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WOODFORD

L. S. Norton came Friday and stay
ed over Sunday at Fir Grove cabin.
Al Rice of Bennington was in town
Thursday.
Carl White of Bennington has been
guest two days of Miss Anna Park.
Mr. White has now gone to Colorado.
The sun shone brightly during the
two days Fred +. Howe was in town
fishing. Still, there's so much ozone
in Woodford air, he enjoyed himself
and caught some trout. Shultz and
Mclaughlin we're so used to the lay of
the land that they didn't care which
way the wind blew.
Miss Anna Park is making notice
able improvements on her summit
house.
Field Strawberries are not very
plentiful.
Thomas McGee and wife Of Rutland
are at Charles Sawyer's. Mrs Saw
yer is Mr. McGees sister. His health
is not the best.
Miss Lura Harbour of Bennington
passed Saturday and Sunday with Mrs
Bertha Wood.
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STATE NEWS.

c. j. Bell and Zed S. Stanton the
'aYowed candidates fer the Republican
nomination for governor, have engag-
ed quarters at the Pavilion, Mont
pelier, where they will establish Their
headquarters during the state con-
vention.
Grace Norris, accompanied by her
sister Mrs Thomas Witherbee, has
come from Holyoke Mass, to Bellows
Falls and is now with her father Geo.
Norris. 1t will be remembered that a
few weeks ago Miss Norris was shot
by her rejected lover, Orlando Wither-
bee, who atterward shot himself infict-
ing painful injuries that resulted in
his death.
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A POWNAL HERO.
Comment By BrattIsbOrO Phoenix on Alfred
Richards Bravery

Here's acanidate, not for the COVER
norship, but for one of Carnegie 8
medals for heros. Name, Alfred Ricl =
ard, age l6. His opportunity to show
his courage came at Pownal one day
last week, when Mayme Dalton, I'VE
wish she had spelled her first name
some other way lost control of a boat
in anil pond, jumped overheard, al d
was carried by the swift current over
a dam 20 feet high. Young Richard,
who was standing on bridge nearby,
saw the girl struggling in the deep
water below the dam. Unhesitatingly
he jumped into the stream, reached her
Just as she was sinking the third time,
and with great difficulty pulled her
out of the water Richard is a real
hero Brattleboro Phoenix.
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WILL GO TO MANASSAS.
Practically Settled that Vermont National Guard
Will Go There.

1t is practically settled that the First
Regiment, V. N. G., will leave the
State camp Grounds near Fort Ethan
Allen on Saturday, September 3, for
Manassas, Va, there they will take
part in the army manoeuvers. They
will leave there on Saturday, Sep
tember 10, and will arrive in Vermont
the following Sunday. This will give
the troops 10 days under the govern
ment arrangement, instead of 10 days,
was originally planned.
While no definite arrangements have
been made, it is expected that the regi-
ment will be in camp at the State
camp grounds for two or three days
previous to leaving for Virginia.
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EPWORTH LEAGUE.
Will Be Held at Barre June 3o-JuIy 2-"Ths
Forward Movement"

Barre, June 25.-The Vermont state
Epworth league convention will be
held in Barre June 30 to July ,. The
program is the Forward Movement"
throughout, and opens Thursday even
ing, June 30, with an address on "The
NewForward Movement of the League"
by one of the strongest ministers iatLe
Vermont conference. Friday evening,
the Rev a. c. Crews, D. D., general
secretary of the Epworth league of
Canada and editor of "The Canada
Epworth Era, will deliver an address
on the elements ofSuccess in Epworth
League Work. "
There will be several papers on diff
ferent phases of the league work and
discussions on important subjects.
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Passed Diamonds In the Kiss.

ST. LOUIS, June 27.-The police here
have discovered that r. w. Royal Don
meyer, young dentist, whose home
is in JohnstOwn, Pa, kept in his pos
session and secreted $1,000 worth of
diamonds while he was being searched
by policemen and detectives, kept them
in his cell during four weeks of i'm
prisonment and finally passed them to
his mother by means of kiss when
she was bidding him goodby in the
Jail. The mother restored the dia-
monds to their owner in the hope of OBJ.
tanning freedom from prosecution for
her son, but in this she failed.
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Train Wrecked Motor Car.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Charles Bal
lanchon and Paul Lawrence. two well
known automobiles of Simonson ave
nue., Clifton, n. Y, had Il narrow .es,
cape from death Both are members
of the Staten Island Automobile club.
They had been TO Plainheld and re.
turned by way of Perth Amboy and
Tottenville ferry and thence along the
Amboy road. AS they reached Crooks
crossing a train came in sight, which
they had not seen or heard. They saw
their predicament simultaneously and
jumped, one from each side of the ma
chine. AS they struck the ground the
machine was hit by the locomotive and
wrecked. BallanchOn and Lawrence
suffered much from shock and were
later taken home in carriage.
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Auto Wrecked ana Burned.

CHICAGO, June 27.-While crossing
the tracks Of the Aurora, Elgln and
Chicago Electric railroad at Austin in
an automobile, George E. Dixon, head
Of the George f. Dixon company, man.
ufacturers of heating apparatus, and
his wife were killed in a collision with
an electric car. Mr.. Dixon's death was
instantaneous. Mrs. Dixon lived about
five minutes after the accident, but did
not regain consciousness Her body
was partly burned by gasoline that es-
capped from the automobile and caught
fire.
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France Is Not Satisfied.

PARIS, June 27. Haiti's apology
for the insult to the French minister at
Port au Prince, NJ. Deprez, who was
stoned by the palace guard recently,
has been received by the foreign office
but does not give satisfaction. 1t ap.
pears to seek to make light of the Incl.
dent. officials here are indisposed to
assume belligerent attitude toward
a small power, but they expect Haiti
to adequately realize and redress the
offense. This contributed to the de.
cision to send warship to Haitian
waters.
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IT WAS AN EASY VICTORY
Home Team Might Have Been
Running Bases Yet Had They
Wanted To.

Manager Barnes is ready to admit
that he was ''let down" rather hard
Saturday. The "Cuban Giant" base
ball team from Williamstown was rep.
resented to him to be a good aggrega-
tion, but it didn't take but few innings
to show that nine picked among the
newsboys who sell the Evening Banner
could have given the "culled gem n"
a run for their money.
1t has been characteristic of all coon
base ball teams that they can't play a
little bit when they are behind the game
and Saturdays "Giants" were so soon
out of il that they never regained nerve
enough to make the game even anus
ing.
The home team pounded the ball all
over the lot, ran the bases about as
they pleased and scored Is runs. The
coons occasionally got a man beyond
second base but made no runs. The
Giants played even worse in the field
than at the bat, Occasionally an out
fielder caught fly but an lnfelder
never managed to stop grounder un-
less the ball was rolling slowly and
hit him on the stomach. If it we're
coming fast it caromed away and the
Bennington batter took two or three
bases.
Toward the end of the game Austin
let up on his speed and sent the ball
over the plate as big as a toy balloon,
but the Giants were so thoroughly
beaten that they hadn'tcourage enough
to hit it.
OF course the spectators we're disap-
pointed, for the local team has been
putting up gilt edge ball of late and |
has been pitted against good oppon-
ents. Next Saturdays game with the |
Laureates of Troy should be ample
compensation for the fasco.
Score by innings
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RUSSIANS
INTRENCHING
MuscoVites Prepare to Make
a Stand.
PATSHOKIAO THE POINT
Further Details of the Sinking of
Russian BattIeships at Port
Arthur,

LONDON, June PA TientSin dis.
patch says that 10000 Russian troops
are at Tatshekiao, fifteen miles north
of kaiping, where inUenchments are
being erected and where a stand will
be made against the Japanese.
1t is reported that the Japanese ex-
pect to enter Kaichow unopposed today
and expect "A battle near Tatshekiao. If
victorious they will hold Newchwang
with a strong force.
Advlces from the far east show that
six Russian battleships. five cruisers
and fourteen destroyers, apparently
planning a dash southward. were at
tackled as they lay under the shelter Of
Port Arthur's guns by fleet of Iapa-
nese deStrOyers. one battleship Of the
Peresvict type was sunk, the Sevasto-
pol was disabled and a cruiser of the
Diana type was badly damaged. The
japanese losses were few.
The Russian admiralty is reported to
have admitted the loss of "A buttleship
and two cruisers Of Port Arthur. Ad-
miral AleXeief has sent a report of
the action but failed to give the result
Of the encounter \ second engage
nent is believed at Chefu To have tax
en- place on Saturday
There were rumurs i'm Newchwaug
that the Russians had lost 10000 men
in a battle near Siuyen on Thursday.
General Sakharon reported sharp
skirmish on the Tashchiao road on
that day, but there was nothing to
show that a general engagement had
taken place.
General Oku's army continued the
march on Kaiping, travelling slowly
and keeping in order of battle. General
Kuroki's position is practically un-
changed
A Liaoyang report says that the sec
ond japanese army, under General
Oku, is withdrawing all along the line,
having apparently abandoned the in
tention of effecting a junction with
General Kurollis army.
A Seoul dispatch says that Russian
troops have burned numerous dwelling
houses in the towns of Kiliu and Ham
heung, and at the latter place women
We're subjected to i'll treatment.
One thousand Russian troops are |
Communicating live stock, foods and |
carts from a wide area in northwestern |
Korea. These men are on their way |
to NladivOstok and will cross the Tu- |
men river by means of recently con
structed bridges
Tokyo report says that the failure
Of the Russians to furnish information
japanese prisoners of war
In their possession is arOusing IA strong
feeling Of resentment there. Japan's
attitude concerning Russian prisoners
is most correct Careful reports Of the
condition Of the Russian prisoners are
and forwarded weekly to the
Russians through the American gov
1t is probable that the government of
the United States viii be asked to
make pointed inquiries at st. Peters
burg concerning the present condition
If japanese prisoners and to arrange
system of regular reports.
1t is reported at st. Petersburg that
l serious land fight has taken place
lear Tatchekiao, in which the Rus
iians We're defeated.
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THE NORTHERN LEAGUE
Up State Base Ball Season Opened Saturday
$500 Saw One Game.

The Northern League baseball sea-
son was formally opened Saturday
with games at st Albans, and on the
Montpelier-Barre grounds. st Al
bans beat Plattsburg handily and the
inter city team Montpelier and Barrel
defeated Burlington with ease. The
score at st Albans was Plattsburg,
3; st Adams s.
Thirty-fye hundred people witnessed
the game at Montpelier. The score
was inter city :; Burlington l. Over
700 people from Burlington went down
on special train to see the game.
The league is composed of clubs in
the following places. Montpelier,
Barre, st Albans, Plattsburg IN. "
Burlington, Rutland.
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Notice.

Madame Blanc of Paris, we'll known
in New York city as most success
full teacher of the French language is
in Bennington.
Madame Blanc may be seen at the
Walloomsac house every day at p
m. from Monday the 9th until July
the 2nd by any one desirous of Inn
proving the opportunity Of taking
conversational lessons orfor the study
of French in any way. Terms for the
summer months are within reach Of
all.
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ENDING OF
CAUCUSES
Bell Far in the Lead Of All
the Others.
EASY WINNER PROBABLY
Large Number of Unpledged
Delegates Who Will Be Able
to Control Results.

The Republican state convention for
the nomination of a state ticket to be
voted on at the biennial state election
September 6, will be held at Montpel-
Ter this week Thursday, June 30, be-
ginning at 10 O'Clock.
The only parts of the ticket in doubt
are the governor and lieutenant gov
ernor. John L. Bacon of White Riv-
er Junction for treasurer, Frederick
G. Fleetwood of Morrisville for secre-
tary of state and Horace F. Graham
Of Craftsbury for auditor will all be
renominated without opposition.
The candidates for governor are
Charles j. Bell of Walden. JosephA.
De Boer of Montpelier and Zed s.
Stanton of Roxbury. The candidates
for lieutenant governor are John A.
Mead OF Rutland, w. ". Higbee of
Charlotte, Henry Ballard of Burling-
ton and Charles e. Stearns of John
son.
Except for few scattering ones to-
night, the caucuses have now all been
held but do not make the result decis.
i've. Mr. Bell has long lead in dele
gates but not enough are instructed
for him to make his nomination abso-
lutely certain. He has delegates from
every county in the state, including
even Washington county in which both
DeBoer and Stanton live.
Mr. BELLS strong support all over
the state makes it practically certain
that ne will get enough of the unin-
structed delegates to win on the first
ballot. 1t is Bell against the field
with the chances strongly in his favor.
The following from II. L Hindley
in the Brrttleboro Reformer describes
the situation accurately as follows:
Picking winner isn't so easy.
am certain that DeBoer will accept II
but his name won't be pre-
sented till his friends know where thev
are at. In other words, if the IMPLIED
ged section refuses to enthuse over the
Montpelier man, he won't come before
me delegates at all, in which case Bell
S an easy winner. In brief if DeBoer's
lame is presented, he wins; otherwise
BELL and first class man, too"
Scores of small towns where the eau
uses have been held are not yet re-
ported but the standing of the dele
rates as far as reported is as follows:
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-Four Dead From Mother. Ac,.

CHICAGO, June u. - Threatened
with starvation and with her husband
hopelessly insane in the asylum at
Kankakee, Mrs. Anna Kelsdzick gave
up the struggle for existence, killed her
three small children and then ended
her own life. Illuminating gas was
the means of destruction she adopted,
and when the bodies were found all
four had been dead several hours.
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skrydIon visits jap wounded.

VLADIVOSTOK, June 27.-The Jap
anese wounded in the attack by the
Vladivostok squadron on the japanese
transports are doing excellently. Vice
Admiral Skrydlofr has visited the hos
pital and chatted with them through
an interpreter. The japanese thanked
the admiral for his attention and for
the care they were enjoying.
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THREE MORE NIGHTS
H. Webb Chamberlain Company win Remain
at Library Hall.

The H. Webb Chamberlain Co will
remain 3 more nights during which
time they will present a change of
PLAYS at each performance with new
specjalties. For tonight the play that
will be presented is "Out In Idaho. s"
The ladies will have the same oppor-
tunity of obtaining the best seat for
Is cents If presented before : O'Clock
tonight
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FARM DESTROYED

Buildings Of Fred Parker Burned to Ground Sat-
day.
Woodstock, June 27.-The farm.
house and barns of Frank Parker on
Harland hill, few miles from this
village were burned with all their
contents Saturday afternoon. Mrs
Parker and her five children were at
home at the time, her husband being
out working elsewhere in the neighbor.
hood.
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Gard of Thanks.

Henry W. Marsh and family wish
to express their gratitude to the neigh
bors and friends who aided and SYM
pathized with them in their recent afflic-
tion and to acknowledge the tenderness
and love shown by members of the
Relief Corps of Custer post and Sixth
Corps post GAR.
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LIGHTNING KILLS CHILD
-Four Year Old Daughter Of ". C. Barows
Killed saturday.

Chester, June, 27.-During a hard
thunder storm here Saturday after
noon the lightning struck the house
OF w. l.. Barrows at Factorville in.
stantly killing four year old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs Barrows.
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WILL WRITE PLATFORM
0. N. Barber to be Chairman Committee on
Resolutions.

Middlebury, June 25.-It was an
nounced here today by Col. T. NJ.
Chapman, chairmano Of the Republican
state committee that O. NJ. Barber, Of
Bennington, will be chairman of the
committee on resolutions at the Re-
publican state convention to be held
at Montpelier June 30.
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BOTH ARMS BROKEN.

b. p Wctherbes Of Fletcher Fell 80 Feet From
Staging.
Fletcher, June 25.-B. p. Wetherbee
while at work on his new barn, fell
about 80 feet, breaking both arms,
The accident was caused by the break
ing OF staging bracket. Drs E. r.
Brush and S. G. Start reduced the
fractures.
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Big Figures at worlds Fair.

ST. LOUIS, June 27.-The total at.
tendance at the worlds fair for the
week ending June 25 has been officially
annRpnced as 540,4S5, an increase Of
over G5,000 over the previous week and
4Q2,777 over the total attendance for
the first week.
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ALIMONY
INCREASED
c. Floyd Hulins Must Pay His
Former Wife More.

a decision was rendered in county
court this afternoon giving Mrs
Florence Huling e75 per mon.h ali
mony for herself and child from c.
Floyd Hu'ing Previously she re-
ceived $50 per month Columbus Hui
ing North Bennington became bonds
man for c. f. Hu ing.
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A CENTENARIAN'S JOURNEY
John Duncan viii Attend His Daughters
Golden Wedding.

st Johnsbury, June 25.-John Dun
can, of Lyndonville, who will be 1Ol
years old September ,, passed through
here today on his way to Princeton,
Mass, to attend the golden wedding
ofhis daughter, Mrs Martha Hastings
and her husband. Mr. Duncan was in
good health arl spirits.
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SLOCuM DISASTER.
No More Bodies In HUH of Vessel.
Nine Hundred and Thirteen Found.

NEW YORK, June 2T-Captain XIV
lin Of the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking
company reports that there are no
more bodies IN the hull of the General
Slocum so far as he can ascertain
Coroner O'Gormau and his assistants,
however, will make a thorough search
of the hull.
The wreckers and srapplers who have
been engaged for the past ten days in
searching for bodies have 50 far re-
covered 913.
There are still at the morgue thirty
two unidentified bodies.
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For a Picnic.

Decorated crepe paper lunch sets,
Including tablecloth, l2napkins and Il
doilies; hemstitched and embroidered
paper doilies, linen finish paraffine pa
per for wrapping lunches,
At A. Eddy's,
Putnam House Building.
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WASHINGTON, June PA cable
gram has been received at the war de-
partment from Manila announcing the
death there Of Archbishop Guidi.
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NEW YORK, June 27.-Friends Of
Henry Baxter Kingsley. who disap-
pearcd mystcriously on Nov. II. 1903.
and for whom or information about
whom his relatives offered $4,000 re-
ward, are much excited over the ar
rest of Frank L. Stewart in New York.
The police wanted to hold the man for
forty-eight hours on n short affidavit.
but the magistrate insisted on details.
and then, much to Inspector McClus-
ky's chagrin, the name of Mr.. Kingsley
had to be mentioned. Kingsley. ac-
cording to Mrs. Harry Lupton of 36s
Ellison street, Paterson n. j., hired
room from her just before his disap-
pearance. She identified Stewart as
one of three men who had visited the
room with Kingsley. Her attention
was attracted to the disappearance Of
Kingsley, she said by the published
description Of the missing man.
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Notice

DR. Mary Partridge expects to leave
town next Tuesday, June 2S. Ali per-
sons owing her will please call and
settle before that time.
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Batteries-Austin and Cronin; Por-
ter and Grant. Base on balls-Og
Porter, I; off Austin, IL; by Porter, I.
Three base hits-Welch and Mcclure.
Two base hits-Higgins and Mcclure.
Umpire--Battles; attendance, 400.
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YOUNG MAN DROWNED.
Dropped Into River-Eforts to Rssuscitatc
Body UnavaIins.

Bellows Falls, June 27.--John Geer,
aged l6 years, son of George Geer of
Westminster, dropped in Saxton's riv.
er beyond Barber Park ats O'Clock
Saturday afternoon. The body was
rescued Immediately, but all efforts to
resuscitate the body were unavailing.
Heart failure is thought to have been
the cause of the death.
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FIRE AT SALTWATER.

Dig DIaL1 III odTdIOya county Sunday Alter
noon.
Troy, n. Y. June p. Two omills of the
Saratoga Knitting company and
several stores and dwellings we're de-
stroyed by fire at Saltwater, Saratoga
county, Sunday afternoon. One hun
dred and fifty mill operatives are
thrown out OF work. The total loss is
estimated at Sl25,OOO Many farm out
buildings in Schaghticoke, across the
river were also destroyed, a high wind
carrying burning embers for miles.
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To Whom Il MAY Concern

Having been appointed, by the Hon. Probate
Court for the district of Bennington, guardian
OF the pe.son andestate Of George II. Shurtlen
Of said Bennington, hereby give notice that
will pay no bills OF his contracting from the
date of my appointment, and all persons are
forbid to harbor or trust him on my account.
ALEXANDER X. RITCHIE,
Guardian of George H. Shurtleff.
Bennington, VT, June 9th, 1904.
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Weather

Fair and cooler tonight. Tuesday
fair.
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BUSINESS EXCHANGE

d" "ANTED. Two women to call at homes
w TO distribute books for the Green Trad
ing Stamp Co. Salary and car fare. Can at
701 Main St.. Bennington, VT. 14+3
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cook at once. Mrs
w +. o. Graves, Elm st.
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DOR SALE-Four.grid cook stove, in
L good condition. c. b. Wall, jr., 3i2 Silver
Street l4Otf