St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-05

| OHSlIdllOuo VI FOPhtdA oD iP'ehy oe
towns on the route through Northern
France and Belgium similar to those he
received in Southern France.-The Swiss
government in the Franco Brazilian
boundary dispu awarded to Brazil
| 147, 900 square miles Of contested terri
tory and to France 600 square miles
An outb eak OF " Hooliganism" has caused
the east end of London TO he panic
stricken; in White chapel a policeman
was murdered - The wheat crop of
! Queensland is expected to beat all rec
ordS.
UNITED STATES "A treaty was signed
by Secretary Hay and Senior Corea, the
'Nicaraguan minister in Washington, by
which Nicaragua cedes to the United
States the right of way for an intero e.
anic canal The state department will
renew its demand on Morocco for indem-
nifty for the murder of Marcus Ezaguin,
a naturalized American citizen, and a
warship has been ordered TO convey the
United States Consul General at Tangi,r
to the nearest port to Fez.-The house
committee on military affairs has decided
to make impo, tant changes in Secretary
I Roots army bill, and substitute meas
ure will be offered by the democratic
members.-The President has offered the
vacant internal revenue commissioner
ship to Joseph H. Marley, of Maine
| The funeral of the late Senator Cushman
K Davis took place at St. Paul, attended
by committees Of both houses of congress
and many Minnesota officials.
SUNDAY.
FOREIGN Lord Roberts arrived at
Ladysmth on Friday and complimented
the townspeople on their heroic deftnce
against the Beers; the battle6elds of
Natal were visited by Lord Roberts; ow-
ing to an official intimation that the
Kaiser would not receive him ex-president
Kruger has abandoned his intention of
visiting Berlin and will proceed direct
from Cologne to Holland Turco-
German difficulty over a cOaling station
in the Red Sea has been amicably settled.
Another favorable bulletin has been is
sued by the Cars physicians the sick
monarcb's strength and appetite return
ing; the Dowager Czarina started from
Copenhagen for Livadia.-Captain
Chester of the battleship Kentucky, is eX-
pected in Coustantinople; it is believed
that the contract for the building in
America of Turkish cruiser will be sign,
ed today-En porer William has decreed
that special attention shall be paid in the
German schools to the English language
displacing French as an obligatory study
The Italian Budget for 10000, owing
largely to the China expedition, shows
a deficit OF 10, 900 900 lire; for 10000
it shows a deficit of 100000 lire.
UNITED STATEs.-Both houses of Con
gress met for the short session today
The twenty seventh annual convention
of the Womans Christian Temperance
Union opens in Washington today THE
largest filtration plant in the Unit &c
States is at Albany, ami has been II
operation there over a wear; in thai
time the deaths from typhoid fever have
been cut more than in half.
MONDAY.
FOREIGN Manchester Eng
: Guardian today says that it understand
that Queen Victoria has decided to COME
a dukedom on Lord Roberts and Paria
ment will be asked to vote him &100, 900
A Tacoma, Wash, dispatch saws tn
steamer Energy brings the details OF ;
terrible powder explosion at Haking
! China, which killed more than 800 per
i sons last month.-A high Chinese officia
; reports that while with the Chinese cour
: at Ia Tung Flu he neither saw nor hear'
= Of the heir apparent, Pu Chun, Primo
! Tuan's youngest son. The official wa
; convinced that the heir apparent wa
slain or died during the fight from Pr
king-A Manila dispatch says Sunda
in Vigan was great day for the Amer
: can cause. twenty-five hundred native
: of this region and nearly all the fghtin
rebels, crowded the church and took tn
: oath of allegiance to the United States
: The festivities connected with the sixt
Inauguration of President Diaz as pres
= dent of tlte Republic OF Mexicoculminate
in grand ball
UNITED TATEs.-Doren W. Collins, n
l publican associate judge of the state 81
u preme court. has been offered by Gov
Lind the United States senatorship mad
;. vacant by the death OF Cushman K. Dav
J of Minnesota.-Th opening OF Congres
today drew two great crowds to tt
capitol intent on witnessing the inaut
{ uration OF the legislative work OF tt
= ent.-President Mckinley tran
mitted the customary message.