Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-03
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
The Great Salt Lake Quagmire Moro Gov.
eminent and Religion Federal Irrigation
to Be Expensive Mystery Unsolved
United States Exports = Steel Interests
Merged.
San Miguel, the Filipino leader, was
killed in Fridays fight near Mari
quina.
The Albany, N. Y, assembly passed
the Sl01, 900, 900 canal referendum bill
Thursday and its enactment into law
is practically assured.
1t is reported in Washington that
owing to conditions ia the Philip
pines and the unrest of the Filipinos,
military rule will soon be established
again in the islands with Gen. Wood
as ruler: and that Gov. Taft will re-
turn to Washington.
An entire train consisting of COM
bination baggage safe car, two Pullman
sleepers, a parlor car, and two day
coaches, went over an embankment at
Cory. Pa, Monday. Twenty five per-
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one woman fatally hurt.
The recent death of Gen. Badly
Smith, Gen. William b. Franklin and
Gen. Schuyler Hamilton reduced the
number of survivors of the 1872 major
generals commanded by President Lin
coin during the Civil war to II. Gen.
Miles is the only one now in active SER
vice.
Samuel Dexter Hastings, a noted
philanthropist and reformer, died
Thursday. Mr.. Hastings was born in
Leicester, Mass. in 1916. He was one
of the early anti slavery agitators and
was intimately associated with Will
liam Lloyd Garrison, John G. Whittier
and Wendell Phillips in the creation
of abolition sentiment.
An automobile association is now
forming among leading manufacturers
of gasolene and other liquid using ma
chimes in the United States. Thirty
manufacturers are to be members OF
the association. Controlling or own
ing, as they do, 400 patents, valued at
millions of dollars, they will be abso-
lutte dictators of the trade.
The grand jury at Seattle, Wash,
Tuesday, returned all the indictments
which it had voted during the past
two weeks, including those against the
mayor, chief of police, justices and
other prominent men in the commun-
ity. In all 19 indictments were re-
turned and they are for serious crimes,
malfeasance in Office, failure to per
form sworn duty, perjury, obtaining
property by fraud and larceny by en-
bezzlement.
Articles of merger were filed Thurs
day by the merged American Steel
Hoop Co, National Steel Co., and
Carnegie Co., Merger corporation:
is to be known as the National Steel
Co, with a capital of 1863, 100000. The
combined capital of the old companies
amounted to 1852, 200, GOO. By this
merger the new corporation Will save
over 81, 600 each year in fees PAID to the
state of New Jersey. All the ofhcers
are from Pittsburg.
Miss Elsie Reasoner has been appoint
ed eastern press representative OF tne
ST. Louis exposition, in place OF the
late Julian Ralph. During the Span
ish- American war Miss Reasoner wrote
special articles for the papers. partlecu,,
larly regarding the work OF the ked
Cross society. She was also for two
wears the Paris correspondent or the
London Globe. She attended the cor
onation of Queen Wilhelmina as cor
RESPONDENT. She was press representa-
five at the Trans Mississippi exposi,
ton at Omaha in 1898, and also visited
the Paris fair as press correspondent
of the American committee.
Financial circles in Massachusetts,
we're excited last week by the announce
ment that Malcolm F. Skinner of Bos-
ton had issued forged bonds OF the
towns of Greenfield and Easthampton,
and possibly Sunderland. skinner
had left his office at Boston, and his
presept whereabouts are not known.
The issue of bonds amounting to $50, :
600 for the Davis street school at
Greenfield were sold through MT.
Skinner and additional forged bonds
have been sold as part of this issue;
Shelburne Falls banks have accepted
some of these bonds as collateral Sc
curity for personal notes.
The secretary of the treasury has re-
sumed refunding operations ana States
that on and after April l he VIII re,
ceive 3 per cent bonds OF l9oo ana
per cent bonds of 1907 to the amount
of 500. 5000, 900 to be refunded INTO
ner cent consols on basis OF l02.
There are now outstanding about S9i,-
600 600 3 per cent bonds and S233,ooo,
600 As of 1907. This offer surprised
New York bond brokers. 1t was gen
erallv looked upon as an emergency or
relief measure, inasmuch as the offer
will release from 100000 to s., 00o,-
600 the amount depending entirely up
on the proportion of 3s or As turned ID.
Capt. John ]. Pershing, 10Th U. 5.
Inf, who has been in command IN the
Moro country, says the Moros DO NOT
realize any other form OF government
than a one-man power. The question
of slavery is intimately connected with
their religion and is something of vas
salage or serfdom and is not slavery as
known in this country. He thinks 1t
is subject that should remain I'M
touched until it is understood better.
The Moros should have government
which they can understand and 1t
should be the policy of the United
states to let it alone, but to make each
sultan responsible for the acts of his
people. e +ho
The cost of federal irrigation of the
arid lands of the west, according to
statement made by Secretary Hitch
cock instead of being IS an acre, as has
been estimated, will not be less than
81. &C an acre, and 1t is py no means
certain that the expense can be kept
within that figure. As the cost OF r.
rigation is to be added pro rata TO the