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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-18
USED BY BOBBY BURNS
Carving Knife and Fork Owned by
Late John n. FIagg.

The will of John Henry Flagg Of
New York, formerly of Wilmington,
Vt, leaves to his cherished friend, q"
Edward Quintard, NJ d., carving
knife and fork long used by Robert
Burns" with a letter authenticating
the same, and a bequest of $4,000 in
token of the testator's appreciation of
his devotion as a friend, and for Dr.
Quintard's skill and care during the
testators long and painful illness. The
bequest is not to be considered as
compensation for the medical treat
ment.
Harriet Prescott Spofford, the writ
er. is a legatee for $500.
A specific bequest of $4,000 is left
to his brother Fred A. Flagg of Troy,
n. Y, $4,000 to n sister, Ellen S.
Fairbanks Of Ellenyille, n. Y, and
legacies to nephews and nieces. The
residue is to be divided between the
widow and the brother, Fred A. Flagg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-18

library and closed the door She
walked over to it and applied her ear
and felt and heard him rubbing his
back against It, She also heard him
mutterng to himself.
Had a coclroach crawled down Mr..
Bowsers back during the day?
Was he breaking out with spring
rash that might prove fatal?
Had some woman stabbed him with
a long hatpin poisoned at the point?
Ten minutes later he appeared, his
face very red, and Mrs. Bowser plainly
caught the exclamation Darn it." as
he walked to his chair For the next
quarter Of an hour he made heroic eff
forts TO sit still, but he was conquered
at last and rose up and said:
"By thunder, but I'll have the blam-
ed thing of"
'Do you mean your leg, Mr.. Bow
Ser?' she asked.
LEG be hanged! Don't be an IDIOT!
Have | said that anything was the
matter with either Of my legs|
NO, but you wriggle around So"
"And so would you if you had blam-
ed old plaster between your shoulders
and knawlng away like hungry dog"
But why have you got it there? You
didn't say anything about it this morn
ing"
Tries 10 Tell Mrs. Bowser.
He walked over to the door and put
his back against It and scratched up
and down and across, and MS he
scratched he pursed up his mouth and
rolled his eyes. He seemed to be in
such agony that Mrs. Bowser rose up
and demanded:
"Now, then, for the lands sake, but
what ais you:"
"Dr Beesark was min the Office
today be faltered as he ceased to
scratch.
And what if DR.. Beeswax was in
the Officer"
81 told him about my lungs"
"And what ails your lungs, pleaseT
'He sounded them and said had
better put,on a plaster to prevent con
sumption. lie had them with him, and
l let him put one on"
"Just like you. Nothing whatever
ais your lungs, and DR.. Beeswax is a
faker. You paid him s.. supposep
mo, only three"
''NIr. Bowser, hope that plaster win
draw your shoulders clear up to your
earsl How could you be so sllly|
''WOman, don't talk this way to me,
he bluffed as he wriggled his shout
ders. "You may be aching for me to
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-18
FRECKLES
New Drug That Quickly Removes
These Homely Spots

There's no longer the slightest need
Of feeling ashamed Of your freckles,
as a new drug, othne-double
strength has been discovered that is
a positive cure for these homely
spots.
Simply get one ounce OF othlne-
double strength, from w. L. Gokay
and apply little of it at night and
in the morning you will see that even
the worst have begun to disappear,
while the light freckles have vanished
entirely. 1t is seldom that more than
an ounce is needed TO completely
clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine, as this is sold under
guarantee OF money back If it fails
to remove the freckles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-18

die Of consumption, but am not ready
to 60 yet"
did plaster ever cure consump-
tom" she asked.
"Yes-thousands Of cases. He had
more than 200 aflidaylts."
Every one Of which was false. and
you were silly enough not TO know it,
Didn't Beeswax tell you that the plas-
ter must be kept onT'
His name Is Beesark, and you
know It, Yes; hesaid keep It on till it
drew-drew"-
9TH 1t drew you out TO the. gate
backward, l suppose! Well. do as he
said"
But ! can't. The thing is biting like
n mad rat I'll have you take It off in
about five minutes
'NIr. Bowser. ! shall not interfere
with Or. Beeswaxs orders. He said
It was to stay ON, and it must stay,
even If it draws lung through to
your back"
"Then I'll get Green over here to
take 1t off for me-"
N=ighbor Called In.
"Then you can. Your life is very
precious to me, and do not intend to
peril it by any interference with an
old takers three dollar plaster"
Mr.. Bowser placed his back against
the door again and heaved and wig
gled and wrggled and scratched for
FIVE minutes and then went over to
the telephone and called up Green.
Ten minutes later Green was there.
He was taken upstairs, and there. Mr..
Bowser explained what was wanted
of him.
Eyes, but who put the plaster on?"
he asked
"a celebrated doctor, whose special
ty is the cure Of tuberculosis
"Was 1t old Beesark"
"Y-yes."
"Then you've been stung! He's the
worst old fraud in the BUSINESS
But don't tell Mrs. Bowser any
thing about it. She's Just been giving
me an awful ripping ouch! Ugh!
Get the blamed thing Off"
Remedy, Rumpus and Foot Race.
When the plaster was exposed to
view Mr.. Green fumbled at the cor
ners for hold and said:
1T has become part of your hide,
and it's going to hurt some 10. get it
on"
Cant you soak it OFF,
1T would take an hour or more.
I've just got to get hold and give a
sudden jerk BY the time you holler
twice the thing will be off"
"Green, I'm a desperate man. II you
torture me shall not be responsible
for results I may 90 crazy for a
, time
You can't so more crazy than you
were when you let that old swindler
put this on. I've cot hold Of the upner
corners now Are you ready"
Green, I'll shoot that doctor OF
sight"
"YesT"
Il have no more consumption than
you have"
"Nof"
and it's just rs Mrs. Bowser'-
Green got a brace for his foot. drew
a long breath and yanked, and the
plaster was Off. There was a scream
a yell, a whoop, and the neishbor,y
man ratified downstairs with Mr.. Bow
ser at his heels Only for Mrs. Bow
ser being at the front door Mr. Greer
would have been caught in the hal
and his life taken. As 1t was he got
away, but Mr. Bowser stood on tn,
steps and shook a fist at him as h'
fed homeward and called:
You villain. But I will follow you
TO your deathr'
Then Mrs Bowser took him by Tho
arm and said:
This tuberculosis plaster moving
picture show is over, and Wen heal
the rest Of 1t in the house. What YOU
want on your back now Is something
to drive the consumption out in front
and I guess we have some blue vitrio
in the hOusep
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-18
BOWSER THE EASY
Fake Doctor Spots Him as a Tu-
berCulouS Victim.
AND SELLS A PLASTER CURE.
eowser Goes Home, Backs Up,
Scratches and WissIes - Neishbor
Called to Raise sticker-Mrs. Bowser
Closes Moving Picture Show.
BY M. QUAD.

BY M. QUAD.
copyright 1911, by Associated Literary
Press
VA M r. BONSER had gone TO the
I'VE Office in the morning whis
k Ting a merry tune and say
ing how well he felt and
how good it was to live. He came
home at night looking rather pale and
having an anxious expression in his
eyes. s.
You haven't felt any symptoms Of
the grlp?' asked Mrs. ROwser after a
glance at him.
Not a symptom Only women and
children have the grip"
"Are you bothered in your mind
about anything?'
mot a thing. l let nothing worry
me-" 'ia" --.~' 90 ----
During the dinner hour he had little
to say, and Mrs. Bowser, who was
watching him out Of the corner Of her
eye, noticed that he wriggled In his
chair every few minutes and that now
and then he rubbed his back against
the Stats Something seemed to be
biting him between the shoulders off
and on, but 1t was evident that he had
no explanations TO offer as yet.
When they went up to the sitting
room he fingered behind for a moment
and rubbed his back against door
casing. and five minutes after being
seated he was wriggling again. As he
saw her looking at him he rose up and
said:
81 guess I'll 60 down cellar and see
to the furnace"
"But there's no fire there. I let It
out yesterday"
"Then I'll go upstairs and see If the
roof leaks"
But there is no rain"
He hung around for n minute in m
undecided way and then entered the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
Alleged to Have Claimed "We
Put LOrimer Over and 1t Cost
Us a Lot of Money"
FUND RAISED TO ASSURE
HIGH TARIFF ON LUMBER
Resolution Regarding Lorimer
Passed by the New Hamp-
shire State Senate.

SPRINGFIELD Ill. April 13.-Two
important developments occurred III to-
day. hearing of the state senate com
mittee which is investigating the elec,
fion of William Lorimer to the United
States senate.
The first was the disclosure Of a cam
paign by the attorneys and lnNesti
gators of the committee Ger the aPpar.
ent purpose of drscrediting Edward
Hines. Chicago mmbcrman. charged
with having collected large fund to
elect Lorimer. Mr. Hines testified two
weeks ago that he had no knowledge
of such fund.
The second development was the prac-
tical refusal of Edward TildeD, Chicago
packer and banker. 10 produce before
the committee his bank accounts.
Mr. Tllden's attitude on the witness
stand resulted IN the issuance OF sec
ond subpoena by the committee. inns
was served upon Mr. Tilden as he
stcuped from the witness chair. The
subpoena commands Mr., Tildcn to pro
ducc before the committee next Thnrs'
dav the records of his various bank
accounts IN the year 1909.
Refusal TO do SO. Mr.. Tilden was
given to understand. will result in an
order of contempt being issued by the
committee against him.
When Mr.. Hines testimony mas Decn
coutrudicted by a dozen or more mcD.
it is said the Chicago lumboTman vii!
be recalled TO the witness stand and
cross. examined MS To each story dis.
closed before the committee
Attorney Hcaly considers the testi'
monv given a week ago by Clarence s.
Funk. general manager of the Inter
national Harvester company was to-
day corroborated to "A degree by Her
man II. Hettler of Chicago. president
of the Herman II. Hettler Lumber com.
pany.
In relating n conversation with Mr-
Hines over the tariff, Mr. Hettler dc.
clared Hines was as clatei over the
lumber schedule as over the election Of
Senator Lorimer.
"He remark ed that he had been hay
ing a great time IN Washington last
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
THREE KILLED IN ST. LOUIS.
Eight Story Elevator Blown Into River
Damade Is Enormous.

ST. LOUIS, April ia terrific wind.
hail and thunderstorm. accompanied by a
heavy downpour or rain, swept over the
city late this afternoon, causing many
thousands OF dollars damage ana lndl-
rectly three deaths.
The dead include driver OF team
OF mules, who. with his mules. was cleo
trocuted by running into lie wire, u
woman who Succunibed 10 fright and an
other woman who was killed in rum
away.
Houses were blown down in the out
skirts of the city and In the extreme
north end an clght-story elevator con
taining / 900 900 bushels OF wheat, valued
at S750.000. was blown into the Missls-
sippi river, Windows In the Bryan Hill
and John Marshall public schools and TWO
hail,
The damage was particularly heavy in
the west and north sides, and in st.
Louis county. where many greenhouses
were demolished by the hailstoncs. which
measured more than two inches in diam
ctcr The city parks We're denuded
of plants and flowers In the city's green
houses were destroyed.
The storm came as thousands were on
their way home from down town. As win
dows i'm the street cars were broken the
excitement approached panic,
Persons i'm various parts of the city
were reported stunned b" falling hall
stones. though no serious injury to any
one from this source was reported.
IN" storm p0t' an aDrupt emu 10 InS
American league game between the To-
Gals and the Cleveland team when the
steel iaspole was snapped by the wind
and the players were driven from the dia-
mond by the storm.
Tcpehone service was interrupted and
reports from the stricken districts We're
received slowly.
The dead include:
Harry Foster. c!cctrocuted.
Mrs, Regina Mayer. 40 years old, who
was run over by her carriage. She was
alightinc when the horses took fright
from the hail. She was Injured internally.
Almost every manufacturing plant in
the north side was left without windows
after the storm.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
Bill Providing for Election of
United States Senators by
the People Passes.
MAJORITY FOR BILL
Is OVERWHELMING
Democrats Plan Revision Of
Agricultural Schedule and
Other Tariff Changes.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-The house
OF representatives. by vote OF 296 10
l6. late today passed the Rucker reso-
luton proposing constitutional amend =
ment for the direct election OF United
states senators. This is the FIRST OF the
Democratic programme measures passed
by the house II went through without
modification and with a speed that
brought protests from the Republicans,
The resolution, as the house approved
u, is In the form of the Borah resClu-
tion reported out of the senate judiciary
committee In the closing days of the last
congress. Republican opposition To the
RuCker resolution in the house was
based on the fact that It did not contain
the changes afterwards made IN me
fight in the senate, which assured 20
cnngress continued control over elections
In the several states
After six hours OF debate, In which
many demands were made for This change
in the resolution. all but fifteen Repub-
leans voted for the resolution, The ma
Jority of them had stated during the de-
bate that they would support the reso-
ed such a constitutional amendment sub
njtted to the country as quickly as pos
sble,
Those Who Voted Nay.
Those who opposed the resolution on
the final vote We're:
Republicans-Cannon, Mann. Illinois;
Danforth Dwight. Maltby New York
Dodds. Fordney. McMorrnn. Michigan
Harris, Lawrence. Mccall Wilder, Mas
sachusetts; Kinds. Maine: Suloway.
New Hampshire; Utter. Rhode Island
cmocrat-McDermott, Illinois,
Former Speaker Cannon, Republican
Leader Mann and others Of the Repuh-
leans who voted against the measure.
declared that it's form was such as 10
threaten the federal government with the
los. o! control over senatorial elections
In the states. given to safeguard the m .
tcrriiy OF these elections. They insist
ed, AS did other Republicans who ulti-
malcly voted for the resolution. that the
direct election amendment should be OF =
fered without any language that might
hc dangerous 10 the future congressional
SUPERVISION OF senatorial elections.
Democratic leaders declared that tn"
Rucker resolution was open 10 II" suSl
constructions and that II offered the
most nearly perfect constitutional amend
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
WEDNESDAYS STORM.
Nineteen Persons Killed and More Than
One Hundred Injured,

KANSAS CITY. Mo; April l$.-Ai-
though the weather is fair tonight
through thc tornado swept districts oi
Kansas. Oklahoma, western Missouri and
northern Arkansas. the major portion oi
the telephone and telegraph wires are
SIN down, md only mcager reports ot
The death and destruction wrought b9' the
will he several days before a complete
list can be obtained
1t now appears thet at least nineteen
persons were killed, The names of
twelve OF the dead are known. -Four
dcnd. reported from Meeker. Okla. and
three from Plummervil.e. Ark. are with
OUT names.
The list of injured will number more
than Il hundred. Several who were re-
ported killed last night proved today to
bc among the injured. or the injured.
few are thought to be seriously hurt.
The monetary loss In Kansas alone Is
estimated 10 be In excess of S6OO,OOO. II
Is thought tho damage in other sections
Will bring the total 10 more than
81 .000. 00Q.
Identified Dead.
Frank Hammond FrcA Kcrn, Jennie
Brown. ell uf Big Heart. Okla.
Mrs. Joseph sullivan. Mrs Ethel
Wheeler. necress. Lawrence. Kan.
Miss Geraldine MciScnhcimer, Miss El-
lott Robinson. Kan.
Mrs Fred Stone. Reserve. Kan,
Jane fetton, years old Hiawath5.
Kan.
j, l.. Roscnballm. Germantown, Kan.
Mrs .hlmcdn Shelly, Joplin.
Infant child OF f.. ID, Halters Checo-
tab. Okla.
Miss Eva Stroud Mountalnburg. Ark,
OF all the stricken cities. Big Heart.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
GIVES PRAISE
TO JEFFERSON
Champ Clark Addresses College
Mems Democratic League
at Washington.
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
OF DEM0CRACY'S FOUNDER
Speaker Declares Sage of Mon.
ticeIIO Greatest Statesman
That Ever Lived.

WASHINGTON. April 13.-Schoarship
accompanied by common sense Will en-
able college man 10 win success in poll
tics. but scholarship alone is of little
avail
This was Speaker Clark's advice 10 The
College Mems Democratic league at It's
meeting tonight in colcbra ton of the
birthday anniversary of Thomas Jefter-
son.
Addresses also were made by Warren
jefferson Davis of Virginia. president of
the league; Thomas Nelson Page and
Representa- Tive james a. Hamill OF New
Jersey.
Speaker Clark extended welcome to
college men "to enter Democratic poll :
tics and dcplored the fact that 1T is
scholar In politics"
Scholar in Politics All Right.
81 am rather inclined 10 think, Mr..
Clark said. that this is only an cXer-
else OF the humorous faculty which Is
almost universal in Amcrica. II is in
now. or ever will bc any general preJu-
dice against learning or learned men
The scholar In politics Is all right, but
pcdant is ridiculous. whether in poll
tics or out Of II
Tho general average OF intelligence has
irci casod amazingly In the lg2 venrs CT
our existence under the constitution. but
from the beginning We have had scholars
In politics Thomas Jefferson. the great =
est statesman that ever lived. bar none.
tho profoundest philosopher that ever de-
voted his life to politics in any country
or HGe, was one OF the most scholarly Of
our presidents. His Immediate prcacces :
sor, the cider Adams, graduated at Har-
ward. from Harvard. or as Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge would say. was GraduateI
from Harvard. while his immediate sue
cessor, James Madison, won his degree
at Princeton.
Honesty All Essential
Mr Clark declared that honesty in pol
tiles was an absolute essential and that
the chief induccment To enter public life
never should be the salary or the cmolu
mcnts attaching thereto.
Speaker Clark contrasted the opportu-
mites In politics today with those of nifty
years ago. saying:
Young men of America of this day.
H. ICn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
EARLY FRUITS
ARE DAMAGED
BY JACKFROST
Experts Say That Loss Will
Be From One Fourth
to One Half Usual
Crop.
SMUDGE POTS USED
WITH GOOD EFFECT
Orchards Protected by Ar
tificial Heating Method
Are Not Much
Injured.

With temperature averaging 20
degrees in the fruit sections of Utah
Wednesday night and Thursday
morning and danger Of its being
nearly as cold Friday morning,
fruit growers say the peach, cherry
and apricot crops were damaged from
one-fourth to One-half, while apples
and pears, late peaches and other
fruits are not damaged at all. In
not use smudge pots lost their carly
peaches. cherries and apricots.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14

Aqua PRETA Mexico April 3, via Douglas Ariz-During
c which lasted all resulted in the capturing of
IBIS city by rebels commanded by Red Lopez American troops
rse the order and induced surrender The action taken
liter had killed several wounded in Douglas ana
@ continued firing endangering the lives of Americans
lDhe1 States territory
Aqua Pea terminal Naeozari railroad into Sonora
@ the most important point the border between FL Paso and
Ee Pacific ocean
Following are the American dead and injured:
THE DEAD
ROBERT HARRINGTON
}. c. EDWARDS
THE INJURED:
-DIKo
E. CROW, will probably die.
A DICKSON shot through thigh condition serious.
FOREST RUTHERFORD, shot in foot
oARLoS LENNON, shot in leg.
GENEVIEVE COLE, shot through
W. SINGLETON, flesh wound in
Robert Harrington switchman employed the yards Of
Ragas and his Fourth street bullet struck him
tue head and he umbed from the He picked up and
hour
l. g. Crow, another swtchman the same train and the
oey that killed Harrington swept him from the car also e
So through the body from side to side and probably will die
II" 5 FAMILY resides in Colorado.
R. Dickson half owner Washington mine in the Arizpe
was shot through the thigh The bone broken and the
/ Hnd may prove fatal
Forest Rutherford superintendent of the Copper Queen
when the battle opened went to his home which located
ne smeer bullet, among many which entered his home
n @ nm III the foot. The injury slight
CARLOS Lennon baker 5bee the sightseers
bullet partially spent him the leg passing through
mesh He turned and started towards Douglas when another
a "s nm nm in he back. His wounds will not prove fatal
y edwards young Of % years, was fighting with the IN
II '"os and was killed His home IN Virginia
'ehveve Cole, old daughter of A W. Cole formerly
in the Douglas city council and prominent as clerk OF the
constitutional conventions was sitting III her ianer nome
VA "a federal bullet passed through her arm
Singleton chemist at the Copper Queen smeer was shot M
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
OF
LEAD IN
DOUGLAS

Americans Hit as They Watch Fight, or
While They Work or Even in Their
Homes; Some Coolly Stand Within
Twenty Feet of Mexican Insurgents and
Federals Engaged in Death Grapple.
RED LOPEZ LEADS REBELS
TO VICTORY AT Aqua PRIETA
Federals Are Accused of Deliberately Turn
ing Their Fire Into American Town
When They Are Sure of Defeat; u. S..
Officers Induce Diaz Men to Surrender
TO Them.
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14

MEXICO CITY, April SMexican officials
tonight the
aken American decn make
receipt Of the Official the
WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE department to 1880 O'Clock
s had adyice that American had crossed
he tocder Wood chief u
A. Secretary War Dickinson lad retired when the Amer
lean Intervention reached
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14

THE future always looks
y bright to the advertiser
,vho advertises systemat-
ically-
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01

portunity to show their skill. MRS.
w. W. Smith and Miss Ruth Flstch.
er gave several humorous readings
Frank Watts entertained the guests
with very clever dialect readings,
and Victor Tenney was called uRon
for speech. The evening was a
delightful one from the arrival of
the guests until their departure aud
will long be remembered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
Entertaining House Party.

Mrs. L.. Nj. Pressnall of Eagle
Lake is entertaining a house party
Her guests are Mrs. c. l.. SimOnSh
of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. FL. N
Fuller of Lake Elmo; Mrs. A. y
Heath of WATERFOWL, S. D.; Miss
Effie Stearns Of Minneapolis; Mrs
Nj. S. Cornish Of Alton, Iowa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-01
Enoauement Announced.

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. White have
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Blossom, to Mr.. Gus
tave Fritz Weber of Minneapolis.
Mr.. Weber is consulting decorator
with studio at 305 Nicollet avenue.
The wedding will take place in the
near future.