St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Death of Prof. HaZen-Excitement i'm
the House over Brigham ROberts-AIany
Addresses-The Charity Bali GridirOn
Club Banquet-susan IL. AnthOny's
Birthdav-swOPd Presentation.

oJ Addresses-The Charity Ball GridirS
Club Banquet-susan Ii. Anthony
IN Birthdav-swoFd Presentation.
vi From our regular correspondent
~ The friends, and the public at lare
were much shocked by the acci1en
- and sudden death of Prof. Henry
:. Hazen, of the Weather Bureau. H
- died as result of injuries receive
from fall from his bicycle on hi
, way to the Bureau, Monday night
j, Jan. 22nd. He collided with Edward
Virgins, a colored man, who wa.
crossing the street, and being near
sighted, did not see him, and Prof
Hazen was thrown on the pavement
and his skull severely fractured. He
was taken at once to the Emergency
Hospital, insensible, and did not re-
gain his consciousness before his
death Tuesday night. He was a
rapid rider on his bicycle and this
was an accident which might befall
any one, but it was great grief to
his sister and friends. The funeral
was held Thursday at p. M, at the
First Cong. church, Of which he was
an active member, as we'll as of the
choir and prominent in the Sunday
school. He was in attendance Sun.
day, Jan. 21st., apparently in good
health and spirits. His remains were
taken to Deer6eld, Conn, to be in.
TERED beside his father, Rev. Allen
Hazen, the well-knowp missionary.
He thought he became a Christian
when a youth and a clerk in his
uncle's store in Barnet. He was con.
nected with the Vermont Hazens. an
old and highly esteemed family.
Prot. Hazen was born in Sirur, India, |
and came here in 1881.
The past week marks memorable
crisis in the House of Representa-
tlves, and we might say in Congress.
for the interest has been intense in
both Houses, so that at times the
Senate seemed almost deserted, and
you could see the old Constitutional
lawyers on the outer fringe OF the
House or in the Hobbies watching
the progress of events with great
eagerness with reference to the seat
ing of Brigham Roberts, the Nor
mon, and poligamist from Utah. It
is wellknown that Helen Gould of
N. Y. City, has paid out good deal
OF money to aid reform societies to
study up and investigate the Nor
mon faith and practice in the United
states and work upon Anti-Mormon
evidenced by the mammoth 8
petitions, in the Hobbies Of Congress, ]
seven million of names. /
Those rolls have been constant re- c
ninders to the members, that the de- +
ided wishes and opinions of consti- $
uents cannot be entirely ignored, e
ven IT they desired to do it, for the t
mass OF the people were behind them.
'oberts is Democrat. The moral y
ointment OF the people declared this R
hould not be party measure, but t
here was a good deal of politics o
liked up with the affair. The inter. ~ .
st conferred in the majority and mi cI
ority reports of the committee: Fl
'hether it should be exclusion or ex- q
ulsion. There was a great deal of "
Kill displayed by both sides to prove If
ne legality of their sides of the case,
the three days discussion, begin Sc
ng on Tuesday and continuing I'm. CT
the decisive vote was taken. There ~
as a very large attendance, espe- tr
ally amongst the ladies every dav; "
'me standing an hour waiting for eli
1mission to the galleries, while q,
theirs went early in the morning -,
nd remained all day. Representative DC
aylor OF Ohio, chairman, represent. dr
g the majority of the committee tn
ade an able report, bringing in u
any precedents of the past in the s.
ouse. But agreat surprise waited TO
lie House when Representative of
harles E. Little6eld, the successor VI
Nelson Dngley ofMaine, addressed do do
lie assembly on the minority side. co
his was considered a wonderful Sue tn
IS as maiden speech, for he soon la
'mpelled the attention of all bv his =
ear arguments and utterances, He "
ems well versed in the law, fearless
attack iudn Iuinr -, eo.oa-