Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-31
WINDHAM REFORNER, FRIDAY. OCTOBER Il.


from nervous collapse due to overwork.
Monday was President Roosevelt S
, 44th birthday and many friends re-
membered him with gifts of flowers.
The president made no change in the
ordinary business routine of the day.
Admiral O'Neil, chief of the naval
bureau of ordnance, in his annual re-
port at Washington Monday said that
the ordnance burea wants Sl3, lS2, SOC
, next year, of which amount SO, 0OG, coo
IS to be devoted to arms and armament
for new ships.
Prof. Woodrow Wilson was Saturday
lnaugurated president of Princeton
university to succeed Rev, DIR. Francis
l.. Patton, resigned A distinguished
company was present and an address
was made by ex President of the Unit
ed States Grover Cleveland.
I Whiting Fang, the Chinese minis
ter to Wash ington, has been recalled
to his country by a special elict re
ceived by him Monday. He will be
come minister of commerce and will
also be member of the Joint commits
sion to negotiate commercial treaties.
He will leave for Shanghai in about
two weeks.
\ Havana despatch states that the
draft Of the proposed commercial
treaty with the United States. which
was sent there some months ago for the
approval of the Cuban government,
was returned to Washington Saturday,
with counter proposition made by
Cuba on the ground that the treaty as
at present drafted is ruinous to the in
terests of the island.
William Mcqueen, the notorious En-
glish anarchist, received good thrash
/ ing at Paterson, n. j., Sunday, from
man in the audience who objected to
Mcqueen s denunciation of the govern
ment and courts. "That'll do, yelled
the man, whose name was James Sta
ley I'm not let any foreign anarchist
stand up and denounce the United
States while I'm here He rushed
up and seized Mcqueen by the neck
and threw him from the platform.
Friends finally parted the men.
The Colombian governments long
expected reply to the state depart
ment's proposition for the negotiation
of canal treaty, on the lines of the
SpOoner act. was presented to the state
department Monday. 1t is not an un
qualified acceptance of the proposition,
but does not close negotiations. The
Colombian government is dissatisfied
with the 5000, 600 payment and wants
at least $4,000. 600 Other obstacles
are found which may delay final agree
ment
The body of Lloyd Hammell, l3-year /.
old son of Charles p, Hammell, an oy- /
ster planter Of Absecon. \. j.. was +
found hanging from tree in the .
Methodist cemetery at that place +
Thursday. 1t has been found that the .
boy belonged to a boys club who met .
nightly. read and discussed the deeds .
in blood-and thunder novels Its sus-
pected that lots were drawn and that
the boy was hanged by his playmates
The boys teacher said that he had .
told her that his time was up on
Wednesday," Several books of wild
tales were found in his school desk.
\ young inventor who came to
America from Denmark five years ago,
says he has rediscOvered the lost art of
making the golden amber varnish of
the Cremona violins. 1t is this var
nish, vainly sought for generations,
that gives the sonorous music tone to
the famous "Strad.' Amati, Guarne-
RUS and other violin masterpieces.
The inventor says his varnish put on
cheap. ordinary fiddle transforms il.
producing rich. sonorous tones. He
finds it equally wonderful in improy-
ing other stringed instruments man
dolins. guitars. 'cellos and the like
and has applied it to a piano sounding
hoard eypectinp to greatly increase its
mower and sweetness.
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was concealed for two DAYS in a sa- I
loon and 3O Others were found in cold
storage in an ice.cream factory in I
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