Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-02-26
PANAMA TREATY RATIFIED
SENATE REPUBLICANS SOLID
FOR THE MEASURE.

Tho Chicago Theatre Fire investisa'
acknowledgements for Manslaughter
Found--Notable Losses by Fire
Tho Worlds Oldest Legislator.
The United States senate at Wash
ington Tuesday, Feb. %, ratified
without amendment the treaty win
Panama for a canal across the isth-
mus by vote of 60 TO IA. The re-
publicans were all for ratiiication'
Fourteen democrats voted Tor ratih-
cation and IA against. Two demo-
crafts. Clark of Montana and Stone of
Missouri, We're paired In favor OF the
treaty, and three democrats, over
man, McLaurin and Martin. were
paired against 1t, so In the total vote
i6 democrats were for the treaty ana
II against It, The only other vote
was on the Bacon amendment pro-
yiding compensation of Colombia Tor
loss of Panama. This was rejected
SO to "a. The vote was preceded by
debate concerning the merits OF the
treaty with reference to the secret
papers, which were sent TO the sen
ate by the president. Senator Cui-
berson said this correspondence
showed that the reasonable time
known to have expired. both for ne
gotiating the Hay Herran treaty and
its ratification. He also read from a
letter addressed to Albert Shaw,
MARYLAND. from the president. dated
october 10, 1908, in which the presi-
dent said he saw no hope for any ne
collation. with Colombia and that he
would be delighted should a revolu-
ton occur on the isthmus a pili
was introduced in the senate provid-
ing for the temporary government or
the Panama canal territory,
The house committee on post Oh
fees and post roads has agreed TO
the report of a subcommittee rails
ing the salaries of rural free deilpo
cry carriers to q maximum OF ST20
per annum instead of $500 as at pres
emit The report agreed to take away
from such carriers the express and
news agency privileges which they
now have.
The senate spent the greater part OF
Wednesday, Feb "a, discussing an
amendment to the agricultural appro-
priation bin striking out the house
provision giving authority to the sec
retary of agriculture to inspect I'M
ported food products when misbrand-
ed or suspected of impurity. me
amendment was suggested by MI
Aldrich, who said the provision OPP
ened the way for an encroachment by
the treasury, and was calculated to
cause n duplication in the service of
the two officials Mr.. Proctor, in
charge of the bin, defended the pro-
vision. The discussion was closed by
substituting the provision of the act
of 1900 bearing on the same point.
This solution of the problem was sug-
gested by Mr.. Proctor and was ac-
cepted by all.
Mr.. McComber pointed out that this
act would make the provision appli-
cable only to impure food, leaving
out all regulations relating TO raise
labelling and false branding and the
act of 1900 was amended to cover this
point.
w. Bourke Cochran has been elected
"A member of congress at the special
election held in the twelfth New York
congressional district to fill the place
made vacant by the resignation OF
Mayor George B. Mcclellan.
The Ohio legislature will vote at
noon Tuesday, March /, on the ques-
ton of q successor to Senator Hanna
and a Joint session will be held March
to declare the result. The prospect
Ia that Gen. Dick will be the nominee.
The state university at Minneap-
oils. Mimi, is in the grasp of diph-
liberia and typhoid fever epidem1cs
and will probably close for the bal
ance of the year, The city water Is
suspected of being the cause OF the
diseases.
The fire loss at Baltimore Md, has
been finally estimated at about SS5,-
600 900 at the lowest figures. lnsur-
ance about s40,000,000. At least haif
dozen streets in the heart OF the
business section will probably be
widened before rebuilding on them Is
allowed
Dartmouth hall. the Oldest building
at Dartmouth college and one OF the
oldest college buildings in the coun-
try. was burned at Hanover, N. H.,
Thursday. Feb. IS. The loss is $685.
600. partly covered by insurance,
Dartmouth hall was built about 1lo
wears ago. 1t was three stories h1gh
and built of wood.
The city and province Of Tegucu-
galpa. Spanish Honduras, are under
martial law as result of an attempt
to assassinate President Manuel Bo-
nilla, Half dozen of the most prom
inent members of the chamber of dep
mites are prisoners, charged with the
ATTEMPTED crime. The revolt was led
by Policiarpo Bonllla, cousin OF the
president and himself ex-president'
Glen Monarch, a champion bull dog
owned by Thomas w. Lawson. one Oh
the greatest competitors of American
dog shows. died on its way from New
York to the Dreamwold Kennels, near
Boston last week. He was purchased
| by Mr.. Lawson for the sum of S2,5Ou
| from w. C. Goldman of Providence, X
l., on March 4, 1902. Since that time
he has captured every event in which
he entered.
| About 200 laborers and convicts al
Chatham. Galapagos Islands, belong
| ing to Ecuador. recently mutinied and
killed Leonado Reina, the governor OF
the islands and several others. the
mutineers also committed robberies
and DESTROYED valuable property. the
assassins fled in a schooner to Cum
iaco on the Pacific coast of Colon
/ bia. where they were captured arc
handed over to the Ecuadorean au-
thorities. They will probably be sho'
at Guayaquil.
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