St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUES DAY.

TUESDAY.
FoRE1GN.-The representatives of the
powers at Picking, through the Spanish
minister, delivered the joint note tc
Prince Ching, Ii Hung Chang being toe
i'll to attend; it was forwarded at once
to the Empress Dowager and the emper
or, and the ministers expect its accept
ance by the Chinese government within
one month.-England's Christmas was
one of the greenest on record, primrose
and cornfowers being abloom as far
north as Liverpool, and the Isle Of Wight
was a veritable rose garden.-Mme
Loubet gave 1000 francs to Paris
widows in needy circumstances.-T
Dowager Lady Churchill, Senior Lady
of the Bedchamber and an intimate
friend of the queen, died at Osborne
House.
UNITED STATES The Salvation Army
fed fifteen hundred persons in Cleveland,
and Senator Hanna made an address at
the dinner. - The Rev. DR.. Charles K.
Hale, Bishop coadjutor the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Springfield, died in
Cairo, Ill.
WEDNESDAY.
FOREIGN to report from
the French troops in China a force OF
$500 Chinese was met by them IN battle
and five flags and number OF guns were
taken by the French, while the Chinese
suffered great loss the Spanish minister
at Picking fears the discussion over the
joint note will last for year or more
Little news comes from South Africa,
but no important Cape Colony town
has so far been captured by the Boer in
vaders. Gilbert Parker has started for
Egypt to study the administration
tnere.
UNITED STATEs,-It was explained at
the state department that the United
States government is not a party to the
settlement of American missionary
claims by Turkey through a contract
with the Cramps or warship.
THURSDAY.
FOREIGN Emperor Kwang Su strenu'
ously objects to the terms of the joint
note calling for the reduction of the forts
in China and permanent legation guards;
the international army in China contin-
ues actively to operate against Boxers
Chinese war junks laden with stone are
anchored off the Wu-Sung forts, ready to
block the channel in case OF emergency -
The Panama canal directors adoG ted a
report stating that a reasonable agree.
ment between the company and the
United States and Colombian govern
ments is realzable-Th tariff bill has
been completed by the Philippines Com
mission and been mailed to Washington !;
the Commission has taken up the ques-
ton OF church or state control of San
Jose college, in Manila.
UNITED STATES. -The kidnapped grand
son of ex-Attorney General W. H. H. Mil
Ter, of Indianapolis. was recovered, and
his mother started East without him.
FRIDAY.
FOREIGN Efforts of De Wet to break
through the British lines in the Orange
River Colony and 60 south have been
an unconhrmed report in
London said that De Wet had been cap
tured Several British officers concerned in
the disaster OF Lindley last May have
resigned The Turkish Government has
contracted for the reconstruction of an
Ottoman battleship at Kiel, in order to
meet demand for payment OF German
claims.-A Copenhagen dispatch says that
the Danish Government is about to sub
NIT fresh proposal to the United States
government for the purchase of the
Danish West Indies; in Berlin it was
denied that Germany is trying to buy the
Danish island of st. John in the West
Indies.
UNITED STATEs.-The president has
selected Frederick Rittman, OF Cleveland,
to succeed Auditor Morris, who was kill
I'd by Samuel Macdonald -Chairma
Jones of the democratic national COM
nlttee denied reports that a movement
was on foot to shllve Bryan as party
eader.-The 49tna Real Estate Com.
pany bought property in Broadway, on
which it will erect thirty story build
ng, to be the talIest in New York.
SATURDAY.
FOREIGN. The London and Globe Fl
nance Corporation, Limited, failed, drag
3ing down thirteen lesser firms on the
London Stock Exchange; the suspended
corporation dealt ex ensivey in West
Australian and British Columbia mining
shares, and was interested in the build
ing of an underground road in London.
General Colvie arrived in England and
issued statement attacking the head
quarters staff and defending himself from
res possibility for the disaster at Lindley
i'll May last; Lord Roberts sailed from
Gibraltar for England.
UNITED STATES 1t was announced at
the state department that negotiations
for the purchase of the Danish West H.
dies are practically concluded, and only
await the appropriation OF the Mt cessary
money by Congress "A bill providing tor
a National Naval Reserve has been pre-.
pared by board consisting of Admiral
Dewey, Rear.Admiral Crowninshield and
Captain Robley D. Evans.-The new
Cornell Medical college building in New
York was formally opened. and addresses
were made by President Schurman, Gov.
ernor Roosevelt and others.