Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-08

A special from South McAlesten, l.
T., says that big financiers, headed by
H. G. Frick Of Pittsburg and John W:
Gates of Chicago, are forming pool
to get possession of all the coal lands
in the Choctaw nation. There are 44O,
600 acres in the ration to be sold at
public auction.
A pitched battle, in which prayer
books and broken furniture were the
missiles, took place in the Slavonic No
man Catholic church at Joliet, H.,
Sunday and when the police arrived to
ouell the disturbance, the belligerents
turned from each other and united
their forces against the officers. The
fight, which grew out OF old factional
differences, resulted in no serious bod
ily harm to any one Of the 1000 people
in the church but the panic among the
affrighted women and children was the
cause of severe bruises.
The interesting discovery has been
made in the records of the State Uni
yersity at Lincoln, Neb., that more
than decade ago an invitation to be-
come its chancellor had been extended
to Theodore Roosevelt. Only the fact
that it came Just when he was about to
enter upon his duties as head OF the
national civil service commission
stood in the way of his acceptance
then. As his letter discloses he stated
that he thought he could be OF more
service to his country in that place
than as head of the western university
but admitted it was great temptation
for him. The fact is interesting In
view of the talk Of his becoming head
of Harvard after his presidential term
is ended.
The war department at Washington
has received information of the death
of General San Miguel, the Ladrone
scourge of Rial province and the ter
ritory around Cavite and Manila, L.
IT. Macabee's scouts came upon San
| Miguel and a party of outlaws in
trenched in an old Spanish block house
near Caloocan. The Macabees charged
the place and drove 100 men into a
Jungle, after killing Al within the
house. San Miguel received the bull
| lets. Lieut.. Reese and 10 scouts were
wounded. Many valuable papers were
captured in the fort, among these being
papers tending to implicate Fllipinos
who have long been suspected OF dls-
! LOYALTY TO IDe OUlteu OtdIcS' ihSiNn' q" :,
Mabini, who recently took the oath OF
allegiance and General Santos now I'M
der arrest at Manila.
The United States supreme court,
by Justice Brewer, at Washington,
Monday. delivered an opinion IN the
case of United States Marshal james
of kentucky VS.. Henry Bowman, In,
volving the validity of section 5,50I OF
the revised statutes respecting bribery
of persons protected by the 10Th amend
nent. The opinion affirmed the decis,
ion of the United States district court
for the western district of Kentucky
declaring that statute unconstitution
al. Bowman was indicted for bribine
negro voters in connection with the
congressional election of 1900, in the
fifth congressional district of Ken
lucky. Being arrested he sued out
writ of habeas corpus on the ground
that the statute was in contraventlor
of the federal constitution. The dis
trict court thereupon discharged Bow
man. and the government brought the
case to the supreme court, which al
firmed the opinion. Justice Brewer
said that no point had been made o.
the fact that the persons who were
bribed were of color.