St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-11
THE WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY 8.

400 guns in Russia and that Japanese
captured % of them in battle on the
Yalu; says Mancnurian crops are
failure and that Russians are now at
mercy of President
Cleveland, In a public lecture, justifies
motive by which he sent troops to Chi
cago during railroad strike in 1894, de-
claring that nation thereby established
absolutely power to protect itself
No change in bakers strike situation at
Boston-Eight thousand miners in the
Gurnsey, O., district go out on account
of failure to agree with operators on
scale-That no further proceedings be
taken is the recommendation of court
of inquiry appointed to investigate ex-
plosion in after turret of the Missouri
on April 10; court finds explosiCn was
due to a "1are ba ck"-Daughters of
the Revolution from all over the country
meet in annual convention at Boston
Governor Bates sends special mes
sage to Massachusetts, legislature
recommending the abolition of the fire
marshars department-New treat
ment of facial neuralgia by use of osmic
acid-Nine New York theatres are
shut to ensure public safety-Three
anu Ole lOCkOuL chtCl III Odi-
cago: 620O men idIe-Santa Fe ma
chinists go on strike which may involve
1900 men-Three state buildings
dedicated at the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position-Lively campaign on in Porto
Rico; sweeping victory for Republi-
cans predicted-Captain Uphoven of
the United Fruit company line muir
dered at New Orleans-Cable steam
ship in New York ready to work on the
New York-Fayal section of the Ger
man cabIe-Chairman of New York
Democratic state committee believes all
party differences eventually will be set
tled-Republica leaders discussing
national platform-Tyner-Ba
postal case taken up in Washington
court--Secretary Moody, several
senators and representatives, sail south
on the Dolphin. P. Morgan & Co.
receive warrant from Washington for
100000, first instalment on canal
Sharp fight in Sassun between Turkish
troops and Armenian insurgents.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4.
Report received by the car from
General Kuropatkin states that at
least from 5000 to 1000 men were killed
in the Yalu river fight; Togo engages
warships and forts at Port Arthur;
battle still on at last ACCOMPLISHMENTS
er Cannon declares that he would not
accept nomination for vice president
under any mstances-Boston
restaurants preparing to make their
own bread; engineers and drivers
join the bakers strike-Receiver ap-
pointed or Bristol County (Mass.) Street
Railway company; receivers asked for
Lowell, Boston and Concord and Bos
ton lines-General society, Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution, elect Mrs. D. P
Ingraham of New York as president
general and Mrs. Frank e. Fitz of Mas
sachusetts as first vice president gen
eral-Move in northeastern Maine to
close cline stores'-Pittsburg sends
$4,000 loaves of bread to Chicago
Drew college, Carmel, N. Y, burned;
loss O,OO0-Hearst men defeat
Harrison machine in Chicago-Con-
necticut state building dedicated at st.
Louis-Fire in Indianapolis stock
yards causes $175, 900 loss-Ex-M Mayor
Ames of Minneapolis on trial for sec
6hd time-Murderer in New York OPP
poses lawyers efforts to save his life
Bishop Gaines at a negro confer
0uco III OHlCdSO pIdy 1oI clSCIAOn VI
osevelt-President of Machinists'
union states that 5000 men are out on
the Santa Fe system-Treasury de-
partment appeals to law officers for an
opinion regarding subsidiary coinage
Senator Dubois believes Smoot
should be excluded; otherwise the Nor
mons might continue their lawdefying
rourse-Award of contracts for trans
Andes railroad pleases Chileans.
THURSDAY, MAY 5.
Russian government and people re-
ported stunned by awful loss revealed
in later reports of battle on Yalu river;
latest official report places Russian
loss at 1000 men and 40 officers, but I'M
official dispatches say actual loss is
easily double this-Two men confess
to committing numerous lodging house
thefts at Boston-Governor Odell
signs New York transit bills-Sam
Parks, the notorious walking dele
gate, dies at Sing Sing=Carmen's
strike in San Francisco averted after
weeks of egotiation-Husband in
Bayonne, n. j., organize against wom-
ems euchre parties-COntrover
with teamsters in Chicago seriously
hampers building operations-PreSby
terians meet in Chicago and consider
plans to remove all doctrinal lines
Comptroller Grout talked of as Demo
cratic nominee for governor of New
York-Death of Ashbel P. Fitch,
president of the American Trust com
pany and former comptroller of the
city of New York-United States
takes formal possession of Panama
cana1-C. F. Murphy expected to is
sue statement against the Parker
boom-Missouri's men highly praised
in official report to navy department.
Cannon boom for the vice presidency
causes considerable confusion-Sec-
rotary Shaw may be chairman of the
Republican national committee-Gor-