St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-06
GENERAL NEWS.
Death of william M. Evarls.


Thursday, removes one who although
not native OF Vermont was nearly all
his life more or less closely ldentih,d with
| the Green Mountain State. Mr.. Evarts
was bora in Boston on F, bruary 3,
1918. He came OF sturdy Puritan stock,
tracing his ancestry back to the early
days of New England. His father,
jeremiah Evarts, VINO was one OF the
most trenthant and inhut initial religious
writer's of his day, was born in Sunder-
land Jeremiah Evarts was a Yale man
and although living in Boston when he
completed mis- preparation tor college,
Young Evarts, in accordance with his
alh,rs wish, went to Yale, instead of to
the neighboring Harvard. He was then
fifteen years OF age. Ia 1888 and 1889
he attent ed the Harvard Law School,
and during this period he tor a time
made his home elsewhere than in Boston.
| The catalogue OF the Connecticut Alpha
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, bearing
the date OF August, 1888, contains the
name OF William Maxwell Evarts,
Windsor, Vt" In 1S4l he was admitted
to the bar In New York and during his
| long legal career he rose to an EN- nence
in his profession that has been rarely at.
tanned. During the war he conducted
many important cases on the part OF the
| governm, MT. In 1861 he was one of the
council of the United States in trial oil the
officers and crew Of the schooner Savan
nah on a charge OF piracy. He establish
ed the right OF the government to treat
captured Confederate vessels as maritime
plizes. In 1866 he successfully contested
the ConStitullonality OF State taxation
OF United States bonds and national
bank. When President job son was
| impeached by the Senate in 1868 he Sc
! lected as his principal council Mr. Evarts,
who conducted the case with great
| ability, adroitness and technical skill
and succeeded in warding off the convic-
ton OF his client. From July Is, 1868,
until the end of the president term in
the following year, Mr.. Evarts served as
Attorney General in Mr.. Johnson's cabl.
net
His next important public service was
performed as council tor the United
States before the tribunal of arbitration
on the Alabama claims, where he made
powerful plea.
Mr.. Evarts represented the republican
party before the Electoral commission
which gave the presidency to Mr.. Hayes,
and during his administration he served
as Pre- sldent Hayes secretary of state.
In 1885 he was elected United States
Senator and served one term. AS law
yer, Mr.. Evarts held foremost place in
the country tor fully third OF a century.
After the retirement of Charles O'Conor
| he dad hxy
the leader OF the New York bar until his
retirement from active practice. On
August 80, 1S43, MIR. Evarts married
Miss Helen Minerva Wardner, the eldest
daughter of Allan Warbler, a prominent
citizen of Vermont, whom he first met
when living at Windsor few years pre-.
viously Their golden wedding was
celebrated 1898. For many years Mr..
Evarts carried on large farm at Wind
sor, not merely as summer home, but
as a practical farming enterprise. 1t
was called Runnymt de, and consisted OF
several hundred acres. AS his children
married houses were built for tht m on
the Vermont farm, near Mr.. Evart'S
own country residence, and it was the
custom tor all the members of the family
to assemble frequently in a common
dining room, capacious enough to ac-
commodate children and grandchildren
as we'll as guests.
The funeral was held in New York Sat
urday and the burial was at Windsor
Sunday.
The Greatest Exporting Nation,
The United States now st ,nds at the
head OF the worlds exporting nations.
The complete figures TOR the calendar
year 1900, when compared with those Of
other nations, show that American ex.
ports of domestic products are greater
than those of any other country. The
total exports of domestic merchandise
from the United Stairs in the calendar
year 1900 were $1,453 013 $50; those
from the United Kingdom, which has
heretofore led in the race for this distinc'
ton were 81 ,41S,3+S 600 and those
from Germany 81 $50 Gil 900 Addi-
tional interest is given to the first rank
which the United States now holds as
an exporting nation by the fact that a
quarter of century ago she stood fourth
in that list. In 1875 the domestic ex
ports of the United States were $497,-
263, 1877; those of Germany. $607 &c.,
600; those OF France, STAT ,4S9 900 and
those of the United Kingdom, 81 ,0S7,
$4,000 Today the United States
stands at the head of the list, the United
Kingdom second, Germany third and
France fourth, with the figures as 'ol-
lows: United States. 81 453 031 $50
United Kingdom 81 AIS 34S 900; Ger
MANY. 81 $50 Gil 600; Fra ce, $751;,
O60 900 All OF these figures, it should
be remembered. relate to the exports OF
domestic products. Thus in the quarter
century the United States has increased
her exports from $497 ,263, 1877 to ST.
453 OF 8 .669 or 1872 per cent; Germany,
from SCOT ,096 900 to 81 $50 Gil, 900,
or rs per cent; the United Kingdom,
from 81 OS7 $4,000 to $1,419, 34S,
600, or 81 per cent, and France, from
STAT ,4S9, 900, to $7S7,060,000, or 5
per cent.
The Wealth of the Steel Trust.
1t is estimated that the newly organ.
lied United States Steel Corporation
takes in companies owning seventy eight
blast furnaces, 149 steel works and six
finishing plants. This includes bar mills,
structural steel and plate mills, tnplate
works, sheet mills and wire rod and wire
nail mills. The annual capacity in fin
ished material is about 1000 900 tons.
The company owns Lake Superior iron
mines which produced last year nearly
II 900 900 tons of ore. 1t has 10 3O9
coke ovens, 70 $50 acres of coal lands
and about 30 600 acres of surface lands