St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-09-24
GENERAL NEWS.

will bear the likeness of the late Presi-
dent Harrison. The new stamp is de-
manded by the enormous increase in
foreign registered letters, and will satisfy
a long felt want. The engravers at the
government printing bureau who are at
work on the new stamp pronounce it
the neatest piece ofengraving done by
the government on stamp work
Bulgaria will issue $4,000 worth of
new stamps soon to commemorate the
25th anniversary of the storming of the
Shipka pass. The stamps are beautifully
designed. They depict the scene OF the
BuIgarians rolling huge powders and
trunks of trees over the precipice in de-
fence of the pass against SuIeiman
Pasha's Turkish soldiers.
Sixty Tons of Checks.
Sixty tons OF blank checks and drafts
with revenue stamps imprinted thereon
are awaiting rec EN- )tion by the Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue at Wash
ington Up to this time 1914 tons Of
these papers have been cancelled and de-
stroyed. Commissioner Yerkes has
been compelled to rent storage accommo-
dations outside the treasury department
Tor this deluge of paper. At the last ses-
sion OF Congress an appropriation of
$1,000, 600 was made to redeem docu-
ments OH which imprinted stamps were
affixed in compliance with the war
revenue act, now repealed. More than
1000 claims under this legislation have
already been paid.
Death of Ex-Justice Gray.
Justice Horace Gray, who retired from
the United States Supreme Court bench
recently, died at his summer home in
Nahant, Mass, last week. He was
native of Boston, bornin 1928, gradual
ed from Harvard in 1845, made an asso-
ciate justice of the Massachusetts, su-
preme court in 1864, and its chief justice
from 1873 to 1881 when President
Arthur appointed him to the supreme
bench of the United States. When he re-
tired last month, Judge Oliver Wendell
Holmes, OF Massachusetts was appoint
ed to coed him.
A Vermont Elk and Deer Park.
L. c. Houghton of Halifax has proven
that elk can be raised in Vermont for
beginning with two cows and bull he
now has fine herd of between 20 and
80 animals in his 800 acre park. The elk
are great hrowsers and find plenty to
eat in the warmer seasons but in the
winter it is necessary to feed them hay.
Mr.. Houghton raises elk and deer tor the
markets, having at present herd Of
more than 200 which are kept in the
same preserve with the elk although the
two herds always flock by themselves.
Official Election Returns.
The secretary OF state has just received
election returns from every town in the
state, and they will be substantially the
same as will be reported to the legisla-
lature by the canvassing committee from
both houses These returns give McCul-
Tough 81 1854; Clement 1852; Nc
Gettrick 7,139 and Sherburne 2,525
total of 6S,710, as compared with
67,0S7 in 1900.
Out of the 246 towns and cities in the
state, three failed to elect representatives
Stowe, Washington and Warren. Of
these 149 are reported as republicans, As
as democrats, 43 license, labor while 2
are not classified. OF the 80 senator's
elected, 81 are cassed as republicans, 4
as democrats, and 5 as Clement. This
makes a total on Joint ballot of 273 of
which the republicans claim ITO, all
others 1903; giving them a majority of
81.
Interesting will Case.
An interesting will case was on trial in
the Washington county court last week
and resulted in a disagI cement of tie jury
which is said to have stood ten TO two
in favor of sustaining the will. When
Mrs. Almira Cowdry OF Montpelier, who
was a city charge in 1899, received from
the estate OF Chandler Paul, a nephew,
about So, 500 in cash she left the poor
farm and had George Wheeler, overseer
OF the poor, appointed her guardian.
Soon after this she made the will in ques-
ton which divides about 81 400 among
, certain heirs and gives the residue to Mr..
, Wheeler. The heirs who were bene-
6ciaries under the will and others sought
, to break it. The evidence for Mr.. Wheel
. ef, proponent OF the will, tended to show
: that Mrs. Cowboys relatives treated her
p badly before she received this money,
allowing her to go to the poor farm
+ when they might well have cared for her;
: : also that Mr.. Wheeler, both as overseer
and guardian had been very kind to the
: old lady. The case will go over to the
March term.
q Gets One Thousand Dollars n Day.
: When the coal trust was organized
} about two years ago, most peculiar
r agreement was made between the Scran-
v ton coal company, one of the subsidiary
corporations, and Representative Con
c nell of Washington, who until he was
y compelled to sell to The trust under pain
of being forced out Of the business alto
/, gether, was the largest individual opera
q tor in the hard coal field, Instead o
n selling his holdings outright or taking
e stock in the corporation to which hi
!, transferred them. Mr.. Cornell made
e bargain to receive $1,000 for eacl
day OF the year for 10 years. Every
- day since the strike began the agec
Is congressman, who is rs years old, ha'
+ received his check, with untailing regular
). itv. His reasons for such peculiar
: offer are, first that if be were to receive {
u lump sum he would not know where tt
u u invest it, and the second was that he wa
- glad to make an arrangement whereof.
- he would be assured of a comtortabl
:, income. Besides, if quo warranto pro
! ceedings were taken to annul the trust
i Council could take back his property, a
. under the agreement the property !
" leased aud the title does not pass unit
- the 10 years have expired.