Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-28
WINDHAM COUNTY REFORMEF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER


increase in wages amounts to abou
sou 600, 900, the increase in freight rev.
enue TO Sl2O, 100000. Profit to the
railroads, $40, 600, 600.
President Castro of Venezuela an
nounces that he will proclaim peace
about Jan. |, l903.s The insurgents
will be treated leniently. Every ef
fort Will be made to attract foreign
capital to develop the rich resources
of the country, and the aid of the
United States is especially desired.
Christmas greetings are expected tC
be exchanged over the new Pacific ca
BILE between San Francisco and Homo
lulu. The cable will later be carried
beyond the Hawaiian islands, and
from the Midway islands to Guam.
From Guam two links will extend, one
to Manila and the other to Yokohama.
y. S. Pension Commissioner Ware
in his annual report recommends the
retirement on pensions, of 800 super
animated clerks who can no longer
perform their work and the substitu-
ton of young men in their places
The pension roll is now at high water
mark, last years pensioners number
ing l,Oll, 5s7, gain of I'LL over las t
year The total Of pensions was more
than million.
An investigation of the alleged char
ges Of President SchatIer of the Anal
gamated Steel, Iron and Tin workers,
impugning the unionism of President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor, vindicates Mr.. Gompers.
Shatfer denies the charge in full. Mr..
Gompers was Saturday elected pres
ident of the Federation of Labor,
without opposition, in the convention
at New Orleans. James Duncan and
John Mitchell are the vice presidents.
\ private canvass just made in New
York shows 3G6 places of Christian
worship on Manhattan island with
membership of COG, 942 During the
first three Sundays of November 451,
OBJ adults, out of the 1881, 1872 popu-
lation of Manhattan, attended public
service. Leaving children out of con
sideration, there were 997, 1879 persons
who did not attend church. Of those
attending, l3i. III were at Protestant
and 81, i5i at Roman Catholic church
eS.
One third of the marriages in Tope
ka, Kansas are shown to result in di
vorce, according to court records dur
ing the past ten months, 56l marriage
licenses having been issued and $50
divorce suits having been filed during
that time. The Ministerial Union will
start an investigation to ascertain if
this condition exists throughout the
state OF the divorces 1873 were sought
by women abandonment being the stock
charge. Ministers and others who
have inquired into the matter say that
most of these unfortunate unions were
hasty marriages on short acquaintance.
The Christian Community of the
Universal Brotherhood or ID Jukhobors,
Crowstand. Assiniboia. Canada, have
asked for refuge in the United States,
but have been officially notified that
they cannot settle on government do
main. The Doukhobors asked for land
where they could live by their labor,
but not be obliged to obey human or
dinances. or be asked to become sub
jects of any one except the good God.
They were answered that the public
lands of the United States are disposed
of only to citizens of the United States
or to those who intend to become such.
The greatest ocean race of war ships
ever run on the North Atlantic sea-
board was won at midnight Thursday,
by the cruiser Cincinnati The Alaba
ma was a close second. The race was
run from Hampton Roads, Va, to the
Culebra light, San Juan, p. |. This
is the first time in its history that the
ships of the North Atlantic squadron
have engaged in such long distance
speed contest on the open sea. The
h, FOL art
Indiana, Kearsarge and Massachusetts.
These ships are a part of the great
fleet assembling for the winter maneu- .
vers under Admiral Dewey.
Ruins of the cliff jewellers are found /
in great numbers in Sonora mountains
in the Sierra Madre country, Texas. /
Dr. Bush of FL Paso has just found in
one of the cliff houses, a mummy OF
woman and in her lap she holds a .
child. 1t seems that nature has pre- !
served the mummy or mummies as
there is no visible sign that any such /
as those used by the an
cient Egyptians have been resorted to.
In the dwelling with the mummies was .
also found fibre, balls of Irvine made .
of the bark of trees, etc, that crumble
to the touch. The mummy viii later be .
presented to the national museum at .
W. Godfrey Hunter, Jr., son of the /
American minister to Venezuela who /
resigned his position a week ago, has .
killed a fellow American at Guatemala /
city. and has taken refuge in the le-
cation, where his father is supporting
him in his refusal to surrender himself .
to the authorities. Indignant Ameri-
cans there are said to threaten the .
lives of the Hunters, and of james .. .
Bailey of Kentucky, secretary of the
g. S. legation at Guatemala city, who
was present at the shooting. William
4. Fitzgerald of Grand Rapids, Mich,
was the man killed. The state depart
ment decides that it is for the Guate
malan government to take the initiative
in the prosecution of the guilty parties.
During the Il years ending with
1900. the waters of Great Salt Lake,
Utah. have fallen 80 feet, decline
more serious than at first realized, as
the lake is very shallow, averaging less
than 20 feet, and as the eastern and
western shores slope so gradually fall
Of foot in the level exposes many
square miles of bottom. This decline
has become matter of concern to prop /
erty owners and of much interest to
scientists. The annual report of the
survey gives the reason for
The decline in the lake due to detcien-
.v of rainfall, and suggests that the IN
crease in irrigation of adjacent lands