Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-07

patent commissioner. patents have bee
: granted, to date, to at least 700, 900 per
sons, of whom only about 10000 ar
women.
a cloudburst In Kansas Sunda,
flooded the lowlands and valleys iron
, point near Lindsberg northwest T.
. Ellsworth. doing much damage. A
several points, the water is from on
to two feet deeper than during the re
cent flood. In Carnerio, residences
are from one to three feet unde
/ water.
Columbia is in financial trouble which
has largely grown out of the enormou.
, issues of paper money which hat
reached the vast sum of $3.50, 600, 0Ol
when its issue was stopped last Feb.
ruary The Columbia congress is dis
cussing the creation of mints and the
question of the adoption of the gold
standard
section Of the bridge which spans
the Willamette river at Portland, Ore.
collapsed Friday precipitating more
than one hundred people forty feet
INTO the water, but dozens of small
boats and launches in the vicinity
quickly picked them up. The acct
dent was caused by the rushing of the
crowd to the south end of the bridge
in order to get good view of Clarence
LutZ, an armless man. who was swim
ming the river, three Fights of a mile
wide.
Weather bureau reports show that
the flood in Kansas and Missouri last
spring was the most disastrous on rec
! nf har
have been far greater losses of life.
The total losses at Kansas City were
$9,250O00 and loss of life IL. on the
Mississippi river, new channel was
cut for the Big Blue at Blue Rapids
which left the mills and factories far
removed from the stream. Additional
flood service along the Kansas river
is desired.
The Filipino Chamber of Commerce
has appealed to President Roosevelt
and Secretary Root for free trade be-
tween the archipelago and the United
States, and it is said that an agitation
will be begun in congress next winter
on the subject. AS an argument the
prosperity of Porto Rico under free
trade will be pointed to, while the
necessity for giving unusual encourage
ment to the first commercial struggle
of the Philippines under civil govern
ment will be added.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief chemist
of the Agricultural Department has
gone to Europe to visit some of the
large cities from which come the heav-
lest expectations and instruct the
Consular representatives as to the in
depreciation and operation of the. new
Pure-Food law which prohibits the
importation into the United States of
adulterated or mislabeled foods and
drugs. He will also visit the official
laboratories of Great Britain, France
and Germany to study methods and
look for new ideas that might be pro-
ftably used in his own laboratory.
The doctors in the Grand hospital
in San Francisco have cured a case of
lockjaw. The man was Pietro Raj
fino, who was badly burned at Stock
ton in May and afterward attacked by
lockjaw. At the hospital June l, in
jections of anti-toxin were made in the
muscles of the back. No improve
ment resulting, anti-toxin was injected |
into the spinal column. June 4 the
surgeons drilled small hole through |
the skull, inserting a spinal needle and
injected anti-toxin into the lateral
ventricle. The treatment proved sue
cessful and now Raffino. though some
what weak, is as well as ever.
The third national convention of the |
American Federation of Catholic So |
cieties began a four days session at
City, n. j., Saturday. Del
egates representing 100000 members
are present from nearly every state
in the Union. The object of the con-
vention is to bring all Catholic socie-
ties into closer touch. The fedora
ton" said Bishop McFaul, is endeav-
oring to create a Catholic public opin-
ion in the United States on leading
questions, and is anxious TO impress
on the minds of Catholic people in
America the necessity of conforming
10 the economical ideas of Pope Leo
XIII"
Calamity Jane" so called who is
said to have inspired Bret Harte to
write The Luck of Roaring Camp"
md who had been known on the west
arn frontier since 1870, died Saturday
1t Terry, S. D., aged 81 Her name
vas Mrs. Martha Burke and her last
bought was of her romance with
Wild Bill Hickok, beside whom she
asked to be buried She volunteered
o go as a scout, in male attire, with
custer in one of his Indian raids and
vas christened Calamity Jane" by
capt. Egan, then commander of the
lrmy post at Goose Greek, S. D., whose
life she had saved. Capt. Egan was
hot from his horse by an Indian. The
woman scout killed his slayer and I
,icking up the wounded officer she l
placed him across her saddle and rode {
,ff to the fort under the fire of other |
indians. Four years later, she met {
nd formed a strong friendship for I
William Hickok, but few months af- 5
erward he was shot dead in a gam i
ling house in Deadwood by a notori a
us desperate. Calamity Jane" led E
he party which captured and lynched t
he murderer. In her career "Calam- /
ty Jane" took part in scores of other 5
attles with Indians and fatal ARRAYS f
With white men. In 1877 she met the c
tage from Cheyenne just as a band d
f Indians had killed the driver. mount Ii
d the box herself and drove the pas {
engers safely into Deadwood. 4
The federal grand jury, considering !,
he postal investigation cases re-
urned seven indictments Friday, in
diving nine persons for alleged con- =
piracy and bribery in connection with :,
ne postal affairs. August w. Machen. :
Dr. many years the head of the free de-
very service. was named jointly with
rbarS i'm four of the indictments. The l.