St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-01-08

Gen. Frank Armstrong, as agent Of the
war department, was at Fort Sill, Okla
homa last week making arrangements
for the release of Chief Geronimo ard the
Twenty-Five Arizona Apache Indians
who are held by the government as pris-
oners of war. They were captured by
Gen. Lawton twelve years ago. They
will be allo ted land by the government
Great Britain's iron trade seems to be
on the down grade. The production Of
pig iron in 1901 is estimated at about
2 800 900 tons, AS compared With g.
100, 900 tons in 1900 and 3,951 900
tons in 1899; and, although the produc-
ton of steel should come nearly up to
the standard of 1900 when it totalled
100000 tons of ingots Of all kinds, the
total quantity of manufactured ron will
show big falling off The shipments Of
pig iron will be raised by the end of the
year to about 100000 tons, or within
10000 tons of the quantity shipped in
1900.
Official returns show that the Boer
losses by killed, wounded and surrend'
cred during 1901 totaled IA, 887 men.
The San Francisco mint has just COM
pleted "a coinage record which makes
1901 the banner year in its history,
$81, 072,590 having been converted from
bullion into coin.
w. E. Cash, superintendent of the de-
partment of collections and adm ssions
of the Pan,Ameiican Exposition Com
pany, has presented his final report. The
total attendance was 8 ,520,048. OF this
number 306 $50 were tree and 3 .213,-
1S9 paid admissions. The big DAYS
were Buffalo Day, 1862 424; New York
State Day, 129 476; Farewell Day, 49,
$780, Railroad Day, 106, SAG; Midway
Day, LOG, 316; Labor Day, 103, 1856, and
Dedication Day, Sc 900.
DR.. Royal B. Prescott died at Nashua,
N. H Jan. 2, at the age of 50 years. He
was we'll known specialist, native of
Nashua, and a member Of the G. A. R.
and Loyal Legion He served during the
civil war in Co. c, 18th N. H. ", was on
the skirmish line at the time of Lees cap
ture, add was said to be the first Union
soldier to enter Richmond.
President Roosevelt has received in
formation from Andrew Carnegie that
is expected to enable him to submit to
congress the offer of $10000,000 to the
United States for higher education This
offer will not be in bonds of the United
States Steel Corporation, as formerly
proposed, bnt will be in a 'orm expected
to be generally satisfactory. The gift is
likely to be in cash or in acceptable inter
est bearing securities.
Emp rOr William desires that his new
yacht, now building in the United States
shall be named by President Roosevelt
daughter Alice and, at the New Year S
reception in Berlin he requested the
United States ambassador, Andrew D.
White, to ask the president to allow Miss
Alice to name the vessel.
Jarvis r. Bardwell observed his 1OOth
biz thday at his home in Shelburne Falls
Mass, Jan. l. He was the first post.
master of the village, and for many
years was hotelkeeper and merchant. he
was president o. the Shelburne Falls Ma
tioual Bank for twenty i've years, and
was at one time president of the savings
bank.
The clothing firm of Spitz Bros &
Mork was the the principal loser by Z
fire Jan. in the Summer street block in
Boston, of which they and other con
IN the basement, and burned up through
two floors of the five story granite build
ing, and caused a loss estimated al
about 100000.