Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-24

Buffalo representatives of the acct
dent insurance companies in which the
late Arthur Pennell carried policies
passed definitely on the question
accident or suicide. There is $40, OOC
OF this class of insurance.
A correspondent at Shanghai, China,
telegraphs that the treaty negotiations
with the United States are at dead
lock, through China's refusal to abol-
ish all the internal custom-houses in
accordance with the American demand.
China admits, adds the correspondent,
that over 1000 such custom houses are
still open.
The kicking over of lantern by a
workman at one of the Caldwell oil
wells at Beaumont, Tex, Thursday,
started fire that resulted in the loss
of property valued at 81, 1000, 600. There
were 175 wells on the blocks of the tract
and only five of the derricks and pump
houses are left standing. None OF the
property was insured.
While examining an immense guam
tity Of papers captured from the Fill
pino insurgents, Capt. John r. NJ Tay-
lor of the 14th infantry, few days
ago discovered remarkable document
endorsed on the back with direction
to kill Gen. Otis. That endorsement,
Capt. Taylor insists, is in the hand
writing Of Aguinaldo, the insurgent
chief.
The department of agriculture at
| Washington has issued comparative
| rtat Of trha
world, showing that the total of 3, 124,
422, 600 bushels in 1902 was distributed
as follows: North America, 7Sl, l20, 600 !;
South Amrica, rs, 984, 600; Europe, L.,
7S9, 933, 600; Asia, 376, 42S, 600; Afri
ca, AS, 10000 Australia, 43, 1927, 600.
The crop in the United States was
go, 063, 600.
Lolita Armour, the little daughter
of j. Ogden Armour of Chicago, has
been cured of congenital deformity,
which many noted physicians pro
nounced incurable. DR.. Adolph Lo-
REM Thursday took off the cast which
had held the joint of his patient in
place for six months, and found that
she could walk. The operation on the
hip was performed last October, when
DR.. Lorenz made his famous visit to
TINS country.
Senator Beverdge of Indiana, chair
man of the Committee on Territories,
has named Senators Dillingham; of Yer
mont, Burnham of New Hampshire,
Nelson of Minnesota and Patterson OF
Colorado, a sub committee, to visit
Alaska this summer for the purpose of
making a thorough investigation OF
conditions in the territory with view
to recommending legislation or amend
ments to existing law, to the senate
when it reassembles.
The commission recently appointed
to attempt to secure better ADJUST
ment of the financial relations between
the gold and silver using countries are
in conference in Washington to ar
range plans for their work. They will
sail from New York about the middle
of May and will visit London, Paris,
Berlin, st. Petersburg, Pekin and Mex
leo to confer with the leading officials
and endeavor to secure their co-opera-
ton in such measures as will tend to
fix a definite relationship between the
moneys of the gold standard countries
and the silver using countries.
The big bronze statue of Atlas, which
has stood on the fourth floor of the old
Times Building in Chicago for more
than third of century and which
was placed in the structure by Wilbur
+. Storey, has been stolen. The statue
weighed more than ton, and how 1t
was carried from the building without
attracting the attention of occupants
or the police is mystery. The statue
came into the possession of~Carter ii.
Harrison, father of the present mayor,
with the purchase of the Times Build
ing and newspaper about II years ago.
Editor Storey bought the statue in
Europe, paying $500 for it.
A Paris dispatch says that N. W. II.
Tolman, head of the New York In
stitute of Social Science, has ar
rived there charged by Helen Gould to
study the "charm of Paris" in order
to attempt to introduce into American
cities the qualities of life which have
given the French Capital its fame.
MIR. Tolman's vague mission is Great
ing much amusement and perplexity
among leading Parisians. Mr.. Tolman
intends to live for a certain period
with the laboring class; another with
the artists, another with the Boule-
ward crowd and another with the fash
ionable set. After all this he thinks
he will be able to define and help in
troduce into New York and other new
world cities the elusive grace of Paris
life.
Officials of the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington, familiar with
the food tests being conducted by Dr.
Wiley say the pink compilations taken
on by the young men who are the sub
iects of the experiments are not due to
Chemicals in the food, but to the COM
plete elimination of all impurities from
the blood brought about by eating pure
food alone. Great care is taken in the
preparation of every article of food, and
nothing but the purest is served. No
drugs have been mixed with the food
for the last few weeks, in order that
DR.. Wiley might observe the contrast
in the effect of the pure food and that
adulterated with borax and other chem
icals. Up to date, it is said, the chem
icals have been shown to be absolutely
harmless, and in several cases they have
been found beneficial. The subjects
only eat at stated times, with the great
est regularity as to amount, and drink
nothing alcoholic and smoke only with
the greatest moderation.
The International Sunday school les
uae in session at Wash