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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31

closet under the stairs In her home
She had been stabbed through the neck
with a sharp instrument. which might
have been lance or dirk.
The murder has baiiied the police
officials Of this city ever since liz com
mission. Mrs Lewis boarded with a
MIs Kelly. aud the latter aud n board
81 named Harry Somcrs were placed
under arrest shortly after the crime
but were subsequently, discharged TOT
lack Of evidence.
The prisoner IL thlrty-fo years old
In 1909 he was tried In the criminal
courts on charges OF forgery aud lar.
ccuy and was acquitted on the grounds
OF insanity aud sent TO Norrlstown In.
sane asylum. lie was found. the police
say. at that time In the Episcopal hos
pitul under treatment for the clga.
rcttc aud drug habit. In his confession
no tells OF having frequently stopped
In saloons 20 get drink Of abslnth
while planning the Lewis robbery.
The prisoner was originally arrested
on u charge OF stealing from the Al.
dine hotel. where he had been chef
lie walked into detective headquarters
and described the hotel thief aud told
where he lived. when the detectives
went with him 10 the home Of the nj.
legged thief they discovered he was the
man. When they told him he was the
thief he simply said: Il know. Just
wanted to see II you could pick me up
on description"
lie said he could not sleep because he
heard the cries OF Mrs Lewis three
ycnr.old child In his ears and for that
reason confessed 10 having committed
the murder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
HAS SERVED 10 YEARS
Letter Carrier Thomas hAllorsn Began Work
Jan. |. 1890.

Jan. ], 1890.
With the close OF the year this eve
ming, Mail Carrier Halloran OF the 10.
cal force will complete 10 years Of
faithful service as letter carrier. He
was appointed with two others In De
cember, 1889 and assumed his duties
the first Of January, 1890. He is the
only one OF the three that Is nov In the
service. He was Immediately APP
pointed to delivery 10 the outside dis
tricts and in the daily discharge OF his
duties he averages over 3s miles a
day.
lie employs two horses, one OF them
being the first one he ever used In the
work, and during the 10 years he has
lost only two days by sickness or una.
yoidable absence. He has served un
der five postmasters, wears red star
on his sleeve and although 10 winter
the roads are frequently filed With
drifts he is always on tl:no with his
mails. Mr. Halloran was born in
Brattleboro, was brought here when
Young and has lived here since. He is
popular with all the patrons OF bis
route.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
BEST YEAR
IN HISTORY
OF Town Of Bennington Was
Year ofi006
PR0SPERITrS TOP NOTCH
Town Has Made Steady Progress
and 100000 Spent In New
Buildings.

The year which closes tonight has
been one oilhe most prosperous known
here In years Ia every way. There
have been no epldemIcs, the health OF
the people has been remarkably good,
there has been only one failure and
that for less than slOOc, crops were all
large and there has been plenty Of
work for all who wanted II. Tho mills
aud factories have all been constantly
employed aud some OF them have for
weeks been running all night. Build.
Ing operations have been unusually
brisk and good judges estimate tina,
What with buildings completed and
under way, with those that have been
rebuilt. or improved, the total amour,
expended Is around ss0O, 900.
Among the most important OF these
is the new YacA building, the Metho-
dist church, the johnson house, the
Blackmer residence at Bennington
Center, the Hawks block on North
street and the building that will be-
partly occupied by the Telephone com.
pany on North street, the Cutler block
on Main street and the rebuilding OF
the house 10 be occupied by tho Mt An
thony country club.
Beside these there have been about
q dozen houses built costing from
5000 to 5000 each. Building opera.
lions promise to be as good the coming
season as for the past, among those al.
ready proposed being the new EpIsco.
pa! church and many private residen.
,es.
In addition TO the foregoing there
has been the building OF the new cleo.
ric road to North Adams and the i'm.
'rovements made by the Telephone
which have brought large
amounts OF money to Bennington and
made the past year the most prosper
'us In the history OF the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
GAVE HER A SENDOFF
vi" Caroline White Ssrsnsdsd Ca Her De.
parturs for Boston.

partufe Tor Boston.
There was festive gathering at the
Rutland railroad station this morning
when the train for Boston pulled out,
the occasion being the departure OF
Miss Caroline Persis White, ward OF
Judge Bates, for the Hub. f"
Miss Whites friends were at,ired
grotesquely as we'll as extravagantly
and made her leaving one to be remem.
bered by the onlookers for some time.
Mrs Snod Green was especially fetch
ing while Mrs Irene Pleasant, Miss
Ella Bling" Mrs Minnie Saranac,
Miss Cora Belle Knapp and Mrs Lou.
Use Oneida we're in costumes that left
nothing to be desired.
A trunk thoroughly tied with clothes.
line and decorated with old shoes and
rubbers, the guardian and his ward
covered with confetti, aud the car and
passengers we'll sprinkled with rice the
good bye" party in their regalia, all
provided merry setting for this last
day OF 1906 and must have afforded in
finite pleasure to Miss White who is
held in the highest esteem by the peo-
pie OF Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
A DREAM RAILROAD.
Chimsrlesl scheme For Ro. d Prom Here to
Shsburns Pals.

Il Is stated upon apparently good Au.
thorily that The Shelburpe Falls and
Coloraln Street Railway Company will
un It's line through to Bennington, W.
b1, the time will be some distance In
the future. During the next year or
two the road Is 10 be extended some
twenty miles 10 Wilmington, by the
new owners.
a bin passed the recent Vermont
Legislature granting franchise 10 Tho
Wilmington and Whltingham Trac.
ton Company 10 build road begin.
ming at the Massachusetts line In Hall.
fax, and running northerly through
Halifax, Nottingham aud Wilmington
The capital stock Is placed at ESQ,
The distance from Wilmington 10 Ben.
nington would be about seventeen
miles, as surveyed over the mountains
a few years ago.
by the highway the distance Is
twenty miles The proposed road
would begin 10 cross the mountain
near the He'll Hollow Brook In Wood
ford and within a few rods OF the track
Of the old abandoned Bennington and
Glastonbury Railroad. IL Is thought
10y some that one OF the purposes OF
building the extensions would be TO
assist Tho Deer6eld Lumber Company
In It's various enterprises Troy
Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
FITZGERALD. WILKINSON.
Married at st. Francis Church This Afternoon
By Rev. A, J. Barron.

A pretty wedding took place in St.
Francis church this afternoon when
j. Harvey Wilkinson, travelling man
from Charlestown, Mass, was married
to Miss Alice Fitzgerald, daughter Of
Mrs James Fitzgerald OF this village.
Rev A. ]. Barron performed the cere
mony in the presence of a number of
relatives and friends. The bride was
attired in a travelling suit of brown
corduroy aud carried prayer book,
She was attended by Miss Alice Me
Dermott, who was gowned in green
broadcloth and carried roses.
After the ceremony wedding dinner
was served at the home OF the bride,
and this evening Mr. and Mrs Wilkin
son will leave on short wedding trip
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
FAMOUS
WOMAN DEAD
Baroness Burdett. Coutt a
Noted PhiIanthropist.
HUSBAND AN AMERICAN
Woman One OF The Richest In
England Widely Known For
Her Work OF Charity.
HUSBAND AN AMERICAN

LONDON. Dec. 81 Baroness Bur.
dctt Coutts, who has been IN ut her
residence here since Christmas eve. IL
dead.
The extreme age OF the noted phllan.
thrOplst (whO WIS born IN iSii rpn.
dcrcd impossible her recovery from
the attack of acute bronchitis. from
which she died.
The death OF Baroness Burdett-
Coutts. occurring nj the ripe age Of
ninety.two years. besides dcprIvlng the
country Of one OF lis rratcst and most
famous philhnthroplsts. removes from
London a unique personality aud an
interesting social figure
As link with the almost forgotten
past. her life beginning during the
reign Of Emperor Napoleon. she lived
during the rcigns Of five British soy.
erelgns. lnhcriting an immense for.
tune. she 80 used II as 10 die beloved
by the whole nation.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts was
one Of the foremost of Englishwomen.
She was an intimate and lifelong
friend Of the late Queen Victoria and
was one OF the richest women IN Eng
land. Her wealth was used princl-
pally 60 carry on her work TO improve
the condition OF the poor, and as a
philanthropIst her name was world.
wide.
The baroness. who was British
pccrcss in her own right. had never re-
Taxed In her charitable work. and her
name In connection with philanthroplc
efforts has always been hallmark
Of success. She was particularly be-.
loved by the people Of the White
Chapel district. London. whose cOndi-
tlon she had done much 10 improve.
Twenty-Five years ago the Baroness
Burdc;t Coutts became the wife OF
William Ashmend Bartlett. then n
young man In the diplomatic service
and at present member OF parlia-
mcnt for Westminster. lie was born
az Plymouth, Mass. and upon becom-
Ing the husband OF the Baroness Bur
dett-Coutts assumed, 10y royal license,
the surname of Burdett-Couits.
The Baroness Burdett-C outts had a
remarkable history TO have known
William " to have been presented ut
Queen yictoria's coronation. to have
been intimately associated with Charles
Dickens and TO have spent over
million pounds in charity form n
unique chapter of experiences In this
woman's life. King Edward once said
that after his own mother, the baron
ess was the most remarkable woman
in England and mquestionably the
second lady in the land"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE.
Methodlsts Invite all to Their New Years
Eve Gathering.

Special Watch Night services will be
held this evening at the ME- church.
The exerci ses will begin at $50 with a
praise service. At o'clock q regular
preaching service will be held the
choir singing as usual. At this time
several members will be received into
full membership. An Evangelistic
service will follow and watch night
"reminiscences given. Papers on "Con.
fronting the New Year" and 'New
Year, New Hope, New Purpose" will
be read. There will be an intermission
at 1880 or IL and then the final con-
secration service will take place con-
tinuing till the clock strikes IL. Mem.
bers of other churches and congrega-
ton cordially invited to join in tn
services.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
Celebration nj Manila

MANILA, Dec 31.-The tenth ami
versary of the execution in 1896 by the
Spaniards of DR.. RIAL who was charg-
ed with fomenting a rebellion, was Gel
ebrated here with enthusiasm. There
was a parade and addresses were de
livered on the Luneta at the spot where
DR.. Rial was executed. The native
speakers expressed confidence in the
future independence of the Fillpinos.
who We're urged to prepare themselves
for the full benefits of self govern.
ment. Governor General Smith in an
address eulogiZed Rial.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
Weather

Rain, warmer tonight. tuesday, rain
or snow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
Grover Cleveland Recovering.

PRINCETON, n. j., Dec, 31.-For-
mer President Grover Cleveland is re-
covering from the severe attack of in
digestion from which he has been suf
fering for the past few days. DR.. John
y. Carnochan. his physician, said that
his illness had been serious, but that
he was practically over It.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31


One Biock-EnEiaeer Under Arrest.
WASHINGTON. Dec 81. Thirty
fve people were killed and hundred
injured In n collision ON the Baltimore
aud Ohio railroad at Terra Gotta. a
station about three miles from Wash.
lngton. An express train ran into the
Frederick local. Three cars OF the 10.
cal were completely demolished. The
Injured were brought 10 Washington
rs fast as they were taken from the
wreck
Following II n partial list Of the
dead: Elizabeth Pcarman. Takoma
Park: T. A. Kelly. Kenslngton. Md:
Mary Lsffold. thirty years old. OF
Washington: George Higbe. eight
years old. Brooklnnd. u. c.: Dr. T..
Garther Harris. Washington; Miss
Kohl a.. NJ. e. A. card was found IN
her pocket; white girl thirteen years
old. unidentified: white girl. eighteen
years old unidentified; negro baby.
unidentified; white baby. unidentifcd;
Norman Rogers, Marion. Ind: Mrs ].
McCaghley and her fourteen year.old
son: Edward VI. Belt. white. fourteen
years old: Commodore J.. Brown, six
ty years old.
Clarence Proctor OF this city had his
leg crushed. Proctor is well known
amateur ball player. Mrs. Proctor his
wife. was badly shaken up. W. c.
Johnson. agent OF the United States
Express company, Washington. had
his arm broken and WAS slightly in.
jurcd about the head. Frank Bodlitz.
Frederick. Md. newspaper man. thir-
ty years old. was injured slightly. Roy
Elder. Poolesville, Md, had leg bro
ken.
Upon the relief train coming into the
city an unknown white boy, about
twelve years old and an unknown ne.
gro. about thirty.fve years old. died.
The wreck is attributed to the sec.
ond train running past the signal
against II in fog
The report that Senator Proctor Of
Vermont was among those killed in
the wreck at Terra Gotta was incor
rect Senator Proctor was not on the
train.
The Frederick train had stopped AT
Terra Gotta station and was crashed
into by a freight, the rear cars of the
passenger train being telescoped. The
wreck occurred in dense fog.
United States District Attorney ID.
". Baker was among the injured and
sustained internal injuries.
The three rear cars of the crowded
Frederick train were smashed. The
cause of the wreck Is not yet known.
or the injured seven have been
taken TO Freedman's hospital, fifteen
to the United States Soldiers Home
hospital and twenty have been brought
into the city on a special train over the
Baltimore and Ohio to be carried to
various hospitals.
District Attorney Baker. despite his
heel being cut off, walked the one and
quarter miles to Bro,kland and
brought the first news of the wreck
He was completely exhausted and aft
er medical treatment was sent to the
city.
George II Burgess, brother of Mrs.
Barnes, had just put Mrs Barnes and
her daughter on the train when thu
wreck occurred and was one of the
first to join in the rescue work. His
sister and niece were among the first
to be found in the wreckage
The wreck is said to have been caus.
ed by the telegraph operator at Silver
Springs letting two trains in on one
block. The engineer of the Frederick
train has been arrested.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31

No Paper Tomorrow.

Tomorrow being New Years day aud
a legal holiday there will DO no issue
of the Evening Banner. Wednesday,
paper will contain all the news OF the
two days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
DISASTER IN Foe
I'hirty.five Killed at Terra
"a Gotta, D. 6.
A HUNDRED HURT IN COLLISION
Baltimore and Ohio Express Iele.
sCOped Local.
A HUNDRED HURT IN COLLISION
THREE CROWDED CARS SMASHED

Wreck so Close 60 National capital
That Dead aud Injured Were Takrn
There by Relief Trais.-FredsrIcL
Local Had stepped AZ Way station
and while waiting Was Crashed
late ~ Filler For Washington.
Three Coaches Crowded with Pas
sesE-rs Were Completely D-moi-
ishsd-wrscL Reported Caused by
One Biock-EnEiaeer Under Arrest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-12-31
,rRE A COLD IN ONE DA,

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Qulnins Tablet
DRUGGISTS refund money II u fails 10 cure. Nv
GROVES signature N of. each boz. 2Sc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10

"a MONG all the sensational hap
penings of a decidedly sensa-
tional season there is nothing
4 "A more suggestive of romance in
its telling than the story of Manuel
Silveira. When n has accepted the
facts as they have been unfolded chap
ter by chapter and proceeds to take a
comprehensive review of the entire
business. it is hard to believe that the
imagination is not responsible for the
whole matter.
It has been asserted that any man
who is willing to pay the price may
have wealth. Now here come Man
uel Silveira and his career to refute
the claim. He coveted riches. and he
was perfectly willing to pay the price.
That very willingness was his undOing.
He was so eager to attain his end that
he committed the supreme folly of
%outbidding himself. and the game was
lost. From his position as promoter
Of the most extensive business enter
prises in Cuba he fell precipitately to
the level of a fugitive, a prescribed
wanderer on the face Of the earth in
search Of some place that would con-
ceal him from the eyes of his fellows.
1t was Manuel Silveira, il appears,
who planned the recent revolution. He
was not responsible for the sentiment
which led up to open revolt against the
government, but he took advantage of
the spirit of unrest that was stalking
abroad and manipulated it to his own
purpose. He it was who collected the
c~ombustfble elements that were await
ing the torch and fired them. The
revolution already existed in theory.
He made it practicable and precipi-
fated it.
1t is a strange story and a disagree
able one, for it has to do with the
selhshness and venality that sometimes
force their way into positions OF the
highest rus These are the facts as
they have come to light and are be
ing verified from day to day:
When General Wood, the American
provisional governor Of the island
turned over the government of the new
republic to it's first president. there
were already two political parties in
Cuba, the Moderates and the Liberals.
President Palma was the choice of the
M~oderates, and he was also the choice
Of General Wood and the American
influence" 1t seems. however. that he
was by 40 means the first choice of
the great mass of citizens of the is
land.
In those days Silveira was a Mod
crate. and he and the president We're
warm friends. He was sponsor for the
American interest in the island, repre-
sentlng the industrial and commercial
enterprises founded by J. NJ. Ceballos
81 New York, and he was the chief
promoter of q town and colony named
for the great Spanish american bank
en-. He was hand IA glove with the
American contingent and was regard
ed as its spokesman and able apologist
Al went on fafnously until Silyeira
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
nHfN nERcAN Town Of cEBALL0S

declared vengeance on his betrayer.
He found also that his base act was
not accepted by the government as evil
dence of his loyalty to h state. out
with both sides, his only safety was in
flight. In desperate haste he gathered
his family and movable possessions
and embarked secretly on a cattle
steamer belonging to his firm and sail
ed away. his destination unknown.
Manuel Silveira is a Spaniard, not a
Cuban. He appeared in Havana when
a very young man, about fOrty-dve
years ago. and began life as q clerk,
working hard and saving money. AM
bition drove him on. He made small
Investments. prospered and finally
branched out as a broker on his own
account In time he married a woman
Of wealth and family, eventually be-
coming rich enough to buy a fine house
on the Prado. Havana's Fifth avenue,
in which, with his charming wife and
equally attractive daughters, he enter
tanned lavishly.
The funds for all this display came
from q wide range of business enter
prises and Investments. He was q
member of a long list of companies.
and in his Individual capacity he repre-
scented certain houses in the States that
intrusted to him the management of
enterprises that ran into millions. The
center of all this business activity was
the banking firm of Silveira & Co,
which seems to have had a capital OF
only $4,000. one Of the p~eculiarities
j of the business is that this bank is
still open and doing business as usual
with nothing to indicate that the head
of the concern is not at his desk In his
private office.
Silveira had been associated with J
NJ. Ceballos for several Years Ceballos
is the best known Spanish man Of af-
fairs in New York. Before the war IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
FOB The NEWLY MARRIED.

In every marriage, however happy,
there must be a certain amount of re-
adjustment of habits. and this read
justment can scarcely fail to be ac-
companied by more or less d%isillusion-
ment. For one thing. the point Of
view, masculine and feminine. is, as
regards many things. totally different,
and the bride who declares during her
honeymoon that men are just horrid!"
is by no means rare.
Why should not a man be as tactful
and as little disposed to find fault with
his wife, or life partner. as he is with
his partner in b~usiness2 Why should
he not entertain and amuse her as he
does his friends and business asso-
ciates2 Why also should not a wife
exert herself to please and entertain
her husband as she did her lover2
Much domestic infeIicitS is directly
traceable to the custom which wives
and husbands contract of thinking that
the other does not matter" of treating
one another not only without cere-
mony, which is p~ardonable, but with
out consideration. which is ~inexcus-
able. Newly married people should
burn up in the fire of their ardent af-
lection all little ways which are dis
agreeable to each other Like govern
ment, marriage must be a continual
series Of compromises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
z or THE MUJIk.

The. Russian peasant is lazy from
climatic influences. The excessive
heat in summer and the severe frosts
and earth's heavy blanket of snow
in winter preclude vigorous exercise;
the abject poverty depressing the VII
lagos also tends to prevent any kin
of celebrating sport. AFFECT poverty
keeps whole families. whole districts.
buried in darkness for eighteen hours
out of the t~wenty-four for more than
a quarter of the year. Artificial light
is. on account of the very heavy ex-
else duty and the cost of distribution
Of kerosene, beyond the reach of the
poor villagers, whose only means OF
lighting their sparsely Widowed cab
ms is the primitive chip light stuck in
the wall. Old and young have there
fore to cease all occupation in the win
ter soon after 8 o'clock. Reading and
handiwork of all kinds have to be
given up, and early bed Is the only re-
source. Children from school have no
means of preparing their next days
lessons or of varying the appalling mo-
notony of their dull and tedious young
lives by story books or table games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-10
4MUEL

didacy. withdrew from the race and
went TO New York. where he remained
in s%eclusion until after his successful
rivals triumph.
When Gomez returned to cuba he
was received by Silveira with open
arms. He was Immediately made gen
eral manager of the great sugar plan
tation at Ceballos and given carte
blanche a. to the hiring of workmen.
Although there is no evidence thai the
patriot general began at once to plot
revolution. it is a fact that he as
sembled a body of 1000 men and put
them to work on the estate. Silveira
saw to it that they were supplied with
weapons and ammunition.
The government recognized the
menace and took steps to cope with it
after the most approved Latin-Ameri-
can fashion. An extra force of rural
guards Was stationed IN the vicinity of
the estate with instructions to make all
attempts at armed rebellion a failure.
There was a good deal of trouble first
and last. and the government troops,
armed with effective guns and re-en-
forced by the artillery. usually got the
best of It. The government demanded
that Gomez leave the vicinity, and he
was obliged finally to seek other quar-
tiers.
But Siiveira kept on with his prepa-
rations. It now ppear that the funds
he supplied to the leaders Of the revo-