Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-01
NEW WORLD HAPPENINGS.
A SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EVENTS ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

Death Of Famous Ex-Governor Of Minnesota
Organised Gang Of Chinese smugglers Dis
covered-Large Meeting Of Catholic Digni-
taries-0ld Veterans Dissatisfied With Pom.
sion Commissioner Ware.
General Funston of all charges pre-
ferred against him by the anti -imper-
ialists.
Col. Joseph Kyle Hickey, said to be
the originator of the famous drink
known as "Gin Hickey" died sud-
denly at New York Thursday of heart
disease.
| A pawn ticket, obtained on watch
owned by the murdered man in New
York's "barrel mystery" has been
found on Tomaso Petto, one of the Ital-
ians suspected of connection with the
matter and he has been arrested.
The jury in the trial of John M. Wis
ker, the engineer who was in charge of
the New York Central train at the time
of the Park avenue tunnel disaster of
January 8, 1902, Friday brought in a
verdict of not guilty at New York.
Wisker was charged with criminal neg
lect.
The final squirt for the North Pole
by the Zeigler expedition will be made
in canoes built in Maine. They are
Is feet long and built in sections to ia
cilitate handling. About $50 will be
drawn by dogs while others will be
drawn by 10 hardy little ponies i'm
ported from Siberia for the purpose.
A call for recognition in the pulpits
of America, of the Tooth anniversary of
the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson,
who was born May %, 1903, was issued
last week by the Rev. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, secretary of the Congress of Re-
ligion. The call says, 1.-The influence
of Emerson has long since become the
heritage of all we'll thinking people. -
Alexander Ramsey, ex-governor OF
Minnesota, secretary of war under Pres
| ident Hayes and for two terms United
States senator from Minnesota, died
last week, aged So years. Gov. Ramsey
was born in Pennsylvania in 1915, and
went to Minnesota in l849 as territor-
ial governor. The greatest achieve
ments of Gov Ramsey's administration
we're his successful treaties with the
Indians at Mendoza and Traverse de
Sioux in 1851 and the opening to white
| settlement of 40, 600, 900 acres of fertile
land.
A we'll organized gang of smugglers
who have, it is alleged, brought hun
dreds of Cinnamon into this country
over Niagara river have been discovered
through the testimony of James Fox, y
years old, who was arrested in Buffalo
last week while riding on a street car
with contraband Chinaman. Fox
SAYS there are regularly organized
firms in Canada who make business
of bringing Cinnamon across the Pa
cific to Vancouver, thence by rail to
| Toronto and finally across the border
into the United States. At the com
ing trial evidence will be made public
showing the smuggling operations and
the participation therein of persons do,
ing business in New York, Chicago and
Toronto.
The Right Rev. Dennis j. O'Connell
has been installed as rector OF the
Catholic University of America at
Washington in succession to the Righ'
Rev. Thomas j. Conaty, who was APP
pointed recently bishop OF Los Angeles.
The most important action taken by
the tTuSltcs was "
late with the university about Is or z
seminaries and institutions of learning
where college graduates go to prepare
for the priesthood. The trustees adopt
ed resolution which will grant to the
graduates of these institutions the
privilege of obtaining degrees from the
Catholic university or making the re
quired grades in examination tests
sent out from the university at the
time of graduation.
The cruiser Colorado, of a new class
of vessels added to the American navy
was launched Saturday at Cramps
shipyard, Philadelphia, in the pres
ence of distinguished gathering OF Of
ficials from Washington and the state
of Colorado, including the entire con
gressional delegation. Miss Cora Ma,
Peabody, daughter of Gov. Peabody o.
Colorado, christened the cruiser. Tht
Colorado is an armored cruiser of tins
first class, and bears the name OF
state. an honor formerly accorded only
to battleships. Coupled with a tire
mendous battery power she has tn'
speed of an ocean liner. The vessel II
500 feet long, 80 feet, 6 inches wide
with a draught of "a feet, 6 inches
The speed requirement calls for z:
knots an hour for four CONSECUTIVE
hours. The contract price of the Coi
orado is 50, $50, 600.