Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
WINDIAM COUNTY REFORMER NOVEMBER A. 1902

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BY queer oversight, an oStradition
treaty between the United States and
Guatemala, made II years ago, has re-
manned Unprecedented, and SO has been
imperative up to the present time,
President Castro of Venezuela made
"A triumphal, official entry into Cara
cas- Sunday at the head of his troops.
lie has assumed new lease of presi-
dental power. The flight of the revo-
lutionists continues.
Colima volcano in Mexico threatens
violent eruption and the people living
in the valleys at the base of the noun
tain are fleeing. Work has been tenn
porarily suspended on the Culima eX-
tension of the Mexican Central rail
road.
President Palma estimates the value
OF Cuha's sugar crop for 1902 al g,
100000 less than that of 1901, During
the first half of 1902, imports de
creased Sl,IOO, GOO compared with the
same period in 1901. The exports de
creased SD, 100000.
The United States attorney general
has decided that Admiral Dewey is en-
titled to bounty money on the Spanish
warships Don Juan Asturias, Isle de
Cuba and Isle de Ltzon, which were
burned and sunk at the close of the
battle in Manila bay.
The Sultan of Bacolod has sent a let
ter to Capt. Pershing. commander of
the American troops at Camp Nikars.
island of Mindanao, disaVowing any
desire to make war on the Americans.
The proposed expedition, under Gen.
Sumner, against the Moros will prob
ably be abandoned unless the friendly
assurances prove false.
A serum which will successfully com
bat scarlet fever has been discovered
by DR.. G. A. Charlton, Rockefeller
fellow of pathology in the medical fac
ulty of McGill university, Montreal.
Tests which have been made with the
serum Indicate that the importance of
its discovery is as great as that of an
titoXine in diphtheria cases.
The letters of Rev. W. c. Rabe of
Omaha, Neb, who was found dead in
his study last week with Miss Augusta
Busch. show that he had led a double
life everywhere he had been. Miss
Busch's letters showed she was in love
with him and letters from women in
other cities where he had formerly
preached told the same story.
The bride of Bishop Potter, of New
York. who was Mrs 4. {. Clark, will
spend $50, 600 in the erection of phil
institution on the lower east
side. modelled after the Hull house in
England There will be a kindergar.
ten. a library. music and reading
rooms. lecture hall. and other depart
ments suited to the moral and physical
needs of all classes of the teeming east
side population.
Mrs. Susan Montgomery. 81, of Ell
wood. Ind, ATTEMPTED suicide in
novel manner Thurs lay, on account of
jealousy of servant. She drank
quart of gasoline and deliberately
struck a match and touched it to her F.
mouth. The fumes of the gasoline ig-
nited and heI mouth and face were hor- (
ribly burned. The fumes caused stran- .
gulation and prevented her from inhal- .
ing the flames. She will probably die. .
Secretary Hay for the United States
and Sir Michael Herbert representing .
the British government and the gov
lrnment of Newfoundland, Saturday
At the state department signed what IS
known as the Bond Hay treaty provid- .
ing for reciprocity between the United
States and Newfoundland, covering fish
products and bait The treaty will be
submitted to the Senate immediately
lpon reassembling,
Civil and military men will work to-
tether vigorously to suppress the la
lrunes in the Philippine provinces of
Cavite. Rial and Bulacan. This ter
'itorv around Manila is the scene of
constant petty, and sometimes serious,
disorder. Several armed bands, some
IF them numbering POO or 300 men. are
operating finding a safe refuge in the
The ladrones who murder
I'd ID. c. Montgomery, a sub-superin
endent of schools, have been captured.
The new East river bridge, in process
If construction between New York and
Bro oklyn. was damaged to the amount
If at least half a million dollars Mon
lay night by fire that for four hours
aged BOO feet in the air on the sum
nit of the great steel tower on the New
York side. 1t was impossible to reach
he fire with any apparatus in the lire
department. owing to the enormous
height of the tower. No lives We're lost.
The fire was caused by a careless work
nan. who threw match into some oily
.ags on the tower. The man is not yet
Known. but if found out may be ar
ested
DIR. Nansen announces from Chris
iania, Norway, that a polar expedition
lpder command of Capt. Amundsden
will start in 1868 for King William
and least coast of GreenlandJ, and
will proceed thence for Behring straits.
King William Land, "A part of the east
,oast of Greenland. was so named by
he Rosses, in their famous Arctic eN-
,lorations, 1929 1888, in the course of
which Comdr. afterward Sir, James
Ross, discovered the position of the
lurth magnetic pole. From their proX-
nifty to the magnetic pole their com
,asses became useless. Little eXplOra
ion has been done in this particular
\rctic region during recent years, and
he chief advantages to be derived Will
,e in aid of navigation by obtaining
more accurate calculations as to the
mount of deviation of the magnetic
,ole by which the mariner can deter
nine the true position of his vessel by
lis compass.
The famous MolineuX murder case {
,as ended at New York Tuesday when
he Jury brought in verdict Of not
.uiltv after being out p minutes. At ,
or Mrs. Stephenson testified last week j
hat she saw the poison package mailed :
n the Brooklyn postotlice and that {
Iolineux was not the man who mailed ,
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