St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-09
DIARY OF EVENTS.
TUESDAY. APRIL 1.

TUESDAY, APRIL /.
An explosion of gas in the Nelson
mine Of the Dayton Coal and Iron COM
pany at Dayton, Tenn, ignitCd the dry
cOalduSt In the mine and caused q ter
rife explosion. twenty-five men are
known to be dead-At conference
between labor leaders and managers of
New England Cotton Yarn company
President Knowles Of the board of di-
rectOrs fatty refused 10 percent adj
vance asked for-The posting of
notices of advance in wages made
Easter Monday particularly pleasant
day to tens of thousands Of cotton mill
operatives in southern New England
The chief incident was the continu-
ance at work of most of the 10000
operatives in the seven corporations at
Lowell, who on Friday last expected
to be idle through the vote of the
organized crafts to MonOmoy
fund takes on new life; now more than
$40 000-TWO Chicago boys fatally
shot for commenting on girls Faster
hat-Indiana man claims to have dis
covered a process of making malleable
glass-HaWaian hope Dole's visit
to Washington may end the bitter fac
tional fight-Albert Z. Patrick and
Mrs. Addie NJ. Francis married in the
tombs, New YOrk-COmmissioner
Partridge plans a reorganization of the
New York detective bureau-TeXas
court holds that a minor having en-
listed in the army is liaDle to military
law-IndicationS Of another upward
movement in the worlds gold produc-
tion-AmbassadOr to Mexico Clayton
coming to Washington to defend him
self-Mr. Lodge reports to the SEN
ate bill to provide plan of government
for Philippines-Seventy thousand
deaths monthly from plague in Punjab
Policy of Manitoban government to
shut out American railways.-Situa-
ton in Hayti considered serious; refu-
gees rushing to Jamaica-Reason to
believe that triple alliance will be re-
newed without important change.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL2.
Fearing that he would be arrested for
theft, William II. Lane a cOlored but
Ter, shot oand killed his employer, Mrs!
Ella J. Furbush, her l2-ycar-old
daughter, Madeline. and probably
mortally wounded another daughter,
Eloise, aged 7 years, at their home in
Philadelphia. Lane was captured. He
confessed his crime-Many natives
destitute in a village near Nome
Athletes guard the polls during the
Chicago election to prevent illcgal vot-
ing-Woman at Barkhamsted, Conn,
shoots her mother and attempts to kill
herself-Dr. Thomas Dunn English,
author of Ben Bolt" died at Newark
N. J-Individual wage scale in many
Fall River mills results in Complaints
to union headquarters-New Soule
cotton mill at New Bedford, Mass, in
operation; first in the north to be run
by electricity-Five million dollars
offered for Trinity church property,
New York; but it will not be, considered
Floods again serious in Mississippi;
first southern train since Friday
reaches Nashville; freight much de-
layed in the WeSt-GunbOat MachiaS
to go to San Domingo as a matter Of
ecaution-Decision that articles in
tended for presents are not entitled to
enter free-Illinois plans to support
Roosevelt in 1904, with Yates for the
vice observation-disclosures likely to
confirm island treaty, but narrow
margin is expected in upper house.
Bulgaria's unfriendly action in Dick
inSOn's case may force action for re-
dress for Miss StOne-Mr. Suffers
amendment providing $4,000 to light
the statue of liberty defeated by the
house-Russia reported very active in
President San Clemente
of Colombia dead-POrte orders Wig
liant moves against Bulgarian bands
Decree issued imposing war tax on
Liberals in Panama-POlice project
at Moscow has narrow escape from
assassination.
THURSDAY, APRIL 3.
Georgia mill owners declare that they
will close theiTmillslif operativesicarry
out threat to strike for 10 percent ad.
vance in wages-Brewery workers
of Boston go out; may be joined by
artenders-Block burned in Soutl
birmingham, Mass--San IacintC
forest reserve, California, open to en-
try-New York churches Easter Of