Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-12
nu, COUNTY RrrRMER BRArrLEBoRo Vs. FRIDAY MAY H. l9o
DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRE

DESTRUCTIVE FOREST tlRt
4 GREAT LOSS TO MAssAcHu-
SETS TIMBER LAND.
Kan, Swept by Tornado
-kidnapper Pat Grove Reappears
Secretary Taft and Attorney Gen.
erai Moody on Rates.
The rain of Tuesday. May 0. prac >
.ically extinguished the forest hre
which had ragged since Friday ~
Plymouth Plympton, Kingston ana
Carver, Mass. burning over square
niles of the best timber land In Ply
county. The fire had been
fought by a thousand men. including
trained firemen, paid laborers ana
but was considered be-
,ond control. Besides the standing
TIMBER thousands Of cords of cut
wood were burned. The hre was
started by freight locomotive. The
oss is estimated at 100000. A thou
sand acres of timbonYand at Wells
Beach, Me-. were burned over Mon
day, May s, causing a loss OF S500oo.
A report from the post ONCE de-
partment at Washington on the ru-
raj free delivery service In the United
States shows total of 30,9s2 routes
In operation May /. with 41Og pc
Litions for the service pending in the
The largest number OF
routes In operation in any state Is
247S in Illinois.
The three mile long crater of Kill
aueau, constantly agitated lake OF
LIQUID lava, is showing great activity,
and fears are felt that the enormous
mass may be blown into the air by
an explosion and overwhelm part OF
the island of Hawaii, with Its 25,0oo
The burning lava In the
great crater is steadily rising.
The conspiracy indictments against
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Morgan Smith, broth
er-in-law and sister of Nan Patter-
son. have been dismissed as they
were unsupported by evidence. But
the district attorney will resubmit the
case to the grand jury and 1t Is said
that the Smiths VIII
be indicted and brought to trial.
washington Duke, the millionaire
tobacco manufacturer and founder OF
the American tobacco company. died
AT Durham, n. c., Monday, May 5,
after a protracted illness. aged "a
years. Mr.. Duke and his three sons
rose from poverty to the possession
of fortunes estimated at several mil
lions of dollars each within some AZ
years.
man who was arrested In
Pa, under the name OF
William DAILY Tuesday, May >, !.
charged with the larceny of $4,000
from the Equitable Life Assurance so.
ciety in New York city by the use ol
the forged signature of holder OF z
$50 900 policy and by conspiring witt
an employee of the Equitable society
Daly's name is said by detectives TO bt
Samuel Lobby but he is alleged t'
have operated under several aliases
William C. Cotton of Brookline, Mass.
is the owner of the policy.
REPRESENTATIVES of all churches ant
creeds viii attend the 10Th genera
meeting of the congress OF re1slots
which will convene at the Abraham
Lincoln Centre, lakewood boulevard
and Langley avenue, Chicago, SUNDAY
morning. May rs. at which time Ih'
new settlement will be dedicated. I'M
object of the meeting is 10 help IN IN
general movement toward the uhlil'
cation of religious work. the con
press will continue until June 2. TIT
Coming Church and Commercial
Criminals is the subject of an address
TO be delivered by Rev. Daniel Evans
of Cambridge. Mass.
An order for the return to the Rock
land. Me, city liquor agency stocl
valued at $500 which was seized b!
sheriff A. j. Tolman April s. wa
served Saturday, May 6. by Judg
Campbell of the municipal court
Sheriff Tolman is quoted as sayin'
that his work of enforcement ha
been very discouraging. He said n
should not return the liquor in tn
time specified and he had not deter
mined upon his future action. CIT.
Counsel Littlefeld suggested that
lawsuit may be brought II the sherit
does not comply with the order. Tn
order for the return of the medlcln
seized from the wholesale grocer
store of Cobb. Wright & Co. wa
promptly nonOfeu
The hunting trip of Presiden
Roosevelt is ended and his part.
started from Glenwood Springs. Col
on the return trip to Washington
Monday, May s. Before leaving IN
president entertained at dinner hi
on his three weeks hunt
Monday night the president was ten
dered a sumptuous banquet by tn
Denver chamber of commerce when II
a speech he made the unqualifie'
declaration that the federal govern
ment should supervise and control al
large corporations. The speech Great
ed a sensation At Grand Island, Neb
he was greeted by 5000 persons ant
presented with fine bouquet by tn
high school graduating class. in behai
of the schools and business men o
Grand Island. Everywhere on hi
Journey he received a royal welcome
Twenty-six lives were lost in
tornado that wrecked part OF Mar
ouette. Kan, Tuesday, May 8. A.
persons were injured, 35 were Sc
riously hurt and some may die. MUG.
damage was done in the vicinity. IL
several cases, entire families Were
killed. A relief commlttee Is us
pensing aid. The tornado struck tht
place at midnight and was preceded
by a heavy rain storm. The Swedish
lutheran and Methodist churche.
and opera house block were wrecked
and dozens of residences reduced tt
scrap heaps. The business portion
ESCAPED with slight damage. Many
people were killed as they lay asleeI
and others were buried in the wreck
age of their homes. Marquette is a
town of $500 people, in Mcpherson
county. 1t is in the exact centre OF
Kansas and in the richest farming