Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-17

fire started in the basement and
gained great Roadway before II be-
, came known to most OF the tenants
and many We're cut OFF before they
could attempt to save themselves.
Thrilling rescues and daring leaps
for life marked the fire. There were
about 200 in the building and scores
were carried out. The crowded fire
escapes were Uttered with rubbish
and this condition was largely re-
sponsible for so many deaths and in
juries. A closed and frozen skylight
door was the cause of the loss of
several lives. The explosion of a
kerosene lamp started the fire.
Investigations of the beef trust
have been begun in Texas and Mis-
sissippi,
Three thousand miles without a
stop at the rate of 100 miles or more
an hour, is said to be the capacity
of a new type of locomotive Which
has been ordered by the Southern
Pacific railroad, Its makers think II
will revolutionize transportation.
The cost of operating will be less
than one-half the present cost, fuel
oil being the only fuel used
Whitelaw Reid has retired from
the editorship and direction of the
New York Tribune, in consequence
of his having taken government Office
abroad. Hart Lyman, long a MEM
/ Der of the editorial staff, succeeds
Mr. Reid as editor. Donald Nicholson,
who has been connected with the
Tribune for 80 years, retires from
the managing editorship and is sue
ceeded by James Martin, who has
been news editor since 1900
The controversy of ex-United
States Senator Frank j. Cannon, edi-
tor of The Salt Lake Tribune, with
the authorities of the Mormon church,
has resulted in Mr.. Cannon's excom~
munication from the church. The
action was based on editorial articles
written by Mr. Cannon assailing the
policy of the higher authorities of the !
church. Mr.. Cannon's request for an
opportunity to prove the truth of the /
assertions he had made was refused 1
by the ecclesiastical court.
Geronimo, the old Apache warrior, !
has appealed to the president at |
Washington for the release of him.
self and his people. He begged that /
he be released from the captivity in
which he is held at Fort Sill. Okla
homa, and allowed to return to his
old hunting grounds In Arizona. I'VE h
are tired of living in strange land"
he pleaded, land want to go back to
our old home. We Will be good" The
president was not convinced by his ;
fearful argument and refused to
grant his request, at least until the
Indian should prove that he now has
"a good heart"
II. Rider Haggard, the English
author, has come to the United States
10 inspect the Salvation army indus
rial and agricultural colonies here. :
with the idea of applying the scheme !
now followed by the Salvation army {
n this country to South Africa. The :
plan for colonizing South Africa was :
/ pet scheme of the late Cecil Rhodes, /,
whose estate is bearing the expenses =
# Mr. Haggard's inquiry, Mr. Hag- =
gard said he would not confine him :
elf to the Salvation army scheme, :
,ut would also investigate the vacant ;,
OF colony scheme in Philadelphia and -
would visit some of the settlements
n Utah
Senator Allison of Iowa on Feb 20 l
roke all records for continuous SER =
1.
enate 81 years, IL months and ii
ays, and in congress 40 years, lack
ng just two weeks. Senator Allison "
rst took his seat in the senate on "
Iarch 4, 1878, succeeding James Har- II
an. He has served continuously ever y
ince, and the first week in January =
roke the continuous service record "
established by Senator Morrill, of Yer d
lont, who died on Dec. IS, 1898, and U
Tho would have served 80 years had "
e lived until the following March g
There are only two men in the u
enate who were there when Senator d.
.llison took his seat. They are o.
tewart of Nevada and Mitchell Of ~
regon. Neither has seen continuous U
arvice
The Connecticut supreme court has M
pheld the judgment of the superior I,
ourt that the sealed letter in the u
hilo S. Bennett will containing a %
equest of 100000 to William J. Bry- W
n is not part of the Bennett will. W
[r. Bennett made his will after con- pt
lltation with Mr.. Bryan and in 1t al
rected his executors, one of whom w
as his wife and one Mr.. Bryan, 10
: guided by the contents of sealed at
tier which had been placed in Tn
Ifety deposit vault. The letter di nc
.cted his wife to pay $4,000 out of ia
s estate to Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan W.
lid that the money was to be used tlf
accordance with the wishes of Mr.. WI
emmett in propagating Mr.. Bryan's en-
,litical views. Mrs. Bennett refused M
be guided by the letter, contending Tn
at it was no part of the will, and
e litigation just decided followed. tri
frt
The coroner's jury at Honolulu IN
night, March 9, returned a re-
rdict that Mrs. Jane l.. Stanford ~
ed an unnatural death. The verdict py
VS. that death was due to strych- In
ne poisoning, the poison having co.
en- introduced into a bottle of BIZ ms
rbonate of soda with felonious in SUI
Mt by some person or persons to the ma
ry unknown. The high sheriff ex-
eSses the opinion that the strych- eh'
ne was placed in the soda in San ire
ancisco by a member of Mrs. STAN wh
IDS household. At the inquest a 70
ysician testified that the strych- Jal
he used as shown by the tests was WI
strychnine such as is not used gem Ha
lily for medicinal purposes, but arr
ed principally for poisoning ami go
is. This statement is regarded as
possible assistance in tracing the
yer of the strychnine. All present pre-
/ former members of tbe Stanford We
lsehold are being closely watched wh
Do
The name of Daniel Flickinger vii. unt
force, a native African, who was his
'ught to this country as child hyI
after being educated was re-
ned by the board to his old tribe ~
a missionary has been dropped
m the rolls of a Huntingdon, Ind. :
lrch. 1t is charged by the board lie;
t after service of % years as 20
;sionary, the negro minister has
n lured back to heathenism. has 70