Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-01-26

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| Commissioner Garfield. Attorney-Gen-
/ eral Moody Assistant Attorney-Gen-
/ eral Nash of Massachusetts. and other
prominent lawyers and insurance COM
missioners. The president was also
| freely consulted.
| Marshall Field. head of the firm Of
Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago, said
TO have the largest wholesale and re-
/ tail dry goods business in the world.
/ died of pneumonia at New York city
\ Tuesday. Jan. 16. after an illness OF
! little more than week. He was 20
years OF age and one of the world
richest men. his wealth being estimat-
ed at from one to two hundred mil
| lions.
General Morales's resignation as
| president of Santo Domingo. was ten
dered and accepted late Friday. JAM
I12. He will leave San Domingo on
hoard the United States gunboat
Dubuque bound for Porto Rico. Vice
President Caceres. who has been act
ing president since the time General
Morales fled from the capital. is now,
according to the constitution, president
of Santo Domingo.
Damages in s17.500 were awarded by
Jury at Chicago last week to the
children of a drunken father Tor re-
dress against the saloon keepers al
legged TO have made drunkard OF him.
The verdict establishing a precedent
which will result in the institution of
many similar suits, was rendered In
Judge Richard S. Tuthills court. The
verdict is against the saloon keepers
separately and Jointly.
AS the result. of the efforts Of Dairy
Commissioner John b. Noble, who is
conducting a crusade against certain
sausage manufacturers. Charles Muel-
Ter of Bridgeport. Conn. has been
found guilty of using boric acid in the
manufacture of sausage. Mueller was
bound over to the superior court. lie
acknowledges his guilt but stated that
a preventative which he used and
which is manufactured In the west
contained the harmful acid.
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son says that unless congress speed
ily grants the emergency appropriation
of $4,000 requested by him for ad-
ditional inspectors and microscopes,
II is probable that over S50,000,0O0
worth of orders for American portland
beef products placed by German deal
ers will go untitled. Anticipating the
high rates of duty on products ema-
mating from the United States imposed
by the new German tariff. which be-
comes effective March i next. Secre-
tary Wilson said that German dealers
have flooded the packing houses OF TINS
country with orders.
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Holmes of New
York was detained at the house of de-
tention at Washington. Friday. Jan.
10, having been arrested on telegram
signed William w. Holmes. 20 Gold
street. New York. The telegram read:
Arrest my wife. believed demented.
When Mrs. Holmes was taken into GUS
toby she stated she had some papers
for President Roosevelt and secretary
Taft that would reveal startling things
TO them She said her business was
in the interest of peace but she would
not make it known until she had seen
the president. If she could not see MN
she said. she would see Secretary Iaft.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina
offered a resolution in the senate al
washington last week. for the investl-
CATION of the Mrs. Minor Morris IN
cident regarding, the forcible removal
of the woman from the White house,
On motion of Mr.. Daniel of virginia
the resolution was laid on the table. by
a vote of 81 to 5. Mr.. Tillman maze
an emphatic denunciation of the af-
fair. containing many thrusts at the
president. and wept over what he call
ed the indignities offered the woman
He declared that he would demand an
investigation and after protests from
his fellow senators. became so violent
in his invective that the senate sud-
denly adjourned in the middle OF the
afternoon. Mr.. Tillman's speech was
based on his resolution making INJURY
of the president concerning the status
of our relations with the republic of
Santo Domingo. and was added to illus
trate his theory that the present ad-
ministration is tending toward inn
perialism.
Anxiety to escape responsibility for
the defeat of the government in the
packers case at Chicago has caused
rupture between the department OF
Justice and the department of COM
merce and labor. That the pleas OF
immunity filed by the packers will be
upheld by the courts is now the BELIEF
of the chief representatives of the gov
eminent. and the question now agitat-
ing them is as to whether Attorney
General Moody or Commissioner Gar
field of the bureau of corporations Will
be the scapegoat The packers de-
clare that they will prove beyond Dues
ton that Commissioner Garfield prom
Used that certain information given by
them would be held in confidence by
the department of commerce ana Ia
Dor, but nevertheless tnlS luloiiiiatoi
was used by the department of Justice
as a basis for the indictment and prose-
cution of the packers. The packers
propose to let both Commissioner Gar
field and Attorney General Moody ex-
plain why they are being prosecuted
on evidence which they were forced to
give against themselves.
After spending "a hours in terrible
anxiety lest they be wrecked ana
swept into the sea. the passengers ana
crew. 60 in ALL of the Clyde line steam
err Cherokee. bound from San Do
mingo for New York, which went
aground on the Brigantine shoals Fri
day. Jan. IL, were rescued late Sun
day and landed at the inlet at Attain
tic. N. ]. Captain Archibald, two
mates and the ships carpenter elected
to remaiu aboard the stranded steam
er. The rescue was accomplished by
Capt. Mark Caste and picked crew
in the sloop yacht Alberta. and their
experience was almost as thrilling as
that of the stranded passengers. The
sea was dashed by high gale and
fog settled down and shut the ship