Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-29
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
a suHAAIY OF The WEES ryyxrs M
THE WESTERN HENlspHERY

sa,y-ccctsaersts Veterans Rsauio.-plo
to fsrEe xasuraiisAsiaa Papers Tsrtl,
Mountain ops.ing- Dessisary /, Pos,oH Q,
Delivery Service pest-resian by Fire.
The permanent treaty between ID,
United States and Cuba. in which !.
Incorporated all the provisions OF tht
Platf amendment was signed at Hs.
Tana Friday.
One section of Montana is eaten ur
by Iocus1s while another received three
feet OF snow last week. 4 district 4
miies square. east Of Forsyth. il pes
tered by the Rocky Mountain grass6op.
per, Ehiee has eaten up everything.
Two thousand native houses have
been destroyed by FIRE in the TonSc
district of Manila About 500 persons
are homeless and are being fed and
sheltered by the Municipality. The
Damage Is estimated al 400. GO pesos.
Israel p. Black. secretary of the In
tsrnationai Presbyterian SUNDAY schoo!
teachers union. Eho wrote the weekly
Westminster international SUNDAY
school lesson. died in Philadtlphia Fri.
day of typhoid fever. He was widely
known for his SUNDAY school WORK
The centennial anniversary of the ad-
mission Of Ohio into the Union was
celebrated last week at Chillicofhe.
formerly the state capitol. with az ex-
tensiye program. All the surviving
former governors, Gov. Nash. Senators
Foraker and Hanna. state officers and
members Of legislature were present
Cuba celebrated the first snniverss ~
of her independence in fitting man
Der last week. Business was complete
ly suspended President Palma re-
viewed the police and fire departments
from band stand al Havana and the
rural guards and artillery from the pal
ace The guns Of the Cabans fortress
we're fired al noon, May 81 Secretary
Root sent the president 8 congratula-
tory telegram
The leaders in plot 10 forge thou
sands Of naturalization papers i1clud-
ing the forging Of the United States
seal. the signature of Commissioner
Alexander and the naturalization cer-
Iihcsia itself, have been arrested in
New York and held for the grand jury
One of the prisoners is foreman in
the department of sewers The secret
service men say the certificates had
been sold from s. 10 sl00 each 10 Ital-
ians and that al least loo have been
issued.
Dr.. Robert Schneider Of Berlin, the
noted tuberculosis expert and the dis
coTsrer of the consumption cure known
as sanosin", will spend the months
of june. July. August and September
at the new ST. AIMS Saritariun for
which is soon 10 be op-
eue6 al Chicago. He will treat free all
the patients the hospital can hold dur
ing that time The details of his dis
coyery viii be made public this week
Sixty per cent Of all consumplires
treated by his method have been pep
nanently cured
At the reunion of confederate veter-
ans al New Orleans last EeeE II was
announced that the fund for the erec-
tion Of monument 20 Jefferson Davis
had been finally secured. The Battle
Abbey report showed cash il hand and
immediate prospects amounting 70
s3o4- AL 4 resolution Ess passed with
q hurrsh expressing thanks 10 congress
and 20 Secretary Root for The offer Of
the national government TO prepare q
roster of ali the soldiers of both sides
during The Civil Wsr. The convention
adjourned after elecTiug all the old Of
fcsrs-
The finding of 10000 buried
treasure Is reported from Vining, a
small town located On the Salt Fork
river in western Oklahoma. 4 mystic
-ious stranger offered 10 give Charles
Morian6. the owner of the farm. one
tenth of the treasure discovered for
10 dig On his land The
faruler received 500. 900 and the mys-
.erious stranger DISAPPEARED. 4 wal
nut boz was struck . feet underground
which contained the money. The treas
IRE i supposed 10 have been buried
DIV q hard Of American soldiers during
he Mexican war.
The new cup yacht Reliance, by q
of good luck and splendid
,silizg qualities Thursday inflicted
,uch q defeat upon the former cup ce-
tezder, Columbia. Is she had never be- T
lore suffered. leading her over the TN
81 line Of 25-nile course. on Glen 4
Cove. 1. l.. by Il minutes ard - sec !
,pds. Official time. The Columbia'.
u-lucs in tuky winds II the three
,ours necessary 70 cover fhe first II
niles contributed 10 her defeat SIR 4
Thomas Lipton's squadron OF four YES
as sailed from Glasgow for the United I
states YESTERDAY. two days ahead OF
ime. fo- the coming races for Amer.
cas- cup. Sir Thomas Upton himself
sill sail for New York between June ID .