St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-12-18
GENERAL NEWS.
Two sehleY Verdicls.

The findings OF the Schley Court of 10.
curry were promulgated by Secretary
Long Friday. There are two reports.
Admirals B enham and Ramsay concur
in the first, which is signed by Admiral
Dewey also, as matter of form. Ad'
m1ral Dewey makes separate report,
although he agrees with the findings OF
facts subscribed to by the others. The
majority report censures Admiral Schley,
while Admiral Dewey sustains hirl in
most particulars. The majority opinion
finds, in brief, that Admiral Schley hOuld
have proceeded with the utmost dispatch
to Cieniuegos and maintained a close
blockade; that be should have endeay-
ored to obtain Information of the Span
lsh squadron there that he should have
Proceeded to Santiago dispatch that
he should not have made the retrograde
movement that he should have obeyed
the departments orders; that he should
have endeavored to capture the Spanish
vessels in Santiago; that be did not do
h utmost to destroy the Colon that
he caused the squadron to lose distance
Ill the loop OF the Bro0k!yr; that he
thereby caused the Texas to back; that
he did injustice to Lieutenant Command.
er HOdgson; that his cOnlHct in the
campaign was characterized by vaCila-
ton, dilatoriness and lack of enterprise;
that his official reports on the coal sup.
ply were misleading and inaccurate; that
his conduct in the battle was sci pos
sessed, and that he encouraged in his
own person his subordinate officers and
men.
Admiral Dewey says that the passage
to Cientuegos was made With all dispatch;
that in view OF his coal supply the block
ade OF Cienfuegos was effective; that be
allowed the Adula to enter Cientuegos to
get information; that his passage to
Santiago was with as much dispatch as
possible, keeping the squadron together;
t nat the blockade of Santiago was effect
i've; and, finally, that he was the senior
officer off Santiago, in absolute COM
mand, and EMIT ed to the credit for the
victory which resulted in the destruction
OF the Spanish ships. The members unite
in recommending that on account OF the
time which has elapsed since the Santl-
ago campaign, no further proceedings
be taken.
The court heard testimony for seven
weeks, and delberated on the mass OF
evidence for nearly a month before max
ing a report.
Carnegie's Great Offer.
Andrew Carnegie has written letter
to President Roosevelt announcing his
willingness to give $40 100000 for the
purpose of establishing great national
university atWashington. Mr.. Carnegie S
gift to the government, as Z must tor
the present be considered, n1ay permit
the fruition of the plans which have been
discussed for many years for the estab
| lishment OF some form of governmentally
supervised educa tional establishment in
Washington. George Washington lett a
| fund for this purpose, and there IS now
in existence an organization Fnown as
| the George Washington Memorial AGso
citation, whose purpose is the develop
ment of the original plan, enlarged ac
cording to modern ideas OOe result o
the formation of this association 8as
move by the Washington Academy o
Sciences, two years ago, to unite all the
forces which have been striving for thu
creation OF a national university al
Washington. The academy, through it
leading officers, secured the &C operation
of the leading educators OF the country
in plan tor the establishment there oil {
post graduate institution which should
utilize all the governmental agencies an(
scientific bureaus for the higher educa
ton OF students. The work OF the acad
emv attracted the attention of Mr.. Car
negie, who has tor some years entertained
the thought OF providing for some form
of national university III Washington
The serious hitch in accepting the gt
arises from the tact that Mr. Carntgr
proposes to give the goyt4ment tn
bones of the United States steel trust
instead of cash, and the President hest
tates on the government becoming a.
owner in the great steel trust.
Great Flax Crop.
The grain receipts at this point TO
November amounted to an average {
more than 500 600 bushels day, SUI
DAYS excluded. Total receipts of tn
month were Il, 100000 bushels. OF thi
about c, 500, 600 were each wheat an
flax. and the rest largely barl Y. The IT
ceipts of the crop year up to date, trol
August / to December l, have been 40
100000. The flax crop of this seaso
has been by far the largest in its hlstor,
1t has been about as follows: Iowa an
Nebraska, 3 100000 Bushels, Minnesot
5 500 900 bushels, South Dakota $50
600 bushels, and North Dakota IS, 600
600 bushels. o. this vast crop MOI
than is .O00,000 bushels will be sold
this city and moved via Duluth. II
farmers have this tall received an avera&
price of 81 35 bushel, those of NorI
Dakota receiving from their sales OF fla
not less than 500 100000.
The PresideuIs Christmas.
President Roosevelt has accepted an /
+ vitation from Gen. Bradley 7. Johnson
. Virginia, to pass Christmas with htr
, 1t is understood that the President W
f be accompanied by his wife and chlIdre
and will be absent from Washington #
q two or three days. General JohnsC
: lives at The Woodlands, in Amelia cou
c tv, Virginia, to the south of Richmon
. He is a Marylander by birth, but has
? sided in Virginia ever since the Civil Wa
h He is well known as the author OF boo
of1aw and OF history. Among the latt