Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-29
The ll5th general assembly q the

The ll5fh general assembly Of tbs
Presbyterian church of the Cniiec
States at Los Angeles, Cal. last week
adopted the II proposed amendment:
TO the confession of faith by an almost
unanimous roie.
The three Van wormer boys sen.
fenced TO death for the murder Of theii
uncle Peter A. Hallenbeck, a. Green
port, \. T.. Christmas eve, 1901, must
suffer death in the electric chair. the
court Of appeals having affirmed ihei,
conviction.
The Massachusetts, legislature has
passed q most drastic anti trust bill.
the result Of the coal strike Ii was
reported by the committee appointed
20 Investigate coal conditions and l.
designed 10 prevent combinations from
controlling prices.
Fire last week DESTROYED half a dog
en tiourishing industries and 2jo houses
OF ST Hyacirthe, P. @. leaving near
ly quarter Of the city's population
homeless Loss 800, 90 No one knows
how the FIRE started. The burned dis
triei Is practically the same as that de-
stroyed in 1s16
Joseph Becker. radical socialist. IS
in jail 81 Walla Walls, Washington. on
suspicion of having intended 10 kill
President Roosevelt He is said 10
have remarked al Pen6leiou. Oregon.
las week. that be had one bullet for
President Roosevelt and another for
Emperor william Of Germany.
The drought in the Eastern and Cen
trail States is q serious menace 10 the
crops. Unless relief comes soon farm
ers IN the districts named will suffer
great loss. The wheat belt Of the EsS.
il not endangered. New York was the
center Of the heat wave last week also
Of the drought area Ii was the hottest
May le for 3 years
4 tornado in Nebraska struck the
towns of Pauline and Norman Monday
morning killing q people and serious
ly in!Uring many more The wires be-
ing down. the details are meagrs. 4
tornado struck Hastings. Neb.. Tues
day wrecking many buildings. Ii
struck the state hospital for the feeble
minded az Glenwood, Ia, killing TWO
children and iniuring IL
4 crack four feet wide and 3l0p feet
long has opened 3 couple Of hundred
yards back from the face of the west
ern peak of Turtle mountain. " W.
t., al the summit 4 dispatch has
been received al Frank from the lieu
tenant governor of the territory order
ing the mounted police to inform ev-
erybooy Of the danger and suggesting
the Immediate evacuation OF the place
Postmaster General PAYNE announces
8 deficiency Of FIT, i67 il the delivery
service Of the posto.Ece department
OF this $4,000 is in the free delivery
branch and sl2l. go il the rural free
delivery service The postmaster gen
eral for the first time publicly criti-
cise6 the administration Of A ". Ms
chen. the general superintendent OF
indefinite leave Of absence and who
viii be given an opportunity to be
heard on the subject.
John Muir. Scotch expert. il in
Colorado Springs. Col, and claims 10
have invented 3 process for tanning
hog hides 50 as 10 make them . perfect
for rubber in cushion tires
for vehicles He says the process makes
the skin harder, more durable and
equally satisfactory while the product
is cheaper. he says he has sold Amer
lean rights TO manufacture 10 a syndl
cate and that q demonstrating plant
xill be erected Immediately and fac
tory built 10 supply the demand Sim
liar rights have been sold for Ger
many. Austria Hungary. Switzerland
and other European countries
The party which il TO join the Zeig-
l.
Doken this week on the Helig Oiay.
under the command of William J. Pet
ars OF the National Geographical So I
,iesy Mr. Peters is chief Of the sci 4
=ntific corps and also second il com (
nsnd OF the expedition itself. whose I
Anthony Pisla. accomps
,ied by ". S. Camp. started for Trom- ,
soe some weeks ago 10 supsrintscd the I
citing out Of the America The party .
will Join the America al Trousoe ard .
he expedition will leave that port for I
Archsngel and Franz Joseph Land and
make the dash for the pole, il all goes
yell, in the spring Of 1904
LULU Hadley, the chambe-maid who
'etused 10 make Booker Washington
Se3 and was discharged. and fer whom
benefit fund has been raised By
.ouEherB synpsthizers. Was chloro-
orned and robbed al her lpdianspo-
* home Fridsy morning. The people
nth whom she lives we're also chloro-
orma6 and the house rznsackeG. The
OTHERS. who are believed 70 De some
Ugly looking negroes who hare been
hanging around the house for several
.aFs. secured Miss Hadley's purse con
aiming s42 They made every effort 10
ind the mooey which she has been re-
ewing for several days from all parts
4 the country, and which amounted
o s2l3
President Roosevelt has been il Or
.gon and Washington the past week
ie spoke in Ashland and Salem ard
peni Thursds! night il Portland A
multitude gave him warm welcome
Il Tacoma the revenue cutter McCul-
ourh. living in the hsrbor, firing ss-
ute of q guns. 4 big military and
ivic parade was held il Portland.
ezfures Of which were 3 human flag,
composed of 40 school girls who had
zen drilled for weeks, Erc military
,ompany of 80 American born Chinese
The cornerstone Of the Lewis and Clark
memorial monument was laid in honor
{ what the president called the
reatest single pioneering feat On this
ointment The voyage across the con
ireut by Lewis and Clark. which
ounded out the ripe craftsmanship Of
efersou and his fellows BY giving 10
he United States all Of the domain
.etzsza the Mississippi and the Pa
ifc-" The president 5ourneyed up
'ure. Sound from Tacoma on the
-.sne- Suoksre The foreman of the