St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-16

IN design WITH tne aIcn. AS soon as Tue
site is fixed an architect will be selected
to carry on the work of making plans
for the arch, which will be of practically
the same design as the arch under which
Admiral Dewey rode on his return from
Manila. No subscriptions will be invited
until the committee has decided Just
what and where the arch is to be.
Hos itaI Nurses Indicted.
The three nurses OF Bellevue Hospital,
New York, F. c. Davis, Clinton Marsh
all and 7. R. Dean, held by the coroners
jury for beating and choking to death
Louis billiard, a patient in the insane
pavilion, were indicted last week tor
manslaughte in the firsr degree The
maximum penalty is twenty years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary. Bail in
the sum Of $1,000 each was furnished by
Ogden Mills. DR.. George T. Stewart has
taken charge of Bellevue Hospital in
place of William R. O'Rourke, recently
deposed. DR.. Stewart will reorganize
Bellevue from top to bottom. The
nurses were arraigned in the Court OF
general sessions. They pleaded not
guilty and were released in So 900 bail
| ny OSuCu Mills
Mayor of Santiago Suspended.
General Whiteside, military command
err of the department OF Santiago, has
suspended the mayor of Santiago, Pedro
Grinan, from office. The action was
taken bv order of Governor General
Wood. 1t is an outcome of the investi-
cation into municipal affairs by a COM
| from Havana In th,c
there will be new commission of
inquiry. 1t is said that the first COM
mission. on whose report the suspension
was decreed, consisted entirely Of nation
alists, and the members were prejudiced
personally against the mayor. A new
com mission, including two Americans
besides a staff officer, will commence a
fresh investigation of the charges, which
are said to grow out of an alleged mis-
appropriation of funds.
Gifts for Art Museum.
The Boston Museum OF Fine Arts has
received handsome New Years present
from E. A. Grozier in the shape of the
well known painting OF Lazarus" by
Elihu Vedder. Lazarus" is a typical
work of the eminent artist. 1t repre-
sents the subject in the shape of the
colossal head of a young man, Arabian
in feature and strikingly beautiful. The
background is a desert landscape, seen
from a canyon-like sepulchre, in which
Lazarus has been buried, Another New
Years gift received by the museum is a
fine collection of photographs of old
masters from the estate of the late Ed
mund Wheelwright, presented by his
widow.
Forestry Work in the ChiCIsamauga
Park.
The government is making prepara-
tions to rehabilitate the forest on the
reservation embracing the Chickamauga
National Military Park. For this pur-
pose the department of agriculture will
send to Chattanooga a corps of expert
ioresters, who will direct the work of re
planting the trees. A large sum will be
spent in restoring the trees. Some parts
of the park before the government ac
quired it were almost denuded of trees
by relic hunters.
Wireless Telegraphy in Hawaii.
Wireless biography between Honolulu
and various islands of the Hawaiian
group is in practical operation. Stations
on several islands have been established
The new service and accessories include
all of the islands except Kauai. There
are three stations, one at Honolulu, one
at Hilo and one on the Island of Lanai
Lanai is a connecting station between
the two others. By means Of a cable
messages can be sent from Lanai to the
Island of Maui. By this means and by
telephone all the islands of the group
will now be in close communication.
The Canadians Fought Well.
special dispatch from Pretoria, datec
January II, and describing the fight
of January 9 near Commando Mex
dwells upon the excellent work of How
ards scouts, a new corps composed o.
Canadians who remained in South Africa
and re-enisted. These scouts chased
the retreating Beers a distance Of five
miles, harasslng their rear and taking
some prisoners.
Fire IN Orphan Asylum.
A portion of the Hubbel Park Orphan
Asylum at Rochester, N. Y, was de
stroyed by fire on the morning of Ian. 8
destroying the lives of twenty-five child
rem ranging from 2 to s years DID, anC
those of two adults, both women, ant
caused the injury OF fifteen Others, two
of whom have since died The FIRE wa.
the result of boiler explosion.
The city council of Berlin, N. H., hav,
voted to exempt the Wead Overall com
pany of Swanton for a term of years
This company is DESTROYS to locate there
1t has had much trouble in obtaining
help where it is now located. 1t has
large number of orders which it is I'm
able to fill for that reason. Work will a
once begin in remodeling a building fo
them.
E S. Converse of Maiden has presented
to the trustees Of the Converse Memoir
al Library $125000 which is to b
known as the E. S. and Mary D Con
verse endowment fund. The librar'
building, which cost $125 900, was pre-
sented to the city few years ago bv MI
Converse as a memorial to his eldest sou
Helen Gould and M. Mancus, Polls
tailor of Leadville, Col, are about t.
, become mining partners. Mancus ha
, been 20 years in LeadvilIe without bein
able to make more than living. Las
summer he located at Two.bit Gulch sew
: eral claims that he believed were value
= BILE, but he had not money to enable hir
: to develop them.