The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-23

Gov. George L. Lilley of Connecticut
died at his home in Hartford Wednesday
evening of acute nephritis. He was for
| mery in congress and as promoter OF the
/ submarine boat investigation a little more
| than year ago bore the brlnt OF attacks
which undermined his health.
The Marathon run from Ashland to
Boston. distance of about 25 miles, was
won Monday by Henri Remand. French
| Canadian weaver of Nashua, n. H., pre-
vious to the race totally unknown man.
| The weather was unseasonably warm and
many of the older runners were obliged
TO drop out early in the race The time
was 253.36 So.
The large tannery plant of the +. G.
Fisher company in Bethel was practl-
cally wiped out by fire Tuesday moth
ING remaining standing except the hide.
house and office. The loss is estimated
to be between $150,000 and 100000
with an insurance of $150,000. The
| flames were first noticed by young
man in a. nearby hotel who immediate
ly gave the alarm.
| Governor George H. Prouty has ap-
pointed the following delegates to the
second national peace congress to be
held in Chicago May 8, and 5: Ex-
Gov Fletcher D. Proctor, of Proctor,
Lieut.. Gov. John 4. Mead OF Rutland,
Joseph Auld, of Burlington, Congress
man Frank Plumley. of Northfeld, Jo-
seph A. DeBoer. of Montueler, and
Frank L. Greene, of st. Albans.
Alice, only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Choate. of West Barnet, was
drowned Monday night in a brook near
her houes. The child had not been abb
sent more than ten minutes when she
was missed and was tracked through
the barnyard to the bank of the brook.
Her body was found an hour or two
later caught in wire fence about two
hundred yards down the stream
Theodore Roosevelt and the members of
his party left Mombasa, East Africa, on
a special train at 2.30 p. m. yesterday
for Kapiti Plains station whence they
will be conveyed to the ranch of Sir Al
fred Pease for their first shooting trip.
The party is accompanied by F. u. Jack
son. acting governor of the prOtectorate.
Before leaving Mr. Roosevelt teegraphed
to King Edward, thanking him for the
message of greeting read by Mr.. Jackson
at the dinner given in Mr.. Roosevelt's
honor at the Mombasa club Wednesday
night.
a bill in equity in behalf of the
state of Vermont against the Consoli-
dated Rendering company. doing bust
ness on North avenue. Burlington. un-
der the name of the Burlington Rem
dering company. was entered in Chit
tenden county court last Friday. 1t
alleges that the company is committing
a public nuisance in discharging dead
animal matter from its plant into Lake
Champlain. which give rise to evil
smelling gases and vapors, thus polut-
ing the adjoining land and highways
in that vicinity The bill prays for
an injunction to restrain the company
from further continuance of the an
novance. and is brought by State s
Attorney H. B. Shaw. A hearing has
been set.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the Young Turks and the sultan by
which the latter remains on the throne
under greatly restricted rower. There Is
little outward change in the situation at
Constantinople. The army of investment
now completely surrounds the capital and
has crossed to the Adriatic side of the
Bosphorus Delay in entering the city is
not due to physical inability. but to the
desire on the part of the Young Turks to
avoid all boodshed. In Asia Minor and
Albania outbreaks of fanaticism continue.
Ten thousand Armenians are reported
in the Adana district alone.
From Hadiin comes the report that five
American women are alone there, un-
rotected and IN imminent Terl. In 9th
er districts whole populations have been
men, women and children.