Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-07-04
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY.

. cas- Discovery-The Coal Strike Closes It
Seventh Week Unchanged = The Missin
Cebu Teachers uba's Deplorable Conditio
Convention of Scientists.
Six silk dying firms of Paterson, n
j., have signed the schedule of wage
prepared by the men, and their EN-
ployees, numbering about LOCO, re
turned to their places Monday.
The convention of the American as
sociation for the advancement of scienc
opened in Carnegie Music hall, Pitts
burg, Pa, Monday morning. Abou
1000 delegates were enrolled the frs
day.
A reign of terror in Hayti is report
ed, and serious conflict between thu
adherents of the different presidential
candidates is daily expected. An ex
tensive uprising is feared, no matte
who is elected.
At cabinet meeting at Washington
Friday it was agreed to issue a proc
lamation of amnesty in favor of all pc
litical prisoners in the Philippines, tc
take effect on the Fourth of July. II
includes Aguinaldo and all others like
him.
Amateur Golf Champion Walter J.
Travis, who has held the national
championship for two years, was de-
feated by F. O. Reinhart. a Princeton
undergraduate, at the invitation tour
nament of the Morris county club Sat
urday.
A collision of cars on the street rail
way at Marlboro, Mass, Saturday
night resulted in the death of Motor
man John Harris and the serious in
| jury of 80 persons. Several of the lat
ter are expected to die. Neglect to stop
at certain point and wait for the
other car to pass, was the cause of the
collision.
The number of undesirable immi-
grants arriving in New York within
the last two months has shown a
marked increase over that of former
months. The number of deportations
within the last IL month"; on the ground
| that they were likely to become public
charges is l,223: of this number, 1881
were Italians.
President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers has gone to Chicago for
a conference with prominent labor
chiefs. He will visit bituminous mine
leaders and explain the exact situation
of affairs in the anthracite region and
what will be expected of the national
convention in regard to the declaration
of a general strike.
The steamer Dolphin brought 81,
600, 600 into Vancouver, B. c., from
Dawson Thursday. \ systematic search
is being made for new placer fields in
the Yukon Territory. Operations have
been commenced on the Hootalinqua
river and if unsuccessful the search
will continue on down the Yukon river
below Five Fingers and along the
streams flowing north from that point.
A train containing Mrs. Bowen, wife
of the American minister to Venezue-
la, the Spanish minister and his wife
and Others who were going from Car
acas to La Guayra, was held up and
searched last week by armed revolu
tionists, who captured several of Pres
ident Castro's high officers and impor-
tant documents. Absolute safety was
guaranteed Mrs. Bowen and her party
and the American officers.
ord time, the Yale varsity crew on the
l. =
cred the colors of the fastest eight that
Harvard has yet produced. Yale won
by four boat lengths. Yale's time was
20. 20; Harvard's, 20. 30. Twenty five
thousand people saw the big varsity
race. among them President Roosevelt, |
from the Dolphin, which was anchored .
Just above the finish line
Professor Sophus Bugge, noted for
his discoveries of Runic inscription, is .
about to publish book at Christiana,
entitled "Norway's Inscriptions; OF,
the Most Ancient Runic Characters
The book contains Runic tablet, tell
ing the story of the first discovery of
America by Norsemen in 1,Ol0 or l,O30.
The next oldest record dates from |, 121
when Eirick Gludson undertook to re-
discover Vinland America
A reproduction of the historic Gus
Ter Massacre near to the place where
poor Custer and his gallant band in
reality met their tragic fate, is what
will occur at Sheridan, Wyoming, to-
morrow. Near by is the Grow Indian
reservation and the Sioux are not far !
IF, so it is planned to bring a thous
md warriors together and take part in
his unique out door drama. The battle
will be the main feature of a three
lays carnival, July 3, 4 and ..
Mrs. Margaret Dakin, who, when
title girl witnessed the trial trip of {
Robert Fulton's steamboat, celebrated &
Ter Tooth birthday in Springfield, t
lass, last week. She moved to Mas {
achusetts from Hudson, n. Y. 80 1
ears ago. She has ten grandchildren a
nd eight in a still younger genera s
ion, her oldest son being over 20. (
1rs. Dakin divides her time between T
he homes of her two daughters in C
springfield and Greenfield, Mass. i
Margery Sullivan chapter, u. A. r., l
nveiled a handsome bronze tablet at !
lover Point Thursday afternoon to /
lark the site the first meeting house '
rected on New Hampshire soil The i
inscription in the tablet is as follows ]
he First House of Worship in New D
Was Erected Near This Spot o
y the First Parish. Organized in 1888. I.
is Second Meeting House Built in ,
j54 Stood On This Site And was Sur D
FUNDED by Wooden Fort, The Out s.
mes of Which are Still Visible. D
The tenth International Sunday y, ~
,hool convention has just been held at -;
enver. Col This organization in -