Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-12-29


apply current of electricity upon per-
son for the purpose Of affecting another,
or which does so affect, shall be guilty
Of crime punishable by death, and that
any person having knowledge of such
current having been applied who fails to
notify the proper authorities shall be
deemed to be an accessory, and shall he
punished by a fine of not less than $4,000
nor more than $4,000 or by imprison
ment ranging from two years to the
period of ones natural life.
NJ. D. Harter, the enthusiastic anti-sl-
verite from Mansfield, Ohio, is being
"prominently spoken Of" as secretary of
OF the treasury in the Cleveland cabinet.
But for the fact that such good authority
is given, it wOnld not be seriously re-
garded by Democrats in congress, and
even as it il, few are willing to credit it.
Harter has been an earnest Cleveland
man from the first. He agrees with Mr..
Cleveland on the financial question, and
is probably the most aggressive anti
silver man to-day. He is 80 extremely
radical that his colleagues in congress
say that Mr.. Clevt land could appoint no
other man who would put the treasury
department so thoroughly out of accord
with three-fourths Of the Democ rats in
congress.
The United States government tele-
graph and telephone line between Assat-
eague and Cape Charles, Va, a distance
Of ninety miles, has been completed and
put in operation. 1t supplies connect
| ing link to lines that run at either end to
Cape Henlopen and Lewes, Del, making
complete line 165 miles long along thu
| most dangerous coast of the Atlantic
The line was constructed by the life saw
ing service at cost of $12 500 and in
cludes twelve miles of submarine cable
1t will be operated by the employees of
the service without entaiiing additional
cost.
with investigating the character of i'm
migration from the West Indies and the
danger Of contagion from these islands
to this country through Key West. The
allegation that Senator Chandler's bill
will not prevent immigration from South
America will also be made the basis for
inquiry. The sub committee consists OF
Messrs. Proctor of Vermont, Dubois Of
Idaho, Call Of Florida and Gibson of
Maryland, on the part of the senate, and
Of Messrs. Covert of New York, Coburn
of Wisconsin and Wright of Pennsyl-
vania for the house.
Mr.. Durborow Of Illinois has prepared
a rider to the Agricultural Appropria-
ton bill, which approprates $4,000 to
enable the secretary of agriculture to
make inquiries in regard to the
system of road management through
out the United States, to pursue investi-
cations as to the best methods Of road
making, to prepare publications on the
subject suitable for distribution, and to
enable him to assist the agricultural col.
leges and agricultural experiment sta.
tions in disseminating information on the
subject.
The offer of Mine Superintendent Allen
of Butte, Mon, to coin silver dollar OF
more intrinsic value than the standard
dollar issued by the government, at the
rate of ninety cents apiece, will receive
no consideration at the treasury depart.
ment, for the simple reason that there is
no legal authority for the acceptance OF
such an offer, even il it were regarded as
advantageous.
Jerry Simpson has left the city for
Kansas to look after the senatorial situa.
ton 10 that state and it is understood
among his friends that he has strong
hopes that when he returns he will have
the senatorship in his own pocket.
Representative Babbitt Of Wisconsin
is authority for the statement that he ID
an applicant for the agricultural port.
folio in Mr.. Cleve lands cabinet, and that
his claims are being favorably consid
cred.
companies President-elect Cleveland
wherever he goes.
The famous case of Father McGlynn