St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-14
GENERAL NEWS.
Some Notable Deaths.


Rear Admiral w. T. Sampson died at
his home in Washington on the afternoon
of Tuesday of last week. The immediate
cause of his death was severe cerebral
hemorrhage, he having been in semi
conscious stage for several days prior to
the occurrence of the hemorrhage. The
Admiral's family was at his bedside when
he breathed his last, and Mrs. Sampson
was much Frustrated by the blow. Ad'
miral Sampson was born at Palmyra, N.
Y, the son Of day laborer, and attain
ed his high position entirely by his own
efforts. He distinguished himself in the
civil war by bravery under fire; made
mark in naval science and torpedo work
and designed the double turrets used on
the Kearsage and the Kentucky. He
commanded the large fleet in Cuban
waters during the Spanish American
war, and was eminently successful in his
operations against the enemy. 1t is said
he was keenIy sensitive unCer the abuse
heaped upon him by misguided critics,
and his friends claim that he really died
of broken heart.
Archbishop Corrigau, who succeeded
Cardinal McCloskey in the see OF New
York. died on the 9th inst, after an ILL
ness with pneumonia, from which, how
ever, he was regarded as convale' cling.
He was ordained a priest in 1868; In
1870 became administrator and vicar
general OF Newark, N l., where he remain
ed seven years. In that time he conse-
Grated forty-two churches, established
many religious communities and founded
home for erring women and a reform
atory for boys.
Francis Bret Harte, the American
writer, whose poems and stories of Cali
fornia life in the early days of the state
have given him permanent place in
literature, died in England May 5. He
was born in Albany, N. Y, in 1889, but
went to California early in life and
shared in he wild lie that he aterward
, pictures quely portrayed in THE Heather
Chinee, The Luck OF Roaring Camp,
THE Outcasts OF Poker Flat" and many
other poems and stories. Bret Harte
was ia turn a school teacher, miner
; printer, newspaper man, magazine edi
; tor, government emp,ovte at home anc
! abroad, closing h S official career as
: United States consul at Glasgow, Scot
land, in 1888. Since that time he has
lived quietly in London and continued
c Ii 'erary work chiefly along the old lines
but somehow his later work has seemed
to lack the strength and viriity tina
D characterized his earlier productions
D Nevertheless the reading world has los
i one OF its most loved writer's and thou
sands will mourn his death. TIE buria
< was in England.
r Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist, wa
e shot and killed in his home in New Yor
u city on Thursday, by his brother, Ma
= colin w. Ford, who then turLed the re
= volver upon himself, dying instantly
= Paul Leicester Ford lived about 2
u minutes. 1t is supposed that Malcor
- had been refused MONEY by his brother
- Malcolm Ford was formerly the chan
u pion amateur athlete OF the Unite
IL States, and was known as a writer o
" a hletic subj cts. He was disinherlte
by his father, man of great wealth
y who died several years ago. Paul Fore
&c although but 81 years Old, had wo
AZ fame by the writing of The Hon. Pete
IS Stirling" "Janice Meredith" and oth'
II books.
> Joseph E Coe. the Bible leaf distribute
y died at his home in Meriden, Conn, Ma
~ 5, aged rs wears. He put out, durln
r. more than % years, single leaves ro
vs. the Bible in Every big town in Come
u tcut, standing on corners OF ma
r. tboroughares and han & each PEI sc
g Leaf Then he woul board trains, ar
D. every one from the parlor car passenge
r. to the smoker would receive leaf Iro
ty the holy book. He varied the progra
tr occasionally by lectures in tie smokii
~ cars and in the streets. on The Sin
OF Using Tobacco and Liquor" He w
u. very wealthy.
nc The Hyde Windlass Company of Bat
Me, has distributed 5000 among t
I'd two hundred men who have been in
mt employ Of the company during the emit
or past wear, as their share of the earnin
he under the new proht-sharing plan. T
amount distributed represents per &c
is on the capital stock and gives each M
ug on an average two and one hali Weei
IN extra pay.
is A corporation known as the Unit
VS. States Soap Corporation, with a CAPT
an OF 81 900, 900, has been formed under
yes laws of Maine for the purpose OF CO
lch bining the soap manufacturing intere
rs of the East.
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