St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-11-06
GENERAL NEWS.


The census report on population by
school, militia and voting ages tor all
the states and territories issued Novem-
Der l, shows the following summary for
the country as whole: Persons OF school
age, FIVE to twenty years, 20 l1O,1SS,
of whom 24,897, 100 are native born,
22,49O.211 are white and 1906 100
are males; males Of militia age, 16 $780,
363, of whom 13 1872 go are native
born and IA, 495 396 are white; and
males of voting age, 81 ,329, 819, of whom
1921 2S5 are native born and 10 O36,-
143 are white.
OF the total number of males twenty.
one years Of age and over, 326. 295 are
illiterate. OF the 16, 227 2o5 native born
males twenty-one years of age and over,
1,7O6, 293 areilliterate, and Of the 5 1922
534 foreign born 620,002 are iliterate,
Native white males OF voting age who
are of foreign parentage show a relative
increase in their proportion since 1890,
while the colored males Of voting age
have increased throughout the northern
and western sections with few eXCep-
tons, like California, where there has
been large decrease ia the Chinese pop.
uIation. Ia many southern states es'
pecialy Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina ard Louisiana, the COlored ee'
ment of voting age shows decreased
proportion. Foreign white males of vot
ing age show an increased proportion ii
all New England except Vermont. There
has been a relative decrease in all the re.
naming states and territories except
| New Jersey. little over % per cent d
| the entire alien population OF the country
is illterate. This is notably so in Louis
lana, where they constitute nearly one
half OF the aliens.
The statistics show that the average
number Of persons to each potential vo
| ter range from 81 to 5 5 in the NORTH
Atlantic states; to in the NORTH
Central states; 4 to 4 4 in the Soutr
Central states; to in the South
Atlantic states; "a to 4 in the Western
states, and II to 10 in Alaska anc
Hawaii.
A Foreigners View.
Among the passengers who sailed tol
Hamberg. Thursday, was Count Otto
Won Mollke. He has been in this coun
try since Oct. 4. having been commission
ed by the Prussian parliament, OF which
he is a member, to study our transpOrta
ton methods, including street and othe
railway transportation, as well as tratfl
on highways, rivers and canals In al
interview he said
Il am electrified with the progress yot
Americans have made in the methods 0
transportation. 1t is impossible for an,
one in Europe to understand this with
out seeing it, The best expression
have heard here is 'up-to-date,' whicI
tells the whole story. You have shown
the most progress in adopting electricit,
as means OF transportation. The Ger
man Siemenses are the fathers OF electric
al improvements, and the Germans con
ceive many methods, but they can't tax
hold of things the way the Americans do
Conservative methods keep the German
from launching out extensively in an.
scheme. Europeans are theoretical AM
Americans are practical. The European
formulate and you put into practice"
For Cretan Independence.
Negotiations have been reopened be
tween the four protecting powers wit
regard to the independence of Crete
King George of Greece had long confer
ences on the subject with the Gar AM
King Edward at Fredensborg, and tn
question is the principal object of h
visit to Paris, from which city he Wi
proceed to Vienna to discuss the matter
During his tour a year ago Prince Georg
of Greece High Commissioner of Crete
although unable to obtain any supper
OF his proposal for the annexation of tn
island to Greece, secured the adhesion c
the powers to scheme OF independence
But on his return to Crete he found tina
Russia was not ready to fulfil her prom
ise and now his father, who is regarde
; as more astute diplomatist, has under
taken to pave the way; and, later, Primo
George will personally confer with tn
powers concerned.
Indian Mounds Discovered.
David Bushnell, Jr., who is in charge {
f the archaeological department OF til
= Peabody Institute of Harvard, while o
a visit to the site of the worlds fair
e Forest park discovered six India
, mounds on the high ridge OF groun
1 where the art buildings are to be located
e Steps have been taken to save from ii
!. Jury at least one of the mounds for exh
6 bition at the louisiana Purchase expos
{ ton. The mounds are in the preci
condition in which the Indians lie
them" says Mr. Bushnell. They ha7
q never been opened"
n The Fauna of Hawaii.
After eleven years of work, Rev. R.
J L. Perkins, the English naturalist, b;
just completed a collection OF the faut
l. of Hawaii. He has made two practical
: complete collections, one for the Brti
: Museum and the other for the BishC
Museum, of Honolulu. His work co
S ers everything that flies, walks or Greer
: and it also comprises cOnchologv as a
l. piled to land shells, ornithology and e
:, tomology. Among the curious facts d
l. closed by his collection are that Haw;
:, has the only species OF dragon flies tn
/, do not start in life from water or sho
larv9, and are non'aquatic. The lal
q shells are numerous and beautiful
/, color and markings. The indigenous
, sects are all small. On the various
d ands birds differ in marked way.
Rev. Van Santverd Dead.
Rev Cornelius Van Santverd, of KIM
ton, N. Y, widely known as a writ
died Thursday night, He was chaple
II of the Goth New York for the first tv
IS years of the civil war and in 1862 Pre-
ii dent Lincoln appointed him as cha
e. lain in the regular army. He was
Is signed first to Nashville and later