Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-02-26

ence of 80 per cent of the customs du-
ties at La Guaira and Puerto Cabello
the litigants to pay their own costs
of the tribunal. The United states
Is commissioned TO carry out the deci-
sion of the tribunal within three
months.
Neqro Burned by Arkansas Mob.
Glenco Bays, negro hunted down
by mob. was burned at the stake
Friday, Feb. 10, near Crossett, ARK.
He was charged with the murder OF D.
d. Stephens OF Ashley county. Stephens
who was a wealthy planter, had rev
words with Bays, the negro later Sc
curing a shotgun and killing stephens
at close range. Bloodhounds were
brought, readily took the scent ana
traced the murderer to his fathers
house, where Bays was found. hiding
in a we'll A mob several hundred
strong surged around and dragged out
the murderer. who made fun con-
fession. He was bound TO a stake in
his fathers yard and burned to death.
A petition in involuntary bank
ruptcy has been filed against the DR..
David Kennedy corporation, manufac-
turing patent medicines of Kingston,
N. Y. The assets are less than $1,000
and the liabilities more than double
that amount. The creditors include
many newspapers. whose claims are
for advertising.
The remains of Senator Hanna af-
ter living in state at Cleveland, O., Tor
twenty-four hours and being viewed
by nearly 10000 people were taken TO
ca. a nn1tPa and
military escort Friday. Feb. 10. Thou
sands lined the route to pay their last
tribute. Right Rev. w. A. Leonard,
bishop of the diocese of Ohio deliv-
cred the address. Interment followed
at Lake view.
The blowing up of Pennsylvania
railroad locomotive at Ehrenheld, 10
miles east OF Johnstown, Pa, Monday.
Feb. %. caused the death of three men
and the probable fatal injury OF two
others. All were railroad employees.
The boiler was blown distance OF
so yards the wheels and running gear
remaining on the track. The engine
was steaming freely. II will probably
never be known what caused the ex-
plosion.
me lnMt DuDitilt NpbAt iA''N7
ed that a tramp has rights which
trainmen must respect, affirming a
decision by which Joseph Johnson was
given Judgment for injuries sustained
by reason of forcible ejectment from q
moving train. The lower court held
that tramp had no rights and that
the trainman, was justified in throw
ing him from the train, no matter
what the results might be. A new trial
was granted and a favorable decision
rendered.
The hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Hon. David Wark LII. D., OF
Fredericton, N. B., Canadian senator,
was observed Friday. Feb. 10. Sena-
tor Wark Is said to be the oldest leg
islator in the world. In honor OF the
occasion, the mayor and corporation
OF the city of Fredericton presented
the senator with complimentary adj
dress and at luncheon many guests,
including public men, prominent
members of the bar, clergymen and
government officials, were present as
guests of the city.
Asphyxiation by coal gas from the
furnace is believed to have been the
cause of the death of Joseph B. Can
field, superintendent of the Garfield
Rubber company and his swedish
maid servant at Bridgeport, Conn,
Friday. Feb. 10 Their bodies were
discovered In sleeping rooms in the
Garfield residence after Mrs. Garfield
had aroused a neighbor by telephone,
saving she was afraid her husband
was dying. The theory first held by
the police that the deaths were
due to poison has been abandoned,
though the investigation is still In
progress. Mrs Garfield, who is sur
fering from the effects of gas inhaled,
apparently, has been unable to make
a clear statement.
The Greensboro female college
buildings at Greensboro, N. C..
were destroyed by fire Thurs
day. Feb. IS. There were 80 in
mates. including the faculty, all
of whom escaped, and saved most of
their effects. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The students were aroused
from sleep by the smoke. The college
property was transferred last week 70
the two Methodist conferences OF the
state. 1t had bonded indebtedness
of 100000. The property was valued
at $4,000 There is $4,000 insurance
on the buildings and equipment. This
college next to Wesleyan college al
Macon. Ga, was the first chartered
college for women in the south.
John Alexander Dowie of Zion City
III. has been compelled to fee in a
cab to escape a mob, according TO a
despatch from Sydney, n. S. w. Row
DIV scenes have characterized MS
meetings and these eliminated when
a crowd broke up the exercises and
drove Dowie out of the hall. He es-
caped in n cab, but a bowling mob OF
(. 600 followed to his hotel. The police
were unable to check the crowd and
Dowie is said TO have left the hotel
through a rear door.
]. Malcolm Forbes. widely known as
a patron of light harness racing and
a yachtsman. died at his residence IN
Milton. Mass, Friday. Feb. 10. He was
nearly so years of age and very veal
tby. Mr.. Forbes was member OF the
syndicate which built the famous Pur-
itan, and with General Paine was IN
command of her during the races in
which she defeated the Genesta IN
1855. Mr.. Forbes in his later years
had given more of his time and atten-
tion 10 the breeding of trotting horses.
His stock farm at Canton Is a model
Institution. and has been the home OF
some of the worlds most famous trot-
tiers. Among them may be mentioned
Arion. the 2.07ik trotter, for whom a
lone he paid t125.000; Nancy Hanks.
ar-oueen Of the turf, record 2.o4.
who cost $40. 600: Bingen. whose two
vear-old record was 212h. second on
" TO Arion's champion two-year-old
record Of a1e%; Peter the Great. Ad-
mirai Dewey and 100 or more mares