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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
CRIME.

Two children were murdered at Col
umbus, Ohio, by their mother, Mrs. II.
H. b. Williams, who confessed the
crime.
Nathan Jones, charged with killing
Newton Fry, was acquitted at Fort
Smith, Ark.
Four tramps threw Conductor Slayer
off a caboose at Oconto, Wis, and en-
deavored to rob him, but We're beaten
off.
Charles Adams was convicted at Les
ter, township, Iowa, of manslaughter
for the killing of his uncle, Stephen
Howard, Nov II last.
The Supreme court of Colorado
granted a supersedeas which will stay
the execution of Henry Tyson, SEN
fenced to be hanged next week for
murder committed in 1883.
John Fisher was shot and killed at
St. Bernard, Ohio, by Policeman
Barney Degnan, who had arrested him
for personally abusive language.
George Tucker was sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary at Decatur,
Ill, for manslaughter in killing Louis
Wilson at dance.
At Atlanta, Ga, Judge Newman OF
the United States Court sustained the
demurrer in the case of the United
States VS.. Mitcheon, Mcintyre, Cober,
and Gilbert, charged with conspiracy
against and the murder of Henry VOL
ley April 49, 1894, for reporting their IL
licit distilleries.
The case of John Sewell Bates, ar
rested at Vancouver, B. c., for bigamy
may prove an interesting one. 1t is
said that Josephia Dauphin, the woman
Bates married in Victoria six years ago,
was the widow of NJ. A. Dauphin, Presi-
dent of the Louisiana Lottery company.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
LIGHT VOTE IN KANSAS CITIES.
Vets In the Lead IN the Prohibition
Fight-Few Women Vote.

Topeka, Kan, April 3.-The vote cast
in this city was not half of the registra-
ton, being the lightest cast for many
years. The republican mayor was
elected here. The election in other Kan
sas cities shows light vote, with but
few straight party fights, the contest
in many cities being two republicans
championing local issues. At Arkansas
City there is a hot fight over water
works questions; at Fort Scott and
other border and river towns the fight
is wet or dry, with the vets in the lead.
The woman vote all over the state is
reported exceedingly light. In Topeka
the women cast the smallest vote in
many years, majority of those voting
being populists who We're anxious to as
sist that party in holding it's own in the
Topeka vote.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
Michigan Rolls Up Big Figures.

Detroit Mich, April 3.-Practically
complete returns from every county in
the state indicate that Judge Moore, r.,
has been elected Justice of the Supreme
court by $4,000 plurality, and Butter
field and Iackley Regents of the State
university by $4,000 and $4,000 plurality
respectively. The amendment to the
state constitution increasing the sal
aries of state officers was lost by a
three-fourths vote. Returns from the
interior counties on the state ticket
show an increase in the republican
vote that, if kept up, will give Moore a
big plurality.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
OBITUARY..

Camille Doucet, who since 1875 had
been perpetual secretary Of the French
academy, died at Paris.
A C. Hesing, editor of the Stats zie-
tung and father of the postmaster OF
Chicago, died at the age of 72.
Edward Bradford Barnes, we'll
known newspaper man, died at Corn
ing, N. Y.
DIR. William Hotchkiss, who, 1t Is
thought, was l4O years old, died in St.
Louis. He had been free mason 100
years. ~-'
Senator Robert Turner, formerly Of
Chicago. died at Denver after linger-
Ing illness, aged Sc years. IA ~
p 7ynAs 80 -. :. =. fE y
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
Licenses In Favor In Nebraska.

Omaha, Neb., April 3,-Party lines
were not drawn In municipal elections
in Nebraska in many cases. The ques-
ton of granting saloon licenses was the
leading issue and was favored in four
fifths of the towns. Frank Graham,
r., was elected Mayor of Lincoln by a
large majority. The vote was heavy
with no striking features. The Popu-
lists showed no great strength where
they had tickets up.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
Calls nn Extrn sessIon.

Jefferson. City, Mo-, April 3.-Gov,
Stone has authorized the statement to
be made that he will issue proclama-
ton convening the legislature in extra
session about the 23d instant. The sub
tects to be named in his call for legis-
lation are: The enactment of election
and registration laws, to suppress cor
Iupt lobbies.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
Falls Hslr to s1.ooo.ooo.

Springfield, Ohio, April 3.--Mrs. Prof.
Warren of Belvidere. ILL.,, divorced wife
of DR.. l.. E. Miles of this city, who was
born in France of wealthy parents, has
fallen heir to 81 ,000.000 according to the
statement of her divorced husband, by
the death of relatives there.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
JAPAN ASKS roo MUCH.
Fear That Peace Negotiations May BE
stopped.

stopped.
st. Petersburg, April ga telegram
received here from a Chinese source
says that the bad weather, the sickness
among the Japanese troops, and the
overflow of the rivers have rendered
a continuance of the war extremely
difficult. 1t is added that this produced
a favorable effect upon the peace ne
gotiations, but the hopes for a speedy
conclusion of peace are weakened by the
Japanese demand for the cession of a
portion of Manchuria a war indemnity
of zoo, 100000 yen and pending full pay
ment of this indemnity that Peking be
occupied by the japanese troops.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
Greenhut Defends 1t.

Peoria, ILL.,, April 3-President Green
hut of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding
company says that he considers Nelson
Morris cattle-feeding contract perfect
ly valid, and that everything about IT
is open and aboveboard.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
Famous Cotton King Dead.

Liverpool, April 3.-William Steen-
strand, the cotton king who exploited
the great corner in cotton in 1890, which
caused such sensation and which re-
suited in his losing s5,O00,0 900, is dead.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06

walkover for the republican ticket.
Whitehall-The town election was non
partisan. All the candidates elected
are republicans.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-04-06
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP
TO DATE.

Political, Religious. Social and Criminal
Doings of the Whole World Carefully
Condensed For Our Readcrs.-The Ac-
cident Record.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29

There was report early in the week
that Secretary Olney had decided that
the records of the court martial which
tried.ex Consul Waller in Madagascar,
justify his conviction and leave him
without claim for indemnity from
the French government. This report
is since denied. but it probably y
announces prematurely what will be
the final result. At any rate it is now
asserted that Walters trial was not by
an impromptu court martial but
by permanent council of war, reg
ular tribunal of French law as care
fully regulated in its forms and pro
cedure as any court. IL SO. it cannot
well be denied that he has had a fair
trial, and that is all that can be
for him. unless the evidence
by which he was convicted is shown
to have been insufficient. 1t is both
and denied that the French
government has furnished our state
with the record Certain
ly France has offered as a matter of
courtesy to our government. to release
him from Imprisonment ii he will
waive any claim to indemnity, but it
is said that his wife refuses to allow
him to do this.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29

! The National grange at its recent
session at Worcester took action on two
subjects that may prove important to
the future of politics. The first was
the adoption Of resolution in favor
of the extention of rural free delivery
of mails before there is any reduction
of postage rates. The next and the
one that 10 most likely to complicate
politics seriously is modified en-
dorsement of the Lubin policy" for the
payment by the UnitedStates of a boun-
ty on all exports of agricultural pro-
ducts, and a general bounty on Ameri-
can shipping. The grange recon
mends' rhe subject to the considera
ton of congress" and calls upon that
body TO equalize the protective sys-
TEN by extending to the agricultural
staples and American shipping in the
foreign trade that Just measure of pro
lection to which they are entitled SO
long as protection is he controlling
public policy of the nation. This
means, very evidently that the intelli-
gent farmers of the grange are no
longer fooled by the pretence of the
Mckinley bill that the duties on
wheat, corn, beef, hogs, mutton, and
other products that we export in large
quantities operates to protect them,
but that they recognize them to be, as
they are in fact, meaningless fiction
1t is of course beyond question that
there is justice back of the demand of
the grange, and as long as it is impos
sible to protect agriculture by means
OF tariff it ought to be done by boun
ties, provided the protective policy
ought to exist at all. The demand
will be useful. Just as the sugar boun
ty was, in focusing public thought |
upon the wrong and the folly of the |
system.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29
THE REFoRMER: BRArTLEBoRo w. NOVEMBER 49, 1895

The gold exports which reached
81. $50, 600 last week, have continued
lis week to the extent OF 81, lOO.O Goo
and the governments gold reserve has
now fallen to $50, 1924, $50. Secretary
Carlisle has adopted "a new measure to
stay the movement, reducing the pre-
MUM ON gold bars by half, so as to make
it an object for exporters toltake them
instead of coin, Offering to pay express
charges both ways on all gold deposited
in exchange for green backs and also
to accept, the abraded coin at it's actual
value instead of forcing it to be sent
to the mint. One Philadelphia dry
goods firm is said to have: shipped on
800, 600 in response to this [otfer, but
the scheme is not likely to suffice.
Another bond issue will be inevitable
if the shipments continue, and the
natural period for them will come in
the spring this is the natural time
for gold imports. The explanation
of the movement, besides, that (which
has been steadily operating for years,
is the collapse of the Kaffir speculation
in Europe and the eastern disturb
ances, creating call for money on the
other side for purposes Of liquidation
audit has come to be understood the
world over that gold can bes.got Lfrom
the United States treasury easier than
from any other. But it is a remark
able fact that in the last seven years,
while the trade balance has been over
81, 600, 600. 600 in our favor gold has gone
away from us every year. The figures
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29

Reports come from the Pacific coast
that the Japanese have begun an extern
sive invasion of American markets.
offering goods at prices way below
what domestic production can afford.
A despatch says:
The canvass of the San Francisco mercantile
trade reveals the fact that an unprcccdcntcd
cut In almost every line of staple goods has been
made by the oriental bidder. Buttons bv the
great gross arc delivered, duty free, at a fract
ion less than the actual cost per gross OF the
American article. Bicycles, guaranteed cguaI
TO the best high grade, are listed at sls. Jan
aneae matches are to be laid down at a price
which Is destined to ciose every match factory
in the United States. Sashes, doors blinds and
all kinds .of wooden ware can be delivered
duty paid, at thirty To fifty per cent less than
the wholesale prices of local manufacturers
There is no doubt that the japanese.
a people of wonderful initiative power.
must be reckoned with in the manu-
featuring world of the future. And
sucL a knock as they are giving biccyle
prices won't be an unmixed evil.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29

We give, space in our last issue t.
the letter of Rev. A. A. Smith o
Wilmington on the ATTITUDE of thu
Churches Of Vermont Towards Hel
Prohibitory Law" because its whole
argument leads powerfully to ques
ton, which the reverend gentleman
entirely overlooks.
Why is it that the condition OF
affairs he describes exists? Why is il
that the churches. and the church
members are SO generally, well.nigh
universally, in the same position as
the politicians, for the law but agin
it's enforcement" Is it not because
there is something wrong about the
law itself?
This great mass of Christian people
are not deliberate hypocrites, declaring
for what they do not believe, promis-
ing what they never intend to perform.
The trouble is that they fail to draw
the distinction which the law itself
fails to draw, between that kind OF
liquor traffic that ought to be prohibi'
ted and that with which the govern
ment has no right to NEEDLE, and when
for the sake Of reaching the former the
latter is attacked, there is natural
revulsion. Confine the prohibition, as
every well regulated license system
does, to the former, to that kind OF
traffic that interferes with the right
of third parties, like selling to con
firmed drunkards, or to the point of
drunkenness or to minors or outside of
specified hours. make the restriction
and penalties as severe as you please,
and there will be no trouble but the
will have the solid and
undivided support of Christian senti-
ment. There will then remain the
traffic which the present law processes
to shut off, because of remote and
Indirect danger, fear that it may
cad to the kind that all agree ought
to be prohibited other words the
moderate drinking and the selling
it involves, which does not interfere
with any third PERSONS rights, which
Injuries only the drinker il anybody,
md which we have no more right to
prohibit than the use of tobacco or tea |
II coffee or any article of diet which
We may deem injurious to the user.
L is when the law attacks this that it
the tremendous inertia
which Mr.. Smith regards as so I'M
but which is perfectly
natural, because men instinctively
eel, without clearly reasoning it out
hat it is an interference with individ
lal rights, by which real reform and
,enuine progress can never be accom-
'lished. Because they realize that the
christian way to deal with it, to over
,ome whatever of evil or danger il mayf
ontain, is the way of the Master. the
ray of moral suasion and moral up
lifting of men-the method in short OF
eaching men better than to drink not
{ round about forbidding Of them.
The anti slavery agitation which
fr. Smith cites as an illustration is
ardly parallel, because the churches
ave long been at the point, SO far as
celebrations and professions go, which
hen once they reached it, gave them
n irresistible power against slavery, [
nd still it amounts to nothing prac ,
cal for prohibition. And the ques- S
ion returns, ever more imperatively {
candid and intelligent I
nswer. Why is it? {
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29

1t looks very much as if the incom-
ing Republican congress would attempt
to restore the duty on wool. Senator
Sherman says any tariff for more rev.
enue that gets his vote must contain
this provision, and Representative
Henderson says he is preparing bill
with this view. Most Of the Republic
can congressman elect thus far inter-
viewed express themselves in favor OF
a restoration of the wool duty. A
duty on wool would of course mean in
creased duties on wooden goods and an
entire reimbursement Of that schedule,
and with the door thus opened 1T
would be hard to resist the pressure OF
all the tariff interests for more pro
tection.' No worse blunder could be
made by the Republicans than to at
tempt anything in the way OF tariff re-
vision. One little simple measure, an
increase of the tax on beer by 81 a
barrel, would provide for the deficiency
in the revenue left by the knocking
out Of the income tax, and the Repub-
licans would have sufficient excuse for
not attempting more in the certainty
Of a presidential veto. What business
desires above all else is freedom from
further agitation and a chance
to test TO experience OF
the practical merits of the
present tariff, and the party that cnal-
snges this feeling will do very dan
,erous thing, even with the tremendous
majority the Republicans now have.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29

Several of the state papers profess to
be anxiously watching to see what
Gov. Woodbury. is going to do about
the case of W. B. Mccarthy, the Bur-
lington rumseller whom he pardoned
from the House of Correction before
Mccarthy got there, on condition that
he "should not again engage in the
liquor traffic directly or indirectly. or
allow the sale of intoxicating beverages
of any kind on premises owned or con
trolled by him. " 1t is now several
weeks since the Mccarthy saloon, the
very one which he was sentenced for
running, was raided and its bar tender
fined for selling liquor. The premises
in which the saloon is located are
owned by McCarthy's wife, just as
they were when the pardon was issued
And the saloon is understood to be
owned by McCarthy's brother, who is
the porter of Gov. Woodbsry's hotel,
the Van Ness house. All in all, it
would appear that the saloon is run on
premises controlled" by Mccarthy.
and therefore that the condition of
the pardon is broken, and the respond
ent entitled to be rcmanded to the
House of Correction. If the wife's
ownership of the building is sufficient
hole to crawl out of, or if the governor
thinks he ought SO to treat it, then
it is entirely obvious that he should
have made the conditions wide enough
to cover this point when he granted
the conditional PARDON: for it
makes worse than farce of the law.
if its violation can be continued in
this way.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29

=, The 'Rebckahs held their regular meetin.
Tuesday evening.
The relief sorps held a regular meeting at {
A II hall last evening "
Annual meeting for the election of officer:
Honor.
The Red Men conferred the hunters degree
ON three candidates last Friday night. The worL
was witnessed by about 80 pale faces from rho
Hinsdale tribe who drove over for the occas sic n,
The adoption degree will be worked tonight.
A. ular meeting of Brattiebero lodge. No
", n NJ, was held last evening.
Tonight a special meeting of Fort DINNER
Royal Arch chapter No IL VIII be held and the
9Th, 9TH and 9Th degrees worked.
The Ladies' Aid society of the sons of yctc
ans meet Monday night ut which time the nom
nj 'af officers takes place.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will moe, a,
Rutland the second Wednesday of NAV for !,
three days session. During the session "rb :
dedicated. "iii NC
ii W Gilleu of Huntington Inspected the sons
of Veterans AT Odd Fellows hall "Wednesday
evening.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29
Elk Congressman Lynch of Missis


Elk Congressman Lynch of Missis-
sippi, one of the colored leaders OF
hlgcst character in the country, has
formed plan to compel congress
sional, and possibly court decision,
on the constitutionality of the Missis-
sippi method of excluding negroes
from suffrage, which has alsol been
practically adopted by South Carolina.
This method is that of an educational
requirement for suffrage, such as
Massachusetts, and several other
northern states have, but supplement
ed by provision that if a citizen can
not read or, write he may still be
allowed to vote if he can understand
clause of the constitution when
read to him. This of course leaves the
power of decision with the election
officers and the claim is made, un-
doubtedly with considerable truth.
that the result is to admit ignorant
whites to the suffrage while excluding
blacks Lynch proposes to revive the
Republican party in Mississippi next
year sufficiently to have it nominate
candidates for congress and vote for
them at the election and then to have
them contest the seats of the victori.
Gus Democrats on the ground that the
election was invalid because of the un
constitutional exclusion from the
suffrage of a large number of the citi
zens of Mississippi. He will have one
strong argument in the fact that
Mississippi was readmitted to the un
ion under the reconstruction act with
constitution that provided that no
property or educational qualification
should ever be required for am person
to become an elector, and he will claim
that this was compact" with the
federal government, for which consid
Grafton was given, and one that cannot
be broken. as is done by the amended
constitution. Naturally. the claim
will also develop that in so dsfran
cbising large number of its citizens
it has violated the 18th and 18th amend.
ments TO the federal constitution and
so Mississippi has forfeited its right
to full representation in congress and |
the electoral scolege. The points
raised are certainly interesting ones
and it is important that they should |
be decided, for guidance in future
dealing with the negro problem. The /
southern states are not TO be blamed |
for wishing to get rid of vast |
ignorant suffrage. or would not he il I
they would draw the line impartially T
against ignorance both blacks and /
whites. But it is also true that great |
DISTINGUISHED masses of people are a
serious evil and menace TO free gov
ernment and the ignorant man needs
the ballot in order to get education
for himself and children. The problem
Is profoundly difficult enc in every |
view.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-29
THE WAR IN CUBA.
Another Big Rebel Victory iReuoy,,d
Dynamite Used-lncreas cd Efforts 4.
SIInlm

Another Big Rebel Victory iReuor,.d
Dynamite Used-Increascd Efforts T.
spain. :"
The Cuban JuDta ut New York has reno, ),
the biggest battle of the war, fought Al Tsna
asco on the 10Th, and of which no Snanisb y
count has been allowed to be published fan
asco is a town In the interior of Cuba. n.
Spanish forces engaged consisted of IO,0 O men
while the Cubans had but about 1000 Fos
hours tho opposing forces fought but the Sns,
iards were unable to drive the Cubans hsrt
Finally Just at a critical moment Gen Aptor'
MaceO OF the Cuban army came rushing in NH yr,s
q force of $500 men. With the aid of tbjs rsi
forccment the Spaniards were quickly rons$
The Cubans advanced toward Trinidad AM
Cienfuegos. Important advices received FINN
Santa Clara declare thar the rebels are nh,
dynamite with murdcrOus effect in every IN
gagcmcnt. Great terror already exists Anon,
the Spanish troops and the government d m
deavoring to suppress the news. In this yay
is asserted, Maceo forced his way through H
opposing forces in his progress through ssb,
Clara, which province he could not have oth,,
wise invaded. More rcinforcements have bper
started from Madrid this week, though Gamma.
now has 10000 men ON the island besides ii,
naval forces. Spanish official reports give IN
government losses in the field and hosptal.
from tho commencement of hostilities to date 4.
81 900. A meeting of Spanish Republicans Ia,
been convened at Barcelona TO condemn M
governments policy and demand that autononr
be granted Cuba.