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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08
BROKE Am

Jamie, nine-year-oId son of A.
p. Stewart, of East Clarksburg,
while at play, fell upon his right
arm, last evening and broke one
bone in the forearm. DR.. Warner
repaired the damage, which he
thinks is not serious.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08
CASE Is SIMILAR To THE FAMOUS
SUIT BEANDER GRIFEIN
LOST.

The damage suit of Barton w.
Kuhn against the Fairmont Coal
Company was argued Monday after
noon before Federal Judge A. G..
DAYTON in United States court
here. Homer W. Williams repre-
scented the plaintiff and John Bas--
sci, Ex-Governor A. B. Fleming and
Taylor Vinson the defendant COM
pany.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08

The funeral of George Wilson,
colored, who died Saturday morn
ing at local hospital, took place
from the late residence on Month
cello Avenue this afternoon at 2 80
O'Clock. The interment was in Elk
View Cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08
Bank at Redwood

The appointment of J. W. Oak
"a of Scranton. Pa. Thomas E.
, mes. Walter Briggs, FL. w.
y Armstrong and James McHenry to
organize the First National Bank
of Redwood, W. Va, with $3.50, 900
capital has been approved by the
comptroller of the currency.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS HARD FIGHT
HAUGER CASE GOES To
THE JURY.

At press hour the jury had the
John NJ. Hanger counterfeit case.
The case was argued Monday
morning by Attorneys z. M.
Showalter and John Marshall for
the government and by Messrs. Con-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08
Death Claim Paid

Johu A. Mcdonald, financial
secretary for the Maccabees of the
World, has paid the death claim OF
John S. Henderson, amounting to
1000 Mr.. Henderson died July
"a. The amount will serve the be-
reft family well.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08

W. FRANK STOUT.
Repntatfye Grand Lodge knights OF Pyta at Iaont this
Mr. stout z representative CIarksburg Lodge
arnelberIof Lodge years, which
anunhber Of important committees Mr. Stout
will the Judiciary
tout viii join him later in the week as she viii at
Lodge which will
siona at the time the Grand Lodge meets
active frternal of the city being
lodges, and having been
representative IA number gatherings representative
TO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16

FC2 STATE TREASURER.
Edward II Desvltt OF Montpelier Is a
Candidate.

NduutudLks
Montpelier, May 15.-Edward Il
Deavitt one of the leading young law
yers of this section today ANNOUNCED
his candidacy for the office of state
treasurer
Mr. Deavitt was born in Moretown,
Dec /, 1911 lie was educated in Yer
mont, graduating from the Washington
county grammar school ofMQntpelier,
in 1889 and the University of Vermont
at Burlington in 1893 After studying
law with his father, Hon 7. J Deayitt
for time, he entered the Harvard Law
school and in 800 received from thai
institution the degree of Ill. b. The
slime year he was admitted TO both the
Vermont bar aud the bar IN Suffolk
county in Massachusetts A year later
he returned TO Montpelier, where he
has since practiced his profession with
marked success Heis conside'ed one
OF the most active Republicans among
the younger element and has performed
effective party service.
Mr. Deayitt's standing at the bar is
emphasized 10 the fact tn It for several
years be has been a member of the
board of bar examiners lie has also
held the position OF referee in bank
ruptcy for Washington couaty since
1898, where he has discharged the duties
of this Office in a highly satisfactory
manner He has had experience in
financial affairs and his legaliraining
has been along lines which would make
him especially valuable in the insur-
ance department connected with The
state treasurership, the growing re-
sponsbiiilies Of which must be especi
ally considered at this time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
Mrs Fred McGowsns Cloth lsnitsd by Fire
In Rubbish Heap

Burlington, May l5 Mrs Ere
NcGowan was SO terribly buried this
morning that she died soon after beins
taken - the Mary Fletcher hospital.
he woman had scraped together :;
small pile of rubbish at her home al
10 South Champlain street and Lighted
It.
ln some way her wrapper caught fire
and she attempted to extinguiSh the
flames but became frightened and ran
Her hair was singed on and little re
NAMED OF her clothing when she was
caught by Harris London. She was
crazed with fright and pain aud escap
ed from him, but was oyerpowered
'oon afterward and wrapped in blank
cts.
On arrival at the hospital an attempt
vas made to remove what remained OF
the woman's clothing He' entire body
vas found to be scorched and blistered
and on some parts the flesh was cook
ed. She died soon afterward
Mrs McGowan was % years old. She
leaves a husband and five small chill.
dren.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
LIMESTONE OR DOLOMITE
What the JanitOrs House at the Monument
Is TO Be Built From.

Mr. Elitor:--l note an item in Tues
days Banner in regard to the new
monument house in which you say that
the stone to he used in its construc-
tion is to be blue limestone ike that Of
the monument The monument is
built OF dolomite from Sandy Hill. n
Y II is true that dolomite is kind
Of limestone, which is of organicl ori-
gin, that is TO say, built up Of fossils
and fragments of the.calcarious shells
of organisms.
BY many changes, the original loose
and friable texture becomes compact
and crystalline, chiefly owing to solu-
ton and redeposition of the calcium
carbonate in the form of calcite or ar
agonite the latter less stable than the
former Dolomite, however, is don
BILE carbonate of lime and magnesia
and of much greater stability than cal
cite, has much greater weathering
powers. Il.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
MINERS WERE
TORN APART
Explosion Of Dynamite in
Shenandoah COIIiery.
7DEAD; Il BADLY BURNED
Conclusion Terrible In It's Effect
on About Fifty Men In
Mine Gallery.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, May ld.-Sey-
EN- miners were torn to pieces and
twelve badly burned by an explosion
Of dynamite in the Shenandoah city
colliery of the Philadelphia. Reading
Coal and Iron company.
A box OF dynamite which workman
was carrying fell from his shoulder
and caused the explosion which ignit.
ed the mine gas There We're about
fifty men AT work IN the east gang
way Of the shaft when the explosion
occurred. but so far as known all *.
capped except those working on the first
lift In this part of the shaft not one
escaped either death or injury, and all
who were killed were mutilated beyond
recognition.
The force of the conclusion was ter.
rlble Doors were torn off and brat
tees wrecked. every section of the
mine feeling the effect of the shock
The work of rescue was begun at
once under the supervision Of Mine In
speciors Lambs ana tent0n. DIVISION
Superintendent Pollard and all the dis
trict superintendent.
The force Of the explosion was felt
"A great distance from the shaft and
friends and relatives of the entombed
miners rushed to the mouth OF tie
shaft So great was the crush that 1t
was necessary to call on the coal and
iron police to keep the crowds back
The work Of rescue was necessarily
slow because of the great distance the
rescuers had TO travel in the shaft II
was several hours before the last miner
was brought to the surface.
The injured men who were at work
on the lift when the accident occurred
We're first taken from the shaft and
hurried to hospital As soon as thi,
was accomplished tie rescuers directed
their attention to those who were near
the bottom of the collery
All the Killed aud injured were for.
eigners
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
WHITE SOLD
WOOD ALCOHOL
And Will Spend 10 Years In
Prison.
KILLED THREE PEOPLE
Alm1n White Case Disposed Of
In The Supreme Court
Yesterday.
KILLED THREE PEOPLE

Montpelier, May l5 la supreme
court this morning Atty Gen c. c.
Fits Of Brattleboro and Col Alfred
A. Hall OF st Adams the latter coun-
sci for The respondent in the case Of
State VS. Almon White, conferred with
Chief Judge John w. Rowell and it
was agreed that White should take
sentence OF IS years in the house of
correction at Rutland, and that the
mansaughter case should be continu-
ed White was found guilty IN Frank
lin county court of the illegal sale OF
liquor at Richford and was sentenced
by Judge Loveland Munson TO pay
fine of 81, 600 and costs OF prosecution
with an alternative sentence OF three
days in the house Of correction for
every dollar of the fine and costs.
White chose the alternative sen
tence of Imprisonment.
Attoney-Geueral Fits holds that
the section of the prohibitory law
iorbidding prison term exceeding
three years for violation of the act,
was repealed when the present local
option law was enacted.
This proceeding grows out OF the
so-colled wood alcohol poisoning
cases, the respondent and his sister,
Eva White, being indicted on charge
Of being implicated in the deaths of
Marshall S. Bliss and Nelson Roy
ston Of Richiord and Mrs Eva Lee
grondeur of st Armand, Que
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
RUSS DOUMA
IS DEFIANT
Bold Words From Members
Of Parliament.
DEMAND AMNESTY
E" Abolish Council of Empire,
Says Reply to Emperor
Nicholas.

ST. PETERSBURG, May Is. r. The
doumas address in reply 10 the speech
from the throne has been delivered Of
ficially to the ear.
1t declares that the emperor's prom
Use to protect the institutions he has
granted to the country signifies that he
intends to rely upon the douma as the
supreme constitutional assembly IN
Russia
The douma asks in its address for
universal suffrage free and compu-
sorry education, the abolition of capital
punishment, the appropriation OF lands
for peasant occupiers and autonomous
rights for separate nationalities within
the empire
The address concludes with the as
sertion that the douma cannot com
mence its useful work until complete
political amnesty has been granted.
These are demands of the people II
says, (which II would be dangerous to
reject or defer"
Every barrier between the emperor
and the people must be removed. Fur
Their, there must be no domain Of legls-
latlon which would always be closed to
/ free revision by representatives Of the
people in conjunction with the mon
arch.
PARLIAMENT holds that II is its duty
to declare TO your majesty n the name
of the people that the whole nation will
carry out the creative work Of renew
ing Its life with all its power and en-
ergy.
"ln the domain of legislative work
before II parliament regards as an alb
solute necessity for the country pre-
else law assuring invlolabllity of the
person. liberty of conscience, speech
and the press association gatherings
and strikes. Without these fundamen
/ tai principles. which were laid down
by the imperial manifesto Of oct 80.
no reform of the social condition is i'm
aginable
PARLIAMENT is actuated by the un
| shakable conviction that neither llb-
erty nor order can be assured without
the equality of an citizens being estab
llshed before the law. Therefore par
Lament is preparing bill establishing
the equality Of all citizens
while leaving the limitation of civic
rights to the law courts, parliament
considers that the death sentence is not
admissible as a basis FOR judicial sen.
/ tcnce.
Parliament feels justified in declar
! ing that Il will be the interpreter Of
the unanimous views of the whole ma
ton on the day Of the restoration Of
the law abollshng the death penalty"
The douma also asks that the pres
ent council of the empire and the bu
reaucratic institutions which stand be
tween the car and the people be abol
| ished
At the inquest on the body Of Fa-
Their Gapon, which was found in the
upper chamber Of lonely villa in the
summer suburb of 0zerki, Finland, NJ.
Margoln. the former priests lawyer.
positively identified the body. The an.
| topsy showed that he received blow
/ on the head
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
MANY ODD FELLOWS THERE
Different Bodies OF the Order Holding Annual
Deliberations

Burlington, May l5-Members OF
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
from all parts of the State are in this
city for the annual deliberations of
the different bodies. Today was de-
voted TO the Patriatchs Militant and
the Department Council The Depart
ment Council met in the armory and
heard the annual address Of H. A..
Spear of Woodstock, the president.
He reported an increase of I3 in the
membership during the past year. He
recommended an increase in the per
capita tax from u to - cents. The
report of the secretary, a. Il. Spauld-
ing of Wood stock, showed II cantons
three hattalions ard one regime IT,
with total membership of 436 The
report of the treasurer, f y. Kidder
OF Woodstock showed the total re-
csipts to have been 52l20t with dis
bursements of$l3lO7, leaving az, bal
auce of SS0.97 Officers were elected
as follows
Presidents E. 4. Spear Of Wood.
stock; vi;s-presidant, W. T. Hligh Of
Brattleboro; secretary, A. Il Spauld-
ing of Woodstock; treasurer, + Thos
Kidder Of Woodstock; chaplain, G f
Dodge of Rutland; Office OF the day,
w. j. Cain OF Brattleboro: aide, A. H
Sietcr Of Brattleboro; clptai1 Of the
guards. Alexander Duncan Of Barre:
sentinel, George II Mccall OF Bratte
horo picket, \. }, Tenney Of st. Al
bins; committee ON credentials, 3 b
Rich, r. A. Spear, f. w Jackson:
committee on finance, L. G Birnham.
ii. j. Beck, Z. j. Putnam
The annual parade Of the Patriarchs
Militant took place this afterloon
with Col Spear in command. This
was followed by an exemp ication a
the Patriarchs Militant degree in the
armory. This evening, Wednesday
the ball which closed the day. The
decoration of chivalry was conferred
on w. j. Bradley of Bratteboro, A.
Il. Spaulding of Woodstock. r. a,
Spear of Burlington and Mrs Sarah
Sturgis of Brattleboro
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
CONC SITUATIONS
Plenty in the Entertainment to Be Given by
hendsSon's Comedians

David Henderson S Comedians will
be seen here in three OF the best pieces
in their repertoire They are my
Milliner's Bill, "A Double Lesson"
and IA Pantomine Rehearsal, These
plays have been selected for presenta-
tion here because OF the enormous
success they have earned in tue prin
cipal cities throughout the country.
Possessing as they do all the ee-
ments OF theatrical entertainment now
in vogue throughout Europe, absolute
" clean and high.cass literary work,
most extravaganza and irresistably
comic situations, with singing and
dancing,-it is not surprising that the
performance to be given here comes
with the endorsements Of the principal
cities In the United States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
TWO Unknoyp Prospec,ors Dead

CALIENTE. New, May 16 = Joseph
Constantine, prospector. who has just
returned from a trip into Death Val
ley reports the finding of the bodies Of
two young prospectors at the foot Of
the Funeral range. One of them car
ried watch inscribed M G. H. and
wore a seal ring bearing the letter al :"
The men persisted nearly thirty miles
from water The fingers of one of the
men had been worn to the bone dig
ging in the sand. evidently in an at
tempt TO reach water
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
VESTRY RE
No Successor Chosen 10 The Late L. + Nor
ton

No Successor Chosen 10 The Late |. i. Nor
ton.
The annual me citing of ST Peters
parish was held Tuesday evening when
the following vestry was elected for the
year c. c. Kimball l.. F. Abbott,
John II Norton, II. O. Harwood, DIN
w. Harwood, Charles Adams, b. /.
Norton, George Worthington, Edward
Is Holden. There was no election to
succeed the late L. F. Norton.
The rector appointed c. G, Kimball
senior warden and the vestry elected
II. O. Harwood junior warden; II. o.
Harwood, secretary; IL, |. Norton,
treasurer. These we're elected dele
gates to the annual diocesan conven-
ton that meets in Barre June 2O-2l: H.
[. Norton, Charles Adams, George
Wouhington, Frank +. Howe. Alter
mates, L. f. Abbott, c. G. Kimball, ].
A Jubb, f. H. Holden.
Appropriate resolutions to the mem
DRY of the late Luman p, Norton we're
passed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
THROWN fROA BRIDGE
Daniel Davis, Rockingham Town Paupsr
Killed at Chester

Chester, May Is Daniel Davis, .
Rockingham town pauper, was killed
yesterday afternoon 10y being throw
into the Williams river by the Greer
Mountain dyer, while he was WALKING
on the long iron bridge two miles
south OF here on the Rutland railroad
He was about 50 years old and had
been an inmate of the town farm sev
eral years He must have been very
deaf or he wonld have heard the train
in time to ct across as il IS leve
track, for mile each way from The
bridge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
rennr,I,nnIn sho,ed rn,nr..

PHILADELPHIA. May 10 Test
mony tending to show fayoritism by
RAILROAD companies in the distribution
Of coal cars was elected when the in
terstate commerce commission resumed
its investigation into the alleged rail
road discrimination George w Clark.
car distributor employed by the Penn
sylvania Railroad company at Altoo-
na. Pa, admitted that he had received
orders to make special assignments of
cars 10 the Berwind-White Coal com
pany and that frequently these assign
ments We're made
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16

CLEVELAND. O.. May IT, Marine
firemen withdrew from the conference
with the Lake Carriers association
here President Livingstone Of the Lake
Carriers association said he interpret
ed this to mean there will be another
strike OF the longShoremen. aud 1t Is
likely traffic on the great lakes will
again he tied up The breaking of of
negotiations followed upon a failure to
agree upon the question Of wages.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
EpiscopaIinn NntIonnI Congress.

PHILADELPHIA, May Is, The
church congress an important conyen-
ton of lay and clerical Epscopaiaus
from all parts of the United States,
which meets annually for the discus
sion Of live topics. has opened here An
address was made by the Right Rev
George w Peterkln, ID. d., bishop Of
West Virginia, who took for his text
the words Of Christ. II am the way,
the truth and the life"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
Kaiser Asked No, to visit Budapest.

VIENNA. May l6.-It is stated that
Emperor William OF Germany, dis
pleased at the unfriendineSs of the
Hungarian press. suggested visiting
Budapest on the occasion of the forth
coming unwilling of the monument to
Count Julius AndrasSy, one of the
founders of the Austro-German ALI
ance thus proving his friendly feeling
for the Magyars II is understood the
Austrian government minated that
the moment was inopportme for such
Il visit
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
stenm nrIer E,pIoslon rs,nl.

NEW YORK, May 10. One man was
killed and three were seriously injured
IN the drying room of the dye house at
Julius Kayser " Sons knitting mills,
Brooklyn, when huge steam drier, a
cast iron revolving cylinder, exploded.
Peter Anthony, thirty-six years old. a
dyer, was hit on the head by frag
ment Of the flying iron and died while
being taken TO hospital.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
Kansas city Mayor Must Answer.

Topeka, Kan, May Is. Mayor w.
w. Rose of Kansas City, Kan, was
cited to appear before the state SUI
preme court to show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt of
court In again accepting the office Of
mayor after the court had ousted him
for not enforcing the prohibition and
antigambling laws.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
BOLD ROBBERY IN CLARENDON
Valuable Driving Horse and New Buggy
Stolen.

Rutland, May u. Last night some
one entered the barn of Charles F.
Smith of East Clarendon, hiched a
valuable driving horse to an opet
buggy, nearly new, and drove away
There is no clue to the direction taken.
The horse was bay gelding, tel
years Old weighing $50 pounds
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
Letter Received.


~ Beech ST,
Bennington, VT,
Dear DR.: The glasses you fitted to
my eyes January II, 1906, give perfect
satisfaction My headache has entire
ly left me- AS you are aware | was a
little skeptcal about my eyes being the
cause OF the pain, but after a trial OF
Eve months and being free from head
ache for the past four months, and
having done nothing else TO relieve 1t,
| am satisfied beyond doubt that the
glasses did the work ! had failed to
do by taking socalled headache cures
and drugs, and can certainly recon-
mend any one in need of glasses to con
suit DR. HARDWOOD us he is the most
painstaking and scientific optician |
have ever met, and his examination OF
the eyes is very thorough and careful.
Yours respectfully,
c. h. Macomber.
Gen Del. Kingston, N Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
nuhonIc plnrue at Honolulu.

HONOLULU. May H. The steamer
Sierra has been partially quamntined
by the federal authorities for the fumi-
CATION Of the baggage of departing pas
sengers owing 10 the fact that several
cases of bubonic plague have been re-
ported here during the hast Few days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
Sewer Bids

All persons wishing to make bids
on the sewer extension that is to be
done in the village this year are in
vited to communicate with l.. G Evans
chairman Of the sewer committee rht
will give them details Of what is plan
nee
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
FINGERS LACERATED
Ienry iIaskns of the Brush Factory In
jursd.

lureu.
Foreman Henry Haskins Of the
Clark brush factory near the Bradford
mill while running blocking saw
Monday had two fingers badly lacera-
ted and third one injured The fin
GERS came in contact with the saw, but
none of them were so badly injured
hat he was obliged to drop his work
only long enough to have them proper
~ attended The plant which has only
been recently established here is busy
illthe time Mr. Haskins came here
from Arl!ngt N.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16

stops earache in two m nutes; tooth
ache or pain of burn or scald in five
minutes: hoarseness, one hour; muscle
ache, two hours, sore throat, twelve
hours Dir Thomas Electric OIL mon
arch over pain
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
The Dewey Passes Perrin.

PERM, Strait OF Babel andeb,
May 16.-The dry dock Dewey, in tow
of the United States golfers Caesar,
Glacier and Brutus passed this point
last night
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
Weather

Fair. warmer tonight. Thursday
fair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-16
Bennington Idea a
Big Success
BENNINGTON, W., May y, 1906.

TO all readers of the Banner
As far u. my knowledge of the state has permit
ted, have given all friends Of Perciva w. Clement
an opportunity to subscribe to the " Bennington
Idea This is simply the open letter which seven
citizens of Bennington jointly signed with me- asking
Mr. Clements friends to circulate petitions request.
ing him to run for governor an independent
ticket. This request has met with IL tremendous re.
Spouse and has already given the Republican ma.
chine of Vermont the worst jar it has ever received
Column column of ridcule has been written about
it, hurried into type and spread broadcast throughout
the state. Misrepresentation has been employed to
dlscredlt aud defame the movement, and the heavy
artillery of the machine press has all been pointed at
Bennington.
The movement is "A success. 1t has captured
the rank and file of independent voters 1t has cut
the ground from under the bosses in hundreds of diff
ferent instances. The plain people of Vermont, who
love their state are aroused never before, and de-
mand champion who shall smite the machine
Goliath and bring him to the dust