Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-23
THE wINDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER FRIDAY, JANUARY 1908

The interstate commerce commission
reports that du.ing the three months
ended September 80, 1902, 263 persons
we're killed and 2,6l3 injured in train
accidents. Other kind of accidents
bring the total number of casualties
up to 12,007.
Signor Marconi arrived at his Cape
Cod station at Welfieet. Mass, FRI
day. Monday he successfully trans
mitted from the station to Cornwall,
Eng, message from President Roose-
welt to the King of England and re-
ceived return reply.
A true bill was returned Monday, at
Chicago, in the suits against 40 coal
operators and retailers, charging con-
spiracy to do an illegal act, injurious
to public trade. The indictments are
against both corporations and individ-
uals doing business in Illinois and In
diana. Bail was fixed at $500 each.
Former Judge John Nathaniel Clark,
one of the best known ornithologlsts
in the country, is dead at Old Say
brook, Conn. He had the most COM
plete individual collection of eggs and
nests of New England birds in the
country. He was member and one of
| the founders in 1884 of the American
Ornithologists' union.
The dead body of an italian, as yet
unrecognized, was found in jackson
Park, Chicago, last week. 1t bore ID
stab wounds, inflicted by at least two
different weapons, stiletto and long
knife. Beside the body, on the snow,
was scratched capital A, followed by
dash. The police believe 1t is the
avenging mark of some society whose
agents, selected for the work, did the
murder. The shrewdest detectives in
the police department are completely
baffled in their efforts to clear up the
crime.
The most important decision to the
state and corporations ever given In
New York state was rendered Tuesday
when the appellate division Of supreme
court at Albany declared the franchise
corporation tax law unconstitutional,
reversing two previous decisions. From
the enactment of the law until the
present twelve millions in taxes is in
volved, while at least four millions
yearly in future revenues must be in
cluded. Litigation to test constitu-
tionality of she law has been in pro-
gress two years. Corporations operat-
ing AZ of the largest franchises in New
York are combined in the present test
suits.
Abram S. Hewitt, ex-mayor of New
York and for many years a representa-
tive in Congress, died in New York
Sunday in his S1st year Mr. Hewitt
was educated for the law but left 1t
to become the associate of Peter Coop
er in the iron business. He directed
the affairs of the Cooper Union, as
head of its board of trustees, for many
years. He came into political promi
hence as a Democrat with the break
up of the Tweed ring, when he had
two terms as mayor. He did able work
in Congress, the U. S. geological sur
vey owing its existence principally to
an address delivered by him IN its
favor He was chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee in 1876.
A tremendously rich gold find, I'M
eaualled since that of the Klondike,
has been made in Alaska, Is miles
north of a point on the Tanana river,
300 miles from its source. The district
is in American territory. A wild STAN
pede of prospectors from all the sur
rounding country is in progress The
holes that proved the wealth of the
country were made last winter The
district is said to resemble the klon-
dixie in its physical formation but is
more heavily timbered. Gold had been
found in eight different creeks Dec. p.
The original strike was made on Pedro
Creek, but Gold Stream is still richer.
Fifty million dollars were offered and
refused for a claim on this stream.
The Waterbury, Conn, street car and
lighting strike was marked Friday by
exciting scenes. A crowd of 800 gath
cred at the West Main street car barns
where the non-union men were quar-
tered, hooting and jeering and throw
ing stones at the windows and cars.
One woman spectator was hit in the
face by stone. The police could not
control the crowd. The cars were stoned
on the streets during the day. The
strikers are united to man. They are
supported by all the union men and
their families in the city, which in
cludes over 6OOO union workers alone.
Financial contributions are coming in
by the hundreds, and one business man
has given them $780, The company is
also Just as determined to win.
During the trial at Manila Friday of
Mai. Edwin f. Glenn, who is charged
with unlawfully killing seven prison
ers of war in Samar, a Spaniard, who
was at one time held prisoner by the
insurgents, testified that while he was
confined at the headquarters of Gen.
Lukban, in Samar, in May of 1900, he
saw IN American prisoner roasted to
death. The Spaniard said sticks were
driven into the mans body and he was
slowly turned over the fire until dead.
His body was then left to be devoured
by hogs. In favor of Brig. Gen. Jacob
III. Smith, recently accused of cruelty
in the Philippines, it was testified
that he had frequently offered protec
ton to natives, and that, in his orders,
he had directed that the war be waged
against able bodied men, not against
women and children. Witnesses agreed
that Gen. Smiths policy was necessary
and that it ended the insurrection in
Samar.
Indignant protests have been made at
Honolulu, Hawaii, over the commits
sion report sent to the Senate at Wash
ington last week. This report recon-
mended that the management of the
leper colony be transferred to the ma
ripe hospital service and that a gener
al retreat for all United States lepers
be established on that island. 1t stated
that marriages are allowed between le-
hot oh . L