St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-01-08
GENERAL NEWS.
Ians for West Point Centennial.

| for graduates, addresses by veterans OF
the Mexican, Civil and Spanish-American
wars and an informal reception by the
president of the association and the SUI
perintendenr of the academy and their
wives on the first day. The second day
will be field day, with athletic contests,
military exercises and graduation hop.
On the morning of the third day there
will be reception OF delegates and
guests by the superintendent and the
academic board. In the afternoon a cele-
bration will take place in Memorial Hall.
There will be addresses by an orator, to
be announced; President of the United
| States, the secretary Of war, the leuten
ant general commanding the army, the
| superintendent and the president of the
Association OF Graduates. A commend
rative tablet viii be unveiled. In the
evening there will be fireworks, an ilumi-
nation and a dinner. The graduating
exercises will be held on the following
day.
After Canadian Forests.
A Halifax, n. S., dispatch says Henry
Patten, of Albany, and F. c. Smith of
| ANN" III NJ lhC last udlllSu III W. NC w
ard Webb's secretary are in the city ne
gotiating for the purchase of timber
properties. They have taken over rs
600 acres at Sherbrooke, and have been
inspecting about $4,000 acres in the vi
cinity OF the Gaspereau River and some
10000 acres in Queens County. The
men are accomp panied by !. Dobson Good,
a New York financler. A. L. Never also
is interested, but is not here with the
party. 1t is stated that DR.. Webb is not
associated with the others, although his
secretary, Mr. Smith, is here. The object
Of these investors is to consolidate all
these lands under one management, and.
besides carrying on numbering opera
tlons, to establish pulp and paper mills.
To Vaccinatc FiIipiuOs.
The war department has received a
copy of the act of the Philippine Com,
mission providing for the compulsory
vaccination of all the inhabitants OF
those parts of the islands where civil gov
eminent has been established. This
great enterprise is intended to stamp out
the epidemcs which have already APP.
peared in some of the southern islands,
Gen. Grant reporting the outbreak in
Leyte especially fatal. The commission
has provided for the distribution to local
health boards of several million virus
points, ana imposes severe penalties on
natives who tail to present themselves,
| first for vaccination and, second, at a
| time eight days later for examination as
to the success of the incubation. Spec
ial efforts are to be made to make all
children, and particularly those attend
ing school, immune. In districts now in
revolt no attempt will be made to vacci-
nate the natives.
/ The Years Hunting in Maine,
The annual report of the Maine COM
mission of fisheries and game says con-
corning the killing of big game in the
state: From the best information we
have been able to obtain from the annual
reports OF guides, sporting camp proprie-
tors, transportation companies and
others, 317 moose have been killed le-
g9v ana 9S eggal Il be saffTe fbs Of
| A large majority of those killed Illegally
were cows and calves. From the same
source OF information we learn that TO-
800 deer have been legally killed this
wear. We have no reliable data to show
the number illegally killed. There is no
indication of caribou returning to the
state The number of bears killed by
parties guided by registered guides is 81. "
A Canadian Religions Census.
A bulletin has been issued by the Cana
dian bureau, showing the population oil
Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa by re-
| ligious denominations. Taking the ag
gregates of each denomination tor the
three cities, the Roman Catholics far out.
number the other leading communities
combined, the totals heing: Roman
Catholics, 322 1923; Church of England
90 35S: Presbyterians, 6S, 5S2 Metho
dists, 62 206 Baptists, 10 269; Ccngre
gationalists, $500; Hebrew, 10 223 Sal
walton Army, $50; Unitarian, $50.
A Million Dollars for Chicago Uni.
versity.
One mi lion dollars is the sum said to
have been offered by Robert Lebaudy, a
French multi-millionaire, for the estab
lishment of a French industrial school ii
connection with the University of Chi
cago. 1t is proposed that it shall be the
greatest institution of its kind i'll The
world. The tender was made to Presi
cent Harper through M. Lebaudy''
agent, Emile Ridel of the French army
Doctor Harper promptly replied it wa:
the very thing the university desired, anC
the preliminaries were settled at once
The new school is to he an integral par
of the. University of Chicago, and til,
necessary buildings for Which M. LIE
baudy will furnish the money will b'
located on the campus of that institu
ton. NJ Lebaudy, it is said, will also
establish an endowment fund. The stu
dents will consist of 600 graduates o
French colleges, to be selected by tn
government and 200 will be sent owe
each year. They will come on scholar
ships, all expenses of transportation ant
living being betrayed by France.
Three Against Twenty.
Lieutenant Charles D. Rhodes, of tn
9th Cavalry, accompanied by two order
lies, when within six miles OF Manil;
Wednesday came across twenty armeC
insurgents in a Quartet, or barracks. TIL
insurgents shouted "AmericanOs ~ an,
Lieutenant Rhodes feigned a retreat, bu
in reality he took the Quartet in fan
and drove out the insurgents, capturin
two rifles. three revolvers and some an
munition. Rhodes then burned the bat
racks down and proceeded to Manila
General Wheatons eport from tn
island of Samar indicates that little ha
been accomplished there. The attitud
of the natives is more unfriendly tina
ever before General Chatfee will DrC