St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-02

from the Madison Square Presbyterian
church and the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst, 1T IS
expected will officiate. 1uterment will
be made at Hanover, Thursday.
Express Company Employees Christmas
Gift.
The American Express company is 5O'
years old. In commentator OF the
event all of its $4,000 employees who
have been in the company's service for
one year received on Christmas day
birthday souvenir in the shape OF SO
gold piece, and neatly printed greeting
from the company. The history OF the
immense carrying company is story OF
rapid and remarkable expansion. Al
though established in 1841, it was not
till April 1850, that the company adopt
ed its present name. and absorbed the
domestic express lines then being operat-
ed by Wells & Co., Livingston & Fargo,
and Butterfeld WATSON & Co. Its CAPT.
tai at that time was $3.50 900. and its
first line of operation was between New
York and Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago
and St. Louis, under the name of Living
ston, Fargo & Co. of the seven direc-
luis III OlIlCC dL LudL LiulSt ohlJ NA~b
Johnston Livingston, is now living. He
still retains his position as a director.
Today the capitalization is $18 ,00O, 600,
paid up. The company operates on 49,
1875 miles Of United States railroads. 1t
has 1880 offices, distributed all over
the world, and employing over $4,000
hands.
Death of Lord Armstrong.
Lord w. 6. Armstrong died in London
Thursday at the age of 80 years. He
was the inventor OF the Armstrong gun,
and writer upon electrical and scien-
tifc topics; he was made a baron in
1887, and was knight of other Euro.
pean orders. He was the chairman OF
the Armstrong, Whitworth & Co works
at Elswick, near Newcastle on Tyne,
which built many warships for half
dozen nations. In 1847 he became an
engineer, and founded the Elswick works.
He invented the present system OF nv
draulics. He had received degrees of
LID. from Cambridge and D. c. L.
from Oxford. He was made F. R. S. in
1843, and president Of the British asso
ciat,on in 1868. He owned Bamburgh
castle. Beltord, and about 10000 acres.
At Cragside, Rothbury, he had picture
gallery, with masterpieces by Millais,
Wilkie, Turner, Constable, Leigh on,
Rossetti, and Others. Among the war
ships built bv his firms were the Albany
and NJ w Orleans for the United States.
Orders from Japan and Chilli.
That the United Stairs is fast becom-
ing the principal export country for all
| sc md ctoa1 both art1fac
tured and crude. is shown by the large
orders being placed with local exporters
by foreign countries. Probably the
largest of hese recently placed are from
the Japanese and Gillian governments
The latter through Flint. Eddy & Co.,
has Just g ven an order for three hun
drtd freight cars and sixteen BALDWIN
locomotives, which amounts to about
$3.50, 900 The Japanese government
has ordered, through the same firm, TO-
900 tons of steel ais Senior Ocampo,
secretary of the Argentine Senate. who is
in New York, announces that his mission
is to study our harbor and dock system
with view to the improvement OF the
port of Buenos Ayres, for which in all
proba bilitv American labor and material
will be employed.
Wireless Telephone.
Telphoning without wires was accom-
plishtd al Minneapolis by transmitting
the voice across the Mississippi. The
experiments were conducted by James
Kelsey, who made the recent successful
test across Powderhorn Lake. Condl
tons were not favorable, owing to the
nearness OF two electric railways, which
Gauss the meter to register halt volt
when the apparatus was not in use
Weather conditions were also bad, anC
toward the close of the test the trans
mitters on both ends became frozen
making them useless. Before this hap
pened the sound was clearly transmitted
with but five volts, and the speaker
words could be understood. The test
was successfully made up to 20 volts
proving the correctness OF the method.
Conscience Fund Contribution.
When Secretary Gage opened his ofic
al mail that arrived on Christmas day
he found letter bearing the evidently
authentic signature of a man living II
S ,uth Carolina 1t contained two post
office orders OF 500 each, and the writer
explained that he had defrauded tn,
Government of this amount in 1871
1872, and 1873. by withholding full pay
ment of Federal taxs on tobacco. HI
fought, he said, in the confederate army
and was a lifelong democrat. But,
the writer said, in conclusion, II thanl
the good God that my eyes have beet
opened and am now staunch republi
can" The 5000 has been added to tn,
conscience lund" of the treasury.
Haxed their Teacher.
Wesley Dugan. public school teache
near Petersburgh, Ind, was the victim o
haz'ng at the hands OF his pupils which
came near costing him his lite. He was
set upon bv the larger pupils in his schoo
AMI carried to the edge of a pond il
which it was proposed to duck him
Breaking away he ran into the water
and waded to a stump some distance
from the bank. There he was peltec
, with stones and clubs till forced to TAX
to the water again and try to reach tn
opposite bank He was already numbet
with the cold and before reaching the op
pos'e bank lost con >ciousness an,
would have drowned had not a farme
,, rescued him.
A Well Managed Estate.
The second accounting OF the estate o
$ George M. Pullman was filed in tn
! Probate court at Chicago last week b.
| the executors, Robert 7. Lincoln an,