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The Green Forest tribune., 1901-07-13

LAST month is reported to have been the hottest June ever re- ported by the weather bureau.
The Green Forest tribune., 1901-07-13

IT has been remarked that Mrs. Nation would have been good woman if she had only left liquor alone.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-05
The Hon. Geo. Starr Writes

No 3 Van Ness Place, New York.
DR.. Railway: With me your Relief has
worked woners. For the last three wears
had frequent and severe attacks of
scatica. sometimes extending from the
lumbar regions TO my ankle, and at times
in both lower limbs.
During the time | have been afflicted
I have tried almost all the remedies rec-
commended by wise men and fools, hoping
to find relief, but all proved to be fail
ures.
have tried various kinds OF baths. ma
nipulations. outward application of linj-
ments too numerous to mention and pre-
scrlptions of the most eminent physicians
all of which failed to give me relief
Last September, at the urgent request
of a friend (who had been afflicted ms
MYSELF l was. induced TO try your reme-
dy. l was then suffering fearfully with
one Of my old turns. To my s,irnrlse
and delight the first application gave mo
ease after bathing and rubbing the parts
affected, leaving the limbs In a warm
glow, created by the Relief In a short
time the pain passed entirely away. AL
though ! have slight periodical attacks
approaching a change OF weather. / know
now how TO cure myself. and feel quite
master OF the situation.
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF Is NV
friend. / never travel without a bottle
in my valise. Yours truly.
GEO. STARR,
Efniprapf Communicates
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-05

found them I'm the stewards pantry,
which opened from the galley, and they
were wading into the canned goods IN
manner that would have broken the stew
arc heart had he know of it. He Joined
the raiders.
No one had been found in the forward
part of the ship, although the Buckeye
and the privates had searched it well. In
fact, it seemed evident that they were the
only human beings on board What had
become of the crew was mystery. why
a we'll found and apparently well-laden
steamship should have been left dereiict
in midocean, with steam half up, was
something they could not understand. TO
be sure, there might be causes which the
eye of an old sailor would detect at once
but they could not detect them.
1t was while they were discussing these
questions that they heard a very distinct
and peculiar rap! rap! rap! on the door
of a small pantry used by the scullion for
the storage of pots and pans-a noise
which produced among them a tableau
of grotesque attitudes. Choky recovered
first and called hoarsely who's there?"
Then as no answer was returned, he
walked to the door and threw it wide
OPEN On the threshold crouched pale
faced boy who at sight of them retreated
into the obscurity of the closet
w ell, Will you get on 10 LnHt' eJdCu-
lated Reardon in amazement Hey.
there, come out of thati What the blazes
is this game! Hey come out now!'
There was a short silence, then sud
den movement of the pots and pans, af-
ter which the boy walked forth and gazed
fearfully from one to the other. We was
probably 16 yessrs old, and his features,
like his clothes, were not of American
cut.
"Pardonnez-moi, messieurs," he said,
'Je cherche mon cousin
Now, there you are, gentlemen"
There it u.s. in a few simple jawbreak-
ers, French, l guess"
Now Merely had once been stationed on
the Canadian frontier and he had picked
up enough patols to enable him to get at
the boys story
Look here he said, HE isn't one of
the crew. He's stowaway. His cousin
is a cooks helper. The crew must have
gone off and left him.
ASK him where the boat came from
and how about it,"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-05

the bow. When they swung to the star
board side-she pointed south-they saw a
flight of landing stairs reaching from a
port aft of her waist--a plain invitation to
boarders.
We'll, this beats mer' exclaimed Rear
don. "Onct l went in to sleep in a coun-
try choky what l found the door of wide
open. Seemed the constable "a lost his
keys, but he found them sudden-like dur
ing the night and he come round and
locked me in. But this beats 1t. LOOK
out now, don't let her bump or we'll get
spilled out-that's right, soldier, hold her
off wit the oar till l get up. Now!'
The wash sucked them to the steamer S
side and the ladder almost succeeded IN
stamping its foot on the gunwale of the
catboat. One by one they caught the
steps and hauled themselves up the side
more by their arms than by their legs
for they were cramped from their long
vigil in the boat.
No one met them on deck and they
stood in a group awed by the stiffness
and the vastness of the ship. The very
neatness of things held them in check
they were so grimy in comparison. They
peered through the covered alleyway
which extended past the engine room in
the waist. This passage was lined with
stateroom doors, but no one stood in IL
Finally Reardon, less impressionable than
the others grunted and started forward
to be halted by peculiar crunching sound
which made them look askance at one
another. But after ali, it was only the
landing ladder which had succeeded fin
ally in stepping down through the bilge
of the catboat. Private Morley locke i
over the side.
"Oh," he cried. shes smashed to
pieces and she's sinking!'
Then we belong here sure enough" re-
piled Reardon. turning and walking aft.
You go forward, Andy. and see II you
can find anybody"
Morley and Archer followed the Buck
eye into the waist Reardon entered the
cabin and explored systematically. He
entered one room after another but saw
little TO interest him. On the lookout for
men, he was careless of mere fittings
and he was too cautious TO rummage I'M
I'll he was sure of his ground. One thing
he did not leave untouched. That was
the rack OF bottles on the saloon buffet
He drank TO himself In a pierglass and
followed the others forward In the en-
CINE room he looked down from the iron
bridge over the cylinder heads but saw
no one below.
Hump" he muttered. Looks enough
like the old Santa Cruz to be her. You'd
almost think you could hear Barney Sui
Ivan cursin' the ash cats in the freroom
beyont-blast him.
The voyage on which he had shovoed
coal In a Gulf steamer was stlll bitter
memory. lie opened the bulkhead door
and stepped down into the freroom. No
enc was there ana the fires, eight OF them,
were banked ana slightly encrusted with
| dampeued ashes. lie turned around
slowly In front of an open door once or
twice. ana the warmth did him good but
desire TO know what his comrades were
doing led him UP 10 the deck again. lie
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-05

Morley started limited dialogue with
the boy i'm the course of which he learned
the vessel had cleared from Antwerp for
Havana. She had come over to her pres
ent position in 10 days and she had been
there since the night before, although the
crew must have left early that morning,
for the boy-his name was Jean Loyeux-
had spoken to his cousin only an hour
ago 1t was very odd. There had been
some noise, then silence, and now these
strange men were there. He wished 10
know what it was all about and, partic-
ularly, where was his cousin.
sudden thought came to Reardon, and
he went on deck. Procuring a wrench
from the engine room he went to the
hatchway and loosened the screws on the
combng. He raised couple of hatch sec
lions and looked into the hold Packing
cases long and narrow formed the top
layer of the cargo level with the deck
girders, He peered at a name burnt into
the wood of one case. II was that of
European arms compny, and further along
he saw other words pregnant with a GER
tain meaning. He stood up with jerk,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-05

"Why, l can't see a soul aboard. Give
another yell All together now!''
Maybe it's a fever ship and all hands
have died off" finally volunteered Private
Morley, who had Imagination.
Fever, nothin'!' exclaimed Choky.
And her with her steam up. Fever moth
in, l run a freight hauler once on the
Dope and I've passed coal, too, on a
Gulf boat. Fever nothin! They're all be-
low, and they don't want US. Let's row
around to the other side"
They got down 10 the oars again and
painfully worked the catboat around the
bow of the steamer
As they passed her forefoot they booked
up and saw her name. Lotus, gilded on
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-05

i'm here in this boat and his little ticklin
gunbaynit with i'm, rd-Pd-'
Yes! You'd! Youd--What?" Somewhat
derisively, inquired the one named
Andy"
well, I'd give i'm the he-cups" repli-
ed Choky after a collapse Of explosive
utterance.
ut is all very well for you fellows"
said the other soldier III we do get
ashore you can prove you are only
tramps. But with us it's different. I've
been thinkin' it out over night. 1t would
have been better, Morley, for you and
me to go 90 Fort Leavenworth and work
out the sentence they gave US We didn't
do very much, after all. But break
ing the jail and coming away makes IT
desertion. It's desertion, that's what 1t
is. and now this Spanish war is on il
may come to them condemnM' us TO be
shot o ] wish we'd never left the jug.
and If you two hadn't come along per-
suading us that"
Now, look a-here, young Teller" in
terrupted Choky. when we saw the
chance TO break those bars and cut
loose. who was 1t begged to go long?
An then when he finds this boat on the
beach, who tells us to get in II and sail
round to N'York? Why, you, We chick
en-livered ration stealer. 'Twasnt our
ter Spain, maybe. An you a-tellin' us
you could sail a boat!'
There was more than disdain i'm Choky
Reardons voice. After a silence Andy
who in hobo circles was known as the
Buckeye said:
II suppose maybe wen get picked
up?"
Maybe" answered Reardon, but let's
get out the oars and row away from the
rofa TO hf, toA lot
somewhere. You. Morley and Archer"
he motioned to the privates, you two
bail Andy and nell row bit"
After an hour at the oar the Buckeye
got up and straddled the cockpit one
hand pressed hard into the small OF his
back. the other resting on the edge of
the abln trunk 10 steady him while he
remarked that he had chad enough of
that for one day" He was peering to-
ward the West when he said It. Sudden
~, as the boat slipped down into a hol-
low, he uttered startled curse Then
when she came up again he cried:
say! There's a steamer! Right under
her nose we were, and never knew i'll"
They all got up and looked Sure
enough, Il was a steamer. two miles
away a pale thread of smoke rose from
her funnel but she was not moving on
her course.
she sees us" exclaimed Reardon.
wen be picked up, all right all right"
lie waved his wet hat and yelled They
worked hilariously at the oars to hold
their craft steady until a rcscuing boat
should make its appearance the steam
cr drifted down toward them, hut when
fifteen minutes had passed aud no boat
came away. some one suggested that, az
'rr all. perhaps they had not been
.Itrd.
.hc Buckeye who had been gag.
"v 1"ently at the drifting ship, cried;
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-05
IN THE TOLLS OF
CIRCUMSTANCE.
BY Theodore Waters.
Copyright, 1901, by Theodore Waters,

Copyright, 1901, by Theodore Waters.)
When the wind storm blew over the
horizon it left four men adrift in a cat
boat on the Atlantic ocean. Since mid
night these men had struggled for their
lives and dawn found them wet and
weak, without food and without an idea
of their geographical position. Their sail
had split to ribbons. They sat with their
feet in the half-filled cockpit, fighting the
water inch by inch and yearning for the
land whence they had come.
Two of the men wore the fatigue uni
form of the United States private soldier.
The other two were ragged with the
wretchedness of the vagsbond. All four
looked disreputable. He who sat on the
port quarter. lifting water over the side
in an old and leaky SLOUGH hat, had the
strongest face of the quartet, though he
seemed the most annoyed at the prospect.
And to think we would get picked like
this for a cursed tin soldier" he said.
wrathfully He knew we wasn't spies
Spanish spies at that. Do we look like
Spaniards, hey, me and you, Andy? What
if we was next the powder house? We
didn't know it. Did he think we'd go
monkeyin' wit death like that, of we'd
knew it, hey?"
"Ah, break away, Choky, and mind yer
hat" growled the other ragged one, SEN
tentiously. The seemingly hopeless effort
to lower the water made him ill-humored.
what were you doing there, anyhow"
asked one of the soldiers curiously:
I'VE was doing the Jersey summer re-
sorts from Cane Nav Nd" answered Choky
with a fierce grin. I'VE was a wailin along
Sandy Hook and got onto gov ment
ground without KNOWN it. And there we
was a smokin' our pipes and us sittin' up
aginst that little red house and a ton
of dinnymte behind us. Then they goes
and says we're Spanish spies. B'jee, If L
had that Teller that took us in, if had
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-06-14

Circuit Court convenes June "a
Marcus Pollasky returned to Detroit
yesterday morning.
Riley Stories of Ferris was in town
on business last Friday.
Sheep dip in bulk, non. poisonous, at
Sharrar q Mulholland's.
w. @. Mallory Of Elwell transacted
business in town Monday.
Mrs f. l.. Barnes returned Wednes-
day from a weeks visit with her son in
Copemish.
One-fourth off sale on all trimmed
and pattern hats Friday and Saturday
at Mrs. f. Lathrop's.
Mrs. H. J. Vermeulen returned Sat.
urday from visiting friends in Toledo
She was accompanied by Mrs. Rogers,
who will visit friends here
number of the members of Fitz
James Lodge, X. of p went TO Ithaca
Sunday, and joined in the Pythian
Memorial services conducted by the
Knights Of that place.
Edwin Hesler died at his home in this
village, Monday, June 9th, aged 60
years. He settled in Sumner township
about twenty-five years ago, and had
been a resident of Alma for the past five
years. He was good citizen and high
ly respected by all his acquaintance.
Funeral services were held at the Bap-
fist church Wednesday afternoon, con.
Quoted by Rev. n. L. Hafer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-06-14
ZONE and UIcIsITY.
See Hills ad

See Hills adj
Fresh fish az Ba nghart's today
See price on hammocks, agents
samplesl at Sharrar d Mulhollands.
one good three burner gasoline stove
with oven for sale cheap at Brooks.
Do not fail 10 hear Miss Stone, the
harpist. next Tuesday evening at the
college chapel.
Commencing June 10Th l will be at
the store Of Smith & Glass Wednesday
and Friday of each week, for the pur-
pose of collecting the village taxes.
iteo.4w &c WILSON, Treasurer.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
a CREDiTABLE RECORD.
City Clerk L. H. Murch Of Belfast has Scrvec
f6 Consecutive Years.

Belfast Me, Dec. 16.--FcW are in
public office who have 50 long held the
position as clerk Of 4 city as has city
Clerk Lucius H. Murch of Belfast. nov.
serving his 10Th year in Office. without
doubt the longest term Of Office in that
capacity Of any city or town in Maine.
and possibly New England
Lucius II. Murch was born III Unily.
and IS The son of the late James Il. and
Mary l.. Murch. After attending the
common and High schools re ATTENDED
the Hampden Academy. graduating
therefrom. After leaving scnool city
Clerk Murch began life as clerk in u
country grocery store in the town OF
Unity, subsequently attending 10 the
duties as post master and trading in
the old store some years for himself
Soon after coming to Belfast. he en-
tered the post office as clerk and work
ed in that capacity some three years.
before leaving the service of UECle
Sam. On leaving the post office he VA !
several Years engaged in various cCcU-
pations and was for several years Il
messenger on the Steamboat line sail
ing between Belfast ana Portland III
Ihe employ of the express company
during the early Cos
A few years later Nh Murch became
interested in a journalistic career, he
ing corrected some three years with
the Republican Journal, ut that time
published by William r. Simpson. one
Of the brightest Of the newspaper pub
fishers OF those early days. After COM
pleting his service with the Journal he
began the publishing Of monthly pa
per known as the Union Banner, which
was continued one year
Mt. Murch few years later enter
ed the employ Of William N. Rust w
the Progressive Age. working in va
rious capacities. some 10 years, during
which time the paper changed hands.
M Murch retired ana the name Of the
paper was changed to the Belfast Age.
During the life Of the Belfast .tdver-
tiser which was published by George
Burgess. Mr. Murch looked after the
editorial department.
He is 4 stanch Democrat and has
been elected the past four years by Re
publican administra tons and bsfore
that by mixed boards. During the past
80 years ne has been q member Of Tho
Democratic committee Of Belfast. ami
for 10 years a member IF the state
Democratic committee.
For some j. years Mr.. Murch kent q
weather record. never missing day.
and has now one of the most accurate
and valuable records to be found in
CIV England. For several years he rep
resented the Globe here
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17

Millions Of Logs Swept Away Bridges Goneoue Submesed
Drowned Highest Pitch of Water for Years.
ON The kEkNE8Ec.

W@terNille, Me. Dec. I6.-(SpeciaD-
Waterville is beginning 10 realize what
ii means 10 be shut Of from the rest
Of the world, as the only communica-
tion, yesterday, with other places was
by telephone or telegraph There
wasn't 4 single passenger train or
freight in Or out Of the city during the
Gay. There Were plenty Of wrecking
trains, however. and of special engines
hurlying over the road in all direc-
GcrS The only train besides these to
leave the city consisted Of an engine
ard caboOse and was unfortunate.
1t left for Clinton early in the morn
iHS with Il crew Of men for the Clinton
trouble. When a little above Benton
and at point that was apparently all
right. the engine and car suddenly left
the track and went into the ditch.
Walter u. Bridges. u brakeman was
seriously injured /; was picked Up III
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17

an unconscious condition and carried
10 farmhouse nearby. A special train
was sent up from this city with Mr.
bridges mother and the physicians. 1t
was found that he had suffered several |
bad cuts on the head and the fracture
Of one leg. a Wrecking train was also
sent from here to clear away the
wreck
The trouble at Winslow proved to be
about as serious as that at Clinton,
but Of d different character An old
fashioned covered bridge which has
Wcathered more freshets than any
other in the State of Maine crosses the
oebasticook just a short distance above
the Maine Central bridge
The unusually high water was too
much for the veteran and il began to
weaken. early in the morning The dis
tance between the two bridges being
so small. the danger Of the unwieldly
wooden bridge going down against the
iron bridge was very great. Everything
possible was done to prevent this. The
wooden bridge was stayed by huge
hawsers and chains. \ train Of six car
loads Of coal and three carloads of car
wheels was run onto the iron bridge;
but in spite Of everything the old
bridge worked i.s way down stream
and at } o'clock it looked as if nothing
could prevent il from striking the iron
bridge.
The water in the Sabasticook backed
CONTINUED on page p
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
IN EASTERN MAINE.

Bangor. Me. Dee, 6.-tspeci"l.-Thr
damage and interruption to traffic caused
b. yesterdays storm Is unlike anything
known here for many years. 4 week ago
the streets IF Bangor were covered with
from Y to is inches of snow. Today, they
:trc as dry As in summer and the grass
is a* green a* it is I'll June
1t began raining in Bangor about mid
night Saturday. ana there was a steady
downpom until > o'clock Sunday night,
when 2 sudden change in the weather
took place. Il change unusual for this
climate. In . minutes it had stopped
raining. the w.nd had shifted into the
northwest and it was showing and blow
ins ga.r. ln ,hLt n inmates thc thcr-
momcter dro"ped 50 degrees.
The snow storm did not last Hut an
hour. Not enough fcll to 10 any soai
ana the cold dil not continue long enough
:" check IN" flow Of water which had
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
faCKlNLEY MEMORIAL.
M Desert the First Hancock Town 10 Make
Return.

Ellsworth. Me. Dee 16.-tSpeciaD--
Mt. Desert is the first Hancock county
town to make its return on the Nc
Kinley Memorial fund. This represents
tl,. contributions of its three post office
districts which were as follows: Mt
Desert. - contributors. Slo.65; North
est Harb0r, "a contributors, sio-S9'
Seal Harbor. l. contributors $40 10
tai, $34.50
This work has been under the lin'iie-
d;ate supervision of Dr. Il. F. Gr n
die the Hancock member Of the Maine
,,,,;liarv committee. Petitions are in
c;,culation in the other post office dis
,,icts and with the returns already Sc
cured. If Is safe to say that Hancock $
,uota of the State fund is well as
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
Gov. Gregory Of Rhode Island Dead.

Wexford. r. T.. Dec 16.-Wiliiam
Gregory. governor of Rhode Island
and Providence plantations, died al his
home here at 315 O'Clock. this afternoon
Of acute Brights desase, following 4
succession of illnesses. After an indls-
position of nearly two months he re-
turned last Friday TO the state capl-
tol and his death was the indirect re-
srlt Of a cold contracted then which
brought on euremic commissions.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
ADDRESS ON MCKINLEY.
Sec. Hay Consents to Deliver Address in
Memory Of ll!c President.

Washington, pec. l6.-The committea
designated ny thr representatives of
the Houses Of Congress appointed 70
invite Secretary Hay to deliver all ad-
dress in honor Of the memory of the
ate President Mckinley, called upon
the secretary. today. and secured his
consent to perform this distinguished
service. Mr. Hay said that While he
would have preferred the invitation
should be extended to some one else,
he would accept because Of the sense
of duty ana also because Of the high
honor the selection implies. No time
for the ceremony was fixed.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
Weather Conditions ard General Forecast.

Washington. Dec. 1G.-The cold
weather continues in all districts east
Of The Rocky mountains, temperatures
being from 70 t. 30 below the seasonal
average. The temperature changes
Wednesday. will be small Il will
probably ~ somewhat warmer i'll the
south Atlantic coast districts tn"
y mas along the Atlantic coast viii be
mostly light to fresh north to north
east
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
AHNOTHER MYSTERY.
Man Found Dead in House Adjoining Ore
Where Mrs. Dennis Was Assaulted.

Washington. Dec. 16.-Samuel q.
Presley, a printer, aged SO years. was
found dead in bed in his room at No.
1919 X street. today, asphyxia ton by
gas being the cause. The house ad-
ioins the one in which Mrs. Ada Gil
bert Dennis the modiste, was found
so horribly beaten, last week.
Owing to the proximity of their resi-
dences and other circumstances the
pclice are carefully investiga ting re
cent movements of Presley.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
SMALLPOX At BIDDEFCRD.
Second Case Fourd. Monday L
Brother Of First Victim.

pi,loford. Me. Dec. 16,-The second
ooSa IF smallpox in this city was discov-
cred today. Joseph Garneau being u"
r,atient He is a brother Of Amie Gar
naan ne he first patient. 'and he has been
working in the cotton mills.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
Stale Grange Nesting Postponed.

Rangor. Ne. Dec. 16.-on account OF
The interruption of railroad traffic. very
rcw delegates to the State Grange meet
.,,,- 80 arrived. and the reception to
Have been held tonight i pos{P'his' Z pop 81
, ! utsud? ,inr train traffic will be res sumed
Kun l,t, nnanine session nf the grange
NAV nav il. hr delayed to Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
German Naval Changes.

Berlin. Dec. 1G.-Vice Admiral Ben
den1ann has been relieved OF 'he com
mand of the cruiser squaofoh anu
Pear Admiral Geissler has beth az
nointed to succeed him. Simuitane"usN
the latter has been promoted 70 the
rank Of vice admiral.