Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-14
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS,
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY

Inc Molineux Trial PENIS Remains to r.
Moved to Philadelphia Horrible Results q
superstition Among Alaskan Indians.
Inc seismic disturbances in Guota
illala are said to have had soma Goo,
Geuec'S. The ashes worked great henn.
III TO coffee planters as they killed nt
noNious insects and also viii serve os -,
fertilizer. - SCI e as
The gold output of Alaska for tn,
I9St ~ months has been as follows
NNiohalke Canadian Sl3. SCI, O95
nome. eo,0oS,9SO total. SIS, $40. O75.
ms Is something over $4,000. 600 in
excess OF the entire 1901 output.
~, The report of the census bureau show,
Iua' OF children between the ages of IL
ana II years of age in the United
states, 900 per cent of the native
Whlte children of native parents and
49, per cent. of the native white chill.
( ufeh OF foreign born parents were able
to read and write.
The 10th birthday of Ambassador
Nhlte was honored at Berlin SUNDAY.
many calls and congratulations messages
nelng received from eminent persons,
Mr, White opened letter sent to him
10y the president several weeks ago.
The letter said that Mr.. White had
served MS country as few citizens had
mad the opportunity to do and thanked
him personally and in the name of the
people for his services.
Another Mormon, Apostle Reed
Smoot, Is candidate for the United
States Senate from Utah, to succeed
Senator Rawlins. Mr.. Smoot SAYS that
he never practiced polygamy; that he
voted for and approved the manifesto,
in accordance with which the church
Is living strictly: but that he claims
the right, as an American citizen, to
believe as he pleases, as long as it does
not interfere with the rights of other
citizens.
The Doukhobors were imprisoned by
the Dominion government authorities
at Mlnnedosa. Man, Saturday, when
they attempted to proceed eastward on
the march. They at first resisted the
attempt, but finally became recouciled
to their enforced captivity and spent
the time chanting their plaintive
hymns and prayers. \ large force of
mounted police will load the entire
band of pilgrims upon cars and convey
them to their former homes. 1t is eX-
pected some resistance may be made
Que of the Doukhuhor Young women
proclaims herself the Virgin Mary.
She is of attractive appearance and
dresses in white cotton.
a horrible example Of witchcraft and
superstition is reported from the Hoo
nah Indian village. 10 miles from Ju-
neau. Alaska. Several days ago the
Indians took a man who was believed
to he possessed of a devil and made him
the victim of frightful atrocities. His
ears were cut off and his body fright
fully hacked in an unsuccessful effort
to drive out the demon. The victim
was troubled with epileptic fits, which
continued He was buried alive in
the earth and his scalp cut off, inch by
inch. Officers have hurried TO the
scene from Juneau on special steam
err. The Hoonah Indians are quiet
and peaceable, but very superstitious.
An attempt is being made to harness
the waters of the Payallup glacier on
Mount Tacoma, Wash. for commercial
purposes. If successful, il is said 1t
will be the first time glacial waters
have been used for power. \ Boston
firm of engineers have undertaken the
work. in order to provide Tacoma and
Seattle with electric light and power,
The plan is to construct from the gla-
cier a flume II miles long, through
which head of water will flow Sutfi
cient to generate 30, 900 horse power.
The water. in running through the
flume. will drop 600 feet. and through
penstocks will be diverted into tur-
hines connected with electric genera
tors. A three phase alternating cur
rent will be transmitted at high vol
tage to Tacoma and Seattle.
A case extremely puzzling TO medi-
cal practitioners in New York ended
in the death Of Nellie Corco,
ran. at St. Nincent's hospital. The girl
fell into a state of VI consciousness
Oct, Is at a house where she was en-
ployed a. servant and lay for 20 days
in a mysterious state of coma. Heroic
efforts to determine the cause of her
condition met with little success Hun
1reds of physicians examined her and
every known method was tried to
awaken her. but with little success.
Two or three times she was aroused ana
smoke few words. saying she was
sieepv and again became unconscious.
An autopsy revealed no sign of DIS
.ase in any organ. The physicians be-
.ieye the girls original sleep was
,aused by self-hypnotism, and that
lysteria followed.
The national slaughtering syndicate
of retail butchers from every
state in the union. proposes TO enter
he field soon against the beef trust on
, nronosition to give better meat ior
much less than present prices. Inc
Ian provides for one great packing
liant and huge stock yards adjacent
r;tb 50cold-storage distributing plants
III over the country at convenient cen
'ars II will be cooperative com
INV With the retail butchers own
n1r ali the stock and taking all the
lrofits About ,. 800 New York butch .
,rs are eypected to buy stock and 10 ,
,no in other parts of the country. Pro-
,,o+ars of the scheme say that they can
iefy the trust and force 1t to lower us
,rices to a reasonable level former
,hstacle. fear of Discrimination III rates
~ the railroads in favor OF the trust /
'ss now been removed by exposure .
- icb has forced the railroads to stop .
his practise. :.
The proposed naval manoeuVrG5S ia .
- C,.rihbean sea next month VIII ne
. foIlows: The European and South
,1artic souadrons will combine at
rn;ridad the last week in November
- Tho North Atlantic squadron VIII