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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
MRS MERIeE S. NILES
Long Time Resident of SALISBURY
Passed Away Tuesday Night

Mrs. Meribe Saunders Niles, aged
rs years, wife of Warner Niles, died
at her home in Center SALISBURY on
Tuesday evening She had resided
in SALISBURY for AZ years.
Besides her husband she is surviv-
ed by a daughter, Mrs David Galu-
sha of South Salisbury, two sons,
John of White Creek and Ralph OF
Center SALISBURY. She also leaves
sister, Mrs Martha Evans of Wash
ington, D.. c., and one brother, Ma
than Saunders Of Westerly. R. /.
The funeral will be held Friday
morning at IL o'clock
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Annual Meeting Of District No.
Held In Rutland.

The 18th annual meeting of Dis
triot No Order of the Eastern
Star will be held In Odd Fellows hall.
Rutland, Thursday evening. The
chapters In this district include
Mount Anthony, Bennington; Waiver
ly. Wallingford; Adoniram. Manches-
ter Center: Tucker. North Ben
nington: Red Mountain, Arlington;
Phyllis, Rutland; Evergreen, Poult-
ney; Fair Haven, Fair Haven.
The guests OF honor will be George
+. Leland, Grand Patron; Mrs. Ella
w. Weeks, grand matron; Mrs
Ruby c Hawley grand lecturer;
Henry l.. Stillson, Bennington, grand
secretary: Mrs. Laura b. Cole. Ben
nington, grand warden; Mrs. IL. l..
Stillson. Bennington, past grand ma
iron. A number other grand officers
are expected to be present,
The order OF exercises follows
Opening ceremonies at 8 o'clock
Fair Haven chapter. reception OF
grand officers. address OF welcome
Mrs. Grace Richmond. z. d. G. NJ.
response. Mrs Laura b. Cole. G. W.;
exempllnoation OF the work, Ever
green chapter; review OF work. Mrs
Ruby c. Hawley, q. L.; reports OF
chapters, remarks by grand officers
and others; closing ceremonies
Phyllis chapter. The usual supper
will be served at $50 p. m.
The Rutland chapter unites with
the Deputies in extending a cordial
invitation to the chapters OF the dis
triot All visiting members In good
standing will be welcome.
The reception committee consists
OF grand officers, past grand officers
worthy and associate matrons OF Dis
trict No. /.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
YOUNG GIRLS NECK BROKEN
Verna Patten Of Panton Is Struck by
Hay Rack.

Vergennes. Nov. 2l.--Last evening
while Nerna Patten. about 10 years
OF age, daughter Of Mrs. Wesley Jack.
man and Bessie. a young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Delbert Stage, all OF
Panton, were playing in Mr. Stages
barn, rack, which was placed
against NOW OF hay fell upon them.
striking the Patten girl and break.
ing her neck and also pinnlng the
stage girl under II 80 she could not
free herself. Her screams for help
reached her father and brother who
were In the yard nearby and the
brother quickly freed her from her
perilous position unframed. The
Patten girl lived only FIVE minutes
after being released.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
BASEBALL MAGNATE DEAD
Owner Of Boston Nationals Had Beer
III Only Short Time

New York, Nov. 22.-William Hep
burn Russell, principal owner of the
Boston National League baseball
club died at his home here yesterday
after a brief illness. He was 81
years old
Russell had been in poor health for
a year. Russell for many years was
an active force in politics and in la
ter years became interested in pro
fessional baseball.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
w. J. BRYAN ON BOARD
Steamer on Which He lie a PASSENGER
Aground

New York. Nov. 22.-The steam.
ship Prinz Joachim Of the Hamburg.
American line which left here last
Saturday with an excursion party on
board for Jamaica and Panama. wen,
aground this morning near Fortune
Island in the Bahamas.
There are $50 passengers ON board
including William J. Bryan aud his
ten year old grandson. The posltion
OF the ship Is dangerous but help Ia
at hand and the passengers will be
taken on
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

COR sNIF-n as Faius ~ second hand motto
Il fara un0 mldsI n. Ford tOufine ow
equlp,s.i aifl tup slHln. one =. ". =. thirty
t6dfinF car elaDuraiclY equipped snD
oman b.siY. eapacity 100 lhs. sijJ.u1. Or
thnfy hof@s isiwef four cylinder Lmnbeii
fsullng ear vita t1p $500 ioDuingtcn
Cafasc Denim gton VI, WI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

.oH SALE FIRM oi a. acres, acre. pa :.
Il ture and uOod, b. lance tLiabc land. eOoi
room hou-e guOd barn with wagon she'd a
fts.hrsi. running water near buildings hnt
apHie Crcl af,i ~ 100 trses. maple cr-haru ths I
eII - 50 buckets. this farm j. only one hal
mile FROM shai tshury station on mhin foa,l
prlne 4 So easy terms. NGsL 4 hutCnins. III
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
SARAH eERNHARDr TO WE'D
VIII Become Bride Of Young Actor In
her Company

Paris, Nov. 22.-lt is announced
that Sarah Bernhard, the famous ac.
tress, is shortly to be married to
Lou Tellegen, a Flemish actor, who
is but 26 years old and who played
subordinate parts in Bernhardt's
company during her last American
tour
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

IsoR SALE Parm % 50 acres, niles from
l.oullilsrfon CA west road. nearly new
rom bousc. tnc large harn With o. 20 81
aftach0d. sag0n shed. carpenter shop. Z hrn
hsu houses. nne apric orchard. iarm 70 We
uaferfsi. la fact very complete place ineNeri
Sny Price GA application. Nash hut.nim'.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
MASTER OF NATIONAL GRANGE
oliver n. Wilson Elected YESTERDAY
TO Succeed Bachelor

Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 22.-OlIver
II. Wilson, master Of the Illinois
state Grange, was yesterday elected
national master of the National
Grange In session here He sue
ceede N ]. Bachelor formerly gov
ernor OF New Hampshire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for This Section for the
Next ~ Hours.
For eastern New York and Western
Vermont fair tonight and probably
Thursday Slowly rising tempera.
mrr Thursday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

roR sAIE-th, late homo Of s.sflfa y
4 Halrrrs 40 Ssafh street. l. offend ~
saie Itfs bouAe II ~ story STRUCTURE. e,.
csIA,uflY lorafed aad m fine s.ate ot rcfair
II = teatnI 1y = bot water furnace and p 'sse :
sinn Gao ue nVcf a short notice. hOm,f u
WEBSTER. afmiDisirafor. Dt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

tsoR sALE -Fac , room house la s)lendhl
II rupah. harm ia n lc rpair, me sui on
quarter u re- uf snl Zoe ! w, shade an
shrlIniefv. lots ct fruit OF al KINDS, goo
Waffr. a : "a boa ding lots tat are "ore
HuN rhit p'alc j. about ~ MINUTES waht
Iron nenringtni pUstohle and = splehahl
property flr the prize asked. 'ri@ To-
Nash Hu CHM. lfH
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

I'oR sAaE -Fup Ire ~ Pgvtq Stau Soo.tt
lnrlufInr little hand uadi iaskels. jus
fHs thIna -or Christmas trec-. kfefNul- vi
,ofna ID lrak. Mrs.. =. Pike Nain - Ntf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FoR sALE

ISoR sALE-A good All around hurs., A@o
II top buFsy. cutter nearly nsN uAIh.
3 L. Nlchols W.T.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

I,ca SAN sixty breeding euves from one
o. fear years Oh. Also - laihns II
STANLEY 80 Bennington. l,to'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

y,oR SAfF- Ready Nov. 81 ik. tht grave
y Stone rt,sor,is q 80 ft'buff. hcuniuHii e.
ftuufy. Vermont. Price f1sl w COPS =
ttinfef % vlH 81. panef clVr ArdreS
II ID vel Amhef~fs Mas. DIS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-22

UpH sAIE-Moieru HnH.f. rouus. tlais
L r.5f. tniIei fnd ,ify Hiier. lot fiN''st Que -
liou. consiferabic fruit This pro.crty n -.
eve nInu a. Waik irui4 Remington por' olhQ
fronefff is in Foe rci IL nnd p uarFp az W.
rrise t'6ff Nash 4 tutr4 .l,s eiu
The new era., 1911-06-15
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

President Taft cabled his congratu-
lations to King George v. of Great
Britain and King Frederick VIII. of
46 years old and the ruler of Den
mark 68.
President Taft rebuked Colonel JOS
eph Garrard, commanding the cavalry
post at Fort Myer, Va, for disap-
proving Private Frank Blooms effort
for promotion because of Blooms
Jewish parentage.
Investigation by the Geological Sur
vey of the erosion of numerous drain
age basins show the surface of the
country is being removed at the aver
age rate of about an inch in 760 years.
Though trivial when spread over the
United States, it becomes stupendous
as total.
Present indications point to this
years cotton crop as the largest the
country ever has produced, according
to government experts. The crop will
be greater by about 100000 bales
than the average and larger by nearly
400,O0 bales than the biggest crop
the country ever raised-that of 1894.
The Finance committees report OF
the reciprocity bill to the Senate will
feature the beginning of the third
month of the extra session. The hear
ings, which have continued almost a
month, will close and the committee
| will 20 into executive session to de-
termine the disposition of the meas
ure.
A move that is strongly suggestive
of railroad operations on the scale of
the Northern Securities Company of
| ST. Paul, was outlined by ]. j. Hill,
chairman OF the Great Northern Rail
| way Company, when in a statement he
announced the execution of a $780,
100000 first and refunding mortgage
to secure bonds for the Great North
ern and Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
cy railroad.
President Taft is positively opposed
to legislative claims In regard to the
wool tariff during the special session
OF Congress, and before the tariff
board renders a report covering its
investigation Of the wool-growing
business OF the country.
Not less than $4,000 miles of road
were improved throughout the South
from 1904 to 1909, according to Logan
Walter Page, director of the United
States office Of public roads. This
makes a total of improved mileage OF
42.2sO, or 6.67 per cent of all roads in
the South.
The new era., 1911-06-15
DISSOLUTION AND GRIMM
PROSECUTION OF INDivlD-
UALs EXPECTED. {
Mr.. TAFT TO DECIDE
STEPS TO BE TAKEN ARE LEFT
WITH PRESIDENT AND At
.ToRNEY GENERAL.

Washington. The United States
Steel Corporation is to, put upon the
antitrust grill at last
Not only will the government move
to dissolve it as an illegal combination.
but its principal officers are In danger
Of criminal prosecution.
In view OF the decisions of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court in the Stand
ard OIL and Tobacco trust cases, the
officials of the administration are con-
fident the proposed proceedings Will
be attended with success.
Within a comparatively short time
Elbert H. Gary, chairman Of the board
Of directors of the United States Steel
Corporation, will have direct ard posi-
tive information as. to whether the
Sherman antitrust law is archaic"
as he contends, and will know whether
the policy of cooperation" among the
steel interests, for which he Is respon-
sible, is legal.
Within about ten days the results
OF Investigation by the bureau of cor
porations into the organization and the
conduct of the United States Steel Cor
poration will be placed on the desk of
President Taft.
The new era., 1911-06-15
SPORT.

New York took the lead in the Ma
tional League pennant race by defeat
ing Chicago in the final game of the
series, to /.
Marcel Penot, the French aviator,
who fell from height Of fifty feet
while giving an exhibition at San
Diego de Losa Banos. June 1st. died.
Battling Nelson, former lightweight
champion is scheduled to fight Bud"
Anderson on July at Vancouver,
Wash. Nelson will train at Portland
A boxing circuit after the manner of
a vaudeville scircuit, has been formed
with Milwaukee, Kansas City. Indian
apolis, Memphis and New Orleans in
cluded.
Announcement was made from Ma
tIonal league headquarters in New
York that Umpire Jack Doyle had
been temporarily relieved from duty
'for not knowing the rules" the Off
cial announcement runs-and that
Robert Emslie, who has been acting
as extra umpire. would for the present
take his place.
The new era., 1911-06-15

At Kirksville, Mo-, the temperature
reached 105 in the shade. The same
degree of heat was recorded at Phil
lipsburg, Kans.
Jack johnson, the worlds cham
pion heavyweight. will take all his
jewels along when he and his wife
sail for England for the coronation.
Fire destroyed the two nine-story
grain elevators and large mailing
house of the Schrier Brewing Compa-
ny. at Sheboygan, Wis. LOSS, $500, 900.
After July no passenger steamer car
rying fifty or more passengers to sail
as far as 200 miles, will be permitted
to leave uort unless equipped with
wireless apparatus.
A government investigation Of con-
ditions in the lumber industry, look
ing toward the prosecution Of the So
called lumber trust" has begun be-
fore special grand jury in the fed.
eral District Court in Chicago.
j. d. Bren, cashier of the University
of Minnesota, who reported that he
had ben robbed by three men of $14-
900 near the campus. has been arrest
ed and charged with embezzlement.
Ci,al War veterans. 1000 strong.
sang John Browns Body" Marching
Through Georgia" and other wartime
songs as they led the great Memorial
Day parade in Chicago up to the point.
OF review.
Resolutions which were adopted at
the weekly meeting of the Methodist
Minister'S Association OF Cincinnati
concerning the courts for allowing
George B. Cox to escape prosecution.
may result In the arrest and punish.
ment of those ministers for contempt
Of court.
Heat records for the year have been
broken in the southwest, highest TEN
perature was reached al pittsbuyx.
Kans.. where It WAS l95. Other hixh
marks were Joplin snd Topeka. 81;
Oklahoma City. Us. and Wichita, %.
Excessive hea, was also reported from
northesp Arkansas.
The 1911 Glidden tour which was 10
have started II Washington oa June
zis', has been postponed W the eo.l,
,fs, board of tbs Automobile Assoe5a,
tion si America 20 an 1adsftpl.s date
IN the early tsll
EvpDiag a. fifty mtlas 90 hour.
*estbooad tratp No. 8 and esstboyn5
'rsp 80 IL of the Burlington e9ljtes1
hesdr,n two niiss west ~ IadiaslqIa.
Seb Uispateaes from the steck xsys
fourteen people kilIse -aa1 se9se y,
more injured, Fsnsepssss ~ tAe t,aip
declare taat tbs ist n eese VII ssn
hixhsf taan this.
The new era., 1911-06-15
huaalna a Lamb"

hug0in0 LAMB.
Parson Johnson had been caught
hugging one Of the finest "ewe" lambs
of the congregation who happened to
be very popular young lady and 1t
created quite stir in the church. So
"Brudder Johnson" was brought for
trial.
"You have seen these great pic
lures, suppose. 30 you know dat dc
great Sheperd am always pictured
wild lamb in his arms" said "Brud-
der" Johnson.
Eyes, sab, pahson, dat am so." ad-
mitted Deacon Jones.
Den. Brudder Jones, what am
wrong in de sheperd Of this flock
having lamb in his arms7"
This was too much for Brudder
Jones, SO he proposed that the people
have a called meeting that afternoon.
After the point was discussed at the
afternoon meeting the following reso-
luton was made:
Resolved, Dat for the future peace
of this congregation, dat de next
time Brudder Johnson feels called on
to take lamb OBJ de flock in his
arms, that he pick out ram-lamb."
The new era., 1911-06-15
Minor Mention.

Puebio's Western League baseball
season has opened.
The Delta National Bank has moved
into its new $4,000 home.
The Grand Junction police in one
day rounded up 107 hoboes.
The Mine Inspection bill has been
vetoed by Governor Shafroth.
Mrs. Hatty Grew OF Austin COM
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid.
The Windsor Gun Club has been or
ganized and will hold weekly matches.
A movement has been started to
erect a Masonic club house in Den
yer.
Mrs. Mary C. Ewing, aged so, resi-
dent of Greeley for twenty-five years,
Is dead.
Work on the Burlington railroad be-
tween Greeley and Hudson will begin
July 1st.
Patrick Doran was killed in Denver
by running his motorcycle into a
street car.
A school of pharmacy will be opened
at the Colorado University at Boulder
next session.
The Weld County Farmers Union.
formally organized.
R. B. Wallace, a banker Of Monte
Vista. died in Denver following an op.
Grafton for appendicitis.
Denver is to have festival of the
Mountains and Plains the last week
in September.
The Gunnison Stock Growers Asso.
citation has decided to organize a
county fair association.
Odd Fellows of northern Colorado
have organized the Northern Colorado
Odd Fellows Association.
From the effects of an overdose OF
laudanum, Charles Murray fell dead in
a saloon In Cripple Creek.
Gov. Shafroth will be the principal
speaker at the dedication of the pio.
neer monument in Denver, June "a.
The Cheyenne Indians defeated the
Fort Collins Lamb Feeders in game
at Cheyenne by a score of II to 8.
Five Mexicans whe were arrested in
Fort Collins on charges of bootlegging
were convicted and fined from 500 to
$500.
Charles Blanchard, postmaster at
Brandon, has been arrested on a
charge of embezzling the funds of the
office.
Preliminary steps have been taken
for recognizing and financing the
Glenwood Hot Springs Company by
eastern capital.
Chas. Campbell of Cripple Creek
The new era., 1911-06-15
Secures 500, 1000 Gypsum MIll.

Hotchkiss.-A deal has been COM
pleted between George o. Harper,
Milwaukee capitalist, and the ranchers
in this vicinity for the construction
Of a $350.00O railroad which will be
run from the Maher country to this
cit yfor the purpose Of opening up rich
gypsum claims along the Gunnison-
river in Red cahon and starting in op
Grafton a new 100000 gypsum mill
here. The deal as 1t stands will mean
half million dollars in new improve
ments for this section Of which $125.
900 has been subscribed by the ranch
ers between this city and Crawford
The richest field of gypsum in the
state is located south of here along
the Gunnison river in Red caiion.
The new era., 1911-06-15
WESTERN.

AS a result Of street shooting in
Sioux Falls, s. D.. two persons are
dead.
A. G. Rushlight, regular Republican,
has been chosen mayor Of Portland,
Oregon.
At Oklahoma City a storage house OF
the Oklahoma Cotton Oil mills burned.
LOSS, $1S0,oO0.
A freight engine on the Union Pa
cific, six miles west of North Platte,
Neb.. blew up. killing three persons.
w. R. Greene of Audubon. Iowa. has
been elected congressman OF the
Ninth Iowa district to succeed Wal
ter l. Smith.
Mrs. Maria Martinez Rodriguez Of
Bakersfield, Cal. is said to be the old
est person in the United States, being
1923 years old.
Reports from the bedside of former
Gov. Haskell, at Muskogee, Okla, say
he is much improved and is considered
out of danger.
Congressman Alexander C. Mitchell
of the Second Kansas district Of Law
renee. can live but few days, his
relatives believe.
A gold strike is reported to have
been made on Indian creek, 300 miles
from Fairbanks, Alaska. Pay ore has
been struck in two places. A large
area is being prospected. Gold has
alsa been struck on Long creek, on the
south side of the Yukon.
Six persons were drowned in Utah
lake at Salt Lake City. when the
launch Galilee, in which sixteen REQ
pie were attending party given in
honor of the approaching marriage of
Miss Vera Brown and Edward B.
Holmes, capsized. Among those
drowned were the engaged young cou-
pie.
After floating on log in flooded
stream for nearly twenty hours Mrs.
Sallie Tripp, who with her mother
and two sisters was swept into the
Canadian river by freshet, near Nc
Allester, Okla, was found in Gaines
creek. two miles above where that
stream empties into the Canadian.
Mrs. Trip was unconscious.
The new era., 1911-06-15
COLORADO STATE. NEWS

charged with murder committed in
1908, was found guilty of involuntary
manslaughter.
The City Council Of La Sale &C.
cepted the offer OF j. B. McCutcheon
to give the city tract OF ground to
be made into park.
Arrangements have been completed
and the programme will open July 9Th
and close July 18th.
In District Court in Trinidad. three
horse thieves, Joe Mackley, Fred
Chaves and Juan Sanchez, were found
guilty by jury. r.
Governor Shafroth at the eleventh
hour placed his veto upon the bill pro.
viding for the registration Of all cases
OF tuberculosis in Colorado.
Fourteen employees of the State
Land Board will be dropped. A saw
ing In money of $4,000 in the bien-
nial period thus will be accomplished.
Charles A. Johnson. president Of
the Chamber of Commerce, is in
Washington to urge President Taft to
stop at Denver on his visit to the
West in September.
Hugh NJ Smith was awarded $4,000
damages against the city Of Pueblo
in District Court for injuries received
several months ago by fall from his
bicycle at the Union avenue bridge.
Governor Shafroth has signed House
bill No. I'll, which creates perma-
nent tax commission. The bill calls
for tax commission of three, each
of whom is to draw salary of $500
annually. --.l
A reduction of four hours and fif-
teen minutes in the time of Denver &
Rio Grande and Western Pacific pas
senger trains between Denver and
San Francisco will be made in new
schedule to be adopted June 18th.
Isaac Cox. who shot and killed Bill
TRULY and shot at Sam TRULY. some
time ago. at Durango. was shot three
times and probably fatally wounded,
in front of the city hall. In that city.
while going home with Sheriff Sease.
A call has been issued for confer
ence OF those engaged in work at ex.
perimental stations and agricultural
colleges to meet in Colorado Springs
October 10th to goth to discuss agri.
cultural methods in regions of limited
rainfall.
s. F. Harrington, butter dealer in
Denver, was fined $1,000 and costs by
Judge Lewis in the Federal Court for
making adulterated butter. Harring.
ton pleaded guilty. The government
officers said he took butter SO old that
"it smelt up to heaven" and renovated
1t by means of acids.
The new era., 1911-06-15

Rumors have reached London from
Paris that Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria had died suddenly.
Cloudbursts, accompanied by heavy
hail. caused great damage in South
Germany. Many lives were lost.
One hundred residents of Leon,
Mex, are dead as the result of riot
in that city, according to messages re-
ceived
!. General Porfirio Diaz, who arrived
at Havana on the steamer Ypiranga
from Vera Cruz, resumed his voyage
for Havre.
The new era., 1911-06-15
Rio erande to Add Another Train

Rio Grande to Add Another Train.
Denver.-Announcem is made by
the Denver and Rio Grande of an ad
ditional train between Denver and
Salt Lake City and San Francisco. to
be inaugurated June 18th. On that
date a new fast train will be added
to the present service, and the run
ming time will be reduced two hours.
On the same date the Western Pa
cific will add to its service second
daily train over its line between Salt
Lake City and San Francisco, with
through Standard and tourist sleeping
cars on both trains between San Fran
cisco and Chicago In connection with
the Denver and Rio Grande.