Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-11

Six deaths and score of prostra-
tons was the heat record in Pittsburg,
Pa, for the "a hours Monday.
A strike of Chicago freight handlers
called out 5000 men Monday, serious
ly curtail ng the handling of freight.
No prospect of early settlement is in
sight.
The Cheyenne Indians are holding a
council of war over an order by the In
dian agent prohibiting them from prac-
! Using the tortures incident to their
sun dance in which 1000 Indians took
part last week. This is the first time
the dance has been stopped by the gov
eminent The white people near Cal
umet, Oklahoma, are frightened and
the war department has been notified.
The London society Of fine arts has
awarded to Alexander Graham Bell of
Washington, ID. c., its 1902 medal.
The decoration is known as the Prince
Albert medal and each award requires
the concurrence of the prince of Wales.
Mr. Bell is the fourth American to re-
ceive the medal, Captain James b.
Eads, Thomas A. Edison and David
Edwin Hughes having been selected
for the honor heretofore.
The convention of the Illinois Pro-
hibitionists at Peoria last week was a
most exciting affair. When the call
was made for voluntary contributions,
the 1900 delegates went wild with en-
thusiasm and crowding to the stage
the showered their contributions upon
it, Almost 81, 600 in cash was heaped
on the platform. Two platforms were
submitted and bitter debate ensued
resulting in the adoption of the one
holding the prohibitionists to two is
sues--the liquor question and woman $
sutfrage-and excluding the leading
national issues.
President Roosevelt was the guest of
honor at Pittsburg, Pa, Independence
Day. He made a syeech to the largest
audience ever assembled in Pittsburg,
which cheered him heartily. He went
from Pittsburg where he was the guest
of Attorney General Knox directly to
his home in Oyster Bay, n. y, where
he will spend his summer vacation. In
his trips through the country the pres
ident will make occasional speeches
setting forth the administration argu
ments. Speaker Henderson, Senators
Frye, Hanna, Lodge and other con
gressional leaders will also make cam
paign speeches.
W. \. Reid, secretary of the Skag-
way Y. NJ. G. A., has returned to Ia
coma, Wash, from the interior of
Alaska, where he talked with the In
dians, whose earnest statements, he be-
lieves, fully confirm previous reports
that the Indians of the lower Yukon
have discovered an immense petritied
ship on Porcupine river, near the Arc
tic circle and north of Rampant, Alas
ka. When asked regarding the size
the Indians traced its dimensions on
the ground, indicating a length of |,
POO feet. Such Indians as are familiar
with the Bible are convinced that the
ship is none other than Noah ark.
Reid intends to return to the interior
Of Alaska this summer, when he will
take some Indians and request army
officers to detail soldiers to accompany
him. The ship lies on a high hill, /
thousands Of feet above the sea level.
An unusual exhibition of reckless |
1aring has been made the past week .
)y Harry Tracy, who with another con
rict both sentenced for assault and rob
'el!, eseapeI ION 't.e GiuSoh 1'ate
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,uaids' ne lusi!i.es hept " my
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a's fn,i',h ~ ~ - r. 80, 80
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ia'a 1Iii, onp'' anu wy
aIu ne naS' hilieu III? Com fanioh'
aRed anu at we rliie punt Loi.i :
eiieu the ere" ol steam iaulcI 10
u al" pirot MN noi w." anu up
ie SUM; Zen hours iatel ne
' t.a ana ESCAPED 10 tne woous'
pesstns ,I petso"7 80
!, LIS sel' ice III wy ."ine way,
appIaied oh' III L ICY 800 az a ~ 80
v to give him breakfast, bundle of
.othing and hats and six days supply
food, and after reading the papers,
e bound and gagged the family and
ade the hired man carry the bundles
, the rowboat and row him down the
,und. The family notified the author
les as soon as they could get free but
racy had j. hours start. The boat
as found Monday at the head of Mil
RS Bay and Tracy was seen in the
ternoon by an Indian woman at the
servation north of there. Sheriff
ook, with posse, left Port Madison
onday morning and followed the trail
ON the boat into the forest. Another
,sse is guarding all avenues of escape
to the Olympic mountains. Tracy
ID Anderson appeared at Charles
erald's house at Renton Tuesday.
arald was sent out to dispose of two