Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-09-26

| fleet would now be very easy, ana ITS
passage along the East river, to reduce
! Newport and destroy valuable govern
ment plants. The department will AT
once begin plans for the defence of this
point.
Continuous rainfall over the entire
eastern slope of the Rocky mountains,
from Montana to New Mexico, has
saved late crops and allayed fears of a
shortage of water. The ranges have
been freshened SO that grazing will be
good during the early winter. Forest
fires that have ragged for a month have
been put out after doing heavy damage
in Colorado and Oregon.
The American Augustipians, Rev.
Daniel j. O'Mahoney of Andover,
Mass, aud Rev j. f.. McErlaine of
Philadelphia, have been ordered to the
Philippines as pioneers in the move
ment of American priests to those Is
lands to succeed the Spaniards. The
two priests will leave for Manila with
in the next two weeks and will be fol
lowed in a short time it is believed, 10y
several other American Augustinians.
a petition recently presented to the
Senate commission at Honolulu in con
nection with the claim of eX-queen Lll-
uokalani for the crown lands taken
from her at the time of the overthrow
of the Hawaiian monarchy, charges
that the revolt against the queen was
aided and abctted by the minister pleu-
potentiary of the United States and
reopens the old question of the connec
ton of American troops with that af-
fair.
A bridge which will have the long
est span in the world is being con
structed over the st. Lawrence river
about g., miles south of Quebec. The
channel will be crossed with sus-
pended span and two cantileVer arms.
making the unsupported structure 1850
feet long, which will be by far the
longest span in the world. 1t will be
POO feet longer than the span of the
new East river bridge, New York. The
length of the structure, including abut-
ments, will be 1890 feet.
State Mineralogist Aubury makes the
astonishing statement that during the
last few months at least 80, 600 acres
of public land in the mineralized sec
tions of California have been taken up
ny t"S'''h sPcGu4a'oi9 IhI'"Sh W
employment of dummy locator. In the
tracts thus secured are included many
actual mineral claims Oh Whlch 'all
lorna miners nave located ana nave
prepared to do the assessment work
necessary to perfect title under the
United States mining laws.
On the urgent recommendation of
General thaiiee Secretary hoot FRIDAY
authorized an expenditure OF sZu'l"
for immediate use IN the CONSTRUCTION
OF military road III the island OF MIN
danao from llllgan to p"puluus strong
hold OF the Morus. Although the man
purpose OF TINS road IS - encourage
friendly dealings with the natives, II
Will he of immense value IN any mil
tary movement which may become nee
essary to secure the submission Of the
people to American sovereignty
The inquest at Pittstield, Mass.
which has been proceeding for some
Officer William Craig has been ad
iourned until Driver Pratt shall have
recovered from his injuries sufficiently
to give his testimony. 1t is said that
be will testify that he was instructed
not to pay any attention 10 anything
but his horses in the drive through I
Berkshire county. This will throw the
responsibility of what was going on
around the carriage to Secret Service /
officer Craig, who was Killed. Sixty
five witnesses have already been exam
med In the inquest.
William G.. BONN. aged 20 wears. shot /
and killed his father. John Is. Bonin,
II wears, at the factory boarding house !
If which his father was proprietor. at
North Smithfield. X. l..
sunday. The murder took place in the !
presence of the mother and five chIl. .
irep. The Young man then changed .
lis clothes and surrendered to the .
,olice. He said that he shot his father
n defense of his mother and himself. .
His mother had suffered everything
or seven or eight Yeas. as his father
when in liquor would abuse the family,
Jpon the dav of the murder. the father
lad threatened to kill them both, had
truck the mother heavily in the face
With his fist twice and was choking the
on when the murder took place. Young
}onin was held in 5000 for hearing
Jet 4.
Commander Mclean, of the United
States cruiser Cincinnati, at Colon.
Colombia. has notified both parties to
he revolutionary troubles there that
he United States will not allow any
whatever, lin any man
Ier." with isthmian traffic. Eighty
from the Cincinnati have
anded TO guard the railroad, with two
uick firing Colt guns. More force is
ikeN to be sent from the United