St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-12
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cabinet. Portugal seems to be for the
moment at peace. There is an underly
ing current Of revolution, however, and
the strictest measures are being taken
TO preserve order
During a period of mental depres
sion Mrs. Frances W.llers. SO years old.
of Boston, killed herself aud two little
girls, aged . and II years, respectively.
by means Of Illuminating gas.
In the midst of wild blizzard
steamer ST. Cuthbert was burned off
the Nova Scotian coast. Fifteen mem
bers of the crew were drowned and the
other thirty-seven members Of the crew
were rescued by the White Star llnel
Cymric
The strike Of bolermakers against
the several railroads In Minnesota Is
declared off The men had been on
strike since September.
The Pullman Palace Car company
distributed $174,S50 among 3770 EN-
ployes of its car service department. be-
ing one months salary for every con
ductor and porter who continued on
the payroll of the company throughout
1907 and escaped dement's.
The ordinance recently passed by the
New York board Of aldermen forbid
ding women from smoking in public
places was vetoed by Mayor Mcclellan
w ~nnsdaY, -eb. 8.
With the thermometer at 20 degrees
below zero, eight buildings in the heart
of the business district Of Berlin, N. H.,
were destroyed by fire, causing a loss
roughly estimated at about 100000.
The present congress will not APP
point tariff commission. Revision OF
the tariff will be undertaken next win
ter in the short term.
A dispatch from Tangier says there
has been battle between the French
and the Moors near Settat, Morocco, in
which 10000 MoOrs were killed or
wounded and in which the French
losses amounted to 100 men,
Mary Mclean, who was arrested AT
Worcester Mass, after she had made
threats upon the life of Governor Guild
and the legislators, was committed to
an insane hospital.
1t was voted to cooperate in a gen
eral raise Of express rates throughout
New England at a special meeting OF
the New England EXpressmen's league.
John ID. Rockefeller recently loaned
100000 in bonds to the National Bank
Of North America, which suspended
last week. His attorneys are now seek
ing to recover the securities.
The commander of the battleship
Ohio reports that a stick Of dynamite
was found in coal which was being
taken aboard from collier,
That the name Of Charles E. Hughes
will be enthusiastically presented to
the national Republican convention as
candidate for the presidency by a
solid delegation from the state of New
York is the prediction made by limo
thy Woodruff.
The senate passed the urgent def
cheney bill. carrying an appropriation
of over S24,000,000.
Thursde., Feb. 8.
Charles w. Morse, organizer OF the
Ice trust and of the Consolidated Steam
ship company, a few months ago re-
garded as one Of the greatest tinanciers
of America, is said to have fed to Eu-
rope His creditors attached all his
property in New York in a suit begun
by Charles A. Hanna as receiver Of the
National Bank of North America, which
= Morse controlled.
On the charge Of attempting to sub
vert the provisional government and
massacre and drive out the Americans
from Cuba, Masso PARA villa and
Gabriel Guerra were sentenced to thir-
ty-nlne months Imprisonment.
The announced intention of the new
Portuguese cabinet to put an end to re
pressions and restore the "old liberal
monarchy has had soothing and
quieting effect on the country.
A bitter attack on the rules and pow
err of the speaker was made in congress
by Mr.. Nelson of Wisconsin Rep.), who
said the powers of the house were
merged in the speaker
That hotel men of New York have the
right to refuse food and entertainment
TO women after o'clock at night, wher
unaccOmpanied by a man, was the yer
dict of a jury in a test suit
The various oyster dealers, shippers
and planters associations along the At
lantic coast are forming a national as
ISOLATION.
The senate made an effort to confirm
the appointment of William Wether
spoon to be brigadier general, but with
out success. Wetherspoon was pro
NOTED over the heads of several supe
rior officers.
Residents of GAINESVILLE and Still
River, Conn, were startled by two dis
tinct earth shocks, and several lou
cracks, about an inch wide, appeared i
the earth.
President Roosevelt has tempo
rarily suspended c. a. Stillings as pul
lie printer The action as explained OF
ficially is to facilitate the investigation
now being made of the government
printing office by congress.