Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-10-26
THE WEEK IN THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

Caribbean sea the latter part OF last
week was terribly destructive, Havana s
loss is estimated Mt 100000, with
loss to her beautiful park system and
shaded streets that money cannot I'M
mediately replace. lncalculable dam
age is reported from salvador, ana
Guatemala and Honduras are believed
10 have suffered to the extent of sew |
eral million dollars. The Florida city |
that seems to have borne the brunt OF
the American share of the hurricane Is
Miami, where the loss runs into the
thousands. The weather bureau s word
from Washington Saturday was: "The
tropical hurricane which swept from
Cuba TO the Bahamas now appears TO be
raging with full force about 200 miles
out in the Atlantic, its only shore eneet
being falling barometer and 2o'miie
wind blowing off the South carolina
coast. II is still hazardous for eoasting
craft along the middle and south ATTAIN
tic coasts. The hurricane, according To
Forecaster Henry of the weather bu'
reau, seems TO have been temporarily
checked in its northeastward movement
and has not advanced in the past IL
hours. nor do the indications point to
any change in the next 81 hours. An
other storm is developing in Colorado.
4 cyclone ef unprecedented severity, ae.
companied by terrific downpour OF
rain, swept over the provinces OF ma
yana and Pinar del Rio last week
Wednesday night and resulted IN ~
deaths in Havana and the serious INJURY
of a dozen or more persons. The money
loss is estimated at fully S2,OOO,o0O.
The dead are all Cubans of the poorer
class. The United States cruiser Brook
lvn dragged her anchor until her stern
grounded in the mud off La Regla. She
got off Saturday morning without IN
Jury. The storm caused havoc ana con
fusion among the shipping in the har'
Dor. Many buildings were badly dam
aged and nearly all the trees in the elty
and suburbs were uprootcd. Inc 2uVo
American soldiers and marines at Camp
Columbia were put to great lnconVen'
fence by the storm. Nearly all the 4oO
tents in camp were blown down, but
there was little actual damage. Harry
Fosdick, an army teamstor with the
2sth infantry, from Sioux City, Ia, sus'
tanned probably fatal injuries. He was
crushed by tree which fell through
the barracks in which he was. sleeping,
Fred Sutcliffe of Fort Smelling had his
head seriously injured and Thomas
Shonealt of Reading, Pa, sustained IN
iuries to his back.
Unusual excitement in connection
with the reopening of parliament In
London Tuesday was caused by the
gists. many of whom, despite the pro
tests of the police made their way INTO
the outer lobby Of the house OF com
mons, with the intention of button
holing the members in support OF their
movement. 4 number of the suffra-
gettes, - as they are termed there, mount
ed vacant chairs in the lobby and began
to harangue the few members of parlia-
ment present in that part OF the house
The police, after being reinforced, made
a strategic advance against the IN
vaders, taking the women singly, ami
gradually elected them. one by one,
from the house. The most militant of
the women struggled So desperately that
two officers were required to remove
them. Their hysterical shouting ana
screaming brought crowds of alarmed
members of parliament from the mousse
and the uuwunted scene created I'M
usual excitement. The opening OF the
session was devoid Of sumptu0us cere-
mony or the appearance of royalty, as
this was merely "A resumption of the
business of the spring sessions. The
formal opening Of the commons oc-
curred this afternoon, an hour before
l. IL oh ER-
tators to witness the assembling of both
bodies. Ambassador Reid and other
ambassadors and ministers occupied
seats in the diplomatic gallery of the
house of commons.
Two earth shocks destroyed about luo
known as Vaughan 5 bridge, which
crosses the upper harhor at Portland,
Me. Saturday night. The first shock
was felt at s O clock. and the second
at 7,O7. Both shocks were light, but
were distinctly felt by pedestrians, Ac-
companving the rumbling of the first
shock was the sound made by the tim
beers of the temporary structure crack
ing. and the bridge began to sway.
The bridge continued to sway and sink
until the second shock. when a portion
of it. about % feet from the South
Portland shore gave way with a lurch,
and sank about six feet. This portion
also slid toward the harbor, a distance
of eight feet. The railing was broken,
and apparently the planking of the
bridge was the only thing that held the
piling in place The bottom, about
lNn
shore. fell away and moved down
stream in southeasterly direction. 1t
is feared that great damage has been