St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-03
GENERAL NEWS.
NEiIIIou Dollar building.

| paper circles is the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS JUST
made that the Boston Journal is to have
new milion-dollar building.
1t is to be erected on the site OF the
present Journal Building on Washington
Street and of the adjoining building on
the corner of Washington and Water
Streets. The new structure will be one
of the mammoth skv.scrapers OF today,
eleven stories in height, entirely treproof
and provided with every modern con-
venience. On Washington Street there
will be double the frontage OF the present
Journal Building, and on the Water
Street side there will be four times the
extent of the front of the present build
ing.
On the Water Street side of the ground
floor the Boston Journal will have its
counting room, superbly equipped. Be.
meath that will be the mail room, and in
the large endorsement will be placed the
presses of the establishment and the
stereotype room. The entire two upper
floors will be devoted to the compost
ton room and the editorial department
OF the Journal.
This will make the largest and most
costly newspaper office in Boston and
will emphasize more strongly the ad-
vance that the Boston Journal has made
in recent years. The other floors of the
big building will be devoted to offices.
ANOveI Way TO Check Suicides.
The apparent epidemic of suicide in the
city of Emporia, Kansas, during the
past two years has led Mayor Morse to
issue two proclamations forbidding the
local newspapers from publishing the
details of the suicides with view of
checking the epidemic. If the second
order does not have the desired effect the
mayor will attempt to suppress this
class OF news under the law providing
for the suppression of epidemies. He
says
"There is clearly an epidemic in town;
it is mental, but none the less deadly Its
contagion may be clearly shown to come
from the suggestion, what is known in
medicine as the physic suggestion, found
in the publication of the details of sui
cides. If the paper on which the local
papers are printed had been kept in
place infected with smallpox | could de-
mand that the papers quit using that
paper or quit publication. fthey spread
another contagion, the contagious sug
gestion of suicide, believe the liberty of
the press is not to be considered before
the public welfare, and that the courts
would sustain in using force to prevent
the publication of papers containing
matter clearly deleterious to the public
health" Emporia is city of 5000
inhabitants and there have been more
than 80 suicides during two years.
The American Tobacco Crop.
There are in the United States 100000
acres of land devoted to tobacco, of
which II 900 acres are in New England.
The annual yield of all kinds in the coun-
try is 50O,0O0,000 pounds, of which
New England raises about 10000, 900.
The average yield per acre throughout
the country is 700 pounds, but in New
England it is l, 200 pounds. 1t is inter-
esting that all the tobacco raised in the
country belongs to two or three botan-
cal species, yet there are more than sixty
varieties grown commercially-all OF
them quite distinct in shape, color and
quality of leaf. The raising and curing
Of each class and type of tobacco is a
business by itself, in it's methods of cul-
ture, harvesting and curing as distinct
from the others as the business OF
creamery is distinct from that of cheese
factory.
Fierce Fight with Fire at Sea.
The British mule transport, Monterey,
from Cape Town arrived at New Orleans
Thursday, after a terrible experience with
fire at sea. When in mid ocean fire was
discovered in the after hold. 1t had
gained such Roadway that it was impos-
sible to fight it by the usual means, and
arrangements had been made to aban'
don the ship when the first and fourth
officers conceived daring plan of saving
the ship. With cables about their bod
les they were lowered down the side of
the ship until abreast of the port open
ing into the burning section. This was
battered in, hose was lowered to them
and for several hours with bodies halt
submerged in the sea, they poured water
into the burning hold and succeeded in
extinguishing the flames. The vessel was
badly damaged
United States will Return Silver Bullion
to China.
The government has decided to return
to China the $375,000 in silver bullion
taken from the salt tax Yamen in Ten
tsin bv American troops. This bullion
was deposited in a bank in China and a
check covering the amount sent to the
treasury department in Washington.
Under the terms of settlement China is
to pay the United States sos 100000
indemnity, and the authoritips here re-
gard it as unfair to keep the money
seized as a military measure. When the
peace negotiations have been concluded
the government will arrange to return
the bullion. 1t may require the author
ity OF congress, however, to do this.
Our Naval stations in Cuba.
The survey of harbors in Cuba by the
navy department to ascertain the best
locations for United States naval sta
tions has been practically completed.
The data now at hand are sufficient to
justify the selection of the strategic
points in Cuba to be used as naval sta
tions, and the government will negotiate
with the Cuban government, when it has
been established, for the transfer to the
United States of four sites. These are
located in Nipe Bay, Guantanamo Bay,
Cienfuegos harbor and Havana harbor.
Careful attention to the geographical
and strategic Importance, as we'll as the
depth of the water at these places, was
given.
Air Ships on Bible Plan.
The oh a racter of the Ennlr;nI A;rch;n