Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-20
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

Venezuelan Blockade Of the 0rinoco Raised
Rich Malachite Vein Discovered Tubercu
losis Serum FoundN. H. Constitutions
Amendments Bribery in Rhode Island Elec
tions-Large Deposits Of Iron in Alaska.
The grand jury at Nation, ILL.,, has
made sensation by deciding that pro
gressive euchre, card playing for prizes,
is a species of gambling and viola,
tion of the law.
The Caribbean squadron, under com
mand of Admiral Coghlan, has been
ordered to Honduras, where the revo-
luton is assuming serious proportions,
to protect American interests.
Sycamore, ILL.,, hogs are stricken in
large numbers with whooping cough
and many have died. The disease has
been prevalent among children and, II
is thought, spread in some way to the
animals.
A combination of oyster growing in
terests, representing Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut dealers
and growers have duly organized under
the name of the Rhode Island Oyster
Growers association.
Andrew G. Wheeler, known to read
ers of New York newspapers as Nym
Crinkle, died in Mousey, N. y, last
week, aged 6S. He was a civil war cor
respondent, dramatic critic and an es'
sayist and novelist.
A complete reorganization of the
steamboat inspection service III New
York will be begun by Secretary Shaw,
in cooperation with George Uhler, the
new supervising inspector general OF
the service. Mr. Shaw believes the IN
spection service at New York is bad,
and that the lives of many sea travel
ers on the eastern seaboard are con-
stantly endangered as result
Judge Thomas of New York decides
that a guessing contest wherein some
thing nearly approXimating the correct
answer may be arrived ut through an
intimate knowledge of economic stats
tics and other information does not
come within the prohibition of the fed
eral laws and hence is legal. He holds
that in guessing competition OF TINS
character, the element of chance is so
nearly eliminated that no prosecution
can be maintained.
Prospectors for serpentine have come
upon a rich vein of malachite SIX miles
west of Delta, Pa. The vein, which Is
apparently inexhaustible, underlles
dozen or more farms, traversing them
for five miles. Specimens of the mala-
chite are beautifully striped and mot
tied with the green shades peculiar to
malachite and the soft red tints of cup
rite which give the famous Russian
product its beautiful markings. 1t IS
the opinion of the state geologlst, tnat
the Delta malachite equals IN quality
the Russian, and will, in measure,
when mined, displace its use in this
country for ornamental purposes.
Gov. Garvin of Rhode Island sent a
special message to the legislature last
week calling attention to the bribery
of voters in the state elections. Inc
governor claims that bribery Is com
mon practice with both political par
ties and while it may not have affected
the state ticket, many assemblymen
won their seats by purchased votes. lie
recommends that special commission
er be appointed with an annual salary
of $1,000 who shall employ agents to de-
tect briters and bring offenders to JUS
tice. He says that the claim made,
that the money given TO the electOr Is
not to influence his vote but to com
nensate for time lost is the merest
sophistrv.
4 .ooand traoadv last week lent new
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t'saelon anu 1 in The divorce pro-
DIS i az NJ Rnrdicl, had insti
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hiiied Mhlli ;,a aiu' NJ pannelI was nm
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ol an inGen 'i nn account If the unfortu-
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