St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-20

commission TO pICpalS iLS iSpoiC " q
form of civil government for the Philip
pine Islands Judge Taft cabled the Sec
rotary OF War that the commission had
begun the preparation of this report.
When completed it will be mailed to
Washington and on its receipt the officials
will at once prepare the form of govern
ment to be installed. 1t was acknowl.
edged that no form of civil government
will go into operation until after the de-
cision of the Supreme Court as to the
relative status of Porto Rico and the
United States. Whether or not the
Philippine Commission will be continued
as body also depends upon its report.
The commission is now touring the
islands on a vessel belonging to the
transport service, and daily sessions are
being held for the purpose of adopting
form OF government. The special in
structions from the Secretary of War
were sent some time ago as a result of
the cablegram from the commission that
the time was near at hand for the es-
Establishment of general civil govern
ment. The fact that Judge Taft had been
asked to prepare system of government
was not admitted by the officials, how
ever, until last week.
Indian to Enter RadcIiff.
Wa.Ta-Waso will soon enter Radcliff
College. She is a llblooded daughter
OF the Pannawabskik Indian tribe of
Maine. The early settlers found that
name too difficult to pronounce and cor
rupted it into Penobscot.
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bright Eyes" and she is said to be
pretty enough and intelligent enough to
be worthy the name. Like many of her
tribe, she has an English name by which
she is generally known in her dealings
with the whites, who find it more in
keeping with their ideas to call her Lucy
Nicola. She is about 20 years of age.
Montague Chamberlain, for many
years recorder of the Lawrence Scientific
School of Harvard, has taken the Indian
girl under his protection because one OF
her ancestors spared the life of one Of his
iorefathers. Bright Eyes is no ordinary
Indian maiden, and Mr.. Chamberlain is
confident she will give good account OF
herself af&er she enters Harvard
schIey Ordered Home.
Orders were issued at the Navy Depart
ment last week Tuesday, detaching Ad-
miral w. S. Schley from command of the
South Atlantic station and ordering him
home for further orders and detaching
Rear Admiral B. ]. Cromwell from com
mand of the Portsmouth navy yard
April 1 and ordering him to command Of
the South Atlantic station, sailing from
New York April 3.
Lieutenant Commander J. H. Sears, o.
Admiral Schleys staff, is also ordered
home. Lieut.. ]. H. Sypher, now at the
Portsmouth yard, has been assigned tc
duty on the staff of Admiral Cromwell
Rear Admiral ]. J.. Read will relieve AID
miral Cromwell as commandant of the
Portsmouth yard April 1.
A MiIlionaire's Will.
The will of the late Jacob Wendell. {
native of Portsmouth and leading mer
chant OF New York, has been filed in TIT
registry of probate. Its public bequest'
are $500 to the Portsmouth Atheneun
to buy books, $1,000 each to two New
York institutions and $4,000 to Harvard
College, income to be given in prizes tt
excellent students. The widow IS givei
$4,000 outright, the income of $3.50
900 and the use for life of the New Yorl
residence and the summer home at New
castle. Several private bsquests ar
made. and the residue is to be trust 70
the equal benefit of the four sons.
without A State.
1t has Just been discovered that stri
of land of 100000 acres, near til
boundary between Wisconsin and Mich
gan lies in neither state In it is the cit
of Ironwood, Mich, the remainder beinl
between the Brue and Paint rivers. {
D. Peake, an employee of the Wisconsin
state senate, made the discovery tina
this strip was originally included i
Michigan, but was not in the surve
when the state of Wisconsin was lai
out. The question has arisen as t.
whether official acts, such as marriage
and land transfers in the strip are valid
and the matter will probably be brough
before TIE Wisconsin legislature.
The demand for postage stamps du
ing the past three weeks has been S
great as to reduce the reserve below tt
figure fixed by law. This is held to ind
cate phenomenal business activity. Thel
should always be on hand 100000
two-cent and 100,000,000 one cer
stamps. At present there are but 1852
, 900 900 two-cent and 36,000,000 on
cent stamps. BY working double tin
, the bureau of engraving will soon brin
the reserve up to the legal Requirement
5 The London Times asserts that II
/ governments proposals for the civil Ii!
shows a total of $40, 900, being G110
5 600 for his majesty's private purse an
the rest for the expenses of the roy
household. The queen consort's ALLOW
: ance is 100000, and is included in Il
total already given. This will be il
creased to 100000 in the event of tt
death of the king.
, Commissioner of Patents Charles /
/ Duell on Friday rendered to the preside1
e his resignation. There are several ca
didates for the vacancy.
! The cruiser New York flying the p
= nant of Rear-Admiral Rodgers lett Ham
=. ton Roads few days ago for Mani
: and it is thought that another nav
5 demonstration may be made.
The international Navigation c.
: backed by New York and Brook,
! capitalists, has secured the Niagara riv
I excursion docks in Buffalo and the doc
u on the Canadian and American sides
the river at Niagara Falls. The COZ
{ pany proposes to put on feet of steal
{ ers this summer to handle the excursi
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