St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-01-29

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he murdered his daughter, Ella Fetter,
AGED 80 years, in November, 1894.
The national board of trade adopted
resolutions urging an expeditions revi-
Sion of the tariff and endorsement of
the proposal for the creation Of per
manent tariff commission.
In a partial report on the sewer de-
partment issued by the Boston finance
commission it is declared that the cost
Of work now contemplated will be near,
err $30,000,0 900 than the $40, 900 est
mated, and that 1.-THE work so far done
has been largely for political rather than
for business or scientific reasons"
William J. Bryan predicts Demo
cratic victory and he bases his pred.c-
ton on united Democratic party and ii
divided Republican party.
Senator Foraker says that the con
test for delegates to the Republican
national convention will be cont nued
even though some Of his best known
supporters had been reported as desert
Ing him.
survey of Moro castle, Havana, by
American engineers shows that the
historic fortress has been seriously I'M
dermned by the effects of storm.
"a ur 4aV, Jan. 20.
A determined effort is to be made to
add New Hampshire to the increasing
number of states in which prohibitory
liquor laws are in force.
The monetary loss by the destruc-
ton of the Portland, Me, city hail by
fire is estimated at $l.0O0000, but this
sum will not cover the loss Of papers
and documents lost
William f. Walker, the absconding
cashier of the New Britain Comm say
ings bank, will fight extradit!on pro
ceedings in Mexico.
The appointment of an advisory
board of prominent people of Salem,
Mass is announced by Mayor Hurley.
Paul Kelly the motorman of the
Ninth avenue New York; elevated
wreck in which sixteen people lost their
lives, was found guilty Of manslaughter
in the second degree.
The Portuguese government has is
sued a statement declaring that 1t be
lieves the maintenance of order in
Portugal is assured.
An epidemic of influenza has at
tackled the ears family. The cars
only son and his four sisters all have
been taken i'll.
Representatives of the United States
Coal and Oil company operating at Hol-
den, W. Va, a mining town. have been
granted a license to sell liquor. The
profits of the saloon are TO be turned
over to charity.
More than 100000 divorces have
been granted in the United States in
the last twenty years. according to the
National League for the Protection OF
the Home.
ouncay, y IN. 20.
With the embers of Portland's city
hall scarcely cooled from Fridays fire
Portland. Me. was visited with another
disastrous blaze which caused damage
Of over 10000
a mining engineer says that he saw
large bodies of Russian soldiers en-
gagged in building railway in Norwe.
gan territory in a wilderness many
DAYS Journey from the highway.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely
has ordered the Nat onal Bank of North
America. New York. closed for liquida'
ton and appointed Charles y. Hanna,
nat oual bank examiner, as receiver
Joseph TlGdeau. aged 20. shot and
killed himself at his home at Boston in
the presence of his l9-year-old bride
An unhappy marriage is said to nave
been the cause of the suicide.
That the jewelers. National Bank Of
North Attleboro Mass. now in the
hands of u receiver. will be liquidated
and new bank formed is stated by one
closely identified with the affairs of
the bank.
Attended by division of Argentine
torpedo boats. the American torpedo
boat fiotilh. which left Rio Janeiro Jan.
p. entered the port of Buenos Ayres.
The Gloucester fishing schooner va
kima entered Boston harbor with her
flag at BALI mast for the loss Of her cap
tain. Alfred Green, who was swept
overheard by Il monster wave in Il
storm.
Nearly a dozen persons were bitten
or scratched by dog at Lynn, Mass,
before the animal was finally killed,
- da e.. 27.
John J. Hoster 81, said by attendants
of Worcester Mass insane hospital to
be the most dangerous man they had in
confinement. escaped by picking the
locks of three doors with hairpin.
Although the Portuguese government
apparently is master of the situation,
much nervousness is manifested in Off
cial circles following the plot to over
throw the monarchy and establish
Portugal as republic.
Fifty representatives of Germany 5
highest nobility took part in the cele-
bration Of the Emperor of Germany 5
50th birthday.
In the famous Vanderbilt mansion al
Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street.
New York, Miss Gladys, one of the