St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-11-07
General News.
Montreal WOman's College.


Canadian high commissioner to England,
and their excelencies, the governor gen.
eral and Lady Mimic, were present.
Lord Mimic unveiled Queen Victoria's
statue, which stands in front of the col
lege. The college is Lord Strathcona's
gilt to McGill University, and to the
women of Canada. He built and en-
dowed it as a memorial of the queens
diamond jubilee. The statue is also his
gift. The building itself is large, sub
stantial looking gray stone structure in
the Scotch baronial style A wide flight
of steps leads up from the street, and in
front of them stands the queens statue,
a metal cast from a design by Princess
Louise. The dormitories have accom-
modations for about rs students.
Saturdays Foot Ball Games.
Nearly 10000 people witnessed the
football game between Harvard and the
University of Pennsylvania on soldiers
field, Cambridge, Saturday. The game
resulted in victory for Harvard with a
score of II to 5. Harvard made three
touchdowns and tailed at one goal; u of
P, one touchdown and failed goal. For
| For the first time in Princeton football
history Saturday afternoon the eleven of
the orange and black was defeated on its
home grounds and Cornell is the team
that did the trick, with a score of IL to
O. This is the second time the New
Workers have landed victory over the
tigers. Last season they won at Ithaca
by the score of to 0. Fully 1000 peo-
pie saw the bootball game at West Point
Saturday between West Point and Yale.
The score was Yale 18, West Point 0.
Amherst easily defeated M. l. T, at
Amherst Saturday, IS to 0.
General Booth Coming.
General William M. Booth, command
er-in-chief of the Salvation Army, is COM
ing to New York next Septem.
Der to take practically the con-
troll of the Salvation Army
in the United States for at least SIX
months. This announcement was made
last Wednesday by Commander Booth
Tucker, who arrived at New York from
England on the steamer Teutonic. He
went there early in October to invite the
general to come over and assist in the
solution OF problems which the Saliva
ton Army is endeavoring to solve. One
of the chief problems he said was that of
organizing and maintaining the farm
colonies which the army is establishing
in some of the states,
Highway Robbery in PennsyIvania.
Four Italian miners attempted to rob
William Hosler, pay clerk OF the South
west ConnelsviIle Coke Company, while
making his trip Wednesday OF last week
between Mount Pleasant, Pa, and AL
verton with the payroll Of the Alverton
& Tarr works, amounting to $4,000.
AS result OF the attack Mr.. HosIer was
killed, his companion, Harry Burgess,
messenger OF the company, was wound
ed; two of the Italians were killed. a
third fatally wounded, and the fourth
was captured and put in jail.
Railroad for Porto Rico.
The executive council at San Juan de
Porto Rico, has granted a franchise
to the North American Company to
build three hundred miles OF system OF
railroads in the interior of the
island and to operate the same. The
work is to be completed in three years.
The motive power will be steam or cleo
tricity.
EX~MayOf strong Dea0'
w. L. Strong, the last mayor of the old
city OF New York, before the creation of
Greater New York, died suddenly Thurs
day night at his residence there He had
been ill for several days but the fact was
kept from his political associates. He
took an active part in the present cam
paign and the strain undermined his
health.
Mountain MOGeI Burned.
The Mountain House, the famous Blam-
ford, Mass, summer hotel was burned
early Wednesday morning, the fire start.
ing probably from a defective fue
There were a number of guests in the
house who had come to attend a fox
hunt, but all escaped without injury.
The late Charles Dudley Warner not
only took an active interest in the ex-
plorations in Egypt, but he was the one
honorary vice presidet Of the Egypt Ex-
ploration Fund both in England and
America. He was nominated tor the of
fee by the Rev. DR.. w. c. WinsIow of
Boston, who had previously nominated
George William Curtis to succeed James
Russell Lowell in that Office. DIR. Warner
who received doctorates from Hamilton
college and the University of the South,
gave much space in his "World's Best
Literature" to the writings of the earliest
Egyptian authors, and his my Winter
on the Nile" also shows his interest in
Egypt.
General Hawley pays this tribute to
the late Charles Dudley Warner: "He
was completely gentleman. He lived
religious life, but said little about it. He
regularly attended his church, respecting
and obeying its observances. l never
heard from his lips an indicate or coarse
story or an unclean idea. He abhorred
injustice meanness and dishouor. 1t is
cheerful spirit and a true wit and a
sweet humor that we find in all his
works."
A commercial traveller entering a little
newspaper store in GAINESVILLE, Wis, no.
ticed number OF Bryan buttons for sale,
but no Mckinley buttons, and asked the
reason. The store keeper said: "No,
don't keep 'en, sell 'em. They
sell as soon as l get 'em. l stocked
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