Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-04
AN ARBITRATION TREATY

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AN ARBITRATION TREATY
SETTLEMENT PROVIDED FOR
FRENcH.AMERlcAN DISPUTES.
Illinois Coal Mines Will Close Down
Thirty Perish In Mine Explosion
- Judge Parker Opens Speaking
Campaign in New York.
Secretary Hay and Ambassador
Jusserand ut Washington Tuesday
November !. signed treaty pro-
viding for the settlement by nrpitra-
ton OF any possible disputes between
the United States and France. IL IL
drawn on the lines of the Anglo
French arbitration treaty.
All hope OF settlement OF the
controversy between the coal opera
tors of Illinois and the hosting en-
glneers has failed, practically, ana 24o
mines employing $4,000 men VIII De
closed down. The engineers agreed 10
cease work Monday night, OCT. 81,
unless the operators withdrew their
order of reduction In wages OF
about per cent.
The report Of the commissioner OF
education for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1904, shows that l6,00s,56l
pupils. or 20 per cent OF the entire
population OF the country, attended
the public schools during the year
The total cost Of the public schooi
system Is given as $251.457,62o. IL
amounts to $3.15 per capita OF total
population, and s22.75 per capita per
pupil
with an awful crash and without
warning the Hoyle building occupied
by the Continental Savings bank ana
n number of offices at Memphis, Tenn
collapsed Monday morning, OCT, 81,
and at least 20 lives are believed 10
have been snuffed out In the death
trap. Only one man, tailor on the
top floor, escaped alive. The buiid-
ing was next to the site OF the pro-
posed skyscraper of the Tennessee
Trust Co, and the excavation caused
the collapse.
About 30 men lost their lives in q
terrific explosion, which occurred AT
Mine No. 8. of the Rocky Mountain
Fuel and Iron company at Tercio, ~
miles west of Trinidad, Col, FRIDAY,
oct. 2S. The coroner's inquiry SHOWS
that the disaster was due TO dust Inc
explosion resembled volcanic erup-
ton and threw rocks ana other uepris
over the camp for the distance vi
quarter of a mile. The men IN the
mine mostly Slavs, were buried in a
burning tomb. But one body was re-
covered. Deadly fumes overcame the
rescuers frequently.
note has been issued at Washing-
ton endorsing the project OF gen,
eral system of arbitration treaties anu
the establishment of an interhatloi,ai
congress to meet periodically IN the
interests OF peace. II calls for the
reassembling OF The Hague confer
ence for the consideration OF ques-
tions specifically mentioned by the
original conference as demanding
further attention, such as the rights
and duties of neutrals, the inVloiaDii-
ity of private property IN naval war
fare and the bombardment of ports by
naval force.
Grover Cleveland, only living ex-
president of the United States, ad-
dressed an enthusiastic crowd OF
4 500 persons at Carnegie hall, New
York city, Friday night, Oct IL
Mr.. Cleveland's speech urged re-
turn to real American principles ana
condemned republican arrogance ana
pretension and Indifference to pub
lie welfare. national morality and the
rights of weaker people. he de-
clared that the powerful trusts nave
I'd hv a
surance that the government did not
intend to run amuck."
Propelled part way by It's own
power and the remaining distance py
wind blowing 10 miles an hour,
the Arrow, an airship owned ana
perfected by Thomas S. BALDWIN OF
San Francisco, in charge of A. Roy
Knabenshue of Toledo. made an un-
announced flight OF 10 miles from the
worlds fair grounds Tuesday, Oct.
Is over st. Louis and across the
Mississippi river to Cahokia, III.
Knabenshue Unanswered the flying
machine into the wind and steered
the Arrow in course that varied
several points either way from the
trend OF the wind He landed at
point of his own selection.
The declaration by DIR. Wiley, chiet
chemist of the department OF agrlcul-
ture at Washington. that So per cent
of all whiskeys commonly used In
this country are adulterated and That
only pure whiskey TO be relied upon Is
that bottled in bond, has aroused a
storm of protests and few inquiries
as to where the genuine article can
be found. A communication from one
of the biggest distilling and rectlfy-
ing firms in the country contained the
following threatening sentence: The
rectifiers of this country pay INTO the
United States treasury more thah
$3.50, OOO, 900 annually. They do more
than any other industry to support
the government of the United states.
II will be found that your policy is
shortsighted and inimical to the gov
eminent interests and we believe that
YOU have outlived your usefulness.
Many rectifiers declare that the COM
pound spirits are as good and some
better than the whiskey in bond. DR..
Wiley replies that he is not making
a campaign against the whiskey in
dustry and insists that rectihed
whiskey should be branded and sold
as such. and blended whiskey as
such.