St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-03-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
NEW ENGLAND.
:, r,nnrrsnAY. MARCH l.

WEDNESDAY. MARCH ].
s,oI league In athletics between
n university and Dartmouth col
,.aa has been decided upon.
'sS Sdnond w. Billetdoux OF North
.sams Mass, has been selected by the
n ..ou,tv as valedictorian of the class of
100 40 Of williams college.
nanuty fire marshals visited Clifton
- Mass. They investigated the re-
u@ .. fire there and decided that 1t was
s,incendiary origin.
mo Thayer public library and art
...na;ne a magnificent structure pre-
sented to the city of Keene' N. H. by the
,ate Edward c. Thayer, was dedicated
yesterday
THURSDAY, MARCH2.
mr. r. w. Page, superintendent Of the
yarnoont hospital for the insane, has
'..,gned his position. DIR. Marcello
I1ntohinson. now superintendent Of the
a,nsomaninc department of the Mas
Noobusetts general hospital has been
named by the trustees to fill the vacancy
THE sheds of the Boston and Glouces-
.or packet company at Boston were
~artially burned and a large amount of
sreqht badly damaged. The loss to the
company will be about $4,000.
william II. Van Blake. colored, aged
IN was engaged in washing windows
n the New England block at Pittsfeld.
Mass. and fell from the first story, frac-
.,,rne his skull. He died shortly after
ward.
Rev James E. Bagley, pastor of the
Unitarian church at Wolaston, Mass,
dronned dead of heart failure at his
home. He had been to Boston and when
ba returned home he complained that he
Ala not feel well. On going to his study
ha sat down In chair and expired. He
was born in Craftsbury. VT. In 1868.
FRIDAY, MARCh 8.
Governor Powers Of Maine has APP
rointed John II. Hill judge, and Will
Sor C. Whelden recorder Of the Portland
municipal court.
The Boston common council voted Il
,aouest the mayor to restore wages o.
eity employees. The reduction of wage
occurred last month, cut of TX percen
being made in all departments.
Edouard Rod, the French dramati
critic. began his lectures at Harvard o
.Dramatic Poetry in France" M. Ro
Ia also to lecture at Williams and Smit
colleges and at Worcester while he Is a
Harvard and afterward at Yale, &C
lumbia, Adelphi, Princeton, Pennsy
yanla and Cornell.
The case against Henry B. Foulke, a
leging the commission Of an unnatur
act. wasrhrown out Of the superior cou
sitting at Plymouth, Mass.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4.
The Dartmouth student body vot'
unanimously to enter into two year
agreement with Brown in baseball al
football. The arrangement of track at
letics Is to be settled later.
The New Hampshire house of repr
sentatives passed bills requiring t
licensing Of bicycles.
Charles G. Bigwood, SO years old,
charged with the larceny Of shoes a
shoe findings valued at $500 from Nc
man & Bennett of Boston, by whom
was employed.
E. Cassidy, aged 3S, was found dead
bed at Boston. The gas was on full bla
1t was apparent that 1t was a case
suicide from the fact that some holes
erevices about the room had been plugs
with paper.
Charles ]. Bullock who has been
instructor Of political economy at {
nell since 1865, and who is also the aut
of Bullocks Introduction to the STU
of Political Economy" has been
pointed to the professorship on the sa
subject at Williams college.
Students at Brown university una
mously ratified the resolution formir
dual league in athletics between Bro
and Dartmouth. The league Is for
years from September, 1899, and
football and three baseball games ar
be played each year.
SUNDAY, MARCH s.
Sail tonnage at Boston is quite &C
and rates are strong The chief dem
Fl at present is for coastwise lumber,
gether with tonnage for the west
dies and South American trades.
NJ Miss Agnes Bennett, who detected
IA
Christ church at Boston (of Paul Re
fame), thereby saving the structure
ii damage, was given gold watch BY
4 church.
& The preliminary steps toward the
nation of the Massachusetts Socie
the Spanish War were taken at Be
IN response to call sent out by se'
former Massachusetts, soldiers, bu
organization has not taken shape as
An inquest was held on the dea
Joel E. Moulton of Sanford, Me-, "
occurred on Jan. %, and after hes
several witnesses the coroner's jur
turned a verdict of death by ma
causes.
MONDAY. MARCH 8.
Under the coaching of Clarke, for
" of the Baltimore team, the men
will compete under the orange and
for Princteons supremacy on the
mond this spring are rapidly roul
into shape.
fs The factory connected with the A
s lean Brass company at Torrin
Conn.,, is running night and day wi
full force of 1900 hands. The chief
uct Of the company is cartridge sh
n William N. Hovey, aged IS, well X
to the printing craft throughout
necticut. and who had been loren
the Norwich Bulletin office for I
80 years, died suddenly from an att
cerebral apoplexy
Frank x. Ranno, a meter take
collector for the Union Electric con
Of Manchester, N. H., was arreste
cbarge of enohezzlement from the