Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-04

o Il am going to stick to my post an
continue to build up that great de
e partment. You will recall that whel
!, | went there found practically moth
II ing but few roll top desks and hal
: dozen half starved scientists. Since
: that time we have built up an i'm
. proved branch of the government SER
: vice"
], Speaking of an interview with
y President Jordan of the Southern Cot
. ton Growers association, in which his
resignation is demanded. the secretary
! said he did not believe Mr.. Jordan's
own people" agreed with him. In ex-
!. PLANTATION he displayed kilograms from
9 Vice President +. S. Peters of the
same organization and w. s. Harvey
of the Merchants association of New
York. expressing confidence in him.
The United States government is
sending out Frank Benton. a bee ex-
pert. of the agricultural department.
to scour those portions of the globe
wherein desirable types of honey maxi
ers are believed to exist In his tour
, he will visit India and the Philippines
for the purpose of studying the giant
bee of those countries.
Secretary Shaw's. announced inten-
ton of retiring from the cabinet will,
1t Is understood, be put into effect in
February. when the secretary will re-
tire. after rounding out three years as
head of the treasury department. In
innate friends at Washington say that
Secretary Shaw will follow the lead
of his predecessor, Lyman j. Gage,
and will become the head of one of
the largest New York trust companies.
/
The Atchson, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroads answer to the proceedings
begun In the federal court at Kansas
| City charging the railroad with con-
tempt of court in violating the courts
| injunction against rebates. was filed
Monday. July 81. In its answer the
Santa Fe admits that 1t one time did
give rebates. but that II has not grant
ed rebates since the injunction was is
sued.
An action was instituted Monday. |
July 81, by Attorney General julius
NJ. Mayer in the supreme court, New |
York county. in the name Of the peo-
pie of the state of New York. against |
the Equitable Life Assurance society |
of the United States and the members I
of its old board of directors severally
and individually. The action is
brought for restriction of funds.
John Carbutt. known to photogra-
piers the world over Is dead at his H
home in Philadelphia. aged 70 years.
Mr.. Carbutt went to Philadelphia
from Sheffield. Eng in 1853. He was
skilled as chemist, and made scien-
tific photography his life study. The
association Of America 4
chose him as their first president, :
and he acted as official photographer ,
when the Canadian Pacific railroad
was constructed He made several in 4
facilitating the taking of /
pictures in color, chief of which was /
he orthochromatic plate In 1879 he Il
perfected his widely known "Carbutt +
Try plate" which revolutionized the I
.rade. +
The Zionist congress at Basel, \
switzerland, decided, by an over o
majority, Sunday, July 80, c
lot to accept the offer OF Great Brit
lin of a tract of land in East Africa
or the formation of a Zionist colony.
'he resolution adopted was as follows:
That the Zionist congress firmly Is
maintains the principle for the founda-
ion of the colony in the Jewish faith II
rland, Palestine, or in that vicinity
he congress thanks Great Britain g,
or her offer of African territory. the r
of which, however. is
and hopes that Great J..
ritain will continue to aid in the u.
olution of the Jewish question" al
With the capitulation of the strik- w
g Chicago teamsters nearly COM er
ete, and the release from the oppres-
on of the long labor war practically wi
ssured for Monday. July 81, hand to
II of coal teamsters wrecked the
ell-developed peace plans. The coal pa
'ivers. $50 strong, voted unanimously dr.
continue the strike. As a result
e Employers association, it is said, NJ,
ay close the doors to thousands of w
cir former employees who were to ~
I'VE been re-engaged Monday The 80
rike era, with its police guarded
agons, will also continue indefinite me
All manner of protests from other am
amsters locals failed to move the JOY
al drivers from their determination.
aui
Geo. t. Moore. psychologist and al ~ ~,
logist of the department of agri- 'ie
lture. has rendered his resignation n
Secretary Wilson and 1t has been itet
,epted. This action is the culmina- \
n OF a hearing at the department ton
which it was alleged nv two renre- Eai
natives of an agricultural publica- S
n that Moore's wife had stock in a tow
manufacturing cultures and
soil incubation, while Moore. viii
o had charge of the preparation con
revision of bulletins regarding the "
ichment of farms. directed farmers Gro
the concern in question for their wee
piles of the culture. Moore offered MIC
. ~ tho ,,,u 20 shom .iiat ms supe, will
,tions with tba nit,o- o,,,t,'u N
". nigh
8, Il
uring thunder storm of terrific GIN
nsity which nassed over Nov Wi, to 4
day. July 80, five persons were VIII
lck by lightning and instantly MRS.
ed and nine others were seriously emu
red AT the PARKWAY baths ~, Co,,a,, den
nd. At the same linz ono 49, choi
killed and three were Frustrated
iravesend Beach. Owing to the
nse heat of the morning. a multi Il
had assembled at The shore re- disea
Wnen the rain descended in Robe
ents hundreds of men, women and lost
iren sought shelter under the big tored
house. which is elevated above all r
sand on piles. Lightning struck Final
Flagstaff of the bath-house and and
nded in the very thickest of the cures
d. Nearly so persons were pros- well
ID, and the rest. screaming with lregul
IT. rushed out into the storm. sive
thing struck at various points in tend
York city and a store in Rrool I5oiax,