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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
SUICIDE or ARSON
SUSPECT WHILE
UNDER ARREST
William Moses Ends Life With
CarbOIiC Acid
FARM BUILDINGS BURNED
Owners Had Received Threatening
Letter Of Black Hand Variety Had
Narrow Escape

South Royalton, Oct ia most
unusual combination of circumstances
proving once more the old adage that
Truth is stronger than fiction" grow
ing out of an alleged arson case,) cul-
minated here at an early hour Satur-
day morning in'the suicide of William
Moses who was IN the custody of an
officer
It appears that early the morning
of October g. Fred Northrup of Tun-
bridge, died, having been Ill about a
week of pneumonia. Mrs. Northrup
sent a messenger over the hills to no
tify her father, Kendrick Woodland.
AS the messenger came in sight of the
Woodland place he discovered that the
barn was in flames. He hurriedly
aroused Mr. and Mrs. Woodland and
Mr. Woodard's aged father, Arunah
Woodland, over 80 years old, the occu-
pants hardly having time to escape in
safety. All the farm buildings We're
burned, the insurance of $1,000 only
partially covering the loss.
A few weeks before the fire an un-
signed letter was found in the front
yard of the Woodland house, declaring
that unless the sum of $500 was paid
to the Moses family, the Woodlands
would suffer a greater loss. Ii APP
pears that Mrs. Moses, now an aged
woman, at one time acted as house
keeper for Arunah Woodland. She
was paid for her services and re-
ceipt was given to which she attach
n1 rly M hafpo ahla ~ tNritn
It is said.
Suspicion naturally pointed to the
Moses family in connection with the
fire and William Moses son of Mrs.
Moses, an unmarried man of Sc years,
was arrested.
A hearing was held Friday at the
residence of Benjamin Tucker, in Tun
bridge. States Attorney NJ. NJ. vii
son of Randolph, w n. Batchelder OF
Bethel. h. r. Buck of Windsor and
other lawyers. were in attendance.
AS a result of the hearing Moses
was held in $500 bail for appearance
in Windsor county court. Not being
able to furnish bail he was given into
the custody of Constable ID. ID. Howe
OF Randolph who took him TO the
South Royalton hotel. Moses was
not kept in very close custody. appar
emily and was allowed to enter a druG
store where it appears he purchased
a bottle of carbolic acid
About 2 o'clock Saturday morning
the officer was aroused by the suffer
ings of his prisoner. The bottle o.
carbolic acid was found. from which
about two ounces had been taken
Doctors Fish and Ellis were summon
ed. Life was not extinct when DR.
Fish arrived, but the man was dead
before DR.. Ellis reached the hotel.
About a year ago the barn on the
farm owned by a brother of Kendricl
Woodard and occupied by Elmer
Woodland, son of the owner, was
burned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
LARGE CROWD SAW
BALLOON THAT
DIDN'T GO UP
Proposed Ascension Saturday
Afternoon a Failure
GAS WOULDN'T LIFT BAG
Many People Waited Entire After.
noon and Finally Went Home
Disappointed.

The much talked of balloon ascen-
sion failed to pan out" at the athletic
field Saturday afternoon as scheduled.
The cause was not that George e.
Donnelly, II. G. Roster DR.. r. e.
Grennan and other would-be sky-fies
were seized with that fatal disease,
cold feet" In fact, they were all on
the spot early in the afterhoon and
Rugged the basket several hours fear
ing 1t might escape unawares, thus
robbing them of all chance of aerial
fame. The fact, that the Bennington
Gas company was unable to produce
gas of the proper weight accounts for
the disappointment experienced by
the hundreds who had gathered on
the field to witness the first ascension
of its kind ever held in Vermont.
Shortly before O'clock Pilot Van
Sleet, Newton W. Cottrell who was to
accompany him, and two assistants
from Pittsfield started to prepare the
balloon "Pittsfield in the Heart of the
Berkshires' for imitation. Before con-
Meeting the big yellow bag with the
tank the gas was carefully tested and
proved TO be practically as heavy as
ar. MT. van Sleet, however, ordered
the balloon to be filled, stating that
since such a large crowd had gathered
he would make an ascent If he could
clear the fence surrounding the field.
Accordingly, the balloon was attach
ed to the pipe leading from the tank,
and the work of filling it at once be-
gan.
After nearly two hours and half
the balloon was not quarter full. BY
this time 1t was about o'clock and
fast growing dark Pilot Van Sleet
taking into consideration that It would
be several hours before the big gas
bag would be filled to its capacity
and the unsuitable density of the gas,
ordered the escape valve opened.
Thus ended the would.be ascension.
Mr.. Van Sleet left after supper in
his auto for his home in Pittsheld.
The balloon was also shipped to Pits
field by express Saturday evening.
No attempt to have an ascension Will
again be made in this town, at least
/ this wear
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Most Successful Convention Closed
Saturday.

Saturday.
Rutland, Oct l7.-One OF the most
successful conventions OF the YER
mont Teachers Association ever held,
and the second largest in point of
attendance. closed here today after
a three days session. The business
OF the convention was given atten-
ton this morning, the election Of Of
fcers and reading Of reports taking
place.
The following officers we're elected;
President Principal Isaac Thomas,
OF Rutland; vice.president, Principal
A. L. futile, Of Bellows Falls; secre-
tary. Supt f. j. Brownscombe OF
Montpelier: treasurer, Principal
ID. r. Page. OF Bakersfield; executive
committee. Principal b. G. Ham, OF
Randolph, Supt Il. NJ. Rescue OF
Springfield. Principal George s
Wright OF Mortified The associa
ton has about $3.50 In the treasury
after paying the expenses OF this
convention.
The morning session opened with
devotional services in charge OF the
Rev. w. II. Spence Of Rutland. and
the teachers then listened TO an ad
dress by James Parton Haney, super
visor OF manual arts in the public
schools of New York City. His topic
was aThe Value of Manual Training
I'm Our Public Schools
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
DIGESTIVE JUICE.
Gets Weak and Scarce Causing Your
Indigestion and Stomach Trou-
bles.

If what you just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like a lump Of
lead, refusing to digest or you belch
Gas. and Erucitate sour, undigested
food or have a feeling of Dizziness,
Heartburn. Fullness, Nausea, Bad
taste in the mouth and Stomach head
ache-this is Indigestion.
A full case of Papes Diapepsin
costs only so cents and will thorough
" cure the worst case OF Dyspepsia,
and leave sufficient about the house
in case some one else in the family
may suffer from Stomach trouble or
Indigestion
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on these
50-cent cases, then you will under
stand why Dyspeptic trouble of all
kinds must go, and why they usually
relieve a sour stomach or Indigestion
in five minutes. Get a case now and
eat one Triangule after your next
meal. They are harmless and taste
like candy, though each contains pow.
er sufficient to digest and prepare for
assimilation into the blood all the food
you eat; besides, 1t makes you 90 to
| the table with a hearty, healthy APP
petite; but, what will please you most
is that you will feel that your Stom
ach and intestines are clean and fresh
and you will not need to resort to lax
atives or liver pills for Biliousness or
Constipation.
This city will have many Diapepsin
cranks, as some people will call them,
but you will be cranky about this
splendid stomach prescription, too, ii
you ever have Indigestion or Gastritis
or any other Stomach misery, and eat
just one Triangule of Diapepsin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19

Iand 81 the Famine.

Rusela has a famine every 'ea "
~ years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
FIREMAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
H. Klttredge, c. v. Employee, In
stantly Killed at Rouses Point.

st. Adams, Oct. 19.-H Kittredge,
a fireman on the Central Vermont rail
way, was instantly killed Saturday at
3:15 o'clock in a collision at Rouses
Point between the Central Vermont
engine and Delaware & Hudson en-
CINE. Kittredge was firing on what
is known as the Rouses Point extra
freight AS the engine was backing
from the ID. & H. station up to the
turntable switch over the ID. & II.
main line 10 be turned, it collided
with the ID. & II. engine. which was
turning on the main line frog with
out protection or lights The switch
light showed clear for No. 800. The
corner Of the tub of the tank of the
.C. V. engine collided with me corner
of the firebox of the $685. breaking the
archors which hold the tub to the
deck of the tank showing the tub
against the boiler Kittredge, who
was standing on the deck of the en-
CINE. was caught between the tub and
boiler and was crushed to death. It
was two hours before the body could
be extricated Charles 5. Sargent en-
gineer on No. 800, escaped unhurt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Y. MIC. A. DOWNED
HOOSICK FALLS
IN FAST GAME
Ball in New Workers. Territory
All the While
SCORE MADE IN LAST HALF
Touchdown Made Near Close OF
Game Gave Home Team Well.
Earned Victory,

The Bennington Y. NJ. c. A. foot
ball team defeated Hoosick Falls at
the athletic field Saturday afternoon
by score of to 0. The score does
not indicate the superiority of the 10.
cal team over the visitors, for so much
time was taken out in the section
half by the "playing-for-wind" tao
tics of the New Workers and the
crowd so interfered with the open
work Of the game that a larger score
was prevented. AS it was the ball
was kept in Hoosick territory nearly
all the time. The visitors seldom
made the necessary ten yards in
three downs and on exchange of punts
Holden SO far outclassed Mooney that
there was no comparison.
The Bennington ends were especi
ally fast in getting down the field UNI
der punts and much ground was gain.
ed in this style of play. Both teams
were far better on the offence than
defence While Hoosick failed to
make much ground the New Workers
frequently broke though the Ben
nington line and tackled the runner
before any appreciable distance had
been gained.
Bennington scored toward the lat
ter part OF the second half when a
kick Of Fullback Mooney was blocked
and the ball was carried over the line
by three fierce plunges, the last and
winning drive by Denley. Holden
kicked a good goal making the score
GO. The lineup:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Flour Buried During Civil War.

While the grading Of Main street,
Manassas, Va, was in progress re-
Gently the workmen discovered that
their picks went to a depth that indi-
Gated subterranean cavity. Upon
investigation II was discovered that
trench to the depth Of three feet had
been dug and a number Of barrels Of
-four put therein and concealed from
the enemy on the evacuation Of Ma
nassas by the confederate troops. A
large quantity OF barrel slaves and
white substance resembling decayed
-four were exhumed.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
BETHEL MAN INJURED
Horse Trainer Unconscious Thirty
four Hours.

Bethel Oct 17.-Willis G. Davis,
40, married, farmer and horse-trainer,
was found unconscious at 5 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon at the entrance
OF his door yard. He was unconsci-
GUS at noon today. He was driving
in a sullXy a young horse owned in
Rutland yesterday and 1t is supposed
the horse SHE'D and struck a tree
throwing him out on his head. He
suffered a conclusion of the brain.
There is a slight depression OF the
skull at the temple. Mr.. Davis al
ways lived in Bethel and is well
known throughout the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Our Mail Service.

The first record contained in our
Colonial history Of any kind Of mail
service dates from 1877, when the
court at Boston appointed Mr.. John
Hayward to take In and convey" let.
ters according to their direction. II is
impossible 10 say what the charges
were for this hrst mail service. but
In 1892 the rates were as follows: One
letter, less than so miles. six cents;
between so and 100 miles, ten cents;
between 200 and $50 miles. II cents:
more than 400 miles. 25 cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Wanting Working Winning That The Last The Least Sc

oe doing serious damage, all the great
err from the difficulty in getting men
TO fight it,
During the day 1t was reported that
the fire on Mt Anthony had been put
out but j. C. Colgate, a small corner
of whose property was burned over
and who was responsible for the suo-
cessful effort in checking the progress
of the fire, will keep a patrol on the
mountain until the danger of another
outbreak is averted by rain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19

Howitzers are used especially to set
Gre to buildings. to reach an enemy
that is behind parapets or hills, TO
make breaches In mud walls by ex.
plodlng shells in them and against
cavalry. They project common shells.
common and spherical case-shot and
sometimes round shot In howitzers
the trunlons are in the middle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
wills Widow to Convent

A curious provision is made in the
will of Michael Hanmore, an Irish So
licitor, who left nearly $4,000. He
bequeathed $4,000 TO the Mother SUI
perior OF any convent his wife should
enter after his death. 1t being his de-
sire that the widow should devote the
remainder of her life to prayer. II
she declines to enter a convent she is
to receive only some jeweIry.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Mans Study Of Himself.

Omit few of the most abstruse
sciences and mankind's study of man
occupies nearly the whole field Of lit
erature. The burden Of history is
what man has been; OF law, what he
does; Of physiology, what he is OF
ethics, what he ought to be; Of reyela-
ton, what he shall be.-George Fin
LAWSON.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Snakes Ears.

Snakes have no external ears, but
inside the head the ear bones are
very crude. says st. Nicholas. Snakes
hear" however by feeling vibration
Of sound on their delicate scaly COW
ering. and searching for sound vibrs-
tons by protruding the wonderfully
sensitive tongue which is filled with
thousands Of microscopic nerves. Their
sight is very keen in distinguishing
moving objects.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Richest Girl In Oklahoma.

Ruth Tate Brady of Oklahoma is the
richest girl in the far west. She is
~ years old and has in her own right
an income of $500 day. Her mother
was a half-blood Cherokee Indian.
Miss Brady received 300 acres OF pub
lie land on the allotment, and on this
tract oil wells have been developed
producing daily 1000 barrels of oil.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19

Cinnamon have way of trioking
hens. so that they assist in the hatch
ing Of Ash. Fish eggs are carefully
placed in an egg she'll. which Is then
sealed aud put under an unsuspeotlng
hen. In few days the spawn Is
warmed into life and the contents Of
the shell are then cast into a shall
low pool, where the sunshine com
pletes the work
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Tho Great PaelHeator.

The uncle OF Europe. who is also
the ruler OF 100000, 900 OF the human
race. has been the great pacifcator OF
our age. He, more than anyone, has
helped to clear the worlds sky. He
may even act as a bridge Of true
friendllness between France and Ger
many, the only nations that cannot
yet be quite friends without reserve
Shefleld Daily Independent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
FUNERAL OF MRS. YALE
Many Friends Attended Funeral Sat
urday Afternoon at 4 O'Clock

The funeral Of the late Mrs. Emma
West Yale was largely attended from
her home al Bennington Center Sat
urday afternoon az o'clock Rev.
Frank r. Morris, pastor of the Bap-
list church ofiiciated. The floral trib.
utes were numerous and beautiful tes-
tifying to the esteem I'm which the
deceased was held among her many
friends.
The remains were taken to Brook
lyn Sunday morning where the inter.
ment will take place In the Brigham
family lot In Greenwood cemetery
in that city Tuesday morning
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Moral and maternal Re.pon,IbIIIty.

Private life should be walled In and
sacred, but public life has no such
right. All public existence created by
great public interests creates respon'
slbility, and this responsibility is
moral as we'll as material. There is
no galnsaying this, and all public func-
tionaries admit they are responsible
for their personal actlons.-Pierre An
tote Berger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19

A laborer named Christensen, who
lives at Copenhagen. bought an old
oyercoat for few cents two years
ago. He recently noticed something
hard In the lining at the back, and, on
regretfully cutting 1t open discovered
a savings bank book with S2,2SO cred
tied lie reported the treasure to the
police. but they have not been able to
and the original owner, and the money
has been awarded to the laborer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Worlds Newspapers.

There are 1850 newspapers PUB
lished in the United States; about
1000 OF them are published daily and
1870 are managed. edited and published
by negroes. In Asia there are 5000
periodical publications, OF which the
greater part appear in British India
and Japan; the latter country pub
fishes 1900 newspapers Africa has
only 200 newspapers, Of which 30 are
published In Egypt and the rest ap.
pear In the European colonies.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
TWO MEN KILLED
Traction Engine Plunged TO Rocks 20
Feet Below at Hinsdale.

Brattleboro Oct. l7-Eugene CYL
Ter. an engineer and Marvin Martin
dale, a fireman, were killed when a
traction engine left the rails OF a
spur track at a sharp curve today
and plunged to the rocks twenty feet
below, in Hinsdale, ~ H., where a
dam Is being constructed across the
Connecticut river near Vernon, Ches-
ter Parker, a pipeman was badly hurt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Something New for the Dead.

Glass headstones are the latest
mortuary device sent forth to order
from inventive Pittsburg. Not only
the epitaph, but also the photograph
OF the deceased person, will be blown
into the glass, thus giving joint In
destrucubllity TO both fame and
features.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
KILLED AT PLAlNFlELD
James L. Felch Run over by
Gravel Train.

Montpelier, Oct. Thames l..
Fetch of Plainfeld, a section hand
on the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad was accidently killed yes
terday afternoon He was working
at the gravel pits and in some man
ner as train of empty cars was
being backed up, Fetch fell under the
wheels, a car passing over him, hor-
ribly mangling his body. The man
lived until o'clock last night He is
survived by a wife and two children.
No blame attaches to the train
crew, it is said.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
WATER SITUATION ACUTE
Montpelier Supply May Be Entirely
Shut of Part Of the Time.

Montpelier, Oct. 17-At a meeting
of the water committee the mayor,
and the superintendent of water, held
last evening, it was decided to shut
off the water from the stone sheds
and the Consolidated Lighting Co..
and this order was carried into eff
feet today. The plan of shutting of
all the water a part OF each day is
under consideration.
Probably it viii take nearly a week
to get the auxiliary supply into work
ing order
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Too Formal for aEIahtIna Bob

An officer who was with Admiral
Evans at San Francisco writes home
that he was one day talking with
Fighting Bob" when a petty oftcer
appeared on the scene. The under Of
hcer. not recognizing the two, came
clustering up with, Say, do you know
where | can find Evans?" The ad.
miral gazed up at him quietly a mo-
ment and exclaimed: oh. don't
bother about being so formal Just
call me Bob
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19

In recently published reports OF the
fair which took place at the Home OF
the Daughters OF Jacob New York.
mention Is made Of the chief usher. a
lad aged i05 years, and Of the
girls" who sold candy and lemonade,
although they were only 1913 and 1906
years old
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
Native "elri" Most Popular,

Even the extraordinarily lowpriced
cigarettes with which American man
ufacturers have flooded India hardly
hold their own with the native "biri.
The "biri is now made in large quanu-
ties at Tirora The tobacco Is brought
from so far afeld as Madras and
Assam
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
SEINE FISHING BEGUN
Canadians Making Big Hauls in Wat
ers Of Missisquoi Bay

Alburg Springs, Oct. l7.-Seine fish
ing began in Canadian waters Thurs
day, October 10. At present only two
seines are running on the east shore
of Missisquoi bay but there will be
four later. d. J. A. Merle shipped
two barrels of mixed fish the first
night Of fishing. The first haul made
brought in % shads, which readily
sell on the ground at 20 cents apiece
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
pehnitlen.

As nearly as can be differentiated,
Job Is where a man does most OF the
work and somebody else gets most
Of the pay and a position Is where a
man gets most OF the pay and some
body else does most Of the work.
Puck.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
GIFT ACCEPTED
Village Of Manchester Given Property
Valued at $4,000

Manchester. Oct. 19.-The voters Of
the village of Manchester, at a special
meeting called for that purpose, voted
to accept the generous and unrestrict-
ed gift of the property of Day Nc
Birney of Chicago The property con
sists of seven acres of land and a
handsome dwelling house located in
the fashionable part of the village and
adjoining the property of Robert T..
Lincoln. The property is valued at
$40 600.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
:, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 100
The Testimony Of Successful That e Made Up Of Wanting
BILL TO ABOLISH OFFSETS
Senator Finn Reported to Be Draw
ing Such a Measure.

Montpelier, Oct. 19.-Montpelier is
exceedingly quiet today nearly all
the members Of the Legislature and
the state officers having gone to their
homes.
There is said to be some opposition
to the plan of increasing the number
Of supreme court judges from four to
FIVE.
1t is reported that Senator Finn of
Windsor is drawing up a bill proyid-
ing for the abolition Of Offsets al
though Senator Finn may not intro
duce the measure himself.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
charltles.

We tell our charities, not because
we wish to be praised for them, not
because we think they have great
merit. but for our justification. II 10
capital blunder; as you discover,
when another man recltes his chari-
ties.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19

One Of the eastern papers has been
discussing the subject Of "The Sort
Of Women Men Admire" Consider
ing the sort OF women some of them
have married, tastes seem to differ
taking 1t for granted that they ad-
mired their wives in the first place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-19
HoRsEWHIPPED DOCTOR
Woman Awarded Verdict Of $500
Prescribed Gallon of Thiskey.

Plttsheld, Mass. Oct 17.-Mary w.
Jings who a year ago publicly horse
whipped DR. Hugo Schultz, in New
York. was awarded a verdict OF $4,000
in superior court. She alleged that
DIT. Shultz had failed to pay a note Of
$4,000 with interest and costs. Mr.
Schultz came into the limelight a few
months ago by prescribing gallon OF
whiskey for a friend in a no license
town