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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-07-13
PARCELS POST SCHEME
SUCCESS IN ENGLAND.
No s2UU Cent DiYidends 80
=" British Isles for Private Ex-
press Companies. s. ss-
Government Parcels Post Carries
Business at Low Rate, Earns
$26,000,000. ., =.

WASHINGTON, July n.-Thomas 8.
Platt, who represents the United States
Express company In the United States
senate, would find it worth while to
rub his nose in a document which has
its origin In Great Britain. In a way
it's pretty dry reading for it is q gov
ernment postal report. But the con-
tents are enough to make the EXPRESS
senator chuckle over the way he has
been standing off the people Of this
country on the parcels post question,
Over in Great Britain they have q
parcels post instead of an express sen-
ator. The English can send parcels
Weighing five pounds for IL cents.
Here you can't look at Tom Platt's
measliest branch office for less than a
quarter, but in Great Britain you can't
pay as much as quarter to send q
package, even II you should want to.
The limit in weight for the parcels post
is II pounds, and the charge for that
weight is % cents
The people in the United Kingdom
appreciate the parcels post. During
the last government year they sent
1o1, 100000 parcels, an increase for the
2.3 pounds for each person in the king
dom. b <
The outlook is that the parcels post
question will come up in congress
again next winter. To create a parcels
post, congress need only to. raise tho
limit of postal weight and fix reason.
able compensation for the increased
weights. -: -. -:szz -s.5
Nor can the express people come
back with tale about the parcels post
bankrupting the post office. That In.
stitution is making money. The pcst-
master generals report on last years
business shows that the net profit, In
cluding the parcels post and post Office
savings bank, was about s26,0o0, ,00c.
Uncle Sam has been running his post
office at an annual loss of about $1o.-A
100000.
Meanwhile the express companies IN
this country carry packages at a high
rate, and one Of them recently declared
a stock dividend of 200 per cent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-07-13
GOOD FOR WISCONSIN.
stringent Child Labor Law Pasned
With Severe Pennltien

The Wisconsin assembly last Mon
day concurred in the child labor bill
already passed by the senate. and II
has gone to the governor for his ac-
tion 1t prohibits the employment Of
ch1ldren under IA years of age at any
gainful occupation during school
months, and requires those betweon ~
and 16 years to have a special nern,it
from judge Or factory Inspector to
engage in any such work. No chud
under 16 years can be permitted to
work over ten hours day or Sd hour.
week; nor can any under that aeo
be employed at any time in places
where liquor or tobacco is sold or
dangerous machinery used or in q tho
ater or to operate an elevator. Tbe
penalty ranges from a fine of s25 "a
800 or Imprisonment in Jail for no+
to exceed 80 days. or both fine and i'm
prisonment.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-07-13

Mr.@Union Man Notify your print.
er that the Bell Phone IL Unfair
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Mr.. Union Man:-Notiry your retail
liquor dealer that the Bell Phone is
Unfair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
Panic mt Horse show.

YOUNGSTOWN n. j., Sept. 30
The collapse of Il flooring in the boxes
amid a downpour Of rain mt the horse
show here married the pleasure of hun
lreds of spectators at the Morristown
Field club grounds, mild panic
which followed was soon quelled. Just
as the class for ponies i'll harness was
being Judged crossbeam under box
broke. In an instant eight crowded
boxes in the tier gave way and hurled
men and women to the ground The
fall was only about two feet, and no
one sustained serious Injuries, though
bruises were plentiful. The occupants
crawled from the wreckage and took
refuge In the nearby baseball grand
stand.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
"ALBiNO" DOE SLAIN
Rare Specimen OF Deer Killed Near St
Johnsbury.

st. Johnsbury, Sept 30.-A socalled
"Albino' doe, one OF the rarest speci-
mems ever seen in this vicinity, was
shot on Miles mountain Sunday, the
hunter escaping before the au-
thorities could capture him, and leav-
ing no clew by which he could be run
down. The body of the doe was on ex
hibition here this morning, but was
taken later to Glover, on the order of
II. G.. Thomas OF Stowe, state game
commissioner. 1t will be mounted
and placed in the state house at Mont
pelier.
Game Warden A. Fisher and sever
al men were working on the noun
tain, which is about 10 miles from this
place, on Saturday. Suddenly they
heard shot and hurried in the d.
rection from which the sound came.
rhey found the body of the doe, but
The man who shot it had fled, evident
ly becoming alarmed. Mr. Fisher
telephoned to A. II. Noyes, county
warden, who ordered the body
brought here.
The doe was white with the excep-
lion of the ears, which were black,
and two rows of black spots down
the back, small and about an inch
apart. The animal is said to have
been the only one of the kind ever
seen in this vicinity. 1t is believed
by some hunters here that the animal
wandered across the boundary line
from Canada.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01

GENERAL fuRLoNo's WILL.
Goddaughter, Old Soldier, Barber and
Waiter Rene m Nered.


Waiter Rene m bered.
NEW YORK, Oct 1.-The will Of the
late General Charles Il. Furlong. who
died In Maine last week, was filed for
probate In the surrOgate's office after
It had been dug out Of the vaults Of
the Mercantile Safe Deposit company
here.
The will, which was made on May
IS, 1889. leaves over 100000 to vari-
Gus charitable institutions His first
bequest is $4,000, which he leaves to
Elizabeth Furlonge, widow Of the late
Joseph j. Furlonge Of Killelne House,
Newcastle West. County Of Limerick,
Ireland. To Joseph s. Furlonge, their
son, the old general left another $lO,-
600 and to another son, Rev. Alexan-
der NJ. Furlonge. still another $4,000.
Another bequeSt reads:
ITO Luba Shestakow, daughter Of
NJ. and Nine. ShestakOw (nee Princess
Olga Gagarine of Odessa, Russia, now
residing near Yalta, Crlmea, Russia),
said Luba Shestak0w being my god
child, l bequeath 10000"
The general did not forget Donald
Campbell, an old soldier OF Vlcksburg.
Miss, who served under him when he
was sheriff and collector OF Warren
county, Ore, for he left him $1,000.
Fred Dittmar, who shaved the general
for years at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
New York, was remembered to the ex
tent Of another $1,000. as was Pat.
rick Condor, "whO waited on me for
several years at one of the dining TIA
bles at the Fifth Avenue hotel" us the
will reads.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
STUDENT KILLED
Manager Of Norwich Football Team
Fatally Injured.

Mortified, Sept. 30.-Cadet Sergt.
Leonard Clarkson, Of Portland Conn,
aged 20 years, died In the Mary Hitch
cock hospital at Hanover, n. H.. at 10
o'clock Monday forenoon rs the result
OF injuries received In the Dartmouth
Norwich football game Saturday.
Clarkson played right end on the Nor
wlch team and during the game re-
ceived blow in the abdomen from
one of the players knees, causing an
internal rupture.
ClarksOn was manager OF the foot
ball team, member of the senior
class and of the Delta Kappa Phi
fraternity.
Last summer Clarkson suffered an
attack of appendicitis. In Saturdays
game he ruptured his intestnes. His
father, j. J. ClarkGon. said his sons
death was due to his impaired physi-
cal condition, and not to the game of
football.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
ROOSEVELT AT CANTON, o.
President Views dwelling Of the Nc.
kinley Monument.


CANTON. o., Sept. 30.-Canton is
IN fete today. and the president of
the United States and many other dis
tinguished persons are here to partici-
pate in the dedication exercises at the
Mckinley monument.
On the arrival of President Roose-
welt this morning he was mt once es-
corted to the congregation of school
children In front of the Central High
school. Here there was a human flag
Of children, and America" was sung.
The president then made a short adj
dress. He was later escorted to the
reviewing stands ON West Public
square The parade passed in review
before the presidential party and the
military commanders and their staff.
lunch was served to the president
and special guests at the Auditorium.
after which the president was escort
ID to the speakers stand erected at
the foot of the stairway leading to the
monument.
Justice William r. Day. president Of
the Memorial association. introduced
Governor Harris as president Of the
day. Invocation was offered by Dr.
Frank NJ Bristol OF Washington. and
Governor Harris then delivered an
address. after which "rhe Star Span.
gled Banner" was sung by chorus of
children.
Justice Day spoke on 1.-THE Building
Of the Memorial" Miss Helen Nc
Kinley, sister of the late president.
then unveiled the beautiful bronze
statue of the martyred president. A
feature of the ceremony was James
Whitcomb Riley's poem, read by him
self. President Roosevelt delivered
an Grafton on Mckinley, the great
president who died in the service of
his country and was rnourned by all
the world. > -
From Canton the president and par
ty go TO Keokuk. Ia, which is to be
the starting point of the presidents
trip. down the Mississippi as the guest
of the inland Waterways commission.
The president will speak at Keokuk
tomorrow, Wednesday Ut st. Louis,
Thursday at Cairo and Friday at Mem.
phis, from which point the start for
the huntsin the canebrakes of Louisi-
ana will be made.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
Bobby WalthOur Badly Hurt.

BERLIN, Oct lone man was kill.
ed and three, including Bobby Wal
thour, the American rider. We're seri-
Ously injured In series Of accidents
on the Spandau bicycle track. During
100 kilOmeter race pacemakers
tire burst, throwing the rider, who
broke his right arm and suffered other
Injuries. An ambulance attendant
who crossed the track with the inten,
ton Of assisting the injured man was
instantly killed as the result Of col
liding with Walthour's pacemaker
Hoffman, who was thrown to the
ground aud caused Walthour TO fall
The latter sustained severe concus-
sion Of the brain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
TAFT At TOKYO.
Denies Any American Unfriendliuess
Toward Japan.

Toward japan.
TOKYO, Oct. l.-Secretary Taft In
his speech ut the municipal dinner
given In his honor here last night de-
MED emphatically that the relations
between the United States and Japan
were ut any time strained.
This has developed AS result Of the
publication Ia the Asahi Of a special
dispatch from London asserting ION
high authority" that the Washington
statesmen are tired Of the hectoring
attitude Of japanese ofiicialdom, hence
the dispatch Of the American battle
ship feet to the Pacific and the chang
ed tone of the japanese since the or
ders were issued"
In view OF the extremely friendly at
titude Of the Japanese toward Mr..
Taft the publication OF the dispatch
caused uneasiness and surprise here.
The Japanese newspapers sent rep
resentatives to Mr. Taft, who imme-
dlately said he would give denial In his
public speech ut the banquet.
The programme mapped out for Sec
rotary Taft has again been changed.
He and his party will leave Tokyo for
Kobe late tomorrow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
RYDER APPEAL CASE
VIII be First Taken Up by Supreme
Court Today.

Montpelier, Sept. 30.-The first case
to be taken up by the supreme court,
which conyenes here today II the APP
peal In the case against DR.. J. NJ. Ry-
der OF Bellows Falls who Is In Jail at
Newfane awaiting sentence, having
been convicted OF malpractice upon
Miss Iva Martin of Proctorsville who
died In Dp. Ryders office October 30,
1906. DR.. Ryder has been unable to
secure bail in the sum Of $1,000.
Several points will come before the
supreme court but the principal one is
the question OF admissibility OF let
ter which Miss Martin wrote to n
friend short time before her death,
IN which. she stated that she was going
to see DR.. Ryder and said what she
was going for. The letter was admit.
ted at the county court. The defense
claims that the letter, not being dy-
ing statement of the girl, is not admis
sible.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
MRS. FANNIE TOWNE
Widow Of Former Well Known Hotel
Man Passes Away.

Mrs. Fannie Towne, widow OF the
late j. Ed. Tosne, passed away at $3.50
o'clock Monday morning at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs 81. p. Woodman
on Grandview street. The deceased s
maiden name was Snow and she was
born in Washington County, N. Y.
62 years ago.
Mrs Towne's late husband was q
well known hotel man. He was at
one time proprietor Of the old Stark
house and had conducted hotels at
Brandon and Lake Dunmore. He
died seven years ago at Granville
where he was at the time in charge Of
the Central house.
After Mr.. Towne's death his widow
moved to Averil Park where she con.
Quoted hotel for some years. She
came here in March to reside with
her daughter She was member of
the Baptist church and the local pas
tor, Rev. Frank X. Morris, will Off
ciate at the funeral which will be held
at the house at 1890 O'Clock Wednes
day forenoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
YOUNG WOMAN IDENTIFIED
Mamie King, Of Burlington, Nearly
Asphyxiated by Gas.

Burlington, Sept 30.--The woman
who was nearly asphyXiated by gas at
the Russell house yesterday is Mamie
| King, a domestic In local boarding
house. who left there Saturday eve
ming. She has relatives In Essex Cen
ter. The man IN the case Is, not
| known.
The young woman Is apparently %
or 90 years old, and lies in critical
condition at the Mary Fletcher hos
pital, where she was taken Sunday
afternoon from the Russell house
where she was found unconscious from
inhaling Illuminating gas.
The young woman, accompanied by
a young man. went to the Russell
house about II o'clock Saturday even
ing and the two registered as man
and wife. The entry on the register
is an irregular scrawl and Is hardly
legible. AS near as the entry can be
deciphered it reads. "W. Jandam wife
Burlington Essex wife" The man
who accompanied the woman Is de-
scribed as rather tall and thin and
apparently in the twenties. Mr. Pow.
ers, proprietor of the hotel says the
stranger left Immediately after secur.
lug the room and that the young wo
man retired. Nothing has since been
heard from the man.
Repeated knocks on her door Sun
day failed to bring response from
within and when shortly before 3
O'Clock in the afternoon another at.
tempt was made to rouse the Occu.
pant the odor of gas was detected
The police department was at once
notified and an investigation was be-
gun.
Whether or not the young woman
| attempted suicide is not known. The
bed was orderly and the clothes were
drawn over the occupant. The pillow
beside the one on which the young
woman's head lay. was undisturbed
The girl herself is of medium build
with pretty features, a dark, clear
complexion. and black hair and eyes.
The gas jet was found about hall
open. 1t turns very easily and this
fact has given rise to possible theory
that she left the gauge partly open In
removing her. fingers from the thumb
screw when she extinguished the light
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
President Roosevelt. Trim.

KEOKUK, Ia, Oct. /. - President
Roosevelt arrived here today He will
travel by boat from this city down the
Mississippi TO Memphis, stopping by
the way at st. Louis tomorrow. ut
Cairo on Thursday and reaching Mem
phis on Friday. The towns where the
president Is to stop have made elab-
crate preparations to receive him.
He was met here by the governors of
twenty-three states, who will accom-
pany him to st. Louis. AT Memphis
he will address the deep waterways
commission, In session there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
Csar Disgraces kaulbars.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 1.-Genera
Kaulbars, governor general Of Odessa
has been dismissed from his post. HI
commanded the First Manchurian ar
my during the latter part Of the Japa
nese war and WAS held responsible by
General Kuropatkin for the loss Of the
battle Of Mukden. General Kaulbars
was also accused Of secretly encourag
ing the Black Hundred in its attack OIL
the Jews, although he continually
promised the Jews his protection.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
MAE WOOD CLAIMS
SHE IS SENATOR
PLATT'S Wife
Has Bro Ight Suit For Abso.
Lutte Divorce.
SHE WAS SECRETLY MARRIED
Young Woman Says Ceremony Took
Place In New York Hotel IN
1901.

NEW YORK, Oct. Though every
effort was made to keep the proceed
ings secret Miss Mae Woods suit for
absolute divorce from United States
Senator Thomas g. Plat came up In
the supreme court here.
Miss Wood, who Is a handsome
blond, has been schOolteacher, lawyer
and stenographer, and 1t was through
Senator Platt's influence that she got
position as government stenograph er
In the postofiice department at Wash.
ington.
She declares that Senator Plat mar
ried her at the Fifth Avenue hotel on
Nov |, 1901, and that the aged sena-
tors later marriage to Lillian I. Jane
way nearly two years afterward was
null and void.
II was In the special term Of the su-
preme court that the first inkling OF
Miss Woods suit came out.
Justice Seabury was sitting when
the Gaze of PLAT against Platt' came
up, and the lawyers tried to have the
records sealed.
When questioned j. Day Lee. cOun-
sci for Mae Wood, made the following
statement:
I'VE have absolute proof that Miss
Wood was married to Senator Plat
on Nov. /, 1901, and she Is now suing
him for absolute divorce ON the only
ground upon which divorce can be OBJ
tanned In New York.
II made number of motions Incl
dental to q trial before u jury In the
court, and the trial will probably be
gin about Nov. |.
Senator Plat does not desire trial
before jury and has instructed his at
torneys to fight move for such a
trial.
''he denies absolutely that he was
married to Miss Wood and denies the
charges In the bill Of divorce.
This Is not a matchmaking PROPOSE
ton on the part Of my client. and We
will produce evidence when called up
on to do So
1--WE have nothing to conceal from
the public and will seek vindicatiOn
before tue jury. Miss Wood was Sc
cretly married, but the ceremony was
legal In every respect.
I'm her papers my client declares
that her marriage ceremony to Sena.
tor Plat was secret because his first
wife had been dead but short time
Thereafter Mr.. Plat married Mrs.
Janeway after he had had some trou-
Bile with Miss Wood"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
Dies RObing For Mass.

LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 1.-While rob
ing himself preparatory to celebrating
mass at St Patrick's church here Rev.
James A. Walsh, curate Of the Sacred
Heart church Of East Boston, died
suddenly of heart disease. The death
Of his mother, whose funeral was held
Saturday, coupled with his own feeble
ness, Is believed to have caused the
fatal attack.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01

CONSTANCE, Sept 30.-Grand Duke
Frederick of Baden, who had been suf-
fering from intestinal Inflammation for
some time. is dead here. Throughout
the night the cabinet ministers aud the
court officials and chaplains had wait
ed in an apartment adjoining the death
chamber for the end to come. AT the
grand dukes bedside when he expired
were the grand duchess, Princess Lou.
Use OF Prussia; the hereditary Grand
Duke Frederick of Baden, Prince Max
Of Baden, brother of the grand duke;
the crown princess of Sweden and 9th.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 1.-The ep-
idemic of cholera which broke out
early in August is spreading rapidly.
and already twelve provinces are af-
fected. The disease is reported mostly
along the Volga, but it has got as far
north as Archange, and it has made
Its appearance ut Semipalatinsk. Omsk
Tomsk and Uralsk, in Siberia. The
provinces Of Kazan, Samara, Saratoy
and Nijni-Novgorod are the worst af-
ilicted The deaths already reach into
the thousands.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
u.pue Congress breaking In.

THE HAGUE. Oct, 1.-The peace
conference Is beginning to break up.
George b. Davis has left The Hague,
William l.. Buchanan has gone TO Ger
many. and Charles Henry Butler, all
Americans, Is going TO London and
thence to the United States. Several
delegates, including Lord Reay Great
Britaln) are visiting the Krupp gun
works.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01

NEW YORK, Sept. 30-Alton B.
Parker, former chief justice of New
York and member of the law firm OF
Parker, Sheenan Il Hatch, has been
retained by Corporation Counsel Pen
dleton as special counsel for the city
Of New York in arguing the excep
tons to the report of Referee Arthur
II. Masten, who held the law fixing
the price Of gas at SO cents per thou,
sand feet to be unconstitutional. The
retainer Is said to be $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
Norwich univer.ity Athlete Dead.

PORTLAND, Conn, Oct. 1. The
body of Leonard ]. GARRISON, captain
and manager of the Norwich univer.
sity eleven, who died at Hanover,
n. H., yesterday. has arrived here, &C.
companied by his parents. Clarkson
was twenty-three years of age and a
graduate of the Portland High school
with the class of 1901. He also took
postgraduate course at the Middletown
High school, where he played football
and baseball.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
Wnrships In Fierce Gale.

BOSTON, Oct. 1.-The United States
fleet I'm Cape Cod bay had severe
experience during the fierce gale here,
and every ship had all its extra an
chors and ground tackle out to hold
on. Even at that the refrigerator ship
Glacier snapped one of her anchors
and dragged the other until she bump
ed the cruiser Des Molnes. The COLI
sion was slight, no serious damage
being done.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-01
BOOTH ON RACE SUICIDE.
salvation Army Leaders In Favor Of
Big Families.

BOSTON, Sept 30.-In an hours
chat General William Booth covered a
worldwide field of work of the Saliva
iioS Army and discussed many topics,
including emigration Christian Sci
nee and race suicide"
Emigration seemed to he the fore
most thought in his mind. and In
speaking of 1T In connection with the
work of his organization he said that
he Salvation Army was trying to be-
come a transfer agent. He referred to
the demand for workers. especially in
canada, In the western states and IN
South America, and Of the great mass
II human beings in the slums of Eu-
ope who needed assistance to reach
UGH fields of labor With its thou
ands Of corps the Salvation Army, he
aid, was In the best position to direct
migration from one country to anoth.
#. 1t acts, In fact, as a pilot for these
'oyagers he said
General Booth is decidedly In favor
II large families. With one or two
children, he said, the parents always
indulge them, and such indulgence
reates recklessness.
Better seventeen in the family or
aven twentyfour, as in Germany, than
one or two spoiled children He con-
lemned old age pensions in the sever
est terms and said it was only an
other scheme for idleness."
Ranging along in easy stages, the
subject of Christian Science came up,
but General Booth deity parted any
thing in the way Of criticism, saying
that any breaking away from old
faiths was better than slumber and
showed agitation of the waters.
General Booth will remain In Boston
until tomorrow.