The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-15
WEEK IN THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Arc Making History.

keunants new nll senaioF, \, W, Stew
at, has Uomu inio national isIs'inihrt,oe
during the pact w-sk ~ the fvciplrnl "i
leiler fran fnrsident Roosevelt derlat
ing his supremacy a. cninhanirf ihthivl
ia all maiien ricrring 60 the control oi
he army aud navy, Ihree SENATORS y.
orVed l.liers irOm tie president defend
ng his attitude 10 discharglng the ncgru
troops whom b. believed Ia H. guilty Of
the brownsville "shool'up' aud his action
~ hanishing Col William i, Stewart OF
lh. regular army 10 an abandoned mill
iay plsl ~ the desert s'cliun III Aus
gana, While D0nr Oi the letter. has lesn
made public they are said ia contain a.
s.iiions hy the president that be viii ~
more amy action congress may take toward
rr,inslating the discharged Troops, SEN
atnr Stcwau's letter camr as the result
ol recent inquiry by him as Ia the Wis
dom OF extending 10 the president ia"
power Of passing ON the innocence or
guilt of cN,soldles applying Tor ein'
statement
The success of the arruplane tests
which the Wright brothers have been
making on a secluded brach ia North
Carolina indicates that the DAYTON, o.,
inventors have completely solved the prob
lem VI aerial flight and that their machine
ran hc propelled aud controlled Al any
dc.ipd iur distance limited only by the
supply of ga,nlcnc carried, estimated al
about lp1 miles Detailed reports Of
| the Wright bruihcr experiments At"
lacking hut Il i .,nown that they have
sent their acroplane wherever they pleased
regardless OF the wind aud ar only
awaiting the perfection OF new steer
| ing gear, something that will bc ar-
| alt.hss mil tt faKN h,stn
demonstrating how far their alnhip viii
| 20. The Wright brothers have been work
ing on the aerial navigation problem Tor
years.
The cornerstone OF the proposed home
| for the international union OF American
republics or, A. Secretary Root called II,
"a temple dedicated 10 international
friendship" was laid Monday at Wash
ington. Three thousand persons, includ.
ing representatives OF political aud social
lie IN Washington, Who had seats on the
stands composing great quadrangle,
were Interested spectators OF the eerc-
mony. John Barrett. the director OF the
BUREAU, introduced Secretary Root as the
| presiding officer, Cardinal Gibbons made
| the invocation and there were addresses
| hy the president, Secretary Root and An
drew Carnegie. Senior Nabue0, Brazilian
ambassador, and the reading OF cabled
messages of congratulations from the
presidents Of the Latin'Amerlcan repub-
lies. Bishop Cranston pronounced the
bcncdiction.
Rear Admiral Thomas, who last week
succeeded Rear Admiral Evans as com
mander of the battleship fleet now ON
the Pacific coast, will today be succeeded
in chief command by Rear Admiral
Charles Sperry. Rear Admiral Emory
will assume command OF the second squad
ron and Captains Schroeder and Vain
wright will go TO the hagships OF the see
ond and fourth divisions. Both of these
captains will become rear admlrals in
July. Rear Admiral Sperry will be in
command OF the battleships during the
remainder OF its trip around the world.
The Massachusetts supreme court has
decided that the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railway company cannot le-
gally hold the trolley lines it has acquired
in Massachusetts. The company has IL
trolley companies in that state with a to-
tai Capitalization of 81 GIG, 200