Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-03

Elisha Hunt Allen who has been the
minister from the Sandwich islam Is in
Washington for II yeas drop )el dead 1T
the presidents reception Monday. The
reception ceased when his death was
announced. lie was born in New Salem,
NJ rs in 1904, an graduated az Williams
college IN 1928. H. studied law with his
father, S muni c Allen, and with Charles
Adams at Burlington, VT, and began
active pract &c II, Brattleboro, VT, in 1926
waen he married Sarah f. Fessenden.
ii wing moved 10 Bangor, Me, he was
elected to the legislature in 1885, and
served five suGc ,,sve terms. Tne year
1910 saw MIN in congress, and six years
later he WIS back in the Maine legislature
Mr.. A len moved to Boston in 1917, was
elected to he general court. an in 1919
brcamn consul to the Slndwiuh islam Is
The XII Q ,mehameha III, finally made
hun his minister of lin tnce, and afterward
sent him to the United States as envoy
extraordinary aud minister penipotenli
airy. In 1896 and while on this mission,
Mr.. Allen MARI d, for his second wife,
Mary H. Hobbs of Bangor. Returning to
Hawaii he became chief justice of the
supp eme court and chancellor of the
kingdom, holding these offices for
upward of 20 years. Mr.. Allen was
frequently sent to this country on special
missions, and he negotiated the present
reciprocity treaty.
The TELEpHoNE.-Rapidly as America
improves each instrument of her own
inventive genius, she does not after all
keep much ahead of the nations of Europe
in promptly utilizing new mechanical
appliances. Records of the telephone
show that in the number of absolute
subscribers Paris stands third on the list,
and after New York and Chicago. 1t had
on October 1st, 1922 subscribers, while
London had only 1000, Amsterdam 700,
Stockholm G72, Vienna 600. Berlin SOL,
Brussels 450. A calculation of the ratio
of the number of subscribers to that of
inhabitants for each town shows that in
Chicago and Zurich the proportion is
about per 200; in New York per 500;
in Brussels, l per 800; in Paris. l per
l 900; in Berlin, per 900; in London,
| per 8 900 and in St. Petersburg, only
per 1000. The same statistics demonstrate,
however, how much more rapidly monop-
oily is created with us than abroad. While
New York pays an annual rental for
telephones of from 1920 to $3.50, London
pays but 800, the lesser towns of France
$50, and In Switzerland, where the tele.
phone is a. populal as with us, 1925 is the
annual charge.
Since the astronomers VINO originally
predicted terrible things from thu falling
of the great comet into the sun few
months hence have found out that the
comet is not coming back in nearly 800
years, popular interest in tho celestial
visitor as rapidly waned. The comet,
however, is yet family visible, and it con
Lluues to be IL puzzle to the men of science
VINO do not appear to be much nearer the
solution of the question what comets are
of than they were years ago.
rhe world was formerly scared by stories
ot comets that were about to strike it, and
Ji comets WI se tails, sweeping, the earth,
would produce pestiIence and death. The
latest scarecrow of this kinda comet
which was going TO burn the surface of
he earth by failing into the sun and stir
ring up bis lires-nas turned out TO be as
harmless as the old stories. When astron-
Dmers have found out what comets really
ne, it will BIZ time enough to predict what
larm they are going TO do to the earth.
The suspicion is growing among the
democrats that there is something more |
han accident in the appearance of so
many candidates for the next speakership |
n tue south and west. Mr.. Randall's
influence is beginning to be recognized in
hese numerous announcements, and the
belief is becoming general that his object
$ to cause discord IN the ranks Of his
opponents. With the free trade strength
livlded among half dozen aspirants MIR
: .ndaPs chances would be greatly
improved. The chief effort of his oppo
tents from this time on will doubtless be
0 concentrate on one candidate. Tribune.