Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-27
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Notable Libel Suit Ended Chicago to Have
Finest Museum in the World Trains Frog
en- in Newfoundland Snow Banks-New
Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease.

Finest Museum IN the WORLD trains Z roz'
en- in Newfoundland Snow Banks-New
Outbreak Of Foot and Mouth Disease.
The Doukhobors decided last week
to become British citizens and Cana
dians and to take out their patents for
homesteads.
Marshall Field is to furnish funds
to Chicago for the finest museum in
the world. 1t will be built on Lake
Front park and will cost $40, 100000.
Owing to threatening conditions in
Honduras, endangering American in
terests, Admiral Coghlan' S fleet, now
in the Caribbean, has been ordered tc
the gulf ports of Honduras.
Bribery at elections in Delaware is
to be made a whipping post offence,
punishable with 40 lashes vigorously
laid on the bare back of the offender.
The Democrats declare that, If they
can pass the bill, bribery will immed
lately cease, and if the regular Repub'
licans do not aid them in the attempt,
they will stultify themselves.
Sixteen new cases of typhoid fever
developed at Ithaca, n y, Thursday
The three first fever patients to recov
err were discharged from Cornell IN
Urinary. The university authorities re-
fuse to grant students demand to es
tablish temporarily pure water sup
ply for students boarding houses, be
cause it does not want to take upon IL
self responsibility for the health of thu
student body
The senate chamber in the Montana
legislature was the scene of great eX
citement Thursday night. The electro
wire leading into the capitol building
was cut, for the purpose, 1t is charged
of stopping debate on bill under DIS
cusson. The ianitor, who was caugh
cutting the wires, is said to have beer
ordered to do so by senators favorins
the bill which provided for change o
venue in civil cases.
The Montreal express on the Crane
Trunk, consisting of baggage car
express. day coach, sleeper and tw'
Pullmans, was derailed at Whtb.
Junction, P. @, Thursday. All tn
cars left the rails and rolled down =
foot embankment, hurting the passen
gers about as they turned over. MI
raculously, no ore was killed, thougi
over 20 were more or less severely lnlur
ed. Several New Englanders were amonI
them, including two persons from Yer
mont
New York physicians declare that tn
use of the newly discovered remedy
formalin, for blood poisoning, is,
failure. Tests which they have mad
are said to have shown that formalln !
only temporary check to the growt
of the germs, and in the long run prove
an injury to the patients. Rabbits IN
| fected with blood poison germs an
subjected to formalin treatment DIE
several hours sooner than rabbits sim
ilarly infected and not placed unde
the treatment.
The famous U. S. battleship Orego
nearly foundered in terrific typhoo
off the coast of Japan a few weeks age
A giant wave sent great volume c
water down the ammunition hoist G
one of her S-inch turretS, immersed IN
dynamos and caused all lights to go GU
and the auxiliary machinery TO stol
The roll of the vessel at one tim
amounted to 30 degrees and 1t wa
feared by those on board that she woul
capsize, but she managed to surVlV
the storm and arrived safe at Yoke
hama.
A fatal battle occurred at Wright
coal works in Charleston, W. va.
Tuesday night, between 100 Unite
States deputy marshals and count
sheriffs and go striking miners WI
refused to permit the federal officers
serve injunction papers. The poss
encountered a mob armed win WIZ
chesters who defied arrest and servlc
papers. and fired on the deputies {
once The deputies responded ana
fight ensued lasting several minute:
Eight striking miners were killed,
we're wounded, two mortally, and on
colored deputy marshal was killed an
three wounded. After the posse ha
renulsed the mob they arrested oy'
loo persons and all implicated will
arrested. An ugly strike Is the cau'
of the trouble. Most of the mob wei
foreigners.
The libel suit of Miss Narcissus Saui
ders against Col. John II. Savage, u
tered 30 years ago, one OF the most no
able cases in the records of Tennessee
. has Just been decided, with ludi
ment of 50, 600 in favor of Miss Sau'
. ders. This suit abounds with mentlc
. of people in the history of the cou,
. try: President Buchanan. Aaron
Brown. postmaster general IN Buchal
. ans cabinet: President Andrew jon
. son: Mrs. James X. Polk, wife OF Pre-
ident James K Polk, and Gen. Glde[
pillow. Miss Saunders was the daug
fer of one of the wealthiest women
the South, before the civil war, al
, was the stepdaughter of Aaron
Brown. During her stay in Washin
ton she was one of the bellies of the n 2,
tional capital. The defendant IN u
+. case, Savage, is IS years of age, We
erap of the Seminole and Mexico
: wars. and twice member OF congress
The libellous statements were OF We
personal nature. Miss Saunders
:. legged that Savage bore malice iowa
: her for refusing to marry him. Ihous
both are now bent with age, nelth
: has ever married.