St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
"WEDNESDAY.

nation OF the reported outD!eaA vi
violence.-The situation IN emma was
thought to be forciblY represented py
cartoon in punch" representing Kus-
sian at home in an Oriental boudolr with
John Bull and Germany looking over the
palings and inquiring what he was DONG
in there.-Many persons were reported
to be awaiting the arrival OF Andrew
Carnegie at Southampton, hoping 10
benefit from his generosity.
UNITED STATES Admiral William l.
Sampson this morning received from
Washington a certified check for $3.50
from the Treasury Department as his
share OF the award for the capture OF the
Spanish fleet at Santiago.
THURSDAY.
FoREIGN.-Lord Lansdowne announced
in Parliament that by agreement between
the British and Russian governments the
danger of bloodshed at Tieu-Isln had
been averted by each side agreeing to
withdraw the troops from the disputed
territory, leaving the merits OF the con-
troversy to be settled BY the two govern
ments.-Charles P. Clark, the well known
New England railroad man, died IN Nice.
Fourteen lives were lost as result OF
the collision of the steamers Chemultz
and Tay in Flushing roadstead.-tlteen
lives were lost in floods in ltaly.-Phlip
Botha, brother of the Boer commander
in-chief, was killed in battle in South
Africa,-A large number of rebel officers
and men were captured by American
troops in Cavite Province, Luzon.
UNITED STATES. The report that ex-
Senator Wolcott was to succeed Mr..
Hitchcock as Secretary of the Interior
was denied in Washington; the president
has not yet selected a successor to At
torney-General Griggs,
FRIDAY.
FoREIGN-The parliamentary papers
giving details of the negotiations be-
tween Generals Kitchener and Botha
were issued in London, showing that
the terms of peace proffered by Lord
Kitchener were rejected after being mod1-
fed by Mr. Chamberlain and Sir Alfred
Miner; military operations in the Or
ange River Colony have resulted in the
capture of large Number OF Beers and
great quantities ofsupplies.-lt was re-
ported in Shanghai that the Russo-Chi-
nese treaty relative TO Manchuria would
be signed on March 26, with not single
word changed; the fdreign office in Lon
don holds pessimistc views regarding
the situation in thef far East.-The only
son of Ignace Paderewski, the pianist, is
dead.-The strike at Marseilles contin-
ues to spread, and he disorders are kept
up; the streets of the city are pctrolled
by cavalry.-Gov. Allen expects to leave
Porto Rico in a fortnight for Washing
ton to confer with President Mckinley
A great plot againI It the Cars life is
said to exist in Russia, with rami6ca-
tions throughout tie empire. -The cruis-
err New York arrivedat Gibraltar, whence
she will go to Tangtr to back up the de-
mand of Minister 6ummere on the Mo-
roCcan government pr an apology.
UNITED STATEs.-Qharges were made
in Washington that General Burlington,
Chief of Ordnance Of the army, had per-
mitted the Driggs-STabury company to
manufacture guns and ammunition for
Colombia at the Frinkford arsenal; the
statement was dened by the president
of the company.-Republican leaders,
ment law, are pre)aring a plan to cut
down the representation in congress of
states which put restrictions on the bal
lot.
SATURDAY..
FOREIGN Mr.. Chamberlain announc-
ed to the House of Commons that Gener-
al Botha had rejected the terms of peace
offered to him by lord Kitchener, and
that the other Boer leaders joined with
him.-Germany, according to Chancellor
Won Bulow, wants compensation from
China for the kilingo Baron Won Ket-
teler.-The first sealing steamer returned
to Newfoundland and reported great
catch for all the vessels.
UNITED TATEs-Fresident Mckinley
returned to Washington from his trip to
attend the funeral OF ex-President Har-
rison.-The first steps were taken in a
scheme to provide park system costing
many millions of dollars for Washington
-Tammany Hall sought to make politi-
cal profit out of Mr.. Carnegie's gift of
$5,20O,000 to New York, through a bill
introduced at Albany to create COM
mission of city officials to purchase sites.
The will OF ex, President Harrison was
admitted to probate; it disposes of
about $4,000 in specific requests, to
relatives largely.
SUNDAY.
FoREIGN.-More insurgents have sur.
rendered to American officers in the pro-
vince of Cavite, Luzo1; Professionalism is
reported to be spreading in the Islands,
The labor situation at Marseilles is calm
ing down; street cars have resumed ser
vice without Observation-Disclosures
troops have ousted Chinese imperial
troops from the passes on the Shan Sc
frontier; japanese squadron left Nag.
asaki on Saturday for Corea, where
owing to Russian demands McLeavy
Brown, the Director.General OF Corean
Customs, has been dismissed, in spite Of
the protest of Great BRITANNIA plot
against the life of the Car has been dis
covered.-Baron Schott Won Schotten
stein, the Wurtemberg Premier, commit
ted suicide at Um.
UNITED STATES.-A meeting ofthose IN
terested IN formulating canal policy for
the state OF New York will be held al
Syracuse this week Mrs. Nation start
ed tor Cincinnati, where she is to deliver
half dozen lectures. Unior
Pacific trains were stalled by snowdrift'
in Nebraska, where a blizzard was
raging "A satisfied mortgage for $500,
900 was burned in st. Andrews Meth
odist Episcopal church. New York.
MONDAY.
EnpEIEN -. IL