St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-09-14
THE WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6.

End of present Manchurian CAM
paign forecasted in apparently correct
bulletin from Mukden announcing
place and its abandonment to Japan
ese; the latter closely pursuing Kuro-
patkin and his fleeing fragment OF
Russian host; Japanese only 80 miles
from Mukden, where KurOpatk1n is
hourly expected; situation appears to
be a Russian flight, with japanese
closely pursuing them in a race to
lMukden, which the Japs are desper-
ately endeavoring to occupy first, in
order to turn Kuropatkin's retreat;
end of this race is still in doubt
General strike of members of orchestras
of Washington theatres ordered. by
Musicians union; 20 percent increase
in pay demanded-Ten thousand men
in Labor day parade at Boston
Three textile mills at Pawtucket, r.
l., resume operations, giving employ
ment to $500 hands-Automobil over
turns carriage at Ipswich, Mass,
breaking collarbones of two women
Professor Bivins, principal of Durham,
n. c., high school, killed by train while
returning from wedding trip-Three
thousand non-uniOn workmen have
Labor day parade at Cripple Creek,
Combinations that stockyards
strike may be called off through me-
dunn of middleman-Three Cam
bridge, Mass, youths of respectable
parentage charged with breaking into
I and robbing houses of Harvard pro-
fessors- Battling Nelson of Chi
cago gets decision over Aurelio Her
rera Of California after hard fight of
! 20 rounds-Early returns from Ar
kansas state election indicate Demo-
cratic success by increased pluralities
Seven persons injured by trolley
car topping over embankmenf at Bos-
ton-Maneuvers of "Blue' and
Brown armies begun in Virginia.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. z.
Republicans win a signal victory in
Vermont state election, in that they
elected head of ticket by plurality esti-
mated at 80, 300; not Democrat elected
to upper branch of legislature and Re
publican gains in lower branch
Russian forces pushing on to Mukden,
greatly impeded by heavy roads and
floods, conducting an orderly retreat,
and followed step by step by japanese;
report that Kuropatkin's rear guard
has been annihilated and that Russian
forces are in danger Of being sur
rounded denied by Russian general
staff-Strike riot at Lynn over strike
breakers imported to work on leather
remnant shop, quelled by police without
casualties-Several large cotton mills
resume operations in New England
Sympathetic strike at steel mills at
Indiana Harbor, Ind-Three New
York Italians fight with knives; two
may die-Klondike gold output this
year about $1O,OOO,OOO-C Centennial
celebration Of Lincoln Baptist associa-
ton at Rockland, Me-New York la
Dor troubles seriously hamper build
ing of new public schools-New
Hampshire's anti-trading stamps law
declared void by supreme court
Masked men rob car barn at Souder-
ton, Pa, of about $SOO-Graddate of
Carleton college, Minnesota, chosen tu-
tor of Chinese royal children
Plant of International Milk Condensing
company at Chehalis, Wash, burned
Indications Of early settlement of
meat strike inspires thousand or more
men to apply for Worthwhile neither
side admits that a strike is imminent.
the Interborough company of New
York is preparing for trouble Demo-
Gratis decide to try to carry Illinois,
which they consider doubtful-Silk
%<v,e,
forts to tax "rereels''-Army maneu-
vers in Virginia opened; Massachu-
sets soldiers prafsed-Zeigler relief
ship sighted in far north; had not
reached Franz Josef Land-Russian
barkentine ashore near Louisburg, G.
B., will be total loss-Earl Grey's
appointment as Canadian governor
general disapproved in England only by
anti-Rhodes men.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8.
No news from the far east, either
from Russian or japanese sources: for
world-watchers Of great tragedy the
curtain has been dropped, and all is
njecture-Fierce race riot, incident
to strike at leather remnant shop of
jacobson q Jacobs, Lynn, Mass, oc-
CURED between Hebrews and Greek
strike breakers; three arrests made
Thayer, Norton & Rogers, retail shoe
dealers, Boston, assign-Record wool
sales this summer; 60,OOO,OOO pounds
sold in two months-No material
change in Senator Hoar's condition
Indian skeletons and other relics dug
up near New York city-Course in
housekeeping to be introduced into Chi
cago public schools Professor
Loomis of Amherst college finds rare
fossils in Wyoming-Dr. J. r. A.
Grassland, former minister to Liberia.
seriously shot in fight at st. Joseph, Mo
Fall River strikers declare again
they will not return to work unless re
duction notices be taken down-Gov.
ernor Odell declares he would not ac-
cept a renomination-New Hamp-
shire Democrats nominate Henry T.