The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-09

The miners, who are under the contro
of the Italians, held secret meetin,
Tuesday, at which it was determined
to remain out until the Spring Vale,
Coal company will give the assurance
, that it will not in the future give EN-
! ployment to negroes, which the com
pany refuses to do.
wife Murder Extraordinary.
Mrs. Ray Van Tassel, aged %, dice
suddenly June 5, at Nashua, la. There
were symptoms of strychnine poisoning
and her apparently affectionate husband
of two years standing finally admitted
that he had bought some to kill rats.
Poison was found in the coffee that
Mrs Van Tasssl had been drinking. A
professor of chemistry at Rush Medical
college detected strychnine in the
woman IS stomach. A detective was
put on the case and soon discovered
that Mrs. Van Tassel's sister, Esta
Green, was IN the habit of visiting the
family, and that Van Tassel had be-
come infatuated with her. Apparently
his passion was returned. In the guise
of an insurance man the detective en-
gagged Van Tassel and took him to
various towns, where they wrote up
insurance. The detective gradually
worked into Van Tassel's good graces,
until on July II he made partial con-
fession of his guilt. Sunday Van Tas-
sci made a full confession. He said he
prepared the poison, and it was given
to his wife by her sister, who did not
know that it was poison. He after
wards told her of it, and he says she
promised TO stand by him.
strange Case at Washington.
Miss Bessie Flager, youngest daugh-
ter of Gen. ID. W. Flagler, chief of
ordnance of the United States army,
and we'll known in Washington society,
shot and instantly killed colored boy
named Ernest Green. who was stealing
fruit in the yard of the Flagler resi-
dence, Friday She was the only witness
against herself at the inquest and
claimed that she shot only to brighten
the boy, not intending to hit and the
coroner's jury rendered verdict to
that effect. There is much bad feel
ing among the Washington negroes
over the affair, and Wednesday Miss
Fagler surrended herself again and
was held in $40, 900 bail for the action
of the grand jury.
Central American Federation.
President Barrios of Guatemala has
formed a secret alliance with Costa
Rica, looking to the formation of
union of all the Central American
states with Guatemala exercising the
dominant influence of the new fedora
ton. The first step in this program
will be the downfall of the present
Bonilas administration in Honduras
and the appointment of Bonilas' sue
cessor in the person of Marco Soto.
This last named gentleman is favorable
to the proposition.
Another plot to revolutionize Hawaii
and restore ex-Queen Lii is claimed to
have been uncovered at San Francisco.
Although the ostensible leader is W.
p. Morrow, a young man. the real head
is evidently one of the exiled Hawaii
ans now in San Francisco The scheme
was detected through advertisements
of Morrow for armed men to join an
expedition in which they should have
so a month. He talks profusely and
says the plan was To get bag money by
confiscating the property of the Dole
government.
Several armed collisions have taken
place between Brazilian and French
dispute between Brazil and French
Guiana. The French are said to have
got the worst of the fighting so far,
and the governor of French Guiana is |
said to have sent home for reinforce |
ments with which to invade the dis
puted territory and punish the Brazil |
ians for their resistance.
A remarkable cave was found last I
week on the White river, in Arizona. 4
The explorers penetrated TO consider t
able distance, and for COCO feet were
obliged to crawl on their hands and (
knees, using candles and bullseye |
lanterns Tor light. They found thous-
ands Of human bones, indicating that 4
people might have been smothered I
there long ago. Some of them were in
creyices Just large enough to admit a
human body. The skeletons are of a
brown color, with the exception of Il
few that are white The White noun
tain Apaches are very superstitious
about the cave and say that within
it there is large lake of water. The
visitors found no water, but intend to
explore it further.
Willis Sears. 6s years old. commit
ted suicide at Middletown. Conn,
Monday morning. He placed shotgun
between his feet. put his toe on the
trigger, and blew the top Of his head
IF. The cause was dependency. ow-
ng to i'll health.
The business part of Berlin, Md,
vas wiped out by fire Sunday night,
100 buildings being burned with loss
If $500. COO
Lightning struck the Methodist
,hurch at Quakertown. n. j., Sunday,
while services were in progress. and
several people were injured, one fatally.
Isaiah Gauthier was arrested in
Montreal last Thursday. for the muir {
nent To the police, he said that he and
he girl were in love, but the priest s
efused to marry them because both ,
lad consumption. They therefore re I
olved to die together. but in his ex- I
itement he fired all the shots from his I
evolver into the girls body and had q
zone left for himself.
Humphrey Tabor. Jr., of Adrian, |
Iich., disappeared from his home July
a, and was last seen going in the di- !
ection of his barn. Nothing was heard I
# him until last Wednesday, when '
ne of his hired men heard means in /
he hay loft, and digging away the a
lay found Tabor nearly dead for want
f food and drink. When resuscitated .
lie said that in attempting to move the
lay the NOV had tumbled over on him,
nd he had no idea how long he had =.
'een there The doctors say he will l
die.
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