Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05
new WORLD HAPPENINGS,
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS ON
THE WESTERN HEMIsPHERE.


SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS Of
THE WESTERN HEMIsPHERE
Turtle Mountain Still Slipping Boom at Ba,
tie creek-Enforcsd Negro Slavery in Ala
bama = Presbyterians Revise Creed : Lad,
Somerset Retires From British W. cT.U.-
Roosevelt Endorsed.
Considerable anxiety has beer
aroused by "reminiscences of the &C
tivity OF Mont Pelee aud the genera
council urges the immediate evacua
tion OF the entire northern part of Mar
Unique.
DR.. Henry Blodget, the first Ameri
can missionary to enter Peking, China,
died in Bridgeport, Conn, last week.
He was graduate Of Yale, great stu
dent of the Chinese language and fluent
in its use.
| Lady Henry Somerset, who has been
of distinguished assistance to the cause
OF social reform in the United States,
has been forced to retire from the presi-
dency of the National British Women s
Temperance association by reason of
poor health.
1t is charged that $500, 600 per an.
mum is paid in New York state in ex.
cess of the normal commercial rentals
for postoffices. AS the leases run for
10 years, the total excess amounts to
S., 600, 600. In New York state, the
federal government is said to be pay
ing from 25 to so per cent more than it
should for rentals.
Judge Grosscup, in the federal court
at Chicago last week. entered the final
order in the so-called "Beef Trust
case, restraining the packers from COM
bining to regulate the trade. The or
der covers all the points in the pre-
vious decision and is regarded as a
complete victory for the government
An appeal will be taken.
John D. Rockefeller has given $50,
600 to the Washington Y. M. c. A.,
conditioned on the completion of can
vass for $500, 600 for the association be-
fore Jan. l, 1904. In making the
pledge. he recognizes the national
scope of the Washington association.
Mr.. Rockefeller also offers $40, 600 more
to the Indiana university
The Tooth anniversary of the birth of
Ralph Waldo Emerson was fittingly OBJ
served last week all over the country.
In Concord, the home of this thinker
and writer, there were services ar
ranged by the Social circle, society
to which EmeI son belonged for AZ years.
There were addresses by many promi-
nent men, including Senator Hoar and
Col. Thomas w. Higginson. In Boston
there was memorial service at Sym.
phony hall attended by 5000 people.
The Philippine government Friday
arrested President Dominador Gomez
of the Democratic Labor union on
charges of misappropriating funds.
The government charges that part of
the fund was used to furnish arms and
food to the insurgents of Rial Prov
ince. The union has a membership Of
As, 600, is closely affiliated with the
Nationalist party, and is strongly in |
sympathy with the insurgents. The
government action will increase the
feeling of unrest in Manila.
Battle Creek, Mich. is the home of
breakfast foods, sanatoriums, thresh-
ing machines and Seventh Day Adven-
lists, and it is also the location of the
boom now to be found in the |
United States of America. AS there |
are not enough houses in town to cover |
the heads of the inhabitants, a very |
number live in tents. AT |
last reports no less than 60 different
kinds of health food and breakfast &C.
reals were manufactured, and the
number is now probably much larger
In the two years ending Jan. l, not
less than 1900 names were added to
the postoffice list of the town, and
are numerous.
The jury at Concord, N. H., in the
George H. Greenleaf murder trial, re-
turned verdict of guilty in the first
degree Saturday, after having deliber-
ated about 1919 hours. The verdict
will not carry with it the death pen
atty, as under law passed by the last
legislature the jury must report with
capital punishment" if hanging is to
,e the penalty. The verdict follows a
second trial of the case, the man hav-
ng been found guilty before. but the
supreme court ordered new trial.
Ireenleaf, who was an inmate of the
llmshouse at North Boscawen, N. H..
vas charged with having murdered
Mrs. Nancy Folsom at North Boscaw-
N in October, 1901.
President Roosevelt spoke concern
ng Indians at Pocatello, Idaho, Thurs
lay. Friday he reviewed long parade
Salt Lake City, Utah, and spoke in
,ulogy of the Utah pioneers to an au-
Hence of 200 people in the Taber..
,acle. He lunched at Senator kearns''
.esidence with party that included
President Joseph F. Smith of the Nor
non church and Senator Smoot. The
argest crowds ever seen in Ogden gath {
red to hear him speak there. He trav-
led from Laramie to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
N horseback, sitting on beautiful 1
,old- mounted soddle, the gift OF Chey- j
pne friends. Citizens of Douglass fur,
,ished the beautiful horse he rode and i
ave offered it as present to the pref $
lent. At Cheyenne, IN SLOUGH hat rid i
ng boots, spurs and gauntlets; the l
PRESIDENT rode direct to the, speakers ,
tand in the city square and was greet 8
d by $4,000 cheering people, his I
peech was addressed particularly % {
be civil war veterans. Monday ne {
tarted for home. He spent Tuesday {
q Iowa and Wednesday and Thursday '