Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-03

Lord and Lady Algernon Gordon
Lennon are in this country for stay
of some months. Lady "Algy,' who
is a sister of the Duchess of Suther
land and the Countess of Warwick. i:
known as the best dressed woman il
England.
Mrs. Fannie Bullock Workman, OF
Worcester, Mass has beaten all climb
ing records in the Himalayas. She
has scaled the great Loongma glacier.
which begins at level of about l3.uOt
feet. and is more than 30 miles across.
How far up the mountain il reaches is
not known. Mrs. Workman is the wife
of William Hunter Workman, with
whom she is joint author of Sketches
Awheel in Siberia, and In the Ice
World of the Himalaya- " The Brit
ish authorities at Calcutta. who tried
to diSSuade Mrs. Workman from what
they called foolhardy attempt, are
aStounded at her success.
Tom Clark, alias "Will Gibson. " a
negro, was burned at the stake at Cor
NTH. NJ iss, Sunday, Clark had con-
fessed TO an atrociou> assault and muir
der and said that he deserved his fate.
Mrs. Carrie Whitfield. the wife of a
we'll known citizen, was found dead in
her home on August 10, Investigation
showed that she had been assaulted
Her head was almost severed from her
body. When ii was found that Clark
was the guilty party and had confessed
to that and other crimes, he was taken
to Corinth, and at the west gate of the
negro cemetery, securely bound to a
stake, was burned to a crisp.
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans. sec
ond in command on the Asiatic station,
and shortly to assume supreme com
mand, has been sent up the langtse
river to investigate and report upon the
situation in the provinces of China,
which, according to recent advices
from L. S. Minister Conger, are about
to become the scene of another Boxer
Admiral Evans has sailed on
the gunboat Helena from Woosung for
Ichaug, which is the highest point on
the great river to which a vessel of the
draft can 20. Ichang lies
about 500 miles from the mouth of the
Iangtse. About 1000 miles to the west
is the eastern border of the Szechuan
province. in which the massacre of ma
tive Christians and the destruction of
the chapels erected by the missionaries
occurred.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions, Eugene F. Ware,
made public Saturday, shows that the
number of names on the pension rolls
still Is under the million mark. despite
A net gain of 5TI32 pensioners since ls9S.
The total enrolment July ! last was
100. 4i6. against 99I. 49, last year The
otal comprises 13s. 500 soldiers and
80, G3T widows and dependents The
otal amount paid for pensions during
he finance year was Sl37. JO4. 26- and
he yearly cost of operating and main
aiming the bureau and the agencies
outside of payment of pensions proper
aggregates 50. 90, l29 Commissioner
Ware recommends that the New Eng
and pension agencies in Augusta. Bos-
on and Concord be consolidated, and
hat Congress provide for the storage
outside of the pension bureau of the
,reat amount of accumulated and com
,ustible records row seldom needed or
Xamined.
H. W. Clarke of Beverly Mass. ia
her of the missing boy, Wilbur Clarke .
rho disappeared near Chebacco Lake
n June il, has received two letters
tfering to return his son on payment
{ Sc, 800. One of the letters was from
'hicago and the other from Kansas
lily The first letter said that Mr..
'larke must travel alone to Chicago
nd put the money in a certain place
I that city. which was specified and
pom the receipt of the money the boy
ould be handed over to him. The
,cond communication informed him
lat the party having his son in charge
as travelling south for Oklahoma and
exas The letters were apparently
ritten by the same party. Mr. Clarke
willing to give any amount up to
10, 200 for his sons return and will
Dt prosecute the kidnappers. Twice I
tier writers but they failed to put in
] appearance.
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston in his
lnual report for the department of
lie Colorado points out that the per- :
'ntage of trials by court martial of ! !
listed men has nearly doubled dur
q the past year and says that the alb '
ition of the canteen feature of the !
,st exchange is the cause. Saloons of 7
e lowest type run by unprincipled |
oundrels have been established, he I
vs., just outside the boundaries of !
e various reservations where gam !
ing and debauchery is carried on.
.yond the reach of municipal regula-
ons. He says that since he took COM :
and of the department. several non
officers of long service {
d fine record have been ruined and |
graded: and that 1.-THE recent legis- u
ion by congress on this question. so !,
r as this department is concerned. ),
: had no effect except to lower the II
scipline of the army, ruin scores of !
cd soldiers and fill the pockets of a <
of saloon keepers, gamblers and l
Dstitutes. > u