Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-30
MORE RECORD SMASHING
DAN PATCH AND LOU puIon
GREAT PAIR.

srks-Ameriean Woman cl;,,h,
H'malayas-The Years Irr,;...s
e's'-Ameriean Empress Of Core.
ian Patch, the famous pacer r, se,I,
% %,.hin 10 minutes elapsed time Tn Tmes.
racor ai'ernoon smashed two worlds
M IN succession on the track n,
EYrs. Memphis Trotting association
niIa ne went against the worlds half
held hu ,oipg record Of 57A seconds
sea oy Prince Alert, and clipned 2
second and half from the renn p4eu
fiat. oe III DO seconds
MeSl ne hung out a new worlds re
oau lor mile pacing to wagon max
s me mile in 1.57A, two seconds hot :
ne, roa ohah the time Of 1891 which he
ineton ~ e recent meeting Of the Lex
, ,ne .on lhyo track which stood as the
m Morio record until Tuesday afternoon
shie,i ecoIo was made without a wind
snielo and with the customary rupnars
10 pace the harness king. ''''ei
NiaJor Deimar, e. e. Smathers's two
Iu.e trotter, was sent to lower his
faat Iy ana ne accomplished the
Ieat. he cut quarter Of a second FROM
Tue tWo-minute mark, making the mile
az ~. me first quarter was made
IN ~, the half in LOO and the three
quarters in 1.29A.
LOU i'lllon. the most marvellous trot-
yer IN the world Saturday wrested from
o,.e ropust stallion Cresceus, 1.59X, the
mile la 1854. so'e
Inc beautiful mare who first aston
ished the trotting horse world by trot-
tihg mile in 200 had her title threat
eheo "hen Major Delmar trotted over
Tue new York track In 200 and last
G~eeA MONDAY her reign ended when
Cresceus in the backwoods of Kansas
trotted mile in 1.59%. Saturday she
won back her proud place and Cor
MENUS n. q. Billings. her owner, said
she would trot no more until the sum-
ller OF next year. Her record 1.5Sn, is
one that horsemen believe will stand
untii Lou Dillon herself reduces 1t. No
wino shield aided the chestnut mare In
her conquering fight but the track was
In fine condition.
The same day Darrell. a mite of a
mare pred up in the green hills of New
england turned this lightning fast
track in 2,0OA which is sA seconds
peter tnan the deposed pacing queen.
Fanny billiard has ever been a mile
To complete this great day of record
breaking, Mr.. Billings drove The Monk,
z.o5&, and Equity, 2.2lA, a mile to
pole In z.OsA, the fastest mile ever
trotted by pair.
The New York city postofiice is to |
/ nave d Spctldi investigation soon, sup |
| Elementary to the general postal in |
quiry. Other large offices will be in
vestigated.
Cardinal Satolli, formerly apostolic
delegate to the United States, will visit
the st. Louis exposition next year.
While in the United States he will
probably officiate at the conservation
OF st. Patricks cathedral in New York.
A special from Dawson says steam
ers and cargoes valued at more than
$2,000,000 remain exposed to the perils |
OF Yukon ice and frost with little pros
pect Of getting to places of safety for
the winter. The gold output of the
Klondike for the past season is now
figured at s104ooO0O.
Through the failure of the gripman
to drop the lever while passing the
cable vault, a Chicago grip car and
trailer crashed together Monday night,
practically teescoping the latter. Six
persons were injured seriously, and
one will die. A score of passengers
were cut, bruised and shocked by the
accident.
Herbert Cook, IT, of Bartlett, N. H, /,
was shot dead in the woods Saturday /,
by Martin Walker, a boy companion, :
in mistake for deer. Walkers young .
er brother, who was with Cook was !
grazed by second bullet; William 4
49, was accidentally shot by Y
Edward Conklin. II. while the boys :
were hunting at Bristol, Conn, Sun (.
day.
Miss Emily Brown. daughter of DR.. /,
Peter Brown of Philadelphia. the first r
Protestant to settle in Corea 10 years "a
har rtroy
ried the emperor Yi-Hi- Hoang two
months ago She lives In Seoul and is
the first American to wear an imperial >
crown over 100000 subjects. VI !,
Hi-Hoang, the 30th of his dynasty, y
was left a widower in 1895. \
Victor E. Beavens. a wealthy farmer %
and his wife. each about So residing in T.
Beavens. Sussex county, N. Y, while :, =
sitting at the supper table Friday :,
1ight, were shot by an unknown per e.
son who fired two charges of buckshot =
through a window. Mrs. Beavers died - -
1ext morning Her husband will re- ~
over. The assassin escaped. The mo- T.
i've was probably robbery. An armed !"
posse has been securing the country
or the murderer but clues are few and !,
he search thus far vain. ~
William Marks and Patrick Hard "
we're killed at Butler, Pa, Saturday :.
~ an explosion Of nitro glycerine. The =.
men were peddlers of small notions r
md had camped in the woods. They \.
ound an empty can which they sup -
,osed had contained maple syrup from ~,
he small bit of sticky substance ad- :,
'aring to the top. Marks sat down ~
rith fba can between his knees and e. e.
commenced to cut out the top so as TO =, 80
RI nsfornn ii into water vessel Inc cC
mall portion of the itro-glycerine \.
EXPLODED D
of
Frank Grundmann. So. of Paterson
] I silk weaver is violently insane
n a sanitarium as the result OF ms eX IN
ariences in the recent flood he nau ~
beautiful garden of rare lorelsI Of
lants and a valuable collectloh Oh oh
IDS Including several Japanese ~,
haasants When the flood swept 80
broueh Paterson Grundmanns nome ne
as wrecked and his plants ana pros 10.
astroved. He had much difficulty IN NJ,
escuing his wife. The ordeal ne wen. oh
brougb and the loss of the bros ana al
IaUts he prized so highly preyed upon 70
is mind until he gave way unuer 'he Of.
train. flu
There has been a riot in the Douk- cis
,obor colony, north OF swan iahe, in
,aritoba in which three persons were ~
;iiad and another was fatally injured: al
~ Varagin the so-called Christ OF ~
80 naonle went on a visit TO the on
10 'H1 aolonv Before he went ne a.. a.