St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-12

Boardman. counsel for Charles W.
Morse, cabled his client at Liverpool
asking Morse to return to New York.
The pope has communicated Pro
fessOr Joseph Schnitzer, one of the
host prominent professors in the Mum
ich university.
The president has cancelled the con-
tract of the government with the Audit
System and ordered its election from
the government printing office at the
end of six days.
The repoHs of Turkish mobilization
in Armenia and the threatened move
ments of troops on the Russian-PeKian
frontier are admitted by the Russian
general staff
The concession granted by Mexico to
the nlted States. granting privileges
for the establishment of coaling sta
ton ut Magdalena bay, is now in force.
CO ur " b. 8.
Frank II. Hitchcock. first assistant
postmaster general, is to retire from the
postotiice service to assume active man
agement of the campaign of Secretary
Taft for the nomination for the presi-
dency.
japanese residents of Los Angeles
and Southern California, of whom
there are about 5000, have requested
permission to assist in welcoming Ad-
miral Evans feet upon arrival at Los
Angeles.
Auxiliary receivers for the Morse
steamship lines in Massachusetts were
appointed In the United States circuit
court at Boston.
That managers of the giant corpora
tons would welcome supervision by
the federal government was the opinion
expressed by George W. Perkins of the
firm of ]. p Morgan * Co in an ad-
dress at New York.
An important mission will soon start
for Japan to obtain parasites which will
be imported into Massachusetts to do
battle with the gypsy moth of that
| state.
Caid MacLean was officially turned
over to the British charge d'atfaires at
Tangier in accordance with the agree
ment between Raisnli, the bandit, and
the British government, under which
Ralsuli is to receive 100000 ransom
and guarantee of protection.
After having accomplished success
| fully more than half the cruise Of 49,
772 miles to the Pacific, Rear Admiral
Evans left Punta Arenas for Callao.
A resolution endorsing William j.
Bryan as candidate for the presidency
was unanimously adopted by the Iowa
Democratic state central committee.
w. c. Doherty, chairman Of the
Lowell (Massl board Of health; |. K.
Weston. chairman of the water board.
and c. P. Lynch, an employe of the wa
ter department were taken into Gus
tody on indictment warrants charging
bribery.
Miss Harriet b. Huey, aged 81, for
mer president OF the Philadelphia
chapter, d. A. r. committed suicide
by lnhaling Illuminating gas.
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Count Hadik. whose engagement tC
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York
has been reported, declares that the re-
port is fabrication.
The state board of the Ancient Or
der of Hibern.ans of Massachusetts
voted to suppress the sale and circula-
ton Of such postcards as caricatured
the Irish race.
An attempt was made to blow up the
grocery store and tenement occupied
by Antonio Flo at Pittsheld, Mass. Mint
sticks of dynamite were used. The
house was partially wrecked, but no
body was hurt.
The bodies of the murdered King
Carlos and Crown Prince Luz were
escorted by glittering funeral pageant
across Lisbon from the palace to thu
Portuguese pantheon and laid at res
beside their ancestors of the Braganza
| uAudStN MI Il SluSlt uulONdAA lhNl
dent marred the last act of Portugal'S
tragedy
merger of the Prescott Nationa
bank with the Union National bank
has been carried out at Lowell, Mass
BY the arrangement the Prescott banl
will be absorbed by the other institu
ton.
The Hardware and Woodenwar,
Manufacturing company has gone int
the hands of a receiver. 1t is know
as the toy combine, 1t has factories il
several places N New England and al
office in Boston.
Stewart l.. Woodford has beer
chosen president of the Hughes Leagu
Of the United States.
NJ n ~, b. -.
Alarmed at the unchecked TurkiSl
penetration of Turkey and the mobliza
ton in Armenia, Russia has decided t.
execute a formidable military demon
stration on the Turko-Persan frontier
Declaring that he had lost forum
in Wall streets through duplicity, +
C. Brooks, who came from the west
wealthy man few years ago, kille,
| himself I'm an annex of the New Yorl