St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-03
THE WEEKS NEWS
Monday. Oct. 1.

teady practically under way General
runston. chairman of the disarmament
committee says that the windup will
he so smooth and rapid that it will take
much less time than had been anici-
pated.
The information is that the loss of
life in Mobile and vicinity from the
Great storm will probably reach 100, al
though the death list in the city itself
will not be large. The property loss in
Mobile and along Mobile bay will prob
ably approximate $S000,00O.
Gross negligence on the part of the
cattle commission Of Vermont in fail
ing to safeguard the interests of the
state in the disposal of diseased cattle
is charged in a report submitted to Gov
ernor Bell by Attorney General Fits.
President Roosevelt visited the North
Atlantic fleet off Cape Cod. The crew
Of the Missouri cheered themselves
hoarse as he left the ship, for the presi-
. dent and his guests sat down to dinner
with the jackies.
Harry Orchard, self-confessed MUIR
derer of former Governor Steunenberg
Of Idaho, whose confession implicated
the officers of the Western Federation
of Miners, is said to have become a
maniac.
The men in control of the milk situa-
ton in Boston and vicinity have adj
vanced the price per quart to s cents and
the price per can to restaurants, hotels
and storekeepers is AZ cents.
d0pen time on deer in the eastern and
northern parts of Maine has begun and
will continue until Dec. 10. Open time
on moose begins Oct. 10 and ends Dec l.
Sunday, Sept. 80.
With far less ostentation than accom-
panies the accession Of new munici.
pal administration, the government OF
Cuba was formally taken over by Will
lam H. Taft, secretary of war Of the
United States, who, in proclamation
couched in a kindly and diplomatic
tone, indicative Of the policy he would
pursue, declared himself provisional
governor of the island.
There is good reason to anticipate the
disclosure of a grave military scandal,
q Russian colonel of engineers having
been arrested for alleged connection
with the sale of important frontier
plans to the agents of foreign power
President Eliot of Harvard univer'
slty announces that the scholarship
founded by the Boston Newsboys' un.
ion has been awarded to Meyer Heller
II years of age.
The net decrease in the pension roll
Of the United States for the fiscal year
ending June 80 amounted to $12,470.
The number of pensioners dropped from
the roll during the year was 47,444.
The New York Central railroads first
electric train, drawn by 100-ton cleo
trio locomotive, was run from High
bridge, seven miles from New York.
where the present electric zone termi
mates, to New York The test was pro-
nounced satisfactory.
Patrick Sweeney, an inmate Of the
Rhode Island state workhouse, was
seized with an attack of apoplexy at
the supper table and choked to death.
A charge of attempting to pass a
forged check has been made against a
couple giving the names of Mr.. and Mrs
q. c. Smith and they have been placed
under arrest at Manchester, vt.
Saturday, Sept. 2s.
Aram Tashjian, an Armenian, aged
20, confessed that he murdered his
brother, Markar, portions of whose dis
membered body were found at New
York.
An investigation by the Central
Falls, r. l., board Of aldermen of the
charges against the police department
began. several liquor dealers testifying
that they paid money for protection and
had been told by Mayor McNally that
they might sell liquor on Sunday in
their back rooms.
A tract of more than 100000 acres
in the Tobique section of New Bruins
wick has been leased by a sporting or
ganization recently organized in Mon
treal.
A grand jury has Indicted James V.
Felker, formerly city treasurer of New
buryport, Mass, for embezzlement of
the city's funds. Felker's accounts
showed a shortage of $S6,500.
Bertha Beilstein, wealthy woman
who has been confined in the insane
asylum at Dixmont, Pa. since her con-
vlction for the murder of her aged
mother eight years ago, has escaped
from that institution.
Lizzie Halliday, murderess, con-
fined in the Matteawan On. " hospital
for insane criminals, killed female
attendant, Miss Nellie Wicks, aged q
Lizzie Halliday was sent to an insane
asylum in 1893, as the insane murderess
Of three persons.
The city of San Juan, P. R., expe-
renced series of heavy earthquake
shocks.
Patrick Colbert, valet, receives a
fortune of 100000 under the will of his
employer, Dr. Frank j. Freel which
was admitted to probate at New York
as the climax of long-fought contest
Colbert is the. sole beneficiary, as the
testator cut off his blood relatives.
Friday, Sept. 20.