Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-25

The 18th annual reunion of the Unit
ed Confederate veterans was held Tues
day at Camp Albert Sidney Johnston,
at the fair grounds, Dallas, Tex. l25,
600 visitors were in the city Tuesday
night.
Bernard Weithaas, who shot his wife
at Springfield, Mass. last week and
was captured at Palmer after attempt
ing to drown himself, was bound over,
at Springfield, Thursday, to the May
term of the grand jury without bail.
He pleaded not guilty.
Abraham Fisher, originator of most
of the present forms of the valentine,
recently died at his Germantown, Pa.
home, aged 80 years. He and his
brothers, originally book publishers,
later gave almost their whole attention
to the printing of valentines.
Brig. Gen. Funston has been repri-
manded by order of the President,
through Acting Secretary of War San
ger, for recent public utterances in re-
gard to the Philippine situation, and
especially his criticism of Senator
Hoar, who he said, was affected with
an overheated conscience
Leprosy has developed to such an
alarming extent in western Nicaragua,
that newspapers in Leon and Chinen-
+. dega have warned parents not to per
nit their children to go on the streets.
Lepers are licensed to 90 where they
please to beg. The number of afflicted
persons has increased from POO, about
10 years ago, to 1900 to 2O00 at the pres
ent time.
What appears to be another genuine
Stradivarius violin has come to light
in Rockland, Me. William McDougall,
who resides at the old Thomaston road,
made close examination of his violin,
a nice toned instrument which he has
valued highly since he bought it some
Is years ago of a Nova Scotia French
man. He found that it bore the name
of Stradivarius and the date of 1921.
Nicholas Murray Butler was installed
as 18th president of Columbia college,
New York, Saturday afternoon in the
presence of President Roosevelt, Gov.
ernor Odell, Mayor Low, leading edu
Gators of the country, and 1900 invited
guests, including foreign ambassadors,
prelates. officials of the army and navy,
men prominent in arts, literature and
science Seventy five presidents of sis
ter colleges assisted in the ceremony.
Frank X. Stockton, the author of
many delightful books, died in Wash
ington, d. c., Sunday of hemorrhage
of the brain, in his 6Sth year. His first
attack of the trouble was the previous
Wednesday. but he seemed to be recov-
ering from it, when the second and
more serious seizure occurred. Mr..
Stockton passed the winter in New
York and was on his way to his sum
mer home in Charlestown, ". Va. He
leaves wife.
Between 100 and 200 officers are re-
ported to have been killed. and many
soldiers and other persons injured by
a severe explosion which blew to frag-
ments large two story barrack near
the lake front at Managua. N Nicaragua,
April 16 Many houses nearby were
wrecked. President Ielaya attributes
the explosion to conspirators and says
that tons of dynamite were stored in
the barrack. Many people fled from
the city. The damage is estimated at
6, 600, 600 pesos.
The hottest April day for Is years
was experienced in parts of the west
Sunday. Mercury stood 100 in the
shade in Nebraska, and 81 in Missouri. /
A dry, hot wind did much damage to 7
vegetation in Kansas. The hot wave .
advanced to Ohio Tuesday Kansas
obtained relief by a good soaking rain .
which followed two days scorching heat.
The hot wave was followed within
few days by snow and blizzard like
weather in Nebraska and the Dakotas.
Cyclonic winds did much damage in
Wisconsin.
The steamer City of Pittsburg was
burned to the waters edge in about
Cairo, H., early Sunday morning.
Fully $50 persons were on the boat and
1T least 10 were killed, either by burn
he forward hold about O'Clock and
made rapid progress, cutting off all
avenues of escape. 20 or 30 children
md women were taken off in the only
BOAT, and many of those in the water
we're rescued. The burning steamer
vas headed for the bank, but passen- !
sers were forced to jump into the river.
Alfred T. Henry, professor of meteo-
'ology of the Weather Bureau, Depart
nent of Agriculture, reports that 713
,ersonS were killed and 973 were more q
+ less injured by lightning in the
United States during the year 1900. OF :.
hose slain by bolts, 29l were killed in !
he open. 15S in houses, 81 under trees ,
nd 56 in barns. The greatest number \
such deaths in any one state during =
We years $3.50 1896 1900 occurred in i,
1876. The largest mum =
er OF fatal cases were in the Middle =
.tlantic states. Most deaths by light
ing do not occur in the regions where
lere are most thunder storms. Prof.
[enry finds there are three such re
IONS One in the southwest with its t,
rest over Florida, where there are 2
lunder storms on 10 days during the j
ear one in the Middle Mississippi c
alley, with 81 such storms a year. h
nd one in the Middle Missouri Val st
y, with 30 storms year. The great a
It fatality from a single stroke oc- Y,
lrred in Chicago, where lightning
ruck a zinc-lined shanty in which ii le
eople had sought shelter from the m
orm and instantly killed them ALL la
The beef trust defiantly announces OF
lother advance in the price of meats, u
i'd still further advances before there 1o
decline. The trusts reason for IL
is is that high prices for corn through ci
e winter have raised the cost of feed m
G cattle so that raisers have been A
reed to advance their prices. Inves- e,
cation, however. shows that it is due 81
a conspiracy of big Chicago packing ST
ms and the railroads to force up pc
ices of the necessaries of life, by