Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-17
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS,
EVENTS OF THE wEER IN SUMMARY

Expedition End of School oparro,H
sultan of Bacoclod Still Undaunted-A Mis-
take that May Prove Fatal.
Ellen Stewart, a Chicago neores.
VINO remembered the Boston ten nartv
Is dead at the remarkable age of l3o
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hopolul,
VIII come to Washington in Noyembe,
TO press her claim for the crown lands
A combination to include every
wholesaler of groceries in the United
states Is in course of formation. The
details will not be public property un,
til after November ).
\ rich discovery of conner has been
made between the famous Calumet an i
uecla mine and Lake Superior, in
Michigan; The product of copper will
pfonaoly be double the average of the
Calumet and Hecla and worth scores
of millions
Cuba had a great demonstration at
Santiago Thursday. in memory of her
patriots who died in battle for the in
dependence of the island. Forty thou
sand citizens and 4, 900 school children
marched in the procession, which was
several miles long.
The United States GEOLOGICAL survey
has recently brought out a striking pc
cullarity of the Great Dismal Swamp
in Virginia. 1t shows that the surface
of the swamp stands from to 10 feet
higher than the surrounding country,
and the unusual phenomenon ofstreams
draining out of it in all directions is
observed.
The cases of Motorman Euclid A.
Madden and Conductor James r. Kel-
ly. who are under arrest on the charge
of manslaughter in causing the death
of Secret Service Officer William Craig.
the presidents body guard. in Pitts
field, Mass, Sept. 3. were brought in
to court Friday and continued to No
vember g.
a coroner's jury at jersey City. n.
j., last week found that Mrs. Anna
Pulitzer of New York. who was found
dead in the Morris Canal. in the town
ship of Kearny, Sept. Is, came to her
death by violence at the hands of Will
liam Hooper Young. The contents of
Mrs. Pulitzer's stomach are being an
alyzed to see whether she was drugged
or not.
Chowfo Maha Vajiravudh, crown
prince of Siam, arrived at New York
Friday. He was met by government
representatives. and took special train
for Washington. The prince, who is
but q years old. was in London nine
years and speaks English Huently. He
will remain in this country for two
months, visiting different places of in
terest.
of Lexington. Ky, was murdered, and
Asa Chinn, his son. was fatally shot
by masked burglars early Saturday
The burglars demanded
money and the elder Chinn told them
to search the place. The young man
opened fire on them and they returned
it. The Chinns were among the most
prominent people in Lexington.
The Nebraska supreme court has
handed down decision forbidding the
reading in the public schools of the
Bible or the singing of such hymns as
" Nearer, My God, to Thee. The de-
cision is that the constitution of the
state forbids the teaching of the theo-
ries of sectarian or religious organlZa-
tions. The action was brought by
Daniel Freeman, an atheist, who con-
tended that the Bible was part of the
Christian religion, and readings from
it were therefore sectarian.
A spirit Of indifference toward
friendly commercial relations with the
United States that is almost hostility,
is reported from Cuba. The state de-
partment has failed to secure the ad-
hesion of the Cuban government to
the treaty. which, by the terms of the
Platt amendment, must be entered into
between the two governments A treaty
has been prepared at Washington but
thus far, Cuba has withheld her APP
prevail of it, 1t includes provisions
for a considerable measure of reciproc-
Ity between the two countries.
Edward S. Bragg, consul general at
Havana, has been transferred to the
post of United States consul general
1t Hong Kong, taking the place OF
William Rublee. who has been trans
,erred to the consulate at Havana This
,ransfer is due to the unpleasant feel
no caused some time ago by the publ
,ation of sentiment expressed by Con
mi Bragg in a letter to his wife, to the |
fleet that Uncle Sam might as well try |
o make whistle out of pigs tai as
n try to make something out of the
attn race. The Havana consulship is
he better in financial way.
william Ziegler of Brooklyn very
probably will send another pole-seek-
ng expedition to the north, ana
laval man will head it, but that man
will not be Commander Robert Il.
oearv. according to assertions made at
Iew York by Anthony Fiala. the Pho
of the Baldwin Zleglerr expe-
Iition. who has Just returned from
rromsoe. "Mr Ziegler will not give
m ;, said Mr.. Fiala. 1--WE are half
l hrrouph now. With our 40,O00-pound
ache it would be foolish to stop.
,aarv will not lead But the leader
yill probably be a naval man.
Charles Cawley, 17-years-old boy, OF
homestead. Pa. while laborlng under
oantal alteration. the result OF the
rain of perfecting an appliance Tor
,atents on airbrakes which are pend-
no in Washington. Friday killed ms
oother and one sister, and fatally IN
ured four other children. He also
red 70 kill his two elder brothers, but
vas detected. overpowered and turned
ver to the police. The weapon USED
vas an ak, with which he pounded and
'acked his victims in horrible manner.
'ayley denies emphatically that he
admitted the deed but says that ne
,as aroused from sleep by noises down
fairs and found the family had peen
ssanlted. His story however, has been