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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22
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ton of the directors and other officers OF said
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Ntr.h bennington. Vermont on the flfSt Tues.
day being The 9Th day of July. 1910 at 10 o'clock
n the forenoon.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22

Pittsheld is likely to lose the SER
vices of Tucker" Genest, the fast
shortstop whose work has been fea-
ture of the games played by the team
during the present season. He has
lead the team in batting Genest has
an opportunity to join the Coopers-
town, n. Y. team and II is more than
probable that he will accept.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22

Cottrell OF Hoosick who has been
pitching excellent ball for Syracse
this year. Is said to have received a
big league OFFER He will not accept
as he has another year at college.
Cottrell must have come on rapidly
for he certainly did not show any big
league class" when he pitched
against Bennington for Hoosick Falls
a year ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS

News Of the Town and hIIESe Told Briefly
for Busy Readers
Mrs. Amyel Baker is visiting at
Pittsford.
Patrick Dalton of North Benning-
ton has entered Troy hospital for
treatment.
Miss Margaretta Schuyler is enter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22

Collins. the former Vermont Uni
versity pitcher who assisted Benning-
ton in defeating Hoosick Falls at
Morgan Park one afternoon last sum-
mer, won his game for the Boston
Americans against Washington yes
terday 3 to 2. The Senators made
but six hits off Collins. He struck out
six batters and figured in double
play.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-22

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The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23
She Took No Chances.

A happily-wedded matron is the priHcipa! of a2 cdd incident, which one of her dear" friends relates.
 Before the matron,s engagement to her present husband was announced, she met her dear" friend on the street. The new matron was hurrying toward one of the large jewelry stores of the city.
 John gave me an engagement ring, !" she explained. without a shadow Of embarrassment. and l am going down to see how much it cost You see, l got the jewellers name off the box, ,'' and she hurried on
 The same friend said that another bit of information the matron got was the commercial standing of the pros pective husband. which she secured by paying for special report from a commercial agency.
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

families whose men were not serving in tho ranks of the regular army. Refused army rations, com peled to from devastated village 10 burnt down hamlet, they could not but succumo to hunger and exhaustion
 Had Weyler been less brutally honest, he would have omitted such damaging admission
 Up to this day we have had books of many kinds dealing with the Cuban war; pamphlets put forth by the insurgents and nOoriously unfair to Spain, Spanish publications which misrepre sented grossly the attitude of the United States; articles in European newspapers almost unani mously censuring the Americans for "robbing" Spain Of her colony
 Now. however. have the facts presented almost without any comments and certainly with cut establishment by Spaniard who loves his country and frankly detests the Americans
 Once or twice he registers a protest against the senates decision concerning the recognition of belligenercy or the campaign of defamation directed against him in American papers
 He complains that in March. 1896, when he had the situation well under control the senate of the United States nterfered most unfairly for 1t recognized the belgerency of the insurgents thereby giving them courage
 This is less convincing than the majority of his arguments, for if compare dates We find letters in which he admits his failure to stop the progress Of the instruction.
 His gravest charge against the United States IS contained in the following paragraph which IS too vague to be taken as seriously as soma other statements of his:
 The United States were against evervtbin, that would bring about termination of the war American citizens held several millions worth of euhan bonds issued with the provision that the lslahd would pass under the domination of the 1hlted States ten years after Cuba would have separated herself from Spain. The Yankees saw 1hat wth the pace set the much h-louged for inda Pehdence or Cuba and it's corollary the anneya uoh thereof. was becoming a more and mora ra ho'e poSsihllity But there was no reason why the pennsula should have robbed all the gossip which originated in America"
 But on the whole the picture his letters and reports, as well the letters of Martinag co,, pos ne publishes. present to our eyes of c,ho In the yea7s preceding the Maine incident wopId nave Jusuned any nation. near or remote in inter senlle TOT the sake of humanity; a population unanimous Tn its desire for independence. oioody war which could only lead to an enba,, eral peace and at best would have left tbo isIana a oreary waste for years to come. tho risb.s o, foreign land owners and investors trarnnIad ,n eef ioot' ali this horror had to be stopped
 Spain did not lose Cuba as a co,so,,,o,o .. the war with the United States: by the very ad nission ol spans military representatives, in that llfIated colony, Cuba vas irretrievahlv Iost =. spain in 1897. and the few Spaniards restding ,r the coast towns. the only safe abode for tto.. - felt themselves despised. ostraci,sd r,,na-,.~
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

e"is DOOR, How gloomy the out}ook was ia sat Ca s'aplaealy in confidential letter from ueu' Martnez Campos to CaDovas del Castillo prime minister of Spain
 Although from the very frs, ,ealzed the gravity of the situation I refused to It. my visits in Cuba Principe and Hol O. pPa'u ne however in order not to appear pessihlstic. did not express all my thoughts and | ueelded 10 visit not only the maritime communl des' but the towns in the interior The few Shan aIus Who live in the island do not dare to men. uon thelr origin except in the cities The rest oi 'he population hates Spain. Wherever you pass l"i Ill ana ask the women where their husbands are they answer with terrifying frankness. Tn the mountains with Chief So and So
 You could not get anyone to carry message TOT QUO nor 1,0uO pesetas he would be hanged if he were ever caught
 The rebels who charged Weyler with wanton cruelty seldom restrained themselves from accom-. plishing deeds of violence likely to terrorize the few remaining supporters of the Spanish rule To quote Weyler:
 The Insurgents did not return in any way the eonSlaefale treatment accorded to them by this generous commander tMartiuez Campos1 At the beginning of the war Maxine Gomez showed him. sef very fair; but Maceo, as l shall prove by an thentlc documents, ordered his bands to Set fire To all the sugar mills whose owners were not nav. Ing war tribute, to plunder and loot the country To shoot mercilessly all tho messengers men caught repairing railroad lines bringing pro-
 
 gent chiefs did not hesitate to Kill with their own weapons defenseless islanders. and Maximo Go meg in his Memories cOnfesses to having shot personally q man he had sentenced to death a deed which l call willful murder And stiu that individual presumes to call me assassin.a
 As his authority for the foregoing statement General Weyler not only quotes extracts from the Cuban papers but appends a proclamation of Macee. Gomezs lieutenant. to his bands
 Comrades in Arms: Destroy destroy every. thing, day and night to blow up bridges to derar trains, to burn up villages and sugar mills. to annihilate Cuba is the only way 10 defeat our enc mics. We have not to account for OUT condpct to anyone. Diplomacy public opinion and history don't matter. It would be sheer insanity to seek the laures Of the battlefield. to bear the fire of the enemy's artillery and contribute to the glory of the Spanish commanders. The essential thing is to convince Spain that Cuba will be but a hean Of ruins. What compensation will she receive then for the sacrifice entailed by the campafgn, We must burn and rage everything It womb ba folly to fight as though were an Furonean army. Where rifles are of no avail let dypamita ao the "orh A MACEO"
 The only way to subdue such bloodthirsty des- perate pirates was to adopt their own tactics The Insurgents. Of their own admission never gaye nor accepted battle but harassed the regulars and destroyed their sources of supply. "Conceprra ton" seemed to be the only solution of the nrah em. for the wives and children of the insurgents
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23
WARNING THAT WAS FAMll,ap Grocer Man Used Formula Th.. Little Harry Long to De
 Far Away.

Mrs. Jones favorite warning to bo. young progeny when they were in mic. chief was that she would tend to fbor, Tn minute. Tending" was accor, piished by applying the open hand where 1t would do most good. Wbon Harry was four years old he was sen, for the first time round the corner ,o the grocery In a few minutes he carno trotting soberly back with the nickel still in his hand, but no bag of opiono
 Whats the matter?" asked bta mother.
 I'm 'fraid of the man," he said so,. emnly
 "Oh, he won't hurt you" reassurad Mrs. Jones. Run along and bring the onions. I'm in hurry for them"
 \ second time Harry disappeared round the corner, and a second tima returned without his purchase.
 I'm 'fraid of the grocer man." he explained, as before.
 Well. what makes you afraid q, him?" demanded his mother. iana. uently.
 Why answered the little fellow. "bofe times when I goed in, be looked at me, an said, I'll tend to you in minute. '"-Youth's Companion.
 If you would keep your friends don,, put them to a severe test.
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

D c S 1 q c 8 what the minister.of War had told me and what l had read in the ? a D CTS or in anonymous let. ters sent by Spaniards living in Cuba, and I thought that all of them exag g @ r te q tn @ facts; l had no Knowledge Of the secret docu. ments I have a D D e n q e q to sL.
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23
Nothing of the Sort.

Have you any ayuneular rela tions?"
 Nary one. Aint no disease of. any kind in our family"
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

which seems quite sufficient under the circumstances. A few paragraphs. however. couehed in his blunt, soldierly style, etti n g at nauglt the terrible charges preferred against him in con nection with that stern system of war
 fare would h a V Q D e e n interesting. but they were lack ing. His silence amounts to a comics sion of guilt. He makes a weak at tempt at explaining that the wives and children of insur- gents were not "con
 centrated. /" b u | obliged to betake themselves W h @ r g the head of the fam fly was supposed to be found. This is worse yet, for one can conceive the ap- palling abuses which such an order ema- hating from the gen eral in chief must have countenanced and justified. As the revolutionary ban ds were c 0 n s t a n t l y moving from east to west and from west to east and could not be located with any certainty, what an existence must have been that of
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

ioI outcher1ng his enemies instead of fighting them; and he tiaunts in our faces the ugly stains that show where he wiped off his knife.
 Captain General of the most fertile province of Spain tNld a province which more than once manifested her intention to throw on the B ourb on yoke). he makes such a case against the country that buys his services as no citizen of the United States could nave ever made to
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

In which he attempts to defend his conduct while the representative of Inc Spanish crown on that island.
 MI MANDO EN CUBA
 tMy Command in Guba) 'n letters Of gory scarlet on pa per of liyid gray.
 Whatever the motive may have been that prompted such choice. that bloody eye catcher" of a line nty symbolizes the man and the ~otk which caused so many years oi diseontent in Cuba Weyler has been on trial before public opinion
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

lTH an unpardonable lack of tact or a grew some attempt at a sinister piece of hu- nor, Gen. Valeriane Weyler. the former Spanish captain gen eral of Cuba. who gained for himself
 the unenviable title of butcher. has al lowed the publishers to print the title of the sensational hooLr
The Forrest City times., 1910-09-23

If you would keep your friends don, put them to severe test.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20
CAPITAL STOCK, PAID UP, $35, 0OO00
 SURPLUS, S15, GOO. co.

for Morris after the murder, other than across country afoot, and as every road leading out of Montgom- cry was guarded the police believe he will be found hiding near the town. They don't believe he is seriously in- jured.
 Feared He Would Be tilted.
 It developed that Morris had been begged by the Dumas girl to return to his wife and childen in Plano. He had deserted them for her. This is believed to have led Morris to be- lieve that she did not care for him, and the police say that sooner than give her up he shot her.
 The past life of the slain girl, who has been mystery since she came to Aurora, was partly revealed. A daughter of a wealthy farmer near fine farms In the central part of the state. As Miss Stella Brown she was married to Harry Dumas, Streator newspaper man, when young, but the couple lived together only a short time, when they were divorced. After that she is said to have put a mort gage on her farm lands, which still remains unpaid.
 Morris, owner of farm of 1oo acres, valued at s15,600 and recent heir to $7,o00 in cash, is said to have become infatuated with the girl when he first saw her. The couple were much together, and the Plano man is said to have planned to pay up the mortgages on her farms.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20
5LoODHOUNDS MISS TRAIL OF w. H. MORRIS, WHO KILLED
 YOUNG WIDOW ON STREET.
SEQUEL TO LOVE AFFAIR
Hunted Man Had Deserted Family and Is Said to Have Feared He Would Be Jlted-Thousht to
 Be Not Badly Hurt.

Aurora H., Dec. 20.-W. H. Morris, well-to-do- Plano man, wanted for killing young woman in the main street of Montgomery. Is believed to be hiding in river bottom or in some abandoned barn after having thrown posse and bloodhounds off his trail. He is armed and a battle may be fought if he is run down.
 The alleged slayer vanished mys- teriously after he had been trailed through a corn field to an abandoned house, where 1t was found he had passed several hours.
 That Morris is badly wounded is indicated by trail of blood left In the snow It is thought he was wounded in struggle with his vic- tim, or that he attempted suicide The pistol was found in the corn held. The slain woman was Mrs. Estelle Dumas, a pretty and wealthy young widow.
 There was no avenue of escape
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20
PROVINCES IN REVOLT AND LIVES OF AMERICANS SAID
 TO BE IN DANGER.
TOWNS HELD IN TERROR
Rebellion Resembles Boxer Movement and May Be in Charge of Clan Brieands Seize Boats and
 Stores Are Ransacked

Pekin, Dec. 20.-The southern part of the Chinese province of Kavangsi and the southwestern part of Kavang- tung are in state of revolt against the authority of the empire. Ameri- can schools, mission and hospitals have been destroyed, foreigners driv- en out and hundreds of peaceful Chi nese soldiers slain.
 Following an urgent appeal sent here from Canton, the ministry or dered every available soldier put in the field against the revolutionists.
 Believed Boxer chlsftalns.
 Nearly three thousand Chinese-no better than brigands and pirates hold the districts in a state of terror. Towns and villages have been seized and citizens shot down in cold blood. The outlawry is identical with that of the boxers, and in some quarters this is looked upon as a series of outrages by the secret chieftains of the boxer clan.
 The center of the revolt is the city of Lien Chow, which is in possession of the outlaws. The American insti- tutions there have all bocl burned.
 Prefect Woo of Lien Chow sent word to Canton that the Cantonese force originally sent to quell the up rising had met with a series of de feats and that scores of soldiers had been killed by the brisands. Tho sol diers captured alive were subje ed b grewsome tortures.
 Plenty of Ammunition.
 The authorities maintain that the rebel forces were recruited by secret Chinese societies and that plans for this uprising in the south have been under way for many months. The out laws are well equipped with arms and ammunition.
 They have seized boats upon the rivers and manned them with their armed forces. Stores and residences are being footed and bloodshed is rampant.
 For some time the attitude of the secret societies has been causing Pc kin authorities much alarm. Hereto fore the leaders have treated with government representatives, but re- gently the Highbinders have shown a disposition to carry on their warfares against the government instead of against their private enemies.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20
OIAZ TROOPS DEFEATED
SECOND BATTLE REPORTED
 WEST OF CHIHUAHUA.
Later Reports of Earlier Engagements Increase the Federal
 Loss.

Fl Paso. Tex, Dec. 20-News from Chihuahua indicates the Mex,uan reb- els have scored a second decisive vic tory over Diaz troops in the fighting west of the city of Chihuahua.
 The battle resulted in rout for the federals. General Hernandez was in personal charge of the Diaz troops.
 Late reports from La Junta declare the rebel victory of Friday was even more pronounced than first news indi- cated According to stories of train passengers here, at least 1000 fed erals were killed in that battle The revolutionary losses were small com paratively.
 The rebels pursued fighting tactics similar to those employed by Indians in the United States years ago
 The Diaz soldiers, advancing on ap- parently small forces in open forma- ton, were moved down.
 While two weeks ago it seemed fed eral soldiers had succeeded in crush ing the revolutionary movement, ev- erything today indicates the rebel propaganda is growing
 President DiaZ has ordered soldiers be rushed into Chihuahua to crush rebels by sheer force
 Rebel leaders declare that at an op- perfume moment their brethren, well financed, will spring up to strike a blow at Diaz in every part of the re- public.
 Efforts to determine losses in the most recent battle west of Chihuahua have failed except that it is assured the rebels won.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20
TO BRING INCOME
Los Angeles Man Leaves $3s,o00 Estate Peculiarly Tied Up
 for 25 Years.

Les Angeles, Cal, Dec. 20.--Orrel A. Parker of New York has a chance to add to his income if he has babies enough. By the terms O. the will of his brother, Frederick D. 'arker, who died here last week, he and his wife are to he given $50 month apiece for each child that is born to them. The will also provides that another broth CT, William R. Parker of this city, be given $30 month. and if he marries that mach additional Is to be paid to
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20

Trolley Car Hurls Victim 90 Feet.
 Irwin, Pa, Dec. 20.-Hurled 90 feet into a ravine when a trolley car struck their team, Paul II. Grubb, 19 years old. was instantly killed, and Margaret Frye, IS years old, was seri- ously injured.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20
MANY MISSING AFTER MYSTERI. GUS CONCLUSION AT NEW
 YORK CENTRAL TERMINAL.
DAMAGE OVER WIDE AREA
Buildings Blocks Away Partially Wrecked-Car Lifted From Rails, Hurled Upon Auto and Five
 Are Reported Dead.

New York, Dec. 20.-Nine persons are dead eight are missing and sup posed to be dead, and more than & score are injured as the result of mysterious explosion which wreck ed the milk depot and carpenter shop of the New York Central railway at Forty-ninth street and Lexington ave- nue. So terrific was the force of the explosion that the big power house of l the New Haven railroad, which Is i'm inediately behind the demolished structure, was almost destroyed. while adjacent property was badly battered and windows in all buildings for radius of a dozen blocks were blown out.
 The police said later that the explo- sion probably wes caused by the ig- hilton of tank containing gas, which was in a car ip the milk depot It was set off, they said, by spark from the third rail. T2is explosion caused the blowing up of the car loaded with dynamite.
 The milk depot anl carpenter shop were wrecked complt tely and nearly everybody in them was killed. The big steel boiler shop nearly was demol ished, as we'll as many small build lngs.
 A street car of the Lexington ave nue line. which was passing the milk depot at the time, was thrown from the tracks and dashed upon an auto mobile owned by Charles Shepards of the Edison Manufacturing company Two persons in the street car and one in the automobile were killed, while a number of others were hurt.
 The Identified Dead.
 The identified dead are: Mrs. Mary B. Hodge, a passenger on the street ear; Patrick Jordan, Frank Epagg, E. B. Livermore, c. NJ. Morrow, em- ployed on the railroad; Francis C., Kelly, policeman, passenger in the street car.
 Two Schools Damaged.
 The Cathedral parochial school in To ty-ninth street was badly damaged and several children were reported Injured.
 The Bible training school, ten story building at Lexigton avenue and Forty-ninth street, was damaged and every window in the building carried away.
 Nearly every ambulance in Manhat- tan was hurried to the scene and the injured were taken to hospitals in the vicinity. Because of the wide area covered by the damage it was impos sible for the police to determine at first just what had happened.
 There were numerous escapes from death. The Children's Mercy nursery, Fiftieth street and Lexington avenue, was damaged badly. There were 500 children and 30 nurses in the building.
 Panic in Nursery Averted.
 The flying glass cut some of the nurses and children. while the re- mainaer were thrown into wild pan ic. There was mad rush for the stairs, but the cool heads among the nurses were able to stop the panic be- fore anyone was hurt.
 The public school at Fifty-frst street and Lexingto avenue was dam aged. Fortunately, the explosion took place before the scholars had arrived for the school day and there were but two little boys standing at the door, both of whcm were injured.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-12-20
Mall Robber, Six, Caught at Work.

Mali Robber, SIX, Caught at Work.
 Monaca, Pa. Dec. 20.-A six-year- old mail robber was caught in the postoffice at Monaca with his arms full of mail he had taken from two boxes. A policeman stood and watched tho child empty two boxes and rscog- niEsd Marty McCush. the child of his friend, Martin McCush.