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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04
MEN, WOnEN AND EVENTS.


Brigadier General William Ludlow, U.
S. A.. third ranking brigadier-general Of
the army, and often spoken OF as its fl-
ture commander, died at Convent Sta
ton, n. J., Friday, of consumption. Gen.
Ludlow was native of Long Island and
was IS years old. He entered West
Point in 1860 and graduated in 1864.
The high rank he took in his studies gave
him a place in the engineer corps, where
he served with distinction in the Caro-
lima campaign and with Sherman on his
march to the sea. During this time he
received the brevets of captain, major
and lieutenant colonel for conspicuous
services. During the years between the
Civil and the Spanish wars, he
did notable work in the engineer corps,
and from 1898 96 was military attache
to the United States embassy at London.
At the outbreak of the Spanish Ameri-
can war, Gen. Ludlow vacated his com.
mission as Northumberland of engineers
to become brigadier. general of volunteers
on the staff of the commander of the
army ofinvasion, and was sent to Cuba.
At the attack on Santiago by the land
forces he was in command of the first
brigade Of Gen. Lawton's division. Here
his efficient and important services won
praise from his superiors. At FL Cauey
Gen. Lawton attributed much of the sue
cess of his division to the GOODNESS, good
judgment and prompt action" of Ludlow.
On Sept. 7, 1898, he was promoted to
major.general of volunteers, and assign
ed to the command of the Second Divi.
sion of the First Army Corps. The fol-
lowing December he was appointed mill
tary and civil governor of Havana,
where he achieved remarkable success in
improving the sanitary conditions and
police regulations OF the city.
Gen. Ludlow's health was badly i'm
paired when he returned to the United
States, IN the latter part OF 1899. Last
year, shortly after his selection as presi-
dent of the War College he made three
months tour in Europe, by direction of
the war department to study foreign
military establishments. A few months
ago he was ordered to the Philippines,
but performed no active service, and was
invaded home.
In personal appearance Gen. Ludlow
was typical army officer. He was a
man of magnificent physique, of hand
some features and OF erect and soldierly
bearing. He was over six feet tall. and
was noted throughout the army for his
fine manners.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

A quaint memorial service was held
recently by the Japanese colony Of San
Francisco for the members of their race
who went down in the wreck of the Rio
de Janeiro. A steamer was chartered
and, lavishly decorated with flowers, it
sailed to the point where the Inflated
Rio de Janeiro is supposed to have gone
down. There a little altar, inscribed
with strange characters, was placed on
a stand, and then heaped with flowers
and fruits. The Rev. K Nishijima, head
of the Buddhist Mission, in mourning
robes of black and purple, began an in
cantation, while the assembled company
listened with bowed heads. The service
finished, all on board joined in strewing
the sea with flowers, fruit, and confec-
tions, while some slips of tissue paper
bearing the names of the ancestors OF
the dead were also consigned to the
waves.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

Gen. Macarthur holds that mo white
man can do physical labor in the Philip
pines," and that the Filipinos will not
go to the United States. Yet he expects
that the natives of these far.off islands
will become thoroughly Americanized."
If the Generals last mentioned idea is
correct, the Americanizing process will
be mainly carried on by Americans who
60 to the Philippines for that purpose.
Some of our anti.expansion and anti
imperialism contemporaries get nervous
over the Macarthur idea, and predict all
sorts of calamities in connection there
with. Now nobody expects that this
Americanizing process is to be rapid
one. 1t will take time, and there will be
set backs now and then-or at least
what will appear like set-backs. But so
long as we are in the Filipino business
"for keeps" to certain degree at least
let us help on the Americanizing and
civillzing process and be grati6ed with
whatever success develops from time to
time; not lretting ourselves now over
what the permanent outcome of oul
Philippine acquisition is to be-whethel
the islands are to remain in the United
States family, or carry on business fol
themselves later. 1t strikes us that som,
OF the ultra ants" are seeing things
that do not now exist and may never ex
list. The people Of the United States cal
be trusted to say what they want dom
with the Philippines, as permanent ar
rangement, when the proper time comes
and they have reliable knowledge as t.
the value or worthlessness of our pecu
liarly acquired possessions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

The head of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton is now being severely criticised by
labor leaders for calling the strike and
compelling the men to violate their con-
tracts; and it is much to the credit Of
hundreds of them that they have refused
to violate. 1t is generally thought that
the strike is practically over, and once
more has been demonstrated the extreme
folly OF attempting coercion OF capital
by labor agitators. The right of man
to terminate his connection with any
concern when the conditions do not suit
him is unquestioned. The right of
man to prevent the employment of an
other to fill the place he has voluntarily
given up is not to be admitted for an
instant
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04
Perpetual Ice.

A Rutland correspondent of the St. Al
bans Messenger contributes the follow
ing story of one OF Rutland county's ma
tural Luriosities:
Although the fact is known to but a
few of the residents of this county, yet
there is one place, not over dozen miles
from Rutland, where the suns rays and
heat have not penetrated and where it
has been possible to obtain naturally
formed ice all through the hot days of
July and August. That place is what is
known among few of the old residents
of the county as the East Walling-
ford ice cave" Very little has been heard
OF this natural curiosity for number OF
years, and the fact of it's existence is not
now general known, the reason for this
being its almost inaccessible location.
For miles up and down the Otter val
ley can be seen place almost at the
peak of the mountain east of Walling-
ford, where apparently a large amount
OF rock has fallen away and rolled down
the nearly perpendicular side of the
mountain. 1t is where these rocks have
fallen and lain for many years, centuries
perhaps, that the ice cave has been form
ed. The rocks are most of them huge
bouders, some being over a dozen feet in
diameter and the heap extends from the
base OF the mountain fully one hundred
feet up it's sides. The boulders are of
such shape and they fell in such manner
that between them considerable room is
left, and it is this space which has come
to be known as the ice cave.
II - -, rao1itu e I:L41o
caves, in some places there is plenty of
room for one to stand upright while in
Others it is necessary to crawl on hands
and knees. To the iunermost recesses of
the heap of boulders the suns light and
heat caunot reach and the temper allure
there never is known to rise above the
freezing point. Aug. % the mercury
registered % degrees in the cave the
thermometer not coming into contact
with the rocks. Above the rocks on the
side of the mountain, is little bubbing
spring, the water from which trickles
down among the boulders into the cave
at the bottom where it forms pool
The part of the cave where the water
thus collects in coated with ice and the
pool itself is always partly frozen over.
Chunks ice were broken off weighing
nearly 10 pounds The water from this
cave forms a little brook, aud a glassful
taken at a point short distance from
the rocks is as cold as water can be made
with ice.
The place might be very popular
resort were it not for two reasons, the
fact that it is so hard to reach and the
presence of mytiads of mosquitoes. A
horse can be driven to a point about one.
eighth Of mile from the cave but there
the journey much be completed on foot
through dense growth of bushes and
trees. A road evidently was cut to the
place many years ago but this is now al.
most entirely obliterated by the growth
of underbrush.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04
Texas Oil Wells.

The amazing extent of the petroleum
development from recent discoveries in
the Beaumont region of Texas may be
better comprehended when it is stated
that the current outflow from 80 wells
at Beaumont amounts to 1900, 900
barrels daily, while the annual produc-
ton of petroleum for the whole country
prior to this discovery aggregated only
about go 100000 barrels year. That
is to say, the Beaumont "gushers" alone
are yielding within 40 days as much oil
as the whole outside country Yields in
the course of year. So wonderful a
development has attracted spectators
and adventures to Beaumont from all
around, and the town now resembles a
frontier gold settlement in the height of
the California craze, with similar talk,
and evident need, of vigilance committee
nment.-[Spring6eld Repub lean.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

And now we are told that the Citizens
Union of New York city has named three
good men as suitable candidates for
mayor of that city as against the pro-
spective Tammany candidate. By-and-
by-if things are allowed to drift as they
have driited there in previous years-we
shall be told that the Citizens Union,
organized ostensibly in the interests Of
municipal reform, cannot agree on any
one candidate because the individual
elements in the Union do not mix read
lily; then General Apathy will step in and
take charge of the Citizens" campaign,
and Tammany will make another clean
sweep, and Greater New York will con-
tinue to be misrued. "Citizens Union"
movements are not apt to be bowling
success in the metropolis. If this latest
scheme of the kind is, the whole country
will applaud.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

The king is to have another high
sounding phrase to his name. "King Of
all the British dominions beyond the
seas" is the way in which the empire is
to be recognized in the royal title. 1t is
a thought to make men pause. How
many of us realize what are the "do.
minions over the seas?" How many of
us know that King Edward reigns over
an empire vaster than any over which
any man has reigned since the beginning
of time? On one continent, 100 peninsu-
las, on 500 promontores, 1000 lakes,
1000 rivers and 10000 islands, King
Edward is the name which is above all
other earthly names, says London Black
and White.
Queen Victoria assembled the throne Of
an empire embracing $4,000 square
miles. She handed it down to King Ed
ward with 100000 miles added to it.
Edward VII rules today over an empire
three times as big as Europe, and the
English speaking people control one
third of the area and population Of the
globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

The efforts ofthe straight democrats"
to rid themselves ofBryan as candidate
in 1904 remind one of the success which
generally attends man who is trying to
regain freedom of action after too close
contact with a stable patch of fly paper.
Bryan holds on tenaciously, and it will
probably not be possible to pull him away
from the democratic body polite with
out marring to some extent the beauty
of that body. However, 1904 is good
ways ahead, and it is only reasonable to
expect that, after eight years of fooling
with a candidate SO unacceptable to the
country at large, the democratic party
will ultimately rid itself OF him and select
somebody not so thoroughly disfgured
by repeated encounters with the opposi-
ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

Pomona College. Time and the size of
the world count for little.
St. Johusbury is near, after all. Run
over the list OF old st. Johnsburyites who
either live here in Los Angeles or are
within hailing distance: "Ned" Walker,
Charlie Packard, zoe" Soper,-my pen
Gil refuses to be formal-E. 0. Finel, W.
H. Nelson, Frank H. Howe, Philip Stone
and others. They, too, would have been
IN St. Johnsbury during "Old Home
week" if the capability OF the flesh had
been equalto the willingness of the spirit.
But, some day
CHARLES Y. BARTON.
Los Angeles, August %, 1901.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

The Barre Times congratulates the in
habitants of that city on their generally
healthful condition and the absence Of
any contagious diseases "even at this
critical season of the year." But we had
an idea that Barre and Montpelier, six
miles apart and both troubled with the
same complaint ian ambition to grow,
were Catching something" from each
other every little while. There is nothing
especially alarming about that sort of
contagion, however.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

There were some politics floating
around Camp Stickney last week, and il
anybody tells you different, why wink
the other eye,-[Hardwick Gazette.
Why, bless you! this mixing of militar-
ism and politics is nothing new. And
when there gather any considerable num-
Der of our more or less distinguished citi.
zens, at any time during the biennial term
you must expect that little fire will bC
started under the political pot-euough
at least, to make it simmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

1t goes without saying that this region
of country within which St. Johnsbury is
situated abounds in natural beauty
that one has not to travel very far from
his own door to find picturesque spots well
worth his plation-that there are
hereabouts numerous drives ornamented
by such decorations as only nature can
provide for his dedication. The average
resident unhesitatingly admits this fact,
and undoubtedly takes certain measure
of pride therein. But it is left to such
Photographic exhibitions as that recent
ly given at the Athenaeum to emphasize,
even in the mind Of the habitant himself,
the beauties of landscape which exist all
around us, and too few of which we stop
to consider, from time to time, as their
merit demands. The camera tells its
story without possibility of deception;
and it is not to be wondered at if those
who saw last weeks display at the
Athenaum felt their pride stirred by the
artistic groupings of the charms of hill
and valley, of forest and stream, with
here and there touch of animal life.
Looking upon snch pictures, and realiz-
ing the reality involved in them, the
habitant is convinced anew that the
"outsider" who comes to this section in
search of summer pleasures and com.
ments upon it as beautiful for situa-
ton" is telling "the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

An exchange notes the arrival of the
second edition of the Shamrock, and
wonders fit will make a hit" Since
the entertaining exhibition of speed by
the Shamrock the other day, not few
sportsmen deeply interested in the com
ing race are wondering if the cup really
is not in danger. This years contests
for the Americas cup promise to be even
more exciting than for some seasons
mast
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

Mackerel are plenty this year. They
have recently swarmed in along the
Maine and Nova Scotia coasts in enor-
nous numbers and the fishermen are
after them. Over 100 New England YES
sells were recently in Nova Scotia waters
fishing for mackerel. For several years
the bulk Of the annual mackerel catch bv
American vessels has been marketed
fresh, but this year over 10000 barrels
OF salt mackerel have already been put
up.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

1t looks as though President Shaher's
great steel strike is not wholly successful.
The mills are starting up again, equipped
with such workmen as the arrangements
chose to employ, and hundreds of the
strikers themselves have taken common
sense view of the situation, turned their
backs upon Shafier, and gone to work
1t was evident from the outset that pub
lie sympathy was not with the strikers,
and no strike can hope to succeed, even
temporarily, without public sympathy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

In noting Lord Rosebery's ambition to
pose as a man outside of and above
party, the London Spectator tells him
that in the political system of today it is
impossible for HIM or any other states
man to accomplish anything worth
while except as he is closely identified
with party organization. The Specta-
tor hits the nail pretty squarely on the
head,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04
An Americans Prophecy.

The closing paragraph of the official
report of Captain Carl Reichmann, 1 7th
United States Infantry, on the Boer war,
which has been published by the govern
ment, turns out to be almost prophetic.
He wrote nearly year ago: "What
saw of the struggle of these simple farm
ers against the trained troops of the
British Empire was pathetic to behold.
1t was the old story Of enthusiasm and
valor as against organization and disci.
pine, and it had the same invariable
result. Yet the farmers were undaunted.
When took leave Of Mr.. Reitz, the
State Secretary, he was on horseback,
carrying bandolier and carbine, and
leading three spare horses. He smiled,
and said to me: "lf your people could
tight eight years for their independence
we can"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

On the general principle, we suppose,
that one very seldom gets thing unless
he asks for it, the Waterbury Record adj
vises some lady in Waterbury to write
DR.. W. S. Webb mentioning the needs of
the Waterbury public library" Such
confidence in the generosity of our pub
lie men is really touching.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

An Alabama man who participated in
a lynching has been found guilty of muir
der in the first degree and sentenced to
imprisonment for life. This reads
little strangely, but is published for
fact. The South does appear to be abso-
lutely solid in its belief in lynch law.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

lfyou have onions, hold on to them.
curing heavy thunder storm in Orange
county, N. Y, recently, 4.16 inches of
ram T4 Tell and there was great flood.
Many farmers had pulled their onions
ano they lay on the ground. The freshet
swePt them away by the carload. One
man lost his entire crop Of four acres II
Is estimated that $4,000 bushels OF
ONIONS were swept away and lost.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

Bear in mind that the county fair is
everybody's fair, and that it will be a
success to just the extent that every
body takes hold and helps make it so.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

The rapid time being made nowadays
by the trotter Cresceus closely approx
mates the speed with which England is
running into debt while trying to sub
due the Beers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

Nearly one million women in Spain
work in the field as day laborers; $780,
600 women are registered as day SER
wants, that is, they work for food and
lodging. There is no such class any
where else.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04

1t is said that only two women in the
United States may use the mails with
out pay for the privilege, These women
are widows of former presidents. They
are Mrs. Julia D. Grant and Mrs. Lucre-
tia Garfield. A ranked letter goes
through the mails without postage,
bearing their signature, either stamped
or written upon the envelopes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-09-04
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PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENTS.
A Distfnguished Lady indeed. IL Mrs
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Whiting. Ind, Feb. 4, 90l.-(Specialp
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atoms. The Presidents Association
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ton to the interests of the Association
is very marked. and her experience
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advantage Of anything that may bene-
fit the veterans. and her zeal has re-
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