Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY.

Alaskan Indians Believe They Have Discov
, cred Noah's Ark-First Steps in Philippine
Government to Be Taken at 0nce-Strang'
Story Of a Yankee King Of Cannibals -situa
ton in venezuela-The Providence, R. l..
Trolley Strike Ended-Aguinaldo Free bu
Afraid of Freedom.
Roscoe Conkling Bruce of Washing
ton, the colored class orator of Har'
ward this year, whose record at the
college has been brilliant, intends tc
60 south and cast his lot with Booker
r. Washington, the famous head of the
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
The sultan of Bacolad, Mindanao,
has sent an insultingly worded letter
to the commander of the American eX-
petition to lake Lanao, in Mindanao,
in which he threatens to begin often
sive operations in August. The sultan
is at present strengthening his posi-
ton.
Gold Heels, son of A. j. Cassett' S
The Bard, owned by Diamond Jim
Brady won the Brighton Beach handi-
cap race Saturday in the fastest time
. minutes 3 4 > seconds-ever made
by thoroughbred over a mile and a
quarter circular course. Twenty five
thousand people witnessed the race.
Western New York was swept by a
terrific rain and wind storm Sunday
morning. Rivers and creeks rose rap
idly, overlooking their banks and
sweeping away houses and barns and
| livestock. The loss will reach into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. One
life was lost and many narrow escapes
reported.
The four larger of the six new ships
of war authorized by the naval appro-
priation bill, will be named Louisiana,
Connecticut, Tennessee and Washing
ton, at Secretary Moody's suggestion
The two gunboats will be named the
Paducah, at the earnest solicitation of
Representative Wheeler of Kentucky,
and the Dubuque.
Robert Holbrook, an aeronaut, max
ing balloon ascension at Mount Yer
non, ILL.,, July 1, dropped 400 feet from
his parachute and was instantly killed.
His fall was supposed at the time to
have been accidental, but developments
indicate that the young man deliber-
ately planned and executed a novel
suicide through dependency over
love affair.
Thirteen persons We're killed and
nearly 80 injured by an electric car
wreck at Gloversville, n. y, Friday.
A closed car ran away down a steep
grade and overlook and collided with
an open car on curve at the foot of
the mountain, throwing the latter from
the track and overthrowing it. The
killed are all residents of Gloversvllle,
excursionists who spent the day at the
resort at the top of the mountain.
B. w. Pyle, owner of one third the
city of Greyton, Nicaragua, has com |
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head in the Garfield Park Santa
rum, Chicago, where he came year
ago for treatment. After investing
his fortune in the Central American |
city, living for 10 years in hopes that
the United States would build canal /
through Nicaragua, seeing another
route adopted, and finally becoming |
totally blind in his 73d year, he be
came depressed.
Miss Mabel Ward, aged IS, of Mil +
ford, Mass, who to win a box of
candy, wagered with a youth of her
own age some days ago. that she would
dare to attempt parachute descent
from balloon, made an ascension Fri
day night at Hoag Lake park, Woon
socket, r. l. In descending she lost
Ter hold on the parachute and fell 90 !
'eet, being injured so badly that it /
vas necessary to amputate her leg /
lbove the knee Her jaw was broken
md she received other injuries.
Twelve thousand dollars which the
ate Louise G. Frisbie, formerly Wall
treet broker, willed to Luman II.
Holmes, of Springfield, Mass, provid ,
d he changed his name to Frisbie, !
will go instead to Nassar college. Lou J
Sc Frisbie was Holmes aunt. In her !,
,ll, filed in New York year ago, |
Iolmes was given until July to de- 2
ide whether he would change his !
anne to that of the donor. He an O
ounced that he would retain the !
anne of Holmes. I
DIR. Clara Bruce of Cincinnati, is a
rying to introduce a reform in dress t
Or women. The costume as worn by T
)r. Bruce, consisted of plain. gored n
Sirt and white shirt waist with full 5
eeves, fastened with small cuffs. She
tlu, DelUTt the lNtHlltIA btuluI. =.
Tub, 1.-THE costume | wear, making !.
nd all, cost 81. %. My reform dress is y
, simply made that any woman can d
AK one. My idea is that we women q
ave one style of dress that will always v
g recognized as being in style, no ?
after how many prevailing new styles p
lere may come in. p" r
A terrific race riot between Slav and T.
olsh miners and coke workers &C. 6
Tired Saturday night at the Paul !,
ines three miles from Connellsville, f.
a. A Slav was killed instantly by If
lree revolver wounds and another Slav n,
as shot through the body and prob r.
,ly will not live. Thirty Slavs, men "
Id women, were all more or less in W
red in the terrific hand hand fight ty
at took place. The participants were
vered with blood after the fracas.
1t their injuries, while serious, will of
It prove fatal. Thirty arrests were In
ade. The trouble started at chris at
ming. SIT
Captain Mclean of the Cincinnati H. !.
Venezuela cables as follows of the Ia
;uation in Venezuela: General ~ IA
atos, with 5000 revolutionists, is at ~ ~
'ica, well armed but inactive. There ~
2 1900 more revolutionists in the s.'
tie of Bermudez, and the entire rev. &c,
ltionary force is estimated at 10000. io'
nall bands of revolutionists in the -
Unity of La Guayra have been doing va
ne firing at night. Foreigners have vi
t been molested by either side. The WI
ppipnati and tho Topal-a ara Su.R vi