St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-08-27
DIARY OF EVENTS.
TUESDAY. AUG. 10.

kills himself at Newport because Of dis
onpointment at breaking Of engagement
Mutual Building and Loan associa.
+on Passaic, N. j., suspends business;
accounts 100000 short-Anthracit
striker shot and killed by deputy at
Nesuuehoning, Pa; troops may have
n be ordered there-Death of General
charles G. Loring at Pride's Crossing,
Mass-AmbassadOr George Won L.
Meyer goes into private hospital at
Boston for an operation-Marconi
representative confers with Boston
shining agents regarding a station on
Highland Light-Two Boston pho.
tographic supply stores unite to be-
come New England distributing centre
for trust goods--Massachusetts Demo-
cratic state committee decides to held
the state convention in Boston, Sept II
Bankers Trust and Investment
company of Chicago in sheriff's ands;
president gone-Renewed reports that
President Schwab Of the United States
Steel corporation is to retire from bust
ness indefinitely on account of his ealth
Union Veterans union may enter
politics-Democrats may carry some
Kansas districts-Forty marines sent
TO garrison Culebra island-New bat
tleships armed to meet submarine at
tacks--North Atlantic squadron re-
mains at anchor off Cape Ann---Canal
plans in no danger from internal dis
turbances in Colombia-Alleged dis
covery of an old Russian monu nent
has no bearing on Alaska boundary
Ex-senator Chandler declares the real
object of lynching in the south is to
prevent negroes from voting--Ger-
many to establish a national school
Minister Leishman resents Turkeys
failure to keep promises-German
economist predicts trade and eventually
political union of central Europe.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20.
Reward offered by the city of Cam
bridge for the capture of Jack, the
Slugger" 7. Hubbard of
Rochester held at Boston on a charge
Of larceny; alleged hotel swindle back
of the arrest-Raln mars New Hamp-
shire Old Home Week-Sulllgan and
Carroll factions of Tammany clash
Chief Croker Of the New York fire de-
partment suspended-Five burned TO
death in a tenement house fire in New
York-Republican league meeting at
st. Louis in October abandoned-Two
bush, presumably by strikers ALL
but three salmon canneries in northern
British Columbia shut down-Armou
interest said to have bought the Cudahy
packing plants for S21, 900, 0o0--Sec-
rotary Of Treasury Shaw at Morrisville,
vt. says he fNvors revision of the tariff
under certain onditions-New fur
seal rookery found in the Aleutians-
Currency conditions in the Philippines
mproving-Strong sentiment in the
west for tariff acknowledgements
believe Wall street opposes Roosevelt
and favors Hanna-Cuban plan TO
start q paper in New York to make
campaign for reciprocity-United
States and Canada to prevent criminals
from crossing the border at Boundary
BAY. B. C-Senator Mason charges
malfeasance against Illinois state Off
GERS for levying campaign assess nent
for use against him-Boer generals
welcomed in Holland-Chinese said
to be violating opium treaty-Pe-
troleum discovered on Yucatan penin-
sula-Destructiv forest fire in British
Columbia-Denmark may sell Green
land; If not to the United States, to
Canada-Canadian customs officers
sleze Gloucester schooner, Howard Hol-
brook, for smuggling.
THURSDAY, AUG. 81.
Off the Massachusetts coast and
strung out along the shore line as far as
Portland, Me- the ships of Admiral
Higginson's blue squadron" are keep
ing strict watch for the vessels of the
hostile" fleet under Commander Pills
bury-Fire destroys plant of Portland
Iron and Steel company in Portland,
Me, suburb, causing loss of over $780,
000-Injunction granted against labor
unions and others in the Boston beer
boycott case-Judge KingSbury finds
that death of John II. Harris in the
Marlboro. Mass, trolley accident was
due to railways negligence---Wllla"d
G. Van Derlip valves examination at
Boston on the charge of stealing bonds
and is held for the grand jury---Chiel
Justice Mason decides in the case of II
f. Baker vs. the Boston Elevated Rail
way company, that noise occasloned ~
the operation of the road is an eleinen
of damage-Plague not stamped out IL
San Francisco-lmporta geological
discoveries in California-Alabamt
voting lists show only 1892 negroes
Teller may return to the senate as
Democrat-Large movement Of catti
from New Mexico to the Canadian
northwest-R A. Alger announce
his candidacy for vacant Michigan
SenatorShip-Belief that proposed IL
crease of Cuban imports will not b
i permanent-Shahv visits King Edward
on the royal yacht-Fear in Franc
that struggle of masses against classe
may follow closing of schools.
FRIDAY, AUG. %.
The strain Of the "war game is b.
coming intense. The watch for Pills
bury kept officers and men at high tel