St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-11-13
DIARY OF EVENTS.
TUESDAY NOV-h

French squadron under Admiral Call
ard has seized the Turkish port Smyrna.
The government has given out no official
statement, but the report of the seizure
Of the port is generally credited. The
French squadron was due to arrive in
Turkish waters today, and from the out
set the port of Smyrna was said to be
the objective point-A fog such as
Great Britain had not experienced for
years enveoped London and half of the
United Kingdom, blOckading shipping,
deranging railways and throwing bust
ness in London, Birmingham and other
provincial cities into confusion. SO
dense was it that a walk into the streets
was an adventure--The feature of the
Schley hearing was the charges made by
e. P. Hanna, assistant counsel for the
government, in his argument, the first
of the closing. In sulS ance tie e
charges are that Schley was dilatory in
the trip to Cienfuegos, that he neglected
his duties while there, that he did not
start for Santiago promptly or proceed
there with despatch, and that he left
Santiago harbOr unprotected during his
retrograde mOvement-E'ire loss at
Libson, N. H, $125, 000-PoOr whal-
ing season reported by the Arctic fleet
Chinese officials do not deny that an
attempt was made to kill the dowager
representatives of the G. n. Wash
Inv.
bridge, Mass, counterfeiters held for the
grand jury-Middlese county jury
orders a reduction of betterment assess
ments levied by the city Of Cambridge,
Mass.
WEDNESDAY,, NOV 6.
Governor Crane carried Massachu-
sets over eX-Mayor Quincy by about
10000. The vote was unusually light.
Boston gave Quincy a majority of 1899
over Crane. The election in New York
proved a veritable Waterloo for Tam
many Hall. The entire Tammany
ticket was defeated. Shepard was
beaten by Low by about 10000. Mayor
Van Wyck, who ran for justice of the
supreme court, ran nearly 10000 votes
behind his ticket. Justice Jerome beat
Unger in the district attorney fight. It
is expected that New York city will now
have the greatest overturning in its his
tory. Tammany has ruled it for practi-
cally II years. Elections in states out
side of Massachusetts and New York
resulted in Democratic victories in five,
while the Republicans won in six.
The Republncan victories were in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Iowa, Ne
braska and Rhode Island. Democratic
victores-Maryland Virginia, Missis-
sippi Kentucky and COlorado-JOel
Prentiss Bishop, L. L. D., died at Cam
bridge, Mass-United States naval
dock arrives at New Orleans-Fire at
Port Huron, Mich, causes loss of $780,
000-Large public requests in will Of
Mrs. Emelne Balch of Manchester N.
Milliken-To coupany's
grocery store at Portland, Me, burned;
loss, $3.50, 000-Burglars break a big
show window and steal 500, 900 worth of
diamonds in Cincinnati-M.C C. D. Bor-
den announces a 10 percent cut in wages
at the Iron works mills, Fall River
Eighteen furnaces in the Pittsburg dis
trict closed because of lack of coke
through the shortage of freight cars
New canal treaty said to be ready for
signature-Ploti in Mencad, LuZon, to
murder the American garrison revealed
by woman-General Smith refuses to
lift blockade of Leyte, Notwithstanding
appeals of natives-Five cases of
plague in Port Elizabeth. Cape Colony
Chinese court said to have rejected
Manchurian treaty-Sir William
White to retire from the British ad-
miralty-Fall River LoomfXers' as
ISOLATION condemns action of clergymen
in issuing an appeal against strike
Kitchener reports that Beers behaved
badly toward the British wounded after
the battle near Brakenlaagte.
THURSDAY, NOv.7.
Ii Hung Chang, China's grand old
man" died at Pekin of stomach trouble,
aged 79--The argument of Mr.. Rayner
senior counsel for Rear Admiral Schley,
consumed nearly the whole day Of the
inquiry court. Tears were in Schleys
eyes as Mr.. Rayner closed the ladies' in
the court room wept openly and even
the members of the board showed traces
of emotion. Mr.. Rayner took up the
specifications one by one. So far as he
was able to do so he used the testimony
of the departments witnesses to prove
his contentons-Bu break bank
vault at Black Rock, Ark-Ten perish
in theatre fire at Hurley, Wis-Amer-
lean Window Glass company cuts prices
about Is percent-Man and woman ar
rested at st. Louis charged with com
plicity in the Great Northern eYpr IS
robbpry-Revulsion of feeling in Fall
River. Mass, against M. G. d. Borden
on account of his new attitude on the
wage question-Cuba much interested
in the candidacy of Maso for president
France will sieze no other ports in
Turkey unless cessary-Boer loss in
engagement with Benson heavier than
at first reported Merchants in Mexico
pleased by the proposed abolition Of the
| free zone--MOre monks arrested
charged with completely in the abduc.
ton of Miss Stone-Amos Nixon fear
fully injured in a railroad yard at Bos
ton-Roland A. Swan, who embezzled
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