Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-01

I a tornado IN Int bull VI 1dliloiiit
/ Thursday night damaged and wrecked
many buildings in coast cities and sunk
u numbers of vessels with loss OF sew
eral lives.
General Delgado, one of the best
known Cubans, has been arrested
charged with the assassination of An
/ tonic Acosta, his aide during the war,
who disappeared six weeks ago. The
trial promises to be sensational.
William j Bryan addressed at least
1900 people in Maine last week and
his trip was one long, hearty ovation.
He denounced the administration for
its action on the money question, the
Philippines and the trusts. He said
that Hill was a candidate for Demo
cratic nomination, but not to be
trusted.
The suit brought by negro to test
the suffrage provisions of the new
Louisiana constitution has been decid-
ed against the negro The money for
the suit was subscribed by negroes In
hope of proving the unconstitutional
ity of new suffrage system, which
DISTINGUISHES most of them. The ne
groes will try to carry the case to the
L. S. Supreme court.
DR.. Eugene Grissom, of wide repute
as an alienist and neurologist, and for
q years superintendent of the North
Carolina insane asylum, committed sui %
eide by shooting himself at Washing
ton Sunday He had become weakened
mentally and physically by the use of
strong narcotics. His lecture on The
Borderland of Insanity, delivered be-
fore the American Medical society, at
tracted great attention.
The Cuban government has made in
quiry and complaint regarding Gen.
+. S. Bragg, United States consul gen
eral to Cuba, who is reported to have
written his wife in effect that it was
easier to make a whistle out of a pigs
tail than to make anything out of the
Cubans. His wife repeated the state
ment and the Cubans want an eXpla
nation of the consul's criticism. The
President has the papers in the case
and Gen. Bragg is expected to be Ell
ther recalled soon or transferred to
some other post.
\ japanese naval vessel sailed from
Toxic Sunday for Marcus island for
which place Captain Rosehill started
from Honolulu in a schooner July II,
to take possession of the island. \ let
ter from the state department at Wash
ington TO the L. S. minister at Toxic,
advising the captain not TO make any
disturbance or To resort TO violence to
obtain possession of the island with
possible loss of life and involving in
ternatonal complications has been sent
the captain by a messenger on the Jap
anese vessel The department will Try
to settle the claim to the island diplo-
Commander McCrea, of the Machias,
at Cape Haytien, cabled the navy de
partment at Washington Tuesday
" Affairs are very disturbed at Cape
Haytien. Cnorganized mob in the
city. Foreign consuls have been
threatened. will give protection on
board. | will prevent bombardment
without due notice. = American and
foreign interests in Cape Haytien are
large An attack on the city has been
expected for some time as the army in
with NJ. Firmin has been
advancing on three sides under Gen 1
erals Salnave, GaSpard and Monfiston. /
The Firmin forces in the south of .
Hayti We're put to flight by General .
Collins men Monday. General Sal .
lave was within nine miles Of Cape .
Iaytien Monday having defeated the
roops under General Nord, minister
If war of the provisional government
Judge John J. jackson of West Nir-
yinia has found the miners, in the
contempt cases, guilty of violating an
Injunction order He designated labor
IgitatOrs as vampires that fatten on
honest labor, the sentence was suspen
led in most Of the cases. His opinion
the right of the courts to use
Injunction and the right of the labor
RS to work when they wish TO- with
nut interference from organized labor
II any other source. The injunctions
we're ISSUED during the strike of the
Vest Virginia soft coal miners. and
orbade the strikers from trying TO
orce those who remained at work to
DIN the strike. 1t is reported that
he United Mine Workers will try to
htain Judge Jackson's Impeachment,
he refuses. after final hearing, to
issolve the injunction. \ complete
of the case will be submit
d to President Roosevelt and the Sen !
te II is claimed that the court was
ithout jurisdiction in some of the
Asses and that Judge jackson used his
osition to protect his interests as a l
-ock holder in coal company. Judge !
ackson is the oldest United States
ldge in service on the bench. He was
ppointed by President Lincoln in 1851 l.
I'D has served uninterruptedly ever
nee in the court over which he still I
resides He is graduate of Prince O
IN and was an old time whig. c
The hard coal strike is now in its ;
,th week and there is no change in II
lie situation. The Illinois organiza- a
on has contributed 500, 900 to the IA
rike fund. the largest dona ion, it is Y
id, ever received for a strike. Gen r
Gus response has been made to the =
ppeal to the public for funds, S123,
10 having been contributed in one d
eek. exclusive of the assessment of g
e men. President Mitchell will .
axe Wilkesbarre his headquarters .c'
ring the remainder of the strike.
e says the outlook is satisfactory and al
aspects of victory bright. The pres al
ents of coal carrying roads met in n,
ew York recently to talk over the &C
lestion of the loss of markets to the a,
thracite trade. Wholesale agents b
lieve many exclusively hard coal H
arkets are permanently lost as con p
mers have found that they can get az
ong very well with soft coal, which ST
SITS much less. and they will contin- nc
to use it. The sentiment of the oil
Getting was that anthracite would nc
We to be nut on the market soon at Fl,