The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16

The Expected Result.
Reports received from the Unite
: States consul at Victoria, b. G., are {
: the effect that the seals in Behring Sc
are practically extinct. The new
seems to be brought by ~sealers them
) selves, who had been to the sealin
) grounds and returned without a catch
Holmes Is writing " Book
The confessed swindler and allege,
murderer II. II. Holmes is spendin,
his time in prison writing an autobi
ography. His counsel says that Holme
has completed more than POO pages o
closely written manuscript. The bool
will be a complete history of the pris
oner's life from his earliest recollection
and will deal at great length with hi
many real estate operations and TIN
romances which he has been 30 fond o
weaving, since his incarceration il
Moyamensing prison near Philadel
phia. His counsel says that he has
read parts of the manuscript, ant
Holiness account of the killing o.
Mamma Williams by her sister Minnie
is graphic in the extreme.
A Battle with Tramps.
There was a terrible battle between
a gang of tramps and a posse OF citi'
zens in the suburbs of Marion, Grant
county, Ind, Friday night, in which
two of the citizens received wounds
that will prove fatal. For 10 days OF
more the people of Marion have suffer
ed from the depredations of tramps.
Friday a camp was formed by the
tramps and dlring the day as many as
80 co%ngregated about the place and
babe defiance to the people. During
the day numerous robberies were com
mitted and the citizens determined to
drive them away.
Another Great strike.
Five thousand jacket and pants
makers went on strike at New York
city Monday morning. demanding a
new 80 hour a week agreement and a
wage scale of from So to SIC per week.
according to the work done. 1t is al
most "A certainty that the first week of
September will see a strike of all the
men and women employed in the max
ing of the various garments worn by
men, women and children. The tailors
who have just won their great strike
will not be exempt. 1t is said by those
in a position to know that they will
join the contractors, whom they have
conquered, in a fight against the whole
sale manufacturers for higher prices.
The number affected will reach nearly
so. 600.
The Whiskey trust property was sold
to the reorganization committee We'd
nesday for 50, 500, 600.
With the exception of one, the gang
of Indians who have committed a
series of diabolical crimes since July
30 in Indian Territory were captured
near Okmulgee last week Thursday
after a desperate fight and started for
the Fort Smith, Arkansas Jail to avoid
being lynched. There were six OF them
and they commenced operations by
numbering John Gannett, a United
States marshal. The next day. meet
ing "A white man and his daughter on
the highway, they took the girl from
the Wagon and assaulted her in sight
of her father. A man and boy who
came along were killed. They went on
a little further and robbed two stores
after killing the proprietors, and the
next day assaulted and murdered a
white woman and d girl. The whole
country was aroused.
Connecticut was long ago awarded
the prize for daring burglarism and
thieves, but the latest report from the
nutmeg state caps the climax. Two
horse thieves entered the state prison
at Wethersfield early Friday, and,
Harvesting up a valuable team of hors-
es belonging to the state drove away IN
Stockmen in Western Arizona have
been forced to remove their stock to 9th
er ranges because Of depredations of
the Papago Indians, who are scattered
in small bands throughout the noun
tains of that section in a state of star.
walton, and who are compelled to steal
cattle for subsistence. Three thousand
Papagos are off their reservation.
have lost over 500 head. OF
stock. Some are financially ruined.
An appeal has been made to the In
dian department to have the Indians
placed on their reservations and given
a chance to cultivate the soil.
A terrific wind storm visited Balti
more. Maryland, last Sunday after
noon. Houses were unroofed, trees
uprooted, windows smashed, telegraph,
telephone and trolley wires were brok
en-, and other damage done that will
weeks to repair. The most Sc
damage done was the demolition
Of st. Elizabeth's Catholic church. in
course of erection on East Baltimore
street. The storm continued at inter
walls for three hours, o of he dam
was done shortly after it appeared.
No fatalities have been reported. The
losses so far reported will amount to
upwards of $50, 600.
O%gdensburg. n. Y. had a $3.50, 600
fire Friday in her lumber district.
Kate Danahy. of Winsted, Conn.
vas standing on the head of a barrel,
apples from a tree. lastFriday,
when the head of the barrel gave way.
The barrel was filled with pitch.
lsed in making a sidewalk, and the
nore Kate struggled the deeper she
She had sunk to her waist when
mar arrived with an axe and cut
he hoops to get her out. 1t took
lalf an hour to get enough pitch of
Ter so that she could walk home.
Forest fires are doing an immense
mount of damage in the western part
# the state of Washington. Millions of
eet of lumber have been destroyed. {
The smoke is SO dense that navigation
n the sound is becoming dangerous. s
Iany ranches in the vicinity of Olym-
ia have been destroyed. The woods to
he south and west of there are a sea
{ flames. Telephone wires are down. l
o no accurate account of the damage S
an be obtained. The little lumber !
of Later has been wiped out. |
Iany people south of Olympia are '