St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
VERMONT NEWS
Going to Honolulu.

r..;+ed States Senator w. P. Dilling-
attends to sail for Honolulu at the
naLl If Of the session of Congress on bust
clos' Connected with the immigration
nC[1i of the Senate, of which he is
German, the trip to consume about
(n", months if all goes well. Just when
w t"O ,riI be able to start depends of
~ on the celebrity with which the
sent tariff measure now before the
PanSrence committee is reported back
and action is taken on it.
The trip is brought about by the
,osrar conditions existing at present in
tSs Hawaiian Islands and the COM
. -Il; that have been made by the
Pwners of the large sugar plantations
tbrre AS is perfectly natural, the immi-
ration to the island is largely Oriental
mature, and the great majority of the
onnIoyees on the plantations is made
,,n of Chinese and Japanese workmen,
br+ the owners of the plantations desire
m import laborers from Europe, these
is;ng much more desirable than the
lass employed at present. Under the
visiting laws, however, contract labor
,9nnot be employed, and it is for the
purpose of investig eating the conditions
Nth view to making possible changes
IN the laws in this respect that Senator
n;llingham is to make the trip. He will
+boroughlv investigate the reasons put
onward bv the planters in their en-
deavor to import European laborers and
m his return make report to the i'm
rioration committee as to his findings,
after which action can be taken accord
ingy
The voyage from San Francisco to
Honolulu and return will consume about
amonth, while the Investigations in the
Islands will require two or three weeks.
Our Vermont Schools.
The forthcoming report for the year
1909 of Mason S. Stone, state superin-
+sndent of education, contains much in
formation that is of interest and value
to the people of the state. Among other
things this report shows that the total
number of schools now in the state is
23S9 against 2 1869 in 1908. Rutland
county has the largest number of schools,
254, and Grand Isle county the smallest,
2S
Increase in the number of school weeks
is almost 500 over 1908, and the aggre-
gate of days attendance of all the pupils
in the state is over l 100000 days. The
cost Of operating the schools per week
has been $40, against So last year, and
cost per pupil has been $22, against $50
last year.
Of the $4,000 appropriated for trans
portaton, Orange county receives the
largest amount, $3,179.29, and Windsor
county second, receiving $3,110.12. The
number of school children has increased
about 400 since last year, but the total
number of children enumerated is about
1000 less than last year, due largely
to the negligence of clerks and school
boards and school districts who have
failed to make house to house canvass.
Murder In Kansas.
At Leavenworth, Kansas, July TO-
Private Charles O'Neil. military prison
guard shot and killed his sweetheart,
Miss Minnie Charbonneau, of Essex
Junction. in the presence of army officers
and their wives shortly before noon. He
escaped from the guard when he was
about to be shackled but was recaptured
BIZ a soldier. O'Neil had quarreled with
the girl at the house of Capt. {. M.
Murphy, where she was employed as a
maid Then buying double action re-
volver he again appeared at the house
and told the girl he intended to kill her
and himself with it. She escaped up
stairs and Mrs. Murphy telephoned for
help O'Neil ran before help came but
was taken and brought to the front door
Of Capt. Murphy's home. The girl was
called to identify him. O'Neil had the
revolver concealed in his coat and pull
ingit out unnoticed, he shot under Lieut..
Hands arms and killed her Miss Char
bonneau was 20 years old. She went to
Fort Leavenworth with an officer S
family from Fort Ethan Allen four
months ago. Soldiers have paid her
funeral expenses and will send her body
home to her aged mother.
Dedication of Newport Church.
The program for the dedication ex-
ercses of St. Mary's church, Newport,
August /, have been completed. The
dedication will begin with the blessing
of the church by His Lordship, Bishop
P. Laroque of Sherbrooke, Que, at $50
o'clock pontifcal high mass celebrated
by His Lordship, Bishop L. Racicot, OF
Montreal, at 10 o'clock. Following this
will be sermon in English by the Rev.
D. J. O'Sullivan, of ST. Adams, and a
sermon in French by the Rev. E. J
Auclair, of Montreal. At 1890 O'Clock
refreshments will be served at Green
Mountain hall. Between the hours OF 3
and o'clock there will be an excursion
on the steamer Lady of the Lake for the
purpose of viewing the church from
distance, together with the surrounding
scenery. At 100 o'clock vespers and
benediction of the blessed sacrament will
be held.
A large delegation of both clergy and
iaymen is expected.
Seventh Vermont Veterans Association.
F. H. Shepard of Fair Haven, secretary
of'the 18th Vt. Regiment Association has
issued this notice: Nearly forty-eight
years have passed since our regiment
was mustered into the United State ser,
vice. Naturallyjwe take pride in the ser
vice that we were permitted to do tor
our country and we feel that the priva
tons we mutually shared bind us COM
rades of the Seventh closely together
Comrades, let us once more meet and
greet one another, at Rutland, where or
Wednesday, August IS, 1909, will be
held our seventh reunion. The head
quarters will be the same as last year
at the Bardwell House.
The business meeting will be held al