The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-27
THE YEAR 1895
Ana some of the Leading Things Don,
ana Witnessed Throughout the World
During It's Progress.

throughout the world, and except for
the war between Japan and China.
which demonstrated the wonderful
advancement of the former in the WAYS
of civilization. the rebellion now in
progress i'll Cuba. the horrible butch
cry in Armenia, the Italian brushes
with Abyssinnians and the French
conquest of Madagascar. men have rot
in masses been killing each other. Tho
business and industrial depression
that had been settled over the whole
world for nearly five years, has lifted
somewhat during the twelve month.
but still conditions are far from right.
The agitation for bimetalism reached
proportions in both Germany and
England early in the year tina: war
ranted hopes Of better things. but I'M
fortunately it seems now to be on the
ebb. There have been comparatively
few conflicts between capital and labor.
England has witnessed a great po-
@lltical overturn in the victory of the
Tories over the Liberals. Ireland's
Home Rule agitation, which Parnell's
splendid leadership brought so near
triumph, is now in a deep eclipse.
owing mainly to factional fights among
the leaders. France has changed
presidents. Belgium has had an cleo
ton that resulted in a surprising sue
cess for the Catholic. conservative
party. Spain and Italy have had min
l%steriai overturns. 1t has III fact been
a year Of political upheavals and the
greatest Of all was in this country in
the overwhelming triumph of the Re
publlcans III the congressional cleo
tons. Hawaii had an ahortive up
rising for monarchy in JANUARY.
1t has not been 4 year Of great dis
asters. Floods and fires i'll China have
as usual taken away some thousands
oil people. and tornadoes in our western
states have been severe. go lives be
ing lost by that in Iowa in MAY and
40 by thunder showers in the Missis-
sippi valley in July. The three great
marine disasters have been the loss of
the Pacific Mail steamer. Colima
with $50 lives in May. the steamboat
collision in the gulf of Genoa in June
by which 100 lives were lost and
the sinking of the Spanish WAY ship
Reina Regente, with 42o people a board
in March.
The two events that mean the most
for civilization have been the opening
of the kiel canal by Emperor William
and the great cotton states exposition
at Atlanta.
1t has been a year of remarkable
crimes. Besides the assassination of
Ey-premier S~tambouloff of Bulgaria
and the mob against the A. p. A. in
Boston, the crimes that have attracted
the most attention have been the re-
markable series of train robberies.
and the Holmes, Durant and Hayward
cases with their strings Of murder,
that throw a strong lights on human
capacity for d%eprayity.
The distinguished dead of the year
include Lord Randolph Churchill, the
brilliant but wrecked English politi
Nj. de Giers. Russian minister
foreign affairs for many years;
Eugene Field, the popular journalist
and verse writer. at Chicago: Richard
Hunt, noted architect, at Newport,
r. |. aged IS: Col. Franklin Fair
banks, one of Fermont's most prom
inent citizens, at st. Johnsbury Levi
B. Taft. an eminent Michigan iurist
Fl. @. Houghton, son of Vermont,
head Of the Boston publishing house:
Z. d. Jordan Of the great Boston dry
goods house; Bartholomew Saint
Hilarie and Alexandra Dumas, the ia
nous French authors Prof. JohnStuart
Blackic of the University Of Edin
Col. W. c. Coup. the veteran
Snowman at jacksonville, Fla. Prof.
Thomas II. Huxley, the scientist En-
President Peixoto of Brazil. near Rio
Janeiro; Gustav Freitag, the popular
German novelist, author Of ''Soll und
Haben' and other notable books:
Associate Justice Howell jackson Of
the u. S, supreme court: Cardinal
a grandson of Lucien. at
Rev. Alonzo A. Miner, ID. d..
Boston the Universalist divine and
prohibitory advocate: Rev. Edward
.eecher. one OF the famous seven
1rothers. in Brooklyn EMU. S. Sen
ator Charles Ii. EanWvck of Nebraska:
Hon. Hugh McCulloch. secretary of
under Lincoln and Arthur;
Quiuton Gresham, secretary OF
state. at Washington Charles Emanuel
Schenck. ex-president Of Switzerland,
Bern Ex-Goy. Alexander H. Rice
Massachusetts, Ez.Justice William
Strong of the L. S. supreme court
Aaron L. Dennison, the father of
American watch making, in Birming-
nam. England Julius III. Seelye. en-
president of Amherst college: Prof.
James r. Boise Of the Chicago uni
,ersity. one of the most noted Greek
scholars in the country: Frederick
Douglass, the great negro orator, at
Washington: Ex-Gov. Benjamin +.
Prescott of New Hampshire: Judge
Ebenezer lockwood Hoar, in Concord,
Canrobert. last marshal OF
Prof. Hialmar Iljorth Boyescn
# Columbia college, author and critic:
William Wetmore Story, distinguished
american sculptor and poet, at Val
ambrose. Italy Ex-Gov. Gray. of In
llama. Z. S. minister to Mexico:
oliver Ames. ex-governor of Massachu-
etts; Hon. Leverett Saltonstall. prom
nent Democratic leader: EN-CTov.
lanes A. Weston. at Manchester.
The great captains of the civil war
lad nearly all gone before, but the
leath harvest has been q large one
Imopr tho leaders Of second rank. On
he Union side have gone Gen. Erastus !
). Keyes: Gen. 6. NJ. Mltcheli:
Iai. Gen. John Newton. disting F,
Iished in both the Mexican and eivli
vars and the engineer of He'll Gate; J,
zen. Philip Sidney Post. a congress !.
nan from Illinois: Gen. Green Clay
Gen. Thomas G. Pitcher;
len. Israel y. stiles of Chicago; Gen; +,
Darr Gen. Joseph b; Carr OF
\. y. prominent also as an
IRISH Republican leader; Gen. Alfred
4. Ellet, noted as leader of tn" Union
am fleet in the Mississippi; zen. +,
IahIen ID. Manson. veteran OF hoth , ,
he Mexican and civil vars: and Gen' :
ldam Badeau. Grants military secre- I,