St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-17
THE WEEKS NEWS
Monday, Jan. IS.

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berry.
Former Governor Douglas of Massa-
chusetts has issued statement de-
claring himself unreservedly in favor
.of immediate revision of the tariff.
A mass meeting, conducted by the
Manchester On. H. Ministerial asso-
citation, registered protest against the
invasion of New Hampshire by the New
England Breeders club, when was
granted an exclusive charter at the last
session of the legislature.
Two men met death in the storm
which swept over New York and nelgh-
boring cities, both by electrocutlon from
contact with fallen electric light Wlfes'
DR.. L. O. Howard. director OF the ma
tional bureau Of entomology, an
nounces, with some qualifications, an
early prospect for the determination OF
the gypsy and brown-tail moths III
Massachusetts.
Mr.. Russell, the American minister
10 Venezuela, has delivered note 10
Venezuela on behalf of France, sever
ING relations between the two coun-
tries.
Six people were bitten at Great Bar
rington, Mass, by a dog believed 10
have been mad. The dog was killed by
local officer.
A sanguinary and what probably
will prove to be the final battle mas
taken place in Santo Domingo be-
tween the troops of General Caceres,
the temporary president, and the IN
surgents. The former were victorious
Daniel Conroy, a Lowell, Mass, fire
man, was probably fatally injured
while fighting fire. A falling chimney
fractured his skull.
Sunday, Jan. IA.
Bank Commissioners Warren Il.
Locke and James o. Otis, two OF the
Massachusetts savings bank commlS-
sioners. resigned and Governor Guild
accepted the designations, to take ell
feet on the qualification of their success
sors They admitted that they had mis-
constructed the law.
Sixty lives were in peril on the
stranded steamer Cherokee, which lies
off Atlantic City at the mercy OF the
wind and sea. Those aboard were
taken off by lifesavers.
Mayor Fitzgerald Of Boston WORKS
out a scheme to avoid building new
public library branch, has so useless
inspectors discharged, and cuts street
car ticket graft, saving to the city LOT
the day the sum of $2OO,OOO.
A Chicago man calmly admits the
murder of a woman by twisting wire
about her throat.
zee Sing Lee, alias Charlie Dean OF
Boston, welded a Pittsburg church
worker, and Cinnamon drove the
couple out of the city
A new international union OF paper
makers was organized at Burlington
vt.
Sir Thomas Upton offers 5000 cup
for competition by American yachts in
an ocean race.
Attorney General Mayer of New
York is contemplating the bringing OF
suits to recover moneys wasted in the
Mutual Life management.
Saturday Jan. f3.
G. w. Beavers, indicted for con-
epiracy to defraud the government in
connection with postoffice contracts
to MI pf NOR uniItV and
filed a demurrer to the Indictment.
The International Cigarmakers'
union has declared off the strike of the
Key West cigarmakers. The strike
has been on nearly two months.
The supreme court of Mexico has de-
clined to grant a stay of execution in
the case of the three Americans, Mas.
ton, Richardson and Hart, recently
sentenced to be shot for numbering
people to secure life insurance.
Though NJ. Marlborough, the Vene-
zuelan charge of affairs at Paris, has
not vet received his passports, diplo-
matte relations between France and
Venezuela are considered to have beer
broken off.
District Attorney Moran will investi
gate the Italian banking system at Bos
TEN. In recent years many Italian
banks there have failed and in Is years
the depositors lost 100000.
Two girls, Lillian, aged 5, and Nil
dred, 2 years old, children of Mr. an(
Mrs Horace L. Sackett were burned
to a crisp at their home in Englewood
suburb of Providence.
Cardinal Hervas celebrated at the re
ligious marriage Of Prince FERDINAND
of Bavaria to the Infanta MariaETeresa
The civil marriage was performed
Thursday night.
An opinion of the municipal cour
of Minneapolis, holding that the Sun
day closing law is equally applicable
to Jew and Gentle, was upheld by tn
Minnesota supreme court.
Friday, Jan. II.
President Roosevelt has been mad
an honorary member Of the Improves
Order of Red Men.
The California peninsula is sug
gested by the London Post as neN
home for Zonists,
Attorney General Hadley of Mis-
souri, thinks his case against Standar