St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-23

trich inquiry-Three sealing steamers
caught in the ice northeast of Cape
Breton Canadian government on
division in parliament wins by ma
jority of three-Austrian minister Of
foreign affairs declares Turkey must
keep promises as to Macedonia.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10.
japanese and Russian armies nearing
each other; patrols clash again with
loss to Russians of one horse; Russians
terrifying the east bank of the Lao
river, near New Chwang--Daniel j.
Sully, the cotton king, suspends; said to
be long to the extent of 100000 or 400.-
600 bales; cotton closed about $3.50
bale lower than the day before
Boston fish dealers protest against a
ruling which will increase the cost Of
imported herring, mackerel, salmon,
etc., about so percent-Rate war on
steerage business will follow the secur-
ing by the Cunard company OF. the
Hungarian business-Henry Will
liams, colored, hanged at Roanoke, Va,
having confessed several other MUIR
ders in addition to the Shields crime,
for which he was onvicted-House in
short day makes slow progress with
postoffice appropriations; pension in
Guiry started in the senate-May-
flower, with Admiral Dewey and his
party on board, reaches Washington;
result of observations in the main sat
isfactory-Battles Illinois locked
at Brooklyn foR repairs due to collision
with the Missouri-Attachme for
$4,000 filed against the Boston and
Worcester Street Railway company as
a result of the Southboro, Mass, acct
dent-Peabody citizens reject plan Tor
town to assume charge of parochial
school-Bill appropriating $25O,OO0
for relief of restitution caused by Balti-
more fire goes to governor for signature
internal machine supposed to be the
work of anarchists kills one and in
jures several persons at Liege, Belgium
Keeper Parsons of Gloucester,
Mass, almshouse to be removed from
office-John II. Dodge, alias James M.
Webb, sentenced at Boston to or 10
years for forgery Efforts to settle
New York bricklayers' strike fruitless;
building trades threatened General
Fred D. Grant, in explaining his refusal
to respond to the toast, "The President
of the United States,'' recalls that
things happen to those who disagree
with Roosevelt-British submarine
boat run down by Donald Currie liner
off Portsmouth and lost with it's entire
crew of II men-Republican national
committee worried over Chicago's fail
ure to make any deposit on its promised
D1so, of NEIrc r
Edward Addicks attached at Claymont,
Del, to satisfy judgment on bill for
$350-Leonard Wood confirmed as
major general by vote of As to 16 in the
senate, ending a contest begun by his
nomination by the president, Nov. 10,
1908.
SUNDAY, MARCH 20.
Russians at st. Petersburg expect
their Vladivostok and Port Arthur
squadrons to unite; good offices of
United States for japanese non-com-
Co., the cotton bulls, forced to assign;
losses are about $2,2OO,OOO; Joseph n.
Hoadley named as assignee, but be-
cause Of protest Sully will allow credi-
tors to name another-Foraker and
Dick delegates to Twentieth district Re
publican convention have a hand-to-
hand fight at observation-disclosures
wreck on the Central Vermont road near
Cambridge; five persons injured
Faulty design one cause of Hotel
Darlington collapse at New York
Attorney general of Missouri begins
contest to determine the disposition of
h. 4o4z - To1,, =,
left simply for Charitable purposes
Chicago police force demoralized, ac-
| cording to Captain A. r. Piper, q. S
| A., retired-Professor Langley be.
| lieves $4,000 more would make his
| aerodrome fly, but government seems
unlikely to furnish funds-Joseph A
Hastings held for grand jury for MUIR
| der of Mrs. Dora Trask at Beverly
Mass-William A. Sunday, once a
| baseball player, the central figure of g
remarkable religious revival in Illinois
| and Iowa-Indian territory man
| brings along an invention which he says
is ''bad medicine for the cotton boil
weevil-Opposition to Lodges candi
| dacy for the senate this year disappears
| John D. Long follows Bates example
| and assures the junior senator that he
| will not try to supersede him-Bos
toms fire-fghting equipment more thar
twice as large as Baltimore
negie offers $4,000 to Mt Holyoke
college-Pope Plus sharply criticises
some of the actions of the Combes gov
eminent, declaring they are contrary tt
| liberty and civilization-Much mys
terry as to porte's intentions; sultar
standing firmly by the czar.
| MONDAY, MARCH 81.
| Reported battle on the Yalu and de
feat of Japanese finds no confirma tor
from any quarter; special session Of
| Japanese parliament to provide wal
funds opens at Tokio-Earthqua
shocks in many cities in eastern New
| England; disturbance extended from
| ST. John to Taunton, Mass-Death a
| Washington of Representative G. W
| Thompson of Alabama-Two New
York policemen shot and MORTAL!