St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-01
The WEEKS NEWS
TUESDAY, FEB. 81.

Alabama mine entombs 105 men, with
nm hone Of rescue-The 1000 stu
dents of University of St. Petersburg
vote to close the university until next
fail. adopt resolutions demanding civil
rdahts. free press, religious liberty and
constituent assembly; determined to
work among their own people to spread
and strengthen demand for these
nolitical reforms-Two powerful
traction interests join forces for Bos-
ton-Providence high-speed, airline
trolley over private ways Two muir
derers die in electric chair ut Sing
Sing prison-Strike of 200 weavers
at the Barnard mills, Fall River
Another Baltimore woman claims Hoch
of Chicago as her usband-Indian
students help save Santa Fe, N. NJ,
from destruction by fire-Fire, appar-
emily of incendiary origin, in Morrison
Hotel building Chicag light
slip reported as missing from Nan
fucket station. safe at New Bedford.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. %.
E4QU Vi w uI Ill luI cast DGlltNGu 10 DE
not far Distant Russian conditions i'll
clude much more than Japan claimed
before the war-Former Senator
Ross of Vermont badly injured and
wife killed by runaway horse collid.
ing with train--Suspicion that great
dock fire at Boston was set by robbers
to cover traces of depredations-AE
hope Of saving 116 miners entombtd
near Birmingham, Ala, Abandoned
G. F. Parkhurst of Providence elected
associate justice Of Rhode Island SUI
creme court--Bayonne On. j. wo-
mans club decides that women should
salute the flag as men do-Fall River
manufacturers will not discharge good
operatives to make room for strikers
Connecticut agricultural station
finds that one-third of all food ex-
amined is adulterated-All hope of
rate legislation at present session is
abandoned-Nliss Alice Roosevelt will
probably go with Taft party to Philip
pines next summer-Maior Caring
ton sentenced to Imprisonment of GO
years and five days for classifying PIT:
ippine voucherS-Indian Territory
and Oklahoma likely to be admitted as
one state; New Mexico and Arizona to
be considered later-Leading lawyers
urge bill at Massachusetts state house
for giving selection of jurors into
hands of a commissioner to be named
by supreme cOurt-Twenty-fve horses
perish IN fire at Meriden, Conn
Pittsburg election officer drops dead
when put under arrest-First union
labor bank, in Chicago, opens sub
scriptiOn b0okS-TwO men held at
Vernal, Utah, Identified as Cody bank
r0bbers-Warrants issued in Chicago
for witnesses against the beef trust
Strike at Drifton colliery, Hazelton.
Pa, affects drivers and miners
Move to investigate Standard Oil com
pany begun in Illinois legislature
Snow isoiates several towns in north
western Pennsylvania; no trains for 10
days-Striking weavers at Barnard
mill, Fall River declare they will not
operate extra looms-Hungaria
house elects Kossuth man president
Cunard lines first turbine steamship
launched at Glasgow-The powers
accept Turkish plan for increase of
customs duties on condition that re-
forms be effected.
THURSDAY, FEB %.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, In speech at
Philadelphia, says that If we let navy
run down it is certain that sooner or
later we shall have to choose between
probably disastrous foreign war or
peace kept on terms that imply nationa!
humiliation-Jay Johnson of Win.
nan, VT, AZ, shot and killed by brother
Fred, 30 who claims he fired in self.
defense during quarrel-Commis.
sion investigating North sea incident
concludes that Russians were justified
on trawlers. believing their squadron
10 De endangered-Three young peo-
pie hurt two seriously, in coasting
accident at Woonsocket, r. big
basin off Portsmouth, n. H.. again
hooded by break in wall-Police in. |
Vestlgating deaths of husband and two |
children of Mrs. Ellen Shugane of New |
Haven, who is held for examination
MURDER indictment against Thomas |
Mooney of Waterbury, Conn.,, charged |
with killing James Dunn-Negroes
nave accumulated $30O,O0O,O0O in prop
erty In United States since Civil war |
Scarcity of commissioned officers
FORCES navy department to supply naval
golfers with civilian officers and men
-Rumors that Kuropatkin has been
outhanked by strong force of japanese
ana compelled to retire from Shakhe
rlTer-Adolph Weber, 90 convicted
OF numbering mother at Auburn, CAL,
also accused of killing father, sister and
orother-Seventy-five bodies recov.
ered from Alabama mine in which ex.
ploSion occurred-President Harper
OIL University of Chicago undergoes
operation for cancer; temporary relief
out doubt of doing more than checking
alSease-Four thousand persons pro-
less Christianity during religious re-
VlVal at Louisville.
FRIDAY, FEB. "a.
Denial of peace rumors at state de-
partment, at Russian, French, German,
6rltsh and Italian embassies, and Jap
anese legation at shington--Death
VI jonathan Ross, former chief JUS