St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-05-08

The exposition promises to be conspicu
ous1v successful. The facilities afforded
its location are unusual. Buffalo is the
very hub of the most thickly settled sec
ton of the North American continent
AS gateway between the Prairie states
of the west and the Atlantic sea.
board vast flood of travel comes to her
gates, and within the confines of a 500.
mile circle no less than 100000 peo-
pie live
The exhibits of the exposition are d.
vided into fifteen classes, as follows
Electricity and electrical appliances; fine
arts-painting, sculpture and allied arts
graphic arts-typography, photography,
steel and copper-plate printing, photo
mechanical processes drawing, engrav-
ing and book-binding; liberal arts
education, music, engineering, public
works, constructive architecture, hygiene
and sanitation; ethnology, archaeology,
progress of labor and invention, Six
Nations Indian exhibit, isolated and COL
lective exhibits; agriculture, agricultural
products, machinery and appliances;
foods and their accessories; horticulture,
viticulture, Horticulture; live stock, for
estry and forest products; fish, fisheries,
fish products and apparatus for fishing;
mines and metallurgy machinery, manu-
features; transportation exhibits, rail
WAYS, vessels, vehicles, ordinance; ex-
hibits from the Hawaiian Islands, Por-
to Rico and the Philippine Islands. Be-
sides the classified exhibits there will be
numerous collective exhibits having
special sanction and occupying special
buildings.
The Situation in South Africa.
General Kitchener's businessIke inven-
tories of ammunition and stock cap
tured and Beers killed, wounded and
| taken prisoners confirm the general i'm
preston that the campaign in South
Africa has become process of wearing
| down resistance by constant attrition.
| There can be 40 exultation over the re-
suits of a conflict in which the Beers are
| hopelessly overmatched, and the English
| press does not attempt to eXaggerate
the Importance of insignificant incidents,
nor even take note of what is going on.
1t is simply regarded as a bit of rough
work which must be put through by me-
chanical means. Cattle, horses and am
munition are now scarce among the
| Beers, and this is clear indication that
the end is drawing near. 1t is probable
| that the commanders still in the field do
not exceed more than two or three thou
sand men, all told, and that the bands
of guerillas ordinarily are NOT over two
hundred strong. Neither Botha nor De
Wet has been actively employed for
long time.
Candidate Shoots During Initiation.
| A curious incident occurred at meet
ing OF an Odd Fellows lodge in Spring
Valley, New York, last Thursday even
ing. Norman Hemingway, westerner,
was receiving degree; at an exciting
point in the ceremony which was TO
make an Odd Fellow of the applicant, W.
R. Sherwood advanced upon Heming-
way in a threatening manner. The
movement was so realistic that the west
erner lost his nerve, whipped an ugly
revolver from his back pocket and fired
at Sherwood. He was not hit by the
bullet, but the powder was flashed in his
face and eye. Hemingway was not mo-
Tested, and left town the next day.
W. J. Footner. president and general
manager of the Great Northern Express
Company, died suddenly of apoplexy at
St. Paul, Mimi, Saturday.
Rear Admiral Cromwell has informed
the navy department in a telegram from
Montevideo that he has assumed COM
mand of the South Atlantic squadron,
succeeding Rear Admiral Schley, relieved.
The latter will proceed to the United
States.
I'm saying last week." remarks
Western Kansas paper, that If every
body will take an interest and help sup
ply the needed material our new cemetery
will prove a success, we were the victim
of typographical error. We wrote
creamery not cemetery, and the helish
typo did the rest.
Samples of the shirt waists to be worn
by letter carriers have been received at
the postofice department, Washington.
One which has been selected for wear in
a northern city is OF flannel and is some
what like a sailors blouse shirt. The
other is OF gray Jeans. Both are so de-
signed as to look as complete and bust
nesslike as the carriers heavy coat.
A fire which threatened to destroy
property which is valued at several mil
lion dollars in the Killing Beds of the
Armour & Co. packing house and stock
yards Friday morning. ragged two hours
before it was controlled. 1t DESTROYED a
building 3OOx1O00 feet and five stories
high. Loss $4,000.
The new battleship Maine is to be
launched at Philadelphia on the 3Oth of
May, and the governor OF Maine has
been invited to select a lady to christen
the ship. Among those suggested for the
honor are the daughter of Captain
Charles D. Sigsbee, who commanded the
old Maine when she was blown up in
Havana harbor the daughter of Lieu
tenant Blundin, who was officer of the
deck on that occasion, and ladies of the
families OF other officers who were at
tached to the illfated ship.
The Mount Pleasant House, White
Mountains, will open earlier this year
than usual, on June 20. Acivil engineer,
architect, sanitary expert and landscape
gardener started for Mount Pleasant
House last week to locate the site of the
grand new house, which is to be built bv
the Mount Pleasant Hotel Company.
The New hotel will probably be by far
the finest tourist hotel in all New Eng
land. Its full capacity will be 500, but
for the first season will be built to &C.