St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-27
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEDNESDAY, July 90

OF Guilford, Ct, after throwing away
two bank books representing more than
$1,000, attempted to commit suicide by
jumping into the river in New York.
chinese junk with cargo Of liquor was
burned at Taku and % persons were
burned to death or drowned-Coi-
lapse Of a flimsy structure Of brick in
Charlestown, Mass, one man being
killed and a woman having her skull
fractured--Feared that love-sick Fred
I. Turney of Fairfield, Conn.,, has COM
nitted suicide-Strike of go machinists
In Hoes press works In New York for
minimum scale and the abolition OF
piece work-Powers grain elevator
In Belgrade, Mont, burned at loss Of
@6O,OOO--Fire destroyed building oc-
cupied by hat makers in Danbury, Conn
Much damage done by lightning in
various parts Of New England, in New
Hampshire and Vermont especially
Bull broke loose in navy yard at Charles
town from a steamer and nearly killed
workman-Lorberry, Pa, miner
named Enterline killed his wife and
committed suicide after trying to muir.
der his sister-in-law-E. w. Taylor,
proprietor Of hotel in Ashevile, N. c.,
killed in dispute over a bill with
guest-Four men killed by lightning
and five badly injured while under a
tree in hometown, N. NORTH Caro-
lima man killed and c. H. Craig of At
tleboro, Mass, injured seriously in Phil
adelphia by locomotive in running
from policeman after trying to board
train for a free ride-Skeleton of a
murdered man unearthed near the shore
at Hampton Beach, N. H-Loss Of
Prices carriage factory In Belmont
Mass, by fire at a loss of $4,000.
THURSDAY, JULY q.
John Hawkins of Boston dying Of a
fractured skull, due to belaboring by
jealous OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
New England brewers on the ragged
edge-Government suppressing the
rebels in China-More than 1000 en-
| point, L. l., thrown out Of work by a
| fire-Senator Pritchard of North Car
| DINA nearly drowned in crossing a swol-
| len stream In that state, being obliged
| to abandon his horse-Six families
made homeless and two firemen nearly
| choked at fire in Hoboken, N. J-El-
mer Bewley Of Lewiston drowned while
fishing-Again planning revolution
in uatemala-William Ross and son
burned to death at fire in a sawmill
in st. Noise, Que-At Heron bay four
| Indians arrested for eight murders
First of big series of strikes ordered
by the United Brotherhood of Cloak
makers in New York to enforce the pay
| ment of union wages-Ceballos & Co.
| Of New York awarded the contract to
carry Toral and his men back to Spain
Jessie Schley of Milwaukee. cousin
of Commodore Schley, delegate from
the peace societies of Paris, has started
for Madrid to see the queen regent and
| Sagasta to try to bring about peace
| Campos says: 1.-THE Cubans will wage
the same bloody, endless war against
the Yankees they have against Spain
Mob killed a murderer in the jail
in Westville. Miss, and set fire to that
institution Observation-Disclosures Bass
wagon factory in Chattanooga burned
Explosion of lamp in Scituate
Mass, caused the loss of stable and
contents, worth s3700-Charles Sevt
erence of Gill, Mass, aged 40, killed him.
self-Charles Simpson drowned him
self in Lawrence-Frank Wines OF
Jersey City stabbed his wife fatally in
New York and wounded son who tried
to save his mother-John Seymour OF
Charlestown, aged rs, burned to death
by falling with lamp-Frank Bald
win and George McGuinness of Grove
ton, N. H., drowned while bathing
New Holland, o.. nearly wiped out by
fire-Two men killed at a railroad
crossing in Haverdegrace, Md-Fire-
bug in Brockton burned a stable and
three storehouses for grain the aggre-
gate loss being $4,000.
FRIDAY, JULY %.
Michael Campbell killed in Brookfield
Mass, by an engine-Louis Allen, /.
years, fatally wounded John Betscha
who discovered him in the act of rob,
bling a till in Bridgeport market
Four prostrations in Boston from the
heat-Philadelp boy of shocked
to death by an electric wire-Factory
of the Plymouth Rubber company OF
Stoughton, Mass, burned at loss Of
$40, OOO-W. D. Magruder, travelling
salesman in New York, killed by jump
ing from a roof-Boston woman ar.
rested for trying to kill maiden who
had alienated the affections of the as
sailants husband-Fire did SIS, 00(
damage at the Atlantic White Lea6
company's storehouse in Brooklyn
Crazy servant in Hartford set fire tc
the house of former employer-Ter
thousand dollar fire in New London
Sergeant Molloy shot himself at For
killed in a collision at Mackamp Me
E. H. Lander of Clinton, Mass, killed
near Rumford Junction, Me-. while
asleep on the track-Engineer of 6
train held up by masked men in Texa!
wounded fatally, robbers getting NJ
booty-Two men assassinated in Bar
louisville, Ky-Leaders Of the Phil
lipine insurgents troubled with swellet
heads and a clash with the American
deemed probable-Fifteen buildings IL
Coopersville, Mich, burned-State
ment made that the United States will
keep Porto Rico-Havana desires
peace, according to private secretar.
to one of Blanco's government-Brit
ish steamer Newfoundland captured il
trying to run the blockade at Cienfueeos
SATURDAY, JULY 20.