St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TIES DAY.

tations BY the ate department Tor tn
requirement of the Danish West Indies
Iii Hung Chang expressed the belle
that the Chinese Emperor woul acced'
to the request of the Powers and banlSi
all obnoxious persons, and II the o he
hand, he thought irritating expeditions
should cease The foundering OF three
essels in the British Channel was re
ported, with the loss it is feared, o
twenty FIVE lives
UNITED STATEs.-Benjamin B. Odel
Jr., was inaugrated yesterday as COVER
nor OF New York state; the capitol was
thronged with visit rs aud the ceremony
was entirely successful; in his addrt SIS
after taking the oath of office Governor
Odell ioreshadowed economy as the
policy of his administration The Quay
republicans won in PENNSYLVANIA, secur-
ing the speaker of the House by vote OF
100 to 90.
WEDNESDAY.
FoREIGN.-The rising OF the Dutch
in Cape Colony is regarded as
imminent, and it is believed to be
restrained only by lack Of arms
martial law was proclaimed in five d.
visions OF the colony. De Wet was head
ed off by Pitcher, and the British occu-
pied GRAFT Rtinet, in the heart OF the
dlsatfected district of Cape Colony, tow
ard which the BoJrs were moving
More revolutionary risings were re-
ported in the provinces OF Venezuela, -
Queen Victoria is planning to 90 to the
sou h OF France in the early spring.
UNITED STATES. -Presidenl Mckinley
gave The first S a { dinner OF the season
t the white house in honor OF The pm
bers OF the cabinet -Ex Secretary Car
isles briet against the government con-.
tention in insuar test Suits has been
filed in the United States supreme court.
THURSDAY.
FOREIGN Lord Rub,rts proceeded
from Southampton to London. where he
was received with royal honoGS and ex'
traordlnary popular VACCINATIONS, the
Field Marshal at erward taking charge
of the War Office; the Borr raiders in
Cape Colony continue to display remark
able mobility, sweeping through the col
ony and pIundertng the farms OF the 10y
alsts.-Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-
Scherwin is said to have let The Hague
i'll anger at the parliaml ntary discussion
OF the terms OF settlement on him as
Prince COuSOrt.-ln he month of Deem
Der the Paris police made II go arrests
Morocco has agreed to settle The Ger.
man claims.-Governor. General Wood
urges resistance to unreasonable de.
mandS of striking steved0res and sugar
handlers at Cardinals, Cuba.-Attorney-
General Griggs has fixed the session Of
the Porto Rlcan assembly at sixty days.
Herr Krupp has given 500 900 marks
to various tunds for the benefit of his
workmen.-A United States fleet OF war
ships arrived at Bermuda after a stormy
passage from Norfolk.
CONGRESS. BUSINESS was resumed
after the holiday recess.-Senate: The
Army Reorganization bill was taken up
and made the unfinished business, dis
placing the Ship Subsidy bill from its
privileged position House: Much ex.
element was caused by a rtsoluti IN
offered by Mr.. Olmsted. oil Pennsylvania,
looking to reduction OF representatives
from Southern states where he franchise
is abridged; the Democrats hDibustered
against consideration, and adjournment
was forced by vote of II t. rs.
UNITED STATEs.-Blshop W. X. Nnde,
of the Methodist Episcopal church, form
er president OF the Garrett Biblical n>ti-
tute, died in Detroit at the age OF sixty
eight 1t is reported that ex-Pres1dent
Harrison has been retained to argue
against the government S colonial policy
in the test suits before the United States
supreme court.-In his farewell address
to the Michigan Legislature ex Governor
Pingree took occasion to relterate his
views in regard to the influence of cor
porations, and to predict bloody revo-
luton unless methods are changed
President Wheeler OF the University
of California announced that he had
trustworthy news OF the death of Aguin-
aldo.
FRIDAY