The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-24
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state within their limits. And Gov
jackson says in his message that tn,
result has been a material reduction
in the number of United States reve
nue. licenses taken out in the prohibi
ton counties.
The New York World interviewed
the members of the Democratic nation
al nomination for the preside ICY and
third term for Cleveland. The results
are summarized as follows for Cleveland
and a third term, s. opposed to a thirC
term. 8; for Whitney, for Morrison
of Illinois, D for Matthews, of Indiana,
2: for Vice President Stevenson, 2
for a silver man, 8: non-committal,
S: Col. B. B. Smalley sand in reply t.
the newspaper mans questions
"The nomination of a presidential
candidate is too far off. | can't talk
now"
The trade balance in this country's
favor, or the excess of exports over
imports for the calendar year ending
with Dec. 81 was 1913, 269, sS4. The
year previous it was $14S. 789, 307 and
yet a steady stream of gold has been
going out.
"a -SobSlCbSlldu TIduh Law ltI VI
Chicago, d powerful leader OF certain
elements of the Democracy of the city
which sent him to congress for several
terms and who got the biggest petition
on record, with over 60, 600 signatures,
for postmaster of Chicago, died Friday.
He was serving as alderman at the
time and as one of those that voted
away the electric railway franchise
so greatly to the wrath of the news
papers of the city.
Greenbacks as well as gold are being
bought and sold at a premium in view
of the demand for bond payments.
Gold continues to be both exported
and imported in about equal quantity.
The new game is. instead Of withdraw
ing gold from the treasury on green
backs and holding it for bond pay
ments, which is now tabooed in polite
financial circles, to withdraw it for ey-
port and then import it again.
Budapest is planning to build a tow
er 1923 feet high for her exhibition
next year. If erected it will be go
feet higher than Eitfcld's tower.
The Chicago Times Herald, though
independent Republican in its own
views, predicts that Gov. Altgeld will
be renominated by the Illinois Demo
Gratis this year and that if j. K. Tan
ncr is the Republican candidate, Alt
geld viii run 10, 900 ahead of his
ticket.
Many Of the shrewdcst judges pre-
diet that Senator Allison Will he the
Republican nominee for president this
,A,r TIn rn.pNn 4, ,,ti,, r.o tod L,r Z,
New York railroad president evcn more
s%trikingly than Logan stated it. The
railroad president says, why. Allison
could walk on piano keys from New
York to Omaha and never sound a
This is the kind of skill Re
rublicans are figuring for on the finan-
cial issue.
Charles Theodore Russell. long a
leader in Massachusetts,
of Ex Gov. Vim. +. Russell. for
30 years a leading lawyer of the state.
professor in the law school of Boston
even since its foundation,
pioneer in the agitation which result.
ed in the abolition of the poll tax as a
prerequisite 10 voting in Massachusetts,,
A man Of profound scholarship, and
WY ilh d1ltI. dltd tDdtulddN III pIltb-
nonia at his Cambridge home at the
age Of 50.
A. petition to the next Vermont legis-
'ature is being signed by the junior
Christian Endeavorers in the state,
that the prohibitory law be
strengthened instead of repealed. 1t
in southern Vermont and will
pc presented 10 Franklin county
Endcavor convention We'd
by the state superintendent,
Miss Cynthia l.. Marvin of Alburgh
Springs.
The New York Herald Monday pub
ished a transcript of the evidence sur
'eptitiousIy obtained greatly to the
Indignation of the Investigating com
in the Dunraven ease. But it
completely and overwhelmingly vindi
'ates the Defender and her managers
rom Dunraven's. charges.
Ex President Harrison has formally
.nnounced TO the press that he is en-
TO Mrs. Dimmick of New York.
ieice of his first wife, and the marriage
will take place after Lent. Tho matter
las brought about a bad unpleasant
less ia Harrison's family. his son and
laughter opposing the match. and issu-
ng q sort of authorized statement of
which date back to the time
hat Mrs. Dimmlck was a guest at the
White house, during Mrs. Harrison's
Ife. She came as the latter's private
ecretary, but a deal of bad feeling ap
ears TO have grown W.
Commander Ballington Booth, who
as had charge of the Salvation army
the United States, has been recalled
England by the headquarters au-
h~orities there. He and his wife have
one a wonderful work in the slums of
great cities, where its meetings are
ow attended by l,75O, 600 people.
Gen. Thomas Erving, ex- Congress
IAN, Democratic candidate for govern
r of Ohio in 1879, Greenback orator,
,ader of the free state men in Kansas
efore the war, the first chief justice
fter the state vas admitted. a gallant
ghter in the war for the Union. ris-
lg from colonel to major general,
ding particularly able service at the
of Prairie Grove, and in his
Of the Missouri borders
Price in 1864. died Tuesday at
York city from injuries received
he day before by being knocked down
y a cable car. He was the son of s
homas Erving, the great Ohio lawyer {
nd Wing leader and was born at Ian {
aster in 1929, graduated from Brown {
University. and after the war practiced
W in Washington a few years in 1871 {
e returned to Lancaster. o: he was I
mt to Congress from that district, and
Il member for two terms, 1SI1-Sl. {
ere he prepared the bill establish |
lg a bureau of labor statistics: sup
the bill forbidding the use of