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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-14
Probate of Will.
JACYNTHIA p. BRADLEY'S ESTATE.

JACYNTHIA P. BRADLEY'S ESTATE.
STATE oFV ERMoNT, District of c aledonia.ss SIS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate office
in st. Johnsbury, within and for said district,
on the 10th day of September A. d. 1898:
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Jacynthia p. Bradley
late of St. Johnsbury. in said district. de-
ceased being presented to Courtfor probate:
1t is ordered by said court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a u
session of said court, to be held at the Pro.
bate office in ST. Johnsbury on the 1st day OF
October, AID. 1898, and show cause, y any
they may have, against the probate of said
will; for which purpose 1t is further or.
dcrcd that copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully in the
Caledonian, printed at st. Johnsbury previ'
Gus to said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court. Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
A true copy of Record, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-14

Vancouver, Sept 13-In New West
minister, on wide open space just be-
You'd where the great fire Of Sunday
stopped, city of tents has arisen. Here
the provincial government and Van
couver authorities have housed in tents
lent by the military department llhome-
less sufferers, Blankets by hundreds
formed beds, and the burned out families
seem to be as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances.
A number of robberies took place dur
ing the fire. Johnson's boot store was
entered and $4,000 worth of goods stolen.
The chief Of police believes that the fire
was started by spark from steamer
which ignited material on wharf.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
FUNNY THING IN SPELLING.
Learning to Manipulate Typewriter
Gets q Han Into a Queer
Habit.

A Cleveland man has set about learning
the use OF the typewriter. Up to the present
time he has had somebody to do his typewrit
ing for him, but now he wants to know how
to run it all by himself. He admits that he
isn't an apt scholar. 1t comes slowly. The
letters are hard to find and the spacing is Sc
easily forgotten. But there is one thing that
smuses him. He is learning TO spell and
learning in the same way be did when tow
headed boy in the early Cos. OF course be
could spell when he tackled the typewriter,
but not in the same way. Now he distinctly
enumerates each letter, and does it, too, with
the greatest care. 1t i. funny thing, but he
finds himself spelling out the words in the
newspaper and his wife says he spells them
in his sleep.
The other day the minister met him and
asked him how he was
VERY WE'LL" he gravely spelled out,
and when the pastor looked amazed he real.
lied what he had done and hastily explained
the cause OF the popularity. And the minis.
ter pr0fessed to be greatly interested and
wanted to know all about il and the speller is
now greatly worried for fear the parson will
write q special paper on it for some maga.
zine.
When the minister finally left him he
shook hands and said "Good.by."
Good began the speller and then rec.
objected himself and hastily added "by."
He hopes in time to wear out this peculiar.
ity, and when he increases his speed on the
typewriter he no doubt will.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
ORDERED TO MANILA.
Five ReGiments At San francisco, Includ-
Ing the Twentieth Kansas. VIII See
Service in the Philippines.

Washington, Sept 2O.-The war de-
partment has issued orders directing
that four regiments now stationed at
San Francisco be dispatched to Manila
The regiments receiving orders are
the following: Fifty-first Iowa, Twen-
tieth Kansas, First Tennessee, First
Washington and detachment of the
Second Oregon. 1t was stated at the
war department that no exigency had
arisen which made it necessary to send
the troops now at San Francisco to
Manila, but the order issued to-day
was in accordance with the general
plan of the department regarding a
garrison for the Philippines That
plan of garrison duty included 20, 900
men for the Philippines, 1880 for
Porto Rico and 60 900 for Cuba The
troops to be sent to Manila under to-
days order will fill the complement
for that station. The troops would
have been sent before, it was said, ex-
cept that the department was await
ing the return of transports
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
LETTER PERFECT.
An Ambitious Young Soldier Who
Thought He Was Born
to Command.

Elmer Campbell was the greenest and most
ambitious raw recruit in Col. Hartigan' s reg.
iment of Tigers. The young man was the
best type of the ebay foot, straw foot" sol.
dier in the ranks, and yet he was more anx.
ious than anyone to become an officer
He pleaded with the colonel SO long that
the latter finally told him if he would secure
book on tactics and master it he should
have the first chance to show what he could
do when there was vacancy among the off.
GERS. Campbell bought book on tactics
and stayed up late at night to learn its con.
tents.
Forward, column right Tor left, as the
case may be), march,.
That was the form of the orders in the
book. Campbell learned these by heart.
parentheses and all. He even committed the
ter OF that book of tactics and military life
began to take on a roseate hue in his eyes
One day the colonel called the men out for
drill and told Campbell he could try his hand
at giving orders il he wished Campbell
wished" and Immediately took the posi-.
tion opposite the head of his column, which
the book had told him was the proper thing
to DO. Then he swelled his chest trifle, and
with blush of pride called out:
forward, column, right or left, az the
case may be, march,
, The column prepare ed to turn right as that
word was uttered, but when left as the
case may be" reached the ears of the men
they stood stock still. Then, as the situation
explained itself, a hearty laugh went all
along the line. The colonel Quieted the
commotion, walked over to the recruit and
made few earnest remarks in Campbell's
ears.
Campbell is still private, and 10 content
to hide his light under bushel.- Chicago
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

trustees. In a recent interview he said:
81 had been a sufferer of rheumatism for
a number of years and the pain at times was
very intense. l tried all the proprietary
medicines l knew of out received no relief;
Il family placed my case with several
physicians and doctored with them for some
time, but they faIled to do me any good.
Finally, with my hopes Of relief nearly ex-
hausted read an article regarding DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, which in
duced me to try them. was anxious to get
nd of the terrible disease and bought two
boxes of the pills began using them about
March, 1897. After / had taken two boxes
/ was completely cured, and the pain has
never returned. / think it is the best medi-
cine | have ever taken, and am willing at
any time to sign my name to any testimony
setting forth its good merits"
(Signed) ADAM VANGUNDY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
10Th day of September, A D. 1897
FRANKLIN G. FUNK, Notary Public.
Mr.. Vangundy's statement ought to be
regarded as criterion Of the good merits of
these pills, and what better proof could a
person want than the above facts.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
ALMOST READY TO STA RT.
Battleshlps Iowa and Oregon VIII he Ac
compsnied by Two Other vesseIs-P-r-
f.ctIy Equipped Expeditiou.

Washington, Sept 30. The advance
guard of the naval expedition for
Honolulu and eventually for Manila
started yesterday when the Abare nda
sailed from Fortress Monroe via Brazil.
The Abarenda is one of four colliers
which are to keep the big battleships
Oregon and Iowa supplied with
coal on their long voyage around
South America The plan is to
have two of the colliers precede the
battleships and two go along with
them. In addition to these escorting
crafts Acting Secretary Allen ordered
that the Celtic and the Iris be added
to the expedition. The Celtic is re-
frigerator and supply ship and the Iris
is a distilling ship. Their capa-
city is enormous and Mr.. Allen
said that no such perfectly equipped
naval expedition ever sailed un-
der any flag. With their large supply
of coal; with an abundance of refrig-
Grated fresh meat and vegetables, with
appliances and plants for making re-
pairs to machinery, and finally with
an abundance of fresh water. the
squadron will be able to keep the seas
for an indefinite period of time.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
STATISTICS ABOUT EDUCATION
Com missioner submits HI. Annual Report
to Secretary Biiss-Over I6,ooo.oOo
Students Enrolled.

Washington, Sept 21-The annual
statement OF the commissioner OF edu-
cation has been submitted to Secre-
tary Bliss The report shows salts
factory results for the work of the
year ended June 30, 1895. "One cause
of congratulation on the part of those
who hold the doctrine that popular
education is the safeguard of our
American institutions" says the re-
port lis the continued prosperity of
the elementary schools The increase
during the year 1s96-97 amounted to
@57, 500 pupils over the previous year
The total enrolled in elementary
schools amounted to l5, 452, 426 pupils
Adding to it those in colleges, univer-
stiles, high schools and academies, the
total number reached I6, 255, 0a3'
The total amount of schooling re-
ceived per individual, on an average
for the whole United States, at the
rate of school attendance for 1897, is
nearly five years. Of 200 days each, and
reaches quite seven years in a few of
the states that are the most lavish in
their expenditures for education. A
little more than one-ffth of the entire
population attended school at some
time during the year
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE annual statement of the com.
missioner on education was submit.
ted to Secretary Bliss on the 10Th. 1t
shows an increase in attendance over
last year in primary and advanced
schools and universities.
A SPECIAL from Defuniak, Fla,
stated that a fire destroyed Is stores
and hotels at that place, besides many
smaller buildings
The schooner keepsake, loaded with
coal, foundered off Ashtabula, O. The
crew was saved.
The sovereign grand lodge, l. o. o.
F., convened in annual session Mt Bos-
ton on the 10th.
SECRETARY LoNG has directed that
the battleship to be built by the Union
iron works, San Francisco, will be
named the Ohio. The Cramps will
build the Maine and the Newport News
company the Missouri.
PERRY HEATH, first assistant post.
master general, said that there would
be no more assignments to the postal
service in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Phil.
ippines until a report had been received
from the committee of postal experts
now in Porto Rico.
THE horse show opened ut Kansas
City, Mo-, on the 18th with grand pa.
rade of animals.
THE transmississippi exposition at
Omaha is a success financially. The
receipts thus far are more than S3S, 600
in excess of the expenditures. There
is balance in bank of $4,000 over
and above expenses and obligations.
ORLANDO DucKEE, surgeon in charge
of the yellow fever hospital at Santi.
ago, issued n note thanking "the noble
men, women, boys and girls OF the
United States who have contributed
to the relief of our poor sick in Gu ba. 4"
Dr srATcH from Naples on the 18th
said that the population around Vesu-
vius were in state of gloomy appre-
hension regarding the volcanoes erup-
tion, which was becoming hourly more
active and menacing and streams of
lava were spreading in every direction.
BATTERY A, Missouri artillery ar.
rived in St Louis on the night Of the
18th from Porto Rico and the citizens
gave the soldiers banquet
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
GARRISON FORCE IN CUBA.
About 10000 Troops VIII Be Used, Under
Command of Gen. Lswton-wnI Begin
Sailing About October 10.

Washington, Sept cot is the pres
ent intention of the administration to
send to Cuba as a garrison force for
the island about 40 900 troops under
command of Gen. Lawton. The organ
izations which are to comprise the
Cuban garrison have not all been
designated yet, but it is assured that
at least half of them will be volun-
teers. Within two weeks orders will
be issued for the movement to Cuba of
the first 10000 of the permanent gar
rison, and it is the expectation now
that they will sail from the United
States about October 10. These troops
will be followed quickly by others,
until the entire force of 10000 has
been established on the island.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
Mr.. Blimbcr's Wife Was Not Affai4
of His Going to the Front
and Being Killed.

Blimber thought he would test his wife's
affection.
My dear" he said, as he looked over the
paper at her, sin the event of war it becomes
the duty of every patriotic citizen to take up
arms for his country
81 suppose so," said Mrs. Blimber, calmly.
Mr.. Blimber felt little irritated.
DO you know what that means" he
Il think l do, said Mrs; b.
1T means hardships, and deadly dangers,
and perhaps death" ;"
Yes" said Mrs. Blimber.
"1t means sleeping in the open fields and
in malarious swamps."
YES" said Mrs. Blimber.
ut means long forced marches, and wild
forays, and desperate charges, and ambus-
cades, and-and-other things"
Yes" said Mrs. Blimber.
1T means hospitals, and stretchers, and
amgutations,"
Yes" said Mrs. Blimber
1T means fatal fevers and ghastly chills"
Yes said Mrs. Blimber.
'It means-say, Mrs. Blimber, have you
any heart? Do you mean to sit there and
hear me tell about these frightful contin.
gencies without expressing the least regrets?
DO you want me TO go to war and get killed?
Do you want me to be exposed to a thousand
mishaps by field and flood? What do you
mean, anyway"
Mrs. Blimber went on with her fancy
work
"Don't, get excited. Joseph" she calmly
remarked. there, isn't going to b any
draft. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
Call for an Election in Cuba.

Washington. Sept 2o.-The council
OF the revolutionary government in
Cuba, in recent session held at the
seat Of government, issued call for a
general election Of representatives to
form the constitution of the Republic
of Cuba" The result of the election
will be made known by the govern
ment council as soon after the close OF
the balloting as is possible, and the
newly-elected representatives will be
required to take oath for the faithful
performance of their duties and to
swear faithfulness to the interests OF
Cubaus.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
INCOMPETENT SURGEONS.
surgeon General sternberE Says They wer,
Largely to Blame for the Sickness
In Army Camps

Cincinnati, Sept ao.-Surgeon Gen
eral Sternberg, United States army, in
an interview here said:
am free to say that the service OF the army
hospitals during the war was not as perfect as
It is possible to make it l am not afraid to
speak frankly about the matter There were
$40 surgeons appointed by governors of states.
Many OF them, dare say. were appointed
through political pulls and were Incompetent
men. but that was out OF my province
employed 600 contract surgeons They
were recommended by the best surgeons Of the
United States As far us 1 knew. they were
the best in the land Insuficient sanitary reg
ulntions were the main cause Of the trouble
They were managed by inexperienced men.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
school Ch,lar.. Feared Ghosts.

Kokomo, Ind, Sept 2o.-The Wal
nut Grove school, lS miles west OF
here, has been extinguished, owing to
. fear of ghosta Eleven years ago
Luella Mabbitt, . school girl, was
murdered in the grove near the school
building and her murderer, Amer
Green, was lynched. being strung up
to tree at the scene Of the tragedy.
Since then the school children, 1t ia
claimed, have been frightened by
strange sounds and grewsome sights
As . result the school attendance
dropped OF BY degrees and the school
was abandoned and the building closed.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
HIT May he Ambassador.

Washington, Sept 2..-It is said that
the president will appoint Congress
man Robert R. HIT of Illinois, to be
the ambassador to Great. Britain, to
succeed Col. John Hay, who is coming
home to assume the duties of secre-
tary of state. Mr.. Hit has both the
wealth and the experience to tit him
for the position. He has served not
only as first secretary of Legation at
Paris, but was at one time assistant
secretary of state.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
Balioon. Used by shafter'. Army.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. 2l.-The captive
balloons used by Skaters army in the
advance upon Santiago have reached
the exposition grounds, and the Off
GERS of the United States signal corps
are getting them ready for daily as.
tensions. These balloons are capable
of rising 1000 feet, and at this dis.
tance telephonic communication is
held with the station below. 1t is said
that President Mckinley intends to
make an ascension during his visit to
the exposition.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
ALGER OFFERS TO RESIGN
The Secretary Of War Said to Have
Verbally rendered His Resig-
nation to the President.
70 INVESTIGATE THE WAR DEPARTMENT
The President Said to Have So Far Com
pleted the Com mission to Learn az to
How tho War Was Conducted That
They win Have Conference at the
White House In a Few Day.

New York, Sent. 2l.-The Washing.
ton correspondent of the World tele'
graphed the following: Secretary OF
War Alger has placed his resignation
at the president disposal. This was
his last official act before leaving
Washington ten days ago, yet the fac;
aas just come to light. When the sec.
fetary called at the executive mansion
one week ago last Thursday night and
presented to President Mckinley let
Ter asking for an investigation
Of the war department and
its various subdivisions, he in.
formed the president that he would
leave the cabinet at any time the pres
ident saw fit TO relieve him. The resig
nation was not made out in writing,
but was rendered to the president
verbally. The World correspondent
adds: Whether or not the resignation
will be accepted is undetermined. The
president has the highest regard for
Secretary Alger and believes him TO
be a worthy and competent official.
Unless an investigation determines to
the contrary, the president will prob
ably stand shoulder to shoulder with
his secretary.
Secretary Alger, when asked at Lex
ington. KY, to-day by the Associated
press about his reported resignation,
said: There's not a word of truth in
it, that's all"
The Inveatigating Com mission.
Washington, Sept 2l.-The presi-
dent is making progress in the matter
of preparation OF the commission for
the investigation OF the conduct of the
war SO far as it relates to the war de-
partment and he stated to me m bers of
the cabinet to-day that he had SO far
completed the commission that he had
invited the members to meet him for a
conference on Saturday next with the
view of beginning their work next
week. Seven of the nine members of
the body have definitely indicated
their acceptance of the presidents in
vitation and he expressed himself to-
day as being very confident of being
able to secure the services of the other
two gentlemen necessary to complete
the quota of nine by the time set for
the conference. The names of the
new men who have been invited to
serve were not given out
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

QUEEN WILHELMINA's crown is some
thing gorgeous. 1t is of dull gold
only the edges being polished. 1t con-
sists Of n crimson velvet cap inclosed
in n circle set with sapphires and em-
eralds. The imperial arches terminate
in l6 points, eight of which are sur
mounted by large single pearls, and
the other eight, bent toward the cen
ter and there crowned with the globe
and cross, are set with nine pearls
each, which are graduated in size, the
smallest being at the top.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

THERE are in the United States $780,
900 railroad employees, 100, 900 station
men, $4,000 engineers, 40, 900 firemen
and helpers, 25, 600 conductors and dis
patchers, $50 trainmen, 10000 ma
chinists, 100, 900 shopmen other than
machinists, 10000 telegraph oper-
ators and their helpers, Al, 900 switch
men, fagmen and watchmen and 49,
900 trackmen. The payroll on all
American railroads combined, officers
and clerical staff included, amounts to
about $1,000, 900 a day, or $3.50, 600, 900
per aunum.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

In 1890 the center Of population of
the United States was point SO miles
east Of Baltimore. In 1920 ii was about
20 miles north of Woodstock, Va. In
1870 it had reached a point 1G miles
south of Clarksburg, w. Va. In 1860
it was 20 miles south of Chillicothe, o.
In 1870 it had reached the neighbor-
hood of Cincinnati, and to-day it is not
far from Westport, Decatur county,
Ind. The center OF area Of the United
States is in northern Kansas. Accord
ingly. the center of population is
three-fourths of degree south and
more than II degrees east of the CEN
ter Of area
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

HUGGISG while waltzing is under
the ban. The decree has gone forth
from the men who teach waltzing that
no more hard pressure shall be per-
mitted during the process of the fas-
cinating whirl. Reprimands are in
store for any young men, or young
ging in the dance. All this has been
decided at the twenty first annual
convention of the American Society of
Professors of Dancing which has ad-
journed after four days session in
New York, after adopting the new
dances for the coming season.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
Double Murter and Suicide,

Clarksburg, w. Va. Sept. a1.-News
was received here from Louis county
of double murder and suicide not far
from Churchville. that county. The
murderer, Wardy Wolfe, impelled by a
sudden hallucination, shot Pulliau
Wolfe, his brother. and Wardy Wolfe,
sr., his father, killing both, and then
turned the pistol on himself with fatal
effact f
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
wh,.ecap. whip . Woman.

Galena, Kan, Sept 2L-Three weeks
ago the wife of John Williams pros
porous farmer living one mile south.
east OF this place, was buried. and last
night mob of about dozen white
caps visited Williams home and gave
woman named Zimero Nichols, who
is living with Williams, an unmercifu]
whipping.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
Mus, vot. Prohibition Ticket.

lansing Mich, Sept. 2l.-The Mich
igan Methodist Episcopal conference
had lively contest over the question
of adoption of resolutions pledging
the brethern to prohibition. The pro-
hibitionists had q majority of the
votes and the resolutions were adopted.
They severely censure ministers who
have voted any other than the prohi-
bition ticket in the past and instruct
them explicitly to do so in the future.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23
THE RUSH FOR GOLD.
From the Times, Bluffs. III.

From the Times. Bluffs. Ill.
The rush of gold seekers to the Klondike
brings thrilling memories to the forty
miners" still alive, OF the time when they
girdled the continent or faced the terrors OF
the great American desert on the journey to
the land OF gold. These pioneers tell some
experiences which should be needed by gold
seekers of to-day. Constant exposure and
faulty diet killed large numbers, while
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

THE loss of the navy during the war
with Spain was > killed. f5 wounded,
marvelously small list "a s.cw Of the
fact that 35 Spanish SHIPS were de
stroyed in action. The health Of the
2s, 900 men in the American navy has
been remarkably good
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

THE three new battleships to be
built at Philadelphia, Newport News
and San Francisco will have contin-
uous speed of IS knots. Each will
have 1000 tons more displacement
than the Oregon, or total of ~, 800.
One feature of the batteries will be ii
six-inch rapidfire guns. The ships
will be ready in 1901.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-23

AMERICA, the land of liberty, has not
been least afflicted by the assassin
during the nineteenth century. On
January 80, 1885, President Andrew
Jackson was attacked; President Abra-
ham Lincoln fell on April IA. 1865, ana
President Garfield on July ., 1851, to
say nothing of the murder of Mayor
Carter Harrison, of Chicago, and
long list of attempts on the lives OF
men of wealth and prominence.