The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06
NOTINGs.

Minister Ryan says that President Diaz OF
Mexico, IL heartily In favor of reciprocity
with this country.
The Illinois Supreme court has decided adj
versely to the ladies' In the woman's suffrage
case. This was petition to compel election
commissioners to register their names.
Washington specials say that President Har
rson is unwilling to release Secretary Proc
tor from his cabinet, unless 1t becomes aDso.
lutely necessary and that he would have liked
| to have Gov. Page defer making the appoint
ment of Mr.. Edmund's successor until the
meeting of Congress In December.
A scandal something of the Pennsylvania
character Is said to be perplexing the Repub-
lican party IA Wisconsin. State treasurers
for many years have been depositing the pub.
| lie funds In banks In violation of law, and
| p0cketing the 3 per cent. interest paid on the
deposits. On the accession of the Democrats
| to power, u year ago, suits were instituted
| against these treasurers to recover the money
unlawfuIly taken by them. Now eX-Con-
gresham La Toilette accuses Senator Sawyer
OF having attempted to bride him to use his
influence with Judge Slebecker, before whom
one of these suits was to be tried, to secure
judgment In favor of the defense and the Re.
publican party. Mr. La Toilette is a Repub.
lican and has served six years In Congress.
Sawyer denies this. and says he talked with
LaFollette about the matter but with no Idea
Of corrupt influence.
A committee of tetotalers called on candi-
date Fassett just before election to inquire
whether he was In the habit of having wine
served at his table at home. He informed
them that 1t was none of their business.
The standard silver dollar lie now worth
70 IL cents In bullion value.
Experiments are In progress under the aus
pices Of the agricultural department, looking
49, %. 80 fuNSr lSrok
The chemical constituents are Identical.
1t Is asserted that the long.sought problem
of photography In the c0ors OF nature has
been solved by Philadelphia scientist, Fred
e. Ives. Similar announcements have, how
ever, been so often made, In the last thirty
years that the public will be skeptical.
The Michigan supreme court In case In.
volving only 1929 have handed down apioneer
decision that condemns rs Illegal trust or
any combination by producers TO fix prices
without reference to the ordinary laws OF
supply and demand In open market.
The Detroit, which was launched at Bal
tim0re last week Is one of the three steel
cruisers of 5000 tons and guaranteed speed |
Of II knots each. which were contracted for |
two years ago. The Detroit Is the first war |
ship in our navy that Is provided with a
,offer.dam, filled with 800 cubic feet of cellu-
lose, for the protection OF the machinery.
The battery of the new warship will consist
If four guns on side, which are fve.inch
)reach.loading rifles and six six Founders.
She will have six torpedo ports-two under
he poop, two under the forecastle. and one
each through the stem and stern. Her light.
ng will be by electricity, and altogether she
s expected to prove very effective vessel
If her class. She will not be finished and
Irmed, of course, for year or two yet.
Gen. 4 Grub, our minister to Spain was
married. Monday to Miss Violet Sopwitb In
london.
The cabinet crisis In Canada is over. Mr..
)hapIeau, the secretary of state, will retain
is portfolio for the present.
A recent issue of the United States Inves-
Or contained a previously suppressed article
oncerning the Georgia and Alabama Invest.
lent and Development Company into which
uantities of New England money have gone.
he article contained three Photographic
Jews of the cOmpany's city, looking down
and Crest Avenues, and Main |
rect. Not a building or Improvement of |
~ kind whatever is Visible In any direction, d
kcept one solitary shanty on Crest Avenue