The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-20
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@ The death of Ira NJ. Ingram. an age
s. and respected citizen of Troy, n Y.
S Tor many years, occurred at his HON
on flfth avenue at noon last wccl
thursday. The deceased was So year
OF age Tic sustained paralytic at
. tack some time ago, and this, with in
ilrmlties incident to advanced years
caused death. Mr.. Ingram was fo
many years Il grocer at Troy. He wen
: to Troy from Ncwfanc. FOR lone
time nc was proprietor of Il grocery a
the corner of Fifth avenue and Grand
street, He retired from business sev
eral Years ago. He was II member oI
/, the Fifth Avenue Baptist church. Ht
is survived by several brothers apd
sisters living in Vermont. Mr.. Ingram
was a native of Townshcnd. He had
resided III Troy more than 40 years,
and Az years of this time were spent
III business. He amassed a consid,
cradle fortune. He was the owner of
a large amount of real estate in the
vicinity of Fifth avenue and Grand
street. He was twice married. his
wives being sisters. His second wife
aleI short time ago.
To BE Published In London
Prof. II. j. Davenport of Sioux
Falls, So. OAK. son of the late Chas.
n. Davenport OF Wilmington and Brat
tlcboro, has Just received letter
from the famous publishing house of
Macmillan ~ Co., accepting his book
on Outlines of Economic Theory "
The work will be published both in
New York and London and its sale will
be pushed on both continents. The
letter of the firm accepting publica-
ton IS most tiattering one and con
stitutes high compliment to the abil
ity and the research of of Prof. Daven-
port The acceptance was first cabled
from London and Mr.. Davenport has
accepted an offer sent later by mail.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says:
The publication of work on so high level
| OF philosophy and science by such firm is an
honor to this city and to the state, as well as to
the author. The Argus. Leader has been al
I lowed 10 examine the advance sheets and we
| arc ready to praise IT unquaiedly as original
| learned and cogent. 1t will undoubtedly com
mand wide attention among economic students
j Another yermonter in Cuba His View
Ofthe Situation.
Merrill \. Martin, son of George
Martin of Williamstown, has just re
turned from Cuba, where he has been
for about three months on a sugar
plantation, employed as an expert
chemist. He was nine miles from
Cienfugoes and about $50 miles from
Havana. Two years ago he was one OF
the maple sugar chemists at Montpe.
lier. He is now in Washington and in
a conversation with Free Press re-
porter expresses the opinion that while
many of the cruelites reported by the
correspondents We're cXaggerations, the
foundation for these stories Is bad
enough to call forth the protests of all
Christian nations. The opinion seems
to be general, that unless Spain sup
presses the insurgents before May,
they will be unable TO do il at al as 10y
that time the season changes. fever
turks in the air, and the Spanish
soldiers would succumb, while at the
same time the native soldiers. being
acclimated would not be troubled by
these conditions and would proceed
with their guerilla warfare. The great
weapon of the Cubans is the machete,
Tunhis Il long knife, with one edge;
the natives use it to chop wood, NOV
grass, as means of defence in fact it
is ever in use. At present there is "A
fort on each plantation with a com
pany of Spanish soldiers stationed
thereon. This scatters the Spaniards
all through the Island and permits
thieving in every direction. The in.
surgents will sweep down on a planta
tion under the very eyes of the soldiers
set fire III a dozen places and quickly
withdraw to their retreats in the hills,
in this way nearly every plantation has
been destroyed. Both friend and foe
are treated alike for in that way they
hope to cut off the revenue of Spain |
and force her to terms. The planta |
ton on which Mr.. Martin was tho on
" one near there that was allowed to
grind the cane. The reason was that |
the manager agreed to give the insur'
gents 80 cents per bag for all the sugar |,
ground. After about half million |
pounds were ground, word was received |
to stop and unless they did so the !
plantation would be burned. Had they |
been allowed to finish the crop would |
have netted them about 11,00O, 600
pounds. BY stopping work on these
many are thrown out OF !
and as starvation stares
them in the face and the one way
open to them is the insurgcnt army
which they. of course, JOIN. In this /
way the ranks are recruited. 1t is
variously estimated that the number is
from $4,000 to so, GOO.
James p. Sawyer, Yale, '96, u son Of
II. A. Sawyer, of Butland has
been unanimously elected chair
man of the board of editors
Of the Yale Weekly Record. Since
his freshman year Mr.. Sawyer has
been more or less identified with lit
erary work.
Andrew j. Post. VINO died Friday
night at his home in Jersey City. was
born in Montpelier in 1884. In 1859
be engaged in business in New York,
designing and constructing IRON
bridges and buildings.
Congressman Fl. ii. Atwood was
quite badly beaten in the ward q cau-
:uses at Boston "Wednesday night. He
ran IA Mckinley ticket and got only !
five out of 81 delegates.
DIR. II. Il. Little, who died last
week at his home in Cleveland, o.,
was native of Worthwhile, where he
was born in 1916. He removed TO
Ohio when 81 years old and practiced
medicine for some years, but after.
wards gave that up and became Il real
state dealer. The firm with which ;
lc was connected handled immense
racts of land in the western portion :
If the state as well as valuable proper
les in Cleveland.
Thomas Pendcr, native of Brattlc-
,oro. n son of DIR. Robert and Lydia
ormher. and a veteran Of the war in
no o3d Massachusetts and also in the ,
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