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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-05
FARM FOR SALE

Don't buy farm until you see this one which
Is located ieSs than two miles from South Shafts
bury depot. on main road; 200 acres OF land di-
ylded Is follows 90 acres of pasture well wat
cred with two trout streams running through
1t; 20 acres OF tillable land and meadow which
cuts m re Than 40 tons OF hay each year; 20 acres
OF heavy wood land Large brick house in good
condition with Z good rooms Large COW barn
ith - stalls and stanchellS good horse barn
with four stalls; wagon house, corn barn, car
barn for Is t"n of hay; water in and near All
buildings also other buildings like hen houses
etc, AL Of which could not be duplicated for
twice price asked for whole farm. Two apple
orchards, both low bearinS; plenty of other
trult for family use. Can work all the tillable
land by machinery. Price $1,000
JOHN NASH
TeI.i2I.2 BENNINGTON, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-05
FRANK Z. HOWE, Editor and Publisher

In the war news today is telegram
from Blagovestcheusk The name got
through safely but the wire wasn't
able to bring much else, so the days
installment of war news is not very
thrilling.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-05
wanna s1 .ooo For bal. Cola.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 3. -
Samuel Mignault of Holyoke caught
cold while travelling on the Central
Vermont railroad. He has sued the
RAILROAD company for $1,000 for the in
convenience, he alleges, the cold caused
him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Street Car Strike Ends.

Bloomington, ILL.,: The Bloomington
street railway strike, which has been
on since January 1, was declared on
Friday by the strikers. The strike has
been unsuccessful, as the company i'm.
ported employees and also secured
local nonunion men. The first weeks
of the strike were marked by turbu-
lent scenes and since then the cars
have been operated quietly. The
strikers have been operating a sys-
TEN of automobiles and hacks in com
petition with the company and have
been successful. AS It was found, how
ever, that the public generally de-
sired suspension of boycott it was
decided at meeting Friday to call
the strike off.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
HERRIN STORES ARE BURNED
Fire Does $4,000 Damage With Only
$4,000 Insurance Carried.

Carbonate, H.: The city of Herrin
was visited Thursday morning by
serious fire, and eleven business build.
ings were burned to the ground. with
loss of $4,000, and only $4,000 in
surance.
The fire started shortly after 6
o'clock in a restaurant owned by John
Orr, and resulted from the explosion
of gasoline stove. The flames spread
rapidly and for a time it was believed
that the entire business section of the
city might be destroyed. The fire COM
panies of Marion, Carbondale, Murphys-
boro and Carterville were called, and
a special train was in readiness at
Murpheysboro TO take the Murpheys-
boro and Carbonate companies to the
scene, when it was learned the fire
was under control
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
5000 RIOTERS FILL
CHICAGO STREETS
Fight With Seventy Policemen Es-
oortins Strike Breakers.

Chicago: An angry crowd Of 5000
persons, who filled Forty-seventh
street for FIVE blocks and extended
back to Forty.ninth street, fought
with seventy policemen Wednesday
evening to prevent the officers from
taking FIVE strike breakers out of the
steck.yards district.
Bricks and missiles were hurled at
the police, who fired several shots.
Strike sympathizers were knocked
down and wounded and several police
men were hurt.
Repeated charges we're made into
the throng by the police before the
district was quiet enough to permit
the peaceful egress of Ave machinists
whom the police were escorting to a
street car.
Twenty-eight rioters were arrested
after being beaten into subsection.
The threatened spread of the stock
yards strike to outside industries came
Wednesday night when an order was
issued by the transfers union, for
bidding drivers of ice wagons to make
any deliveries to retail butchers, who,
since the clearinghouse teamsters
went on strike, have been hauling from
the stock yards in their own wagons.
AS the refrigerators in most markets
do not hold enough ice to last longer
than forty-eight hours. the order to
cut off the supply of ice, If 1t can be
enforced means that many persons in
Chicago will be compelled to forego
| fresh meat. Officers of the transfers
union have appointed pickets to watch
retail markets all over Chicago, with
instructions to see that the boycott
is carried out.
mo more men needed" was the eX-
pressed attitude of the packers We'd
nesday when they turned away more
than 200 non-union men who applied
! for work.
Armour & Co. turned away more
than fifty prospective "strike-break.
ers," Nelson Morris & Co. fifty; Ma,
tional Packing Company thirty-fye and
Swift & Co. sixty.
The majority of these men were
afterwards engaged by the Swarzchild
& Sulzberger Company. About 200
found incompetent were weeded out
during the day. The departure o
these men on various trains gave rise
to the assertion that the strike break
ers were DESERVING
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
STRIKE BREAKERS AT zEIGLER
Joseph Letter Accompanies TrainIoad
into His Own Town.

Duquoin, ILL.,: Riding in the cab of
an engine drawing a special train of
strike-brealIing miners, Joseph Letter
made his long-expected entry into
Zeigler at 2 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing.
The party was prepared for trouble,
Mr.. Letter kept keen eye out for
strikers, who would dare violate the
blanket injunction issued by the Fed
eral Court on Monday. Not a striker
was seen, and the thirty armed guards
and twenty-six miners imported from
Pennsylvania reached the shelter of
the stockade In safety.
After a conference with his manage
and hurried inspection of his seat Of
war, Mr. Letter departed as quietly
as he had come. His movements are
kept secret, He was driven to Benton,
ILL.,, soon after breakfast. and 1t is ex-
pecter he will return with more min
ers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
UNITED STATES MINISTER
WARNS HAYTI
informs President Nord Americana
Property Must Be Protected.

Port au Prince Haytl: The most
serious disorders prevail here. The
population is very much excited. A
band of soldiers Tuesday made an
attempt to pillage the Central Market
and the shops in that vicinity. Other
troops and police Immediately inter
vened and re-established order. All
the stores in Port au Prince, however,
are now closed.
During the day number Of Syrians
we're stoned in the streets, two Of
them were wounded and their stalls,
surrounding the Central Market, we're
destroyed by soldiers.
Some time ago the Government for
babe all Syrians entering the country
and gave those in the country six
months to leave.
Some of the Syrians are American
citizens and have appealed for protec-
ton to Minister Powell. The Minister
has promised them that energetic ac-
ton will be taken in their behalf. at
the same time advising them not to
open their stores for a few days.
In the fight between the police and
the soldiers many were wounded
Mr.. Powell, the American Minister,
has informed President Nord that all
engagements entered into with Ameri-
can citizens must be respected, and
that the railroad from Port au Prince
to the interior, being an American en-
terprise, must be protected by the
Haytien Government and enabled to
continue in operation.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Ludne Parker ResIans offlce.

Albany, N. Y: Alton B. Parker
ceased to be chief judge of the court
OF appeals at 1920 p. IN. Friday by
handing in his resignation otter a two
minute session Of the court, in which
he and Ave associate judges disposed
of sixty-six cases remaining on the
calendar This will enable the issu-
ance of the necessary orders to bring
about the election of a successor to
Chief Judge Parker this fall for the
full term OF fourteen years, instead
Of an appointment by the governor
for one year, If the resignation had
been delayed until after August 10.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
UNABLE TO FASTEN CRIME
ON CHICAGO SUSPECTS
Officials Unable to Identify Men Held
in Connection with |. c. Robbery.

Chicago: Efforts of the police to Sc
cure Identification of any Of the sus-
poets now under arrest in connection
with the Illinois Central train rob-
berry have thus far been unsuccessful,
although the prisoners have been faced
by Flagman w A. Birch, Superinten'
dent of Telegraph Groce and Con-
ductor Combs, all of whom saw the
four bandits.
Birch and Groce went to Chicago
Heights Thursday Afternoon to view the
three men under arrest there, and 1t
is likely they will also endeavor to
identify suspects held by the police OF
East St Louis. Two new arrests were
reported from that place at noon, on
Thursday, making three prisoners held
there.
81 think all our endeavors should be
directed toward Chicago" said Chief
Detective O'Keefe, Thursday. IF
these fellows are in the country dis
tricts they have had plenty Of time
co get clear away, and every constable,
policeman and farmer in Illinois and
Indiana is looking for them. This is
a case of lying low and waiting"
Three of the Chicago prisoners, all
said to have police records. were iden-
tilted by the victims of several hold
ups.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Yatea ofers 500 howard.

Springfield, H.. Governor Yates
Thursday issued a proclamation offer-
ing a reward Of 5000 for the arrest ana
conviction of each of the bandits who
participated in the hold-up OF the iii.
nois Central Diamond Special train
Monday night near Chicago. In the
proclamation Governor Yates states
that no clew to the identity OF the
robbers has been found. and the 70
ward Is offered to spur officers to
greater vigilance in the search A
total OF $4,000 Is now offered as reward
I0r the arrest q the robbers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
COURT ORDERS STRIKERS ARREST;
FOUR CITED FOR CONTEMPT

East st. Louis, H.: The first ar
rests on a charge of violating the in
junction against the strikers, issued by
Circuit Judge Holder, were made Fri
day afternoon and night. The cita-
tions were issued on affdavits present
ed by Attorney Dan McGlynu of East
St. Louis The afndavits are directed
against four of the strikers, and charge
them with interfering with the drivers,
intercepting teamsters and intimidat-
ing them. The fourth man has not
been arrested.
The men accused and under arrest
are Charles Geabes, Fred Meyer, John
Schwalb.
The arrests were made by Deputy
Sheriff Rogers at East st. Louis, and
the men we're taken to Belleville in the
evening by Sheriff Thompson.
Judge Holder came to the Court
house and the men and Judge Schaefer,
who represented the packers, came to
an agreement with Judge Holder to try
the cases at 8 a. m. Tuesday The
lIiO were llltu IGlthbth bu PGUJ bDhA
to appear for trial. The bond was
furnished by an East st. Louis saloon
keeper. The men we're not represent
ed by attorneys, as it was not thought
necessary. The fourth man, William
Downs, heard that he had been cited
also and sent word to Sheriff Thomp-
son late Friday night that he would
appear in court Saturday morning and
give bond.
The quartet cited for contempt are
drivers and were employed by the
packers. Since the drivers strike it
is said that they have secured positions
with Independent packlng-houses, and
that they have driven through the
property of the National Stock Yards
Company. Geabes was the last to go
to work, and he secured a position
Friday afternoon with the Meyer
/
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
ANTHRACITE STRIKE
NOW Threatened
Coal Miners Decide to Enforce Award
of Umpire Wright.

Wilkesbarre, Pa: The mine work
ers' Executive Board after two days
session, decided Tuesday afternoon
that the order of the Pittston conven-
ton, directing a strike at the collieries
where Carroll D. Wright's decision, as
umpire, on the fifth award of the
Strike Commission is not enforced,
must be obeyed.
This decision of the Executive Board
is tantamount to an order for series
OF strikes, which may be declared at
any time the Executive Committee de-
cides.
It has been arranged that officers
of the committee shall make investiga-
tion 10 discover at which collieries the
a meeting will be held at the call of
President T. d. Nichols. AS compare
lively few collieries In the region are
observing the award, practically all
the $4,000 workmen employed are
affected
The award declares that where a
majority of the men at any colliery
desire 1t they may appoint check weigh
men on check docking bosses to guard
their interests, and the operators must
collect from the miners the money to
pay these wages.
The Operators are willing to collect
this sum from the majority who vote
to employ the bosses, but refuse to
deduct it from all the miners. Mr..
Wright's decision was that all miners
shnnld narticinate In the havment.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
POLICE STATION IS
STONED BY RIOTERS
Mob Of 1000 Men and Women Charge
on Chicago Jail.
Monday Strike ltuation.


Packers ship hundreds of car loads
OF meat, claiming it as evidence of
victory over strikers.
Strike Leader Donnelly ridicules
claim, asserting the struggle has just
begun.
Large numbers of men being
brought from California to take places
Of skilled strikers.
Chicago: Rioters stoned the Deering
street police station Monday night,
and for a quarter of an hour the police
battled with a crowd of 1000 men
and women, as it charged the station
repeatedly with sticks and stones,
shouting vengeance. The trouble
started when the police went to the
assistance of Frank Castellano, a
strike-breaker employed in the stock
yards, who had been dragged from
street car and severely beaten. Be
fore the police could reach Castellano
he had fired four shots from a re-
volver at his assailants, one Of the
bullets taking effect in John Shee-
hans arm.
The mob, already in an angry mood,
became Infatuated when they saw that
their companion had been shot. AT
least a hundred men made a rush for
Castellano, but he was rescued by
tho police. The police station was
only two blocks away, and Castellano
was taken there for saftey. Seeing
that their intended victim had es
capped, the rioters determined to gel
revenge on the police and tried to
wreck the station. Stones and bricks
I by the hundred were hurled at the
| building, and all the windows were
| broken. Charge after charge was
made by the police and the rioters
| were driven back only by strenuous
use of clubs. These charges by the
police had little effect, for as sooT
as the police would return to the
station the crowd would gather will
a fresh supply of missiles and make
/ another attack on the place.
Nearly a dozen times the police
sailed forth and charged the GROVE
with clubs before the rioters were
dispersed. In one of these charges
three policemen were injured witt
bricks. At least fifty rioters were
cut about the head in the hand-to
hand conflict with the police
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Registration for DEVILS Lake Land.

Washington: Announcement was
made at the interior department Tues
day that thte commissioner of the
general land office will begin registra-
ton at Devils Lake and Grand Forks,
N. D., for the DEVILS lake Indian lands,
which are to be sold in accordance
with the terms of the act passed the
last session of Congress. Registration
will begin at the two points named
at o'clock August s, and close at
6 o'clock p. m. on the goth inst. There
are about 100000 acres of land en-
braced in the DEVILS Lake reserva-
ton. Thes price of the land is fixed
at $3.50 an acre.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
ROB WORLDS, FAIR
TRAIN NEAR CHICAGO
Four Masked Bandits on St. Louis
Limited Make Rich Haul.

Kankakee, ILL.,: The regular Chicago
st. Louis passenger train on the Illi-
aois Central railroad, known as the
Diamond Special, and which leaves
Chicago at 1927 p. m, was boarded
1t Harvey, ILL.,, twenty miles from
Chicago union station, Monday night
by four armed men. three of whom
we're masked. and all the passengers
on two sleepers and the Grand Trunk
connection coach, were relieved Of
money, iewelry and valuable papers
William Toolon of Lansing, Mich,
and another man. name unknown,
we're struck on the head with revolv-
yers in the hands of the robbers for
boiug slow in handing out their mon
~. Neither of the men was injured
seriously, and both continued on their
Journey after medical attendance at
Knnlaitee.
The gang had the appearance Of
professional toughs, but it is thought
that it was their first attempt at train
gobbery.
The leader of the gang was about
s feet inches in height, weighing
about 100 pounds, wore an old, we'll
Torn suit of light-cOlored clothes, with
trousers torn on the left leg. The
second leader was about the same
size, with sandy complexion and a
smooth face. The other two were
smaller, with dark compilations,
smooth faces, and wore dark clothes,
wen worn.
It Is estimated that the gang Sc
cured between $1,000 and $4,000 in
money. twenty-five watches and a mis-.
cellaneous lot of jewelry, checks
drafts, etc.
The rear coach was the coach from
the Grand Trunk connection. 1t was
occupied by only three passengers
and they were relieved of all they
had The bandits then moved to the
sleeping cars, where the passengers
were retiring, and the men in the cal
about fifteen in number, were taken
into the smoking room end of the
car and there searched while hell
under the revolvers. One shot was
fired In the sleeper to intimidate {
passenger who had mildly rebelled
The women in the two sleeping cars
were generally relieved of all theiI
money.
When the sleeping car passengers
were squeezed dry the robbers moved
to the rear of the train, taking The
brakeman along, and the bandits
locked the victims in the car. Thel
then pulled the emergency bell ropt
and when the speed Of the train wa
sufficiently slackened, the robbers
ieaped OF and went west in the dark
ness. The engineer was not awart
that the train had been robbed unit
ne went back to see why he had beef
signated to stop.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
zeigIer EnJoIns Union Miners.

Springfield, ILL.,: Judge Humphrey
Monday issued a temporary injunc-
ton against the officials of the 7th
district of the United mine workers
of Illinois, officers of the local unions
in that district and against some 300
striking union miners of the Zeigler
coal company restraining them from
going on the property of the Zeigler
coal company and the town of Zeigler
pany, and from picketing the town or
mine, intimidating the miners now at
work there by word or deed, or in any
any manner interfering with the OPP
Grafton of the mine,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Man and Seven Girls Drown.

st. Louis: While teaching a party
of little girls how to swim, Michael
Reilly and seven of his pupils were
drowned off the sandbar in the Mis-
sissippi river at the foot Of Washing
ton street, in Alton, ILL.,, Friday after
noon. The only member of the party
who escaped was Mary Timony,
daughter of Peter Timony Of Alton,
who was rescued by fisherman who
heard her screams for help. All of
the girls lived in the same neighbor-
hood and were playmates and all be-
longed to Upper Alton families. Mary
Timony was so badly frightened she
suffered a nervous collapse and could
give but little assistance in locating
the bodies of her drowned playmates.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
STRIKE HAMPERS
DELIVERY OF MEAT
Packers Have Difficulty in Filling
Their Trade orders.

st. Louis: The packing-houses in St.
Louis and East st. Louis Wednesday
made but slight Roadway in delivering
orders of meat where wagons had to be
used. On the East Side there was
little effort made to run the wagons.
The packers supplied as much of their
trade as possible by railway.
Making use of their office force as
drivers the st. Louis Dressed Beef
and Provision Company made their
downtown deliveries with some regu-
larity, though they managed to serve
most of their trade before the day was
over.
Several wagons loaded with meats
were taken out of the stock yards
in East st. Louis. One of the wagons,
which was driven by man named
Hoolhan for Nelson Morris, almost
caused a riot on Broadway near the
viaduct The driver, according to the
police, got into an argument with
strike sympathizers and stopped his
team. A crowd gathered round and it
required the efforts of several police
men to scatter the crowd and start the
driver over the viaduct. No other
trouble was reported
The receipts of cattle still continue
heavy at the National Stock Yards.
The receipts Wednesday were about
5000 head. According to the commits
sion men, the packers are using but
little over a total Of 1900 head of
cattle a day. and much of the cattle
has had to be reshipped, 1t is expected
that the receipts will begin falling off
the latter part of this week,
The strikers are still maintaining
their own. They have established com
missRries, where provisions are dealt
! out to their members and a check for
81 900 has been received from the ma.
! tional officials to be used for purchas-
ing supplies. The strikers are as con
| fident as ever that the packers will
! back down in the near future.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Kratz GETS a contlnuanee.

Butler. Mo: The special jury panel
summoned for the trial Of Charles
Kratz, with which Judge WV Graves
had expressed dissatisfaction, was dis
charged Monday morning in the Bates
county circuit court. When the case
comes up September 20, to which date
it has been continued, Judge Graves
is confident that the new panel then
provided win offer as good material
for a jury as Bates county possesses.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
ErIseo Assessment Reduced.

Little Rock. Ark: The state board of
railway assessment held a brief session
Wednesday and rescinded their &C
ton with reference to the assessment
of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis and the Frisco, which were
originally assessed last Monday at
$1,000 per mile each. 1t is stated
that an error was found in the calcu-
lations and the assessment was, there
fore, reduced to $40, 900 per mile.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Expect Dominican Revolution.

Washington: United States Minister
Dawson, at San Domingo, in cable
gram to the state department, sug-
gests that 1t would be well to have a
warship at Monte Cristo for a short
time. It is inferred from the cable
gram that another revolutionary move
ment Is impending.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles Dies suddenly

West Point, N. Y; Mrs. Nelson A,
Miles died here Monday night Of heart
disease She and General Miles had
been visiting their son, Sherman, who
is a student at the military academy.
General Miles was not present at the
time of his wife's death, he having
gone out of town Monday He re-
turned Tuesday. Mrs. Miles was GO
years old She made several calls
Monday and apparently was in her
usual health. Mrs. Miles was the
daughter of Judge Charles Sherman
and niece of the late Senator John
Sherman Of Ohio ami General William
T. Sherman.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-11
RaIdwln Goes ID AaaIn.

Oakland, CAL: Captain T. C. Baldwin
made another ascension Wednesday
with his sirship from Idora Park. He
rose to a height of about 500 feet and
then sailed northward for distance
OF about ten blocks in a slight breeze
made turn, came back and descended
in the park, without mishap. The
ascension was entirely satisfactory