St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-11-06

civil war still exists in Venezuela
Land along the Siberian railway being
leased by a great American syndicate
Dutch premier says all possible has
been done to secure peace in South
Africa-LondOn Lancet says the king
Is in good health, and has undergone no
operation whatever-All available in
fantry to be sent to South Africa; only
one cavalry regiment left in the United
Kingdom.
SATURDAY, NOV. 2.
Lord Kitchener has reported to the
war Office disaster to the British near
Bethel, Eastern Transyaal i'll which two
guns were lost, several officers were
killed or wounded and 81 men were
killed and 100 wounded-Henry Glass
appointed rear admiral-Output Of
paper money to be increasedr-Radical
changes predicted in Indian policy
New dynamite gun at Fort Wright con-
sidered a success-General Merriam
says force of troops in Department Of
Colorado might as well be reduced
Our imports of manufacturers ma
terals for nine months show an increase
in quantity and vaule-Shipping at
Nome ends for the Season--Issues in
New York campaign become more
yirile-Bryan warns Democratic re-
organizers that their action means de-
feat-M. G. D. BOrden'sc brokers after
spot goods, but will take no contracts
If Republicans lose all doubtful coun-
ties in Ohio they will have on joint bal
lot a majority of seven in the legisla-
ture-Fall River cotton manufacture
ers pleased with outcome of wage agi
tation, but believe that more stable
wage basis should be established at
once--MeXico to abolish free zone
Death from plague in Batoum-An-
other case of plague in Glasgow--Rus-
sian warship Peresviet ashore
welcome to Duke of York and party at
Portsmouth-How Miss Stones ran
som is to be paid is serious problem
New South Wales legislature throws out
bill to give franchise to wOmen-Mr.
Carnegie formally nominated for lord
rector of ST. Andrews university
England has no wish to quarrel with
Germany, and wants Russia merely as
a second string to her bow.
SUNDAY, NOV. 3.
Mrs. Louisa Strong Of Boston brutal
ly beaten and robbed by negro in broad
daylght-Peter S. Barry of Boston in
stantly killed by train at BroOklne,
Mass--NIrs. Chauncey Jones killed at
Langdon, N. H., by neighbor, George
H. Briggs-James W. Webster, vet
eran teacher in the Boston public
schools, dead-Overturned lamp
breaks up a childrens party at Quincy.
Mass--Society rumor of engagement
of Senator Aldrich's son and Miss
Eleanor Moran of Charlottesville, Va
Death of Edward S. Stokes WHO
shot and killed James Fisk, Jr-Bal-
loon breaks at San Francisco, carrying
nine people 80 miles without harm
Yale receives 100000 from the Lamp
son estate-Agents who went after
Miss Eellen NJ. Stones captOrs return,
baflled, to amokov-Turkey gives in
to French demands.
MONDAY, NOV. 4.
Evidence is accommodating which tends
to prove the insanity of Jane Toppan,
the nurse suspected of a dozen crimes
in Massachusetts. When she was first
arrested the government alleged desire
for money the motive, but later develop
ments show that the woman in many
cases must have had other reasons if
she committed the crimes with which
suspicion connects her-Starting in
the peg mill of James G. Moore fire de-
stroyed large part of the business
section of LibsOn n. H. Not only were
the principal business blocks burned.
but several dwelling houses also were
swept before the fire. The loss is about
$3.50, 000-Advices from Catbalogan.
Samar, say it is well known that, in
spite Of the fact that all the ports Of
Samar are closed, supplies still reach the
insurgents-Twof female nurses at the
asylum for the insane at Dunning. ILL.,,
formally charged by the Civil Service
Reform association with having caused
the death Of two patients in the asylum
There was an intensely drama ic
scene in the Holy Name cathedral at
Chicago when, in the presence of fully
1000 parishioners, Jeremiah Crowley,
the accommodated Roman Catholic
priest, was publicly Inundated by order
of the authorities Of the church-The
dispute between France and Turkey,
which may yet result in a war between
those countries, thereby precipitating
the long expected European war is prl-
marily due to Turkeys old fault of bad
faith-The Norwegian steamer Kong
Haakon, from Port Elgin for Man
chester laden with deals, ran on Jan
veyn's island shOal. on the Cape Breton
coast. The steamer tore a great hole in
her bottom and she was soon after
filled with water.
End of Strike Agitation
Fall River, Mass, Nov. 1.-There will
be no strike for more wages in the print
cloth mills next Monday, and for the
present the wage question here is set
| tied The Textile Councils action was
summed up last night in the adoption of
a resolution declaring that the wage
question is off for the present and ad.
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