Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-04
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY

Alaska Resignation of Pension Commits
sioner Evans-Jane Toppan, the Allege
Poisoner, Pronounced Insane - Rain an
Floods in the North and West-The Steame
Indian Fast on Massachusetts Reef-Tes
timony in the Maj. Waller Court Martial
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles becam
a grandfather Thursday by the brit
of a son to his daughter, the wife o
Col Samuel Reber. The child will b,
called Nelson Miles Reber.
The war department has ordered ne
gotiations to be opened for the install
lation of the system of wireless teleg
raphy between the army stations il
Alaska, to be inaugurated by Septem
Der LIST.
President elect Palma of Cuba re
fuses to grant the United States q
naval station at Havana harbor but
will allow one at Guantanamo. Coal
ing stations are at Nipe, Bayand and
Cienfuegos.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans has
placed his resignation in the hands OF
the president. 1t will not take effect
until some important position in the
diplomatic service is found for him.
1t is stated that the policy of Commits
sioner Evans will be continued by his
successor.
Medley, Rathbone and Reeves have
been convicted of the postal stealings
in Cuba and sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment each and to pay fines
aggregating more than 1925, 600 Mel
Their Rathbone nor Reeves has the OPP
ton of bail. Counsel for Rathbone
and Medley will appeal the cases of
their clients.
Trustees of the Confederate Memorial
association have definitely determined
upon Richmond, Va, as the location
of the proposed Confederate museum
The late c. B. Rouss of New York do
mated 500, 600 toward the founding of
battle abbey in the south, provided
like sum could be raised by popular
subscription. This amount has been
pledged.
Letters from Cape Nome say that
genuine diamonds varying in weight
from onehalf carat to a carat have
been found in placer deposits on trib-
utaries of Golovin bay, 40 miles east of
Cape Nome. Miners found the dia-
monds while washing out gold. Several
times heretofore discoveries of dia-
monds have been announced from
Alaska.
Two champagne companies threaten
to call Miss Roosevelt as witness in
suit for $3.50, 900 which has grown
out of the christening of the Kaiser's
yacht Meteor. The dispute is over the
brand of wine used. The French com
no hai ha
German company asserts its wine was
from the German ambassador.
The insanity experts who have twice
examined Jane Toppan, the alleged
poisoner of the Davis family at Catau-
met, Mass, have notified the govern
ment that they are unanimous in their
opinion that the woman is insane.
Miss Toppan, the experts say, is suf-
fering from form of insanity which
can never be cured, but instead will
grow worse. She will probably be
to an asylum.
John II. Reagan, sole survivor of the |
cabinet of Jefferson Davis, of the Con-
federate states, is dying at his home,
near Palestine, Texas. Reagan is ga
years old, and, is poor man. He was
postmaster general of the Confederacy
for four years, and was acting secre- |
tary of the treasury for a short time
He was congressman from Texas from |
1857 to 1861 and from 1875 to 1887 and |
senator from 1887 to 1891.
Miss Mary Burkhart, good looking
young woman worth 500, 900 is can
didate for the 10th congressional dis
vi f Of -, l.,
house-to- house canvass. Lone Wolf is
a mountain country, as is much of her
district, but she is undaunted by the
almost trackless forests and the noun
aims, going over most of the distance
IN horseback. She declares that, if
elected, she will secure her seat and
hat there is no law to prevent it.
The friends of Estes G. Rathbone,
ecently convicted of fraud in Cuba,
ire trying to secure a pardon for him
rom the sentence of the Havana court.
senator Hanna requested the president
o issue a pardon, but this the latter
declined to do. The president, how
yer, has promised to send for the
,apers in the case and have them thor
ughly reviewed. Senator Hanna pro-
'oses to introduce a bill which will
'rovide for the trial of Rathbone be
ore a court in the United States I'M !
er American rule and American :
The senator, it is said, ! !
elieves in Rathbone's honesty, not
his conviction, and AYERS
hat under our laws evidence not ad- c
lissible under the Cuban procedure t
ill be allowed. t
The Indian, 1000 ton freight and /.
assenger steamer of the Philadelphia 4
line, bound from Philadelphia to Bos- !
IN, went ashore on Sow and Pigs Reef =
utty Hunk island, at the entrance of d
ineyard sound, Mass, during the u
eavy fog Saturday night She was .
ot discovered until daylight, but ow- a a
lg to heavy sea, the life savers were I
nable to reach her until afternoon, =
hen they took off her four passengers, =
lie of them a woman, and landed -
lem at Guilty Hunk Early Monday :
orning the crew was taken off and u
it'll the passengers taken to Woods u
oil. The chances of saving the YES 10
| are only fair. The scene of the :;
reck is not far from that of the steam IL
Fairfax, in November, 1898, and
,out three-quarters of mile to the VI
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