Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-28
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY.

d, cision in the Schley Case-Santa Catalina
Sinking = Brilliant Color Photography
Possibility-Chilkoot Indians Bury Bo,
Alive-A Mountain Of Arsenic Found il
the State at Washington Reward o
Courtesy - The Philippine Water Cure
Torture Of Described by Gen Funston-Th
United States Welcomes Prince Henry o
Prussia-The D. A. R. Congress at Wash
ington.
Justice Gray of the Supreme court
of the United States, who is suffering
at Washington from stroke of par
alysis, is better but is still indisposed.
Secretary Long has announced his
intention of leaving the cabinet, but
has fixed no date for sending in his
resignation which he may not do fol
some time yet.
Harry s. New, editor of the Indian
apolis Journal and member of the
Republican national committee, has
been appointed first assistant postmas-
ter general to succeed William NJ.
johnson of New Jersey, resigned.
A. Hyatt Verrill, graduate of Yale,
and son of Prof. Addison E. Verrill,
of New Haven, Ct, claims to have dis
covered a process of photographing in
chromatic process and says it is dis
tinct invention and decided advance
in photography.
Final notifications of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, giving England S
assent to the construction of canal
across Central America by the United
States, were exchanged at the state de-
partment at Washington Friday after
noon. There was very little ceremony
about the exchange.
Calvin G. Burt, a Michigan lawyer,
once private secretary to Gen. Lewis
Cass, died at Detroit last week aged
50 years. With Gen. Cass he travelled
around the world in 1910 and at Paris
the two were initiated in the Egyptian
Masonic rite of Memphis. Mr.. Burt
introduced this rite to this country,
organizing orders in nearly every state.
Prof Ritter of the University of Cal
ifornia has made the discovery that
Santa Catalina island, the famous
plCuSutC lCSOIt 10 SloN SluhluS lulo
the Pacific ocean. He estimates that
the island is now 270 feet lower than it
was formerly. This movement is APP
parently going on now, while the main
land coast opposite Catalina is slowly
rising.
Llewellyn Mason, conductor on the
Chicago g. Alton r. r., has just re-
ceived assurance that courtesy to the
travelling public sometimes has its re-
ward. When the will of W. A. Tyler,
a Bloomington millionaire, was pro-
bated it was found to contain this
clause: "To Llewellyn Mason l be-
tion of the courteous treatment ac-
corded me while travelling on the AL
ton road" Mr.. Tyler was in the habit
of asking many questions, all of which
Conductor Mason always patiently an
swered in the several trips Mr.. Tyler
made with him.
Cripple Creek is in state of terror
owing to preconcerted attack upon
all the leading assay Offices doing bus
mess in the district. Six explosions
in rapid succession Monday morning
wrecked as many assay offices in the
:enters ranging from Victor to Cripple
Creek and up to Gold Field. In every
Instance the object sought by the in
.endiaries was accomplished by the de-
'truction of the offices, with their
equipment of delicate balances. All |
,ut one of the buildings were occupied |
~ sleeping families. The acts are
he result of general movement to rid .
he district of all high grade ore pur-
hasing institutions.
Gen. Frederick Funston, in discus
ing at Kansas City the water cure, "
form of torture charged against the
oldiers in the Philippines, said that
R had nnXnr soon the t,Matnr rnrn'' l