The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-11
WEEK IN THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Arc Making History.

Great Events and Movements winch
Are Making History.
A recommendation for freer and more
timely expenditures by the management
of the Boston 4 Albany railroad m =
feature of the Massachusetts, railroad
commission 5 long anticipated report
ON DELAYS on the railroads having term.
nails in Boston, The report was issued
Tuesday afternoon. IL discusses the
breaking Of the lease Of the Boston 4
Albany 10 the New York Central rail
road, rs one remedy; but ADVISES
against breaking the lease, preferring
rather 10 bring pressure TO bear ON the
management that will result In bring
ing equipment and service up to hrst,
class standards. Incidentally the board
recalls that the equipment OF the Boston
a Albany nj the time of the lease was
by no means the best ideal TO hold up
ms a standard. The board cites the
railroad delays all over the country
ms an indication that Boston conditions
are not peculiar; and intimates that the
Boston i Albany is more blameworthy
than the other lines entering Boston
by making less provision beforehand
for the great flood of business that
has caused the trouble. Tho Boston <
Maine and New York, New Haven
Hartford arrangements are only briefly
mentioned, their trouble being laid TO
the overcrowding of terminals,
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
DeGraw has issued statement showing
the condition Of rural free delivery
service January ]. There are 31O24
rural delivery routes in operation mt
this time and 1929 petitions for the
establishment Of additional routes pend
ing before the department. The nun
her of rural carriers employed is S6,9Os.
Five states Of the union have more
than 1000 routes each. The report shows
that January ] there We're 200 rural
routes in Massachusetts as compared
TO 2ls June 80 last, OF 81 petitions
for routes received from Massachusetts
only ~ were adversely reported upon
and eight are now pending before the
department In Maine the number OF
routes increased from i2l June 30 to
1876 the first Of this month; 561 petitions
were received. l2j adversely reported
on and Is are now pending. New
Hampshire rural routes were 2O2 IN
number on New Year $ day, as against
1879 al the close of the last fiscal year.
Only seven out of the 260 petitions for
routes received were pending. The rn-
raj routes in Vermont increased from
PSI June 30 to 297 January /, and OF
42l petitions received all had been
disposed Of except 2j In Rhode Island
rural routes numbered 81 the first of
this year, compared with 2s six months
ago. Only one petition was pending.
Attorney General jackson, in behalf
Of the people Of the state Of New YORK,
Monday entered suit against George
b. Mcclellan, praying that the latter be
ousted from the Office of mayor of the
city of New York on the ground that he
has usurped and unlawfully holds such
office. whereas William Randolph Hearst
is legally entitled to the same 1t is
stated that this new proceeding has
nothing to do with the quo warranto
action which last week was temporarily
enioved at the application of Mayor
Mcclellan. A summons and a copy
of the complaint were served upon
Mayor Mcclellan at the city hall Mon
day by Deputy Attorney General De
Ford. The complaint declares fatty
that at "the election in November,
1905, Mr.. Hearst was duly and legally
elected mayor of the city of New
York. y 1t is alleged that in various
WAYS the election laws were violated.
Two men were killed, a score of 9th
ers injured and the interior of the
Fourth Street national bank of Phila-
delphia laid in ruins Saturday as the
result of a bomb dropped by man who
demanded loan of $4,000 for which
he could show no collateral The per-
pertrator of the deed was blown to
atoms but he was identified by means
of a plate on key-ring which he wore
as Rollo Steele of Garner, Ia, who had
lately been living in Lynchburg, va
Cashier McLear was instantly killed.
With the exception of his right arm
and shoulder he was not mangled. The
dead cashier lived at st. Davids, a
suburb, with his wife and three children.
The most seriously injured is William
Crump. who made heroic attempt to
seize the object which the man was
about to drop from his raised hand,
but he was an instant too late
George B. Cortelyou Monday an
nouneed his retirement as chairman of
the National Republican Committee.
Harry S. New, vice chairman, will be-
come acting chairman of the committee.
For many months it has been under
stood that Chairman Cortelyou pro-
posed to retire. at a convenient time.
1t was known then that Harry 5. New
of indianapolis, would be the acting
chairman of the committee on Mr.. Cor
telyou's retirement. 1t is well known /
that the president has referred to Mr.
Cortelyou many matters involving poll
ties and it was believed that as chair
man of the national committee, he was
in better position to handle them than !
he would be as simply member of the
cabinet. AS these questions now have |
been cleared up, Mr.. Cortelyou en-
braces the opportunity to retire from
the committee craftsmanship.
Alexander Berkman, who was releas
ed last summer from states prison in
Pennsylvania, after having served four
teen years for an attack on Henry G.
Frick following the homestead riots in