St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-01-14
Massachusetts gas companies votes

ITOlH Prague III %cAlCO--N OICtSleI,
Mass, street railway men plan to de-
mand more pay--Santa Fe engineers
and firemen get increase in wages
The 500 road is testing Ignite briquet-
teg for locomotive fuel--New governor
of New Hampshire suggests reform of
liquor laWs-More testimony showing
brutality of strikers in the coal region
CONSOLIDATED railroad declines to
grant increase of wages to trainmen---
Newspapers in Hawaii worried by high
cable rate, 20 cents a WOrd--TOledo
game wardens Selling large quantities
of wings and bodies of birds---Steel
workers have oversubscribed tie allot-
ment of 25,000 in profit-sharing scheme
General belief in New York that
Senator Platt's control Of the state is
near the end-Peary declares that if
$4,000 were available he would under
take another polar Xpedition--Annual
dividends paid by Fall River cotton
mills in 1902 was CAT percent an in
crease of 12f percent over 1901 Sen
$2,50O,OO0 to buy draught animals for
Filipinos-United States believes
powers should accept indemnity from
China as originally arranged--Gcr-
man government appoints special am
bassador to act during Won Holleben'S
slness-Membersh of churches in
the United States has not kept pace with
gain in pulatiOn-Cuban treasury
has a net surplus of $1,S0Q 000--
Bishop of Winchester appointed to See
of Canterbury British protest as to
Dardanelles not likely to be enforced
Wireless telegraph to be used in the
campaign against Mad Mulah--
Brother of Crown Princess of SaXony
dismissed from Hapsburg family
Marconi sends wireless message across
the Atlantic in spite of severe storms.
SATURDAY, JAN. 10.
Horace G. Wadlin appointed librarian
of the Boston public library i'll place Of
James L. Whitney-New theatre and
roof garden to be erected at Boston,
X. of L. cutters in Lynn, Mass. strike;
this said to be a shot at the Boot ana
Shoe Workers uniOn-PresidentS of
coal carrying roads summoned 10 Wash
ington by senate committee German
foreign office says Won Holleben was
not recalled, but leave was granted on
his own initiative-Dr. Salmon reports
that foot and mouth epidemic is about
stamped out-Henry PhippS gives
100000 to found an institute to study
and prevent umption--EX-Gov
ernor Hastings Of Pennsylvania dead
No poison found in liquids and pow
ders left by Mrs. Mary Sturteyant of
Brockton, MasS-Castro' acceptance
of powers propositions receiN cd with
pleasure ut the Berlin and LonIon for
eign otfices-Non-union men finish
their case before the coal strike COM
Observation-Disclosures to retaliate
on Gloucester fishermen If Hay-Bond
treaty is defeated.
SUNDAY, JAN. II.
Edwin J. Dunning, Boston broker,
arrested on a charge of larceny Of So
000-American league and National
league sign treaty of peace Strike
of the spinners in the Assabet mills at
Maynard, Mass, declared off---Four
people die at Chicago as result of coal
Misunderstanding Pearson Of New
Hampshire has his jaw broken; vic
finn Of hn.tt,1r oE
Molineux badly injured by being
dragged along by a New York trolley
car-Mrs. William II. Bradley of
Milwaukee becomes a widow two DAYS
after her marriage; married man worth
$20,000000-- New Bedford Weayers
complain that mills are holding back
wages, and propose to carry ma tier to
governor if necessary to secure relief
-Lunatic in Madrid fires at a carriage
in royal procession; rumor went thatat-
tempt had been made to kill the king:
bullet went wild; nobody hurt..-En-
gineer accidentally runs locomotive over
his own son at South Norwaik, Conn
Radicals in parliament will ask an in
veStigatiOn Of Lord Curzon's eXtrava-
gance in the Delhi durbar-.-Battleship
Oregon has a fearful experience III
crossing the Pacific in a typhoo1-
Mayor Hewitt Of New York critically i'll
knights of Labor and protective
union shoe workers join hands to COM
bat the Boot and Shoe Workers union
Marquis de Rudini said to be about
to marry Miss Gibson of New York.
Minister Bowen sails from LII Cuaira
for Washington.
MONDAY, JAN. Il.
Raid on coal train at Chelsea, Mass:
crowd of 200 people carry away 10 tons
-Europeans said to be leaving Fez,
Morocco, and sultan preparing to fight
rebels-Strille of employees Of Con-
necticut Light and Power company ties
up traffic on big trolley system
Death of \. II. Chamberlyn, the lessee
of Columbia theatre, Boston--Gcrnan
government promises to bar out Amer
lean tobacco trust-People of Dresden
side with crown princess; rumor that
she may return-Durbar ut Delhi cost
SlO,OOO,000, Indian government paying
IS, $50, 0O0--Charles r. Yerkes Drodicts
period of business alamity--Division
of Maine Z. V. IT,, withdravs from
Dyrenforth's Observation-Disclosures Sher-
wood, assistant appraiser at New Yorl,