St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-03-26
FRIDAY, MARCH q.

peen feared on the PenODScOt came at
Bangor, when a great mass Of ice that
had hung for days between the toll
bridge and the waterwOrks dam moved
down and, forming another jam, caused
the river to back up rapidly. The
damage is very heavy-Mrs Julia B.
French, wealthy, eccentric and fam
GUS throughout the country because Of
her many and varied lawsuits, was
found dead in her residence at Boston,
where she lived alone. She had fallen
down an elevator Well-Fund for the
families of the MonomOy lifesayers now
amounts to more than $14,000-Ken-
lucky reform school building burned
Strike Of granite workers at Barre,
Vt, likely to be brief-New men at
MonOmoy rescue crew of the wrecked
ElWood Burton-Fifteen deaths from
freezing in the recent storm in the
northwest Peoples party and Demo
Gratis in Nebraska agree to fusion in
the state election-Carpenters at
Carnegie Steel works discharged be-
cause they asked for increase of wages
Move in Connecticut for right of
trial by jury in civil damage cases de-
feated by rural elegates-Presiden
elect Palma says 20 percent conces-
sion will not benefit Cuba-Genera
Miles threatens to resign his commits
sion if Root army bill is passed
Senator Money of Mississippi depre-
Gates action as to southern suffrage re-
strictiOn-Senate may amend Cuba
bill, making reduction % percent and
removing time limit-Emperor Will
lam to name a guardship "Alice ROose-
vet"--Mr Wolmarans asserts that
alliance with the Irish has helped the
Boer cause-Franco-Ru Russian reply to
| Anglo-Japanese pact processes salts
! faction, but also warns-John Dillon
suspended from house of commons for
calling Joseph Chamberlain liar
Turkey asks powers to intervene and
adjust Macedonian affairs; ransom paid
for Miss Stone being used to sustain
| agitation.
SATURDAY, MARCH %.
Henry H. FaXon retires from
activities as a temperance worker and
is succeeded by Miss Eva NJ. Brown,
his ecretary-Senate passes the bill
to protest the PRECEDENT by 80 to Is and
the war revenue reduction bill with
out a division-Athol, Mass, and
Littleton, n. H., each get a $4,000
Carnegie library-Joseph Hopkins,
suspected of completely in $4,000
robbery in Chicago, shot by Dan"
Ripley in a quarrel about a wOman---
Henry Nye of Stephenstown, \. Y,
tells two different stories of how he
| killed his wife-Flood loss at Bangor
estimated at 100000; waters recede
and worst is past-Property of Miss
Frances Stearns seized by customs Of
ficers at Boston ordered forfeited blythe
court-PeteE Maher' knocked out by
! Gus Rubin in the second rcHnd-Yale
wins the intercollegiate meet with 1G
| points; Columbia, 15--ClaudiusH Hatch
charged with assaultng father and
mother at Kingfield, Me-Artillery-
man Stinson missing at Portland, Me-
Senatorial friends of Genera Miles hold
his communication to the military COM
mittee to be privileged; president said
to consider it insubordinatiOn- Barre
granite manufacturers refuse to even
consider the quaITymen's demand for
an eight-hour day with nine hours
pay.
SUNDAY. MARCH %.
President advised by General Miles
to drop the controversy-Ja Will
cox convicted at Elizabeth City, n. c.,
of the murder of Nellie Cropsey--
Treasury agents to examine custom
house accounts-Death of Lucius L.
Robbins of Chelsea, inventor of a VOL
derful clock--Fitzsimmon says he
will not fight at the Century Athletic
club, even if his terms are accepted
Cambridge beats oxford by eight
lengths in the boat race; two Ameri-
cans in the losing crew---Glass of
Yale throws a 10-pound shot among
spectators at athletic meet and nearly
caused ragedy-GeOrge w. LesSels,
treasurer of a New York house. MISS
ing, and $4,000 worth Of bonds also
alleged to have gone-Wife of Am
bassadOr Choate will be one of the
American women to take charge of
part of the coronation bazar in Lon
| dOn-New Bedford manufacturers
refuse to adopt a standard list; not
| known what action taken on wage is
sue-MaIden, Mass police arrest
Alphonso H. Parsons on a charge of
assauting his 14-year-old daughter
French notables aiding Mckinley
monument fund-Monomoy fund
exceeds $30,000-Canandafgua, N. Y.
man turns out to be a woman, but wife
says she was father.
MONDAY, MARCH "a
Acting President Schalk- Burger F.
| W. Heitz, eX-secretary of state Of the
! Transvaal and Commandments Meyer
and Krogh with their secretaries and
attendants, arrive at Pretoria under
flag of truce and have an interview with
Lord Kitchener; believed to be a move
| for peace-LOwell is threatened with
one of the largest and most disastrous
strikes in its history rs a result Of the
| refusal by the mill agents of the official
| demand of the Textile union for an in
crease of wages for the textile opera
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