The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-15
NOW KNOWN THAT
BARNEY WAS A
SUICIDE
Ex-President of the Defunct
knickerbocker Trust
REASON HAD GIVEN AWAY
Had Been Under Medical Treatment
and on Monday Last Tried to XIII
Himself.


message of congratulation and good
will from President Roosevelt, George
b. Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury,
was the principal speaker at recep-
ton given by the Merchants Associa-
ton of New York at its rooms on La
fayette street in celebration of It's tenth
anniversary. Other speakers We're Pat
rick Il. MCGOWAN, president OF the
board of aldermen, who represented
the city, former United States Attor-
ney General John w. Griggs. James
w. Wadsworth, Jr., speaker of the as
sembly, and the Rev. DR. Nehemiah
Boynton. pastor of the Clinton Avenue
Congregational church of Brooklyn.
Mr.. Cortelyou said.
II am commissioned to deliver to
you a message Of hearty congratula
! lions and best wishes, coupled with a
renewed assurance of appreciation OF
your cooperation in many matters of
public moment. That message Is from
the president of the United States.
Your invitation to participate in
these exercises Of your tenth annlyer-
sary was accepted some weeks ago.
Much has happened since that time.
| We have learned some things by eXpe-
| rience, recently by very trying eXpe-
rience for many of you, but one from
which hope you are even now rapidly
recovering. Experience is OF value to
us only as we profit by t. Let us
! hope, then. that In what we have Just
been through we have all had that
kind of experience. Among other
things, we have learned what il means
to stand steady in times of storm and
stress. We have learned, too. more
| fully perhaps than heretofore. the
value of credit in the business world
and have had brought home to us
anew the fact that it is a most deli
cate part of most delicate mechan-
ism. We have learned where weak
places were, where improper practices
obtained. We have learned again the
value of cooperation.
in some directions what was weak
has been strengthened. and, what is
all important, if any man has been
guilty of violation of trust that
makes him amenable to the law we
may feel confident that its processes.
In orderly manner aud regardless Of
sensational Indictment for or against
him, will be evoked in the interest of
the public.
''rhe financial institutions Of this
great city have had during the past
three weeks one of the severest tests
they have ever undergone, and when
the people of the country realize, as
those of us who are familiar with the
conditions realize, what they have done
TO stay panic and re-establsh conf
dence the measure of public approval
of their service will be large indeed.
Other great commercial and industrial
centers have co-operated, and back of
them all has stood the government as
representing all the people, seeking TO
aid only legitimate interests and to
render assistance to every state aud
every section.
Now that the financial storm APP
pears to be subsiding we should turn
our attention more and more to the re-
lief of the country at large In the
south and west and on the Pacific
coast and in other sections there are
heavy demands upon all available
funds for the movement of our crops,
for the continuance of other mercan-
tile undertakings and, what we must
not for a moment forget, for the em-
ployment of labor
However serious our problems and
especially however keen may be the
financial cmbmrassmcnts Of these re-
cent occurrences, we must not allow
any temporary setback 10 stay our
progress or oar prosperity"