St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
bartholomew, the Late Defaulter.

bartholomew, the Late DefauIter.
Close upon the other defalcatiOns that
so startled the people of the country
last week came the announcement that
George M. Bartholomew, president of
the Charter Oak life insurance cOmpa-
ny, was a defaulter to it in the amount
of 1927 900, -SI05, 900 in cash and 800,
600 in paper. That led up to the fur
Their announcement of his flight to Mon
treal, and to Investigation that leads to
the belief that there is a million dol
lars worth of his paper out. Friends
of Mr.. Bartholomew say that under the
great pressure that was on him at the
time of his flight he would have died
had he stayed in Hartford. 1t is known
to his friends that he took only $500
with him. 1t is stated that BarthOlO-
news salaries from various offices
amounted to fully $4,000 year. He
got $500 from the Charter Oak COM
pany.
Death OF an Old Editor.
Col. Charles G. Greene, the Nestor
of Boston and New England journal
ism, and one of the oldest newspaper
editors in the country, died Monday
morning at Boston. Col. Greene was
born at BOscawen, N. H., learned the
printers trade in Haverhill and Exc
ter, in 1881 established the Boston
Post, at the age of 81. He conducted
the Boston Post for many years. Col.
Greene was thorough democrat and
was naval officer at Boston from 1853
to 1857. He had served in the legis-
lature and had often served his party
as candidate for various offices. Col.
Greene leaves one son and one daugh-
ter.
Burned to Death.
Two men, who undertook to steal a
nights lodging in car on the Fitch
burg road, near the Turner's Falls sta
ton, were burned to death Monday
night. The car in which the men were
contained upward of 20 tons of cotton
waste and rags for the Montague mills,
and as no water could be pnt on the
fire fierce blaze resulted, so that only
few bones and clay pipes could be
found.
The president and his party reached
Washington last week and went quiet
ly to the White house, giving the
waiting crowd at the depot the slip.
From 20 to 25 cars laden with buff
falo bones arrive weekly at Fort Bren-
ton, M. IT,, from the Northwest, con-
signed to fertilizing works in the East.
Friends of ex-President Arthur say
that it is generally understood by them
and him that he is suffering from a
kidney disease from which he is not
likely to recover.
The freshmen class entering Yale
Thursday numbered 277; academies
173, scientfics 1O4. This shows an in
crease over last years entering class
of 81 academies 80, scientifics II.
A call has been issued for national
convention of distillers in liquors to be
held in Chicago Oct. Is, to take meas
ures looking to a resistance of the
growth of the popular sentiment
against the liquor traffic.
An account of the refusal of the pru-
Dental committee of the American
Board to return Rev. Robert A. Hume
to India, because of his theological de-
ficiencies, the United church at New
Haven, Sunday, postponed its annual
collection for the board.
Rev. DR.. Judson Smith of Boston de-
MES that the missionary ship Morning
New England ship building company
of Bath, and combines sail and steam,
as is necessary for her duties. She has
required some repairing, more than
was expected.
Lieut.. Schuetze, who has returned
from his trip to Siberia to reward the
natives who assisted in searching and
caring for the survivors of the jean
nette, reports that he had much diff
Guilty in making the simple people I'M
derstand why the presents were given
them.
Information from Belle PLANE, Ia,
states that the flow of water from the
bursted artesian we'll there does not
abate, and pours forth 100000 gal
Ions daily. 1t has stopped seven
springs in the immediate locality. The
water flows off without doing any dam
age, and the supply may turn greatly
to the towns advantage in the future.
The Indian commission found bad
state of things among the Indians in
Northern Minnesota. Whiskey sellers
prey upon them and fleece them, and
on one reservation it was stated that
nearly all of the $4,000 earned by
selling berries has been spent this year
for liquor. In some settlements the
people are in a very destitute and de-
graded condition, and the women are
made articles of merchandise, the
younger ones being sold to white lum-
bermen.
President Cleveland will help all he
can to make the Inauguration of the
BarthOldi statue Oct. %, successful and
impressive, but he cannot find any
warrant in the law for issuing invita-
tions to French citizens on behalf of
the government, and they will there
fore be sent by the American commit
tee through Minister McLane. On the
occasion of the Yorktown celebration,
Congress specially authorized the pres
ident to invite the Lafayette family
and other French citizens, and prOvid-
ed for their expenses.