Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-07-24
THE wINDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER, FRIDAY, July "a 1908

The Cuban House Of Representa-
tives has passed the Senate bill appro-
priating $50, 900 for the expenses OF
Cuba at the st. Louis Exposition.
A son was horn to ex-President and
Mrs. Grover Cleveland at their summer
home at Buzzards Bay Saturday. All
conditions affecting both mother and
child are satisfactory.
Jesse Murphy and j. Donovan, who
were at work on the towering steeple
of the Immaculate Conception church.
at st. Johns, N. b., fell to the ground
from height of over $50 feet Friday.
Murphy died and Donovan is badly in
jured.
A negro named Ames, who assaulted
negro woman near Lake Butler, Fla,
was captured Friday night by mob
of negroes and lynched in Santa re
swamp. Ills body was cut into shreds
by the mob. The lynchiug was carried
on by negroes entirely
Jim Gorham, who killed his brother
about year ago and ran of with his
brothers. wife, and man named Wal
tiers, who killed widow named Hoover
at Hot Springs, Ark, two years ago
because she refused to marry him, were
lynched at Basin, Wyo., Monday. g.
E. Pierce, a deputy sheriff, was killed
during the attack on the Jail.
There was fall of fine snow in
Newport, r. L., soon after midnight
Sunday, an accompaniment to the big
storm, which was one of the worst
that has ever visited tina section. The
snow furry was brief but lively, and
is attested to by many who happened
to be out at the moment of so remark
able an atmospheric condition for July
A tornado passed through the north
ern part of Illinois Saturday evening,
killing five persons and injuring sew
eral others, and doing damage to prop
erty of at least $500, 900. At Mendotte,
ILL.,, four persons were killed and ten
injured. Houses, barns and small
buildings in its path were destroyed
The Bosdortf family took refuge in
the cellar of their home on the APP
proach of the storm and it collapsed
on them, injuring every member
Reports of damage from Fridays
storm in the West are coming in from
the southern part of Wisconsin, and
are that crops were battered fat to the
ground. In many instances grain crops
were rendered impossible of harvesting
and the only course left to the farmers
will be to turn their live stock into the
fields for pasture. The storm was partic'
ularly severe on Lake Michigan. Ihous-
ands of dollars damage was wrought
to the government pier which protects
Milwaukee harbor. Some damage was
done in Milwaukee.
Two men were killed outright, 10
were more or less injured, and about
100 Others severely sho ked by the eX-
ploson of large quantity of dynamite
and blasting powder stores IN maya
zine near Peaisburg, Va, Saturday
afternoon. West bound passenger train
No. l, on the main line of the Norfolk
and Western, was going at full speed
past the magazine, which was located
200 Yards from the tracks, when the ex-
plosion occurred. The windows of the
train were broken and the coaches in
other ways damaged, and not single
person on the train escaped injury or
shock
Mrs. Ida Whalen of Logansport, Ind,
had pleasant experience the other
night She dreamed that she was doing
up her hair, and struggle with par
ticularly bad snarl awoke her. Ihen
she found that she was really pulling
at something in her hair and begun to
get interested At last she pulled 1T
out and found that it was 42-lnch
snake. There was trouble IN the
chateau Whalen for few moments,
and then the snake was thrown into
the waste basket Mrs. Whalen claims
cat took the reptile into the house
and forgot to kill it.
Adyices from Paris stating that Du-
mont and the Aero club of the French
metropolis are in doubt as to the hold
ing of the aerial tournament at the
Worlds Fair are all away, accor ing to
Secretary Stevens. A representative OF
the Exposition company recently IN,
terviewed Santos Dumont in Paris and
learned of his plans for engaging IN the
contest for the capital prize of sloo, .
600. President Francis is in receipt OF
information from at least two other
airship inventors indicating that there
will be competition. The Exposition
company has appropriated s2oo,ooo FOR
the airship tournament.
Charles Stern, who in 1896, while en-
gagged in banking business in New
| York. disappeared with Sl2, 600 of the
/ banks money, appeared for sentence
before Judge Mcmahon in New YORK
Saturday He told the court that ne
/ had travelled all over the world, but
misfortune followed him everywhere
and he could stand disgrace no longer.
He had been arrested in Halifax SIX
wears ago, but was never tried. Satur-
day the only one of five complainants
who could be found appeared IN court
and asked for clemency for Stern. The
court granted the request and paroled
him in the custody of an agent OF the
prison aid association.
A man who registered as g. t; os-
borne of So Williams street, New YORK
city. believed to have been broker,
committed suicide by shooting at Hotel
Rockingham at Portsmouth, n. ii. ;,
Friday. Osborne was the manager OF
the claims department of the CONNER
cial assurance and Palestine insurance
company, by which concern be had
been employed for 16 years, He left
New York on a vacation, at the request
of the general manager, who desired
an expert examination of the BOOKS OF
/ Osborne's department. This examina
tion showed Osborne to be defaulter,
and he must have known his defalca
tion had been discovered. He leaves
wife and daughter, now living IN Eng
land. and a son in New York.
The last instructions given by james
NJ. Whistler, the eminent American
artist, prior to his death Friday at III:
residence in Chelsea, were quite char
acteristic of the man. When the Asso
ciated Press correspondent called a