Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-23
CANADIANS VERY BITTER
ALASKAN BOUNDARY DECISION
FAVoRs AMERICAN CLAIM.
PRESIDENT Calls Extra Session of Con.
eress-Our Trade With China
Irott'ns Record Again Broken
Confession of WALKING DeIeoate

'ro'''ns RECORD Again Broken
CONCESSION OF Walking Delegate.
Inc engrossed copy of the Alaskan
boundary award was signed by n ma :
Jority of the commission at London
tuesday afternoon, Messrs Jette and
Ayiesworth, the Canadian commits
sloners, refused to sign the award.
fhey consider the finding of the tri
punal regarding the islands at the en-
trance of Portland channel and the
mountain line not judicial one. They
add: The Canadian commissioners NOT
only declined to sign the award. but
SAID they would publicly withdraw
from the commission. They, as well as
all the Canadians connected with the
case, are very bitter. We urged our
views as strongly as we were able. but
we nave been compelled to witness the
sacrifice of the interests of Canada.
The award grants all the American
contentious except that for the Port
land canal which goes to Canada. The
mountain line adopted as the boundary
lies so far from the coast as to give the
United States substantially all the ter
ritory in dispute. The line completely
clears all the bays and inlets and
United States a complete land barrier
between Canada and the sea from Port
land canal to Mount st. Elias. Around
the head of the Lynn canal the line fol-
lows the watershed, somewhat in ac-
cordance with the present provisional
boundary. The award relating to the
Portland canal gives the United States
two islands, Kannaghunut and Sitklan.
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land channel and the ocean passage to
Port Simpson and destroys the STRAIT
egic value of Wales and Pearse is
lands, which are given to Canada.
George Herman, the defaulting con-
stabulary officer, has been captured
and taken to Bayauan, says a Manila
despatch. Eight hundred dollars was
recovered from him.
The Pittsburg team of the national
league, disbanded for the season Oct |
Is after dividing the local clubs share
of the receipts from the worlds cham
pionship series. The amount was $751;
$50.
The board of regents of the Kansas
Allen White, editor of the Emporia
Gazette the chair of journalism to be
established. 1t is said that White will
accept.
An official order, revoking the quar-
antine against cattle, sheep and swine
in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
on account of the foot and mouth dis
oca ,x-ac iccra1 TbItrSdav nv tho |
rotary of agriculture.
Mrs. Eliza Hendricks. the aged wild
ow of Vice Pres. Thomas A. Hendricks
in Grover Cleveland's first term, is
critically i'll at her residence in Indian !
apolis, Ind. She suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis few days ago. /
In the last six months the probate I
court of Topeka, Kansas, granted 211 I
licenses. In the same period
1870 divorce suits We're commenced in
the district court The clergymen 8
have started a movement for anti {
divorce legislation. |
The bureau of immigration, depart I
ment of commerce and labor, has col {
ected evidence of a systematic and ex- L
tensive violation of the contract labor d
law Proceedings will be instituted at t
once against the alleged violators. b
Hundreds of men are involved C
Fire at Aberdeen, Washington. Fri I
Law caused four deaths and destroyed t
property valued at approximately ST. 7
700, 900. 1t practically wiped out the 4
main business street of the town, S
which is built mostly of wood. The
ire destroyed 10 business blocks and
.esidences. Not more than one-half a
If the loss is covered by insurance. r
Dan Patch G:59) broke the worlds "
pacing record to a wagon at Lexing- |;
on XIV. Friday and came within o
uarter of a second of equalling his le
wn sulky record. The previous pac- r,
ng record to a wagon was 2:01 ", q
made by Little Boy, on the Memphis II
rack. Dan Patch clipped two and al
seconds off this record and 81
vent the mile in 1:59A. w
Special agents are reporting at n
that thousands of aliens ir
ave illegally been granted naturaliza-
ion papers under the immigration law II
assed by the late congress. one chi
ago Judge is reported to have grant
d 1900 naturalization papers in one
vening. The records show that the y,
lew York courts are very careful and ~
lat rigid examinations are required. -
! many places, it is believed, the law -
. being either winked at or carelessly o.
,terpreted The law requires that all -
papers shall show on ~ ~
,eir face that the affidavits of the APP ~
Iicant and his witnesses were made -
nd recorded. pe
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Figures presented by the department eli.
commerce and labor regarding trade M
the United States with China show TT;
very rapid growth in the exports di,
ON the United States to China ana of
so a rapid growth in the percentage St
it'll merchandise from the united
-ates formed of the goods imported
TO that country. Our exports TO ",
nina have increased from 81, 101.SS3 in ~
so to s2,946,209 in 1890, s15,259,1 67 e. -.
1900 and s1s,6O3,369 in 1908 . g
1902 the United States oc- rs
,nied fourth place in the list OF ~,
untries from which China drew its Al,
,ports. In 1870 the United States III.
as practically at the bottom OF the ~,
n Great Britain, India, Japan and off
o United States are the chief rivals c.
the import trade of China. 90,
III rfr1 o.