St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-06-19
GENERAL NEWS.
Hazing Now Means Instant Dismissa

Stringent regulations, defining and
prohibiting hazing, have been issued by
the war department. These regulations
are the direct result of the recent muffin
GUS proceedings at the Military Acad-
envy. Hazing is thus defined:
Any cadet who shall strike, lay hands
upon, treat with violence, disturb in his
room or tent, or offer bodily harm to a
new candidate, with intent to punish,
| injure, annoy, modest or harrass the
same; or who shall, with the same in
tent, invite, order, compel or permit a
new cadet or candidate to perform any
I mental service for him, or to assume any
constrained position, or to engagein any
form of physical exercise; or who shall,
with the same intent, invite, order or
compel any new cadet or candidate to
eat or drink any article OF food or to
| take into his mouth any article what
ever, or to do for him anything incom-
patible with the position of cadet and
gentleman, or any cadet, whose duty it
is to enforce camp, barrack or mess regu-
lations, who shall permit any of these
things shall be summary dismissed from
the military academy.
Hazing also includes any other
treatment of a "harrassing, tyrannical,
abusive. shameful, insulting or humilia-
ting character" Personal combat is
also prohibited, and the principals and
other persons concerned or any cadet
condemning another for declining to &C.
cept challenge will be dismissed.
Great Britain's Census.
| The first volume of the census returns
shows the population of the United King
dom to be Al Asa, 57S, an increase in ten
years of 3,721,6 56. England and Wales
show 1874 per cent of the total, while
| Ireland shows loss.
! The volume chiefly deals with England
and Wales, to which alone the following
| figures apply: Excess OF females over
males, 1,082,619 (the war however is
responsible for the absence of many mem.
| The populations of towns is II per cent.
of the whole. In addition to London
eight towns exceed 100000. The birth
rate is steadily decreasing and so is the
death rate. The excess of births over
deaths from 1881 to 1891 was 1897 per
cent, and from 1891 to 1901 only 1899.
The report says: "There has been a
diminution in the loss of population by
an excess of emigration over immigration
to the extent of COL ,499 But for the
unusual drain on the resident population
as the result OF the war the loss would
probably have been entirely wiped out
and a gain established for the first time
by the excess of immigration over emf
grafton"
Philippine Judges Named.
The United States Philippine Commits
sion has appointed the following
supreme court judges: Chief Justice
Cayetano Arellano; Florentino Torres,
ex-Attorney, General; J. F. Cooper, of
Texas, General James F. Smith, of Cali.
fornia, Charles A. Willard OF Minnesota,
Victorina Mapa, OF Iloilo, Fletcher Laid,
of New Hampshire The commission has
also appointed L. R. Whitley, of Mis-
souri,, to be encouragement. His as
sistant and solicitor will be natives.
Seventeen judges have been appointed to
courts OF first instance. Among the ap-
pointments there are eleven Americans
who have been given the most important
circuits, as follows:
Manila, Kincaid of Texas and Odin of
New Hampshire; APART, Blount OF
Georgia; Dagupan, Johnson of Michi-
gan; Batangas, Lineberger, of Illinois
Nueva Caceres, Carson of Virginia
Iloilo, Bates OF Vermont Negroes, Norris
of Nebraska; Cebu, Carock of Illinois;
Zamboanga, Ickie ofIowa; Jolo, Whitsett
OF Missouri.
Cubans Free on Christmas,