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Senator Hoar has given the tariff re-
formers this week "a scorcher'' in
the line of speech opposing the Wilson
bill. He addressed the Senate on that
part of the Tariff bill which changed ex-
isting duties on lenses, with general ref
erence to the benefits derived from pro-
lection of our manufacturers. He held
up the little town of Southbridge, Mass,
some twenty miles from his own resi-
dence, as an object lesson. He stated
that in 1884 the manufacture of specta-
Gle lenses has been commenced there on
a capital of less than $4,000 which had
now been increased to considerable over
a million. He stated that, while the
wages of the working people employed
had constantly increased, the cost of
living had gone down and that tables he
had prepared showed that man with a
wife and four children, getting double
the foreign wages, in this very town of
Southbridge, would not pay more than $50
year for his support of articles whose
prices could be, on any theory, in the
least enhanced by the protective tariff.
But what did this bill propose? 1t prac-
tically struck off from 10 to 20 per cent.
of his wages by reducing the duty on
foreign made lenses.
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The New York Journal of Commerce,
although Democratic paper, distinctly
charges that the sugar trust is the gov
ernment. In so doing it follows its fl.
nancial instincts of a trusty leader,
rather than that of party organ. This
is the language: 1.-THE appalling fact al
ready disclosed is that for some months
past the sugar trust has been the govern
ment of the United States. The people
of the United States had voted for re-
form of the tariff; they had elected what
they supposed was their Government for
the purpose of accomplishing this end.
And now they find out that whether
they have tariff reform or not depends
upon the consent of the sugar trust.
The tariff law must give the sugar trust
wealth beyond the dreams of avarice, or
it shall not pass. says the trust, and up
to date it looks as if it owned the SEN
ate, which formerly belonged to the
United States, and could execute its
threat. The question of the day has
passed that of rates of duty; it is
whether the Government of the United
States shall be carried on for the bene-
fit of the people of the United States, or
for the enrichment of the sugar trust"
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15

An analysis of the late Illinois vote
carries with it much significance.
Twelve counties in that State, compris-
ing the fourth judicial district, chose a
judge of the supreme court at the cleo
tion held last week. There was an ami
mated canvass. Gov. Altgeld made his
official power felt through active agents.
Both candidates were unexceptionable,
but when the votes were counted it was
found that this confirmed Democratic
district, which gave Cleveland 5,7S3 plu-
rality in 1888, increasing it to 6,923 in
1892, had gone Republican for the first
time in the history of the Republican
party. For 40 years the district had
never once wavered from it's rockribbed
Bourbonism. But years experience
of Cleveland times and the spectacle of
general fabbiness and decentralization
presented by the Democratic President
and the Democratic Congress had swung
his Democratic Gibraltar over to the Re-
publican line by 4,095 plurality. This
represents in this single district change
of about 1000 votes. A similar change
throughout the other six districts would
give Illinois to the Republican by ST.
600.
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Washington dispatches dispel the fears

Washington dispatches dispel the fears
of the early part of this week, that Pres
ident Cleveland was seriously ill., Pri-
vate Secretary Thurber says that "acting
under the advice of his physician, the Pres
ident decided to refrain from working
on account of the bad weather. He had
been troubled somewhat with summer
complaint, some symtoms being apparent
in his case that there were with Secretary
Gresham on Decoration Day. At that
time the Secretary was slightly prostrat-
ed, but he has fully recovered. The
doctor prescribed rest and abstinence
from business for few days, and that is
the foundation for the story of the Pres
ident's Drostration." Mrs. Cleveland and
children are enjoying the cool sea breezes
of Buzzard's Bay.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15
The Monroe DOCTRINE Repudlated.

Diplomatic correspondence, made pub
lie Tuesday, throws light upon Eng
lands recent action in Central America,
and shows one clearly that John Bull
does not consent to the Monroe doctrine.
With a Republican president to deal
with this position would probably not
have been presisted in. As it is, we are
to be snubbed by the English Democrat
ic sympathizers, as we'll as cursed by
the Democratic Administration, which
would destroy our industrial system in
favor of Great Britain's commercial and
manufacturing interests. The tele-
graphic summary is as follows: SIT ap-
pears that Nicaragua increased the port
charges at Bluefields nearly year ago,
in pursuance of policy adopted early
in 1889, when the Nicaraguan govern
ment notified Great Britain that it in
tended to assert sovereign rights in the
Mosquito territory, expecting the vigor-
GUS and powerful support of the United
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15

From all indications summer has set in
and the hot weather with us now is
liable to continue for some time to come.
The wave of heat extends over the en-
tire country, except the extreme North
west, and even there the thermometer is
on the rise. A striking feature of the
situation is that the sudden change from
cold aud wet to hot and dry weather has
not provoked any violent storms. With
the exception of occasional thunder
shower S in certain localities, due entire
ly to local conditions, the entire country
except along the Gulf coast is rainless.
So confident are the signal service Off
GERS of continuation of the present hot
and dry conditions that one of them vol
unteered, Tuesday, to predict that
from present indications rain need not
be expected for weeks"
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Right Kind Of Man for Texas.

Rev, Andrew Jackson Potter, the gen.
tleman who arose from behind a pulpit
in Uvalde, Tex, several years ago with
two big shooters in his hands, and in
OF the toughest of toughs, who had been
in the habit of running every minister of
the gospel who came there out of town
with rotten eggs or escorting him out to
the suburbs on three cornered pole.
that if there was any fop-eared, swallow
mouthed galoot in that audience who
had the audacity to presume that he wore
big enough shirt to put him out of a
pulpit to step forth and take the hot
medicine. or, on the hand, to keep his ba-
zoo closed, and also wound up that with
the help of God and those two forty-fives
he held in his hands he proposed to
preach to that people, that day, has an
nounced himself a candidate for Sheriff
and Tax Collector of Tom Green conn
try.-Ozona Courier.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15

States, which it had on former occa
siOns. The Nicaraguans, in notifying
Great Britain that the English protec.
torate over the Mosquito Indians could
no longer recognized, and that Nicara-
gua's long conceded sovereignty must
be given practical meaning, presented
the contention that the Mosquito terri
tory was filling up with undesirable i'm
migrants who were unable to- look to
proper authorities for protection, and
that in the interests of law and order
Nicaragua must assert her rights.
I'm reply the British government,
with great firmness, notified Nicaragua
that the English protectorate would be
maintained, that Nicaraguan interfer-
ence would not be permitted, and the
Mosquito government would enact its
own laws and enforce them without re-
ference to Nicaragua until, as stipulated
by the arbitration following the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, Mosquito consented to
complete incorporation into the republic
of Nicaragua.
"In February of last year, President
Harrison's administration notified Great
Britain that for the settlement of inter
national questions affecting the port of
Nicaragua reference to Bluefields), the
government of the United States must
look to Nicaragua alone. In his dis
patch to Minister Lincoln on the sub
ject, Secretary Foster very positively as
serted the full sovereignty of Nicaragua,
claiming that the rights accorded the
Mosquito Indians by the arbitral award
of the Austrian emperor related simply
to tribal customs and not the alien set
tlement of Bluefields, which was self-ad-
ministered, internationally irresponsi-
BILE, withdrawn from tribal regimen of
the Indians, opposed to Nicaraguan con-
+rol and prone to invoke British inter
vention, which would not be permitted.
At this point, which Immediately pre-
ceded the Nicaraguan occupancy of
Bluefields, the correspondence ends.'
Thus the Hawaiian infamy continues
to bear fruit. No country will fear, to
say nothing of respecting us, with Gres-
ham and Cleveland at the helm.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15
The Ross Murder Trial.

The progress made in obtaining the
tlrst nine jurors may be known by the
nesday: -
The seventh day of the Shea murder
trial in the extraordinary oyer and ter
miner was concluded at O'Clock last
night, and the counsel in the case were
able to congratulate themselves that the
day had not passed without some pro
gress being made towerd filling the iury
Dox. One additional juror was secured
and sworn in, making eight in all, or
two-thirds of the required number. AS
the defense had used twenty peremptorv
challenges and the prosecution nineteen.
out of the total number of thirty allowed
each, it will be seen that the end of all
this monotonous work cannot be far dis
tant. Both sides have been sparing of
their peremptory challenges from the
commencement, but now that the num-
Der is rapidly dwindling they will be
even more cautious, and as a result the
examination of jurors will probably last
longer than ever. So far the average
number of jurors examined or excused
each full day has been about forty.
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mitted to interfere with their independ-
ence. Annexation is certain to come
for Hawaii with the return of prosperity
for America, when a patriotic Republi-
can Administration takes the place of
Clevelandism in Washington,
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15
OPERA HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPERA HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Mathews and Walters stock company.
By special request of Manager Tiffany,
they will produce their greatest success.
Hazel Kirke," a domestic comedy
drama in four acts, tonight. Mr.. Harry
Adams and VIM. Lee were members of
the original Madison Square Theatre
Company that played in New York City.
On Saturday afternoon, this popular
organization will present Uncle Toms
Cabin, with donkeys and colored singers.
Matinee prices 10 cents for children and
adults 25 cents, all over the house. on
Saturday night this company will close
their weeks engagement with stronr
melo drama; prices 10, %, and So cents.
Don't miss seeing Master Earl, the six
year old boys new specialties.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15

AS the New York expert who dis
covered bacteria in telephone trans
mitter had to magnify them $500 times
before he could see them, it doesn't
seem as if they were really big enough
to scare anybody.
Representative Tracey, the cuckoo
statesman from Albany, n. Y, thinks
that the mongrel tariff bill will pass the
Senate by July 1st. The passing of the
Northern supporters of that bill will oc-
cur four months later.
The injury to the Columbia turned
out to be dent, or rather a ''scrape,"
for about ninety feet and scarcely two
inches wide. The story about it was
about ninety miles long and two miles
wide.
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THE BANNER.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRI
DAY AFTERNOONS.

Entered at the Bennington Post Office as
second!class matter by C. A. PIERCE g. CO..
Terms, $3.50 per year, strictly in advance
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15
A Couple Of Epitaphs,

There is no finer example OF perfect
resignation on record than that indicated
by the following pathetic and tender in
scription on tombstone:
Once she was mine:
But now. oh, Lord,
l her to thee resign
And remain your obedient
Humble servant, Robert Kemp,
Obituary poetry seems to have no lin
it, but we rather suspect that this effu-
sion is as near to the boundary line as
one can we'll get:
Farewell dear little Robert Allen,
Gone to meet his departed Pa:
In yonder lovely world up higher,
Where by the golden throng OF blazing fire,
BE waits for his little brothers and his sisters and
His mn
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15
Creameries in Vermont.

There is quite widespread knowl-
edge OF the Importance to our people of
the dairy interests of Vermont, but we
have not, recently, seen the statistics
brought together so that the proportions
could be looked at. Naturally enough
the idea prevails that Vermont excels in
the production of butter, but as to
cheese that has been so overshadowed
by butter as to be almost lost sight
of. Therefore it was with some aston
ishment on looking through the list of
creameries and cheese factories to find
so many of the last.
The total number amounts to Il. Of
these IL are not credited with the num-
Der of COWS. For 50 factories the num-
Der of cows given amounts to 1861.
Allowing $50 COWS to be the average for
these factories would make the total
over 21 200. OF these factories, three
appear, from the number of COWS, to be
farm dairies simply, but the others range
in number from 100 to 500. 1t is a pleas
ure to note that so much interest is
taken in the manufacture of cheese in
Vermont.
AS regards the manufacture of butter,
there appears to be two distinct
methods, the cream gathering and sep
arator. VI the INST or cream gathering,
there are II creameries, with patron
age of about 5,S76 COWS. OF separator
creameries there are SO, Is of which are
not credited with the number of COWS.
The number as given from 6S creameries
amounts to 40,165. Allowing as before
an average of $50 COWS to creamery,
the total number would be 52,79O as
credited to creameries. Added to this
those contributed to cheese making
would increase the total number to over
10000. The number of COWS furnishing
milk for these creameries range from 70
to 1900. This does not include the
Franklin County creamery with its pa
froro,ra Oe OOO ooyys
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-06-15

The jury in the case of Isaac Hanks
of Granville, N. Y, charged with man
slaughter in the second degree, in starv-
ing his wife to death, brought in yer.
dict of guilty, at Salem, Saturday after
noon, and recommended the prisoner to
the mercy of the court. The jury was
out an hour and forty-five minutes.
Judge Lille imposed a fine of $1,000.
with the alternative of one day in Jail for
every dollar unpaid.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-20
ROUNDING THEM UP
OEEROKEES HAVE THE COOKS IN 1
VERY BAD BOX
Skirmishirg Has Begun and Both
sides Preparing for the Death
Struggle-Fifteea OF the Gang Cor
ralled-Reinforcem and Am
unifion on the Way to Besiegers.

NUsHoGEE, L T., Nov. 19.-War with
the Cooks is going Oh IN the vicinity o.
Verdiyris river about sixty miles from
hero. The bandits are masssi in force
there and have more than their match IL
a squad of Cherob-es VINO have been round
ing them up for several days. No open
battle has yet taken place but there has
been great deal of skirmish fighting and
both sides are preparing for death strug-
gle. Fully fifteen OF the Cook gang
are together and BIZ Cook is leading
them in person. His young wife or sweet
heart is with him at the rendezvous. Inc
Cherokees would have forced the fighting
befor. now were IL not for their fear OF
running short OF ammunition before ths
battle was over.
ii it comes to a question OF allowing the
Cooks TO slip away from them or fighting
as best they can, then the CherOkees Will
fight, and they are not afraid OF getting
the worst of it, Il was thought, however,
to DE OF good geueralshIp, 10 keep the
Cooks in the corner they now have them
until all is III readiness for Il heavy ana
prolonged attack. the CherOkees subse-
quentIy dispatched Sheriff John Brown 70
tLlS city for full supply or AMMUNITION,
and he arrived here tonight bringing the
Information already given The sheriff
will leave here in the morning with ali
the supplies needed and 4 strong guard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-20
SUICIDES PAWN TICKETS.
Brokers' Commonly Reckon Them ns Para
of Their Assured Profits.

The fact that pawnhrokers probably
make larger profits On the money they in
vest than auv other business led the char
ttv Organization society II New York 10
establish "a mont de piete Of its own for
the purpose Of making loans 10 poor per
SONS at reasonable rates Of interest IL has
not been great success There are less red
tape and exasperatiug questioning AT tho
professional pawnbrukerS'. and therefore
poor folks prefer 70 trHde with them. The
pawnbrokCrs' plea has always been that
when the cost Of storage i added 70 the
loss sustained through unredeemed pledges
but little i LEFT to them Of the "a per ceDs
a year which the law permits them 10 ex'
act
That part of their plea relating TO unrc-
deemed pledges Is merely a blind u hide
their real profits. Isaac simpson, who by
the same token is the original Of tti, 81
Original Simpsons" in the pawnbrokiug
trade in this city, said 10 the reporter,
My rule in life is never 20 tell a 10
What | make in my business j. no ones
business but my own. Yet If any man in
nv line says uuredeemed pledges are not
the chief source of profit then he Is liar.
Yes. that suicide in whose pockets were
Yesterday found - pawn tickets, said
Mr.. Simpson, made the NAL who issued
them Just that much richer. y suicide
without pawn tickets on his person Is such
"a rarity that we have come Co credit about
IL per cent % thar source. When the pa
pers report that a suicide had pawn tickets,
an agent Of the Associated pawnhrokcrs
learns and reports by whom they we've Is
sued. such pledges are seldom redeemed
Another curious fact about our business Il
that the chance l. about one in ten that a
pledge viii be redeemed after the uckeS
has passed from first hands. They seem
to anticipate trouble IL they offer 10 re-
deem pledge other than their own ~,
you see, the pawnbroksr is about the only
one that gets richer by men killing them
selNcs New YORK AdNeTtiser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-20

heavy blows in her room, where the light
was burning. Then she opened her eyes
and saw her brother Thomas with an axe
in his hand. Just striking blow on MS
mot hers defenseless head.
He turned and stood between bis sister
and the door With Il fearful scream sue
bounded TO the window aud through II,
Carrying the sash with her. ohe sUoppeu,
and looked into the room that she hai
inst left. The maniac struck the lamp
from the stand. scattering the coal OH
over the floor. and lighted it, ana thsH
opened the door and stepped Just OUTSIDE
the threshold. Standing IN the ushG ol
the blazing room, he cut MS throat Win q
knife, stabbed himself IN the aDdomeh ahu
fell Into the doorway with MS head III Uhe
flames.
The frightened sister rushed as fast as
her feet would carry her to the nearest
neighbor. a quarter OF a mile distant,
aroused him and told her tale. lie al
once summoned the neigh borS aud by the
time they arrived at The scene the inside
of the building was mass Of lire aud the
bodies could be seen in the biaZ-.
Just how the maniac killed his brother
and sister will never he known. but II Is
supposed that he first dispatched his
broth her in his own room with axe anu
then entered the other room. The muir
derer was quiet. inoffenslve, but not a very
bright mau He attended 10 his own busI-
ness, and was generally supposed to be
perfectly harmless.
His sister noticed nothing unusual WIN
him Sunday afternoon except that ne was
extremely irritable and spoke harshiy TO
them several times He also complained
OF "A severe pain in the back OF the head,
and said that it felt like some one was Dor
ing into his brain behind his ar.
None of them conld speak English well,
ana had but little communication with
their neighbor. There Is no doubt but
that the murderer was temporarily In
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-20

Among Sir Hope Grants notes - bis
life ia India are Two brief accounts -
cIo-s encouutrr9 with tigers, though -.f
Hops. IlIgsels does not hgur. IN either ~
vfuture Major Calluet was out aLcsi.rR
when Ie came -,iddeniy fsre - fzo~ with
a tiger just ~ be- wsa firing ths aov'ir
ssr.g. way. and he fell almost into ths AMI
mai 1lolfh-
The tiger sslzsd him ~ the thizh afd
carried nlfa % While in ttis rifuat--r
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.r he parsst Hs managed 90 draw ore
and e,rrre.i 81 st tie l'cas; e bead. hai u
missed lrr.
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r.,..-rd cut tho other md fired be- Esr
f-uuds.l "a . few yaEds and thsn dFogI.sS
dead
Cauae- told ITO # this him-~f 70 ~s
vs-, badly woau.--. a.fd - sI4li drsasifaiiy
lame
Nfr Trarv q &c civil s~yrios lsare
th5ta ...r Lad farrr9 his way .1t7 Ia
h.ltaa-l Wa tasd.ng q agnirst lia ho-
man osrs- Wr ..ong mounted 80 rot
ard ese~,nd a. ert-su-s.
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l.t. a,---rsar.. f... tAs t..ian aasi tss.ts<.-
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