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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28
ECCENTRIC BRlGN0LI.
Some Of the Peeuliarites Of the Once
Famous Tenor.


Brignoli. the great tenor. was so
careful Of his voice when he had to
sing that be would not speak at all
and was In the habit OF writing his
wishes on piece OF paper During
the last years OF his life be lived at
the Everett House, New York. when
not on the road. II took him at least
three quarters Of an hour to go from
his room TO the sidewalk. He must
get used TO the changes very gradual
ly Leaving the room. he would pace
up and down the hall for ten or fifteen
minutes until thoroughly "accllmatiz-
ed" as he himself would say. and from
there would go to the lobby to expert
ence for twenty minutes a slightly
lower degree OF temperature.
At the end OF half an hour he usual
ly reached the vestibule. where he
would pass another quarter. opening
the outer door occasionally TO get a
taste Of the fresh air When thor
oughly acclimatlzed here he buttoned
his grcatcoat close about him and
stepped out on the pavement.
Brignoll never was known 10 be
ready 10 GO on the stage to sing his
part lie had TO wait one minute or
several minutes before appearing. In
this he was a great trouble to mana.
gers. Just give me one minute more, .
he would beg, and when that was ny
he would plead for another and an
other till all patience was exhausted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28
Second Hand Books

Bought, sold ami exchanged at the
S and 10 cent store on River St
Also new lire OF S and 10 cent goods.
Post Cards, Crockerv, etc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28
Notice to Taxpayers

The listers have completed their
canvass OF Bennington, North Ben
ningion and bennington Center aud
nearly completed tho town of Ben.
nlngton. All lists must be in their
hands by May list. The listers will
be at theiI office in the town rooms
from = % a m. TO p. m. every day
from this time on. Notices have
been left at all places where taNpay.
ers were not found and II these lists
are not In listers hands by May 10th
the law compels them to double tax.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28

Joel have got a good job at last,
Ben. me boy.
Ben-what be doln'l
Joc-Oh. I'm n cashier In p'lice
ortls. and a rattlln good Job It Is.
Ben-A cashier In p'lice orhs, Joe
what's thati | never card OF that
afore. what's yer dootyf
Joe-Dutyl counts the coppers AZ
they come tn London Answers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28
E1RrR BENNINGTON

Jerome n. Rice Jr.. OF Cambridge
has been visiting In town.
Elmer johnson OF New York is
spending few days In town.
Miss Mary +. Colvin who has been
visiting Miss Ida May Shaw has re-.
turned to her home In Troy.
DO not forget the dance held In
Bank hall Friday evening. given BY
the Fish and Game club. Good mu.
sic will be In attendance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28

$50 she treated you coldlyr
"Coldlyl say. ia have had TO have
a sextant aud an artificial horizon to
be able TO find out what latitude l
was in II I had been there for that pur'
pose."-Chicago Record.Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28
Card Of rhanL.

We wish hereby to express our sin.
cere gratitude to our friends and
neighbors for their kindness and sym.
PATTY during the illness and death OF
our beloved wife and mother.
Edward Green and Family
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-28
WIRELESS SHORT CIRCUIT
Sea Captain 6lames Comet or tn,
Aurora Borealis.

Either Halley's comet or the auro-
ra borealls interfered with the work.
ing OF the wireless telegraph on the
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's
liner Atrato. reaching port yesterday
from Southampton by way OF the
West Indies.
II was impossible to get into touch
with the land until the steamer was
800 miles from this coast. Halley's
comet was visible every morning at
1870 o'clock. Yesterday the passen.
gers saw brilliant exhibition of the
northern lights.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-26

and most Of his Cabinet are safe. c
the majority stand with the Cabinet,
the present policies Will be continued;
IL the election be against tho Socialists,
there will be a stormy scene in the
Chamber new Cabinet VIII be
formed. and the people viii hardly
know the difference. Under any party
.and in any circumstances, the public
debt vii! accumulate, the discomfort
OF tho ncoplr Will grow, and France
will be preparing for another Uprising.
We think, here iti~.Americn, taat wc
have too much politics, and We rue
tho day that brought nominating con
vontions, campaigns. mud Singing and
political undertaking, but we should be
thankful when we compare ourselves
with the French that we take sutil-
Gent interest in public affairs to pre-
vent few men from ruling indcfi-
nltely and arc enough concerned to
eject the unworthy from Office. Happy
is the country that has It's campaigns,
and safe is the country that has its
parties
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ru,i.p,yG ron THE FUTURE.

Every citizen of Richmond who
wants a better, finer city for the
future will welcome the coming of
Charles Zueblin. who lectures tonight
at the John Marshall High School. Mr..
Zueblin IS not a faddist who Is preach
ing useless gospel to people who do
not care. He is man who knows
his business, and he has a trail of
handsomer, cleaner cities behind him
to show for his labor in other sections
OF the country.
Mr. zueblin comes to Richmond at
a fortunate time. The city is where
II great movement for civic improve
ment would do the most good. and We,
as q people, We're never in a better
position to make greater plans for
municipal betterment. With Washing
ton Ward added to the city, and with
many outlying sections still unim-
proved, Richmond could, by careful,
well-conceived plans, be made a city
beautiful in five years time.
Civic Improvement has passed from
the experimental stage and no longer
ranks with other interesting but i'm
practical fads of the idle. 1t has be-
come a great question vitality affecting
the life of city people, and adding i'm
measurably to their health, their pros
perity and their communal happiness,
1t is an investment that pays larger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-26

from, the testimony of George y.
smith. of the Geological Survey, that
Plnchot told him last July that "l3nl-
lineer was yellow doa," and an,
nounced. at the same time. that II
Baliinger's friend attacked Former
Secretary Garfield at the Irrigation
Congress, he, Pinchot, would turn tho
fire on Ballinger This. It will be no.
ticcd. was but four months after Bal
llnser had taken oifice--long before
most of the ohenses alleged againet
Ballinger's administration were sa'd
to have been committed y littlo later
on, according to other evidence pro-
scnted to the committee, Pinchot an
nounced to ono of his subqrdtnates
that he would get Balinger out ono
way or another
In other words. 1t begins to look as
though. with all his fine talk about
conservation and the Roosevelt poll
cies, that Pinchot was working harder
to unseat tho Secretary of the In
terror than he was to conserve every
thing in sight. The tight appears to
be finally settling into what many
suspected it was from the first: the az
tempt of one man to put another man
out of office because he did not like
him.
Ballinger may not be model Sec
rotary, and his record in the past MAJ
not be ideal. He may even have had
the wrong theory of conservation even
If he has enforced the law to the let
ter. Yet. the chances of his vindica'
ton are all the brighter since 1T
turns out that the fight made by Pio-
chot is a personal attack-not the
work of champion of right or US
the advocate of Mr.. Roosevelts square
deal, which was generally three-quaf-
tered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-26

To the Editor of The Timcs-Dispatch;
Sir,--Although | do not agree with
YOU in Your opinion that. as result
of the charges made by certain Of the
alumni, the president of the Virginia
Polytechnic should resign. such dir
ference of opinion is not the motive OF
this letter. I have not followed this
to me that the character of the charges
made has been of sort by no means
warranting the serious outcome. can
see very little reason why these. men
should have been permitted to bring
this sorry business to public issue
Grant an unlimited right of this sort
to any body of alumni of any public
school, and there will be an added
complication in tho already difficult
management of such institutions The
.pusllanimous should not be encour-
or, at least. Importance. There la
hardly a college In this country that
could not be put on tho defensive by
critics among Its alumni working up In
a shorter or longer time all the dam
aging accounts that might be got to-
gether
What mean to say is that, in this
case, II you advise the president to
resign, YOU should also rebulSe tho
pass. Few people, think. unless tho
most preiudiced. can read this evidence
as published without being struck with
the folly of giving 1t weight, People.
who have to do With academic things
have q tendency to be small minded sat
hest. You should not encourage them,
Formal impeachment should newer be an
easy matter, A. ;, MORRISON, u
Hampdcn-sidney, Va. April 20. 1910
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HOW NOT TO HOLD ELECTIONS.

Not even the presence of the Colonel
in Paris could stir UP interest in the
elections to the French Chamber OF
Deputies, which have just been con-
Guided The people went to the polls,
or stayed away, as they were pleased;
they did not care especially whom they
elected they did not even begin a
canvass against any of the Cabinet
ministers. The election was very
properly held on Sunday, so far as
the exciternent was concerned. for it
could not have been more placid, un-
interesting or orderly.
Something is radically wrong with
republic whose elections are dull
Political activity is the only assurance
that public Offices will be rightly APP
portioned or properly administered
and when this is wanting the govern
ment either is not worth the saving OF
the men in Office are not worth UNI
seating. The people who will no
fight to elect their candidates to office
cannot be good citizens and cannot
| appreciate tle bcliSIIlS VI Sooa p $500 -
ment.
The trouble with France is that sh'
has no political parties to lend eN
element to the elections. There ar
Socialists ana there are Republicans
there are gonupantists and there ar
/ Orleanists, BUT between them there
not enough political hurrahins
4 make a respectable crossroads cam
puign meeting in this country. The
/ fight like furics on the floor of tn
Chamber, but they end their battle
with the debates. and never think G
campaigning in the open, no matte
what the issue may be-
SO little political organization
there in France that in some district
as many as forty men are candidate
FOR tho Chamber, Many OF these al
of the same political faith and fc'
OF them are running on platforms dill
ferng in any respect from those {
tlasir fellows. They run for office be
cause they want to visit Paris for
season, and they are not deferred b
any PARTY organization which uses til
: lash to subdue the recalcitrant or |
II admorish the youthful TO await the
: turn.
Z The chances are that the Socialist
/ Will be left IN control Of the Chambe
Z Premier BRAND is already returne
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q. q. q. FOR %ss saD p4 DO Oh

blood coues which
nuinont
itself In
with
blood purifier
supplies the
health
builds
blood,
frccto al who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-26
sTRuCk THE RIGHT TRAIL.

s,ore+arv Rallingcr is having Ions
- -na ,rvest,ration of his de-
-, and a,tbongh he has not
partner" IN, aas - - making a
49, tor no .ome or course,
80 -, w. .corsd,,ea Win any de-
- ". - .iacer,,,, ~ ma men Who %.
~, ,,.aa,sa ,,,e ~ az tho i'm
20 49,. ras hoon rstso1 against MIN.
ca, ], re bo ,yi,, nave INC ne,l
~. oo,,,,i,+ea makes Us ano1
ant
pa,,,,,a,,. nrcse,tatfon Of his case
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-26
mo lee statue ana the G. 4. II.

,rbc Lee statue and the G. =. II.
TO the Editor of The Times-Disnatch:
Sir,-ln your issue for April you
publish q rather savage edltorlal AZ
niblic assuming incorrectly, | think,
That the views OF the order are repre-
sented by forty posts from Massachu-
sets. which have memorialized Con-
grcss.
80 nvcT. ZOO 900 members and several
! honssnd posts The forty posts re-
ferred to are small minority OF inc
Grand Army, even IN Mas sac ~
worked up these protests failed. TO
secure the Endorsement OF the remaind-
Or a Viii YOU permit one of your read
ovs to show you that there are many
members OF that ord t, VINO i'otu We" ,
vs. / General S. S Burdett, an eminent
past COMMUNICATIVE chief, vigorously
opposed the opinion OF these IorlS
pests in speech mace -, az 49, se .yhy
second great figure in the greatest
epoch the world has ever seen
Corporal Tanner Tho a Iost two P ess
at Bull Run, says: ut is the law, and
those Of is who imperiled our lives
In defense of the law will do moth
inc but talk in opposltlon. Ice
TO the magnanimity and glory Of TINS
great nation. And ! say, let II stand.
2 General TIora.tio c. King, the sec
rotary Of the Society of the Army Of
the Potomac, published letter III the
National Tribune, tho organ or the ne
G; 4. r. on December Z. IN Wn'cm ~ ~
refers to some memorialsAto tho mill
,talry order of the Loyal Legion. This
is an order composed of officers only.
but ali OF them are also Grand Army
men. General King Says that tne COM :
manders n-chief Of the legion at their
annual meeting unanimously laid the
whole subject on the table.
i. When Senat or Hepburn. Of Idaho,
who is not Grand Army man, mace
senate. all Of the Grand Army Sena-
tors--Warren, Warner. Scott, Bulkeley
and the rest--gave their disapproyal
| by their silence, along with every
lotl.er Senator, North and South, WHAT
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-26

more could General Lees admirers
ask?
5. Senator Borah, the colleague OF
Hepburn, wrote to Grand Army post
IN Idaho expressing disapproval of
Heyburn's views. soon after he Was
invited 20 tile Grand Army BANQUET az
the Arlington Hotel on February ~,
ana was asked TO introduce President
Taft. In the Presidents address he
said You do not blame the men who
fought against YOU for IGNORING their
heroes Tie writer was present. and
he noted that tho sentiment evoked
6. The present COMMUNICATIVE
Governor YanSant, of Minneapolis
Went from the Arlington banquet
which was In his honor. through the
Southern departments. When at At
lanta he was quoted in the papers as
speaking approYinsly of the Lee
statue
I. Lastly, will say that was
present on January ; at a regular
meeting OF the District of Columbia
Commandery of the Loyal Legion. Tho
topic was introduced and the writer
made some remarks, giving his views
in brief which were that the State
was readmitted TO the Union January
~ 1870, and for forty years Virginia
had been possessed of all the attri..
butes of a State. If there ever had
been any propriety in the views ex
pressed they were four decades behind
the times. I closed by saying | was
not only willing to include the statue
because it was there in pursuance of
law. but ] was willing TO welcome
lit TO the Capitol.
| At the close Of my remarks the whole
matter was laid on the table by vote
of 80 to II. a report will be found
| In the Evening Star of January g.
| Every inch Lee and the Army OF
Northern Virginia are raised on tho
pedestal of fame raises Grant and the
Army of the Potomac, which overcame
| in honorable battle. SUCH at least, is
| my opinion, and 7 think it is the
opinion of a large majority of the
Grand Army of the Republic, of which
/ have been a membe" for forty years,
! the same length of time 7 have been
| an adopted citizen of Virginia aud a
reader of Your paper.
GEORGE c, ROUND.
| Manassas Va Anril tG 1n1O
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"rhc C. md o. wreck
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drifted to Milan. where he married a
Milanese woman. Before he died he
had squandered every cent mat ne
nossessed. and while two of his sons
we're earning, some time ago. an hon
est living at Milan as walters at the the
leading hotels there-one, OF them was
even a head waiter--another son DRIFT
ed back TO st. Petersburg, where he
was convicted, two or three years ago,
OF forgery. the penalty which would
otherwise have fallen TO his share
however, being materially reduced on
his destitution and his family ante
ccdents becoming known
IL is this individual, whose father
ridiculous pretensions TO the title OF
Prince of Lusignan and Of armenia
were admitted solely for political puf !:
poses by Emperor Nicholas l., who, Is
now invoking the aid of Clerk Scully.
81 the Marriage License Bureau OF
New York City, in his projects TO Sc
cure rich American wife.
downright, 1910, BY the BRENTWOOD
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-26
A WISE SELECTION.

Governor Hughes, of New York, has
accepted the seat on the Supreme
Court bench made vacant BY Justice
Brewers death. and will qualify IN
October. This announcement when
will be read in every section of tie
country this morning, Will be haisea
with satisfaction by every man who
looks to the Supreme Court for tEe
hest and the highest in American
ideals of government. MI Hughes is
a Republican and he is without eN-
nerience as a Judge, but he has SHOWN
himself one OF the most astute law
yers In America, and, By his strong
administration in New York, he mas
shown his ability TO Judge political
conditions Justly and accurately.
Perhaps no news of the year mas
been more significant in its heaflhs
upon the future politics of the country
Mt only the state of New York, out
the whole country will feel the eiteSl
of Governor Hughess change OF once.
His removal from New York poiltses
Ill, +aLe Mace before the end of ms
term. and in consequence VIII pace
lieutenant Governor Horace Whl'e III
the executive chair. As MI Whste'
however. will have but three mohlhs
~ serve before his successor is elected
this ASPECT of the change is OF sinhN
,mnortance compared with the pros
pect that Governor Hughess re''t''
1nent will mean the election OF DEM
ncrat as his successor hughes mas
been the only buoy that has kept ne"
york Republicanism above water. HIS
Integrity, his ability and his courage
have kent in the ranks of the party
great company of voters, who nave
long been disgusted With such pol'a-
cal rottenness as that which was
shown in the recent Albany inNestlsa-
ZION AS Hughes alone has saved ms
rartv ,he remova! of Hughes VIII al
most inevitably mean the overthrow OF
h,s narty in New York. 1t is easy u
.se now strong Democratic admin
,stra,.on in that State will affect ma
tional pe!itics.
In this connection. Mr.. Taft ha'
made good his promise TO appoint mel
TO judicial Office regardless OF poii'i
cal considerations. Had he been IN
auenced by politics in choice of a sue
,assor TO Justice Brewer, Mr. Hughes
would certainly have been ABOUT 'iit
last man he could have chosen IN VIC"
of MIR. Hughes's value to the kepppil-
can party in New York. To name man
meant to sacrifice The best interests %
his party in its critical state; TO APP
noint another man in his stead meant
In Mr.. Tafts eyes, loss to the couh-
try. He chose he nase honorable but
the more costly alternative. ana i.
deserves all credit for it.
The addition of Mr.. Hughes to the
sunreme Court bench will have Sun
more important effect upon the trust
question. Mr.. Hughes Will, IN an
PROBABILITY, be called upon to cast the
deciding vote in the cases against the
American Tobacco Company and the
standard Oil Company, and upon ais
opinion will depend the fate OF the
present sherman Antitrust Law. This
is an important task 10 give any man.
and the decision will be a weishty one.
but If there is one Republican whom
he country believes will decide the
question upon its merits, that man Is
Mr.. Hughes.
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An anxious inquirer wants to know
what the Kaiser can do to please the
Colonel after the gay reception inc
French gave him. This, of course IS
one of the uncertainties Of the future.
The Kaiser has a game arm and cannot
go few rounds In the squared circle
with the Colonel, and as he has his
dignity to preserve before the people
he cannot wrestle with the great dis
ciple of the manly art. STILL there
are some fine old corners In the pal
ace, in any one of which the Kaiser
might show the Colonel that he can
,,so short. ugly words in good, strong
English. Maybe that would satisfy
the Distinguished Visitor, thirsting for
taste of home, sweet home
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cation from s75oooO to 100000. Tie
estate in question was much involved,
and its division was contested by
heirs from various sections of the
country There was a strong aus-
picion or fraud In many of the claims
presented to the court, and 1t Awas
manifest that at least ono of the
claimants was an arrant faker
These conditions, Of course, required
the employment OF the best legal talent
and involved long litigation but
neither these nor any conceivable
legitimate conditions could warrant
charges that swallowed so per cent.
OF the property before It's owners could
be determined. Coming on the heels
of another case in New Jersey, where
a firm of lawyers presented bill of
$4,000 for services rendered in con-
nection with an estate of $4,000, this
incident has raised much talk among
the newspapers as to what a lawyer
may legitimately charge.
PROFESSIONALLY legal fees have in
creased greatly during the last few
decades. Rufus Choate, long a leader
of the New York bar, was content with
a fee of $50 in most cases, and Aaron
Burr, an able lawyer, as we'll as Il
bad politician, thought himself fortu-
nate when he could get fee of $ioo.
Daniel webster never earned more
than $4,000 the year, according TO
the New York Times, and Lincoln felt
rich when his legal labors had
enabled him to set aside $4,000 after
many years of practice There are
some cases on record, even in the "gol-
den" days OF the legal profession. when
lawyers fees mounted as high as they
do now, but these are so few and
far between that it is safe to conclude
that 1t costs a man more of dollar
to get dollar at law than it ever
cost before.
Why is this the case? Are the
lawyers better, or are their services
more valuable? Is the barrister who
pleads a, case to-day more val
liable, as an expert, than he was
thirty Ayears ago? Those who know
the history of the bar will hesitate to
decide against the oldtimers. Tho
truth of the whole matter is, as usual,
a combination of causes. Pleading. in
civil cases at least has advanced so
rapidly during recent years that the
amount of labor required In the prep
aration of a case is greater than 1t
ever was before. There Is more law,
and there are more complex conditions
to be considered This demands more
of the lawyers time, and, in conse-
ouence. more of the clients money.
Then again, most of the legal contests
now noted for excessive legal fees
have been desperate cases or cases
involving vast sum. The suit now
on in Boston, for instance, was for
lorn hope for every party to ii. The
ntigants had to get good lawyers and
| nav them heavily. or lose all. In other
cases. where the merits are clear and
the amount involved is greater. no
one balks at high fee. William d.
Guthrie. for instance, got 100000 for
| his services in the Plant viii case,
without scandal or even comment. He
was worth what he cost to the con-
testants.
Back of all these there is another
reason for high fees, which may seem
| ,,r,dox;caI az, ITS face. Fees are high