St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-02-07
The WEEKS NEWS
Monday, Feb. 5.

GesluS lIUlH d DullCb hOuhO III liz hNUNb
accused first his wife and then A. l..
MorreIl with shooting him. Mrs. Bon
nell was locked up on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill, Morrell being
held as a witness.
Keeper James Kingsley of the Dux-
bury (Mass) pier light was drowned
through the capsiZing of dory.
Since July last the United Society
of Christian Endeavor has gained in
membership in this country alone over
10000
Michael Sullivan, proprietor Of
boarding house at South Groveland,
Mass, was shot and seriously wounded
by Thomas Heffernan, a boarder.
The collieries throughout the anthra-
cite region have orders to operate at
full capacity from now until next April.
Mrs. Mary A. Hastings, a wealthy
widow of Warren, Mass, rs years old,
was found dead sitting on the floor in
her residence. There was no indication
of foul play.
The balloon of the Aero club, which
left London for France, successfully
crossed the English channel and de-
scended in safety at Bermouville, 20
miles inland, in France.
King Charles Of Roumania is suffer
ing from Qualification Of the arteries of
the heart and has been ordered to alb
stain from all business,
Sunday, Feb. a.
Countess de Castellane (who was
Anna Gould of New York; is seeking
judicial separation from her husband
on the grounds of intidelity
Louis Criger, the great baseball
catcher, is critically i'll with neuralgia
of the heart.
Minor questions at Algeciras are
about disposed Of. The final struggle
between France and Germany over the
control Of Moroccan police is near.
Democratic senators in caucus voted
to oppose, as party, the ratification
of the Dominican treaty, also to COM
pei strict party vote on other meas
ureS.
Miners and operators delegates at
indianapolis do not look for strike,
but none can now say how long one
will be averted. ="
Heavy grain shipments are being
made from Boston.
Steamer Irene was abandoned near
Cape Lookout. Her crew of eight was
rescued.
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston has in
vited the mayors of y cities and chair
man of selectmen of % towns, all in
Greater Boston. to help him form q
'metrOp0ltan district council"
Boston street department payrolls for
last month were $l7,053.S9 less than
for January, 1905.
Saturday, Feb. 3.
With prospects pointing to strike of
$4,000 coal miners unless the present
deadlock with operators is broken by
some unforeseen influence, the ma
tional convention Of the United Mine
Workers of America adjourned.
Thomas Minehall, postmaster at La
&TeSCbHtt Mtlluy ~ SOiHNNhil'S ga u
Is dead at the age of 81 years.
John and Margaret Higgins. aged 8
and G, son and daughter OF William
Higgins. a farmer of Saugus, Mass,
went through the thin ice of a small
pond in the rear of their home and were
drowned.
The president has pard0ned Midship-
man Miller of Kentucky, recently con
ylcted of hazing at Annapolis naval
academy and sentenced to dismissal.
The South Carolina house of repre-
| kentatives passed a bill abolishing the
state dispensary and providing fol
state prohibition. with local option tC
counties to establish their own dis
nenSarieS under county management.
Justice Deuel. has issued a statement
declaring that he will not resign from
the New York special sessions bench.
The question of the selection of a
postmaster at Philadelphia to succeed
Colonel McMichael was disposed of by
the appointment Of Richard L. Ashurst
friday, Feb. 2.
Three men were killed and 50 In
jured, mostly by suffocation in fire
on the transport Meade as she lay a
q pier at San Francisco.
The fact that the Equitable Life AS
surance society has for the last foul
years insured free the lives Of its 90t
employees for $1,000 each has just be
come known.
Secretary Shaw's plan for the relic,
of an occasional stringency of none!
was disapproved by committee of tn,
New York Chamber Of Commerce.
The president has nominated Majo
General John c. Bates. at present chic
of staff, to be lieutenant general Il
succeed Lieutenant General Chaffee, re
tired.
Florence Meigs, aged II years,
chorus girl in the mayor Of Toxic
company, was found dead in room a
a Philadelphia hotel. The gas wa
turned on.
Attorney General Fits Of Vernon
denies the charges of unprofessiOna
conduct made against him in petition
which was presented to the suprem
court.
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