St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-06-13
Men, Women and Events

n. Tree day was celebrated at Welles
II ley College Friday with all the stu
l. dents in colors and costumes distinc
lie tive of their classes. The exercises
e were held on the campus with The
II spectators seated on the hill. The
l. annual fete was in some ways even
more brilliant than is usual, and the
: senior dances were especially attrac-
: tive.
The King of Norway and Sweden,
: the first royal guest in connection
= with the exposition, arrived at Paris
from London Friday evening. The
band of the Republican guards played
the Swedish national anthem on the
platform at the station. M. Loubet
accompanied King Oscar to the man
sion in the Avenue du Bots de Bou-
logne, which was formerly the resi-
dence of DR.. Evans, the famous
American dentist, which is now fur
nished tor the reception OF royal Wis
itors.
Henry Wellesley, third Duke of
Wellington, died at London, Friday
morning.
President Roca of the Argentine
Republic, President Errazuris of Chill,
President Campos Sales of Brazil
and President Diaz of Mexico have
promised to attend the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo next year.
M. P. Castle, of London, has sold
his collection of European postage
stamps for $4,000, whichis believ
ed to be the biggest price ever paid.
Now that the Orange Free State has
been taken off the map as an indie.
pendent republic, collectors are paw
ing as much as $25 for single stamp
OF that Government, and the price is,
rising. A full set of Transvaal
stamps, it is said, would now cost
about $4,000.
By the will of the late Amanda B.
Ellsworth, of Danbury, Conn, the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In
stitute receives one-half Of her estate
OF $11 600 after a number of small
bequests and costs of settlement have
been paid.
Spain is trying to make up for pre-
sent disasters by looking back to her
past glories. The bodies of four dis
Spaniards who died in ex-
lie were recently brought back to
Madrid from France, where they
were buried and after a State funeral
were laid away in the San Isidro
Cemetery. They were Goya, the
painter; Moratin, the dramatist, and
the poets Melendez Valdes and Do
noso Cortes.
Prince Gustaf, of Sweden and Nor
way, in whose favor, it is said, King
Oscar may abdicate, is the heir ap-
parent to the throne, and represents
political party Numerically op- {
posed to that which rallies about the
present monarch. His majesty's re-
'ent expression of sympathy for t
Britain has aroused popular feeling s
n Sweden, where the masses are all 6
or the Beers. 1t is reported that the
cabinet will request the King to alb I
iicate on June 16, which is the birth
anniversary of the Crown Prince. :
'ustaf is the most unpopular mem. :
'er OF the royal family. If the cleo {
ION OF a King were left to the people t
he choice would undoubtedly fall on T
'rince Karl, the third son of Oscar n
|. Gustaf is very radical in his con- +
options of the correct policy toward a
Iorway, and it is known that he is +
Utterly opposed to the late action of |,
ne King in recalling Swedish officers n
-om the sister country at the request h
t the Norwegians. f
W. D. Howells, will spend his sum- O
1er on Cape Ann at the resort of a
If Annisquam.
Mary H. Kingsley, the West Afri- r.
an traveller and author, who went v
o South Africa to nurse sick and
wounded soldiers, is dead, at Lon t
on. She was the daughter ofDr. G. f;
|. Kingsley and a niece of Canon d
kingsley. She was an ardent stud. b
Mt of botany and zoology, and in Ii
er travels in previously unexplored e.
arts of Africa had many narrow es- a
apes. She published the results of G
err travels in two books, travels n
West Africa" 1896, and West AT P
can Studies" 1898. F
The Jury on Painting, of the Paris W