The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-22
VOL. Xxx. NO. 43.

us Tue Whole body now numbor
~ o.er 2o'o0O men. 1t is evnentad
iT". tney VIII reach the vicinity 'G y,
, ,aNana ABOUT the end of the montb
I mHeh tne lighting is likely take nIacn
ms purpose is to attract Snnniesh I'a -.
LINTON and enable Maceo to brrar th h.
T 1,ocna ON the Pinar del Rio lima
hiust"or'hy private advices from Ito
v van show that the insuroants Ia az
loo,o,V strong, and that 10 0oo w a,I
a aar' men are securing the whole
SSouHlry outside the garrisoned towns
SPAN proposes to send 10000 more
men TO the island in October nrta.
tne RAINY season. Weyler who w lus
going to crush the revolt in n fam
weeks, now thinks he can hold nv
through the summer with the u Ooo
men that have been sent him s;noo
January He now proposes TO add
starvation to butchery, as a mans 1 81
carrying on what he calls war :,
where no war is recognized as exist.
ing. He has issued decree reon,r;no
every Every farmer IN Cuba to bring all his
siain into the towns and surrender it
l9r lne support OF the Spanish army
o, oppression. If any fail to do SO
within . days their grain will be
seizea and contiscated as "contraband
Another decree forbids the export of
any tobacco. with the idea he can
mus deprive the insurgent cause of in
come from the cigar makers in Amer.
lea. = ''e'
The distress of all classes is getting
worse daily. Six thousand persons
chIehy OF the upper and middle classes
emigrated in ten weeks. The funds at
the dispose of General Weyler are yerv
nearly exhausted and he is finding it
a hard matter to obtain credit, as the
merchants who furnished the troops
with goods during the last war were
never paid. The provision merchants
OF Havana will have no dealings with
Weyler except on a cash basis.
Ihere is great discomfort, too. among
the troops who have received no pay
tor three months. Many are known to
be disposing of their cartridges to sym.
pathizers with the insurgents. The car
trldges are mostly wheeded out of
them by women, who convey them to
insurgents in the field. The fact that
many expeditions in aid of the Cubans
were successful in landing in Cuba
during the month of April is sup
pressed by the government. The nsur-
gents are well supplied with munitions
of war.
Col. Tejada has had fierce engage
ment at Palmarito in Santiago de Gu
ba district, with the rebels command |
ed by Cebrico, and was forced to re-
turn by them. 1t is now learned that |
the three cannon carried by the FL |
ibubstering steamer Laurada were of |!
the new invention, noise less. smokeless, |
and operated by secret force which is
able to project in minute enough |
bullets to slaughter a large part of the |
Spanish army in Cuba. They are the |
invention of Jose c. Perreault of Mon
treal and the rebel sympathizers in !
this country paid 500. 900 or them. |
A Murder in Montreal.
Jean Baptiste Rousseau was shot |
dead by Belgian named Paul Pons on
San Domingo street, Montreal Monday /
morning. The latter fired five shots
all of which took effect The murder |
was the result of family quarrel and
divorce.
Destructive Cyclone in Kansas.
The most destructive cyclone that
ever visited Kansas struck Frankfort
about O'Clock Sunday afternoon. The
cyclone came from the southwest and
was preceded by heavy fall OF rain
and hail. The unnelshaped cloud
came from the opposite direction from
the wind that was prevailing aid
travelled slowly, which gave the people
ample time to 90 into cellars and caves
as most of them did. Several farm
houses were destroyed before the
storm reached the city. Nearly 90
residences, besides many barns and out
buildings. were totally destroyed in
Frankfort. At least 200 people are
rendered homeless, but there were no
fatalities.
-Four killed, 20 wounded, II of them
severely. and almost clean sweep OF
the town of Reserve with 300 inhab-
itants was the result of the cyclone
Only three buildings are left standing.
At Spring Valley the storm demol-
ished a church in which loo persons
were worshiping. At Seneca hive per
sons we're killed and many badly hurt
The loss will amount to 5000 GOO
fvcIone,s Awful Workshops of Life May
Reach 100.
The city of Sherman, Texas, was VS.
tied bv the worst cyclone in the ms
tory of north Texas about . O'Clock
Friday evening. The path OF the de,
stroyer was $50 yards. The track of
the cyclone is a grewsome sight, the
devastation being complete, houses,
frees. fences, in fact everything IN
lis path having been destroyed, The
loss of life will probably reach 100,
Is having been found, with as many
more bruised and wounded. The city
hall and the storeroom have been
turned into temporary hospitals, and Is
bruised. mangled and mutilated bodies
are awaiting Identification at the two
nlaces. Nearly every house in FAR
view addition has been turned INTO a
bosnital. A water spout accompanied
the cyclone and the creeks are all out
Of the banks e, :,
The loss of property at Sherman rs
placed at Sl75, 600. The number OF
lead in Denison and adjoining coun-
Ties is go. The entire loss OF proper
". estimated, in Texas and Indian Ter
..;;torv is q. 900, 600 1t is now known
+hat there we're a number of tornadoes
IN distinct operation. Bodies are sun
no;ng found in out of the-way places;
The dead body of an infant was found