Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-06-20
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY.

Pearl Fishing Dewey to Command Great
est Naval Drill in Nations History"
est United states"-some Notable Prospec
tive Visitors to This Country This Year
Presidential Trips Promised-Mont Pele
Again Violent.
Charleston, S. c.. needs $50, 900 t.
properly adjust the accounts of the ex
position.
Two sharp earthquake shocks which
did no damage were felt in Newport
Oregon, Saturday night.
The mayor of Minneapolis, MINI,
has been indicted for bribery. He i
Albert Ames, veteran of the civil
war, four times mayor, and he i
charged with trying to bride the coun
ty commissioners to appoint his secre
tary sheriff
Mont Pelee was again in violent erup
tion Saturday according to the French
revenue cutter L'Aigle which was pass
ing ST. Pierre that morning. Volcanic
matter settled upon the vessels deck:
although she was 10 miles from the is
land. Consul Ayme left ST. Thomas
Saturday for New York.
One hundred Yaqui women and chill
dren were massacred by Mexican
troops during the recent troubles. Not
one of their guard of Indians survived.
The Mexican troops numbered 600 and
were instructed to kill all men and
boys capable of bearing arms. The
Yaquis were more than 300 in all.
Colonel H. G. Deming of the L. S.
geological survey says that elevations
above the sea level taken by him in
Pennsylvania during the past month,
show, in every case, higher than be-
fore This, he thinks, may be due to
seismic disturbances in Martinique
and other West Indian islands. Eleva-
tions in various parts of the state are
from two to "a inches higher than be.
fore.
The streams and ponds about Wor-
cester, Mass, are said to be teeming
with pearls of large and valuable
kind. One pearl hunter has gathered
some $50 gems this season, the finest
about l., inch in diameter, being val
ued at $50 by local dealer. The gems
range in color from white, through
cream and steel blue, to glossy black.
The pearls are found attached to the
inside of the shells of fresh water
clans.
President Roosevelt is planning an
exter ded New England trip in August
and September. He has promised the
Vermont and New Hampshire senators
and representatives that on his return
from Maine he will visit several points
in those two states. Later in Septem-
Der he will make an important north
western trip and in October will go on
a long trip to the southwest, includ-
ing big bear hunt in the swamps of
Mississippi.
Henry O. Moritz was crushed to death
at Coney Island Saturday by an aerial
toboggan which he invented and had
been three years perfecting. Inspec-
tors of the building department were
trying the machine at Moritz S request.
Two successful trials were made but
on the third the toboggan slipped
cog and the machine with its two pas
sengers dashed upon Moritz, breaking
almost every bone in his body The
inspectors were unhurt.
Felix Baumann, German writer,
has issued pamphlet, "In Darkest
United States,' containing eXtrava-
giant desert ptions of immortality in
New York, Chicago, New Orleans and
San Francisco. He writes of cruel
lynchings, briberies and the sale of
justice and contends that the United
States is more immoral than any other
country in the world and warns Ger
mans, especially women, against emf
grating to such an evil atmosphere.
Jn,;r,1 Gaor,o nouo, will ,o,,,
mand the big fleet of American war
ships ordered assembled in West India
waters for winter manoeuvres, at the
express wish of the president and Sec
rotary Moody More American ships
will be modified for this winter drill
than ever before in time of peace. Or
ders have been issued directing the
North Atlantic, the South Atlantic
and the European squadrons to assem-
BILE off Porto Rico and practically all |
the ships afloat in Atlantic waters will |
be brought together.
Victor Emanuel king of Italy. is
said to have bought from two Pitts ,
ourg operators now in Italy, 80, 600 |
acres of the best coal land in the Po- |
,ahontas district, West Virginia. The (
price was about s., 600, 600. The coal ,
s wanted for the use of the Italian
navy. Although Italy is one of the
poorest and most heavily taxed of ma
ions, her king is one of the richest of
European rulers. He is said to be very
and anticipating a heavy
profit by investing in these coal lands
md selling the coal to his government.
The bodies of the sergeant, two cor
,orals and four privates of the 9TH Z.
J, cavalry, who were captured May 80
~ ladrones at Rinangonan, Rial
,rovince, in Luzon island, have been
covered, says Manila dispatch.
lost of the bodies had been hewn
imb from limb, and it was found i'm
ossible to recognize four of the dead
len. a number of arrests in the mat
er have been made, and nine men
ave been absolutely identified as be-
onging to the band of ladrones which
aptured the Americans.
The constitution proposed for the ,
tate of Connecticut by the convention i
-hich was in session four and half t
lonths, beginning January l, was de- t
Gated at the polls by the people of the
tate Monday by decisive vote. Only q
bout u per cent of the registered
oters went to the polls. All cities
Scept Putnam voted against it. The
feature of the bill was the I
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