Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-31

Congressman Robert H. Foerderer @
the Fourth Pennsylvania district, die
at his home in Torresdale, Pa, Sun
day. He had been i'll for some tim
from complication Of diseases.
Crazed by overwork Miss Anna F
Foster, for 30 years school teacher
of Boston, Mass. threw herself from
third story window Sunday after
noon, to the streets below, and wa
instantly killed.
Four weeks hence the public viii
have little better idea whether Re
lance or Shamrock III. is the taste
boat The first of the cup races i,
scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 20, anl
the second for Saturday, Aug. 90.
A decrease of S24, 441, GAG in the col
lections on fermented liquors and ar
increase of $40, S15, 459 in the collec
lions on spirits are the most notable
changes in the annual preliminary re-
port the commissioner of internal reve
nue. for the fiscal. year ended June last.
The total, $3.50, TAO, 3O2, is S4l, 127, COZ
less than those for the previous year.
The efforts of an Indiana woman,
through nearly score of years, have
finally resulted in the establishment OF
the first medical college for women in
China. 1t was due to the work of DR..
Mary Foulton, who went from Indiana
to the Orient 10 years ago as a medical
missionary, that this institution was
iting in Indiana. The college was
opened few months ago by the Unit
ed States consul at Canton where Dr.
Foulton resides.
The authorities of Brookline, Mass. !,
are soon to experiment with the most
novel scheme yet suggested for the ex-
termination of the mosquito The in
strument of death, which does not it.
self execute the insects, but lures them
to destruction. is called an electric vi
orator, the invention of John F. Elem
ing, a prominent citizen of Brookline,
and the theory is that the instrument
produces sound like that of the fe-
male mosquito, attracting the male to
a trap in which he dies.
An earthquake shock of much sever
ity was felt throughout northern Cali
fornia soon after noon last week Fri
day. People were panicstricken. Plas
tering fell from walls and ceilings,
goods were thrown from shelves, and
many buildings were badly damaged.
The front wall Of the opera house was
thrown several inches out of place, the
court house ceilings were cracked and
broken and business houses suffered
much damage. The vibration was ac-
by loud rumbling. 1t
lasted about six seconds.
The new Collins system of wireless
as operated by its inventor,
A. Frederick Collins, was given a thor
ough test across the Connecticut river
at Hartford Saturday afternoon, and
The results were most gratifying. In
fact, so pleased was Prof. Collins with
The afternoons work that he announced
hat it was his intention to establish a
rival line to that of Marconi during the
world that the existence of parallel
inc makes not the slightest difference
With the workings of his transmitter or
'eceiver.
A handsome bronze tablet in men,
Try of Gen. Knox was unveiled at
rhomaston, Me-, under a stately elm
rec, near where once stood the his
oric mansion, Montpelier, the
lone of Gen. Henry Knox, Saturday
Ifternoon. Gen. Knox was the first
ecretary of war under President Wash
ngton, besides having been prominent
q the Revolutionary struggle. The
ablet was purchased by Gen. Knox
hapter. Daughters OF the American
Revolution, under whose auspices the
xercises occurred. The unwilling was |
lone by the state regent of the society,
IRIS B. NJ. Kendall of Portland.
With one ounce of common salt, six
unces of 80 per cent. alcohol, all mixed
n an ordinary glass dish, and two
unces of aqua ammonia, distributed
D five small plates and all covered by
n alright glass tube, DR.. Charles W.
.ittlefield of Alexandria. Ind, de-
lares that he has created life in the
orm of thousands Of substances. Ac-
ording to DR.. Littlefield only 80 min
ties were consumed while salt crystals
ere impregnated with the hydrogen
I'd volatile magnetism of the chemi-
al solution and transformed into liv.
lg forces that Immediately sought
through mediums thatDr.
termed feeders.
George F. Lincoln, United States
1nsul- general at Antwerp, who died
! Brussels last week, was born in !
artford. CT, in 1850. After gradual !
~ from Yale in 1870, he studied law
! Columbia university, and subse-
lently practiced in New York. He
as appointed consul at Stettin, Ger,
y President Lincoln. and served there
I'D at Aix-la Chapelle until removed =!
y President Cleveland. IN the Har-
son administration he was appointed !
,nsul at Antwerp, but was dropped
ON the service again during Presi
emit Cleveland's second term. Presi-
emit Mckinley returned him to Ant
al. In 1894 the French government
upon him the decoration of
almes Academiques.
With hill of foam rolling from her s
uff bows, and in her wake swell ,
Ike tidal wave, the battleship Kear-
rye came into port Sunday at Bar
arbor, Me-, completing the long ocean
in which she has had made against I
,r. 1t was to make thorough test j
the speed endurance of this type of {
,ttleship that the navy department {
dered the trial. In it the Kearsarge 1
,lendidly acquitted herself, making I
e run from the Needles, distance of /
90 miles in nine days four hours and c
teen minutes. This was done at an
.erage speed of 13 l-6 knots an hour, !
hich is a remarkable average to main !
in under natural draught for so long !
distance-a battleship record never I
fore apnroached. except when the /