St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUES DAY.

by blowing up church where he was to
attend service has been discovered in
Johannesburg and the conspirators
were arrested; the news caused wide
spread indignation in England, and is
thought likely to lead to more severe
measures against the Beers MIR. Kru-
ger spent busy day in Paris making
calls on officials and receiving delega
tions; one slight anti English demonstra
ton occured.-The Cars physicians say
that the condition OF their patient con-
tinues to improve.
UNITED STATES United States Sena.
tor Cushman Kellogg Davis, who had
been i'll Tor two months, died at his
home in St. Paul, Mimi, at the age of
sixty two-The Court of Appeals has
reduced the assessment OF the Manhat-
tan Elevated Railroad Company to
about $9500000, nearly one-half the
figure fixed by the local assessors, and
thus puts an end to the litigation which
has continued since 1894; the company
must, however, pay back taxes amount
ing to $750,O0O..
WEDNESDAY.
FOREIGN The Beers under DeWet and
Steyn are reported to be contemplating
descent on Cape Colony, Kruger
was heartily cheered wherever he ap-
pealed in Paris-A Thanksgiving dinner
was given by the American colony in
Paris, at which Jules Cambon and Con-
sul'General Gowdy were the chief speak
ers.-The hatt'eship Kentucky arrived at
Smyrna; her visit is said to have no hos
ttla c,opifpnnca Ctvtoat,
killed and thirty or forty wounded by an
explosion of dynamite in a French col.
liery.-Another favorable bulletin was
issued by the physicians of the Gar
In the Cuban Constitutional Convention
reply to the speech OF Gen. Wood in
calling the convention to order was read.
UNITED STATES. -Rear-Admira Freder-
lex V. McNair died at Washington
Reports received at Washington an
nounced the loss of the auxiliary cruiser
Yosemite and FIVE of the crew off Guam
during typhoon.-The United States
will have three dmirals i'll the Orient
Many tributes to the late Senator Davis
were received by his family, setting forth
the loss to the country by reason OF his
death the congress committees to at.
! IGuu Ills IuuSl dI Will Sldl / IL Olu w
ington today.-By reason of the floods
part of an express train on the Cleveland
: and Pittsburg railroad was plunged into
: the Ohio river, and an express messenger
: was drowned in his car, but the passen
ger cars remained on the tracks THE
r federal grand Jury at Louisville is inquir
ing into the alleged democratic election
, frauds, and some indictments have beer
/ already secured-Senator ChaunCey NJ
Depew made an address in the office o
l the secretary of state at Albany, Wher
$ many state officials had gathered, tt
witness the placing upon the wall OF ;
new portrait OF Mr.. Depew when he wa
secretary of state in 1864; the senate
described the difficulties he had encoun
: tered at that time i'll collecting the vOt
= OF he New York soldiers at the front -
Axtell the famous trotter, and Robert
the PAGER, were sold at Madison Squar
i. Garden, New York.
r THURSDAY.
FOREIGN Further details of the los
n Of the cruiser Yosemite we're received; tn
Y typho On caused large loss of life and de
r struction of property in Guam.-A BIRTHS
a garrison OF 400 men at Dewetsdorp, i
e Orange River Colony, South AFRICA, wa
d captured by a Beer force led by De We
v and Steyn on November %; the BIRTHS
q lost Is men killed, had AZ wounded an
t two guns were taken by the Beers, VIII
b escaped pursuing British columns unde
General Knox.-American Thanksgivin
dinners were given in London, Berlin an
elsewhere in Europe; among the SPEAK
els at the London dinner were Ambassf
: dor Choate, Speaker Gully and tn
J. Lord Chief Justice of England The off
l. cial bulletin of the Cars condition sta
ed that his strength is increasingly
" arrival of the American batteship Ke1
IL lucky at Smyrna has caused the Porte
8. desire spet dy settlement of the Anne
d can demands. The report that the othe
!. powers have yielded to the America
!. view of the peace demands on Chin
created a good impression in st. Peters
burg; the 18th United States Infantr
left TEN. Tsin for Tong Ku, where til
It regiment will embark for Manila.
y UNITED STATEs.-Ten persons wet
N killed and about SO badly injured by tt
collapse of the roof of glass factory o
r. which they were gathered to watch
y football game in San Francisco, some {
1t them lalling on red hot furnaces and b
IS ing buried to death.-Secretary Wllso
"a in his annual report reviews the la:
$. years work of the department of agr
r culture, and tells OF the plans formed ft
v the benefit of the farmers.
FRIDAY.
FOREIGN Lord Roberts turned ov
n. the command of the British troops ope
in ating against the Beers to Lord Kite
q. ener, who has been promoted to Lleute
eer ant General with the rank OF genera
n. while serving in South Africa.-The c
he madam troops returned from South A
ne RIGA were reviewed and thanked by Que,
Victoria at Windsor.-"The Statist,"
London, takes gloomy view OF the 81
uation in South Africa, and propos
On that negotiations for peace be OPEN
RS with the Boer commanders. The Fren,
in senate unanim ously adopted a resoIutlC
re of sympathy with MIR. Kruger, who W
ne leave Paris today for Cologne.-A revC
re has occurred among Moldavian pea
ne ants, twenty of whom have been kill
OF and many taken prisoners,-Gen. MacA
st thur has confirmed the sentences OF TO
to natives convicted of murder, and tn
nd will be hanged on Dec. 21.-The death
nd Oscar Wilde in Paris is reported.
50 UNITED STATEs.-A number of leadil
ei Republican senator's and Representative
held conferences at the capitol to con