davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
As-cI Sentence Confirmed.

NEW YORK, Jan. THE appellate
division of the supreme court has
handed down decision affirming the
conviction and sentence of James n.
Abeel. the young man who was ac-
cused of representing himself as J. Og-
den Goelet of the wealthy family of
that name and of forgery in the third
degree in signing the name of J. II.
Van Every, second vice president of
the Western Union Telegraph compa-
ny. to letter purp0rting 10 he an in
PRODUCTION TO all employees Of that
company of himself as II. o. Goelet"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
PROBING BEEF TRUST.
Attorneys For Puckers Attack Gov
ernment Bill as insufficient.

Attorneys For Puckers Attack Gov
ernment Bill as Insufficient.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Argument
IN the case OF Swift d. Co. versus the
United States, known as tile beef trust
conspiracy case. was begun before the
supreme court Of the United States by
Attorney John $. Miller Of Chicago in
behalf of the packers. He attacked the
DILL OF the government as insufficient
N its failure TO allege facts necessary
10 constitute a cause of action and said
that the charges made are not facts.
out conclusions Of law; that the COM
nerce charged is not interstate or for
sign commerce, and that even If 1t be
interstate commerce the facts given
constitute no violation of law.
He said that an injunction had been
prayed for and secured from the Unit
al States circuit court for the northern
district of Illinois under the Sherman
antitrust act, and. quoting the decree
Of the court making permanent the in
junction, Mr.. Miller said il merely adds
he prohibition of the court to that Of
congress, leaving the packers to ascer-
lain whether individual acts will be in
contempt of the courts order.
He contended that the case presents
IN interference in business such as
never before has been undertaken The
charges. he said, are of the most gen
eral character and do not specify time
and place He did not believe there
fore that the charges could stand at all.
Explaining the economic situation.
Mr.. Miller said the demand for fresh
meat is fairly uniform and. owing to
the necessity for maintaining proper
supply of an acceptable article, he said
there should be some understanding
among the packers. This is, he said,
perfectly legitimate, and the govern
ment itself might properly assume this
SUPERVISION. The cattle supply is not
20 regular as the demand, and TO this
fact Mr.. Miller attributed the huctua-
ton in prices.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
soldier, to Entertain Roosevelt.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. T.-On the
occasion of the visit of President
Roosevelt to this city on Washington's
birthday TO attend the annual exercises
of the University of Pennsylvania in
memory of Washington he will be Il
guest at luncheon of the First troop.
Philadelphia city cavalry, one Of the
Oldest military organizations in the
country The City troop has escorted
nearly every president that has come
to Philadelphia from the time of Wash
ington to Roosevelt. In 1877 General
Washington was guest of the troop
at luncheon, at which ffty.five covers
were laid.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
TaApe coNpITloNa


n. q. Dun 4 Go. Report Active Busi-
ness OUTLOOK.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL R. q. Dun &
Co.'sweekly review of trade says: Aside
flbm some hesitation ut the south Ow.
ing to the recent fail In price of cotton,
business conditions are favorable and
optimistic sentiments are evidenced
by extensive preparations for active
trade As annual reports appear II is
found that the closing months Of 1904
made n much better exhibit than the
first half which starts the new year
with smaller stocks Of goods in the
hands of dealers, assuring liberal con
tracts In the near future for rCplcnish-
Ing supplies.
4 few minor labor controversies have
arisen, but the Fall River mills are
more active, and In most branches Of
Manufacture there Is steady decrease
in the proportion Of idle machinery.
Gross earnings Of the railways In De
cember were Ga per cent larger than in
the same month Of 1903. Winter wheat
conditions have improved, and the par
tlal recovery in cotton may prevent the
threatened curtailment of acreage.
Buyers are arriving in the leading mar
kets, and in another week liberal orders
for spring delivery will be placed. Dis
patches from other cities are generally
encouraging
Foreign trade at this port shows
gain Of $7I2,I00 in exports and Il loss
Of S1,67s.3SS IN imports as compared
with the same week last year.
As inventories and repairs are com
peted the various departments Of the
iron and steel industry steadily extend
operations. and the sentiment is in
striking contrast to the conservatism
that prevailed Il year ago. New bust
ness is gradually coming forward, the
needs OF consumers being felt in all
sections Of the market, while produc-
ton Is no longer retarded 10y adverse
weather.
Storms were also partially response
Die for the reduction In receipts Of
wheat at primary markets. which
amounted to only 2,S76S69 bushels for
the week against $4,000 last year.
Failures for the week numbered 300
in the United States against 400 last
year and rs in Canada compared with
81 year ago. These figures make Il
remarkably good showing for the open
ing days OF 1905.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
Race Was Fatally Realistic.

LONDON. Jan. T.-At the Coliseum,
the largest music hall in London and
which was opened a fortnight ago,
vivid realization of the Derby is pro-
duced by II revolving stage. Last night
Jockey Dent. riding the outside horse
attempted to pull across, but his horse
stumbled on the iron work surround
ing the revolving platform and rolled
over the proscenium into the orchestra
beneath Dent was thrown violently
on his head and was taken to hos
pital unconscious. where he died soon
afterward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
CITY HALL BURNED
Springfield Suffers Loss d
Old Civic Structure.
ILL TRAINED MONKEY UPSET A LAMP
Draperies of Food Fair Afforded
Ready Fuel For Flames sixty
Inmates Had Narrow Escape.
Loss, S2OO,OOO.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. THE
city hall here. brick structure, com
pleted In 1855 ut cost of $1,000 has
been destroyed by the fastest moving
blaze ever fought in this city. The
building, facing Court square. on Court
street, was separated on the rear OF
large business blocks by only u narrow
alleyway, and but for the absence Of
wind II great conhagratlon could hard
~ have been averted.
There is general feeling Of relief
that no lives were sacrificed. A food
fair was in progress in the building,
and the flames originated in m ante
room at the rear Of the second floor
and are supposed to have been caused
by the upsetting of a Kerosene lamp by
trained monkey owned by IN exhibit
or A score OF booths constructed Of
soft wood and canvas aud hundreds
of yards Of bunting, with which the
ball was drapcd, afforded ready fuel
for the flames, and City Messenger ).
t. Burns. who was the last TO leave the
building. said that three minutes after
the blaze was discovered the whole in
terror was in flames. Before the fire
mon from the Pynchcon street house,
situated less than seventy-tiye feet
from the rear of the city hall, could get
to work on the fire the building was be-
yond the possibility of saving.
The sixty people in the building, for
ty of whom were on the second floor,
barely escaped with their lives. Miss
Helen Emery of the mayors office and
Miss Emma Fuller Of the city clerks
office were partially overcome by
smoke and required assistance in leav-
ing the building. The exact loss to the
city will not be known for some time,
as 1t is believed that many valuable
papers have been destroyed. \ city of
fetal said last night that he feared the
loss to the city would not be less than
100000.
The contents of many Of the safes in
the offices of the city officials on the
first floor will, II is hoped, be found In
tact. There is, however, much doubt
about the recovery Of any of the con
tents Of the assessors Office. Here an
old fashioned vault was in use, and 1t
is believed that valuable city records
which cannot be replaced have been
destroyed.
Last night the city government met
at the courthouse and put OH foot an
investigation of the city's loss. There
had long been an agitation against the
use of the building as public hall. as
IT had only front and rear exits, and
at last nights meeting Il was suggest
ed that new structure might be built
for the use OF the city officials, but
without provision for public assem-
bly, hall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
RUTLAND RAILROAD.

Corrected TO November Is, 1904. Trains leave
Bennington daily, except Sunday, unless
otherwise noted.
GOING SOUTH,
1i3O m-Express daily for Troy, Albany
and New York. Pullman sleep
ing cars to New york.
7:4o Passenger for Troy, Albany and
New York.
I2;se p m-Mail for Troy, Albany, New York
and West.
$40 " Flyer for Troy. Albany and New
York. = ullman parlor car To
Troy and Albany 70 New York.
$40 - Express for Troy, Albany and
TAO Passenger daily for Troy and AL.
bany.
GOING NORTH.
I2,Io m-E1prsss daily for Rutland, Burlng-
ton, Montreal, 0gdensburg and
West. Pullman sleeping cars to
Montreal and Ottawa.
s;I5 Passenger daily for Rutland an
Burlington. Pullman parlol ca
attached.
2.25 m--Flyer forRutland, Burlington, Mon
treal and Ogdensburg. Pullman
parlor car to Montreal.
0s1S D n-Local Passenger for Rutland, Bur-
hngton and intermediate stations
Trains from Rutland arrive at Bennington
ZOO \. M, $780, $40 and $40 p. m.
Trains from Troy arrive at 2:45, 8;45 and II rs
q. m. 2:5o, 500 and 645 p. m.
CHATHAM DIVISION.
s;I5 m-Passenger for Chatham and New
York.
$3.50 p m-Passenger for Chatham.
Trains arrive from Chatham at 1913 a. m. and
1bp.m
CA. NndMo, Gen. Passenger Agt.
GEO. t. JARVIS, Vice President and
Ruland. VT. General Manager
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
Four Invitations For President.

WASHINGTON, Jan. -Four invi-
tations were presented to President
Roosevelt, three of them being to visit
important cities of the south. The
southern invitations came from Knox
vile, Tenn; Birmingham, Ala, and
Tuskegee. Ala. To all the delegations
the president replied that il would af-
ford him pleasure to visit the people of
the several cities, and he promised to
do so If the arrangements could be
made.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07

NEW YORK, Jan. when Nan
Patterson learned that her counsels
application for her release on bail had
been refused by Judge Greenbaum she
was stunned at first, then became
hysterical, moaning and crying. When
quoted somewhat she fell into a con-
dtion of deep dependency.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
Chicasoans Follow Douglas Lead.

CHICAGO, Jan. AT meeting
here of representatives of 100 shoe
manufacturers, members of the West
ern Association of Shoe Wholesalers,
resolution was adopted in which the
association places itself on record as
opposed to the tariff on leather. In
the resolution ii is stated that congress
will he asked to repeal the rates now
existing on hides and leather
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
r. winthrop at san Juan.

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, Jan. T.
Governor and Mrs. Winthrop. who
have,returned from ayisit to the Unit
ed States, were received by n large
concourse of people and with bands of
music. Governor Winthrop states that
Porto Rican coffee will be cared for In
the next tariff revision. He says there
will he no harbor improvements in
Porto Rico this year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07

Z. ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. State En-
gineer and Surveyor Van Alstyne has
appointed Edmund Il. Van Hoesen OF
Buffalo as deputy state engineer and
Surveyor to succeed William p. Judson,
resigned. Mr.. Van Hoesen has been
an engineer on the Pennsylvania rail-
road and the New York Central.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
Live sfnrk Markets.

CATTLE Supply light market steady.
choice, $5.25@5.50, prime. siS5d5.lo; veal
calves. SSGS50.
HOGS-Receipts light; market higher;
prime. heavy. s., mediums s5.@Q5.l0;
heavy Workers. s5GS05 light Workers., $3.50
"a 90: pigs. 81 70d4S0: roughs, &q4.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Supply light;
market strong; prime wethers S5.l0@5. 3;
common sheep, S2GS; spring lambs. $50
S75.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

Farm of 800 acres near village OF Arlington.
VI one hundred acres Of meadow and tiliable
land, one hundred acres of pasture, one nun,
bred acres OF woodland that will cut 2oOM Of
spruce and hemlOck; a large quantity OF blrch'
beech, maple and second growth plnei large
twO.story house with ell. large horse barn. large
stocR barn, two hay oarns and other buildings
all In fair condition; large apple orchard VIII
take small tree anu clear place In or near Ben
ungtou as first payment Price fJ1uO'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
TRAINS ARRIVING.

Additional trains leave Troy $3.50, due Ben
nington 90 p. m. and leave Bennington sos p.
m. due Troy 6:55 p. m.
This train runs daily.
Stops only on signal to take, or on notice
to conductor, to leave passengers.
Time a. NJ.
For further information address Chas. B
Morrill,.
GenI Western assenger Agent, Troy, NY.
J. FLANDERS,
Gen Pass. & Ticket ACT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
WINTERS COMING

"Who cares, who cares, how
chilly the blasts may blow, "
if you have one Of those ?. ?.
Stewart heaters or ranges OF
Winslow d Remington; and,
by the way, you want to see
their fine carving sets that will
be in their window this week.
DO you skate? If so, they can
fit you out to a tee. Pocket
knives, pen knives, table cut
lery, kitchen ware-anything
you want in the line of nice
goods for a nice Christmas or
New Years present and the
price is within your means.
Come in, always welcome,
whether yon buy or not.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
Lorenzo MaIford Dead.

CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 7.-Lorenzo
Milford, formerly prominent mer-
chant here and father Of Rem milford.
Jr., the well known writer on sporting
topics, is dead at his home, aged sew
entv-four wears.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Jan. The
Harroun grain elevator In Harlem, a
suburb, was destroyed by fire here.
with 1900 bushels OF wheat Loss en-
The building Sl50.0OO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
CHASING Stock Quotations.

Money on call easy at ~ per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 4a4ia per cent.
Exchanges. 1851 63S $50; balances, $l3,sOi,-
Dos
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-07
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.

Corrected 70 Oct. 10. 1904 Trains leave Ben
nington daily, except Sunday, unless otherwise
noted.
TRAINS LEAVING
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-31
Fl lying IRON CAUSED GREAT CONSERVATION
Gas Drums Exploded and Injured One Man, Dam
aged Wagons and Frightened Horses. That no
Fatalities Resulted Was Miraculous.

around the dray. striking the driver
on the leg and painfully injuring him,
and them directed it's course to dray
OF the Consolidated Grocery Company
fifty feet away, striking it with such
violence as to almost demolish it and
then spending it's remainding energy
in gyrating around the broken wagon.
At the time the explosion occurred
a number of teams were at the Central
depot waiting the coming of the noon
train, and several horses became
! frightened at the terrible noise made.
They did no damage, however.
1t was fortunate that no one was in
the path of the flying projectiles, as
fatal results would have in all prob
ability ensued. 1t is miraculous how
the driver of the dray on which the
gas tubes were loaded escaped without
| serious injury.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-31
GRAVES GLEANINGS.

News Items of the Week Pithily
Photographed for News Readers.
Rev. w. E. Arnold filed his regular
appointment here Sunday. He left
Monday for Leslie, Ca, to attend the
district conference now in session at
that place.
Among those who went to Tampa,
Fla, Monday from here were Messrs.
J. E. Hamilton, w. A. Commander,
j. H. Melton and Miss Amorette
Burge.
Miss Willie Pearl Roberts of Daw-
son and Miss Berta Slade of New
Bethel attended both church and Sun
day school here Sunday.
Prof. r. H. Shell and wife of Doth
an, Ala, have come to spend a few
weeks with Mrs. Shells parents, Mr..
and Mrs. 7. p. Burge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Harrell of
Meigs, Ca, are spending few days
with Mr.. Harrell's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l. j. Harrell.
Mrs. f. r. Sheppard and Mrs. G.
b. Davis of Dawson spent Tuesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. l. J. Harrell.
Messrs. Jean Bass, Harry Oxford
and Miss Mary j. Oxford of YeOmans
were visitors here Sunday.
Miss Susie Chambless and little
brother, Dean, spent last week with
relatives at Midway.
Mr.. w. A. Davidson and wife of
Dawson spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. w. ID. Davidson.
Mr.. Roy D. Smith left Monday as a
delegate to the district conference now
in session at Leslie.
Messrs. John Thompson and Harris
Peddy of Dawson were in the village
Sunday. afternoon.
Mrs. Harris Peddy of Dawson was
the guest of Miss Eva Waller Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mr.. j. w. Snipes of Schlev, Ga. is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. w. Smith
Mr.. E. W. Smith, Jr., and sister.
Helen, made short visit to Shellman
Wednesday.
airs. Miles Hill of Dawson was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. c. Mathis, /
Saturday.
Mr.. Lloyd Aven of Parrott was
visitor at Sunday school Sunday.
Mrs. GOneke of Dawson is the guest
of Miss Cora Graves this week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-31

Just after they had been placed on a
dray at the Central railroad depot
Friday three iron cylinders carrying
a pressure of many thousand pounds
Of carbOnic acid gas, which is used by
T. O. Whitchard q Co. at their bot
thing works, exploded in the vicinity
of the Dawson's Consolidated Gro
cory Co.'S. warehouse, and severely
injured the driver and damaged the
dray on which they were loaded and
another dray that was nearby.
1t seems that the cap of one of the
drums blew off, and openings
were made in the other two by the ex-
plosiOn that followed. The gas issued
forth like the combined noise of escap-
ing steam from twenty locomotive
engines and hurled the iron drums out
into the air with a propelling power
that sent one for distance of nearly
two blocks up Main street, finally be-
ing arrested in its momentum by a
brick wall of the Southern Grocery
Company. Another was shot high
up into the air, and fell on an
adjacent lot across the street, al
most burying itself in the earth. The
third did a series of contOrtiOns
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-31
SAsSER SETTINGS.
Occurrences OF the Week in and
Around That Community.

Sasser's school, of which Prof. w.
G. Mauk was the efficient principal,
closed Thursday with interesting ex-
ercises. The term was one of the
most successful in the history of
the school. Thursday night the music
class, taught by Miss Annie May Mel
ton, rendered an enjoyable program,
and on Friday the friends and patrons
of the school enjoyed picnic on
KinchafOOnee.
Our town should make some ar
rangements to protect the homes and
business houses against fire. A few
dollars spent in this direction would
benefit all citizens alike. Nothing could
be done, as it is at present, to prevent
the spread of flames. Build. a tower
at the public well, put in a few fire
plugs and let the chronic grumblers go.
Mr.. r. w. Williams, our efficient
section foreman, went to Richland Sat
urday to see his family.
Miss Chap Saville of Dawson came
over to see her friend, Mrs. Howell,
during the past week.
Little MISS Jennie A. Moreland and
brother, Willie, of Albany, are visit
ing relatives here.
Brim & Sons & Marshall have
commenced work on their brick gin
merry here.
Miss McLendon of HerOd came over
to spend the week with Mrs. w. J.
Bowen.
Mrs. M. L. Willett of Lumpkin is
visiting the family of Mr.. A. j. Fore
man.
Mr.. J. A. Davidson of Stewart
county has visited Mr.. Ben Hill.
Miss Elvie jennings of Dawson is
visiting Miss Annie May Melton.
Miss Mary Ella Brim entertained
her friends Friday night.
Sasser's 400" picnicked at Kinch-
afoonee Friday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-31
BEE HIVE WILL BE REMoDELED
Growing Business of the Popular Dry
Goods Store Forces improvements.

A number of improvements on the
store house occupied by the bee Hive
will be made next month. A new and
modern front will be put in, the build
ing extended back for a distance of if
teen feet and the interior handsomely
improved.
The Bee Hive has grown steadily
in popular favor since its management
was assumed by Messrs. Pearlman &
Klavansky, and the increase in the
business done by the firm necessitates
the improvements that will soon be
begun. The standard of goods car
ried by the Bee Hive has been raised
to the highest, and when the work
of remodeling the building has been
completed no prettier or more relia-
BILE dry goods establishment can be
found in this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-05-31
CITY EMPLOYS ENGINEER
FIRST STEP TAKEN FOR WATER
WORKS AND SEWERAGE.
The Extent and Cost of the Proposed
Systems to Be Shown. Lot Pur-
chased for Plant and Wells.

chased Tor RANT anu "elIS.
The city council looking toward the
installment of waterworks and sewer
age, has employed Mr.. j. B. McCra-
ry of Senoia to make a survey of the
city with a view to furnishing an esti-
mate of the cost of constructing these
utilities. Mr.. McCrary is an engineer
of reputation and ability, and the fig
ures which he will furnish will doubt
less be thoroughly reliable.
Full information concerning the ex-
tent of the systems and the cost of
putting them in will thus be given the
citizens before they vote on the bond
issue which will be necessary to
meet the expenses of the work. 1t is
not thought now that more than $50, 900
will be required to build complete
and satisfactory waterworks and sew
erage.
Mr.. McCrary will receive $500 for
making the preliminary surveys and
estimates, and if he is awarded the
contract for experimenting the con-
struction he will be paid 5per cent of the
sum expended therefor, or approx
mately $4,000, from which, however,
the $500 will be deducted. This is the
usual fee paid engineers for such
work.
Mr.. McCrary says he will have
the plans in the city clerks Office
ready for inspection by the public
early in July, and the council will
probably call the election for some
time in August.
Another important step taken by the
council in connection with the INSTALL
ment of waterwOrks was the purchase
on Friday of property facing College
street and contiguous to the electric
light plant on which to build
a pumping station, sink artesian
wells and erect a standpipe. This
property, which was bought from Mrs.
N. A. Williams, embraces a residence
and a half acre of vacant land, and
the price paid for it was $500. In the
event of the construction of the water
works system the necessary machinery
will thus be run in connection with
that of the light plant, and one super
intendent for both will be employed.
The wisdom of the mayor and coun-
Gil in both of these matters is re-
ceiving general commentator.