St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-10-10
THE WEEKS NEWS
Monda y, Oct. 8.

hall leagues has ended. For the first
fine since the two big leagues have
been organized both championships
have gone to one city, Chicago captur
Ing the honors.
The first landing of American sol.
dlers in the present occupation of Cubs
WAS accomplished with marvellous
nromptness, and 500 men of the Fifth
United States infantry and $50 men
of the Second battalion of engineers
are settled under canvas in Camp Co
lumbia. The cruiser Brooklyn arrived
at Havana with 400 men on board, who
were also sent out to the camp.
John A. Dowie's plan for an Amer
lean colony in Mexico was abandoned
IN obedience to command received by
Dowie in a vision which came to him
Saturday night, according to an an.
nouncement made by one of Dowie's
followers.
Fears of retaliation by Mobile negroes
for the lynchlngs of Thompson and Rob
Inson, negroes charged with criminal
assault, have disappeared, and the city
Is quiet.
Anna Kunpak, s years old, was found
murdered in a field near Monessen, Pa.
with her throat cut. From the appear
ance of the body the child had been as.
saulted.
AS a sequel to the killing of John
Lindsay and wounding of his son at
Argenta, Ak, presumably by Garrett
Colum and Charles Column, negroes,
H. Blackburn, negro, was lynched on
q street corner.
Sunday, Oct. 7.
Eva NJ. Johnson, who was shot at
Providence by George N. Miller in fit
of jealous rage, died of her wounds. 1t
is expected that Miller will be ar.
raigned on a charge of murder
The Social Democrats of Cronstadt
have issued a manifesto to the soldiers
of the garrison against isolated mu.
TIMES and urging them to await the
general rising.
Two vessels were wrecked in so
mile gale which extended along the
Nova Scotian coast. They were the
Keewaydin, with cargo of coal, and
the Alice.
France won the third international
automobile road race for the William
X. Vanderbilt, Jr., cup. The total dis
lance of the race was 2971 miles and
Louis Wagner, driver of the winning
car, made the distance in 200 minutes,
1925 seconds.
After remaining reticent for II hours
over the tragic death in Conway, Mass,
woods of hunting companion, Charles
Pair, II years old, guided the officers
to the body of Augustus Faille, II years
old, which was found with an entire
charge of birdshot in the breast. Pair
will be arraigned on, charge of MUIR
der
Through the breaking away of about
100 feet of the mile of canal bank at
Bulls bridge, New Milford, Conn, five
cities and towns are left without cleo
trio light and power to run the trolley
ears.
After having suffered at least 1900
strokes of paralysis during a period OF
two years. Samuel Yehl died at his home
10 Slatington, Pa.
The Atlanta stock and cotton ex-
change, of which Joseph Thompson is
president, has announced its suspension.
A negro attempted a criminal assault
on Mrs. Ketchum of Basin, Mo. He
was followed by posse and lynched.
Saturday, Oct. 6.
A blow to immediate tariff revision
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and to the champions Of more reciprocal
trade schedules, led by Eugene N. Foss,
was delivered at the Massachusetts Re-
publican convention, which renomi-
mated by reclamation a state ticket
composed entirely of men now in office,
headed by Governor Guild, and adopted
without a vestige of remonstrance
''stand-pat" platform.
The region about New Orleans was
the centre of cyclonic disturbances, at
least three of which were tornadoes,
and caused the loss of five lives, with
10 persons fatally injured.
Six months in the house Of correction
was the sentence imposed on John j.
Halloran, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of manslaughter in causing the
death by shooting of his brother-in-law,
James f. Mulkay, at Boston.
Frank e. Xavier, editor of the Yon-
kers IN. W Herald, was indicted by the
grand jury on charge of criminal libel
entered by District Attorney Jerome OF
New York.
Eight men were killed and nearly two
score of persons were injured by an
explosion of Illuminating gas in the
Market street subway at Philadelphia
After examining 572 men during Pc
Rod of nearly two weeks, jury was
finally secured to try the case of John
C. Hammond, accused of numbering his
wife at Albany.
In one true bill found by the grand
jury, after an investigation OF the Kill
ing of County Policeman Heard, IN
connection with the recent riots at At
lanta, 60 negroes suspected of being Inn
plicated were indicted on the charge
of murder.