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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
"LITTLE THE WORSE FOR WEAR"
Candidate Taft and Party on Fishing
Grounds for Weeks Recreation =.

Middle Bass Island, o., Aug. 90
William H. Taft and party arrived at
the Middle Bass club today Aslue
from the hoarseness, a result OF
speeches Saturday, Mr. Taft said he
was little the worse for wear today.
While the week on the fishing
grounds is primarily for recreation, 1t
is understood several political confer
ences may be held.
The island on which the candidate
will finish his vacation lies about 20
miles off shore, midway between
Cleveland and Toledo. One end OF
the island is owned by the fishing club
and ample accommodations for It's
several hundred members are provld,
ed by club house and colony OF
summer cottages.
The Taft family is quartered In one
of the cottages. The candidate wiz
divide his time between fishing ana
playing golf.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
MACK WANTS A MANAGER
Difficulty in Finding Man for Eastern
Headquarters

New York, Sept. Norman f.
Mack, chairman Of the democratic
committee, finds himself try
ing to fill an Office of high order which
seeks the man and which no available
man has yet sought, a chairman of the
subcommittee to run the democratic
campaign in the east. Many persons
have been considered but none chosen
and Mr.. Mack declared that while he
hoped to make selection this week
ne did not know who would be chosen.
National committeeman comforting
with Chairman Mack agreed with I'M
.animity that the eastern manager
must be a man who had never been
prominently identified with any previ-
GUS faction in the party and one who
could weld together any opposing fac
lions now existing in the East
THE selecting of an eastern cam
paign manager has been no easy task"
said Mr.. Mack, "and while | hope to
name the man some time this week no
one has been settled upon for the
place. Conditions in the East demand
great care in the appointment of the
lhead of the New York headquarters.
The eastern manager must be a man
of rare executive ability and one who
can keep his forces constantly on the
move and in line of action. New
York is going to see the livest presi'
Dental campaign that has been wit
messed in many years and the eastern
manager in consequence, will have
much to do. l am depending much in
this campaign on the rare Judgment OF
Senator Culberson, chairman of the
advisory committee, who will probably
spend the major portion of the next
two months in this city. I am not cor
fined in my selection of an eastern
manager to members of the nationa
committee though the subcommittee
will principally be made up of nationa
committeeman"
Mr.. Mack is strongly Of the belle
that the differences now existing be
tween Leader Murphy of Tamman.
Hall and Senator McCarren of King
county, are at least susceptible of ten
porary adjustment and to this end h,
Is bending every effort through nun
erous conferences which are bein
held daily.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
CHARGES AGAINST
SHERIFF BRADLEY
Being HEARD
Detective Testified That He
Placed Bets at Saratoga
MADE MONEY ON TRACK
Oscar Jones Turned Winnings Over
to Rev. Laldlaw to Go Toward
His Expenses.

Ballston, N. Y, Sept. 1.-The first
day Of the hearing In the case of Sher-
iff John Bradley, Jr., of Saratoga
county, on charges filed with Gov.
Hughes was productive Of considera-
BILE testimony relative otfie sleged
gambling at the Saratoga race track
which Sheriff Bradley is accused of
failing to suppress. George w. Schur-
man of New York is conducting the
hearing. Oscar Jones a witness, tes-
titled that he was In the employ of
Assistant District Attorney Elder of
Kings county, as well as Of Rev. Wal
ter Laidlaw, the complainant In this
case. He. said on cross-examination
that Mr.. Elder had recommended him
to Mr.. Laidlaw as good man to In
vestigate the race track conditions.
Jones declared he received 500 adj
vance money from District Attorney
Elder and SIS a day and expenses
from Mr.. Laidlaw. He also admitted
that he cleared SIS day on his bets
and turned them over to Mr.. Laidlaw
to go toward his expenses.
Since the Saratoga meeting, Jones
testified he has been doing detective
work at the Empire track He said
conditions there we're not as bad as
at Saratoga. During the cross-ex-
animation by Senator Bracket. Jones
stated that he did not know what the
money was for that passed between
the men at the race track. Head
mitted that he saw no bets made ex-
cepting his own.
Robert H. Scott, medicinal student
of Brooklyn, also was witness for
THE complainant. He was at the
track for seven days during the Sara
Itoga meeting. He said that on Con-
gress Hall piazza he heard bets made
and saw them recorded and witnessed
the passing of money. He also testi
fed that he visited the race track ant
made bets there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
STATE COUNTY AND.
TOWN ELECTIONS
HELD TODAY
Pleasant Weather Starts Early
Voting at Library Hall
r. E. HOWE REPRESENTATIVE
Indications That Good Vote VIII
Be Cast For All the Candidates
on State Ticket.

The biennial election for the choice
of state and county officers, town rep
resentatives in the state legislature
and justices of the peace is being
held today.
The weather is unusually pleasant
even for the first day of September
and 1t is likely that a large vote will
be cast in Bennington and through
out the state.
At Library hall this morning the
voters began arriving early and more
votes were cast during the first hour
than has been cast for many years.
The ballot box for town represents
tive closed at three O'Clock but the
state ticket boxes remained open I'M
ill five.
Because of the fact that he was a
candidate on the justice ticket, Ern-
est D. Barber resigned his position as
'one of the election officials and his
place was taken by Ernest L. Lam
bert.
The representative box was turned
at 3 o'clock and the vote was counted
at $40. The result was for number
of the general assembly:
Whole number cast, 1914.
Eli ]. Tiffany had 6S2.
Frank Z. Howe had GAL.
Blanks and defective, Al.
At North Bennington 17S votes were
cast, OF these were blank and E
]. Tiffany had rs and Frank E. Howe
had "a. The combined vote of the
two precincts elects by majority OF
1928
, Pownal elected II. w. Morgan, re
publican by majority of SO.
SALISBURY elected Leland NJ Loo
mis-. republican by rs majority.
! Woodford elected s. NJ. Bowles, re
publican. He had SO votes to 20 TO
James Higgins, democrat and 10 TO
Nathan Hagar, independent.
Arlington elected p. H. Thompson
democrat by three majority over ]. X
Batchelder Thompson had 100 an
Batchelder 157.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
DEATH OF CHARLES PLANTE
Old Resident Died Early This Morn
ing at his Home on Gage Street

Charles Plante, one OF the well
known citizens of this village, passed
away about 3 o'clock this morning af-
ter a protracted illness The immedi-
ate cause of death was cholera infan-
tum.
The deceased was born in Canada
n years ago and has been a resident
of this town for about II years. Dur
ing this time he has been employed
as janitor of the Church of the Sacred
Heart He was faithful worker and
by his kindly manner made many
friends.
He is survived by five sons, Philip,
John, Ernest and William who live in
this town and Henry of Hoanstin, Pa,
and several grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from the
Sacred Heart church Thursday morn
ing at o'clock. The burial will be in
the Catholic cemetery at North Ben
lnington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
MRS. EDDY's RESIDENCES
Lives in Newton, Mass, but Wants to
Pay Taxes in Concord, N. II.


Boston, Sept. 1.-The taxes on the
large amount of personal property of
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy head Of the
Christian Science church, is not to be
received by the city of Newton. There
was considerable surprise in city hall
quarters in Newton when this fact be-
came known.
Mrs Eddy while living at her new
home in Newton is determined to re-
tain Concord, n. H., as her legal res
idence.
Archibald Mcclellan, editor Of the
Christian Science publications and a
trustee of the Eddy estate, said to a
reporter: Mrs. Eddy it is true is
taxed on her personal property, so far
as the trusteeship is concerned, not in
Newton where she resides, but in Con
cord where she did reside.
THE reason for this is that Concord
is her legal residence, so naturally she
would have to be taxed there. Why
she makes Concord her legal resi-
dence now cannot say"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
OFFICIALS IN TOWN
General Manager Jarvis and other
Rutland Railroad Officials.

The observation engine, Ne'na.
sane" and combination pullman car
'Mariuuita" passed through mere
about midnight Monday on their way
from Rutland to Chatham. On the
train were George J. Jarvis, genera.
manager of the Rutland railroad and
other officials Of the road.
The party left Chatham at $3.50
this morning arriving hree about III
o'clock from whence they proceeded
directly to Rutland. They stopped
at several places to inspect the work
being done on the road.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
YOUNG WIFE A SUICIDE
Mrs. LuceIla Robinson Takes CARROLL
Acid at Her Home In Barre

Barre, Sept. Mrs. Lucella Rob-
inson, the Is year old wife of Ernest
Robinson, committed suicide yester-
day morning at her home on South
Main street by taking three ounces of
carbolic acid
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson had some
conversation near the couch and when
1t came time the former started out
to go to his work. He had not gone
far when his wife rushed out shouting
II have done it, Mr.. Robinson soon
discovered that she had taken poison
and summoned Drs. ]. w. Jackson and
NJ. d. Lamb but their efforts to revive
the woman were without avail.
Mrs. Robinson was married about
year ago. She was the daughter of
Jerome Irish and has brother,
Charles and sister Florence living In
this city. About year ago she was
operated upon for appendicitis and
has been in a melancholy condition
since. It is said that she had twice
tried to take her life before.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
BASEBALL YESTERDAY
Results Of the Games in the Two Big
Leagues
Annarjran eanue

American League
At Detroit-Cleveland, Z; Detroit,
3.
AT st. Louis-St. Louis, 4; Chicago
At New York-Philadelphia, ] New
York. 0. First Cameo Philadelphia
2: New York /. (Second game.)
AT Washington-Boston q Washing
ton 8.
National League
At Chicago-Chicago 2; St Louis o.
At misunderstanding 8; Cincm'
natl 0.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
WEATHER FORECAST

For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont rain in south, fair in north
portion tonight. Wednesday rain and
cooler.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
NORTH BENNINGTON

Gov Mccullough cast today the
first ballot ever cast in North SEN
nington at q state election
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01
NORTH ADAMS TOMORROW
Bennington viii Play Fast Profess
sional Team

The Bennington baseball team will
play North Adams at Morgan Park to-
morrow afternoon. Bennington will
play its regular nine with the excep-
ton of Barksdale who is unable to be
DreSent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-09-01

ANNABHL:
Use Gold Medal Flour for your pastry.
GERALDINE.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
PACKEY, THE KID FIGHTER WHO
DOES NOT SCATTER HIS BLOWS

: Packy Mcfarland has finally got
his fondest wish. He has been
matched for a fight with Tommy
Murphy. They will go six rounds
at the National Athletic club, Phila.
delphia. Nov. Is.
Packy comes pretty near being
boy wonder in pugilism. He cele
brated his twentieth birthday ami
versary "A few days ago. He is
laundering for a finish fight with
Battling Nelson. for the lightweight
championship, after his battle with
Murphy, which he confidently ex-
poets to win. But Harry Gilmore,
his manager. says Packy is too
young for a finish fight, and will be
allowed to go 25 rounds, at the out
side. with the "Battler."
Mcfarland tells an interesting
little story of how he came to be a
lighter. He started to work in a
boiler factory when a boy of 16.
The men kept a pair of boxing
gloves handy. and there was little
sparring practice every noon.
Packy fell In love with the gloves,
and never missed a chance to put
them on. One day colored boy
named Fox allowed that he could
give Packy humping, and
scrap was fixed up.
Early IN the battle the colored
boy landed singer on Packy's
nose. and the boys fighting blood
was reused. In the next round he
went after Fox's bugle, and tapped
II four times. good and hard. Then
the coIored lad quit.
Il amt gwine to fight no man
what don't scatter his blows" he
declared.
That was a lesson to Mcfarland.
and one OF his fighting precepts is
not to scatter his blows. He
buuched them successfully on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
BY w. A. PHELON, JR.
(Base Ball Editor of the Chicago
Evening Journal.)

An All-American base ball team,
combining the maximum of speed,
strength and batting power,
coupled with fast inside work,
heady field and base play, and re-
liability behind the plate and at
the slab, is not the easiest of prop
osition.
Mere record work, as shown in
averages. will not do, although the
figures can be read through,
studied between the lines, and
evolved into excellent pictures of
the various stars. Some great and
classy players were held back by
the inferior work of their team
mates. Some great and classy
teams were retarded by the SLOW
ness of certain players. Many of
the topnotch stars rank so close
in all the finer points that it seems
an injustice to select one and
overlook another.
Still, taking into consideration
all the requisites of a champion
ship team and of it's individual
units, this looks like an ideal ball
club:
Catchers, King and Bresnahan.
Pitchers, Brown, Mathewson,
Walsh, Johnson and McQuillen.
Chance, first base.
Evers, second base.
Ferris, third base.
Wagner, shortstop.
Cobb, right field.
Crawford, center field.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
Thee All=Amcrico11
ktGBa9eBdl Teo11,
Donlin, left field.

Donlin, left field.
Reasons for these selections:
Killing and Bresnahan, from all
points of view, outclass all other
catchers now in the game. The
only backstops who equal them in
catching, throwing, bracing of
teamwork and steadying of pitch.
ers are Sullivan and Criger, and
these great American leaguers fall
behind King and Bresnahan
through their vast batting inferior,
ity. Bresnahan and King are not
only the backbones of their teams
as catchers, but active factors with
the bat-men whose hard and
timely hitting will carry the clubs
through many a tight pinch and
desperate situation.
Brown and Mathewson, by gen.
eral consent, topped the National
league in effectiveness, sagacity,
power over batsmen and general
pitching value. The brilliant Ruel-
bach would class with them but for
the wildness which makes him use
less during the first third of every
season. while Brownie and Matty
are there with the goods from
April to to October. Walsh ranks
right up with this great pair for
effectiveness, and no pitcher in re-
cent years showed the wonderful
endurance of the red-necked Irish
man.
McQuillens' work, if analysed
carefully, shows superlative skill,
all round cleverness, good control
and qualities that would have
classed him with Brown and
Mathewson as a winner had the
Cubs or Giants backed him up.
AS to young Johnson of Washing
ton, it can be said, truthfully, that
he would have won $50 per cent
of the games with powerful team
to back him. He is one of the
genuine marvels of the pitching
world. and lacks nothing of Math-
ewson's power save seasoning.
Chance, taking batting, base
running, team leadership and game
fighting into consideration, is the
most valuable first baseman now
playing ball. The fielding star of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT or
FINAL ACCOUNT.

FINAL ACCOUNT.
In the Superior Court Of the State
of Washington, in and for the
County of Spokane. In the Mat
ter Of the Estate Of Amelia Bag
nall, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Rufus Merriam, administrator with
will annexed Of the estate of
Amelia Bagnall, deceased, has rem
dered and presented for settlement
to, and filed in the superior court
of Spokane county, state of Wash
ington, his final account as such
administrator and praying final dis
tribution, and that Friday, the 9th
day of November, 1908, at 8 o'clock
A. NJ, at the court room of our
said superior court, in the city of
Spokane, in said Spokane county,
has been duly appointed by our
said superior court, for the settle
ment of the final account and final
distribution of said estate, at which
time and place any person inter
ested in said estate may appear
and file his exceptions In writing
to the said final account, and con-
test the same, and show cause why
final distribution of said estate
should not be made.
Witness, the Hon. ]. D. Hinkle,
Judge Of the said Superior Court,
and the seal of said court affixed
this 9th day of October, A. ID. 1908.
r. A. KOONTZ,
County Clerk and Clerk of the
Superior Court.
By E. E. BURTON, Deputy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10

all the first sackers, Jiggs Dono-
hue, fell into comparative obscur-
ity this year through illness and
consequent weakness at teh bat.
Bransfield outhit Chance consider
ably on the season, but does not
class with him in all round value.
The nomination of Evers instead
of Lajoie, always choice of sec
end baseman in previous years, is
based on their 1908 work. While
Napoleon did grandly as a fielder
and leader, hit batting was not
what it used to be, and Evers alb
solutely coruscated this year-in
batting. fielding, base running and
every other department of the
game.
Ferris as third baseman may
cause general surprise, but
search the lists from end to end,
study them and compare them.
Where was there third baseman
in either league who outshone
Ferris as batsman, ground coverer,
game and plucky fighter for every
battle? Ferris, aged as he may be,
actually bested all other third
basemen in all round value, and
calm study will make the fans &C
knowledge that such was the fact
month after month and all
through the year.
1t is hard to choose between
Wagner and Tinker at short.
While the great German hit with
all his usual vigor, Tinker's hit
ting was the timeliest of the year,
and his field play transcendently
brilliant. Give the place to Wag-
ner by the faintest fraction on that
big batting average and nothing
more.
The outfield three would be hard
to match. Why Sam Crawford
should be omitted from any ALL
American selection is omething l
cannot understand. Anything the
matter with Sans mighty hitting?
Anything wrong with the grand
fielding of the Wahoo barbsf'
Cobb and Donlin showed supreme ,
class in batting, speed on bases
and in effective ginger spreading
itself to all the other members of
their teams, and Crawford would
fit in between them like cog of
splendid machinery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
BETTING AN EVIL?

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 10.-On
the ground that there is no ordi-
nance covering betting on cleo
lions, Deputy City Attorney Sulli-
van in the police court this morn
ing moved that the cases of A.
Peace, J. Matches and Ed Deid-
rich Jr., accused of wagering on
the recent national contest for the
presidency be dismissed. Upon in
vestigation Sullivan found num-
Der of supreme court decisions
which held that election bets could
not be construed as gambling, and
accordingly decided it would be the
wisest course to drop the charges
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10

One hundred yards in :09 4-5-
that's wonderful time for any
Splinter. A man who can, clad in
lightest running toys, dash the
hundred yards on a cinder or clay
track, has come very close to the
worlds best time, and has nut
himself in whirlwind class.
Hans Lobert, third baseman Aof
the Cincinnati National league
baseball club, wearing his heavy
padded baseball uniform and the
stiff spiked shoes of the diamond,
ran 100 yards, over an uneven,
turf covered field, in 8 40 seconds
Lobert did this in baseball field
day exercises held at Cincinnati.
Three timers caught him extactly
the same.
The worlds record for the 100
yard dash is 8 2-5 seconds, made
by Walker, the phenomenal South
African Splinter, in England, short
ly after the Olympic games were
held.
Lobert, weighed down with
heavy clothing, and running on a
grass course, came within 2-5 of
second of Walkers time.
There seems lit. doubt that he
could beat the worlds mark, were
he to run on a running track, with
running toys. There is no doubt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
CHURCH TEAMS ENTER.

Twenty-Five basketball teams,
representing churches, were enter
ed at the Y. M. C. A. last evening.
The teams represent about $50
youngsters, divided into two
classes, under Is and over. A
schedule Will be reported next
Monday night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-10
Help Wanted-Male.

Wanted for Army-Able-bodied I'M
married men between ages of Is
and So; citizens Of United States.
of good character and temperate
habits, who can speak, read and
write English. For Information ap-
ply to Recruiting Officer, 1854
Howard street, Spokane. Wash.