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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
VOTE OF FOELKER
bEATSGAMbLERS
AT ALBANY
Anti-Racetrack Bill Passed by
One Vote
SICK SENATOR on HAND
Was Assisted to His Seat and Case
Deciding Ballot In the Great
Fight.
SICK SENATOR ON HAND
Especial to the Banner.)

who arrived here last night in the
care of his physician from his home
at Staatsburg was carried into the
senate chamber this morning to cast
the deciding vote for the anti-racetrack
bill which was passed rs to 25.
Albany, June 11.--One of the big
gest battles in the history of the New
York legislature Is on today. As a re-
suit OF his trip here to cast vote for
the anti-racetrack gambling bills Sen
ator Foelker late last night suffered
severe setback, His condition was
considered very serious, though not
necessarily fatal. Whether or not he
would be in condition to attend the
session today now is grave question.
His doctor will venture no predictions,
though earlier in the evening he
thought Foelker would recuperate af-
ter a nights rest. The news of his
collapse spread quickly and was seized
by racing supporters as confirmation
of their predictions that Foelker's
vote would not pass the Governors
bills. At midnight, largely because
IN thist tuCy WViC Tic
most confidence that they could beat
the bills.
Following the passage of the anti.
racetrack bills in the Assembly yes
terday, the Senate Finance Commit
tee adopted resolution constituting
the Rules Committee subcommittee
with full power to fix the hour OF ad.
journment, which then will be ratified
by the Finance Committee. At the
same time Senator Grady gave to
Senator Raines, the majority leader,
his assurance that he would conduct
no filibuster against the bills.
This meant the adjournment sine
die would be taken today, and probab-
ly that the vote on the anti-gambling
bill would be reached soon after noon,
unless some Of the other opponents
want to make longer fight than Sen
ator Grady. 1t meant a showdown on
this question and that no adjournment
would be attempted until after the
vote on the bills.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
MASSACHUSETTS BANKERS
Large Delegation Visit the Town To.
day and Banquet

A large delegation of the Massachu.
setts Bankers association and their
ladies numbering in all about 10 peo-
pie arrived In town from North Adams
shortly after noon today on two special
prettily decorated cars. They were at
once transferred to wagons and tally.
hos and started for the monument
where many made the ascent They
reached the Soldiers Home grounds
shortly before one o'clock where an
elaborate banquet was served by ca.
terer from Massachusetts who arrived
here on the 1890 car with all the nee.
essary viands. They returned to
North Adams at 1880.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
MUST SELL B. a. M,
New Haven Ordered to Dispose OF
Massachusetts Ir,terests,

Boston, June 1.-THE House of
Representatives by vote of 1T to 80
late yesterday amended the railroad
regulation bill by providing that the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad shall before July /, 1910, sell
or otherwise dispose of all stock in the
Boston and Maine railroad which 1t
holds. The original bill as II came
from the railroad committee pro-
vided that the New York, New Haven
and Hartford road should hold the
stock until July /. 1910, the railroad
commissioners voting the stock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
BAND CONCERT
Program Of Fridays Concert at Put
nam House Square.

Following is the program to be rem
dered by the Bennington City band at
their, concert on the Putnam house
square tomorrow evening:
March--5th Regt. N. G. p.
Rosenkrans
Selections from :" O'Nelll of Derry"
Olcott
Trombone Solo--Love's Awakening
S Pinard
Mr.. Frank Hurley
Waltzes--"H Heidelberg Mills
Reverie-"The Wayside Chapel
Wilson
Medley Of Popular Songs Remick
March--"The Three Links" Miller
The concert will begin at 7:45 and
continue till 9 o'clock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
MURoEREss GOING INSANE
New York Nurse Who Killed Physl
clan May Lose Reason.

New York. June 11.-Sarah Koten,
who is held in the Tombs prison for
having shot DR.. Martin Auspitz last
Sunday evening, is In grave danger
Of losing her mind and DR.. Mcclure,
the prison physician, pronounces her
condition as one bordering on insani.
ty. The efforts of her friends to
bring about speedy trial to relieve
her mind Of the terrible strain under
which she suffers and to give her the
official vindication of court which
she appears to crave are frustrated
by her condition.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
Sn Foakes Campaign For Presidential Nomination Coming On Nicely He
BASEBALL YESTERDAY
Results Of the Games In the Two Bic
Leagues

Leagues
The following are The results In the
games in the two big baseball leagues
yesterday:
National League
At Boston--Cincinnati g.; Boston s.
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn 2; Chicago,
0.
At New York-New York 0; Pitts
burg. /.
At Philadelphia-St Louis, |; Phil
adelphia 0.
American League
At st. Washington, 2; St.
Louis, 4.
At Chicago-Phiiadelph 2; Chica-
go, 3.
At Detroit-New York, s; Detroit, Z.
At observation-disclosures 8; Cleveland.
T.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
BARN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Valuable Horse and Two Calves Killed
on !. w. Paris Farm

Fairfax, June 10,-During the sew
ere thunder storm which visited this
place yesterday afternoon, lightning
struck a hemlock tree on the farm of
L-W. Paris, also the gable end of his
barn, killing horse valued at 5000
and two calves. The barn was set on
fire but as Mr.. Paris and his sons
were at work In another barn nearby,
they put out the blaze before any dam
age had resulted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11

The New England Telephone CON-
pany has issued new book contain
ing a revised list OF subscribers up to
May LIST 1908, and 1t is being dis
tributed to patrons of the local ex-
change today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
lApportlonmen for the Several Towns
Of This County

The following is the apportionment
Of the delegates for the towns of this
county for the Democratic state and
district conventions to be held at Bur-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
40 z Q q II
Bennington.

North Adams O020 $40 OF
Bennington 00101 100 %
Stolen bases, Eastman, Kennedy,
O'Gara, Lewis; two-base hits, Ken
nedy, O'Hern, Prindle; bases on balls,
of Pierce 1; hit by pitched ball, by
Pierce I; umpire Jones.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11

CLARIssA:
Don't get discouraged. Order . sack Of
Gold Medal Flour MAilnDA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for IN
Next ~ Hours,

rcr Eastern New York and Western
Vermont partly cloudy tonight and
Friday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-06-11

White crush hats for the Smart Set" $lOO.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Feats With a Lash.

Fred Lindsay of Melbourne, who
served through the recent Boer war
with the First Victorian Bushmen, was
trained on cattle stations in New
South Wales and Queensland, and in
the search for some means of amuse-
ment in the loneliness of camp life out
there he turned to the 18-inch whip
with a 24-inch lash, used in controlling
the more or less wild cattle Among
the feats he performs are the ex-
tinguishing of lighted candle by a
flick of the whip; the use of the lash
as a lasso in order to trip up a man;
the disarming of person, revolver in
hand, and the cutting in half of a
cigarette while actually being smoked.
In each case the trick is performed
from distance of twenty-five feet, and
the lash of the whip used is made from
sixteen strands of tanned kangaroo
hide.-London Daily Mail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30

A tickling cough, from any cause,
is quickly stopped by DR.. Shops
Cough Cure. And it is SO thorough
ly harmless and safe, that DIR. Shoop
tells mothers everywhere to give it
without hesitation even to very
young babes. The wholesome green
leaves and tender stems of lung
healing mountainous shrub, furnish
the curative properties to DR.. Shops
Cough Cure. 1t Gains the cough,
and heals the sore and sensitive
bronchial membranes. No opium,
no chloroform, nothing harsh used
to injure or suppress. Simply a
resinous plant extract, that helps to
heal aching lungs. The Spaniards
call this shrub which the Doctor
uses, "The Sacred Herb Demand
Dr.. Shops. Take no other. All
Dealers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Birds, Queer PIinhA

A fiuttering in the fiue leading from
the kitchen stove attracted the atten-
ton of Mrs j. Edward Sims the other
morning.
When Mr.. Sims came in he was
asked to investigate, and much to his
surprise found in the stove pipe, only
a few feet from the gas fame, a red
headed woodpecker. How the bird
got into that predicament cannot be
explained, but he must have entered
at the chimney top and worked his
way downward. Perhaps he was lazy
and was looking for hole to build
his nest in without drilling one into
the wood. His bright coat Of red,
white and black was subdued to a
sooty brown, and in outward appear
ances he resembled the chimney
sweep, and he was gasping for fresh
air when released.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Early Cigarette Smokers.

Who first introduced cigarettes into
this country? They we're first used in
the streets here by the late Laurence
Oliphant, says The Reader, and, curl
ously enough, the introduction of this
method of smoking to the English peo-
pie came as a result of the Crimean
war
Our officers in Russia, among other
hardships, could not procure tobacco
or cigars, and learned the use of the
cigarette from their French, Italian
and Turkish allies, and also from their
stay in Malta and Gibraltar
Introduced into London military and
other clubs, the new custom made
very slow progress. But it's use stead
lily spread from 1870 to 1880, when the
fashion was set by the golden youth Of
those days.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Fate Of a Prince Albert.

When Commander Peary went on
his first trip in search of the pole he
won the gratitude of an Esquimau by
presenting him with an ancient Prince
Albert coat and an extensively
creased sombrero. Years afterward,
when again in the north, the explorer
received a ceremonial visit from ma
tive, and, to his surprise, set eyes
once more on the discarded vestments.
On the occasion of the commanders
latest dash for the pole the aborigines
took him aside and pointed to a rude
mausoleum. BY it's side stood the
disused sledge. It's six dogs had been
strangled to make an appropriate fu-
neral On the pile of stones lay what
was left of the Prince Albert coat and
the sombrero.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
AN UNPARDoNABLE SIN.
Anything but Theft of Postum Could
Be Forgiven.

Anything puE inert OF FoSSun OOUI0
Be Forgiven.
An old negro preacher Of Southern
Georgia had been given a fine, fat
'possum by some of his admirers, and
was keeping it in a barrel, feeding it
heavily to still further increase it's
weight. He had decided to have it
killed the next day, when, to his rage
it was stolen in the night.
Shortly afterward a revival meeting
was being held, and among those who
went UP to the mourners' bench was
a certain very black jim, and his grief
seemed inconsolable.
Oats all right, nah brudderi" the
old man shouted. Don matter whut
yo' done, the good Lawd gwine fer
gibe you!'
"But Abs been powerful mean," jim
declared. weeping.
as yo' stole chickens?" the old man
demanded.
20, wuss dan DAFT"
Good Lawd! Hep dis po' nigger!''
the old preacher entreated. rs 20
used a razor?"
''Wuss dan daa!"
'Is yo'-yo' amt done killed no
body?"
"Wuss dan dat!"
Den hyah whar we tangle!" the old
man shouted, threw ing aside his coat.
ode good Lawd kin forgive yo' eff He
wants ter, but Abs gwine skin 20
aliyei Yos de yar.aint dat stole NAH
'possum!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Matron Of Horror of So.

A wedding that was out of the or
binary occurred at Columbia on
Wednesday night, when Miss Martha
w. Stone, teacher in the Columbia
public schools, was married to Allen
N. Shortlidge.
The bride was attended by her
grandmother, Mrs. Mary n. Stone,
who is eighty-two years Of age, as ma
tron of honor, while the brides aunt.
Miss Margaret Shoffstall was maid of
honor and Master Fred Stone. a
nephew of the bride, was the user.
Thus four generations of the brides
family participated in the wedding
ceremony.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Explaining the Size Of an Atom.


Raise drop of water to the size of
the earth and raise an atom in the
same proportion, and the atom will
then be in some place between the size
of marble and cricket ball." Thus
said Lord Kelvin in trying to explain
to the inerudite world how little are
things atomic.
Prof John Brashear of Lehigh uni
versity makes this comparison: eff
you fill a tiny vessel of one centimeter
cube with hydrogen corpuscles, or cleo
trones, you can place therein, in round
numbers, 525 octillions (525,OO0, 000,-
100000, 600, OOO, 1000, OOO,O0O) of them If
these corpuscles are allowed to run
out of the vessel at the rate of 1000 a
second it will require seventeen quin-
tirillions Q7,OOO,OOO, 100000, 00O,OOO) Of
years to empty it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
MEMS CORSET BILLS.
They Are Always Paid-Coaxing a
Mans Figure Into Shape.


Mans Figure Into Shape.
Since corsets are generally regarded
as exclusively destined for feminine
wear, it may come as a surprise to
many readers to learn that the annual
corset bill of many a smart man is
much larger than that of the average
smart woman. This is, nevertheless,
q fact.
A leading corsetiere who supplies
most of them puts down good Gus
toner's bill at $50 pounds year. Let
no one imagine that it is only tops
who wear them.
The majority of wearers are mill
tary men, who, I learn, require a great
er amount of padding than civilians.
Others are ordinary well dressed men,
given to manly sports, and by no
means effeminate
A mans figure has to be gradually
coaxed into shape, and is first of all
put into a soft silk corset with scarce
ly any bones, until he attains by de-
grees to the full glory of the perfect
figure. This process usually takes
three months. and five special makes
of corsets are employed in the devel-
opment, or perhaps it would be more
accurate to say the repression Of
the figure.
The corsetiere to whom l am indebt-
ed for this information is loud In
praise of her male clientele. They are
not f1dgety, they have good taste, and
no matter what other bills they leave
unpaid she is always sure of her
money, possibly because few men
would dare face a summons from such
a quarter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Gun Erred hv a Rabbit

An extraordinary incident occurred
close to the village of Milton, near
Newport Pagnell, on Friday. A COM
mercial traveller while driving along
the road stopped to speak to two
gentlemen who were shooting rabbits
alongside the hedge One Of the gen
tlemen laid his gun on the ground
while he placed ferret in hole. A
rabbit boiling at this moment ran oyer
the triggers of the loaded gun, which
it released with it's feet, the traveller
having a very narrow escape.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
No Further Explanation Required.


A Rochester clergyman was accus-
toned to use scientific terms which
the people did not understand. A
deputation waited on him with the re-
quest that in the future he would ex-
plain them.
On the following Sunday he used the
term hyperbole and added: CAS- agreed
on, 1 beg to explain this word. Were
to say that at this moment the
whole of my congregation are sound
asleep it would be hyperbole, but il
say that one-half are asleep that is
no hyperbole but the truth"
The next day the deputation again
called to say that the minister need
not explain technical terms. The peo-
pie would learn their meaning from
a dictionary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
To check a cold quickly, get fror

To check a cold quickly, get from
your druggist some little Candy
Cold Tablets called Preventics
Druggists everywhere are now dis
pensing Preventics, for they are not
only safe, but decidedly certain and
prompt. Preventics contain no Qui-
nine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor
sickening. Taken at the "sneeze
stage" Preventics will prevent Pneu-
monia, Bronchitis, La Grippe, etc.
Hence the name, Preventics. Good
for feyerish children. 4S Preventics
3 cents. Trial boxes 5 cts. Sold
hv all druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30


THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to Martin Maier,
legatee under the will of Donot Maier, de-
ceased:
WHEREAS, 1t has been made to appear to
our County Court by the petition OF James
are legatee under the will of Donot MaIer,
deceased, and that under and by the terms of
said will there are certain moneys hereafter
to become due and payable to you out of said
estate; that you are a nonresident of the state
of Wisconsin, and cannot be found within said
state although diligent search to find you has
been made, and that personal service of a cita-
ton on you within the state of Wisconsin can
not be made.
That yoL are indebted to said petitioner in
the sum of 9127.04; with interest which sum is
now due and payable, that you have no proper
ty or means within said state outside Of said le-
gacy, ana,
WHEREAS, Said James Sammon, said Pc
titioner has duly applied to this Court for an
order compelling the application of said legacy
and your distrlbutiye share of said estate. or
so much thereof as may be necessary to salts
fy said claim, to the payment thereof;
Now THEREFORE,, You are hereby cited
and required to appear before said County
Court at regular term thereof to be held on
the first Tuesday (being the fourth day. OF
FebruaryA A. d 1908. at ten o'clock 10. OF said
day, at the Court House in the village OF Els
worth in said county, and show cause II any,
why an order of this Court should not be enter
ed as prayedby said petitioner, ordering and de-
creeing that the said claim of said petitioner
be paid out of your distributiye share OF the es-
tate of said Donot Maier, deceased.
Dated December 18th, 1907.
By The Court,
ALLEN p. WELD
County Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
CLEARING THE MESS ROOM.
Some of the Unwrtten Laws of the
British Navy.

Some OF the UnWritten Laws OF the
British Navy.
In the gun room mess itself the mid
shipmen are ruled with an iron hand,
as probably they need to be, says
writer in theGrand Magazine, in tell
ing the customs or pranks played by
the junior officers on those who have
the misfortune to be junior to them
in point of standing in the British
navy.
Those over eighteen-the senior
however, are allowed more privileges
than the juniors, among them being,
strange to say, the right to smoke.
The juniors do as they are told with
out question of remonstrance.
An instance of this is afforded in
one of the most curious of all the old
customs. At any time that pleases his
fancy it is the cherished prerogatlve OF
the president of the mess to jab an
ordinary tablefork into one OF the
beams above his head. Instantly ev'
cry junior midshipman or cadet in the
room rushes for the door as fast as
his legs can carry him, while the prog
ress Of the laggards is assisted by
vigorous whacks from their elders.
Those on the wrong side of the table
climb over it in their haste to take
their obnoxious presence elsewhere.
Even the wardroom has it's peculiar
ways Refreshments all around are
exacted from a man who is indiscreet
enough to mention a lady's name at
dinner or to make a bet before the
kings health has been drunk. Gu
riously enough, the unwritten law pro-
hibits an officer from drawing his
sword in the messroom. This must
be relic of the days of sudden and
violent brawls, but to-day the only
purpose served by the regulation is to
enable the alert to trap the less wary
into momentary forgetfulness and the
consequent penalty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Kept Ten Dollar Bill Forty Years.

Obld Smith, farmer near Indian.
apol1s, called at the office of C. w.
Morrison. this city. and asked him if
ne still trusted in the Lord. Morrison
replied in the affirmative whereupon
Smith said: ut was the Lord that
sent me here to return $40 of your
money. l have kept it for forty
Years"
Mr.. Smith then explained that one
day in 1867, in w. A. Bodines store at
Morristown, he saw Mr.. Morrison drop
a $40 bill from roll which he had
received from the merchant. Smith
licked UP the money and on this occa-
sion he came here to return it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30

When the Stomoch, Heart, or
kidney nerves get weak, then these
organs always fail. Don't drug the
Stomach, nor stimulate the Heart or
Kidneys. That is simply a make
shift. Get prescription known to
Druggists everywhere as DR.. Shops
Restorative. The Restorative is
prepared expressly for these weak
inside nerves. Strengthen these
nerves, build them up with DR..
Shops Observation-Disclosures or
liquid-and see how quickly help
welcome. Free sample test sent on
requist by DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis.
Your health is surely worth this
simple test. All Dealers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Private Charity Office.

Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, wife OF the
New York traction millionaire, has SO
much charity work in hand that she
has a private office and staff Of clerks
and stenographers. Here she spends
every morning attending to the bust
ness which she has made her own.
No charitable institutions are better
managed than those that she has en-
dowed, for she requires Of them regu-
lar reports, and she watches them
closely.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-30
Women's Woes.
River Falls Women are Finding
Relief at Last.

1t does seem that women have
more than a fair share of the aches
and pains that aff1ict humanity;
they must keep up" must attend
to duties in spite of constantly ach-
ing backs, or headaches, dizzy
spells, bearing-down pains; they
must stoop over, when to stoop
means torture. They must walk
and bend and work with racking
pains and many aches from kidney
ills. Kidneys cause more suffering
than any other organ of the body.
Keep the kidneys we'll and health is
easily maintained. Read the RENE
dy for kidneys only that helps and
cures the kidneys and is endorsed
by people you know.
Mrs. Andrew Sansburn, of Locust
ST., River Falls, Wis, says: Il
was troubled great deal with back
ache, and the kidney secretions
were very active, causing me con-
siderable annoyance during the
night. My feet would get very ten
der and l was easily tired out. Of
many different medicines have tried
Doan's Kidney Pills have given me
the most satisfaction and have no
hesitation in recommending them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States,
Remember the name-Doan' and
take no other.