Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-29

4 IDc hepuDllCun Sldle CONVENTION me-
= at Cleveland, o., Tuesday. Its plat.
form indorses the national adminiStra'
ton strongly, the Philippine policy
being unequivocally indorsed with 4
special expression of confidence II
Gov. Gen. Taft.
/, Gen. Firman, former Haytian min
lister at Paris, and recently at the head
, of the army of the north, landed al
Port au Prince Saturday and was well
received. All danger of civil wal
/, seems to have disappeared. The gov
eminent is in charge of a committee
of safety. A provisional government
is being established.
Another important step in the affairs
of the Methodist Episcopal church
South was taken at Sundays S session
of the general conference at Dallas,
Texas, when the order of deaconnesses
was created. This is said by church
authorities to be the most advanced
and radical step ever taken in the
church policy and discipline.
a great mass of red hot metal
dropped onto a lawn near Jamaica, l..
L., Saturday afternoon. 1t was so
heavy that it took three strong men to
lift it from the hole into which it had
sunk. Some claim it is a meteorite
but others believe it was thrown from
Mont Pelee during the recent great eX-
plosion. Scientists will investigate
the facts surrounding its appearance.
TIE volcanic outb lrst en- St. Vim
cent May IS was more damaging than
Belair vas enveloped in Egyptian dark
. nos hu n al nd u+Iinh v.a. hn1,haI
from the mountain and the inhabi-
tants, shrieking with terror, endeav-
ored to flee from the thre tened dan
People continued to flee from the place
to kingstoWn an other owns all next
day.
Gen. Chatfee, in reviewing the find
ings of the court which tried Maj.
Waller and Lieut.. Day in the Philip
pines, disapproves of the acquittal
but "A new trial, on charges of which
they have been acquitted, would be
unconstitutional. Gen. Chatfee says
in his report, in regard to the eXecu-
tion without trial by these two officers,
of natives of Samar: THE sending of
the natives in question to their death
partook more Of unlawful retaliation
than a iustifiable act of war.
4 conference of organizers and Off
GERS of the United Mine Workers at
Fairmount, W. Va, last week voted in
favor of calling a national convention
of the order to consider a general
strike of all the miners in the country.
This makes five district organizations
that have so voted and under these
conditions the constitution makes it
imperative upon the national officers
to call for the selection of delegates.
Since the strike in the. anthracite coal
region, over 1000 mine workers have
left Shenandoah and vicinity.
An illustration of Moro treachery is
given in the following despatch from
Manila "While Second Lieutenant
Robert c. Humber of the 10th infan-
try and Sergt. Walling of the same reg
imeDt were walking about six miles
from Camp Nickers, in Mindanao, they
perceived a single Moro carrying a
flag of truce. When the native had APP
preached close to the Americans he
suddenly drew his creese and slashed
Sergt. yelling, cutting his arm COM
pletely off. Lieut.. Humber attempted
to shoot the Moro, but his revolver
missed fire and the native escaped in
the tall grass"
Ferdinand BARNETT, of Chicago, one
the assistant states attorneys, spoke
at an indignation meeting of cOlored
people at the Bethel African VI. f.
church at Chicago Thursday as "a rep
resentative of the colored race il that
city. The meeting was a protest against
recent lynching of a young Chica-
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attack on the street. Mr.. Bartnett said
the time is not far distant when
The TO-. 600, 900 negroe of the United p,
will forcibly revolt against the !
lynch law. 1t appears that there is I
40 other course left for US, Lynch law
IN the South has gradually made the .
negro feel he is an outlaw, In the last l
ID years 300 negroe men, women and
burned at the stake without trial. The Y
hat the law affords him no protec- I
ion" Funds were collected at the t
Meeting to prosecute the lynch leaders. r
The surviving inhabitants of Mar ,
have been panic stricken since |;
he second terrific explosion of Mont ~
'elee last week. Their only cry now =
5 to get off the island. The refugees 9
lave fed to the south of the island and =
Fort de France is nearly deserted.
bout 200O persons have gone to the
of Guadeloupe, Dominica, and -
1t. Lucia, and as many more are try L
ng to get away. The scientists are di- u
ided in opinion as to whether or not IL
and more violent outbursts are to c.
e expected. \. majority of them think s.
.olcanic energy will be displayed for a tt
,ng time. The French government tt
'riday decided that evacuation of the CT
;land was not justified at present. but VI
wing to the alarming reports received OF
aturday, Acting Gov. L'Heurre was =
lstructed to reconsider the situation
it'll a view to immediate evacuation.
new crater, with a great cinder cone IL
yer 100 feet high, from which volcan- W
matter is constantly pouring, has ey
cen formed below the old crater of di
ont Pelee. re
The statue of Marshal De Rocham- ri
eau was unveiled at Washington Sat RI
in the presence of the represen- he
tives of the United States and French n
,vernments, officials, soldiery and
eat crowds of citizens. The presi-
mt delivered an address of welcome te
the French guests and her the pc
De Rochambeau pulled a y
pc and released the tricolor of France sta
I'd the stars and stripes which yelled Hi
e statue, while the bands played pc
e Marseillaise. Ambassador Cambon DIR
ID General Horace Porter, United tel