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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-07-25
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En- PONCE.
Higi1,io Lopez quedo
completamente car
tonizado.
Los restos fueron sacados
de entire los escomb bros y
solo el tronco y la cara
no fueron destruldcs.
Las perlidas Sc caIcuIau en-
$4,000 y los aseguros eran
por $11.500.

(de nuestro corresponsal especiaD.
Ponce, julio 23,-Serian proxlma
mente las go de la madrugada de
anoche cuando las cornetas de los
bomberos llamaron d estos a cum
plir con SUI penoso deber y dieron la
voz de alarma en- toda la poblacl6n
FL sitio del incendio era en- la ca
lie Mayor esquina la de Guadalu-
pc. Habia ALI un establecimiento
de comercio, provisiones, del Sr. Eu-
gepio Auffant,. Ell establecimiento
era al por mayor y al detail. Ell esta
blccimiento al por mayor estaba 81
tuado en- un lado de la casa Y el otro
al lado.
FL Sr. Auffant no dormia ALI, ha-
ciendolo en- su casa particular. Dos
dependencies Lauro Rodriguez y Juan
Campos fueron detenidos por la dete
the Y declararon que dormian en- el
establecimiento.
En- la puerta de casa que da a la
calle Mayor tenian cstableeido un
dep6sito de licores los Sres. Higinio
Lopez y Francisco Rodriguez. Al
lado del deposito viva el Sr. Lopez
de quien Sc informa que al darse Gu
enta del incendio Sc arrojo del lecho
en- ropas memories y penetro en- la ca
sa por Ia primera puerta que pudo
hallar. Despues no pudo salir. ALI
perecio de una muerte horrible.
Su cuerpo fut hallado despues com
pletamente achicharrado. Una tre-
menda escena Sc desarrollo luego de
medic apagado el incendio cuando
la infortunada viuda del Lopez inst6
al sargentoSerra della detective y a los
bomberos q buscar su esposo que
dijo habia salido pa a tratar de en-
frar en- el establecimiento y salvar
los ibros que tenfa en- el cajon del
mostrador. Los restos fueron hallado
dos entire un monitor de escombros
todavia ardiendo.
FL otro socio de la fabrica dc leo
res, Sr. Francisco Rodriguez, recibi6
lesiones de consideration al tratar
tambien de penetrar en- el local, pues
la explosion de un bocoy de ron que
vol6 el techo estuvo a punto de oca
sionar tambien Ia mucrte Gle aquel.
A las 4 de la mahana estaba local.
zado e ! incendio. Los dos estableci-
mien tos quedaron totalmente DIES
truidos. La GAIA de hero del Sr.
Auffant que fu6 despues depositada
en- manos de la detectire contenia di-
nero, libros Gle contabilidad y una
POLKA de ascguros por valor dc s..
600.
Sc informa que el dcp6sito dc ron
estaba asegurado en- 81 800, V la ca
sa era de propiedad del Sr Agustin
Arcc, del comercio de esta ciudad.
FL cadaver del desgraciado Lopez,
que fue encontrado por el alcalde,
Official de bomberos Sr. Barnes V sar
gento Sierra, presentaba un aspecto
atroz. Narias parties del cuerpo
habian desaparecido completamen-
tie quedando unicamente parte del
tronco V cara. FL fiscal de la Cor
de distrito Sr. Palacios Rodriguez,
que Sc constituyo inmediatame
en- el sitio de la ocurrencia. .dispuso
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
Every Enough Keep Out Stock Speculation May Not Ahev
MANY ARE RELIEVED.
Prescription" in This Vicinity.

That the readers Of this paper APP
preciate advice when given in good
faith is plainly demonstrated by the
fact that the well known local phar-
macy supplied the ingredients for the
vegetable prescription" many times
within the past two weeks. The an
nouncement of this simple harmless
mixture has certainly accomplished
much in reducing the great many ca.
SEES of kidney complaint and rheuma'
tism here relieving pain and misery,
especially among the older population
who are always suffering more or less
from bladder or urinary troubles. back
ache and particularly rheumatism.
Another well known druggist asks
us to continue the announcement of
the prescription. 1t is doing so much
good here, he continues, that it would
be crime not to do so. 1t cannot
be repeated too often, and further
states many cases of remarkable
cures wrought.
The following is the prescription,
of simple ingredients, making a harm
less. inexpensive compound, which
any person can prepare by shaking
well in a bottle: Fluid Extract Dande-
lion, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sar-
saparilla, three ounces; compound
Kargon. one ounce, Any first class
druggist will sell this small amount
of each ingredient, and the dose for
adults is one teaspoonful to be taken
after each meal and again at bedtime.
There is enough here to last for one
week, if taken according to directions.
Good results will be apparent from
the first few doses
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
GAS TRUST BEGINS
REMINDING THAT
S12,OOO,OOO
Will Require a Year to Pay
Back the Money
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN AT WORK
over 5000 Checks Sent Out During
First Day-crowds at Company
Offices.

New York, March 2.-The actual
repayment of money due gas consum-
ers who have a share in the $4,000,
600 rebate fund, which has been ac
cumulating at the rate of 20 cents OH
every dollar paid for gas since May,
1906, has begun. Some 5000 checks
were sent through the mails yesterday
from the branch offices of the Consoli-
dated Gas company and its subsidiar-
les, and these will be followed daily
with other checks asfast as the opera
ting force of auditors, bookkeepers
and clerks can pass on the claims and
get the checks drawn
1t is likely that the process of pay
ing off consumers will take a year or
more for it was said Yesterday that
5000 checks a day would probably be
fair daily average. Thereare about
100000 checks to be drawn before
the entire list of gas consumers who
are entitled to rebates is gone through
the gas company officials say. Ac
cording to the officials about 500 men
are employed in the work of paying
the rebates including those furnish
ed by the several gas companies and
by United States Commissioner
Shields, custodian of about $4,000 600
Of the rebate fund. The rest of the
| $1,000, 900 rebate is in the treasures
of the gas companies, as no payments
to Commissioner Shields have been
made since last fall, the court having
ordered such paymentsto stop.
The various disbursing Offices which
have been opened in different parts OF
the city to facilitate the work OF re-
payment were deluged yesterday with
claim blanks filled out by gas con
sumers who have moved from the ad.
dresses at which they lived in May,
1906. Hundreds OF consumers also
called at these bureaus as well as the
regular offices OF the gas companies
to file their claims in person.
Many went with the idea that they
would get their rebate money as soon
as their claims were presented. All
such went away disappointed, how
ever, for they were told that each
claim would have to be looked up in
the books and passed on by the gas
company clerks as we'll as the auditors
employed by Commissioner Shields
All this takes time. and as the claim.
are being investigated,in some cases
alphabetically and in some cases by
districts, the claimants were told {
be patient and they would get their
money later on
The gas companies have tried to dis
courage applications in person at the
disbursing bureaus, for it only ham
pers the work of the clerks and book
keepers. The proper method of pro
cedure Is for the consumer who has
moved TO another address since May
/, 1906, or who has changed from one
gas company to another since tina
date, to apply by mail for a CLAIM
blank. fill It out, send It to the com
pany, and wait
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
MODELLED AFTER VT, LAW
A Public Service Bill Introduced in
the Maine Legislature.

Brattleboro, March "a public
service bill modelled after the Yer
mont law has just been introduced in
the Maine legislature Representa-
tive Herbert G.. Barber of Brattleboro
the author of the Vermont law, has
received notice that the proposed
Main law is substantially a copy Of
his bill. II changes the name of the
railroad commission, as was done in
this state. and provides that the
board shall have supervision of all
telegraph, telephone, gas, electric
light, steam and electric railroad and
express companies, Representative
Davies, when asked concerning the
Maine bill said: 81 went before the
tax commission and stated that in my
opinion the public utilities commits
sion recommendation contained in its
report was not satisfactory and that
If nothing better was offered | should
submit something of my own. A
short time ago the commission sug-
gested this BILL modelled after the
Vermont law 1t seemed satisfactory
and decided to present 1t in lieu of
my own"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
TOWN OF POWNAL
TO HAVE NEW
INDUSTRY
Wright Property Bought BY
HOIyOke Paper Manufacturer
WILL EMPLOY 100 HANDS
Boom for Business in Community Bad
ly Crippled by Big Fire Three
Years Ago.

1t is understood in Pawnal that
the plant formerly occupied by the
Wright Underwear Co in that town
has been bought by Holyoke paper
manufacturing company who will
build a paper mill there which will
employ 100 hands.
Representatives of the company
were in Pownal Thursday and made a
thorough inspection of the plant. One
of them said that the result of their
investigation was satisfactory. He
also said that the property would be
bought if it could be secured at a
reasonable figure.
Solomon Wright, the chief owner of
the mill was in Troy on Thursday, it
is said, and is quoted as having said
that the property is practically sold.
Should this deal be cosummated
and the mill built, it would be great
boom to the town of Pownal which
has been left without an industry of
any kind since the burning of the
Wright mill over three years ago, and
since the North Pownal mill shut
down something over year ago.
lie Jul mug VI AlN NiiShl hiAAi
was spectacular affair. Fire broke
out soon after the help went in on
the morning of December 10, 1905,
quickly spread to all parts of the
building, and as there was no means
of fighting the flames, in an hour the
building was entirely destroyed. The
80 employees escaped with difficulty
many of them being obliged to jump
out of the windows to the roof of an
ell, a distance of 20 feet The build
ing which was a combination brick
and frame structure, 96x50 feet and
four stories high, was valued at $780,
600 and there was practically no in
surance.
With the burning of the mill, the
Wright company which also has mills
at Troy and Cohoes, felt that it could
not rebuild at place where there is
no fire protection, so since that time
until the present there has been alb
solutely nothing done toward build
ing up another Industry there, al
though there have been rumors a.
various times that the property was
to be put to some use.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
Conspicuous Judgment Should Accorded
BENNINGTON CLUB SMOKER
Interesting and Enjoyable Occasion
Scheduled for March IS.

On the evening Of March 18th,
next the Bennington Club" will give
a Smoker and dinner TO its members.
After the dinner the members of the
club will be- addressed by Congress
man Gaines of West Virginia, a mem
Der of the Ways and Means Commit
tee. upon the problem of Tariff Re
vision, a subject in the solution of
which the manufacturers and bust
ness men of Bennington are deeply in
terested. Congressman Gaines since
last November has been listening to
hearings and discussions upon this
subject before his committee and is
in other ways as we'll qualified to
speak advisedly and interestingly up
on this topic,
Then, too Congressman Hampton
Moore who is the President of the
Atlantic Waterway Association and
who is a recognized expert on the
subject viii speak upon another great
national problem Our Waterways"
Mr.. Newell who is at the head OF
the Bureau in Washington will give
an illustrated talk upon the Re
clamation Service, a problem upon
which the Congress of the United
States has thus far spent S5O.O00,OOO.
and last. but not least, our own Con
gresham David ] Foster will be pres.
ent aud is always to be depended up
on to give a most interesting address
upon any one of the many important
problems intrusted to him in his ser
vice and committee work at Wash
ington
The dinner will be limited to mem
bers Of the Club and the gentlemen
named from Washington Each mem
Der OF the Club may invite one gentle
man friend to the after dinner ad
| dresses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
PROSECUTIONS SOLD
WITNESS TO
DEFENCE
Strange Incident in Cooper
Murder Trial
STATE GETS BACK COSTS
Physician Who Made Autopsy Then
Allowed to Testify for Respon-
dent.

Nashville Tenn, March 1.-The
spectacle of counsel on one side not
only selling a witness to the opposi-
ton, but haggling over the terms, was
one OF the incidents that occurred yes
terday in the trial of Colonel d. B.
Cooper, Robin Cooper and John d.
Sharp for the staying of former United
States Senator EW. Carmack.
The subject of the commercial trans
action was DR.. McPheeters Glasgow,
who had been employed by the prose
cution to 90 to Columbia and perform
an autopsy on Senator Carmacks
body. He reported his findings to
the prosecutors. He was subpoenaed
by the state, but was not used. The
defense learned of the autopsy and
summoned the doctor.
After long discussion, the attorney
general McCarn, made this PROPOSE
ton. That If the defense would
pay the state the costs of the autopsy
including DR.. Glasgow's fee. the state
would waive its rights"
Judge Hart said the defense wanted
to see the goods before they bought,
and they offered TO confer with DR..
Glasgow, and If they decided to use
him as a witness, to reimburse the
state.
The prosecutors refused this offer
Pay whether you use him or not,
they said.
There was hurried conference
and the defense bought the goods in
the bag" and DR.. Glasgow became
their witness.
The significance of his testimony
was that any one of the three wound:
sustained by Carmack was necessarily
and instantly fatal, and that if the
senator did not fire the first shots, he
could not have fred at all.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02

Board of Library Commissioners for
the expenditure by said Library Com.
missioners of the sum of one hun
dred dollars for books for the town,
pursuant to the provisions of Sec.
ton 1895 of Public Statutes OF Yer
mont
Board so instructed
16, To see II the town will vote to
pay II. ], Cole Five Dollars, the same
being the amount OF check drawn
in 1899 by the then Road Commits
sioner of the Town of Bennington to
Charles II, lockwood, for work per-
formed upon the highways of the
town, and by said lockwood en-
dorsed to said Cole, said check never
having been paid
Voted to pay the check,
II, To see II the town will vote to
authorize the selectmen to take the
necessary steps to preserve the chart.
err now In the Town Clerks Office and
to have a copy of the Charter made II
found advisable by them so to do.
Voted to have copy made and the
old charter preserved. Also voted 10
have copy made of the first book OF
town records which is becoming
worn out,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
Forestry in Japan,

Japan has longer than any other
country practiced technical forestry
With extraordinary skill and absolute
success the authorities have for 1000
years planted and cared for the forest
trees. The results writes a CORE
spondent of the Pail Mall Gazette,
have been really wonderful, for
through the extremely sedulous man.
agement and the knowledge and skin
by degfees attained the financial gains
have been very large, Indeed Not
twig Is ever wasted. The trees are re-
earded as almost sacred property, and
not a particle of any one Of them Is
regarded as rubbish, so close Is the
utilization. Thinning and all depart.
ments OF arboreal culture are very
carefully conducted AT the end OF
10 years from planting a wood lot Is
thlnned by experts, and then every
five years the process Is repeated for
1870 years. the average period Of the
cultivation OF sot Of trees.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
FOR CHAMPAIGN MONUMENT
House Adopts Foster Amendment
Carrying $4,000.

Burlington, March "A Wash
ington dispatch to The Free Press
says that attached to the general de-
ficiency bill which passed the House
Saturday was an amendment by Con-
gresham D. j, Foster, appropriating
$4,000 for a monument to Samuel
Champlain. Congressman Foster
hopes to get the amount increased to
$4,000 before the bill goes to the
President for his signature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK
Herbert Burns of Proctor Meets
Death in Railroad Crossing.

Rutland. March 2.-Herbert Burns
of Proctor aged 20 was killed, and
William Squires, chauffeur aged 45
years, also of Proctor, was badly in
jured about two o'clock Sunday after
noon when Rutland railroad
freight train, running extra, struck
the automobile in which they were
riding at crossing at Center Rut
land near the Vermont Marble com
pany's Office
Both men were employed by the
Vermont Marble company Squires
having charge of the cOmpany's auto
mobiles He was teaching Burns how
to run the machine the steering
wheel being in the hands Of the lat
ter at the time. The machine was
running slowly and it is believed that
Burns saw the approaching train
when near the crossing, as the car
was brought nearly to a standstill
1t is the opinion of eye witnesses
that the woung man thought that the
car would stop on the track and for
this reason threw on the power, the
machine landing on the track just
ahead of the engine. which was run
ming rapidly. When SQuires saw
that there would be collision he
Jumped but not in time to avoid be
ing hit.
Burns body was nearly cut in two
and death was instantaneous. Squires
was carried to the Proctor hospital
in an ambulance and although he is
badly bruised no bones are broken,
and it is not thought his injuries will
prove fatal unless he was injured in
ternally.
Burns was a son of MIR. and Mrs
Thomas Burns of Proctor and was un
married. Squires is married and has
six children.
The automobile was wrecked be
| yond repair.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
STAKE THRoNeH HIS BODY
5ratleboro Conductor Killed Near
West ToWnshend.

West oWnshend.
Brattleboro. March 2.-John f.
Smith of Brattleboro freight con-
ductor employed by the Central Yer
mont Railway company, was killed
near West Townshend, 20 miles north
of this place on the West River
branch Of the Central Vermont, about
1890 O'Clock Sunday forenoon
stake about four inches In diameter
being driven through his body
Conductor Smith and the crew were
moving cars by a process known as
stalking. One end of long stake
was attached to the front Of the en-
CINE and the other end was placed
against the corner of a car on anoth-
er track When the engine began to
push, the stake either broke or slip
ped off the corner of the car and
struck Conductor Smith in the mid
die Of the chest and went through
the body obliquely, coming out lit
tie to the left OF the backbone The
conductor died almost Instantly
Or G. F. Gale and Selectman W. r.
Wheeler viewed the body and gave
permission for its removal TO Brat
tleboro. Conductor Smiths watch
was crushed stopping at 10:2S.
The crew went TO West Townshend
in the morning with a work train to
work for the bridge department. Con-
ductor Smith was best known as
Jake, He was 2S years old, was
son of the late Edward Smith, and
was not married. His regular run was
between Brattleboro and Palmer.
Mass. He is survived by brother,
Charles +, Smith of Brattleboro and
a sister Mrs. Robert Reed of New
London. CT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
HOUSE SOLD
J. Ed. WsIbridge Sells Residence to
Henry L. Field.


]. Ed Walbridge has sold his resi-,
dence on Imperial avenue to Henry
l.. Field, president of the Vermont
Hosiery and Machine Co. The con-
sideration has not been made public.
Besides the house a plot of ground
measuring $50 feet on Imperial
avenue and of the same length in
depth has been purchased by Mr..
Field. Mr. Walbridge still retains
his barn. drivers house and the re-
mainder of the land.
Possession will be taken on May
LIST when Mr.. Walgridge and family
will move to Ferndale to occupy their
camp, L'Oafmore" until the end of
the season. During the summer Mr..
Walbridge expects to build a new
residence on the Walbridge home
stead farm at Bennington Falls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
FAILED TO SHOW DEER HEAD
Montgomery Man Fined 500 for Vio-
latina Game Laws.

st. Albans, March 2.-Lewis lum-
bra. of Montgomery, who several
weeks ago was held by Judge n. n.
Post of the city court for his appear
ance at the March term of the Frank.
lin county court on the charge OF
not exhibiting to a game warden the
head Of a deer which he killed durine
the open season yesterday morning
pleaded guilty to an information illed
against him by States Attorney Elmer
Johnson and was fined 500 and costs.
After an examination. he was placed
in the charge of the probation oflcer'
G.. p. Hogan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
WOUNDS PROVED FATAL
Robert A, Glynn Will Not Be Tried
For Wife Murder.

Springfield, March 2.-Robert A.
Glynn, who last Thursday shot him
self after killing his wife, Louise has
died from his wounds. He was re-
tired farmer and village merchant,
70 years old The double shooting
followed the repeated refusal of his
wife, who had filed divorce libel
against him to return to live with
him. The libel alleged intolerable
severity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-02
SPANISH DANCERS
SON LAYS CLAIM
TO PEERAGE
Title OfFOrmer Ambassador to
Washington involved
THE SACKVILLE-WEsT CASE
Present Holder Of Estate Claims
Church Records Were FaIsified
in Claimants Interest

Madrid, March 1.-The case of Ern-
est Henri Batiste West, claimant to
the Sackville peerage and estates,
against Lionel Edward Sackyille- West
to whom the estates have passed,
opened in this city yesterday The
case hinges upon the legitimacy of the
claimant
The late Lord Sackville, second Bar
on, who as Sir Lionel Sackville- West
was British minister in Washington
from 1881 to 1888, succeeded his
brother, Mortimer, first Baron TO the
peerage in 1888. Before he came to
Washington he was minister to Mad
rid from 1878 to 1881.
Ernest West is the natural son of
Lord Sackville who, while he was in
Madrid, formed an irregular alliance
with Spanish dancer named JOS
ephine-Duran de Ortega. No attempt
will be made to deny that Lord Sack
vile lived with Josephine de Ortega
as his wife and that he formally legit-
imatized his children by her, but Lii
onel Edward, known now as third bar
on Sackvile, will contend that the
dancer, in 1851. eighteen years prior
to the birth of Ernest, contracted a
marriage with a Spaniard named Oil
va. and that consequently the second
| Lord Sackvilie's legal recognition of
his children is nullified. He will pro
duce in court copies of the register
of church in Madrid purporting to
show the marriage of Ernests mother
/ a nlfNu fHhaua 4
in 1900, and the claim is made that
the register was tempered with in
1901
The present case Is a criminal &C
ton against church employee named
Roltir relative of Josephine Duran de
Ortega. and third man, who are
charged with altering the church rec
ord of the marriage of Josephine ia
Olivia in the interests of the claim
ant. The public prosecutor and the
attorney for Lionel Sackville- West
have Joined in asking the condemna
ton of the accused to Imprisonment
for ten years.
The claimant proposes to produce
also the dying declaration of Joseph
inc affirming that she is the legitimate
wife Of the second Lord Sackville ant
that her children were recognized
supporting this contention with an ar
ray OF private letters.
The prosecution will insist upon the
validity of the marriage of 1851, anC
will cite the fact that here is no Ger
tilicate Of the marriage of Josephine
Duran de Ortega and Lord Sackville
that Lord Sackyille, when he assumed
the peerage in 1888, declared that hi
was unmarried, and that the munich
pal archives contain legal transcript
of the marriage of Josephine and oil
va.