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

| MIS-. Alice Hull DuEuICn VI Dunoso'
N. Y, has been granted The guardian
ship OF the children OF herself and the
late Edwin l.. Burdick
Twenty five families were made home,
less, 10 buildings destroyed and nearly
5000, 600 property loss caused by fire
which started in garbage box on the
northwest side at Chicago Tuesday
night.
Fire has devastated the mining town
of Little Bay, Newfoundland, where
copper mine is being worked. Three
churches, with the clergymen's resi-
dences, the mining company's stoaes,
the government buildings and 40 dwell
ipps were destroyed. The total loss is
estimated at $50, 600: $50 persons are
homeless and relief is being forwarded
by the authorities.
Consul A. E. Smith at Victoria, b.
c., reports that the Vancouver island
mines are better developed than ever
before in the history OF the Province
of British Columbia. During the year
of 1902, 1,73l,000 tons of coal were
mined, the largest output OF coal ever
produced at these mines. VI that
amount about 100000 was made into
coke; making 127,SOO tons OF the lat
ter product
The 18th annual reunion OF the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans opened at New
Orleans Tuesday in the great auditor
ium erected in the center of the race
track at the fair grounds. Fully 10, DOC
enthusiastic people filled the big build
ing when Gen. j. b. Levert, command
ing the Louisiana division, called the
convention to order. AS commander IN
chief of the veterans Gen. John b.
Gordon replied to an address of wei.
come by Z. B. Kruttschnitt OF the local
committee.
There is great alarm in the upper
ella valley in the Vicinity of Solomon
vile, Ariz., over the ravages of new
insect pest that attacks barley and
wheat in the milk and which has in
i the last few days seriously damaged
crops. The bug is said by entomolo-
gists to belong to family of pemto-
tomidae, and is known as the green
stink bug. Officials of the agricult-
ural experiment station know no rem
edy and advise cutting the crop for
hay without taking the chance OF ma
turing the grain.
The heaviest cattle and sheep loss 10
i the history of Montana, which Will
reach 5000, 600, has been caused by
snow storms, which have been raging
for three days this week. In some sec
tions fully 80 per cent OF the sheep on
the ranges have persisted. Three herd
ers, at least, have wandered away In
the binding storm and been frozen to
death. Herders have abandoned their
f1ocks on every hand and lied for safe
ty to the settlement and ranches
Nothing like the fury of this storm
has ever before been witnessed IN
northern Montana.
The American peace society held its
annual meeting at Boston Tuesday
The directors report showed that
much had been done throughout the
world in the interest OF arbitration
and peace, especially towards the pro-
posed international peace congress. AT
present there are 100 general peace So
cieties and $50 branches, which car
ried on the propaganda during the year
lust closed Moorfield Storey, in
banquet speech, criticised President
Roosevelt for his attitude toward war.
He said that greater courage is re-
auired to attack and conquer corrup'
ton in the country regardless OF po'
litical prospects, than to fight and die
in war;
Mabini, the former minister OF for
eign affairs of the Filipino govern
ment, died of cholera at midnight
Thursday, after three days illness.
He was at one time president OF the
Filipino supreme court. Mabini sur
rendered to the American forces il
December, 1899, but he PERSISTENT,
refused to take the oath of allegiance
and was deported to the island Of
Guam. On Feb. 26, Mabini and HI
carte, former Filipino general. were
brought to Manila from Guam. Mabin
took the oath of allegiance the same
day on board the transport, but Ricar'
tie refused to do SO and was sent tt
Hong Kong. Since his return from
Guam, Mabini had lived in seclusion
Captured correspondence of the RIA
province insurgents showed that he
had been in communication with then
but the letters were not OF seditiou: