St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06

determined fight was before Con
gress, that might overshadow othel
questions until this matter was set
tied; for it is affirmed by Judge
Coombs of Utah and others, that the
law is openly violated in Utah, and
it is time this blot on the country is
removed. 1t is claimed that many
Mormon missionaries have been sent
to New Hampshire since they read oil
Governor Rollins address that m any
towns did not have churches where
services were held. They also adver-
tise to hold weekly services in Cam
bridge, Mass, and other towns near
Boston. Over 80 representatives
were present at the republican
caucus over which Representative H.
II. Powers of Vermont presided De-
cember LIST and it was decided that
when Brigham H. Roberts presented
his credentials next Monday that
they would object to his taking the
oath OF office and offer a resolution
to submit the question to special
committee of Republicans and Demo.
Gratis and not make it a matter of
party politics. 1t is thought that
Robert w. Taylor of Ohio may be
made chairman OF such special
committee for he has carefully ex.
amined the precedent in other cases;
one was cited to have occurred when
Mr.. Blaine was Speaker of the House
in the Forty.frst Congress.
1t is reported that several persons
have been bitten by mad dogs lately.
Among the number of dogs afflicted
by the disease was pet of Lady
Pauncefote, wife of the English en-
bassador. 1t costs $3.50 besides
board to take the Pasteur treatment
in Baltimore. Lady Pauncefote and
daughters held their first "At Home"
since their return from Europe Friday
afternoon.
Miss Adola Greeley, the second
daughter of Gen. A. w. Greeley,
made her debut at tea recently
given at their home. AS Mrs. Ad-
miral Dewey is suffering from laryn-
gifts, her doctor has advised her not
to return calls at present. Business
men regard the transference of the
house to his wife as an error of Judge.
ment rather than an ungracious act
on his part and if any critism is made
it is that she should have accepted a
gift that was not intended for her;
but they quickly realized the status
of affairs and the transference to his
son partly restored public equinam-
ity. If it had been decided directly
to the son, it might have saved one
hundred dollars in revenue stamps;
but religious people think that this
may teach the country wholesome
lesson, for the nation at large forgot
to ascribe the great victory to God,
but only praised human success and
wisdom and shouted dewey,
Dewey" Now they begin to realize
that the Lord overruled Dewey and
lead him on to victory, which does
not detract from the Admirals
courage.
The National Geographic Society
has opened auspicously with good
Walter Wellman gave
an account of the Polar Expedition
OF 1889. $4,000 of the $27 900
which it cost was given by friends.
He believes that the only way to
reach the North Pole is by a dash.
The explorer aims to establish base
as far north as possible and then he
makes dash for the pole. They
made their headquarters a little
north of 80 and had an outpost
near 81. 1t sometimes takes two or
three years to get the outposts 10.
Gated well, but the journey over the
polar sea must be short or dash.
Tor the summer is so warm and the
winter is too dark, so the spring is
the time to travel. They sailed June
&c, 1898, from Tromso, Norway and
wished to complete the exploration
OF Franz Joseph Land. 1t was a
most heroic undertaking. DR.. G. X.
Gilbert, of the Geologic Survey, who
was member of the Hartman ex.
petition to Alaska, gave an interest
ing account of many of the Alaskan
glaciers. illustrated by the stereop-
ticon. Many interesting specimens
in botany and zoology were procured
by some of the rs scientists of the
Vegetation is slow in ap-
pearing after the passage ola glacier.
The willow is the first to make its
A. NJ, c.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 2, 1899.