Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-22

Harry Nelson Pillsbury, the chess mas
ter, died at Philadelphia, Monday OF
apoplexy. after an illness OF several months
In all Pillsbury had played in IL interna'
tional chess tournaments and was prize
winner in all except At Cambridge Springs,
Pa. in 1904. when illness had already
fastened itself upon him.
The Delaware legislature has elected Col
onel Henry A. Dupont L 6. senator for the
constitutional term beginning March 3,
1905. His election was practically unani-
nous, only one state senator voting for J.
Edward Addcks Colonel Dupont is q native
Of Delaware, 6s years old, the head Of the
great powder works bearing his name.
A majority Of the soft coal mines which
shut down on April l in Missouri Kansas,
Indian Territory and Arkansas resumed OPP
erations Monday in compliance with the
Kansas city contract recently signed by Off.
GERS Of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea and the Southwestern Coal Operators
association.
The complete records of rifle, pistol, and
carbine firing of the United States army for
1905. show Abraham Hill, a sergeant in the
Gath L. s. Infantry, stationed in the depart
ment of Dakota to be the best shot in the
army. The percentage of possible shots
made by him on slow fire, timed fire, and
skirmish fire was $3.50.
The Chicago health department notified the
packers Saturday that they must within
three days discard the filthy tables and
benches provide cleaner rooms and tools, and
correc, some of the present unsanitary con.
ditiSns. Structural changes in the buildings,
including new toilet rooms and more ventia-
ton and light, must be made within thirty
days.
William NJ, Amory of New York city has
filed a complaint with Governor Higgins of
New York demanding the removal of Will
liam Travers Jerome from the office of dis
trict attorney 1t is supposed that the
charge made is negligence in failing to prose
cute persons implicated by Mr.. Amory in
his allegations against certain Metropolitan
Traction interests.
In circuit court at Lexington, KY, June 8.
Swift & Co., the Chicago packers, confessed
that they had sold adulterated meat in Lex
ington. and were fined $25 in each of the five
cases. 1t is expected that other indictments
will be made OF this and probably other
companies Swift & Co.'S attorneys said
that impure meat was sent there by mistake,
and had been intended for the Ohio trade.
Quantities of boracic acid were found in the
meat examined.
By vote of ITO to SO Friday the house
at Washington adopted an amendment to the
sundry civil bill providing that none of the
S25, 456,575 appropriated for the Panama
canal shall be spent for anything but lock
canal For two hours before the vote was
taken Mr. Burton of Ohio held the atten-
ton of the entire house by an able argu-
ment in favor of a lock canal 1t has been
expected that the senate would next week
pass sea-level canal bill and Senator Hale
threatened an amendment in the senate which
would limit the expenditure to a sea-evel
canal.
In the same assembly room in Musical
Fund hall, Philadelphia, where, on June II,
1856 the republican party opened its first
national convention, which named Fremont
and Dayton as its presidential ticket, there
gathered Sunday hundreds of republicans
from different sections of the country to
commemorate the event. 1t was the opening
meeting of four days celebration of the
50th anniversary of the republican party
under the auspices of the national republic
can league, which begins its annual con.
ventOn there Monday. Among those who
participated in the exercises were 152 men
who had voted for Fremont for president.
The meeting was devoted largely to addresses
in memory of Abraham Lincoln
The Minnesota republican state convention
at Duluth last week nominated full state
ticket headed by A. L. Cole of Walker. n
prominent leader in the last session of ths
lower house of the state legislature. Sena
tor Knute Nelson was unanimously en-
dorsed for reelection next winter A. o
Eberhart was named for acknowledgement
The platform Endorses the present national