Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-14

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Sternburg, the German ambassador.
at Oyster Bay L. l., Friday. A fe-
licitous speech was made by each. It
Is the first time in the history Of the
country that diplomat has been re-
ceived by the president outside Of
Washington.
Granville Martin and William Trot-
ter have been sentenced, at Boston,
to 80 days in the house of correction
and Bernard Charles fined $25 all for
disturbing the negro meeting a week
ago, which was addressed by Booker T.
Washington. Martin and Trotter at
tempted to prevent Washington from
speaking.
One of the biggest iron-o ore finds of
the year has just been made on the
Mesaba Range in Minnesota. The
deposit is estimated at 100000 tons,
and is over 800 feet deep in some Of
the drill holes. 1t is interesting as re-
CARDS the depth of the ore. The AL
bany Mine, at Hibbing has an ore de-
post 400 feet deep, and is the deepest
on the Mesaba Range. There are few
Mesaba Range ore deposits more than
200 feet deep The ore is of excellent
quality.
The historic old Temple plantation
at York, Va. on which Lord Cornwall
lis surrendered to Washington, has
been sold by its owner w. o. Mauck,
member of the state agricultural
commission to Mr.. Willerbee of De-
troit, Mich. The old residence in
which CORVALLIS had his headquarters
at the time he surrendered is still
still standing. For years it has been
understood that the government would
eventually buy the plantation and
convert it into a national park. The
plantation contains about 1000 acres.
The Philippine constabulary has
taken up the task of pacifying by
forcible means the savage head-hunt-
ers of Lepanto and Bontoc provinces
in the interior of northern Luzon.
There has long been a feud between
the head-hunters and the tribes in
territory. Several small
barrios are known to have practically
been eXterminated by the hunters,
whose practice it is to decapitate
their victims and carry away their
heads on poles.
In the fourth inning OF the second |
game between Philadelphia and the
Boston National League team, at
he Philadelphia ball park, Saturday, |
500 persons We're precipitated 80 feet |
% the ground by part of a stand CIV
iii a1
L2 fatally hurt and $50 others injured.
rhe accident was caused when the
,rowd ON the bleachers We're attracted
~ two boys fighting on 18th street.
rhe crowd rushed to the top Of the
stand. AS the men gathered there
he sudden weight caused the joists to
map. The stand gave way carrying
is freight with it.
Wallace Bros. circus trains We're
wrecked in the Grand Trunk yards at
)urand, Mich, just before daylight
friday and 81 men, mostly employees
II the circus. including a few per-
ormers, were killed outright. Twenty
more were injured, some fatally. The
how was travelling in two sections
'ver the Grand Trunk tracks, from
to Lapeer, and the accident,
t is said, was caused by the failure to
Iold the second section of the train.
he sections We're travelling near each
ther and the second ran into the first
t full speed. The engine Of the Sec
md section and four cars were COM
letely demolished. Much valuable
was destroyed. One of the
wrecked cars of the second section
vas occupied by five elephants and
everal camels. One of the elephants
nd two camels were killed outright,
,hile the other animals and their
raner escaped. Railroad officials
lace the responsibility for the acct
ent on Engineer Probst of the second
ection of the train. Probst says
hat the air brake on his train refused
, work. but the officials declare that
e could have stopped the train in
me to avoid serious consequences. 1
Atmospheric Condition.
Atmospheric disturbance of
lost remarkable character is reported I
.om Oacoma, S. D. Following the '
ottest day ever experienced there. $
anne an atmospheric condition lasting '
My a few minutes but fatal to live s
Jock and greatly distressing to hu-
ian beings. During the day nearly
very kitten in the vicinity of Oacoma 2,
led, apparently from the effects Of !,
,me gaseous matter in the air. A \
erd consisting of IS cattle was seen a..
,ming down from the flats, when six :
, them fell dead. =
Greatest Test Run for Autos. !;
Pittsburg is to be the destination Il
the greatest endurance test run for e
ever planned in this $
,untry. This was definitely decided t
st week at a meeting of the execu- 7
We committee Of the National As t
,ciation of Automobile Manufacture c
s. The run will be started from /,
ew York Wednesday, october Z, and f
i'll terminate in Pitttsburg on the O
blowing Wednesday. The route of c
$50 miles will be
,vered, in seven days, an average of