St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-11-22
THE WEEKS NEWS
Monday, Nov. 20.

Malo, France, and SO persons on board
were drowned.
DR.. George w. Phillips, for 20 years
pastor Of the First Congregational
church at Rutland, VT, retires from
Che ministry on account of his age.
The new Church of the Disciples, a
parish founded in Boston by the late
Rev. James f. Clarke, was dedicated
free of debt
At the A. Overholt distillery at
Bradford, Pa, $4,000 gallons of
whisky furnished spectacular fire,
entailing loss of 100000.
The st. Petersburg conservative lead
ers in the council Of workmen carried
q resolution against any attempt to
introduce movement for an eight-hour
day.
King Alfonso of Spain will be mar
ried to Princess Ena Of Battenberg in
May, 1906.
Fred Fleck, locomotive engineer of
the Pennsylvania road, has received a
letter from Andrew Carnegie enclos-
ing check for $1,000 to pay for a
luncheon which Carnegie ate in
Fleck's engine cab years ago when
he was riding with the engineer.
An eyewitness Of the recent riot at
Vladivostok reports that nearly half
the city was burned and that 600 of the
garrison were killed. The damage is
estimated at $25000,000.
Sunday, Nov. 10.
Motorman killed and &c passengers
injured in a collision Of trolley cars at
Longmeadow, Mass; motorman did
not heed a warning, thinking a man
wanted to board the car between reg
ular stopping places.
Manuel Cabral, dashing San Fran
cisco saloonkeeper, arrested at Boston
on a warrant charging him with alb
duction of Emilia FORBADE, 10 years old.
Prince Charles accepts election as
King of Norway and takes the name
of Haakon VII.
One boy dead and two deathly sick
through alleged poisoning by impure
food at Mechanic Arts high school,
Boston.
Report on church unity hailed by
New York conference with the sing
ing of the Doxology; Unitarians are
debarred.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Shaw differ on ACCESSIBILITY Of aiding
New York banks.
Consulting engineers of Panama
canal decide in favor of sea-level
canal. 1t will cost three years time
and S100,OOO,0OO extra.
Federal grand jury returns two ad-
dltional indictments against Gaynor
and Greene.
Stand that contained 1000 persons
collapsed at football game at Ann
Arbor, Mich; nobody seriously injured.
German torpedo boat S 1875 sunk
with 33 men by collision with the
cruiser Undine at Kiel.
Saturday, Nov. 1s.
Luther Swain, aged 8, was run over
and killed by an automobile at Lowell
Mass.
Price of coal in Boston and its vi
cinity advanced 30 cents ton.
Howard and Crawford plead not
guilty to being accessories in the
Susanna Geary case and are held in
$4,000 each.
Hearsts campaign cost him $685.
64325.
War is on between Plat and Odell
for leadership in New York.
DR.. Varicle to organize an expedition
for the relief of ice-bound Arctic whal-
ers.
Man brought from Utica to New
York says he was paid $40 for voting
Republican ticket
Peter O'Brion, Boston fisherman re-
ported lost is rescued and brought to
Boothbay Harbor, Me.
Grand jury in New York investigat-
ing case of John Krup, who disap-
peared while under $4,000 bail for al
legged election frauds.
Representative Hepburn says that
congress will support the president in
his rate policy.
One hundred and thirty Eight appli-
cations have been received for II va
cancies in navy pay corps.
The president decides to reappoint
Marshal Henkel for the southern dis
trlct of New York.
Negotiations with respect to New
foundland fisheries dispute are pro-
crossing most satisfactorily.
Army canteens and laundries pro-
hibited from entering into competition
with civilian concerns in supplying
goods to hospitals.
Death Of Count of Flanders, brother
of King Leopold Of Belgium.
Berlin moves to build an under
ground railroad to cost $13, 100000.
American Consul General Parsons
says that while Mexico is promising
field for capital and energy, schemes
should be carefully Investigated.
Friday, Nov. II.
John #. Fitzgerald wins over e. J
Donovan in Boston primaries in contest
for nomination for mayoralty, after a
most bitter contest. Louis A. Froth
ingham nominated by Republicans.
Governor Bell Of Vermont orders
third preparation for hanging Mrs. Rog
ers, convicted murderess.