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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01
TEN YEARS IN PRISON
Harold holbfook conviasd Of Robbins No.
p fame Bank

Harold holhfooA Convicted OF kubhing Nts.
fans Bank
Braitleboro. April -. The jury 10
the case Of State ~. Harold Holbrook
charged with being one 81 the prIncip
ais 10 the Ncwfane bank robbery Aug.
usi 8, 1904, returned ye-'lict Of guilty
yesterday Ia Windham county court nj
Newiane and later Judge George n
Powers sentenced Holbrook 70 not less
than ten or more than twelve years In
the state prison % Windsor. liol-
brook was arrested 10 Boston and No
vembcr Z. 1905. Governor Bell made a
requisltion on Governor Bates Of
Massachusetts. This was granted and
Holbrook was brought 20 Vermont
November =. The folloNing day he
was given a hearing and bound over
TO Windham county court in the sum
OF 5000. Atshe fall term OF Windham
county court last year Mccarthy was
sentenced 10 not less than seven or
more than eight years In prison. while
Howard was given not less than ten or
more than twelve years Ia the same in
stiiution.
The conviction was made principally
on the testimony Of James Howard and
John 7. Mccarthy who are now serv-
ing sentences for the same crime
The three bank burglars, handcufTed
together, we're taken 70 Windsor to-
day by Deputy Sheriff j. II. Kiniry Of
Windsor and Sheriff f. W. Mcclure
of Brattleboro.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01
FRED BARTLETT KILLED
BY BRUTAL BLOW on HEAD


Continued from First Page.
lea and Others slaFlsd from wAlloom,
sac 10 come home. while on bis way
he was oveFiaken by a team and asked
% jump Ia ahd ride, shiloh b. did. All
seFe under tho Influence of liquor, and
Il IL figured that after leaving tho team
either ~ North bennington or baioru,
d quarrel started which resulted fatal,
ly 10 Bartlett Who Has tho man Who
struck tho fatal bios aud tho insiru.
meni used IL not ysi knoan.
During dc evening uhey bad boon a.
ihs saloon and pool joint ran by
Charles Allen, sometimes called
Charles Morse. ~ Walloomsae aud
STARTED back between n aud ~ o'clock.
The leam hired By ihe Bennington hoys
Was returned 10 Hawks livery stable
az a quarter past ihrrr.
Whether tho DEED actually took place
Ia Nea YORK of Vermont ~ill probab,
By develop later. although he chances
arr ihe lice had BEEN CROSSED bcforu
ihe unfortunate man was the victim 90
ihs murderuss assault by parties un.
knoHn,
Tho Inquest before Judge Bates IL
baing continued ihis aiiefno-n aud IL
ia loabiiai ifii uili 30 completed 20.
night 10 IL bcing conducted behind
closed doors
Among ihe Witnesses ihis afternoon
aoc Birney >. Madison and George
Bonnrr. STR Madison r,iurnol b.. i.s
on che ar,i sleeper Saturday night
and walked by ihe back about ono
o'clock when be- passed no body
vas lying there. SIR Bonner came %
North Bennington ON ihe second
sleeper aud going hy tho bank corner
40 i:ij noticed son.uouo there bui sup
posed that 10 was man drunk and
be- did not examine him. This Fixed
the time the body was placed there At
between one O'Clock aud i.i5.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01
FISHING TACKLE

split bamboo, Lakewood, Calcutta
bamboo. Cane and Ash Rode, la every
STYLE and length. Hand made 1y rods
made la Bennington.
Res, Froneh Wlllow baskets. patent
fasteners cheaper ones eilh hop fas-
ianers.
Carlton lightweight feaiherwelghi
and automatic lieelsi holds IN, "a, NJ
and loo yards line.
knelled Hooks nn single double and
triple eut and best elk gimp. Al
hfnds Aberdeen, kinsey, hEeck, Car,
lislr, Sproat, Cincinnati hass, AeH
YORK trout. Penn D turned dnNn eve.
Large hnuks on SILK surm gui aud
six gimp inF bass, p|rkerrl and large
ifnuli sifes No. 10 On
Trout and Bass Piles, En- cents doc.
Better flies, ai.nu dnf NiktY varieties
in ,flrsi from Inc.ud'nE deer cahln
defr lick aud iiennlngion.
Trolling Spoons, spinner and
Trolling Limos.
Hargimac LaniIns Nois. fourieoen
ifch Landing Aris nlh rubber co1di
nat linhrs crrsc d. paddock aud
basket styles, Fly and TACKLE Books.
Ton kinds - braided silk limos len-
ameirl cotton. linen aud Cuuyhunk
lines. SILK worm gas lea hanks leader
boxes, eic. D q. . Boot Leaders. sin.
gle and double fut
Guns, ammunition and gun lmplom-
cuts ~ an kinds.
run i'nr 70. 10. goods. Hand made
bats a specially
il. McGURK,
424 Main 81.
Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01
OGDEN TRAIN rsLEscopED.
Wreck az creensiil.. :. q. - Foni
Dead and Nan, Injured.

A'HN ANh NANN tNNWNfha
GREENNiLLE. :. g.. May I. Tho
special train bearing ihe ogden party
on H. southern trip boo the interests Of
education ran into switch engine
early IN the morning as o. WAS entering
the yards of the SouthrO railway
here. The engine OF the ogden train
and several ears were wrecked. The
baggage and dining ears were tele.
scoped and caught fire The two din.
ing cars were destroyed.
A 1agman and three employees OF
the dining ears were killed. and several
OF the ogden party were injured. The
dead are Charles NJ. Coope. nagman
J. Little. W. ". Cummings aud j. +.
Haynes, negro employees Of the dining
cars.
The train left Columbia at $3.50
O'Clock IN the morning. and few Of the
party had arisen when the accident
happened.
Professor Henry w. Farnam Of Yale
university was perhaps the most So
rlously injured His head was bruised
and his arm broken. Mrs Farnam
was hurt on the shoulder and arm.
DR.. ST. Clair McKelway of the Brook
lyn Eagle, who was in the forward
dining car was pinioned under tim.
bers and was dragged out unconscious
when the flames were reaching him.
He was soon revived and was found
unhurt except for wrenched back.
r. NJ Ogden, secretary to X. c. Ogden,
had his wrist broken. DR.. Dreher of
Roanoke college was bruised. Mrs.
Thrope, daughter of II. W. Longfellow,
was also bruised. All of these passen.
gers were in the forward dining car
Among the passengers on the luck.
less train were Charles b. Aycock,
former governor of North Carolina;
DR.. A. S. Draper New York state com
missioner of education; Dwight Ke-
logg the Rev Or. Arthur b. Kinsdlv-
ing. Seth Low, ex-mayor of New York;
Robert Treat Paine, George Foster
Peabody and Bishop McNickar OF
Rhode Island, who is suffering from
shock.
Mr. Ogden, who is deeply grieyed ana
shocked, has ordered that the best pos
sible funeral be given the dead and
that every attention be shown the in.
jured.
Practically all of the baggage. said
to be valued ut $4,000, was destroyed.
1t is said that misunderstanding Of
orders led to the accident
A late dispatch says that Professor
Farnam and Mrs. Farnam are both
resting easily in a sanitarum. 1t has
not been decided when they will be
able to travel, but the attending ply
sicians say not before tomorrow. Elec
trician Kershaw. also injured in the
wreck and detained here, is doing well.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01
QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER
Portrayal Of New England Life III Most Popu
lar Play.

1t might have naturally seemed that
a novel so intensely filed with New
England scene and character as "Quin.
CIV Adams Sawyer" might appeal only
to New England readers, but the re-
suits are quite to The contrary. The
book sold quite as largely in the west
as in the east and had a remarkably
good sale in England, especially in
London
Some of the most hattering common
dations of the book as faithfully por-
traying country life in New England
came from the London critics. The
truth of the matter is that the story in
itself appeals to all classes and all
nationalities of readers. 1t is the
same with the dramatization which
will have an elaborate presentation at
Remington opera house on Friday
yening of this weekday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01

Fishing season. Fishing Boots at
the Bennington shoe store.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01
counterfeltine the Genuine.

Foley q Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many limitations are offered
for the genuine. Ask for Foley's Hon
ey and Tar and refuse any substitute
offered as no other preparation will
give the same satisfaction. 1t is mild
ly laxative. 1t contains no opiates
and is safest for children and delicate
persons. Sold by b. A Quinlan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-01
Acard.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on &c cen
bottle of Greene. s Warranted Syrup o.
Tar if it fails to cure your co aRh OF
cold We also guarantee % cant bot
tie TO prove satisfactory or money re-
funded,
j. T. Shurteff, j. M. Ayres,
o. f. Gibson, B. A. Quinlsn,
Bennington.
G, II. Houghton North Bennington.
c. r. g. A. b. Hs, kins, So. SALISBURY.
y +. Adams, Arwington.
Il G Woodworth, o. E. Adams Il Co,
East Arlington.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-05
Competition Fearful Keen This Limited Field and Its
Effects Are Apparent Upon Actor and Manager

ager the hand, nor the power of the
actors union on the other, can always avert.
The errors and blunders made on the Rialto, the
misunderstanding and misdirected efforts, the
wasted energy and the acting that is in Valn'
the defects and all other things that happen to
others furnish fine amusement to those who
are not Immediately concerned. and enemies of
the people concerned are all the more amused.
There are throngs Of players about, and the
actors friend is seldom an actor, and still more
rarely a manager
The Yiddish player IS generally a naive, ele-
mental crude creature, and his art is only a
small remove from his life. Sometimes the diff
ference does not exist at all, and one is at a
loss to tell where appearance ends and actuality
begins He wears his heart his sleeve, and
the story of his life is an open book you are
constantly invited to read 1t is a story of
strange wanderings and stranger adventures.
No product of schooling is this player and what
power of mimicry is his is only part Of the his
trionic training received by the Jew in world
ever set against him. hostile world, wherein
he has constantly TO assume the color of his
surroundings. initiate his baiters. entertain his
enemies, dance attention upon his prosecutors
a world wherein to be he had always to seem.
Small wonder then that this Thespans art is
80 strangely interviewer with his life, that he
acts so little on the stage and much in the
cafe. that he plays before his manager well
as before his audience and performs the drama
of his life before any one who is willing TO wit
ness 1t.
Theatre politics" deal, of course with the
future destinies Of players, playwrights. man
ayers and theatres and regularly there comes
the season when it absorbs the attention of all
the denizens of the Ghetto, from the humblest
sweatshop workers to the most successful
merchants. There are the numerous bands of
patriots" faithful followers all. of the stars of
the Yiddish dramatic constellation, and you will
find them ali, at all hours OF the night, on the
Rialto- The cafes might be bit too expensive
for III paid factory workers, but there are al
ways the sidewalks, and the whirl Of the
theatrical exchange does not take its course
without the attendance and the advice of the
devoted patriots" For hours and hours man
ayers and favorite players, prizes that they
would capture, walk up and down the street in
front of the leading theatrical cafe in Grand
st. and the finest eloquence and the greatest
New-York tribune., 1905-11-05

tising to the Home for Incurables Maybe
there is a bit of irony intended in the name Of
The institution benefited
Ihus 1t has happened that, instead of $500 600
worth Of advertising doing the machine" good
IL mas set the town in roars Of laughter Further
more the spending Of such sums has caused a
deal of sober thinking the part of voters
A story of the open handed corruption in
Philadelphia. against which the better element
Of the city is united in its fight would be in
complete without word as to the gross man
ner in which public institutions have been liter
ally plundered. The municipal smallpox hos
pltal is a good sample. Investigation has re-
vealed that instead of being a well built struct-
ure for the proper of victims of the most
malignant scourge known in medical annals the
structure supervised by a cousin of "Iz" Dur
ham, gang leader and contractor and built
by contractors who stood pat with the ma
cnlne is but mere shell, and will have to be
torn down and completely rebuilt.
The gravy rake off" on this building
is estimated at $4,000 on contract OF S142, 600
As group of municipal hospital buildings
which would have ultimately cost the city $40
100000. was planned. the ''rake-off' which the
gang" would have cleaned up at this rate on
the whole deal would have been in the neighbor-
hood of S5.OO0OOO
4hAoiieiio dSo Nidl WAS Oily the most
traordfnary prayer meeting ever held in connec-
ton with politics heralded from PhiIade-
phia On an appointed day the ministers and
church people Of the city gathered within vari-
Gus religious edffices and for four solid hours
uttered fervent appeals that Mayor Weaver
then recognized machine" man, might be re
deemed to redeem the city"
The Mayor himself is churchman Baptist,
and teacher of Sunday school class His wife
is most devout. When, therefore prayers
ascended for the Mayors redemption Mrs
weaver redoubled efforts already made by her
to turn her husband from the machine ways
About that same time the gang" decided on
the $25.OO0.O00 gas steal. But they reckoned
without the Mayor whom they did not even
consult as to the bargain
One evening in the Mayors home, while the
family was at dinner visiting friend appealed
to the Mayor to turn from the gang" Selling
New-York tribune., 1905-11-05
President Much Impressed by
What He Saw at the
Institution.

When President Roosevelt was at Tuskegee. Ala
the other day he enabled TO see In pecuiiari'
vivid way how Booker T. Washington Is strivihs
to solve the negro problem. Standing on plat
form in the grounds of the Tuskegee Institute ne
watched pass by him sixty-one floats. each repre-
senting OF the essential industries OF Hioueih
civilization. Each float was manned py etoup
of pupils busily employed in their chosen voca-
tions The President negroes making OricAs'
just as they expect to do in after fe setting type
and operating printing or snoVeiiins oNei
soil TO show how they plan to increase the fertihty
of vast stretches of country in the South whie ar
now little better than wdernesses
II was the hope of Mr.. Washington that oy CIV
,np the President actual examples OF what MS
pupils are doing he might better impress on MS
mind the comprehensive work OF tne iIl7tIlu'e'
That he succeeded may best be shown by the fres-
dent's own testimonial. After the 1hous'ila' p'
rade had passed Mr.. Roosevelt said;
..T r,a, ,re,ared TO see what would impress me
and nlease me- but had idea that L would De
so deeply impressed I have BEEN dia hoe
realize before the extent of your WORK uiu' 0
realize how much you were doing.
IN. narade we'll exemplhed the thoroughly prac-
t;caI nurpose Of the Tuskegee Institute IL sho"eu
not only the students ut work at various trau.' s
hut what they had already accomplished "He-
ever II was possible the floats exhioiteo tie piou
ucts of negro skill. Around the sides Oh ''e
which carried some students In printing were pas'
exhibits of their work-posters, newspaper aoEei
,t..,o.,+s wedding and menu cards and diplomas
and enrrossed documents requiring q speciai ue
gree Of skill One Of the students on the "asoi' n
as IT passed the President was busy setting Spe.
another was imposing a FORM "hiie d 'i ~
running a small printing machine- IT.,
T,. 7.ornp negroes who expect to nuke prleKs
for n living gave a specimen OF their skill DS
building a. brick kiln AS the procession hos.u ',,
along they busted themselves with placing VI .ts
In tiers and arching them over 50 as 10 ioiii @
furnace holes. AS the men "orAeu Cn ..,,,,,,
- th.,, did not try to complete the exhipi-
tion by firing up the kiln
float which almost entirely 'he piourl' ~
of the craft which it represented carr'sl e"7
+i,srni,bs Even its roof consisted Oh tih' sho"
New-York tribune., 1905-11-05
By Bernard G. Richards.

On the Rialto of New-York's Ghetto every
night the curtain goes UP to reveal many e'ii
ing shifting scenes Of action that are Us eoii
and as dramatic any that are ever "itheso
,r +be theatres In the theatrical cafes along
Grand and Canal sts., which form the aidoish
Rialto men and women struggle TOT recoshilso'A
for ambition for honor, for either the centre OF
,,a s+aee n, at least some visible corner IN the
BACKGROUND. for either great worldly possessions
:. to-. aa,,v bread for either the admiration
=, +,a Gallery or the favor OF the discerning rev.
1Ier. dramatio talent is offered for sale TO the
HIGHEST bidder but the highest bidder Is not al
ways he who holds out the largest check some
times IT is he who offers most room toward tHo
centre of the boards, new plays or Hiuch pfoih-
,s> or grateful roles, or absolute conofoi Oh Inc
oompany or other opportunities which oetoken
an assured measure OF applause 1t is IN THESE
cates at any rate, that the destiny of all stars
and lesser luminar1es OF the Yiddish stage is
determined. at least for one season
All artfuIness tact, cunning and diplomacy
are employed in these theatrical negotiations
tn. histrionic powers of the player and OF the
manager too, who is always at least somewhat
O, an actor are brought into play. The unen-
gagged actress puts on her brightest stage smile
and the defeated manager affects an indiner-
ence denoting not the least interest in theatr-
cal or any other kind of life. Those who would
weep laugh. and the most detected OF Thespians
struts and swaggers across the cafe. The come
dian tells stories and jests to while away the
gnawing hours of sadness. and through all the
bargaining. arguing and hagglinS between i'm
presaFios and players through all the obstrep-
erous disputes between the managers and the
leaders OF the Hebrew Actors Protective Union,
through all the heated discussions on trade
unionism versus art the folk not what they
sseIn reality and Illusion constantly meet and
part, wage war against each other and then
make peace again.
The field Of Yiddish theatricals is limited and
competition is fearfuly keen. Each manager
has his most dreaded rival and all managers
have now to meet the deadly rivalry of the
increasing number of Yiddish vaudeville
houses which cutting deeply into tho
legitimate show business. The promoters of
Yiddish variety again have their troubles with
the large number Of music halls opening up in
the neighborhood. And for the stars and
even the smaller players there are numerous
pitfalls; danger turks every side dangers
that neither tho position Of the star-actor-
New-York tribune., 1905-11-05

ni1cance beside this Dragging staggering.
swashbuckling knight of the classic German
drama All the Rialto is hushed and listens
oreathlessly when he raises his sonorous voice
and most dramatically rectes his wonderful
amours and theatrical exploits of the past.
NOW there trudges along the dilapidated,
shabby figure of an eccentric Hebrew poet.
singer-in the purest Hebrew-of wine, women
and the restoration Of Zion, high priest of Bo-
hernia east Of the Bowery. He bears copies of
his latest book under his arm. 1t is translation
Of the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam into the He
brew. Ah it is fine. 1T is better than the orig
is as much Of the Hebrew bard as there is
of Omar in the book. 1t is Omar Imber''
says jester of the Ghetto. Will you buy? 1t
costs only 81 copy. You will not buy? Well,
then you at least pay for the poets drink.
That does not cost much. and the poet is just
as well pleased.
Behold oldtime popular comedian, pioneer
of the Yiddish stage. whom a cruel fate has now
relegated to a New-Jersey farm But even fate
be overcome The of theatrical poll
tics always finds him on the Rialto. The farm
is deserted OF left to the care OF the family
Whether the work there is done not. the
comedian of the days that have been wanders
about the Riato, not knowing exactly why.
nineles with the throng. and perhaps hopes
against hope for some opportunity to return to
the stage. There is pathoS in his lOreringS
and sadness I'm his passing.
Yonder tall, thin, pallid faced, bearded man.
he. too, can tell you tales OF past elories. He
was once the leading tenor OF the yiddish stage
singing to great applause In all fayorite oper-
ettas. Times have changed. Now he is the
cantor OF little congregation in Harlem He
sits in the cafe with his back to the street
Some member of the congregation might happen
along the Jewish Broadway. and he would rather
not be seen here But come to the Rialto dur
ing these days he must. Only his past is pres
ent to him. Nothing else exists.
There goes OF the ghosts OF the Rialto, a
sombre shadow of his former self. Only a year
ago he still young; he was the wealthy
domineering impresario of his own theatre. en-
joyng the success of half hundred plays of
his own making. roting in .uxuries But an I'll
wind blew by. and now he is penniless. broken
IN health and spirits and mentally child again
Though II is said he never pitied any In his
great days the playfolk sigh and grieve they
him
The Jester still tells stories. The champion
liar swears by the soul of his dead grandfather
who a rabbi-that every word he utters is
solemn truth. The play wright recites the plot
OF his play and praises his wares. The
Yfddish journalist wakes warm over his literary
ambitions. The cynic berates everybody and
laughs at the world. And the motley throng
passes In professional before Us. But the great
land OF Bohemia need not be ashamed OF its
faraway dislocated colony in the strange little
world east OF the Bowery.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-05

power of persuasion are employed to bring about
a satisfactory engagement. Meanwhile the
patriots" watch and wait and hope that the
best will happen to their respected idols.
The shrewd impresario has reduced the poll
tics to a science. The problem is not only to
engage the best compan. to secure the most
popular star, but also to keep the other man
ager from accomplishing this. For this pur-
pose it is often necessary to engage players for
whom there is absolutely no in the COM
pany who are just prevented from playing else
where and kept chiefly ornaments. A sue
cessful combination of several Yiddish man
ayers to reduce the number of playhouses by
helping a producer of American meodramas to
secure one of the East Side theatres is one of
the proofs of a shrewd and crafty business
sense.
Many stray birds appear on the Rialto in these
days of excitement The cafes and the side
walks swarm with theatrical folk, performers of
the past, present and future. for there are al
ways the stage aspirants and the stagestruck.
Strange forms out of the past rise again. and
those who have long fallen by the wayside are
niraculously resurrected. The shadows of the
past, idols OF days that are dead. ningle with
the living figures of the present. The ghosts,
"has-beens" of the stage, long cast aside by
time and change. are suddenly terminated with
life Ambition stirs again within their breasts.
and thoughts of new life upon the stage crowd
upon their bewildered brains Hope springs for
ever in the histrionic breast Out of the dark
est obscurity do the forms of the past emerge
and for a brief space OF time all bask in the
electric shine and warmth of the Rialto They
come from near suburbs. from cities far away
and even from farms the players that once ruled
the day. and again they are part and parcel
of the greatest Yiddish theatrical Rialto of the
greatest Ghetto in the largest Jewish centre of
the world
There is the stalwart. dominating, clustering
presence of the famous German star a wander
ing Jew of the stage. a player known on two
continents who every year visits the great
American Ghetto and condescends to appear In
a number Of Cast" performances, with either
one or the other of the Yiddsh companies. A
rowing spirit and high disregard OF life's regu-
Iarties combine to bring him TO spheres be-
meath those of his former days, but great are
his prerogatiyes when he comes here. and even
the king OF the Yiddish stage" sinks into insig