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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
DIVORCES ALpRIcH's SON
Senator's Former Daughter-in-Law Re-
ceives $40 a Week Alimony

Providence, r. l.. July 9.-Mrs.
Mary Larned Dorrance Aldrich got a
divorce yesterday from Edward Bur
CESS Aldrich, oldest son of Senator
Nelson w. Aldrich and brother in law
of John ID. Rockefeller. Mrs. Aldrich
began proceedings five years ago and
met opposition from hrr husbandHe
sued in turn but his suit was unsuc-
cessful Mrs. Aldrich charged that
her husband treated her with ex-
IRENE cruelty.
The divorce gives to Mrs. Aldrich
the custody of her little daughter Su-
san. 1t also provides her with $40 a
week alimony. The Aldriches were
married on Thanksgiving day, in 1896.
Mrs. Aldrich was formerly Miss Mary
Larned Dorrance, daughter of the late
Charles T. Dorance of an old Rhode
Island family.
Miss Abbie G. Aldrich, sister of the
bridegroom and later the bride of
John d. Rockefeller Jr., was brides
maid for Miss Dorrance at her we'd
ding.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
GIRL sMUeeLER FINED $4,000
Miss Lonstorf Pays Well for Bringing
in a Lot of Fine Furs

Trenton, N. j., July 9.-Miss Cam
lille Lonstorf said to be of Chicago,
was fined $4,000 by Judge Cross in the
United States District court here yes
terday after she had pleaded non vult
to the charge of smuggling. Miss
Lonstorf who is only % years old was
represented by a Chicago lawyer and
her fine was Immediately paid.
The young woman with her mother
and sister, had been abroad and
worth of furs. Her defense was that
brought into this country about $500
she did not know that the furs were
dutiable
The Lonstorf family arried in Hobo
ken, N. j., on June ~. The reason
the girl was indicted instead of her
mother was because she signed the
declaration given to the customs Off
GERS. The mothers name is Mrs. M.
Lonstorf
Immediately after paying the fine
the Lonstorfs left Trenton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09

at the corner of North and River SITS.
See our adv on third page.
Mrs. Catherine Mattison of North
Bennington and Mrs. john Van Horn
of Plainfeld. H.. are the guests of
Mrs. Henrietta Stratton and Mrs. Am
ella Buss.
Walloomsac Lodge of the N. e. o.
p. expect to entertain a delegation
from. Hoosac lodge North Adams this
evening. Members are requested to
make a special effort to be present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09

Kendall and Tillie Hervey have re-
turned from trip to Pittsfield.
Edward Bellemore, who has been
visiting friends in town, has returned
to his home in Rutland.
Mrs. Sayre Mcleod, Mrs. James A.
Caldwell and son and Mrs. Lewis N.
Hopkins of Bennington spent Thurs
day in Troy.
Saturday is the day that you can
positively save 80 to 35 cents on each
dollars worth of goods at jos Levin's,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09

Miss Hope Lyon has resigned her
position at w. r. Whites and gone
home fer the summer. Miss Louise
Durham has taken her place.
AT the Baptist church on Sunday
morning service will be held at II a.
M, Sunday school Immediately fol-
lowing. Young Peoples service at
6:3O =. M, and evening service at
1880 p. m.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
TO RENT

TNO RENT-Oue of the most desirable,tene-
l. ments in Woodford. Inquire of J. /.
Harbour. Cts
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
MUST CARE FOR CATTLE
United States Court Sustains Decision
Against Southern Pacific

San Francisco, Cal, July 9.-The at
tack of the Southern Pacific company
on the constitutionality of the federal
enactments providing that cattle or
sheep in transit by rail must be wat
cred and fed every % hours was re
pulsed by the United States circuit
court of appeals here. The decision
of the district court against the com
pany was sustained.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Readers.

A baby girl was born Wednesday
at the Gibson hospital to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Atwood.
Mrs. Collins M. Graves and family
and Mrs. A. j. Holden were iii Troy
yesterday on an automobile trip.
Misses Martha Holton, Florence
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
NORTH BENNINGTON

.Nellie Morney of Water street
N.Selatives in NORTH Adams.
Eessett of Troy, N. Y,
Ter sister, Mrs. Matthew
Service will be held as
se Congregational church at
dnday school at ~ m.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
MARCHED TO THE SEA
Benjamin F. Huntington Who is Dead
in Montpelier

Montpelier, July 9.-Benjamin F.
Huntington a Civil war veteran died
Tuesday night of cancer of the stom-
ach from which he had been suffering
for three years. Mr.. Huntington was
SO years old and was n native of
Marshfield. He served in a Vermont
regiment during the Civil war and
was with Sherman on his march to
the sea.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09

V,O RENT-Desirabe tenemants, offices
i stores. mill property with water power
individual storage lockers. VIM. Z. Hawks, 205
North st.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
Notice

The board of license commissioners
will meet next Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock in the town rooms to receive
applications for second class license
Anyone wishing to make application
before the meeting may do so by
handing his application to F. f. Bat
ties. chairman.
+. E. Battles,
f. S. Pratt,
w. A. Wall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09

ITO RENT-Two desirable tenements on
l. Main street. Apply to DR.. II. J. Potter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
WOMEN WRECK SALOONS
Fifty-six Rebel at Refusal to Sell
Them Beer In Buckets

Pittsburg, July although there
are no saloons in Kansas, fifty-six
women were arrested at West Miner
al, coal mining center yesterday on
charge of disturbing the peace by
wrecking four saloons.
The proprietors refused to sell the
women beer in buckets.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09

OR sALE-Ata bargain. a portable saw
mill, nearly new::and in good order. o. p.
Walker, Arlington, VT st6
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The United States ranks third in ths
production OF barley
India. has about 80 different languages.
most Of them unwTitten.
The United states produces more corn
than all the rest OF the world put to
gether.
The latest thing in the electric light
line IS a mercury vspOr lamp with
quartz tube IN a glass globe rated at S,oe0
candle power
Ancient inscriptions recently found IN
Egypt show that the use Of the bellows
for blowing fires was known fifteen cen
trries before Christ
Applications for patents on electrical
novelties pour into the Patent once at
Washington IN far greater numbers than
for any other form OF invention.
4 French inventor has produced 3
horseshoe Of leather which is secured TO
the hoof with mixture Of cement and
asphalt 70 avoid the use CT nails.
The secre, formula for making the pa
per for the Bank OF England notes IS
owned by a family to whom Il has
brought an enormous fortune in two gen
eTations.
The process for distilling the dye from
which The brilliant robes OF the Catholic
cardinals are made has been kept secret
IN a Protestant French family for many
generations
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
Shenandoah valley Farm Grows
Many Kinds of Fruit.

Waynesboro Va, Nay 22-One Of the
most important sales in the Shenandoah
Valley orchard properties recently fs that
Of the Elm Spring" orchard, sold by
Magic brothers to Dr.. S. ". Fletcher.
director Of the experimental station Of
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. at
BlacKsburg. Va
This property consists Of an old plan
tatiOn OF 215 acres, located on the pike
four miles west Of Wav1esboro. and con-
tains a commercial orchard Of over 500
apple trees OF winter varieties, and also
several hundred peach, pear, plum and
cherry trees. and q grape vineyard. This
orchard was planted twenty year ago,
BY an expert orchardist, on a ridge known
as Apple Ridge" which is located in the
heart Of the Shenandoah Valley, in a
section which has been recognized for
years as the best fruit section in the
Valley OF Virginia and ths crops OF the
apples from this orchard, which have
run as high IS 900 barrels Per year, have
been marketed IN the cities OF Washing
ton, Baltimore. and New York The
price paid Cor this orchard was S29,500.
DR.. Fletcher selected this property after
having visited eight OF the Valley coun-
ties. and his experience n fruit glowing
in Oregon and California makes him
familiar with the merits OF an apple
orchard
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
COSTS MONEY 10 STOP CAR
Elevator Can Run Three Floors
Cheaper Than to Start. =
Cost of Operation Figured to a Fine
Point by Electrical
Engineer.

Even the elevator passengers and the
operator can throw away money for the
owner Of a building. Not counting the
wear and tear on the machinery. cables
and other equipment. the expense OF run
ming a car back 10 a floor whic, Il has
passed a few inches. has ll0ticeable
effect on the monthly cost sheet. says the
New York Sun.
When an electric elevator starts I'D or
down. empty or loaded, the first four
seconds after throwing the lever cost as
much money as traversing three floors
after full speed is attained. Reducing
this 10 figures for large-sized passenger
elevator, It Is safe TO say that It costs
half a cent to start It.
Take a tWelve-stoTy building with Eve
elevators. Assume that in each trip.
both up and down. two errors were made,
partly owing to the passengers and part
" owing 10 the operator Thus for every
round trip of each elevator there wiz be
four errors made IN bringing the car 10
the proper level.
Assuming these to cost half a cent
each, there viii be q loss OF 10 cents in
the time required for all the elevators 10
make one round trip In an Office build
ing. with five elevators running continu-
ously for eight hours, az twenty round
trips an hour. or I6o round trips a day
each, the added expense would be SIS a
day.
Thus, in g building where trafic is
heavy all day, as IN th8se Of the financial
district, where messengers are eontinu-
ally going IN and out Of the buildings
and the cars are large. It can be seen
that this item is TO be seriously conSid-
cred
With 30 working days q year, this loss.
counting wear and tear. could easily
amount 20 5000, II electricity we're paid
for at 70 cents a kiiowatt hour. The more
rapid depreciation of the controller, mag
nets, contacts, motors, cables and power
transmission, such as the steel worm and
the bronze gear wheel. are ali items
which 1t would be difficult to measure
accurately.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
TOWN QUADRUPIEs ITSELF.
Population Increases from 600 to
2.5OO in Nine Years.


$500 I'm Nine Years.
Devine. Tex. May 22.-Our little town
OF Devlne has probably doubled itse.f
within the last FIVE years and his In
creased in population from 600 in 1900 20
2.5o0 al the present time. Devine is thirty
three miles south Of san Antonio, on the
I. & G. n Railroad.
Fifteen years ago this section was not
at al considered an agricultural district.
bu5 now at least % per cent OF the soil is
IN cultivation. over se00 bales Of cotton
were shipped from here last season, be-
sides corn, hay. cattle. hogs. &c.
Considerable attention is being paid 20
truck farming. which is a coming indus
try here. through irrigation from shallow
wells. One OF our truck growers alone
viii ship this season over fifteen cars OF
onions.
Our lands are rich, never having to be
fertnized, and while steadily advancing
IN price, are stiH reasonable. Our aver
age rainfall for the past eight years has
been twenty-nine inches.
We have excellent schools and good
churches, two banks. four good hotels
and a number OF good stores
Devine IS now IN need OF cotton COM
press, oil min. and an electric light plant
r. C. HOWARD.
Secretary Business Mems Club.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
SAVE DOLLY MADISON HOOSE
Members Of Cosmos Club VIII Not
Permit Injury to HistOTeaHOme.
while the Residence Of Richard
Cults, Mai L'Enfant Was Ere
quent Guest There.

It has been definitely decided by the
members Of the Cosmos Club that in the
rebuilding scheme which is destined TO
make their headquarters the peer Of any
club in America. they viii not permit in
Jury to the historic part OF the structure
once occupied by Dolly Madison. the
widow Of James Madison. the fourth
President
There is a double interest in the an
nouncement. now that this picturesque
old home viii be preserved. 20 the few
that know that before Mrs. Madison pur-
chased it it was owned and occupied by a
friend OF the French engineer Maj fE,n-
fant. whose memory IS Just now receiving
some Of the honors due It these many
years.
Richard Cuts built what was consid-
cred one Of the handsomesI homes IN the
young Capital during Madison's admins
t-ation. Re was brother-in-law OF the
President. and his brother had recently
married the favorite niece OF Dolly Madi-
son. so Cuts put his house as near the
White House as he could At this time
the brilliant FrencEman was living in
semi-retirement at Green Hill. where Mr..
Diggs had welcomed Mai TEnfant after
he had been relieved OF what he had
fonGly hoped would be his life work. the
upbuIIding Of the Federal city
Though supersensitive almost 70 the
bounds Of eccentricity, TEnfant had the
faculty Of making warm friends. among
them being the MadisOns and Richard
Cults. and II Is affirmed that the French
man Oftened stopped by TO rest at this
house after the fruitless visits 10 Con-
gress. where for so many years his claim
for recognition OF his services in connec-
ton with the plan OF Washington City
was disregarded.
President Madison put TEnfant IN
charge % the building Of Fort Washing
ton. on the Potomac. and during the de-
ferse OF Washington II IS recorded that a
company Of Georgetown boys under
Christian Hines reported 70 the major for
duty while he was in temporary com
nand OF that point
Like the majority OF geniuses. the
/ Frenehman was impatient OF control, and
( knowing that he knew how 70 accomplish
( the work in hand. ne was not fond OF re-
{ ceiving advice. 50 he was soon accused oi
/ extravaganza in construction and Of in
/ su5ordination and mustered out OF serv-
ice.
/ But as long as she could Mrs. Madison
/ expressed her interest n him, and her
/ friends we're his friends also. and when
/ Monros>succeeded Madison one OF his
1 first acts was the offer Of q prOfessOrship
I at West Point to rEnfant
A memorial and a grave have been
| granted Maj. fEnfant among the graves
I Of American heroes. but would Il not be
I well 20 further honor his geniUs and com
4 pliment the land Of his nativity by erect
! ing statue for him in Lafayette Square:
| And what more fitting. 4 this Is accom-
4 plished by his admirers and they include
( the army Of admirers Of the beautiful
/ city, than that il be placed on -the corner
/ opposite the Cosmos Club. making one
more link IN the chain OF sentiment that
/ binds the sister republics together?
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
THRIVES IN. MINERAL WATERS
Texas Town Builds Up Big Pleas
ure Resort.
PaviIiOns, Booths, Bath Houses, and
Roof Gardens Among the
improvements.

Mineral Wells. Tex, May 2-The in
provements made last year and now
under construction are the most sub
stantial in the history Of this health and
pleasure resort. Something Ike $500, 900
has been invested IN public pavilions and
bath houses. not Including large
amount that has been spent for additions
and improvements on hotels and board
ing-houses, Of which this city has the
greatest number Of any city of its size
in the South
The Crazy Wei Water Company has
Just completed two-story and base
ment hreprOof building. 100 by 200 feet
fronting on three streets. The entire arst
floor viii be used as a public pavilion and
drinking department for the guests Of
this well. The second floor contains fifty
two Offices and each one has outside ex-
posures IN the basement viii be a large
pool hall and barber shop. The building
viii be heated by steam This company
built last year a one-story brick building,
loo by 80 feet, that is used exclusively as
a bottling and shipping department.
The Texas Carlsbad Water Company
viii have completed within thirty days a
One-stoTy and basement stone and brick
building. 7s By $50 feet, that will be used
as a public pavilion and drinking de-
partment The building win be heated
BY steam. This company completed a
two-story brick building, 30 by 100 feet,
last year that is used exclusively as a
shipping and bottling department.
The Standard Mineral Water Company
has just completed improvements on
their new beach pavilion and grounds
that cost $500. Its elevated open air
dance hall, roof garden and park
grounds. viii prove a great attraction.
The Blmini bath house just completed
IS -three-story freproof building that
cost about so eoo.
The Presbyterian Church just com
pieted at a cost Of $4,000 constructed OF
stone and white pressed brick, is Of
beautiful design. and has been the sub
iect OF much favorable comment by vis-
itors from al sections OF the country.
J. ". REGISTER.
Secretary Commercial Cub.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
CITY THAT HAS SIDETRACKED
Apalaehieola Too Far South for
the Railroads.
It's Importance Beginning to Be
Realized n al Its Progress
Assured.

Apalachicola, Fla. May "a franchise
has been granted for the installation Of a
gas plant
4 tract Of hardwood timber lying north
Of the city has been sold for $4,000 and
furniture and veneer plant viii be
erected.
ApalachicoIa holds a unique position
and is destined 10 play an important part
in the development OF the Southern
states. because II IS the nearest Calf port
fof the centers OF population, industry
and finance. the Appalachian hardwood
coal. and iron region, and the most
southern Eater-power; also. from these
via Apalschicola is the shortest route 20
the Panama Canal.
North Of ApalachicOla and tributary by
water is the largest virgin pine forest in
the South, consisting Of 100000 acres, es-
timated 70 produce 19.000. .0oo000 feet OF
pine and 3.eo0.000000 feet OF hardwood.
-Four hundred and sixty thousand bales
OF cotton are raised in the valleys OF the
Appalachian system Of rivers. n a terri
tory constituting ffty-eight counties, con
tanning 24.000 square miles and a popuis-
ton OF more than 1.0o0.o09 people. in the
States Of Georgia. Florida. and Alabama,
all tributary to Apalachicola by water.
That these conditions should exist and
not be taken advantage OF 10 this late
date lies in the fact that ApalachicOla is
nearly 100 miles south OF the north Gulf
coast line, at the southern extremity OF
the delta Of the ApaIachicoia River, and
when the railroads were built running
easterly and westerly Apalachicola was
left eighty miles 10 the south in a terri
tory OF vast wealth and enormous soil
! fertility. which les to-day undeve;oped,
presenting opportunities unestimated for
future peoples.
LELAND 7 HENDERSON,
Secretary Board OF Trade.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
BOILDS LARGE WATERWORKS
Texas Town Has Plant Of Large
Capacity.
Established tn Hope of Bringing
Manufacture TO the
Locality.

Denison, Tex, May 22-Denison, Tex,
has in the past year made arrangements
for water supply Of over 2.000, ,0O0. .0eO
gallons yearly. This water is irnpounded
In natural reservoirs and is available
for al purposes. We are bending our
energies toward attracting manufsctur-
ing plants which use great quantities OF
water. This water viii be given to them
free Of charge for q period in proportion
to their size and value to the city.
Raising peanuts is a new industry es-
tablished N the vicinity Of Denison. We
have arranged for the erection Of q SIS.
600 peanut factory 10 take the crop o.
this season The acreage Of peanuts in
North Texas Is probably over 1900 acres.
the H.. K. T. Railroad has substan-
tally increased fits shops here, and is
erecting a fine new union station. The
Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
and an interurban line from Oklahoma
City are building. with Denison as their
terminals.
The Denison cotton mill has increased
its capacity and all Of our other indus
tries have been prosperous
c. WILBUR CoONs.
Secretary Board Of Trads.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
WANTS ELECTRIC ROAD.
springdaIe, in the Ozarks, Reaches
out for improvements.

Out Tor improvements.
Springdale. Ark, MAY 2-Springdsle
IS in the ozarks. with an altitude Of !. AS
feet With population Of little more
than 2,O0o, 1t has grown in the last year
10 a city OF electric light. water works
and concrete sidewalks. A sanatorium
has been recently opened, managed by a
graduate Of the Battle Creek (Mich) In
stitution
Preliminary steps have been taken 10
incorporate as a city OF the second class
Several substantial brick business
houses have been built in the year. and
negotiations are now under way 20 Sc
cure an electric interurbau railroad con
Meeting with the Joplin mining district
Kansas City. and St Louis The com
pletlon of the trolley line spells CONNER
ciaI prosperity for this town and devel-
opment OF natural resources in Northwest
Arkansas
Fruit growing is the principal industry.
and with a good market secured by the
electric read. all kinds Of vegetables
adapted 10 this climate viii be grown in
their season A commercial club has
been organized that Is working for the
commercial interests Of the town and
county q ". POOL.
Secretary Commercial Cub.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
BUILDING FOR COLD STORAGE
Main Principle Insulation by In
trapped Air.
Cement Largely Used 60 Provide
Small Spaces Necessary to
This Work.

The modern theory Of successfully IN
sulsting buildings for cold storage and
other purposes Is based upon entrapped
AFFAIR that is actually dead.
This means that the air must be In
sealed spaces and that the spaces must
be minutely smaIl-otherwise the essential
idea Of still air" is overthrown The
insulation must depend for It's entrapped
air upon the interstices or cells Of the
material employed. rather than upon al
lternate layers Of solid insulation and air
spaces.
This new principle OF insulation. which
does away with double walls with air
spaces between. has brought into vogue
solid insulation. In this type the pro
lection consists Of layers or blocks OF
various materials set in Portland pitch
cement. directly against brick or concrete
walls. and protected on the inside sur
+ face by plaster or tile The space occu-
4 pied BY solid insulation is much less than
/ that utilized By the older construction.
If freproof or slow-burning material
be used in making the insulation the fire
risk is greatly reduced
The materials available for this So
lcaHed solid method Of insulation are
ichiefy cork and compressed mineral
wool blocks. called nth"
/ Cork. by virtue Of its natural state and
apparent use for which nature Intended
it. lends itself admirably 10 insulating
purposes. IN cold storage work. cork Is
| efficient as a nonc0nduct0r OF heat. is
/ free from capillary attraction. and has
To tendency 70 absorb moisture freely
When used as cork boards. It is granu-
{ lated. compressed IN iron mOlds. and
I baked while under pressure. its own natu
raj gum being liqUehed by the heat and
uniting the graHules into solid blocks
These have fair structural strength and
are cutie fireprOof.
! Lith is made from rock fiber minera
wool and degummed fax fiber In the
/ process Of manufacturing the settling
! propensities Of the mineral wool are re-
moved and the product given structural
strength by the degummed flax fiber
The finished material is strong. light
durable board II consists OF many min
ute cells. which C0nfine air with the leas
! possible chance for circulation L.ith !:
4 fairly hrsproof. a good nonconductor o
lheat. and. when cost is considered. com
! pares fsvorsbly with cork board.