St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-01-06
TUESDAY, DEC. %.

Cartagena on the United States cruiser
Olympia; every courtesy shown cruiser
by Colombian goyernment-JamesM nj.
Call, an inventor, perishes in fire at
Boston; had dwelt q lifetime on models
of airships-Handsom home of
Winthrop Yacht club, near Boston,
burned; loss $4,000. III. Butler.
former appraiser at Baltimore, placed
in charge of Boston port---Marie A.
Adams, said to be diamond queen"
held at Boston on two larceny counts
Chicago hospitals crowded, owing
TO prevalence of pneumonia-Noto one
Republican responds to Platts call for
a conference-Number of victims in
the Pere Marquette railroad wreck
placed at 19--Desperate battle with
bank robbers at South McA1ester, I.
t.; bank loses SOS, 000-Tour fisher
men lost by the schooner Appomattox
rescued by another vessel-Tive1y con-
test for United States senatorship in
Netherlands minister at
Washington transferred to Rome
Democrats in congress not opposed to
canal act, but merely to the way in
which treaty was secured-Pope
recommends the Gregorian chant for
churches--Russia orders 100000
pounds of meat from Omaha-Another
duel in Paris due to the discussion of
Dreyfus case.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80.
Possibility that the administration
may determine to dispatch a military
force to isthmus of Panama-Eddie
Hanlon probably saved from being
killed by referee stopping contest in
10th round of battle with young Cor
bett'' for featherweight championship
-Glaucester fishing schooner Laurel
totally wrecked off Nova Scotia
Death of Jerome Sykes, the actor
Alexander Terry and John Lewis, fish
ermen, found frozen to death in dory
in Boston bay: had drifted away from
their schooner--OWners Of steamer
Admiral Dewey sued for $405,0 for
sinking steamer KioWa in Boston har-
bor-Benjamin r. Bush of Maiden,
Mass, killed by fall in First Baptist
church in that city-Dedication of
New England Peabody home for Grip
pied children at Hyde Park, Mass
Globe theatre, Boston, acquired by
Stair 6 Wilbur, who will take control
at the end of the run of can English
Daisy'--Death at Boston of Professor
Frances e. White, lately connected
with the Women's Medical college of
Pennsylvania-Sec Shaw will
not restore the release bond system to
Boston, but suspends the rules for 80
days preparatory to new system
Harvard and Yale may send track team
to England next summer-Utah labor
unions resent interference of Mormons
and declare war on SmOot-Mrs. Rog-
ers sentenced by Vermont court to be
hanged the first Friday in 1905--New
York has PIP deaths from pneumonia
in a week; largest number in history
Of city-Gorman losing control of
Democrats in congress-; his mantle as
leader falls on Williams-Russia con-
sidering making sale of tea and sugar
state monopoly-Cuban plan for 25
percent increase of tariff withdrawn;
the result will be higher rates--Re-
port just received of the massacre of
a white missionary and Is followers in
an African forest in March, 1901
Three revolutions and two provisional
governments in San Domingo; situation
is critical; American minister asks for
another warship.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 81.
About 600 lives were lost when
avalanche of flame, smoke and poison
Gus gases engulfed natinee audience at
new Iroquois theatre, Chicago; in fear
full struggle for life which ensued,
hundreds of women and children were
trampled to death; exits choked with
frantic mass of humanity, and weaker
ones had lives crushed out; scores
Jumped, Or were pushed, from the fire
escape balconies ard were killed on
pavements; morgues and hospitals
piled high with bodies; many unrecog-
nizable, some being fearfully burned,
and others having their faces beaten to
pulp by being trampled upon-Will
of Peter s. Brigham of Boston found
ing a hospital upheld in circuit court de-
cision-Two bills for determination OF
gypsy moths filed by city solicitor OF
Medford, Mass-New York man has
cancer cured by radium-FiEe hote
at Albuquerque. n. NJ, destroyed by
Ffire-In granting Injunction against
strikers an Indiana judge quotes Johr
Mitchell on laW1essness-Federa
Judge in Pittsbure holds that railroad:
must pay full value for goods lost IL
transit-Administr still disposed
to be friendly toward CoIombia-Ne
braska Republicans urge nomination o.
Roosevelt and NVebster-China soo1
will send treaty to Washington for ex
change Of ratif1ca tions-Seyenteer
bills before congress proposing amend
ments to the constitution-Twom mem
bers of the consta bulary captured and
hanged by ladrones in Cavite provinc'
all immigration records passed a
the port of New York; GIG, 9S4 foreigner
arrived during the year-Czar to visi
italy next STANDARDIZATION of Kish
ineff never more qufet--Canadian 20
iitical situation becoming more acut
Plot to overthrow the present gov
eminent of Honduras-Japan com
pletes purchase Of two warships from