Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-22

(! Ex-Mayor Ames OF Minneapolis,
Mimi, who was recently found guilty
of extortion and accepting brides while
in office, was Saturday sentenced to
six years in the penitentiary.
Jacksonville, Fla, was damaged to
the amount of $4OO, 900 by deluge OF
rain last week. Water was up to the
level of the first story windows and
many people were driven from their
homes. Railroad property suffered great
damage
President Roosevelt has been in the
i Yosemite valley the past week camping
in the Bridal Veil Sunday night. He
slept in snowstorm without tent
sup there amid the pines and the sill
yer frs in Sierran solitude" and said
it was Just what he wanted.
An Omaha district court judge last
week issued an Injunction against a
woman's talking. The defendant lives
in an apartment house where, by talk.
ing to other occupants at numerous
times, she had caused them to leave.
She refused to vacate until her lease
expired and the injunction forbids her
to enter the apartments of the other
occupants or to talk to any of the ten
ants about the owner of the house.
Seymour w. Tulloch, former cashier
of the Washington city postoftice has
made sensational charges against the
postoffice department of irregularities
which he says were committed under
the direction of high officials while
Charles Emory Smith was postmaster
general. He alleges that large sums
were taken during the emergency un-
der the Cuban regime. His statement
has been placed in the hands OF Assist
ant Postmaster Bristow.
The coffee chewing habit is reported
to be increasing alarmingly in the
south. 1t is easily contracted because
of the pleasant taste of the fresh roast
ed berries, and the exhilafation from
the active principle of coffee being
similar to that from the alcohol in beer
and whiskey, the habit is hard to
break. The effects Of coffee-eating are
much more marked than those from to-
bacco using. 1t wrecks the nerves, yell
lows the skin and destroys the appetite
An agreement has been made to pay
Laura Biggar, the actress, for her in
terest under the will of the late Henry
Nj. Bennett of Pittsburg. Pa. Under
its terms Miss Biggar will receive in
cash from the sale of property $3.50, GOO,
an apartment house in New York val
ued at $40, 600 and personal property
estimated to be worth 100000, max
ing total of S62, 600 besides an annual
allowance for life OF $50, 600. The set
| Element closes one of the most sensa-
tional estate fights which this country
| has had in years.
The supreme court of the United
States recently handed down decision
| in the suit brought by jackson w.
Giles, an Alabama negro, to compel
the registry board of that state to place
his name on the voting list. Giles
claims that the negro vote is being eX-
cluded under the new constitutional re,
quirements, contrary to the United
States constitution. The court de-
clined to grant the relief asked by the
petitioner, holding that it was mat
ter for the political branch of the gov
eminent to consider.
The congress of American physicians
and surgeons at Washington last week
considered the methods of Prof Adolph
Lorenz the Austrian surgeon, in the
treatment of congenital hip disease
and club feet. Most of the surgeons
in attendance were supporters OF hi:
methods but some adverse criticism
was given and it was claimed that the
Armour operation was not full sue
cess. Prof. Lorenz, it is said, main
1 tains that 25 per cent of double dislo
cations and so per cent. of single dis
locations could be reduced through hi:
operations.
Hostile Moros from Bacolod and Ia
raca. island of Mindanao, have ap
peared in the vicinity of Pantar, north
of the lake, and have made threaten
ing demonstrations against the Ameri
can troops. Maj. Billiard with strong
force is at Pantar and clash is ex
pected. Ninety per cent of the LAKE
Moros have accepted American sover
eighty. Col. Taylor, with force O
constabulary, defeated several band.
of fanatics in the interior of Cebu is
land, May IA, killing 20 and woundine
several of them. A few of the constab
ulary were wounded. Lieut.. Walker ii
missing
Rev. William NJ. Morrison, an Amer
lean missionary who spent the last 81:
wears Ill luc SouSp icV 1NuNS. A"S -
turned to this country. He says tina
the British parliament will inquire in
to the treatment of the natives of thu
Free State. Slavery practically exists
there; legitimate trade is shut out, thu
state dividing up the country among
great concessionaries to whom exclu
sive rights of trade are given and re
fusing concessions to traders and mis-
sionaries. Natives are obliged to worl
for the government without pay. Some
who have refused to work in the rub
Der districts, in which King Leopold
of Belgium practically has absolute
control, have had their hands cut off
Women are sold into slavery. Thu
price of woman is 10 pieces of duck
ing, eight yards long, worth about 8
in American money.
Police Inspector McClusky of New
York has been investigating the mys
tery of the Internal machine left on the
Cunard pier for the Umbria last week
It was shipped from Chicago April 2;
and was probably made in that city
Only one man is believed to have beer
concerned in the whole affair and he