St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-04-13

gallery is all paid for and they have
nearly 100000 in the treasury and
with the 10000 members and the
annual income from the membership
| the society seems TO be in a promis-
| ing and prosperous condition. The
society was organized Oct. IL, 1890,
and the height of inhibition of the Wash
ington members is to have large
building for a home here for the organi-
zation E. P.Casey of New York was
the successful architect chosen to plan
| the building and he assisted Bernard K.
Green In completing the Congressional
| Library. Richardson and Burgess are
| the contractors.
Sometime since the chief of the bureau
of animal industry of the agricultural
| department found on examination that
there were 1858, 900 living microor-
ganisms on a treasury note and Represen-
| tative Gaines, of Tennessee, introduced
| into the house a bill for retiring paper
| money before it becomes infected with so
many germs.
The 18th u. S. Regiment which has
seen four months service at the Philip
pines is now at Fort Myers and some of
| the companies of the regiment are on.
drill daily from 10 to IL in the morning.
Upon Friday afternoons they give an
exhibition drill of cavalry and artillery.
tain Ryan in order to be sure of a seat.
To reach the Fort you can take the
Pennsylvania Avenue electric cars as far
as the bridge across the Potomac river
and walk across to Rosslyn station on the
other side; get a round trip ticket for Is
cents to Arlington station; the electric
cars run out once in half an hour; per-
son can visit Fort Myers in the morning
and Arlington in the afternoon if he
l IL. M Al <~I1x-- 10.
OF the station and Arlington on the left
side. Take the car at 9.45 a. m. and
reach there at 10 a. m. We saw two
companies of cavalry drill under Lieuten-
ant Burnette and Captain Rooster OF
Co. E, 18th Regiment-the latter is
called very superior as drill-master.
| The first company of boys did finely, but
Co. E. was composed of men who had
seen much service and they went through
a series of evolutions and counter-evolu-
| ton, forming circles, squares, crosses,
leaping over fences, and mounting and
dismounting while riding at a break
neck pace, riding two, three and four
| horses at once and guiding them, making
| the horses lie down as if dead, then leap
| ing into saddles at the crack of the whip
! and all riding behind their captain and
| fag-bearer at full speed as if making
grand charge on the enemy. 1t was a
beautiful sight and elected much ap-
| plause, as the enemy was an imaginary
| one with no serious results to follow the
charge.
Prof. Bell expects to give an exhibition
| of his tetrahedon kite which he con-
| structed and tried to fly it at his summer
home at Cape Breton Island. The exhi-
bition before the National Geographic
| Society in the open air will occur Satur-
day, April 80. He considers kite of
that shape, with four equaltri-angular
sides, has stronger sustaining power in
The Geographic Society have also
planned for May 21st an all-day excur-
| sion to the battlefield of Antietam.
| A curious proposition has been made
| by gentleman of New York to the dis.
| trict commissioners. He will give $40,
| 900 South Carolina bonds which are
| worthless to him, to the district If they
will sue South Carolina to obtain the
money. She repudiated these claims in
1875 taking shelter under The 18th
| amendment. Two years ago South
Dakota accepted some of the repudiated
bonds of North Carolina and the United
| States supreme court has decreed that
| that state must pay the amount of
1927 400 to South Dakota. One state
| can sue another state, but the bonds
were worthless to the individuals.
Thousands of dollars were repudiated by
| Southern States and they will very
likely fight the claims.
| Senator Burton of Kansas, who was
recently sentenced to six months in Jail
and to pay fine of So, 500 for repre-
| senting company before the post office
| department, was in this city lately and
he seems to feel he shall win his case on
| appeal. Representative Williams of
Mississippi has made many charges
| against the republicans, and one of the
last against the President is that he has
used the Mayhower for his private use
and asked the government to pay the
bills and he filed newspaper clipping in
| the Congressional Record. Representa-
| tive Foss has fled letter of Secretary
| Moody in the same paper as reply to
| this criticism. He says the Mayfower is
not the Presidents yacht. It is custom
airy to place a vessel of the navy at the
control of the President from time to
| time and usually the4 Mayhower has
been chosen, but at no time has the yes
| sci been diverted from any naval duties
when needed, "nor has dollar of her
money been expended for the pleasure or
convenience of the President or any of
his family or guests" During t21
months she has cruised $4,000. miles
more than the average of vessels and
| the President has only spent about 40
hours on board and travelled "a miles.
| He spent one night on account of the
weather and then was engaged in official
| duties. He has paid his own expenses
and that of his family. This shows how
absurd the charges were.
| The democrats are hoping that Gen.
| Miles will run as the candidate for Presi-
dent for the prohibition party and so
divert votes enough from the republicans
| to defeat them at the polls. Judge Par
ker is the general favorite for President,
but it is thought that if Cleveland is put
up it means Mayor Mcclellan of New
York. Representative Hearst seems to
| be using Napoleonic methods to seize
upon the Office, it is thought, but he is
not the true candidate for his party.
Both parties seem to have much diff
| Guilty to select the right candidate for
chairman. Representative William S.
Cowherd of Missouri has been elected