Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11
THIS MORNINGS NEWS
THE G1sT OF THE LATEST DISPATCHES

He has long periods of absent minded
ness when he is unable TO attend {
any business whatever. 1t is believe
his life work is over
The autopsy on the body of Thoma
Griffin, found in the river at Barre
showed no indication of foul play, bu
that death was due to drowning. Th
wound in the head might have bee
caused by striking against somethin
as the body fell
C. S. Titus of the Union boat club
New York, was beaten at last at tn
Henley regatta in the eighth hea
Wednesday for the diamond sculls II
was badly used up at the finish. f. S
Kelley, his Oxford rival, led from tn
start. The second days racing wa
witnessed by crowds.
\ letter from Thomas, one of tn
missing Cebu teachers supposed to hav
been murdered by bolomen, has beel
received at Dunellen, \. j., dated a
Nagasaki. June 6, stating that he hat
left the Philippines and intended t.
spend the summer in Japan. Thi
covers the date of his supposed disap
| pearance.
National educational association
meetings are in progress at Minneapo
lis this week, with 10000 visitors il
attendance. The social aspects of edu
cation were considered. Presiden
Charles ". Eliot of Harvard has beer
named as next president of the asso
citation. Boston, Portland, Me-, ant
Niagara Falls are in the race for The
next convention.
In answer to Montpelier statement
to the press that Vermont has only
two real Daughters of the Revolution.
letters from Bennington and Middle
buIy are printed showing that Mrs.
Sarah Burgess, 81, and Mrs. Abigail
Rogers, 81, of those places respective,
ly. are both real daughters, and have
received the gold souvenir spoons from
the national chapter,
The president has issued an order
prohibiting the exercise of outside in
tIuence in securing promotions in the
classified civil service. Recommends
tions shall not be considered by officers
and if given by consent of employe
shall cost him the promotion; and a
repetition of such otiense. his position.
The rule originated with prominent
members of Congress
Harvey Bruce was sentenced at Hud-
son, n Y, Monday. to Is years in
Dannemora prison for completely in the
murder of his uncle, Peter \. Hallen-
back of Greenport who was riddled
with bullets in his home on last Christ
mas eve. Fred Willis and Burton Van
Wormer are now in Dannemora undea
death sentence for he same crime.
Bruce shielded himself by confes
sion
A million dollars damage was done
by thesrecent sand storm in lndo Val
ley in the Colorado desert where an ar
tificlal oasis of 800 acres had been
made by digging wells and which was
planted to melons. Three hundred car
loads of melons were ready for ship
ment when the storm broke. 1t ragged
three days with the temperature at l26
degrees. When it was over every bit
of vegetation had been destroyed.
Harry Tracy, the fugitive Oregon
convict again escaped the officers
Tuesday by sprinkling cayenne pepper
into his retreating footprints, which
filled the nostrls of the bloodhounds
and hindered them for some time from
exercising their sense of smell. Ira
cy headed due north and plunged into
the outskirts of lake where he finally
succeeded in casting the scent. 1t
was then dark and the guard returned
to Renton with the dogs.
The convention of New England Chris
tian Endeavor societies meets in Boston
October Il, 10, Is and II. The great
fremont Temple building and the Park
street church will be used for the meet
Ings. The president of the Vermont
state union is Col +. G.. Osgood of
Bellows Falls. October 10 is state con
yention day, and each state will hold
separate meetings with programmes ar
ranged by their state officers. Vermont
headquarters will be at Berkeley Temple,
Judge William H. Taft, governor of
he Philippines. submitted to the Vat
can at Rome Thursday the proposed
contract for the withdrawal of the
Spanish friars from the islands, peace
md prosperity there demanding that
hey should go. Their lands are to be
Daid for at prices determined by arbi
rators of impartial preferences.
Churches, schools, etc, are to be CON
lucUeu DN Clergy VI OTItIS OlutT ludlI
he four who go. The earlier note de-
lining to allow the clergy to teach re-
igion in the public schools is simply
insisted upon. The Filipinos are to be
reed from the interference of the |
Spanish friars, whose rule hes been so
as to be certain to collide |
With the present American civil rule. !
President John Mitchell of the Unit
d Mine Workers will not favor reso- |
ution in the coming national conven-
ion for a general suspension of coal
mining throughout the country, but
will ask the convention to give author
ty to the National Executive Board to |
rider a strike at any time that it may |
leem it wise. \ national defense fund /
o which all organized labor and the I
public in general will be asked to con
ribute, is the latest proposition placed /
IN foot to help the striking miners. |
larry White of New York, secretary of
he national garment workers and mem
,er of the Cancellation committee of /
he national civic federation, is the or
-anizer of the movement. No help will /
,e accepted by the miners until their |
wn resources fail. President Mitchell
enies that the strike is weakening.