Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-12-12


cup will carry more sail, will be slight
ly broader, and her keel will be longer
and heavier than her predecessor. The
new boat, however, will not draw as
much water as the Constitution
Motion has been made for a new trial
for Lawyer Albert T. Patrick of New
York, now in the death house at Sing
Sing, convicted of the murder of Mil
lionaire William Marsh Rice. 1t was
made on the ground of newly discov-
cred evidence.
John Williams and his wife are in
Jail at Philadelphia, awaiting the ac-
ton of the grand jury on a charge of
having poisoned two of their children
to collect the insurance on their lives.
The children were nine and three years
old and showed symptoms of arsenical
poisoning. Another child, II years DID,
died year ago under similar symp-
toms.
The dinner by the bar of the supreme
court of the United States at the New
Willard hotel in Washington Tuesday
night to Justice John Marshall Harlan.
in recognition of the completion of %
years of service on the bench of the
supreme court, was a brilliant func
ton. President Roosevelt delivered the
chief address, and Senator Hoar, Chief
Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer were
among the other speakers.
New York and New England expe-
rieDced the coolest weather of many
years Monday and Tuesday. 1t was
the coolest Dec. 8 in 26 years, in New
York The people were not prepared
for it, coal was scarce and there was
much suffering among the poorer
classes. In the northern part of these
sections, the thermometer registered
from is to 80 degrees below zero. Mon
day night was the coolest December
night in Boston since 1884. The wealth
er in Vermont was also the coolest
known for several years.
Julian Ralph, the Unknown. New
York correspondent and writer, has
been critically i'll in St. Louis, Mo-,
the past week with severe hemor-
rhage. A repetition of the attack, it
is said, would terminate fatally. Over
exertion in an attempt to get des
patches through the line to the front
during the campaign of Gen. Methuen
in the Boer war, precipitated the first
of a series of these dangerous hemor-
rhages. He had just been confirmed as
manager of the Eastern Headquarters
of the st. Louis Purchase Exposition.
The trouble in Venezuela, due to I'm
satisfied financial claims of foreign
powers, is still unsettled. Germany
last week ordered three warships to
Venezuela and agreed with Great Brit
ain to combine in the enforcement of
their claims. President Castro pre-
scented an unsatisfactory note to Ger
many partially accepting German de-
mands, but imposing unacceptable
conditions Germany's total claims
are about 50, 900, 900. Immediate nav
measures will be taken in Great Brit
ain and Germany to coerce Venezuela
into settlement of their claims and an
ultimatum has been sent. The diff
Guilty with Great Britain is over the
ownership of Patos island, which has
been in dispute between the two coun-
tries for years. President Castro wants
the matter settled by arbitration but
the British government will not accede
to that. At the request of the British
and German ministers at Caracas, who
withdrew after presenting an ultima
tum. United States Minister Bowen
will take charge of the interests of
those countries in Venezuela. 1t is
said that s5,OOO.OO will cover the
claims upon which the ultimatum was
based. All German and British sub
iects in Caracas were arrested Tues |
day. The combined German and |
British feet seized the Venezuelan !
fleet of four ships in the harbor of La
Guayra.