St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-08-19
A CONSUL TO TURKEY.

cite Jewett formerly of St. JOhnsbury,
and for two years past connected with
the Maiden, Mass, City Press, has re-
Gently been appointed by President
Cleveland as United States consul to
Sivas, Turkey. One of the special du-
ties of the consul at Sivas is to watch
the progress which the Russian petrO-
leum from the Baku wells is making in
competition with the American. Rus
sian refiners are beginning to sell their
petroleum in packages marked with
limitations of the trade marks which
designate the best known American
brands. They purchase the American
barrels and place in them the inferior
Russian petroleum. Mr.. Jewett has
special instructions to investigate this
matter. Two weeks ago Mr.. Jewett
was invited to meet the newspaper fra
ternity, members of the city govern
ment and other friends at Maiden
where grand reception was rendered
him which was very successful affair,
He has seen much of the world and is
well qualified for the position to which
he is now called. He is fine German
and English scholar, is fluent writer
and ready and entertaining CONVEX
sationalist. Mr.. Jewett sailed Aug 8.
drowning OF GEORGE BROWN.
Oscar Brown who went to Madison,
Wis, last week, in hopes to find the
body of his son George Brown who
was drowned in Lake MonOna two or
three weeks ago, has returned. Ev-
cry effort has been made to recover
the body but all have been unavailin g
and the search has been abandoned.
AS no account of the accident has been
published, room is made for the fol-
lowing from the Wisconsin State Jour
nal of July 30:
Brown left his boat house at East
Madison in a small sail boat at about
7 o'clock Wednesday evening. He
was alone. Since he left shore that
evening and went out upon Lake Mo-
mona nothing has been seen of him.
At about 9 O'clock Wednesday even
| ing sudden and severe wind storm
arose and it is supposed that during it's
prevalence his boat was capsiZed and
he drowned. Dwight Wilson a young
man who lives on the southeast shore
of the lake, started for home from the
MonOna Lake assembly grounds at
about $50 Wednesday evening, soon
after the storm had subsidized and his
boat passed within few rods of an
upturned craft lying about five rods
from shore in Turvill's bay. Wilson
supposed it had drifted from shore and
paid no particular attention to it that
night. AT 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, however, he put out to the up
turned boat, which he found in almost
the identical place where she lay the
night before, and righted her. Under
seat in the boat he found straw hat
that Brown was in the habit of wear
ing when on the water, but its owner
was missing. The sail was set, thus
showing that the boat had capsized
while under way. From the fact that
at the place where the boat lay the
water was so shallow that man could
wade ashore, the inference is that the
capsizing must have occurred further
out in the lake. There is little doubt
but that Brown has been drowned, but
there is not the slightest clue as to the
point where the supposed tragedy oc-
Cured. He was fine swimmer, and
that he should have drowned is a great
surprise to all who knew him. His
brother, o. j. Brown, who resides at
Madison, says he believes his lost
brother could easily have swan entire
ly across the lake in which he disap-
peared. 1t is possible that he was
thrown into the lake so suddenly that
he was partially strangled before real
izing his dangerous position.
To-day's Temperance Meetings.
The temperance camp meeting at the