Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-30


Southern California. Between 22,0OO
and $4,000 carloads of oranges, the
most perfect that have ever left the
state, will be shipped, and the highest
prices ever paid for oranges are being
paid in the East At least $40, 900, 900
will he put into circulation in South
ern California.
The Brazilian government has sent
an ultimatum to Bolivia to the effect
that grant of $4,000 square miles IN
Bolivia to syndicate of English, Ger.
mans and Americans must be recalled
or otherwise Brazil will seize the terri
tory in question, Brazil is massing her
troops and will insist on the strict
terms of the treaty of 1867 in regard to
this Acre territory.
President Roosevelt injured his right
wrist sometime in the last of Decem
Der by hard blow received during a
bout at single stick with Gen. Leonard
Wood. Periostitis, or inflammation OF
the bone membrane, the disease which
developed in the wound on the presi-
dents leg last fall, resulted and caused
some trouble: but the injury is now
healing and an operation will not be
necessary
Sunday while over 400 eycursionists
from ST Lucia and St Vincent were
visiting st. Pierre, Martinique, Mont
Pelee broke into violent eruption caus-
ing intense excitement. Rescuers from
the ship hastily manned boats and res
cued the eycursionists, and the steam
er raced away from the shore. More
than 800 feet of the top of the volcanoes
cone was blown away and dense CLOUDS
and showers of ashes fell.
Leading educators OF Maine, New
HAMPSHIRE and Vermont met DR.. Par
kin of the Toronto Universalist club in
Boston Friday in a conference over the
methods by which youths from those
states shall be selected for the Cecil
Rhodes scholarships at Oxford unlver-
sitv. DR.. Parkin is trustee of the
fund left by Mr.. Rhodes for educa-
tional purposes. President Buckham
of the University of Vermont was
among those in attendance.
A vein of anthracite coal four feet
wide has been discovered in Montana.
Mining experts give encouraging opin-
ions based on the outcroppings along
the ridge and the similarity of the CON
ditions and formation to those OF Penn-
sylvania. The coal is of superior
quality. The discovery has created ex-
citement in mining circles, especially
in view of the fact that anthracite coal
ordinarily brings s25 ton in Montana,
Many claims are being staked out.
A mysterious explosion shook Whit
man, Mass, before daylight, Jan. q
and two large assures were found In
the earth just outside the town. A
similar disturbance occurred in Attic
boro A crack an inch or more wide
appeared in the earth there but was
seen to close after the first rumblings.
Prof Jaggar of Harvard, an authority
on seismology and one of the scientists
who visited st. Pierre has given an
opinion that the earthquakes at whit
man were caused by frost, and further
stated that they are likely to occur IN
places where the earth is abnormally
saturated with moisture after sudden
extreme changes in temperature.
The Royal Blue line express plowed
at top speed into the rear Of a local
train at Graceland. on the Central rail
road of New Jersey, Tuesday night
The loss OF life is estimated at "a. The
SDatLtTeu CARS tooh hic ubb hi".s PN
sons pinned fast in the wreck were
burned to death. The passengers In
the flyers escaped with trifiing bruises
| The number Of known injured is 90
The blame for the disaster is placed by
the railroad officials on Engineer Davis
of the express, who, according to po-
I liceman who took him from the shat
tered cab of his engine. admitted
that he had seen the red and green
danger lights displayed. but, expect
ing to see them suddenly change to
white, rushed on until it was too late
to check speed before he plunged into
/ the rear of the train ahead
The U. S. supreme court has just
agreed with the decision of the SUI
/ preme court of Massachusetts, that a
/ divorce is invalid if man goes to
South Dakota, stays there six months,
/ gets the divorce and then comes back
east. The decision was made on the
case of C.. II. Andrews, formerly one
of the Boston Herald owners, who fol-
! lowed that program, secured divorce
! from his first wife and married again.
/ The object of the decision was to set
| tie which of the two women, each OF
whom claimed Andrews for her hus-
1 band. was entitled to administer his
estate. The decision is that Andrews
divorce decree is void and that be was
not legally married to his second wife.
This decision will affect the positions
of many couples who have supposed
themselves legally married, and oil