Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-11-20

THE WINDHAM COUN
When Judge w. H. Taft assumes the
war department portfolio he will sit
at the same desk which his father.
Alphonso Taft, occupied while holding
the same Office under President Grant.
The elder Taft occupied the post only
few months, when he became attor-
ney- general
Frank Smith, a negro, stabbed an
Austrian in the back near Aurora,
Montana, Nov. 7. He was captured
by gang of Austrians, who tied him
to tree in the mountains, leaving him
there to starve to death. A party of
hunters found him Friday and released
him. He was in critical condition
None of the Austrians has been ar
rested A gang of negroes from
railroad camp ten miles north is said
to be on the way to Aurora for revenge.
Dale Matthews, a school girl of An
COLA, ILL.,, is in Jail for raising one dol
lar bills to tens in order to get an edu-
cation. She wanted to graduate from
the Marion school with high honors.
but lacked the money, about $40 She
had read about man making thou
sands of dollars by raising ones to tens
with white ink and acid and she was
temtped to get the money that way
never thinking, she says, that it was
of the law
A warrant has been sworn out at
Salt Lake city charging Heber j.
Grant, one of the leading apostles of
the Mormon church, with unlawful CO.
The apostle was convicted
in 1898 of the same offence and was
fined $500. The prosecution of Grant
is due in part, to his public admission
before the students of Utah university.
4, that he has two wives
and he donated to the alumni scholar
ship fund $50 for himself and $50 for
each of his two wives.
On ringing of the fire bell at Gaines
Vile, Ga, Saturday. 400 citizens armed
with axes gathered at the city hail. as
arranged and proceeded to
smash the blind tigers" and other
resorts of the city. After
their work of demolition
he members of the mob, through /
heir leaders served notice on the /
oroprietors of the liquor joints and /
,ther resorts that they must leave /
he county in ten days. and that no |
ttempt to reopen their places will be I
olerated.
Rev. Father Joseph Cirringaton.
,astor of the Church of the Immacu-
alton, New York, who has taken a
prominent part in suppressing dives,
and places of evil repute
onducted by Italians in his parish
vas lured from his home Friday night
" pretended police officials and no 4
race could be found of him until
fonday morning when he appeared on
'irst avenue. acting strangely. His
hind seems to be affected. He said {
is abductors suddenly covered his
louth with cloth, took him to a
ellar where they tied his wrists and
obbed him.
Mrs. John Daley of North Adams.
lass, was cleaning her stove with
asoline one day last week when sud
emily some of the liquid came in con-
let with fire and the little can she
as using exploded and her clothing
as set afire. With rare presence of i
lind Mrs. Daley gathered up her T
xirts and drew them tightly over her ,
cad, smothering the blaze in time to !
revent serious injury. One arm and \
and were considerably burned. As t
BON as she had extinguished the fire .
her clothing she shouted for help +
nd some OF the neighbors rushed in +
nd put out the fire in the room be- 5
IRE much damage had been done. 9
An excited controversy took place l
aturday AT the meeting in Boston of I
lie American federation of labor. The Z
solution calling for a donation of I
900 for the western federation of 9
liners was recalled and a substitute I
lopted. instructing the executive
,uncil to send out circulars for funds l
II the western miners This led to a
ng and. heated discussion many del
rates wanting the appropriation |
ade, one declaring that if the con- q
.ntion had nothing but sympathy to q
fer, it had better buy an ice chest y
Id send the resolutions in that. An
nendment to the substitute was fl
lily adopted appropriating $1,000 as !
iginally proposed.
The meeting of the general mis-
onary committee of the Methodist :
church has been held in :
maha, Neb., the past week. The =.
easurer reported that the mission -
Y gifts for the year ending october '
surpassed those of any former year, :,
e amount being $165422S The dis -
easements We're s1,965,4S5, of which =
16.411 went TO foreign missions and =,
1880 to home missions. The APP =
OPERATIONS for the coming year will -
the same as last year, namely,
4S2, 900 of which amount 42b per
Mt will be devoted to home missions A
d SIX per cent to the foreign field.
lese sums were granted to various
nferences: East Maine, $4,000;
aine, $1,000; New Hampshire, s1,400;
rthern New York $1,000; Troy ST.
D: and Vermont s1,450. These I'll
ms are used to supplement pastoral
pport.
A remarkable case is on trial at Tip
l, la. August Leuth is charged with be
wing abducted an aged couple and
lding the wife for $4,000 ransom
aries Telsrow, a wealthy farmer liv
: near Bennett was the chief witness
amined He said that the defend nc
y. .1.1s tn