Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-02

ability of the final destruction or sur
render of the fugitive remnants vi
Rojestvenskys fleet.
The Russian capital is said to be
plunged in despair, and an end TO the
struggle between japan and RUSSIA
seems TO be inevitable. Russia's hopes.
so far as this war is concerned: now
lie i'm whatever may be accomplished
by the t-beaten army In ManchuIia.
Admiral Togo's report OF the pa.ue
to the minister of the japanese navy
saws that he took three Russian ad.
miraIs. sank or seized % warships ana
is pursuing the fugitive remnant OF
the fleets. Admirals Rojestvensky
and Nebogatoff are on the japanese
official list Of prisoners. Russian
dispatches say Rojestvensky Is at
Vladivostock, badly wounded. OF the
40 and more Baltic vessels which
took part in the battle of Corea
Straits every battleship. cruiser mon
itor and destroyer is gone except two.
the protected cruiser AlmaZ and the
torpedo gunboat Grozny. which have
reached Vladivostok.
President Roosevelt took part In
the Memorial day exercises at Brook
lyn, N. Y. giving an address at the
unwilling of statue to Gen. Henry
w. Slocum.
The American yacht Atlantic. owned
by Wilson Marshall. New York Yacht
club. won the kaisers cup in the re-
cent contest, crossing the ocean IN ~
days and establishing a new Atlantic
record.
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay will
sail from Liverpool on the steamship
Baltic for New York Wednesday. June
Z. Mr.. Hay has been devoting his time
strictly, while in Paris. to getting
well.
Taking Of the New York state CEN
sus began yesterday. Experts believe
the results will show that Greater
New York is rapidly becoming the
largest city in the world and that In
actual figures it Is not far behind
London. which now holds the pre-
eminence.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt's an
nual Memorial day tribute to the
memory of the late President Mckin-
ley was a wreath Of pink and white
roses The piece was three feet in
diameter. 1t was received by Mrs.
Mckinley and placed on the casket
of the martyred president.
The validity of the special franchise
tax law of 1899 of the state of New
York under which the franchises of
many public utilities are subjected to
ad valorem taxes was sustained by
the supreme court of the United
States in a decision hanued down at
Washington Monday May 20. The
decision affects immense interests and
it is stated that over s24.O00,00O of
unpaid taxes in Greater New York
are made payable by the decision
handed down. Justice Brewer deliv-
cred the opinion of the court.
President Roosevelt has been re-
uuested to take cognizance of the sit
uation developed by the Equitable Life
Assurance society trouble. and to in
stitute a national investigation of the
insurance business as now conducted.
The inquiry into the beef trust and
the present Standard Oil investigation
are quoted as precedents. The presi-
dent, after careful consideration of
the subject, decides that he has no
authority to take up the matter either
through a special commission or
through the bureau of corporations.
The request was made by w. F.
King, a policyholder in several COM
panies, who says he will now start an
agitation to petition congress to make
a thorough investigation and put
these great insurance corporations I'M
der governmental control.
President Roosevelt has ordered that
h. or nj or q n Alh11nnpTn1p
n. NJ, be instructed to submit the
Santa Fe cases to the grand jury. The
result of this order may be the prose-
cution of Paul Morton. secretary of
the navy. Elk Attorney General judi
son Harmon and Frederick r. Judson
were employed as special counsel. I'M
der the orders of the attorney gen.
eraa. to investigate the case of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road. They conducted their investi-
cation to the point where they felt
justified in recommending the prose-
cution of the men who were officers of
the Santa Fe at the time the alleged
Determinations were made. When
they reported this to Attorney Gen.
eral Moody. he took issue with them.
He held that 1t would be sufficient to
prosecute the corporation. The mat
ter was then left to the presidents
decision.
In the historic hall of the Italian
capitol Sunday May 2S. King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena. sur.
rounded by members of the cabinet.
other high state dignitaries. and $50
delegates. inaugurated the Interna-
tional conference on agriculture. an
institute designed to bring the worlds
into an alliance for
their general good. An American.
David Lubin. of California. was the
originator of the idea which was taken
up by the young head of the Italian
people. Upon invitation from the lat
ter there met in Rome 1.-The illustrious
Of the civilized ma
tons. convoked in parliament of
justice and economic con-
cord. in favor of the first and great
est of human endeavors. agriculture
Two ideas with regard to the confer
ence have been put forth-one to the
effect that the outcome should be an
institute at Rome which
would. generally speaking. be an office
for the collection and dissemination
Of statistics and technical informa-
ton. advice. etc. and the other to
raise the institute to the dignity of an
parliament Of agricul-
ture with effectuss legislative powers
derived from each country which
might be a party to II.