St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-01
The WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY "a.

Report that Foreign Minister Lams-
dorff has received message from Rus
sian consul at Chefoo, stating that the
Japs made land attack on Port Ar
thur and that in doing so they lost 49,
600 men killed and wounded; Russian
loss is placed at 5000 men: ultimate
outcome of fighting not stated; report,
however, lacks confirmation; explosion
on board battleship Orel at Cronstadt
and 10 stokers killed; attributed to
traitors, as was the previous accident
to the vessel-John III. Thompson,
well known shipping man, and r. p.
Foster, manager of the Royal Bank of
Canada, drowned by capsizing of their
boat in Lake Oromocto, n. B-Strik-
ing freight handlers threaten to tie up
New Haven road-Suicide at Warren,
Mass, of n. K. Moore, a prominent con-
Observation-Disclosures ministers appoint
committee to see governor of Massa-
chusets in relation to Sunday enter
tainments -Government expected to
take a hand in the shipyard strike at
Quincy, Mass, to hurry work on bat
tleships-First experiments with
wireless telegraph on the Pacific coast
WEDNESDAY, MAY %.
Rumors of assault by Japanese on
Port Arthur defenses come from
source usually to ne discredited; latest
rumor modifies the casualties to $4,000
killed or wounded; not confirmed in
any quarter-Frank Hayden and
George Dart, alleged ''yeggmen,"
plead guilty at Salem, Mass, to IA
counts of burglary-While attempting
to board electric train at Berkeley,
\ Cal, Professor Spinello, instructor in
French and Italian at University of
California, was thrown under wheels
and killed-Schedules filed by Sully
& Co. at New York show firm liabili-
ties of So, SIS, 1886 and assets of 81, 49,
627-PrisOnerS arrested in raids on
New York poolrooms discharged when
arraigned in court-Marion SENEGAL,
20, Florida SENEGAL, 16, sisters, drowned
at Southbridge, Mass, by capsizing of
boat-Bill permitting first-class hotels
to sell liquor between II o'clock and
midnight killed in Massachusetts legis-
lature-Fire at Newport, Ark, destroys
property valued at O,OOO-Former
Bank Treasurer Goggin of Nashua ON
trial at Manchester, N. H-President
Roosevelt visits Groton, Mass, to at
tend the prize-day exercises-New
York police make special arrange
ments to protect autOmobilists-
Some important problems in connection
with la Dor and the Panama canal not
yet settled-Interstate commerce COM
mission renews coal inquiry in New
York-Brazil closes the Amazon to
Peruvian imports of guns and ammuni-
tiOn-Sultan'S SOn-in-law and other
high Turkish officials arrested and BAN
ished
THURSDAY, MAY 90
Resumption of Japanese activity in
dicated in latest dispatches; Kuroki
advances several columns westward,
but retains main army in vicinity of
Fung Wang Chang; Japanese scouts in
small force also seen northeast of Muk-
demo chance of the freight
handlers in the Boston sheds of the
New York Hew Haven and Hartford
railroad declaring strike in sympathy
with New York men who are out
Sale of 40 horses from Dreamwold
farm of Thomas w. Lawson at Read
vile, Mass, TrOtting park brought
S23,S3O, or an average price of $4S6.33
Prank Hayden, one of the robbers
who committed many depredations in
eastern Massachusetts, sentenced at
Salem, Mass, to not less than 20 nor
more than 80 years in state prison;
George p. Dart, another of gang, given
from IA to 20 years-Ten miners suf-
located by gas and sulphur fumes from
q small locomotive in the workings of
Summit Branch Coal company at Will
Jamestown, Pa-Another brutal as
sault, similar to two previous ones at
New Haven. in which an unknown
young woman was assaulted in dark
street by man supposed to be a ne
gro-Bert Leonard and Joseph Ma
tale, each about Is years old, probably
drowned in Boston harbor during a
squall-All the business houses of any
Importance, large number of private
residences, principal hotel and pas
senger depot at YaZoo City, Miss, de-
stroyed by fire-Jury in case of James
n. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett
tried on charges of conspiracy in con-
nection with duties as law officers for
the postoffice department, returns YER
dict of not guilty-Herbert Burgess,
II. and Harry Stoddard, IS, drowned
at Waltham. Mass. while canoeing
Governor Bates intimates that if Mas
sachusetts supreme court decision has
let down the Sunday bars he will act
to restore them-Cornerstone of new
Universalist church at Amesbury,
Mass, laid with Masonic ceremonies
FRIDAY, MAY 81
If report of capture of Kin Chou by
japanese turns out to be true, it will
mark an important step in movement
toward Port Arthur; Kin Chou COM
mands narrow isthmus north of Port
Arthur. and it's loss would be an i'm
portant breach in outer line of Russian
fenses-President appoints Com
mander S. w. B. Diehl to succeed Cap
tain s. c. Lemly as judge advocate gen.
eral of navy. when latter's term expires