St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-31

in 1882. She was 1874 feet long. 81 feet
beam and IL feet deep, and registered
672 tons. She was owned by Edgar
Orr, of Portland Me.
Fire at Nashua.
Starting from a point in the room of
the Proctor Bros cooperage plant at
Nashua, N. H., Friday a fire destroyed
the works, spread to the foundry and
stave drying shed OF the White Noun
tain Freezer company and several large
tenement houses. 1t destroyed all, caus-
ing a loss estimated at 100000. The
loss is nearly covered by insurance. The
estimated loss is divided as follows:
Proctor Bros buildings, machinery,
stock, etc, $4,000; White Mountain
Freezer Co., $3O,000; owners of tene-
ments, houses and tenants, $4,000
1t is expected that all the property will
be rebuilt at once.
Great Battle between French and
MOOrs.
"a few DAYS ago." says dispatch to
the Daily Mail. from Cadiz, "a great bat
tie was fought between the French and
the Moors near Flguig. 1t was the re-
suit of the French operations to subju-
gate the tribes south of the Atlas Noun
tain and to occupy the oasis OF Tablet
The French were victorious. The Moors
assert that the French government has
10000 troops on the Moorish border"
Volcano Eruption in Java.
Late oriental advices give details Of a
terrible destruction of human life which
occurred in Northern lava last month by
a sudden and terrific outburst of the vol
cano Kloet. For fifty miles around all
the coffee plantations and other estates
were destroyed by showers of ashes and
stones, together with great streams of
lava and hot mud. Seven hundred ma
tives and number of Europeans perish
ed.
A convent and twenty-five houses were
destroyed by fire early Friday morning
at Lapraire, on the south side OF the
St. Lawrence near Montreal. The loss
will approximate 100000.
The library of the late Prof. Max Null
Ter, composed of $4,000 volumes. has
been purchased by Baron Iwasaki, for
presentation to the Univ. of Toxic.
The executive committee of the Roger
| Wolcott memorial fund has issued its re-
port sho wing total receipts of $40, 720.-
81 from 10 ,422 contributors. The ex.
penses have been 81 LIT 40. The aver
age contribution was $500.
The will of Lewis Elkins of Philadel,
pha which was probated recently leaves
100000 to found a fund for disabled
women school teachers in Philadelphia.
The annual report of the auditor fol
the treasury department shows that il
the last fiscal year 32,0 20 accounts were
examined, involving $5,S06,761, OLA
AS compared with the previous year the
work of the Office shows an increase Of
2,912 in the number of accounts settled
and decrease of 1921 ,683,744 in the
amo It involved.
Andrew Carnegie has offered $4,000
under the usual conditions, to build a
public library in St. John, N. F. If the
arrangements are effected, it is likely
that the Duke of Cornwall and York will
lay the foundation when he visits New
foundland in October.
General Manager Logan of the Contra
Vermont r. r., representing a comblna
ton of the Central Vermont and Crane
Trunk lines, says that the railroads are
ready to build at New London a large
grain elevator for export use, costing
about 100000, and to bring grair
from the northwest to that port for for
eign shipment, the offer being made con
ditional upon the city's aboishing grade
crossings by the erection Of bridges.