employees Of the Berkshire Cotton Man
ufacturing company Of Adams, Mass
Blackstone block in Valley Falls, r.
L., practically destroyed by fire at a
loss of $4,000, the second blaze in
year-Fire in the Mickey block in
Exeter, N. H., did damage to the extent
Of $3000-Pope Leo says that the re-
cent disorders in Italy are the fruit Of
evil seed scattered with impunity in that
country-Window Of watch store
near the newspaper offices in Boston
broken with brick and several hundred
dollars worth of watches stolen
O'Neils block in Bristol, VT, damaged
by fre-Sailor fatally hurt and an
other seriously injured by a Key West
egro without provocation-Small-p
on Hamburg liner at Halifax and all
the passengers rantined-Boston
woman drowned In Gloucester-G. F.
Healey hanged himself in Waterville,
Me-Boston police arrested conf
dence man, formerly newsboy in that
city-Cramp Shipbuilding company Of
Philadelphia to be consolidated with an
English firm with capital OF SO, o00, 900
-Dewey's fleet has plenty Of provis-
ions, coal and ammunition, and in no
danger from land attack, but wants a
force ashore strong enough to hold the
city, the Spanish troops being a con-
slant menace-Arrest Of one Of the
passengers Of the captured Panama as
q spy, the suspicion being that he has
plans Of New York harbor-Doupt ex-
pressed as to whether It would be pos
sible to raise regiments Of men who had
had yellow fever in case officers for such
regiments were taken from the northern
states and were men who had not been
subjected to this disease-Oregon re-
ported as safe at Florida port-Ves-
sci left Mobile with arms for the Cubans
Friction threatened between the
French and British warships along the
Newfoundland treaty coast this season
on account of fisheries regulations
Queen Victoria's birthday celebrated in
various places-If the United States
does not aid the Cuban reconcentrados
within three weeks hundreds more will
be dead, according to the report brought
from Matangas.
THURSDAY, MAY 26.
Alfred Lamble of San Diego, CAL,
killed his wife and committed suicide,
jealousy and drink being the cause
Secretary Gage wants life-saving crews
on duty during June and July this year
-Four western crooks, arrested in
New York, supposed to have been con-
cerned in the murder Of bartender in
1895 and in the robbery Of a postoffice,
during which a woman was killed.
]. Dorcey, Sc years old, murdered in Key
West. and there is demand that martial
law be declared owing to an increase in
lawlessness-Large breweries in Cleve-
land, except two, to be consolidated
Martin Mcmahon, laborer, fatally
crushed in Nashua by cars-County
treasurer in MADEIRA, Cal, beaten and his
safe robbed of several hundred dollars
Benjamin Young of Stewartston, N.
H., protected his family against attack
by an Infatuated son-in-law named Ira
Reed by shooting the latter mortally-
Call issued by the president for $4,000
more volunteers-Haskell Reeds barn
in Lexington, Mass, burned at loss of
$5o00-Tragedian Keene suffering with
appendicitis and obliged to cancel his
agements-Lumber mill, boarding
house and several shops burned in South
insurance of $S000-John Hines of
Charlestown, Mass, a brakeman, IA
tally injured in ortsmouth-Alvin
Niles of Sayles Hill, R. l., deliberately
cut off his left arm below the elbow
Thirteen miners killed in a Belgian mine
by an explosion of iredamp-Schaef-
fer's leather factory in Newark Quilted
by fire at loss of $50, OOO--Two S-story
blocks and a lumber mill destroyed in
Newton, Mass-Governme expended
$1,000, 900 for army mules.
FRIDAY, MAY 81.
Brooklyn cfgarmaker shot his wife
fatally and killed himself while despon-
dent from illness and idleness--Harry
Ray, q years old, killed at Parkville,
Conn.,, by stumbling over the rails of an
electric road-Rockland Me-, boy of
drowned-Two women and an infant
rescued from burning building in Bos-
ton by a policeman and fireman---Ha-
vana's defenses said to be very formid-
able and the Spanish army of 120, 900 men
very strong-France disturbed by the
misguided attack Of journalists on the
United States and by fear Of an Anglo
American alliance-Several encounters
between marines and civilians at Key
West-American reverses alleged in
stories sent out by the Spanish COM
mander at Manla--European media
ton seems impossible even to leading
Spanish tatesmen-Troop Of 81
cavalrymen leaves Chicago to join the
Cuban surgents--Saving bank de-
posts fell off for a short time on account
of the war, but have now resumed their
usual conditions-Our trade with
China shown to be one-seventh Of that
empires entire commerce and second
only to that of ngland-Indians MUIR
der q boatman on the McClintock river