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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Of the Town and Village Briefly
Told For Bnsy Readers.

Told For Busy Readers.
Amyel Baker spent Sunday in Rem
sselaer.
Burton Percy is spending the day
in Cambridge.
Mrs Will Blair of New York is Wis
iting Mrs Eben Wihslow.
Miss Mary Temple returned Sun
day from Lake Cossayuna.
Miss Mary Foster has returned from
a two weeks visit in Dorset. a
Mrs Charles Patchln has RETURNED
from visit in New York state.
Mrs william F. Baldwino of Nechan-
icville is visiting friends in town.
Miss Nellie Russell of Schenectady
is the guest of Miss May Carney.
Mr. and Mrs Claire Soule returned
Monday from their tip to Michigan.
Mrs Harriet Sykes is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs H. N. Williams.
Some curbing is being laid on Pleas
ant street near the corner of School
street.
Miss Lizzie Parent of Burlington is
visiting Miss Beulah Marsden for
three weeks.
The annual band fair this year viii
be held the week of October "a at
Library Hall.
Misses Mabel and Lura G reensle
are spending the day at Camp Reliance
at Hedges Lake.
Harry Jubb is home from Burling-
ton. He will accompany Company
* to Manassas.
Dennis Casey, who has been employ
ed in Hudson's during the summer, is
taking a vacation.
The Methodist Sunday school of
Pownal is picnicking at the Soldiers
home grove today.
MIR and Mrs \. W. BREASTED, Mr. and
Mrs H, I. Norton and Miss Boyer have
returned from Crown Point.
Misses Melissa and Florence Sweet
of Hoosick Falls are visiting Miss
Laura Morse OF Division St.
Misses Margaret and Julia Hayes
have returned from their vacation
spent in Hartford and Springfield.
Mrs Henry S. Bingham and Miss
Ella Bingham went to the Forest and
stream club at Wilmington today.
Mrs Harry Barringer has returned
to Canaan, N. Y, after two weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs +. A. Booth.
Miss Julia Robinson of Boston is
the guest of her grandmother, Mrs
Daniel Robinson, and of friends at the
Center.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Kennonl and
Frank Kennon of New York are spend
ing week with their parents Mr. and
Mrs Charles Kennon.
Among those from out of town who
dNttilNtNt Nllt = dllit lIGAt DdbulAdg hGlG
Richard Fitzgerald, Dan Macavoy of
Hoosick Falls and A. Hall Of North
Bennington.
Chairman Harris of the State demo-
cratic committee came down from Bur-
lington yesterday to see how matters
are going in this end of the state. He
returns today.
Eugene Holt and family of Pitts
field are in town for few days Mr.
Holt met with a severe accident recent
ly cutting his knee Raymond Sexton
accompanied Mr. Holt and will return
to Pittsfeld..
Among the many who attended the
game in Hoosick Falls Sunday were
NJ. J. Schwab, j Kelley, Edward
McCue, p. Mcclure, Edward Cum
mings, David hurry, Harry Love and
Harry Snow,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
And Each Family's Bill for Imperi.lj,m

The Plutocratic powers thought the
Philippines would be great exploiting
ground for them. Hence the policy
under which the American people have
been shamed by seeing their govern
ment shoot to death the first Republic
ever established in Asia.
Well up to date, about $500, 900 600
or some $50 for each average family
has been spent in the process.
The added exports to the Philippines
have in the past six years been possibly
$50,000.000 Of which perhaps 81, 5000, 900
was profit-in other words 500 expend-
ed to get 81.
The only difference is that the 500
comes from the people and the 81 Coca
to the Trusts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
YET ROOSEVELT SAYS
1t Is All Right-And Is Satisfied With
what We Have Done"

The position of the two parties and
the hope the country can have from
them, is sufficiently indicated by the
speeches of acceptance of the two candi-
dates:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
President Roosevelt.

In dealing with the
reat corporations
known as trusts we
do not have 10 ex.
plain why the laws
were not enforced, but
TO point out that they
actually have been en-.
forced and that legis.
latiOn has been enact
ed TO increase the eff.
fectiveness Of their en-.
forcement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
Judge Parker.

The growth of mo-.
InopOly, Of which com
plant Is Justly made,
cannot lie laid at the
doors Of the courts of
this country. The COM
mon law affords a
complete legal remedy
against monopolies.
What Is needed in ad.
ld'tlon to the passage
of a statue revising
the tariff duties to q
reasonable basis Is not
so much other and diff
lferent laws as officials
having both the dispo-
sition and the courage
TO enforce existing
law
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
TWENTY YEARS OF REPUBLI-
CAN MISRULE

What They Have Brought to Vermont
How They Have Lodged Her Far to
the Rear of the Procession of States
The Sorry Tale the Official Figures
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
The Democratic Gospel
PULPIT PROVIDED, IN SHAPE OF ADVERTISING
SPACE, BY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
PREAcHES THIs WEEK c. H.DA, EXPORT.

states there is healthful activity and
growth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30

No intelligent voter needs to inquire
further.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
THE DINGLEY TARIFF TRUSTS
Their Enormous Growth, NineTenths
of It Since the Dingley Enactment
and What II Means for Each Family's
Living Expenses


of It Since the Dingley Enactment,
and What II Means for Each Family's
Living Expenses
Closely akin to these state issues are
the great and paramount issues of the
National Campaign-the Trusts and
Imperialism. John Moody, author of
the manual of Corporation Securities"
and the recognized authority on such
subjects, in his work. "The Truth About
Trusts" published last winter, reports
their aggregate capitalization as follows;
Franchise Trusts ....... 1875, 456,07l
Railroad Combinations -. 1897 ,36S,907
Industrial Trusts ........ 7,246,S42, 1913
s2O,379, l62,5ll
This nominal capitalization is more
than a fifth of the whole wealth of the
country; that of the Railroad Trusts is
more than three-fourths of the Rail
road capital; that of the Industrial
Trusts is over 70 per cent of all the capt.
tal engaged in manufacturing,
Mr. Moody's statistics show further
about Industrial Trusts;
Capital of Trusts organized
prior January l, '9s $l,l06,724,3l0
Capital of Trusts organized
since January |, '9S 6,506,0l3,5O0
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s7,246.342 533
Dunn's Index, a partisan report Of
the wholesale markets, has for years re.
ported commodity prices, and averaging
them in proportion to their Importance
in consumption, presented Monthly
Index number to show the cost of liv-
ing Covering the same period, this In
dex Number
For NAV 1897. was 72,455
For Nav l. 1904. it was l02,20s
Difference 29,753
Or nearly 80 per cent increase.
The Federal Bureau of Statistics,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY F.?

by Investing In Bennington County farms. as
farms In and near Bennington viii double in
for sale, or exchange. VIII sell or exchange
your business no matter where located for
farms or city or village property. If you have
anything for sale or exchange come and see
me or telephone Gig, Bennington, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30

In 1882 the net expenses
of Vermont's state govern.
ment, as shown by Treasur-
er Bacon's special report
four years ago. were S255,2Tl41
Governor Barstow in his
message that year, as Gov
ernor Proctor had done in
1878, pointed out how these
expenses had unreasonably
grown since the years fol-
lowing the Civil War, and
urged reform and reduction.
which the Republican party
soimonly promised in its
platform. How it kept its
promise appeared in 1887,
when the expenses, accord
ing to the same report of
Treasurer Bacon had
grown to o,8S4.00
Still the Republican plat
forms promised reduction
and economy, but still the
expenses continued to grow
and in 1892 had become S4o4 800. OO
Still the people of the
state continued TO trust
Republican promises and as
result found the yearly
expenses, at the end of the
next hyp-ycar ueriOd
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
S602,552.14

Then came the era when
the Republican party felt safe
from opposition, and though
still regularly repeating its
omises of economy, still
kept swelling expenditures
until in 1903 they reached
SS2l,GOl.64, and after de
Quoting every dime of in
come from state institu-
tions. or that was not in
a.. 49,. - 4,,.,,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-30
S738,36S.O5

The peoples money had
been thrown away almost in
proportion as the people
have increased Republican
maiorite4.
In 1892 the valuation OF the state was
Sl40,934 0G9 and the population Census
of lSs0l 2,286. In 1908 the valuation
was $l66,074,7l0 and the population
census of 1900 343,64l.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
THE AMBITIOUS cANUCK.
STATE CONVENTION.

Canada to be and more possessed with the
idea of annexng the United States of to British
North America and the Dominion of Canada There is
one of two things Uncle do the sister of
An invasion and capture by settlers would the most
economical and peaceful but the process is tedious The
prisng its volume. It has set in already It est
that 600 American farmers emgrateG
to the wheat producing sections of the dominion within
the last eight months These emgrants not generally
speaking tenderfeet but Americans of muscle and money
them intend stay. is estimated that these
have already taken with them $2OOOO0Oo worth prop
erty which is evidence that they see prospects of getting
it back in time.
Thus the development the Canadian northwest goes
rise powerful annexation schemes The newer parts of
Canada may be worth having yet and the part by
former Americans in developing the country may
yet work decisiveIy in deciding its While
are specializing the future of Canada relation
ship growing up between the two countries which will
tend much modify existing notions Reciprocity
take of itself when large body American farmers
shake hands over border as being animated by
common interest and mutual dependence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
The VALUE OE EXAMPLE

Senator Teller, although regaining his seat in the
United States senate from the identical irregularities
which induced Shafroth resign does not propose to
profit by Sharoths example. Shafroh resigned because
he was convinced that his Supporters had without his
knowledge violated the law. This of those acts
which have peculiar value because they come at time
when they most needed There have been many
OF election by ballotsufng and bribery Yet this is the
hrst time on record when has resigned his seat in
congress because he unfairly elected and we do not
remember any other Office abandoned for such Cause
asserts the editor of Golfers Weekly who goes on TO say
that Sophisty is in such circumstances and takes
somewhat this form. Nj Shafroth is an honest man as
indicated by his willingness to resign Now congress
needs honest men. Therefore he should remain or
course the point is that by remaining he would cease TO
be an honest man Our politics are not sufficiently pure
IN tone, and any little indication of change in fashion
for the better is highly welcome II is amusing II bit
dsconcertng hear that women were concerned in me
frauds which led Mr. Shafrohs election and to his
ignation Perhaps they used logic which We have
outlined or possibly their completely shows that political
life when thrown open women is unlikely TO attract
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
those members of the sex who would be an uplifting
fuence."
A NEW SYSTEM OF HEATING.

The Eastern railway of France has just installed new
system for heating the trains of the company which
sists of mixture of steam and compressed air This
method says the Engineer has many advantages over
steam heating which moreover will only heat about ten
twelve carriages comfortably and this number
sometimes made uncomfortable by the water in the
pipes condensng and thereby causing obsruced
for the steam The introduction Of certain amount
of compressed in connection with the steam is said
will overcome these difficulties The condensed water is
carried along with this swiftly moving current of air and
rid Of through traps thereby eliminating all trouble
from that quarter This system has been experimental
with by the railway mentioned both small and large
trains-twentysix carriages-and there unvarying
success all occasions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
KANSAS CURRENTS

: Some of the country newspaper CORE
srOndents threaten to become as tyrau-
nical as hired girls
A piano has been placed in Ness City's
opera house. Now the city council
should demand that rag-time he abolish
ed or that the sounding board be wrapped
/ in asbestos.
The new editor Of the Mulvane Record
is starting out with al sails filled. lie
publishes a supplement with his first
issue.
Tie Caldwell Advance prints a treatise
on bathing Those who since that dust
storm. have been at a loss how q 20 at
it. can now proceed unfalteringly to the
tub.
The insurance companies have come ont
OF the tail grass since the storms in the
short grass country. and are doing an
oklahoma. ls93. land office business.
The Emporia Gazette objects to news
papers begging the merchants for sup
port The Gazette forgets that not at
newspaper editors are writing for Nc
Cures
Mack Gretchen declares thst a fool and
his money are not parted. as generally
asserted. lie says that they never get
together.
T. W. Drew has returned from London.
England 10 Caldwell. while in Britain.
he visited the father ~ Editor Mcdonald.
Of the Caldwell Advance.
An Arkansas City man told his wife
that he married hsr to spite her sister
and now she il asking for a divorce. The
sister drew ace highin this game
a slump on the candy market At New
ton this sumner e predicted 4 female
travelling man made" that town this
week
The rolisr-skate enthusiasts q Newton
and Hutchinson are intercha Hgiug visits
Let them both 90 To Topeka, and they
wont have 20 take any sixties along
Enough money has beeu raised II
Sylvia. Reno county. n bore fo- OIL
company has beer organized and a charter
applied for.
That dust storm. according IN TIE dis
patches. vrl,l require that the revival vork
IL Kansas - ali Gone over.
district meeting Of TIRE Knights q
ETI13as Vii - % ~ hfi-irest f,faiA-, - ?
day. Grand Chancellor =. 7. Britain vii
- there
The measles have beFted TIE newspapera (
AZ conway Springs. TIE latter a-d rTacs
so- the more pronounced cases only
Tie platform aesoptas By Ere Republican
sts.e couveat.oa vas ir ts-po ir the ae~s-
paper Offices before IRE committee 81
resoIgifozs vas sPrcinte3.
Topeka IouFaai. Tbs Hoeh rn8vrzssrt /
Vas announced - - ons for purity e. i
politics. and set ire orfy rnsn Esa Ezs i
ror renornsnztsd was ,he 5~s; ran &C sHs 4
whole sfcScst ard rot q charge = 1fF-
tsanexty or crrTerfscz or inability Was
LOGGED ~ could - brought egslrsz h.zn-
Hslssez5 Tn6egesd>nts TIE Tlesssssesa f
national consen1t5r 81 - fsEae 90 cr-n-
fsrea uith TIE = La1is agatr - - rgz-
0geFstess ard nsa1ret - ghe frae-ta =
CIR sd fFeessss " BrTzn sad G7eFer
Ciereiand Freeaseat f,oas~Velt @sl -
r~no1nsnsfezs ~ sceiza-stton. an1 49,
hare ~ as back e paitst parry. al7Fsl
= ~ pIEsrk- snctzy ard dsIsTrz.asftsa i
10 Esr REt ths Dsnssrzt.c A.zes-tss
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
CHINESE PHEASANT NOT A GAME BIRD

The following Will prove Of interest to number of
sportsmen and clubs of southwest who have been
discussing the feasibility of having Chinese pheasant
take the place of the rapidly disappearing prairie chick
ems We quote from the Kansas City Journal
The shooting club will endeavor to stock
Douglas county with Chinese pheasants with the idea of
having plenty of and bit of history respect
90 these birds may be amss More than twenty
ago the sportsmen of Portland Seattle procured an
island in Puget Sound stocked with pheasans Pre-
viously they had procured by the Washington egs
lature which forbade the killing these birds for the
space of six years At the six years the island
was fairly swarming with pheasants. At this time big
hunt was organized TO which all prominent sporsnen
Of the coast We're invited The party went to the island
with dogs and guns and it anticipated that the rares
OF sport would be awaiting them. But it was soon dis
covered that the pheasans could be made 10 take the
wing that they about like many old hens in the
barnyards of farmer Then it to the sportsmen
for the first time that the Chinese pheasant is domest
Gated fowl as tame as dominck or leghorn We
believe that i'm Oregon the pheasant reverted some
what TO the wild type but game bird and never
will be-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
NEW WAY TO REAR BABIES.

Hospital methods adopted each year in the
private treatment of babieshe methods that is
superior hospital conducted under the best
medical supervision cradle is doomed and all its
rocking memories The child lies upon its bed and is not
picked up and carried about the when it yells
Visitors relatives are longer to pound
in the ribs pinch transfer microbes to
lips This strictness is laughed by rbad outsiders and
resented by critics of the old regime which, like
FOSSIL attributed nature doubt with justice
but without reIevance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
TIE NEW ECONOMY INTERPRETED.

The Topeka Capital Of the Buster platform that
ats plank for economy commits the party liberal
ment of the great state Institutions Economies are to
sought in~other directions" There you already A
liberal treatment Of state institutions by the last egs
lature was the front of the offending The truth is
scattered they are the state institutions have become
standing menace to the state treasury The counties
that have institutions are too weak even in com
bining, to protect the treasury
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-12
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

! 4 town clock is one of the public utili-
! ties needed at Newkirk. There is hardly
/ any business at all for the jewelers. this
| spring.
The saltwater Gazette desires that the
territorial Republican convention declare
itself on the school land question. just
as though It will not be interesting
enough without such action.
Ernest Jones was valuable member of
the statehood ashrdl uoHkmactah. oain
the school land secretary's Office. lie
always had story" for the newspaper
/ boys.
Something very unusual has happened
or there is row on at TecumSeh. The
superintendent Of public schools refuses
to be = candidate for another term.
# Is denied that Leslie Niblack win
have the support Of the papers in running
for the Democratic congressional nomina-
ton. This. of course, leaves The temper
ance papers out of the calculation.
There is to be a double wedding at
the Enid Christian church tomorrow.
Extra collection plates should be borrowed
from the Methodsts
Jerre Johnson is making a fight on
AIormonism. Jerre IS afraid Of its spread
ing, and think what that would mean in
leap year.
The recruiting officer from Oklahoma
City has established station ct Perry.
\ better tine could not have been chosen
IS spring blowing mas just begun.
Fl Reno merchants have purchased
library Of books which will be given away
10 the most extensive purchaser among
their patrons. The library is said to be
worth 500.
There is another thing in the way Of
the womens voting. They must register
In one OF Caprons public schools. out
OF thirty-fve pupils. only eight were not
tardy during the past month. PeInctu-
ality doesn't seem 10 De considered seri-
ous at Capron-
The Beaver county convention 20 select
delegates to the territorial Republican
convention has not been called yet Some
one needs proddlng-
Guvmon and Hansford citizens have
petitionsd fer a daily mail service BE-
tween the two points q Beaver county.
Three trips a week are now being made.
! J. Thompson. q pioneer settler ~
Beaver county. died On March he Ess
seyenty-six years Old
The Chandler TribuEe IS worrying over
Tie way some Republicans are treating
Delegate Mcclure. The Democrats have
about 2s much IS they can hardle. too
The brick work on Woods coBRtys rev I
court holsse has been DELAYED because I
stone Or white trimmings hzs nj get 4
arrived from Missouri
jim. Townsend. q Persirucn. wgU rIox 4
70 Ia acres az wheat ard SOW tho land .
70 oats II may pay him 20 wax devel- /
opments-
\ J. Pserpont Morgan. AT GUyuoa. ac- 1
c5rdin< 70 the Herald Richard MDrEz1
made 20 very easy ore day last week 4
weu In the xteirssy Il Csoo6Esll had been
Practically ahasn6ozed oa accourt .
DIM getting fastened s. the so-tcTn 20
TIE vel 4 reward = - uas offered fpr
the recovery q the 6riiL NJ Morgan
ssiceeesed II getting TIE GrlII ossi. thereby
earning the - z=f hs afterwards $50
the hole n the ground for IS 2r. Nor
xan VS. eszse4 over ia xood isck~
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MI

gun. cooked and prined il, using one
ounce ball for bruins especial beneht.
Under existing circumstances and my
great haste in loading the piece, forgot
to remove the iron ramrod, and quickly
raising the musket. fired point blank at
the bear. who was by this time less thap
a dozen feet away. The result OF the
discharge of the piece was, TO say the
least, surprising-the bear rolled over one
way and ! went the other. Although
badly stunned at the time. l staggered 10
my feet anxious to learn the result OF my
shot. There laid the bear. quite dead.
pierced through and through. and from
the elongated nature of the wound on
the side of the bear farthest from me at
the time of firing the shot, l thought at
once Of my ramrod. A closer examination
of the wound satisfied me that the ram
rod had passed entirely through the bear.
and find ii l, must or undergo a very try
ing ordeal-a severe whipping from my
grandfather when l got homo. Upon look
ing around l noticed tree standing near
was blazed or Clipped. and just beyond
was another and another. BY this method
l took up the trail of the lost ramrod and
followed it quite distance through the
timber TO a large white oak tree. not less
than four feet in diameter. and here the
ramrod had struck the tree fun head on.
and as result passed straight through
it. and out of the opening on either side
flowed stream of strained honey. l was
somewhat surprised. OF course but re-
Numbering there was number of bee
trees in these same woods, 1 hastily
plugged the holes to prevent wasting the
honey. and again resumed my search
for the missing ramrod. As before. the
blazing or marks on the trees guided me.
and ! was thus enabled 10 continue my
search This / did until the banks of the
river was reached, where for a moment
the search seemed 10 end; but il was only
for a moment for near the middle of the
stream / noticed a large flock of geese
laundering around in the water. Being
anxious about my ramrod and curious 10
know what was the matter with tie
geese ] plunged into the stream and
swan out to the geese. When l reached
them they did not fly and. grabbing the
first one I found that the ramrod had
rot only went through him. but twenty
six others besides, and they were strung
on that ramrod just like We have many
times strung fish on a string. | swan
back to the shore with my geese in tow.
and on reaching the bank encountered
great difficulty in climbing up. This
feat accomplished, I looked around for
the cause. and 10. and behold. there was
not less than half bushel of suckers In
the seat OF my pantaloons. / secured the
suckers. then taking my string Of geese.
l went back TO where I had left the bear
and put them down. Then. after taking
a few minutes rest. | went home 10 get
a team and wagon to carry the game
home To sum up. / had. a result OF
only one shot, a large. Compound bear,
twenty seven geese and half bushel or
more of suckers. and over two barrels OF
fine. strained honey