Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-12-12
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS,
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY

Report of Treasurer Shaw-Loss of Life an,
Property by Fire-American Republics San
itary Conference Report Of Secretary O
Agriculture-Awfu Torture and Death O.
Mexican Scout-Court Decides Against
Trust-Death of Thomas Mast, Father O.
American Caricature The Trouble in Ven
ezuela-Death Of Alice Freeman Palmer.
Silver was quoted at 46ss ents ar
ounce last week, the lowest price or
record in the worlds history silver
dollars being worth intrinscally about
30 cents apiece.
Thomas Tobin, on trial for murder.
ing and beheading Capt. Craft in the
Empire hotel, New York, became VIC.
lent IN court Saturday, and was taken
out hghtlng like mailman. His coun-
sci says he has been twice confined in
an insane asylum. He has been seven
times in state prison.
The court of appeals has decided that
the combination of brewers in Kansas
City, Mo-, is trust and as such it is
expressly forbidden by the statutes of
Missouri and is unlawful. Moreover
any man who owes one of the brewers
in the combination need not pay his
debt and the brewer cannot collect his
bill even by going into the courts.
The Masonic temple, the finest bust
ness building in Laconia, N. H., was
destroyed by fire Saturday at loss of
$780,, 900, with insurance of hardly more
than half that amount. The block was
built in 1893 and was the city's pride
1t cost $50, 600. The rest of the loss falls
on the occupants. The fire started in
the basement and was followed by an
explosion of material stored there.
The increases in freight rates which
are shortly to be applied on the roads
and points beyond to the east and
south will be investigated by the inter
state commerce commission, which has
to be held at the offices of the commits
sion in Washington. The chief off
cials of the roads are ordered to be in
attendance.
Samuel Carson, SO years old, who
claimed to be son of the renowned
scout, kit Carson, has been found
dead in his hut far up in Santa Mon
lea canyon, California. He had been
bitten by a spider. He had had pic
turesque career as a pioneer gold hunt
er, Indian fighter and adventurer, but
for many years he had lived in the
mountains with only his horses and
dogs for company.
Organized labor in Indiana is fight
ing against the enlistment of any of
its members in the state militia and
for the withdrawal from it of such as
are already members. There have been
many Withdrawals during the last few
months and Second Lieut.. George Cook
of Elkhart has just resigned his office
because of pressure from the Press
Feeders organization of which he is a
member. He is the first officer to take
this step.
Fourteen men were sutfocated. ID of
them while in bed. in fire in the Lin
coin house, Chicago, Thursday. Ten
guests were injured by jumping from
windows to roofs of adjoining build
ings. The hotel is patronized by far
mers and country visitors and most of
the victims of the fire were attendants
of the livestock show. The building
is spoken of as firetrap. Little dam
age was done to it by the fire, but
smoke filled the rooms through wide
cracks in the floors, sitting the occu-
pants before they could escape. The
building is four stories high and con-
tanned 125 guests, its utmost capacity,
at the time.
James Wilson, secretary of agricul-
ture, in his annual report, says that
the educational work of the depart
ment has grown in effectiveness during
the past year and its influence is ex
tending through cooperation with the
various scientists of the state expert
ment stations. Many trained men are
being fitted to meet the demands of
these institutions. Gratifying evidence
has been given even from other nations,
of the value of the weather bureau
forecasts in saving life and property.
The experiment in tea growing at Pine
hurst, Summerville, S. c., in cooper
alton with DR.. Charles y. Shepard,
was successful, 5000 pounds of mar
ketable tea being produced against
1900 pounds last year. Improvement
and progress have been made in agri
cultural colleges; farmers institutes
are now held in Al states and territor-
les, including Hawaii; agricultural
exports of the United States for the
fiscal year of 1902 had value of $500,
600, 900. The appropriation estimates
for 1903 amount to 81, DOB, 600
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer of Cam
bridge, Mass, of wide influence as an
educator and friend of woman's prog
ress, died suddenly in Paris Saturday.
She was on tour of the continent
with her husband, Prof. George ii.
Palmer of Harvard college. Mrs. Palm
err had been president of Wellesley col
lege. resigning in 1887, after seven years
service. to become the wife of Prof.
Palmer. After their marriage Mr.. and
Mrs. Palmer spent year IN European /
travel and study as to means OF women
education in foreign lands. In 1892
she accepted the position of dean of the
women's department at the University |
of Chicago. This position she held I'M
til 1895, when she resigned. In June |
of 1888 Michigan university conferred
upon her the degree of Phi. D., and IN |
1887 Columbia college honored itself
bv giving her the degree Lift. D., and
in 1895 Union college gave her the de-
gree LII. d. Mrs Palmer was born IN
Colesville, n. Y, Feb. 81, 1850, and
graduated from the University of Mich
igan with honor in 1876 After three
years of work as teacher in the West, |
Mrs Freeman, in 1879, was called to
the chair of history in Wellesley.
The annual report of Leslie M. Shaw,
secretary of the U. S. treasury, shows
that the government revenues from all
sources for the fiscal year ending June