Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-27
THE wNDHAM COUNTY REFoRMER FRIDAY February o. 1908

Troops and veterans participated
Sunday in the unwilling of monu-
ment to mark the spot where Gen.
Lawton was Killed at San Mateo
Miners from Nome, Dawson, Eagle
and Rampant are stampeding to the Ia.
mana Valley, Alaska, where a gold
strike equalling that of the klondike
has been made.
The president has appointed. Judge
VIM. r. Day of Ohio to be justice OF
the U. S. supreme court in place OF
Justice Shiras whose resignation taxes
effect this week.
Former Lieut.. Gov. Tillman OF
South Carolina has been refused bail
after a reading of aflidavits on both
sides. He is held on the charge OF
numbering Editor Gonzales
The anthracite coal commission re
sumed its meetings at Washington
Friday, with general discussion OF ils
work. An early report is not antlcl,,
pated and another visit to the coal
fields may be necessary
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad has posted notices TO the
conductors ordering them to prohlbit
card playing on the trains SUNDAY
This is the result Of frequent com
plants that have been made by traV-
elers.
In a collision Monday night between
freight and passenger trains on the Big
-Four road near Berea, o., the cars
were piled 40 feet high, the Wreckage
caught fire and four mail clerks I'm
prisoned in the wreck, are supposed TO
have burned to death.
Two expeditions to the north pole
will probably be sent out this season
one by William Ziegler of brooklyn N
Y, and one under Com. Robert Peary.
The former expedition Will start III
Nav, in the whaling vessel America,
and the latter will be sent out by the
Peary Arctic club.
George F. Bailey, former partner OF
p. T, Barnum in the circus business,
died in New York Friday aged 81 lie
was Barnum's first partner IN the days
when the circus outfit travelled over
land in wagons. He was credited Win
being the originator of the Cardiif giant
and the Colorado mummy. lie made
fortune and retired from business.
An outbreak of foot and mouth dl-
sense of a serious nature has occurred
in southeastern Massachusetts. DIR.
Salmon saws there is need of more pre-
caution than people have been willing
to take If the disorder is soon to be
STAMPED out. The disease has broken
out in Mexico and, pending lnvestlgai-
: ton, the entry of livestock to this
countrv from Mexico has been inter
dicted.
The corners tone of the new army
college for training officers IN the
, higher branches of military science
was laid at Washington Saturday, the
site being that of the old Washington
5 barracks. The ceremonies were con
1 ducted under Masonic rites and with
imposing military display. President
, Roosevelt made the address, and was
] followed by Secretary Root and Gen.
Young.
A trolley car full of high school
children was struck by train on a
crossing at Newark, n. j., Thursday
q morning Eight children were killed
q instantly, 80 other occupants OF the car
were injured, some fatally, including
f the motorman of the car, and the car
f was completely demolished. The snow
e for great distance around was RED
t with blood and strewn with fragments
. of the dead. The accident was due to
e ice on the rails The trolley ear was
5 going down hill and the motorman
4 could not stop it. 1t dashed at grea'
e speed into the gates and on TO the
: track in front Of the oncoming tram.
The locomotive ploughed It's way
. through the trolley, throwing the emil
: dren in every direction.
The German government, through
Y its representative, Saturday, asked
o Mr.. Bowen for the immediate paymen
O of the Co, 800 which it was stlpulateG
e in the protocol signed on FEB, Il
: should be paid within 30 days OF time
e of date as a preliminary to the ralsint
t of the blockade against Venezuelan
a ports and the agreement to send the
!, question of preferential treatment o.
, the blockading nations to The Hague
q for determination. Mr.. Bowen de
a clined to accede, promising that pay
4 ment would be made March 10, a:
r agreed. The ships taken by the Ger
q mans have not yet been returned tt
q Venezuela. The rough draft of The
q Hague protocol was submitted by Mr.
Bowen 10 the representatives of Grea
Britain. Germany and Italy TUESDAY
/ It provides that the Gar OF Russli
/ shall select the personnel OF the ceur
/ which is to pass upon the preferential
:, contention of the allies.
Two passenger trains, with nearl.
:, 100 persons aboard, We're frozen II
u snoybanks in the almost uninhablte'
! interior of Newfoundland Friday
: They were short of provisions, the mel
! we're frostbitten and unable to venture
: far from their own train because o
:. the blizzard. Snowbanks ~ feet hlgi
u extended for miles, and the cuts mad
:, by the engines filled in almost instant
- w. The whole railway service was par
~ alvzed and relief trains blocked, Al
:, expedition with dog sleds laden witt
food started at daylight Saturday II
- an endeavor to reach the DISTRESSED
.e Marty Relief reached the STALLED
:, trains Sunday, by dog teams. One o
" the trains reached ST. Johns Sunda
. , evening by backing its way 10 mile
= through the drifts digging through
= some 20 feet high. The other train
~ cannot get out for several days bu
~ snnnlies will be sent them. The great
ct ar mart of Newfoundland is cut off iron
- St Johns.
The 18th continental congress OF tn
Daughters of the American Revolutlo
convened in Washington Monday
] Many of the leading members of the or
paniaation, which numbers 4o,00o VIC
mon were present. Approximately 10y