St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-11-06
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The Years Postal Business.
The annual report OF the auditor for
the post office department was made
public last week. Auditor Castle, in
comparing the increase in the amount of
financial transactions OF the auditors
office, says that in 1886, the year in
VIII CHI the auditors office was established
as an independent institution, the total
financial transactions were less than
Sc, 100000, while the aggregate OF such
transactions for the year 1901 was over
$500 900 900. The items which go to
make no the sum total of these transac
ii MS are as follows: Revenues Of the
postal service. Sill 631, 1913; ,xpendi-
lures, Sis 554 926; total amount of
money orders issued, $294,618, $50;
total amount of money orders paid,
1921 554,711. The receipts OF the
New York post office for the fiscal year
ending Tune 80. 1901. were $40 384 623 ;
at Chicago, $7,7O6,356; Philadelphia
So Cos SOL; Boston, So. 81, PA, and St.
Louis, 50, 145 900.
Public Land Sold.
The annual report OF Commissioner
Herman, of the general land Office, says
that 15,562,796 acres Of public land
were disposed of during the last fiscal
wear, an increase of 2,10S, 90S over the
previous year, which was the banner
year in public land sales. The net sur
| plus from the entire land and forest ad-
ministration is So, 1853 442.
Ernest eton.1hompson, the writer,
has been granted permission by the SUI
preme court Justice, to change his name
| to that OF Ernest ThompsOn-Seton. Mr..
| Thompson said that the surname Thomp-
son was not his proper patronymic or
| that of his ancestors. 1t was pseudo
nvm adopted by his famiIyto avoid ideu-
titv when they hid from the English gov
eminent after having taken part on be-
half of Charles Stuart in the J9Cobite re-
! bellion of 1745. A further reason given
! bv Mr.. Thompson is a common name
in New York and borne by great num-
Der of people, and he therefore did not
wish to retain it.
In 10 separate and distinct national
cemeteries the bodies of nearly 100000
soldiers who died during the civil war
are inferred, and the decoration OF their
graves with flowers on a fixed
day has become a national Gus.
tom. Some OF the cemeteries con-
tain each a silent army OF over 10000
soldiers in serried ranks, marked by the
white headstones on nearly halt OF which
is inscribed "Unknown' The world
may be searched in vain for anything
similar or kindred. There is no other
such impressive sight.
The government of the United States
has asked Denmark for decisive answer
to the United States offer to purchase
the Danish West Indian Islands. The
Danish government has promised to
make a reply before November 80.
A Picking dispatch says, the recall Of
Wu-Ting tang (the Chinese Minister at
Washington was decided upon Friday.
To him will be offered, it is announced, a
subordinate post in the foreign office be.
meath his abilities, which it is believed he
will decline. Lii Hung Changes ipterpre.
ter, Tseng, adopted son of the Marquis
Tseng, is a prominent candidate for the
Washington mission. He is thirty years
of age, and was educated in England.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close OF business
on October 81 the debt, less cash in the
United States treasury, amounted tc
81, 022 O32, 957, a decrease from last
month of SO 500 ,40S.
The report of Gen, John F. Weston
commissary general of subsistence
shows the total expenditures for subsist
ence of the army during the fiscal year tC
have been SIS, 622, 228. Receipts from
sales of subsistence stores during thC
same period were So, 290,234.
The King Alfred, the largest cruiser il
the world, was successfully launched a
Barrow-in-F urness, England, last week
1t cost 81 oil ,759. She will have speed
of % knots.
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