St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-17

was seriously injured by falling down
stairs after his hands had been tied be-
hind his back by some of his school
mates.
At the session Of the New York AS.
sembly of Mothers there were eight
women who have borne total of 107
children, 81 of whom are living
Friday, Oct. IL.
While preparing supper, Mrs. Ira E.
Wood, wife of a farmer living at Win
chendon, Mass, was shot in the head
by an unknown person who fired
charge of shot from outside through a
window. Mrs. Wood lived but 10 min
utes after the shot was fired.
Schooner Ella Powell capsized and
sank off New London, Conn.,, and lies
In about 70 feet of water. Captain
Clark was drowned.
For the first time since New Orleans
was founded, 1888 years ago. modern
sanitary and underground sewage sys-
tenn has been put into operation.
In heavy gale the new four-masted
schooner Helen B. Crosby struck on
.Drunkard ledge, at the mouth of the
penobscot river, and will probably be
total loss.
William Fl. Tucker, the Hartford
wife murderer, who escaped from the
asylum for the insane at Middletown,
Conn.,, surrendered himself in New
York.
A cold wafe swept over the east and
south, and broke all records for this
season in many sections.
The provisional Cuban government
will have nothing to do with the ques-
ton of the sovereignty of the Isle of
Pines or with the separation of the
government Of the island from the rest
of the Cuban republic.
Twelve freight cars were wrecked by
a rear-end collision of two freight
trains near Chester, Mass.
In attempting to pull the stranded
schooner William Booth off a mudba1
IL, the Saco (Me) river, tug Joseph Ba
ker struck a rock and sank.
Thursday, Oct. II.
Miss Gabnielle De Nottbeck and her
brother, Peter, children of Mrs. Cecilia
Il. De Nottbeck, who are heirs to prop
erty estimated to be worth 100000,
were declared insane and incompetent
by sheriff's jury at White Plains, N.
Y. Mrs. De Nottbeck died recently in
a sanitarium.
A jury brought in verdict Of not
guilty, on the ground Of insanity, in
the case of Mrs. Bertha Magersuppe Of
Danbury, Conn, charged with having
killed her infant son. She was COM
mitted to an insane asylum.
In the presence of 60 pupils in a
Cleveland school, Harry Smith, 20 years
old, shot and killed Miss Mary Shepard,
a teacher, aged %, ending his own life
two hours later. Disappointment in
love is said to have been the motive.
Popular agitation continues in New.
foundland against the modus vlvendi
giving American fishermen privileges
denied by the Newfoundland laws.
General Funston will not continue in
command Of the American forces in
Cuba. The affairs of Cuba will be left
in the hands of Governor Magoon and
General Bell.
Eighteen Cinnamon arrested at
Providence after the capture by the
United States immigration authorities
OF the schooner yacht Frollc were ar
raigned before Commissioner Cross
and held for examination. Bail was
fixed at $1,000 in each case.
The assignment of J. NJ Ceballos &
Co. Of New York, bankers and mer-
chants, with liabilities between $3,000,-
600 and $4,000,000, is announced. The
failure is said to be due to the defalca-
ton Of $1000,000 and absconding Of
Manuel Silvera of Silveira & Co., Ha-
vana, agents of the New York COM
pany.
Richard Croker has formally inau-
gurated the libel suit against London
magazine which will bring to definite
issue the question whether he used his
position as chief Of Tammany Hall for
purposes Of financial profit.
"Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Charles E. Magoon, the newly ap.
pointed provisional governor Of Cuba,
has arrived in Havana. Coincident
with his coming, Governor Taft gave
out general decree proclaiming am
nesty not only to the rebels, but to all
persons charged with political offenses
or crimes in any way connected with
the revolution.
An announcement that the debt Of ST.
100000 which has accumulated during
the several years had been entirely
wiped out through the generosity Of
some business men in making up the
balance was made by the American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions.
Colonel Barnett has ordered the i'm.
mediate removal of the American ma