St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-08-31
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. "a.

E,re in Macon caused a loss of $105.-
ooo-Agitation for annexation to the
Trnited States begun in JAMAICA
Ijehtning detroyed many buildings and
ooused six deaths in Denmark-W M.
sewall Charleston. Ia, merchant,
titled his wife, daughter and himself
owing to financial troube-Building
an the farm of c. E. Alexander OF Gull
ford VT, struck by lightning and burned
Eight men killed and five hurt seri-
ously while tearing down tunnel near
pittsburg-Two of a train crew injured
Fatally near Knoxville-W. w. Knight,
AGED 81, drowned near East Pepperell,
Mass, after saving the lives of two ex-
hausted rothers-Freight trains col
Tide in Ontario, and fireman killed
Colonel Roosevelt asked to open the
illinois campaign-Citizens union of
New York expected to support Roose-
Welt If nominated for governor by the
epublicans-Famine in Alaska next
winter feared by many or the 10000 gold
seekers there-Khallfa attempts to
blow up British steamers on the Nile;
premature explosion kills many derry
ishes-Gift Of $4,000 by Helen Gould
for care of sick solders-Number of
pensioners aggregate 1,040, 346-Three
years Imprisonment imposed on a
Memphis man who forged papers for
quarter of a million and on trial five
times-Boston child killed by falling
four stories--Fitchburg woman ac-
quilted of charge of killing her newly
born infant Grain MILL store and
three cars destroyed in Plainville, Conn.,,
at loss OF $25, 000-Considera dam
age near Saratoga caused by a cloud
burst--House of Mrs. Chase of Exeter,
n. H., burned by lightning bolt.
THURSDAY, AUG. rs.
W. H. Halloran. Peabody, Mass,
engineer, hung himself during fit of
pondency-Resident of Jersey City
killed by taking insect powder in mis-
take for salts-Explorer Stanley
writes against an Anglo-American al
lance, saying that there is no necessity
for it-Chinese and Japanese mer-
chants discovered defrauding the gov
eminent of British Columbia out of thou
sands of dollars by a double set of in
voices-Financial trouble the cause of
the self destruction by shooting of r.
Z. Chamberlain of Auburn, Me-Strke
Of 1000 miners in the province of Cindad
Real, Spain-Farmer, his wife and
child killed at crossing near Peters
burg, Va-Two soldiers cut to pieces
by falling from a car near Westbury,
L. Strike of quarrymen in Portland,
Conn, settled by the strikers giving in
Andrew Fay of Lowell, aged %,
drowned in Old Orchard, Me-Charles
Gowen of Fitzwilliam, N. H., killed by
lightning - Great deal of damag'
wrought by hurricane in Syracuse
Santiago's schools to reopen Sept. Is, but
sectarianism removed and salaries low
ered-Because she was hungry and ILL
treated by dissolute husband, Kate
Mangan of New York, rs years old, de-
liberately planned and executed double
infanticide and followed it almost i'm
mediately by suicide-Edward Carey
aged 65, killed by train in Sprin gfield
Three hundred miners reported lost
by the flooding of mine in Silecia-
Man killed in jumping from an electric
car in Pittsburg after 1t had been struck
by lightning-OhioD Democrats in state
convention reaffirm the Chicago plat,
form and declare for the nomination Of
Bryan for president in 1900-New com.
bination ladder truck and chemical II
Boston runs into an electric light pole
on the way to fire; the driver is rem
dered unconscious, the horses crash into
plate glass window and bring up in {
store without much injury--Captail
William A. Andrews sails from Atlantic
City in 13-foot boat to cross the oceal
Escaped murderer found in Florids
regiment.
FRIDAY, AUG. rs.
Rose Bernhardt Of Chicago thrust tn
end of parasol into the skull OF he
rival, Title Wolff, and killed her
Italian duke orders Watson zach
built to make trial spins with the Iris
Ehamrock-Possel,a an alleged Germa
swindler, who tried to defraud a lif
insurance company, out Of $4,000, com
mits suicide in Paris-Ten barns !
Suffield, Conn.,, lcvelled by sever
wind-Mrs. Dsvelin, aged 70. burned
death in Seneca Falls. n Y Stab
and FIVE horses burned in Brockton-
Eighteen firemen injured at fire
Boston by an explosion Of hot air
James Ready, Sc years old. beheade
near Hartford by train-Five me
arrested in Brooklyn for stealing $40
600 worth of feed wire from the trolle
roads In that city-Arthur Robinson
Belvidere, N. Y, lawyer, shot -himse
Mrs. Malkemaus of: Jacksonvill
CAL, sacrificed her life to save her thrt
children from death by fire cause
by the upsetting of a lamp-Plant I
Linton Coated Paper company net
Richmond, Va, burned at loss Of So
00O--J. c. Fincken, wealthy resident
Hoboken, N. j., killed himself with 81
Twelve persons injured in coll
sion of trains near Port Hudson, Mic
Franklin Leonard of Bridgewate
Mass, aged 6S, drowned himself viii
temporarily insane-Burnhams col
canning factory in North Burnham, MI
burned at a loss Of $40, 000-Reductit
of 10 percent in wages Of machinist
painters and carpenters in the factori
in Slatersville, R. Jeremiah OBrie
a brakeman, killed in North Walpo
N. H., while coupling cars-Icecrea
prepared with lemon extract purchas
from a. travelling salesman caused t
death of three persons in Middleton
N. Y, and made score of others ST.
Seven demijohns of kerosene used
an attempt to burn New York hou
occupied by II families.