The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-31

oeoied over thrce railroads BY circuit
ou. fouie 10 the Chestnut Till station an
lhs Dosioa 4 Albany road. In the Iesf
al the train 10 guard against . collision
trailei third engine,
Record. al the Fssalis al American oes
euI,aiion al the Philippines and forecasts
of the future of the filipinos are embed
I'D in an exhaustive report written ny
SECRETARY TAFT and transmitted 10 con
srvss by President Roosevelt who accom-
panies the report with letter commend
ing the seretays CONCLUSIONS, The
president declares that ruin would have
followed the adoption III any other eonrse
than that outlined by President Mehin'
ley and carried forward ever since. lie
admits, however, that the filipinos have
YET a long way 10 travel before they VIII
be iii for complete self government, See
rotary Taft IN his report vigorously de
mics The failure Of the Philippine policy,
saving that the natives are now anxious
10 have the American soldiers retained
and that peace prevails TO a greater dc,
gree than ever before In the history Of
the islands.
The National bank Of North America,
one Of the big banks Of New York city,
did not open Monday, National Hank IA
aminer Charles A. Hanna having been APP
pointed receiver at the request OF the
president, William !. Havemeyer, The
latter took the presidency OF the institn'
tion last October when Charles Il. Morse
and his directorate were forced by the
clearing house association 20 get out.
Since then the bank has been making he.
roie Efforts TO regain the confidence OF
the public but 10 no avail. Its deposits
last summer were slg,000,Vp0 but are now
less than S3,Ovo,O00. There u little doubt
that the hank will be able 10 pay It's de-
posiiors dollar for dollar.
BY an interesting decision Monday
the United States supreme court called
into question the constitutlonality
OF the congressional act prohibiting rail-
road companies engaged in interstate
commerce from discriminating against Ia.
Dor organizations in the matter OF en-
ployment. The court held that an en-
ployer had a right to discharge an EN-
ploye because he was member OF Ia
Dor organization just as II was the EN-
ploye's right TO quit such employment be-
cause OF his membership in such an or
ganization, and that congress could not
under the guise Of protecting interstate
cofnmcfcc huthotiAe 'io'a''o" W ""
tracts.
Portland, Me-, has been visited by two
disastrous fires within the week. Its
city hall, containing the municipal offices
and apartments, and the police building
in which were the supreme, Judicial and
courts, were completely ruined
in a CONFEDERATION which occurred last |
THURSDAY night and caused loss OF over
81, 600, 900. Another big blaze started
Sunday morning in a five'story block IN
the wholesale business section and dam |
aged property to the amount OF $5OO,OOO.
Under reciprocity arrangement be-
tween France and the United States con
cluded Tuesday America comedies 20
per cent. abatement in duties on cham
payne and sparkling wines imported INTO
this country and France confirms the min
imum tariff rate now accorded American
products. BY the arrangement commits
sion is created to consider possible amend
ments to the trade regulations between
France and America.
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, youngest
daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
and one of the richest heiresses in Amer
ica became the wife Of Count Szechenyi,
a Young Hungarian nobleman of ancient
lineage and comfortable fortune, Monday
noon, the ceremony taking place in the
Vanderbilt mansion in New York city in
the presence Of $50 invited guests
Louise de la Rance, known for the
past As years under her pen name
died Friday in poverty at her
home in Viareggio, Italy. She had writ,
ten many novels of highly emotional
type and in late years had devoted her
time to crusade against vivisection.
She was IS years old, French by ances-
try and British by BIRTH
Francois Marie Benjamin Richard, car
iinal priest of the Holy Roman church
and archbishop of Paris, died in that
city Tuesday Of congestion of the lungs.
He was born in Nantes March !, 1919,
and was made cardinal in 1880. Mgr.
Amitte, coadjutor archbishop of Paris,
will succeed the late cardinal as arch
bishop of Paris.