St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-06

, a long period OF suffering, the Queer
wrote a personal letter to Mrs. Garfield
saving:
have watched during the last few sad
months with admiration the patience
and Christian fortitude of your gallant
husband and | learn with great grieI
that he has passed away. l, too, know
the sorrow Of such unhappy desolat1on,
and ask you to accept my deepest SYM
pathy IN your bereavement. President
Garfield was a good and noble man.
Nav God sustain you in your hour OF
trouble.
One Of the floral offerings given by
Americans at the funeral last week, was
a wreath from Mrs. Garfield.
After Alexander Hamilton was killed
IN duel by Aaron Burf on Weehawken
Heights, N. T., on July II, 1904, the St.
Andrews Society of New York state,
erected marble monument on the spot
where he fell, "as an expression OF aftec-
tionate regard to his memory and of
| deep regret for his loss" But the monu-
mcnt was allowed to stand only for
about twelve years, as it became
favorite meeting place for duelIists. The
monument was lost sight of until 1850,
when it was discovered behind the bar Of
a New York saloon. Hugh Maxwell,
the president o. ST. Andrews Society at
that time, purchased it and presented it
to his friend, James G, King, who lives
on Weehawken Heights. Mrs. John
King Van Rensselaer, came into posses
sion OF it gently as one of Mrs. Kings
heirs, and she has presented it to the
New York Historical Society.
Those who knew Philip D. Armour
were surprised that his will disposed of
no more than 100000, the general
belief being that he was worth at least
$50,000,00O. The following compilation
shows how the dead multi-millionaire
packer and Spectator gave away his
vast fortune:
Disposed of in will, $15,000,000
Given in life to Armour Institute
and Mission, 1850, 900
Other public institutions and
charity, 100000
Given in life to relatives and
friends, $4,000, 900
Estimated value of estate lift had
been boarded $4,000 900
Rear-Admiral Albert Kaatz, who has
just been relieved from command of the
Pacific Station, was placed on the re-
tired list Thursday on account Of age.
He has had a long and distinguished
career, of which nearly eighteen years
were spent at sea. In the Samoan
troubles about two years ago Admiral
Kautz was in command OF the American
forces in that quarter, and it was largely
through his 6rmness and conservatism
that serious international complications
were averted.
Alfred Harmsworth the famous Lon
don editor who is in this country speaking
in the highest terms OF King Edward VII
as a business man says: Were one
to search for a type of representative
head of commercial nation such as ours
at time when the whole world is strug-
CLING tor business supremacy, one could
not find in one man greater tact, sounder
common sense and ampler capacity for
the eighteen,hour working day than Ed
ward, the clear headed. Fine speaker,
able correspondent, diplomatist in four
languages, proved organizer, he is every
inch business king"
jeremiah Curtain of the bureau of
ethnology OF the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, widely known as the translator of
Quo Vadis, arrived in San Francisco last
week on his way to Washington after a
tour of the world, in which he closely
studied an interesting Mongol tribe
known as the Buriats, who, to the num-
Der Of 100000, inhabit the country to the
west of Lake Baikal Mr.. Curtain says
Sienkiewizc will soon issue in English a
sequel to Quo Vadis." Mr.. Curtain,
whose home is in Bristol, is the
most accomplished linguist OF his time,
being able to write and speak over 60
languages.
At Capon Bridge, W. Va, last week ].
Calvin Anderson died. He was 81 years
old and a native of Richmond. On Jan.
6, 1897, he enlisted in the Spanish war
in Light Battery E, First Artillery, com.
manded by Capt. Allyn Capron. He fired
the first gun on Ell Caney and also the
first salute at the surrender of Santiago
on July II, 1898.
The nearest parallel to Verdi's activity
in his old age is the case Of Auber, who
lived to be 80, and in his eighties was
still youthful enough to write an opera
AS a rule, however, the musical impuls,
blossoms early. Schubert at 81, Mozar