St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-08-26
lemi-centennial of charter as a city

new Marconi discoveries make system
more practicable textile
mill merger again reported to be prac-
tlcally ompleted-Bay State gas re-
ceiver charges Addicks, Alice, ct al.
with unlawful issue of $1,000, 900
shares-E. M. Shepard's friends
want him to avoid New York mayor
atty and get nomination for governor
next year-Believed that General
Woods promotion will be approved by
the senate-Oklahoma town appeals
to president for investigation of In.
dian land scandal-Russian squad
ron arrives off the coast of Turkey.
Report of rising in China likely to in
volve whole country-Report that
Panama has planned details of seces.
sion-British protest against Congo
abuses forwarded to King Leopold
Dlscord at Caracas; American umpires
give contradictory rulings-L
Salisbury has Bright's disease of the
Kidneys; condition is critical-Pow-
ers exchanging notes on Macedonia,
looking toward concerted action
Palma denies that Cuban junta issued
bonds in excess Of authorized total
SATURDAY, AUG %.
S. ]. Parks, New York labor leader,
found guilty OF extortion in demanding
and receiving money from employers
under threat of calling strikes
Preachers Aid society trying to re.
cover money from W. S. Aliens
Observation-Disclosures cattlemen give
up fight on fencing government land
Seattle newspaper man makes
record time on trip round world
National Cotton Buyers association
being formed in the Colonel
Brown secures injunction to prevent
sale of New York News-Monument
to Hale Johnson, murdered Prohibi-
zionist, unveiled at Bloomington, Ill
Fall River mill curtailment so
far 10 per cent. of production; further
decrease expected in September
Army at Portland notified by the
enemy to be ready for attack
Treasury department ready to examine
ST. Louis fair expenditures-Quay
says Pennsylvania will support Roose-
welt for nomination next year
Battleship Massachusetts sails under
her own steam for Brooklyn navy
yard--Lord Salisbury barely alive
Bulgaria denies rumored mobiliza-
ton of army-Japanese papers say
government is preparing for war
Rampolla not to be reappointed papal
secretary of state-German steel
makers secretly agree to maintain
prices abroad-Ching's promise to
open Manchurian ports officially con-
firmed-Russian fleet likely to leave
Turkish waters as result of porte's as
surances-Chinese army officers or
dered ready to command volunteers
for defence of Manchuria.
SUNDAY, AUG. 20.
Reliance wins first race of the cup
series in I'm. IS. corrected time; Sham
rock III outclassed and her skipper
outgeneralled; Sir Thomas says it was
fair, square race, but he still has
hopes in his boat-Two rescues by
Captain Hamilton and life saving crew
in Boston bay; one launch with en-
CINE broken down, the other a cap
sized sloop with four men clinging to
her--John Griffin, an insane inmate
of Georgetown, Mass, town farm, ter
rorizes the institution by setting three
fires in sleeping apartments and
threatening to slash with razor all
who attempted to extinguish the
fames-Numbe Of New England
idle mill operatives is now $4,000
-Armored cruiser Pennsylvania
launched at Cramps shipyard-Sen-
ator Carter of Montana says the west
has an abundance of money and won't
be obliged to seek dollar in the east
to move the crops-George Gosse
leaps to death from Brooklyn bridge
Cleveland applauds
Pulitzer school of journalism plan
Stories of cattle poisoning at Bear
croft Village, Mass, found to be ex-
Observation-Disclosures and Wilson
feud still on at Newport-Turkish
report says insurgent garrisons of
three villages have been annihilated;
important action going on near Florina
Lord Salisbury's end a peaceful
one, entirely without pain; Viscount
Cranborne now the Marquis of Sails
bury.
MONDAY. AUG. "a.
Shamrock III, dry locked, found to
be damaged; strain of race started
rivets-Cayman islands devastated
by hurricane-Hostilit begin in
war game off Maine coast; bridges
blown up and wireless station taken
by land forces--Jim Scanlon of Aus
tralia coming to America to get a
chance at Jeffries-Hoosac Tunnel
and Wilmington road to be sold to one
of the big systems-Deputies haul
escaped Auburn (Me.) prisoner from
under barn-Colombi trying to
give Uncle Sam a clear path on the
sthmus-Albert Sivyer of Mil
waukee drowned at Nantucket, Mass
Another tieup to take place in all
the building trades at Pittsburg--
Warden catches two of great fleet of
herring poachers near Calais, Me-
General F. D. Grant asked to explain
premature publication of his report