St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-03
GENERAL NEWS.
HarrisOn,s Life In, urance.

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Elk President Harrison left $4,000 in
life insurance This fact was announced
by President Eitel, of the Union Trust
Company, which is executor of Gen Har
rison's will. He said:
"Gen. Harrison had four policies o.
$40 900 each in force. Our appraise'
ment of the Harrison estate gives its
total value at $38O,OO0. This includes
all real estate, railroad bonds, stock in
the Union Trust Company, the Law
Building here, and other securities"
Concerning a report that Mrs. Har'
rison had signihed her intention to take
the widows third rather than accept the
specific requests under the WILL Mr.. Eitel
said there was not the slightest justih-
cation for such story.
Moose for AdirOndaCks.
The new forest, fish and game COM
mission propose to purchase about 100
These can be secured in Canada and
from the Rocky Mountains. William c.
Whitney, who ownes rs, 900 acres of for
est land and DR.. Seward Webb, whose real
estate holdings in the Adirondacks
amount to about 100000 acres, have
each promised to donate dozen add
tional head. The crates are being built
to transport the moose to the Adiron-
dacks and they will be librated in the
vicinity of Beaver river.
Efforts will be made 10 secure an addi-
tional $4,000 from the legislature next
year, so that within few years several
hundred of these animals, which have
been exied from the state for nearly 30
years will once more be the kings of the
New York forests.
Government Transport Condemned.
Ouartermaster c. A. Devol, has been
anxious for some time to dispose of the
transport Terry. The board of servey
condemned the vessel as being no longer
fit for government service, and ordered
her to be sold, the upset prices being
fixed at $4,000. Bids were adver-
tised for and were to have been opened
Friday but no bid was received. The
upset price will probably be lowered to
$50, 900, when the boat is again adver-
tised for sale.
The Terry was originally the twin
screw excursion boat Hartford and
formerly was in service between Conuec-
ticut shore towns and New York. The
United States government at the out
break of the Spanish war paid $4,000
for her.
Civil Rule ia the Philippines.
Judge Taft and General Macarthur
have agreed upon July as the date tor
the establishment OF civil government in
the Philippines. The military regime in
| the islands will therefore cease on June
80, when General Chaffee will relieve
General Macarthur of the command,
and Governor Taft will be inaugurared the
next day with considerable ceremony.
The commission expects to complete its
tour of the southern islands, where civil
government is being set up in many dis
tricts, about the middle of next month,
and will then return to Manila to ar
range for the general transfer Of author
itv under the provisions of the Spooner
resolution.
Nebraska's new Senators.
The deadlock in the Nebraska senate
rial contest which has existed during
two and one, half months of the state
! legislative session came to an end Thurs
day, the last day of the session. AS a
result of Withdrawals of leading candi-
| dates came the election of Governor
! Charles H. Dietrich, TO fill out the unex-
pred term of Senator Hayward who
died last year, and Joseph H. Millard to
succeed Senator Thurston. This election
brings two practically new men into po-
| litical prominence, both of whom are
| bankers. Seuator.elect Willard is ma
tive Of Hamilton, Canada. He went to
Omaha in 1856, and later founded the
Omaha National bank and is still its
| president. Governor Dietrich was born
Illinois and has been resident of Ne
braska about IA years. He is president
of the German National bank of Hast.
ings, and prior to his nomination for
| governor last year has never been in
politics. One of the defeated candidates
was former assistant Secretary of War
Meiklejohn who resigned that office to
enter the contest.
NHormons Going to Mexico.
DR.. H. F. Gray of Los Angeles, Cal,
has purchased 100000 acres of agri-
cultural lands in Mexico, and has OBJ
tanned a concession for the establish
ment OF a number OF Mormon colonies
thereon. He says that he will bring g.
900 Mormons from Utah and other
parts of the United States to Mexico
within the next few months and locate
them upon the lands he has purchased.
The Mormon colonies in the state OF
Chihuahua have had their population
increased by the arrival of over 1000
Mormous from Utah during the past few
months. 1t is asserted that polyganV is
openly practiced by these colonists, and
that it is sanctioned by the Mexican gov
eminent authorities.
To Rival Vermont.
The attention of the general land office
has been called to the discovery of mar
BILE uuarries in Alaska which are said by
persons applying for titles to the land to
| be of a remarkable character. Judge Ami.
don of the United States District Court
of North Dakota, who is interested in
the company which is to develop the
ouarries, was in Washington recently.
He called at the treasury department
and submitted samples OF the marble to
Assistant Secretary Taylor, who has
charge OF matters pertaining to the con-
struction OF Federal buildings in the vari-
Gus cities. He wishes to sell marble to
the government to be used in the interior
fnishipgs of some of the more costly pub
lie buildings. The quarries are located
on an island in southern Alaska and ex-
perts have pronounced the marble to be