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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-29
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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tsis sss s.ss ss.sssss
CIV Dilz OF Albany wss In town
yeslsrdsy.
IN shields DOS OF Troy Is in lhs
village today.
Mrs Lena Downs 10 confined 10 The
house by illnesss.
Mr. aud Mrs a n Williams have
gone la Dorset 10 spsnd Thanksgiving
Miss Lucy Smith has sons 10 hsr
home In Piiisneld for Thanksgiving
Miss Elizabeth Darock spenl sun.
day sllh her brother In iloosiok Falls.
Miss Mary Keliev IL Ia speed
Thanksgiving wilh her brother Ia
Troy,
Tho bennington club Slll keep open
house Thursday eyoalng 10 msinbeFs
aud Invite guests.
Miss Mary Walbrldgo Elil arrive
home from school this evening 70
spend Thanksgiving
Lester Vail of The University of Yer
mont will bu AZ homo from Burlington
10 speed Thanksgiving.
Mrs kalharlne Young leaves Wed.
nesday "a sp"nd Thanksgiving Slth
her sislsr Ia schenectady.
Miss faunis Thatcher, accompanied
by friend, sill spend tie Thanksgiv.
inR holiday With Str aud Mrs & W
Thatcher.
Benningp.n lodge o. like will keep
open house tonight with baked turkey
and other dollcacl's ~ give Scsl 10 ibr
occasion
DrT Putnam 81 North adams aud
DE W Il Putnam oi Hooslck sill he
,he guests ~ DR. W = Putnam Thanks.
giving day.
Mr. Mary frasicf. for many ,sArs
a resident 81 this village, has gone %
reside wlIh her daughter, Mrs Willism
byrmos Ia l.uiland.
The lA'csi BIZ Ia dross aud f other
patterns IL The Cosmopolitan fur which
Evans nDE. room has the agency.
only ~ ccnis. Try them.
Three note choice white Greek
turkeys. the best the market affords.
No cold storage stock Must be closed
ourionighi az Harmon's market.
List ~ letters remaining uDcalied
Tor AZ toe pos' ofiico are 4 > Allen,
frd CraEiord. " J Spaldlng. Frank
G. Taylor, Peter Weber, Mrs Robert
Smith.
II Harry Levin l. making good
progress with hts selling cut sale but /
be- still has a large quantity 81 goods |
Dn hand that he IL dlsposing Of clos.
Ing out prices.
Mr and Mrs Seymour Van San,. |
7oord will give a reception this eve /
hing nj their residence on Washington /
park, Troy. when Miss Edith Van |
Will be presented 10 society. |
rhe only young lady 20 assist Miss
Van Santyoord In receiving will be |
Miss Margaret Francis, another debu.
ante OF the season. Miss Francis Is
laughter Of Charles : Francis OF the
Troy Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-29

Received over our private wires
from New Yo. k at 1915 p. m. today.
Money per cent. Sales to noon $50.
900.
There is not much to say that is new
in regard to the market. Without ex.
ception the leading brokers are now
admitting what we stated on Saturday
last, that the div on r Pfd would not
be changed and advising the purchase
of the stocks, as stated yesterday.
The pools in fractions also OF have
held off from advancing their special
ties until after the holiday when it is
believed there will commence advances
of from five to ten points 10 them.
The Equipment stocks we're fairly
active and should show marked
strength later on. We look for A Lo,
A F and PRS to have sharp advances
also hear that ICI is safe to buy on
wide margins for new high prices.
Reading will again sell above 143
Buy it and hold for five point advance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-29
Holiday Evergreens

I am now prepared to furnish rope
wreathing at 8, and 10cts per yard.
Wreaths at 10, Is and 25cts each.
Holly wreaths and holly after Dec 9Th
also Christmas trees 25cts up. Orders
for parties or weddings filed on short
notice. Address Mrs Clarence s
Morse, r f d /, Box 50, Bennington,
Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-29
STOCK MARKET REPORT.
Closing Prices Today and Condition of the
Market,

The following are the closing prices
Of securities in the New York stock ex.
change today furnished by II. r.
Leighton q Co to their local Office in
Bennington this afternoon:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-29
WE GIVE THANKS!

For the generous bounty poured out so lavishly
upon this community by this year Of grace Nine
teen Hundred and Five. The Oldest inhabant in
recalling the good old days" finds nothing to
pass the present healthy condition of
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Campbell Darlington, tract about one
acre; $40.
Grant avenue--August Erdman to
Henrietta f. Erdman, part of Mount
Pleasant; s5
Third street southeast, between NJ
and \ streets-Margaret E Breslyn ct
Tir, Alexander W., to Mary A Awkward
one-fourth interest in part lots and 16
square no; S1o George H. Awkward ct
ux. to same. one-fourth interest in same
property and half interest in part lot 6,
square 133. 81
Bloomingdale-Melvi h HERMAN ct
ux- to Walter F. and Alice A. Shuck-
ers, lot 109. block Z: $40.
116 D street northeast-Joseph NJ
Coleman ct ux. to Arthur b Lohr, lot
26. square 723; $40
76 X street northeast-Rober o. Ed
monston, jr. ct ux: to John R. Walsh,
lot 2ll. square 674; $40.
M street northeast. between n. Capt.
tol and First streets-Alice A Hercus
TO Clayton H. p Serrin. let 49, square
672; SO
EFT n William A Mearns, lot 1, block
13: s1O0
Columbia Heighte-william II. Duvan
ct ux. to Mary B. Carroll lot AZ. block
36, 80.
Ingleside-H Rozier Dulany ct al.
trustees, TO William H. DuvaII lots 81
90 48. block 3; s1S.000 William H. Duval
ct uX. to Harry t. Jones, same property;
Columbia Heights-J. Edward Lewis
to William II. Duval1. lots 81 and 80,
block q; $40. William H. Duyaii ct ux.
to Maria l.. Johnston. same property;
Columbia Heights-William NJ. Terrell
et uX. to William II. DuyaU LOT AZ
block. &c; SO William H Duvall ct ux.
to Reginald w. Beall, same property;
Columbia Heights-J. Edward Lewis
n lion
$40.
Twentieth and S streets northwest
John h Nolan ct AK. to Charles II.
Davidson, lots is TO q. square 109; $40.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Real Estate Transfers.

Lanier Heights-Wil!iam II. Shales ct
uX. TO George c. Shales. part lots "a
and 3d. $40 George c. ShaIes ct ux to
William II Shales. part lots 50 and 56.
80.
1873 Fifth street northwest-Catherine
Wood ct vir William H, TO Max
Kohner, part original lot II. square 512.
so.
Third street southwest. between Z and
L strsets--John L. Gardiner to James r.
Wilder, lot A, square 5TI, SO
1910 Maryland avenue northeast-D
Darby Thompson ct uX. TO Thomas R.
Hudson lot s, square south OF 1927,
SO.
Twenty-siXth street northwest, be-
tween ] and X streets-John T. Laggan
ct TX. To Bridget Mcclellan, part lot %.
square 5, SO.
Moore K Rarbours Second Addition
Maud Sprigman ct yir.. James H, 70
Wilmer H. Hampton, lot ). block 6. SO.
o street northwest, between First and
Third streets-Albert f. Fox, ct al,
trustees. TO James F. Bundy. lot 128,
square 553: SIPS
Greenvale-Mary X Hemingway to
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Trans-Pacific Mails.

JAPAN, KOREA, CHINA, and PHILIP
PINE ISLANDS, via Seattle close
here daily at $50 D. m up to April @ for
dispatch per s. 8. Kanagawa Maru. ta)
Japan texcept parcels post nlailsl. KOREA
CHINA and PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, via
Vancouver and Victoria, y. c., close here
daily at ESQ pm. up TO April 4. for dispatch
per SIS Empress of Japan. Ja)
JOHN A. MERRITT. Postmaster.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

expansion shown is that reported in the
West. The gain there indicated is "a
per cent. as against gain of II per cent
in the Southern States, IL per cent in
the Middle Atlantic States. and 9 per
cent in New England.
The immense expenditure here ind:cat-
ed may be variously regarded, If for
instance. the grand aggregate at lOS
cities is TO be taken TO Indicate coun-
try-wide development. some interesting
reflections on the total probable expendi-
ture this year for building are possible.
Material and Labor
If the aggregate of S455. 5.G00, 900 is taken
TO cover say, three-fourths of the coun-
try's totai expenditure, grand aggre-
gate of about 5000. 600. 900 for building is
mere foreshadowed. A fair estimate of
the cost of an average building is proba-
bly, 40 per cent for material and 60 per
cent for labor; but if half is allowed to
each of these items a total of $500 coo os
for material, such as lumber. brick
stone, iron, hardware and paint. Is nos
slble, and like sum must be credited
to labor.
It is hardly necessary to say that the
pulldlng material markets have for some
tlme past reflected some of the possi-
niiltles conteined in this expenditure.
and the labor market will. no doubt also
shortly feel the stimulus offered by the
putting into circulation of this vast sum
OF money.
Architects Hunter &, Bell are nranar-
ing plans for four-story and base
john L. Warren, on the northeast cor
ner of California avenue and Fiphteentb
street. 1t is to be known as the Cali
iorfila- 1t VIII contain four apartments
on each floor. These are to have five
rooms and bath each, and be finished
III up-to-date style and with every con-
slderat1en for hygiene and comfort. es-
pecIal attention being given to light and
Ventilation Gas and electric lighting
VIII be installed, and each apartment
| VIII have Its own telephone Open
nickel-rlate plumbing, buffet kitchens.
and large pantries, hot water heat,
| hardwood finish are some of the pleas
ms features of the building The archi-
lecture will be in colonial style, and the
total cost of the Improvement will be
so, ,0OG
j. IL Quick is going to build on
Dartmouth street, near Eleventh, Co
lurnbia Heights, three dwellings OF
three stories and cellar, the cost being
approximately $4,000
Senator Proctor is proceeding with the
plans for the apartment house, orawn
for him by Architect Clinton Smith. II
/ Is to be erected at the corner of Yer
mont avenue and K street, and be seven
stories in height. 1t will be built of
brick and marble, and thoroughly fire.
proof.
j. w Lee has begun the construction
Of number of three-story houses al
Maryland avenue, Fourth and streets
northeast The building lot contains
about 28,000 feet, and the houses will
cover the entire frontage Each OF
them VIII have eight rooms and bath,
and be heated by hot water.
Mrs. John Davis will build at the in
tersectiCn of New Hampshire avenue
and Eighteenth street four-story resi-
dence. containing twenty-eight rooms
The main entrance will be through an
/ English basement, and there will be q
/ large drawing room on the second floor
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
transatlantic Mails.

MONDAY-(al At 7:15 pm. for EUROPE,
per SIS. Kaiser Wilhelm der G..1sse from
New York via Plymouth CherLourg and
Bremen.
TUESDAY-(a) At 7:15 pm. for EUROPE.
per SIS. Teutonic, from New York, via
Queenstown and Liverpool
tc) At 1:45 pm. for NETHERLANDS di-
rect Especially addressed only) per SIS Ryn-
dam, from New York
tc) At Has pm. for ITALY direct (spe-
cially addressed only), per SIS. Stella. from
New York
WEDNESDAY = (g) At 1920 pm. for
FRANCE, SWITZERLAND. ITALY, SPAIN,
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Prospects for Building.

All signs have favored the expectation
that the present year win witness great,
II not reccrd-breaking. activity in buiId-
ing construction. says Bradstreet's Of
course ii is hard in fact weII-nigil i'm
possible to set definite limits 10 the
total expenditure in this lire in the
country as a whole. The reasons for
this are obvious. Municipal statistics,
except in a comparatively few excep-
tions, are naturally vague Even where,
as In the case of the larger cities, there
Is registry OF the building permits
and estimated cost of construction there
Is the doubt. first, as to the statistical
accuracy OF the detailed estimates, and.
second. as to the ultimate carrying out
OF The entire volume OF the work plan
ned
Despite these drawbacks. however.
there is a natural desire to set some
measure TO the probable scope of build
Ing activity in this countrv during the
ensuing year. Bradstreet's has there
fore endeaVored 10 take steps to this
end. and while making the fullest al
lowances for all these diverse influences
and drawbacks. a conscientious effort
has been made 10 ret a line ON the
proportions of 1905 building.
Special Reports.
Special reports from 10S cities and
towns of varying size in the United
States point to an expenditure for new
buildings. whether State municipal or
private, during the year 1905 aggre-
eating s455, 900. coo, a gain OF 157 per cent
over the. as nearly as can be ascer-
tanned. actual value Of the buildings
erected. repaired or -larged during 1904
at the identical cities.
It might be observed that the greatest.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
FOREIGN MAILS.

WASHINGTON. D. c., POST ~ CE NO
TICE-FOREIGN MAILS
Should be ready daily, as changes may oc-
cur at any time
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the
ports OF sailing daily. and the schedule of
closings is arranged the presumption of
their uninterrupted overland transit. For
the week ending April 6. 1905. the last con
meeting closes viii be made from the MAIN
OFFICE as follows:
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
FOREIGN MAILS.

PORTUGAL, TURKEY, EGYPT. GREECE.
and BRITISH INDIA, per SIS. La Lorraine.
from New York. via Havre; also for other
parts of EUROPE when specially addressed
for this steamer.
FRIDAY-(a) AT 7:15 pm. for LIVERPOOL,
SCOTLAND. and IRELAND, per SIS. Cam
pania, from New York, via Queenstown and
Liverpool: also for other parts of EUROPE
when specially addressed for this steamer
(a) AT 7:15 pm. for EUROPE. per SIS
St Paul, from New York, via Plymouth and
Cherbourg.
tc) At Il:45 pm. for SCOTLAND direct
Especially addressed only, per SIS. Caledonia,
from New York
(c) At 11:45 pm. for BELGIUM PARCELS
POST MAILS. per SIS. Iceland. from New
York; also regular mail for BELGIUM when
specially addressed for this steamer.
(c) At 11;45 pm for ITALY direct tspe-
from New York.
Mails for South and Central America,
West Indies, Etc.
SUNDAY (ApriI 2)-td) At uI5 pm for
York.
MoNDAY-tc) At u:45 pr. for NICAR-
Aqua texcept East Coast. HONDURAS tex
cept East Coast. SALVADOR, PANAMA
COLOMBIA. ECUADOR. PERU. BOLIVIA
and CHILL. per SIS Advance. from New
York. via Colon; also GUATEMALA mail
when specially addressed for this steamer.
TUESDAY-tc) AT 1l:45 pm. for INAGUA,
HATI. PANAMA, CANAL ZONE, and Co
LOMBIA, per SIS. Naldivia from New
York Including CAPE HAITI and PORT DE
PAX when specially addressed for this
steamer).
(c) AT I:45 pm. for BRAZIL. per SIS.
Bahia, Rio Janeiro. and Santos 1includng
NORTHERN BRAZIL, ARGENTINE. URTT-
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
Why Pay House Rent :?

Why not own your home, be in
dependent and enjoy the best things
of life?
We've a snug little home tnat will
just fit family like yours-an and the
prices and terms will just fiji your
finances.
A little down and a trifle each
month and your home is paid for.
Six rooms, bath, and large cellar; fur
mace heat; tiled vestibule and bath; cabi-
net mantels mirrors. and large alley.
See US about this. It costs nothing to
talk II over with US.
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NAMED FOR THE KING
Georgetown Not Christened
in Honor of Washington.
RIVAL OF BALTIMORE
EARLY DAYS IN THE LITTLE
TOWN ON THE POTOMAC.
Queer Characters and Queerer Customs
That Flourished in the Court
End Of Washington.


The merry Jest of the stage comedian to-
day, Georgetown, probably stands unrivaled
in the fact that no place in the United
States furnishes such an abundant store of
folk lore as this quaint old colonial town.
From the very birth of the old municipal
ity down to the regime of the lamented
Alexander r. Shepherd it's annals are rich
in countless stirring "reminiscences. Men
of national prominence have been entangled
in its meshes and handed down through its
old aristocratic families are stories which
IL not read with interest today will be
treasured by future generations.
1.-THE Rock of Dnmhrton," upon which
GEORGETOWN is built, was ceded through an
original land patent little over $50 years
ago by the keeper of the great seals Of
MARYLAND to Ninian Beall. The, vast ex-
panse of territory thus granted remained
intact only a few years, and the state of
MARYLAND empowered a number of commits
sioners to purchase sixty acres of the tract
thus conveyed and to build thereon a town
to be called Georgetown. The violent
wrath of the joint owners, George Beall
and George Gordon. at once burst forth.
Of the valuable farm the land was ap-
praised and the tract divided into eighty
lots and it's various streets appropriately
named The owners, obdurate to the last,
Swallowed their wrath and chose fair
ground. Although we see a fair city to-
day, 1t was born amid the interest STRIFE
and contention This is shown by letter
to the commissioners from one of the own
ers. who first refused to part with his prop
erty, but afterward relented. The letter
reads:
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statutes The citizens tied the rope on one

statutes. The citizens tied the rope on one
side and rushed to grab the end on the
other and pulled with tremendous strength
But alas for the ways Of the distinguished
fathers. Gravitation caused the rope to de-
scribe curve in opposition to the surface
of the earth and it wobbled over into the
water, was badly drenched and the expert
ment of the fathers in rope surveying was
barren of results.
One of the most distinguished honors IN
the gift of the citizens of the ancient
municipality in those days was the office of
alderman. He was all powerful and WELD
ed the scepter at will. 1t is said that ordi-
nances were passed for things of the most
trivial character. Some have asserted that
to purchase a new hat or clothing required
an ordinance. One of the strange bills
passed by the honorable board was for
the purchase of a steel triangle to be swung
in the steeple of the townhouse. 1T gave
the town serenade every eve at 10
o Clock one chronicler once said. land
carried the sound of time with wonderful
quickness.'' At it's sound the darkies who
then inhabited the place in large numbers.
would start in double quick for home. Tri-
angulation soon ended, however, for one
dark and stormy night the piece of metal
leaped from the tower from which its
stern admonitions had been waited, fell
to the ground and broke into fragments.
A curious old parsonage once lived in
Georgetown. His name was Yaro. The gal
liant and white-haired old darby was one
OF the landmarks of the early settlement
The only account of him was written by
a minister who lived here in the early
part Of the century It was Yaro's practice
to fire gun under the window of every
parsonage of family in Georgetown on
Christmas eve and get his 'Krismas gift"
In the little book containing narrative
about Yaro, dedicated to Mrs. Gusts. is
description of Washington customs, etc.
A noted character upon whom tradition
loves to dwell was named "Bull' Frizzell,
and he was known far and wide as the
man Of might and muscle" He came
from old Puritan stock and possessed
powerful physique. Old citizens who are
now living and remember him tell inter-
esting tales Of his prowess and daring
He Is reputed to have saved the Chain
bridge from destruction while 1t was be-
ing built by supporting large part of
its weight single-handed when some of its
scaffolding gave way.
Georgetown has many old ruins and
steps on High street over the canal mark
Near 1t was the White House. an old
tavern used for the headquarters of the
Wings. At tho same place Washington
met his commissioners. The first Secre-
tary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddart. was
Georgetown man. and lived in a quaint
old structure which stands in the western
section of the town. In the old Key man.
sion near the Aqueduct bridge. lived
Francis Scott. the author of the Star
Spangled Banner" The old Stephen De-
catur mansion, which was the center OF
many brilliant functions in the early days
of Washington, is only marked by small
wooden frame house on 37th street, nea-
the entrance to Georgetown University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
ABSORBS INFORMATION.
President Roosevelt One Of the Few
Photographic" Readers.

From the Century.
I have no record Of the Presidents recent
reading, but it is not a secret that he is
keeping up the pace" Some Of my friends
are still reading at Morley's three thick
volumes of Gladstone's Life" The Presi-
dent, of course, read them promptly. gain
Ing, am not told, not only fresh, but a
much more favorable view Of the great lead.
e., whom he confessed he had hitherto fail
ed to understand. A publisher not long ago
told me that Mr.. Roosevelt seemed to have
his eye on the authors of their house, and
now and then a private letter. full of APP
probation, would pass through the pub
lisher's hands on the way to an author. In
the thick of the campaign of 1904 happen
to know that he reread all of Macaulay's
History of England" all of Rhodes His
tory of the United States and Dickens
Martin ChuZzlewit."
The other afternoon he was handed
new book-a not very long dissertation on
a matter of current interest. That even
ing he entertained number Of guests at
dinner. and later there was q musical party
at the White House, at which he was pres
ent. At the luncheon. the next day, the
giver said to him: Mr.. President. of course
you have not had time to look at that
have read it," Whereupon he proved that
he had done so by his criticism of the
work. One day. lately. book Of short
stories was sent TO MIN; almost Dy return
mail came a letter thanking the sender and
saying he had already enjoyed the stories
greatly in serial publication.
How does he manage to do itT' All
know about this is that, in the first place,
he has by nature or practice the faculty OF
extremely rapid reading. There are some
men of letters and general readers" who
never have been able to acquire this art.
Others can take in paragraphs or pages
well-nigh at glance. The President must
be one of these Photographic readers, who
take almost instantly the impression OF q
whole paragraph or nearly whole page.
the eve running along the line with light
ning-like rapidity, and leaping to the moro
important phrases as by instinct. 1 have
known the following to occur. A congress-
man makes a statement to him and hands
him a typewriter paper. Almost fmme-
diately the President hands IT back to him:
whereupon the congressman says deprecat-
ingly; 'Mr President, may I not leave this
paper with you? / am anxious that you
should read it." But" answers the Presi-
dent. IT have read IT. you can examine NO
In It, II you wish"
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II determined not to wait for the mill
tary and soon learned that Geronimo was
camped about three miles to the westward
and that his force consisted OF about 700
men and number of boys and old squaws
who, by the way. are much more liable to
precipitate fight than the men. / de-
cided that l must act at once without
achievements II the purpose OF my expe-
dition was to be accomplished. To effect
the arrest of the renegade l adopted a bit
of strategy which worked so perfectly that
j have been proud of 1t ever since The
renegades had watched my arrival, having
learned that some Indian scouts had come
from Arizona for some purpose, but they
had not discovered the main body of
police, which / had left ten miles back in
the mountains. That they thought my en-
tire force consisted of the bodyguard of
twenty-five l felt convinced.
Accordingly, soon after dark, the rene
gades having retired to their camp, / dis
PATCHED messenger to Beauford, my chief
of police. who was in charge of the reserve,
with orders to march TO the agency before
daylight the next day. About o'clock on
the morning of April 81 Beauford arrived
Mt the agency with the reserve police about
100 strong, and the entire force was quar-
tered In a vacant commissary building just
south of the agency and on line with 1t.
soon after daylight sent word to Ger
onimo that would like to have a talk with
him. He came with his braves, and a des-
perate. defiant group they were. adorned