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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
NOMONEY FOR NEW
NORMAL SCHOOL
BUILDINGS
House Killed Johnson Bill and
Made Appropriations.
CAN NOT ADJOURN THIS WEEK
Too Many important Measures Re-
main to Be Acted Upon
by Senate.

Montpelier, Jan. 21.-The senate is
making slow progress with the many
important bills before 1t and ad-
journment on Saturday looks to be
an imposslbiity. The house cleared
away Its work in fairly good shape
and is waiting for action on measures
now with the senate.
The house today billed the inn
keepers license bill by vote of
more than 2 to l. II also killed the
bill appropriating $4,000 for norma
school buildings at Johnson and
1890 each to the present three nor
NAL schools with an additional appro-
priation of $500 to the state board Of
education to be expended at the dis
erection of the board for normal
school purposes. The amended trus-
tee process bill was passed by the
senate today
The House yesterday afternoon or
dered to a third reading the bill APP
propriating $4,000 to erect a new
normal school building at Johnson.
The bill provides that this appropri-
alton shall be made If the town OF
Johnson raises $4,000
The bill appropriating 100000 for
constructing new normal school
building was refused third reading
The House yesterday afternoon
passed the taxation measure which
was discussed all the forenoon by a
yea and nay vote of 1873 to SO. The
most effective argument against the
bill this afternoon was made by Mr..
Barber OF Brattleboro. Mr.. Martin oil
Brookline thought the expense of the
tax commission would be $4,000 an
nually but was assured by Mr.. Bacon
OF Hartford that 1t would not exceed
$4,000 annually.
When the question of the passage
OF the bill raising the salaries OF the
members OF the General Assembly
from SO to 81 was reached in the
House Yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bal
| lou OF Chester was in the chair. MT
Cheney OF Morristown moved 70
amend the bill so as to strike out the
speaker Of the House from an IN
crease in pay Mr. Cheney was the
only member who voted for the amend
ment. Mr.. Boyce Of Waterbury
moved to amend the bill so that It's
provisions should not apply to the
Legislature of 1908, but this amend
ment was killed with bang. ON the
passage Of the bill, Mr.. Kinsley OF
Rutland city demanded the yeas anc
NAYS. The result of the vote was as
Follows: Yeas l4S, nays IL, and the
bill was passed.
bill was introduced into the Sen
ate Yesterday afternoon by Senator
Gibson OF Windbam which is sub
stitute for the employers LIABILITY
bill which was recently refused 9
third reading in the House.
The Senate has receded from it'
proposal Of amendment to raise the
salary of the clerk OF Chittender
county court and the committee o.
conference from the two houses OF
the hunters license bill have agreed
to A license OF fifty cents for all resi-
dent hunters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
GOVERNOR BLACKS
COAT CAME
BACK
Found In Hallway Leading to
Banner Office
MONEY NOT IN POCKET
Person Who Returned Garment Ex-
planned In a Note That He Bought
Il Monday Night.

Harry Vanderberg, the young
colored man more generally known In
bennington as Governor Black" has
regained possession of his overcoat
which he left hanging in a closet on
the top noor of Bennington county
savings bank building.
Young Vanderberg, who does jani-
tor work in a number of buildings in
the business section of the village
was engaged in the savings bank
building Monday and at the request
OF one of the bank officials went on
short errand. He was absent but a
few minutes but when he returned
his overcoat, for which he had paid
the limit price in a suit club. was
gone. There was sum of money
and mileage book in pocket of the
coat, the entire loss, as the governor
explained when he came into the
Banner office, amounting to $55.
AS the property had apparently
been stolen Vanderberg was not par
ticularly hopeful that he would ever
see 1t again but he thought it best to
advertise the loss of the coat in the
Banner.
Late yesterday afternoon as Robert
b. Hamlin. with the Western Union
Telegraph company was on his way
to the Banner Office he came across
a bundle in the hallway of the Nor
ton building. On inspection disclosed
that the package was addressed to the
Banner and Mr.. Hamlen brought it
into the office. When the wrappings
were removed black overcoat was
discovered. Accompanying the coat
was the following note:
Jan. 81, 1909
Banner Office:
II this is the coat that was ad-
vertised in your paper please re-
turn 1t to him. got the coat
from man in Bennington Mon
day night. thought 1t was
stolen when / bought it,
]. H. M.
AS was expected there was no
money IN the pocket but the mileage
, book still remained.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
LEAGUE BASEBALL AT NO ADAMS
Massachusetts and New York Towns
To Form Circuit.

Massachusetts, and New York Towns
To Form Circuit.
Fred Paige, the baseball league en-
thusiast who has successfully pro-
NOTED many leagues and who for
some years has been interested in
baseball was in North Adams Tues
day night in connection with his
scheme to organize a league to be
composed of the following teams:
North Adams, Pittsfeld Kingston,
Poughkeepsie. Middletown and New
burg.
Mr.. Paige met Manager John Flah-
erty of the baseball team at the
Richmond and freely discussed his
plans concerning which he is most
enthusiastic.
His plans calls for the organization
OF stock companies in the various
New York state cities and he will
take the Poughkeepsie franchise or
club for himself and will also place
good man in Newburg
Fred Paige is a man of wide ex-
perience in forming leagues and will
nc doubt make a success of it If he
takes hold of this matter in good
shape. He formed the international
league of Canada; the Ohio and Pen
nsylvania: the Northern league and
the Atlantic league of few years
ago.
Manager Flaherty was non-en
thusiastic concerning the league plan
as he has many good games booked
for the season but he listened to all
that was said with much interest.
One matter he did impress upon Mr.
Paige and that was that this city II
1t did join any association that 1t
must have Saturday games every
week in order to live
II he could have Saturday games
oy the arrangement of the schedule
and If the association was business
association run without expensive Of
ficers he would not be averse to care
fully considering the whole matter
and North Adams would join the as
ISOLATION provided Pittsfeld also join
ed it. Mr.. Paige seemed to be clean
cut business man with measureless
enthusiasm for a league.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
NATIONAL LIFE ELECTION
One New Director In Place of Vice
President Phelps Deceased.

President Phelps Deceased.
Montpelier, Jan. 21-At the 59th an
nual meeting of the policyholders and
directors of the National Life Insur-
ance company, held Tuesday in the
home office, j. A. DeBoer. George
Briggs, J. b. Estee, F. A. Rowland
and H. NJ. Cutler of Montpelier. w. p.
Dillingham; of Waterbury, J. G Nc
Cullough of Bennington, J. l.. Martin
of Brattleboro, G. H. Olmstead of
Cleveland, Ohio, F. d. Proctor of Proc
tor, w. W. Stickney of Ludlow and
Charles W. Gammons of Boston were
elected directors. All of these were
reflections except the latter who has
been in the office of James T. Phelps
of Boston for the past "a years and is
now senior member of the firm. Mr..
Phelps was yice-president of the COM
pany and died few weeks ago.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are: President, Joseph A. De
Boer; vice-president and counsel. Fred
A. Rowland second vice'president,
James B. Estee; secretary, o. d.
Clark; treasurer, H. NJ. Cutler, medi-
cal director, DR.. A. d. Bisbee; actu-
airy, c. f. Moulton; assistant medical
director, DR.. f. A. Cotton; inspectors,
F. d. Dwinell, George Briggs, F. M.
Bryan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
he Crackers and Cheese Better Digestive Apparatus Than the Fee

road which had been tentatively
planned was a line from the Western
Massachusetts trolley road at Rus
sell with a western junction with the
Berkshire road at Lee. A thorough
service from Springfield TO Pittsheld
would have been established. There
is now no prospect of such connec-
ton being built
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
POLICY PUTS end
TO TROLLEY LINE
EXTENSION
Berkshire System Hampered by
Railroad Commission
PRES. sTORRS' STATEMENT
New Haven Company Only Practical
Backer for Construction of
New Electric Roads.

l.. S. Storrs, president or the Berk-
shire Street Railway company speak
ing to a North Adams Herald report
er said Tuesday afternoon that the
carrying out of the policy outlined by
the railroad commissioners in refer
ence to the Berkshire street railway
and Bennington & North Adams
street railway combination would
make impossible any present extern
sion of the Berkshire street railway
to connect with the existing lines on
the east He said: 1T is impossible
for the Berkshire street railway to
finance any of the suggested extern
sions without the backing of some
large corporation sufficiently interest
ed in the development of the terri
tory served by such an extension,
and the New Haven road seems to
be the only such corporation which
would be sufficiently benefited by
such development to furnish the
necessary financial backing"
The conclusions reached by the
commissioners are that the condi-
tions in Berkshire do not warrant an
exception to the states policy OF
keeping separate the control Of troll
ley and steam road properties. The
commissioners state that when there
is a substantial demand for trolley
service the financing will be possible
by private capital.
The New Haven interests which
would be willing to finance an expen-
sive connection of the Berkshire rail
way with one of the trolley properties
farther east, as the western Massa-
chusetts street railway at Russell,
seem to depend for returns on the in
vestment upon through traffic feed
ing the New Ravens steam lines to-
gether with what local traffic there
might be, although this local traffic
of itself would be insufficient to war
rant the investment.
The connection with the Berkshire
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
Annual Meeting Held at Church Wed
nesday Evening-officers Elected.

O'''NNfC -'SN~SN'
The annual meeting of the Baptist
Sunday school was held at the church
last evening. The report of Superin-
tendent A. f. Loomis for 1908 showed
that the average attendance for the
year had been 1872; the enrolment Of
attending scholars was 2S7; the
cradle roll numbered SO and the home
department %. Members of this
school have superintended three other
schools in districts about three miles
distant and have reported an enroll
ment more than 100. The total num-
Der which this school and its men,
bers are interesting to some degree
in Bible study is 464.
The school treasurer, w. T. Bar
raft, reported receipts of 1856. The
school has raised S101 for benevolent
objects outside of Bennington.
The church at its annual meeting
elected Deacon H. w. Myers Superin-
tendent for 1909 The remaining Of
ficers were elected last evening as
follows: Asst Supt Nathan White
ley; secretary, Herbert Davenport;
treasurer, William H. Myers, librar-
ian Miss Mary B. Wells; musical di-
rector, Frank Hurley; pianist, Miss
Beulah b. Bates.
Department superintendent were
chosen as follows: Cradle roll, Miss
Caroline Wilcox; Kindergarten, Miss
Walbridge; Primary, Miss Norton;
Junior, Miss Eunice Lyons; intermedi
ate, Miss Mary Walbridge; young
people. Miss Bates; adult, Joseph Fl.
Lindsay; home department, Miss h.
NJ. Hutchinson.
1t was voted to use the duplex envel
ope for home expenses and benevo-
lent offerings for 1909 An interest
ing feature of the school session on
Sunday will be the presentation OF
gift for the library.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
TO PAY 100000 IN SILVER
Waters-Plerce Company Fine to give
Work 10 Texas Clerks.

Dallas. Texas, Jan 2l.-Accord'
ing to the Waters-Pierce company
Texas representatives and attorneys,
the Judgment obtained by the Sta.e
through the Federal Supreme GouI'
will be paid in silver dollars ana de-
liyered at the State Treasury 60,
The award and interest call lol
rearlv AZ OOO, 900 and the counting
will require much labor. SIX eX ,ra
clerks will be employed to count inc
money.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
PROHIBITION WINS AGAIN
Holiday Bill Passed Over Governors
Veto by Tennessee Legislature.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan 2l.-The Hol-
laday State-wire prohibition bill was
passed over Gov. Patterson's veto in
both houses of the Legislature yester-
day. The vote in the Senate was 20
to 13. and in the House 81 to sc.
An enthusiastic demonstration took
place in each house when the vote
was announced.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
Card Of Thanks,
money

We wish hereby to express our SIN SIN
oore ,hanks to those neighbors ano
S friends for the Kindness and sym ,p,.
,Ss ey,ended TO us during the sick
u ,"s and recent death Of our beloyeC
mother Also for the oe'"''''
flowers. 60 u prown
Robert l.. Brown,
Dean J. Brown
Alberto II, Brown.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-21
STOCK QUOTATIONS

Noon Quotations from J. r. Wllllston
4 Co TO Bennington Security Co
The following noon quotations were
received today by the Bennington Sc
curity company from J. r. Williston
company Of New York by special
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10

al the head of her own company and
is said to have a most dainty ward
ICbe which includes 40 handsome
gowns of her own design. Her sup
porting company will include such well
known actors as J. Moy Bennett. Joe
McEnroe, Ralph Brown, Walter Ayers,
Joseph T. Kelly. Miss Tarr, Miss Glide
E.eester and others. Between the acts
a number of high class vaudeville
acts will be given including Miss La
Forte in several of her own original
specialties. During the engagement
Miss LaPorte will be seen in The
Great White Train THE Gypsy
Queen Star of the Valley and pos
sibly others never before seen i'm this
city. The company carries its own
special scenery and give a complete
production of all its plays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
DECIDE TO QUIT
RAISING BERRIES
Growers Unable to Control Disease
That Ruins Crop of RaSpberries.
So Will Give Them Up.

Fruit growers in the country about
Rock Island have definitely decided on
a move which will cause more or less
concern to the housewife. The fruit
growers have lost considerably in re-
cent years in planting on their farms
black raspberries on account of the
fruit being attacked by the disease
known as anthracnose. W. c. Wilson
says that within few days there will
be no more black raspberries on the
is blighting the grown fruit rapidly.
1t is estimated there are 100 acres of
land tributary to the local market on
which black raspberries have been
raised but on account of the disease
which has become SO prevalent, the
fruit growers almost to man have
decided to plow up the raspberry plant
and give up growing them altogether
as they have been losing venture in
the past few years
The disease, anthracnose, does not
attack the plant until the fruit has
ripened and then it becomes evident.
causing the fruit to dry up and be of
no account. 1t is a bacterial disease
and up to the present time, botanists
have found no way of stemming the
tide of destruction caused by the dis
ease.
One prominent fruit grower esti-
mated that on good crop of raspber-
ries, 5000 an acre can be realized 50
| that at a glance, one can imagine what
it will mean to local people. The fruit
must be shipped in and it will natur-
| ally cost more.
The one berry which has proved it,
| worth is the blackberry which so far is
immune from all diseases. Provided there
is plenty of rain and plenty of good hot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
DOROTHEA
Naval Reserves Are Slow to Be-
come Accustomed to New
+ Training Ship, Nashville.
LIKED OLD ONE BETTER
Gunboat Is Real Thing, However,
and Will Be. Fayorites When Men
Become Familiar With It..

On board the U. S. S. Nashville,
July 6, 1909-We have just weighed
anchor at O'Clock this afternoon
and are on way to Portage lake,
where weswill arrive at 4 o'clock in
the merning for field day and to trim
ship.
We spent yesterday, Monday, at
Waukegan. ILL.,, took part in the
Fourth of July parade. and after a
walk of two miles, took mess at
Judge Smitb's residence and there
on his beautiful lawn ,slrroun6eIby
rose bushes and fine old trees, had
one of the best feeds a Jackie ever
sat down to. 49,
The men are getting accustomed
to the ship but still all wish they
We're on the old "Dorotnea' assthis
is so much different and more. like
the real thing: They will all like
1T better before the cruise is over
! though.
Has Big Crew.
g. The ship carries / 2 officers and
Il IS men, besides the Naval Reserve
band OILS pieces and band master
The Rock Island division, known as
the eigth division, is making a very
ereditabie showing for river di
vision and has received many com
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
N. W. A. HAS OVER
MILLION MEMBERS
For First Time i'm History of Society,
Beneficial Membership Passes
the High Mark.

Major c. w. Halves. head clerk of
the, Modern Woodmen. today an
nounced that for the first time in the
history of the society the beneficial
membership has passed the million
mark. The society, according to the
head clerks report, has 1,015,569
beneficial members in good standing
June 80. These members carried a
total of $1,625, 100000 insurance. In
addition to the beneficial member
ship, the society has 39.499 social,
or uninsured members, making the
grand total membership 1,055,06S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10

pliments from the officers on board.
We have had no liberty, but ex-
pect to in the next few days. The
men are enjoying themselves by lis
tening to the band concerts held ev-
cry afternoon and evening Oh the
quarter deck of the ship.
We have had but two men in the
sick bay and they were suffering
from the effects of over eating. Ev-
erybody on board is now enjoying
good health. o. G. HERKERT.
Ships Writer.
To Entertain Citizens.
A number of prominent Rock Is
land men have received invitations
from Captain Purdy and the officers
of the Illinois naval reserve, to spend
the day tomorrow on board the Nash
vile, from 10 O'Clock in the morning
until o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The guests will assemble at the nl-
val reserve boathouse in Chicago har-
Dor, block south of the Randolph
street viaduct. Those who will be
present have been requested to not
ify Ensign Charles Henderson. Sew
eral from this city expect to take adj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
vantage of the invitation and spend
the day on the gunboat.
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS

Eudora Rebekah Lodge Has Cere-
monies at |. q. D. +. Hall.
The Eudora Rebekah lodge of this
city held its annual installation of
officers last evening at the Odd Fell
lows hall and the following officers
We're formally seated in their re-
spective POSITIONS:
Past noble grand Mrs. Charles
w. Hedberg.
Noble grand Mrs. A. w Valen-
tine.
Vice grand-Mrs. Ella Droney
Conductor-Mary A. Elmer.
Warden Mary L. Schill.
Inside guard-Mrs. Jennie Stock
ham.
Outside guard-M C. McLarem
r. S. to n. G.-Mrs. Ella Godfrey.
l.. S. to n. G.-Mrs A. w. Hatch.
r. S. to V. G.-Mrs O. e. Sippel.
l.. S. to V. G.-Marie Peters.
Chaplin-Florence Waslin
Recording secretary-Mrs. Eta
Chalk e
The installation ceremonies were
conducted by Mrs. Ella Godfrey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
State of Ohio. city of Toledo. Luci

State of Ohio. city of Toledo. Lucas
cOunty-ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the. firm of F.
J. Cheney & CO.. doing business in
the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of 500 for each and every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY. 8
Sworn to before me and subscrib-
ed in my presence. this 9Th day of
December, A. D., 1885.
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucuous surfaces of the system
Send for testimonials free.
Fs>J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
ADJUSTMENTS

Fun Rcigns Supreme.-Six of the
worlds best and merriest clowns are
largely responsible for the attractive
ness of this years program of the
Barnum e Bailey greatest show ON
earth. There is not moment during
the three hours the doors are open that
the audience is not laughing at some
Groll stunt or funny antic of the great
army of comedians.
In the ranks of the Barnum & Bailey
clowns have originated all the best
clown acts that people all over the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
A chromatio Love Affair.

"Maroonedr' muttered the villain.
turning white and striking his fore
head
Violet pearl of women. had refused
him again.
He lapsed into a brown study, won
dcring If he were too green to win
any woman's love. Perhaps she OBJ
iected to his /prematurely gray hair.
or could it he that the cardinal virtues
of his rival outweighed his old gold?
The hero entering. black as a thun-
der cloud. readily solved the mystery.
There's yellow streak in YOU he
cried In the hope of winning my
betrothed. Violet. you have Tilted
Alice. and It has made Alice blue"'
The villain rose. madden than bor-
net. purpling with rage beneath his
san. But before he could speak the
nero had pinked him with his sword.
Violet Screamed. Terror caught-'er.
But her lover soothed her.
Red of him ut last" he murmured,
folding her in his arms and kissing
her cherry lips as the crimson sun
sank In the west. partially obscured
by the London smoke.
Epilogue. Orange blossoms. = Los
Angeles Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
Seventy Years Of Life.

German mathematician has en-
ployed a little figuring to demonstrate
what the Biblical span of life of three
score and ten really means, and his
results are very interesting.
Seventy years of life mean $40
months or $3.50 days. equal to 613.200
hours or So 792.O0O minutes or 2.201,-
$4,000 seconds. 1t shows that man
reaching that age has gone TO bed %.
$50 times and, excepting childhood, he
has breakfasted 25.OOO times. as well
as dined and supped. Surprising that
he has taken three cups of coffee or OF
tea day. one at each meal. he has
consumed 10000 cups Of either bever-
age. If he smoked three cigars n day
he would have consumed the enormous
quantity Of 54.TJ0 cigars. which. at 8
cents apiece. would Ipaan that 81. 80
went up in smoke. At the rate OF a
pound Of meat day. he has eaten
5000 pounds, or as much as twelve
oxen. IL he walked n mile day.
emitting, of course. his childhood, he
has covered $4,000 miles.
He has taken 49,, $4,000 breatbs. be
Ing 1000 i'm an hour. $4,000 i'm a day
and 1912, 900 in year. The number
of heart beats is still greater. Let us
suppose that there were seventy-five
heart beats minute. This would be
1880 in an hour. 10000 a day. 80, 420,.
600 year and 2,759.40O, 600 for seven
ty years Of life.-Cincinnati CONNER.
cial Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-10
Sees Mother Grow Young.

at would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitters,"
writes Mrs. w. L. Gilpatrick of Dam
forth, Me. Although past 70 she
seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
sleep. Doctors gave .herssup and all
remedies failed till Electric Bitters
worked such wonders for her
health" They invigorate all vital
organs. cure liver and kidney
troubles, induce sleep. impart
strength and appetite. Only SO cents
at all druggists.