Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-26
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY.

The Presidents Northwestern Trip -Ameri-
can Augustinians to Go to the Philippines
Additional Defences Needed for New En-
gland Coast Speaker Henderson of Iowa
Declines denomination for Congress Lives
Crushed Out in Colored Church Panic at
Shiloh Ala.
A meat combine is being organized
at Dawson to control all the stock in
the Klondike which will amount to
more than Sl,000,000 in value, and n
sharp rise in prices is anticipated.
Hayti's provisional government is
/ trying enArgetically to end the civil
war in that republic, it is beloved from
the fear of United States intervention.
Three columns of government troops
have proceeded against the revolution
list headquarters at Gonaives.
1t has taken 30 years to bring about
settlement and distribution of the
estate of Samuel Finley Breese Morse,
inventor of the telegraph, whose death
occurred on April ., 1872. Less than
half million dollars has recently been
paid Mr.. Morse's heirs, according to
the provisions of the will
The equestrian statue of Maj Gen.
Slocum, erected by the state of New
York on Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, was
unveiled Friday. The governors of
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylva,,
MIA, with their respective stats and
many others both in civil and military
life, were present at the ceremony.
f. P. Remington of Pittsburg, Pa,
brother Of Robert r. Remington, for
mer fiance of Miss Sara Van Allen, who
was found dead in the reading room at
Newport, r. l.. recently, is firmly con
WINGED that the death was not a sui
eide, but murder. He has been in
Newport with detectives, and is trying
to unravel the mystery.
The Royal Blue flyer on the Balti-
more a. Ohio road, which left Cincin-
natl Thursday night, while running 30
miles an hour, ran into an open switch
at Leesburg 30 miles from Chillicothe,
and became complete wreck. All the
cars left were piled upon the engine.
The engineer and fireman were killed
and about 80 passengers injured, but
none fatally.
Speaker d. b. Henderson of Iowa
mas aDSOlultlN utCllDti W hlCtPt tli'
Republican nomination for Congress,
having found, as he explains, that his
views in respect to the treatment OF
trusts by reducing the tariff IN whole
or in part, are not in accordance with
the views of many of his party in Iowa.
The most prominent candidates for the
vacant position will be representatives
Cannon of Illinois and Littletield of
Maine.
FIR. Anatoly of the Greek Catholic
church of Minneapolis, Mimi, admits
that he is in possession of eccleslasti
cal documents tending to confirm the
American claims to the rich gold bear
ing territory in the northwest, which
has been in dispute between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain for years.
These papers consist chiefly Of reprints
and surveys, authorized by the Russian
government when Alaska was in the
czar's domain.
Nicholas Fish, a millionaire, and !
son of the late Hamilton Fish, was
killed in quarrel in New York last /
week He was in the United States I
diplomatic service many years and |
United States minister to Belgium .
from 1882 to 1856 His son, Hamilton |
Fish, went to Cuba with the Rough |
Riders and was killed. Thomas Shar- /
KEY, his assailant, and two women who .
were with him in the saloon, were ar
rested and the affair is being investi- /
gated.
Secretary Moody has decided on a
new system of mobilization of the war
ships of the United States navy. 1t /
consists of the formation of two for
midable fleets of battleships, one to
guard the North Atlantic coast and
the other to protect the vital interests
of this government in Asiatic waters.
while the European, Pacific and south
Atlantic stations will be filled with
highly efficient cruiser squadrons. Ex-
tensve shifting of stations will be
made at the conclusion of the war ma
noeuvres in the Caribbean.
The Connecticut state Republican
last week adopted resolu
ton providing for increased represen-
tation of large towns in the legi lature,
Endorsed President Roosevelt for re
declared in favor Of Gu
ban reciprocity, and declared for
limited tariff revision in cases where
are protected by the tariff.
The New Hampshire convention de
clined either to declare for Il rcferen-
dun or for a local option license law,
its platform recognizing the desirable
ity of change in present conditions
and leaving the matter to the legisla
ture. The convention was the most
dramatic on record. n. j. Batchelder
was the choice for governor. Massa
chusetts Democrats, in convention at !
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