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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
ARLINGTON

Gilbert Vaughn spent Sunday In
North Bennington.
Mrs. =. c. Cullman has returned
from her visit In Bennington.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Higgins OF
bennington spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. Ida Brcnson and Miss Matte
Garfield spent Sunday in North Ad'
AIMS.
Miss Sara Cullinan has returned
from visiting her brother and sister In
Bennington.
Mrs. r. u l.eako, after spending a
few days IN town, has returned to her
1one in Albany.
Mrs +. \. Garfield. after visiting
her son and family In schenectady
has returned home.
The rummage sale which was held
IN the hall under the Village Improve
ment society, netted a profit OF over
SAL
Mrs Margaret Wilson, son and
daughter also Mrs. Thomas keough
snent Sunday with the latiers daught'
er Ia Salem, n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
GUILD CONCERT
Pleasant Affair at Academy Hall Last
Evening

The rainy evening interfered some
what with the attendance at the con.
cert given last night under the aus
pices of st. AsEes Guild at Academy
hall. A good sized audience, how
ever. enjoyed a concert of exception.
able merit Mrs. Wilcox songs were
we'll selected Especially worthy OF
mention was her rendition Of Balls
beautiful song The Garden If My
Heart" which was sung with dramatic
effect
Mr. Ben. Franklin, always a favor
tie in Bennington. was in excellent
voice, and his songs were greatly APP
precated by the audience. Mr..
Franklin has a highly cultivated voice
and some credit must be given to his
early training in a boy choir which
has given us many Of our best sing
ers.
1t was Mr. Farley's first appearance
before a Bennington audience. He
sang Rodney's song THE Clang Of the
Forge with effect. and the audience
Insisted upon an encore.
Mr.. Daley accompanied the singers
with his usual ability.
Dancing music by Goldsmith's or
chestral was enjoyed until II o'clock
The desire OF young people TO dance
is perfectly natural and when under
good conditions as on this occasion
wise parents will encourage and not
| frown upon IL.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
NO TROLLEY CAR STRIKE
Demand for Increase in Wages to Go
to Arbitration.

Springfield, Mass May 4.-There
will be no strike Of the 1000 employees
of the street railway companies, con-
troled in Central Massachusetts by
the New Haven Railroad interests.
At a conference yesterday between
representatives OF the trolleymen and
G iiicials Of the company ii was agreed
to submit the matter of an increase in
wages to arbitration.
New Haven, Conn, May AT the
close Of a conference between the AID.
yisory Committee OF the employees of
the Connecticut Company the holding
company for the New York. New Ha-
ven & Hartford Railroad Company's
trolley lines, and the officials OF the
company. late yesterday, a statement
was issued by the company, saying
that the wage schedule was thorough
ly discussed No final conclusion, 1t
aid, was reached, but all indications
pointed to the ultimate peaceful so
luton Of the matter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
JOHN X. CONVERGE DEAD
Philanthropist, Presbyterian and Pres
ldent Of Locomotive Works

Philadelphia. May 4.-John II. Con
verse, president OF the Baldwin Loco
motive Works and a prominent Pres
byterian layman, died suddenly from
heart disease at his suburban home
In Rosemont near here yesterday.
MIR. Converse was go years old. He
was born In Burlington, Vt, In 1870,
and was graduated from the Univer-
sity OF Vermont In 1861. He first
turned his attention to newspaper
work. being employed for three years
as editorial writer on The Burlington
Times. He then went TO Chicago
where he was engaged In railroad
work for two years and In 1870 Mr.,
Converse became a member Of the
Baldwin locomotive firm and later
was elected president.
Mr.. Converse gave literally OF his
large fortune to many worthy needs
In 1900 he was vice moderator of the
Presbyterian church OF the United
States. He was also president OF the
trustees OF the general assembly and
chairman OF the business committee
OF the Board OF Publication, as well
as OF the Committee on EvangelistiC
Work. He was a trustee of the
Prince. on Theological seminary trus
tee OF the Presbyterian hospital, a
member Of the University Extension
association. and during the Spanish
war he acted as president OF the Nat
ional Relief association.
Early In life Mr. Converse was mar
rled to Elizabeth r. Thompson OF Bay
Ridge, l.. l.. ard he had two daughters
and one son.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
Most Often Has Reason Be Thankful For the Things

ing can be expended to accommodate
the largest number of residents.
w. H. Myers appeared before the
board and urged the necessit of bet
ter fire protection in the vicinity of
his wood yard which was recently
visited by fire. There was long
discussion on the subjects of hydrants
and fire alarm boxes but no definite
conclusion was reached Referred to
committee.
Trustee Kelley of the fire commit
tee reported on the offer to donate
the village the chemical fire engine
now stationed at Bennington Center.
The report was accepted and the trus-
tees recommended that the matter be
referred to the annual village meet
ing.
An application of the New England
Telephone company for permit to
locate poles was referred to the COM
mittee on streets
The several applications pending
before the board for permits to put
in concrete sidewalks were granted.
The question of damage to streets
by the overflow from the river in
times of high water was brought up
and referred TO the village attorney,
who Is to confer with the owners of
the water power privileges on the
stream.
1t was voted that orders be drawn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
VIII Investigate Cases Against Two
Fort Ethan Allen Soldiers.

Burlington, May 4.--Judge Stanton,
at the request of States Attorney
Shaw has ordered a special grand
jury to be drawn, which it is expected
will sit on three cases, with murder,
and two against Private John A. Bill
ingslea, charged with assaulting Pri-
vate Fleming r. Jordan.
The funeral of Jessie Labarr, the
colored girl, who was shot and killed
by William West, was held from the
undertaking rooms of A. F. Clement
in Winoosk Sunday afternoon. A
number of her friends among the col
ored poole attended Interment was
in the Merrill cemetery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
TO REBUILD TOWN HALL
Hyde Park viii Put About $500 Into
Building.

Hyde Park. May AT largely at.
tended meeting the town voted to
build n hall to take the place Of the
one recently burned. II. W. Hulburd,
r. S. Page and b. G.. Rooney were APP
pointed committee to locate the
same and to act In conjunction with
the selectmcn in building. They were
authorized TO borrow money to the
extent OF $4,000, which. with the In
surance, will give about $500 A
meeting to take action towards re.
building the burned Congregational
church will be held Thursday evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
The Value Of Proprietary Medicines

Is proven by the very large percen.
tage Of physicians prescriptions for
same remedies found In every drug
store In America but-as they are
written In Latin, few patients realize
this fact
The old standard proprietary medi.
cines like Lydia =. plnkham's Vege.
table Compound that have. stood the
test OF time. deserve a place In every
family medicine chest. and Il IL most
certain they would not be prescribed
hy physicians u they we're able %
devise a formula equally as ehicaci.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
"sILLv THE BOY ARTIST"
To Appear at Opera House Two Eve
nlnas This Week

nlnas This Week
Unlike anything at present upon the
stage. "Billy the BOY Artist Is mus
ical play that Is written around the
antics OF misohlevous boy, Billy
the celebrity OF the Boston Globe car.
toon pages. Built wholly and solely
for laughing purposes. "Billy the BOY
Artist" runs upon but shred Of a
plot with no intricate ontauglements
to unravel nor no serious compiled.
tions 10 worry through. II Is as one
Boston reviewer says Just one whirl.
wind Of laughter, music and girls
The best Of the many ridiculous stu
atlons that Billy has created for the
hewildorment OF Professor c. Howe
Wise and l. u. Schmart have been
welded into q comedy that is side.
splitting from start to finish and the
music Is all OF the kind that Fuckers
the lips and that one hears ON the
street the next day.
With It's hevy OF pretty dancing
girls. "Billy the BOY Artist will APP.
pear 1T the Remington opera house
ON Wednesday aud Thursday even.
Ings. May 4 and 8.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
AUDIENCE
REFUSED BISHOP
OF MARYLAND
Requested as Personal Favor
by Cardinal Gibbons
CARDINAL WILL NOT TALK
Chancellor Of Archdiocese, However
Says No Discourtesy to America
Was Intended

Rome, May 1.-The Right Rev. viii
liam Paret, Protestant Episcopal bish-
op OF Maryland, has left Rome for
Florence. His friends say that he
was not affected by the incident with
the Vatican, which is interpreted as
indicating the intention of the author
tiles there to snub Cardinal Gibbons,
who so warmly recommended Bishop
Paret for a private audience of the
Pope.
The Cardinal went so far as to give
the bishop six letters-for Cardinal
Merry del Val, Bishop Kennedy, rec
tor of the American college, Mgr. Bis
lett, the Papal majordomo, etc.
When Bishop Paret inquired the
best way to gain an audience of the
Pope he was informed that his intro
duction to Cardinal Merry del Val
was the most important and was quite
sufficient to effect his object. He went
to the Vatican, but could not see Car
dina Merry del Val. He then wrote
to the Papal secretary Of state. ex-
planning that Cardinal Gibbons had
requested that an audience be grant
ed as a personal favor to himself, Gar
dina Gibbons)
Cardinal Merry del Walls secretary
answered. regretting that the Pope
was not giving audiences at that time
Bishop Paret replied that he would
be in Rome for several weeks where
upon he was informed that his Holt
ness lis neither a picture nor a stat
ue to be inspected and criticised" and
that the requested audience could not
be granted.
The friends of Bishop Paret con
slider this an affront ito Cardinal Glib
| bons.
1t is reported that shortly before
he departed Bishop Paret was told
that he might see the Pope In collec
tive audience amid a crowd OF Other
persons which offer Bishop Paret ig
nored.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
LoRIMER CASE INQUIRY
White, Who Tells Of Brides, Confers
With States Attorney

Chicago, May 2.-Secrecy marke91
the first days proceedings OF the spec
ial grand jury called to hear evidence
in the alleged bribery in the election
OF United States Senator William Lor-
imer q
Charles A. White, state-reruF,aI1|
tive from the Forty-ninth DisuV
Democrat, who charges that he ~
ceived $1,000 to vote for Lorimer' fof}
Senator, spent most of the day in the
private office Of States Attorney Wy
man. He was not called into the jury
room.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
DEAD IN BURNED BARN
Remains Of Unknown Man Found In
Ruins az sWanton


Ruins az Swanton
Swanton. May $50 droadfully
burned that recognition Is quite inn.
possible the charred remains OF a
man were found yesterday morning In
the ruins OF the barn on Spring st..
owned hy Mrs. w II. Manning which
was destroyed by Gre Monday night
The 1romen left without knowing
what terrible mystery the smoking
ruins held and Il was not until about
an hour and half after that some
men. who were looking about to see
what was saved discovered the body.
The features were ohliteratod by the
flames aud the clothes burned from
me body so that no means of identl.
1oation could be obtained. Beside
Che body was found a string OF rosary
beads which indicates that the un-
known man was of Roman Catholic
faith.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
VERMONT BEAT TUFTS
Heavy Battery Won Game at Medford
Yesterday

Medford, Mass, May 1.-The Univ
ersity of Vermont defeated Tufts 6
to yesterday by heavy batting. At
wood was knocked out of the box in
the third. while Huntington, who had
been behind the bat, broke his right
thumb in the same inning. and had to
retire. 1t was a slow, wet field and
the game was long, ending almost in
darkness. The score.
RHE
Vermont 100000 1-61S 2
Tufts 90 200 2-5 8 4
atteries-Flaherty and burlington,
Atwood, Howe and Huntington. Lar
kin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04

Baltimore, May Awhile Cardinal
Gibbons has declined personally to
discuss the refusal of the Vatican to
grant a papal audience to Bishop Par
ret, the Rev. p. c. Gavan, chancellor Of
the Archdiocese and a member of the
Cardinals household. has given out
a statement in all probability dictated
by the Cardinal.
THE refusal to grant an audience
to Bishop Paret," he says must have
some cause behind It which has not
yet been revealed. Until this revel-
alton Is made il would be only just 10
suspend judgment and abstain from
manufacturing reasons out OF whole
cloth which are unworthy OF the high
character of the Vatican authorities.
They never act on the impulse OF the
moment
1t can be said without question that
the refusal OF the audience was not
instigated by any animus against
Bishop Paret as a member OF the
Protestant church. All the world
knows that the Pope has always
granted audiences to and received
most courteously. Americans OF all be
liefs, whether lay or clerical.
1T is most unjust to attribute the
refusal to any feeling against Ameri'
cans. The Pore is not only not anti
American. but. on the contrary, Is
most friendly I, America and Ameri
cans and has exl 'essed his good will
whenever the OF ortunity has been
nresented."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
100000 AUTOS REGISTERED
Poor Men as We'll ss Mllloinaires Are
Buyinn Them. koenlg Says.

Albany. May Mot less than 100.
500 automobiles have been registered
with The Secretary OF State. That
number was allotted yesterday to a
vehicle owned by Lieut. Gov. Horace
White. The number ~ licensed
chauHeufs Is more than $1,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
STOCK QUOTATIONS

The following noon quotations were
received today by the Bennington Sc
curity company from ]. r. Williston
& Co.. OF New York by special wire:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-04
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.

For eastern. New York and western
Vermont fair tonight with frost In In.
terror. heavy In north portion and IN
low places in south portion Thurs
dav fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
JOHN KLOTz MEETS
 DEATH FROM GAS East Thomas Man Overcome At
 Furnaces WAS A BOILERMAKER New Fire Department Is Installed At Pratt City and Citizens Are
 Greatly Pleased With
 New Equipment
WAS A BOILERMAKER

John Klotz, a white man, aged about 4C years, employed as boiermaker at the Thomas blast furnaces, met his death yesterday from the effects of being over- come by gas. Klotz- and a negro helper were working on one of the large boilers which are heated by gas from the fur naces. They were found in an uncon- scious condition by a fellow workman. They called for assistance and the men were carried into the open air.
 Every known remedy was applied, but though the negro was brought to, their efforts were unavailing so far as Klotz was concerned and the physicians who had been summoned pronounced him dead. He was taken to his home at East Thomas. where he resided with his wife and daughter.
 He lad been employed at the plant only about two weeks, having come from Kan sas City. The funeral arrangements have not been made, as his relatives in Kansas City have not been heard from.
 The remains were taken in charge by Sam Foley of Pratt City
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
INDUSTRIAL MEN
 VISIT ORE FIELD

A large party of prominent industrial men were the guests of the Alaga Min ing and Developing company yesterday on a trip to inspect that company's ore property at Esom, Ga. The party occu- pied the private car "Tennessee' of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany. They left here over the Sea- board yesterday morning, inspected the properties during the day and returned last night.
 The party was piloted over the hold ings of the company by T. r. Dyer and Eugene F. Enslen, president and treas urer respectively of the company.
 George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, was one of the guests.
 In industrial circles it is understood that the Alaga company has demonstrat- ed that an extremely valuable find of brown ore has been purchased at Esom and that neighborhood. The fact that ores from this property have enabled the Williamson Iron company to ma<e malleable iron has stirred up decided in- terest. President Dyer of the company says the value of the company holdings is very great, and developments upon q broad and extended scale are to be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
BIG FIGHT OVER
 STREET PAYING

Jackson. Miss. October 4-(Special.)- By a vote of to 2 the city council to- night adopted bitulithic as the material with which State street is to be paved and awarded the contract to the Southern Bitulthic company of Nashville, though the cost is about s1O,000 more than for asphalt. The meeting was one of the iveliest in the history of the council. The paving matter has been pending three or four months, and petitions for wood block, bitulithic and asphalt, all largely signed, have been filed with the city council Tonight nine or 10 more signatures were on the asphalt petition than on the bitulithic. but the latter had the aldermen and in the face of the spir- ited protests of citizens present won out on a bid of SS,00O, against $4S,400 for asphalt.
 A good deal of i'll feeling was engen- dered and property owners served notice they would never pay till the courts passed judgment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
HOW A[|CEV|[LE
 CAME INTO BEING
In 1904 Its Site Was Nothing
 But Miasmic Swamp.
|COCHRANE RESPONSIBLE
Railroad Builder Continues to Push His Line Modestly Through Country. and People of West Alabama
 Believe In Him.
BY WALTER HARPER.

On October 12. 1904, the men em- ployed by John T. Cochrane, that in- domitable and daring railroad builder of Alabama, bent a rail, drove a spike, wiped the precipitation from their brows and sat down in the shade of the miasmic swamp Ii miles south of Carrollton in Pickens county.
 Next day they showed an old box car off the track in the mud and called it a depot.
 The ground was level and marshy, but could be drained There was a beautiful elevation to the northwest and an old worn-out field to the south. The rest was wilderness of swamp and timber land.
 There was a farm house just over the brow of the hill to the north and a little country store at cross roads about mile away.
 Nobody knows the inspiration but John Cochrane said: Here we will build town, around this box car. The river Is Just ahead of us and l must have more money before we can cross
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05

ing of brick and stone Is to take the place of the present structure, which is itself a credit to the town.
 Tn inc town there is a bank doing large business, more than 20 stores. an OH mill and fertilizer factory, machine shop and grainmill. There are also number of important lumber plants in the town and vicinity. A large compress handles 15000 bales of cotton annually.
 The Methodists, Baptists ana fresDy- terians have handsome churches.
 The new officers of the town are J.. E. Cunningham, mayor; J. M. Summer vile, W. E. Stringfellow, D. s. Bran ton. A. Hood and J. D. Sanders. couh- cilmen. r. B. Carpenter is clerk and S. J. Love is treasurer.
 The teachers in the school are Mrs. Margarette Archibald. principal; Miss Lizzie Love. Mrs. B. B. Salmoho anu Miss Annie Long.
 The town of Aliceville ships about 35 cars of lumber per month the year round
 An artesian we'll in the main street of the town, which Is 750 feet deep. furnished a large flow of water up to the night or the earthquake In San Francisco IL ceased to flow on that memorable night
 
 forced up with a pump.
 Whether there is any direct connection in this well and the San Francisco dis turbance is not known. but the incident Is considered significant
 John Cochrane is pushing his road on down across the river. and is now near York, where he will cross the Alabama Great Southern. The grading Is now within two miles of York and the rails will be laid and trains operating by January l.
 Prosperous towns are being built all along the line of road. The first town just across the Tombigbee~ river and In the black, rich alfalfa lands is called Cochrane, in honor of the railroad build- CT. I understand that as soon as the road Is completed to York new engines and cars will be put on the line. and the service greatly improved.
 But the people In this section have been very patient with the service. The road has been worth millions of dollars to the people and in the development of the country, and MT. Cochrane is an idol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
BIRMINGHAM AND
 ATLANTA IN LIMELIGHT

Columbus, Ga, October 4.-(Special)- The Georgia and Alabama Industrial In- dex says in its regular weekly issue:
 "A Georgia city and an Alabama city occupy the positions of honor in the bus mess story of the south for the past week. Brmingham's population is officially an- nounced by the census bureau to be 132,- es5, an increase of 245.4 per cent in 10 years This is in all probability the larg- est increase of any city in the 100000 class in the United st rs and it is a magnificent advertisen1 }of both Br- mingham and AlabamaSFA compilation of the building permits of southern cities from January to September shows that Atlanta, with it's record of $5,411,0s2, in vested in new buildings in that period, leads all the rest,s such cities as New Or leans and Louisville being left far be-
 hind.
 "The record of the week in the two states is quite busy one. New banks are announced for Montgomery, Ala, and Jemison, Ala, and a bank at Huntsville, Ala, is to double it's capital stock. The | first spike was driven in an electric rail- way that Is to connect Atlanta, Ga., and AuSuStd, Sd. "A leTtillzcr ldCtOTy IS re- ported for Huntsville, Ala, a chair fac | tory for Mobile, Ala, and a copper works | for Valdosta, Ga. At Birmingham, Ala, | a company leased valuable coal mining property and will expend $500,O0 develop l ing 1t, work to begin at once. Furnaces at Anniston, Ala, resumed operation af- ter having been idle for months. during which time extensive repairs were made. Rome, G., will vote on the issuance of $275,0OO of improvement bonds, and Americus, Ga., will have $65.000 bond
 election. Marietta, Ga, is to vote on the
 issuance of $15,000 of sewer bonds, and
 Hart county, Georgia, on $4O,OOO of road
 and bridge bonds.
 | Plans were accepted for $50,000 pas senger station at Mobile, Ala. The plans
 have been completed for the proposed 15-
 story bank and office building at Savan-
 nah, Ga, and show that it will be a
 handsome and thoroughly modern build
 ing. A Birmingham, Ala, real estate
 agent handled a $1,250,00 transaction in
 New York dirt. Progress Is being made
 in the plan to locate Jewish farming
 community in Pierce county, Georgia. A
 ginnery company at Shellman, Ga., has declared in six years dividends aggre-
 gating 1855 per cent. Two more steam
 ships are to be built for the Savannah | line.
 ."The Alabama Good Roads association Is called to meet at Birmingham on Oc- tober 12 The new corporations of the
 week are 15 in number with minimum capital stock of $3S6,6 ,650."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-05
"Shadow of the Cross" Talk of the entire world.

$3O.25 Atlantic City and return, 9th to 9th, vic Southern Railway. {