St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04
Lawson,s Miniature Venice.


Thomas w. Lawson, Bostonian mi
lionaire, is going to build a miniatul
Venice on the rugged coast of Maine. H
has bought two islands of; Stoningt OF
and has an option on twelve Others
which be will pay for when the titles al
proved to his satisfaction.
These islands are 81 uated in Isle A
Haut Bay, and are about fifteen mile
from the mainland. Saddleback, th
largest of the group, contains over fort,
acres. They are close together, an,
many of them can be connected b,
bridges. They are all covered with
heavy growth of spruce and fir balsam
although there are stretches free o
woods.
1t is said that Mr.. Lawson will build {
castle on Saddleback and clear the islant
for golf links and tennis courts. TIL,
others, it is said, he will put in the hands
OF a landscape artist, who will furnish
plans VIII oh will transform the Lawson
| group oil islands into Venice in Ameri
ca" The location is one of the most
beautiful on the Main coast. Mr.. Law
son can cruise around Bar Harbor, Cam
den, Rockland, Vinal Haven and Bucks
sport and be within signalling distance
of his Venice. From Saddeback the see
view is fine. Mount Desert can be seer
in the east and Camden mountains loon
up in the west.
The estimated cost of the islands is
| 100000 The total cost of the Venice
in America" it is said will perhaps BIT
$1,000,000.
Martyrs to Science.
Of the eight persons bitten by infected
mosquitoes in connection with the expert.
ments conducted by the yellow fever
board in Cuba during the last three
weeks three have died. Three Others
who took the fever are expected to re.
cover. One has not developed the dis
ease. The eighth person as yet has not
developed yellow fever, although it is
too early to say what will happen in
that case. The case of Miss Clara
Mass, the last to die, was peculiarly
pathetic, as she had served long, had
been bitten by infected mosquitoes many
times, and volunteered with perfect
serenity, yet the result was death. She
was trained nurse whose home was in
East Orange, n J. She did a noble work
for the sick and wounded soldiers in the
Cuban and Philippine campaigns.
Thus far during August there have
been two deaths from yellow fever in
Havana, as compared with an average
OF more than fifty for the month OF
August during the previous II years.
Maj. Gorgas regards the experiment in
,,,fa Of
to science.
Governor of Porto Rice.
The President on Friday appointed
William H. Hunt, of Montana, to be
governor of Porto Rico. He succeeds
Charles H. Allen, of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Hunt, formerly associate justice OF
the supreme court, of Montana, was
born in New Orleans, November s. 1857.
He was educated at the Hopkins gram
mar school at New Haven, Conn, and in
1896 received the degree OF A. M, at
Yale university. August 81, 1882, he
married Miss Gertrude Upshure. He
studied law in New Orleans and in 1879
moved to Montana where he practiced
law until elected judge in 1894. In poll
tics he is a republican.
Human Being in the Mail.
Stanley Babcock, mail messenger at
Sag HARDER, L. l., received a shock the
other night when informed that besides
the regulation bags there was a live
man for him to carry to the post office.
At first he thought that some one was
trying to play a joke on him. but the
man walked forth and on his coat was
big tag bearing the name and address
Of resident of Sag Harbor. He was
taken to the post Office, where friends met
him. The stranger is Polander and
cannot speak English. He was tagged
SO that he could not go astray.
will Exhibit FIlipinos.
John Barrett, formerly United States
minister to Siam, and recently appointed
commissioner general of the st. Louis ex-
position for Asia and Australia, purposes
that the Philippines shall be largely
represented in the exhibits at the fair.
His chief idea is to induce the war de-
partment to encourage members of each
of the dozens of tribes to appear at the
exposition. He thinks the people of the
United States would flock to see the
brown men for whom, in the language
of former Speaker Reed, they paid So a
head.
Secretary Root left Washington Thurs
day for his summer home at Southamp-
ton, Long Island. He is suffering from a
recurrence in mild form of the trouble
which affected him last spring. Gen
Gillespie, chief of engineers, is acting as
secretary Of war. Gen. Gillespie has been
designated acting secretary by the Presi
dent under an act of 1882, which au
thorizes the head OF bureau to be act
ng secretary. A year ago the president
ssued an executive order designating
Gen. Miles to be acting secretary in the
absence of the secretary and assistant
secretary, and in the absence of Gen
Miles, Gen. Corbin was to act. 1t hap
pens that all the persons directly named
to perform the duties of secretary are
absent, and Gen. Gillespie, therefore, was
! selected.
Hon. Binger Hermann, commissioner
of the general land Office, has completed
his annual report, which shows that dur
ing the year 1862, 796 acres of the
public domain were disposed of and thai
the receipts of the Office were 4,972,16
The receipts exceeded those uf last yeal
by $500 400 and the land disposals b,
| 2,10S, 909 acres.