Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-29

lands, sailed for Cape Town Monday.
Mont Police, island of Martinique. is
still active, detonations being hearC
at intervals, while clouds Of dust may
be seen above the mountain and show
ers of volcanic dust fall on the sur
rounding towns.
\ steamer that recently passed the
west coast of South and Central Amer
lea reports many electric storms, ac
tive volcanoes on the coast of Guate
mala and an earthquake at Chamerico,
Guatemala, that had driven all the in
habtants of the town away
Bessie Bonehill, the English yaude.
vile actress, who made great hit in
New York theatres in 1889 and was fol-
several years favorite with theatre
goers there, died in England Thursday,
She had home in Sayyille, L. l., and
went to England last spring.
Hawaii is without courts of justice
altogether, on account of lack of funds
and it will be impossible under recent
decisions to arrest and hold criminal
of any sort but those guilty of petty
offences. The courts have granted re
leases on habeas corpus cases where
speedy trials were not given.
The new battleship Maine made her
Monday. She made a new coast record
ship and the Overfalls lightship off the
Delaware capes, covering the distance
of 40 miles in a hours 10 minutes.
Her average speed was 1871 knots,
Regions in Alaska hitherto almost
unknown are being explored this sum
mer by officers of the geological sur
vey. They report having found erayels
al an altitude of from 1000 to l.2OO
feet on the flank of the mountains,
while other evidences of glacial action
were found at an elevation of 1000
feet above sea level The bed rock in
these places is igneous, carries some
quartz veins, and is supposed to be
gold bearing.
The navy department has ordered all
the American warships in Atlantic wa
tiers to assemble in the Caribbean sea
this winter, for the most extensive
manoeuyers ever undertaken by the L.
5. navy. The mightest fleet of fighting
vessels ever brought together by this
government in time of peace, will be
gathered at that time with Admiral
Dewey in command The Prospective
manoeuyers are already attracting the
attention of the European powers.
Frederick Dorr and Edward O'Bri-
en-, proprietor and editor of the Ma
Mia Freedom. have each been sen
fenced to six months in Bilibid prison
and fined $1,000 each for libeling Be
nito Legarda, native member of the.
civil commission. by publishing Ger
tain article in Freedom. Both Dorr
and O'Brien have also been convicted
Of sedition. but have not yet been SEN
fenced on this count. The eases have
been appealed to the supreme court of
the islands.
The birth of the new town of Thom-
as City, Custer county, Okla. was at
tended by about 5000 persons. Draw
ing for lots was begun Saturday after
noon, and more than 200 lots were
placed with the owners. Some which
cost $50, are now marked $1,000 10 II,
500. The barren plain is converted
into a tented village of 5000 inhabi-
.ants. \ few hours after the lots We're
irawn newspaper was printed and
circulated III the village. \ big cele
oration was held Monday.
A west bound Northern Pacific pas
'enger train was held up at Sand Point,
Idaho. 60 miles east of Spokane, Mon
lay night. The robbers of whom there
we're seven. forced the engineer TO stop
he train. after which they uncoupled
he baggage car. They then compelled
he engineer at the point of revolver
o pull up the track about three miles
urther, where they tried 10 wreck the
baggage car with dynamite. The eX
,losives failed to work, and after spend
ng l. minutes with the car, the rob
,ers decamped
Ciudad Bolivar. on the Orinoco river
las been bombarded by a Venezuelan
government warship and many persons
we're killed or wounded. Atrocities
re said to have been committed by
10Th government troops and reyolu-
ionists. About GOO shells We're fired
nto the city, which Is still in the pow
T of the revolutionists. The lombard
lent will be resumed when the war
hip returns with supplies of ammuni-
ion. There are no foreign WarshIps in
he Orinoco river. The town has a
lrge British population, who have
sked Great Britain for a warship for
leir protection.
President Roosevelt left his home at
yster Bay Friday for his New Eng
md trip. He made his first speech at
.artford. At Providence he spoke on /
he control of trusts. advocating its as ,
Imption by the nation, and if the con- I
tuition will not permit such legisla- {