Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-06-06
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY.

The Work of Various Volcanoes.
T The second trial of Roland B. Moli
neuy for the murder of Mrs. Kat
3 Adams at New York will not be bel,
I until next fall.
+ The first three weeks of the Pennsyl
yania miners strike has cost s14, $50,
600 including losses to miners, othe
employees, operators and business men
The Yaqui Indians are again on tn,
warpath, having killed a ranchmar
/ and his servant in Arizona and raidec
and robbed several ranches. The sit
: uation is said to be serious.
.. Cholera is prevalent in the Philip
pines. The deaths of Captain Russell
of the army and Lieutenant Rask Of
the marine corps, recently, makes the
situation one of greatest gravity.
The members of the French Rocham.
beau Mission, spent the last day OF
their stay in America in Boston, sail.
ing on the Gaulois Sunday. Saturday
they received a welcome from the state
of Massachusetts,, the City of Boston
and Harvard university.
The grand jury which has been in
vestigating st. Louis municipal cor
ruption reports that "at no place in
the world and at no time known to his
tory has so much official corruption
been uncovered. These revelations have
been so appalling as to be almost be-
yond belief "
Decoration day was more generally
observed in Washington than ever be-
fore. The principal exercises were
held at Arlington, and included pa
rade, a national salute, music by ma
rine band and memorial choir, and a
general decoration of graves. Presi-
dent Roosevelt delivered an grafton
followed by Gen. Eli Torrance, com
mander- in chief of the G.. \. r. After
the exercises a monument in memory
of Col Edgar O'Connor of Wisconsin
was unveiled
| Cable advices from Rome indicate
that Archbishop keane of Dubuque
may succeed the late Archbishop Cor
rigan in the diocese of New York.
The pIelate named has been of distin-
guished service to his church He is
of Irish birth and is 63 years of age.
In 1897 he resigned the rectorship of
the Catholic university at Washington
to make visit to Rome. On his re-
turn, in 1900, he received his present
charge. He has been active in the
formation of Catholic societies.
Heavy fighting at Bocas del Toro
last week is reported from Colombia.
The revolutionists are said to have
mined the town of Bocas, and while
the government troops were marching
into Bocas to recapture it, the mines
were exploded and almost all the gov
eminent soldiers were killed. The rev.
olutionists still remain in possession
of Bocas. Colon and Panama are the
only towns on the Isthmus which are
now In the control of the government,
and troops are being poured into these
two ports with the hope of stemming
the revolutionary advance.
A large meteorite fell Friday night
near Whalerock Light off the Nara
gansett shore, r. L., and exploded
with such force that the detonation
was heard two miles away. Another
big meteorite fell in st. Louis last
week, apparently composed of iron and
impregnated with sulphur. a question
has been raised in regard to the sew
eral recent so-called meteorites as to
whether they are volcanic stone hurled
out of Mont Pelee, Martinique, thrown
above the atmosphere surrounding the (
earth, and finally coming back within
the confines of the laws of gravitation /
and falling to the earth.
Passengers from Guatemala arriving
at San Francisco say 400 dead were
taken from the ruins of Quesaltenango, /
destroyed by earthquake. Reports of .
loss and damage on the coffee planta
lions double the total reported. The
total runs into million. Tapecuchu-
la is city of about 10000 people.
The damage is estimated at $780, 600,
San Marcosa, town near Quesalten-
ango, was also destroyed. There were
l40 prisoners in jail, and every man
was killed, crushed and bruised under
the falling walls. In Tiachico, town
Of 1000 inhabitants, not a house was
left standing.
Michael Henry Herbert, who is nom
nally secretary to the British embassy
1t Paris, will probably be the next
British ambassador to the United
States in succession to the late Lord
Pauncefote. His appointment will not
De made, or sanctioned by the king,
until the period or time which the gov
pays respect to the late Lord (
oauncefote has elapsed but he has the
'fficial backing of both English and !
diplomats. Mr.. Herbert mar
led daughter of Richard L. Wilson
# New York becoming thus closely con.
lected with the Nanderbilts, the Og- {
len Goelets and the Astors. Lord '
oauncefote is said to have left practi |
ally no lucrative property, although I
lie had salary of S32, 500 with the ]
British embassy for residence ind a q
generous allowance for entertaining. I
lady Pauncefote and her three unmar- 5
led daughters are left very poorly off t
nd the daughters are proposing to try c
o support themselves. t
Volcanic eruptions from Mont Pelee p
ontinue in great outbursts at inter .
ais of a few days. The people are :.
realty alarmed but no serious damage h
5 done outside the district first devas- !
ated. Scientists and newspaper men 4
ave risked their lives in accomplish g
ng the feat of ascending to the crater a
f Mont Pelee and have each in turn =
eceived due space in the columns of !,
he newspapers. La Soufriere, on st. y
'incent, is also active. A scientist :,
no is exploring this mountain, re h
orts, to the awe of the inhabitants, a
lat the island may subside. The Co
ma volcano in Mexico is greatly in -
reasing in the activity of its erup- y,
ons and serious consequences are N,
jared. Colima has about 800 inhabi- n,
lnts, and the people fear that the A
-ater of the volcano might hurst and -