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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
YOUNG TRUANTS IN
old MILL WITH
FIRE BUILT
Used Floor Of the AIdine Mill For
a Fireplace
CAPTURED BY AN OFFICER
Three Boys Sentenced TO Eight
Months in Industrial School But
Put on Probation.

Three schOolboys, one of them 10
and the others IL years of age. were
before Judge Holden in mumci pal
court this morning and each of them
was sentenced to eight months in the
industrial school at Vergennes for tru-
ancy. The boys were placed in charge
Of Probation officer John Nash and
will not be taken to Vergennes if they
attend school regularly and behave
themselves.
The arrest of the boys this morning
probably prevented bad fire. They
had been missing from school and
Superintendent Varney heard they
were up in the old Aldine mill at The
corner of Elm and Putnam streets.
Trlant Officer Richard Hurley went
there and found them up stairs in the
building with blazing fire built right
on the wooden floor to warm the room
Luckily the floor was thick and did
not burn freely so that officer Hurley
was able to put out the fire without
any serious damage. The boys said
they were up there yesterday with an
other boy who was older and that
they had a fire on the floor then out
put 1t out when they left.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
THEATRE BURNED
AND HUNDREDS
CREMATED
Shocking Disaster in Mexican
City Of Acapulco
PICTURE FILM CAUGHT FIRE
Between ESQ and 800 Persons Known
to Have Been Roasted
Alive.

Mexico City Feb. 16.-Between $50
and 300 people were burned to death
and many were injured in a fire which
destroyed the Flores theatre in the
city of Acapulco Sunday night. The
Flores theatre was a wooden struc-
ture and over one thousand people
crowded into it to witness a special
performance given in honor of Gov
ernor Damian Flores of the state of
GuerrO, who was visiting the post at
the time.
One of the numbers consisted Of
series Of moving pictures. While the
operator was exhibiting these, film
caught fire and blaze was quickly
communicated to some bunting which
had been used for decorative purposes.
In a short time the flames spread to
all parts of the structure. There were
but three narrow exits, and the panic
stricken audience rushed to them,
many falling, to be crushed TO death,
their bodies choking the way of escape
to others.
The screams of those imprisoned
were terrifying. Owing to the rapid
ity with which the fire spread and its
intense heat it was impossible to at
tempt rescue work, and those impris.
oned were literally roasted alive, as
the fire burned with little smoke and
few were suffocated The efforts of
the fire department were confined to
attempting to save the adjoining build
ings, and they succeeded, so that the
property loss was small.
Pitiful scenes Of grief are being en-
acted on the streets of the little west
coast port. Men, women and children
are wandering from place to place
hunting for relatives or friends. Many
of the dead are from the first families
of the state, the affair at the theatre
being a social event of considerable
importance and calling out the wealth
lest and Oldest families for miles
around. In some instances entire fam
lilies were wiped out of existence.
The municipal authorities have
caused large trenches to be dug and
into these the remains of the dead
were laid. According to kilograms re-
ceived from there. recognition of the
dead has been an impossibility, owing
to the fact that the bodies were burn
ed in most cases to a crisp
kilograms sent to the American
consul at Acapulco asking for the
names of the American dead have as
yet not been answered.
Acapulco is on the west coast of
Guerrero and is one of the three i'm
portant ports of the Pacific coast of
Mexico. Nearly all of the steamer
lines make 1t port of call and the
harbor is accounted the best in Mex
leo.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
Bennington Has to Bow to the lnevl.
table-Scores Of Citizens
Prove Il.

After reading the public statement
OF this representative citizen of Ben
nington, given below, you must come
to this conclusions A remedy which
cured years ago, which has kept the
kidneys in good health since, can be
relied upon to perform the same work
in other cases. Read this:
Patrick Mcclure, living at 211 Ma.
pie street, Bennington, VT, says: 81
am pleased to reiterate all | said in
my former statement given in Deem.
Der, 1905 in favor of Doan's Kidney
Pills. have had no symptoms OF kid
ney trouble since using them and can
highly recommend them. Prior to
taking this remedy | suffered for some
time from dull pains in the small OF
my back and across my loins. Any
STOPPING sent sharp twinges through
my body and when caught cold my
trouble was always aggravated. |
was also very lame and sore in the
morning. Hearing a great deal in ia
vor of Doans Kidney Pills, decided
to give them trial and procured a
box. In a short time after taking
this remedy, l felt better and by the
time | had taken the contents of the
box | was cured ! am glad to en-.
dorse such valuable remedy as
Doans Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., New York
sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doan's--and
take no other
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
YOUNG HORSE THIEF IN JAIL
Ferrisbursh Boy Held Under $1,000
Bail for County Court.

Middlebury, Feb. 16.-George Steady
aged Is, who is held in $1,000 bail to
await trial in Addison county court,
now in session here, on the charge of
horse stealing, was brought to the
county Jail last night from Ferris
burgh by Deputy Sheriff Stephen Moo
nan of that town,
Steady was arrested at Shelburne
to which place the horse had been
driven from Ferrisburgh. The rig was
the property of a man who attended
church in that town Sunday and who
discovered his loss when the services
were at an end. The horse and car
riage had been hitched near the church
building and little difficulty was exper-
fenced by the authorities in tracing
them. Steady was taken back to Fer
risburgh after his arrest and was ar
raigned before Justice Kenyon.
The boy was taken from the Indus
trial school at Vergennes three years
ago and placed with a family at Fer
risburgh. Since then he had borne
a good reputation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
MRS. NELLIE VALLEY DEAD
Died Suddenly at Supper Table Mon,
day Evening.

A sad and sudden death occurred
Monday evening about o'clock when
Mrs. Nellie Valley dropped dead at
her home on Union street while eat
ing her supper Mrs. Valley was an
employe of the Bottum & Torrance col
lar shop and arrived home as usual
last night shortly after six. She i'm
mediately sat down to her supper.
which her mother who lives with ner
had prepared When she had nearly
finished eating hearty meal, her
mother, who was in the kitchen, heard
a saucer drop with crash to the
floor. The latter just reached the din
ing room in time to see her daughter
fall from the chair to the floor. A
physician was at once summoned and
in his opinion the woman had died
as soon as she collapsed and that
death was due to heart disease. Sew.
eral months ago Mrs. Valley had UNI
dergone an operation for appendicitis
and had since had trouble with her
heart at times.
The deceased was born in Green
wich, N, Y, SO years ago and had been
a resident of this town for over six
years. During this time she was a
faithful employe of the collar shop
and had made many friends among
her associates who were severely
shocked TO learn of her sudden and un-
timely death. She is survived by her
mother, Mrs. jeanette Montgomery,
two young sons, Charles Henry and
Harold Valley who reside in this
town. She also leaves one sister,
Mrs. Alma Stanley of North Bennlng,
ton.
A prayer will be said at the house
this evening at 1880 by Rev. Frank r.
Morris, pastor Of the Baptist church.
and the remains will be taken to Green
wich tomorrow on the early train.
where the regular funeral service will
be held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
The interment will be in the family
lot in the cemetery in that town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
SEVERE STORM
Visited THIS Town Last Night and
This Morning.

The worst storm of the winter oc-
CURED in this vicinity last night and
this morning. All during the night
large amount of sleet fell accompanied
by a brisk north breeze which made
1t all the more disagreeable. About
o'clock this morning the wind chang
ed to the south and rain started falling
in torrents. It froze as soon as 1t
reached the ground and covered every.
thing exposed with thick sheet of
ice.
The trolley cars made no pretense of
running on schedule time all the morn.
ing, only one car arriving here from
North Bennington before O'Clock.
The trains were also late OIL arriving
on account of the slippery condition
Of the rails.
Mail carriers suffered much incon-
venience in making their beat this
morning due not only to the fact that
nearly every lock on all the mail box
es was frozen and had to be thawed
out before being opened This in
some instances took the carriers sew
eral minutes.
Sleighing, however, is good and
with the prospects of snow and colder
weather tomorrow a few days run of
this novelty may be expected.
Although the telephone and tele-
graph wires are hanging limp under
their burden of ice no serious damage
has yet been caused by the storm to
the service in this section. 1t is fear
ed that If the wind rises before the
ice has chance to melt, many wires
may be down by morning,
A telephone message received at
noon from Rutland stated that traffic
in that city was practically at a stand
still and one of the worst storms ever
known had been raging in that city
all the morning, doing much serious
damage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
BLADDER TROUBLE.
Readily Relieved by This Simple Mix
ture Which Acts on Kidneys.

WV NNANH FNNAa QU fNihitCJos
Here is a prescription that anyone
can mix at home. Any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy can supply the ingredi-
ents named at little cost; being COM
posed of vegetable extracts, it is harm
less and inexpensive. Best of all it
does its work well, relieving even the
worst forms of bladder trouble, fire.
quent urination, baekache, kidney com
plant and by its direct action upon
the eliminative tissue of the kidneys,
makes these most vital organs rid
the blood and system of waste matter
and uric acid which causes rheuma-
tism.
Here it is: try it, if you suffer, Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three oun.
ces.
Shake well in bottle and take in
teaspoonful doses after each meal and
at bedtime.
Former sufferers often state that
one weeks use shows curative results
in nearly every instance, and such
symptoms as lame back, frequent de-
sire to urinate, pain in bladder and
even chronic rheumatism are gener-
ally relieved within few days, the
pain and swelling diminishing with
each dose.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16

o. and the Musketaquid Mills

Co, and the Musketaquid Mills
Lowell.
An official OF the new company
states that options have been secured
on a number Of mills. including some
of the most important plants in the
country. Negotiations are being con-
Quoted with the arrangements of these
plants, and If they can be secured on
a satisfactory basis they will be in
cluded in the combination. Others
may be rejected, and it is stated that
there is the possibility of the COM
pany building its own plants. Further
details are promised in the near
future.
1t will be remembered that the Uni
ted States Worsted Co was recently
incorporated under Maine laws with
an author and capital OF $4,000, 600. di.
vided equally between preferred and
common stock.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
DEMOCRATS HAVE
FILED COMPLETE
TOWN TICKET
Committee Selects Candidates
For SeIeCtmen
ROAD COMMISSIONER FIGHT
Independent Republican Nomination
Filed for Henry S. stratton in
District No. /

With the filing of the tickets con
tanning the list of nominations to be
voted upon at the coming town cleo
ton a number of changes and addi-
tons have been made to the results
achieved at the Saturday evening eau.
cuses.
AT the democratic caucus no nomi-
nations were made for the Office of
Iselectmen but the ticket as filed con
tains the names of L. II. Buss, Charles
II. Houghton and Henry Thompson.
The report of the nominating com.
mittee at the caucus contained the
names Of four men for the office of
lister but in the filing the name Of F.
p. Nolan has been omitted.
The report also contained the noml.
nation of o. NJ Barber for the office
Of town agent to prosecute suits, but
the nomination in the filing is given to
Charles A. Maurer
There is no nomination for the Of
fee of second constable.
The republican ticket is filed as
made at the. caucus but the town com.
mittee, in accordance with instruc-
tons, has filed a nomination for
Daniel J. Cullion for the Office of lis
ter.
A nomination for road commissioner
in district No. /, under the name of
Independent Republican" has been
filed for Henry s. Stratton. The
signers to the filing are VIM. West,
VIM. Stratton. Ora stratton and Rob
ert stratton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
BURKE FOR MAYOR
Nominated by Burlington Democrats
-Criticises Republicans.

Burlington, Feb. 16.-James Il.
Burke, seven times candidate for may
or of Burlington and four times chief
executive of>the city, received another
nomination Saturday night and will
be the standard bearer of the Demo
cratic party in the approaching mu-
nicipal campaign. The caucus was
largely attended and the nomination
was unanimous. John r. Kelley pre-
sided with r. A. Delany as secretary
The name of Mr.. Burke was presented
by M. G. Leary, the nomination being
seconded by Michael Mckenzie and
made unanimous on motion of John
Kelley.
Mr.. Burke in accepting the nomina-
tion made characteristic speech. He
issued a challenge to Mayor Bigelow-
il he is a candidate to succeed him
self to meet him in public debate
on the issues of the campaign and up
on his two years stewardship. Mr.
Burke branded as false Mayor Bige
lows statement as to the reduction of
the deficit in the city's finances He
was drastic in his criticism of the
Bigelow administration, asserting
that the present mayor Increased the
tax rate 10 cents on a dollar and Mr.,
Bigelow had $4,000 more money than
he (Burke) ever had with which to
meet municipal expenses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
UNITED STATES woRsTED co
viii Absorb Mayhower Mills at North
Adams.

The United States Worsted Co. has
commenced business with a paid-in
capital of 100000. This is stock
which has been sold at par and will
be added to as additional stock is dis
posed of.
1t is stated that no options have as
yet been exercised. though it is a fore
gone conclusion that the plants with
which the directors are associated
will form the nucleus of the new cor
poration. These include the Earns
cliffe Worsted Mills, Providence, R.
L.; Greenville (R. H. Wooden Co.;
Mayfower WOrsted Mills, North Ad-
ans; Paramount Worsted Mills, Prov
idence; the Saugus Manufacturing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
RANsAckED SUMNER HOMES
ValuabIes Taken From Cottages al
Dorset.

Dorset, Feb 16.-Cottages belonging
to the late Rev. Dr. Prentiss and the
estate of H S. Prentiss of New York
City and also the summer home of A.
w. Harrington of Troy, N. Y, were
broken into and ransacked and solid
silver and other valuables taken some
time last week. This makes no less
than seven places that have been bro
ken into here this winter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
BODY HANGING IN WOODS
Erdix Drown of North Troy Missing
Since November.

North Troy, Feb. Enlightenment
was caused Saturday afternoon by the
discovery of dead body hanging to
the limb of tree near the railroad
track north of the station, near the
village 1t was clearly a case Of
suicide, as hanging had been accom-
plished by means Of a small clothes
line.
Investigation proved It to be the
body Of Erdix Drown, who disappear
ed from his home here early In Nov
ember. Undertaken Hammond, took
charge Of the body. Drown is sur.
ylved by a wife and two sons. The
body had been concealed by the
bushes throughout the winter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
Notice.

A special meeting of the Stock.
holders of the Bennington Park Lawn
Cemetery will be held at the office
OF o. M. Barber Tuesday Feb 2Sd.
at 1880 o'clock p m.
To see II they will amend Sec. 1
Article 8 of the Bylaws to permit the
sale of lots on the installment plan
and to regulate the lnterment in and
removal of bodies from lots not fully
paid for
II. p. Woodman
Clerk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16

Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that
may develop into pneumonia over
night are quickly cured by Foley's
Honey and Tar, and 1t soothes In
famed membranes, heals the lungs,
and expels the cold from the system,
-Quinlan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
Defense Of Old Eathsr lima.

We all change. but that's with
Time; Time does his work honestly,
and ! don't mind him. A flg for Tlmel
Use him well and he's a hearty fellow,
and scorns to have you at a disad,
vantage. Dickens.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
Culture in Kansas.

Women are versatile. At recent
meeting of womans club In Atchison
the following papers we're read. Dogs
and Their Diseases" The Boy Who
Swears-What Must We Do to Him."
Household and Drudgery." How to
Study Shakespeare" and "Isben. -
Atchison Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
STOCK QUOTATIONS

Noon Quotations from J. r. WllIlston
6 Co. to Bennington Security Co.
The following noon quotations were
received today by the Bennington Sc
curity company from ] r. Williston &
company of New York by special
wira.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
ON INAUGURAL COMMITTEE

Walter A. Dane, Formerly Of Manehes
ter Receives Appointment
Manchester, Feb. 16.-Walter A.
Dane. a former teacher at Burr and
Burton seminary, in this village and
now secretary to T. A. Newberry. sec
rotary of the navy, has been appointed
a member of the inaugural committee
in charge Of the arrangements for the
Inauguration of Presidentelect Taft.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
The aPled Plner.y

A New York normal school examin-
alton had among its questions; What
is the educational value of The Pied
Piper OF HamelinY" would-be teach.
er answered: "a Pied Piper teaches
children to be kind TO animals. espe-
cially rats"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16
WILL CLOSE PLANT
Federal Packing Company Of ST. Al.
bans to suspend Operations

st. Adams, Feb. 1.-THE Federal
Packing company OF EnOsburgh Falls
has served notices to its patrons that
owing to unsettled trade conditions
the plant will be closed until April l.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16

THEoDosiA:
Gold Medal Flour makes llghtest bread
1un
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-16

All sizes up to so waist Every one cut from
higher prices.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-09-08
Locates at Wheeling.

Mr.. and Mrs w. w. Smith expect to
leave today for Wheeling. where they
VIII make their home. Mr.. Smith will
practice law with the firm of Allen &
Whlte, the members being Guy II. G..
Alien and Colonel Robert White. both
OF whom are we'll known here and
throughout the state. Mr. Smiths Nor
gantown friends Will be sorry that he is
TO leave MCrgantown, but glad that he
mas formed such excellent professional
connections in the First City. They ioin
me New Dominion in wishing him all
kinds of success.
Mr.. Smith las been actively connect
ed with number of the most import
ant enterprises of the city anG. its suburbs
ana mas had hls part IN the advancement
OF Morgantown TO position among the
hIst cities of the state He has cnioyed
a ialr share of the law practice afforded
by Morgantown and its contiguous ter
Iltory' and Will no doubt be fully rs
successful in his new location. MORGAN
town New Dominion.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-09-08
Dickson, w. Va.

Ed. Wilkinson and Hayes Ward
were seen working the road on
Beech Fork the other day.
Samuel l.. Barbour. who eradu.
ated at Marshall college las, June.
has gone TO Matewan where he viii
act as principal of the high school
this year.
Miss Addie Smith il teachino
the Walnut Grove school ON Mil.
ler's Fork, and Orfa Ferguson is
teaching Reuben's Branch school.
Beech Fork,
Our Teachers Reading circle wa:
grand success Friday evening, not
withstanding the rain. When peo.
pie are IN earnest a little falling
water does not interfere with then
work. The whole program was
rendered, not oL or title being
omitted, nor did "A single teacher
whimper or asked to be excused.
1t our teachers work on after this
fashion they will soon succeed in
raising their grades. Our teacher,
are certainly wide awake this year
Tobacco upon thousand hills i,
turning yellow in the soft autumna
sUnshire and is looking more lik,
gold each day.
A good many of our farmers ar,
putting their corn In the shock, al
though the frost is not yet on tn,
pumpkin vines.
.. {. Dick has a fine lot of on
IONS grown from the seed.
VIM. +. Paine closes mis- sincin,
school at Kellogg this week. H
Will now teach school on Lynn.
V. A. Bloss has taken the eagle
hawk to Huntington, where Their
is plenty of fresh meat. Volley will
get little needed rest now. Thi
voracious bird has kept him prett,
busy the past summer.
f. r. Spurlock is still crying
Water boy. Water boy." =
don't know whether Ed. wants wa
ter or not.
Respectfully,
Sept. 4, 1909. DAN PArcu.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-09-08
Burne'S Ancient hiStOru.

After a long period of commendable
silence George Byrne has broken loose
again, says the Wheeling Intelligencer,
this time with u revival of the ancient
financial comparisons which show that
the present cost OF administering the
states government is two and half
times what il was under Governor Mac
Corkle. This matter was thoroughly
discussed and ventilated and threshed
oyer and debated during the last state
campaign, and Brother Byrne must
have been very shy Of news material
when he chose { for a timely newspaper
discussion. He might as well have re-
opened the discussion of the whiteman' s
ty in such good stead.
The reason it costs more to support
the state government now than it did
10 or 30 years ago is because there is
more to support. Under the present adj
ministration the free schools of the
state are receiving twice as much
money from the state as they did under
MacCorkle's reign. Moreover, 900
new school houses have been built and
there is nota child in the state that is
not within easy distance of school
house whereas under Gov. MacCorkle
schoolhouses We're few and far between.
Three new miners ho pitfalls, the girls
Industrial shcoo', the Huntington asy
lum for incurables, the keyser prepare
tory school have been added to the list
of state institutions since Gov. Mac
Corkle retired. The capitol annex has
been built. Nearly every other state
institution has been rebuilt since ther
and large additions doubling and trip
ling their capacities have been made tC
all of them. The state university is
four times the institution it was under
Gov. MacCorkle, and the usefulness of
all the other institutions has been cor
respondingly increased.
All these things cost money and it is
money well spent, but there is nothing
new about it, the entire field having
been eXhaustively reviewed in the last
campaign. Incidentally. 1t might be-
remarked that though expenditures
have been increased the state has man
aged to reduce the volume of taxes it
collects from the owners of property.