St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-09-26
THE WEEKS NEWS
Monday, Sept. "a.


and the number, of injured will be at
least 40, several of whom cannot recov-
err. The Gig is controlled by the police,
aided by nearly a thousand Of the state
militia. The authorities seem to have
the situation we'll in hand,
Gifiths ii. .Haffards, retired bank
er, died in his pew ina church at Fall
River, Mass, of hemorrhage of the
brain. He.,was 81 years old.
The foreign commerce of the United
States has crossed the three billion dol
lar line. ''-'
The independence League Of Massa-
chusetts held a convention and nomi-
mated District Attorney John B. Moran,
of Boston as its candidate for governor.
Freight steamer Mohawk went
ashore at the entrance of the harbor at
Stockton, Me-, and is fast on the rocks,
which, have penetrated her bottom; neal
the bow on both sides Of the'keel.
John "A. Dowie delivered his parting
message to his followers in Shiloh
house. He talked of his plans to re-
turn to- Zion City next summer and
build a great mansion for the coming
of Christ and the dawn of the miilen-
ium.
Six families of Allegheny Pa, whose
members number over a score, have
been poisoned through the product of a
bakeshop. 1t is said that the poison
was roach powder that had dropped
from a shelf in the bakery into barrel
of sugar.
Keepers and guards of the Onondaga
county penitentiary, located at James
vile, n Y, are in search of five prison
ers who made a successful dash for
freedom while at work in the peniten-
tiary stone quarries.
Sunday, Sept. 70.
A burlap bag stamped with the name
~. X. Mano," strip of woman's
skirt and an oilcloth table covering are
the only immediate clues to the perpe-
traitors of revolving murder commit
ted at New York.
All classes in Cuba are now wait
ing for the conditions under which
tranquility will be restored and keen
disappointment Is expressed on every
side because of the likelihood OF peace
being brought about without armed
American intervention.
Oscar Napier, aged s years, was found
guilty of the murder of playmate at
Abba, la. The boy will be sentenced
lust the same as if he were OF more ma
ture age.
REPORTS of losses threatened to the
cotton crop by reason of negroes leav.
ing the plantations in large numbers
to engage in other branches OF labor
have been received by New Orleans cot
ton dealers.
Abdul Hamidis said to be suffering
from cancer Of the kidney. This malady
does not permit of an operation being
performed and is usually fatal within
q year.
| The police have discovered that fire
which destroyed Goddard Bros bakery
at Lynn, Mass, was of lncendiary orr
gin and there Is suspicion that the ulti-
mate motive of the fire settlers was rob-
berry.
A dog in thestreet in front of church
at Medford, Mass, suddenly began to
act in a peculiar manner and some per-
son in the crowd raised the cry of mad
dog" Instantly there was rush.
Women and children were knocked
down and trampled upon, but all es-
capped serious injuries, although num-
Der were more or less bruised and their
clothing was in some instances badly
torn.
Two herds of cattle in Maryland have
| developed anthrax, or Texas fever, and
have been quarantined by the state vet
Urinary board.
Saturday, Sept. az.
Peace for Cuba, unless accomplished
through American Intervention, seems
| further away than when Secretary OF
war Taft and Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon began negotiations to har-
monte the opposing factions
Sweet Marie made mile In 2:02, a
quarter of a second better than the
time Cresceus made in 1901.
Darius Drake died at Hebron, Conn
Had he lived until Oct. / he would have
been 104 years old. Death was due tC
Ills incident to old age.
The situation in Morocco Is becom
ing more menacing. European proper
ties in several cities are threatened.
In a collision on bridge 1870 fee
high at Cut Bank, Mont, between tw'
freight trains, four men were kille(
and Is cars of lumber and the bridg
were burned.
Twelve deaths, the injury Of score
of other persons, some Of whom will
die, and $500,000 damage to propert!
were caused when carload o
dynamite standing on track at Jelllco
Tenn, exploded with report that wa
heard for 20 miles,
The jury in the joint trial of Super
vIsors Gibson and Jackson of Fri
| county, N, Y, returned a,verdlct o
7 guilty. They We're charged with bri
berry.
Miss Sophia Higenbotham Is year
old. a graduate nurse and assistant su
perintendent of the Brooklyn city hos
Dital, was Killed by being caught in