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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
Too Much Like Town Agency.

The granting to druggists in no
license towns licenses to sell liquor for
medicinal and mechanical purposes
would open the way 10 abuses which
would. il allowed to proceed, put the
old town agency rottcuness far in the
shade. The four or five druggists who
appeared before the legislative commit
tee the other night to urge the passage
of a bill to this end talked rs though
such u scheme could be carried out with
an almost angelic devotion to law on the
part of the licensees. exhibiting a most
touching faith in mankind generally.
There are many who believe that some
reliable base of liquor supply for legiti-
mate purposes, strictly guarded by law,
is not altogether undesirable; but the
bill in question, granting a $40 license.
involves a peril that should be avoided.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

More than one.half the passengers on
an immigrant train on the Baltimore \
Ohio railroad were killed and injured in
collision Monday with a freight near
Woodville, Ind. One hundred and sixty.
five passengers were ON the train. OF
these AZ were either killed outright or
were burned 10 death in fire that
broke out in the wrcckagc Immediately
after the collision. The names Of all
the dead will probably never be known,
as - of the bodies were consumed in
the flames or were SO badly burned that
Identification will be out Of the ques.
ton. Thirty-eight persons were injured
and several of these will die. Eighty
others escaped unhurt, but lost nearly
all their baggage and clothing. The
disaster was caused by bnndcr cf
some cmploye of the railroad company,
but Just where the blame lies has not
been determined. The passenger train,
which was loaded with Russian Jews,
Scrvians and Poles, all recent arrivals
in this country and bound for Chicago
or places northwest, was the second
section Of a through train from Balti,
NOR. ne engineer OF the IFtlshl' on
instructions received at MeCool, Ind,
waited at siding at Babcock, Ind, to
allow the immigrant train to pass One
report is that the engineer of the
freight had not been Informed that the
passenger was running in two sections;
the other is that the first section of the
passenger train carried no lights or sig
mails Of any kind, indicating that a see.
und section was close behind.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
Drawn by Judge" Whitney.

The measure introduced by Mr.. Ben
son of Nowfane, whick seeks TO regu'
late the speed of automobiles TO 20 miles
on the highways. 10 T. miles an hour in
villages and thickly populated towns
and TO eight miles per hour where curves
and brush obstruct the view, is rcas'
enable measure that viii appeal TO SEN
siblc people, The further provision that
inflcts heavy penalties on drivers of au.
tomobilcs that endanger life and prop
erty by intoxication is excellent. The
bill ms whole is measure that is in
refreshing contrast to the freak bills
and frantic petitions that pour in upon
the long suffering members of the gen
cral assembly,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
How to Feed Poultry Food.

We will send free, postpaid, to any
farmer or poultryman who will write us.
mentioning this paper, our directions
for feeding pages Perfected Poultry
Food. . These directions represent the
combined experience of some of the
best poultrymen in New England who
have used our food successfully. There
are also given many suggestions as to
the proper care to be given hens to pro-
duce the best results. Carroll S. Page.
Hyde Park, vt.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

The Connecticut Valley Congrcga
tional club, at meeting in Springfield,
Mass, Tuesday came to the conclusion
that the Christian Endcavor movement
is on the decline hereabouts. BrattIe.
boro came to this conclusion some time
ago, and young people S societies Of
broader scope have taken the place OF
the two c. L. organizations which for
mcrly existed in this village.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

made his report TO the president. There
Il no more doubt that the school board
Of San Francisco intends TO stand by Us
guns in the matter OF compelling Japa-
ncse there resident 10 attend separate
schools than there is that In this course
the board will be backed up ovcrwhclm'
ingly by the public sentiment of the
city and state. Not only is California
behind San Francisco in this matter,
but the entire Pacific seabourd is be,
hind California as well, There is no
question whatever that the feeling
against the Japanese is rising fast. II
is already very nearly as strong as the
sentiment that forced the passage of
the Chinese exclusion act. The Chinese
population is actually decreasing in Cal
ifornia, while the Japanese population
is increasing by jumps.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

Major General william r. shafter,
who died in California Monday from
pneumonia, was named after his grand
father, Judge William r. Shafter, who
was born in Townshend and spent all
of his life in this county. General
Shafter S father, Hugh Shafter, was
native of Athens and moved to Michi'
gan when comparatively young man.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

After refusing a third reading to the
bill abolishing capital punishment the
Vermont house of representatives did
well in voting down provision making
life Imprisonment the punishment for
women convicted of murder in the first
degree. A murderer is a murderer, re-
CARELESS of sex.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

vet H. or was. firm believer In the
prohibitory law, When the Herald wakes
IN 10 the fact that the morphine, 40,
caine, chloral, laudanum aud like drugs
used Ia Vermont ARE more of menace
TO society than all the liquor consumed
ia the state il may ehnnge is opinion.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

The biennial report of the officials of
the Vermont Soldiers home at Brattle-
boro folIows:-Rutland Herald.
Tut, tut, neighbor; go slow. We I'VE
got a good many things already and are
on the lookout for more, but the Sol
diers home has not been moved here
from Bennington yet.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
To Hang or Not to Hang.
I Wilmington Times, /

Mr.. jackson OF Barre wants a refer
cndum TO the people of the state on the
question of capital punishment Right.
lat Us have Il. Let the question be
voted ON at the town elections next
spring aud let the legislature by reso'
luton authorize u stay of sentence In
amy capital ease until the matter shall
he settled BY the voice of the people,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

Not single consignment of trout
from the state has been received in
Windham county this year, and only
1900 fngerlings were received from
that source last year Matters couldn T
be worse and might be better if new
state fish and game commissioner were
appointed by the governor.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

Hen S eggs are about as scarce as
hen 5 teeth nowadays, and if ii WASH Z
for the prolific cold storage houses the
market would be completely on the
blink. This reminds The MeddIer of a
story he heard the other day about p
youngster who owned two bantam hens
The biddies were great layers. but their
eggs were extremely small. a fact which
worried the owner not little, On 90
ing to the hcnhousc one day the boy 5
father was considerably amused to find
hanging directly in front of the ban.
tams nest an ostrich egg with the fol
lowing card attached: "Keep your eye
on this and do your best. +" Perhaps if
local poultrymen would hang in their
henhouscs an ordinary egg (if one could
be spared and attach a motto, "Keap
your eye on this and don t forget you
are a hen. - il might have some effect on
the existing famine.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

A Connecticut city court judge re-
Gently handed down a decision to the
effect that the sale of tickets for draw
ings at public fairs is form of lottery
and therefore illegal. Hardly fair
decision in one sense of the word.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
If You Don't Succeed at First.
IMontpelier Argus.

There is one thing that Brattleboro
will not get, although it has appeared
lately as if that town would secure all
the plums, political and otherwise, that
were lying around loose. The United
States fish culture station will undoubt-
edly be located elsewhere
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
THE WEEK IN THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

BY the election at New York Friday
of J. T. lIarahan as president of the Hi
uois Central Railroad company to sue.
coed Stuyvcsaut Fish, it is believed that
Z. II. Hartman has at last realized the
fulGlment Of his plan 10 control a rail
road line from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc ocean. In this great plan the Hi.
uois Central was the one link missing TO
complete line of track from New YorK
10 San Francisco and Portland. Ore,
from the great lakes to the gulf Of
Mexico and from the gulf to the Pacific
again Until within a few months east
ern terminals of the Hartman system
were at Kansas City, Omaha and New
Orleans
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
Afraid to Tackle 1t.
Montnelier Journal. |

As bill after bill comes from the
temperance committee under an adverse
report, it becomes more and more APP
parent that the administration program
includes no material change in the local
option law.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
Makes En- Dizzy.
IRandolph Herald. |

The social whirl at Montpelier this
fall is considerably more rapid than
eber before, and if it doesn t quiet
down pretty soon will have damaging
effect on the work of the session.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

1t often happens that the best foot
ball players in a school are the best
scholars. We hope this isn't the case
in the B, II. s.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
He NedAer
II me coat fis yoa. PIT il On. T"

The Meddler has heard no little fault
found with .lauitor H. 4. Harris be-
cause Of the high temperature he nam
tanned in the Auditorium. during the
performance of Romeo aud Juliet Tues
day evening. This matter can be easily
explained. Mr.. Harris, being new on
the Job, was naturally anxious to have
everything satisfactory 10 the patrons
of the house. During the performance
he was standing in the lobby when a
man In the audience came out for rest
between the acts " How is It IN
there!" asked Mr.. Harris, referring 10
the temperature. "lt comes pretty near
being a frost, " replied the man, in ref
erencc TO the show. Mr., Harris immr'
diately went down cellar and stirred np
the fires TO prevent the threatened chill
lie was undoubtedly successful from MS
point of view, but he didn 7 ward on
the frost to which the man IN the
audience had referred.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

The Big Stick has been afioat during
the past week, but the people have been
daily assured of its safety by wireless.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

Mai Gen. William Rufus Shafter died
shortly after noon Monday nj the ranch
of his son-in-law near Bakersfield, Cal,
after an illness of seven days with
pneumonia. He was born in Galesburg,
Mich, Oct. Is, 1885, of Vermont par
entage, and entered the union army az
first lieutenant of the 9TH Michigan in
fantry Aug. -. 1861. He was made
major of the 10Th Michigan infantry
Sept. ), 1862 lieutenant,colonel June 3,
1868; colonel of the 18th United States
colorcd infantry, April 10, 1861; brevet
brigadier- general. March -. 1865. He
was mustered out of the volunteer ser
vice in November. 1865 He entered
the regular army as lieutenant-coonel
Jan. 26, 1866, and was made brevet
colonel U. s. A., March >, 1867, and
was given congressional medal of
honor for gallant and meritorious SER
vices at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va.
He was assigned to the oath United
States infantry April II, 1869, and was
made colonel March 3, 1879, and as
signed to the LIST United States infan-
try. He was made brigadier-general
May 3, 1897, and placed in charge of
the department of California, He was
made MAJORS general of volunteers in
May, 1898, and sent to Tampa, Fla.
Later he went to Cuba, where he com
manded the military operations in the
war with Spain, which ended in the
capitulation of General Linares Span
ish army and the surrender of Santiago
de Cuba in July, 1898. Later he re-
tired from the services with the title of
general, L. S. A., and major
general, U. S. V. He married Harriet
Grimes of Athens, Mich, Sept. H. 1862,
and she died Jan. II, 1898.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

Brattleboro s first taste of winter was
almost mouthful.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

The president has been on high seas
during the past week. Last Thursday
evening in company with Mrs. Roose-
welt be left Washington on the Dolphin
and proceeded to a point off the mouth
of the Rappahannock river where he
boarded the battIcship Louisiana Fri
day morning. Escorted by the cruisers
Tennessee and Washington the Louis,
lana Immediately set sail for the 18th
mus of Panama, arriving there yester-
day. Today the president will inspect
the canal zone, including Culebra cut
and tomorrow will visit the site of the
Gatun dam, attending a reception from
the employees of the canal commission
in the evening, Mr.. Roosevelt win sail
away from Colon Sunday evening, stop
ping at San Juan, Porto Rico, next
Thursday and Friday. He will reach
Washington Tuesday evening, Nov q.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

The place of Ethan Allen Hitchcock,
who recently gave notice of his resigna-
ton as secretary of the interior. win be
taken by Commissioner Of Corporations
James r. Garfield. Reports that Secre-
tarv Hitchcock was forced oil the cab
met or that he resigned because of his
disploasurc at the investigation of his
department by members Of the Keep
commission, who, acting under the pres
ident s orders, have been going through
all of the executive departments with
fnc-tooth comb, are without foundation.
In fact. Secretary Hitchcock requested
the president to direct an investigation
of his department by the Keep commits
sion ms soon as practicable and il was
the skill displayed by a member of this
commission. James K. Garfield. which
caused Secretary Hitchcock to indorse
so heartily the selection of the commits.
sioner of corporations as his successor.
Had it not been for the series of land
fraud prosecutions initiated by Secre-
tary Hitchcock in the west, he would
have retired from the cabinet a year
ago.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
Asleep or Subsidized.
Swanton Courier. |

The Essex County Herald objects to a
law regulating the sale of narcotics, and
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

II happened recently in II street ear
The ear was filed with women return
ing from a whist party or some Other
equally intellectual function, AMI the
buzz of conversation WED with the
noise made by the whirring motor be.
meath. Suddenly the motor stopped aud
the voice of one woman was heart pro-
claiming loudly that "We always buy
half pig and try out the lard. -
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

One of the many useful things estab.
lishcd by the Springfield (Mass.) board
of trade something which appealed
especially TO The Mcddler when he
heard it described Monday evening, is a
charities bureau for the purpose OF put
ting the kibosh on people who rob the
unsuspecting public under the pretencc
of collecting money for worthy objects.
When a solicitor appears in Springfield
he is obliged to appear before the bu-
reau, establish the worth Of the cause
for which he is working and prove his
own identity. He is then given a card
telling briefly about the institution with
which he is connected. The card Is
practically a certificate of honesty, and
without il DO solicitor can hope to do
business, The Meddcr would like 10
see such bureau established in Brat.
tlcboro and would like 10 be- at the head
of it just long enough to have that man
with the medicine chests make his JT-
paarance.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
GEO. M. CLAY, Agt, Brattebou, VI.
PROBATE NOTICES.

The charge for probate notices Of the
usual length in the Reformer for the three
weeks required by law is $500. This in.
cludes Commissioners Notices, Will Notices
and Settlement Notices. We shall be glad
to send your notices to the Reformer.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

President Roosevelt last week an
nOunced his intention of appointing
Atty.-Gen. William II. Moody of Mas
sachusetts to be an associate justice of
the United States supreme court to sue
ceed Mr.. Justice Brown. Congress re-
assembled Dee. 8, and the nomination
will probably be sent to the senate at
that time. There seems to be wide
spread opinion that Attorney-General
Moody's appointment will not only
prove embarrassing to the court itself,
but may cost the government many
millions of dollars through the applica-
ton of the unwritten yet nevertheless
rigid rule that no member of the court
shall pass judgment on any question in
which he is in any way interested. Mr.
Moody would therefore, be barred from
participation in all the cases which had
arisen during his incumbency of the
attorney general S office and upon which
he in one way or another had taken any
action. There are several notable prec-
edents which apply forcibly to Mr.
Moody's prospective DOMINIC of judicial
robes. The nominations of two attor-
ney-generals to supreme court justice
ships were rejected by the senate on
the ground that the nominees would be
called upon to give judgment in cases
in which they had taken part as coun-
sci for the government
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Victor H. Metcalf, who was sent to San
Francisco by President Roosevelt to in
vestigate the exclusion of japanese chill
dren from the schools attended by
whites, has concluded his work and de-
parted for Washington to make his re-
port. Secretary Metcalf during the
visit went very thoroughly into the
matter, and will take a great amount of
statistics and facts bearing on the case
to Washington with him. He heard
complaints of boycotting of Japanese
restaurants and other places of BUSH
ness; investigated cases of assault on
japanese and the numerous street
brawls between Japanese and white
bows. Secretary Metcalf declined TO
say what conclusions he had reached or
to make any statement until he has
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-25

Gov. and Mrs. Brady are entertaining extensively previous to leaving for the east. They have had as guests the members of off1cedom and society, and prominent native chiefs. Elaborate preparations are being made for final event. It will be gall and worm wood party and invitations will be sent only to the school board and the Cable gram, says Sitka paper.
 w. B. Hoggatt, new governor of AL aska, is reported to have said that the Cushman delegate bill is sure to pass this session but that the territorial bill will not pass this session nor for 10 years to come. He admits that he is opposed to the latter bill. He refuses to discuss who will be candidate for delegate to congress but says there will be forty of them. His first official act after reaching Alaska will be to move the capital from Sitka to Juneau. He says congress will vote S15O,0OO for roads in Alaska this year and the same amount to extend the cable to Ketchikan.
 The reindeer, introduced into Alaska by the government for the benefit of the native inhabitants have increased in plumbers until they are now 100000 them. No federal officer was ever authorized by any law of congress to sell, give away or otherwise dispose of any of the deer to white men, yet the government now owns only 5000 of these useful animals. More than 2,OOO belong to missionary societies-that is, ! the ownership is so reported by the national bureau of education, to whose officers the reindeer enterprise has been intrusted. The missionary societies sell their deer when they please and to whom they please; so do i the Lapps. In cases deer have been sold back to the government. Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock is not hostile to missionary societies or to mission aries, but does not understand how they can sustain any legitimate relation to the governments reind ger business in Alaska. pr. Sheldon Jackson says the reindeer should be used for the benefit of missions, and expresses the hope that the missions in Alaska will, through profits derived from the rein deer business, become self supporting; and he makes no bones of it. The gov ernment, it appears from his prelimi- nary report for the last fiscal year, ac- tually had possessi )n of only 2,OO3 of the 10,241 reindeer Enough have been loaned ,(mostly to missionary societies) however, to bring the total government ownership up to 3,O73. Of the others, 5,O41 belong to apprentices and herd ers." Apprentices are Eskimos, and no fault can be found with their owner ship of deer, for the deer were intend ed for them. The herders, however, are generally Laplanders or Finlanders. Why these people should own deer bought and paid for by the govern ment for the benefit of the Eskimos mo- body knows. The missions appear, from the official report, to own 2,127 deer outright. One of the missionary societies, having increased it's herd from the animals freely given it by the bureau of education, actually sold to the government last year 192 rein deer at S25 head.
Douglas Island news., 1906-04-25
Information for Everybody.

And now its Orca.
 Dawson stages now have wheels.
 skagway is now only s2,O00.95 in debt.
 An exchange heads marriage notice, sA new fig tree"
 A Sitka paper calls Juneau little town with large pretensions.
 "Le Grande Sara" Bernhart has an bounced that she will visit Alaska.
 The roadhouse at Eureka, on the Valdez trail was burned on April 9th,
 Fire at Fairbanks on the 10th inst. destroyed the largest building in the city.
 "Owned by the Guggenheimers," is a common expression of late, in the North. FER. Stivers has been appointed to a position in the customs service, at Skagway. Bishop Rowe has invited the citizens of Seward to cooperate in the building of hospital. Nome papers state that Candle Creek is looking prosperous and will have a b;c, oloop uy, neyt sDrinp
 H. D. Clark, the Skagway farmer, advertises pure stock, Alaska grown, gold coin seed potatoes for sale.
 A Washington dispatch says that a bill is being prepared to govern the question of water rights in Alaska.
 Old Knute Nelson is very much op' posed to the grafter in the position of judge of the federal court in Alaska.
 The White Pass stage service be- tween Whitehorse and Dawson has been reduced to one stage each way per week.
 The name of Sheldon Jackson will go down in history. It's been going down ever since the reindeer graft was started.
 The Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, which starts in New Valdez expects to lay 40 miles of track this l
 summer.
 About 25o men are now employed or the right of way of the Copper River S Northwestern Railway, which starts from Valdez.
 George A. Lincoln was killed by gas in 78-foot shaft on O'Connor creek near Fairbanks. His mother lives Il Toledo, Ohio.