St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-16
GENERAL NEWS.
Good TempIars at Randolph.

Good Tempinrs at Randolph.
At the first business session OF the
State Grand Lodge of Good Templars,
which was held Wednesday morning at
Randolph, the meeting opened in the
Grand Lodge degree, but before the re-
gular routine work was commenced 1T
was changed to the subordinate lodge
degree. The greater part of the day was
given up to reports of deputies and dele
gates. The reports of the Grand lodge
officers were presented. The treasurer's
report showed that the financial condi
ton of the state union is $3.50 better
than last year and very satisfactory.
There are now in good standing in the
state 116 Good Templars, slight in
crease over last years number. A bus
mess meeting was held in the evening.
Thursday afternoon the annual election
of officers was held, followed by instala'
ton, and in the evening a public session.
The following is list of the officers for
the ensuing year: Grand chief tt mplar,
e. H. HAYDEN, Riverside; grand council
lor, NJ B. Morgan, Bennington; grand
vice-templar, Mrs. Marion c. Hatch,
STAFFORD; grand superintendent junior
templars, Mrs. Eva M. Hazen, Windsor;
grand secretary, E. M. Campbell, Lyn-
donville: grand treasurer, H. c. Gay,
Barton; grand auditor. c. D. Edgerton,
Mortified.
Deaths in Aleutiam Islands.
The rapid decline of the native popula-
ton of the Aleutian chain OF islands is
told in a report just received by the ma
rine hospital service from its assistant
surgeon at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The
report says that formerly there were 12O
villages on the island with a native
population variously estimated at from
1900 to $500. Now in the same district
there are only 10 villages and 1000 in
habitants, exclusive of whites; 300 are
Creoes (mixed breeds with Russians and
other nationalties) and 700 Aleuts. The
report says: Unalaska had 355 inhabi-
tants, 116 or nearly one.third OF whom
died. According to data obtained from
the Russian priest of the Greek Catholic
church, Rev. B. P. Kasheroff, who has
the only mortality records kept in the
village, there being no health officer or
even physician, 80 deaths were ascribed
to cold" "a to consumption, 33 to
measles and seven to old age. Five were
drowned.
News from the Railroads.
, A despatch from Sydney, referring to
the present visit of DR.. Seward Webb and
other New York Central magnates to
Cape Breton, says it can be stated on
good authority that the object of DR..
Webb and the Vanderbilts, in building
the Cape Breton Railway which is to
a.. rCG 10 7 O,1;c
burg and Sydney, and which is now un'
der construction, is eventually to con.
,, struct road through to the Pacific
coast through United States territory
this system to connect either at Sydney
or Louisburg with fast Atlantic service
! 1t is proposed to build a new road
through the Maritime Provinces and tC
= bridge the Strait of Canso, but in the
: event of the Canadian Pacific Railway
: extending it's line to Sydney, then the
= Vanderbilts will take up the short line
9 through to Yarmouth, connecting with
= the fast service to Boston.
New Hotel Mt Mount Pleasant.
:, Great Roadway is being made in the
q construction of the new hotel at Mount
= Pleasant, N. H. 1t will probably bt
named Mount Washington, which woulc
seem to be very appropriate name or
Il account of its close proximity to the
l. mountain of the same name. The loca
e ton is but a short distance from thu
s. base station, and the distance from thu
s. summit of Mount Washington to thu
= hotel is so short that it will be possible
s. to operate code of flag signals from thu
observatory, which is to be erected a
IL the highest point of the building, to tn
n summit; and persons at the observator.
Y can, with the aid Of spygass, recogniz
e and distinguish their friends, on the tol
of Mount Washington. When finished
It this building will be one of the grandes
lie hotel structures in the country, and vii
n prove an additional charm to an alread.
lie enchanting region.
n A Mansion for Charity.
Is The widow of Coils P. Huntington c
=; San Francisco, has announced that tn
IL Huntington house there will never agar
u be privately occupied. 1t is eventual
ol to be given over to charity presumabl
to some hospital. The Hopkins an
N Stanford mansions already belong t
of the people, the one through the Unlvel
); sitv of California, the other throug
re Stanford University. Thus the homes {
so three of the four men who made fortune
is out Of the Southern Pacific road hav
been turned over to the public.
IN The Most NOrtherIy Post Office.
ne The Post Office Inspector has returne
70 to Washington from a trip OF iuspectio
al through Alaska. He has reported to tt
department that the service is general
1g in excellent condition, more particular
re- in the Yukon valley, where the warrior
st towns have mail service of once a wee
p. in each direction. He established Il
er northernmost post office in the Unite
of States, and what is probably the mort
ernmost post office in the word. This
ne at Point Barrow, where the Rev. DR..
a., Richmond March, the missionary at tt
81. little settlement, was appointed pos
70 master. Heretofore few natives in Il
~ vicinity have had to send Tor their mt
about 700 miles and often much furtht
NJ Death Of Lorenzo Snow.
It's President Lorenzo Snow of the Nc
:. c. 7 81, a.