St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-22

TUESDAY. JUNE IA.


of Shungumao, where Russians were
lured into a Jap trap and 800 killed
and wounded-Three thousand Chris
tan Scientists pay homage to Mother
Eddy at Concord, n. H-Clarkson,
Harvards baseball pitcher and captain,
barred from college games for having
signed contract with American league
club-Attempt to blow up Church of
st. Anthony at st. Louis, in charge OF
Franciscans, by use of dynamite
Dominion cabinet decides that Lord
Dundonald, head of Canadian militia,
must be dismissed for criticising officials
-Twenty-year term imposed upon
Thomas Bell, sentenced at Boston to
state prison as an habitual criminal
Chace mills, at Fall River, fail to get
enough weayers to resume running
Nan Patterson indicted at New York
on charge of murder in the first degree
New York plans elaborate celebra-
ton of the beginning of work on the
Erie canal-Rev. Pearse Pinch of Chi
cago sees danger in the war on divorce
now being waged by churches-Mrs.
Ballington Booth startles her audience
by referring to the presence of 'for-
mer convicts''-General Bell declares
the trouble in Colorado is due to So
cialism, and that he is trying to check
this movement, not to destroy unionism
Senator Beveridge to make first
speech seconding the nomination of
Roosevelt for president-Plans under
way to beautify the city of Manila
Special Filipino commissioners at
Philadelphia-M of dollars
damage to agriculture by pests of many
varieties-Bureau of statistics shows
that the cost of living in May this year
was less than in 19O3-Mission to the
bandit Raisuli starts from Tangier-
New South Wales justice condemns
the system of compulsory arbitration
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.
Big battle is raging along the entire
Russian front at Vafangow; heavy
Russian losses reported, large numbers
of dead being left on the field; japanese
seem to have made general attack on
Russian lines at this point, bringing
much heavy artillery into play; battle
may develop into greatest engagement
of war SO far-Frightened by the
stories of house girl, over 200 women
made a run on the Farmers and Me-
chanics' bank at South birmingham,
Mass-Steamer Chester w. Chaplin,
with 200 passengers on board, struck off
Niger point off the south end of
Wards island, n. Y, and stove in her
forward bulkhead-Thirty- more
union men and sympathizers deported
by military at Cripple Greek, Col
Mrs. M. NJ. Gray returns to govern
ment $1247 obtained by fraudulent pen
sion-Letter from w. J. Bryan OPP
posing Parker boom; objects to dur
glarious methods in foisting speech
less candidate" upon the party-Le-
high Valley Railroad company makes
reduction of so cents a ton on pea and
buckwheat coal-Iilinois Democratic
state convention dominates Lawrence
3. Stringer for governor and instructs
delegates to st. Louis convention to
vote as a unit for Hearst for presi-
Dental nomina tiOn-Transa tlantic
steerage rates placed at such small
figure by leading steamship lines that
immigration officials look for heavy in
fluX of aliens, with likelihood that many
will prove undesirable-Nan Patter-
son, former actress, against whom in
dictment for murder in first degree in
connection with death of Caesar Young
was returned by grand jury at New
York, enters plea of not guilty-An-
other Montana supreme court de-
cision against Heinze-Cranston, r.
l., celebra ting 15Oth anniversary of the
founding of the town--Three per-
sons killed and one injured in a street
battle at Bryantsville, Ind-New
York chemists find injurious adulter-
ants in sweets that are freely sold to
children-General Bell defends de-
portation of members of the Western
Federation of Miners-Porto Rico's
"big six" arrive in New York on way
to Chicago nvention-Cortelyou will
be chairman of the national committee
without becoming a member-Courier
arrives~in Tangier with message from
Raisuli-Three foreigners supposed
to be anarchists arrested in Johannes
burg-Lord Lansdowne announces
that Britain has objected to Philippine
shipping law-Ship for Captain
Bernier's trip to the North Pole reaches
Quebec.
THURSDAY, JUNE is.
Six hundred persons mainly women
and children, met death on burning
steamer General Slocum, or in the
waters of East river; after steamer
sank, two hours and 25 minutes after
fire was discovered, the waters of East
river were black with bodies; heads,
legs and arms are burned off, and not a
shred of clothing is left ON any of them
for hours bodies were washed ashore on
either side of the river; some of those
washed ashore were alive and will re-
cover; victims were members of Ger
man Lutheran church on an excursion;
overturning of pot of grease said to
have started fire-Dispatch from To-
kio reports news of great Japanese
victory near Flu Chou, on railway, 20
miles north of Port Arthur; Russians,
it is added, were overwhelmed,