St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-27

Obituary: James Clark, the Oldest Mason IN the
world, at Quincy, Ills
0. Obituary: Stephen j. Field, associate justice
OF the supreme court Of the United States, re-
tired, in Washington; aged So.
10. Riot: street riot, caused by miners trouble
at Pana, Ills, caused the death OF people;
many wounded.
Filipino War: Gen. Lawton captured Santa
Cruz, an insurgent stronghold.
Obituary: Sir MonierMonier Williams, professor
of sanskrt at the University Of Oxford, in
London; aged GO.
H. Spanish War: Formal proclamation by Presi-
dent Mckinley announcing the ratification OF
the treaty and the restoration OF peace with
Spain.
49, Fire: The curio hall of the famous Boston
museum burned
Il. Fire: Idle Hour the Long Island residence
where W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., took his bride
for the honeymoon, burned; loss, $250,OO0.
Obituary: The Duchess OF Marlborough, mother
in.law OF Consueo Vanderbilt, in England
Is. Fire: In Cleveland half block OF business
houses burned loss, $l,OOO,OO0
II. Obituary: John L. Lay, inventor OF the navy
torpedo in New York; aged 81.
IS. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Corea, Spanish min
lister Of war in 1893, at Madrid.
Samoa Fighting between the Americans and
English and the Mataafans.
20. Fire: At San Jose, CAL; loss, 100000.
Obituary: NJ Edouard Jules Henri Pailleron,
French poet and dramatist, in Paris; aged 65.
q. Personal: Matthew s. Quay appointed U. s.
senator by the governor Of Pennsylvania.
Obituary: DR.. Heinrich Kiefert, noted geog-
rapher and photographer, in Berlin; aged 80.
%. Fire: In Omaha the Kingman block burned;
loss 100000
Obituary: The 1t. Hon. Sir John Mowbray,
''Father OF the House OF Commons" in Lon
don; aged "a.
25 Political The German ambassador lodged
with the secretary Of state protest against
certain language OF Capt Coghlan OF the v.
s. cruiser Raleigh.
Filipino War: Gen. MacArthur's division fought
its way to the trenches before Calumpit.
Obituary: Gen. Richard J. Oglesby, former gov
ernor OF Illinois, in Springfield aged TO-
49, Fire: Dawson City, the business center wiped
out; loss between Sl000,0OO and s2OOO,OOO.
Tornado: 40 people killed at Kirksyille, Mo-,
and at Newton hundreds OF houses destroyed,
with about 100 deaths.
a. Obituary: Robert Goelet, member OF the New
York aristocracy OF wealth, in the harbor OF
Naples; aged 49, Sheridan Shook, once
prominent New York politician and afterward
a theatrical manager, at Red Hook, N. y;
aged II.
Filipino War: MacArthur's division crossed the
Rio Grande at Calumpit.
g. Filipino War; Peace overtures from the in
surgents, asking for an armistice, rejected by
Gen. Otis.
80. Accidents so people hurt in railway wreck
near Rochester.
MAY.
l. Dewey day generally celebrated in the United
States and possessions, especially on the sea.
Fire: Gen. Wade Hampton's home, containing
fine library, valuable jewels and treasured
relics, burned at Columbia, S. G.
Spanish War: Spain's agent received warrants
for the S20000,0O0 stipulated in the treaty in
payment for the cession Of the Philippines
O. Filipino War: Lawton's column captured Bal
mag.
8. Obituary: Keokuk, chief Of the Sac and Fox
Indians, at Guthrie, o. 7. Emma Marshall,
English novelist, in London.
1. Fire: Greenville S. c., the heart OF the town
destroyed; loss, 100000.
Obituary: Gen. Manning F. Force Federal war
veteran and campaign historian, at Sandusky,
O.. aged rs.
10. Convention: The Confederate veteran reunion
held at Charleston.
Obituary: Gen. Samuel B. Smith, Federal vet.
eran, known as the Father OF the National
Guard System" at Dayton, O.; aged GO.
II. obituary Roswell P. Flower, ex-governor oil
New York, at Eastport n Y; aged Ga. Au
gust Brentano (second), head Of the noted pub
fishing and booksellng house OF Union square
New York, in that city; aged 49,
IL. Disaster: 90 killed and over 40 injured in q
wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading al
Exeter, Pa.
! H. Fire: At Manchester, N. H.; loss, 100000.
Obituary: NJ. Francisque Sarcey, famous French
dramatic critic, at Paris.
H. Fire: In Chicago the Blue Island avenue lum
, Der district suffered loss OF 100000.
Convention: The international peace congress
convened at The Hague.
| dr,ir salad from Manil.
on the cruiser Olympia on his voyage home.
o. Obituary: Grisi, the Italian dancer in Rome
Mile Rhea, French actress, at Montmorenci
France aged So.
"a. PERSONAL The eightieth anniversary Of Queer
Victoria's birthday celebrated throughout TIL
British empire and colonies.
Obituary: Senior Don Emilio Castelar, Spanish
Republican statesman, at Murcia, Spain; age'
g.
rs. Fire: In st. John, N. B.; $50 buildings burn
ed; loss, 100000
Obituary: Aaron B. Magoun. master in tn
Cambridge schools from 1888 to 1881, in Rox
bury, Mass; aged 90. Rosa Bonheur, famou
animal painter, at Fontainebleau; aged rs.
20. Fire: In the "Bowery district" at Coney Is
land; loss, 100000.
n. Tornado: Devastation in Missouri, Iowa an
Michigan deaths at Bijou, S. d.
Sporting: Banistar won the Brooklyn Handica
at Gravesend.
Is. Accidents 10 deaths and % injured in
washout accident on the Rock Island and Bui
lington at Waterloo, la.
= 80. Sporting: Flying Fox won the English Derby
r JUNE.
. /, Marion Clark, the abducted New York babe
: found at mountain farm near Haverstraw
N Y, and returned to her parents home.
n 8. Obituary: Johann Strauss, the waltz King,
a at Vienna; aged "a.
: Political: President Loubet OF France attacke
by royalist mob at the Auteui race course
d near Paris.
I g. Fire: In New Orleans the St. Charles thef
ter, landmark Of the city. destroyed.
10 Obituary: Frank Thomson, president OF I'll
Pennsylvania railroad, at Philadelphia; age
), &c.
5. Q. Cuba Gomez issued farewell manifesto
II the Cuban people.
II 7. Obituary: Henry L. Clinton, noted crimin'
r, lawyer, in New York city; aged 80 Augu
tin DAILY, American theater manager, in Loi
e don; aged 81. Margaret Ann Cusack, Il
k "Nun OF Kenmare," in London Gen. W.
l, Walker, noted Mexican and Confederate We
II eran, at Atlanta.
1t Fire: At Augusta, Gs.; loss, $250,O00.
ID 8. Flood High water mark reached in the Coll
RADIO river, Texas; rs drowned.
y. o. Sporting: JeHries defeated Fitzsmmons Il
the worlds championship at Coney Island.
"a 10. The yacht Columbia, built to defend Il
Americas cup launched at Bristol, r. /.
At Obituary: Capt Henry Nichol Of the U.
monitor Monadnock, at Manila.
.. II. Fire: In the Armstrong Whitworth Ordnan'
Co.'S works at Newcastle-on-Tyne loss, 81
in 100000.
/. Sporting: Perth won the Grand Prix de Paris
10 Filipino War; Hardest battle to date at Ia
Pinas between Gen. Lawton's division al
o. the insurgents.