Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-06

produced; 332,O35,346 bushels of win
ter wheat valued at .$325,611,3T3 and
219,464,17i bushels of spring wheat
valued at s1S4,s7S,50l.
For the calendar year which ende |
Saturday, Dec. 81, the treasury will
show deficit of s72,o00,000. The ex-
penditures, including the Panama
canal payments, were s612,000,000,
while the receipts were only $780,
900. 900. The cash in the treasury,
exclusive of the gold reserve and
gold and silver coin held against out
standing certificates, Is s240,000.00o,
which is ss0,00o.00O less than on Jan.
! l last.
The New York city school board has
voted against the minority report OF
the committee of elementary schools.
which provided that the bylaws of
the board be amended so as to allow
the principals to administer mod
crate corporal punishment" to unruly
scholars between the ages of seven
and fourteen years. The majority
report. which declared that the rule
against corporal punishment be not
changed. was adopted.
Following a thorough investigation
by Dr. Wiley, chief of the chemical
laboratory of the department of agri-
culture, into the methods of coloring
foods, the secretary of agriculture
has issued an order that all staple
articles of food that are colored arti-
ficially must be branded as such. An
alysis showed that sulphate of copper
is used in considerable and sometimes
dangerous quantities to give a green
color to vegetables and that aniline
dyes are often used to color preserved
fruits OF various kinds.
The United States circuit court of
appeals at Philadelphia has reversed
the decision of the United States cir
cult court for the district of New
Jersey. which enjoined the carrying
out of the Hill Morgan plan for dis
tributing the assets of the Northern |
Securities company. This is in favor |
of the Northern Securities company |
and against the Oregon Short Line I
Railroad company. defeat for the |
interests represented by +. H. Har-
riman.
After being on strike about 20
weeks the union cotton mill opera
lives of Fall River, Mass Friday,
Dec. 80, by an overwhelming vote
decided to continue the struggle. The
.otal vote cast was 1881, and 1,40l
declared in favor of continuing the
contest while 420 expressed a desire
through their ballots to go back to
work. The manufacturers state there
$ no hope of a restoration of the
L215 per cent reduction and they
propose to continue attempts to run
he mills under the same conditions
is for the past seven weeks
In his annual report to Washing
on, G. r. Carter, governor of Ha-
vail strongly urges the amendment
f the Chinese exclusion law so as to
,ermit the utilization of Chinese la
,orers in the Hawaiian islands and
he modification of the immigration
avs SO as to authorize the giving of
ssistance to Portuguese workmen
vho may desire to immigrate to Ha
vail He says the natives will not
FORK in the fields and that the Amer
cans cannot; hence the preservation
f the sugar and rice industries is
eriously threatened by the prohibi-
ion of the immigration of Chinese
nd the inability to grant aid to the
May Irwin, the actress, mas offered
, furnish bail in any amount up to
$4,000 for the release of Nan Pat
srson, accused of the murder of Gaze
ar Young, from The Tombs prison,
to an announcement made
y Miss Patterson's counsel. Miss
bail before the recent
listrial was 100000 but after the
lry's disagreement she was remand
l without bail. 1t has been learned
trough Judge H. d. d. Twiggs of
avannah, Ga, that another man
as an eye witness to the shooting
fair, w. B. Meyers a business man
Jacksonville. who told Judge
wigs that Young shot himself. A :
.termined effort is being made by :
ISIS Patterson's friends to secure =
n release on bail.
The submarine tunnel connecting
)ston and East Boston was opened
r public travel early Friday, Dec
A toll of one cent is to be charged
r every ride in the tunnel in addi-
m to the customary fare Of five
nts 1t is estimated that between
100000 and 100000 people will use
e tube annually. The tunnel is one
the longest saltwater tunnels in
2 world. Its total length is Ia
les, although only 2,70O feet is I'M 4
r water. 1t was constructed at a
st of 100000 by the city of Bos-
l, which has leased 1t for term II
% years. dating from 1897. to the II
ston Elevated Railway company. Is
itch will use the tunnel exclusively II
the passage of its electric cars be- Il.
cen Boston and East Boston. III
out four and one-half years have Il
IN consumed in its construction. IA
e tunnel is built entirely of con- ~
tie and is declared by experts to be II
soiutely fireproof and practically In
q AGAINST lealara III