Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-06

Southern and Northern Pacific rail
roads.
Six men are thought to be dead ano
25 or 80 others are injured several OF
them seriously, from the effects OF an
explosion Monday night at the Edison
cement plant at New Village, N. D.,
seven miles from Easton, Pa. A large
part of the plant was burned. The eX'
plosion occurred in one of the large
coal bins and was caused by the ignl-
ton of quantity of gas.
1t is estimated that COO persons are
now suffering with typhoid fever in
Ithaca, besides POO others elsewhere
who have contracted the disease there.
Nineteen students of Cornell univer-
sity have died. The city voted over.
whelmingly Monday for municipal
ownership of the water works. The
health board has inaugurated system
of district nursing, in charge of New
York specialist.
The U. S. supreme court has decided
that Congress has power to prohibit
the sending of lottery tickets from one
state to another by means other
than the mails. Justice Harlan
adds that legislation "of that char
acter, is not inconsistent with any lin
itation or restriction imposed upon the
exercise of the powers granted to Con
gress. - This decision in the Cham
pion lottery ticket case affirms the alb
solute authority of Congress over every
form of interstate commerce.
At the congress at Washington of
the national society of the ID. A. IL.
last week, Mrs Fairbanks reported
that a site in Washington for the pro
posed continental memorial hall had
been bought for $50, 600. A silver low
ing cup was presented Mrs. Fairbanks
by her fellow workers on the hall com
mittee. The aggregate subscription
from the state chapters approximates
$50, 600 About S65, 600 is on hand af-
ter paying for the site. 1t is expected
that the building will cost about $500, .
coo. Philadelphia and Chicago chap
tiers have given memorial windows.
The Venezuelan authorities declare
that the Germans sacked their war
ship, Restaurador, in ruinous man
ner before returning her from seizure.
Mr.. Bowen Thursday signed the proto-
col for the settlement OF Mexico $
claims against Venezuela. The Meth
erlands protocol was signed Saturday.
President Roosevelt is to name the UNI
pire in case of disagreement. The
French agreement was signed Friday,
settlement TO be made by joint com
mission to meet at Caracas, and the
contention of the allied powers for pref
crential treatment in the satisfaction
of their demands to be referred to The
Hague tribunal. This protocol. the
9th, is identical. save as to parties,
with that of the United States.
Two strike breakers were seriously
injured at Waterbury, Conn, Friday,
in an attack upon non union employees
of the Connecticut railway and light
ing company. One, motorman, has
fractured skull and may die, the other
a conductor, was less seriously hurt.
The trouble occurred when late car,
with only the two men on board, was
returning from Waterville. Six men,
according to the conductors story, four
of whom wore masks suddenly appeared
from the bushes by the roadside, and,
placing revolvers at the heads of the
non union men, ordered them TO get
off the car As soon as the order was
complied with the two trolley men were
attacked viciously and given terrible
beating. None of the assailants were
recognized and no arrests have been
made.
Massachusetts domestic wool bust
ness was virtually suspended last week
by Secretary Wilson 5 quarantine order
bearing on the foot and mouth disease
campaign. Railroads refused to trans
port any but imported wool out of the
state and wool which had been coming
in from other states for distribution by
Boston agents, was practically locked
up in the city. Massachusetts dealers
rushed urgent appeals in to Washing
ton. Secretary Wilson then directed
department agents to examine the wool
and ascertain if possible, whether 1t
had ever been exposed to the disease.
If proved beyond question that 1t has
not, the secretary may permit its dis
tribution among the mills under regu-
lations which he will formulate. If 1t
has been exposed, il will probably be
necessary to destroy it. The quarantine
will not be raised until there is assur-
ance that no danger will result from
shipping the wool All wool from other
states. when not mixed with New Eng
land wool. will be allowed to move.
The papers in the Indianola, Miss,
postoffice case were sent to the house
at Washington Monday. They show
that brother-in-law of lndianola 8
mayor was a candidate for the office
against Mrs Cox. the negro incum-
bent, as far back as April I, 1902. a
letter from postofiice official quotes
the mayor as saying that if Mrs. Cox
should again take charge of the In.
dianola postoffice "she would get her
neck broken inside of two hours. " The
MAYOR wrote the fourth assistant post
master general on January last re-
questing copies of all letters written
the department regarding the postolhce
and states that the postmaster was re-
CURED by all the citizens to resign,
that no threats were made, that she
was perfectly willing" to give up the
Office. This candidate, A. b. Weeks,
wrote the department several times re-
uuesting appointment and saying that
Mrs. Cox would soon resign. He sent
a petition of colored citizens, pressed
his own claims and Jan. / wrote the
president that the postmaster had aban-
doned the office Several other candi-
dates applied for the Office Oct. 3, I'M
derstanding that Mrs. Cox was to re-
sign.
The senatorial deadlock which has