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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
SUIT
AGAINST NEW
YORK WORLD
Washington Correspondents
SubpOenaed To Gotham
UNCLE SANS FIRST LIBEL
inferred That Action Will Be Taken
Against the Publisher and Not
Members of staff.

Washington, Jan. 1S-Six Washing
ton correspondents of outof-town pap
ers and local newsboy have receiy-
ed subpoenas to appear before fed
eral grand jurors and gave testimony
presumably in connection with state
ments appearing in the newspapers
bearing on the Panama canal pur-
chase, So far as it has been possible
to ascertain, the following were the
only ones cited: Otto Carmichael,
Charles S Albert and f. Jesse Con
way, all of the New York World staff
James Hornaday, Indianapolis News;
jeremiah Matthews, New York Sun;
Harris NJ. Crist, Brooklyn Eagle and
William Smith, boy who sells New
York papers here
With the exception of Mr.. Crist, who
was commanded to go TO New York
and present himself this morning be-
fore the grand jury of the Circuit
Court for the Southern district the
parties are directed to appear before
the federal grand jury of the District
of Columbia Tuesday morning The
World staff also were directed to bring
with them files of the paper for Sep
| TENDER October, November and Dec
| ember, 1908, lin the case of United
| States VS.. the Press Publishing Com
pany;' Publishers of the New York
World. All of the parties when inter
viewed declared that they were wholly
ignorant of the nature of the case re-
garding which they were called upon
TO testify
There is doubt here that the sub
poenas all have to do with suit for
libel which il is believed has been
brought by the government in New
York against the World 1t was the
publisher of the New York Sun in
connection with that of the Indiana
polls News, Messrs. Laffan and Dele
van Smith, whom the President in a
! letter dated December ! last, to vii.
! liam Dudley Foulke. in response to
one from him, severely denounced,
and in his special message to Congress
of December 49, regarding the charges
of corruption by or on behalf of the
| government III NHt uldllcI vi the
canal purchase, the President an
nounced that the attorney general had
under consideration information which
proceedings for libel against Mr. Pull
liter should be brought
Nowhere in the annals of the govern
ment has such action been taken as
the United States suing for criminal
libel The President in his message
was most emphatic in saying that it
should not be left to a private citizen
to enter the suit, and he was particu'
lar 10 state that he did not believe
we should concern ourselves with the
particular individuals who wrote the
lying and libelious editorials. articles
from correspondents or articles in the
news columns The real offender is
Joseph Pulitzer editor and proprie-
tor of the World 1t is therefore in
ferred that the correspondents were
summoned as witnesses and not with
the ultimate idea of making them CO
defendants
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
CO[OREO RACE HAS
DESTINY IN ITS
OWN HANDS
PreSident.EIect Taft Tells Ne
groes South Needs Them.
SOLUTION OF RACE QUESTION
They Can Make Themselves lndispen-
sibIs and Thus Solve Many
Problems.

Augusta. Ga, Jan 1s-Prssident.
elect Taft described in unmistaksbls
terms his friendly attitude toward the
negro race in a speech he delivered
yesterday afternoon before a mass
meeting OF negro men under the aus
pices OF the Colored Young Mems
Christian Association OF this city. He
deplored the race prejudice which
exists, saying:
You have your own destiny to
carve out / don't mean to say that
you have not obstacles before you.
and | deeply sympathize with your
feeling with reference to the injustice
that arises from race prejudice and
race feeling OF thoughtless and wicked
men. know how 1t cuts to the quick.
but on the other hand you know in
your hearts that there are in the
South many noble white men who be-
lieve that the uplifting OF the South
is largely In the uplifting OF the negro
and he is the chief instrument him
self to bring that about.
When you make yourselves indis-
pensible to a community from a ma
terial standpoint, there is likely TO be
modification OF unjust prejudice
The idea that the South can afford to
have the negroes transplanted to some
other country to me always sounded
like joke. They tried that in Mis-
siss ippi. They were only going to
move the negroes. not out OF the coun-
try to Africa, but across the river.
They had riot when they tried So
| of course that is absurd.
But II the negro would be respect
ed he must make himself worthy Of
respect He must cultivate those vir-
tues of providence, OF industry, of
| thrift, which will make him respected
| as laborer. as a farmer, as a skilled
mechanic, as man contributing to
the wealth of the community In which
| he lives, and without whose aid the
accumulation OF that wealth Is i'm
possible.
Now, my friends, | have said all
ought TO say. only want TO add what
I always want to add before a colored
audience, that you are Americans
| The idea OF transplanting you Is ut
terly absurd. The only flag you know
is the flag OF the Stars and Stripes,
and you are OF race which has given
up their lives and moistened the
ground with their blood in defense of
| that flag and will continue TO do so.
Therefore as the President OF the
United States, so to be, II the Lord
spares me until the Fourth OF March.
| must feel that l had not discharged
my duty in coming into this country
II spoke at all without speaking to
the colored people, as an important
part OF the South, and as Americans
entitled to the same earnest concern
that | hope the Lord may give me to
manifest with respect to . whole
united people"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
Man in Dress Suit and Woman Decolee Gown Prove

the Providence division of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Rail
road. and destroyed the bicycle track
and q large pavilion used for eXhibi-
tiOn purposes. Six horses in one Of
the buildings were burned II is said
that the total damage was above $780,
900.
There were six garages, including
several used chiefly for repairs, in the
big storage station formerly the rail
road freight shed The principal oc-
cupaRts were the Park Square Auto
Company. the Boston Motor Company,
the Rambler Motor Company, the
Boston Auto Exchange, the Concord
Motor Car Company and the repair
shop of the MaTmon Company.
There were about twenty workmen
in the building when the fire started,
but all managed to get away, although
several of them had narrow escapes.
The fire was the largest in this city
since last summer Coming Just be-
fore dawn, with buildings and trees
coated with sleet from last nights
storm, the spectacle when the firemen
reached the scene was an imposing
one. That portion of the city south
of the Common was brilliantly illu-
minated for the garage seemed to
burst into flame like one great torch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
VITAL STATISTICS
Health Officer Stillson's Report for
tho Year 1908.

hUO NGaI iSOe.
Between January /. and December
81. 1905 there were III cases Of con
tagious disease reported to the local
health department as follows: diph-
iberia, Is cases, no deaths whooping
cough 5, no deaths; pneumonia, 5.
AS there were l6 deaths from pneu-
monia. evidently some we're not re
ported. Erysipelas. 8; typhoid fever,
IS: measles, 20 no deaths, unless in
cluded under pneumonia or bronchitis.
Scarlet fever, 5; chicken pox, "A;
German measues. /; humps. 2.
During the year there were 100
deaths. as follows: Diseases incident
to and Immediately following prema-
ture and other births, 70; those Of
some form of heart, 10; kidneys, II;
pneumonia. 16; tuberculosis reported
to State Board, II; accidental, 2;
suicide, /; typhoid fever, 2; other
causes not classified, so. The NOR
tally rate for 1908, is 1926, as against
IFS for 1907
The fact that no deaths occurred
from diphtheria and scarlet fever is
somewhat exceptional in town of
the size of Bennington, even in Yer
mont. Quite a proportion Of cases of
cancer are included under the "un-
classified" heading Of so deaths. This
disease is on the increase. locally,
while the item under tuberculosis
is considerably less than in former
years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
NEW YORK BOSSES
TO GET ANOTHER
SNUBBING
Successor Tc Supt. Kelsey Not
of Their Selection
SHAKE-UP IN Department
Subordlnates Of Insurance Superin-
tendent Have Been on the
Band Wagon.
SHAKE.UP IN DEPARTMENT

Albany, Jan. 1S.-When the Legis-
lature meets again this evening, Gov.
Hughes will probably send to the Sen
ate confirming the nomination of
the State Superintendent of Insurance
he has selected to succeed Otto KEEL
sey, who resigned last Wednesday TO
become First Deputy State Controller
under Charles II. Gaus, the elective
head of the department.
That the name of Gov. Hughes APP
pointee will be that OF man not in
touch with the Republican organiza-
ton is safe prediction. Following
his usual custom, the Governor has
given no inkling as to whom he has
selected. 1t is known, however. that
neither ex-senator w. w. Armstrong,
ex-senator Alfred r. Page, nor any OF
the other men whose names have been
prominently mentioned for Otto Kel-
sey's place will be at the head of the
Insurance Department during the
second administration of Gov. Hughes.
1t was not until a couple OF days
ago that the Governor definitely made
up his mind in regard to the appoint
ment.
There is likely to be a great shake
- L.. .ho Tng,,rapca napartmaut
where under Kelsey, as well as under
his predecessor, Francis Hendricks OF
Syracuse, many proteges of the
bosses found soft berths.
No matter how much OF a stranger
the nominee for State Superintendent
OF Insurance may be, there is no like
lihood Of any trouble in the Senate
over his confirmation except the Gus
tomary protest that is almost certain
TO emanate from Senator Thomas F.
Grady as leader of the Democratic
minority.
There is not the slightest proba-
bility, however, that Senator Grady
will be able to hold up the confirma-
ton OF the Governors Superintendent
of Public Works Frederick L. Stew
ems. who was nominated for reappoint'
ment, and Prof Herbert Il. Cook OF
Denmark, the Democratic nominee
for the minoritys place on the new
State Highway Commission.
Both Supt. Stevens and Prof. Cook
will be confirmed at the Senate SEES
sion on Wednesday, when Senator
Rains. If necessary. will adopt aggres-
sive tactics to override the minority.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
That Clothes Don't Make Man the Lack Of Them the Wo
ANOTHER BURGLARY
Residence Of Harry C. Shields Broken
Into and Ransaeked.

INV aV0 RaHeaSNCds
The summer residence OF Harry c.
Shields of Troy At Bennington Centre
was entered BY thieves sometime
during the past few days and com
plstely ransacked from cellar to attic
Nothing is known to have been taken.
Hans Kelson, who has charge Of
the place during the winter. discover
ed Sunday night that the window on
the north side Of the house had been
smashed in and that evidently some
one had entered the house in this
way He at once telephone Mr..
Shields. The latter arrived here this
morning.
Together they made a thorough
search OF the house but could not see
that anything had been taken by the
thief. They discovered traces all
through the house where he had gone
with a candle and found a bunch of
keys in the wine cellar door, which
he had used in his search. The keys
were those OF Mr.. Shields.
This is the second house at Ben
nington Centre which has been en-
tered by thieves during the past week,
the other being that Of George Worth
ington. Presumably both were ran
sacked the same night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for th'
Next "a Hours.

For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont fair and colder tonight.
Tuesday probably increasing cloudi-
ness with rising temperature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
400 AUTOMOBILES
BURNED IN BIG
BOSTON FIRE
S75O.000 Goes Into Scrap in a
Single Halt Hour.
SIX GARAGES DESTROYED
. Twenty Workmen Have Narrow Es-
eape-Largest conflasrstion
in Six Months.
SIX GARAGES DESTROYED

Boston, Jan. 1S.-A pun OF fame
shot up from the rear of the most ex-
tensive automobile storage and repair
plant in the city, located near Park
Square, shortly before dawn yester-
day, and half an hour later more than
400 automobiles, valued at $75O,00O,
were a mass of tangled steel and iron.
The fire also spread to the old train
shed of the Park Square Railroad sta
ton formerly used as the terminal of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
HULL CHANDLER DEAD
Aged Resident Passed Away Saturday
Niqht After Months illness.

Hull Chandler, one of the Oldest
residents OF the town, died at the
home OF his daughter, Mrs. j. b.
Morse OF North street Saturday night
at 1l.30 o'clock after a months Illness.
Death was due to complication of di-
seases
Mr.. Chandler was born in Shafts
bury on May 2, 1928. He came to this
town when small child and has made
his home here ever since. He leaves
two daughters. Mrs. ]. b. Morse and
Mrs. Henry Fiske and one son, George
Chandler all of whom reside in this
town.
Mr.. Chandler besides being one of
the oldest residents of the town, was
also one of its best known and highly
respected citizens. His many friends
are grieved to learn of his death.
The funeral will be held from his
late home on Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Rev II. S. Rowe, pastor Of
the Methodist church will ofiiciate
The burial will be in the village Gene
terry.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
BESSIE CAMPBELL AGAIN
Fake Concert Promoter 10 still Sting
ing the GuIIlbIes.

ing the 1ulilpies.
Among the letters advertised last
week as remaining undelivered at the
Newburg, n. Y, post office are two
addressed to Miss Bessie Campbell
According to the Fishkill Herald she
is the woman who operated in that
village last summer, under the guise
of giving a concert on Mount Beacon
She obtained about 5000 for adver-
tisements to appear in a program
which was not printed. The woman
was caught at the Fishkill Landing
station by one of her victims and
she returned IS to him.
The Miss Campbell referred to is
undoubtedly the same woman, who
two years ago, engaged the Bennlng-
ton opera house for, a concert, sold
about 5000 worth Of tickets in ad'
vance, secured considerable adver-
Using for a program that was never
printed and departed,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
Great Reduction Sale Of Horse
Clothing.

AT Frears. Heavy Team Blankets
S4x90 inches. reduced to $3.50 each.
Seal brown Japanese Wolf robes,
plush lined, reduced to $3.50 each.
Heavy dark green plush robes re-
duced to $2.25 each Good quality
stable blankets reduced to $i25 each.
Blue team blankets Six9O inches re-
duced to S2.l5 each. Beautiful Siber.
ian Dog overcoats, reduced to Sl4.00.
Mail orders will receive prompt at
tention. VIM. II. Frear & Co., Troy
N. Y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
FISH AND GAME DAY
IN VERMONT
LEGISLATURE
Large Number Of Bills Being
Considered in the House
ROLL CALL AT NINE O'CLOCK
Lawmakers viii Hereafter Put in
Long Days in EndeaVor to
Finish Session.
ROLL CALL AT NINE O'CLOCK

Montpelier, Jan. 1S.-A large num-
Der of fish and game bills came into
the house from the committee this
morning and were laid on the table for
further consideration this afternoon.
The legislature will hereafter meet
at 8 o'clock in the morning
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
BISHOP McoUAlD DEAD
Oldest Catholic >Prelate In United
States Died This Morning.

states pieo ms morning.
Rochester. n. Y, Jan. 1S-Bishop
McQuaid of the Rochester diocese
died at $3.50 this morning at the Epis-
copal residence in this city after a
long and trying illness. He was over
so years old and was the Oldest Cat
holic prelate in the United States.
He was one of the leading Catholic
bishops in the country and had al
ways been an ardent supporter of the
parochial school system. During his
Eplscopate he built st. Demands sem
mary and st. Andrews college, and
many parochial schools in this city,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
FREE ANrLroxIN STATIONS

Supplies to Be Kept With Several
Physicians In County.
The state board of health has es.
tablished a number Of stations where
free anti-toxin for the treatment Of
diphtheria can be had The stations
in this county are as follows
DR., S. X. Gray Arlington
Joseph NJ. Ayres Bennington
w. w. Bennett Manchester Depot
ID. 7. Bates Pownal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-18
STOCK QUOTATIONS
Noon Quotations from J. r. Wllliston
& Co to Bennington Security Co

The following noon quotations were
received today by the Bennington Sc
curity company from j. R. Williston g.
company OF New York by special
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
A PATHETIC GOODBN.

! A rural minister in a Western State
took permanent leave Of his congrega-
ton in the following pathetic manner,
says an exchange:
brothers and sisters, I come to say
final goodby. L don't think God loves
this church, because none of you ever
die. don't think you love each other.
because / never marry any of you.
don't think you love me, because you
have not paid my salary. Your dona.
tons are mouldy fruit and wormy APP
pies, and by their fruits ye shall know
them Brothers, I am going away to q
better place. l have been called to be
chaplain of a penitentiary, Where | &C
you can not come, but | 90 to prepare 8
place for you, and may the Lord have
mercy on your souls. Goodby."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
TUNEFUL CONVERSATION.

A negro minister from Georgia, who
was visiting friends in New York City,
says Harper's Weekly, went one Sunday
to the cathedral on Fifth Avenue.
He was very much impressed by the
service, especially by the choir boys in
the professional and occasional. When
he returned to the South he resolved TO
introduce the same thing into his church
so he collected fifteen or twenty little
darkies and drilled them until he had
them well trained.
One Sunday the congregation were
greatly surprised to see the choir boys
marching in, singing the professional.
The minister noticed thatsomething was
wrong; the boy in front was not carry
ing anything. He leaned oyer the pull
pit, and in order to avoid attracting at
tention, he chanted in tune to the song
they were singing:
"What-have you done-with the in
cense-pot ~
The little darky, with great presence
of mind, chanted back:
II left it ln-the aisle-it was to-
damn hot"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
IN MEMORY OF w. g. RIGGS.

The following resolutions on the death
of w. G. Riggs were adopted by Mount
Carmel Lodge No. 1873 F. and A. M. in
Holiday, Tenn:
Whereas, it having pleased the Grand
Architect of the Universe to summons
to an estate of endless duration our wor-
thy brother, w. &. Riggs, we, while
bowling with submission to theinevita-
BILE decree that the dust shall return to
the earth as it was and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it, deeply de-
plore the severance of another link from
our fraternal chain; therefore, be it
Resolved, that we extend to the be-
reaved family our sincere sympathy /;
that as a tribute of our affections this
lodge be draped in mourning and thst a
memorial page be inserted in our min
utes; that a copy of the foregoing, suit
ably engrossed, be presented to the fam
lily OF our deceased brother, and a copy
be sent to the Camden Chronicle for
publication,
i. M. WILLIAMS,
f. r. PRINCE,
JAMES BATTEN,
Committee.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
A DEFINITE DATE.

During the money stringency lately,
says the Scrap Book, a certain real es-
tate man, having nothing else for his
clerk to do, sent him out to collect some
rent that was overdue. The clerk, being
of Swedish nationality, had their pecul-
lar twangin his speech. Returningfrom
histrip, the Sweed seemed veryjubilant
The proprietor, noticing the smile
said; "Well, what luck did you have ?'
and the clerk answered, Purity good
swell, did anybody pay you ?"
"Yaas; Smith he pay, and zones he
say he pay in january"
"Are you shure Jones said he would
pay in January. He never before has
made any such promise"
"Vell, I tank so. He say it bane a
dam coli day when you get dot money,
and Itank dat bane january"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
SHOOTING TO WIN.

The officers mess was discussing rifle
shooting, says the PhiladelphiaRecord
"I'Hbet anyone here, said oneyoung
lieutenant, "that / can fire twenty shots
at 200 yards and call each shot correctly
without waiting for the marker. I'll
stake box of cigars that | can.
"DoHe !" cried a major.
The whole mess was on hand early
nextmorning to see the experimenttried.
The lieutenant fired.
"Miss," he calmly replied.
A second shot.
"Miss," he repeated.
A third shot.
"Miss."
"Here, there! Hold on" protested
the major. "What are youtrying to do ?
You are not shooting for the target at
all !"
'Of conrse not" admitted the lieu
tenant. "I'm firing for those cigars
And he got them.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
OUR CLUBBING RATES.

Tie Chronicle and Home and Farm,
81 90 per year.
The Chronicle and Southern Agricul-
turist, 81 90 per year.
The Chronicle and Memphis CONNER
cial Appeal, Shopper year.
The Chronicle and Memphis Weekly
News-Seimitar, $l.10 per year.
The Chronicle and National Union
Farmer, $l.10 per year.
The Chronicle and Nashville Weekly
American, 81 ,25 per year.
The Chronicle and Twice-a-Week st,
Louis Republic, $l.35 per year.
The Chronicle and Nashville Daily
Tennessean, SO 90 per year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
INSOLvENT NOTICE.

BY order of the County Court Clerk of
Benton County, Tennessee, notice is
hereby given to all persons havingclaims
against the estate of w. G. Riggs, de-
ceased, to appear before the Clerk of the
County Court of Benton County and file
them properly authenticated in the man
ner prescribed by law on or before the
18th day Of August, 1909. The insolven-
cy of the estate having been suggested,
any claims not filed ON or before that
date will be forever barred both in,law
and equity.
This May Is, 1880
P. T. RIGGS,
Administrator.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
SPECIAL OFFER

In orderto introduce our superiorFrost
proof Cabbage Plants to parties who have
notpurchased from us before, we make
the following unprecedented offer: For
the next 80 days only, we will deliver to
any express Office in Tennessee 900 high
grade Wakefield or Succession Cabbage
Plants for only $3.50, cash with order, il
party will send us the names of ten per-
sons using cabbage plants. Write today
to W. r. HART, Plant Grower, Enter
prise, S. G.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1909-06-11
Pie and the Penalty.

Jimmy" said the fond motherto her
smart 11-year-old, what became ofthat
little pie / made for you as treat yes
terday? Did you eat it?"
'No, mamma" answered Jimmy with
grin 81 gave it to my teacher at school
instead"
'sThat was very nice and generous of
you, Jimmy" complimented his mother.
"And did your teacher eat it?"
eyes; l think so" answered Jimmy.
-"She wasn't at school today. Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.