St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-11-21
Ro.toniaus Arrested in Japau.

The perils accompanying the use of
kodaks by foreigners in Japan were il
lustrated by a recent incident. Among
the first kilograms received by Baron
Kaneko, the newly appointed Minister
OF Justice, on his accession to office was
one from Shimonoseki announcing that
two young men named Burden and Win
throp, belonging to Boston families of
highest respt ctability, had been arrested
in the act OF taking Photographs in the
vicinity of the Notifications there, and
asking for instructions as to what should
be done with them. The Min
lister of Justice who was the
pr, sident of the Harvard Club had
only a few evenings before entertained
the Bostonians at dinner of the club,
and could, therefore, vouch for their not
being foreign spies, at once wired orders
for their immediate release.
The new ministry is looked upon with
the greatest interest and favor by for
eigne1s, as it is without doubt far more
tsvorably disposed toward the latter
than any which has been in power for
some years past.
A British-Americ union has been or
gained at San Fraclsco, Cal.
Henry Willard, the railroad magnate
died at Ardsley. on-H Hudson November II.
The main building of Cornell University
veterinary college was partially destroy
ed by fire last week Tuesday morning.
The laboratory apparatus destroyed was
worth $4,000. The total loss is $780,
900.
1t is stated on unquestionable author
ity that Andrew Carnegie is contemplat-
ing the establishment in Pittsburg, Pa,
OF polytechnic school for instruction in
practical mechanics and industrial scien-
ces, at cost OF 100000.
About 400 clerks in the census bureau
will be dismissed between now and Dec
ember l, owing to the diminishing Of the
work. This will leave a force of about
5000 at that time, and the number will
be materially reduced at intervals.
Including the receipts for the bi-centen-
NAL fund, and subscriptions not yet paid
in, the first year and half of President
Hadley's administration shows the to-
tai gifts of all kinds to Yale university
to be somewhat more than 81, 100000.
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Lexington, Va, is now tenement house
and the dwelling house which once shell
tered one family comfortably now
swarms with large number of families
crowded in uncomfortably The famous
Sunday school in which General Jackson
taught negroes is still hourishing.
The Railroads Western Passenger
Agents association today formally de-
eided not to authorize rate of one cent
a mile as proposed to the Grand Army
encampment at Denver in August. IN
less the veterans back down from the
stand they have taken, Cleveland in all
probability will be the location of the
35th encampment.
At cabinet meeting at Washington,
Friday, Secretary Gage announced that
his estimates show an excess of receipts
over expenditures for the present fiscal
year OF $S0OOO,0O0 and an excess of
receipts for the fiscal year ending July 1,
1902, OF O,OOO,0OO. This estimate tor
the next fiscal year, however, is based
upon the theory that the present revenue
laws will remain in force.
Three new directors of the Atchison
railroad system were recently elected to
fill vacancies caused by death and resig-
nation. The new members of the board
are Howell Jones, OF Topeka, Kan; Gen.
John G Mccullough, of Bennington, VT;
and Byron l.. Smith, of Chicago. Gen.
Mccullough is chairman OF the Erie, Mr..
Jones is lawyer of Topeka, Kan, and
Mr.. Smith is president of the Northern
Trust Company OF Chicago.
A monument to commemorate the
victory of Admiral Dewey at Malta is to
be erected in San Francisco. The com
mittee to which the designs offered in
competition were submitted have accept
ed that sent in by George 7. Brewster of
New York 1t is classical Doric column,
surmounted BY winged figure OF victory.
About the square base will be r,liets illus
trating the naval battle which gave the
Philippines to this country