St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-01-24

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tween 60 and 70 persons were pre-
cipitated into the cellar. One man wa
seriously injured, while nearly all SUI
fered from shock and bruises.
A number of prominent Boston
| physicians have addressed letters to thu
Massachusetts delegation in congress
urging them to support the pure foo(
bill.
Colonel A. G. P. Haggard, a retired
British army officer, author and
brother of III. Rider Haggard, has beer
granted a divorce by the Maine SUI
preme court.
During the trial of Midshipman
Chester Bloebaum at Annapolis, three
fourth classmen testified that they had
been hazed by Bloebaum until they
were utterly exhausted, one severe
physical exercise after another being
required of them until they lacked
power to continue.
A number of revolutionists in mill
tary uniforms appeared at the arsenal
at Kieff with forged acquisitions, load
ed two wagons with munitions and es-
capped.
Thursday, Jan. 10.
Following the destruction at Penn
broke, N. H., of the farm buildings Of
Charles f. Aver and the disappearance
Of seven members Of Ayers household
and the suicide of Aver at the home
of his sister in Chichester, six miles dis
tant, there is little doubt but that the
seven persons were murdered and the
farmhouse set on fire by Aver.
A treaty of peace between the insur-
gent generals at Mbnte CriSti and the
government Of San.o Domingo was
signed on board the American cruiser
Yankee.
By an unsparing use of the military
and wholesale arrests of the leaders
of the fighting organizations the Rus
sian reyolutionists lave been forced to
sination. Not a day passes without
reports of the murder of obnoxious Of
fcials.
Arrangements are progressing pre-
lminary to a meeting of the anthracite
miners representatives and operators.
The result will lie a conference within
a month.
Statistics of the enrolment by states
at Harvard university show that Mas
sachusetts has atrifle over so percent
of the whole. New York is second
with 121a percent
With finding If suicide as the cause
of death, Coronel Mix has closed the
case of the mysterious death at New
Haven of CharlesA. Edwards of New
York.
The recent forcble removal from the
White House of frs. Minor Morris
was made the subject of emphatic de-
nunciation by Mr. Tillman in the SEN
ate.
Canadian cruise Fiona reports that
the American herring fleet secured only
43 cargoes this writer, against 104 last
year, the colony's restrictive enact
ments having cripped their operations.
Clement A, Falieres, president of
the French senate was elected presi-
dent of the republt.
MidShipmen Mazoni and Foster of
the first class and Coffin of the third
class have been publicly dismissed
from the United Safes navy for haz-
ing plebes, or fourh- clasSmen.
Wednesday, Jan. II.
The latest sensation in the Provident
Securities and Baking company's af-
fairs at Boston developed when, after
Treasurer Burlen G the company had
refused to present himself at the dis
trict attorneys ollie and explain the
reason of his reportd visit to the bank
and the removal ola number of valu-
able papers, it becme known that he
was on his way to NDntreal
Marshall Field, tie millionaire Chi
cago merchant, die(at New York after
an eight days lines with pneumonia.
The PAT seats alrady elected for the
new British parliament are distributed
as follows: Liberals, 1871; Unionists,
81; Laborites, 2S; Ntionalists, 3S.
Financial embarrassment has. caused
the assignment of 4. Cenedella, an
Italian contractor If Milford, Mass,
with large undertakings in New York
state, Indiana and ohio.
The Philippine tariff bill was passed
by the house, 25S tt II. Rice was
made subject to the same tariff as
sugar and tobacco, 70 percent of the
Dingley rates.
After expending more than $1,6OO,-
ooo IN purchasing and working the Cop
perfelds mines, George Westing-
house has abandoned his search for
copper in the yershire (Vt.) noun
tains.
According to the report of the ex-
pert accountants who had been en-
gagged to examine the accounts of the
late Town Treasurer Ladd of Need
ham, Mass, there was deficit of $1O,-
600.
tuesday, Jan. is.
Willie Hoppe of New York, who is
not yet 10 years old, defeated the vet.
eran, Maurice Vignaux Of France, in
Diiliard match at Paris for the cham
pionship of the world
James B. Scott, professor of law at
ooiunlola university, New York, has
peeh appointed solicitor of the state de-
partlient 10 succeed Judge Penfeld, re-
sirnnd