St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-23

tributed, comprising both vegetables ant
flowers. Havana and Sumatra tobacco
will be sent only to Florida and certain
parts OF New England where it's cultur
has proven successful where muslin sheets
are spread over large tracts of tobacco
area to furnish the necessary tropica
| conditions.
Names Hale Old Man.
Eben Lancaster. OF East Bowdoinham
celebrated his 102d birthday last week
Uncle Eben" is next to the oldest mar
in Maine, and retains his faculties as
we'll as a man of half his years, He is a
fluent talker, very religious, and likes tc
quote scripture and tell OF the goodness
Of God to him. He retired from active
work at the age OF So, his last day
labor having been to hoe 2,252 hills OIL
beans in seven and one half hours. He
has lived during the HE OF every president
and has voted Tor every one since James
Madison. Last year he cast the first
ballot in Bowdoinham for President Nc
Kinley and a week after the election be
received letter from President McKin-
lev congratuating him upon his many
years of fealty and steadiastness to the
Republican party.
Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, the oldest
descendant of Benjamin Franklin, died at
her home in Philadelphia October 10,
She was the great granddaughter OF
Benjamin Franklin. Her parental grand
father was a democrat who tor many
years was editor OF the famous organ of
that party Aurora, which was published
in Philadelphia. Her father, William
Duane, was eminent as a lawyer, He
was the legal adviser OF Stephen Girard
and wrote the will in which provision
was made for Girard college. He was
secretary of the treasury in 1888 and
was ordered by President Jackson to re-
move the deposits OF public money from
the bank OF the United States. He re-
fused to comply and was removed from
office.
At the annual meeting of the Pullman
company held in Chicago last week all
the retiring directors were reelected. The
usual quarterly dividend OF So per share
was declared last week. For the fiscal
year ended July 81, the total revenue
was ST 996 ISL; the total expenses in
GLIDING dividends SIS 100 446, leaving
a net surplus of So S66,S35. With the
surplus OF 81 S95, 944 brought forward
from the preceding fiscal year, the total
surplus of the company is now $7,762-
279.
Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow
has ordered the establishment of post
office to be named Mckinley, in Frank
ling county, Wash. This is the first
office so named since the death Of the
late president.
The new quarters for the cadets at the
United States Naval Academy at Annap-
OILS will be the longest building in the
world. The area of ground occupied by
the foundations is eleven acres and when
completed 5110 piles will have been
driven. Four hundred and seventy
thousand brick will be used in the foun-
dations alone. The length of the new
building will be 1861 feet, and the width
489 eet inches The quarters are con
nected by colonnades, with the armory
on one side and the boathouse on the
other, making the actual length OF the
building 1878 feet inches, or about a
quarter of mile.
A statement was made last week by an
official of a prominent western pulp
manufacturing company that the wood
pulp manufacturing concerns ofthe coun-
try are soon to be merged into one big
trust.
Mrs. Denman Thompson, wife of the
actor, was robbed OF valuables worth
$40 900, while the "Old Homestead"
was being given at the Lyceum Theatre
at Ithaca, N. Y. The Jewels were taken
from trunk locked in baggage car at
the Lehigh Valley depot. c. D. Norris, a
I.ehigh Valley car inspector, at whose
home was found 100000 worth OF Pull
man Car Co stock, which was part OF the
stolen property, was arrested. He plead
ed not guilty, and was held Tor the grand
jury in default OF $1,000 bail. 1t is re-
ported that he has confessed. Some Of
the $4,000 worth of Jewels which was
stolen has been disposed of.
The treasurer OF the American Board
W. H. Wiggin, has announced that cash
and pledge have been received equal to
the amount of the American Boards
ten individuals and two churches each
gave $1,000; seven individuals gave $50
apiece, FIVE individuals gave $3.50; FIVE
gave 5000; two gave $500, and other
sums were received down to IS cents in
amount.
Secretary Long will have the unquali-
fed support OF President Roosevelt in his
plan to enlarge the navy. The secretary
contemplate recommending to congress
in his annual report that the enlisted
strength of the navy be increased to 3d.
900 men, or 10000 more than the pres
ent authorized strength, and that sew
eral more ships be built. "By 1904, y
said the secretary, there will have been
added to the navy about six battlesbips,
| 10 armored cruisers and number OF
smaller vessels. To man them it will be
necessary that congress authorize the
enlistment OF at least 10000 more men
than the present authorized strength oil
| the navy"
Carl Redlich, supervising engineer for
the Austrian government, is in Pittsburg
He is on visit to the United States tor
the purpose of placing large contracts
Public Improvements, including 1906
miles of steam railroads and tunnels
canals and street railways, are about tc
be undertaken by the Australian govern
ment, involving possible expenditure o
$3.50, 900. Mr.. Redlich said; America
is the only place we can obtain the re
quired machinery, and as a result con
tracts will be placed in this country tina
will aggregate more than $100000,0 900
Boston Food Fair.