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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-Secretary
Hay is still so i'll Of bronchitis, al
though it is fortnight since lie was
last at the state department, that he
was obliged to remain in bed through
out conference with President Roose-
welt and Mr.. Wayne MacVeagh. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has several times called
upon Mr.. Hay during the latter's i'll
ness. Secretary Hays condition is not
alarming hut II does cause his friends
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22

METUCHEN, n. j., Dec. -. - st.
Francis Roman Catholic church here
has been destroyed by fire which start
ed from some unknown cause while
the children of the parochial school
We're in the church practicing the sing
ing Of hymns for Christmas. All Of
the children escaped without injury
The rectory, which adjoihs the church,
was also badly damaged by the fire.
The loss is estimated at about $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22
A SMALL ARMY.
Colombian Troops Land on Island In
PHnnmnnian Territory.

COLON, Dec. 22.-AbOut 100 Colon.
bian troops have landed at the island
of Pines, northwest of Cape Tiburn,
which is situated at the western en-
trance of the gulf of Darlen. The is
land of Pines is in Panama territory
and is the only island along that coast
which is wooded, peaked with noun
tains and also well watered, thus offer
ing every facility for camping and be-
ing used rs a base Of operations.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Maytower has left this harbor, bound
in the direction of the island of Pines,
to obtain information in regard to any
movement of Colombian troops.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22

Joseph Stickney, who died at his
home in New York City on Monday,
was a grandson of Thomas Stickney
of New Hampshire, one OF Gov Stark S
colonies in the Battle of Bennington.
He was a subscriber to the Bennington
Battle monument funds in as large an
amount as any other person.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22
Parker Boom to He Launched.

NEW YORK, Dec Do Former Pres
ident Cleveland and former Senator
Hill are to meet at a dinner in honor
of Mayor Elect Mcclellan next Mon
day evening, at which it is expected
the presidential boom for Judge Alton
f.. Parker will be launched
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22
suit Against mitchell For s2oo.ooo.

BINGHAMTON.- y. Y, Dec. pa
d. Wales, an attorney of this city, has
brought suit against John Mitchell
president of the United Mine Workers
Union of America, to recover 100000
for legal services in settling the recent
coal strike.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22
Fatnl Duel with Gun.

ARDMORE. l. r.. Dec. -. 49, John
Scott and Sam Victory. farmers. fought
with guns Mt Woolsey, both being kill.
ed The misunderstanding arose over
SCOTS cattle breaking into Victory's
field.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Dec. 22.-Wal-
ter L. Taylor after being acquitted on
four indictments last week charging
him with assault on Congressman La.
mar has been convicted of assault with
intent to murder Judge Malone sell
fenced him TO five years in the state
prison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22

MADRID, Dee. %. King Alfonso
Kill is reported TO Ice about to marry
his cousin, the daughter Of the Infanta
Maria de Ia Paz wife of Prince Lud-
wig of Bavaria.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Publisher
Members of the Publishers Press.
Teiegraphic news received up to
the hour of going to press.

The Rogers verdict seems to give
general satisfaction. 1t was most
diabolibal murder and Mrs Rogers
deserves the limit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Rqtafa ~ uIIITA

n
" Estate OF Will IAN DOLAN.
The undersigned, having been appOlntad "
thu Hon. Probate Court for the District of Ben
nington, COMMISSIONERS, to eceiye ca.
Inc and adjust all claims and demar d. Of all per-
ms a ainst the estate Of William Dolan lat
of salisbury In said District, deceased. and an
claims exhibited In Offset thereto hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purposes afOre-
bury, Vt, on the 4th day of
January aud 18th daY of May next from
2 o'clock p m. until o'clock y. m and that
six months from the 18th day OF November,
A. ID 1909 Is the time limited by said curt L.
said creditors TO present their claims to us for
examination and allowance.
Dated at salisbury VI, this 2ith day of Nov.
A ID 1908
II MERLE BOTTUT.
GEORGE ROBINSON.
lsw3 Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-The boilers in
the power house of the st. Louis Tran
sit company exploded last night, kill
ing one man, injuring a dozen more
and wrecking the building. Firemen
are searching for others who may be
dead The debris took fire, hut was
soon eXtinguished.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-22
Special Reduction
= and
Christmas Sale
-. All 90.
NOVECK'S

We will offer exceptional Bargains
during this Sale, greater and deeper
cut in prices will be made all through
the store, especially prices are sacri-
ficing in our Cloak, Suit and Skirt
departments One-third to one-half
of on some garments, it is a good
opportunity to gift purchasers to look
over our stock and save money. Our
Fur assortment is unusually large,
prices has been marked down, Special
for the Holidays You will find an
endless variety of Handkerchiefs
Neckwear, Fancy Toilet Boxes, Silk
Umbrellas, Belts, Silk Petticaoats.
Silk Waists land hundreds of other
good desirable articles suitable for
Christmas Gifts. When out in search
for good goods at bargain prices,
stop at our store, you know you are
welcome any time.
M. N0veCk
437 Main st. Hawks Block
Opposite NJ. T. Church.
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
First National Bank of North Bennington, W.,
will be held at their banking house on Tuesday.
the ifth day OF January, 1904, at 10 O'Clock a
m. for the purpose Of electing Board Of Diree.
tors for the ensuing year and for the transac.
tion of any other proper and necessary tusi.
ness. s. B. HALL, Cashier.
North Bennington, December 3, 800,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06
TEE ~OrERsHADoWING" SENATE.

Representative Samuel W. Mccall Of Massa-
chusetts has revived, in an article in The At
lsntic Monthly" his crusade against what he
deems 10 be the agSressions and usurpatons Of
the Tinted States Senate. Mr.. Mccall is con-
WINGED that the Senates functions have been
broadened and its authority enlarged unduly;
that i has encroached alike on the prerogatives
Of the Executive and of the House Of Repre-
sentarives He contends that il holds "a COM
luanGinS place AT the centre Of government 10
which il is not entitled and he seeks 10 find
way 10 curb its administrative pretensiOns and
10 restore a more equal ana constitutional bal
ance Of power between il and the lower branch
Of Congress.
1t commonplace Of politics that in the last
two decades the House of Representatives has
found itself more and more overshadOwed in
prestige by the Senate. But the Senates gain
and The loss Of the House in authority have
been Cue 10 other causes than these assigned by
the Massachusetts member. MIR. Mccall CON-
plains. for instance that the Senate has ex-
tended and perverted its constitutional power 10
amend" the revenue legislation which the
House Originates" 1t seems 10 be his view
that when the Constitution says AL bills for
raising revenue shall originate in the House Of
representatives" IL means that the House Of
Representatives shall have the controlling and
nnal voice in shaping al such legislation. But
that is forced Interpretation OF the text Of the
CONSTITUTION which, If il was meant to give the
House any such exclusive jurisdiction over
money raising bills, would certainly have made
that grant OF power more unrnfstalzahla and
explicit. But IL the Senate has the rigb+ OF
amendment at al. it has it without oualifca-
ton or limit Moreover, IL the Senate has ,n a
measure monopolized the work Of framing tariff
bills. IL is because the House has TOO ofren--l,,
tanning through measures undiscussed and nm.
direseed-virtualy compelled the ,lnrer bra,c,,
10 undertake the main burdens Of tariff legis-
lafion The Senate in these cases has simnlv
assumed a duty which the House confessed
itself unequal 10 discharging.
Mr. Mccall condemns as another undue OK
pansion Of Senatorial prerogative the practice
of appointing Senators 10 serve on diplomatic
and other high executive commissions. But the
disadvantages Of this practice have been recog.
nized in the Senate itself, and appointments OF
this sort are likely 10 be less frequent in the
future. Senators occasionally consent TO per
form these additional duties when their ex
perience and capacity point 10 them admi-
Iabiy AZ selections as commissioners But the
practice If in no sense a growing one, nor does
II improperly exalt the upper at the expense OF
the lower house.
Neither do we consider that Mr. Mccall
makes an effective point when he calls atien-
ton 20 the expansion OF the power OF the Sen
ate in an nndemocratic as well as an uncon.
'sttuuonsl direction" as evidenced in the
growing tendency TO pass laws and especially
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06
TIE NACEDONIAN MIDDLE

The policy of the powers in Macedonia is
not easy to understand. 1t sounds very fine,
of course, for Austria Hungary and Russia to
dictate reforms. But they really harping
uDon a much worn string. The reforms which
they now demand were prescribed by them In
February last The Porte then accepted them,
and moved for putting them into effect. The
result was threefold. The Bulgarian revolu-
tionists fearing the reforms might prove effec-
tive. and thus allay discomfort in Macedonia,
fastened TO press forward their campaign OF
crime and outrage, in order, as they openly de-
cIared. TO prevent the execution Of the reforms
The Albanians, fearing the reforms might give
their Christian neighbors some advantage over
them, took up arms as protest against them.
The Macedonian Christians as a whole recog-
nized the emptiness and futility of the re-
forms. and regarded them with indifference
In that estimate OF them the Macedonians
were doubtless right. We have already in
these columns set forth the salient features
Of the reform scheme, and have shown how lit
tie Of real good there is in e. Innumerable
past experiences have shown that it is idle to
expect substantial and satisfactory reforms
under Turkish rule. Reform 1t altogether"
10y abolishing Moslem rule over Christian COM
munities is the only way.
We can therefore expect little good from this
latest mandate Of the powers. A much better
tAing would have been for the powers TO insist
upon the fulhlment of the plan proposed by
turkey TO Bulgaria less than a fortnight ago.
LAT proposal was that Macedonia and Thrace
snouid be placed under the general control of
NAeu commission, TO consist OF one Turk
one Bulgar, one WaIach. one Serb and one
Greek. Such commission. with pIenarv now.
er should have solved the whole problem with
equity Tor II would have been representative
Of The chief peoples in the provinces and would
have had four-ffths Christian majority.
But Bulgaria would not listen To IL. She de-
mandeo' as sine qua non, that BuIgars, NOM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06
Nesp!l1crk DAILY 9ribna,a
TUESDAY. OCTOBER C. 1893.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

r0REIGN-The names Of those selected to nj
the vaca ncies in the British CABINET We're .iI-e
public. the Hon Alfred Lyttletoh oel5 IC,,1,a
10 succeed Joseph Chamberlain. == Inc DUKE
Of Devonshire resigned from the Cabinet nj.
Eslfour expressing his disapproNal OF the SD
in an incisive letter. - Japan WI. Con
negotiations with Russia despite the latter coun
tr1-s failure 10 evscuate Manchuria- - bUI-
ss-isn Government officials expressed the oeIeI
maj little good would come from the Austro-
Russian plan for reforms IN Maceooill la -
Advices from Ciuds6 Bolivar said that Presloeht
Castro had authorized the collection lToIa III
eigDers by force Of disputed taxes ana oUles.
- WAYNE MacNeaeh concluded hls pea loT
Venezuela before the tribunal at Inc hasue'
- A law was passed by the leglslaIlNe Coult
eli ~ the Moro provinces forhidding slave hunt-
ing Sir Henry Howard and Sir Arthur
Nicolson are mentioned as possible appointments
TO the British Embassy at washington .I r--i.ed
Mr. Dickinson continued TO sum up the InlIeu
states case before the Alaskan Boundary com
mission.
DoMEsTIc.-A lunatic armed with a re
volver called al the White House ana atlefhpt-
ed 10 see President Roosevelt, but was oNel-
r,ov,ered and disarTned by the guards after a
desperate struggle. =- The lnNesllsdlIOh y
roy+al frauds closed in Washington. the grand
Jury returning fifteen indictments the mos
sensational Of which were against James y
Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett - PresloeHI
Roosevelt appointed John T. NielGs. an ahll-<4u-
sicJys man District Attorney for Delaware. -
II was said in Philadelphia that counsel Ior tle
Stockholders Of the Consolidated Lake superior
Company would apply to-day IN me Ice a.
The Speyers from selling the securities heio as
collateral for the S50JO0eo loan OF the bank
eys to the company - The threatened strike
nf the New Philadelphia, Ohio, plant OF tne
American Sheet Steel Company was not calIeo'
er6 President Shaffer Of the Analgarnateo AS
sociaffon Of Iron. Steel and Tin workers salo
fhaF ne hoped for auicable agreement
though the situation was grave
cTTV-Stocks were duh and weak - Inc
susion conference met again. The sentiment
was unanimous for Eugene A PhilbIn Tor presl-
cent of the Board Of Aldermen =" Mayor
Low REPLIED 10 Controller Grout, ana the CoIl-
sroller wrote another letter 10 Mr.. Cuttlng. -
TIE Sheehsn men in the Greater New-Aor De-
rnocracv declared for TanlmanE. =-- A DeNeIs
ticket was named. -= Charges were mace
against Charles NJ SChwab and others oy ek-
sens tor lanes Smith. jr., receiver OF the lnlteu
states Shfpbufding Company -- sam
Parks returned from Kansas city IN a subGued
frsrne Of mind. =-- The Board Of Estimate
considered the Budget for next year. sunstan-
tai Increases were asked for by the heads OF
6ersrt,11ents -- James L hernochan died AT
T4errnsfead - Winners at Morris Park;
C,haraNind. Irene Lindsay, Euphrates. Runnels,
Castalian and Tribes Hill
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day;
Fair Tho temperature yesterday; Hlghest, -
degrees lowest 60
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06

"tarifr laws. by treaty" If the Senate In recent
years has shown a pet aversion of any sort. 1t
has been TO ratifyiDg reciprocity conventions,
and thus enacting tariff laws by treaty. To the
open discredit OF constitutional power which
II still holds that Il possesses. the Senate in
serted in the Cuban reciprocity convention an
express stipulation that the concessions agreed
on should not become effective until approved
by Congress-" No abandonment of the preroga-
tive which Mr.. Mccall aSsails could have been
more complete or open. How. then. can he dis
Germ "a growing tendency" on the Senate's part
to insist on its capacity TO alter tariff rates
through the mere exercise OF fits treaty making
functions?
No: the causes Of the Senate's predominance
and the comparative decline OF the House in
the last two decades are to be looked for in
the inner history Of each body In reducing
itself TO a mere legislative machine controlled
by a single mind and hand the House neces-
sarlly lost in breadth, force, dignity and capac-
ity for leadership. The rules which redeemed
its procedure from chaos have not vet had time
10 soften and broaden and TO give scope again
for genuine deliberation The House has vet TO
find itself. When it does it will regain its old
prestige. 1t will discover that none of its pre-
negatives have been usurped, and that a true
and just balance can easily be struck again be-
tween its own powers and the powers of the
Senate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
rFRoM THE TRIBUNE prREAU.l

IFRoM TRIBUNE BCREAC-l
Washington Oct. 5.-Justice and Mrs White nave
returned TO their home in Rhode Island-ave- froin
a summer spent at Nara gansett Pier.
Captain and Mrs. Isaac N Lewis gave dance
at Fort Ayer tonight in honor Of Miss Elizabeth
Young daughter Of Lieutenant General Young
whose marriage TO Captain Hannay takes place on
Wednesday, All the bridesmaids were present. as
also Captain Hannay and his attendants
The room was brilliant with flags, the light toilets
Of the women and the full dress uniforms Of the
young officers The regimental band furnished
the music.
Mrs. Hannis Taylor. wife OF the former Minis
ter TO Spain, will spend the coming season IN
Washington. and will present her daughter. Miss
Mary Taylor to society.
Mrs. Foraker. wife Of Senator Foraker. Of Ohio.
is comfortably established in her Washington
home. and will leave the city until the adjourn
ment Of Congress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06
4musements.

ACADEMY OF NUSIC-s:I0-Drfnk
AMERICAN TTEATJsE-s .l5-f'hecSers
Ef.I.AS(No NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81 the Cooe
E1IQr-S .f5-Fersonal
BROADWAY TffEATEE-s 15--fiearts Courageous
casino THFATgE-S. l5-The RunawayE.
s-TECI-E-2-S-Naudevfle
CTrTTRrON-S .a0-The Man from Bankiey's
nkrVFS THEA TRE-S-Tffee Little Maids.
rpr-N Nl-STf,- 2-S--The World In Wax
CAMDEN 1I5EATRT--S. lo-I-lvsscs.
tsARRICK EATItE-Ss15-ker own Way.
HARLEM OPERA HOUSES -l5-Nancy Brown
HERALD SQUARE THEATRES 2e-Capta3n DieRpe
IRVING PLACE THEATRES O-Tiabcriorn.
KEITH S-Cantinuous Performance. -.
KNICKERBOCKER T5EATRE-s-Rogers brothers ~
London.
MADISON ScT ARR TTTTATRE-s: 10 Pretty Peggy.
MADISON SQUARE CARpEN-Oid Guard Military FAR
MANHATTAN TIIEATRE-S-Hedfa fabler-
MURRAY HILL THEATRES :l5--under Cover.
Nrsv- YORK TfEATTlE-S-ls en-kur.
PRINCESS THEAT1fE-S 30-The Earl az Fa~teose]
SAVOY THEAT1kE,--S .30-'rhe Spenders
THIRD AVENUE TITEATftF-e-New-lork Day os Lay
VICTORIA TTEATRE.-S:i 5--The Jersey Lily
rvAIIACErS THE ATRT-S :2o-PeEEv from rams.
& KNhooT-lleo-loo.
WEST END THEATRE-S-A Sen OF Rest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06

mated by the Bulgarian Exarch, should form
q clear majority of the commission, thus indi-
eating again what we have go often SAID, that
the Bulgarian aim is not so much the nDera-
ton of Christians from Moslem rule as IT is
the Bulgarian conquest and annexation OF
Macedonia OF course that proposal failed
Had the powers read the riot act TO Bulgaria
insisted upon the adoption of that plan and SUI
pervised its faithful execution, the Maceuo-
Man problem would probably have been set
tied But they did not do so. They permitted
the proposal 10 lapse, and now they turn again
10 what seems little better than pursted
bubble.
1t will he observed that the Austro-Hunga-
rian and Russian governments in their latest
note formally declare that one of the CHER
obstacles to reform has been the conduct Oh
the Bulgarian revolutionists. who have pro
"voked disturbances and deferred the Chris
"tian population from cooperating In the exc
"cution of the reforms" So an ofhclal Nus
sian note a fortnight ago declared that those
revoutionists were seeking the bulgarian con-
quest of Macedonia ito the detriment or the
rights and privileges of other ChrlSuan
peoples" and to that end had "exerted them
selves to create general lnsurrectioh
throughout the land by cruel outrages ahu
terrorism, in order TO hinder the lntroduction
"of the projected reforms. The present
state Of affairs In the Turkish vilayets is Que
ito the criminal intentions OF the committees
land revolutionary bands" Such is the mdlct-
ment of the Macedonian Committee made by
that Russian Government which is tradition
ally looked to as the champion OF Oriental
Christendom. True, that same Russian Gov
eminent which proclaims that 1t has at heart
the interests of all Christian races in Turkey
is itself put in an equlvocal position by the
fact that at this very moment it is so cruelty
oppressinc the Armenian Christians whom 1t
seized from Turkey that they fleeing back
to Turkey for relief But that is only one more
of the contradictions and complications which
prevail in the East. from which proverbialy
light proceeds. but from which at present we
get little but a lurid gloom.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-06
LICENSED BARBERS.

Step I'D Mr.. Barber; you're next! In the Stdpe
of New-York the day of the unlicensed tonsoral
practitioner has gone by. Like the PHYSICIAN
the LAWYER and the dentist, the barber must
have q license TO do business, and the license
can be secured only after he has appeared De-
fore the State Board of Examiners and demon
strated that he is qualified to practise his art.
Under tie go-as-you-please conditions when
nrevsjled before the BARRIERS License law was
enacted many men worked themselves into the
profession who were unfit TO WELD the lather
brush and razor and whose ideas of hygienics
were perverted. Others who were amply quail
fed showed their disregard for the dignity OF
their calling by cutting prices as Wen as nalr
and cuticle. to the detriment of men OF genius.
The BARRIERS who advertised "a shave, glass
of beer and sandwich for 10 cents, and those
whose combination barber and butcher SHOP
uetted them a neat revenue, Will proDaply lose
the privilege of doing business IN the oid
WAY. They will be compelled TO choose between
the two trades, and the mixing or foam anu
lather will become a lost art Inc Grhco-
Roman and shave-as shave-can barber, VINO de-
pepds on his strong right arm for results, VIII
also he debarred from practice, and the bald
beoded barber with an infallible hair tonic or
SIRE fin ON the races may also fail TO secure
license There are about twenty -four thousand
harbers I'm this city, and in order that all who
wish to be examined for a license may be
the board established headquarters here yes
tarday When the commissioners close their
doors for the season there will be no more I'M
licensed BARRIERS in the city, except those who
in order TO save the fee of SO, are willing 10
risk punishment by fiue or Imprisonment.