Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-09

earthquake OF April 10 III budIenldld
More than 10000 people were rendere
homeless. OF these the majority live
! in the town of Quezaltenango. An az
peal for aid has been made.
President Roosevelt, his daughte
Alice, and several naval attaches an
members of foreign embassies attend
ed the graduation exercises at the An
napolis naval academy Friday TIL
president gave the diplomas to tn
graduating class, delivering stirring
speech.
a heavy storm destroyed St Loui
property to the value of 81, 200, 900 Sun
day. Torrents of rain fell and tn
winds velocity was 70 miles. Anon!
the buildings damaged was the prison
part of which was blown down causin!
a panic among the prisoners. No los
of life is reported.
Mrs. Kate Sofel, wife of Warder
Sotfel of the Allegheny county Jail a
Pittsburg, Pa, who was a factor in the
escape, recapture and death of the
Biddle brothers last January, PLEADED
guilty in court Monday to the charge
of aiding in the prisoners escape anC
viii be sentenced tomorrow.
/ \ tornado struck Bayard, Ia. Thurs
| day night, which passed through tbs
town in one minute but in that short
time demolished $40, 600 worth of prop
erty. The storm path was 100 yards
wide. David Hardin was found II min
utes afterwards, hanging in a tree I'M
conscious. He cannot recall what hap
pened to him.
Tho ,asos. of alIor,ol ,,.,o,,l. o;,-,
Senator Money of Mississippi. Orpha
ii. Shaner, street car conductor, and
James Hooper, truck foreman in the
fire department, all growing out of a
street car alteration about 10 days
ago, were nolle pressed and finally
abandoned Tuesday in the police court
at Washington.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of New Milford, Ct, Monday night.
Nearly 30 buildings, including most of
the stores in the place, two banks and
three hotels were burned. The fire
started in the stables of the New Mil
ford house. The village fire depart
ment was unable to get sufficient water
from the siX-inch main which supplies
the place, to combat the fire and the
flames spread quickly. The damage is
estimated at from 500. 600 to 5000, 900.
The bill against the beef trust, draft
ed in Chicago, has been sent to the
attorney general at Washington for APP
proyal. 1t is brought in the name of
the United States by Attorney Gen
eral Knox, and is directed against
these defendants: Armour IL Co., Mel
son Morris n CO., Swift X Co., the G.
II. Hammond Packing Co., the Cud
ahy Packing Co., and the Schwarz
child Il Sulzberger Co. 1t charges
that the defendants have formed beef
trust in restraint of trade and com
merce among the states that they con
troll the prices of beef, creating mo-
nopoly in the trade; that they are
"A blacklisting system by
which the retailers are compelled to
submit to certain and arbitrary rules
or, in effect, be forced out of the beef
rade: that they control the distribu-
ion of beef products throughout the .
states and have entered into agreement 1
With the railroads to secure rebates .
md favors denied others. The bill .
lSks that the combination be dissolved .
md defendants enjoined flom these
Illegal acts. The Missouri supreme
,ourt served papers on two packing
houses Saturday, commanding them to
appear in answer to the charge of be-
ne members of the trust and conspir-
ng to limit the supply of meat. Pro
ests and appeals are being made to
congress and to the president by
Harmed members of the trust, but /.
Washington dispatches report that Mr..
has made up his mind to go
o the bottom of this combination and
hat nothing can swerve him. Popular
ceiling against the trust runs very high
n all parts of the country.
The Moro fort at Bayan, in the island
f Mindanao, was captured by assault
saturday, the American force of 40
len under Lieut.. Col. Frank d. Bald
lin, showing great bravery They
the walls by scaling ladders,
aving a hand to hand struggle with
he Moros. Only 81 of the 300 or more
loros survived. One officer and seven I
len of the Americans were killed and
our officers and 81 men were wounded. l
he sultans of Bayan and Pandapatan a
nd many leading dattos were killed. t
he 81 surviving Moros surrendered |
unday morning. Brig. Gen. George C
:. Davis cabled from Bayan that the t
and to hand struggle, in four lines of '
itches, under the fort walls, of Bald "
in and his regiment deserves all n
'aise: II have never seen or heard of I
~ performance excelling this for gal Il
ntry and grit. =" Gen. Chaffee and
en-. Taft consider that this victory p
cans the end of the Moro war. The /
land of Mindanao is the second in 5,
re in the Philippine group. 1t has a V
,pulation of over GOO, 600, of whom Il
1900 are Christians. The savage t.
oros inhabit the interior of the is 81
nd. The American occupation was IL
aceful until several American sol So
ers were murdered and their murder II
5 protected by the dattos or chiefs. h
eneral Chatfee, to preserve respect fe
r American control, ordered a cam IL
ign against them if the murderers 81
re not produced. This order, it will til
recalled, was countermanded by ii
esldent Roosevelt, who afterward de W
led to allow General Chaffee free di
N. The 81 Moro prisoners attempted or
escape Monday At a preconcerted OF
nal they got between the soldiers fe
ming the guard and a company at W,
lner. The latter fired on and pur-
I'd the Moros, killing 30 of them and
,turing nine. The other fugitives, j
in number, escaped.