Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-13
THIS MORNINGS NEWS
THE CYST OF THE LATEST DISPATCHES

Hay-Paunceforte Treaty.
Police Capt. Diamond on trial at
New York for neglect of duty is to be
dismissed from the force.
The annual meeting of the state
grange is being held at White River
junction for three days ending today.
A bill authorizing the construction
of railroad across Alaska from
Cooks inlet to Behring Strait, a dis
lance of $50 miles, has been introduced
in the House.
A Sofia correspondent to Berlin
writes that Miss Ellen M. Stone, the
captive American missionary, was re
Gently seen alive at koprivenkolibi,
near Dubnitza.
The American Federation of Labor
now in session at Scranton, Pa, favors
the exclusion of the Chinese, and up
holds ticket scalping. The adoption
of universal label for union made
goods was defeated.
E. C. Stone, formerly editor of the
northampton Herald, and recently,
editor of the Orange journal, who
disappeared Monday, the I'd, has been
found on the street of Portland, Me-,
in a distracted condition of mind.
In the tariff debate in the German
Reichstag Wednesday, the German
agrarian leader declared that 1.-The
shaping of Germany's commercial re
lations with America will be the most
important task before the country for
the next decade "
Michael GRAFTON of auckland, Mass,
was fatally shot while sleeping at his
home Wednesday. He did not know
who fired the shots. A woman, his
housekeeper, was the only other occu-
pant of the house.
Frank Bowman of Barre. at whose
house Miss Grace Hutton was found
after her recent disappearance, has
been arrested, charged with criminal
assault on Miss Hutton and has been
taken to Montpelier Jail pending a
hearing. Bowman is also charged with
adultery with a,young woman resident
of his family,
The prison authorities at Auburn,
n. Y, are investigating a reported an
arcbist plot to blow up the prison with
dynamite in revenge for the death of
President Mckinley's assassin. Since
the execution of Czolgosz, an attempt
has been made to scale the walls of the
prison by ladders. On the ground near
one of the ladders was found paper
such as is used to wrap dynamite pack
ages.
Senator Bacon spoke in opposition
to the -Pauncefote treaty in the
Senate Wednesday, claiming that the
treaty does not place the Isthmian
canal entire under American auspices
and American control. He favored the
Davis amendment which abrogated /
all the Objectionable features of that /
treaty as negotiated and authorized /
the United States to secure the safety
and maintenance of the canal by their .
force.
The protocol signed at Managua by
the United States minister and the .
Nicaraguan secretary for foreign af-
fairs is step toward securing control /
of the route of the Nicaraguan canal. /
The control is not a protectorate but a |
lease of the territory on each side of |
the proposed canal, no formal cession |
being possible under the constitution .
of Nicaragua, which forbids the alien
alton of territory.
An edict has appeared at Pekin be
slowing honors on the late Ii Hung .
officials for participation in the peace
negotiations. The most remarkable
clause awards Yung Lu who com
manded the best disciplined troops
which opposed the allies the two
eyed peacock feather, for protecting
foreigners against the boxers.
A big liquor raid was made in St.
Johnsbury Tuesday. The Avenue
house was searched, 5000 to $500 worth
of liquor seized, and the proprietor,
F. M. Black arrested. He gave 1000
bail pending hearing Mr.. Black has
given to St. Johnsbury the best hotel
she ever had, and there is much feel
ing over the seizure. He claims the
liquor was kept for travellers only
The long-expected report of Special
Commissioner Rockhil Ito the secretary
of state on the results of the work in
with the Chinese negotia-
tions at Pekin has been submitted to
He says the United States
threw its influence on the side of mod
Grafton, humanity and justice and the ]
prevention of further bloodshed, in the
punishment of the authors of and par
in anti foreign massacres !
and riots.
Clarence j. Poore and Joseph Laparl
of Rutland, were badly burned in a
gasoline explosion at South Hero {
Wednesday. The men were repairing !
a gasoline engine used at the railroad !
water tank The engine was enclosed
in one -story wooden building with a !
basement The gasoline had leaked
into this basement and considerable !
gas had formed there. When Mr.. :
Poore entered the room carrying a y
lighted torch an explosion occurred
which completely wrecked the build i
ing. I
The motion made by Col Joel C. /
Baker of Rutland in the Addison coun- !
" court case of f. L. Fish, receiver of i
he defunct Farmers National bank of Il
against Huldah Olin, an /
action to recover assessments on bank 4
stock, in which Mr.. Baker contended O
hat a national bank receiver appoint @
ID by the comptroller of the currency &
las no legal title which gives him 7
light to maintain an action in com J
non law in a state court, has been sus q
aimed by the court, Judge John ii. $