Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-15

399 446.
Washington dispatches say thai
President Roosevelt will call the Sen.
ate in extraordinary session early il
i November, to ratify, if possible, the
reciprocity treaty with Cuba which
has practically been prepared.
Secretary Shaw of the United States
I treasury has given some study to tht
matter of the proposed Cuban loan Of
S35. 600, 600 and reached the conclusion
/ that the questions involved are moi
\ such as to come within the jurisdiction
of the treasury department.
/ Mts. Redoubt, Ilnfinana and Angus
/ tin, in the Cook Inlet section of Alas
ka, continue to emit smoke 1t is not
very dense, but enough ashes have beer
scattered over the snowcovered peaks
to almost blacken the white surface.
There is no flame coming from either
mountain.
Sharon, Mass, enjoys the distinction
of having as resident Blair Irwin,
who, as far as il known, is the sole
survivor of the gallant 600 who made
the famous charge at Balaklava during
the Crimean war. an exploit which was
immortalized by Tennyson in the poem
THE Charge of the Light Brigade. "
Sheriff Samuel +. Pearson of Cum
berland county, Maine died july 30.
He is generally regarded as a prohibi-
ton martyr. having enlisted supreme
efforts of mind and body which under
mined his health in an earnest endeay-
or to make the prohibitory liquor law
effective in the city of Portland
1t is believed that the career of Bo.
ralma, Thomas W. Lawson's great
racer was forever ended by the acct
dent to him at the Hartford match last
week. He has been taken to Dream
void where his owner says due honor
shall be paid him the rest of his life.
The copper king is greatly dissatisfied
with the Vaccinations of the race
track and it is thought he will forsake
the turf.
The ruins of longed looked-for Mas
coutens, the largest and most celebrat-
ed city in Indian history, and the site
of the mission of St james. has been
discovered near Governors Bend on
the Fox river, in Wisconsin The city
is reported to have had 10000 inhabi
tauts in 1919. 1t was infinitely de
scribed by Dablon in 1910 and by Mar
quette on his voyage of discovery with
Joliet in 1913
On the site where Coronado turned
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S'loi instance i''ii' '"H'''on Wy
An investigation made by the CON
stabulary to clear up the facts in the
killing of "A Cebu coaching party of
four American schoolteachers shows
that the party was ambushed l. miles
from Cebu Two teachers were shot
and killed at the first volley: third,
who ran. was shot in the back. and
fourth, who was captured. was shot in
the chest while be was PRAYING for
mercy. II is suspected that the fourth
man was buried alive, as his wound
was slight and probably would not
have caused death Dogs dug up two
Of the bodies and devoured the flesh.
1t is believed that sufficient evidence
has been secured to convict all the par
llc'paht7 II the crime
Richard O'Brien of North Adams.
Mass, formerly a corporal in the 26th
Infantry. L. 5, V, has been arrested
m charge Of perjury in his testi
mony before the Senate committee on
The Philippines. After hearing in
Pittsfield he will probably be tried in
he criminal court at Washington early .
in the autumn. O'Brien testified to
having seen the water cure admins
cred that officers assaulted a Spanish
yoman at lngrabas that officers at az
reception became intoxicated and fore
ID some of the women to dance with
hem: that a woman and two children
we're burned to death in bamboo
hack when the troops were burning
he town: that explosive bullets we're
ssued to the troops in a regular way
md did horrible execution and that
oldiers fired on a native bow and on
I'D men who came out with a white
lag. One of the officers accused. de-
enied under oath. all these allega-
ions and swore that O'Brien was on
uty elsewhere when he claimed to
ave seen these things and asked that
=, 'Brien be prosecuted for perjury.
-,
me Itin week Oh the ahlhTaclte {
lihefs strike began MONDAY fresi- {
ent MltcheIl OF tne miners union Is
tlii cohhdent OF the success OF the !
lrlKe' ana says that contributions Tor t
ne support OF the miners are coming -