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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08
New League in Southwest.

Kansas City, Mo-, September g.
A big new minor league in the
southwest is now being talked of
by st. Louis and Kansas City pro-
motors and may become a reality
III time for the opening of the 1912
season. Wichita, Kan, retired this
year from the Western league; Okla.
homa City, which has tired OF it's
berth in the Texas league, and Lit
tie Rock, Ark, formerly in the
Southern, would furnish the nu-
cleus of the new circuit. Other cities
mentioned as possibilities are Jop-
lin and Springfield, Mo-, Fort Smith
and Hot Springs, Ark, Pittsburg
and Coffeyville, Kan, and Musko-
gee, Tulsa and Enid, Okla.
Lexington, KY, September Ga
post-season series between the win
ners of the first and second half-sea-
son pennants in the Bluegrass
league commences today. The league
has done very we'll this year, both from
financial and sporting viewpoints,
and an even more prosperous sea-
son is in prospect for 1912. 1t is
practically settled that Newport and
Covington will have teams in the
league next year, thus enlarging
the circuit from six to eight clubs.
The schedule will be arranged so
that the new cities, which are To-
Gated across the river from Cincin-
natl, will be given dates while the
Reds are on the road, so that the
Kentucky cities would probably at
tract good patronage from Cincin.
natl.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

Minot, N. D., September 6.-B. E
Click of Foxholm, N. d., a town
near Minot, drew Homestead No
1 in the Berthold Indian reservation
at ten o'clock this morning. F. j
McDermott of MankatO, Mimi, was
the seventeenth name drawn.
F. J. McDermott is the cashier at
the Omaha freight depot.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

Duluth, September CT make no
secret of the fact that I am getting
acquainted with people of Mime
sofa as fast as i can with view
to running for the United States
senate said Daniel w. Lawler, for
mer mayor of ST. Paul, while stop
ping at the ST. Louis hotel, yester-
day.
Mayor Lawler came to Duluth to
deliver his address for the Labor
day celebration at Fairmont park.
Will Certainly File.
Yes, will certainly file for the
democratic nomination for the
United States senate under the new
law, which required candidates for
the Legislature to state in advance
whether they will abide by their
party's choice in voting for United
States SENATOR" said he. 81 do not
know just when / shall file. That
is matter of small consequence. l
have plenty of time. During the
next year | shall visit many places
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

over the county waiting for you to
call and ask for them. Many arc
holding back their subscriptions i'm.
I'll some one calls for them.
IL there is anything about the
special club offer for new subscrib-
or any information at all you want,
call up the Contest Manager, Cit,-
Zens' phone 1872.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

For the benefit of the Lake Crys-
tai band, the play Alabama" will
be presented at the opera house in
that village OH the evenings of Fri
day and Saturday nights, September
is and 16 The following is the
cast:
Colonel Moberly, relic of the
Confederacy. ........ Earl Bartlett
Colonel Preston, southern planter
1900. Ellis Bahma
Squire Tucker, Talladega JUS
tice. Observation-Disclosures. John Wfger
Captain Davenport, a northern
railroad man. ........W Will Deutsch
Mr.. Armstrong, his agent. ........
....... F.. w. YOcOm
Latbrop Page, southern boy.
.................C Clayton Robinson
Raymond Page. party of bust
ness Observation-Disclosures Tom Riley
Decatur, an ante-bellum servant.
Oscar Moe
Mrs. Page, a widow who thinks
twice. .......... Miss Edna Low
Mrs. Stockton, another widow.
Mrs. p. ID. Neff
Carey Preston, an Alabama "blos-
SOM. Miss Maud Robinson
Atlanta Moberly, Colonel Moberly's
daughter. =. Miss Pearl Mutt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08
MinncapOliS. Septembcr 6.-Witl

Minneapolis. September 6.--With
"a view to organize farmers DO
! litical party, representatives OF the
agricultural interests held a meet
ing at the state fair ground this
afternoon and drafted resolutions
1t may be that presidential
ticket will be put into the field
1t was the sense of the meeting
that the farmers feed the nation
and ought to govern it, and to &C.
complish this purpose state po-
litical organization will be formed,
later to be made countrywide in
it's scope. The Farmers Equalizer
league is the name proposed for
the new party. The movement was
started by P. Y Collins, editor of
The Northwestern Agriculturist. He
has been lifelong republican and
was one of the delegates sent from
Minnesota to fight the Canadian
reciprocity bill.
Fight Farmers Betrayer.
"We propose that farmers get to-
gether as farmers, for farmers and
to fight the political betrayers OF
the farmers" said Mr.. Collins, the
horny-handed son of toll whose
hands have become horny from
pounding a typewriter. eve rep
resent no candidates for office, state
nor national, and we have consult
ed no party bosses, and want neith-
er their assistance nor interference.
Farmers are defrauded, despised
and insulted politically simply be-
cause they are a mob instead of an
organized army. The Farmers
Equalizer league will investigate all
proposed legislation, from the view
point of the farmer, and will show
its members where they are at po-
litically."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08
BIG SPECIAL
CLUB OFFER

Thousands Of Votes Are Being Brought to the
Office By Candidates and Their Supporters;
Watch the Standing Of Your Favorite and
Help Keep Her Name at the Top Of the List;
Club Offer to Close Monday Evening, Sep
TENDER 18th; Read Carefully.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-08

Omaha has adopted the commits
sion form of government.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
O'RE|LLY
WAS A BROKER
FOR THIEVES
Jury Finds that He Assisted
Crooks After Bancroft Theft
TO BE SENTENCED ON FRIDAY
Evidence Proved That He Got a Share
Of the $4,000 Reward Paid for
the Securities.

New York, May 24.-The jury in the
case Of Daniel O'Reilly, the lawyer
who has been on trial before Justice
Vernon Mr.. Davis in the Criminal
Branch OF the Supreme Court charg-
ed with receiving stolen goods,
brought in a verdict of guilty yester-
day, after being out one hour and
quarter.
The verdict was a surprise to those
who had followed the trial day by day
through the two weeks 1t lasted. The
general opinion around the Criminal
Court Building was that the case
would result in disagreement.
After the verdict of guilty had been
rendered Court Clerk Brophy took
the prisoners pedigree. He said he
was Al years old, and gave his address
as 10 West 190th Street. He said he
was married, and drank moderately
His counsel then asked that O'Reilly
be remanded TO the Tombs until Fri
day for sentence, and Justice Davis
granted his request.
The verdict was credited in great
part to the address made to the jury
| by Assistant District Attorney Buck
ner The jury took three ballots, but
refused to say how they stood on the
| first two.
In closing Mr. Buckner said: What
is of more danger to this community
than to see this attorney at the bar, an
associate of thieves, thieves brok-
err? This lawyer took stolen goods
useless to the thieves and by his gen.
JUS changed it into $4,000. Two mil
lion people living in the country are
crying for justice and 1t is now up to
you to give them justice"
O'Reilly was indicted after the ar
rest of Plass, who made a confession
telling who the thieves were who rob
bed Aaron j. Bancroft, the aged brok-
er, OF $S7 900 worth of securities in
the corridor of the Produce Echange
on March 2 He implicated O'Reilly
in the case The testimony showed
that Plass accompanied by Charles
Yates one of the men who robbed Mr..
Bancroft, were introduced TO O'Reilly
on March 16 and told him they had in
their possession the stolen securities.
The next day OiReilly agreed to act for
them and get Mr. Sullivan to pay a
reward of $4,000 for the stolen securit-
les After numerous telephone calls
and considerable delay, O'Reilly called
up Mr.. Sullivan on March "a and told
him he would return the stolen securi-
ties for $4,000, as he knew who the
thieves were.
Mr.. Sullivan agreed to pay the
So, 900 reward, and after marking $13,-
600 told detectives to follow him and
arrest both Plass and O'Reilly on a
given signal Mr.. Sullivan then went
to O'Reilly's Office, where he met Plass
for the first time, and took a taXicab
ride, during which the securities with
the exception of 300 shares of Smell
tiers, were returned to him, and he
paid Plass $4,000 and gave O'Reilly $50
He got out OF the cab at Fifty-ninth
Street and Fifth Avenue, but the de-
tectives had lost the trail and were
not on hand to arrest O'Reilly and
Plass, who went to the Night and Day
Bank, where Plass changed three of
the $1,000 bills given to him by Sulli-
van, handing O'Reilly 1888.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25

dinarily vote wet" the rural districts
dry" and the opponents declare that
many townships now wholly dry,
would be only partly so II the Jackson
bill became law. This bill was defeat
ed by vote of 80 to 81.
By a vote even more decisive the
McCue bill, providing that knowledge
and consent must be proved against a
liquor dealer on whose premises OBJ
structions in the windows prevent a
view of the bar from without as pre-
scribed by the law before he can be
convicted was defeated.
The bill contained Joker which
would do away with the necessity for
liquor dealer TO keep his b2rroom ex
posed to view during prohibited
hours as required by the present law.
The vote by which the bill was de-
feated stood So to e.
Assemblyman Walkers bill restor-
ing the old opening hour OF 8 o'clock
in New York City and making the OPP
ening and closing hours for saloons
Uniform throughout the State, was the
only excise bill passed. The vote
stood 81 to 45.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
-FOUR ATTEMPTS To
AMEND LIQUOR
LAWS FAIL
Measures FavOring Saloon Men
Lost at Albany
DEFEAT FOR TAMMANY HALL
Excise Bills Were Opposed by Up
State Democrats, insurgents and
Republicans.

Albany, May 25.-Through a comb
nation of upstate Democrats, former
insurgents and Republicans, Tammany
Hall went down to defeat in both
houses of the Legislature yesterday
when the leaders attempted to rush
through some excise bills which have
been branded by the opposition as de-
structive OF the safeguards erected
about the liquor traffic in this state.
The test in the Senate came when
Senator Harte of Queens, as chairman
of the committee on Taxation and
Retrenchment, moved for final pas
sage his bill which reduces from three
years to one year the period in which
a liquor dealer, who has been convict
ed of violating the liquor tax law, may
not again engage in the business.
In the Assembly an Identical bill, in
troduced by Assemblyman Boylan of
New York, met defeat by a vote OF
62 to 81.
A similar fate befell the bill intro
duced by Assemblyman Jackson which
would do away with the town as
unit in local option elections making
any village in township one local OPP
ton district and the rural sections OF
a township another The villages or
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
JURY FOUND BOYD
TO BE GUILTY Of
MANSLAUGHTER
Wilmington Man Charged With
the Death OF John Potter
MAY BE SENTENCED TODAY
Verdict Brought In Yesterday After
noon After Four Hours Of
Delberatlon.

Brattleboro, May 25.--After four
hours deliberation the jury at New
fame in the case of Frank J. Boyd of
Wilmington, charged with the murder
of John Potter of that town April 10,
returned verdict for manslaughter
which is punishable by Imprisonment
of from one to 20 years. The case
was given to the jury at 1890 yester-
day afternoon and the jury returned
its verdict at 4;S0.
Attorney General j. G. Sargent NOV
ed for immediate sentence but the
court denied the motion.
The attorney general spent two
hours at the morning session in sum
ming up for the state and contended
that the prosecution had proven muir
der in the first degree. He claimed
that Boyd had murdered Potter and
that the defense had not established
its claim OF self defense.
Judge T. l.. Waterman read his
charge to the jury and 1t was phrased
in clear cut language very easily
comprehended by the jury. He explain
ed the difference between several
degrees of murder, it is expected
that Boyd will receive his sentence to-
day and the opinion prevails that
he will receive a sentence Of about
10 years in states prison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
CURTAIN DOWN FOR BATS
Flying Rodents Interrupt Hackett at
Bennington opera House.

Bennington opera House.
One of the features that was not on
the program Tuesday evening when
James K. Hackett, the well-known ac-
tor, produced THE Kings Game" at
the opera house was the appearance of
two bats during the most dramatic
period of the performance. The flying
rodents appeared from behind the
wings while the stage was in dark
ness and whirled about the heads of
the actors until Mr. Hackett was OBJ
liged to ring down the curtain.
In making his call for the curtain
Mr. Hackett announced that the bats
were likely to become caught in the
hair of some of the ladies in the aud
fence. Immediately there was an
evident feeling of anxiety in all sec
tons of the house, which increased
when the bats, as soon as the lights
came on, began making low flights
over the heads of the people. One of
the bats alighted for an instant near
the footlights and an attempt was
made to capture it but the little ami
NAL escaped and resumed its gyra-
tions. Men struck at the bats with
their hats but the miniature aviators
proved themselves to be good dodgers
and finally disappeared behind the
wings.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
FOR THE OPENING GAME
Members Of Bennington Baseball
Team Working Out at Morgan Park


Members Of Bennington Base Ball
Team Working Out at Morgan Park
The players who are to represent
Bennington on the diamond this' sea-
son are working out every afternoon
at Morgan park. The fans who have
been present are more than pleased
with the way in which the Huckle-
berry boys are showing up.
Manager Higgins has had the prob
lem of a change catcher solved for
him in an unexpected manner by the
appearance of a new man, Leary Of
Holyoke, who came to town without
any previous announcement and who
has demonstrated that he is q "boy
with a wing"
AS the team is lining up Carolan
will be at first base, Connors at
second, Finnegan at short and Sulli-
van at third. The outfeld will be
covered by Prindle, Crehan and Leary
This is the probable lineup for the
opening game Of the year at Pittsfield
tomorrow when Bosk will probably
be in the box and burlington behind
the bat.
The first home game will be at Nor
gan park on Saturday when the VIII
Jamestown aggregation, as has been
customary in recent years, will be the
opposing team.
On the 2Sth the first league game of
the year will be played at Tudor
park with North Adams Every game
with Pittsfield and North Adams, with
the exception of the opener at Pitts.
field tomorrow figures in the league
schedule.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
SIXTY INITIATES
Large Class Joins Knights Of Column
bus at St. Johnsbury.

St Johnsbury, May Sheridan
Council, No 42l, Knights of Columbus
initiated class of 90 candidates yes.
terday. The meeting was opened at
1870 in the afternoon in X. of c. hall
with the comforting of the first and
second degrees by officers of the local
council. In the evening the third de-
gree was worked by Dr. James b. Duff
fly of Keene, N. H., state deputy of
New Hampshire, assisted by George
II. Boiyin of CRANKY, p. O., district
deputy and r. E. McAuliffe of Burling
ton, state deputy. The candidates
were from Island Pond, Newport,
Wells River and St Johnsbury Dele
cations were present from CRANKY,
farnham and Stanstead, p. O., ST, Al
bans Montpelier, Barre, Burlington,
Island Pond and Newport, and Laconia
and Berlin, n II.
Following the work a banquet was
served at the Avenue house. James
Cosgroye of St Johnsbury, grand
knight of Sheridan council /, presid-
ed and toasts were responded to by
Rev, DR.. r. j, Cahill of Enosburg
Falls, Rev. TIL Leonard of St Johns
bury. several of the visiting officers
and other distinguished guests
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
FRANK |. GREENE PRESIDENT
Succeeds Late William T. Dewey as
Head of Vermont S. A. r.

Montpelier, May 25.-A meeting of
the board of managers of the Vermont
Society, Sons of the American Revo-
luton, took place at the Pavilion
hotel Tuesday afternoon at which Col
Frank l.. Greene of st. Adams, vice
president of the society, became presi-
dent because of the death of Presi-
dent William T. Dewey. The society
elected Frank l.. Fish of Vergennes
vice president to succeed Mr.. Greene
and 1t was also voted to take action
toward the erection of bronze tablet
on boulder or other proper location
on the site of the Battle of Persons
Farm at Shelburne to be dedicated
probably in the fall.
c. l.. Smith of Burlington and H.
s. Howard and C. e. Allen of that
city with such other members of the
society living in Burlington as they
choose to designate were made a
committee to have charge OF securing
the tablet. A meeting of the board
of managers will take place at a later
date to arrange program of dedica-
ton.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
cHAuNcEY oLcoTT COMING
Popular Actor at the Bennington
Opera House Next Week.

Chauncey Olcott, who easily ranks
as the foremost exponent of Irish
character parts of the romantic or
der, will be the attraction at the Ben
nington opera house Tuesday evening,
May 30 in his new play, Barry of
Ballymore." A romance of the Coun-
ty Galway, more than century and
half ago, Is the theme OF Rida John
son Young's work, which is one of the
daintiest and most attractive vehicles
that Mr.. Olcott has yet obtained to
display his versatile talents. 1t tells
how one Tom Barry, an artist, has re-
turned to his native place, Ballymore,
to spend some a the wealth obtained
by his genius as a painter of the por-
traits of royalty. He has leased
Castle Bannon, one of the historic
homes of the place and thus incurs
the dlspleasure of the gentry, who re-
member him as the son of a game
keeper and resent the thought of such
an interloper into their midst.
Tom has different idea in view
He has brought with him the adopt
ed daughter of his old master, Nanette
whose mother a famous model had
been deserted by her young Irish hus-
band shortly after their marriage
The father OF the girl is none other
than Lord Bannon, the proprietor of
vast estates in the country. Having
heard of the death of the model, he
married again and has a daughter by
the second marriage This daughter
Lady Mary, has determined to humble
the artist for his impudence in leasing
Castle Bannon and setting himself up
as an equal, as she thinks She tries
to play prank on him and thus make
him the butt for the amusement of
the countryside. Barry turns the
tables on her and when she learns his
motive, first respects, then loves him
for IT,
Lord Bannon acknowledges the pa.
ternity of Nanette, Barry fights duel
with Mary's English lover and then
after winning Mary for himself, turns
Nanette over to Sir Gerald O'Mara, a
young Baronet who has been his
friend through all his difficulties.
Barry of Ballymore" is handsomely
staged in the susual style of Augustus
Pitou's productions and there is a
fine company, in whose roster are
many prominent names, to support
the star Irish songs of which Mr.
Olcott has quite big budget, will OF
course be one of the attractive fea-
lures of the performance and will be
sung as only Mr.. Olcott can sing
them
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
SL|GH 7 CHANGES
AMONG SCHOOL
TEACHERS
Present Corps Largely Retained
for Next Year
ONLY TWO HAVE RESIGNED
Salaries Of Principal Dickinson and
Commercial Instructor Phillips
Increased 500.

AT the usual monthly meeting of the
school trustees in the office of super.
htendent A. w varney last night tba
annual election of teachers was, held
Inc entire corps. with the execution
Oh TWO whose designations were sinh.
mitted and accepted, was reelected
Inc salary of Principal H. B. Dlckin.
son was increased 500 as was also
lnat OF b. G. Phillips of the comnar'
cial department. The teachers wbo
resigned were Miss Lena Percy au
e er grade teacher and Miss Flor.
ence H. Hollister, teacher of the first
srade. The election of teachers to
MI the vacancies caused by the resio.
NATIONS OF Miss Percy and Miss Hollis.
Yer mas been indefinitely postponed
roliowlng is a list Of the teachers ra.
ALBERT W. Varney Superintendent
HARRIET c. Ramsay, Music and Draw.
ing; II. B. Dickinson, PrincinaI os
t1lgh School; Anna d. Rogers Aso,a
tant IN High School; Amy E. Cutler
assistant in High School, Hazel Nc.
-e1G, assistant in High School; Abbie
L. ruler, Assistant in High School.
r. Z. Phillips, Commercial Depart.
inent; Lucretia Edgerton: EUzabeth
a. WEIGH, Seventh Grade: Agnes m.
lnendorf; Cora B. Whitney, Sixth
Grade; Edith E. Lyons, Sixth Grade.
Eunlce z. Lyons, Sixth Grade: Fran.
ces L. ODonnell, Fifth Grade: Mary
a. Carney, Fifth Grade; Teresa n
DALEY, Fourth Grade; Lillian M
Davis, Fourth Grade; Mary e. HYDE.
Ihird Grade; Daisy P. Rudd, Third
trade; Carrie A. Wood, Second
trade; Elizabeth L. Keller Second
GRADE; Gertrude E. Carney, Second
TRADE; Annie E. Dakln, First Grade:
M. Lillian Edgerton, First Grade:
Florence A. Walbridge, Kindergarten:
Oliye Pope, kindergarten Assistant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-25
BENEFIT CONCERT
Testimonial Entertainment for George
c. Wood, June 2.


c. Wood, June 2.
The local musicians are planning a
grand testimonial concert and hop to
be given to George G. Wood on his re-
tirement from the music business in
Bennington. All of the best local
musicians will be asked to take part
in the concert and several profession
al musicians from Troy, North Adams
and Hoosick Falls will assist. Rich
ard Whitby prominent trombone
soloist in New York City and who has
been engaged as soloist for the sum-
mer with Edouard's Band to appear in
Philadelphia, Chicago and Cleveland
during the summer, will be in Ben
nington especially for this concert.
The orchestra will number about
twenty men under the direction of
Mr.. Wood. Patrick Prendegast will
act as floor manager and the manage
ment of the concert and dance will be
handled by Messrs w. l.. Long and
Fred Stickles.
AS it so seldom happens that such
an aggregation of good musicians can
be gotten together, the management
have been requested to give an hour
or two TO dancing after the concert,
Both the concert and dancing program
will be carefully selected and the
whole promises to be a rare treat to
all music lovers
The affair will be held at Academy
Hall on Friday evening, June End
Though he will continue to keep his
residence in Bennington, Mr.. Wood
will be obliged to be in New York
City most of his time after June LIST.