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

ana they bad some conversation there.
1t was O'Clock and the mill hands
we're coming out.
''She did not want them to s3e thsn
qusrrelling and talking and suggested
that they close the Conversation.
''She further stated that she made a
date with him to meet him later, but
that she did not keep the appointment
and she never saw him after that
"She appeared cool and unexcited.
''She came into the room several
Tires and | went into the kitchen ard
two or three times, possibly four or Eve
she asked me if had discovered any
signs of poison"
In cross-examination, DR. Potter
said:
"Tbe man did not meet his death by
drowning"
He said it was possible, however,
that the lungs of one who had drowned,
would contain no water. No water
was found in the lungs.
He would not expect the application
Of chioroform to cause blistering. Con-
tact with th water would hsve caused
a reddening of the skin to disappear.
10 any event the ch loroform could not
have caused reddening through Rog-
ers' mustache.
DIR Potter also said that the blow
over the eye could not have caused un-
consciousness. The bruise might have
been caused by hitting stone by turn
ing on the ground while struggling.
II. L. Stillson, health officer, told
on the stand that after the autopsy, he
sent Rogers heart and stomach to the
State meteorological Laboratory at
Burlington for examination
When he was making out the death
certificate, Mrs Rogers told him that
the deceased's name was Marcus Mer-
ritt Rogers, that he was 81 years of
age in April, and that he was born in
Lsnsingburgh.
DR. Wiltse OF the state laboratory at
Burlington was next called. He pro-
duced Rogers heart and stomach,
which hr Stillson had sent to Bur
lington.
DIR Wiltse testified that examination
prov, the heart to be in healthy
condition, that he had looked in the
stomach for signs of poisoning but
found none He gave it as his opinion
that Rogers death was caused by as
phixis from the forcible application Of
chlOroform.,
AS to the hlIw over the eye, his tes-
timouY was that the blow might have
caused pnconciousnesS
Leonard Miller, who was q fellow
workman of Marcus Rogers on the farm
of William Rogers, the deceased's
brother in HOosick Corners, went into
the witness boz. He came to Benning-
ton in june, 1902, with Rogers and to-
gether they went to see Mrs Rogers,
who was at the house on East Main
street with Stella Bates.
Twice that cay Rogers asked his
wife to eIme and live with him at Hoo
sick Corners. She refused, expressing
herself profauely. When they went
away, Marcus offered &c shake hands
with her and she declined.
Miller was sharply cross -examined
by Mr. GuiltiLan but his main evi-
Tune as laft iD4,cs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
TOWN SETTLES.
POwnal and North Adams Water Company
Come to Terms.

POwna and North Adams Water Company
Come to Terms
Pownsl tax payers should be we'll
pleased that the town has been able to
settle amicably with the North Adams
Water company on their tax assess
meut. Last year the board Of assessors
raised their valuation from $40, 800 to
$40, 800. Considering the raise exhor
bitant, North Adams retaliated by re-
fusing to pay their tax last year which
had been on the old appraisal and
which they had paid for three yeavs
previous.
The officers of the town have held
several meetings with the North Adams
officers and at a meeting Wednesday,
the matter was satisfactorily arranged.
North Adams is to he taxed on a valu
alton OF $50, 800 which is an advance OF
$40, 600 on the old appraisal and re.
duction Of $40, 600 from the new ap-
praisal Those present at the confer
ence we're:
DR. f. f. Potter, F. A. Wilson and
Joseph Norwood for Pownal and Mayor
Stafford, Solicitor Niles, Councilman
Whitaker and Commissioner Temple
for North Adams.
Collector Wilson yesterday received
check for S57O which is the full
amount due under the agreement,
which, however, must be ratified by
the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
Notice To Advertisers

All advertisements for the Evening
Banner and notices of change must
be at the Office the DAY before they are
to be used.
Advertisements for the weekly Ban
ner and Reformer and changes of copy
must be in the Office not later than
Tuesday noon of each week and earl
ier is desirable during the holiday
season.
Frank +. Howe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
Mrs. Plant Declines to sign.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 12.--Judge
Cleaveland OF the probate court has
been informed by Attorney Shipman
of Hartford that Mrs Plant has de-
clined to sign with the other heirs the
petition to the court that the late Hen
ry Bradley Plant be declared to have
been resident of New York in order
to expedite the settlement OF the ST.
100000 estate which long has been in
litigation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village
Briefly for Busy Readers.

News of the Town and Village
Briefly for Busy Readers.
Arthur j, Holden is at HardwiC
the remainder of the month.
The three days old daughter o
and Mrs John ]. Glass died this
ing.
Fridays crowd at the co1rt
was the largest ever present at q
here.
A B. Gardner of Pownal wa
of the spectators and listeners
Rogers trial, Friday.
The S. of V. danceheld FridaJ
ing was we'll attended. About 30\
lie were present. Leayer and
furnished the music.
Mrs w. H. Shields of Troy, ca
sleigh ride to a number of friend
evening. After their return
was served to the party.
Deputy Sheriffs Morrissey an
ey have had charge of the jury
murder case since the case was
They hope to be relieved to mig,
d. E. Poland of Gardner,
died suddenly at his home in i
yesterday. Mrs Poland was
Miss Harriet Blake and sist
Isaac Pratt.
About go couples attended the
at Bank Hall, North Bennington
en- by the Bachelors club, Fl
night. Blake's Orchestra furr
the music.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
Christmas Sale OF Pianos

In order to reduce our stock before
January lst, we have decided to sell
25 new pianos, the regular price of
which is $3.50, for $275 each. These
pianos are new, just in from the fac
tory; double veneered inside and out,
highly finished in fancy figured wal
nut or fancy figured mahogany, with
stool and scarf-fully warranted for
ten years, and will be sold on very
easy payments. Send for catalogue,
giving full description of style, finish,
etc. This is the chance of lifetime
to buy strictly first class piano at a
large reduction, and on easy terms
Address: McKannon Bros & Co., As
Church ST., Burlington, VT.
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The State Seems To Be Winding Tight Net Around the
Respondent MRS Rogers Was Present When Her
Husbands Body Was Cut Up at
the Autopsy.

Friday afternoon DR. Daley testified
that Rogers appeared to have been q
sturdy man of muscular build,
about the average height weighing
from l45 to l6O pounds.
The mouth and eyes we're open when
the autopsy was performed, 1t was
not noticed whether the pupils of the
eyes we're dilated.
When asked by the defense il the pu-
pills are not always dilated when death
has been caused by chloroforming, DR.
Daley replied that the pupils almost al
ways dilate after death from any cause.
The immediate and forcible applica-
tion Of ch loroform to the SKIN causes a
reddening and il such application con-
tinues for at least five minutes, a blis-
ter may be formed. Such a reddeniDg,
according to the DOCTORS evidence,
would be apt to disappear 10 q few
minutes. He was not sure as to when
the blow above the eye may have been
struck. 1t might have been just be
fore or just after death The condition
of the heart after drowning and after
chloroforming were said to be very
much the same.
Mrs Rogers was in t1e room while
the autopsy was bsing performed aud
was cool and not excited by seeing her
husbands body in process OF dissec-
tiun.
DR. Daley said:
''She asked me if we had found any
poison 10 tho mans body "
Had you spoken to her about poi
sony" was asked.
II bad not spoken to her at ali, 8"
was the reply.
A purse, containing bill and some
coins, was taken by the doctor from
Rogers pocket, but the witness could
not identify the purse, which was
shown him.
DR. Potter, who assisted at the aut-
opsy was called, and essentially currob-
Grated Dr. Daley's testimony. He said
that in his opinion, the blow above the
eye bad been given before death and
added that il given near the time of
death, be would not be able to tell
whether before or after.
An extract from DR. Potter's evidence
follows:
''Before we proceeded to the autopsy,
the first time, she came into the room
ard we had general conversation and
then questioned her few minutes
''She told me that she had seen Mr.
Rogers Tuesday, few days befors the
autopsy, at her friends, as | under
stand it, on the piazza of the house,
where ber friend, Miss Bates, was.
"And they had some disagree 70 ent
in regard to living together; and he
was anxious to make up and go to
housekeeping and she said that she
didn't think they ought to, because
they we're in debt; she thought she had
better go to work while.
"But he was not satisfied with that
and wanted her to go back with him
then.
He threw into her la? me iusur-
ance papers and told her sue could have
them as she would never look into
his living face again.
''She bad the insuranc pqp,rs in her
band at that time.
"He fo!nw,d her to "oop RS hri 'geI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
WOODFORD
GUARDS OUT
No More Refugees Will Be Al
lowed to Cross the Mountain.

No more suspecte from the Somerset
lumber camps will be allowed to cross
the mountain to Bennington, at least
by the way of Woodf1rd.
Amos Aldrich, has resigned as health
officer of Woodford ard John Rooney
as been appointed by the selectmen
iu the place.
Mr. Rooney has armed guards out on
b Ith roads and all tourists from the
east side of the range will be halted
and compelled to give an account Of
themselves.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
Kodol nx,nep.ia. unrs

digests all classes OF food, tone,
strengthens the stomach ard dig
organs. Cures dyspepsia, indigd
stomach troubles, and makes lid
blood, health and strength.
Dyspepsia Cure rebuilds worp
sues, purifies, strengthens a
ems the stomach. Governor q
kinson Of W. Va, says, ~ hs
a number of bottles of Kodol b
sia Cure and have found il to
effective and indeed a powerful
edy for stomach ailments. l
mend it to my friends" p" Sold
A. Quinlan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-There ap-
pears to be a rapidly growing senti-
ment among statesmen here favoring
the suggestion of an exchange of visits
between the members of American and
Erench legislative bodies, especially as
It is learned that the heartiest sup
porters Of the idea in Paris are the
members of the French chamber com-
noJtsrn. - u ti.u- crroun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
GOT IS DAYS
Went To Jail Instead Of To The DstentiI
Hospital.

Hospital.
Selectman j. T. Remington Frid
evening rounded up two subjects "
were thought to have come from
quarantined district in the east to%
He found them on North street
He called Chief Tiff and the
were given a hearing before
Bates. They gave their names a
thur Lane and WilNam Burna
North Adams.
Judge Bates decided that they
not from the quarantined camps
sent them to jail for 10 days eacl
intoxication.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
REAL ESTATE SOLD.
". II. LOnsrssn Sells Place Seven Years In
LITIGATION,

Litigation,
What has been known as the Mary
Lundergan place in the west part of
the town, was sold yesterday by w. II
Lundergan to Rev A. j. Barron, con-
sideration about $3.50.
The place consists of about 6 acres
of land, on it is a house, barn, and
other buildings. The place was for
several years in litigation over a
roadway leading to it which was final
ly decided in favor OF Londergans.
What the future disposition of this
property will be is not known.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
LUNATIC'S TERM OUT.
William COOney viii Be Turned Over To Town
or Sandgate,

OF Sandgate,
The term of Wm Cooney of Sand
gate who was committed to Jail Nov.
% expired today. He became violent
ly insane after few days confinement
and has been giving jailor Russell all
sorts OF trouble: Burt Willard has
been engaged as his keeper.
After today the town ceases to pay
for his care A notice has been sent
to the town of Sandgate that he must
be removed at once or the town will
have to bear the expense of his keep
ing,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
Heury's Red Gum.

beats all remedies for a o.
COLD. We refund tie pp
not satisfactory. Large
cents. B. A. Quinlan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
Call And Give Your Orders For

Nursery Stock, Garden and Farm
Seeds, Ornamental Shrubery, etc.
Spring delivery.
c. AinSWOrtIl,
3II W Main St., Bennington, V.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

wANTED-F Faithful person to call on retail
tr rtde and agents for manufacturing house
having we'll: established business; local terri
tory straight salary $40 paid weekly and eX-
penSe money advanced; previous experience
unnecessary; position permanent; business
successful. Enclose self-addressed envelope.
Superintendent Travellers, sos MonOn Bldg,
Chicago. Ill. 4lwS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

ITO RENT.-Seven room tenement on Union
ST.. single house possession given at once
Also six room tenement with all modern i'm
prOvements, electric lights on Main 81 now.
occupied by Miss II. j. Morgan the mllliner
POSSESSION given Sept,I s. II. lockwood. q
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

ITO RENT-Two very desirable tenements.
/ FIVE and six dollars. Apply to G. Slade.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

UJANTED.-YOung man or lady to do
w house TO house advertising. Nothing to
sell, goJd pay. Address r., Bennington
Banner. VIZ
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

lAOR sALE.-Ewo new mileh cows years
u old. one Jersey Geo. T.. Davis near
Haynes Corners, Bennington, Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

XLJANTED,-Man to do chore work on farm
w and cut wood through winter Jesse
Robinson. wifi
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

UTANTEO-A canvassing agent with small
w amount OF money may secure the
agency OF California product that can be sold
to every family OF Bennington and surrounding
country. fine seller for house to house
canvasser TO handle with other goods. 1t is on
article OF daily consumption, and where once
sold Is a sure repeater. The product Is not as
vet introduced In Vermont but hundreds OF ap-
plications have been received from there.
FOR particulars. prices and sample, address
MANAGER, p. o. Box 6S7
San Jose, California.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

WANTED. Woman for general house,
w work, good cook, Call or address 22o
West Main street.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

VTTANTED-Orders for fruit trees orna
w mental trees and shrubery for spring de-
lvering. Allen Nursery, Rochester, N. Y.
c. AinswOrth Agent. 81 West Main st. Atf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

Don't be imposed upon b
stitr ties offered for Foiey's
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12
BUSINESS EXCHANGE

TTNO RE ST-Five rooms on first floor, moo
ern improvements, also a furnished room
for lady or school girl. Apply to Miss MN.
Moore, 23i Park St.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

WANTED. - Girl to do gen raj hOusework.
w Apply to Mrs Z. j. Tiffany, 400 Gage st,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

UTANTDD Position by an experienced
w woman nurse. Best OF references given.
Inquire AZ Main st. 36w12
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

"ANTED-POsitiOn rs foreman in paper
w box shop, ~ years experience. Address
j. HIS, Box 1888, Philmont, n. Y. 43w4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

rTNO RENT.-Cottage 2O6 Grove ST. 8 rooms
J. bath and toilet; No. 319 Main St., II
rooms batli toilet. hot water boiler and steam
heat W B. Shield n. 35tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

TTOR sALE.-4O wagons Of all descriptions.
% 30 sets Of harness. single and double. 20
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1903-12-12

UlOR RENT House, Willow ST.. now Oc-
II cupied by W. W Burke, bathroom, mod.
ern cOnveniences. Inquire Mrs Edw. Norton,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
Electric Headlights.

Year by year electricity is becoming
a more important factor in operating
trains. Great strides have lately been
made in perfecting the apparatus so
that strong ray of light (almost equal
in power to that Of a searchlighD can
be thrown thousand yards ahead of
the engine. All this means more COM
fort for the engineers and firemen on
night runs and greater safety for the
passengers. A small dynamo is fixed
on top of the engine and operated by
steam from the boiler. 1t is under in
slant control from the cab. Electric
headlights are now used on most of
the passenger trains on the Santa Fe
main line trains. A large number of
engines on the New Mexico division of
that line have recently been equipped
with this simple device for turning
night into day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
a Treachcrous Foe,

The latest dispatches from Mexico
about the bubonic plague are far from
reassuring to those who have watched
the progress Of the disease since it
was first reported in that country. TIC
many people the fact that it is in Mex
leo and that Mexico is far away causes
them little concern. The same apathy
was apparent in this country when the
scourge appeared in Honolulu, but la
ter when it reached across the Pacific
and gained a foothold in San Fran
cisco there was general cry for meas
ures to prevent its spread. In crossing
the Pacific ocean the disease gave a
striking evidence that 1t is a danger
Gus, treacherous foe, therefore extraor-
dinary precautions should be taken to
prevent its passing the border between
this country and Mexico. Once over
the boundary no one can predict what
may happen. While there is no occa-
sion for any great alarm in the North
ern States, yet the health officials, both
State and Federal, cannot be too care
full, for it has been proven more than
once that fancied security has brought
about a lax condition of affairs with
disastrous results. So now is the time
to apply the remedy of prevention, in
which in the end is the better and
cheaper method.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
EAEDY ORANGES.
Experiments to Secure Frost-Reoir'a ant
Variety Seems to Be Successful.

Experiments to Secure ost-Resir ant
Variety Seems to Be Successful.
Florida orange growers, who accord
ing to press dispatches are now pro-
tectlng their groves from the disas-
trous effects of the threatening cold
snap, will be glad to learn that the
hardy orange experiments of the de-
partment of agriculture give promise
Of immediate success. 1t will be re-
membered that investigation was start
ed some years ago to develop FROST
resisting orange. During the past sea-
son the first fruits of the hybrids were
obtained They are said TO be inter-
mediate in character between the Flo
rida sweet orange and the hardy tri-
foliate and have good, though few
seeds. 1t is from the seeds of these
oranges that it is hoped to obtain a
variety that will possess the neces-
sary commercial characteristics as well
as the physical one most valuable to
the Florida growers, namely, the abil-
ity to resist, low temperatures. The
hybrids referred to are the result of
crossing the hardy japanese form with
the Florida sweet orange. They are
pronounced the hardest evergreen
oranges known in the world. They
promise to be of great value as hedge
plants apart from their fruit-bearing g
value.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
Hunters In Maine,

1t is estimated that 5000 or 10000
hunters from other States visited
Maine during the hunting season, each
of whom paid So or So day to the Ii
censed guides. The law compels per-
sons from without the State to employ
these guides, the object being the pro-
lection of game from reckless slaugh-
ter, and, incidentally, to bring money
into the State. Including the guide
fees, hotel bills, camp rentals and rail-
road fares, the hunters left probably
$1,000,000 there.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27

Should the experiments in progress
in the neighborhood of Berne prove as
successful as is anticipated, travellers
to Switzerland in the summer of this
year will be able to cross the noun
tains by automobile instead of the
usual post diligence. The actual trials
will be made in the spring, and the
result, if successful, will be not only
to allow travellers to make the differ
ent journeys in half the time, but to
open to autonobilists the chance Of
driving over the mountain roads,
which are at present closed to them
on account of the horses.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
Makes Better Scholars.

Punctuality buttons and book
stamps are two new devices that are
being used with marked success in the
schools of Indiana. A button is given
to a pupil at the beginning Of the
school month, and he wears 1t until he
is absent or tardy, when he forfeits it
until the beginning of the next school
month. If book Jewell keptfa stamp
is placed on the inside of the front
cover. The children take pride in both
button and stamp and strive to earn
them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
The Rothecf,iIds of japan,

The Mitsui family is called "the
Rothschilds of Japan" standing upon
a pedestal as compared with other
business firms in that country. The
line comes from the thirteenth cen
tury, but it was not until three hun
dred years later that they became mer-
chants. Since that time the Mitsuis
have been pre-eminently the leading
business family, connected with every
large commercial enterprise in the
country, and conducting many under
takinss as much for public benefit as
for private gain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
The EmperoTs Tea.

The tea used in the immediate
household of the Emperor of China is
treated with the utmost care. 1t Is
raised in a garden surrounded by a
wall. so that neither man nor beast
can get anywhere near the plants. At
the time of the harvest those collect
ing these leaves must abstain from
eating fish, that their breath may not
spoil the aroma of the tea; they must
bathe three times day, and, in addi-
ton, must wear gloves while picking
the tea for the Chinese court.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-27
There is more oatarrh in this section of the

There Is more Catarrh In this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
beincurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced 1t local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., is the only constitutional cure on
the market. 1t is taken internal lly in doses
from % drops to q teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tho
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address g. J. CHENEY &
Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.