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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
TWENTY.eIoHT IN MINE.


Rush of Mad In Midvalley Colliery
Has Closed Up Exits.
POTTSVIILE, Pa. Feb. 1S.--Twen-
ty-eight miners were imprisoned in the
Midvalley colliery, near Mount Carmel
by the breaking Of a dam Of water
which had formed in a drift and caused
q rush Of mud into gangway where
the men were at work. A party of res.
cuers endeavOred to reach the-entomb.
ed men, and shortly after O'clock last
night they were given encouragement
by sounds of digging from the inside
Later shot was also heard, indicating
that the men were at work to effec,
their own rescue and also giving assur'
ance that the air Is good.
Among the men entombed are a nun
Der of experienced miners, and 1t Is
believed that 1t will be possible to ef
feet the. rescue of all the men unless
some Of them should have met death
by being smothered In the rush of mud
when the dam broke through the gang
way. Seven of the number are Ameri
cans. They are: Peter Roberts, miner
Mount Carmel; George Smith, driver
Mount Carmel; William Farley, loader
Connersville; James McGovern, start
er, Midvalley; Albert Ford, loader
Mount Carmel; Charles Becker, miner
Midvalley; Bernard Shannon. miner
MidvalIey.
The other entombed men are foreign
ers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
The Badge Of Honesty

u on every wrapper Of Doctor Piercss
Golden Medical Discovery because full
list OF the ingredients composing 1t 10
printed there In plain English. Forty
years OF experience has provon its superior
worth as blood purifier and invlgorat-
ing tonicfor the cure OF stomach disorders
and all liver Ills. 1t builds up the rum
down system as no other tonic can In
which alcohol Is used. The active medic-
inal principles Of native roots such as
Golden Seal and Queens root, Stone and
Mandrake root, Bloodroot and Black
Cherrybark are extracted and preserved
by the use Of chemically pure, triple
refined glycerine. Send TO DR.. R. v. Pierce
at Buffalo, N. Y, for free booklet which
quotes extracts from well-recog med
zeal authorities such as Drs. BarthoIow,
King. ScuddeE, Coe. EllIngwood and ,
host OF others, showing that these roots
can be depended upon for their curative
action IL all weak states OF the stomach,
accomplished by indigestion or dyspepsia
Is well Is mall bilious or liver complaints
and In 6l/fwasting diseases where there
Is loss<6xllesh and gradual running down
Of tNtstrength and system.
: The nGolden Medical Discovery makes
Rich, pure blood and sol InvIgorates and
fegulates The stomach. LIVER aud bowels.
and through them. lhe whole system.
Thus all skin affections. blotches, pimples
and eruptions as well as scrofulous swell
lings and old open running sores or ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, It IL we'll TO In
sure their healing TO apply TO them DR..
Pierce's All-Heahng Salve. Ifyour drug
gist don't happen to have this Salve In
stock, send fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DIR. r. v. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y, and
. large box OF the rAll- Healing Salve
will reach you by return post.
You can't afford to accept secret nos
trum as substitute for this non alcoholic,
medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, not
even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make little bigger profit.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
- candy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
CAPITOL GRAFT.


sanderson shows How Much More
He Might Have Charged.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The
trial of the conspiracy suit against Con.
tractor John II. Sanderson, former Au-
ditor General Snyder, former State
Treasurer Mathues and former Super.
intendent Of Grounds and Buildings
Shumaker was resumed In the Dauphin
county court Following the precedent
of his associates In their opening
speeches to the jury for the defense,
counsel for Shumaker laid all RESPONSE
bllity for alleged Irregularities in con-
nection with the furnishing of the capt.
tol upon Joseph NJ. Huston, the archi-
tect.
John Kaufman of Philadelphia, a de-
signer Of furniture, who was in the EN-
ploy Of Sanderson when the latter was
given the contract for capitol furnish
ings, testified to the measurements of
the sixty-five sofas mentioned In the
indictment for the purpose Of showing
that Sanders0n did not charge for as
many feet as he might have under
his contract. According to Kauffman's
testimony, sofa for which Sanderson
charged the state $3S0.40 as containing
twenty-One feet actually measured six
ty-four and one-fourth surface feet
and could have been billed at 81, 1872 20.
A table measuring two feet six inches
long and two feet six inches wide, for
which Sanders0n charged the state
$64.4O, according to Kauffman's testi-
mOny contained twenty-three surface
feet and should have cost the state
$423.20. Sanderson furnished the state
clothes trees at $3.50 each. each As
containing one and one-half feet. The
revised measurements made by Kauff-
man show each tree to contain eight
and One-half surface feet" and each
should have cost the state $158.40.
Kaufman said the IS sofas, 80 OBJ
long tables. "a oval tables, 90 round
tables, square tables and AS clothes
trees mentioned In the indictment
measured 12,400 square feet. At the
various per foot prices charged San
derson could have collected $3.50. GLASS,
according to the witness. Sanderson
charged the state $4041T.S0.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
Rob Counties. Won w.rten.,ebea.

BERLIN. Feb. IA pearl necklace
i've feet in length and pin of ex-
traordinary beauty, valued at 100000.
have been stolen from the Countess
Won Wartensleben here. Upon her re-
turn from the opera Saturday evening
she placed the necklace and pin Ia II
jewel case in her dressing room and
then went to supper. Returning in
about half an hour. she opened the
jewel box to place other articles in 1t
and found that the necklace and pin
were missing. The countess Is the
wife of General Alexander Won War
tensleben of the cavalry. who is a
warm personal friend OF the emperor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
Rheumatism
Cured Free
A FuII.sized 75c Bottle Of Uric-0, The
Only Absolute Cure for Rheu-
matism Ever Discovered.

We want every man or woman who
suffers from Rheumatism and has lost
all faith in remedies to write us to-
day for an absolutely free trial of the
famous Smith Prescription. Uric-O, for
rheumatism. Uric-O will cure II to
stay cured. No faith Is required while
taking this superb remedy. You take
II according to directions and you will
be cured in spite of yourself and any
doubts you may have as TO its eff
cacy. We don't ask you to buy Uric.
o on faith. Well buy a large 75c
bottle for you and make you present
of it II you will agree TO take n ac-
cording to directions.
We could not afford to do this II
we didn't have all the confidence In
the world In Uric-O and know that af'
ter you are cured you would have no
hesitancy about recommending the
remedy to all your friends and &C
quaintances who are suffering from
Rheumatism. This is the method that
has made Uric-O famous wherever in
troduced. The cure Of several so
called Rheumatic Incurables In COM
munity means steady sale of Uric
o In that vicinity. Uric-O is good for
Rheumatism and Rheumatism only
1t acts upon the blood by driving the
uric acid and poisonous rheumatic
acid from the system. This is the
only way rheumatism can ever be
cured and II Is the Uric-O way. Most
druggists sell Uric-O but II you wan,
to test it, cut out this notice and mai
it today with your name and address
and the name of your druggist to the
Smith Drug Co., l6S Smith Building
Syracuse, ~ Y. and they will give
you through the druggist full sized
75c bottle free.
Uric-O Is sold and personally rec
commended in Bennington by b. A
Quinlan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Subscribers to the Banner should
bear in mind that hereafter all sub
scriptions must be paid in advance.
because of the positive rule made by
the postofiice department that only
paid in advance papers can be sent
through the mails at the low second
class rate of newspaper postage. This
rule went into effect January l, 1908
and daily papers are given only three
months to get their hs,s on a paid in
advance basis. All the subscribers Of
the Banner will please bear this in
mind as we shall be compelled to dis.
continue on April LIST all papers sent
through the mail not paid In advance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
Sweden ana Ru..,. MAJ. rlxht.

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 1.-THE rela
tons between Sweden and Russia are
decidedly strained at present. The ten
sion has arisen because Russia insists
upon being released from the agree
ment made when Sweden surrendered
Finland that no naval stations or. forti
ications should be established ON tn,
Finnish shores adjacent TO Sweden
The part taken by Russia In the Nor
wegian integrity treaty and her pres
ent attitude on the Baltic CLOSED sea
question also have greatly irritatet
Sweden.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
Submarine. ON Long voyage.

NEW YORK, Feb. T.-Trailing in
the wake of the United States gun
boat Hist three little submarines, the
Viper, Tarantula and Cuttlefish, put
out to sea on a voyage hoped TO be the
longest ever taken by vessels of this
type The immediate destination OF
the fotilla is the Delaware capes.
whence it will proceed later to Hamp-
ton Roads for maneuvers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
sanini 10 M,gnon Nevnan.

FLORENCE, Feb, 17.-Tommaso Sal
vini. the actor. has written Il letter OF
congratulation TO Miss Mignon Nevada.
the daughter of Emma Nevada, on her
success of Saturday evening, when she
appeared here as Rosina In the Bar
Der of Seville lie sent her also his
photograph with his autograph. which
read, From u veteran artist to a
youthful singer" He expressed regret
that he had been unable to go person
ally to Rome TO see her, illness pre-
venting him from travelling.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
NO SECRET re-Ary.
German Ambassador Denies Kaiser
Would TnIxe Part With Turkey.

German Ambassador Denies Kaiser
would Take Part with Turkey.
+ WASHINGTON. Feb. II. = Cable
grams from London and 81 Feters-
burg recently published Ia American
newspapers on the Balkan situation
and the, North sea treaty questioning
Germany's sincerity with regard to her
announced policies regarding those
matters were called to the attention OF
Baron Sternburg, the German ambas-
sador at Washington.
The ambassador declared the pub
lished statements made II appear as II
Germany Is creating trouble in Europe
by refusing to adhere to the rules OF
reform In Macedonia laid down by the
Muerzsteger Programm and even hint
ed, he added, at the existence of d
secret treaty between Germany. Aus
tria and Turkey The ambassador
statement follows:
These statements are absolutely
false and unfounded No such treaty
has ever been concluded. On the con
trary, Germany will give her full as
sistance to any steps taken by Aus
tria and Russia In accordance with the
Muerzsteger Programm. The German
government further agrees-in prlnci
ples-with the judicial reform favored
by England and has directed her rep
resentative at Constantinople to sign /
new collective note to the sublime
porte. With regard to the railway con
cessions in the Balkans, a question
started exclusively by the Austrlai
government, Germany is doing he
best to relieve the tension"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18

PESHAWUR, British India, Feb. IL.
The British expedition under Major
General Sir James Willcocks sent out
by the government TO the Bazaar val
ley, on the northwestern frontier, to
punish the Zakkakhels, powerful
tribe of Afridis, who have been raiding
villages in that territory, surprised the
tribesmen by a rapid advance and
utter skirmish seized their stronges,
position on hill above Walai. The
British had one man killed and one
wounded. The troops continued their
ADVANCE against the tribe
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
A WELCOME AT LIMA.
Torpedo Flotilla Made Dangerous
Hun to Talcahuano In Safety.


Torpedo Fiotilla Made Dangerous
Run to Talcahuano In safety.
LIMA, Peru, Feb. 1.-THE American
feet, which is steaming up the west
coast of South America, is expected to
arrive at Callao on Thursday, and the
government has ordered that Rear Ad-
miral Evans be rendered the honors OF
vice admiral. The cruiser Coronel
Bolognesi left Callao Saturday night to
meet the fleet and escort 1t into that
port.
Everything is in readiness at Lima
and Callao for glorious welcome to
the American visitors, for whose en-
tertainment committees and individ-
uals have been arranging fetes of vari-
Gus kinds for the past month. The
official programme, which, however,
has not yet been completed, includes a
great banquet which will be given by
President Parde to the rear admiral In
command and $50 officers In commem-
grafton Of Washington's birthday.
On Friday Admiral Evans, II his
health permits, and his staff will visit
the president Of the republic, and the
visit will be returned on board the
Connecticut. A bullfight has been fix
ed for Monday, at which 1t is expected
nearly all the officers and at least 5000
Of the sailors will have an opportunity
to see the sport Of the country.
The torpedo fiotilla is at Talcahuano
taking in all about six and half days
for the passage from Punta Arenas
through the Magellan strait, Smyth
channel and the inner channels to that
port.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 1T.--Secre-
tary OF War William H. Taft address.
ed big gathering In Footguard hall.
He discussed the relations Of capital
and labor, raying that II capital found
1t desirable to organize for the protec.
ton of It's interests labor had an equal
right to do the same. always remem.
bering that violations of labor laws
would be punished just as severely. as
certainly. as the misdeeds of capital
He also discussed the Panama canal
predicting its completion In five years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
Bust Of Roosevelt From Urugua,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.--A bust Of
President Roosevelt made by an asso
citation of artists Of Uruguay was taken
to the state department from the Uru
guayan legation, with request thai
arrangements be made for IT'D presenta
ton to the president ut the White
House. The bust Is mounted on the
back of an eagle with spread wings
the eagle resting on miniature globt
on which are traced the outlines Of
North and South America.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
Special Announcement Regarding the
National Pure Food and Drug Law

We are pleased to announce that Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds,
and lung troubles Is not affected by the
National Pure Food and Drug Law as
II contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs, and we recommend 1t an safe
remedy for children and adults. Quin.
lan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18

Grippe Is sweeping the country.
Stop 1t with Preventics before It gets
deeply seated. To check early colds
with these little Candy Cold Cure Tab
lets is surely sensible and safe. Pre-
ventics contain no Quinine, no Taxa
tive, nothing harsh or sickening.
Pneumonia would never appear II
early colds were promptly broken. AL.
so good for feverish children. Large
box, As tablets, Is cents. Vest pocket
boxes s cents. Sold by all dealers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
For Sale

1853 acres; good house and several
barns. located 2 miles from White
Creek Creamery, on good road,
plenty Of fruit, water at buildings,
saving timber worth more than one
half the value Of place, keeps Is cows
and team: land faces the south and
work can all be done by machinery.
an excellent place for large fruit
farm as II is protected from north
and west winds. Price $4,000. $500
down
49 acres; large IA room house, barn,
wagon shed, smoke house, corn
house. and creamery, water at all
buildings, plenty of fruit. large beauti.
full front yard and number of shade
trees. A nice place to keep summer
boarders, located In the most promi.
nent part OF SALISBURY Center where
the scenery Is unsurpassed. Price
$4,000 with $1,000 down, will exchange
for renting property.
Good room house, new barn worth
three hundred dollars, running water
at house, located on East Main street
Price $500, $500 can remain on place
II you want to buy farm or VII.
lage place come and see me before
you buy as have very large as
sortment in my hands to select from
It will cost you nothing to talk the
matter over.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18

A. G. Fisk to he Frisco's Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The sen.
ate confirmed the nomination of Ar.
thur g. Fisk to be postmaster at San
Francisco.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18

The best remedy known today for
all stomach troubles is Kodol which is
guaranteed to give prompt relief. II
is natural digestant; It digests what
you eat. 1t is pleasant to take. Sold
by D. A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18

OA. M<3 EE = "A.
a.....h. <,rse Kind You Have Always Bought
: c; e MeM : 4; 3 : 4 :
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-18
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable,

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
LApLAN0 HAS MAN, RESOURCES.
Recent Efforts to D5velop Them Are
Full of Prornise.

Within recent period efforts have
been made to develop the natural re-
sources of Lapland, and there seems
to be a considerable economic future
in store for this region, which is es-
pecially due to the large deposits of
iron ore. A great step was the build
ing of the transLapland railroad,
which was finished in 1903 With the
annex lines which are building it will
soon put Lapland in connection with
Tornea, in Finland, with st. Peters
burg and with the eastern region. The
Stockholm Narvik railroad line which
runs north and south, has length of
$50 miles. The transverse east-west
line starts from Lulea, Swedish
Lapland port on the Gulf of Bothnia,
and ends at the Norwegian port of
NalVlk (299 miles,, passing by the
mines of Gellivara and Kiruna. These
latter mines, which have been worked
only since 1902, We're known as long
back as 1885. The ore is taken out
from the surface in an open digging
Each day there are six trains of IS
cars of So tons sent to Narvik The
annual product of the mine is 1,4O0,-
600 tons, The town of kiruna, with
its attractive frame houses, has only
four years existence NJ Parmentier
secretary of the ST. Quentin Geological
society, recently made an interesting
conference at Paris upon the trans
Lapland railroad, in which he showed
that Lapland, now connected with the
international railroad systems, will
open field for immigrants, who can
find remunerative work there.-Scien-
tific American.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Audubon Celebration

Old Sol came out in his blaze of
glory as if be was to have q hand in
our celebration "and he did too" for
all day Friday he was under a cloud
and many heart felt how welcome
he would be to only give us few
hours of his majestic reprieve Con-
ditions were so modified with his ap-
pearance Saturday that the commit
tees who had arranged chill of fare''
for the amusements of the many who.
favored US with their presence, that
when night came all expressed them
selves as well satisfied with their few
hours variation from hard work and
thank the committees for providing so
many free attractions. Everything
was as good as heart could wish for.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Like Some Men.

Mrs. Belle De Rivera, president of
the Equal Suffrage League of New
York, said, at a recent dinner:
WED have had the suffrage, we
women, long ago, We're it not that,
where women are concerned, men are
inclined to be a little unfair, little
churlish.
Their treatment of women is on a
par with old Hiram Doolitttle's treat.
ment of his wife. He made her keep
a cash account, and he would 90 over
it every night. growing and grumbling
like this:
Look here, Hannah-mustard
plasters, so cents; three teeth ex.
tracted, two dollars. There's $3.50 in
one day spent for your own private
pleasure. Do you think I'm made OF
money!"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Usefulness Of Corn Starch

There are times-of frequent &C.
currence in the experience of every
housewife-when her dishes seem to
lack the essential element of variety.
when she feels that her family has
become weary of her cooking, and
when the daily routine becomes to
her mohotonous drag.
Certain dishes, however, must be
prepared frequently, and the problem
resolves itself into making these in a
new and better way. 1t is right that
the housewife may receive valuable
aid from the use of corn starch to add
new and pleasing flavor te many
dishes, making them more nourishing
and digestible.
Two OF Americas most eminent
cooking authorities, Alice Cary Wa
terman and Janet VI. Hill, have made
q careful study of this subject and its
possibilities, using the old reliable
Kingsford's Oswego Corn Starch, a
kind that both recommend.
The result reveals methods of pre-
pairing some of the more common ar
ticles of every day cooking that tend
to decidedly remove them from the
common place. For example, blanc
mango or other pudding made of this
famous product is most excellent
when served with sauce of fresh or
etewed fruits poured over it, forming
a dessert which may be served in win
ter as we'll as in summer. Mayor
naise and other dressings are found tc
be smoother and of better flavor when
prepared with thiscorn starch; soups,
gravies and sauces of all sorts are al
SO greatly improved by it.
Kingsford's is famed for it's abso-
lutte purity and uniformly high quail
ity-'Sixty-six Years of Superiority
1t is particularly desirable on account
OF its remarkable delicaoy, taking
perfectly the daintiest flavors.
in "Original Recipes and Cooking
Helps" book prepared by the
above mentioned authorities, are gil
ven more than hundred novel waye
In which corn starch will aid the
busy cook. T. Kingsford & Son, o.
wego, New York (National Starch
Company, SuccessorS, manufactures
of Kingsford's Osvego Corn Starch,
will mail copy OF this book to any
any address free of charge upon re-
qaest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
WRECK RESULTS FATALLY.
One Killed and Several Badly In.
iured in Collision.

Des Moines.-W. H. Urbahns. bag
gageman and brakeman on the Rock
Island Island interurban, was killed
and several people were injured in a
wreck that occurred when a Great
Western engine with caboose and
extra tank backed into the Rock Is.
land local near East Seventeenth
street.
When the truck of the Great West
ern train hit the smoking car of the
local it was torn from its tender and
the smoking car was turned over on
its side, completely demolishing it
and holding several passengers pris.
oners until help could arrive or they
could break their own way out.
Brakeman Urbahns was standing in
the baggage car when the crash came.
The impact sent him hurting across
the car against a large trunk, cut.
ting deed cash in his head which
rendered him unconscious. Other
passengers were hurled against the
other side of the car, some sustaining
serious injuries, other only slight
brouses.
Conflicting stories arise as to the
real cause of the wreck Both trains
were making for the crossing and it
seems misunderstanding arose be-
tween the engineers as to who had the
right Of way