St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
Current Press Comment.
MacAr,hur,s Tribute 10 the Quee

Through the general commanding the
forces OF the United States in Manila,
General Macarthur, the United States has
paid the memory of the Queen the most
striking tribute ever paid to the memory
of the sovereign Of another nation. He
has ordered all duty throughout his d.
vision, excepting in the case of the neces-
sary guard in the field, to be suspended
OF. the day Of Queen Victoria's funeral.
"At reveille national salute will be
fired with single guns half hourly be-
tween sunrise and shutdown. when there
will be salute to the union jack of forty
five guns" That is magnificent com.
pliment offered by the American army in
the field, and we hope and trust that
Lord Kitchener, on behalf of our army
in the field in South Africa, may find
some means of acknowledging it-say by
a public salute of the American flag. 1t
is great pleasure to us to think that
America should thus lead the world in a
matter-ceremnnial observance which
is usually supposed to be the special pro.
vince Of monarchic and aristocratic
states The Spectator, London.
Confederate Veterans and the Ex-slave.
There should be no. organization of
any kind in the United States which is
not willing to welcome the President Of
the United States, no matter what his
politics. Memphis extended the invita-
ton to Mr.. Mckinley from no political
motive. He is not even a candidate.
He was invited not because he is at the
head of political party but becau he
is the president of country of which
Memphis is proud to be part. 1t was
a striking coincidence that on the same
day that Pete Turney Camps protest
was published was also published the
news that an ex-save in Memphis had
contributed $1,000 to the fund for the
entertainment OF the veterans. Pete
Turney Camp ought to derive no salts
faction from a comparison of these two
items of news Louisville Courier Jour
nal.
Punishment for Bank Robbers.
Mcclure, who robbed the Rutland,
National Bank of $145, 900, got off with
seven years in the house of correction.
What's the matter with the state prison
in the Green Mountains ? The man who
steals a mouse. colored mustang fares
worse and he is saint when compared
with bank robber. He has but one
victim and does not take away the
means whereby we live," while the lat
ter has many victims and sends men,
women and children to the poorhouse,
United States law needs about 80
years of tinkering.-[ Nashua, IN. H
Press.
The Vermont railroad commissioners
have duty to perform to the public in
examining the railroad which runs
from Bethel to Rochester. This road,
although in ramshackle condition, is
now open to business. The run of 1S
miles takes nearly two hours. When the
train strikes soft spot the cars sag sew
eral degrees from horizontal position,
and the passengers and trainmen grow
pale and wait with bated breath for the
crash, which has not come, but which
may come in the form of dire disaster if
the present rightful conditions continue.
The engineer and fireman do not look
ahead on the track as much as they
watch behind to see whether the cars are
coming and the trainmen stand on the
platforms to see if the train is intact.
Cars leave the track two or three times
during the trip, but the trainmen have
ingenious contrivances by which they
have them "on again" and are "gone
again." per "Finnegin." The narrow.
guage railroads in Windham county
have been the butt of many Jokes but
rides on them are through trips on En-
p're State expresses 0imited) compared
with this weird, ughtmarish fright be-
tween Rochester and Bethel Vermont
Phoenix.
Vermont is waking up, thinks the Brat.
tleooro correspondent of The Springft Id
Republican, and perhaps it isn't all a
dream. Vermont has more things that a
progressive state can spare than many a
greater commonwealth and now there
are Signs OF mild revolution, a revolt
against the Nominations of few men
composing what has been called ring. u
Not many are left of the railroad bosses
and relieved OF this domination The Re