St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-02
DIARY OF EVENTS.
TUESDAY. SEPT. "a.

cured and five witnesses heard. in
GLIDING Drs. Gaylord, Mynter and
Mann. Czolgosz's plea Of guilty was
not accepted by the court. An interest
ing bit Of evidence was the testimony
of DR.. Mynter, giving as the reason
why the bullet was not found at the
autopsy the fact that the family OBJ
fected to further cutting Of the body
Hanna, in an interview, says he will
warmly support Roosevelt if President
McILinley's policies are carried out
-Leprosy being eradicated By the
gradual extinction of natives in Hawaii
One man killed and 10 injured Oh a
runaway freight train in Colorado
Porto Rican school board sends 26 bows
to this country for Extra
session of Colorado legislature to be
called to pass stringent revenue law
to reach orations-Strong move
TO establish department of commerce
General Corbn favors immigration
of japanese in the Philippines Com
mander Heilner in the Schley court tes-
titles that the Texas was in great dan
ger during the battle of Santiago
Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium i'll
British battleship Implacable dis
abled-Duke and Duchess of York en-
tertained by Canadian lumbermen-
Harry De Windt will again try to cross
Bering straits-Chinese everywhere
to be asked to contribute toward in
demnity to Berlin regards re-
cent Boer activity as a sharp reply to
Kitchener; London fears further bor-
rowing may be necessary.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25.
Leon L. Czolgosz was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree in shooting
President Mckinley Sept. G. The trial
consumed 8 hours and 26 minutes. The
defense called no witnesses. The ex-
perts reported that Czolgosz was sane.
Judge Lewis spoke about % minutes
for the defense, his principal plea being
that if any doubt existed in the minds Of
the jury as to the sanity of the prisoner,
he should be given the full benefit of
NIC NiCuDt' DlolIiN LAltOIutN tulCN
summed up for the prosecution in about
10 minutes. The judges charge was
brief. The jury was out about 50 min
utes-Hardly had the good news cir
culated about Fall River that NJ. G. d.
Borden, owner of the Iron Works mills,
had advanced his operatives wages 5
percent, when George A. Chase, treas
urer of the Bourne mills, a Rhode Island
corporation, employing COO hands,
posted a notice of similar import
Report from Baldwin polar expedition
shows all favorable as to the first stage
Reports of increased intoxcation
following anti-canteen law denied by
s-Anti-Tammany ticket re-
garded as generally satisfactory, all
parties being Strong
union against regular Republicans in
Pennsylvania-St Louis police thing
they have an accomplice of Czolgosz
KioWa Indians have war dance in
honor of President Roosevelt-Two
antitrust statutes in Nebraska pro-
nounced stitutional-Odell's adj
miDistration reduced New York's direct
tax nearly $4,000 President
Roosevelt will attend Yale bl-centennial
---Weyler finds defects in Spanish
fortresses and dismisSes governors
Spain starts a dragoman to Morocco in
interest of the captive Spanish children.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26.
The athletes of Yale and Harvard
met the representatives. of Oxford and
Cambridge universities at Berkeley
Oval, New York, in track and field
events, and, as was expected, the Drawn
and muscle of the American coll ans
proved to be too much for that of the
visitors. The Americans won six of
the nine events on the program. Points
were counted for wins only, so that the
Harvard and Yale men defeated their
English opponents by a score of 6 to 3
Serious restitution among MIXERS
and Indians at Nome-COlorado asks
federal government to aid in fighting
forest fires-Seth Low will GLADLY ac-
cept" nomination for mayor of New
York-Dr. J. A. Dow Of West Tops
ham, VT, held in $4,000 on a charge of
arson-New Hampshire farmers to
ask Sc cents per can for milk in Boston
Oct. 1-Fall River Mass, cotton man
ufacturerS resent Bordens increase Of
wages, and may unite for defense
against him-Secretary Gage antici-
pates no further trouble in the money
market-No one is authorized to state
in detail the policy of President Roose-
velt-BeI that the canal treaty will
be ratified; Lord Pauncefote satisfied
with nditiOns--General Macarthur
says conditions in the Philippines are
-Postotfice department decides not to
issue memorial stamps in honor of
President McKinley--Democratic con-
gressmen in Philippines promise free
dom, but the Republican visitors do not
support them-Terrible storm sweeps
the Azores---King Edward returning
to EngIand-Russia reaches out after
markets in the east---Plan for martial
law in Cape Colony being considered
American sealing schooner seized by
Russian warship-North China News
says China's court will not return to
Pekin for two years-Venezuela
fear invasion by Colombia, but latter
denies any intention of such a move
German authorities in Carolines ac-
cuse American whaler of selling arms