Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-12


it, while over four hundred are Sc
riously i'll.
Since the beginning of the coal
strike, the patent office at Washington
is receiving a weekly average of % APP
plications for patents on Inventions for
burning oil, gas and vapoIs for the
production of heat and power. Up to
the present time the office has granted
|, $50 patents on machines which use
oil for fuel and >, 100 for those using
gas and vapor.
The Colombian government general,
Morales Berti, has surrendered to the
insurgents with the troops of his com
mand at Aqua Dulce. Gen. BERT had
been besieged since July % and only
surrendered when his cause was hope
less lnsurgent Gen. Herrera promises
to hold inviolate the lives and honor of
his prisoners and allows Gen. Berti to
retain his award as mark of honor in
recognition of his heroic defence of
Aqua Dulce Gen. Herrera is now eX-
pected to change his field Of operations
to the isthmuS and a big battle is eX-
pected somewhere between Panama and
Colon.
The war game between the army and
navy ended with the reduction to ruin,
theoretically, of Newport and Nara
gansett Pier. during a spectacular at
tack by the fleet Friday, Five battle
ships engaged in the attack, the Brook
Ign getting to the mouth of the .harbor
before it was picked up by the search
lights. Montauk, L. l., was seized by
the navy Thursday The practical re-
nf h. ha
ed by court of arbitration after the
several commanders have reported.
The real object of the game was not
the gaining Of a victory by either the
army or the navy, but, rather, to test
to the limit all the appurtenances of
war, both on land and sea, and espe
cially to test the strength of the coast
defences against any possible enemy.
Gen. Chatfee Monday ordered Gen.
Sumner, of the department of Minda
mao. to proceed against the Macin Mo
ros. with whom most of the attacks on
the American forces have originated.
The hostiles will be required to give
satisfactory pledge to refrain from ag
gression in the future. Friendly ma
tives will be protected. James Wilson,
ID assistant engineer of the transport
Lawtou. says that all that is needed is
adequate legislation regulating land
and mineral claims to make of the is
land Of Mindanao a rich field for the
gold prospector, the coal miner and the
producer of india rubber and gutta
percha. Wilson claims that the coal
found there, some specimens of which
he brought back with him, is much SUI
perlor to the japanese coal so extern
sively used in the Orient.
There is still no change in the coal
strike. After conference of the mine
operators in New York, one of their
declared that the attitude of
operators was unchanged and that
nothing but unconditional surrender
of the strikers could end the strike.
President Mitchell of the Miners I'm
ion also declared Tuesday that the
strike will remain on until declared off
by the mine workers. Anthracite coal
is being imported, by hundreds of
Wales. to ports Of the United States.
schools costs IS. 30 per
ton, the average price heretofore being
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President Roosevelt, a llttle dlsfg.
lred but apparently quite recovered
rom the Plttsfeld accident, started
n his southern trip Friday Wash .
ngton received HIM with tumuItuous
badness. Cheering crowds greeted
rs tram at every station. wheeling,
Va, gave the president a rouslng
eceptlon. lie spoke there on trusts,
eiteratlng his belief that a constltu-
lonal amendment would be necessary
o deal with great corporations. Chat-
anooga, Tenn, was reached early sun
ay morning. The president inspect
d Chickamauga Park and visited
Visionary Ridge, Orchard Knob and
lookout Mountain. The 'th I. ;.
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