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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-29
Mr.. PIumley's Decisions.
A Vermo nter,s Difficult Work in Ven,

We note with satisfaction the awards
and decisions announced by Mr.. Frank
Plumley of Vermont, the American citi-
zen who was made umpire in the dispute
between the British and Venezuelan gov
ernments. It may be remembered that
not only Great Britain and Venezuela,
but also Holland. joined in requesting
President Roosevelt to appoint an UNI
pire to settle a number of points which
were involved in claims presented at
Caracas, but as to which the countries
concerned were unable to agree. AS it
was recognized that some OF the ques-
tions which Mr.. Plumley was called upon
to decide were new in International juris-
prudence, ample time for study and
reflection was allowed him, and he was
permitted to take the evidence and briefs
to the United States for prolonged con-
sideration. Of particular interest to
International lawyers is his decision-a
decision for which there was no prece-
awards. It seems that Great Britain
claimed interest at five per cent on
awards made by a mixed commission so
long ago as 1869; the convention
constituting this commission having
provided that the Venezuelan gov
ernment should, by its congress,
make provision without delay for the
payment of the awards. AS matter of
fact, there was delay OF some sixteen
years in the payments. Venezuela
denied the right to collect interest for the
years during which she had been in
default, on the ground that there was
no specific provision tor it in the conven-
ton concluded between the two govern
ments. Mr.. Plumley decided, however,
that interest at the rate of three per
cent-the Venezuelan statutory rate
when 10 rate is named in contract
should be allowed from the time when
the Venezuelan congress ratified the
terms of the contract, accepted the find
ing of the commission, and made the
first payment on account.
With reference to the we'll known case
of the Puerto Cabello and Valencia COM
pany, a British corporation, the umpire
found that the Caracas government had
guaranteed a certain income, which guar
anty had not been made good. Accord
ingly, he made an award of $1,000, 900
in favor of the company. On the other
hand, two questions concerning citizen
ship were decided by Mr.. Plumley in
favor of Venezuela. In one case England
had set up the claim that a man born in
Venezuela OF British parents resident in
Venezuela-the man himself also having
been always a resident of Venezuela
was British subject under the con-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-29
Commissioners Notice.

The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Courtfor the district
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive, ex.
anime, and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of James
Northrop, late of Danville, Vt: in said
district, deceased. and the term of six months
allowed by said court to the creditors OF
said deceased, to exhibit and prove their re-
spective claims before us Give notice that
we will attend to the duties of our appoint
ment at the store of Dole & Currier in
Danvi11e, Vt, in said district, on the 2Sth
day of June and the 9Th day of December,
next, at 1 O'Clock in the afternoon, each
of said days.
CHAS. D. BRAINERD,
NELSON A. DOLE,
Commissioners.
Danvi11e, VT. June 18th 1904.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-29
VERMONT NEWS.

At the Vermont Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation in Woodstock, last week, Miss
Laura Moore, secretary, reported a
membership of ISL, and ANEW members
have been admitted. During the year
Dorcus Mcclellan, of Glover, member,
died and in her will was a bequest of 81,
500 for the society. A part of 1T will be
spent in the dissemination of literature.
The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. A. D. Chandler, Barton
Landing; secretary, Miss Laura Moore,
Barnet; treasurer, Mrs. Gallup, Barton
Landing; auditor, Rev. A. M. Smith,
Concord; member of the executive COM
mittee of national society, Mrs. Julia A.
Pierce, Rochester. II. B. Blackwell, of
Boston, urged that the legislature be Pc
titioned to allow women to vote at the
next national convention. The next con-
will be held at Springfield.
DIV. Robinson has resigned as vice
president and director of the Howard
National Bank of Burlington. F. E..
Burgess has been elected vice president
to succeed him and A. 6. Whittemore
has been elected director.
The Vermont Marble COMPANY of
Proctor has just secured a contract for a
large amount of marble to be shipped to
London, Eng, for building purposes.
Moses R. Anderson, foreman of the
foundry at the Howe scale works, was
terribly burned by molten metal Wed.
nesday His condition is critical
The cataloguing of the books of the
Fletcher Free Library at Burlington has
been commenced by Miss Mary P. Farr
of Philadelphia, who will reorganize the
library. She is assisted by Miss Frances
Hobart of Cambridge. The work is
being done in the new Carnegie Library
building, which will soon be dedicated.
Two daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown of Poultney, all four of whom
were struck by lightning and seriously
injured June 20, are now in critical
condition and little hope of recovery is
expressed. The parents both will re-
cover.
The Rapid Telephone Company is ex-
tending its lines from Sharon to Lake
Mitchell to accommodate the club house
with long distance service. Recently
eleven moneyed men have paid 81 900
each to become members of this club
They are repairing the house, replacing
the old boats with new ones, and making
general improvements. 1t viii soon be
an attractive resort with every improve
ment desired.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-29
Presentation of Account.
FRANK II. CLEMENTS ESTATE.

FRANK H CLEMENTS ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court, held at the probate office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district. on the 14th
day of June. A. D. 1904.
William Clement administrator upon the
estate of Frank II Clement, late of
Danvil1e, in said district, deceased, pre-
sents his administration account for ex-
animation and allowance, and makes
application for decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon it is ordered by said court, that
said account and said application he referred
to session thereof, to be held at the probate
Office in said st. Johnsbury, on the 3oth day
of June, A D. 1904, for hearing and de,
cision thereon: And it is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons
interested, by publication of the same three
weeks successfully in the Ca1edonian,
a newspaper published at st. Johnsbury,
previous to said time appointed for
hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and show cause, If any they may
have, why said account should not be allowed
and such decree made.
By the Court, Attest,
WALTER p. SMITH. Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-29
Probate of Will.
oRsoN cUsHMANs ESTATE.

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court, held at the Probate Office
in St. Johnsbury, within and for said District.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Orson Cushman,
late of Waterford, in said district, de-
ceased, being presented to court by Joseph
A. wark, Custodian for probate: 1t is
cerned therein be notified to appear at a ses-
sion of said court, to be held at the Probate
Office in st. Johnsbury on the 9th day of
July, A. D. 1904, and show cause, if any
they may have, against the probate of said
will for which purpose it is further ordered
that copy of the record OF this order be
Californian, printed at st. Johnsbury, previ-
Gus to said time appointed for hearing.
By the Court. Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
A true copy of Record, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH, Judge.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-29
A Chance for Boys
TO MAIZE A DOLLAR.

We want all the bones we can get.
Can use heads, hoofs, horns-anything
in the line of bones-if only dry. We will
pay Coo per hundred pounds for thor
oughly dry bones-we can pay even more
if strictly clean, hard, fresh, dry, boiled
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
HAD SEEN 42 REVOLUTIONS
Aged Patriarch of San Domingo, Wit ness of Many Revolts, Is Held
 in High Esteem.

Thirty years ago, visiting San Domin- go in an official capacity, he was taken in hand by newly appointed minister, who undertook to show him round, writes Henry Lucy, in the Cornhill. Coming to the courtway of prominent building, the guide pointed to door, way and remarked, as complacently as if he were indicating the name of a street: That is where our last em- peror was shot"
 In the course of his sojourn he came upon an aged man, held in high esteem by the community, because he had been witness of quite exceptional number of revolutions and lived to tell the tale.
 How many have you seen?" the vis- ftor asked.
 "Forty-two," the patriarch modestly replied.
 It appears that, when boy, the old man had seen Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette carried to the guillotine. Emigrating to San Domingo, the tale of revolutions rapidly ran up till it ex- ceeded 40.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
AMULETs WORN BY sAvAoEs
Belief in Magical Powers of orna- ments Held by Africans
 Gold Nuggets Used.


 Cowrie Shells are worn as amulets by the modern savages in Africa; similar shells were worn in Strabo's time to keep off the evil eye.
 Claws of lions are such important amulets in Africa that they are quite generally counterfeited
 So with the teeth of jackals, which are initiated in wood, if the real thing Is net to be had. When gold first became known it was regarded exactly as the stones mentioned above. Thus the Debae, an Arab tribe who did not work gold, but had an abundance in their land, used only the nuggets, stringing them for necklaces alternately with perforated stones
 Magnetic iron and hematite were par ticularly prized, the belief being that the former was endowed with living spirit. It is thus clear that the use of all objects still employed in modern jewelry has arisen primarily from the magical powers attributed to them. by which they were thought to protect the wearer. says the new theorist.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
WAITS PICTURE GALLERY.
children's Aid Society of New York
 Has odd Collection of Photos , of Successful Ones.

One of the oldest sights in New York Is the picture gallery of successful waifs in the rooms of the Children's Aid so- ciety, on East Twenty-second street. There is none other like it in the world. Hundreds of faces look out of their sim pie frames They are of every nation ality, type, age and color. Since 1853 more than 10000 waifs and strays have been placed in families by the society, situations have been found for some 25.000 more, and over 5000 runaways and 'losts'' have been returned to shell ters
 Of the rescued one has become the governor of a state, another the gov ernor of a territory, two members of congress, two sheriffs, two district att torneys one city attorney, four members of state legislatures, three county com missioners, 27 bankers, 22 merchants, 46O clerks, S4 lawyers, IT physicians postmasters, railroad officials, 36 railroad men, 10 real estate agents, IS newspaper and literary men, 81 teach CTS. high school principals, su- perintendent of schools, civil engineer, 21 clergymen and over 1000 have en- listed in the United States army and navy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
STAINS CRIMINAL PARADISE
Settlement in zafarina Islands Said to Be Garden of Eden to
 Castilian Crooks.

Spain's criminal settlement in the zafarina islands is said to be quite a paradise of convicts, says the Chicago News. Their liberty is restricted only so far that they must not leave the is- lands and must return at night to prison unless they obtain leave of absence for the night. At six o'clock in the morning the convicts leave the prison. Some do a little work, but the majority go straight to the various wine shops and hostleries, where they pass the day drinking, singing and occasionally breaking the monotony of life with lit- tie knifng-for each respectable pris- oner carries his "faca" (knife) day and night with him. This idyllic state of things appears less strange if one con slders that the prison warders-the "capatares'-are the liquor sellers of the islands, and that good deal of illicit trading is carried on in those places of resort. the prisoners buying reyolvers ammunition. housebreakers' tools and similar articles
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
NEW WESTERN INDUSTRY.
Chinese Wood Oil to Be Product of
 the California Coast Region.

Wood oil is rapidly becoming al im- portant article of export in China, ac- cording to l.. S. Wilcox, United States consul general at Hankau, during last season there having been more than S1 ,000 worth of it shipped from that port, says the New York Post. Previ- ous to 1899, when the attention of the United States importers was called to it's valuable properties, only three small shipments had been made from here to the United States. Now two United States firms have located branches here for the purpose of exporting wood oil One of the firms deals exclusively in this article and it has shipped nearly 200,- 900 gallons since last fall Previous to 1900 the. oil was shipped to Europe in considerable quantities.
 The value of the oil is due to it's as- trtngent and drying qualities and it is used in varnish for the finer kinds of furniture There are two kinds of this oil--one yellow, the other a dark color Only the former has been exported, be- ing considered of a higher quality than the latter. It is also reported that in Europe it is used in making soaps. The price of the yellow variety during the past season has varied from $4. 92 to $6 95 per picul (133 1-3 pounds). The oil is brought to Hankau in bamboo baskets lined with oil paper, each basket con- taining about one picul of oil. The great difficulty of obtaining barrels to export the oil is a serious drawback, as no barrels are manufactured in any of the provinces where the oil tree grows for this reason an American firm at Hankau has imported from New York shocks for 5000 barrels and machinery for setting them up.
 Last year request was received from California for 1000 seeds of the oil tree They are planted and are growing fine ly. The same parties last fall requested 4,OO0 more seeds and arrangements have been made to secure and ship them. As the oil finds a ready market the in- troduction of these trees into various parts of the United States will be a source of revenue to their owners.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
1copyright, 1904, by G. L. Kilmer.1

Copyright, 1904, by G. l.. k1lmer.1
 M FTER the failure to carry the N key position at Spottsylvania
 A by the assault on the Bloody
 Angle" the 12th of May, 1864, Grant continued to hammer at Lees works for a week. On the 18th the Army of the Potomac again marched forward by the left flank.
 The new Federal movement was met by counter attack upon Grants right flank at Spottsylyania by the Confed- crate corps of General Ewell With troops composed principally of Stone wall Jackson's former command, Ewell made a detour and struck the road to Fredericksburg, which was Grants line of communication with his base. It happened that there were no Federal troops at the point attacked, except Ty- ler's brigade of heavy artillerists, a body of men just out of the fortifica- tions of Washington, whose appearance at the front in "spick and span uni forms had been greeted by the war worn soldiers with derisive chaff.
 General EweIl had no cannon. His troops barricaded the road and the
 
 polling the .heavies'' to charge bayo- nets in order to dislodge. the intruders. The charge was made in gallant style. Fighting was kept up from o'clock until dark and the line held while re- achievements were marching back from one of the veteran corps.
 Had Ewen succeeded that day in cutting Grants communications the Army of the Potomac would have been forced to turn back from it's flank march to reopen the road to it's base. In saving the army in that crisis the eleventh hour "heayies'' were in the right place, even though it was the rear, and their baptism of fire was as bloody as that of many an infantry regiment in a grand battle charge. The First Maine heavy artillery entered the fight with 1,6OO men. 1t lost 147 killed and 329 wounded, about 30 per cent The First Massachusetts heavy artillery mustered about the same number of effectives and lost 362 killed or wounded.
 It was the 23d of May when Grants army on it's flank march to Richmond reached the near bank of the North Anna river. The Confederates imme- diately arose into view across the stream. From the very beginning of the campaign the Federal leaders had assumed that Lee would make stand on the North Anna. In fact, they had not expected to encounter the enemy short of that point
 On reaching the North Anna, General 1 Warren's Fifth corps crossed at the Jericho ford with but slight opposition. The lead was given to General J. J. Bartlett's brigade. Bartlett's men plunged into the stream with their ac.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
The New Strategic < Importance of the Pacific
By Lord ROBERTS. field Marshal of nnsl.na

we look first to the western shore of the Pacific, which our attention now immediately directed
 we find in Japan perhaps THE MOST WONDER FULL INSTANCE of national new birth which history has recorded Less than forty years ago this conparatyeY small island was scarcely in touch with
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02


 history has recorded Less than forty years ago this
 comparatively small island scarcely in touch with the world and strategay speaking negligible quantity Today whose alliance possess who esteemed itself powerful enough single handed into with the European power which has THE STRONGEST ARMY IN THE WHOLE WORLD and the bravery of whose soldiers is only equaled by their hardness.
 Then take Japan great adversary Russa find that about the tme forty years ago. Russias possessions the absolutely undeeoped Within the last few those possessions have been brought INTO DIRECT COMMUNICA- TION with St. Petersburg by railway close upon 5000 miles in length and have been spent garrsonng and the harbors which that railway feeds in order make bases for the very considerable fleet which Russia has thought place the of the Pacific Other nations have kept region possessed territory known IndoChna Great Britain has acquired Hongkong and Wehaiwe, and Germany Kiaochou.
 Farther south Australia Less than years Australia considered almost ateress fit place settlement of convicts NOW IT IS FLOURISHING CON- TINENT If the we find precisely the extraordinary development which also changes the old stratega conditions whether Columbia with its poentates of great wealth. in the of Alaska the United States port San Francisco the great importance of the Pacific the Atlantic by fewer than NINE LINES OF DIRECT RAILWAY com municaton. l believe tenth is under consideration
 But valuable and important these railways stra gcal of view they will surpassed made in the hmus of Panama. THAT WILL INDEED BE A CHANGE OF STRATEGIC CONDITIONS. If any further proof required of the importance of the Pacific on to the fact that within the last years submarine cables have been laid from shore England cable from Vancouver Australia United States cable from Francisco to Manila
 THESE ARE STRATEGIC MATTERS AND NO DOUBT THEv wu, BE MADE MORE VALUABLE CABLES BEING LAID THESE CABLES OWING TO THEIR CONNECTION LAAnarE- FINAL LINK TO THE olRDLE ROUND WORLD sg g ssa~ss VI
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02

KEYSTONE AND PALMETTO BOYS MEET AT
 JERICHO FORD.
 couterments on and waded waist deep to the opposite bank. Using high bluff for a rampant, they kept down the enemy's fire until bridge was laid and the artillery across.
 The guns and infantry supports brought forward by Warren to cover the party making the crossing had barely got into position when Colonel Browns South Carolina brigade charged on the advance line and dou- bled up the right flank. Bartletts bri- gade hurried to the rescue of the ex- posed flank at double quick, and in the maneuver occurred one of those en- counters which give to war touch of romance One of Bartletts regiments was the Eighty third Pennsylvania, a body of veterans that had been in the field since 1861. Browns command in cluded the First South Carolina. These two regiments ran into each other. but the Pennsylvanians got in the first fire. One Keystone man seized Colonel Brown and made him prisoner, and another shot down the leader of the First South Carolina.
 This was the second collision of these regiments, the first having taken place at Gaines Mill two years before. Both had fought on every field of bat tie in the east from 1862 to 1864, and their losses in killed and wounded
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02

M FTER the failure to carry the N key position at Spottsylvania AA by the assault on the Bloody AA AA Anole,, the 12th of May 1894
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-02
Perversity of the Baby.

A father of much experience says:
 Wash baby clean and dress him up real pretty and he will resist all ad- yances with the most superlative cross ness, but let him eat molasses, ginger bread and fool around the coal-hod for half an hour and he will nestle his dear little dirty face close up to your clean shirt bosom and be just the lovingest, cunningest little rascal in all the world. 2