St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-17
NEWS SUMMARY.

bneTe are large quantities OF eaCl met
The consolidation of tlNe Nation
Bank Of Commerce and the Nation
Union bank of New York both of whic
are contralled by the Mutual Life Il
surance company has been practical
completed.
At Taylor, Miss, fire destroyed !
houses, sweeping away every stor,
Loss. $14O,000
The town of Revere, Mass, presente
bronze medals to those of It's youn
men who were enlisted In the nationa
service during the recent war, the gift
being made In the presence of a larg
gathering in the town hall
Fire and insurance rates In New York
Jersey City, Long Island City and
Staten island have been raised 30 per-
cent. This was done at meeting of the
New York fire insurance exchange. The
increased rates take effect at once.
Mrs. Hudas Goldstein, who is con-
sidered to be one of the most expert shop
lifters in the country, was sentenced at
Boston to five years in prison. A
daughter was placed on probation, and
a son-in-law given two years.
The Minnesota Agricultural society
passed resolutions protesting against
the Hanna-Payne ship subsidy bill be-
fore the United States congress.
The Ohio house of representatives in
definitely postponed action on the reso-
luton expressing sympathy with the
Beers in their war with Great Britain.
Steamer Auchenarden has sailed from
Brooklyn for Cape Town, East London
and Port Natal Beside an immense
cargo Of provisions, flour and grain, she
carries 80 troop horses and so transport
mules.
DR.. Elizabeth J. French, one of the
most distinguished women in the med
zeal fraternity of this country, died at |
Boston, after a short illness. DR.. |
French was born in Mechanicsburg, Pa,
In 1921.
DR.. Willard o. Hurd was found I'M
conscious in his room at the soldiers
home at Tilton, N. H., and expired few
minutes later. Death was probably the
result of heart trouble. DR.. Hurd was
born In Lempster, N. H., 66 years ago.
Mrs. Mary Sullivan, aged 65, widow.
at Waterbury, Conn, tripped
while about to go down stairs, and re-
ceived injuries from which she died a
few hours later
General Dabney H. Maury, late of the
Confederate army and former minister
10 Colombia, died at Peoria, Ills.
While working on the elevated rail-
TOAD structure at Boston, Daniel J. Nc
Gilvery fell from girder to the pave
nent, fracturing his skull. He died in
4 short time
The Southern Association Of Hosiery
have advanced prices 10
percent. This is total advance Of 20
percent in three months.
Augusta Stryczynski, II years old, and
Ter 2-year-old sister, Olga, were burned
o death at Chicago. The children had
'een left alone and while playing with
matches overturned can of benzine.
Mrs. Moorhouse, aged e., widow of
P. Moorhouse, ex-governor of Mis-
ouri, died at Maryville, Mo. Governor
doorhouse committed suicide in 1891.
Adjutant General Corbin has received
together $72,99O for the Lawton fund
The congregation of the Main Street
church. Amesbury L
fass., have voted to accept the resigna N
ion of their pastor, Rev. George L. IL
richmond. a
The trustees of the Hampton IN. Hl Il
cademy have received a check for 5000
ON Edward Tuck, banker in Paris n
r. Tuck's father was principal of the
,ademy in 1885. Il
Alonzo James, aged 81, a great-grand- v
IN of Benedict Arnold, died at Deer &
I'D. o.
Lieutenant Samuel Howard, U. SIN O
lie pilot and last of the officers and crew d
Ericsson's Monitor during her memoir "
Die engagement with the Confederate h
onclad Merrimac died at Washington c.
ON conclusion of the brain, the result
fall. He was 70 years old. q
Rev. John A. Mulcahy. pastor of Il
!. Patrick's church of Hartford and &
lcar general of the diocese of Connecti- R
1t, died from oedemo of the lungs, with
hlch he had been long sufferer. Fa- -
Ter Mulcahy was born in County Cork oI
e., in 1S45.
Inc new residence of William H. Mar mr.
n at Dracut, Mass, was DESTROYED nv
re. The family was absent at tba
me- and the blaze is believed to have VII
iglnated from an overheated furnace. tn
l homas ID. Wells has retired from the ca
lltorshlp OF the Waterbury Republican.
King this step in order to get rid of III
ght work. Mr.. Wells has been con- w
ected with The Republican for II wears sa
All the help at the Beltville wooden ia
mis-, at North Kingstown, r. l.. ex- de
ept those in the finishing room have re
truck TO enforce a demand for an adj NJ
ance of 10 percent in wages. st
FRANK Conrick, secretary of the Cbica. az
o Builders and Trades exchange. COM tn
lifted suicide by shooting. Conrick OF
as bitten by dog, and the dread of al
ydrophobla, 1t is thought, had unsettled
is mind. TT
Charles Bingham, the oldest nostal
Ierk IN the United States, died at Bos-
On aged 80 years. Mr.. Bingham dated M
is connection with the Boston postofica III
ach 10 the time when there was M w
lore hlail In circulation in Boston than bo
e could handle almost alone, and when =,
mere We're no railroad terminals in the I'll
ity. '''' m
An organized opposition to the acnuisi- hc
ion of the Fitchburg rail- Dad nv tho bs
'oston and Maine has been started, and, RI
ccoralng to the sponsors of the move -.
nent' 1t will be pushed vigorously. su
John Schnaeble of indianapolis "a m
ears old, deliberately cut his hand
vi with a common pocket knife and
lied to death. His mind was unbaI- W
need, it is said. fr.