St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-30
NEWS SUMMARY.


Archie Whiting, aged 10, fell from a
hoat on Lake Winnepesaukee near
Glendale, N. H., and was drowned.
Fire at Reading, Mich, town of
,soo population, destroyed 81 buildings.
The aggregate loss Is about SIS. 900.
Joseph White, aged 30, employed in a
lumber mill, was killed at Lincoln, N. H..
while rolling logs into a sluiceway.
bridget O'Brien was burned to death
AZ Fall River. Mass, by her clothing
catching fire from an overturned lamp.
direct descendant Of Columbus in Amer
,ca died at her home in Sandusky, O..
aged 50.
The bench moulders Of the Highland
stove foundry, Boston, are on strike for
restoration Of a 10 percent cut in wages
made two years ago.
The navy department Is informed Of the
arrival Of the gunboat Wilmington at
Montevldeo and Of the arrival of the
Marblehead at Acapulco.
Colonel Robert Stewart Webb died at
Pomfret, Conn. He was rs years old.
Colonel Webb was the eldest son Of the
late General James Watson Webb.
Commander Blocklinger of the cruiser
Charleston has returned from the Philip
pines. He thinks the wealth of the ISL
ands has been greatly exaggerated.
The body Of Antoine Manuel, aged IS,
a farmer, was found in the river at
Rehoboth, Mass. He went in bathing,
and it is supposed he accidentally
drowned.
Charles w. Wells, vice president of
the San Domingo Improvement COM
pany, discredits the rumors that the city
OF San Domingo has capitulated to the
insurgents.
The body OF Arthur Colpritt, aged s.
was found on the beach at Eastport, Me.
It Is supposed that the boy fell into the
water while playing near the bank and
was drowned
The smelter and chlorination plant Of
the Golden Reward company at Dead
wood, 8. D., burned. This was the larg-
est plant of the kind in the Black hills.
Loss, $4,000.
Mrs. Thomas W. Gardner of New Lon
don, Conn.,, died as the result of injuries
received by being thrown from her car
rage during runaway. She suffered
from conclusion Of the brain.
The brass and iron bedstead factory Of
Oliver Bros, at Lockport. N. Y, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, s250,0OO. James
McVittie was fatally burned. Three
hundred men are thrown out of work.
Rev. Thomas Lynch, vicar general of
Vermont, was stricken with paralysis Of
the heart while out riding, and died be-
fore medical aid could be summoned.
FathcT Lynch was born in Ireland in
1891
Lorn D. Avery, 46, was found dead
on the tracks Of the New England rail-
road at East Longmeadow, Mass. The
head and both legs were crushed, and 1t
Is supposed that he was struck by a
train.
While the men in brickyards at West
Catskill N. Y, were building up kiln
otnew brick, getting them ready to burn,
the pile suddenly collapsed, burying four
men under the brick. The bodies were
taken out.
Fire in the Bryant building at Brock
ton, Mass, caused damage exceeding
$4,000. The block contained eight large
stores and half a dozen smaller ones.
D. 7. Burrill, photographer. was the
chief loser.
Rev. DR.. Benjamin F. De Costa, rector
Of st, John the Evangelist Protestant
Episcopal church, New York. has handed
bis resignation to the wardens. He says
the resignation has solely to do with his
advanced age.
The supreme lodge, Daughters of St.
George, in session at Pittsburg, elected
officers, including the following: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Minnie Stewart, Bridgeport,
Conn.,. vice president, Mrs. S. P. Cook
son, Fitchburg. Mass.
The Young Mems Christian association
Of Lowell, Mass, has received a check
for $4,000 as a gift from Frederick F.
Aver of New York city. This makes
$4,000 that Mr.. Aver has given to the as
ISOLATION within a very short time.
Captain Austin, engineer on the staff
o. General Smith of the Fifth brigade,
who was appointed captain of volun-
teers on the recommendation of Major
General Greene, has declined the ap-
pointment on the ground Of business.
Rev. Edward j. Fink, S. j., has been
appointed president of Gonzaga college,
Washington. The appointment was
made from Rome by Father Martin, S. j.,
The provincial of the Jesuit order Father
Fink was born in New York city in 1855.
Orders have been issued for carrying
out the provisions of the law allowing a
Soldier serving on distant duty to have
part of his pay sent to his family. Pay
ments to the families of soldiers will be
made by direction of the paymaster
general.
H. Walter Webb, vice president of the
New York Central railroad, is critically
III at H. Mckinley Twombly's camp on
upper st. Regis lake. He Is suffering
from complication of diseases and the
sFaVest fears are entertained for his re-
eOvery.
The body of John M Southwick, who
s.sappeared from Claremont, N. H.,
may %, was found in the woods north
what village. 1t was suspended from
a. ee by strap. There was a bullet
uOe In the head and pistol on the
Ground.
The Grand Trunk railway has notified
as employees that the passenger service
VI the Norway (Me.) branch will be dis
Ontinued on Sept. 1. The branch ex-
ENDS two miles from the main line to
South Paris, and has been in operation
20 Years
The will of the late Samuel johnson
W Boston contained two public be-
yquests The beneficiaries are the Young
Mems Christian association and the