Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-26

IL wears was found gully ~ ,ieaS0
Friday. May 10. by a jus. ! liuiuei
ling the next 10 the last OIL .ilis 49,
Marie Welcker Hoch. The peath se
Itence was recommended tne ~
Hoch denies that he murdiu q nun
I Der of wives as has been es, ~
saws he Is not afraid 10 te anu the
sooner il is over. the hettf. He says
he nrefers the death peialty TO IRE
| Imprisonment.
An attack ON tuberculds from ev
arv quarter constituted n program
carried ont al Washingtn last week.
/ in which more than 200 4 the leaoihs
lnhysicians of the countrN participates
under the designation othe first an
nmas meeting Of the naicnal associa-
tion for the study and prevention OF OF
! tuberculosis, 1t was tated that u
nor cent of the death Hnefits PAID ps
| one Of the big three fife. insurance
companies was due 2 tupereuiossss,
/ that over one-half Il sucn oenenIs
were paid during the1irst nVe seaIss
of the life OF the polaes, ana tna' o.,
| the one-half billion coliars PAID III
death benefits by IL me iaISe In &C.
panies yearly, six nlliion ,s aoilais -
paid on account Of his disease
The president h% Afsued an olue,
prohibiting the employment Oh coh rha
I labor on governHen' WORKS
question of the dnpltyment of such
! labor was raised in connection with
certain river anss hfrbor improve
ments in Arkan As, the contractor
for which desiretTto Employ a number
| of state convictss under contract with
| the state authorizes. The omclals OF
| the war department were almost
unanimously opposed to the plan. ana
| Judge Advocate Gereral Davis gave
Ian opinion that it was contrary To
| the spirit il not the letter of the labor
laws of the United States. The pres
| ident's order calle! attention TO an
act OF congress, PISSED Feb. 20, 1887.
forbidding United States ofncers or
agents from hiring or contracting out
criminal labor.
| The Merchants Trust company OF
New York city fas closed TUESDAY
! May 80, by orderIf the state superln,
1 tendent of banksl The closing is said
| IN he due TO inloility to secure the
navment of certln large loans. The
! canital is s500,d0. The bank owes
denositors abo,ItIs2. 900, 600. The avail
able assets of tH company, according
to State BankJ Superintendent XII
burn, amount I'd about s1,300,0o0 aside
from the Hutson valley railroad
property and irterest in a Rutland
company. 1t Substantially owns the
Rutland Street Railway company ana
the Chittenden Development company,
and is the hching company of the
stock of lighting, power and railway
companies nsRutland, in which has
been invested nearly a million dollars
1t holds Hudson Valley bonds TO the
amount of nearly s1,S00,ooo. These,
with the liability of the stockholders
to the amount of 100000. Mr.. Kilburn
said should Pc sufficient to pay depos-
itors in full 1t is not expected that
Rutland enterprises will suffer. Work
il nearly completed on the plants and
they are on basis to pay dividends
to the corpany's receiver. Douglas
Robinson. "a brother-in-law of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. has been appointed
receiver for the trust company.
Speaker Joseph Cannon. in counec-
ton with the recent decision of the
Panama canal commission to purchase
ships and materials abroad. examined
at Washington last week, documents
containing the treaty with Panama
and the law authorizing the construc'
ton of the canal. He expressed the
opinion that the president is author
lied under the act of 1902 to construc
the Panama canal. to acquire and op.
crate the Panama railway. and to en-
| ter into the necessary contracts L
accomplish the work. and that tn,
authority of the president in tn,
premises is plenary. He thought thai
the labor in the enterprise woulC
come from the tropics. on account o.
the climate of the isthmus. but HI
said he took it for granted that al
supplies should be the product of oul
own labor wherever practicable. 4
despatch from Washington Saturday
MAY 20. said that the administration
/ has decided not to purchase foreign
ships at present but charter such a.
might be absolutely necessary fol
pressing the Panama canal business
and not to purchase supplies abroad
except such as are imperatively need
ed now. In this way congress will
have an opportunity 10 pass upon tbs
whole controversy. II is added that
this decision does not mean that tht
president and Secretary Taft have In
any degree changed their recently an
nounced policy.
Saved by Dynamite.