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Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
NEWARK.

Miss Louise Brittingham. of Ironshire,
spent part of last week with Miss
Virgie Dennis at this place.
The Misses Annie and Bessie
Matthews are spending several days
with friends at Fruitland.
Mr.. Clyde Richards, of Ocean City,
spent part of last week with his
mother, Mrs. Samuel Godfrey.
Miss Bertha Richards returned to her
home in Girdletree one day last week,
after visiting her mother, Mrs. Samuel
Godfrey.
Mr.. Charlie Mumford spent part of
this week in Philadelphia
The Misses Olivia and Corinne
Dennis. and Ethel Boston will attend
school at Snow Hill this year.
Mrs. William E. Coffin and son,
Alfred, of Greenbackville, spent the af
ternoon with relatives here, one day
last week.
The old church hickory which is
known by all who have been residents
of this place, was blown down by the
severe wind of last Tuesday night.
The wind which blew so strong Tues
day night, blew down tree against
the house of Mrs William Boston
breaking hole in the weather boarding
and plastering.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
Order NiSi.

In the Orphans Court of Worcester
County. August term, 1908, to wit:
September 8th, 1908.
In the matter of the sale of the real
estate of BENJAMIN I. Jones,
deceased.
ORDERED that the sale made and
I, ported by Oliver D. Collins and John
L. Paradce. executors for the sale of the
real estate of Benjamin Jones deceased,
be ratified aud confirmed, unless cause
to the contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 18th day of October next,
provived copy of this order be publish
ed once in each of three successive
weeks in some newspaper printed and
published i'll Worcester County before
the Sd day of October. 1908.
The report states the amount of the
sales to be $4575.O0
ZADoK p HENRY,
ARA P. BOWEN,
ALFRED CHILD.
True Copy, Test:
EDWARD p. DAVIS,
Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
CALVIN B. TAYLOR, Solicitor.
Order NiSi.

Calvin b Taylor. assignee of Dale, as.
signee of Taylor. Mortgage of Will.
liam Fl. Collins, Jr., ex parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. In Equity. No 1878. July
Term, 1903, to wit: 1 Sept 1908.
ORDERED that the sale of the prop.
erty mentioned in these proceedings
made and reported by CALVIN B. Taylor.
Mortgagee, be ratified and confirmed
unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown OH or before the 28th day of Sep
tember 1908, provided copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper
printed in Worcester County once in
each of three successive weeks before
the 2lst day Of September in the year
1908
The reports states the amount of sales
to be $3.50.
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL, Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL, Clerk.
8 5 St.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19

For Wreckmaster.
LITTLETON B. BIRCH.
Election Day, November Sd, 1903.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
Registration Notice

Notice is hereby given by the Board
of Supervisors of Election for Worcester
| County, as provided by Section l3, of
Article 33, of the Code of Public Gener-
, al Laws of Maryland, that the several
Boards Of Registry, for each and every
Election District or precinct of said
county, will meet during the months of
September and October, 1903, to make a
Registration upon sworn application. of
all persons e.titled to vote who are not
registered, and for that purpose will
hold session from s o'clock a. IN. to Z
p. IN, at their respective Offices or places
of Registration, as follows:
In the first Election District, Zoos.
ton's) at Pocomoke City in the office of
Il. Frank Bonneville, on Tuesday Sep.
tember 20, and on Tuesday. October 9th,
and for revision only ,on Tuesday, Octo-
Der 18th.
In the Second Election District. at
Snow Hill. in the county voting house
on Tuesday, September 20, and on Tues.
day, October 9TH, aud for revision only,
on Tuesday, October 49,
In the Third Election District, East
Berlin. in the jewelry store of Alfred T.
Chance, on Tuesday September 20, and
on Tuesday, October 9th. and for re-
vision only .on Tuesday. October 18th.
In the Fourth Election District, at
Newark, in the storehouse of VIM L. P
Bowen, on Tuesday September goth, and
on Tuesday, October 9th, and for re.
vision only,on Tuesday. October 13th
In the Fifth Election District, st.
Martins, at Blshopville, in the store OF
Peter q. Long. on Tuesday. September
29th, and Oh Tuesday, October 9th, and
for revision only, OH Tuesday, October
18th.
In the Sixth Election District, Col
bourn's in the house of Lorenzo Shock
ley. on Tuesday, September 20, and on
Tuesday. October 9th, and for revision
only, on Tuesday. October 18th.
In the Seventh Election District, At.
kinson's, i'm the county voting house,
on Tuesday, September goth, and on
! Tuesday, October 9th. and for revision
only .on Tuesday, October 18th.
In the Eight Election District, at
Stockton, i'll King b. Johnson's barber
shop, on Tuesday, September 29th, and
on Tuesday, October 9th, and for
revision only on Tuesday, October 18th.
In the Ninth Election District, West
Berlin, in the Barber Shop of John III.
Rayne. on Tuesday, September Goth,
and OH Tuesday, October 9th. and for
revision only. on Tuesday, October 18th.
URIAH F. SHOCKLEY, Pres.
EDWARD H. BENSON,
EDWARD S. FURBUSH.
Supervisors of Elections for Worcester
County.
JOHN l.. Neck. Clerk.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Worcester County. Maryland,
letters of administration or the personal
estate of
JOSHUA J SHOCKLEY,
late of Worcester County. deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof, to
the subscriber, on Or before the Sth
day of March, 1904. They may other
wise by law, be excluded from all bene-
fits Of the said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given under
my hand this 9Th day of September,
1908. JAMES S. PRICE.
Exc cutor.
Test: EDWARD P. DAVIS,
8 18th 3t. Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub.
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Worcester County. Maryland,
letters of administration on the personal
estate of
CLARENCE S. PARSONS,
late of Worcester County. deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof. to
the subscriber. OH or before the 9Th day
of March, 1904 They may otherwise
by law. be excluded from all benefits of
the said estate. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment. Given under my
hand this 9Th day of September, 1908.
JAMES H. MUMFORD,
Administrator O. T. A.
Test: EDWARD P. DAVIS,
312th St. Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Worcester County. Maryland,
letters of administration on the personal
estate of
GEORGE w. RITOHIE,
late of Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof, to
the subscriber, OIL or before the 9Th day
of March 1904 They may otherwise by
law, be excluded from all benefits of the
said estate. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate
payment. Given under my hand this
9Th day of September. 1903.
r. SCOTT RITCHIE.
Administrator
Test: EDWARD p. DAVIS,
3-12th 3t. Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

OAlVAOSNA1kS ~ ASNA .
For Governor.
HON. EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
of Howard County.
For Comptroller.
DIR. GORDON T. ATKINSON,
of Somerset County.
For Attorney General.
WILLIAM SHEPARD BRYAN.
of Baltimore City.
For House of Delegates
W. LEE CAREY.
SAMUEL X. DENNIS.
WILLIAM G. KERBIN.
For Register of Wills.
EDWARD P. DAVIS.
ELOE JEuSeS III lDc OIplldHS OOuTt.
ARA P. BOWEN.
DR.. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR.
W. ELTON BOSTON.
For States Attorney
WILLIAM i. JOHNSON.
For Sheriff.
WILLIAM E. LANKFORD.
For County Commissioners.
JOHN l.. PARADEE.
SAMUEL E SHOCKLEY.
THOMAS J. WHALEY.
For County Surveyor.
w. ULYSSES SCHOOLFIELD.
For Wreckmaster.
LITTLETON B. BIRCH.
Election Day, November Sd, 1908.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19
Used for Pneumonia.

DR.. J. G. Bishop, OF Agnew, Mich,
Tar in three very severe cases of pneu.
monia with good results in every case"
Refuse substitutes.
Democratic messenger., 1903-09-19

To cure a cold i'm one day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
druggists refund the money if it
cure. E. w. Groves signature
Aox. 25c tt
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teen he returned to America and settled in San
he O cir ct

teen he returned to America and settled in San
Francisco, where he entered a cigar store
During this time he was studying English at
nights, and of his treasures is little olo
thumb-worn primer which his first gulde
to English. Milwaukee was the next city Ihdt
knew him, where he became q newspaper re-
porter. But his active disposition led him to
break away from this and then he went straight
back to Austria to his father. He enlisted as a
volunteer and not as a conscript in the Austrian
army, served two years, and then returned 10
America.
He went at once to San Francisco, where he
proposed to a large concern the advisability OF
manufacturing Hungarian cigars. These are the
long, black, deadly looking cheroots with a
straw in one end. The venture proved great
success. Mr.. Hammerling became superintend-
ent of the factory with percentage interest IN
the output, and the result of several years work
was the accumulation of comfortable sum OF
money He had friends in Wilkesbarre, and
when the cigar factory changed hands he re-
signed and came East to the anthracite region
His first work in Luzerne county five years
ago as a. yardman at a coal mine HIS
business was to measure lumber and keep track
of the material about the place. He followed
this for eighteen months in the meantime act
ing as correspondent for the Polish newspaper
Gonik, and general agent for the United
Mine Workers Journal. .
About two years ago at its annual meeting
Mr. Hammerling elected secretary and gen
The business Office Of Louis Hammerling is
as remarkable as the It is a small OBJ
long space in the rear of steamship broker
Office on the public square in Wilkesbarrez II
is about 6x16 feet in size and is shut off from
the outer world by wooden partitions. He pays
81 per month rent, including light and fuel.
There is ocloth on the floor. three plain
chairs and wooden table in the room, besides
and ro-top desk and revolving chair at one end
under single gas jet
In personal appearance Louis N. Hammerlins
is above medium hight, slender and erect His
hair is reddish-brown and bushy, he wears
small mustache, and his eyes are gray, with a
twinkle of humor in them. His jaws are firm,
and his manner courteous and pleasant. He
speaks with notceably foreign accent al
though always in correct English, and he
dresses faaltlessly and in good taste.
His income is derived from his agency for
number of newspapers from his editorial work.
his business translator, and such fees as
he chooses to collect on work for his fellow
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selves Barsalona and some of his gang APP
peared They forced the old couple to kneel in
the center of the road, hands bound behind
them, and say their last prayers. The religious
duties over Barsalona chopped off, first the
mans. then the womans head.
The bandit is very proud of this horrible deed,
and ever since then carries 'tthe sword of JUS
tice around with him. When the Marquis de
Cordova was arrested the police found on the
mantel of his library large photograph Of
Barsalona in comic opera bandit costume, the
sword resting on his knees.
The picture was made at fashionable Pal
studio, the proprietor of which confessed
having struck off three dozen of the large pho
tographS and a couple of hundred of smaller
size. "All the ladies want photographs of Bar
salona," he said. We sell as many Of his pic
lures Of the kings"
The Palermo states attorney claims that Bar
salona's wife has fortune of 100000 francs in
her own right, which seems overstatement,
as madame pays taxes 10000 francs worth Of
property. He is an excellent man, good
father and most kind to me- she told the Of
hcfal "but the women, confound Them won't
let him alone! In that respect he is as bad as
Victor Emmanuel, grandfather of present
king. The nature of his business makes him a
wanderer, of course but fne-looking and gall
liant as he is, thousands Of homes, rich and
poor, are open to him. But just wait while;
1 will get after some of these damsels yet and
make them pay dearly for all the uneasiness
and heart-aches I have suffered their ac-
count.
The latest is that Barsalona has formed a
triplet alliance with Settimo ''the terror Of
Partinico," and Gervasi, 1.-THE gentleman brig
and'' of Ballellunga. These three kings of the
road are said to have divided up Sicily between
them, an arrangement by which Barsalona's
sphere Of power is extended over two more
provinces. But against this proposed curtail-
ment of their older rights Bandit Nitric of
Monreali, and ditto SalVo of Lecaro, have en-
tered formal protest. They have no desire to
be put out of business by trust Whether the
parties to the triple alliance will heed the re
monstrance is still undecided at this writing
Ex-Bandt Gandino, who just returned from
visit to Barsalona, says the Morgan of Sic
lily" would not demean himself to even listen to
such petty chicken thieves Nitro and the
rest"
But it would not be well to drive them to
desperation, lest they may turn traitors,
warned Gaudino.
Instead of answering, Barsalona grabbed his
Sword Of justice" tightly in his left and with
the other hand pointed to his rife. IT under
Stood" adds Gaudino.
Gaudino was one of the wost cutthroats in all
Italy until he got too old and feeble to carry a
gun and dagger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25
DEEPEST MINE SHAFT.

It is claimed, and with reason, that the
Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and
Hecla copper mine, in northern Michigan,
is the deepest in the world. 1t has taken
nine years Of day and night work to sink
and has cost $25O0,OOO. This shaft Is YER
teal, but all the other shafts of the Calu-
met and Hecla follow the dip of the lode.
Work on it was started in 1880, immedi-
ately after the three great underground
fires in the older workings of the mine,
which did damage Of more than 81, 100000.
Work has been continued upon 1t since
that time and the shaft stands without
parallel in mining. 1t is 1900 feet in
depth, or $50 feet less than a mile It.
contains six compartments, each equal in
size to an ordinary mining shaft, four Of
which are used for hosting rock and
lowering timber. One shaft is utilized
for the ladderways, and the sixth and
last compartment carries the wires and
pipes for telephone, light, power, water
and compressed air.
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sucn influence? The answers are readily
given.
For the % 900 Lithuanians and Poles in Luz
zerne county he is guide, philosopher, friend
He is the recognized head of the foreign ele-
ment in the entire anthracite region. lie IS
known by at least to every one of the
900 people of these nationalities in Pennsyl-
vania.
No one man possesses the same influence over
these people as does this man. His word is law.
And yet his influence has never been exerted
for any Illegal, arbitrary un-American pur-
pose For he is himself an American citizen,
both by naturalization and through the citizen
ship of his father. -
The Lithuanians and Poles are clannish peo-
pies. They settle in communities and rarely
spread abroad in isolated families. OF the for
eigners who come to America work for a few
years and lay by what to them is fortune, and
then return to Europe to spend it, the Poles
and Lithuanians are of the fewest number A
great proportion of these people remain here
and become citizens.
For years there has existed in the anthracite
region what is known as the Iithuanian-PoIish
club. This is its equivalent in English; in real
ity it is a great association of these people.
1t is managed like a political organization
Each subordinate section sends a certain num-
Der of delegates every year to a general con-
vention, where officers chosen to govern
the whole body.
Its objects are mainly beneficial and educa-
tional 1t supports the sick, buries the dead and
assists the widows and orphans of it's members.
One of its prinipal objects1i is to educate its
members in the principles of American institu-
tons and government SO that they may be
qualified to become citizens of the United
States
Every Sunday afternoon in fifty different
places in the anthracite region a Polish and
Lithuanian Sunday-school meets Not Sunday
school in the American sense, but one where
great husky, bearded men educated to pass
an examination for naturalization.
Here is revealed another facet of this mans
many sided accomplishments. He speaks and
writes fluently seven languages, viz: Polish,
German, Slavish, Russian, Lithuanian, Hungar-
ian and English. He has acted translator
for the national republican committee. He is
an editorial writer fer half a dozen different
foreign newspapers in Pennsylvania.
Hammerling was born in Honolulu in 1874
His early life was spent in Austria. When four.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

He is always at his office when in Wilkesbarre
before 9 o'clock.
He does not drink or gamble and only occas-
fonally smokes light cigar. He is
ried, and occupies couple of rooms in large
building on one of the prominent streets of
Wilkesbarre
When the late strike was undertaken by Pres
ident Mitchell the necessity for a reliable and
secret messenger and confdante was apparent.
Hammerling, as he fulfilled all these require
ments was chosen by the executive of the union
to take the place. He had power among the
strikers. He was a man of knowledge and abil-
ity to deal with the capitalists. He dis
Greet and diplomatic. Therefore he did just
that for which he had been chosen-abet by
intrigue the amicable settlement Of the strike.
In the weeks and months that preceded the APP
pointment of the coal strike commission, when
the senators from Pennsylvania and New York
were endeavoring to effect a compromise be-
tween the operators and the men, Mr. Ham
merling was the sole means of communication
between the contending parties. He could visit
the senators, Governor Odell, the repre-
sentative of President Mitchell without being
suspected. During the New York conference
with the political powers it was Mr.. Hammer
ling who conducted all the arrangements for
meetings, conferences and secret gatherings.
His business affairs in Pittsburg in connection
with President MitchelIs visit came to the at
tention of the lynX-eyed reporters of that city
and for three days the identity of the busy, tao
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

HE national convention of the
| United Mine Workers OF America
has come to hold more than ordi-
nary interest to the people all over
the land Especially is this so In
| Indiana and Indianapolis the city
GxI in which the convention is held,
and the state in which much of
the coal mining industry is being carried on.
The people have come not only to take an in
terest in the working of the union and its an
nual convention, but they have studied its plan
and its general disposition to such an extent
that they may be said to be thoroughly versed
In all the phases of its being.
There are few things concerning the organi-
cation however, Of which the people are in
dense ignt 81 &c, and one of these is the story
of the confidential agent of President Mitchell
Leaders of any great reform movement of any
time have had confidential agents. They are
as essential to the success OF the movement as
is the secret service 10 the moral welfare
of the state. But for them such things as
strategy or diplomacy could exist
This man. this confidential agent to the head
of the greatest labor federation in the entire
country, Louis Nicholas Hammerling, has clus-
tered around his life all the elements of STIR
ring romance He was born in the Sandwich
islands, educated in Austria, and has achieved
distinction in the United States His age is
twenty-eight. His home, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
This man, without title, fortune, political pro-
fessional Industrial position, has been such
he Influenced the lives and fortunes of a greater
number of than any place-holder in the
United States, except possibly the, president
Although his work in the recent strike was
conspicuous for the effect, he of the
most undemonstrative characters of the drama.
The Pittsburg newspapers printed columns of
matter about the mysterious John Smith,,
who was the messenger and confidential friend
of President John Mitchell. In Philadelphia 1t
was IL. N. Louis" and in Washington the hotel
registers bore the name of Charles jones'
1t was Louis N. Hammerling. alias Smith,
Louis and Jones, who arranged all the confer
ences between President John Mitchell, Senators
Quay and Penrose of Pennsylvania, Senator
Platt and Governor Odell of New York.
The necessity for secrecy in everything per-
tanning to the miners end of the strike settle
eaent negotiations rendered these precautions
necessary. The inquisitien of newspaper report-
17s forced him to the adoption of the alias
SThat has Hammerling done? WY has he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

very much less, but this average will be main
tanned year after year.
There is no outlet, and the level is kept down
by evaporation only, which is very rapid be-
cause Of the intense heat, the dry atmosphere
and the dry winds which constantly blow
ing down the gorges between the mountains
This evaporation causes haze or mist to hang
over the lake at all times and, when it is more
rapid than usual heavy clouds form and thun-
derstorms sometimes rage with great violence
In the pocket between the cliffs, even in the
dry season.
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VII authority having abandoned
hope of coping with the brigand
king, Barsalona, the minister of
war sent two regiments of noun
tain infantry after him, also a
couple of warships to patrol the
coast of Sicily, as it is feared that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25
EVAPORATION OF THE SEA-

observation justifies the
estimate that a daily average OF
6,5OO,OOO tons of water is received
into the Dead sea from the Jordan
and other sources during the wear.
During the rainy season the
amount is very much greater; dur
ING tho dr.rr a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

turn, mysterious John Smith bafied their
best endeavors. He was variously described
an emmissary of the strikers as a personal rep
resentative of high authority at Washington,
and finally as a representative of Governor
Odell travelling with President Mitchell.
And the miners officials, including Presidents
Nichols and Fahey, guarded his secret from this
reporters very well. Once in New York, at tho
Ashland house, when President Nichols
asked about Hammerling, he stated that he
knew of such man, but did not know where
he was Finally, his identity disclosed
through the very activity that necessitated his
appearance at times with President Mitchell
The position occupied by Mr. Hammerling is
unique No man in the country, perhaps not
in official, political or Industrial place, occu-
pies, eXerts or yields the same power over as
large a body of men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

he national convention of the
United Mine Workers OF America
has come to hold more than ordi-
nary interest to the people all over
the land. Especially is this so in
Indiana and Indianapolis, the city
in which the convention is held,
apd the state i'm which so much of