Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-07
THIS MORNINGS NEWS
THE G1sT OF THE LATEST DISPATCHES

Boxer disturbances are rife in the
province of Szechuan, China. Villages
and churches are raided and burned
and converts massacred.
The anthracite strike commission has
ended its tour of observation of the
mines and has adjourned until Nov.
IA when it will meet at Scranton to
take the testimony of the miners.
The czarina of Russia is said to be
broken in health and suffering from
acute melancholia. This is believed to
be due to the movement started to in
duce the czar to divorce her, as Napo-
leon did the Empress Josephine, be-
cause she has failed to present him
an heir to the throne.
Dozens of churches in Nebraska have
denounced the recent decision of the
supreme court, denying the right to
read the Bible in the public schools of
the state The decree is declared to
be menace to religion and contrary
to the spirit of the constitutions which
recognizes God. The court has been
asked to grant rehearing.
Alan G. Mason of Boston, suspected
of connection with the Waverly MUIR
der and other assaults, but who claim
ed an alib, has nevertheless been held
on a charge of murder, his alibi hav-
ing been weakened by other evidence.
Miss Norton S missing watch has been
found in a Boston pawnshop, and
through it suspicion rests on a negro
as her slayer and he will be arr ested.
Rev W. G. Rabe, pastor of the Ger
man Baptist church at Omaha, and
. NJ 4 Il
early Wednesday in the pastors study
/ locked in embrace and two gas Jets
were partly turned on. Mr.. Rabe was
G5 years old and prominent minister.
Miss Busch was about 30 years old and
was missionary pastor Of the church.
Both were of good reputation. Mr..
Rabe leaves wife and son.
In the Molineux murder trial at New
York Wednesday, handwriting ex-
pert explained why he testified that
the address on the poison package and
the Barnet and Cornish letters were
not written by MolineuX. Certain pc
culiarties of Molineuy's handwriting,
on which the prosecution laid stress,
were common to 30 per cent. of all
writing. Mrs. John Stephenson,
Brooklyn woman, is reported to have
made affidavit that she saw the poi
soned package mailed by man who
was not Molineux.
Atty. Gen. Knox has ordered an in
vestigation of the charges made against
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania and
there is ground for belief that the lat
ter will be prosecuted for violation of
the civil service act in allowing the
use of his name on circulars sent out
by the Republican state committee of
Pennsylvania, asking federal employees
for campaign contributions. If con-
victed he would have to pay a fine not
exceeding So, coo, or be imprisoned for
term not exceeding three years, or be
punished by both fine and imprison
ment in the discretion of the court.
A notable event in the history of the
Catholic church in Vermont takes
place in Burlington today when the
body of IT. Rev. Louis DeGoesbriand,
late bishop of Burlington, will be
translated from the present resting
place to crypt prepared for its recep
tion underneath the cathedral in that
city The day is the third anniversa-
ry of the bishops death and the occa-
sion will be observed with the cele-
bration of pontifical high requiem
mass by Rt. Rev. Bishop John S.
Michaud, assisted by large gather
ing of the Vermont priests of the
church.
A great sensation was caused in the
trial of Roland B. Molineux at New
York yesterday for the murder of Mrs.
Kate Adams. Mrs. Stephenson, the
woman who claims to have stood be-
hind the man who mailed the poison
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Dec. %, 1898, pointed out Harry S.
Cornish, to whom the package was sent
as the man who, to the hest of her rec
objection. mailed the package She
stood so close to the man, she says,
that she could easily read the address.
She stated positively that Molineux
was not the man who mailed it. Cor
nish lived in the house with Mrs. Ad-
ans, gave the seltzer to her and she
died of the poison.
Republicans in New York claim that
there is no doubt of Odell's victory by
a plurality of II, 5OS but it is not yet
conceded by the Democrats who say
that the official figures are not yet
known. The secretary of the Republi
can congressional committee an
nounced yesterday that the Republic
cans have elected 206 members of con-
gres beyond all doubt: the Democrats
150 with 10 districts doubtful. Repub-
can victories are reported in Colorado,
California, Nebraska, Idaho. Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington
and Montana. One Democratic con-
gresham was electid in Iowa for the
first time in eight years. The Repub-
lican governors election in California
will be contested by his opponent. Ar
izona Democrats claim the congress
man.