Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17

I The second trial of Roland B. Moli-
neux. accused of the murder of Mrs.
Katherine j. Adams on December IS,
1898. was called at New York, Monday,
in the criminal branch of the supreme
court. Justice John j. Lambert OF
Fredonia presided and granted the
motion for a special jury panel of 200.
The report OF the mork,y order bureau
of the postotfice department for the tis-
cal year ended June 80 last shows the
money orders issued by the postoffices
of the United States increased over the
previous year 4.9ol. Ill in number and
Sal, 9O7. 105 in amount. The average
daily sale of money orders during the
year was 81, O21. 160
A coast survey steamer has located
the obstruction which the cruiser
Brooklyn encountered in Buzzard S
bay while returning from one of the
mimic attacks during the joint man
euvers. The obstruction was found to
be a pinnacle rock. whose summit lay
1872 feet below the surface. 4 depth
of six fathoms was found on all sides
of it. The rock will be included in
the next charts of the vicinity issued
by the coast survey.
After lying buried for over century
the famous English prison ship Jersey
in which several hundred revolution
ary soldiers were martyred while the
British held New York has been acct
dentally discovered at the Brooklyn
navy yard by the workmen who are
putting up the launching stays for the
battleship Connecticut Historical as
sociations have been searching for the
Jersey for 30 years The half burned
hull of the ship is lying under II or II
feet of dirt and water and is in perfect
condition.
The two weeks street car strike in
New Orleans was settled Monday, the
governors ultimatum being accepted.
The men are to have 20 cents an hour,
% hours a day, 1la hours the mini
mum for a day. no discrimination to
he made against any of the men under
charges and as many to be taken back
as are needed for the operation of the
company's lines. The tie-up has been
most effective, not a car moving more
than five blocks from barn during the
strike and not a single passenger being
carried on a car.
An attempt to kill an entire family
of six persons at Assonet, Mass, by
putting sugar of lead in the we'll that
supplies them with water was discov-
cred last week before anyone had drank
of the water. on account of the whit
ish-blue discoloration of the water,
Frank Barrows. the owner of the home,
is one of the leading citizens of the
village. His mother and sister, with
ner husband and child. live with him.
This siste". Mrs. David Terry. holds
$500 for the benefit of the children of
Prof Philip H. Clark, whose mother
had so left the money in her will. Prof.
Clark had demanded this money and
had said. when refused. this may end
in a tragedy As Prof Clark was
known to have been in town the night
before the discovery of the poisoned
water, and as footprints about the well
showed a shoe like that worn by him
he has been arrested. charged with the
crime. and is held failing TO secure
5000 bonds. He says his arrest is part
of a scheme to get him out of the way
for financial reasons. and that not long
ago certain relatives made an unsuc
cessful move to have him incarcerated
in a madhouse.