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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
81 PEOPLE KILLED
IN RAILROAD
ACCIDENT
Train Dropped ESQ Feet Into a
Gorge
WAS NEAR GRAHAMSTOWN
The Victims and Debris Of Cars JAM
med Together In Horrible
Confusion

Grahamstown, Cape Colony, Union
of South Africa, April 2S.-According
to the latest estimates, 80 persons
were killed in the wreck of a passen-
ger train on the Kowie railway, when
it plunged to destruction into a gorge
$50 feet deep through the collapse Of
the Blaauwkrantz bridge yesterday.
In addition, many were Injured, some
of them fatally. II was the most APP
palling wreck in the history of South
African railways.
The rescue work involved heartrend
ing experiences, and the extrication
OF the injured and dying from the de-
brls was accompanied by terrible
groans and cries. A large mass of
wreckage lodged on a ledge 120 feet
down and it was many hours before
all were removed from the difficult
crags and hoisted in sacking to the
lip of the gorge.
One little girl had miraculous es-
cape. She was caught in a fork of
the bridge and held by one foot over
the rayine. The rescuers had TO scale
Orders to the height Of 200 feet to
bring her down.
The victims were torn to pieces and
inextricably mixed with the debris of
the cars, which were ground to splin-
ters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
FELL THROUGH GLASS DOOR.
Warner johnson Was in a Hurry to
Buy a Pair of Socks

The plate glass door in the new
front recently put in at the Charles
G. Cole clothing store was smashed
Saturday evening by hurrying custo-
mer, who came in without releasing
the catch The opening where the
glass was broken out was boarded up
with some pieces of packing cases
and a new glass will be put in as soon
as it can be obtained from the fac
tory
Warner Johnson, a colored farm
hand, employed on the Burden farm
short distance over the New York
state line, was the man who came
into the store without opening the
door Warner was in the village dur
ing the evening making some purcha-
SEES. He had intended to take the ten
o'clock car but was delayed and the
car was already coming down the
street when he hurried up the steps
of the store. AS he grasped the latch
his foot slipped and his knee came in
contact with the glass with force
enough to shatter the light into frag-
ments. Warner came right along into
the store exclaiming, Il did 1t. I'll
settle. Here's a quarter; Gimme two
pair o. socks, my car is coming an
got ter hurry" He got the socks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
Real Divinity Who Nice LongSeeved Gngt

to the amount OF $1100 in Hoosick
Falls bank He also had between S12
and SIS in his pockets and some Ger
man gold coins which he probably
brought to this country from Europe.
The revolver with which the shoot
ing is alleged to have been done is a
cheap affair which could not have
cost over $3.50. II was five shot 80
calibre rim fire weapon and the fact
that the first shot fred at Mallory
at short range did not penetrate his
arm shows that 1t had but little pene-
tration.
Mallory is a native OF Woodford
Hollow, about 40 years of age and con-
siderably smaller than Frank, who is
large man. Mallory is married, has
a family Of four or five children, the
smallest a baby, and his wife is not
in the best Of health.
The shack in which Frank lived was
burned to the ground some time dur
ing Saturday night.
States Attorney w. j. Meagher
went to South SALISBURY Sunday to
make an investigation and to collect
evidence for the hearing. He report
ed that Mallory was able to sit up
part of the day and to give con-
nected account of the quarrel. Dr.
Dean Sunday night said that the
wounded man was in good condition
as could be expected under the cir
cumstances. He is strong man ply
sically and in the natural course of
events should make perfect recov-
cry He has been employed as a
teamster in this village and Is well
known in this section.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
GOOD ATTENDANCE
ON CLOSING
EVENING
Base Ball Fair Came to an End
Saturday Night.
NET RECEIPTS ABOUT $500
Ward One Baseball Team Won Uni
forms by Big Margin over
Ward Three

The baseball fair closed Saturday
evening with an attendance that In a
measure made up to the directors
some OF the enthusiasm that they had
temporarily lost because Of the small
crowds Of the three previous even
ings. The fair was not nearly so sue
cessful from a financial point of view
as the similar entertainment held
year ago but the board will clear up
in the vicinity of 5000 which will help
some in financing the team for the
coming season.
The two special attractions engaged
for the evening were thoroughly en-
joyed Mrs. William Shaw of Troy
proved that she has an exceptionally
pleasing contralto voice of wide range
and power and her selections were
roundly applauded. Miss Bessie
Shaw's recitation, Casey Redeemed"
sequel to that great baseball epic
poem, Casey at the Bat" brought
down the house.
Goldsmiths orchestra furnished
music for dancing and the floor was
filled during nearly all the evening.
The special prize of SO in gold
went to Melvin Piper, the $40 award
went to John McKale and the season
ticket went to Harry Mckinney.
The ward one baseball team of juv-
eniles won the uniforms with 1910
ballots and the ward three team was
/ second with 473.
The directors will hold a meeting
this evening to adjust the accounts
and wind up other details of the en-
tertainment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
Sweet Young Thing Mighty Pretty Look at But the

leans, E. A. Clancy Of San Francisco,
NJ. ] Young of Boston and j. L. But
Ter of Buffalo. These men were per-
mitted to leave the Offices afterward
The detectives declined to say wheth.
er or not they had collected evidence
against Mcnamara in their examina-
ton Of the associations papers.
The warrant against Mcnamara
charges him with murder in compile
ity in the dynamiting of the Los An
geles Times building, and further al
leges he was implicated in an explo-
sion in the Llewelyn iron works of
Los Angeles, December "a, 1910. De-
tective Burns in a statement after
the arrest of Mcnamara said further
developments were expected to dis
close the perpetrators of explosions
directed against employers in Indian
apolis, Omaha, Neb., and in Column
bus, Ind, and other places.
At midnight on March % last, ex-
plosions occurred in the courthouse
in Omaha under process of construc-
ton and in the plant of Caldwell &
Drake in Columbus, Ind. Caldwell &
Drake were contractors for the Oma-
ha courthouse. They estimated their
loss by the explosion there at $751;
600. They said they had had some
difficulty with the iron workers I'M
ion.
On the night of October "a, 1909, a
new telephone exchange building,
sawmill and garage at the home of
Albert Won Spreckelsen, contractor
of indianapolis, were almost destroy
ed by explosion of dynamite. Won
Spreckelsen had employed nonunion
workmen in several of his contracts.
He was engaged in constructing the
telephone exchange building and a
part of the material was being pre-
pared in the sawmill. After the ex-
plosions he discharged his nonunion
workers and engaged union men. Po-
lice investigation of the explosions
apparently came TO nothing. Detec-
tive Burns and a detective from Los
Angeles have been in Indianapolis for
several days but their movements
were carefully hidden by the police
i until the raid on the offices of the
association of bridge and structural
iron workers was made.
Detective Burns, superintendent of
Police Hyland and Chief of Detectives
Holtzo, found II sticks of dynamite
and two quart cans of nitro-glycerine
Saturday night in barn near Indian
apolis owned by 7. H. Jones, struc-
tural iron worker which Jones says
were placed there last January by Nc
Namara Burns says Otto McGonigale
who was arrested in Detroit Friday,
told him where the explosives could
be found. and it was upon this infor-
nation that the search was made.
The dynamite and nitroglycerine were
found buried under sawdust in the
barn.
Jones, the owner of the barn, said
the explosives were placed there last
January and that Mcnamara and
other men made various trips to the
barn with suit cases, but he did not
know the purpose of their visits
Jones says that Mcnamara rented the
barn and paid him $25 a month for
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
THREE MORE FARMS
BOUGHT BY {.
H. EVERETT
Adds Over 800 Acres To Pre-.
sent Estate
LAND IS ALL ADJOINING
Contracts for Sale Of Lyman carpen-
ter, VIM. 9. Arnold and Roilln
Howard Farms

Contracts were drawn up Saturday
whereby Edward II. Everett of New
ark, o.. who recently purchased the
Griswold farm of 500 acres at Ben
nington Center has added over 800
acres to his estate. The land com
prised in the new deal adjoins his
original purchase on the south and
is comprised in three farms, the Ly-
man Carpenter farm, the William B,
Arnold farm and the Rollin Howard
farm. The Carpenter and Arnold
farms together make 726 acres of
land and will be conveyed by A. B.
Gardner of Pownal, administrator,
and Frank c. Paddock of Petersburg.
The Howard farm contains a few over
hundred acres.
Much of the land in the proposed
purchase, in the opinion of Mr. Ever
etts experts here, is even better
adapted to the growing of fruit than
that on the Griswold farm. 1t lies at
the base of the mountains with a
southern exposure and is therefore
protected against early frosts.
A gang of men is now at work
planting trees on the Griswold farm
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
CONFESSION MADE
IN BIG DYNAMITE
CONSPIRACY
Following Arrest Of Well Known
Labor Leaders.
DESCRIBES MANY EXPLOSIONS
Men Apprehended are Charged With
Destroying Los Angeles
Times Building

Chicago, April 24.-Capt Stephen
Woods, the chief of the Chicago detec-
tive bureau, said last night at Chicago
that q full confession had been OBJ
tanned from one of the men arrested
in Detroit, in connection with the dy.
namiting of the Los Angeles Times
building. The alleged confession is
alleged to cover so typewriter pages
and to relate to the movements OF the
men now under arrest and others
sought by detectives.
According to Capt Woods it des-
cribes in detail the dynamiting OF
buildings, railroad trains and factor.
les where conflicts between union
and non-union labor existed. The
loss of many lives and the destruc
ton of property valued at almost 81,
600, 900 is said TO be detailed The
chief of the Chicago detective de
partment said the confession was pla
ced in the possession of attorneys re
presenting the national erectors' asso
citation, and has been sent to Los An
geles to be used in the trial of the
cases against the men under arrest
THE confession was. made at the
home of Detective Reed of the Chic
ago police department in South Chi
cago," said Capt Woods. More ar
rests in the case are expected anC
any disclosure OF the details of the
confession at this time, would make
them almost impossible. While here
the men under arrest were never il
communication with each other anC
neither knew that his companion was
a prisoner in the same house They
were questioned necessarily and fl
nally confession was obtained from
one of them Then the California
authorities were notified at once ant
after indictments had been returned
there, the extradition papers were
hurried here. Not until these paper!
were received, was any move mad,
to place others, wanted in the case
under arrest. The plants of dynam
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
Executors Sale

The undersigned executor will sell
at public auction at the home place
of the late Frank G.. Day on Adams
street, in the village of Bennington
on the 29th day of April, 1911, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, the house
hold furniture of the late Ann M.
and Frank G. Day, consisting of par
Tor suit, bedroom suits, stoves, ran
ges, pictures, bedding. crockery,
chairs, lamps, mirrors, carpets, cur
tains and quantity of other articles
OF household furniture; also guam
tity Of carpenters tools, ladders, etc.
w. J. Meagher
Executor Estates Frank G. Day and
Ann M. Day. John Robinson Auc'n'r
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24

lite, found since the Indianapolis ar
rests were told OF in the confession
and the names of other men now be-
ing sought are known to the detec-
tives."
William j. Burns, the former gov
eminent detective, who arrested John
j. Mcnamara, secretary-treasurer of
the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
at indianapolis on Saturday, following
the labor leaders, indictment for
completely in the dynamiting of The
Los Angeles Times Building on Oct.
/, 1910, declared yesterday that he
had only scratched the surface" in
his efforts to run down the perpetra-
tors of what he termed plot against
employers who refused % submit to
the demands of the union.
At Tifiin, Ohio, Mr. Burns yesterday
found 400 pounds OF dynamite hidden
in shed, which is said to belong to
James McManigle, father of Ortie Nc
Manigle, who was arrested in Detroit
on April IL with James b. Mcnamara
a brother of John j. Mcnamara, and
said by Burns to be the man who set
off the bomb that wrecked The Los
Angeles Times Building, killing 81
men.
Mr. Burns also went to Bloomville,
Ohio, to search for more dynamite,
which is safd to have been stored
there by union labor leaders.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
THE FoRTNIGHTLY
ulcers Elected Saturday for Ensu-
inn Wear

officers Elected Saturday for Ensu-
ing Year
At the annual meeting of the Fort
nightly Saturday afternoon, the fol.
lowing officers We're elected: Presi-
dent, Mrs. A. J. Norton; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Livingston Sibley; secre
tary, Miss Helena Norton; treasurer
Miss Vera Bull; assistant treasurer,
Miss Florence Walbridge.
Following the transaction of bust
ness, very interesting program was
presented by the committee on art
Miss Mary A. Walbridge, Miss Nellie
NJ b. Coffey and Miss Sophronia Col.
Inns. Miss Collins read a most inter
esting paper on Michael Angelo which
was illustrated by number OF very
fine pictures
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
CAPT 3. L. FLETCHER
Inmate of Soldiers Home Whose
Death Occurred at Burlington

Capt Bert L. Fletcher an inmate of
the Soldiers Home here died at the
Fannie Allen hospital in Burlington
last Friday. He was taken to the
hospital April 18th for an operation
which was performed two days later
and resulted in his death.
Mr. Fletcher was born in North
Hero, this state. October q, 1889 and
entered the Soldiers Home July 81,
1908. He was a member of Company
l, LIST u. S. Cavalry. He enlisted in
1859 and was discharged as captain
after a service of nine years and six
months. He leaves a daughter, a
son, a sister and a brother.
The burial will be at North Hero.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24

Indianapolis, Ind Auril 24-John j.
Mcnamara, secretary-treasurer of
the international association of bridge
and structural iron workers, was ar
rested late Saturday in the headquar-
tiers of the organization. charged with
murder in connection with the eX-
plosion that wrecked the building of
the Los Angeles Times on October /,
1910, causing the death of q persons.
The warrant for his arrest was based
on an indictment found by a grand
jury in Los Angeles and was served
by William j. Burns, a detective. ac-
Icompanied by Indianapolis detectives.
Burns has started for Los Angeles
with Mcnamara, Gov. Marshall hay
ing honored requistion papers
Responsibility for other destructive
explosions in different parts OF the
country would be placed as the re-
suit of an investigation now in prog
ress, Burns said. He added that J
b. Mcnamara, brother of John j Nc
Namara, and Otto McGonigale were
detained by the police in Chicago on
Saturday as having knowledge of the
circumstances of the Los Angeles
Times explosion. This is the begin
ming of one of the greatest criminal
prosecutions the country has known
Burns said After the arrest of Nc
Namara, Burns and other detectives
searched the Offices of the association
OF bridge and structural ironworkers
and detained there their officials OF
the association during examination
OF papers and records.
When the detectives entered the Of
fees a meeting of the executive board
of the organization was in progress
Attending it were F. Nj. Ryan OF Chi
cago, president. II. W. Leglenter Of
Pittsburg, p A. Cooley of New Or
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
COAL TAR FIRE
Burning Waste from Gas Plant Made
Much Smoke

Much Smoke
Small boys set fire yesterday to the
waste products consisting largely of
a tarry nature, in the rear of the gas
plant OF the Bennington Gaslight Co.
Dense volumes of black smoke giving
the appearance at some distance away
of a serious fire, filed the sky in the
neighborhood of the gas house There
were fears that the flames would
speedily work their way to the purify
ing house and to the receiving tank,
and an alarm was rung in, to which
the fire department promptly respond
ed
The wind, however, was Moving in
direction favorable to carrying the
flames away from the building and
the fire soon burned itself out without
damage TO the property.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
BISHOP HALLS VISIT
To Speak and Confirm Glass at ST.
Peters Church April 80

Peters Church April 80
The Rt Rev. A. c. a. Hall d. D.,
will make his visitation to St Peters
parish Sunday, April 80. He will
celebrate the Eucharist at 1880. At
the morning service at 1920 he will
confirm the candidates for coufrma-
ton and preach. At Even song at 5
p m, the bishop will deliver a lecture
on the Tercentenary of the Authoriz-
ed Version of the English Bible. The
bishop has delivered this lecture at
Burlington and Rutland 1t is certain
ly an opportunity which all lovers of
the King James version of the scrip
lures should seize. The public is cor
daily invited
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
Card Of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends for
their kindness and beautiful floral
tributes at the death Of our son and
brother, Bernard p. Schnurr.
George Schnurr and Family.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair, continued cool tonight
and Tuesday Frost tonight. Proba
bly, heavy in interior.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-24

its use It is about three quarters
of a mile west of Indianapolis.
Saturday night in searching the
basement of the building where the
unions Offices are situated the officers
found Ga sticks (about GO pounds)
of dynamite, 200 feet of fuse, 500 dy.
Mantle caps, one dozen small alarm
clocks and a leather case made to
carry a ten pound can of nitroglycer
inc
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-01
The New Year In
Florida and Pensacola.

Beginning the New Year today
means much to F1oridians. The year
Just ended has been the best Florida
has ever known and the new one has
been anticipated with pleasure. Flo
ridians are prepared to better cope with
the obstacles of life than ever before
and greater results are expected
In every walk of life are the people
becoming awakened to the fact that
push means prosperity, and IN 1911
push" will be the watchword.
1t Is good to begin New Years with
resolutions; it adds impulse and de-
termination to ones life; the more
good resolutions we make the nearer
we will come to keeping some OF
them.
Pensacola and Pensacolians have
more to look forward to than ever, in
fact, too many good things are IN
store for them to enumerate, and I'M
less some unforeseen calamity strikes
the city the present year will be q
record breaker in very many respects.
The Journal wishes for its readers
all of the good things Of life and
hopes that 1911 will be the most sue
cessful year In the lives Of each Of
them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-01
Blount Not Responsible
For a Clients CrookednesS.

In wrapper addressed to the edi-
tor personally, we received from Gen.
Il. NJ. Law, editor of the Barlow
Courier-Informant, copy of his paper
with big blue mark around the fol-
lowing paragraph:
II is a mystery to us how Frank
Mayes OF The Pensacola Journal
can now be an ardent supporter of
MI. Blount after all he mas said in
the past about the unmerciful rob.
, perry or the people of Pensacola and
west Florida by the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, of which MT.
Blount has been the attorney for many
years. Surely. as counsel for the road
man Of MIR. Blount's character and
ability could have had some influence
IN correcting the evils of which The
Journal complained, If he dill not an
prove of them.
There ought not to be any myster,
, about Ut. We never understood tina,
Mr. Blount directed the policy of tn,
L. &, n. railroad and We do not believ,
that anyone who understands his con
nection with the railroad will hol,
him responsible for its policy. He ha
served it as a lawyer serves any othe
client.
: There are numberless cases il tn
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-01

courts today where murderers and
burglars and absconders and otner

courts today where murderers and
burglars and absconders and otner
law-breakers are trying to escape con-
viction. Each one of them has hired
the best attorney that he or his
friends has the money to pay for.
Probably many Of General Laws law
yer friends are engaged in just such
cases now. Are those lawyers all
murderers or burglars or absconders
simply because their legal services
have been retained in the legal de-.
Tense of that class Of criminals?
1t is true, the L. & n. railroad has
for years been robbing the people of
West Florida simply because it has
lad them at its mercy. 1t Is true also
that, because Mr.. Blount happens to
be an employee of the L. & N. rail-
road, he will probably have to suffer
in some instances-howeyer unjust
ly-because Of the sins Of his employ
er. But why should the L. & Ms sins
be saddled onto Mr.. Blount any more
than you would saddle the sins OF
any other offender on the lawyer who
happened to be employed in his de-
tense?
If Blount's policies, as outlined in
his platform, can be carried into effect
1t will be impossible for corporation
crookedness and criminality and Cd.
preston to exist as 1t does today.
Blount does not control the railroad
company nor does the railroad COM
pany control him. But he will, If
elected senator, be in a position where
he can help control all OF the great
corporations doing an interstate bust.
ness and we have faith enough in
his ability and integrity to believe
that he will direct his efforts in that
connection to the best interests OF
the American people. That is why We
support him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-01
WORRY AND HURRY

are the two greatest foes TO digestion
and very few people reach the age
Of forty without falling a victim 20
Indigestion in some form or other.
Undigested food is serious menace
to health and is the cause Of head
aches, sleeplessness. fatulency, de-
spondency, nervousness. bad breath
and impure blood.
In such cases Vinol has a marked
beneficial result II seems 20 % d.
rectly to the seat Of trouble. strength.
ems and tones up the tired, weakened
nerves OF the stomach enabling one
to digest with case the very foods
that once caused distress.
A case has Just come to our atten-
ton in Barre, VT. Mr.. Samuel Wheeler
suffered with stomach trouble for
years and had taken all kinds OF med
icines without relief, and at last found
cure in Vinol. He says vinol was
worth five dollars a bottle TO him.
1--WE guarantee this testimonial to bl
genuine)
II You suffer from any form
stomach trouble, try a bottle of vi
With the understanding that "
money will be returned IL it does
help You. Writes Pharmacy Pens
cola, Fla.