St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-12-05
THE WEEKS NEWS
Monday, Dec. 3.


bills and as little other general legisla-
ton as possible. Such in brief is the
forecast for the short session of the
Fifty-Ninth session of congress which
begun at noon today.
The transferrence Of the adminiStra-
ton of New ChwaHg by the japanese
20 China has been completed. New
Chwang has been administered by Jap
an since the close of the Russo-Jap-
aBese war
Max Rudsrman of Maiden, Mass, 20
years of age, was arrested on the
charge of having set fire to the Maiden
City Lumber company's yards on the
night of Nov. s, when $4,000 damage
was done.
The consent of Postmaster General
Cortelyou has been received to the
esta blishment of Sunday postal de-
livery at Maiden, Mass, under the con-
ditions that persons receiving their
mail shall pay 10 cents for the accom-
mediation.
All the section men along the entire
line of the Dominion Atlantic railroad
are out on strike to enforce demand
for an increase in wages.
Lauded as diplomat who tempered
statecraft with the golden rule, the late
John Hay was honsred by the Jewish
people of Philadelphia when hand
some memorial window to him was I'M
yelled tKeneseth Israel temple.
The car shortage throughout the
United States will be investigated by
the interstate commerce commission.
Sunday, Dec. z.
Disaster fell to the passengers of a
train near Vergennes, VT, when a
heavily loaded gravel train, moving
swiftly on a down grade, crashed into
it from the rear. Five passengers were
either killed outright or burned to death
in the flames which quickly broke out
in the wreckage.
The annual report of the graduate
treasurer of Harvard athletics for the
year 1906 shows profit from all
sources of $27,S16.12
Mrs. Marie De Carlo, who was shot
at Williamsville, Conn, after quarrel
with Alexander Tdeschie, who had
been living at her house, died as a re-
suit of her wounds.
There has come formal split in the
Polish Socalistic party in Russia. The
two divisions are now engaged in fight
ing each other with energy.
BY a decree to be issued soon under
specific authority Of the President of |
the United States, the seats of all
members of the second series of the
Cuban congress elected in 1905 will be
declared vacant.
Joseph Corsono, farmer Of Wood
bridge, Conn.,, was found lying in a
pool of blood in the street with four.
inch cash in his scalp, his skull frac-
tured and cut in the back. The police
are looking for Joseph Presta, who ia
alleged to have been Corsono's assail-
ant
George Waterhouse, 65 years Of age,
a veteran of the Civil war, was burned
to death in fire which totally destroyed
his house at Brattlebor0, vt.
In Saturday, Dec. I.
Scores of kilograms and letters have
been received by President Roosevelt,
commencing his course in dismissing
without honor the members of the three
companies Of the Twenty-fifth infantry.
Abraham Reuf and Chief of Police
Oman of San Francisco were jointly
indicted by the grand jury on charge
of conspiracy in connection with the
alleged protection of a house of i'll
fame.
The commissioners of the District of
Columbia have revoked the licenses of
lS of the "a employment agencies In
Washington. The agents were charged
with securing girls for immoral pur-
poses.
The public ownership commission of
the National Civic Federation is I'M
derstood to be unanimously opposed to
public ownership ON the grounds that
t is unscientific, wasteful and morally
undesirable
Leander Beal, one of the best known
men engaged in the wholesale clothing
trade, died suddenly of heart disease
while negotiating for a family lot in
Boston cemetery
Mrs. Bertha Magersuppe of Dan
bury. Conn, who was acquitted two
months ago on the charge of murder
ing her infant on. the ground that she
was insane. was released from the
state asylum for the insane, having re-
covered her reason.
Mayor Thurston of Cambridge.
Mass, has filed a demand in the state
supreme court for recount Of the
votes cast in the Democratic primaries
by which his opponent was given the
nomination by plurality of one vote.
Friday, Nov 30.
Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway company and recog-
nized as one of the foremost men in
the development of the southern states.
and six other persons were killed In a
rear-end collision between two fast