The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-18
WEEK IN THE WORLD
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.


Are Making History.
The brownsville case took on new
! and surprising phase Monday when III
president sent 10 the senate slrsis
message containing The confession q
Z that the Texas town Was shol 40 ~ th'
, oolond soldiers Who wefr discharged
! that the facts had been SUPPRESSED ~
remarkably sncrrssiui conspiracy at y
lencc, and giving the names 81 the NJ
legged nngleadefs ia the attack. This con
ieSsion, together with oorrobofailse state
mcnts, Was obtained by one OF large
number ii detectives whom the war de
pafiAcnt haa engaged an the work al
solving the shooting aiIIay mystery ioi
the past six months, The knowledge
that government detectives had been en-
plnyod In 81 states, a. admitted, 10 get
information 10 throw light ON the case,
created comment IN the senate AMI
house. which iu,t now is sensitive about
the use Of secret service men. Senator
Foraker cndcayond 10 take the edge oil
the presidents UNEXPECTED message by
telling the senate that men claiming 10
represent the government have been
hadgcring, threatening and otherwise try
ing 10 force confessions regarding the
brownsville affair ever since congress adj
iourned.
! A giant blast al dynamite already pre-.
parpd for firing was prcmaiurely exploded
in the workings al has Ohispo. Panama
canal zone. saturday Eleven men wcnc
killed and 70 injured. lias Obisro cut u
about 20 miles from Coon and the shock
Of the explosion was distinctly felt at
/ Colon Numerous reports are current As
/ 10 the cause Of the accident. but the Off.
cial version from Culcbfa. which gives an
estimate Of 10 killed and 20 wounded.
SAYS that during the loading Of the last
/ hole OF the blast, the dynamite in this
cutting was discharged and the remaining
- tons wer exploded by conclusion.
/ The holes had not been connected elcc.
/ tricay. for the discharge Of the ulast
was SET for o'clock in the afternoon.
The last hole was being loaded under the
supervision Of one of the most efficient
powdcrmen in the employ Of the commits.
sion. A passenger train had just passed
" hen the explosion occurred, but II was
no1 in any way damaged. The majority
OF the victims are Spaniards.
After II years Of service as head OF the
department, Secretary OF Agriculture Wi.
son in his annual report renders a com.
prhcnsiye account OF his stewardship and
culture in the United States during this
period Concerning the farm production
of 1905, he says that the farmer has ere.
ated wealth by the billions The farm
value OF all farm products OF 1918 reached
81. rs. 100000. Iris is about four times
the value OF the products OF the mines,
including mineral oils and precious met
ais. The farmer contributes 81 per cent
OF the raw materials used IN those manu-
featuring industries which depend mostly
or considerably upon agricultural mate
rails. and these industries use ~ per cent
Of all materials used in oil industries. The
gain in value OF farm products in 1903
over 1907 j. 500 100000. During the last
10 years the wealth production on the
farms OF this country has exceeded the
sum of s6O,OO0,Oco,0oO.
In the most violent language ever en-
ployed by president in a message 10
congress Theodore Roosevelt arraigns jos
eph Pulitzer, publisher OF the New York |
World, and other newspaper men Tor
charges Of crookedness in connection with
the purchase OF the Panama canal. The
insinuations were TO the effect that the
government gave si0000.000 for property
worth only sl2,000000 and that prominent
men in this country proiited by the diff.
ference The president publishes com
plete list OF the stockholders OF the Pan
anna company IN refutation OF these
charges. Then he characterizes the ac-
cusations as scurrilous, libelous, false,
baseless, ISLANDERS whose wickedness Is sur.
passed only by their faulty, etc, and saws
that the attorney general of the. United
States has under consideration the form
in which proceedings against the publisher
OF the World shall be brought.
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In deciding the cases OF Edward II. /
Hartman and Otto III. Kahn against the
interstate commerce commission Monday,
{ he supreme court OF the United States {
held that the commission cannot under [
the interstate commerce law press ques. ,
tions relative to private transactions, F,
even though they involve dealings in the {
securities OF interstate railroads >when the (
of which such questions are {
a part has been begun upon. the commits c
slon's initiative The opinion of the I
court was announced by Justice Holmes '
md dealt with the refusal OF Messrs. llar I
riman and Kahn to reply to questions 6
put by the commission in the course OF an I
INQUIRY concerning the dealings of Mr..
Hartman as president of the Union Pa
life railway in the stocks of other rail ,
Dad companies, many OF which are COM !
leting lines. !,
Excitement has been at boiling point
n Venezuela during the past week on ac' !,
cunt of the action of the Dutch cruiser Il
ielderland in capturing a Venezuelan a.
hardship Saturday and towing it into port a.
It Willemstad on the island of Curacao. :,
The seizure of the guardship was in &C, y
ordance with plans of the Dutch govern. u
nent to make demonstration off the ~ ~
cast of Venezuela because of the refusal u u
{ the latter government to pay certain A.
laims The volatile people of the South a. u,
american country are vastly stirred by ~
he hostile act and rioting has been preva- y
mt in several cities. To add to their ex.. e. e.
itement a second ship was captured II, re
tuesday,. ~
Gov. Charles f. Hughes of New York re
as this week appointed a special commits II
on of nine bankers, business men and OF
to inquire into the facts sur
ounding the transactions at the New
ork stock exchange and to suggest what
ranges if any are advisable in the state
ws bearing upon speculation. -