St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-05-29
GENERAL NEWS.
Concerning the International Yacht
Races,

Races
The coming yacht races for the possess
ION OF the American cup has been the prin.
cipal topic of the week. On Wednesday
Dir thomas Lipton's new British chal
lenger Shamrock II while preparing for a
tIlal race with the challenger of 1899,
Shamrock l, was struck by a sudden
squall and at least, as lar as her rigging
Is Is, concerned, was completely wrecked.
The older boat was also considerably
damaged. Interest in this event was
heightened by the fact that King Ed
ward VII was on the boat at the time
as the guest of Sir Thomas and mar
row. y escaped death. No one was in
lured, however, and repairs on the boats
nave been commenced. Sir Thomas i'm
med1ately informed the New York Yacht
club OF the accident and asked that the
races which were to have been sailed in
August, be postponed one month. The
request was granted and the first race is
set for September 81. Mr. Lipton's cour-
age IN going ahead with the project,
after the almost complete wreckage of
his boat, added to the poor showing she
had made in trial races, has increased
the already high esteem in which he is
neld by yachtsmen on both sides of the
Atlantic.
The question of what boat will defend
the cup this year has caused lively dis.
cussion during the past few weeks be-
tween the New York Yacht club and
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, and re-
Gently the newspapers have taken it I'D
and thus great deal of interest has
been created. The Constitution, the ne "
yacht built by five wealthy gentlemen
and consigned to the New York Yacht
club, is considered the natural defender of
the cup in this years races, although the
Columbia, the winner of the 1899 races.
will compete for the honor. Mr. Law
son has also built boat, the Independ-
ence, at his own expense, and asked the
privilege OF competing in the trial race
as an individual owner. Under the rules
OF cup contests the defender must fly the
flag OF the New York Yacht club. Mr..
Lawson objects to giving over the indie
pendence to the club, and his friends
claim that he should have the right to
enter the boat as an individual owner
The officers of the New York Yacht club
maintain that the cup was won by a
boat flying the clubs flag, and that it
was given to the organization as per
petual prize to be challenged by yachts
from an organized yacht club and not by
individual owners, or whoever might
care to compete. Mr.. Lawson is free to
convey part interest in his boat to any
member of the New York club and enter
it under the clubs colors. This he has
decided to do and the Boston boat will
compete for the honor.
West Point Cadets Dismissed.
Five cadets dismissed and six suspend
ed for year is the result of an investiga-
ton into an outbreak of INSTRUMENTATION
among the upper class men at West Point
few weeks ago. 1t was said that the
cadets had been guilty of acts which
would not be serious in any other college
or school, but in view of the fact that
these young men were educated by the
government at government institution
to learn obedience and how to command
men and themselves, it was necessary for
them to be under somewhat more rigid
discipline. The trouble grew out of at
tempts to suppress hazing. Although
promises to suppress hazing have been
made, "bracing" still has been carried
on against the orders of the officials.
Several cadets implicated somewhat,
escaped with lighter punishments.
Anniversary of Natick.
The Fourth of July this year will be
the 250th anniversary of the founding of
the town of Natick, Mass, by John
Eliot, the famous apostle to the Indians,
and on July 3, the day before the celebra-
ton, there is to be a grand gathering of
the descendants of John Eliot himself,
who have scattered into many different
and widely separated parts of the coun-
try, and call themselves inditferently
Eliot, Elliot or Elliott. This will be the
second reunion of this kind for the men,
bers of the Eliot family and number Of
New Workers are to attend. The first
one was held in 1875 at Guiltord, Conn,
where nearly two hundred persons bear
ing this name met and dined together
and listened to addresses and various
exercises.
President Hays New Order.
President Hays of the Southern Pa
ci6c railroad has issued the following
order: "No employee of the Southern
Pacific shall be director or officer of any
oil company or OF any outside corpora
ton or engage in any outside business,
but must give his entire time to the SER
vice of the Southern Pacific company" |
President Hays order has created con- |
sternation among prominent officials of |
the railroad company, as most of them |
are heavily interested in oil ventures or
other land development companies.
This order was made because J. B. Tread
well, an oil expert in employ of the road,
bought oil lands in Texas for the COM
pany, and also secured an adjoining
tract for himself and cleared 100000.
The Commissary Frauds at Manila.
Thursday three former United States
officers, convicted of commissary frauds,
were committed to Bilibid prison, Manila.
Captain Frederick ]. Barrows, late depot
1uartermaster of the Department of
Southern Luzon, is sentenced to FIVE years
Imprisonment Captain James c, Reed,
late depot commissary at Manila, to
three years Imprisonment, and Lieuten-
ant Frederick Boyer, late depot commits
sary at Calamba, to one years imprison-
ment. The trio were given room apart
rom the Filipino prisoners.
Aguinaldo to Visit America.
Information has been received at Wash
ngton that Aguinaldo intends to visit
the United States next fall and spend the
winter in Washington for the purpose OF
studying our institutions and meeting