St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-16

and to do her justice; and 1t ought TO be
a persuasive argument with the gener'
Gus people of our city still further to
strengthen this endowment that it has
received it's first accession from China
man of moderate means"
seton.TEompsOm Arrested.
Ernest Thompson, author oil
works on wild animals, and John Golf,
the guide and hunter who plotted Presi-
dent Roosevelt through the mountains
last winter. have been arrested at Den
yer, Colo, by state game wardens for
alleged violation of the game laws. The
charges are that Seton-Thompson and
Golf chased deer with dogs and that they
baited traps tor mountain lions with
venison. The wardens allege that they
have ample proof for conviction on both
charges and promise to make revelations
when the cases come to trial. Seton
Thompson and Golf have been hunting
in Routt county for several weeks. They
say that they have not been killing game,
much less violating the law, as alleged,
and say that the only deer killed was
one Mrs Seton Thompson shot to secure
an unusually fine specm, OF antlers.
New Mckinley Postal Cards.
The post office department has decided
to place the late President Mckinley S
head on the new issue of postal cards,
which will appear soon after December /.
The design, as explained by Acting Post
master General Madden, includes the
year of birth and year OF death immedi'
ately at the left and right, respectively,
of the name mckinley" which will be
directly under the head. Above the head
will be the words, "Series of 1901" and
above that, Zone cent" The inscrip,
ton, United States of America" now
appearing on the postal cards, will be
abandoned, and replaced at a point
lower down, so as to leave the space at
the upper part of the card about one
third of the width of the card, clear for
post marks.
Twenty Small Planets Found.
Prof. John A. Brashear, the maker OF
astronomical instruments, has received
from Prof Max Wolf of Heidelberg Uni
versity letter telling of discoveries
made with the astronomical camera sent
to Germany several months ago. The
observers discovered twenty hitherto un.
known small planets between the orbits
of Mars and Jupiter. One Of them they
named Alleghenia in honor of Allegheny
where Prof. Brashear lives. Prof. Vol
says the new instrument is especially
adapted to discovering the faint nebu'
lous bodies in the armament. On one
plate, covering forty. seven square degrees
he has found $50 OF them. He intends
to map and photograph the entire sky
and map and catalogue the nebulae.
Oil in the HOosac Tunnel.
The Boston and Maine Railroad Com
pany has determined to try the expert
ment OF using oil-burning engines in the
Hoosac Tunnel on the Fitchburg di
vision, in order to obviate the smoke
nuisance that has prevailed there, and il
now equipping a locomotive for that pur
pose at the Keene shops. If the expert
ment proves successful other locomotives
will be similarly equipped. The oil burn
ing engines will be coupled on at thu
tunnel approaches, the regulars running
light with clear fires. This will be thu
first attempt to use fuel oil on an eastern
railroad.
The venerable Francis A. Palmer, re
firing president of the National Broad
way Bank, of New York, called in all tn
employees of the bank and also of tn
Broadway Savings Institution Thursda.
afternoon and addressed them, speaking
of his SO years of service, and said tina
he had sold his interest in the bank ant
had retired not only from the presidenc,
but from the board of directors. He vii
remain president of the savings institr
ton. Mr.. Palmer is SO years old. A
the end of his address he distributes
among his employees of both institution
1000 in cash, according to the lengt
of time the recipients had been in thei
employ. Some of the Older employee
found that their shares were as much a
5000 each.
Prof. Greenough, the famous Lati
scholar and professor emeritus at Ha
ward College, died Friday morning.
The case of Arthur Zimmerman, %, VIII
died at the city hospital in St. Loui
presents complete reversal of the natu
al order OF anatomical arrangement,
that all of his organs which normal
should have been on his right side WEI
on his left side, and vice versa.
The New York University has just r
f ceived from Miss Helen Miller Gould
! fund for the perpetual endowment of tw
E prize scholarships, one for young mt
graduating from the High School {
Irving-on.the.H Hudson and the other Fl
those graduating from the His
School at Tarrytown.on.the-Hu
d The fund amounts to $4,000.
officers of steamers arriving from t
y Orient declare it is common report
: Chinese ports that the North Germ
!, Lloyd Steamship Company will soon {
u tend its service from Chinese ports aero
\ the Pacific to San Francisco, touching
=, Honolulu. Advertisements of this exte
: sion of service are appearing in TENTS
+ and other papers. The company nc
a runs line from Bremen to Hong Ko
= and Shanghai and it is this line that W
- be extended.
IL Fall Hunting In the Maine Woods