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

Another of the controversies of the
civil war is bought afresh to attention
by the 60 page book browns Ferry
Just issued by Gen w + C"Baldy'D
Smith in reply to the findings of
the army commission that decided the
credit of conceivng and executing a
plan for recovering Lookout valley and
relieving Chattanooga in the fall of 1868.
by means of throwing poutoon bridge
across the Tennessee river at Browns
Ferry belonged to Gen Rosecrans. This
work in conjunction with an advance by
Gen Hooker was PROFESSIONALLY executed
by Smith just after Rosecrans had
been superseded ty Thomas. Grant in
his memoirs gives the credit unques-
tionably to Smith and so did Chas A
Dana, assistant secretary of war, who
was on the the ground at the time of the
'eyes and ears of the department. ".sIf"as
wrote Dana in1S95 Gen Rosecraps b ad any |
views or designs respecting it, browns
Ferry he could hardly have failed 20
inform me. and should have promptly
the information to Washing.
ION" Dana was strongly prejudiced
against Rosecrans and when he had
prejudice was incapable of doing entire
Justice and it is possible that their re-
ations were not confidential enough so
bat plans would have been communicat-
d. Gen Smith however, makes out
strong case in the evidence I
{ the time in support of his !
lain and charges the comm ission
With bias from the start in favor /,
+ Rosecrars. Beth we're able engin- ,
or officers as well as gallant fighters |
nd reasonable explanation is that J
9th conceived the rlan. which the
ltuHtion made pressingly necessary,
t about the same time aud so both 7
ere honest in claiming the origina- {
ion of II. At airy rate Vermonters.
)r the loTe thsy all bear Badly" y
NTH. are glad to welcomeSo complete J.
demonstration that he has not been .
Utility of false pretenses in the matter. B
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
Admiral Dewey's Ambitious Naval
Plans.

Admiral Dewey, who entirely disap
proves the plans Of the Naval board o.
cor Struction for the new bgttlesHips
has SUBJ tilted one of his own. Speak
ing from an experience that certainly
ought to qualify him to Judge, he holds
that the true policy is to cor tinue that
which for 100 years has bought supe-
riority in sheer Empower.
He does not regard the new Finch
guns as weighty enough for the broad
side battery of an Am ercan ship-of-
the-line. He insists on the 8 inch
gun, as insuring larger range penetral
ton and racking effect, and he de-
clares that if we choose the finch in
stead of the Sinch we should be "de-
parting from the traditions and policy
of the service, by which, ship for ship
or class for class, our vessels have al
ways shown marked superiority to
those of other navies. He would
have the new armor deck carry four
12inch gurs, mounted in turtets,
broadside battery of sixteen S-inch
guns and secondary battery of 90 or
more 3-inch. He would have the s.
inch guns mounted in classmates, not
in turrets. He is absolutely opposed to
he double turrets of the Kearsage and |
kentucky type, because it is difficult |
% aim turret g ms and so largs part
# the battery of ship is brought un-
Ter the control of ore officer, who may
all through lack of skill, or from
nervousness or disability.
While he rejects broadside turrets,
g does insist on very full protection
Or the inch guns winch he would
ange along the sides of the
ew armorclads. He would have
1em not merely sheltered by steel
,reens, but entirely inclosed in 8 {
lch armor bulkheads, to shut out
le suifocating gases and the pulver {
ing effect of high explosive shells.
e would have splinter shields be 7
seen the guns, and bulkh lead com :
etely enveloping each group, J.
His design would give the American e
rvice inccmparsbly the most power C
i and ponderous line of battleships b
the world. r
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

Did YOU ever stop to think that
the politicians are opposed to all pre-
mature discussions of state politlcsH A
month or two before the convention
meets is early enough to discuss the
qualifications of the different canui-
dates. The politicians have everything
fixed b. that time, and are willing
the people should be told few facts -
when it is too late to organize and act
effectively. -Morrisville Messenger.
1t is true that just to the extent
public interest, attention and discus
siol are aroused is the caucus-fixer's
occupation gone and the morey aspir-
ants spend in sendirg them about from
town to town wasted. 1t was one of
Daniel Webster's wise remarks that
the caucus system is designed to make
little men big and big men little.
is this true in state
where the people, in partisan dlsre
gard of their own best interests, are
willing to let caucuses and conyen
tions decide things-where there is
no raal contest of parties.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

The Congregational council at Bal
timore, Me, discussed the relationship
between churches and sem inaries yes
terday.
Lapland has an inexhaustible supply
of ore rich 10 the lest kind of iron
and easy to work, but inaccessible until
a railroad is built across the country
to the sea. The Swedish government,
however, objects to foreign capitalists.
and the rumor that J Pierpont Nor
gan is negotiating for the fields will
probably cause the Swedish parlia-
ment to take up the mater when it
meets in January and secure the iron
deposits from foreign Invasion. The
nlnes have been worked lightly since
l1Oi; and the government in 1884 com
pleted a railroad to Lulea, since when
the output is GOO, 600 tons year most
Of the ore going by ship to Ger
many.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

The Philadelphia Medical Journal
discussing President Mckinley g
dsath. calls atter ton to the discussion
OF the effect of anesthetics before the
college of physicians ct Philadelphia a
year ago list May in which it was
shown that in valvular disease " ithout
muscular degeneration an anesth etic
has little or no injurious effect, but on
the other HAND in disease of the mus
cular structure of the heart aneSthesia
may cause fatal termination in one
of two ways sudden heart failure, or
sudden exacerbation of the morbid
condition and particular attention
was called to the fact that in such
cases there might be seeming good
health for several days after an opera
ton and then, collapse, as nrthe
case of the President Iu its review |
the Journal finds much Significance
10 the fact, to which the Reformer
called attention at the time. that the
great disproportion netween the tenn
psrature and the pulse-bea was
sign of danger which seemed to be too
little considered. The Journal saws it
shall await with keen interest the
b theological report upon the couuitio
of the heart muscle. But whatever
there be to this phase of the case.
t1e autopsy seems to have proved that
the wound itself IVES enough to kill |!
the President. |,
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
The rev Australian tariff scheme is

The rev Australian tariff scheme is
now before its Parliament with pretty
nearly a certainty of Passing substan
TALLY as it is framed. 1t is decid-
edly protective measure and besides
contains an extended system of bo-
nusss or bounties, for the promotion
of industry. Of course it establishes
free trade between the states. Its en-
actment will be something of dis
APPOINTMENT to free traders, especial,
in view of the great success of ore of
the two largest colonies under free
trade system. But hardly anything
else was to he expected from new
state
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
Serious Blow to England in the East.

Among the troubles thickening
about Britain the death Of the Amer
of Afghan stan is not the least, A
peaceful succession to the throne oil
that land has been unknown in his
tory and trouble is almost certain TO
cnsue now, from the fact that the
Amer had designated as his heir and
successor his eldest son by slave girl,
while there is younger pricce who
is of royal blood; and no one doubts
that war for the succession would
be made an excuse by Russia for liz =
tervention and fastening of her con-
| troll over Afghanistar. And this with
the advance on the Persian Gull, as
explained last week, and the lnhu-
Turkish sultan and Persian Shah as
we'll as the railroad connections
through these lands aud in Siberia to
the north, would leave the border of
India open to invasion in overwhelm
ing force and with a r8pidity that
England could not hope to match.
The clock of destiny is close to strik
ing upon the ruin of the British |
empire 10 Asia, and the giant strides
by which the Muscovite is march ing
to the mastery of that continent can
hardly fail to be greatly accelerated by
this event. Russia needs some years yet
to ease her financial strain, equip her
self industrially and consolidate her
power for aggressive action, but she is
making rapid progress in these direc-
tons and il she can secure and hold
the opportunity which the Ameer's
Heath opens to her, the blow upon
India will surely fall within a decade
n two She has improved England's
in South Africa TO re-
,lace England in control of Persia !,
md it is not to be imagined for
moment that she WILL neglect the OPP
'ortunity to span the only remaining
distance to the Indian frontier.
The late Ameer of whom an inter
sting sketch was given Friday was
laced on his throne p years ago by
nglSnd after the Afghan war of the I"
tie seventies aud though intended to :"
e British tool against Russia, has :"
ept up surprising Independence V
q his fascinating autobiography pub -
shed rot long ago in London, he "
loke of his country as "a goat at y
hich a lion British InGia) from o'
Ie one side and terrible bear -
Russia from the other side, are
airing, ready to swallow at the:tirst :,
,portunity. - ''
The opportunity for the Bear has "
Nv come while the Lion is exhaust ="
Z him self in chasing a squirrel in -
'uth Africa. a.,
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

Speaker Henderson is again talking
like rebel against the administra
tim program. He always talks gal
lautly with his mouth and then backs
down when the piuch comes. He de
clared on the stump 10 Iowa Wednes-
day that he Was mot satisfied with
any leg islation thus far proposed in
congress- on the ship subsidy ques-
tion. He wants to build up the mer-
chant marine, be says, but doesn't
want measures looking to individual
interests rather than the general in
terests of the county, Which means
ogicslly that he doesn't want any
S subsidy.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
To Abolish the Free Pass Abuse.

A committee representing 40 or more
of the great railroads in the country
met at New York Mo1day and decid
ed to abolish completely the free
pass system. President Truesdale of
the Lacxawana says, what was not
generally supposed before-that the
roads themselves disposed of the ques
tion of issuing passes to Influence
traffic some time ago, and If so, there is
absolutely nothing left OF the sy stem
but bribery, or its counterpart in
blackmsil, or what is virtual pilfering
by officials in giving away "compli-
mentarily" what does not belong to
them.
There is 70 other country in the
world where the free pass system pre-
walls, and democracy is just the
country where it ought not to prevail,
and where it contains the greatest dar
ger in polluting the fountains Of pub
lie action 1t ought to be obvious to
any thinking man that corporations
are not s! scientifically giving some
thing for nothing and when they are
free passes to judges.
municipal, state and fed
eral officials it is with expectation of |
return and that return must neceSsa-
rily be something out of the relations |
between them and the public. Not
every man, of course, who takes a
pass, sells himself either consciously
IF uncor sciously, or permits him self
% be influenced by it in any matter
between the corporations and the pub
ic.
But where that is so, he is guilty of
he immortality of taking value with
nut rendering an equivalent.
The abolition of the free pass will
ot only eliminate one of the worst
nd most insiduous causes of democrat
zation in public life, but it will er- !
BILE the railroads to materially reduce I
heir charges for serving the travelling c
ublic. In the days of the old Central
ermont regime Commodore Wander
lit, when the Bennington and Rut- C
md road was in controversy. got one b
the conductors to keep a careful j
punt OF the free pass travel, and ;
'und that fully third of the through q
assengers were riding free. 1t is per- C
city obvious why with such waste p
ermont railroads we're never able to re
, justice to Vermont industries and b.
ermont interests. OF late years the az
'use has been supposed to be of m UGH F
s. dimensions; but nobody outside W
the railroad mar agements really G
lop whether this is so or not, and b!
len the roads have had something be
ely wanted to accomplish, it has not nj
,ked so. til
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
Tot Causes Night Alarm.

One night my brothers. baby was
taken with Group" writes Mrs. j. c.
Snider of Crittenden. Ky. ut seemed
If would strangle before we could ger
doctor, so we gave it DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which gave quick relief and
permanently cured it. We always keen
il in the house To protect the children
from Group and Whooping Cough. 1t
cured me of chronic bronchial trouble
that 20 other remedy would relieve"
Infallible for Coughs, Cnlds. Throat and
Lung troubles. soc and SLIGO. Trjsi
bottles free al Holden's Drug Store,
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fo,
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. ~
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned. have known r. j, CI O.
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per
fectlv honorable in all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out any obligations
made bv their firm.
WtsT FRUAN Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
o. WALDlNG, kINNAN Il MARVIN, WholesaI 10
Druggists. Ioedo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials SEM free PRICE ~
per bottle. Sold nv all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
A EIendlsh Attack.

An attack was lately made on G F
Collier of Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly
proved fatal. 1t came through his kid.
neys. His back got so lame he could not
stoop without great pain, nor sit in a
chair except propped by cushions. No
remedy helped him until he tried Elec.
trio Bitters which effected such a Won
derful change that he writes he feels like
new man. This marvellous medicine
cures backache and kidney trouble, pur-
fies the blood and builds IN your health.
Only so cents at Holden's Drug Store
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

Two more trust reports this week
tell the story of the way these con.
cerrs are going and confirms Mr.
Dooley's observation that trust stock
is unloaded on the trust
full" The United Fruit
Go which was formed to control the
tropical fruit business and which
earned in its first year 1919, al for
sl4, 900, 600 capital or only about two
per cent ends up its second with n ct
loss of 1921, 1872, drop of over half a
million, and is now to issue 50. 900, 600
of bonds The bicycle trust, VIII CHI has
paid no dividends ard whose seven
per cent cumulative OH the preferred
stock is an Accomplishing liability, re-
ports a drop in surplus from 81, 96S. i57
to 1886, 262. and even this IN part is
accounted for by deducting from liza.
bilities stock held 10 the tres ury,
which was not done last year. 1t start
ed with Sc plants, but has since CON
certrated its manufacture in ten, sell
ing some of the others, however With |
all the old lumber it took at fancy |
prices. it is reasonably evident that |
the trusts business is impossible of
success. Its bad showing this year
may bs in part accounted for by
shrinkage on the plants sold, but it
has also had a bad years. business
which the president accounts for by
the late and rainy season. The real
reason is that the bicycle craze col
apsed as suddenly as it had risen
and there was no adequate market for
he goods even at the reasonable
prices at which they bad to be offered {
The bicycle is doubtless to have its
place in modern economy for both ;
business and pleasure, but it is not /
'lace enough to afford Rn income on s
he enormously bloated capitalization
f the trust. :
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

Can it he possible that there is any suspic.
that Brattleboro hotel has been selling
liquor. How the fond illusions nourshed
under the misrule of prohibition fade when
the searchlight of facts is thrown upon them.
When Many Of our friends talk so loudly
about the prosperity of Temperance hotels in
this state, do they actually know in how many
most of those so-called temperance hotels
evade the prOhibitory law or elve violate it
outright: We have acquired lamentable
habit in Vermont of mis-caling some of our
weaknesses and parading them a virtues.
But we get caught at it in time.-St Adams
Messenger
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

1t is intimated on pretty good au-
thority that as soon as the Schley
inquiry is over President Roosevelt
= will have a fall house cleaning IN the
navy department. Good idea and he
doesn't want to begin agreat ways be-
low Secretary Long While that win
some gentleman appears nowhere at
fault personally. such sorry exhibi-
ton of petty jealousy. cabal and in
trigue, injustice and Incompetence as
this inquiry has made, fsirly shames
the nation.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
October Magazines.

Rev II b Greene, B. D., Of Lowell,
Mass. has spent three springs in Pales-
tine. where with the help of natives, he
made large collection of field flowers.
These he has pressed and issued in Gift
book form. under title of ssPressed
Flowers from the Holy Land" Each
book contains II flowers, with explana.
atory notes of each one. Bound daiptily
in green and white. Price 80 cents.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

Secretary Broderick of the British
war office to convince the, world that
there is no scarcity of troops for the
war in South AfricP, issues state
ment showing, that there are 200, DOC
British troops ard $50 gurs in The
field, and 10000 men under training
at home to furnish endorsements and
that the government is providing daily
supplies for 3l4, 600 persons in South
Africa, all directly or indirectly EN-
ployed in the war; is feeding 24s, 600
horses and mules, maintaining four
months reserve of food for men and
animals ard landing 10000 new horses
every month And all this, representing
an expenditure of nearly $500, 900, 600
already and heavier now than ever be-
fore, with $4,000 men
killed and $1,000 disabled,
is compelled by an enemy that
none of the oMmcers in the field esti
mate at more than II, 000
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
Where the Trouble Is.

D., II is fact which il Is well to make not
of mt the present time that every Judge OF tn'
7 supreme court of Vermont is a believer in
the prohibiiory law, and on every occasion
where this law Is IN question every member
of the court lends not only his judicial, but
his personal influence for its enforcement
In several instances. AS Is well known. maj
vidua judges have done notable work In en-
forcing the law. and IN creating and sustain
ing public sentiment IN il, fayor.-Brattle.
boro Phoenix.
In so far as this item may be taken
} to show that the judges of our Su-
prene court do their plain and ur =
prejudiced duty when the prosecuting
officers bring prohintory law cases
before them it is highly compliment
tary to our judges, In so far as it
tends to show a partisan bias and q
greater energy in enforcing this law
than any other Law upon our statute
books it is decidedly the contrary
When the judges of the highest court
of common wealth become partisan of
any law and enter into crusade for its
enforcement they are lowering the
standard Of the judiciary and chang
ing the character and history of
Anglo Saxon Jurisprudence. -burling-
ton News
1t is, of course, the primary princi-
pie of American government that the
legislative and judicial branches shall
be kept distinct and separate, and a
fundamental conception OF all Anglo
Saxon Jurisprudence, as the News indi.
Gates that the executory and judicial
functions must not be mixed. The rea
son is the plain one under the laws of
human nature that when the judge 10
any degree becomes part of the pres.
ecution, or responsible for it, be must
lose that poise of impartiality that
gives the system its strength and dig
nifty and usefulness to civilization.
So the things the Phoenix praises
by logical extension would lead
straight to the infamies of Jeffreys ,
and the crimes Of the inquisiton. :
Free institutions can only live on law /
and the observance of its principles /
and when they are disregarded for the
sake Of seeming temporary advantage,
he ground of danger and ultimate
uiu, if persisted 10, is entered n
Nevertheless the criticism lies not '
gainst the judges but the law which Ii
makes Oh igatory on them what they
re- doing in the requirement that
hey shall supervise the duties of
tate s attornics to give salary certiti-
ates, IN the prerostetous Injunction III
recess, VIII iCh is SIMPLY device for IL,
vading the right of trial by jury il -.
'aching and Furnishing crime. ard in
varsity of other collateral provisions.
he reason for all this is that it had -
cen found impos sihls to enforce the
law 10 the way other
TVS are enforced. and that il was r.,
othing but a roaring farce as long
the limitations we're observed
hch the experience Of the ages had -,
own to be ESSENTIAL TO the rights (
I'd hest development Of mankind
And the strange thing is that good
ople caunCt see that the trouble is
OK in thu original law tself, instead Tn,
supposiug that it means that they
Est go on pilirg up absurdities, in No
nsistenoies and dangerous stretches any an
power.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15

At both Washington aud London i,
is denied that there is any Sur
render 10 the new canal treaty thai
YVES reported Tuesday to have been
agreed upon IN the negotiation Score
tsry Hay has been conducting through
London for several months. There can
hardly have been any "surrender
from Whist Mr. Hay made in his first
negotiation, for that was about as
complete as 1t could he on all essen
tial points But the accounts seem to
agree that 10 the new treaty England
agrees to substantially all the amend
merts which the Senate made to the
Hay Pauncefote treaty, which Lord
Salisbury at first rejected and that
these inclnGe the formal abrogation of
the old layton-Bulwer treaty proyid-
ing for joint protectorate over the
canal, and while providing for its com
plete Capitalization and freedom to
all commerce on equal terms in time
of peace the United States is given
the right to fortify and defend and
treat it as she pleases 10 time of war.
Il go this would probably carry all OBJ.
legations of neutrality in case of war
between other countries and would |
add nothing to Britain's naval powers
Il this of course is only right and
'easonahle with regard to canal
,uilt by government money; but we
ball be surprised if it turns out that
england has really conceded it all.
she has, it means simply that she
eelS desperate need IF friends
Omewhere in tho uorI1
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-10-15
What's Your Face Wortht

Sometimes fortune. but never, if vou
have a sallow complexion, a iaundiced
look, moth patches and blothes on the
skin'-all signs of Liver Trouble. But
Or Kings New Life Pills give Clear
Skin, Rosy Checks, Rich Complexion.
Only % cents at Holden's Drug Store.