Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-08-15
THE w1NDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER FRIDAY. AUGUST Is.

were three days of very severe lighting.
President Castro is still at Qua, p
miles from Caracas. His forces cannot
advance because of the heavy rains rem
: dering transportation of artillery diff
: ticult.
The car lines of the Fair Haven 4
Westville Street Railway company at
New Haven, CT. were tied up five days
by strike ordered by the union,
which claimed that y employees of the
road were discharged for joining that
body. The company claimed there had
been no discrimination against union
men, but that the - were discharged
for incompetency. The strike ended
Monday, the company acceding uncon-
ditionally to the demands of the men.
A Philippine Catholic church, in
detection from the Roman Catholic
church, has been organized at Manila
by members of labor unions. Father
Aglipay, native, who was recently
communicated by the Catholic
church, has been made bishop of the
Philippine islands. Fourteen junior
bishops and large lay council have
been named. Opinion in Manila as to
the growth and effect of this move
ment is divided
The business situation in Cuba is be-
coming complicated and deplorable.
Dozens of establishments are closing
and no work is being done on farms or
in towns More than 20, 600 in Matan-
Zas are seeking work. In Santa Clara
a province of Countrymen are sacrltic-
ing their work animals in order to eat.
The president promises to apply to
Congress for some appropriation for
public works for the idle laborers. The
Cuban senate has authorized the eX
ecutive to increase import duties on
various commodities.
Recent visitors to the Galapagos is
| lands report that the islands are full
of minerals. On Albemarle there is
an extinct crater about 10 miles inland
of pure sulphur On the island of
Chatham is a remarkable lake at an ell
ovation of 5000 feet above the sea lev
ell This lake rises and falls with the
tide, and no sounding line has ever
reached its bottom Many relics of an
ancient race were found. Albemarle
is overrun with wild and vicious dogs
of a mongrel breed, left on the island
DN NIdltT-.
The Santiago cone of the Massaya
volcano. in Nicaragua, has been emit
ting vapors, accompanied by groaning
sounds, for the last 20 days, says a
dispatch from Managua, Nicaragua.
The commissioners and the governor
of the department of Massaya, in
which the volcano is located, report
that in their opinion there is danger
of an eruption occurring soon. The
town of San Fernando de Massaya is
situated at the foot of the volcano of
Massaya, 1t has population of -,
600 people. nine tenths of whom are
natives. The volcano is about 5000
feet high.
Senator James Mcmillan Of Detroit,
Mich, died Sunday morning in his
summer home at Manchester by the
Sea, Mass The cause of death was
heart failure following congestion. He
left Washington soon after the adjourn
ment of Congress in his usual good
health and had since remained by the
seaside The senator was native of
Hamilton, Ont, where he wss born of
Presbyterian Scotch parents May II,
1888. He was very wealthy having
large transportation interests, and had
made many noteworthy gifts to educa
ton and charity. He was always an
ardent Republican and party leader
in his state. He leaves wife, three
sons and daughter.
Prince Tsia Chen of China spent .
Sunday in New York, His days pro-
gram included an inspection of the APP .
paratus of the New York fire depart
ment.~ drive through Central park, a
visit to the tomb of Gen. Grant, where .
he placed a wreath in memory of the
great general, and dinner at the Chi
nese consulate. At the tomb the prince
remarked; Gen. Grant was very fond
of the Chinese people, and they all
loved him when he lived, and all re-
spect his memory. This is the third
tomb of great parsonage | have Wis
tied during my present trip, In France
paid homage to the memory of the
great Napoleon, and in England | Wis
tied the resting place of Queen Vic
toria. -
Bishop John NJ. Farley of New York
has been appointed by the Vatican to
succeed the late Archbishop Corrigan.
Bishop Farley came to this country at
an early age from Ireland where he was
born about - years ago. He attended
the American college at Rome and was
admitted to holy orders in 1870. He
vas afterward private secretary of Car
iinal McCloskey. and private chamber
ain, his services being highly valued
)y the cardinal. In 1854 he became 5
'ector of St. Gabriel's church in> New
/ ork. succeeding Archbishop Corrigan. I
lie was afterward made monsignor, l
liscesan consultor, vicar general, pro I
Monetary apostolic and auxiliary bish- d
'p. He is peculiarly fitted for the high T
,fiice to which he has been chosen. t
Harry Tracy, the Oregon convict, was !,
in wheat field near Eel y
ows' Station, % miles west of Spo- a
.ane, Wash. Thursday morning, and Il
fter being wounded by the rifle of one "
f the pursuing posse, shot himself. =
lis body was found after daybreak, the u
evolver with which he killed himself %
rasped tightly in his hand Since he II
scaped from the Salem penitentiary, =
une 8, Tracy had killed seven men u
nd wounded several Others. His body -
as sent to the penitentiary at Salem a,
nd it has been decided best to ere y
late it through fear of body snatching, I!
buried After Tracy's body was {,
,und, it was stripped by relic hunters y,
no cut locks of hair from his head, q,
ivided his trousers into small pieces a
" distribution and even carried off "A
lie bloodstained handkerchief with " "
hich he bound up the wound. Tracy's ~
were divided among mem p'
ers of the sheritf's posse. az a.