Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-30

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ing first and third falls.
| The quarantine which has been es-
tablished in South Texas as result
or the yellow fever at San Antonio has
tied up the railroad business. Arrange
ments have been made by the railroads
| which practically wipe San Antonio
off the map for the time being.
Miss Mary Ropes who died at Salem.
Mass, recently left about $1,000, 900
which will ultimately reach a large
number of public and charitable in
situations in this country, among them
Harvard university, Tuskegee insti-
tute and Carlisle Indian school.
Orders were received at Shamokin,
Pa, Monday night from the Philadel-
phia headquarters of the Philadelphia
q Reading Coal company to shut down
IL collieries in that district Tuesday
evening, the suspension to last to Nov
ember 4. Seven thousand men and |
boys are idle
All Of the northern part of ,Santo |
Domingo is in revolt against the gov
eminent. General Agustin Morales, |
participant in many uprisings, has |
been proclaimed governor of Puerto |
Plata The cause advanced by the |
revolutionists for the revolt is the tan |
gled finances of the government.
DR.. August Greth. inventor of an air |
ship which made flight over San |
Francisco recently, has postponed any
further experiments with his machine |
until he can obtain lighter and more
powerful engine than the one that pro-
PEELED his airship. He is confident
that with a proper engine he can sail
q IL a yIyi1
The Massachusetts supreme court
has decided that all intoxicated per-
sons wherever found. in private
public places. are punishable as such
no matter how they are brought to
court. whether with or without a war
rant. or from a private dwelling
where no disturbance Is being made
and where he is not exposed to public
view. In the case in question. the fe-
male defendant was intoxicated from
whiskey and was lying asleep on a
couch in her parents house. at North
Adams She was arrested.
At the Universalist church conven- I
ton at Washington. D. c.. Saturday i.
ax-Gov. Perham of Maine. made an
in which he said that the y
trend of most of the religious de- :
nominations now is toward Universal
sm. The board Of trustees reported !
here are between 500 and 500 Univer- 2
salist churches in the United States. !.
)ut announced a decrease in the Sun II
lay school membership The dele
yates numbering several hundred.
allied at the White House Saturday
lfternoon and were received BY the Il
president. 1.
Four hundred or more authorized Il
N
'arious parts of the United States. all Il
,raduates of the Massachusetts Meta A
mystical college, assembled at the st
'irst Church Of Christ, in Boston Mon II
ay, to consider matters with refer al
nee to the teaching OF the faith. This II
) the first convention Of the kind and M
. held. 1t Is said, because of the 10
rowth of Christian science through W
ut the country and because the wis pl
ON is felt OF formulating and follow te
lg more systematically plan OF in sa
truction. ST
Refusal of the teacher to cease read ia
lg the Bible to the children in a school to
Gage county, Nebraska. after the ar
ate supreme court had twice given w
decision has been followed by an ap- ar
Iication from Daniel Freeman, an
theist, to the court for a writ Of man N
anus. The case has become an is
reeman in his suit. Protestants m.
the state have refused to- of
,ey the decision. The formal de- NJ
and for a writ is expected to bring On
new ruling from the court on the go
ght of teachers to read the Bible ho
ithout sectarian comment. ief
What is probably the greatest gold Pi
rike since the Indian. George Car an
ack discovered the Klondike seven TIL
,ars ago, is believed to have been wa
ade last August when i've miners TT
rich placer gold diggings cit
the headwaters OF the Sushetno us
yer, western Alaska. The new strike WI
on the east side of that river. IS MI
lies from Slate creek, The ma was XII
AIDE Aug. 16. Rich pay dirt was far
und on Valdez White and wickers- ha
I'm creeks and good prospects on ma
her creeks. Two men shoveling for wi
days into two lengths OF sluice ed
xes cleaned up 100 ounces of gold. pei
gu
The committee on canteens to the
nerican Public Health association
nich held its annual meeting in
ashington this week recommended a..
e establishment of the army can eIti
On system. This committee is COM az
sed of prominent physicians Of the WI
lited States. Mexico and Canada. 1t TlL
3 made a thorough investigation of =
e effect upon soldiers at military ~ y
SITS of the abolition of the canteen n ~
stem and has come to the conclusion ioN
at it is better for the health and COM pr
It of the troops that the canteen be " ~
established. In this respect the ~
mmittee reinforces the recommen- - -
tions made by General Frederick Lu
mt Grant and other regular army III
icers
49,, i. anC
, New York state Medical associa- 20
n last week the Rev. Merle Wright, tar
the Lenox Avenue Unitarian 80
urch. advocated the doctrine Of Mo
thanasia or the putting of incurables 10,
death. When the prolongation Of 80
. is simply the prolongation of hope III,
s agony IL seems to me that 1t -.
uld be proper that such a patient apd
ould quietly, decently, modestly be
owed to end the suffering. It seems
me that such course would be
D forward in civilization and step j
Their away from the barbarians. A FRA
mber of eminent New York physi- son
ms were interviewed as to their pee
lgment OF the matter. and without mn mn
,eption they were opposed to its roe
,ption. Dr. jacob explained cap
t "euthanasia" is from the Greek gay
I signifies easy DEATH" and means MIN
ng everything known to medical iyh'
ence to ease the patient who must OF
she
he trial of Sam Parks, the convict SON
walking delegate, on the Tiffany her
dio indictment" in which Parks is her