St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-10-04
NEWS SUMMARY.

ground. The loss Is heavy.
e. l.. Cowden, young man attending
Eastman college, died from an injury
received in football game.
Fire destroyed the Halliday Milling
companys new elevator and contents at
Cairo, Ills. Loss. over 100000.
Secretary Hay has resumed his duties
at the state department after an absence
of several weeks in New England
DR.. c. B. Davenport Of Hartford has
accepted call to the department of
zoology at the University of Chicago.
Barge Lone Star ran into schooner
Wallula In Boston harbor. The schooner
was badly stove and she was beached
to save her.
The town Of Duqueen, Ark, was de-
stroyed by fire. Fifty-four buildings
were burned, entailing a loss aggregat-
ing $2So,OO0.
Fire in the industrial building of the
county truant school in North Chelms-
ford, Mass, destroyed property to the
value Of about $4,000.
True w. Jones, president of the True
w. Jones Brewing company, of Man.
tism, after a two-weeks' illness.
The United States hospital ship Mis-
souri, the most commodlous and finest
hospital ship in the service, has sailed
from New York for Manila.
While playing on the deck of a steamer
at one Of the wharves at Portland, Me-,
Willie Gabo, IL years old, fell into the
hold and was instantly killed.
1t is unofficially announced that Mayor
Quincy Of Boston has been nominated
for the position of chief consul of the
Massachusetts division. L. A.. w.
Patrick Whalen, teamster employed
on the Lewiston (Me.) waterworks ex-
tension. was crushed to death by piece
of iron pipe which fell upon him.
Rev. Simeon Gardiner, for over 40
years an active minister In the Vermont
Methodist conference, died at Bristol,
VT, aged 81. He was born in Richmond,
r. l.
The United States transport Sheridan
sailed from San Francisco for Manila
with the First regiment Of infantry and
three companies of the Thirty-third
regiment.
The grandstand on Pratt field at Am
herst college was destroyed by fire. The
building was valued at $4,000 Sparks
from passing locomotive probably
caused the fire.
The president has been formally in
vited to attend the fall festival in Chi
cago, and has accepted the invitation,
which was extended by a committee Of
Chicago citizens.
Charles II. Yeager, shoe trimmer, 40
years old. committed suicide at Brock
ton by taking carbolic acid. A wife and
three children survive him. No reason
for the act Is known.
Arthur w. Nourse Of Lynn, aged 20,
apples and striking on his head was in
stantly killed. The skull was fractured
and the neck broken.
The Portland rolling mills, at Ligonia,
Me-, were totally destroyed by fire. The
loss Is $4,000. The cause of the fire is
unknown. The mill was erected in 1865,
and employed lbs men.
Walter L. Ramsdell Of Lynn, Mass,
has filed the necessary papers with the
as the Democratic nominee for state
auditor Of Massachusetts.
John c. Newton, president Of the
Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington rail-
road, and president Of the Chemical Pa
per company Of Holyoke. Mass. died at
Wilmington. VT, Of appendicitis.
The state department has been notified
that Captain c. L. Ottley has been ap-
pointed naval attache to the British en-
bassy at Washington. He will arrive in
Washington from London on Oct. 8.
Officials Of the Belvidere wooden mills
at Lowell, Mass, say few employees
have left work, but 1t is not entitled to
the dignity of the name strike, as 1t in
no way interferes with the running of
the mill.
The cruiser Prairie is to be put in shape
TO carry to France the United States gov
eminent exhibit at the Paris exposition.
She is now at Boston and will go to the
New York navy yard to be locked and
painted.
Cunard freight steamer Carinthia, at
Boston from Liverpool, has been char
tered by the British admiralty and she
will proceed to New Orleans and take on
a cargo Of mules and then go direct to
Cape Town.
Commissioner General Weber of the
PanAmerican exposition announces
that the Mexican government has ac-
cepted an invitation to establish an ex
hibit at the exposition to be held at Buff
falo in 1901.
General Daniel Butterfield, chairman
of the Dewey reception executive COM
mittee, who was stricken with aphasia
about a month ago, has returned to his
home In New York. He has nearly re-
covered his health.
The monthly statement Of the comp
troller of the currency shows that the
total circulation Of national bank notes
on Sept. 80, 1899, was $24S, 2sO, 12S. an in
crease for the year Of $,93S.17S, and an
increase for the month Of $1,2lS,SS6.
A naval order announces the cancella-
ton of the order assigning Rear Ad-
miral Howell to the command Of the
Norfolk navy yard and directs him to
remain at his present position at the
head Of the naval examining board.
The name of the Young Peoples Chris
tan Temperance union, formed at Chi
cago by representatives from 20 states,
has been prefixed with the word Ameri-
can, and a resolution adopted extending
the battle line against liquor to Canada.
Harry Gibson of Cincinnati has issued
a challenge to ride Jimmy Michael at
the track offering the largest purse and
distance from five miles to an hour
Gibson has met and defeated nearly all