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FIND oAPoN's BODY.
Mystery of Disappearance of Famous
Priest Cleared Up.

W.
OZERKI. Finland, May A. The
mystery of the fate of Father GapOn
apparently has been cleared up by the
discovery of corpse which has almost
positively been identified us that Of the
former priest hanging in the upper
chamber of a lonely villa in the sum
mer suburb of 0zerkl The villa was
rented April for the summer and
a deposit paid by an unknown man
from ST Petersburg. who, after visit
ing the house several times in company
with young workman, disappeared
April II, taking the key with him.
The proprietress of the villa, alarmed
at the nonappearance of the tenant,
notified the police, who entered the
house. Breaking down door, they
were confronted by body in a long
coat hanging from n nail, the feet
touching the floor Decomposition OF
the face made positive identification
difficult, but the features resembled
those Of Gapon, and the clothing cor
responded with that worn by the miss
ing labor leader
As the usual symptoms of strangula
ton were absent, ii is coniectured that
the man was killed elsewhere and his
body brought to the villa on the night
of April 10. This would agree with
the date Of the execution of Gapon
given in Information of the secret pc
lice and with the death sentence Of the
former priest as announced In recent
dispatches from Berlin.
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rnrI.ey Mnntea a ReductIon.

CONSTANTINOPLE. May 1.-THE
porte replied to Germany's protest
against the boarding and detention OF
the German sailing ship Odysseus by
Turkish officials recently while the yes
sci was dlscharging cargo at Chibuklu.
The reply expresses regret at the oc-
currence and promises to punish the
officials responsible for it. but 1t pro-
poses reduction Of the indemnity OF
So. 500 which Germany demanded.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
FISH DECISION
FROM FITS
What Tributaries Of the
BattenkiII" Include.
is ENTIRE WATERSHED
Streams Which Reach the Battcn.
kill Indirectly are Barred
This Month.

Through the state fish and game
commissioner County Game Warden
Chase has received an opinion regard
ing the definition OF tributaries, as
it concerns fishing in the Batten-
kill river under the law enacted in
1904.
The opinion is by Attorney General
Fits and is very sweeping. Accord
ing to this there is to be no May fish
ing in any of the waters flowing direct
ly or indirectly into the BaNenkill
river. This will include Warm brook
in SALISBURY, all the small streams
flowing into Bourn Brook, the South
Fork Of the Roaring Branch and vir-
tually the entire water shed contribut-
ing to the Battenkil river north OF
Arlington and south of East Dorset,
also the Green river and all its tribu-
taries.
The wardens will begin to make ar
rests for any violations that are con
trary to the opinion of the attorney
general. The opinion 10 full is given
below:
Brattleboro, May II, 1906.
Hon II. G. Thomas,
Fish Il Game Commissioner,
Stowe, VT.
Dear Sir:
My opinion is asked as TO
the definition of the word, "tributar-
les" as it occurs 10 Act l25 of the Acts
of 1904
The act provides in Sec |, IAN open
season for fishing in the Battenkill
river and its tributaries"
Sec. , imposes penalty For taking
or catching certain fish in the closed
season, sin any of the waters of the
Battenkill river or any OF its contrlbu-
taries {"
The Century Dictionary defines o
tributary as "a river or other body of
water which contributes its stream to
another river"
Thedmperal Dictionary defines the
word as "a stream which directly or
indirectly contributes water to an
other stream. "
Bouvier's Law Dictionary defines
tributaries as call streams flowing al
rectly or indirectly into the river
In the case Miller VS. Insurance Com.
pany, decided by the Supreme court of
West Virginia, Vol II, p ll6, it was
held that bayou emptying into the
Red river is tributary" ofthe Miss
issippi, within the meaning of an in
surance policy.
The Act in question is protective ia
its nature and should be construed in
/ that vier,
tbiaS that the word tributaries"
as it occurs therein means and includes
all streams whose waters reach the
Bauenkill river by flowing directly
thereinto or through any other stream
Respectfully submitted,
Clark G.. Fits,
Attorney General.
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TO REPAIR CONGRESS HALL.
Work vii be Begun at Sheldon Springs Ntxt
Monday.

Sheldon Springs, May 1.-THE Rt
Rev Bishop John s. Michaud of Bur
lington with Thomas Reeves Of Bar
lington and f. J. Stinehour of St Al
bans were here yesterday looking over
the Congress Hall property which was
recently decided to him by Miss Eme-
line Fitch Of New York
1t was decided to overhaul and thor
oughly repair the whole property. It
cannot be learned that Bishop
Michaud has yet made any definite
plans for the future use of the property.
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corru,tion Charged to Standard.

CHICAGO, May ll.-Corrnption of
railroad employees and agents of indie
pendent oil companies. dishonest meth
DDS of procuring land leases, the giving
of short measures and the selling Of
three kinds of oil ont of the same tank
We're charged against the Standard Oil
company at the hearings before the in
terstate commerce commission. The
inquiry is held under an order of con
gress. and the session was along the
lines followed some time ago in Kan
sas city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
EARLY MORNING FINE
Two Short-Trout Cost Lester A. Moon Thirty
Dollars.

Dollars.
Lester A. Moon of Pownal probably
has the distinction OF being the FIRST
man to pay u fine in any criminal
court in the state OF Vermont on the
morning OF May "A, 1906. Moon went
out fishing yesterday morning aud
while whipping the streams for trout,
$. A. Gysee Of Stamford and T. d.
Kimball of Pownal, fish warders,
came down like the wolf on the foldn
and looking through the basket found
tSo that measured less than the lega
length
Moon VAS taken into custody. re
NAMED over night, appeared in the
municipal court this morning at 6:3.
O'Clock pleaded guilty to the charges,
was fined $50 aud costs Of slO:39
which he paid, took the early train
home but said before he went that h.
should measure every other trout thai
he should catch this season before he
dumped ii into his basket
Mr. Moon works in Boston aud wa.
home for short vacation
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Mnr Annenl 10 nooseycIt.

CHICAGO, May l1.-IllInos, Indi-
ana and Ohio coal operators in Joint
session passed resolutions authorizing
the appointment of a committee to lay
before President Roosevelt the differ
ences between the bltumlnous coal op-
orators and miners No action will be
taken by this committee, however, un-
less the peace conference next week
between Illinois oprators and miners
fails of its mission.
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SPRINKLER TO START
c II. Piu MS HIS }olghs fla, Pair Of Horse,
for this Purpose,

Chauncey II. Plumb went to North
Adams Saturday, and in the evening
returned with one of the best pair OF
team no SEES in the town They weigh
1900 pounds together and are to be
used on the street sprinkling cart.
This morning harness maker Burt
fitted setof harness to them an | he
says that they take the largest collars
of any horses he ever fitted collar
to, one of them taking a "a inch. The
sprinkler will immeda ely go into use.
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Six story Building. For Frisco.

WASHINGTON, May II. San
Francisco is in direct line with an
earthquake zone which extends along
the Andes mountains in South Ameri-
ca TO the arctic regions. and my judg-
ment is that no structure exceeding six
stories in height ought to be erected in
that city" Captain William l. Merry,
American minister TO Costa Rica. NJ
taragua and Salvador. expressed this
opinion while visiting The White House
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
Veteran. pesnondent. SHOT HIm.eIf.

FITCHBURG, Mass, May l4.-Cap-
tain James IL. Blanchard. formerly II
member of the printing firm of Blanch-
ard & Brown aud an oyerseer of the
poor committed suicide by shooting.
He was sixty-six years old and a vet
eran of the civil war Dependency
due to Illness is supposed to have led
to his suicide.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
plot 10 Invade snnto DomIngo

WASHINGTON. May 14.--Word was
received at the state department to
the effect that a movement was being
organized in Porto Rico TO invade San
to Domingo. Former President Mo
raes and the former minister of for
eign affairs, Senior Sanchez, were said
to be at the head of the movement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
INDEPENDENT WATER SYSTEM
Bratll,boro Officials Call for Bids Tor q, 900.
900 Gallon Reservoir.

Brattleboro, May H. The village
water board began sending out today
calls for sealed proposals fer the con
struction of an Independent water sys-
tenn for Bratteboro, the bids to cover
the whole project of building reser-
voir with a capacit of %, 900, 600 gal
Ions, laying pipes, furnishing all ma
terial and labor.
The bids will close the afternoon of
May p, at o'clock. A. II. Towne of
Springfield, Mass, an engineer, will
be in Brattleboro May II and % to
show contractors over the proposed
work
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
Rlg Fire al Pinar Del Rio.

HAVANA, May II. Fire in the
heart of the city of Pinar del Rio
swept one entire square and part of
another and destroyed IL hotel, several
Of the leading business houses and
some Of the better class of residences.
The fire could not be checked until
some of the buildings We're blown up
with dynamite.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
Mattucci Report. From ve.uvlu-.

NAPLES, May l4.-Professor Mat
tuccl, director OF the royal observa-
tory on Mount yesuvius. telegraphs
that the volcano is In slight eruption.
Thick vapors and sand are being ex-
PEELED, and the electrical phenomenon
continues, but he says the situation Is
not gra'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
Miners Rernme WINK.

SCRANTON, Pa. May li.-Work
was generally resumed today at prac-
tlcally all of the anthracite collleries.
All Of the imported men have been
shipped away and almost all evidence
of their occupancy Of the eollierles has
been removed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
ROAD PAYS DIVIDENDS


The Hardwick and Woodbury. Rail
road company OF which John S. Hol-
den of this village is president AMI OF
which he and his family own three
quarters of the stock, has declared a
semi annual dividend Of three per cent
on common stock and three and one
half per cent on the preferred stock
w. Il. Fullerton of Manchester Is a
stakeholder and general superinten-
dent Of the road
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
hmm rlr.t to Adopt MlreIess ssstem

TOKYO, May II. 1t is seniolhcially
stated that the Japanese government
has adopted II wireless system as the
result of special investigation which
has been in progress since 1900 which
is unique and totally Independent OF
other existing systems.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
IuIorsed Brackett For Governor.

GLENS FALLS. y. Y, May 1.-THE
Warren county Republican convention
held here indorsed Senator Edgar r.
Bracket for governor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
CARL SCHURZ DEAD
Famous German American Statesman Died
This Morning

New York, May l4-Carl Schurz,
the famous German-American states
man and writer died this morning.
He was born in Germany nearly 81
years ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
The Achon Globe Says That Amaue Have Perfect Right To
HIGH SCHOOL WON AGAIN.

Defeated Lansinsburs HIGH School Score to 2
Saturday
The High school ball teamw was again
victorious Saturday defeating the
strong team from the Lansingburg
high school by the score of 6 to ,
The High school played an improved
game over the day before and won on
their merits. The score was:--
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14

FARGO, \. d., May IL. d. H.
Houston, inventor of the original of
the modern kodaks. Is dead
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
Totals II q 6 s y G 4
Two base hts 2, Nevis; struck out by
Nevis, -; two men hit with ball
I4ansingburg


Struck ont 10y Moreland ,; hit by
pitched ball, by Moreland ,; base
on balls, /; umpire, Patchen
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14
Weather

Fair, cooler tonight and Tuesday,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-14

Score by innings:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-01

credit cnnS;dcrubl" ability was SHOWN
~ those VINO nld tile leading parts.
The students and the visiting alumni
expressed themselves as very well pleas
ed with the play. The cast:
Oraino. Duke az Illync. Alice Iayi"r
Sebastian, q young acntichhnHi., ,,ta p,.,,c,.
Antonio, a friend to Sebastian.
A Sea Captain, friend 70 Viola -.
~ Georgia Common
Cmio, servant To Olivia. Nina Holmes
Sin Toby l;clch, uncle 70 oliXla. ,.,,..,.,
MalvoIio. steward t" olivia, lneZ care
F'ai,i.n, servant I" Olivia Mary hn' '''l,
a Clown, lici',h i'ohiliaoii
o,iyi.,'s ro,,ntceS Lubcllc Hall
Viola, sister 10 Sebastian.
Angelina Corbctt
Mart, nlivi.,'.; woman Carrie NhY.S
Lords, Il PRIEST sailors. officers, Hiu-
SicianS and other attendants
Tie Girls Mandolin club furnished
music I'll" play was divided into five
acts and twelve scenes We're played.
| This took nearly all the time until sup
per. The supper served was one OF the
| old fashioned kind with pumpkin PIES,
| blum pudding, and other old time dishes
much in evidence. After the supper was
| cleared away til" Sophomore and Fresh
man girls gave fancy drill march,
the Sophomores drilling first and then
| the Freshmen and then the two classes
| together, in this last movement the pres
| idcnt Of the Sophomore class presented
| the Freshman with a crown which was
| to be worn as acceptably by them as
| it had been by the class whose place
| they had taken.
| This constituted til" regular exercises
| Of the day, but after that the girls en-
| joycd q social hour in which they did
| the usual Halloween stunts. y large
number Of visitors passed the day at
the hall. While tn" girls were excused
| from college duties tn" men had a day
OF Friday in which TO celebrate Colby
| daV
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

James y. Yeomans, formerly 4 men,
Der of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. died Wednesday at Washing
ton Of a complication Of diseases. He
was 81 years old.
A dispatch from Charlottetown. P
f. L.. states that Dclmar Vail. for nine
years consul OF the United States there
and formerly member of the Vermont
Legislature, died Wednesday.
Search to determine whether the boil
weeVil has crossed the Mississippi riv-
CT from Louisiana into the state of
Missouri. was begun Wednesday near
Natchez by officials Of the Louisiana
State Crop Pest Commission. Recent
cold weather has retarded the migra-
tinn and the present search is conduct
ed under the hope that the weevil may
be found still confined to the western
side of the river.
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ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
Physician Is Held, Accused OF Causing
Death of Patient.

poII.u,s Falls. VT, oct. 3l.-Dr. j. NJ.
p,.,I.r of Fellows Falls. who was held
g., ,b.. ,oIInty court after Il hearing to-
night on the charge "f causing me ueitii
nj Miss Iva Martin, Of Proctorvllle,
yyos r.mandcd to Jail In default or
BOMBS Of $1,000.
Mic. ,Iurtjn came here yesterday from
Iar home in Proctorviilc and went t"
tha oif,.. Of Dr. Ryder. -Four hours
,,tor tl,c authorities were notified tnat
sb, had died in lis office, and DR. Ryder
was taken into custody. lie sitld tne
<,irl came to his office to consult him
ana that he made AN "N;lmIniti"h' ai'er
which, the young woman suffered COZ
laps,.. apparently from 4 nervous Shoch'
and he was unable to rouse her.
An autopsy WIS held today by br. Y.
II stone. director Of the laboratory or
hygiene. Burlington. Dr. 7. ). Allhcc.
health officer Of Bellows Falls. Dr.
Frank Whitman of Bellows Fails, ihd
Dr. Gillette Of Springfield. vt the
hearing before J. ii. Allbre, sitting ~
4 Justice Of the peace, tonight, the pi'y
s;cians testified in effect that lh'y
found tie heart and lungs in Il Norman
condition. They also found evidence
that Il criminal operation had been ar
tempted. In their opinion the death OF
the Young woman might have resulted
from shock but not directly from
wounds.
Miss Martin was Il member Of 4 re
spectacle family in Proctorvilie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-01

in Brooklyn. To Mr. Cookers cable
gram McCarren replied: Thanks for
cablegram. May | use it," The answer
was: ''You may publish message"
McCaTren has consistently opposed
W X. Hearst since the Buffalo conven-
ton. Mr.. Cookers first cablegram was
received by Senator McCarren oct. q.
As a result Of yesterdays decision Of
tn" court Of appeals on the question Of
the validity Of certain nominal ing petit
tions filed by the Independence League
in this city, that urga nization today is
.uel a statement to the effect chat tn
Independence Leagues column will be
found an the official ballot when the
voter opens il TO make his mark on
election day"
1.-The question raised in New York,
said the statement. Concerns NV
YORK county candidates only. The state
petition has never hecn attacked.
Supporters Of both Nj. Hughes ana
Mr.. Hearst profess confidence in the
outcome Of next Tuesdays election.
William Barnes, Jr.. former chairman
of the executive committee Of the re
publican state committee, who, it vas
said at Republican headquarters hhd
made :, careful study of reports sent
by town and county organizations
throughout the state, estimates Mt.
Hughes will have an upstate plurality
Of 100000.
The Independence League gave ont z
statement tonight concerning MI
Hearst's campaign upstate, in which y
predicts his election. "Rcports from up
state relative to the growing Hearst
| strength" says the statement. are
| unusually encouraging today. The Or
| ganiZers WHO make :; weekly report -
| the executiv" committee Of the league
| wern in til. city ana describe til" panic
| Of the Hughes supporters and H." re
publican machine as genuine ana that
| the confidence Of the Hearst supporters
| is ever increasing. The Rtpublic&!'
mana cement, rs well as the Ind"p"ni-
cncc League management. know thAi
the election has been won by Mir
Hearst There is practically II" Demo
cratic DETECTION"
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T.. +. Fairbrother has a coon cat that
IS something Of 4 fisherman. Tuesda,-
forenoon ne went to the Little Woods
brook which runs in the rear OF his
home and caught & trout. Taking the
fish in his mouth he hurried home. a
distance of some GO rods jumped IN
on the window sill to attract the al
tention Of those in the house. was Let
into the kitchen and dropped the fish
on the floor which was still alive. 1t
was picked up and placed in a dish
Of water where it lived for several
hours. There was no marks Of Inc
cats teeth On the fish nor was the cats
paw even wet. The remarkable part
Of the affair is that the cat did not
ueVour the trout. The father Of this
cat vas also quite Il hunter and one
lime went into the woods and caught
Il partridge which he brought home n
his master alive. The trout cauga;
yesterday weighed one-quarter OF a
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Skowhesan Grange.

Skowhegan Grange observed its an
nu@l neighbors' meeting Wednesday
night in the Pleasant street hall. The
from Cornville and East Madison and
there was large attendance. A Hal
lowe'en program had been arranged
and was successfully carried out. Those
who had the affair in charge were Mrs.
G. Davis Miller. Mrs. Eva Z. Gage.
Mrs. Carrie L. French and Mrs. Min
ME G. Pishon. A bountiful supper
was served. the dining room being in
charge Of Mrs. Christian Ordway, Mrs.
Rose Sawyer Mrs. Maora Sawyer and
Mrs. Marilla Harmon.
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Candidates Finish Their
Tours Of New York State
Each Will Return TO New York
City to Finish Campaign.
Adherents Of Both Parties Confident
Of Victory Next tuesday.

Nav York. Oct. 31.-With election
dav less than a week away, the two
candidates for governor Of New York
are making their last appeals to the
nnstate voters and tomorrow will see
both Mr. Hughes and Mr.. Hearst mead
81 toward Greater New YORK, where
the final arguments Will be maze:
Their last swing around the clrc!e mas
heen made under adverse weather con-
ditions and both are VoiceWorn from
freuuent outdoor speaking. But ncith-
er rain nor snow has dampened the en-
thusiasm of the crowds that gathered
everywhere to greet them.
Today Charles l.. Hughes, the Re
nubiican candidate, began his days
four from Oswego where he spoke last
night and his special train tonight
reached Syracuse. Tomorrow he will
close his. day at Schenectady. and then
he will return to New York City for the
final series of meetings.
William r. Hearst. the Democratic
Independence League candidate. start
ed from Rochester this morning over
the Auburn Branch of the New York
Central to Niagara Falls. Snow and
rain fell all along the line and his fail
ing voice obliged him to discontinue
outdoor speaking. Tonight he appeared
at five meetings at Buffalo and tomor-
row night he will be in New York.
There were several incidents today
trending to increase the already intense
interest in the outcome Of the campaign
In this city the feature Of the day was
the action Of Mr.. Hearst. in appealing
to Judge otto A. Rosalsky Of the court
Of general sessions {" take vigorous
measures against the board of cleo
ton for their alleged criminal ncgli-
gance in falling to prevent the loss OF
destructi ion Of Independence League
nominating petitions.
District Attorney Jerome. when
Mr. Hearst's request was laid before
him. decided that the matter should
first be submitted to a magistrate for a
thorough inquiry
Mr. Hearst also has offered rewards
aggr-gatins $4,000 for the arrest and
conviction of persons guilty of cl"c-
ton frauds on Nov. .. The pubicatio:
this afternoon of cahlegram from
Richard Croker in Ireland to State Sen
ator T. H. McCarren. Democratic lead
or i'm Kings county. reading: "Congrat-
ulat. you on manly stand you havs
taken, win or loose" caused some ok
citer,cnt in Democratic headquarters
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LITTLEFIELD INTERRUPTED.
Crowd at Salt Lake Gives Call for
Senate Reed Smoot.

Salt Lake City. oct. 3l.-The exit mt
to which national political questions
are overshadoWed locally by the Nor
mon question was shown last night
when I; large crowd ut a Republican
rally in the Salt Lake theatre, inter
rupted The Spccch Of Congressman
Charles T.. I.ittleetilf of Maine. to call
rur Senator Reed Smoot. Senator
Smcnt was expected to reply to the
challenge of Former Senator Thomas
kearnA to debate as t. whether ScHa-
tor Sutherland was correct in asserting
that Kearns has bought the Senator
shin from President SnoW.
senator Smnot ;:nnuunced that S"nl-
tor Sutherland hal made the ch:trr
attributed 10 him. adding that the
challenge was pastel nn 4 W.llui false
mood. and con%lu,.rd:
Il know that President SNOW never
sold the seat
Mr.. Littlefield discussed his labor
record, the tariff and other national
questions.