The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-02
WEEK in THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

Are Making blStory'
After continuing for so days the trial
OF William ID. Haywood, secretary of the
Western Federation OF Miners, for the
murder of former Governor Frank Steun
enberg was brought to a close at Boise
City, Idaho, Sunday morning when the
iury brought in verdict for acqulttal
IL was after being out for p hours that
the Jury, which at first had been divided
eight to four for acqulttal, and then
seemed deadlocked at ten 10 two, hnallS
came to an agreement. When the prlnci,
nal actors in the trial had been gathered
INTO the courtroom AT few moments De,
fore : o'clock. the white envelope handed
by the foreman to the judge was torn open
and the verdict read. Tears welled 10 the
eyes OF the man who, during his tnal, hai
,st with stuld indifference written on
his every feature. Idywood's attorneys
were fairly lifted from their seats and
Judge Wood made no effort To RESTRAIN
them a. they surrounded him to shake
ms hands and shout aloud their cOngratu-
lations. There was no demonstration
other than that made by the attorneys for
the defence. The court proceedings were
over. the prisoner was discharged and
the Jury dismissed in less than three
minutes time. News OF the verdict was
received reluctantly IN Boise. Extra edi'
tions OF the papers carried the tldings tar
and wide and during the day there was
considerable discussion in clubs, cafes,
hotel Hobbies and on street corners. Inc
surprise. which had been so manifest IN
the courtroom was prevalent everywhere
The long time the jury was out had con
veyed the general impression that there
could be no other outcome than dlsa,
greement Ii was expected 10y counsel
lor Haywood that the cases against
George \. Pettbone and Charles II;
Mover, co-defendants, would he dismissed
in event of acuuittal. but Governor Good.
ing announced Sunday that they would
be tried on their merits without regard
to the outcome of the first case Meyer
had been admitted to bail in the sum nt
s2j 600 but application for bail in the
case of Pettibone was refused upon OBJ
lection by counsel for the state who claim
that the case against him is the strong
est of the three.
United States Senator Edmund W.
Pettus of Alabama died Saturday at Hot
Springs, \. c., at the age OF S. He was
the oldest member of the senate, and ms
colleague. Senator John 7. Morgan, who
died only few weeks ago, was 50 years
old Senator Pettus was born IN Lime
stone county. Ala, July q, 1871. He was
educated at the common schools IN Ala,
bama and at Clinton college. He studied
law in the office of William Cooper. was
admitted to the bar in 1872, and began
the practice Of law at Gainesville, Ala.
In 1874 he was elected solicitor for the
seventh circuit. He served as a lieuten-
ant in the Mexican war. In 1919 he re-
signed the office of solicitor and went,
on horseback. to California. He was
elected Judge of the seventh circuit after
his return to Alabama in 1855, but re-
signed that office in 1858, and removed TO
Dallas county. In 1861 he went into the
Confederate army as major OF the Iwen-
tieth Alabama infantry, and soon after.
wards was made Northumberland OF
that regiment. In October, 1868, he was
made a brigadiergeneral OF infantry, and
served to the close of the war. Alter the
war, he returned to the practice of law;
In November, 1896, he was nominated
and elected by the Legislature OF Ala
bama United States senator and has been
reelected twice. He has been a dele
gate to nearly all the democratic ma
tional conventions since the Civil war.
The steamboat Frontenac was burned
and beached opposite Farley's Point at
Lake Cayuga, n. Y, Friday and nine
lives were lost The victims were all
women and children passengers and all
were drowned Several other passengers
were severely burned before the boat
could be beached. The steamer lett
Ithaca Friday afternoon for upper lake
points, carrying so passengers and crew
of y. In midlake fire broke out IN the
engine-room and famed by stiff north
east wind. spread quickly to the after
section of the boat. The crew of y men
behaved splendidly, fighting the flames
at first, but. seeing that nothing could
save the boat. turning al their attention
to the passengers. Life presevers were
put on every one that could be found in
the brief time. Captain Brown directed
the work of the crew and was the last
to leave the burning boat In strong
contrast to the cool bravery of the crew
was the panic and, in some instances,
cowardice, of many of the men among
the passengers. In their efforts to save
themselves they seriously impeded the
work of the crew and endangered the
lives of every one on the steamer.
4 shocking loss OF human life and de-
stluction of property worth more thah
81 100000 was caused by fires in New
York and vicinity in the "a hours ending
at s o'clock Monday morning. The fire
wave first struck Coney Island, burned
the Steeple Chase park hotels and shore
attractions. and made many homeless.
The next fire was on the steamer Hamll-
ton and then came a terrible calamity on
Christie street. A bomb started the fire,
thrown. as the police believe, by mem
Der of the Black Hand society IN a
crowded tenement, which killed score
and injured ID others. The Italians fled
to the roof fearing to go to the street,
thinking death awaited them by Black
Hand members. The fire escapes we've
cloeged and there were many heroic res
cues. Bodies were found in all manner
of places. four women being huddled TO-
gether in closet. One womar was
found dead over child, protecting 1t
from the flames.
A shocking number of railroad acct
dents occurred in the United States. dur
ing the three months ending March 81,
according to a bulletin issued Wednes-
dav by the interstate commerce commls-
sion The total number of casualties to
passengers and employees while on duty
was q. 563. compared with 2O,9i4 report
ed for the preceding three months: Pas
sengers and employees killed IN tram ae-
cidents was 42l.