Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-24
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.

NCV WOnlU HArrGNlNdS
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
The International Sunday School Lessons
Minneapolis Flour Mills Shut Down Entire
Postal Service to be Investigated = The
Washington Food Test Cases of His
torical Letters.
Cholera has attacked Captain Perish
ing's troops in the Philippines, who
are operating against the Moros in the
island Of Mindanao. Five cases and
many suspected cases are reported.
Pittsburg is to have a great univer-
sity that will rival the big colleges and
universities of the East and West. For
its endowment it is said the millions
of Andrew Carnegie and 20 other
wealthy Pittsburgers are pledged.
Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of
the former champion heavy weight pu-
gilist, died at Bensonhurst, N. Y, Sat
urday Of typhoid pneumonia. Her
maiden name was Rose Julian. She
was Of the widely known Julian fam
lily, vaudeville acrobats.
This month is expected to break all
records for immigration at the port of
New York At the close of Saturdays
business GA, 900 aliens had passed Ellis
island in IS days. Those scheduled for
the total for April will exceed 80, 200.
General Baden Powell of the British
army, who gained distinction during
the war in South Africa, during the
Mafeking campaign, is travelling
through the country, and is registered
at Washington hotel under the name
of Colonel Stevenson. His purpose is
to study American cavalry tactics and
methods.
Governor Montague of Virginia has
signed the general revenue law which
includes the Mann liquor section, the
most sweeping step toward prohibition
ever taken in the state The bill will
abolish practically all saloons in the
counties and in towns of less than 800
population.
! The San Juan, Porto Rico, grand
jury, which insisted on investigating
the so-called smuggling cases. has re-
turned true bills against eight persons.
A despatch received at Washington
says that true bills were returned
against Merritt of the navy, Lowndes
of the marines, Crabbe..of the army and
Giles and Butler, civilians.
Postmaster General Payne has issued
| instructions that the entire postal SER
vice of the United States is to be thor
oughly investigated 1t is believed
fully two months will be required to
complete the investigation. Up to this
| time ouly four bureaus have been the
subjects of Mr.. Bristow's inquiry. This
| is done that the innocent among those
under suspicion may he vidicated, as
we'll as to find the guilty.
The Republican Editorial Associa-
ton of New York at its annual meet
ing Friday, endorsed the administra,
| tion of President Roosevelt and asked
that the constitutional provision grant
ing the negro the right OF suffrage De
enforced or that the Constitution be
amended so that states denying the ne
gro the right to vote should have their
representation in Congress and the eiec-
toral college reduced accordingly.
The band which raided Surigao, Is
land of Mindanao, Mar. %, is practi-
cally dispersed The troops and con-
stabulary pursued the men into Lake
Mainit country and defeated them five
times, killing 20 and wounding many
Others. Most of the arms stolen at sur
igao were recovered. The disorder
which recently broke out in the prov
ince of Misamis, island OF Mindanao,
is spreading The military have DIS
persed a band of 400 rebels, wounding
l3. A campaign will be inaugurated.
| A sale by auction of American his
torical letters, ID New York last week
included letters and documents relat-
ing to the Indian wars, the REVOLUTION,
the Confederation, the Federal conven-
tion. Shay's instruction, the French
war. War of 1912, the Florida Indian
war and other wars. There were also
several foreign documents. The hlgh-
est price paid was $500, for an auto,
graph document signed by Kaphael: IL
gives the specifications for the build
ing of st. PETERS at Rome, the names
of masons and carpenters, the dlmen-
sions of walls and other particulars.
The Western New York Old Maids
convention opened at Pittsford, N. T.,
Thursday. Miss Amelia Higginson, the
president, in her opening address, said,
t.President Roosevelt believes in the
rearing of large families. He has
right to his opinion, but when ne
nlaces childlessness in the same cate
CORY with criminal acts, he goes TOO
f The president is the father OF
What we Americans would call large
family He is not the mother OF large
family. We have heard nothing about
race suicide from the mothers OF Amer
;ca, and we never shall. Let the presl-
dent grapple with the trusts, the tariff
and the coming election. They are more
in his line. He can safely leave the
question of babies in the hands OF wo-
men of this great republic.