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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
BOYD CASE WILL
GO 10 THE JURY
TOMORROW
Arguments Being Delivered at
NeWfane Today
STATE IN ITS REBUTTAL
Prosecution Attempting to Break
Down Respondents Evidence in
Self Defence.

Brattleboro, May 23.-While 1t look
ed decidedly like verdict for acquit-
tai on the ground of self-defense in
the Boyd murder trial at Newfane Fri
day and Saturday, the evidence intro
duced by the state yesterday is rebuff
tai was Of the kind that the jury will
have to analyze according to attor-
neys, with extreme care, in order to
get at the bottom of it.
The prosecution sprung its real sur
prise on the respondents attorneys
when States Attorney Frank f. Bar
Der called Attorney 0. E. Butterfeld
of Wilmington to the stand.
The burden of Mr.. Bntterfield's tes-
timony was that the alleged state
ments made by members of the Boyd
family to him on the day following
the death of Potter in the sugar house
were evidently made under the i'm
preston that they were talking to an
attorney who represented their inter-
tHA6 llHltth VI " q y VI
the states attorney.
Mr. Butterfield said that Clara
Grimes, the sister OF the accused, and
Walter Boyd, the respondents nephew
came to his office in Wilmington vii
lage on April Is, and that Mrs. Grimes
said that Potter came to the Boyd
place on the afternoon of April 13 and
said he was going to settle up his &C
count with Frank J. Boyd; that she
urged him not to so to the sugar
house; that he did go and that Walter
Boyd followed him; that Walter Boyd
returned from the sugar house and
reported "All is WE'LL that few min
utes later Frank Boyd came running
to the house saying that he guessed
he had struck Potter harder than he
intended TO and killed him.
When Attorney Butterheld was put
under cross-examination he said that
Mrs. Grimes had told him more than
he had told TO the court, but no at
tempt was made to have him give fur
Their testimony.
DR. l.. T. Page testified to examin-
ing Boyd on April -, and finding
red spot on the respondents elbow
and a scab, but no marks upon the hip
Archie Curtis, a constable testified to
being present when DR.. Page made the
examination and his recollection OF
marks upon Boyd was substantially
as testified to by DR.. Page.
Eli H. Porter, one of the selectmen
Of Wilmington, testified to a certain
door in the sugar house. through
which he said he believed it would
have been impossible for Boyd to
escape, as the respondent claimed he
had done
Arthur Lyons said that if a man
had been standing as Boyd claimed to
have done, he believed it would have
been practically impossible for him
to have gotten out of the sugar house
by the route he claimed to have fol
lowed
At this point the state rested and
after short consultation among attor
neys the defense rested.
Probably the case will not get to
the jury until late this evening
and there seems more probability that
Judge Waterman's charge will not be
delivered before tomorrow morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
NEW HAVEN WILL BENEFIT
Agreement with the New York Central
viii Make for Economy.

New Haven, May 2S.-Trafiic agree
ments between the New York, New
Haven G. Hartford and New York Cen
trail railroads providing for extenive
interchange of traffic in southern New
England are soon to be signed. Com
putations by the New Haven show, 1t
is asserted, that there will be a decld-
ed increase of net earnings when the
arrangements go into effect This is
due particularly to better results for
the New Haven on through traffic east
and west, owing to more favorable d.
vision of rates.
The New Haven will not have to
the same extent, as heretofore, the
long haul on business via Jersey City,
but on the other hand the short hauls
to the Boston & Albany and New
York Central connection will result in
decided economies in operation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
coAALAN is CONFIRMED
New York Senate UphoIds Nomina-
ton by Dix.

Albany May 23-By vote of Is to
8, the Senate last night confirmed the
nomination Of Gov. Dix OF Daniel f.
Cohalan as supreme court justice in
New York city to fill the vacancy
caused by the election of James A.
OGorman to the United States Sen
ate. Two republicans voted with the
% democratic senators present for
confirmation, while the independence
league senator was recorded with
eight republicans in opposition. mas
much as Senator Roosevelt and his
insurgent followers in the Senate OPP
posed Mr.. Cohalan as candidate for
United States senator, it was predict
ed that they would oppose his confir-
nation as Justice, but all except Duha-
mel, the independence league senator
voted with the regulars.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
WILLIAMS WON MEET
Captured Most Points in New England
intercollegiate.

Springfield, Mass, May 23.-Wil-
liams won the twenty-1fth annual New
England Intercollegiate Athletic asso-
citation meet Saturday afternoon, MAX
ing a total of thirty points. Dart
mouth was second, and M. |. Il. third.
Several records were broken. Dart
mouth won the ten-year cup by win
ming the greatest number of meets.
1t was the closest and most remark
able meet in the history of the asso-
citation. The 5000 spectators filled
every seat in the grandstand and
crowded far out upon Pratt field.
Five hundred Smith and Mt. Holy
oke college girls waved the colors of
their fayorite colleges. Dartmouth
had been picked as a sure winner by
the wise ones, and odds of and to
l on this outcome found no takers.
In the finals, Dartmouth had sixteen
men, Williams and Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, ten each, Maine
and Colby five, Amherst and Vermont
three, Trinity two, and Holy Cross,
Worcester Tech" and Bowdoin one
each.
The association record for the mile
run was broken by r. /. Keith of Wor-
cester Tech" j. ID. Lester of Will
liams made a new record in the 440-
yard run. His time was 49 3-5 seconds
Tilley of Dartmouth broke the ham
mer throw second, distance l46 feet
l61z inches. H. w. Holden Of Bates,
winner of the SS0-yard run, clipped
rs seconds from the former record
of / minute and so seconds.
A. l.. Gutterson, the wonderful Yer
mont athlete. won two first and a
third and was easily the individual
star of the meet, capturing twelve
points, the total scored by his col
lege. Incidentally, Gutterson made a
new record of "a 9-5s. in the low hur-
dies.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
SHOT SELF DURING DREAM
Danger Of Sleeping With Pistol IN
der Ones Pillow illustrated.

New York, May 2S.-The danger of
sleeping with a pistol under ones pill
low was illustrated esterday when
John McAleeman died from a self-in-
hicted wound through the head. Mem
bers of the family said that McAlee-
man slept with a revolver at'the head
Of his bed and shot himself during
dream.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
Mr.. TAFT SITS OVER ICE PLANT
Congress May Be in Session All Sum-
mer; He Won't Suffer.

mer; He Won't Suffer.
Washington May 23.-Congressmen
who get in to see President Taft these
days are not surprised TO learn that he
is not worrying about the date of ad-
journment. While all Washington is
sizzling with the thermometer around
the 100 mark, the Presidents Office
shows a temperature OF about 50. The
President sits over a ton of ice each
day. for the White House refrigerating
plant Is Just beneath his desk. The
cooled air is forced into the room by
fans and statesmen who wend their
perspiring way to the executive offices
find Mr.. Taft smiling and comfortable.
II it comes to a struggle between Con-
gress and the President, Mr.. Taft will
have an aid in the hot weather. The
Capitol is hot spot and even the aid
OF lemonade and iced carbonated wat
er does not Offset the advantage of
20 degrees difference in temperature
The proposition to establish a sum
mer White House on Lake Minnetonka
Mimi, near Minneapolis, was received
with favor by President Taft. Con-
gresham Nye of Minnesota told Mr.
Taft he would introduce in Congress a
bill appropriating money for a sum
mer home there. The President said
that while this summers plans had
been made he would be glad to occu-
.py a Minnesota summer White House
next year if Congress and the people
of that state should provide such a
place
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
Du POINT GIVES 100000
Massachusetts, institute Of Technology
Also Gets Aid from the State.

Boston, May pa gift of $5OOOOO
to the Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
nology by r. Coleman Du Pont OF Del
aware was announced yesterday NO
details were given out.
The gift follows closely the signing
by the Governor of the bill which
passed the Legislature appropriating
100000 a year for ten years 70 the
institute.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
BRINGS HER DAUGHTER HOME
Swanton Mother Quickly Ends 15-Year
Old Girls Elopment.

Swanton, May 23.-It is reported
that Fred Martin, who lives on the
Suter farm south of the village, elop-
ed Saturday with the ifteen-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Louis Young, Jr,
who owns and resides on this farm,
and that the couple went to st. Ar
mond, Que. It is further reported
that the mother went for the daughter
and that she has returned home,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
BASE BALL 5UNTs

The Springfield team of the Con
necticut league defeated Pittsheld at
Pittsfeld yesterday by a score OF z to
O. The winning runs for Springfield
were made in the ninth inning by Gen
est who hit for two bases and was
driven home by another two Dagger.
The Nutmeggers hit the Pittsheld
pitchers, PeloQuin and Batcheller Tor
10 safe ones, four of them for an ex-
ira base.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
TOM /. JoHNsoN's ESTATE
Widow Says He Left Only Personal
Property Valued at $4,000.

Cleveland, May 23.-Mrs. Tom L.
Johnson, widow of the late single tax
er and champion of three-cent fare,
made application in the Probate Court
yesterday to be appointed administra-
trix of the local estate of her husband.
In her application Mrs. Johnson
stated that there is no real estate, but
that the personal property is valued
al SHE. 600.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
PACKERS GAIN MORE TIME
Attorneys Plead That Tobacco Decls-
sion May Help Their Case.

Chicago, May 23.--Judge George A.
Carpenter in the United States Dis
trict court yesterday granted an eX-
tension of time to attorneys for the
indicted Chicago beef packers to file
briefs in the latest attempt to avoid
the Sherman antitrust statute as to
their cases.
The extension was granted after At
torney John S. Miller and Levy Mayer
pleaded that the Federal Supreme
Court in its expected decision in the
tobacco case might give new light on
the packers attack on the statute.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
2O6 CHINESE DEAD
At SACKING OF
TORREON
Hundreds Believed to Have Per-
ished in Taking of City
| INNOCENT CITIZENS KILLED
Mexican Rebels Shot Down or
Stabbed Every Oriental They
Encountered.

Mexico City, May 23.-OfficiaI re-
ports received here yesterday by cour-
iers tray cling the devious trails OF the
plains and mountains before arriving
at telegraph station tell the story Of
massacre Of zoo Chinese at Torreon,
following The rebel occupation of that
city last week. Upon receipt of the
news at the Chinese Legation the
Charge IA aires Immediately made
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
srIMsoN SWORN IN YESTERDAY
Succeeds Jacob M. Dickinson as Sec
rotary of War.

Washington, May 23.-Henry L.
Stimson of New York, was yesterday
sworn in as secretary of war sue
ceeding Jacob M. Dickinson, resign
ed. The ceremony took place in the
Office of the secretary. The oath was
administered by John Randolph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities for this Section for the
Next "a Hours
For eastern New York and western
Vermont unsettled with local thunder
showers in interior tonight or Wednes
day Slightly lower temperature to-
night
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
STOCK QUOTATIONS

received by the Bennington Sc
curity company from j. r. Williston
& Co, OF New York by special wire
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23
is EDUCATING HIS PET PIG

Already His Feats Include Smoking
and Shaking Hands.
Winsted, Conn, May 29.-Charles
M. MaXfeld a gentleman farmer" of
New Hartford, is teaching pig on his
Highland farm to sit up and shake
hands" The pig has already acquired
love for tobacco and smokes a pipe
or cigar with apparent enjoyment, es-
pecially when he makes smoke rings
through his nose.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23

A sacrifice hit and two errors was
the best that Hickey could do Tor
Hartford yesterday in the game win
Holyoke.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23

Vermont shut out Manhattan college
6 TO Yesterday at Burlington. The
New Workers secured but four hits on
Winkler.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-23

Hundreds and dreds
to choose from in styles to
no end.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28
Violate Law Covering Abuse of Coins

On one side and the advertisement on
the other The number was placed
where the date on dime Is and the
first glance certainly impressed one
as the real coin. The other side had
a sheaf of wheat and in the center the
words ION Time"
The firm had no desire to defraud
the public. But INSCRIPTIONS people
who had access TO them did. Sew
eral firms and persons lost money by
accepting the advertisement for real
money, chewing gum machines were
filled with them, and at last the Sc
cret service learned how matters were
and began an investigation. There
were 100000 of the metals coniscated.
Some stray ones, however, were in cir
culation and it took almost year to
hunt them down."
jewelers. are guilty every day of
committing a criminal offense. Ac.
cording to the ordinance, to mutilate
money is an offense in the eyes of the
law. jewelers. file one side Of coin
smooth and monogram it. The other
side is perfectly good. The owner
never means to use the article for
money. But some one gets hold of the
pin or locket. They think the money
would be more useful and so pass the
coin with the pin or ring pulled off.
and the good side up.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28
Christmas Among Capitals Asiatics

their little lives to hearing Of the
good old Saint Nick, and were happily
pleased at his bounty.
The children Of Count de Cambrun,
military attache of the French en-
bassy, had a double Christmas. They
celebrated not only the Jour de IAN"
to which the French adhere, but also
the good old American Christmas, to
which their mother, who was Miss
Longworth of Cincinnati, the sister of
Representative Longworth, was &C.
customed.
Christmas was observed in the
South American legations and en-
bassies with great merriment. The
Calvo youngsters of the Costa Rican
legation had an elaborate "Nacimien-
to-" as Nine. Calvo is an adept in ar
ranging these. She had an entire lit
tie village showing the houses and
people of Costa Rica But in spite Of
their preference for this picturesque
adjunct of Christmas this did not pre-
vent Luis and Rafael from hanging up
their stockings in the good American
fashion.
Among the legation youngsters who
this year spent their first Christmas in
Washington are the children of the
newly arrived Norwegian minister, H.
H. Bryn. There were Hhigh doings"
at the legation, too, for the Christmas
tree is native of Norway and old
Santa Claus thrives best of all in the
climate of ice and snow, to which the
Bryn children were born.
Francis and Leon de la Barra, the
young sons Of the Mexican ambassa-
dor, Senior de la Barra, have also spent
their first Christmas in Washington.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28
Funds to Fight Tuberculosis.

Funds to Fight Tuberculosis.
Based on reports from all parts Of
the United States the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention
Of tuberculosis has issued statement
which shows that in 1910 nearly $15,-
100000 was spent in the fight against
tuberculosis, as opposed to 100000
spent In 1909. The largest item of ex-
pense tn 1910 was for treatment in
sanatoria and hospitals, $11,376,5 be-
Ing expended for that purpose, or
more than double the amount for 1909.
The anti-tuberculosis associations
spent $760,500, and the tuberculosis
dispensaries $500 The special mu-
nicipal and state expenditures aggre-
gated$1, $780, 900.
The statement declares that the
most significant fact In the survey Of
the years work is the increase in the
percentage Of public money spent.
While in 1909 53.5 per cent. of the
total expenditure was from federal,
state, municipal or county funds, 62.6
per cent came from public appropria-
tons in 1910. The actual amount Of
public money spent in tuberculosis
work this past year was $780,, 900, or
more than double the amount from
this same source in 1909. This fact
Indicates, the national association de-
clares, that anti-tuberculosis associa-
tons are gaining ground, by securing
Increased appropriations from public
money
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28

THE tiny representatives of all the
1 nations represented at the national
capital celebrated Christmas, each
with some peculiar custom brought
from his own far-off land. The Christ
mas idea is one easily caught up by
the foreign child and the talk he hears
for weeks before the happy festival
is just as eagerly listened to by the
little Oriental as by the child to whom
it has always been familiar.
Although the Christian significance
of the Saviours birth Is absent from
the Oriental celebration Of Christmas,
yet the festival spirit of the season ap-
peals no less to the boys and girls
from far-off China and Japan than to
their little American playmates. The
Chinese embassy was the scene Of
much gaiety during the holiday weeks
For the eldest of the ambassadors
daughters, Miss Alice Chang, is only
twelve years old and still retains
many childish tastes. This year the
month-old daughter of the couple, tiny
Nielsen or Mildred Chang, was the
youngest member of the legation who
came in for Christmas presents
Santa Claus did not neglect Arkira
and Sada Matsui, the tiny son and
daughter of the counsellor of the jap
enese embassy, Keishiro Matsui Ar
kira and Sada have been used all
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28
Uncle Sans Gunners Are Unequaled

get shooting held off Cape Henry.
During the practice in which she won
her championship the sailors Of the
Idaho shattered targets at 10000 yards
distance. Had the little vessel been
In battle she would have shattered in
five minutes battleship at distance
Of five miles, had she shot with the
same accuracy
The gunner begins in the ordnance
shops at Washington, where he is in.
structed in the rudiments Of the art
He is kept at his studies six days a
week from eight o'clock in the morn
ing until four in the afternoon. Before
he Is detailed to ship the apprentice
Is given three months instruction in
the handling of high explosives and
taught the workings Of the submarine
mine.
Then he is turned over to a battle.
ship, where he is given the position Of
gun pointer in charge OF an instructor
who knows the business from top to
bottom, and at this gun he sticks un.
til his superiors think him eminently
trustworthy, when he is allowed to
participate in maneuvers. Finally he
handles = gun In real war.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28
NEVER GOT TO KNOW HIM
Seemingly, This Husband Was Some
what Of Hard Man to Get
Acquainted With.

Il met queer old woman charac-
ter on the train between here and
Buffalo one morning" remarked Po-
lice Judge McGannon when talk had
drifted around to queer people one
meets. 'She was travelling with her
grown son, whom l had met in the
smoking compartment, and later on
I got talking with the old lady. She
spoke of several people she knew
here in Cleveland.
did you ever happen to know
James H Soandso?" I asked her
casually, judging from something she
had said that she did know him.
"She gave me strange sort of
look. Well she replied, I don't
know whether to say l know that
man or not He's a queer sort, you
understandable kind of man that
nobody really knows. Why, l was
married to James Soandso, and lived
with him for four years, but / never
felt that was really acquainted with
him.
And the funny part of It," added
McGannon, was the woman was in
deadly earnest about it. She didn't
make the remark by way of springing
any comedy at ll"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28
Ro'sun and Sir John Fisher.

Admiral Potter told a new one on
Sir John Fisher. When Sir John was
at the head of the British admiralty
he was most inaccessible. One day an
old boatswain appeared. He would
not take mo" for an answer. Finally
a secretary went into Sir Johns Of
fee, leaving the door ajar. He told
the admiral that sailor demanded
an interview.
Tell him to go to hell" roared Sir
John.
AYE, aye, sir" piped the boatswain,
who stood in the doorway at a re-
spectful salute; II know II meet you
there, sir, but want to talk to you
now, too"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-01-28

Observation-Disclosures society has
w had nothing that has made it sit
up and take notice in a good while.
BUT 1t sure got a slap that Weakened it
win jump the other day when
there appeared in a New York news
paper an alleged interview with Bar
ohess Hengelmuller Won Hengervar,
'he DEAFNESS of the diplomatic
corps, or, to put it properly. the
ooyenne, her husband, Baron Hengel-
muller N, Won Hengervar, being the dean.
Inc baroness, who has been in New
10TH city, permitted herself to be in
reviewed by a. very sprightly young
iaoy reporter in New York, who on
TWO or three previous occasions has
SHOWN herself to be rather long on
imagination and short on facts. She
directly quotes the baroness as fol-
lows:
washington is dull and stupid. So
clety there is provincial. To get to
ne" York Is heaven to me, for there
is SO much to do besides paying and
receiving calls and callers and drink
Ing tea and going through the drier
round OF formal and uninteresting So
clal events. We have lived in Wash
1ngton 16 years. l have done each
year the same things with practically
the same people. Here in New York
formal calling and tea taking are prac-
ucally eliminated, because there are
SO many other more interesting things
to do. Even the shops make differ
ence. Here it is a positive pleasure