St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-03

enforcement of them, which will ma
ferially lessen the danger to football
players.
Thursday, Dec. 20.
Charles Barto, who shot and killed
Stephen Rinko at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
during street fight, was found guilty
Of murder in the second degree and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
The New York legislature is asked
to appropriate $4O,OO0,000 for barge
canal.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Merchants Trust company of Men,
phis and two allied institutions.
The Oregon state commission has
called upon the officials of the exposl-
ton for an accounting Of funds and
also pro rata share of the surplus.
The department of agriculture is pre-.
pairing compressed tea tablets at the ex-
pertinent station, Summerville, S. G.
Many Asiatic towns are opened to
trade by the Chino-Japanese treaty.
Tanning and Washington islands, In
the South Pacific, are to be sold by
Great Britain.
Astronomer Flammarion declares
that the inhabitants of Mars are much
more highly developed than the in
habitants of the earth.
An armed rebellion on large scale
has been planned in Poland. The So
cialist revOlutionaries, encouraged by
the success of the insurgents in the
Baltic provinces and Of the situation
at Moscow, and in Russia generally,
have decided that the moment has come
to cast off the yoke of the autocracy.
The British war Office has ordered
the prosecution of the officers concerned
in the South African war stores scan
dial.
Midshipman Decatur Of Portsmouth,
N. H., is charged with completely III
hazing at the naval academy and is 10
be tried by court martial.
All amateur boxing matches, spar
ring contests and pugilistict tournaments
are to be prohibited in Chicago.
A grand jury has returned joint in
dictment against representatives of the
leading coal companies in Cincinnati
for conspiracy in restriction of trade"
The trustees of Howard university
have accepted the resignation of Presl'
dent Gordon, which was offered after
demonstration made against him by ne
I'D IN, fhn J1niUprcitV
Wednesday,, Dec. IT.
The Merchants Exchange bank,
Penacook, n. H., was destroyed by fire.
The postoftice at South Barre, Mass,
was broken into and $500 in cash and
stamps stolen.
Spotted fever at the Newport naval
training stations is the subject of rigid
investigation.
Printers and Typothetae are lining up
for the expected fight over the open
shop and eight-hour day.
One policeman was killed and another
stabbed in an attempt to stop fight OF
Italians at Torrington, Conn.
Miss Josephine Garmann, housekeep-
er for August Grossman, died at his
home at North Wilmington, Mass, OF
burns sustained while dismantling q
| Christmas tree.
Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, In
corporated boot and shoe manufacture
ers, have made an assignment. The
concern has an office at Boston and a
large factory in New Bedford. The
amount of the liabilities is not stated.
President Whitney has informed the
board of directors of the Boston Cham
Der of Commerce that he will decline
to accept a reelection as president OF
the chamber partly for the reason that
he desires to be free to do any political
work which he might desire to under
take.
Manager Sprague of the American
Bridge company declares that 1t is
through with union labor for all time.
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Secretary Taft has granted the ap-
plication Of Lieutenant General Miles,
retired, for relief from further duty
with the organized militia of Massa-
chusetts.
Admiral Dewey's Christmas greet
ing to the officers and men Of the navy,
bespeaking a united stand for the good
of the country and the service, was
communicated to the officers and men
aboard the vessels throughout the world
wherever they could be reached by tele-
graph.
Every union in the New York build
ing trades, with the exception of the
Housesmiths and Bridgemen's, has
signed trade agreement to go into
effect on Jan. next. This affects 100,-
900 skilled men.
An anarchist who attempted to stab
Cardinal Pages at Barcelona commit
ted suicide by taking poison soon after
his arrest.
Supreme Secretary Robson of the
Royal Arcanum states that the SUI
preme councils legal representatives
have decided to appeal from the de-
cision of Judge Gaynor of New York,
which virtually modified the new rates
that went into effect Oct. l.
A good action is never lost. 1t is o
treasure laid up and guarded for the
doer's need.-Calderon.
| TT,o naan Son T,aad.