Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-11
GEN ERAL NEWS.


Canadian Pacific Railway for the los
OF the Chinese warshlp Hang Ia
which was sunk by the steamer En-
II press Of India about two years ago of
r the Chinese coast,
over 100 persons. a large majorit,
: OF them girls. We're buried beneath q
smother of brick. wood and plaster
Tuesday when the central portion OF
:, the large department store of John
n "a. Myers company In Albany. N. Y,
: collapsed from cellar TO roof. The
. building was undergoing extensive re-
D pairs and the workmen had neglected
e to brace II properly.
I President Roosevelt delivered n lay
sermon 10 the Christian Brotherhood
of oyster Bay Sunday afternoon. He
, emphasized the necessity OF sound
character building, holding that high
moral character was the real essence
OF Christian life. The organization be-
fore which the president spoke Is a
nonsectarian body composed Of the
male members of the local churches.
Gen. Roy Stone, veteran Of the
Civil and Spanish american wars. and
"A distinguished civil engineer, died at
his home in Mendham. N. Y, Sunday.
He was a native of Steuben county, N.
Y. and served through the civil war
In the first Pennsylvania rifles and the
l49th infantry. He was brigadier gen.
eral and chief of engineers on the staff
of Gen. Miles in the Porto Rican cam
paign.
Alex NJ. Bell, S6. father of Alexander
Graham Bell inventor of the tele-
phone, died at the home of his son in
Washington Monday. He was a ma
tive of Edingurgh. Scotland but had
lived in this country since 1868. He
was a member of the American as
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Science. the Educational institute in
Scotland and of the Royal Scotch So
ciety of Arts.
Russell Sage celebrated his seth |
birthday Friday. Aug. 4. by remaining |
away from his Office. spending the day |
quietly at his country home in Long |
Island. 1t is said to be the first &C.
casion on which the aged financier has
voluntarily absented himself from his
Office on his birthday. Mr.. Sage was
said to be in excellent health,
and no explanation was offered for his
departure from his usual custom.
The West Virginia republican state
convention to nominate a full state
ticket to oppose the democrats in the
next general election next fall, met at
Roanoke Tuesday. The convention is
composed of about 1000 members, and
is one of the largest in the history of ,
the party i'm Virginia. Judge l.. L.
Lewis of Richmond will be nominated j
for governor without opposition. /,
Great interest was manifested in the :
speech of Secretary Shaw. who is a
guest of the convention. I
Miss Mary A. Tucker. the Provi- j
ience school teacher. for whom per- Y
sistent search has been made since her
from Camp Ossipee, o
July 20. was found Sunday afternoon a
n the woods of South Lebanon. Me-, Il
lalf mile from road leading from I
3laisdelrs Corner to East Rochester, ;
Y. Fl. Miss Tucker was alive, although A
he was greatly exhausted and ema- II
lated. Her pulse was strong howev- a
r. and her attending physician thinks
he may recover. y
Excessive competition has caused "
tier decentralization in the prices of m
luminous coal in the middle west and N,
rest, and to add to the discomfort. the a,
larkets in those sections are glutted. lin
Is admitted that the trade is in very
ad shape, prices having gone to pieces
n practically every grade of coal sold
! that part of the country except
In
lracite is selling below the prices a,
uoted in the circulars. =,
Boston, instead of Paterson N. j.,
rs been selected as the meeting place ma
this years international congress of trt
according to information lls5f
ceved by the police of the north end of
Boston. Representatives from the tn
larchist colony of Lynn have been
lsy distributing circulars throughout lex
e north end. which, although not CIV phi
& definite information about the TIL
Getting. are interpreted by the police to
the advance propaganda of the con- he
ntion. The police will endeavor to goi
feat the plan to hold the convention /
Boston. yo,
President Paul Morton of the Equi- go go
BILE life assurance society at New ~
'rk Friday, August 4, appointed Dou- CO. -, :
rs Robinson, a real estate broker of W
w York city, as a special appraiser pi
, real estate owned nv the con,nanv ing
conntants have haen ~ ,vnrE on fat
s appraisal for some time but their W.
BORT has not yet been made. Mr.. u'e
bnson is a brother-in-la Of Pres me-
mt Roosevelt. The society owns in gue
S country and abroad real estate JdW
ued at approximately s36,000,000. pie
of the controlling talk
ancial interests in the various Chi doc
20 street car companies will meet in his
w YORK within couple OF days for was
purpose of considering the plans exa,
merger of the various lines upon Giro
,ne-city one-company, one-system dam
one-lare OASIS and also TO go pain
r the legal and rehabilitation
positions which the representatives n,
he various street car companies of
cago have had under discussion, A
dictate is expected to furnish the
ley necessary for the rehabilitation A
he lines. Rive
he inauguration of the New Eng seng
States Limited" the magnificent Char
express train of the Central YER COVE
It railway. took place on Monday. them
new train arrived at st. Adams VIII
day from Wilmington, Del. works tion
he American Car Foundry COM is no
?. and was rushed through to Mon comb
to be fully equipped for service field
Ionday. when it left at 9:01 in the anyb
ming for Boston. via Montpelier actua
White River Junction. The train OF
orising five cars including the mar mind
afe, two coaches, the smoking car cial S
a baggage car. is the finest ever upon
in that part of the country. the C
the result of investigation of the stata,
au of animal industry and the adj have
ions by DR.. Salmon its chief, Sec of m,
y Wilson has under consideration yyas
of two rules design DENY
prevent government officials lv on,
engaging in commercial enter d;c,Io
5 which deal with the govern II !,
a az, pros,ues Una. no employs reliabl
tarolt1a a.. ~ asricuI,ure shaii Webb
"a =, u IA any eohcern that is republ
- VOL, =, I,.hi.,' al way upon orship
"a ~ thn "eh .eie ehlpioye is presen