The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-29
WEEK IN THE WORLD
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

| The record OF the session OF congress,
which comes TO an end this week Is such
as TO warrant ats Characterization as a
do nothing congress. Its accomplish
ments in the way of general legislation
have amounted to almost nothing in spite
OF the many messages OF President Roose-
welt. The principal acts passed are
new employers liability bill OF doubtful
consttutionalty and affecting merely the
| railroads of the country, a model child
| labor law for the District OF Columbia,
the appropriation OF $3.50, 900 to assist the
| Interstate commerce commission In car
| rying on its work, the bill increasing the
pensions of widows and orphans OF sol
| diers from SIS to SD a month, the reor-
ganization OF the consular service and
| the repeal of the law to prevent foreign
vessels from trading between this coun.
try and the Philippine. islands. On the
other hand congress failed to pass cur
rency measure, although 1t was expected
last fall that this would be ITS chief
duty, failed to amend the Sherman anti
trust law, failed to enact anti-inJunetion
| legislation, a postal savings bank law, a
national child labor law, a law for the
| publicity of campaign contributions or an
/ adequate measure for the establishment
of forest reserves in the White mountain
and Appalachian regions.
| A mammoth airship on its trial trip
in Berkeley Cal, Saturday rose 300 feet
| from earth in view of 10000 spectators,
then tilted, burst, and dropped to the
ground with its crew OF III men,, every
one of whom was injured. After the air.
shin had risen the forward end tilted
downward and the rush OF gas to one end
of the bag caused it to burst. The re-
! lease of the gas caused the structure TO
settle and as it neared the earth ITS
speed increased. Several of the men lost
their heads and jumped, receiving broken
limbs and severe bruises. The others were
caught beneath the structure and more or
less seriously injured.
A bill in equity to restrain the New
York. New Haven and Hartford railroad
company from exercising any control over
the Boston and Maine system and to
separate the New Haven road from the
various trolley lines it has acquired was
filed in the United States court in Boston
last Friday. The bill was brought under
the Sherman act of 1890 and alleges that
the New Haven road is trying to control
the Boston and Maine in restraint OF
trade. The documents in the case were
prepared under the direction of Attorney
peueIdl DOudpdl lc'
Transatlantic records for average speed
and for the shortest trip over the long
course were broken by the Cunard liner
Lusitania, which arrived in New York
Friday. The big ship anchored off Sandy
Hook lightship just four days, 70 hours
and q minutes after she passed Daunts
Rock beating the record of the Mature
tana by three hours and 81 minutes.
The average speed was 24.S3 knots.
Three persons were killed, five fatally
injured and As others seriously hurt in
a trolley car collision near Chestnut Hill,
suburb of Philadelphia, Sunday night.
The accident was caused by a car jump
ing from one track while descending a
steep grade and swinging across another
track, where it was struck by car going
in the opposite direction.
Harry K. Thaw, who killed Stanford
White, but was acquitted on the ground
of insanity, will not be released from the
asylum for criminal insane at Matteawan,
n. Y, according to decision made by
Justice Merchauser of the supreme court
Monday. The Justice declared that Thaw
is now insane and should not be allowed
at large.
Peter F. Daley, one of the best known
comedians in the country. died in Chi
cago Saturday after brief illness with
pneumonia.