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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
GENERAL NEWS.

John A. Mccall resigned Wednes.
day. Jan. 3. the presidency of the New
York Life Insurance company, which
he had held for II years and Alexan-
der T.. orr was appointed in his place
al the salary of $4,000 a year. Mr.
McCalrs salary was 100000. The
board of trustees also cut down the
number of second vice. presidents Sc
that hereafter there will be two OF
these officers instead of three.
Senator Edgar r. Bracket of Sara
toga. n. Y, introduced, In the legisla-
ture at Albany Wednesday. Jan 3. a
resolution demanding the resignation
of United States Senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew on account of relations shown
to have existed for years between the
Equitable and Depew." After a long
debate Senator Bracket withdrew his
resolution. In an interview at New
York Wednesday night. Senator
Depew declared that he had no inten-
ton whatever of resigning from the
senate.
Mary Mcdonald. a negress. who
claimed TO be 1856 years Of age, is dead
at the home for aged and infirm col
ored persons in Philadelphia. Accord
ing to Mrs. Mcdonald and her surviv
ing relatives. she was born Nov. IA,
1870. in a settlemaat known as Frog
town. near Vale Forge Pa She Of
ten told of the see. es in and about the
camp Of WashingNn's soldiers at Val
ley Forge during the winter of 1777-7S.
Mrs. Mcdonald was of robust
physique and was an inveterate
smoker up to a short time ago.
Elliot Danforth. former state treas
urer Of New York, prominent in demo-
cratic politics for many years. died
Sunday. Jan Z. in New York city. aged
90 years. Mr.. Danforth was the politi
cal lieutenant of David B. Hill. and
had been a delegate to several national
conventions. He first came into the
public eye as a delegate to the ma
tional democratic conventions of 1880
and 1884. In 1885 he became deputy
state treasurer. and in 1889 was elect
ed treasurer, serving two terms. At
the state election In 1898 he ran for
lieutenant governor on the ticket with
Augustus Van Wyck and was defeat
ed.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Mine Explosion Kills 20.

Twenty-three miners We're killed in
an explosion of mine gas in the shaft
of the Cooper Mine company at Coal
dale, West Virginia. at noon Thurs
day, Jan. 4. The bodies We're all re-
covered the following dav Nearly all
of the victims were found lying with
their hands covering their faces. one
body was in a sitting posture on a
pile of coal. the hands covering his
face The scene about the entrance
near the section affected most by the
explosion, indicated its fearful force.
The big timbers used for holding up
the top of the mine were hurled from
the drifts, one piece going across a
narrow valley, moving down small
trees on the opposite side. Mine cars
were blown out of the opening and
wrecked about the entrance and ma
terial tools and appliances were scat.
tered about Coaldale is mining
town situated on the line of the Nor
folk & Western railway and is 10
miles west of Bluefield
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
To Abolish Insurance Rebates.

An agreement to abolish rebating on
premiums has been entered into by
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany. the Equitable Life Assurance
society and the Mutual Life Insurance
company Former President Cleveland
has been appointed referee to decide
all questions in dispute that may
arise in such matters and his salary
as referee will be $4,000 per annum,
to be paid Jointly by the three COM
panies. Mr. Cleveland has accepted,
with the understanding that the Off
GERS of the three companies are to sec
ond him in his efforts to stop rebat-
ing. Any agent who gives rebates will
be dismissed from service, and will not
be re-employed by any of the COM
panies that are parties to the agree
ment 1t is the desire of the COM
panies to secure the cooperation of
all other life insurance companies in
this agreement.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
SUGAR GROWERS BLAMED
CHICAGO MAN SAYS VERMONT.
eRs SHOWED BAD FAITH.
Speaks Before Vermont Sugar Makers
on Need Of Rules in Governing Man
ufaeture and Marketing OF Product
Record Breaking Meeting.

The annual conventions of the Yer
| mont Sugar Makers association anC
the Vermont Dairymen's association
opened in Burlington Tuesday. Jan. =
Il with the largest gathering and biggest
exhibits In the history of these organ
izations Notable addresses Were
given at the sugar makers meeting by
George Aiken of Woodstock ON Cult
II walton of the Maple Tree. and by AL
len Clark OF Chicago on The Need o!
Rules In Governing the Manufacture
and Marketing of the Produce Mr..
Clark poured hot shot into the YER
mont grower. and said the latter
showed bad faith with the dealer.
In his annual address. President
Perry Chase OF East Fairfield referred
to the adulteration of sugar and syrup
and described some OF the labels that
are used in the name of Vermont as
being pure Vermont syrup. one of
these syrups. largely sold In the west,
was IS per cent. cane and another
sample labeled strictly pure was 50
per cent. refined cane sugar and 10 per
cent. maple, He urged Nermontcrs to
make u better article and find custom
ers by aid of sample of syrup now
and then. He said they undertook 10
find out how many maple trees were
tapped in Vermont but returns Vera
not all Ildue. Nlnundlll COUNTY re-
ported S9.440 trees from eight towns
and Windsor county 1913 from ten
towns.
Victor l. Spear of Randolph. man.
ager of the Vermont Maple Sugar
Makers market. reported that the past
year had been n satisfactory one TO
the sugar makers with the price re-
naming very even since last spring
The association should aim to secure a
fair price and then maintain it with
out variation. He urged the sugar
makers not to put the product up In
form of tub sugar-the form in which
the mixers use it but to convert 1t
into maple syrup, in which form il is
the most saleable, He estimated that
the maple sugar makers of the state
lost 100000 during the season of 1905
by not putting the product out in
the shape of syrup and the season was
a good one. too He urged the import
ance of putting up the goods in neat
and attractive form and emphasized
the importance of improving the quail |
ity of the maple product.
At the dairymen's meeting reports
We're given and the presidents address !
was delivered by II. c. Bruce of |
Sharon. Addresses We're delivered by |
+. l.. Smith of Fletcher. on The .
Creameryman and His Patrons. and by
Prof. II. II. Dean of ontario Agricul-
tural college, Guelph. Ont. on Cheese
VS.. Butter Making.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Noted Woman Murderer Dead.

Mrs. Sarah j. Robinson. one of the
most noted female COnviets In the
country. died in the MlddleseN county
jail In Cambridge. Mass, Thursday
night, Jan. 4. from heart failure. She
was GS years old and had been In soli-
tary confinement for rs years. The
arrest and conviction OF Mrs. Robin
son. following an investigation by the
authorities into the mysterious deaths
of five persons In Someryille. where
she lived. were the most sensational
developments in many years In con-
nectiOn with crime in Massachusetts.
She was convicted In 1887 OF the muir
der OF Prince A. Freeman. her brother
iu-law, but IL was established at the
trial that she had also murdered her
son, william, % years of age: her
daughter. Elizabeth, 22 years OF age;
her husband. and her nephew, Thomas
4. Freeman. The victims were all
killed by poison II was disclosed that
the object of the murder was the pos
session Of money on insurance policies
on their lives. Mrs. Robinson was
sentenced to be hanged. but recogniZ-
ing the widespread clamor against the
execution of a woman, Governor Rob-
inson Commuted the sentence to life
imprisonment Mrs. Robinson was al
lowed TO walk In the prison yards PC
CaSionally for exercise after the other
prisoners had retired. She was well
educated and spent much Of her time
In reading magazines and books.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Boston Hotels Get New Licenses.

Admitting that It had unintentional-
" violated the screen law in connec-
ton with the sale OF LIQUOR. the Adams
House surrendered its old license TO
the board of police at Boston Monday,
Jan. s. received a new license on pay
ment of $4,000 and Immediately re-
sumed serving liquor This is the
third hotel TO take such action Of four
which ceased the sale of liduor upon
the issuing of notice by District Attor-
ney Moran that its license was void
because of violation of statutes which
prohibited any distractions 10 the
view. Hotel Essex last week resumed
serving liquor under its old license.
intending to contest the ruling of Dis
trict Attorney Moran and carry the
matter TO the courts.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
The Proper Food for Poultry.

Opinions differ widely as to what is
the proper grain ration for poultry.
Almost every poultryman has his own
ideas on the subject; but, no matter
what is used. it is universally conced-
ed that some meat or animal food
should be given in connection there
with What C. S. Carr of Bogue.
Mass. thinks on the subject is express
ed in the following letter from him
Il think Pages Perfected Poultry
Food ought to be kept by the hens all
of the time in the winter with other
foods. such as cracked corn. oats and
wheat"
Any one sending his address on a
postal card to C. S. age. Hyde Park
VT. and mentioning this paper, will
receive by mail. free, postpaid. sam
pie package of Pages Perfected
Poultry Food
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Train Wreekers Opened Switch.

Seven persons were injured when
the Montreal express on the Boston
q Maine railroad. bound for New
York. was wrecked at WallOomsac ~
Y, eight miles from Bennington SAT-
urday morning, Jan. 6. The most Sc
riously injured was Charles Wardwen
of Bristol the engineer. The fireman,
Charles Simpson of Rutland. and five
passengers also We're hurt. The wreck
was caused by the train running into
an open switch and the railroad Of
itcialS are of the opinion that the
switch was opened deliberately for the
purpose of wrecking the train. The
engine was badly damaged and the
baggage car and smoker were derail-
cd and partly wrecked. Several sleep
ing cars remained on the rails. 1t is
believed that much greater damage
would have been done had the engine
not struck two empty freight cars, af-
ter 1t took the switch, checking the
speed of the express. Engineer ward
well and Fireman Simpson We're
thrown from the cab by the shock of
the collision and both We're badly
scalded by escaping steam. Several of
the Pullman passengers We're bruised
and shaken up by the collision and de-
railment. When the trainmen turned
their attention to determining the
cause of the accident they found that
the switch lock had been broken, APP
parently with a stone, that the switch
lamp had been wrenched Off and turn
ed to show a safety signal and that
the switch itself had been wedged
open. These facts We're reported to
the railroad authorities and to the
nearby police. a search for trace of
the wreckers was begun at once. In
clearing away the wreckage no clew
10 the train wreckers was found eX-
,ept the labels on two empty whisky
bottles found near the switch. Rail-
'oad and state detectives are search
ng the country about and all tramps
,r other suspicious characters are be-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
HartIand Physician Fined.

DR.. George p Norris of Hartland
found guilty of simple assault in
shooting at Luther Penniman Nov. 26
was sentenced in Windsor county
court at Woodstock Jan. 2. to pay a
fine of $3.50 and costs of prosecution
with an alternative sentence to the
house of correction. DR.. Morris testi-
fled at the trial that on the day of
the shooting he returned home uneX-
pectedly and found Penniman in the
act of adultery with his wife. He
said he did not intend to hit Penniman
when he fired at him. Penniman. re-
called to the stand denied that he
had been criminally intimate with
Mrs. Morris.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12

for the payment OF pr""liums.
Al the annual meeting of the Addi-
son County Agricultural society at
Middlebury last week, more than 800
stockholders We're present. The
treasurer's report showed the receipts
for the flscC. year Ia have been ST.
0iS,ii; total disbursements. S6,3d9,2i.
cash resources, ss.G7g.l1, Since the
last annual meeting, the sum OF $4,000
has been expended ON the fair grounds.
John u, Weeks of Aiiddlebury was
elected president OF the society for the
coming year
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
ciaarmakers Fine Cigarette Smokers.

An unprecedented stand in the mat
ter Of smoking was taken at Worces-
ter Mass. Thursday night. Jan, 1. by
the local cigarmakers' union. Accord
ing to a vote passed by the union any
member OF the organization found
guilty Of smoking a cigarette will be
fined s. for each omense The new
rule of the union was taken II was
said. 10 protect the sick benefit fund.
An investigation by the sick commit
tee showed that of the members who
drew sick benefits the cigarette smok-
crs were found to be in the majority.
and II was also argued that more
death claims were paid to the families
of cigarette smokers than TO the fam
lilies of men who had not been addicted
10 the habit. The members Of the
union are permitted to smoke pipes or
cigars. the rule applying only to paper
cigarettes
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Ask ClemencY for Patrick.

Gov. Higgins has received at Albany
~ Y. the expected petition for the ex-
ercise of executive clemency in the
case of Albert T. Patrick. The petit
ton Is signed by nearly 100 we'll
known persons. including lawyers.
physicians and chemists. clergymen
and laymen. and is based upon the
ground that there is reasonable
doubt of his guilt. Among the signers
are: Grover Cleveland. John G. Car
isle former secretary of the treas
ury. Samuel l.. Clemens. Allan McLane
Hamilton and DR.. Austin Flint.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Two Agricultural Societies.

At the annual meeting of the Rut-
land County Agricultural society at
Rutland last week. the treasurer's re-
port showed the society's debt to be
$2.650.27. of which $720.1O is due on
unpaid premiums. There is no money
to pay these premiums, and the direc-
tors will take steps to learn whether
such premiums are considered legal
debts. 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that hereafter the fair be limited
Estrictly to the county 1t is believed
E$hat less money should be paid in
k&urses for races, and that the races
HE confined to horses of county farm
|4rs. thus making more money available
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12

members at ten thousand a year and
terms of seven years. Hepburn as
chairman of the interstate commerce
committee will seek to bring this bill
out Of committee and push ii through
the house. Dolliver In the senate in
tcrstate commerce committee will seek
TO get the committee TO report the bill
and he will fight for its passage in the
senate Il will be known, IL passed
and introduced or substantially so. as
the Deliver Hepburn bill.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Deliver Hepburn Rate Regulation.

Representative Hepburn introduced
his rate regulation bill in the house
at Washington last week. 1t is much
like the Dolliver bill and gives the in
terstate commerce commission power
to establish in place of a rate found
unreasonable. a maximum reasonable
rate. 1t provides for enlarged COM
mission of nine members. at $4,000
a year and terms of nine years, where
as the Dolliver bill provides for seven
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
LANDSLIDE KILLS TWENTY
HAVERsTRAW. NJ. ", HOUSES
CARRIED INTO CLAY PIT.
Undermined by Shifting Clay Twelve
Tenement Houses with Occupants
Fall One Hundred Feet-Fre Adds
70 Horror.

Al least 20 persons are believed 20
have persisted In a landslide which
carried twelve tenement houses down
In clay pit at Haverstraw, n. ".
Monday night. Jan. s. Up TO Tuesday
morning at o'clock no bodies had
been recovered and II was believed
that all the missing We're dead "A large
force of men Is kept at work In search
for the bodies,
The houses We're undermined by
shifting clay softened by Mondays
snowfall. The houses with three score
sleeping occupants toppled over the
brink of the pit and crumbled 10
pieces. Fire started from overturned
stoves, and the debris was soon a mass
OF flames. About so OF the tenants
escaped with more or less serious In
iuries. The pit was a hundred feet
deem
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12
Good lnvestn,e for Poultry Keepers.

satisfied customer is the best adj
vertisement a merchant can have. The
best method for obtaining such is to
give good value for the money invest
ed Herman Hayford of Eden, Vt,
follows this principle successfully with
the poultry keepers of his vicinity.
Here is a letter from him: Il have
used and sold your Pages Perfected
Poultry Food for several years with
good success and never had a custo-
mer but what spoke well of it. l con-
slider it a good investment for those
keeping poultry"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-12

Napoleon Young, the missing Bellows
Falls boy, was located last week at North
Stratford n. II. The boy had quarrel with
an Italian fruit dealer the night of July Q and
was chased through the town. Thoroughly
frightened, he took to the woods and j. was
river and drowned. A search has been con.
Quoted throughout New England and every
effort has been made to find him. He is said
to be at work on a farm in Stratford, and
his father John Young, has gone to bring
him homo.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-20
COL. BABCOCKS LIFE WORK.

No man ever did more to advertise
the advantages of the Walla Walla
valley as fruitgrowing section than
the late Colonel E. F. BabcOck, of
Waitsburg, who died at the soldiers
home at Orting last Monday At the
Chicago Worlds Fair and at other
expOsitions Colonel Babcock talked
day and night of the glorious Walla
Walla valley and he had the products
of tree AMI vine to show all from Mis-
souri, that what he said was true.
He did much to improve the varieties
of fruit in this valley, and if the man
who causes two blades of grass to
grow where one grew before is bless
ed thrice blessed was he who caused
many varieties of luscious fruits to
grow here where only few grew be-
fore his advent Let us hope that
Colonel Babcock is now feasting on the
fruits of the tree of eternal life and
slipping the nectar of the gods in the
garden of Hesperides.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-20
THE GAMBLER AND THE LAW

The suit of Delahunty, of New York,
sort of a lawyer, one of the kind
who "tranSacts business for the gam
bier portion of the community, revealed
some of the secrets of metropolitan at
tempts to stop gambling The testi-
mony of Garfield in this case showed
that the rich and powerful gambler
knew all about Jeromes famous raid
hours before it came off. that he took
the district attorney into his inner
sanctum and chaffed him about the
failure of the raid and that he politely
declined Mr.. Jerome's appeal to him
to come down to court the next day
and plead guilty to the lightest offense
and take a fine of s25. Jerome was
trying to get Garfield into a position
where, on a second conviction. he could
be Jailed. The first plea of guilty
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-20

would stand the district attorney in
good stead if he could get it. Garfield
knew that he could not be convicted
without the testimony of some of his
victims, and that they would not tes-
tify. Then Jerome went to the legisla-
ture and had passed the law which re-
lieved the victims of the gambler from
the risk of testifying in such cases. 1t
produced no testimony, but it drove
Garfield out Of business. In closing up
his affairs a collection of $4,000 was
made on a note for 100000. signed
by somebody, presumably Reginald c.
Vanderbilt. Delahunty, the lawyer, got
$4,000 for making this collection, but
claimed and has now recovered from a
jury $4,000 more. The jury evidently
thought that Garfield should be liberal
with money which came so easy.
The testimony of Garfield is interest
ing mainly as showing that there is a
misuse Of capital among the New York
400" Instead of building hospitals
they should endow an imbecile asylum
for the reception of the members of
their own order.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-20
A MAN WITH A PURPOSE,

The newspaper boys will Miss Joe
Miller with his er-failing zeal for
day schools for deaf mutes The I'M
fortunate condition of his own son had
led Mr.. Miller to devote much time to
the study of the proper training of
deaf mutes, and he was firmly convinc-
ed that the oral method was to be pre-
ferred to the sign method which is
still adhered to in the less progressive
schools. In California and one or two
other states deaf mutes are taught in
separate departments of the public
schools instead of being segregated at
some state institution, and it is said
the results are much more satisfactory,
as the children are not deprived of the
benefits of home attachments and inf1u-
ences. Mr.. Miller's arguments in ia
vor of the establishment of such
schools in this state have undoubtedly
had some influence upon leading men
of the state and there is more than
a possibility that his work along this
line will yet bear fruit.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-20
ANOTHER GOOD MAN GONE.

In the death of D. E. Hedger, Walla
Walla county loses one of her ablest
and most representative citizens AL
though he was rs years old at the
time of his death, Mr.. Hedger appear
ed at least twenty years younger. He
was always full of vim and energy
and his movements were spry and
agile, showing none of the decrepti-
tude that is usually shown in men
past the allotted three score and ten.
Mr.. Hedger was as youthful in his
optimism and enthusiasm as in his
physical appearance. He was one Of
the most progressive farmers In the
country and he did much to lead his
neighbors to adopt improved methods
of his many vidtues.
Mr.. Hedger was a staunch democrat
because he firmly believed that the
Jeffersonian principle of equal rights,
equal opportunities and equal privil-
eyes under the law is essential to the
progress and perpetuity of the republic
But he was a patriot before he was a
partisan, and he had a good word for
the best men in all parties. He will
be sadly missed by a host of friends,
who will always cherish the memory
fhis many virtues.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-20

stopping to inquire what the term
means. except as it applies to conduct
and in some essentials pride ourselves
in having cast of English models.
More than so per cent Of our pOpula-
tlon have a mixture Of continental Eu-
ropean blood. and II we do not adopt
continental ideals it is because they
have the same objection as the British
home model We draw upon the con-
tinent for learning and art and fix the
line at titles and hereditary privileges.
Just here we have departed from the
English original. ami our civilization
is unique. whether its basis be largely
British or cosmopolitan. The good OF
all Europe finds home and a welcome
here. Nothing Is the better for hailing
from the British isles or France or
Germany. 1t must be adapted to our
sou and grow up American.