St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-03

m in the profession, was confined in tt
It insane ward of a New York hospita
re Since being confined he has begun t
It write play and has assigned the part
G. to other patients in the ward. Mr. Bal
f. rymore's first wife was a sister of lob
S Drew. She died several years ago. Hi
4 daughter, Miss Ethel Barrymore, is on
n of the best known leading ladies in tn
D United States.
The long-agitated question Of who de
vised the plan by which the army of tn
Cumberland was relieved in 1863 by tn
the opening of the river line of supple.
from Chattanooga to Bridgeport has al
last been settled. The controversy arose
when the Chickamauga Park commission
III their description of the campaign
around Chattanooga, gave Gen. Rose
Grams credit for originating the scheme.
This honor was claimed by Gen. William
f. (Baldy) Smith, and he finally asked
the secretary of war to refer the matter
to board of army officers for investiga-
ton. Secretary Root appointed a board
of three with Maj, Gen. John K. Brook as
chairman. After a visit to the theatre
OF operations, an exhaustive study of the
volumlncus records in the case, and a
hearing of Gen. Smiths case as presented
by himself and an attorney, the board
unanimously decided that the plan was
devised by Gen. Rosecrans, and not by
Gen. Smith. In its report, however, the
board expressed the opinion the decision
is no injustice to the military record of
Gen. Smith.
A writer in the New York Tribune saws:
The Rev. DR.. William A. Winslow, of the
Egypt Exploration Fund, says that in
the Boston Museum is a statue of a
brother of the Pharaoh of the Exodus
which bears the title general of cav
airy" His unfortunate brother the
King, received the title of general of in
tantry." Pharaohs early training with
infantry, not with cavalry, was certainly
one reason why he would not rush with
the cavalry and characters down into
the bed of the Reedy (not Red) Sea close
upon the heels of the fugitive Israelites.
He was probably as timid on hoseback
as he was tickle when Moses had his in
terviews with him. At any rate, if the
reputed mummy of that Pharaoh taken
last year to Cairo be his, that settles the
question of his drowning, so long and
often discussed. Just now the mummies
and the papyri are settling a good MANY
twentieth century queries about a far
past.
King Edward has commissioned Ed
win A. Abbey, the famous American art
list, to paint the coronation scene in
Westminster Abbey. The canvas will be
fifteen feet long. The selection of this
artist will cause great satisfaction in the
Royal Academy, where Mr.. Abbey is not
only without rival as painter of his
torical scenes, but is also deservedlv
popular. 1t is also an exceptional trib-
ute to American art from the British
Crown which will crafty all Americans.
Mr.. Abbey is native of Philadelphia.
He removed his studio to London in
1888.
Theodor Butkievitch, whose death in
Budapest is reported, was once consid
cred one of Russia's most brilliant art
lists. For twentytour years he was
prisoner in the Siberian lead mines, on
charge of insulting Alexander II. He
finally escaped, and after numberless suf-
ferings reached Budapest. He became
an habtual drunkard and was frozen to
death while intoxicated.
Massachusetts, Sons of the Revolution |
have obtained permission from the city
council of Quebec to erect a tablet to
mark the spot where Gen. Montgomery
fell in an attempt to take the city on the
last day of December, 1875. The British
officers buried Montgomery with the
honors of war, and an inscription was
placed upon nearby cliff, "Here Major
Gen. Montgomery fell, Dec. 81, 1875"
Current Press Comment,
The New York World presents clever
cartoon by Bush. The G. 0. P. ark is
depicted adriit upon dreary waste of |
water with only the top of a palm tree
marked Cuba and Annexation" in
sight The clumsy G. o. P. elephant
peers out of grated window, while Nc
kinley, lifting up hatch, sends out a
carlcature OF Redheld Proctor as a bird |
in the direction of the tree. The picture
bears the legend Noah Mckinley sends |
out the dove for the second time."-St. |
Adams Messenger. In the biblical story
we believe the dove failed to return the
second time. Senator Proctor will re-
turn however, and there are lots Of us
that would like to see him "annex" the |
Presidential Cha mir in 1904 -1Co.;aoGoIl