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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-20
KILLS CATARRH GERMS
Antlseeptie Healing Treatment That
Quickly Cures at Trifling
Cncf

Catarrh is now known to be caus.
ed by disease germs and it may be
cured only by an antiseptic treat.
mont that will kill the catarrh germs
and soothe and heal the irritated mu.
cous membrane.
Nothing else combines the sooth.
ing antseptic powers in as perfect a
degree as Mentholatum Apply a
little of this in the nasal passages
on going to bed and II cures while
you sleep. Then apply again in the
morning and It's curative and heal
Ing e1ect acts all day long.
A jar of Mentholatum costs only
a trine. % cents. and is sold by drug.
gists everywhere under guarantee OF
money back II Il fails to do all that
ia claimed for IL. It is wonderful
household remedy and is good for all
inflammation, soreness, aches and
pains.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
for Busy Qeaders

Home chickens, sausage and heavy
beef at L. j. Eddingtons. Tel 81
Miss Dorothy Sigworth has return.
ed from two weeks visit in Albany.
Miss Esther Snyder of Petersburgh
has accepted position in Benning.
ton.
John Spargo of Old Bennington will
speak at rally of the Socialists in
North Adams this evening.
Divisions C. D. and E. of the Con-
gregational church will serve a chick
en- pie supper Friday evening at CHS
Admission, 95 cents. St2
George VanSantyoord, son of Mr..
and Mrs Seymour Van Santvoord,
has been made a member of the Psi
Epsilon Fraternity at Yale.
S. L. Palmer of Boston, represent
ing the leading Coat, Suit and Dress
manufacturers will show q complete
line of samples of the above lines at
Ritchie's Saturday, Oct 9th. 8tS
The Bankrupt shoe stock of M. j.
Schwab has been purchased by II. H.
Levin and will be sold out in 8 days
at the Library Building store begin
ming Saturday morning. 3t2
f. L. Mcdonald, who has been EN-
ployed by the Bennington Gas Light
company for the past three years,
has resigned his position and return.
ed to his home in Arlington
There will be held at 105 Gage ST.,
beginning October 2S, the annual
rummage sale for the benefit of the
Y. NJ. c. A.. VIII all ladies interest
ed in the work especially the auxili
airy to the Y. NJ. c. A., send contribu
tons to the Y NJ. c. A. or to Mrs
A, A. Squires residence, 161 North
street. 2t4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-20
Women with Piles
BE CURED BY SIMPLY TAKING
SUGAR COATED TABLETS

Constipation, tight clothing, and
womens ordeals cause piles Women
su1er piles more than men and all
viii be grateful 10 know OF a success.
iul remedy in tablet form, that brings
cure without cutting, use Of salves
or suppositorles. This guaranteed
remedy Is HEM-ROID, sold by W. l..
Gokay and all druggists, 81 for treat.
ment lasting "A days.
DR. Leonhardt Co, Station b, Buff
talo, N. Y. Prop. Write for booklet.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-20
DIES AT CAMBRIDGE
Mrs. oenlson a Widely Known Auth.
or Fifty Years AGO

Cambridge, Mass, oct. IT, The
death of Mrs Mary Andrews Denison
widely known author 90 years ago.
was announced today at the home of
her brother here She was Sc years
old and native of Cambridge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
THIEF CONFESSED
AND is RELEASED
Boy Stole s47 and Roamed the coun'
try in Fear Of Being
Arrested.

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 25.-Not
often does chief of police release
self-confessed thief and tell him to
go and sin no more, but that was what
occurred in the police station here a
night or so ago. An 18-year-old boy
who said his name was Ed Hall and
his home at the corner of Eighth and
Fifty-third streets, New York, SUI
prised the night clerk by appearing
and declaring himself thief, saying
he had stolen AZ from the Morgan &
Wright Rubber company in whose
general offices he had been employed
as Office boy. "One day." he said,
"a money order for SAT was received
through the mail and | was sent to
cash it, On the way back to the of
flee / either lost or had stolen out of
my pocket $10. 1t. frightened me SO
badly that / concluded the best thing
to do was to beat it with the other
! S37.'' Since then he says he has been
stealing rides on trains, travelling
through the south and always afraid
| of being arrested. He said his con-
science finally drove him to confess
to the Houston police. The boy was
not locked UP though he was kept un-
der surveillance until an exchange OF
kilograms was had with New York.
The company declined to prosecute
the lad and approved of the action OF
Chief of Police Ray in turning him
loose
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
GIANT CATFISH
BEATS THE RECORD
Weighed t76 Pounds When Captured
and Probably Increasing Since
Then.

OAKLAND MILLS. Jan. 25.-Prob-
ably the largest catfish ever taken
from the waters of an Iowa river was
pulled out of deep hole at the foot
of the dam being built here. It
weighed 176 pounds. Workmen who
are excavating for the concrete foun-
dation dug down into the monster fish
and at first supposed that it was a
big rotten log. They were astonished,
however, when trying to pull it apart
with shoyels to have the old log uuiv-
er and wriggle. 1t was some little
time before it could be determined as
to it's nature, but finally some courag.
eous and inquisitive men got busy and
dragged the old fellow up to the bank.
His mouth was lined with scars and
several old hooks were still in his
mouth. He is supposed to be the ia
nous catfish which has been seen and
hooked so many times and about
which so many fisher tales have been
told The fish will be skinned and
stuffed and presented to the museum
at Iowa Wesleyan university.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
ROOSTER FIGHT
IN THE BOUDOIR.
chantecler Saw Himself in Mirror and
Then There Was Some
Excitement.

McLEANSBORo, ILL.,. Jan. 25.-Ed.
Campbell of McI,eansboro gave a game
rooster to c. l.. Young, the Louisville
and Nashville railroad agent. Young
placed the chicken in the basement OF
his home. The rooster found his con-
finement irksome and made his way
to Mrs. Young's boudoir. He espied
another rooster in the mirror. A bat
tie followed. The mirror was broken,
perfume bottles, powder puffs, rats,
cold cream and rouge were scattered
all over the room.
When Mrs Young returned home
she turned In burglar alarm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
EXILEs RETURN
TO WEST VIRGINIA
Fifteen Senators Held Out Until
They Were Promised Their
REQUESTS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 25.--"We
have been conceded everything de-
manded and we are going back to
Charleston was the announcement of
State Senator Meredith, one of the
fifteen West Virginia. senators who
have been here week, before de
parting for Charleston last night
He said that while the articles OF
agreement had not been sealed, sign
ed and delivered, he had been as
sured an agreement had been reached
by which the democrats would con.
cede to the republicans the presi.
dency of the senate and dismissal
of contests pending against two re.
publican members
The West Virginia senators are
due in Charleston in time for break
fast. They will enter into confer
ence with Gov. Glasscock and Other
republican leaders Immediately upor
their arrival. Not until after this vii
their exact movements for the nexi
day or so be determined.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
CARNEGIE is
WITH PRESIDENT
Says That Panama Canal Should be
Fortified as Taft Has
Insisted.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Andrew
Carnegie, who sat near President Taft
at the Pennsylvania Society dinner
on Saturday night, when the latter
urged the fortification of the Panama
Canal, made this statement:
"The question of fortifying the Pan
anna canal is exercising the advocates
of international peace, but it is not an
international one. No nation disputes
our right to fortify. 1t is as clear as
our right to fortify New York of New
i Orleans, but it is not a warlike pro-
ject, being purely defensive. These
! forts, if built. will never fire shot
unless the canal is in danger from an
enemy-an enemy which would be
the enemy of other nations, as well
as ours, because injury to the canal
would mean serious interference with
the worlds commerce.
MANY friends of peace are urging
that no fortification would be a
great message of peace to the whole
world, splendid proof that the world
lis really advancing toward the aboli-
tion of war and that the United
States trusts other nations to respect
it's neutrality. have no doubt this
would have been the case. but, since
it is otherwise decided foS reasons
satisfactory to our president, who is
foremost in the great peace move
ment now upon us, we must realize
that sound reasons exist for his deci-
sion.
"As president of the Peace Society
| speak to my colleagues in deep earn
estness when say, let us support and
trust the president He knows what
he is doing"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
People Are Anxious to Get Out Of
the Country on Account OF the
Spread Of the
Plague.
GREWsoME
Story is Told That in Harbin the
Dead Are Thrown Into Wells
Instead of Being
Buried.

PEKIN, Jan. 25.--The weekly eX-
press from Hankow was crowded with
refugees. These included college pro.
fessors, military officers, the Italian
minister, minor diplomats and persons
of means who find the moment con-
venient for vacation or retirement.
The bubonic plague, which had it's
first victims here, several days ago,
and it is believed many since, is the
primary cause of the exodus.
No new cases of bubonic plague
were reported today, but the opinion
is held at the legations that the
Chinese are not reporting illness, and
are possibly secreting the bodies. The
newspapers are supporting the govern
ment in its efforts to allay the fears.
The masses, nevertheless, are alarm
ed by grewsome reports, such as one
alleging that the Russians at Harbin
are casting the afflicted into poisoned
wells. This story perhaps developed
from the possible use of lime pits for
the dead
Meanwhile the diplomatic body has
not been able to agree how the lega-
tion quarter should be quarantined.
The Germans, Austrians and British
are behind the barred gates of their
compounds, and are advocating dras-
tic measures. The Japanese, who
have the most pressing general in
terests to be looked after, are support
led by the Russians, in arguing the
necessity of continuing diplomatic re
lations with the Chinese Foreign
/ Board.
William j. Calhoun, the American
minister, has suggested keeping with
/ in the quarter all the guards, and the
exclusion of the Chinese except such
officials as have business with the
/ legations. The moderates declare the
others are panic-stricken, while politi
cal motives are attributed to the Jap.
anese.
So far only general measure OF
/ quarantine has been undertaken. The
disease has reached Pao Ting Flu, in
the province of Chi Lii, on its south
ward progress. Pao Ting Flu is sew
enty miles southwest of Peking.
The viceroy of Hankow has tele
graphed to the government asking
/ permission to establish a quarantine
against Peking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Government has Been Cheated Out of
Millions in Customs Duties
During the Past Few
Years.
WAS AN OPEN SECRET
Leaf Used for Wrappers Was I'm.
ported as Being Intended Only
as Filler For
Cigars.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25--A country
wide investigation which the treasury
department has started, the Tribune
says today has disclosed discrep-
ancies in the wrapper and filler stat
istics of tobacco imported from Cuba,
which have deprived the government
of between sS0U0,G0o and $5,O0O,00O
annually for the, last five years.
According to the Tribune, tobacco
trade statistics show that cigarmak-
ers who turn out pure Havana cigars
must have 6 per cent of their stock in
wrapper while the statistics of the
treasury department show fraction
under one-ffth Of / per cent of the
Cuban importations classified as, and
paying duties as wrapper Advance
reports on this investigation show, it
is said, that the Cuban importations
have been admitted under a classi
fication which, in the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1909, dep<ived the Gus
toms house of something between
$3,000,O00 and $5,0OO,0oO
| 1t was said by treasury department
officials that approximately the same
sum had been lost to the government
annually for at least five years past.
From the investigation thus far. how
ever, it was the belief this loss was
more in matter Of long g-established
trade custom than fraud.
Collector Loeb is quoted as saying
i eve know that the tobacco trade has
been getting the best of us, but we
| do not know to what extent and the
investigation has not proceeded far
enough to determine"
The probable result of the inquiry
Mr.. Loeb continued, would mean an
| amendment to the customs regulations,
whereby the customs house could ar
rive more exactly at the amount OF
each class of tobacco leaf imported
| from Cuba than was possible under
/ the present regulations, and at this
stage of the investigation. neither
criminal prosecutions nor civil suits
| for back duties were contemplated.
The Tribune spys that to the trade
generally it is an open secret that
! thousands of pounds Of Havana leaf
which is in the words of the tariff
| law suitable Tor wrappers" and act
4 ually used as such, are brought into
the country under the classification OF
"fillerr at s120 less duty pound
than should be paid on everything
1 used for wrapper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Indian Wants Land.

MOLINE, Ill. Jan. 25.-Logan ka-ka-
qua, so years old, who declares he is a
grandson of Black Hawk, the famous
Sac and Fox Indian chief. is here
from Oklahoma, for the purpose of
claiming valuable lands in this vicin-
ity once owned by his warrior grand
father. Ka-ka-qua is accompanied by
two Pottawattamie braves, who are
aiding him in establishing his title
He was born in the Indian village
which was formerly located here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Postotfice Appropriation Sill as Pass
ed by the House Raises Sal
aries From 5000 to
$1,000 Per Year.
s257,ooo,ooo is NEEDED
No Official Stamps to be Issued to
Take Place of the Printed
Franked Envelopes Now
Used.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan 25-The
house passed the postoffice appropria-
tion BILL carrying about S257 900, 900.
with no vote III the negative. The
postoffice committee of the house,
the postmaster general and Others
higher up including by inference
the president of the United States.
came in for a scoring at the hands Of
members of the house during consid-
GRAFTON of the bill,
AS soon as the rural free delivery
service paragraph was reached in the
bill, dozen members were on their
feet offering amendments to increase
the pay of the rural carriers from
$500 a year all the way to $1,000.
Chairman Weeks, Of the postoffice
committee. attempted to limit the de-
bate, but the house would not hear
of it.
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia,
led the fusilade of criticism by offer
ing an amendment to give the carriers
$1,000 a year. Representative Austin,
of Tennessee, scored the postal COM
mittee and said the country ought to
know where the responsibility lay.
Chairman Weeks said that llnques.
tionably some OF the rural carriers
on the harder routes were underpaid
| Others, he thought. were receiving
all that they deserved.
However" added Chairman Weeks
! amid great applause. the committee
/ is now willing to have salaries OF
the rural carriers increased 500 a
year.
The house then passed with a
whoop an amendment providing that
after July /, 1911, the carriers should
receive salary not exceeding $1,000
a year.
An attempt to substitute official
postage stamps for the franks now
used by members Of congress and
government departments was defeat.
ed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Lee Hopper Will Die.

LOGAN, Iowa, Jan. 25.-Lee Hop
per, 35 years of age, who was shot by
his younger brother Percy with B.
calibre revolver following a quarrel
over some grain, is considered little
worse today The attending physicians
said that Hoppe was not resting SO
easy and it is feared that he cannot
recover His condition is SO serious
that the physicians cannot make an
X-ray exsr i'ls tion to locate ne IL
let Percy Hopper who did the shoot
ing. was brought here and waived
preliminary examination. He Will be
held and turned over to the grand
Jury
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
IOWA PRODUCT
WAS ADMIRAL
Sudden Death of William Il. Reeder
While Abroad on Leave
OF Absence.

PARIS, France. Jan. 25.Rear Ad-
miral William Fl. Reeder, U. S. N,
died here suddenly last night.
william Heron Reeder was born at
Muscatine, Ia, in 1S4S He was ap-
pointed from Iowa and was graduated
from the United States naval acad-
emy in 1867. He was retired as rear
admiral June 80, 1907. He was abroad
on leave of absence from July |. 1910.
Admiral Reeder saw active service in
the civil war, in the summer of 1863
on board the Marion in pursuit of the
Confederate steamer Tacony.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
PAINTER. DEFENDS
MAJORITY REPORT
Says President Taft Has Not Taken
Any Hand in Lorimer
investigation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Senator
Paynter defended the majority report
of the committee which investigated
the Lorimer election scandal. He up,
braided Beveridge.
Senator Paynter said: ut has been
repeatedly stated in the newspapers
that the president had taken hand
in this case I resent this. He has
been judge and knows that the
safety of the people rests in an hon
est Judiciary. What horrible
thought it is that the president would
try to make this body subservant to
his will in public questions"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Invite Taft TO Speak.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. 95. BY a
joint resolution adopted the senate
and house formally invited President
Taft to address the general assembly
during his visit here February II, to
attend the Lincoln memorial banquet.
The members of each body We're in
vited formally by the Chamber of
Commerce to attend the banquet.
Senator Hay presented the invitation
in the senate and Representative
Lyon in the house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Wind DELAYS
CUBAN TRIP
Mccurf IS Waiting at Key West for
FAY 4 BILE Weather In Which to
$ Make His
Flight.
IKE AS GUIDE POSTS
Steamboats, Every Ten Miles to Mark
The Route Of The First Gross
Ocean Air
Voyage.

KEY WEST, Fla, Jan. 25.-While
waiting for the wind to moderate ].
A. D. McCurdy, the aviator, tinkered
with his machine during the morning.
At ten o'clock there was a high wind
and he said he would start in his
flight for Cuba as soon as the wind
permits.
The boats which will assist will be
stretched out each ten miles and Nc
Curdy expects to guide his course by
means of their smoke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
WHO IS THE
JOKE ON NOW?
Pierre's Foot Slipped and His Wife
Testified at The
Morquc.

PARIS. Jan. %. Pierre Maillett,
when intoxicated invariably scared
his wife by pretending suicide by
hanging. Today he resorted to his
favorite joke. He put one end of the
rope around his neck and the other
around the chandelier. Just then his
foot slipped
His wife gave her testimony at the
morgue this afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
KOTOKUpS BODY
TO The COLLEGE
Japanese Anarchist Who Was Execut-
ed Left VIII Which 50 Dis.
posed Of His
Corpse
REASON FOR HASTE
Government Was afraid to Keep pris
oner Alive Because He Might
Write or
Talk.
REASON FOR HASTE

TOXIC, Jan. 25.-Fears of the writ
ings of DR.. Denjiro Kotoku and of
any public expressions he might
make while in prison was the reason
for the haste in executing the doctor
and his comrades yesterday.
The body will be dissected at the
Imperial university in accordance
with his will.
The government is taking special
measures to suppress the growth OF
socialism in Japan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
protest AGAINST Fiye-Mile Limit.

IOWA CITY, Jan. 25-The bust
ness men and professional men are
circulating protest against the five
mile limit law to be sent to the legis-
lature. There are already q long list
of signatures, even enemies of the
saloor signing the paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
CANNOT CONVICT
BRITISH EDITOR
Only Way to Get at Him Would be
for King George to Take
the Stand.

LONDON, Jan. 25 Unless King
George himself takes the witness
stand and denies that he contracted
a morganatic marriage with the
daughter of a British admiral, Edward
Mileas cannot be convicted of sedi-
tion for publishing the old scandal.
Mileas is publisher and the only
legal way Of convicting him would be
for the king to go on the stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
New Masons.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Jan. 25.-The
Iowa Consistory No. 2, Scottish Rite
Masons are holding a reunion here at
which candidates will be initiated in
to the order. This is the first meeting
held in the new consistory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
WHY ROOSEVELT
DID NOT SIGN
Said to Be in Sympathy With Prosres-
sIve League Recently
Formed.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-That Presi-
dent Roosevelt approves of the plat
form of the National Republican Pro-
gressive League Is shown by an ar
ticle in the current Outlook. me only
reason he did not sign the platform
himself was because his enemies
might say that he was doing it for a
chance for another term as president.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Two Workmen Burned.

CLINTON, Ia. Jan. 25.-While two
workmen were in a large tank or vat
at the Union Rossing plant some
scalding lime water was accidentally
poured in on them. Both men were
terribly scalded and one of them is
in serious condition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
lob PAYS $3.50 Per Day.

BURLINGTON, Jan. 25.-To assess
its realty values at a stipend OF s2.oo
a day. Burlington has employed a mil
lionaire, Horace Rand banker and
head of the Rand Lumber Company
Mr.. Rand volunteered to assist IN the
work for the city and while the law
allows him $3.50 day. he will accept
no pay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Blood Vessel Burst.

LOWDEN, Jan. 25.-Joseph Gohi-
ris died very suddenly in peculiar
manner. He became excited over a
runaway and blood vessel in his
head swelled to a great size and then
burst. He died almost instantly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
THE WEATHER.
(Until : p. m. Thursday

VUHtI1 p. m. IhuFsdaVl
For Keokuk and vicinity: Unset
tled, weather with rain tonight or
Thursday. Continued warm
For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri: I'm
settled weather with rain tonight or
Thursday Continued warm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
Wind Still Blowing.

KEY WEST, Jan. 25.-J. A. D. Nc
Curdy, is ready to fly to Havana, $50
miles away and says he will start as
soon as weather conditions are fa-
vorable. Havana reports 9 miles an
hour wind. 1t is blowing here at the
rate of 15 miles per hour.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
FIRST GOOD ONE
IN 35 YEARS
Governor Ben w. Hooper of Tennessee
Is Repubi-
can

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Jan. 25.-For
the first time in 35 years republican
has been inaugurated governor of this
state.
Pen W. Hooper was inaugurated be-
fore large crowd from all over the
state
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-25
MARITIME In New Jersey.

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 25.-James
MARITIME was elected today, receiving
% votes.