Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-02-21

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The National Woman Suffrage d,>u'
citation reelected Mrs. Carrie {. 81.
man Gait president at Washug,o,
Monday.
Admiral Dewey has decline tpt
German ambassadors invitation I,
meet Prince Henry at dinner, sHylnl
that Mrs. Dewey is too i'll to leave
A sensation was caused in rou lec
ton with the New Hampshire lIquoi
crusade last week by the summpuln4
of Gov. Jordan to testify against Il
liquor dealer.
The condition of young Theolor,
Roosevelt, who has been SO i'll with
pneumonia at Groton, Mass, is st
much improved that Mrs. Roosevelt
plans to take him to Washington early
next week.
Gen. j. Franklin Bell has practically
cleaned up the insurrection in Baian-
gas Province, Philippines, the troops
under his command having ma lie a
clean sweep of the district. The same
is almost equally true of Laguna.
M. Paderewski's opera, "Manru, 3"
was successfully ro1uce1 in New York
Friday evening, Nine. Semhrich an
M. Won Bandrowski sharing in the
honors of the evening. A great ovation
was given Paderewski at the end of
the second act
Myer Ratzman, Russian Jew rag
picker, was fined SO in a New York
court last week for using an American
| flag as a ragbag. He narrowly escape |
mobbing when he appeared on the
street with bag. ma lie of the stars
and stripes on his shoulder.
Claude Grouse, printer of In liam
apolis. Ind, has broken the worl S
record as the fastest operator on the
| linotype machine. He put up in seven
hours and 45 minutes Sc. 2)0 ems. The
fastest record heretofore made was the
same number in eight hours, by an
Iowa printer. Grouse set LOCO ems.
This included corrected proof.
Seven men, inclu lei two officials of
the city, were in iicte by the gran
jury at New York Thurs lay charge /
with being responsible for the recent
fatal explosion in the rapid transit
subway at Park avenue and Forty first
street. The city officials are charge
merely with neklect of duty, but the
indictments against four of the others
inclui lie manslaughter in the first
degree.
Some extraordinary masto lon re
mains have been unearthe1 near Nor
ris. Ill. Among them are an ivory
tusk five feet long and with diane
ter of Is inches, the iawbones of three
mastodons, one of the bones weighing
80 pounds, together with several buff
falo and deer heads. The estm ite
size of one of the skeletons is Ii 10y .
feet, and one of the smallest teeth
found weighs nine pounds.
The 18th continental congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton is being bel / at Washington this
week. Over 800 delegates are present.
Mrs. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks of In-
diana, general president, presides.
One of the important questions to be
considered is how the large represen-
tation in the congress may be advan
tageously reduced. Fifteen amend
ments to the constitution and three to
the bylaws are to be discussed, an | an
editor and business manager for the
association paper are to be elected.
According to Mai. W. C. Gorgas,
chief Summary officer of Havana. the
plan of killing infected mosquitoes, put
into effect March |, 1901, has banshe
the scourge of yellow fever from Havana
Since that time only six persons have
died from the disease in that place.
During the last 100 years, Mai Gorgas
says, yellow fever has been epidemic
in Havana, and all sanitary measures
taken have had no effect. General
disinfection, as directed against
other diseases, has been tried to no
purpose but yellow fever sharply
disappeared upon the introduction of
the system based on the killing of in
fected mosquitoes, and the theory that
only by such mosquitoes could the di-
sease be transmitted. From September
%, 1901, not a single case of the fever
has been reported.
Prince Henry sailed for New York
on the Kronprnz Wilhelm from Bre-
merhaven Saturday afternoon. Before
had written letter to Admiral Dewey
apologizing for the conduct of the Ger
man squadron at Manila Bay during
the war with Spain. 1t is said in Wash
ington that the letter received by A l.
IllTdl lJbWtN was lCOul Il lltlllbtI VI
the United States embassy at Berlin,
in which the writer gave resume of
conversation he had had with Prince
Henry of Prussia. The latter said that
when at dinner at Hong Kong, Ad-
miral Dewey also being present, the
PONCE proposed the health of, first the
car of Russia, then others. and, last
of all, that of the president of the
United States. Dewey was offended
and realizing this. the prince went on
board the Olympia, saw Dewey and
apologized, his apology being most
graciously accepted. He expressed the
highest regard for Admiral Dewey and
hoped to meet him in America. The
U. S. cruisers Cincinnati and San
Francisco have Joined the Illinois and
Olympia off Tompkinsville to await !
the princes coming. Rear Admiral
Evans boarded the Illinois Saturday
and took command of the squadron
2, 900 guests. including distinguished !
men and women in finance, art aud |
politics, business and official life, have
been asked to the Meteor'S launching. |
The Last Heard OF 1t.
MY little boy ropk tn. Group one night and |