Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

NOTINGs.

/ The supreme court of New York hP S
decided that the franchise tax law is
[ constitutional.
A Now Hampshire Judge has Just
held that a Christian Science heal r
cannot be held to the same legal tests
as regular practitioner
New Zealand has adopted the plan
of huying large estates from proprie
tors and cutting them up into hold
ings for men of small means.
Another clean hit for the President
is scored in the nomination of W NJ
Heald as postmaster at Wilmington,
Del. Mr. Head is anti-Addicks.
A German firm has perfected and
obtaiued control of beer tabloid "a
small tablet that, dropped into glass
of water will turn it into beer as
fresh as if just drawn.
The Par American Exposition closes
with the end of this month. Next
comes toe South Car lima Interstate
and West Indian EXPOSITION that will
be ready at Charleston Deceube first
Gen Butler strikes the British pub
lie with smazement by frankly admit
tiog the charge, current for several
weeks but not credited, that after his
disaster at Colenso. he advised Sir
George White to surrender ut Lady
smith.
Benjamin Russell Handy, author of
the famons ballad, "Darling Nellie
Gray" is buried at Westervlle, O,
u miles from Columbus Thousands
are familiar with the ballad but few
knew much of its author or where he
was buried.
An English dentist says that the in
crease 10 dental cases during the last
40 years is due to roller milling hav
ing largely replaced stone L illinp, as
there is a greater amount OF acid GER
Grated in the mouth during the maSti
cation Of bread composed Of roller
flour than when composed Of stone
milled.
DR. Kulesh, the Russia savant. made
shortly tefore his denth, a translation
of the Bible into little Russia, ="
which the censor would not allow to
be printed. DR. Kulesh s widow hrs
now sold the manuscript to the Brit
iSh Bible Society for 500 rubeS.
Gen Lucban, head of the Filipino
forces in Samar where the recent mas
sacre occurred, is one of the interest
ing character civil disorders throw up.
Whether he is guilty of the cruelites
charged, and especially TIE mutilation
of bodies reported after the massacre,
it is perhaps not fair to judge yet, as
such charges are always made in war
and particularly in civil war. \
mestiao Of Filipino and Chinesa blood,
4G years cid and of family OF some
wealth and influence he was clerk in a
Manila store when the last insurret-
tion against Spain broke out, quickly
enrolled himself under Aguinalio ami
in 4 few months won = brigadier gen
erals com missiop, was sent to the
Visayan islands where be had great
siccess 10 bringing the natives to the
standard of revolution and for several
months past has been operating in
Samar. Repeatedly it has been said
that he had not over 100 guerlllas ia
his command, but recent events effect
ually disproye that. He is the strong
est Kind of an anti-Roman Catholic, !
and is charged with extensiVe looti gs
of churches in the Visayans, strip
ping ell their gold and silver 0rna-
ments and sacred vesSals, and even
taking their bells and melting them
for the manufacture of shells n car
tridges, and driving the priests fran
the island. If all this is true, how
ever. it is hard to see how he could
have won such influence among the
Visayans who are very devout pee
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