Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-25
NEW ENGLAND TREMBLES
THREE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
FELT MONDAY MORNING.


Mr.. Bristow Did not Accuse Congress
men.-Failure Of Cotton King Sui
ly.-lmportant Pension Ruling MADE
Tornado in Missouri.
An earthquake Monday morning
March 81. caused tremor throughou
the entire eastern section OF New
England. There We're two stron
shocks and third lighter vibration
Beginning at St. John, the seismi
vibrations traversed through Maine
causing some damage to buildings II
Augusta, Portland and Bangor IN.
shock was felt plainly as far souti
as Taunton. The earthquake shock'
are said by officials Of Harvard astro
nomical observatory to have been th'
most severe experienced in TINS sec
ton of the country since the mem
orable seismic disturbance OF 1859
The vibrations were noticed at MN
utes and 10 seconds after oclocf
and the earth waves were very per
centible, In the Photographic darF
room of the observatory the water
tanks which were nearly filled, were
shaken to such an extent that a con-
siderable quantity of water was pre-
cipitated upon the floor.
Former Mayor William r. Grace
died of pneumonia at New York Mon
day. March 81. in his 72nd year.
A two-years agreement between
coal operators and miners was signeu
M Indianapolis, Ind. Monday, March
81. The scale signed was that pro
posed by the operators and was un
changed from the original PROPOSE
ton.
Representative w. Il. Hearst OF
New York has introduced In the mouse
at Washington resolution proviu
ing for an investigation OF the trus.
question by committee ol nv
members of the house. The resoiutioii,
contains ten clauses recitlng tne esn
effects of the trusts upon the country
General Nelson A. Miles VIII De the
next presidential nominee oil the pro-
hibition party at the natloiial coai'
ton at Indianapolis, lnd.,. June 20 anu
30 according to the leaders IN cnaise
of the convention. He VIII ACCEPT
Chairman Newlin says: AS tne VIZ
OrOuS opponent VI thS "i', r,..a
m enemy of Roosevelt and a friend
- southern democrats, General Miles
viii be sure to poll 100000 votes al
east"
Tho sum of $4,000 has been award
n 70 the Rev. Edwin A. Schell or
Shicapo. formerly secretary of the
Snworth League. in his suit for libel
.qainst the Rev. Charles Parkhurst,
.ditor of Zion's Herald The SUIT
rose over statements printed In
,ion's Herald regarding the publica-
ion nv Mr.. Schell in collaboration |
pith e. o. Excel of Chicago OF a sa-
red song book. The libel was con-
aimed in a statement that Mr. Schell
ad dishonesty utilized his position
\ the church for his personal gain.
The employment of the torch and
ullet by the negro, to defend MS
ghts and stop the lynching of blacks
v white men, has been openly recon-
tended in a sermon by the Rev. f.
/. Jacobs, in the African Methodist
church of Brooklyn. He
lid the negroes of Springfield, where
black man was dragged from jail
nd strangled to death by a mob,
lould carry on war of reprisal ana
urn their enemies out of business.
he sermon created a marked sensa-
on. Colored preachers In other
lurches urged their auditors to so
,nduct themselves as to win friends
r their race.
The Colombian legation at Wash
gton has been closed and DR.. Thorn
Herran, charge daffaires, will leave ,
e United States for his former home
Medelin, in two or three weeks.
lture communications between the
olombian government and the state
partment will be conducted through
e Colombian consul general at New :
,rk. The closing of the legation Is
e direct result of the secession Of !.
mama and the negotiation of the |
thmian Canal treaty. 1t Is thought t
at a considerable time will elapse G
fore the Colombian government !
ain dominates a minister to Wash
gton, as the feeling in official circles /
Bogota is still very bitter. q
A cablegram to Pennsylvania s
ends of Rev. B. w. Labaree, the
sslonary recently murdered in Per-
/, makes clear the following facts: ! +
r. Labaree was not travelling reck- I
sly on by-roads or at night. The n
rider was a deliberate one, and the n
,tives for it seem to have been 9TH o
than simple robbery. Whatever 7
~ have been the spirit or object of b
3 murderers, the people as a whole @
mpathlze with the missionaries. If a
: weak and inefficient government
Persia can do anything to punish
: offenders, it will do so. The health
the other missionaries, especially q
Mrs. Labaree. is good. ?
of Pensions Ware, q
tn the approval of Secretary Hitch IL
TX, has promulgated a most impor- al
1t pension ruling which reads. Or r,
red in the adjudication of pension n
inns under said act of June 27, 1890,
amended, it shall be taken and con-
cred as an evidential fact if the ~,
ltrary does not appear, and if all l
Ter legal requirements are properly I.
t, that when a claimant has passed =,
age of GO years he Is disabled one =,
f in ability to perform manual la !.
and is entitled to be rated at Sc =
month, after SIS years at IS per !,
nth, after 6S years at SO per y
nth, and after 70 years ut s12 per 81
nth. Allowance at higher rate not
,eeding $12 per month will continue
be made as heretofore. where disa-
ties other than age show Il condi- V,
n of inability to perform manual of
or" N