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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
GREEK TAR A HERO.
Rescnes Captain aud sailor From
wreck when Others Refuse 60 GO.

Rescnes Captain aud sailor From
wreck when Others Refuse 90 Go.
PROVIDENCE, Il. l.. Dee. IL. -
When every other man on board the
tug Walter A. Luckenbach declined
TO risk his life In an effort 10 rescue
two men on the laundering barge
Buena Ventura, which was Ia tow OF
the Luckenbach, Mitchell II. Bruso. a
Greek seaman, stepped up 10 Captain
John Daley aud said that he would
make the zip alone.
In smnll boat, nj the height OF a
fierce northeast gale. Bruso rowed 10
the barge aud rescued the captain.
ole Owarsond, whom he found frozen
to the topmast, aud as soon as he
placed the helpless captain on boar
the tug without n moments rest and
covered with coating OF Ice from
head 10 foot put ont again ON the hcav-
Ing water and released Seaman Charles
Martin. who was frozen 90 n floating
hatch on which he had been carried
away from the sinking barge.
lhese TWO men, or n crew or nve,
were the only ones 10 escape death.
The drowned were \. Peterson, John
Mallett aud deckhand known ms
Jack OF Fall River. Mass.
The herolsm OF Bruso was looked
upon by his shlpmates MS no less re-.
marknblc than his escape from death
In the little boat, which every moment
seemed likely 10 be swamped by the
mountainous seas.
The barge from which the three men
met death was. before being converted
for the coal carrying trade. n Spanish
tramp steamer. She was the first
prize Of the United States navy I'm.
mcdintc,y after the war with spain
broke out, the gunboat Nashville cap
turing her on Cuban port.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
steamer Monarch wrecked.

FORT WILLIAM, Ont, Dec. H.
The steamship Monarch, Captain Rob
inson, Of the Northern Navigation com
pany Is n total wreck on Isle Royale,
having gone ashore on rocky reef.
So far as known there was no loss Of
life, all passengers and the crew hav-
ing been able to make shore. News of
the wreck was brought to Port Arthur
by the steamer Edmonton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
Triple Treaty win Meneiik.

LONDON, Dec. II. - The Anglo
French-Itallan treaty with Abyssinla
is about to be signed here, with King
Menelik's approval, the terms having
been officially communicated TO the
powers. The treaty strengthens the
railway development of the interior by
France, but gives Great Britain anc
Italy representation on the railway ai
rectorate,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
standard In on o.42s Counts

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-THE fight Of the
Standard oil company against the ten
indictments against the Standard Oil
company OF Indiana was commenced
here in the United States district court
before Judge Landls The indictments
contain 6,42s counts, and the Standard
OIL company has entered demurrer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11

Catarrh of the nose and throat
should lead you to at least ask us for
a free trial box of DR. Shoop's Car.
tarrh Cure Nothing so surely proves
merit as a real, actual test-and DIR
Shoop, to prove this, earnestly de-
sires that we let you make that test.
This creamy, Snow White healing
balm, soothes the throat and nostrlls,
and quickly purlfies foul or feverish
breath. Cali and investigate. Sold by
j. NJ. Ayres.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
Cadetship For Young Lawton.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-the presi-
dent has promised Mrs. Mary G. Law
ton, the widow of General Henry w.
Lawton, who was killed in the Philip
pines, that he would soon appoint her
son, Manley, nineteen years old, to q
cadetship ut West Point
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
Funeral of bishop seymour.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 1.-THE
funeral Of Bishop Seymour of the
Springfield diocese of the Episcopal
church took place from st Paul's ca
thedral here. The body of Bishop sey-
mour was taken TO New York for
burial in Greenwood cemetery, Brook
lyn,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
Pope,s New Physician,

ROME, Dec. 1.-THE pope has ex-
pressed his intention of appointing as
his private physician in succession to
the late DR.. Lapponl, DR.. Ettore Mar
chlafava, who is considered TO be ono
of the best doctors in Rome,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
NOTICE.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders of
the BENNINGTON County National Bank OF BEN
rooms, on Tuesday, the LIST day OF January.
1907, at 10 O'Clock q M, for the purpose Of
electlng board of directors for the ensuing
year, and to consider such other business as
may come before it.
CLEMENT II. CONE, Cashier.
Bennington, VT, December LIST, 1905.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11

To feel strong, have good appetite
and digestion,- sleep soundly and the
Joy life use Rurdock Blood Bitters en-
great system tonic and building.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
NOTICE.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders Of
the First National Bans OF North Bennington
Tuesday, the LIST dag of January, 1907, at 10
O'Clock a m, for the purpose of electing a board
Of directors for the ensuing yea. and for the
transaction OF any other proper and necessary
business,
s y. HALL. Cashier.
North Bennington, VI, December LIST, 1906
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
REPERTOIRE

KEPEK1OlKE
Monday-The Girl from the Golden
East
Tuesday-Sherlock Holmes in The
Crimson Stain
Wednesday - Anita, the Singing
Girl
Thursday-Polly Primrose
Friday-The Little Minister
Saturday-The Black Hand
Matinee to be announced
SPEclALTIES
HOLMES and HoLMRS-The Merry Mon
Archs OF Music wICKS and RElD-The Boys
with the Educated Feet INfI kEMBLK-ln
New Illustrated Songs NcDOUGAL and IA
YAuNTE-Slngng and Dancing sketch Artists.
SAM BARI Ow-The Man In the White suit
The seasons Sensation " RICHARD DAVIS
The Man That Mysties.
Prices 1Oc, zoe, SOC
Tickets 60 on sale at AyIe's Drug Store
Tuesday, A. NJ.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-11
GARBAGE COLLECTED

Will make weekly or monthly call
II desired or drop me card or telephone
for any special job. Also heavy team
ork.
= f. M HULETT
Telephone 1864
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
TROUBLE FOR TRUSTS.
Federal Authorities Attack Grain Com.
hine and Sugar Octopus.

CHICAGO. Oct. 16.-The interstate
commerce commission, which is inves.
tigating the alleged rebating of rail.
roads 10 favor of the grain dealers.
brought out testimony today which
tends to show that Cook county is in
the grasp of a trust conducting a
criminal conspiracy to control the
country's grain market.
H. H. Carr, a dealer, testified ear.
fully that he had denounced the com.
bination and he presented two books
which he said contained the James of
1000 men who were practically ruined
by secret boycotts and freight dis.
Grimm ations.
Richard Gambrill, a Der of the
Board of Trade, testified that the
board had adopted a rule in the face
OF the advice OF its attorneys that it
Is unlawful to fix prices of grain
bought from farmers. Gambrill said
that members of the Minneapolis and
Chicago boards meet every day be.
fore the closing and fix the highest
price to be paid the next day. No
buyer may pay a holder more.
NEW York, Oct. l6.-When the
hearing was resumed today in the case
against the New York Central Il Hud-
son River Railroad company and
Friedrich Pomeroy, its traffic man.
ager, on charges of granting rebates
to the American Sugar Refining COM
pany, United States District Attorney
Stimson outlined the prosecutors
case. He said that the government
will show that, on April 20, 1904,
Lowell NJ. Palmer, acting for the
shippers and especially for the firm of
George H. Edgar, of Detroit, entered
into an agreement with the New York
Central and Mr.. Pomeroy by which
sugar could be handled to Detroit at
the rate OF Is cents a hundredweight,
instead Of the rate of.23 cents filed with
the Interstate commerce commission.
The agreement. said Mr.. Stimson,
was that the sugar company should
pay the regular rate Of % cents and
later the difference of 5 cents per
100 pounds would be returned to it..
Mr.. Stimson charged that l~9,373,777
pounds of sugar had been shipped on
these terms and that rebate payments
had been made on this account.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Proposals for Medical Attendance on
County Patients.

December 3D., 1906, for the performance Of the fol.
owing services, to-wit:
list. For medical attendance and surgical ser.
vices upon the county sick, poor and infrm and
inmates of the county Jail of Chouteau county,
and also including all contagious disease and all
post.mortem examinations and inquisitions az
to sanity ordered by the county attorney. All
for the period OF one year, viz, January let, 1907,
to January Let, 1908. This service to include also
all snch cases as are sent to the county hospital
the furnishing ct al! surgical dressings, etc, that
may be required. This service to be performed
in the following district, so-wit:
Fort Benton, and all towns and communities
within . radius Of twenty miles.
ID. For medical attendance and surgical ser
vices upon the county sick, poor and intirm in
the five following described districts or commu'
mites, to.wit:
Tiavre, and all towns and communities within
a radius of eleven miles.
Chinook, and all towns and communities with,
in a radius of eleven miles.
Harlem, and all towns and communities within
Il radius of eleven miles.
Hill, and all towns and communities within Il
radius of twenty miles.
Zortman, and all towns and communities with
in a radius of twenty miles.
Said bids to be submitted as in districts or com
munfties. Said services under article : to in
clude all post-mortem examinations ordered by
county attorney and inquisitiOns as to sanity
also all surgical dressings, ETC., that may be re
| CURED.
Each bidder is to state separately the sum 70,
which he or they will perform the above service,
in the several districts for the period specified.
3D.. Bids are also invited to be submitted &c
cover all the above and excluding contagious dis
eases.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
Proposals to be addressed to the county cleri
and properly marked on the outside 10 indicate
what they are.
BY order of Board of County Commissioners.
w. l. LETT cteri of the Board.
Fort Benton, Mont, Oct. ., 1905.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
A Bill For Three Millions.

CHICAGO. Oct. Is. - Governor
Deneen will present to the directors Of
the Illinois Central Railroad company
tomorrow the bill of the state for I'm.
paid compeusat alton running back for
varying periods from six to ten years
and amounting to q total Of approxi-
mately 80 5000. 900.
The issue between the state and the
company is said to be mainly a dis.
tribution OF earnings. 1t is explained
that the question of distribution arises
where shipments are made partly over
charter lines and partly over the lines
free from the compensa alton require.
ment. From what the state officials
say, the company is acquitted of in.
tention of wrong doing.
The question of distribution arose
early in the compauy's dealings with
the state, as soon as additional lines
came into the system, and gradually
the company solved it more to its "
benefit. This is accepted as a natural
procedure, but it soon began to con-
Germ sums of considerable propor-
tiOnS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Wood Wants Large Force.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l6.-Au argu.
ment against the reduction in the num-
Der OF troops in the Philippines is
made by Major General Leonard
Wood, commanding that division. in
his annual report.
The total garrison on June 80 last
numbered 2O,O43 men. "We are far
from home,' says General Wood,
"and in case of foreign disturbances
ever with all our troops concentrated
at Manila, the force available would
be barely sufficient to defend it from a
serious attack. Moreover a strong
garrison should be maintained here
until conditions pertaining to the civil
government are we'll established aud
the animosities and disappointmeuts
incident to the building up of a local
government under new and perhaps
strained conditions have passed
awav.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Good News FOr..POstmasters.

NEW York, Oct. l6.-An important
announcement was made in this city
last night by First Assistant Post.
master General Frank H. Hitchcock to
the effect that in the postal estimates
for the ext fiscal year, to be sub.
mitted by the postoffice department to
the treasury department, a radical
change will be made in the recommen.
dation affecting salaries. Betterment
in pay involving the entire postal
system of the United States will be ad-
vised, Mr.. Hitchcock says. The res
ignation of postal employees has been
increasing owing largely to low sal.
aries.
Mr.. Hitchcock said that he conf.
IDENTIFY expected his recommends alton
would be approved by congress after
which he believed there would be a
decided improvement in the service
owing to the greater incentive t cap
able men to enter it. While nothing
definite as to the nature of the recon.
mendations could be ascertained, it is
understood that it is proposed to re.
grade the salaries, particularly those
Of the lower grades in which the sala-
rie- are now 1000 per annum, and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
Brief and Pertinent.

Hartford Telegram: The people
who make such a howl about the peek.
a.boo waist wouldn't see so much If
they would mind their own business.
Baltimore Sun: Tobacco is said to
be the currency Of British New
Guinea. When a mar smokes there
his wife a tell him he is just burning
money.
n. y. Sun: There may be sanitary
reasons why kissing should be aban'
doned, as Prof. Fourier urges, bu,
love, which laughs at locksmiths, will
scorn the scientists.
Exchange: Never Judge by appear
ances. y shabby coat may contain
an editor, while the man wearing q
plug hat and yellow kid gloves may
be a delinquent subscriber.
Kansas City journal: a New York
minister observes hat chorus girls
come high. So they do, and they
kick the same way. Has the New
York minister observed that:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
TROl BILE FOR THE TRUSTS,

The press dispatches Of the past few
weeks have brought news of so many
indictments and suits against corpora.
tiOns charged with lawless acts, that
the big industrial combines must re.
alize that the federal authorities are
on the warpath. There are suits pend
ing against the Stand ard Oil company
in several states: the harvester trust
Is defendant in an action now in the
courts: the sugar trust has been found
guilty Of accepting rebates from rail.
roads: the combine Of grain dealers
in the principal markets is being ex.
posed, and other violators of the fed.
eral and state laws against unfai,
business methods are being iuvesti
gated and prosecuted.
These are days of trouble for the
trusts, which have prospered at the
expense of the general public. Their
peculiar and oppressive business
methods called for q remedy that was
provided by u republican congress,
and federal officials are now enforcing
the law against the combines that are
alleged to have committed illegal acts
The extent and Importance of the pro.
ceedings are indicated in a Wash
ington dispatch which says:
So much talk is INDUCED in the pub
lie print and by campaign orator,
about what the republic an admiuistra
ton is doing towards curling tn,
rapacity Of corporations engaged i,
interstate commerce that little etfor
has been made to get the facts as t
Just what the results have been in con
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
All Share In Prosperity.
New York Mail.

New lOrk MAIL.
There has long since ceased to be
anything the matter with Kansas. Blu,
Kansas, so long accustomed to the
center of the stage IN her woe.laden
days, refuses to remain incons picuous.
Her latest claim for fame is the bank
commissioners statement showing
that the total deposits exceed Sl4O,.
DOC, 900: a per capita of S1O5 for every
man. woman and child in the state.
The increase in deposits during six
months has been $4,000, OOO-aud al
most all of this has been made by
farmers.
There is meaning in these figures,
aside from the Kansan self.gratula-
tory gloriication. 1.-THE rich are
growing richer and the poor poorer
every day. is one of those half-true
lies that, as Tennyson tells, is "a
harder matter to fight than ''the lie
which is all a lie." Minds grow
crauped in the cities, and men are apt
to listen to the din of demagogues un.
til they believe that all is wrong in the
worst of worlds.
Let them look to the land instead.
What is true of Kansas is true of
every other quarter in the country.
Irrigation is doubling the monster
crops farther west. For the first time
since the civil war. the south il free
from debt. Vast drainage plans are
bringing thousands of rich new acres
into cultivation. Mines now bringing
forth millions may fail and oil wells
cease to spout up riches. But the
land, real source of wealth, remains,
and all such news as that from Kan.
sas ean good cheer to every trader
and manufacturer: every skilled lab
orer and every owner of a share of
railroad stock: every sailor on an
American ship and every worker in an
American industry, however distant
from the plains Of the west or the cot.
ton fields of the south.
For the crops are the blood of the
country, and their richness clogs in
no one spot but courses through every
vein until the farthest nerve of the ma
ton tingles with its healthy, generous
flow. Our land and our people are
growing richer, not poorer, and ma.
ture is furnishing a share for all.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24

uection with the prosecutions up tt
this time. The administration Is no
only pressing suits for violations O.
the Sherman act and the interstate
commerce act, but a record has beer
made that collectively looks rather
formid able in the amount OF fines tha'
have been imposed for violations o:
these laws.
The actions brought by the govern
ment for violation of the Sherman
antitrust law generally result in the
stoppage OF such practices as tend &c
engross trade, such as was done IL
the case Of the Addystone Pipe com.
pany a few years ago. Contracts made
by large corporations which tend &c
monopolize trade in interstate com
merce are met by the strong arm o.
the federal government operating un'
der the Sherman law.
Pen alties are collected in the way Of
fines levied upon corporations for VIC
lating the provisions Of the anti-rebate
section of the interstate commerce law,
known as the Elkins law. The record
shows that within the present year,
approximately 5000, 900 has been col
iected by the government as fines i'm.
posed for violations of these laws.
Some of the prosecutions were under
the Elkins law and others under diff
ferent sections of the general railway
rate act. Fines OF $4,000 each in six
cases were imposed by the courts
against the railroads and other cor.
porations for such %infractions of the
law as ''false billing and weighing,''
for receiving rebates" and for charg.
ing less than the published rate, and
also for granting rebates. The heav.
lest fine imposed in a case was that
against the Chicago, Burlington Il
Quincy railroad in April last, which
was S4O,O 600 for granting and receiv.
ing rebates, and in June, the same
company vas fined $1,000 for charg.
ing less than the published rate. The
aggregate of these fines in fifteen
cases, all completed within the present
year, amounts to 5000, 900. A large
number of similar suits are still pend.
ing, and the department of justice is
working upon the oil cases and SINH.
lar prosecutions against other cor.
porations for violations of the Sher-
man law and the E.lkins law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24

severe cold which Mrs. Davis con.
tracted upon her return from the Ad.
lroudacks, where she had spent the
summer.
Although great fears were felt from
the first, Mrs. Davis wonderful vital.
lty. which brought her safely through
a similar attack a year ago, gave
hope OF ultim ate recovery until last
night, when a decided change for the
worse was evident, and the attending
physician announced that the end was
near.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-24
What Is True Amcricanism!
uarper's MAgaline.

What is true Am%ericauism and where
does it reside: Not on the tongue,
nor in the clothes. nor among the
transient social forms, refined or rude,
which mottle the surface OF human
life. True Americanism is this:
TO believe that the i%nalienable rights
of man to life, liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness are given by God.
To believe that any form of power
that tramples on these rights is un-
just.
To believe that taxation without
representation is tyranny, that gov
ernment must rest upon the consent of
the governed, aud that the people
should choose their own rulers.
To believe that freedom must be
safeguarded by law and order, and
tha at the end of freedom is fair play
for all.
To believe, not that all people are
good, but that the way to make them
better is to trust the whole people.
To believe not in a forced equality
OF conditions and estates, but in a
true equalization Of burdens, priv.
ileges and opportunities.
To believe that the selfish interests
of persons, classes and sections must
be subordinated to the welfare of the
commonwealth.
To believe that uniou is as much a
human necessity as liberty is q di.
vine gift.