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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

4 started ~ get tickets Tor ths
theatre for n~yt "wednesday rigbi."
he said by way Of trying 70 get d
spark. but thought ia walt until
| saw You"
DO you know what day this in7.
pot IN Mrs 1lmmina sharply. also
lrieleyautiy.
sun flmmlns wasn't on lie
thought a moment. wondering What
IN. t1tts.e Wu Lets See he
suia It's stsssany. p5 course, but
then deaf pss-s that's y mas yoa
sssas WeiL IN bite. what tho
answer
Mrs Timmina shook hsf heed dc
leciedly and muftefsd something
about and after only faur years
Buf her remark vas enough 10
brlns Ttmmlns Ia 0ut Of The fog
"iiuh. be laughed. with an at
tempt af mirfh. 4 guess ] pretty
near made you believe "a forgot
about ID. CHI I ouKhth.t 70 Joke
with YOU that Wa" Sc WAS laugh
ing little grnnta u laughs aa he
vent on 9Buf just don't you
Worry, old girl he said. about lit.
lie Willie forgetting Il Has too
big a day to be forgotten ia any
hurry"
q don't believe you remembered
Il AZ all came back Mrs 1immlus.
although her tone showed that she
uas loosenine up = wee teentHg bit
I'm venture to say that you would
never have mentioned Il II 1 hadn't
brought the subject up"
4 wouldn't chR on. no sup
pose not haven't been talking
about u down Al the office 10 the
boya. or anything I've got . liz
tie copley print 81 myself letting
the DAY pass without saying ans
thing about #. Just because de
eided 10 keep quiet this evening un
! IN after dinner vas over and see
II you remembered. you take II f0I
| granted that the date didnt mean
anything % me more than Arb0f
I day
Mrs Timmina stili looked uneou
WINGED. but Timmins had a feslinf
7 that be WAS making good. and he
/ kept on. NO. stree" be says. 'y0u
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

Timmiua had finished his soup
AID looked around from behind his
evening paper that be had proRpcd
90 against the sugar bowl 10 see
n the Eood Ntfe had prepared any
thing out of tho ordinary for the
nHnt course
Mra Timmins wAs looking ~ him
'earioasly
After seeing that qursr look o.
hers. Timmlna didu't need a blue
print "a knoN that somethinE uas
.ap IIls conscience Naa - clear
.aa the atmosphere Al summer re
sort On a briEht June day. and yet
be kusw that be must 5s about 10
Get hls.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08
THE HOUSEWIVES GARDEN
BY EVELYN PRINCE CAHOON

turtiumn. etc an inch deep II =
scry DRY spell comes while seeds
are terminating | Ike Ia cover the
beds part Of the day Only with
boards They help TO keep the
ground moist around the small
seeds. Ia evergreen regions pine
and spruce boughs are good for
this
n you can pull up every weed
through the spring up 20 july you
need not worry about them after
that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

Special all the week Beautiful
Breakfast nacan. Ice per pouad
Hand ftox. 100 FIRST ave 80
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08
STAR DUST
BY JOSH
BY JOSH

made an affidavit the othsf day
that a woman who bought q plano
after dlckeripg only ten minutes
spent IS minutes IN choosing a
piano scarf to Hn with e.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

TO sgE BATrLEsHIps
Take boats At Pier Ten round
trips daily soc round trip. 80
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

Oh. Rhubafh Pie sluE thee
Pastry With emerald heart
| grab thee at the counter
When lunchlng a Ia carte,
Hui though lm free With the sugar
Thou rcmainest fhuhafh tart
4 downtown piano salesman
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

In Dime Mussum.
bearded Lady That India rub.
be- man IL a cad
Living skslsioa Yep. a regular
boundrf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

There seems to be No question
that Tom l.asHon's present attitude
toward the public brings more re.
suite
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

ne ut FAAtAfei
TheY tried to make u shut It's
mouth.
Hut IL wasn't that Kind Of q child.
So when they showed the photo,
graph
They hragEod on how the haAy
smiled
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

Clothes do not make the man
nor uu make him
This Il ioah Wise sentiment
suggested BY a reader
t.aaka like chance for an Argt
mrnl here. a. tie only thing def.
nltsly settled IL that man makes the
clothes when woman doeant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08
A NOD rrem Joah VIC.

New York World has ceased itn
talnch KUN uuHlaushtu On bryan.
sass dispatch
Aayh. the muFsle blew off
Why is IT.
That every man thinks he could
make money running chicken
farms
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-04-08

Corrected.
She said she loved ne
'oh. that's Just talk
Hut ahr put Il la a letter
Then u Is Just wrltr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
EXPERIMENT WAS A FAILURE.
And Now Uncle Hezekiah Is Down on
Washington Officials.

by gosh, but Uncle Hezekiah is
down on them Washington officials"
said the old farmer with the big
scythe. VIA: is the trouble?" in.
CURED the windmill repairer. why,
you see, them Washington folks sent
out circular saying that 'skeeters'
could be killed with kerosene"
What happened them Most ev.
erything happened, stranger; most
everything. You see, Uncle Hezekiah
tried the experiment. He hunted
around half the morning and broke his
suspenders before he could ketch a
live 'skeeter. Then when he did ketch
one he took him out in the yard and
ducked his head down in a big can of
kerosene. While Uncle Hezekiah was
bending over the sun reflected
through the corner of his spectacles
and set fire to the oil. Before Uncle
Hezel1iah could get away is burned off
half his whiskers and exploded his eel.
luliod collar. And worst of all, Uncle
Hezekiah isn't sure whether the
skeeter was killed or not"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
PRINCE DE SAGAN IN PARIS
Was Devoted to Young English Girl
on His Trip Across.

Paris, April l9.-Prince Helle de Sa.
gan who arrived in Cherbourg and dis
embarked early this morning from the
steamship st, Paul. essayed to re-
sumo the secrecy which he unsuccess-
fully sought TO carry out in the United
States. Instead of coming direct TO
Paris, he left the train at Evreux.
about sixty-five miles from this CITY.
after having requested his fellow pas.
sengers not to mention his plan. At
Evreux he resumed his journey TO Par
is by automobile.
The prince declined to grant an in.
terview to the newspaper men who fl.
nally discovered him, and refused to
answer questions relative to the state
ment published by the Cri de Paris
that he and Madame Anna Gould al
ready were married.
The passengers OH the steamer with
whom the prince freely intermingled
during the voyage, say that he told
them that he regretted he could not
entertain them in Paris, as he expect
ed soon to leave that city, going prob.
ably to Italy. Some Of the passengers
added that the prince did not act like
married or engaged man, being de-
voted to young English girl through.
out the voyage.
The French newspapers generally
ignore the De Sagan.Gould affair. ex-
cept where they ridicule the prince on
account of the reported interviews.
and his conduct in the United States,
ana express the hope that THE inter
national farce will soon be ended.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20

THE EARTH CRACKED
Strange Phenomenon Alarms People
Near Randolph.

Residents OF Randolph and vicinity
are said to be alarmed at crack
which has appeared in the surface OF
the earth IN that town.
The assure has been growing since
March q, when it appeared at a small
culyert under the road leading from
High street north to East Braintree.
The culyert Is not far from the house
OF Frank Griswold who first noticed
that the roadway was settling at that
point.
The culvert slumped suddenly into
a gulley which appeared under It. A
small roadside drain or wash some
times, in wet weather, brook, had
been carried under the road by the
culvert. This tiny watercourse was
not responsible for undermining the
culvert Mr.. Grswold was sure for
there had been very little water flow
ing. Road Commission ID. II. Morse
has been trying to do something ever
since but the crack in the earth which
started at the culvert has been increas
ing In size so steadily that about all
he can do Is to keep people from fall
ing into 1t by fencing 1t OF. The fis-
sure Is now about seventy-five feet
wide at the road and nearly quarter
OF mile, following a dip in the
land to stream. tributary of the
White river.
The stream has stopped its course
in that direction, but II is now start
ing to climb hill beyond the road.
One Of the shade trees. thirty feet tall
that stood In the course beside the
road is now at the bottom of the gap
and its top just shows on level with
the roadway.
Traffic has been carried around the
gulch by temporary road. but the
steady movement OF the assure makes
1t probable that this temporary road
must soon be abandoned.
Mr.. Gri2wold has gone to the bot
tom of 1t and believes that the crack
Is caused by an underlying stratum of
quicksand which has been set in mo-
ton by water. Anyone listening at
the edge of the gap can hear running
water. The top soil Is common loan,
but sand covers the bottom of the gap
and the subterranean stream is un-
der this sand
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK
Three States and Many District Con.
ventions to Be Held.

New York, April l9.-The presence
in New York city this week of two
prominent figures In national politics,
will center political interest in that
city for a few days at least. Neither
William J. Bryan nor Secretary Taft
Is scheduled to make any public utter
ances upon current issues, but Mr..
Bryan may take occasion TO touch
upon affairs political at the dinner OF
the Delaware club In Jersey City
Tuesday evening al which he and
Judson Harmon are to be the chief
guests. A number of conferences be-
tween Mr.. Bryan and prominent Dem
ocrats OF New York are expected TO
take place during his stay in that vi.
entity, and these may be of unusual
significance in view OF the interesting
situation growing out OF the quarrel
in New York state Democratic con-
yention.
Monday Mr.. Bryan Is to breakfast
with Henry Watterson at the Manhat.
tan club and to lunch with Augustus
Van Wyck at the Lawyers club, when
several other Democrats may be pres
ent. Monday night Mr.. Bryan will de-
liver a lecture In the borough of the
Bronx On Tuesday he will be the
guest of Governor Fort of New Jer-
sey at Trenton, and that night will be
a guest Of the Delaware club at Jersey
City, n. J. He Is also expected to
speak at the joint dinner of the merh-
bers Of the Associated Press and the
American Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION, both Of which organizations
Will meet In annual session In New
York this week. The dinner will be
served at the Waldorf-Astoria We'd
nesday evening. Mr.. Bryan probably
Will return next Thursday.
Secretary Taft will be in New York
during Monday only and will deliver
the principal address at a meeting of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement
to be held in Carnegie hall Monday
night. He will return TO Washington
following this meeting.
Three state conventions and a large
number of congressional district con
ventions TO elect delegates to the ma.
tional conventions are to be held dur.
ing the week. The Nevada state Re.
publican convention will be held al
the Winnemucca on Monday, the New
Hampshire Republican convention at
Concord on Tuesday and the Illinois
State Democratic convention at Spring
field on Thursday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
TO GENERAL CONFERENCE
Ministerial and Laymen Delegates
Chosen at Saratoga.

Saratoga, April 20-The Troy an
nual conference of the Methodist Epis-
copa church has chosen its delegates
to the general conference. The lay.
ELECTORAL conference composed of lay
men who reside In the territory Gov
cred by the Troy conference. also met
for the election Of general conference
delegates. Each body Is entitled to
six delegates. The conference elected
the general conference delegates on
the first ballot as follows: The Rev.
Homer Eaton, New York City: the Rev
p l.. Dow. Rutland. VT, the Rev. Eu-
gene Wiseman, Troy; the Rev. J. II.
Coleman, Troy; the Rev. /. d. Van
Alkenburg. Albany; the Rev Charles
Edward Salem, n. Y.
The laymen's conference elected the
following delegates: G. H. Lincoln.
Albany; Edgar S. Rider, Cobbleskill:
T. d. Southworth. Poultney, VT. John
II. Coon, Saltwater; Charles NJ. c.
Kernon, Pittsfield, Mass, II. +. Lands
dale, Troy. The Rev. J. ID. Phelps,
financial agent of the Syracuse Uni
versity, spoke in defense of Chancellor
Day. He said John ID. Archbold is one
OF the university's principal benefac-
tors and described him as modest,
quiet, Christian man. Phelps declared
that Chancellor Day was not catering
to the Standard Oil interests. but ex-
pressing his own convictions, In his
criticism of President Roosevelt and
his defence of corporate interests.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
ACADEMY BURNED
Troy Conference Academy Destroyed
With a Loss of $4,000.

Poultney, April 1S-The Troy Con-
ference Academy dormitories. dining
hall, kitchen and recitation rooms
were burned to the ground with their
contents at an early hour this morn
ing, and 200 pupils escaped in their
night clothing, losing all their person
al effects. The chapel, gymnasium,
and hospital were not burned. The
loss is estimated at about $4,000. 1t
was four story building.
The flames were discovered IN the
kitchen at o'clock, the origin be-
ing unknown. An effort was made by
some Of the students who were first
on the scene to extinguish the fire
with apparatus owned by the school,
but this was found to be impossible.
There is no fire company in the vii
lage
Principal c. II. Dunton was attend
ing the Troy Methodist Conference in
session at Saratoga. ~, Y, but return
ed this noon. Efforts will be made TO
continue the studies of the senior
class until the close of the term. but
the management is not prepared to
say whether the other classes will be
able to continue work.
The burned building was construct
ed in 1886 and the institution is con
Quoted under the auspices of the Meth
odist denomination.
1t was impossible this morning TO
obtain an estimate Of the financial
loss. There was insurance of 1913, 900
on the property
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
DARK REPUBLICAN
CAUCUS CHOSE
DELEGATES
Owing to Recent Fire Lights
Would Not Burn
BOTH TAFT AND HUGHES MEN
Twenty Delegates and Twenty Alter
mates include Supporters OF Both
About Equally.

The Republican caucus to elect del.
egates to the state and district con.
ventions to be held at Burlington the
last of the month was held at Fores-
ters' hall Saturday evening. The call
for the caucus was read by w. H. Ber-
ry of the town committee. Frank Il.
Howe was elected chairman and DR..
F. s. Pratt secretary.
1t was moved and carried that the
chair appoint nominating committee
OF five to prepare list of delegates
and the following were selected: l..
S. Norton, Collins NJ. Graves, II.
T. Cushman, Frank f. Battles and w.
II. Berry.
The committee retired and In a
short time reported the following nom-
nations which were confirmed:
Delegates TO district convention to
be held at Burlington April Isl. f.
Abbott, II. l.. Stillson, w. +. Putnam,
Fred Ferguson. H. l. Spafford, John
Walsh, Edmund Lafranchise, w. H.
Berry, John Fay, William J. Hicks.
hhNihdtNo JOstpH DclLdl, 0tOISt
NJ. Hawks, F. w. Spear, Seymour
Wood, Fred Silver, Jonathan Morse,
Harrie c. White. Harrison |. Norton,
Harry Sharpe, Charles T. Burt.
Delegates to state convention to be
held April 29-Frank NJ. Crawford, E.
l.. Sibley. F. S. Pratt, s. H. lockwood,
Peter Longtin, H. T. Cushman, Frank
b. Newton. Miner Cleveland, Grant
Harbour Earle Smith.
William Barron. Ernest
ID. Barber, Philip Jacobs, John A. Ryan
Samuel B. Hall. William J. Meagher,
l.. s. Norton, r. F. Rawson, E. ID.
The delegation was authorized to
fill any vacancies. There were only
a few voters present. Owing to an i'm
jury to the lighting system in the
building the score or so voters present
could hardly see each other. No ref
erence was made to candidates except
in joking way and the delegates
elected include supporters of Taft,
Hughes and Cannon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
ITALIAN FLEET IS
TO MENACE
TURKEY
Warships Sailed Today For the
Turkish Coast
'1ALYs RIGHTS IGNORED
Other Nations Allowed to Establish
Postoffices In Sultan's
Dominion.

Rome, April 19.-An Italian squad
ron, under command OF Admiral F..
Grenet, will set out probably tomor-
row for the purpose of making a dem.
onstration In Turkish waters. The
squadron comprises eleven warships
and includes the battleship Regina
Elena. commanded by the Duke of
the Abruzzi. Altogether the vessels
Will carry $685. men, and their objec.
tive point will be Asia Minor, some
seven hundred miles away.
Ii has been decided. II Il Is deemed
necessary, also to occupy a small is
land off that coast. but IL is hoped
here that Turkey may see the error
OF her way and give full satisfaction.
so that more energetic measures may
be avoided.
Tn difficulty between the two ma.
tons arises out of the refusal of the
turkish government to permit the
conducting of Italian postoffices in
Turkish territory, while at the same
time other foreign nations have estab-
lished, and are conducting postofilces
there without interference.
Considerable irritation has been felt
here also over the murder of an ltal-
ian missionary in Tripoli and the per.
secution by the Ottoman authorities
OF natives who have sold land 10 ltal.
ians. but the present action of the
Italian government is based primarily
on the postofiice question. With re-
gard TO this. however, the Turkish
ambassador in Rome has pointed out
In an interview that his government
has In no instance granted to the coun
tries in question such privilege. al
though II has tolerated" the post
offices which they have maintained
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
EASTER SERVICES
Largely Attended and Well Carried
Out at St. Francis Church

In spite of the rain yesterday morn
ing very large congregation filed
st. Francis de Sales church to the
doors. The altar was ablaze with
lights and bright with flowers. The
music was of an unusually high order
the program as printed in Saturdays
Banner being carried out under the
direction of John H. Daley, The in.
strumental music was augmented by
an orchestra led by George c. Wood
The rendition of the entire program
showed the careful training which al
ways characterizes the work of this
choir.
Special mention should be made Of
the exquisite singing of Mrs. Mary S.
Healy in the EFT incarnatus" by JOS
eph j. Daley in "Crucifixus etiam,"
and of the Misses Burns, Morrissey
and Mahar.
The chorus singing was praisewor-
thy by reason of the fine shading dis
played in its work. Noticeable also
was the singing of the chancel choir
of thirty-five boys led by James Nc.
Cue at the chancel, organ. The clear,
fresh voices of the little boys in the
Regina Coeli' We're delightful to hear
and they presented fine appearance
clad in red cassocks and birettas and
white surplices.
The celebrant of the Mass was Rev.
Father Well Rarely have we heard
intoned with such clarity and purity
the Preface to the Canon, and the Pa
ter Noster. He also preached from
the text taken from the gospel of the
day: He is risen; He Is not here"
AT the Benediction service at D.
m. the congregation was again very
large. Especially fine were the 20
Salutaris" arranged from Waner's
Parsifal" and the Bach-Gounod Ave
Maria beautifully sung by Mrs. Mary
s. Healy with violin obligato by Geo.
G. Wood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
TAFT INCREASED
LEAD DURING
PAST WEEK
546 Delegates Now Elected Out
. OF Total OF 930.
TAFT HAS 256 PLEDGED
Taft Delegates Como From n States
While Other Candidates Are
Strong Only at Homo.

According to the New York Trib.
une OF Sunday sixty-two delegates to
the Republican National convention to
be held in Chicago on June 16 have
been chosen since the Tribunes last
previous summary Of delegates elected
was published on April IL. Five hun
dred and forty-six delegates have now
been cbOsen--a little over one half of
the membership of the convention
which was fixed in the Republican Ma
tional Committees call at $50.
The most notable incidents of the
week were the election of 20 Taft
delegates in Minnesota, giving Mr..
Taft the solid delegation from that
state, the election of 10 Taft delegates
In Massachusetts and the failure of
one more New York district-the Dist
Ito instruct for Governor Hughes.
or the delegates elected during the
week Taft got 3S, Hughes s, Cannon 2,
and IA were uninstructed.
Of the 546 delegates so far named
256 are either instructed for Taft.
committed to his support by resolu-
tons of Endorsement or preference. or
have publicly announced in connection
with their election their intention to
vote for him al Chicago Sixty.four
are for Knox. 80 for Hughes, As for
Cannon 30 for Fairbanks, % for La
Toilette and IL are uncommitted Con
tests in which Presidential preferen.
ces are involved are being made for
81 of the $40 seats. Secretary Taft
has the support Of AZ per cent of the
delegates so far elected.
The weekly statement of the Taft
bureau gives the standing of delegates
elected as follows
In all, 542 delegates have now
been chosen to the national conven.
ton. representing q states, one terri
tory and three insular possessions.
or this total 267 have been instructed
for Secretary Taft, 6S are unin.
structed and 207 are instructed for
other candidates as follows: A in
Illinois for Mr.. Cannon, 30 in Indiana
FOR Mr.. Fairbanks, a in New York
for MIR. Hughes. Ga In Pennsylvania
for Mr.. Knox and % in Wisconsin
for Mr.. LaFollette.
VI tht 70 uHlHSlTuCleQ delegates
more than one-third have publicly de-
clared their intention of voting for
Secretary Taft.
Secretary Taft has 229 delegates
instructed for him outside of Ohio.
the 229 delegates representing q
states, one territory and one insular
possession.
"Of the $50 delegates in favorite
sons states outside of Ohio. 2S2 have
been elected, POI of whom have been
instructed for the candidates of those
states, 20 are uninstructed and five
have been instructed for Secretary
Taft-two IN New York two in Hin.
DIS and one In Wisconsin.
The seats of 46 delegates are con.
tested-eight in Alabama, eight in
Florida, two in Kentucky, two in
Mississippi, six in Missouri. two in
Ohio. four in Oklahoma and IA in Ten.
nessee."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
In London Town.

While shopping in London an Amer
lean school teacher was very much
taken with pair Of beautiful lace cur
tains. The price OF them, however,
seemed prohibitive. Being only a
teacher" she said. Il am not Of
course, wealthy, and fear that | can.
not afford them" IF you will wait a
moment replied the saleswoman. Il
will see II may give you reduction
on them" Then she called to a su.
perior aud said This person would
like to have these curtains, but she
says she is not lady and cannot az.
ford to pay the marked price"