Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-07

MeSSrS. eSSelS ana W OlIlardnS, Ill
Boer representatives, are in Washing
ton and will be received by Secretar.
Hay.
Ellen M. Stone, the much advertised
missionary, recently released by brig
ands, will lecture for the Chautauqu;
societies this summer.
The North Atlantic squadron of fou
battleships has sailed from Cienfuegos
to Colon, Colombia, to protect Ameri
can interests in that troubled state.
Maj. Gen. Otis will next week b,
relieved of command of the lakes de
partment, pending retirement on &C
count of age. Maj. Gen. Macarthur
will succeed him.
The state department at Washington
is making an exhaustive inquiry,
through its minister and other agents,
into the case of Miss Stone, the ran
sCmed missionary.
Botanists are interested in the dis
covery, on Orange mountain, N. j. of
new species of violet. The leaves
are larger than those of the known va
rieties and the blossoms deep purple
President Roosevelt has given the
railroad arrangements of the entire
country to understand that the inter
state commerce and Sherman laws will
be enforced to the letter. The admin
istration is not in favor of any amend
ment to the law until the present laws
have been enforced and the result
noted.
The light of the torch held by Bar
tholdi's giant statute of Liberty given
by France to America and which stands
on an island at the entrance to New
York harbor, has gone out. for eco
nomical reasons. The lighthouse de
partment announced that it had no APP
preparation to cover the expense and
the war department which promised
to attend to it has allowed the light to
60 out.
Prof. Jacques Loeb of the Chicago
university has received part of the
Thompson fund for the pursuit of spec
ial research work among leading men
of science in this country and is plan
ming to continue his experiments in
the production of life by artificial
means. Prof. Loeb. it is said, has al
ready succeeded in Matching the I'M
fertilized eggs of sea urchins, starfsh
and worms, but in applying the same
methods to higher animals has not met
with success.
A heavy snow storm added discour-
agement to the sufferers from Satur-
days flood which had barely receded.
Paterson, devastated by fire and flood,
but whose people bravely faced both,
was further distressed by thick fall
of snow Wednesday. A thaw, which
would prolong the flood conditions is
feared. The storm delayed New York s
traffic, reached blizzard conditions in
and further demoralized
telegraphic service. The heaviest
snow storm of the season fell in the
South, Cumberland, Md, being iso-
ated from the world.
The smallpox scourge is now world
vide. Public schools and theatres have
oeen closed in many sections of the
United States, whole communities have
become panic-stricken and riots and
disorder have been frequent conse-
luences. Philadelphia is suffering
rom double scourge of smallpox and
Uphold fever. The scourge is increasing
n Boston, st. Louis and other cities
,ut is held in check in New York by
lrastic sanitary measures. London has
'uilt temporary barracks along the
'anks of the Thames to accommodate |
90 patients the plague ships having
'ecome overcrowded, and crews of all |
american bound vessels must be vac
mated.
The grand jury at New York Friday |
oncluded its investigation into the |
Jew York Central tunnel disaster of /
anuary 8, and found an indictment I
Or manslaughter against John M. Wis
er, the engineer of the White Plains
peal, which ran into the Norwalk
peal in the tunnel. A bench warrant
'as issued for Wisker's arrest. The
rand jury dismissed the complaint
harging that the tunnel, as operated
y the New York Central railroad com
any, constituted a public nuisance.
Iisker was admitted to bail in 5000.
lie was green" hand who claimed
nat at the time of the accident he
ould not see the signals on account of
noke and fog in the tunnel.
Fourteen persons, several of whom
ere mining students, were killed, and
) many more injured while score or
lore are missing as the result of Sc
es of terrible snowslides in the vicin-
y of Liberty Bell mine, near Snug
Ter mountain, Colorado, Friday. The /
1alanche covered the buildings of the
inc containing the books, so that the ,
lumber of men employed at the mine
not known, but it is believed that ,
10 men were in the buildings which
ere carried down the mountain side
700 feet and crushed to bits by tons
snow, early in the morning. A sec |
I'd slide at noon buried many of the ,
scuers, and third slide at 3 o'clock /
vent away three men who were re- +
rning from the scene of the catas- |
ophe. {
Prince Henry attended the McKin-
memorial exercises in the hall of
e House of Representatives Thurs :
" noon and later visited Mount Yer {
IN, where he placed wreaths on the n
ave of Washington. He was the guest f
President and Mrs. Roosevelt at a h
let dinner in the evening. Friday
orning he visited the naval academy n
Annapolis, where the cadets and Il
cir visitors went through their pro I
am in spite of the pouring rain. In a
g evening splendid official dinner "
IS given IN his honor at the German d
lbassy. He started Saturday on his r;
uthern tour visiting various cities n
Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. N
, rode through the Alleghanies in CT
. engines cab, enjoying the scenery
d the trains speed. Sunday he went al
Lookout mountain, viewed the r
ion and confederate battlefield and w
,tipued his iourpav throuoh Alab. v,