Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-21

ond only to that of the president and
secretary of war.
In order that his daughter Lolita
may have the benefits of sea air dur
ing her convalescence after DR.. Lo-
renzs famous bloodless surgery treat
ment, Philip Armour of Chicago, has
chartered Eugene Tompkins's beauti-
full yacht Ideala, and will cruise in
New England waters for the next two
months.
The grand jury investigating the re-
cent lynching at Danville, H., has re-
ported true bills against Is men and
one woman. There are three counts
against each: Defacing public prop
erty; attempting to enter a building
with intent to murder the sheriff and
three prisoners; riot and unlawful
assemblage.
A $6,000,000 palace on the lake
front of the Field Columbian museum
at Chicago. has been assured by
letter from Marshall Field expressing
his Willingness to go forward with the
building whenever material and labor
We're at reasonable figures, which he
said, would probably be as soon as
the ground is ready for the structure.
Veterans of the army of the Philip
! pines celebrated Occupation Day" at
Manila. Friday, with parade in which
500 men took part, clad in the old reg
ulation service clothing of blue shirts
and khaki A banquet afterwards was
served at which the story of the cam
paign, closing with the capture of the
city of Manila, was told and battles
We're fought over.
NJ. A. Louis, superintendent of post
office supplies. is slated for retirement
Postmaster General Payne having def
initely determined on this course. One
charge against Louis is that he bought
Canadian ink in such quantities as to
provide offices the country over for
from three to ten years in advance;
also that he paid 80 cents a pound for
ink when the market price was from
20 to "a cents.
Miss Ethel Golding of Bath Beach,
won the 100-yard dash in swimming
contest between young women off
Captains Pier, Bath Beach, n. Y. Sat
urday, and established a new worlds
record of / minute "a rs seconds for
her class. The previous record was l
minute 80 seconds flat. held by an
English girl Miss Golding. who is
only Is years of age, accomplished |
her record breaking performance I'M
der the auspices of the Amateur Ath-
letic union, with which it will be reg
istered.
According to announcements made (
by the cotton mill owners of New Eng
land. the curtaiment of production
because of the high price of cotton will
be fully as extensive this week as
it was last. While more than
half million spindles in Fall River
will be idle all of the six days. and
$50 900 operated on short time. the to-
tai number operated in the city will be
increased. But in other
mill towns additional notices of par
tial suspension and shut downs have
been made.
Rear Admiral George w. Melville,
chief of the bureau of steam engineer
ng, and one of the famous men of the
1avy, went on the retired list Aug. s
1t the completion of 16 years contin-
lous service as engineer-i in chief. He
cached the retiring age last Decem- .
Der. but at the request of Sec. Moody
md the president, he continued in Of ,
ice so that great care might be taken :
n selecting his successor. He Will be !
ucceeded by Capt. C. w. Rae, with ,
he rank of rear admiral, who will be .
he first graduate of the naval acad-
my to fill the place. ,
Seven persons are dead as the re- ,
ult of the maniacal deed of Gilbert .
'wigg who fired into a crowd at a /,
and concert at Winfield, Kan, Thurs :
ay night. Twigg and three of his :,
ictims died within a short time. =
etter has been found among the ef- !;
ects of Twigg which indicates that a
e planned the massacre some days =
60 1t appears that Twigg was dis =
ppointed several years ago in love y
fair and had brooded over it to such =,
n extent that he was convinced that r
he citizens of Winfield We're making \
ght of his troubles. a
Three strange looking young men,
to be specially created ennis
aries OF the LOTu, nave dTTlNeu III
rand Rapids, Mich, from the colony II
{ Flying Rollers at Benton Harbor. p
hey seek a certain spot in western c.
[ichigan which they claim has been c.
escribed to them by the Almighty. II
ut which they have been unable to IT
nd. This spot is believed by the p
FLYING Rollers" to be the one upon u
hich the Lord will first appear at his az
.cond coming. The Flying Rollers b.
pine that the second coming of Christ a.
i'll take place about two years hence. u
heir colony at Benton Harbor num- VI
ars over three hundred. az
The trolley strike which has been oil
progress at Waterbury, Conn.,, for oil
onths, was settled last week. Ac- w
,rding to the men the company
creed to reinstate the strikers as fast
; places could be found for them,
it'll the exception of the two men or
hose discharge was one of the causes w
aiding to the strike. The company, ia
,wever denied that it has made any Al
ncessions except to take 16 men i'm
lck to work, and repudiated the of
atement emanating from the men WI
at it had received a committee of DC
e union as such. The fact that the as
ouble was over was the cause of an an
usual demonstration in which men, HI
omen and children took part, while ma
Lgs were displayed all over the city. at
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Dollar Wheat at Minneapolis. is