St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Hall of RepFesentaIives.--De of ex-
President HarrisOn.- Electric letter
BOxes.-Chinese Minister Wu.-Ver-
mont state AssOciaIiOn.
gular correspondent

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BOxes.-Chinese Minister Wu.-VeI
mont state AssOciaIiOn.
tFrom our regular correspondent)
: Editor of the CALIFORNIAN;
The Senate has adjourned and nov
great changes are to be made in the hal
of representatives, for Congress appro
priated $4,000 for the required changes
and Improvements. The desks have beer
moved and floors are to be replaced with
air tight ones. A great reservoir of fresh
air underneath will furnish the needed
supply through apertures to the amount
of 100 cubic feet minute and there will
also be an arrangement for the galleries.
1t is to be hoped that there will be an
improvement in the health and legisla-
ton OF congressman by this change
especially if the the laws for smoking are
enforced.
The death of ex-President Harrison has
brought out eulogies of the highest order
from men of all political beliefs and Presi.
dent Mckinley has gone on to attend the
funeral. There has been radical change
in the Senate since Mr.. Harrison was
there, IA years since. Vice President
Morton thinks he was a president with
out peer since the days of Washington.
Preparations have been made for the
unveiIing of the statue of Gen. Logan
April 9th. There is also a plan to dedi-
cate memorial to Gen, A. Ordway on
May 30.
An alarm from box 1877 at 7 p. m. upon
Friday night attracted great number to
the scene thinking that the fire was at the
White House, but it proved to be an in
auguration stand on the northeast cor
ner OF Pennsylvania avenue, which light
ed up the executive mansion and a part
oi the war, state and navy department
so brilliantly that it created quite a SEN
'ation, but the fremen with their four
nglnes worked so vigorously that
'nly about 500 worth of lumber was
consumed.
An agent of Boston company, F.
Williams, is testing his late invention of
lectric letter boxes in this city. They
re automatically locked and registered
It the central Office, so a collector cannot
init any box without detection and the
arrier can be located at any time on the
QUITE, for the number of carrier is re.
orded on a piece of paper. There are
400 boxes in this city and it claimed
hat the introduction of this method
would save time and money and aid in
ne detection of fraud
The young ladies of Mt. Vernon Semin. {
ry, of which Miss Somers is the princi.
al, are to give comedy, "The Snow :!
III, " for the benefit of the National Tun. ,
n Republic, under the charge of the
,oman's League located at ANNAPOLIS.
Id. Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks is the
resident OF the league. 1t is the desire
the ladies to raise fund to help edu-
tie the poor boys to become good, in
lligent, law.abiding citizens. /
Some Of the colored members of the Il
berty Baptist church here attempted :,
clear out pool room by prayers and
ere brought before the police court by a
c lrate owner. Judge Kimball ruled in
vor of the singing crusaders that a *
aver meeting is not disorderly meet
g, for hymns and prayers and not
ltchets were the only arms used, al.
ough it drove most of the customers
way from the pool room. I
rhe Chinese minister, WI, is quite pop
'r and very fond of visiting different
les and making addresses. He has
ne to Buffalo and from there expects
visit Chicago and be the guest of
esident Harper of the Chicago Univer-
Y. v
vt a social gathering of the Vermont h
ate Association Friday, March 10th,
wing to the absence of the president,
nator Dillingham;, Major L. r. Camp.
Il presided. Rev. S. L. Green, D. D., a q
tive OF Franklin county, Vermont,
d pastor of Calvary Baptist church,
ade the opening address, which was
'clVed with applause, He dwell uno,
c blessings of the common schools, in {
ucating boys to become men and
ought out the well recognzed fact that
e crisp, free air of the mountains de- 4
Iopes brainy, energetic men, ready to n
title with the world Poverty had y
-en proved blessing to a boy, for it
'ced him to action and brought out
lscle Of body and brain. He humor-
sly described the homemade garments
the children of those times and quoted
nry Ward Beecher, who declared from
: appearance OF the dress of bov, one
uld not tell whether boy was going
or coming home from school. He was
yer ashamed of his birthplace. He
as followed by Judge H. B. Mouton, a
Nyer in this city, but native of Con
I'd, VT, who had halfbrother once a
;ident OF Peacham. He referred to a
owing address once made by Daniel
ebster in description of his native
ate New Hampshire which he brought
grand climax by saying that it was
ere prominently that God made men, &