Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-11

treated right.
) Rochester, N. Y, suffered from
s3,OOO.O00 fire Friday, Feb. 20. 1t wa,
IN the retail dry goods district anC
threw $500 people out OF work
The report of the election of Gen
Rafael Reyes to the presidency OF CO.
lombia by a majority OF three cleo
toral votes. has been confirmed. The
result indicates a national preference
of peace over war.
In letter from Princeton, N. j.. to
a member of the house at Washington
March 3. Grover Cleveland denied the
statement made a few days before by
Mr. Scott of Kansas that a negro had
dined at the White house while Mr..
Cleveland was president.
Lima, Peru. was shaken Friday,
March 4, by an earthquake which did
much damage but destroyed no life
II was the severest earthquake in 80
years. The principal damage was
caused by the cracking of the walls of
business and residential structures.
Secretary Hay and Mr. Quesada, the
Cuban minister, have signed a new
treaty confirming Cuba In the title to
the Isle of Pines. The new treaty will
be sent Immediately to the senate. II
must also go to Havana to be acted |
upon by the Cuban senate.
General Charles L. Dick was de-
clared elected to the United States
senate at the conclusion of the Joint
ballot of the two houses at Columbus,
Ohio, Thursday, March 3, for both the
snort and long term. Gen. Dick won
his title In the Spanish war. He led
IN ohio regiment to Chickamauga, but
lid not get chance to go any furth-
ar.
With funeral services of the sim
,lest nature, the body OF Rev. w. II. !
Murray C"Adirondack" Murray
Who died at Guilford, Conn, Thurs
ay, March 8, was laid at rest on Sat
rday in grave beneath an old apple .
rec in the dooryard of the family
omestead. This burial place was
hosen in accordance with desire Of
en- expressed by Mr. Murray.
Reports from Lawton, Oklahoma, \
ldicate that five persons have been =
urned to death and three thousand I
luare miles of territory in Kiowa n
nd Comanche counties swept by prai- =
e fires. Hundreds of people are =,
and it is impossible to es- =. ~
mate accurately the financial loss :,
n entire Apache Indian village is 81
i'd to have been swept clean. ~ "
The officers of the steamer Queen
e free from blame for the loss Of is y,
res in the fire on that vessel Feb. ~
, according to the text of the de- ~
sion handed down by marine inspec- ~ -,
RS at Seattle, Washington. The de- 80
sion is to the effect that the officers no
all in their power to save the pas 60,
myers, and that the inspectors are ~, wy
able to ascertain the exact cause Of ba
: conflagration. 10
Pa
During the past three months more be
er have died of starvation and cold OO(
the Adirondack forests than have FIR
'ished from like causes in that Wild tro
less during the past fifteen years. oh,
IN E. Dowd of Beaver river saws -
t scores of carcasses of deer which
'e succumbed to cold and hunger
the woods In that vicinity. The
wfall thus far this winter In that No
ton has been 11s inches.
Ire which started in a cigar factory
er the Lyceum theatre at Elmira. .ie
Y, Sunday. March 6, burned the soIl
ltre and Quilted the entire block. ui
theatre loss was $4,000 and the pay, pac
on block $4,000. The Auditorium ma,
tire. in the block, was also a total WIZ
ted nv an axn,osion ~ 1870, @ han
ne Lyceum theatre building, but ~.
riding to another report, burn icy
rag was found on, the auditorium ,onz
e, and this has given rise to a sus- C 6es :
IN that both theatres were set on Geo.
by an incendiary. cons
whiC
lere is a hitch in the completion of wav
Panama canal negotiations as the that
sci OF the canal company must sent,
trip to Paris to obtain more Rrat
GRITTY and complete certain legal acbi,
1icalities which the lay officers of sista
government have suddenly found of /
necessary MI. Cromwell, the that
nas oeen given until March ing I
D perfect the transaction. This son
was about to pay $40, O0o,- expr,
Q the French company and s1O.- Kidn
70 to the new republic. 1t had Fo,
in 20 per cent of the govern cents
money in national bank deposit Fo,
! arranging its financial affairs sole
at this great sum could be paid Re,
ut any disturbance to the money take
ct and announced itself ready Sol
mplete the transaction. Grser