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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01

PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 1.-The dis
appearance of J. II. Dickerson of Bat
tie Creek, Mich, was partly explained
when H. ]. Dyer of Plainfeld Ill.,,
reached here from point known as
the 'FOrty-nine Pines" where they
found the yacht of Dickerson tied to
the beach. A man named John Hart
who lived near there, said that he
found the boat drifting about the bay
and had picked it up and tied it to the
beach, thinking the owner would come
along in search of it, 1t is now thought
that Mr.. Dickerson while sailing the
boat either fell or was knocked over.
board
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
Five Miners KILLED.

MAIANOY CITY, Pa, Feb Live
men were instantly killed by an explo-
sion of powder in the Maple Hill col
liery of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron
company. The victims were rockmen.
The men were killed in steel cage in
which they were being hoisted The
explosion ripped the cage apart, and
the mangled forms of the workmen fell
800 feet to the bottom of the shaft. The
head Of one of the men was blown off.
The Maple Hill is one of the collieries
visited by the anthracite strike COM
mission, and It is one OF the best equip
ped mines in the hard coal regions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1.-Short fu-
neral services for Miss Mamie L. Bry-
an, who died Saturday, will be held at
the home of her sister this morning.
Early in the afternoon members of the
Bryan family in Lincoln, including Mr..
and Mrs. w. j Bryan and other rela-
tiyeS. will accompany the remains to
the former home OF the deceased at Sa-
lem. Ill.,. where the interment will take
place. w. j. Bryan expects to continue
his journey eastward from Salem to
complete engagements interrupted by
his summons home
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01

WEBSTER. Pa, Feb. 1-One of a
party OF five negroes here fired upon
party of white men who had been
making fun of them, Two Of the
white men were wounded, one Of them
fatally. In trying to get away from
the Infatuated companions of the in
jured men one of the negroes was
drowned in the MonOngahela river
The wounded are Robert Wilson, bul-
let lodged at base of brain and can
not recover, and Robert Booth, bullet
in leg. The name OF the negro who
was drowned is not known. For some
time bitter feeling has existed here
among Il number of white men headed
by Wilson and the negroes Of the vi
ciuitV
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
ABOLISH ARMY CHIEF
British Commission Would
Make Radical Changes.
King APPROVES ARMY COUNCIL
New Head of EngIand's Army VIII
BE Chief of stan, and Military
Executive VIII BE Modelled
After German Force.

LONDON, FSh=1.-The report of the
royal commission. known as the Lord
Esher commission, which was appoint
ed for the purpose Of dvising the gov
eminent concerning the administrative
business of the war office. has been is
sued. 1t advises that the post of COM
mander in chief Of the army be abolish
ed. With the approval of the king and
acting upon the recommendations of
the commission, the government has
decided to appoint an army council
framed upon the admiralty model, to
abolish the office of commander in chief
of the army and TO create a new post,
that OF inspector general, whose princi-
pal duty will be to inspect and report
on the efficiency Of the military forces.
The commission suggests the ad-
dition to the existing defense commit
tee of a permanent secretary holding
office for FIVE years, two naval officers
selected by the admiralty, two military
officers chosen by the yiceroy of India
and if possible other colonial repre-
sentatiyes holding Office for two years.
With regard to the war office, the
commission suggests that the secretary
of state for war be placed in the same
position as the first lord, Of the admit
rally, directly responsible to the crown
and to parliament. The constitution of
the army council aims at decentraliza-
tion, the individual members of the
council being Entrusted with different
branches, such as armament, supply,
finance, etc. In this connection the re
port remarks significantly:
New measures demand new men.
We therefore attach special impor-
lance to the appointment of military
members not hitherto closely connect
ed with existing methods and who
therefore are not likely to be embar-
raised by the traditions of a system
which is to be radically changed
The commission considers the abOli-
ton Of the post Of commander in chief
to be imperative, and it urges the di-
vorce Of the administrative from the
executive department
The inspector general is to be APP
pointed for five years. His sole func-
ton, aided by staff, is to report upon
actual facts without expressing opin-
ions on policies.
1t is understood that all the neces-
ssry changes will be carried out with
the least possible delay after obtain
ing formal consent of parliament.
Where it is necessary the report is
most practical and business like. 1t
says it is necessary to make a com
plete breach with the past and ell
deavor to reconstitute the war office
with single eye to the effective train
ing and preparation of the military
forces for war" and again it says.
'The object should be to secure for
the British empire with the least pos
sible arrangement of the existing ma
chinery the immense advantages
which a general staff conferred upon
Germany"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
rroops TO rrerent L,nehing.

ROANOKE, Va. Feb. Mrs George
J. Shields and her three year-old daugh-
ter Mildred, who were brutally as
saulted in their home by an unknown
negro and left for dead, are still alive.
but physicians say if they recover it
will be a miracle. The Roanoke light
infantry and Roanoke blues are sleep
ing on their arms and will not be dis
banded until the guilty man is caught
or all probability of an outbreak is
past. The city council offers a reward
of $500 for the capture of the negro.
and this amount will be duplicated by
the state
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
Card,

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on a 80 cen t
bottle OF G'eene,s Warranted Syrup of
Tar if it fails to cure your cough or
cold We also guarantee a y cent bot
tie tn prove satisfactory or money re
funded,
j. I. ShurtlefT, J. NJ. Ayres,
0. F.. Gibson, B. A. Quiulan,
Bennington.
c. II. Houghton, North Bennington
c. r, Il A. b. Hawkins So, SALISBURY.
O. f. Adams, Arlirgton.
f.. c. Woodwork, 0. f. Adams & Co. a.,
East Arlington.
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ninn monors CnnndInn stntcrmnn.

CITY OF MEXICO. Feb. 1.-Presi.
dent Diaz gave { dinner at the nation
nj palace to Postmaster General Sir
William Mulloch Of Canada. The Brit
fish club also gave him banquet, and
social courtesies nave been lavished on
the Canadian statesman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Publisher
A New Verm mt Story.

A book has recently come to hand
entitled, ga Daughter of the Rich, " a
story Of Vermont life in the region of
"Mount Hunger" by Mary E. Waller,
Vermont girl.
The book is a wholesome tonic to the
tired, worn-out reader of the many pop
ular novels of the present day, and as
invigorating as the breezes from the
pines and spruces from the Green
mountains, which it describes.
The story tells OF year of happy
life on mountain farm in Vermont
by which Hazel Clyde, "the daughter
of the rich, " spent as a prescription
OF famous New York physician, to
change the little hot house plant into
rosy, healthy girl.
The story reminds one of the delight
full books written by the late Louisa
M. Alcott and Mary Blossom, the
"Martie" of the Daughter of the
Rich" bears close resemblance in
her power and influence on the young
lives about her to Mrs March in Lit
tie Women"
The story is laid in the year of tie
Spanish American war and two of the
most lovable characters enlist and go
to Cuba. Two genuine love affairs
are a part of the story and altogether
it is book worth reading, for the adj
ults Of the family, as we'll as the boys
and girls.
The book is published by Leittle,
Brown & Co., of Boston and may be
ordered through any local bookstore.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
EXCHANGE!

What have you to exchange forEmoFe than
5000 cords of first class hard wood, 200 N of
yellow birch 100 M spruce aud hemloeh, 100
cords of pulp wood, with $50 acres OF hand with
house and barn thereon All located in wood.
ford on Dunnville roao, ~ miles from main
road. Can get the wood all cut and delivered IN
Bennington for $3.50 per cord. and the logs cut
sawed and delivered in BsnningtOa for ST.os
per NJ JOHN MAah.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
A cANARD.
Mrs. MRybricIS Not Extraordinarily
Moved From Aylesbury Prison.


Moved From AyIesbury Prison.
LONDON, Feb. l. - Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, who is serving a life SEN
tence for the murder of her husband.
has not been released. but has been re-
moved from Aylesbury prison presum-
ably to a private institution for the
purpose of .recuperation. She is still
undergoing sentence under guard, and
though apparently not an inmate of
any prison, she still remains as much
a prisoner in the eye of the law as
when she was at Aylesbury
On the authority of the United States
embassy here it is definitely denied
that Mrs. Maybrick has been pardoned
A report from Aylesbury said that
Mrs Florence Maybrick. the American
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01

Flurepce C. Maybrick, the daughter
of the late w. G. Chandler, a banker
of Mobile. Ala, was convicted at Liv-
erpool in 1889 of having poisoned her
husband, James Maybrick cotton
broker, who lived part Of the time in
Norfolk and part in Liverpool, She
was sentenced TO death, but this sen
tence was later committed TO life i'm
prisonment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
lAt The time OF her marriage.l

lat the time Of her marriage.l
woman who Was serving llic sen
tence for having poisoned her husband,
was released from the Aylesbury fe-
male convict prison on special license
and had been granted ticket of leave
An English government official lately
stated that Mrs. Maybrick probably
would be released during the coming
summer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01
sheriff killed by Locomotive.

ROANOKE, Va, Feb. /. - John A.
McNutt, sheriff Of Bland county, Va.
was run down by shifting engine in
the Bluefeld yards late at night and
instantly killed. He was twsnty-sevsn
years old and unmarried.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01

Town politics are beginning to ruffie
the feathers of the local politicians, es-
pecially those who are willing to hold
the Offices. The caucuses will be called
in few days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01

John Metcalf, editor of the Fair Ha-
ven Era has accepted the postmaster
ship at Fair Haven. Another good
man and ed itor gone wrong.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-01

beats all remedies for a COUGH or
COLD. We refund the price if it is
not satisfactory. Large bottles %
cents. b. A. Quinlan. ATT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
BOY AND GIRL RUNAWAYS
ALL START FOR PARIS
French Capital Is the Mecca of
Youthful English Wanderers,
but Few Reach 1t.
THEY STRAND AT DOVER

DOVER, England May H.-The runaway
girl and the runaway boy are becoming
quite common personages at Dover.
Through the haze of the channel the girl
sees glory and a realization of her dreams
in Paris. The bold, bad boy scents adven-
ture when he reaches the town, and asks
with nonchalant air how far IL is TO Calais
The end of the dream is usually the same
very unromantic.
Seven cases of runaways-four boys and
three gifls-have been brought to my notice
within the last month";" said Chief Con-
stable Knott, of the Dover police, yester-
day.
The boys had mostly stolen money from
home. Their first act had been to purchase
revolvers: their destination was Paris.
Their plans, after reaching Paris, WERE of
course. immature while they waited at
Dover, but if they did not fall into the
hands of the police court missionary. said
Mr.. Knott. they would steal for a living.
The boys, a rule, are from fourteen to
fifteen years of age.
As regards the girls. tiff" at home is
generally the reason for their leaving.
Three girls recently applied for help at
the police station. Ii appeared that they
came from Manchester and some time ago
which broke up. The consul sent them
back to Dover.> where they were stranded
They were taken care OF by the Prevention
Home and sent back to Manchester.
One girl from London managed TO reach
Calais but the French police sent her back
to Dover and in an incredibly short space
of time she was back in the metropolis. a
sadder but wiser girl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
SAVAGE RACES TURN TO
SOAP AND CIVILIZATION
Cingalese Like "Black Windsor"
and West Africans Prefer
Highly Scented Varieties.
POMADETRADE DECLINING

LONDON May 14.-It is refreshing to find
one English industry in which foreign
competition is not making any great in
roads. Soap manufacture stands where
it did.
Our exports of that useful commodity are.
in fact, increasing. One firm, Messrs. Joseph
Watson & Sons, has just declared a divi-
deRd of 121. per cent. for the year, the
highest yet paid by that company.
The principal reason for the maintenance
of England's ascendency in soap is that tai
low and other raw materials are cheaper
here than abroad. But there is another and
more picturesque contributory cause. The
natives of central and west Africa, Co.
lombo and ether remote and indifferently
washed parts of the world are beginning to
make less primitive toilets than hitherto.
To Colombo alone one London firm exports
sixty-slx tons of soap annually. The dusky
Cingalese, appropriately enough, favor
black Windsor"
Several native chiefs on the Gold coast
and the Ivory coast are now setting their
subjects an example in Western civilization
by using soap at least once a day. The
fashion thus initiated in high quarters is
growing.
But it is having a counter effect disad-
vantageous TO kindred industries, the de-
mand for highly secuted pomades and fats
with which the natives were wont TO
wash on high festivals having dimin-
shed considerably.
THE soap sent to those districts said
an Englishman used it he would carry
about with him very assertive aroma
but. of course. in the case of the natives
IL is not so noticeable"
A West End firm regularly receives ivory
tusks, moonstones and mahogany logs in
barter for soap.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
TROUBLE CAUSED BY
BULL IN Il BEDROOM
Enraged Animal Became Wedged
in a House in Ireland and Had
to Be Cut Out.

DUBLIN, May IA family named Car
lin, living in Coleraine, County Derry, had
an exciting experience last week owing to
the vagaries of bull.
While passing down the street the ami
NAL rushed into their dwelling house and
made its way up stairs, where at a sharp
turn on the second floor it became wedged
1t grew irritated, and the screams of Mr.
Carlin's children, who had been in bed
contributed to it's fury, so that it squeezed
itself further and further through a bed
room doorway.
All attempts to extrcate it were unsuc-
cessful. and il was found necessary to
cut away a portion of the flooring and
allow the animal to drop through to the
room beneath.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
THEFT OF VALUABLE
JEWELRY 1T DUBLIN
Gems Valued at $4,000 Taken
from a Hotel Room While Own
er's Back Was Turned.

DUBLIN May 14.-Details have just been
made public of the theft, during the week
of the Kings visit, of jewels valued at
$4,000. the property of Mrs. Conduit, from
the Shelbourne Hotel in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conduit came to Ireland
from London TO attend some Of the func-
tions in connection with the Kings visit,
and engaged rooms at the Shelbourne Hotel.
On Thursday evening Mrs. Conduit was
preparing to go to the command" per-
Torrance at the Theater Royal. She opened
the large locked case in which she kept
her jewelry and laid out the various articles.
Then she went out Of the room for few
moments.
This was the thief's opportunity, and evil
IDENTIFY Mrs. ConduitS movements had been
carefully watched The theft of the jewels
was the work of these few moments; to
escape unobserved from a hotel SO
crowded was rot difficult task
When she again entered the room Mrs.
Conduit found her Jewels gone. She at
once gave the alarm, but all efforts to trace
the thief were fruitlesS.
A strict search of the room resulted in
the discovery of a piece of paper attached
to one of the windows. 1t bore some hero
glyphics resembling the word apples" or
applied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
AMERICAN WOMAN ROBBED
OF JEWELS WORTH 100000
Mrs. Edolyn Gray, of New Or
leans, Victim of Railroad
Thieves in France.
STOLEN FROM A TRUNK

PARIS, May 4.-Vigorous efforts are be-
ing made by the police department to un-
ravel a mysterious robbery reported by
Mrs. Edolyn Gray, said to be a resident of
New Orleans.
Diamonds and other jewelry including a
pearl necklace, valued in all at $500 900,
were taken, according to Mrs. Gray, from
her trunk somewhere between Cherbourg,
where she di5embarked from a steamer,
and a Paris hotel First reports placed the
value of the jewels at $4,000. The victim
CT the robbery recently suffered from an ac-
cident while horseback riding and came
here for treatment. Her jewels, including
the necklace, an heirloom belonging TO
her sister, were in a steamer trunk which
she allowed to remain at Cherbourg over
night Shortly after il was delivered at
her hotel the loss was discovered. No
clew has been obtained, and the police
are of opinion that the robbery was COM
mitted either at New Orleans or on the
passage across the Atlantic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
FRENCH SHOP CLERKS
WILL VISIT ENGLAND
Three Hundred to Make the Trip
from Paris on May 20 to
Study London Styles.

PARIS. NAY 1.-THE mammoth Paris
warehouse known as the Grande Magasins
du Louvre has decided upon a novel ex-
pertinent, having just completed arrange
ments to take its entire male staff, num-
bering three hundred employees, to London
for the Whitsuntide holidays
They will leave the Care St Lazare by
special train on Friday night, May 90 and
will recross the channel on the following
Monday night. During their stay in Lon
don they will put up at the Hotel Metropolis
In addition to visiting the usual sights
the Frenchmen, 1T is understood, will be
requested to pay especial attention TO the
clothes. boots and ties of Londoners. so
that they may get accurate idea of how
Englishmen dress.
Nine. Heriot, the wealthy widow whose
intended marriage with Colonel Marchand
was broken off quite recently, will defray
the expenses of the shipments trip, which
is the first of its kind to be orga nized on
this side of the channel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
AMERICAN |NCURS RISK
PUNISHMENT TO SIBERIA
Morris Kleiman, a Citizen of Wis
consin, Under Arrest at Che
liabinsk, Russia.
INQUIRY is UNDER WAY

CHELIABINSK, Russia, May 14.-Morris
Kleiman, a native of Russia, but a citizen
of Wisconsin. has been placed under arrest
of the penal code.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 14.-Article 325
of the penal code, under which Kleiman is
held at Cheliabinsk, provides that who
ever absents himself from the fatherland
and enters the service of or swears ale
glance to a foreign state without the gov
ernment's permission is liable for infringe
ment of his loyal obligation to deprivation
of civil rights and perpetual Punishment
from the confines of the empire, or in the
event of his return without permission TO
transportation to Siberia The second por-
ton Of this article is only applicable when
a person has been properly tried and con-
demned for its violation by a competent
court.
1t was at first reported here that Kleiman
was held as a spy, and the attention of the
eminent Is now investigating the matter.
There is no question of summary action
Russia has no naturalization treaty with
the United States, and the State Depart
ment, while ii has demonstrated on several
occasions, has recognized that where a
naturaliZed Russian returns voluntarily to
the jurisdiction of the Emperor he is sub
ject TO the laws OF Russia. If IL develops
that Kleiman expatriated himself with the
consent of Russia, of course he is not SUBJ
ject TO the penalties provided for by Arti-
Gle 325. In any case, unless there is some
thing more behind the arrest, the govern
ment probably viii release the man. II is
understood that kleiman represented an
American agricultural company. His pass
port is said to have been issued in Wash
ington in 1901. although there is nothing
definite on this point.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
PAID FOR 4 HUSBAND,
BUT WAS DESERTED
English Woman Sued for Dam
ages for Breach OF Promise
and Secured Verdict.

LONDON. May 1.-THE story of mat
ter-of-fact love-making was told at the
Longford Quarter Sessions, where Miss
Kate Reilly, of Edgeworthstown, sued
William Quinn. publican and farmer of
Ballinalee. for $500 damages for breach of
promise.
After having once seen the PLAINTIFF, the
defendant IL was stated, went 10 the house
of her brother-in-law. where she was stay
ing. and after having tea. addressed the
entire company at table thus: Il came TO
look for a wife, and l hope you won't let
me go away without what L want When
this was reduced TO the form OF proposal
the plaintiff said Yes.
She had $500 In bank. and she offered
the defendant a wedding portion OF ESQ.
This he refused. also Geo. Eventually
he consented TO marry her on payment of
sloo. consentins also to oestow on her
reyersionary interest in his property.
A deed to this effec was drawn up and
signed but he afterwards broke OF the
engagement learning that there had
been insanity in the plaintiffs family. The
jury awarded e1 dam4geA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
KAISER Furnishes PRINCE
FOR HIS RECKLESS RIDING
Emperor Orders Frederick Will
liam Confined in His Quarters
for Three Days.
ROYAL RIDER WON RACE

BERLIN. May 14-Crown Prince Fred
erick William has been confined to his quar-
ters for three days by order of the En-
peror. The order is stated to have been
due to the participation of the crown prince
in the recent dangerous riding competition
on the Berlin racetrack, when, mounted on
Arabian horse. he outdistanced dozen
brother officers and tied with Captain Won
Holseing, of the First Uhlans of the Guard,
for the Kaiser's cup. but calamity re-
nounced all claims to the prize. This is
the second time the Emperor has disci-
plined his son for reckless horsemanship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15
WALDECE-ROUSSEAU WILL
RECOVER FROM ILLNESS
Former Premier of France Who
Was in a Critical Condition for
Several Weeks.
WELL-KNOWN STATESMAN

PARIS. May H.-Pierce Marci waldeck
Rousseau, formerly premier, who has been
critically i'll for several weeks, is now re-
covering. At one time his life was de-
SPARED of, and it was feared a serious
operation would be necessary
NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau probably will
spend the summer at the seashore or in
the mountains. He is a distinguished law
yer, and has filed many offices OF trust,
having been a member of the Cabinet three
times He is member Of the Chamber of
Deputies from Rennes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-15

CHICAGO. May H.-The tie-up in Chica-
go bookbinderies was ended to-day, hun
dreds OF the strikers returning to work,
having abandoned a demand that all men,
bers of the Chicago Typothetae should
agree TO the closed shop Conditions that
existed prior to the strike will continue.