Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-19
new WORLD HAPPENINGS,
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS nm
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS q
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
A Government for the Moros = sece,.;,
Threatened in Colombia New Land Disco,
cred by Antarctic Explorers Death Of Note
Musician = Civil Service Commission Al
raigns Postofiice Departments-The philli,
pine Opium Monopoly.
Anarchists are agitating at Valna,
also, Chile, and it is believed Ina
they are responsible for the tamperin
which has been done to engines i
somesof the steamers in the bay.
Dr. Adolph Lorenz has cancelled al
MS American engagements and is hur
rying back to Vienna as fast as stear
can carry him in hope of arriving
there in time to save the life Of hi
wife, who is very seriously ill.
At Thursdays session at Geneva
swift, of the Worlds Woman S Chris
tlan Temperance Union, Lady Henri,
Somerset was re. elected president ant
Mrs. Lillian NJ. N. Stevens of Port
land, Me-, vice president at large.
Judge Gray, of the anthracite Goa
strike commission, has notified tn,
Reading company, that, in accordance
with the award, he has appointed Prof
Charles p. Neill of Washington, com
missioner of miners wages under the
sliding scale.
Judge Lacombe's decision, handed
down at New York Friday, in the mat.
ter of the appeal of the coal carrying
roads against the ruling of the inter
state commerce commission in W. r.
Hearst's proceedings, was in favor of
the coal roads in every point
Mrs. Edward A. Manice, the cham.
pion of the Women's Metropolitan
Golf association, defeated the national
title holder, Mrs. Charles T. Stout at
Baltusrol Thursday, making the course
IN SO, new record for the links. 1t
was her third consecutive victory over
her old rival.
The revolution in Venezuela against
President Castro is at an end Gen.
Matos and the generals who supported
him, have gone to Curacao Gen.
Matos with four of his lieutenants,
appeared at Willemstadt last week in
small rowboat and in a complete
state of restitution. The government
troops captured nearly all of Matos's
army.
Rear Admiral Sumner. with his So.
Atlantic squadron, has been ordered to
60 from Montevideo to Valparaiso,
Chill, where social disturbances are
rife, to protect American interests in
the event of an emergency. The fleet
consists of the protected cruiser New
ark, flagship; protected cruiser Detroit
and the gunboats Gloucester and Mont
gomery.
Bishop j. c Hartzell of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church sailed from New
York this week to begin his seventh
episcopal tour on the continent of At
RIGA. The mission centres under his
are on both coasts of the
continent, and at different points ex
tend several hundred miles into the
The journey will require
about 30, 600 miles of travel. 6
James NJ. Watson, jr.. clerk in the
office of the auditor for the District Of
Columbia, and the son-inlaw of
wealthy retired railroad contractor,
vas arrested at Washington last week
IN a charge of embezzlement of gov
,rnment funds. The amount is esti-
mated at from $50, 600 to $3.50 The |
luditor, whose bond is $40, 600, may be
leld responsible for the defalcation.
Reports from confidential agents of
he government in Colombia indicate
hat if the treaty is defeated, the states
# Panama and Cauca. which occupy |
he Isthmus of Panama, will secede to
'rganize an independent republic. In
hese two states sentiment in favor of
he canal is almost unanimous, but it
S feared that the opposition elsewhere
q the country is strong that the
realty will be defeated. The OPP
osition to the treaty is not based
u the construction of the canal by the
Tnited States, but on the claim
hat higher price should be paid.
he Colombian congress will meet in
pecial session on June 20 to consider
ne treaty.
Prof Carlyle Petersilea died at
ropico, Cal, June II, aged SO years.
lie was one of Americas most noted
Musicians and pianists. He was ma
We of Boston. His father, Franz Pc
,rsilea, was one of the musical pio-
GERS in the United States He grad !
ated from the conservatory of Leipsic 3
nd was awarded the grand prize of !
he Helbig fund. His playing was ex-
uisite and his memory was marvel 6
u.s. In 1877 he founded in Boston $
le school known as the Petersilea Z
.ademy of Music, Elocution, Ian. 7
lages and Art. AS teacher he had /,
ut few equals, and as soloist he i
mixed with the best in Europe or '
merica. He left the N. E. Con- e
rvatory of Music Oh account OF over a
ork and settled in California IL years @
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