Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-31
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS,
EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN SUMMARY


The Mckinley Memorial oil Not succes
on PASSENGER Locomotives-A Bold Trai,
hoooery-Decision on Panama Canal Title
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dead.
hlng Chulalongkorn l.. ruler O
siam, Will follow his son on visit tc
Ine United States, as a guest of the
nation, early in January
The first cable message has inst been
transmitted from Vancouver to Homo
lulu. The line is the longest stretch
OF cable in the world, being 3. 455 knots
in length.
Frank a. Munsey of New York. the
magazine publisher. has bought the
boston journal. Stephen O'Meara, the
former owner, will continue to have
charge of he paper.
Amaziah L. Ashman, one of the
pest known of New York hotel men.
died Friday, He had conducted the
Sinclair house for 40 years His ia
nous recipe for turtle soup is known
/ by travelling and business men all over
the country.
Frank Norris, the we'll known novel
list, author of 1.-THE Octopus" died at
San Francisco Saturday as the result
OF an operation for appendicitis. 1.-THE
/ Octopus Is story of the struggle be-
tween the wheat growers of California
and the railroad.
An almost unprecedented operation
was performed last week on Mrs Annie
Kingsley at New York. but it was I'M
successful, as she died Thursday. The
operation consisted in stitching up a
wound in her heart. The woman was
stabbed by her husband.
A rice famine is said to be impend-
ing in the Philippines. and the gov
eminent may be forced to provide sup
plies for the poorer natives The de-
probation in the value of silver will
probably convert the governments eX-
pected surplus into deficit.
More than quarter of million dol
lars was raised by contribution at the
Methodist convention at Cleveland, o..
Thursday, for the advancement of mis-
sion work and IL may be increased to
half a million. OF this, 800, 600 was
pledged by man who wishes his name
withheld.
A hurricane has swept over Port Dia-
iho'i' III thV MUMMY VI Lhtie MUS
between the Uruguay and Para rivers.
in Argentine. Fifteen persons were
killed and many injured. y hundred
houses were DESTROYED and several ships
sunk. NogueNa and other places were
also damaged.
An unu- ually valuable and complete
collection of $4,000 insects has just
been purchased by the department of
zoology of the University of Chicago,
1t was collected from all parts of the
world by the late John Arkhurst,
noted Brooklyn entomologist and rep
resents many years careful work.
Attorney-General Knox has decided
that if tha United States should accent
the offer of the new Panama canal com
pany. submitted last spring for the sale
of the canal for $40. 600, 900. it would
receive through the parties in interest
a valid and unincumbered title to the
property. The attorney general and
Special Attorney Charles W. Russell
investigated the situation thoroughly
in Paris.
Havana corresnondent to A New
York naner saws that with a few minor
I,,,,.art;ons The recinrocitv treaty sub
n;t+ad NV Secretary Hav to President
palma Is arcentahle 10 the Cuban pres
dent and cabinet. Cuba is said to
want equal terms for certain Cuban
If these changes are APP
proved by the United States, the treaty
will be sent to Congress soon after 1t
Iosonb KosinsLi. a Polish laborer of
7, sIt;,,lana ,,-oc,nrad that he could drink
- Go a.ialeas ~ ain in rand succession
~ ~ bis daatb resulted in his attempt
an al t,,iei 10 nondi+ions of the wager.
II H., u,nS IN a saloon in company with
- man who tainted him about his
reputation as a temperate man. Goad- .
ed nv their words. Kosinski offered to
bet that he could drink 1G glasses of
gin without feeling any i'll effects. He
tried if.
TahnD Roc,efeller has offered to
oohn ~ 10 Taacbars, College of Co (
7me uniyareity New York. 500. 600 .
Iuiiioln i ~; No. rho college raises
~ Zoo onn ~ INV off the debt Of the in .
2loV,VHU. "a al r. 500 0Oo besides. Mr.. .
. . laI-a I'll makes the gift AS a
n :, "a ALMIGHTY Cod for .
lhanh ,ome iinS of himself his family .
me preserkaiilIplff - - +ba fra which re-
ino no4 Iaetra,ad bis country home at
Hills.
Is passenger locomotives for 10 months