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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
THREW MAIL sox IN POND
Government Brings Action Against
Rockingham Man.


Rockingham Man.
Windsor. July l7.-Unlted States
district and circuit court reopened
here today instead OF yesterday owing
To the absence OF the respondents at.
tomey. Fred g. Davis OF Springfield
In the case OF United States W. Geo.
Richards OF Rockingham. Il appears
that Richardson dug up a rural free
delivery mall box on the main high.
way between Chester aud Bellows
Falls. This boz was situated AZ a
fork In the road and II was ON a fri.
angular piece Of land In the center
Of the fork.
The boz was the property OF r. r.
RoSley aud he owned the land ON
which the mail box was set up and as
relations were unfriendly between
Richardson and Rowley Richardson
ordered ROwley 60 remove the box
from his land which Rowley refused
To do. Richardson spoke 20 R0wley
several times between May Nc and
september Is. 1904 and told him that
u he tRowleyl did not remove that
box that he tRichardsonl would do
NHeA Jus W Tue NlAil uuA
september Is and. Il IL alleged. threw
u into the mill pond
The United States took up the mat
ter. claiming that Richardson destroy.
I'd or otherwise defaccd government
property. District Attorney Alexander
Dunnett Of ST Johnabury represented
the United States and Fred c. Davis
of Springfield the respondent The
government side Of the case IL an In
aud part Of the defendants side. The
evidence was completed this morning
and Judge George G. Holt charged the
jury which took the case and this az
ternOon reported a disagreement.
The next case 20 BE- taken up IL that
against John jenkins. alias John
Brown. charged with burglarlKlng the
postoiilce AZ Norton Mills about a year
and half ago.
Joseph johnson Of Newport charged
With smuggling. pleaded guilty and
was fined $50 lie vas represented
by u. W Lund OF Newport.
Miss Lillian T.. Peck Of Clerk George
y Iohnaons Office has been duly ap.
pointed and sworn In as deputy clerk
Of the district and circuit court and II
supplying az this session.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
BOTH SIDES ACCUSED
Hasar Sues Benolts for Sinking Of His
Launch.

haear sues Benoits for Sinking Of His
Launch.
Burlington. July l6.-The suit Of
Charles III. Hagar against William and
Peter Benoit an action TO recover
$4,000 damages as the result OF pow.
or boat collision. was begun In city
court today. The accident occurred
June l6 when the power tender OF the
Lake Bird and the launch Belle came
together at the entrance OF Llnsley's
slip. Burlington harbor. Mr. Hagar
claims that the Benoits ran him down
Intentionally and that they threatened
after the collision TO finish his boat
later.
The defense Is along the same lines
that Hagar deliberately steered for the
defendants craft. The case In not
but most OF the evidence has
been put In. The Jurisdiction OF the
court II questioned and the defendant
may claim that the case should be
tried before an admiralty court X. w.
Taft appears for the plaintiff and J. j.
Enright for the defendants.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
vERmoNrs FIRST CENSUS
ouilford Had Largest Population In the
State In 1890.

Montpelier July iG.-w. r. Dewey
has on filc NJ the Vermont Mutual of
Gee the following data interesting Ia
Ncrmontcrs regarding the standing
Of Vermont In the FIRST census of the
United States.
In the year 1890 the FIRST census was
taken In the United States aud ~.
though Vermont had not yet been ad.
mitted 10 the Union she was one Of
the settlements 10 be- included in the
census that year Vermont IN 1850
had more Inhabitants than either
Rhode Island. Delaware. Kentucky or
Georgia aud IN those state were quite
a large percentage of slaves. Yer.
mont had no slaves and only ~ free
colored persons Her total population
was So.i25 Of which 1853 resided In
Windham The largest population Of
any town WAS Guilford which had 2t22
burlington $3.50. Rutland iil7. while
llardwick was happy aud contcntcd
with three persons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
AID FOR SLATE STRIKERS.
Barre Union Men Vote Money and
Circulate subserIptlon Papers.

Barre. July IA meeting Of the
Central Labor Union was held last
evening In behalf OF the striking slate
workers of the Fair Haven district
About two months ago. 600 men went
out on the issue Of a ninchour day
About POO have secured employment
IN other slate regions
Il was voted last night To contrib.
NJ" &25 to the aid of the strikers and
committee was appointed Ia clrcu.
late subscription papers among the un.
ion men In this city aud vicinity.
The local branch Of the Granite Cut
terH' International association has yot
cd 10 contribute f2j. all that the char
ter permits to be- given under such
circumstances.
Appeals for aid have been issued IA
all the labor conters In the state and
already action has been taken In soy
eral places.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
THE M|NER'SUN|ON
MAKES UNIQUE
AGREEMENT
Judge Admits Curious Paper as
Evidence.
TO REFRAIN FROM VIOLENCE
Telluride Miner Gives Startling Tes-
tlmoRy at Haywood Murder
Tidal.

BOISE, Ida. July 1s.--on the open
Ing Of court Attorney Richardson noti-
fed the state that the defense desired
three OF the states witnesses to re-
main In town. Judge Wood announced
that prior to the opening OF argument
he would notify counsel az 10 the main
points In the evidence OF which he
would instruct the jury. Clarence
barrow, for the defense. announced
the surrebuttal Tor the defense would
be very short
o. NJ. sackstt OF Telluride. Colo. for
years an employee OF the smuggler
Union mine, was the FIRST witness of
the day. He told his personal expert
ences In the big riot at the Smuggler
Union mine In 1901. when he said that
be and several other employees Of the
mine were compelled 10 run a perfect
hail Of bullets In order TO get TO the
mine
"who was the head OF the union at
Telluride AZ that timer asked Mr..
Hawley.
Vincent 81. John"
The witness next told OF NEGOTIATIONS
with ST. John TO have the firing stop
ped and reaching an agreement with
him.
The witness WAS allowed 10 state
that A. a result OF the negotiations he
had with ST. John an agreement be-
tween Edgar A. Collins. assistant man.
ager Of the mine. and ST. John OF the
union was drawn up and signed. The
agreement when offered In evidence
was objected to by the defense. Judge
Wood after considering the msttsr for
some little time decided 70 admit the
paper. and II proved probably one Of
the most interesting aud important az
hibIts OF the trial. II was dated July
q 1901. and In II the miners union
agreed 90 refrain from vioieacs" for
three days The agreement was In
part as follows.
1t IL hereby agreed between the
miners union by V. 81 John. prs,i-
dent aud the Smuggler Union N. q.
company by Edgar A. Collins. assist
ahA haAaheNf hat III Weth Rh raAa
mine shall cease for a period Of three
days ending Friday and that said min
ers' union VIII refrain from violence
as 70 the person aud property for the
same period. The said smuggler I'm
ION mine may employ four guards dur
Ing the period"
The witness then told Of the killlng
Of Arthur Collins. superintendent q
the mine. the disappsarance Of several
miners In ths district aud various de
orders. He said the men were afraid
TO work: that many Of these were shst
az on their way 10 the mines
The last witness Of the state was
william stuart. a scotchman. red
bearded and retaining the burr Of hh
native language on his tongue. He was
q miner In the Cripple Greek region
during the labor troubles and told q
terrible story o. maltncatmsnt AZ the
hands OF miners. who bad warned him
that he would have 10 take the conse
qusncss n he went 10 work a. q
"scab." With native stubbornnsss stu
art went 10 work. be said. and with
native wit he told the consequence.
Richardson dismissed the witness
with ths words That's ALL
Stuart wheeled out Of the witness
chair. and a. he stepped down he said
quietly:
"HumPhl Well. there's more II 70
want IN
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
HOTEL MARION BURNED
Fire at Felehville Causes Loss Es,im'
ated AZ $500.

Windsor. July iG-Word was reccly.
cd here this morning that the Hotel
Marion NJ Fclchyille was burned 90 the
ground In the night The irc was dis.
covered by Charles Douglass about I
O'Clock In the shed and he reused the
inmates after breaking open the front
door. They all escaped safely A
large crowd was attracted 10 the scene
aud with the help Of the volunteer bri.
gade using pals ~ water. the flames
were confined to the hotel building.
!. ~ llarwood, the proprietor. saw.
I'D some Of his furniture. Ills loss will
amount to fi000~Rith no Insurance
The building was owned by Burt Chel.
lia Of Clarcmont. n. H.. whose loss ~
$4,000. with insurance OF $1,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18

HITS pRAwsRlDee, SINKS
Schooner Montgomery Goes Down In
Lake champlain.

Burlington, July 16.--In the high
wind this afternoon the schooner
Montgomery, Capt Fleury, struck the
Rutland railroad pier at the draw.
bridge Between North and South Hero
Islands and went to the botmm I'm
about 20 feet ofwater. The channel
was thus blocked and navigation be.
tween the islands was impossible. con
sequenuy the steamer Ticonderoga
was Obliged TO return to Burlington by
the way OF Alburgh and was about
four hours late In making this port.
having to go about 90 miles out OF her
course. No one was Injured on the
Montgomery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
LIGHTNING FIRES BARN.
Calves arc Burned In a Bra,tleboro
Fire.

brat!cboro. July i7-LightnIng
struck large barn on the D. s. Pratt
farm this afternoon and the structure
was Hoon ON nrc In an parta. Work
men across the street aaw the flames
and rushed across to save the horses
FIRE brands we're then falling upon
the animals. The nre department
was summoned, although the build
ihgH were not In the village. but the
water pressure was small. the IRE
being 20o0 feet from the nearest hy.
drnnt The main barn. In which was
% tons of hay burned first. then a
corn barn was consumed aud next "A
barn IN which was some old hay. An
attempt was made a. blow up anotb
~ barn with dynamite. but II failed
and by that time water was procured
from small brook aud the flames
were checked. otherwise the house
would have been destroyed. With the
exception Of the calves. the stock was
saved. The loss was $1,000. covered
by insurance. Mr. Pratt who. R n
prominent farmer. had nearly finished
haying,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
BIG ELK'S PARADE
ATPH|LADELPHIA
TODAY
eliminating Event Of Great
Convention
LIST OF OFFICERS ELECTED
Trustee John o. o'Shea Overcome by
Heat and In Critic nj Con.
dition.
PHILADELPHIA. July II

PHILADELPHIA. July is. - The
complete aud Official returns OF the
election In the grand lodge OF Elks
held In this city were announced as
follows: Grand exalted ruler. John X
Tcner Of Chartered. Pa: grand treas
urer. Edward Leach. New York; grand
esteemed lecturlng knight. Bayard
Gray. Frankfort Ind: grand esteem
ed leading knight. ID. Shea. Hartford
Conn: grand secretary. Fred G. Rob
lnson. Dubuque. Ia; grand trustees,
Thomas Is. Mills. Superior. Wis.
Thomas 4. McNulty. Baltimore. and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
FAIRBANKS GOES TO PRISON
Bratteboro Would Be Suicide ls Re
moved From Hospital.

Brattleboro, July 17.-WillIam Fair.
banks who attempted to commit sui.
eide by shooting himself over the
heart after killing his niece at Sax.
tons River two weeks ago. was remoy.
ed from the Brattleboro Memorial hos.
pital TO the state prison at Windsor to
day for safe keeping He was accom-.
panied by Deputy Sheriff George p.
Alexander OF Saxtons River who has
been with him most OF the time since
the tragedy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
ARRESTED A CONVICT.
VIII Now Serve a Term In Prison For
the Favor.

WV WV wv w" w FFfAoU Fof
the Favor.
Woodstock. July i7.-state cases are
In progress OF trial In Windsor coun.
~ court Some OF the respondents are
pleading guilty" one OF these being
In the case OF State W. Zen jamln Wool
house. The respondent was charged
with conveying letters from a convict
In state prison 10 persons In the out.
side world. These letters were IN
structiona as 10 what the addresses OF
the letters was 10 do when the writer
effected his escape. The respondent
was employed as a stone mason work.
Ing ON the prison wall repairs. lie
said he did not realize II was such a
grave offence; that he felt sorry for
the poor man who only wanted 90
send a line 10 his old mother" The
court sentenced Woolhouse 10 not less
than two years nor more than two and
onehalf years In the state prison.
Harry w. Hoyc appeared for the r..
spondent
The case Of State w. Willard White
alias William Austin. was a charge OF
breaking into house In the day time
In the absence Of the owner. The
premises are situated In Weathera.
field and were owned by George W.
Spencer The respondent IL an old.
time crook" and has twice before
been In state prison, once for burglary
and once for being possessed OF burg.
larlous implements Watches. silver.
ware, clothing. etc. were taken and
found on the person OF the respondent
and his companion who IN now In state
prison. The jury found the respon.
dent guilty and he was sentenced 20
not less than four nor more than Ave
years In the state prison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
JOHNSON MAN HUNT.
Searching Party Looking for Frank
Mhltcomb.


whlteomb.
Hyde Park. July i7.-Frank Whit.
comb. aged 55 years. residing three
miles from this village. has been mis-.
Ing since Friday night The alleged
circumstances surrounding the case
raised n searching party to start this
afternoon over the road followed by
Whitcomb. lie was last seen about
dark Friday. Whitcomb has been en-.
ployed as n farmer by John Stearna.
Of Johnson. lie obtained leave Of alb.
scnco Friday for a days trip 10 High.
gate. whittier he went with a compan.
ion named Warner halllng from
Johnson, both men rcturnlng 10 John.
son on the evening train Friday, bad.
~ intoxicated After some OF the ef
fects Of their outing had worn on
they left the station oatenalbly for
their homes. Whitcomb was seen by
several persons later Ia the evening
going toward Cambridge Junction.
All traces Of the man was lost after ne
had gone about two miles. although
u ~ alleged that his pipe has been
found on the bank OF the I.amollle
river which stream parallels the road
followed by the missing man.
Relatives Of Whitcomb claim that
the missing man had sixty dollars
Friday when he left johnson for IIiRh.
gate. Whiscomb was addicted 10 the
excessive use Of liquor. but hereto
fore never has absented himself for
10 long a time. Ills relatives believe
he has fallen into the Lamollle river
or was victim OF foul play A
Systematic search II being made by
fifteen men from Johnson. II IN re
ported that Warner was taken into
custody today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
~ MEMBERS WEIGH b.OS7.
Annual Outing Of Fat Mems Club at
Coneord

The New England Fat Mems Club
held its midsummer outing and ban.
quet at Contoocook River park near
Concord. ~ a.. Friday
one OF the FIRST duties performed
was the weighing out Of members 10
make certain that none had become
Ineligible by loss Of ayolrdupols since
the date when admitted TO the organ.
lzation. The result shown was such
az TO disqualify no one. The low limit
OF weight for membership ~ 200
pounds. The average weight OF the
100 men present was 237 pounds. The
aggregate was $3.50 pounds. Twen.
ty.one OF the biggest men In the club
weighed 5,O67 pounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
VERMONT LEAGUE
Exciting Game az Burlingion-Hy.
phcns Beaten by Plattsbura.

Rutland won from burlington yes.
tcrday In a fast aud exciting game OF
ball by n score Of 10 60 o. The Mar
BILE City team scored ave runs In the
ninth. The Pittsburgh team knock.
cd Frazier all over the field. beating
Muntpclierliarre = Ia 3.
The league standing:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next - Hours.

For eastern New York and Western
Vermont partly cloudy tonight and
Friday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-07-18

"a TO n Ia.
p..na. 1Im Ind You haR klfaB Bought
'''' q &1HzZIM
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18

We wear no mans collar, and we
think as we please and say what we
think.-Bamberg Herald:
Well, what sort of a collar do you
wear? You sure don't wear a wo-
mans collar, or you wouldn't think
as you please and say what you think;
Maybe you have turned "deviP' and
wear no collar at all, but you looked
mighty spruce last summer.-Ches-
ter Lantern.
: At the time of making the 'asser-
ton above the statement was literally
true, for, on account of a pesky boil
on the back of our neck, we were
forced to go without neckwear of
any kind. But we're all right now,
and if we can just '3stand off, some
fellow for some new clothes and
etceteras, We'll be looking mighty
spruce again this summer at the
annual press meeting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
Notice of Municipal Election

Notice of Municipal Election, by the
Qualified, Registered Electors of the
Town of Bamberg, for Tlayor, Six
Alderman, and One Commissioner
of Public Works, for the said Town.
AS provided by law, and in accordance
with the statutes of the State OF South
Carolina, in such case made and provld-
ed, and pursuant to a resolution adopted
by the Town Council of Bamberg, in
Town Council assembled, an election is
ordered to be held at or near the Town
Hall, in the Town of Bamberg, in the
County of Bamberg, South Carolina, On
the seventh day of May, A. D. 1907, for
the purpose of electing a Mayor, Six
Aldermen, and One Commissioner of
Public Works, for the Town of Bam-
berg.
At such election the polls shall be
opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon,
and shall be closed at four o'clock in the
afternoon of said day.
The following named citizens have
been appointed managers of the said
election: J. D. Copeland, Jr., F. w.
Free, and G. o. Simmons.
The said managers shall conduct the
said election according to law, declare
the result of the same, and make a
statement and return duly certified to
the Town Council of Bamberg forth
with. G. MOVE DICKINSON,
w. A. RILEY, Mayor.
C1erk and Trea sl1rer
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
A WASTE OF MONEY.

The Carey-Cothran liquor law has
some useless provisions, and one Of
the greatest is that of advertising in
so many newspapers for bids and
the publishing of statements. This
is no doubt a good thing for the
newspapers, but we fail to see where
in it makes the law any more perfect
or in fact where any good is to be
derived from it. It seems to us a
useless expense, and we are not
afraid to say so, even if we do get
some revenue from it. The state
ments as published convey no idea
to the general public of the real
condition of affairs, and it would
take a good book-keeper to under
stand them. In the matter of bids,
there is absolutely no use in adver-
tising in the county papers, for the
whiskey houses do not see them.
The daily papers are the ones to
advertise in when bids are wanted.
Possibly some people will say we are
hurting our business by this sort of
talk, as we are trying to cut off a
portion of our revenue, but we want
to say right here that we are not
concerned about this. We made a
living before we received any dis
pensary advertising, and we would
continue to get along and pay our
debts if this source of income was
cut off. We have already refused
more advertising from whiskey
houses than we believe we will get
out of the dispensary in year. We
have no fault to find with those
newspapers who advertise whiskey.
That's their business, and if they
choose to accept it, well and good,
but we cannot understand why /.
TRACER should want so much infor-
nation about the county boards and
dispensary affairs. We did not reply
to the letter he sent US enclosing a
printed blank requesting a lot of
information, the names and addresses
of the county board, etc., but we
notice several newspapers are carry
ing his ad., and we presume they
must have given the data wanted.
Newspapers should avoid even the
appearance of evil, and even if we
had thought of accepting a whiskey
advertisement, we would not have
given the information asked for.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION
Notice of an Election, by the Qualified,
Registered Electors of the Town of
Bamberg, upon the question of issu.
ing Coupon Bonds of Said Town
for the purpose of Waterworks.

Bamberg, upon the question OF issu.
ing Coupon Bonds of Said Town
for the purpose of Waterwori<s.
Whereas, a majority of the free
holders of the Town of Bamberg, did on
the 4th day of April, A. D. 1907, file
with the Town Council Of Bamberg, a
petition praying: 'tThat an election be
ordered by said Town Council at which
election shall be submitted to the quail
fed, registered electors of said Town,
the question of issuing coupon bonds OF
said Town, in an amount not to exceed
the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars, for
thepurpose of purchasing and construct
ing system of waterworks for the said
Town, and the citizens thereof, as pro
vided by law, and in accordance with
the statute in such case made and pro-
vided."
Now, therefore, pursuant to resolu-
tion adopted by the Town Council as
sembled, an election is ordered to be
held at or near the Town Hall, In the
Town of Bamberg, in the County OF
Bamberg, South Carolina. on the
seventh day of May, A. D. 1909 at
which election shall be submitted to the
qualified, registered electors of said
Town, the question of issuing coupon
bonds of the Town of Bamberg, in the
sum of seven thousand dollars, for the
purpose of purchasing and onstructmg
a system Of waterworks for the said
Town, and the citizens thereof. as pro-
vided by law, and in accordance with
the statutes of the State of South
Carolina, in such case made and pro-
vided.
At such election the polls shall be
opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon,
and shall be closed at four o'clock In the
afternoon of said day.
At such election those qualified, regis
tered electors who favor the issuing of
said bonds shall vote ballot upon which
shall be written or printed the words
sfor waterworks bonds," and those
qualified, registered electors who are
opposed to issuing said bonds shall vote
a ballot upon which shall be written or
printed the words ''against waterworks
bonds"
The following named citizens have
been appointed managers of said elec-
ton: J. D. Copeland, Jr., F. W. Free,
and G. 0. Simmons.
The said managers shall conduct the
said election according to law, declare
the result of the same, and make return
thereof duly certified to the Town
Council of Bamberg forthwith.
By order of the Town Council OF the
Town of Bamberg, this 4th day Of April,
A. D. 1907.
G. MOVE DICKINSON,
w. A. RILEY, Mayor.
Clerk and Treasurer.