St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-26

Five bids were made. The highest was
that of John 7. Cavanagh, of Boston,
who offered to raise the vessel and de-
liver her to the government for $735, 900.
The next highest bid, $e39,000 was
made by Frank Pidgeon of New York,
The Schwartz Foundry Company figure
was the lowest, $4,000. Naval men
make no secret of desire to see Mr.,
Cavanagh's scheme given trial, as it
would make departure in the methods
of raising wrecks. Admiral CrowniD-
shield only objection to the plan was
that Mr.. Cavanagh had underestimate
the displacement of the Maine, placing it
at 900 tons. He said, however, that
this would be no obstacle, as few more
piles and jackscrews would overcome
the additional weight.
sultan of Morocco Pays Up.
Consul General Gummere at Tangier,
Morocco, reported to the state depart
ment last week that the Moorish gov
eminent had paid the $4,000 demanded
by the United States as indemnity for
the killing OF Marcus Ezegui, a natural
lied American citizen at Fee. This dis
poses OF an incident which threatened to
disrupt the friendly relations between
Morocco and the United States. Notice
has been served on Morocco that she
must pay the indemnity, and three weeks
ago the navy department assigned the
auxiliary cruiser Dixie to the duty of
backing up onsul-General Gummere's
demand for payment. Later the date of
sending the war vessel to Morocco was
postponed until next February, when
the great Mohammedan feast of the
Moors, which lasts six weeks, will be
over. 1t will now not be necessary to
send war-ship to a Moorish port.
Railroad Pensions.
The directors of the Chicago & North.
western railroad have decided upon a
permanent pension system for the d.
900 employees of the road. 1t will go
into effect January 1, 1901. The system
is patterned in many respects after that
recently created by the Pennsylvania
lines. How many employees of the road
will profit Immediately, the officials have
been unable to calculate as yet. Eventu-
ally the full working of the plan will call
for an annual expense upon the part OF
the company OF 100000.
Through Solid Rock.
The Union Pacific company has award
ed a contract for the construction of a
road forty-6ve miles in length, from
Evanston, Wyo., on its main line, to
Salt Lake City. The price to be paid for
the work is $6,00O,000. The road will
shorten the distance between Omaha and
Salt Lake city over IS miles. The road
will run through the most rugged part
of the Wasatch mountains, and the
work will be almost entirely in rock
Many tunnels will be constructed The
road is to be completed in four years.
The habeas corpus act of the island o.
Cuba went into effect Dec. 10. The
first case under it is that of an American
of the name of Thompson, from Detroit
held on Geographic request under g
charge of altering the books of the Stan
dard Life Insurance Co. Thompson is
represented by Cuban attorney.
Winston Spencer Churchill of the Brit
ish army, and member-elect OF Parlia
ment, is not only Lady Randolph
Churchill's son but is very remarkable
young man on his own account. He ar
rived in Boston last week with Maj
Pond, and was quartered at the Tour
aine.
The Wikesbarre coal pier at Eas
Providence, the property of the Consol
idated road was totally destroyed by fir
last week. Loss 100000, Thre
barges and two schooners alongside wer
towed to safety. Spontaneous combuS
ton is supposed to be the cause. Th
loss of the pier will quite seriously ham
per coal up the Blackstone valley an
north of Worcester.
By unanimous vote the citizens {
Sing Sing, N Y, voted to petition til
legislature to change the name of til
village from Sing Sing to Ossining, whic
is the name Of the town. To prevent til
state prison at Sing Sing from taking O
the name of the new town is is propose
: to erect new station at the prison gat
and remove the Sing Sing sign to it.
! DR.. G. A. Miller, instructor in math
! mates at Cornell university, has r
ceived prize of $3.50 from the scientif
/, academy Of Cracowa, Austria, for h
work in the theory of groups. TIL
. theory is one of the most moder
= branches of pure mathematics and is e:
a rensively used in the advanced theory
agebraic and differential equations. D
Miller has published many original MOI
ographs on the subject.
News from Seattle, Wash, says tia
5 on Friday, the Great Northern train N
y 4, east bound, was the first to enter tt
i new Cascade tunnel. Eleven minut
{ later it emerged on the east side. tt
trip was success in every particula
e President Hill did not arrive in time
participate in the event. There were 7
+ ceremonies and chance settled VIII
train had the honor. The tunnel
= 1888 feet long.
>. The Bath, Me-, city council has receiv
!; letter from the sons of the late Atth
= Sewall, Bryan's first running mate {
the national ticket, saying they won
y give the city, in memory of their fatht
, SIS, 900, of which $4,000 is to be
- vested in interest bearing bonds.
5, The New York Journal says: The
a tate OF the late Cornelius Vanderbilt W
@ be taxed on $16,000,000 of person
D, property next year. The tax rate
d So "a per 500. In the tax lists OF Ia
d year and of 1898 Cornelius Vanderbilt
taxable personal property was assess
at $400,000.
70 Judge Colt in the United States circ
4 court Friday decided in favor Of
a. American Bel Telephone company in
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