Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-01
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY

The Jetfries- Fitzsimmons Fight at San Fran
cisco Surprising Results of Postal Service
Examinations in Porto Rico United States
Accident Record Earthquake Shakes tn,
Middle West-Mont Pelee Eruption Said tt
Have Elevated United States Representa-
tive Gathering of Catholics
Right Rev. Il. W. Barnwell, bishol
of the Episcopal diocese of Alabama,
died at Selma Thursday from append
citis.
President Roosevelt addressed the
soldiers of the national guard of New
Jersey at Sea Girt, Thursday on invi-
tation of Gov Franklin Murphy.
Heavy rains deluged Texas all last
week. Several lives We're lost and
much property damaged. Big Springs
was under water from four to % feet
deep. The floods are now subsiding
Cyrus Sargent, New Hampshire
millionaire, great grandson of Captain
John Sargent of Revolutionary fame,
died in Plymouth Thursday. He was
twice a member of the state legislature.
Vast areas of timber along thousands
of miles of the heavily wooded Yukon
slopes have been ravaged by fires and
devastated of their splendid growth Of
spruce and birch timber within the last
| few weeks
There has been new outbreak of
cholera in Manila, - cases being re-
ported Thursday, the largest number
since the beginning of the scourge.
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not polluted.
Harry DeWindt, the Arctic traveller
who recently completed a remarkable
journey overland throughout Northern
Siberia and across the Behring Sea,
arrived at Port Townshend, Wash,
Monday, on his way to New York
The retail butchers and meat dealers
of the United States will meet in con
vention at Washington, ID. c., August
) to plan for the continuance of war
against the beef trust Three hundred
delegates from nearly all the states in
the union are expected to be present.
The greatest rush of Scandinavian
emigration to the United States since
the eighties is now taking place, All
steamers are crowded and %, 600 have
Hard times throughout Scandinavia
and more stringent CONSUMPTION laws
in Sweden are the cause of this rush.
While at work in a gravel pit near
Dallas, Tex, last week workmen un-
earthed the remains of "A mastodon,
The jawbones were in perfect shape
and eight feet in length, but crumbled
when exposed to air The teeth re
manned perfect, however. The molars
are 14l2 inches long, Tla wide, and
weigh u pounds.
a harmony meeting of 1000 Demo-
Gratis at Nantasket Thursday was ad
dressed by William J. Bryan, Edward
NJ. Shepard of New York and Senator
Carmack of Tennessee. Mr. Bryan's
subject was The Basis of Harmony"
and he advocated the retention of for
mer issues. The trusts and imperial
ism were strongly opposed.
The International Press Congress has
voted to accept the invitation of press
organizations in the United States,
and of the authorities of the Louisiana
Purchase Exhibition, to hold session
at St. Louis in September, 1903. Three
hundred European delegates will be
=
of their departure from Europe until
their return, a month later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid sailed .
from England Saturday for New York. .
Mr.. Reid was the special representa-
tive of the United States to the corona
ton of King Edward, but since the
postponement of that event. the Brit
ish government has given notice that
under the changed conditions, it would
not again invite the special represen-
tatives of foreign nations to return.
The accident record of the interstate
commission at Washington
shows that 212 persons were killed and
,, Ill injured in train accidents during
three months ending March 81, 1902
Accidents of other kinds bring the total
number up to 81 killed and 9, 9JS in
iured. During this period there were l,
220 collisions and S3S derailments. The
damage to cars, engines and roadway
by these accidents amounted to II. 9l4,
3jS.
The second national convention ofthe
american federation of Catholic socie-
les at Chicago. August }. Sand 7. will
De the most representative gathering
IF Catholics ever held in this country
The national executive board will meet
n executive session with the supreme
officers of the various national organ
cations August 1. At this meeting the
reads of the German, French, Polish
md Bohemian declarations will also be
n attendance and a plan adopted on
which all will unite
A survey of the tobacco situation in :
he Connecticut river valley shows that
he leaf which is planted under cheese :
10th is standing the excessive mois- l
ure much better than that which is Y
rown in the open. The surplus {
ain has injured and retarded the de [
elopment of the open grown crop, but t
he shade grown Sumatra is much fur {
her advanced and is in a satisfactory 1
ondition. The experiments have dem t
nstrated that the tent tobacco with a
lands extreme conditions of either j
Moisture or drought better than leaf j
aised in the open. e
President Roosevelt has approved the L
ndings of the court martial in the
asses of Maj. Edwin S. Glenn, fifth in {
,ntry, and 1st Lieut.. Julian p. eau .
1t, tenth cavalry, in the Philippines.
Ilenn was tried for administering the .
alter cure to the presidente of Igbarres '
nd Gaujot for administering the cure
} three natives. Glenn was found gull e
' and sentenced to be suspended for / il
lonth and to forfeit so pay Gaujot was t,
ound guilty and sentenced to suspen- y
on for three months and to forfeit $50 il
er month during that periOd The Il