Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-17
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.

NCV WOnlU HHTTcNIN0S
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS OF
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Vast Discovery Of Anthracite Coal-The Post
Office Scandal Revolutionary Surprise TO
sailors-Gen. Grants Record Attacked Ad
miral Montojos Flagship Raised at Manil,
Anarchist Most Released.
George s. Evans, chief postof1ice in
spector of New England, and widely
known as civil war veteran and Crane
Army man, died last week at Cam
bridge, Mass. aged 62.
An eruption of the old volcano De
Tierna Firma, near Galera Gamble ir
Colombia, Mar. %, destroyed the vii
lage of Tiojo. From GO to 100 persons
were killed and wounded.
The five Missouri packing companies
which were fined s., 600 each on Mar.
20, for violation of the anti trust law
have mailed to the state supreme court
a draft for S27, 1876 in payment of fines
and costs incident to the action against
them.
Brigham Young, president of the
council of IL apostles of the Mormon
church, died in Salt Lake City Sat
urday night after lingering illness.
He was the eldest son of Brigham
Young, for many years head of the
Mormon church.
Herman r. Dietrich, of Utica, Mo.
has been appointed consul general al
Guayaquil, Ecuador, to succeed
Thomas H. Mast, the cartoonist, who
died of yellow fever while serving al
that post. Mr.. Dietrich is the editor
of The Utica Herald.
Another outbreak of foot and mouth
disease amc ng cattle is feared. A here
of 40 at Hampstead, N. H., only few
miles from Haverhill, Mass, was founc
to have II infected animals Friday anc
the whole herd was ordered killed by
the United States officers
The attorney general of Illinois re-
ports that there are 5000 delinquent
trusts in that state which should be
proceeded against. The several states
attorneys of the state will be instruct
ed to take action against them. The
penalty fixed by statute is $50 per day,
and as these corporations have been de-
linquent for several months each is
liable to fine of $1,000 or $4,000.
April was one of the busiest days
that the emigrant officials on Ellis Is
land, N. Y, have ever experienced.
Seven big steamers were in port and
they brought in their steerage exactly
S,37S aliens, all of whom were landed
on Ellis Island during the day and ev-
ening. They include Italians, Scapdi-
navians, Holland Dutch and Irish
aliens. 1t is said that no Russian He
brews are among them because it is
against the Jewish religion to travel
during the feast of the Passover.
Hilary Bell, the dramatic and must
cal critic of the New York Press,
dropped dead in the Barge office at
New York Thursday of heart failure.
Mr.. Bell was born near Belfast, Ire
land, in 1857. He took up portrait
painting after coming to this country
and later went into newspaper work.
He went on the Press at the time of its
founding as musical and dramatic crit
ic and had been there since. Mr.. Bell
was also editor of the Insurance Econ
omist.
Over 30 mile course, Is to leeward
and Is to windward, the Shamrock III
Thursday beat the Shamrock by IL
minutes and 26 seconds. Hitherto the
challenger had shown weakness down
the wind, but during this trial she
proved as good Oh this point of sailing
as on any other. Yachtsmen consider
this to be a notable victory and as
showing Shamrock III to be much
more formidable challenger for the
Americas cup than even her admirers
had heretofore suggested.
After serving a years Imprisonment,
less about two months Communication
of sentence for good behavior on Black
wells Island, N. Y, John Most, the
anarchist, has been released. Most
was convicted for the publication in his
paper, Freiheit, on the day President
MCKINLEY was shot, of an article with
the caption, Murder and murder, y
which was held by the courts to en-
danger the public peace in that 1T was
an Indictment to the murder OF rulers.
This was the decision of the Court OF
Snecial Sessions before which Most
was arraigned and was affirmed by the
higher courts. Upon his release Most
went at once to Union Hill, N. j,
Putnam Hill chapter, D. A. f., OF
Greenwich, Ct, has nearly completed
arrangements for the dedication OF the
old Putnam house at the head of Puts
HILL on the Boston post road. 1t is
intended to make this famous house a
Revolutionary museum and the head
quarters for the d. A. r. in the vicin-
itv. The date set for the dedication is
Saturday, June ID, and regents from
Connecticut and New York state have
been invited to be present. An effort
has been made to have the house ap-
near as it did when Gen. Putnam occu-
MED it and for this purpose it has been
entirely renovated and supplied with
antioue furniture. In the yard IN
front of the house will be mounted
t,yo cannon. which have been secured