St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-06-26

The Fourth of July is not selected with a
view to having an extraordinary it,
auguration of the new government, but
simply because that is the great American
holiday, and is considered by the admin
istration a good day for what is believed
to be an suspicious event in the history
of the Philippines. 1t is probable that
members OF the Philippine commission
will have charge of the different depart
ments OF the government.
A Dearth of Farm LabOrers in Kansas.
The Kansas City Journal says that
there is positive dearth of hands for
the wheat harvest in Kansas, and a
posse is at once sent after every tramp
who is incautious enough to enter the
state. 1.-THE old farmers" says the
Journal, watch every train that passes
through their sections for help. They
assemble in squads at the depot each
morning and evening, and when the
trains stop they rush through them
looking for people who want to work.
1t is a great scramble at nearly every
station in the wheat belt. The rush re-
minds one OF a football game between
two college teams. Out in Pratt county
every train is stopped by the farmers and
searched tor laborers. fla man is on the
bumpers he is dragged off and put to
work. In order to be sure that the inn
ported harvest hands do not leave under
cover of darkness, the old farmer puts
his regular hired man on guard with a
Winchester. The work of saving the big
crop is serious problem with the farm
ers, and they are not taking any chances.
Women and children are also being
drafted into service. They usually run
the binders. On every hand can be seen
a woman driving from three to four
horses to self-binder while the old men
and the children are shocking the
sheaves. The rush OF work will not end
with the cutting of the wheat. The
threshing is yet to do, and it takes
almost as many hands to thresh a crop
as it does to reap it"
Our Relations with Turkey.
The arrival of the new Turkish Minis
ter Shekib Bey, at Washington within
the next few days will mark the termina-
ton OF the partial diplomatic estrange-
ment between the United States and Tur-
key which has existed for some time
While this took no formal shape, yet it
was shown by the retirement of Minister
Straus from Constantinople and the in
trusting OF all the business of the United
States with the Porte to charge DAT
flares. The Turkish minister at Wash
ington retained his position throughout
the affair, although the state department
has been aware of late that his official
functions as minister had ceased. The
United States government has sent
minister to Constantinople in the person
of Mr.. Leishman, while Shekib Bey comes
to Washington to mark the beginning
OF the new state of affairs for Turkey.
Smith College Received 100000.
A gift of 100000 from a business
man, whose name is to be kept secret,
was announced by President Seelye at |
Smith College last week. Half of this
amount is to be used Tor the erection of a |
new building, and the balance for the en-
dowment fund. This gift is conditional
upon raising an equal amount to be d.
vded in the same way. A trustee of the
college whose wife is an alumnus has al
ready contributed $1,000 toward this OBJ
ject.
The commencement exercises were held
June Is and the graduating class of 255
was the largest ever sent out by the col
lege. The commencement address was
delivered by James H. Garfield, librarian
of Columbia University, New York.
Recruiting for the New Army.
The cavalry and infantry regiments
provided for by the new army law are
now practically complete and soon more
will be paid to the building up
of the artillery branch. 1t is estimated
that on July the total of the army will
be about 10000. Enlistments are now
coming in at the rate of 600 week but
as on the three year basis average dis
charges will be about 500 week. Be-
sides the casualties it will be necessary
to keep the present recruiting force at
work to maintain the strength of the
army.
Ex-GOv. Cheney of New Hampshire
Dead.
Ex.Gov. P. C. Cheney of Manchester
died at the home of his son in. law, Chas.
H. Fish, at Dover, Wednesday. He was
70 years old. He had been i'll since the
death of his wife several weeks ago. Mrs.
Fish is his only child. Besides having
been governor of New Hampshire, Mr..
Cheney served in the civil war and was
in the United States Senate and was Uni
ted States minister to Switzerland, on
appointment by President Harrison. He
was a widely known man in manufacture
ing and banking circles, as well as in
political life.
knights of Pythias.
Members OF the supreme lodge, Knights
Of Pythias, from all parts of the United
States and Canada will gather in Chica-
go on July to attend special session,
the first assemblage OF the kind called
since the organization Of The order. The
session will be behind closed doors at the
Lexington hotel and will probably con-
tinue for week or more. The object is
to adjust the investment of the endow-
ment funds and provide for the growing
needs of the insurance branch of the or
2anzation.
Spanish in the Philippines.
The Philippine commission has modi-
led the law providing for the use of the
Spanish language in the courts for five
years, by permitting proceedings to be
conducted i'll English and native dialects,
The same to be translated into Spanish
unless the litigants stipuate otherwise.
In the latter case, the records are to be
written in both languages.
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