St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-02-20


sources on lands still belon"iag to the
government, saying that henceforth
the nation should retain its title to its
fuel resources
Henry +. Booth. president of the
Ward line of steamers. has received
check for more than 5000 200, repre-
sentng part payment for the stock of
the Ward line, the control practically
passing to c. w. Morse
The railroads IT the entire country
are preparing to make general in
, crease in freight rates, according to the
Chicago Chronicle.
FIR day, Feb. IS.
Another tragic chapter in the history
of the Thaw-White episode was writ
ten when death stepped in to halt the
famous trial in its fourth week. The
wife of juror No. IL, Mrs. Joseph B.
Bolton. passed away.
President Fallieres has signed de.
cree aboishing the official chaplains in
the French navy. Chapains in the
French army were abolished some
time ago.
AS the result of a series of BLACK
Hand" outrages in the mining settle
ments in the vicinity of Pttston. Pa.
the authorities arrested % Italians. 1S
of whom were held for trial.
Miss Flora Steipel, a cashier in the
employ Of \. Snellenburg & Co.. Phia-
delphia is charged with embeZzling
funds of the company to the amount of
$4,000.
General Paroles. the Venezuelan
revolutionary leader, has been captured
with all his followers.
On account of the outbreak of scarlet
fever among students of Amherst col
lege the institution will be closed until
March |.
Bel, Mansour. formerly Raisuli's
Lieutenant WIS assassnated at Tan
gier.
President Eliot of Harvard univer.
sity, President Frost of Berea college
Kentucky, ard Bishop Lawrence of
Boston, before the Twentieth Century
club at Boston, expressed themselves
as being more or less in favor of sepa-
rate schools for whites and blacks.
Saturday, Feb. is.
The death of James Va1n. negro
steward on the steamer Larchmont, re-
| duces the number of those who survived
the famous wreck to II, while Of the
IS bodies recovered, 6S have been iden-
titled.
J. O. Higgins, an attorney of Boston,
who was convicted of forgery and per-
| jury in connection with the will of the
late Mrs. Hannah Boyle Of Boston
was sentenced to term in state prison
of from 10 to IA years.
As a result of having had eight teeth
extra cted George E. Stevens. tobacco
grower of East Hartford, Conn.,, died
of exhaustion, following excessive
bleeding.
The navy appropriation, carrying, in
round numbers. $96OO0,000. has passed
the house.
The Third National bank, the only all
night bank in Baltimore. will discon'
tinue its all-night feature.
The Kansas SENATE adopted resOlu'
ton barring representatives of the
Kansas City Star from the floor or gal
leres of the senate.
e. P. Coe and W. II. Knox, surviv-
Ing mem bers of the firm of Cadenas 4
Coe. general export and import mer
chants of New York. have made an as
signment. The firm is one of the oldest
in its line in the city.
Mrs. Annie N. Bradley was indicted
for murder for the shooting of former
Senator Brown of Utah at Washington.
She is 1t present confined in the district
Jail.
William Andre of Grand Ledge
Mich. who made spectacular effort
| to corner the egg market and who
later went into bankruptcy, was found
guilty of obtaining eggs under false
pretenses.
War in Central America is only
temporarily suspended, according to the
belief Of those in Mexico City who are
informed by private advices from the
scene of the trouble.
I Sunday, Feb. II
Twenty dead. two fatally hurt and
| 145 others more or less seriously in
| iured, is the result Of the wreck of an
electric express train on the New York
| Central railroad at New York. OF the
large number of injured, 30 are, accord
ing to hospital and police reports. seri-
ously hurt. and the death list may be
soon increased. Most of the Others
are suffering from decorations or shock
and will recover
Several hundred anarchists, social
lists and trade unionists paraded the
streets at Chicago, carrying red flags
and banners. to mark the anniversary
of the arrest and deportation from
Colorado of Meyer. Haywood and Petit
bone officers of the Western Federation
Of Miners. on account OF alleged com
plicity in murder.
The people of Nicaragua are enthu
siastic in demanding reparation from
the government of Honduras for the
invasion of their territory by Hondurar
troops.
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