The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-20
WEEK In THE WORLD
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.
A, the suggestion d President Roose
welt, the country liir commission la.
asked the farmers 81 the country TO NEE,
: VA their respective communities some
time before Saturday, dee, g. 10 discuss
he questions which the commission !.
studying aud 20 indicate their own ideas
IT What arr the most important subjects
Tor the commission 10 consider In bet.
ter 10 the members 81 the commission the
president says the farmers should feel "a
srnse Of ownership 10 the commission. y
aud that be- believes that the commission
should get into the closest possible touch
with the farmers. lie urges the impor
lance Of holding the meetings before con.
gre,s adJourns pnor 20 the Christmas holi.
days, 40 that at the time congress reas'
| scmhlc-. early IN January, the commits.
sion may have reports Of the meetings IN
/ hand and may be In position 10 advise
definitely what would be done" a, the
same time President Roosevelt adds two
members 10 the commission member
from the south and one member from the
far wrst-Charles :. Barrett Of Union
City, Ga, and William A. Beard OF Sac
ramentO, Cal
Assistant District Attorney Francis j.
ilency OF san Francisco was shot and
seriously injured Friday at the opening
Of the third trial OF Abraham Reuf, the
notorious hoodler. on the charge OF brib.
cry, The would.bc assassin, Maurice
Haas, committed suicide in jail SATURDAY
night by shooting himself through the |
head He said that lieney had ruined |
him by exposing at a former trial OF |
Reuf that he Haas had served time in /
prison. lIcney did this for the purpose
Of dis1ualitying Haas as juror. lieney |
was shot in the court room Just a. the
trial was TO begin and the incident threw
the city into great excitement. The bul.
let went into ileney's cheek but did not
penetrate the brain and he will undoubi.
eddy recover. Heney's relentlessness in
prosecuting municipal corruption in San
\ number OF the city's most able LAWYERS
have volunteered 10 continue the Reuf
case in behalf Of the state.
James T.. Sullivan was chosen president
OF the Amateur Athletic union Of the
United States for the third time at the ,
annual meeting in New York Monday. ,
The organization not only changed its by !
laws in order TO give Sullivan this honor !
but passed resolutions heartily endorsing |
his course as commissioner at the Olympic |
games in London last summer. Since the :
)lympiad there has been bitter feeling q
between American and English athletes :
Mr. Sullivan did not wish to serve as i
president OF, tn, union for third time 9
lut feared that his refusal TO do so would 7
,c taken by the British authorities TO i
mean that this country did not uphold v
MS course, v
Kuang Hsu, emperor of China. died in |
he imperial palace in Pekin Saturday at
ernoon. His death was followed Sunday "
fternoon by that OF the dowager EN-. {,
ress, TIE Hsi An. An edict issued sun Il
ay placed upon the throne Prince Pu.li, p
hree. year old son OF Prince Chun, regent b
{ the empire. The dowager empress "
ad been the autocratic head OF the gov il
rnment without interference since 1861
nd without protest since 1881. News of cl
he death of the emperor and dowager al
impress has caused heavy run on the a
alive banks but the prince regent is do se
~ everything TO prevent popular up N
sing and il is expected that nothing d'
,rious will occur. fe
Secretary of the Navy Victor II, Net "
llf sent his resignation to President al
oosevelt Friday. 1t will take effect Dee. ssl
Assistant Secretary Truman II. New pl
cry has been named as his successor ie
IT. Metcalf's resignation is on account m
poor health. His first appointment I'M IN
n the present administration was to the Tn
,rtfolio of commerce and labor which he Ia
inquished in December 1906 to become
cretary of the navy. Mr.. Newberry has ST
zen assistant secretary since 1905 and is ar
eatly interested in improving the eff as
ency of the naval department. fe'
vo
Peter Van Nlissingen, real estate " %
aler, for years cassed among the first 60,
Chicagos prosperous and reputable a.
lsiness men, Monday confessed at Chi. w w
90 to having obtained through forged w. w.,
eds and notes more than 100000. and s
few hours after his arrest, on his own i" II
gent appeal to be punished, was SEN s s,'
need to the penitentiary. The arrest, ~
in,i'u,nun' 'ne r,. ~ IaSs than fomr lit
urs. "T
Major General Jose Miguel Gomez. nv
eral candidate, was elected president of w, w
ba at its election Saturday. / he vot- llk
was conducted without disorder and we
ere is no doubt that the entire popula- PEE
n will abide by the result
The building in White River June t tbhe
N owned and occupied by Madden g. VIZ, VIZ,
umbull, grain dealers, and the Swift fer
eff company caught fire late Wednes- fin,
Y evening, and owing to scarcity of lea
ter. was burned to the ground. The wei
Hiding and contents were valued au san
1000 with insurance. The hre is had
d to have been started by electric me-