Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-02

King Alfonso 81 SPAN Is man
weeks visit In Paris. President. LOU
bet, accompanied by the eap,ns.'
Greeted the kip on his arrival MOI
Sav Nav 2e. while batteries o. s-tli-
ierv numbered royal salute OF loi
Guns. A large force OF troops rem.
dered military honors and the vast
assemblage gave an enthusiastic pop
ular greeting 10 the King.
welton Stanford of Schenectady. n.
a nephew of the late Senator Le-
land Stanford of California ana pehe-
| ficiary under his will 10 the extent 40 oa
81 o0. 600 has offered reward OF sl,oov
| for information leading to the arrest
and conviction OF the parties respon
sihle for the death OF the late JANE
athron stanford. He believes that
She died from the effects OF poison
Scarcely l.5O0 veterans were In line
in the great Memorial day parade 10
the Soldiers and Sailors monument
al sqth street and Riverside drive,
! New York city, against 2'0oo last
wear. Many of the feebler men rooe
| in carriages behind their posts. ana
ambulances from Bellevue hospital
followed the fourth division TO PICK
up any who might fall In the marcn;
1
900 bands were in line and Lieut.-G
Bruce who reviewed the march past
! the monument, said 1t was the great
est Memorial day parade he had ever
seen.
| Congressman D. j. Foster OF YER
mont. in a public interview at WASH
Iington recently. declared his opinion
that 1t would be better should the
president decide to call no extra ses-
sion Of congress whatever. Whiie IN
accord with the president on questions
| OF current interest Mr.. Foster voiced
his opinion that congress would take
Iup the tasks before II at the regular
session and probably do the work quite
| as well as IL called month or two
ahead Of time. Mr.. Fosters view Is
endorsed by Speaker Cannon and by
practically all the republican leaders
of the senate and house.
/ Lieut.. Commander Robert f. Peary
| is to sail from New York either on
July | or for his last attempt TO
reach the North Pole. The wireless
apparatus has been installed upon the
Roosevelt the vessel constructed for
the trip. and his entire crew engaged.
Il know that when l return to New
York two years later after my sailing
| from there shall bring the good news
that I have at last discovered the
Pole" said Mr.. Peary Tuesday. May
80, Il have to-day received tele-
gram from President Roosevelt in
which he extends to me the good
wishes of the American people. I'm
der those circumstances can / be UNI
successful? Never Mrs. Peary and
daughter. Mildred. will accompany
\ the explorer.
! Frank Neighbors, white man. aged
about rs years. shot and instantly
killed his sister. Tela Taylor her nus
band, George Taylor and seriously
wounded another sister. Mrs. John
Whaley, at Chattanooga, Tenn. Mon
day night. May 80. With the same
calmness that he appears to have done
| the killing, Neighbors afterward sur
rendered to the police. According to
the testimony of witnesses beofre cor
oner's jury Neighbors had been
drinking. There were no eye-wit-
nesses. Neighbors walked toward the
house in which the killing was done.
announcing that he was tired of the
conduct of his sisters and that he had
decided to kill 1.-THE whole bunch" He
then proceeded to the house and car
ried the threat into execution. Upon
his return he declared that he had
CLEANED up" the whole outfit.
Baron Alphonse De Rothschild. the
head of the French branch of the
Rothschild banking house, died at Pa
ris Friday, May 26, of acute bronchitis.
aggravated by govt. Besides his posi-
ton in the financial world, Baron Az
phonse was known for his lavish char
...1 90 h. 1nfa hntyl
81, 900, 900 for the erection of work
ingmen's homes. He was born in 1927.
He will be succeeded as head of the
Paris banking house by Baron Lam
bert de Rothschild of Brussels, whose
business capacity has earned him
world wide reputation. Baron Alphonse
was the leading spirit of the Roths-
childs in their relations with practi-
cally all the governments of Europe.
The Rothschild family originated in
Germany became bankers, were made
mobiles in 1915 and were created barons
in 1922 by the emperor of Austria.
State Insurance Commissioner Israel
w. Durham, leader of the republican
organization in Philadelphia for the
last 10 years, and whose influence
reached far into the interior of Penn
sylvania. Internationally surrendered
Monday, May 90. to Mayor Weaver.
who opened the war on the organiza-
ton last week in connection with the
public protest against the pending
gas lease. The effort to extend the
lease of the city gas works to the
United Gas Improvement company
for 75 years will be abandoned.
Thomas Dolan. president of the gas
company. forwarded a formal letter to
the presidents of the select and COM
mon branches of city councils with
ara wing his nrnnnsifion to advance