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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
ARRESTS At WATERBURY
Eighteen Men Charged With Assault
With Intent to Kill.
THE RESULT OF THE STRIKE RIOTS
Specifically, the Warrants Against the Men
Charge Them With Assault on William T.
Merner AMI George Morrssete With In
tent to KilI-These Two Men We're In Charge
of the Car Which was Attacked.

Waterbury, Conn. (SpeciaD .-Eigh-
teen men placed under arrest on the
charge of assault with intent to kill was
the record of activity on the part of the
police in their efforts to discover the
authors of some of the outbreaks of
violence which have occurred since the
beginning of the strike of motortnen and
conductors of the Connecticut Railway
and Lighting Company eleven weeks
ago.
The men arrested are charged in the
warrants with assault on William L.
Merner ard George Morrisette on the
night of February 2o with intent to
kill. These two men were the non-unon
employees of the trolley company who
had charge of car which was attacked
at lonely spot on the Waterville line.
Both were assaulted, and one was beaten
into insensibility and left lying on the
rails.
This occurred a little more than
week prior to an attack of similar ma
ture on a car at Forest Park, when Po-
liceman Paul Mendelssohn was killed by
a bullet from mob of masked men.
Since the murder was committed de-
tectives, attracted by the large rewards
offered, have been quietly at work.
While the arrests are nominally for the
assault of February 26, the officials do
not deny that they hope from this action
to learn something that will clear up the
mystery of Mendelssohn's death.
Col. L. F. Burpee, attorney for the
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Com
pany said in an interview that he had
strong evidence against the men arrested
for the Waterville assault and that he
felt quite confident of tracing out the
murderer of Officer Mendelssohn. Col
onel Burpee added that warrants for
twenty-five men have been issued, and
that he expected that the whole number
would be under arrest before morning.
OF the arrested men seven are mem
bers of the Trolley Mems Union, now or
strike They were taken to the police
station and the hunt for others agains
whom the warrants were directed wal
begtn.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
RUSH OF HOMESEEKERS.
About 100000 Acres of Land to Be Opened
In June.

Los Angeles, Cal. (Special'.-If pres
ent indications hold true one of the great
est land rushes of recent date in the West
will storm the United States Land Office
here in June, when the 100000 acres OF
land, recently restored by, the Govern
ment to the public domain and reaching
from Mojave, to the Colorado river, will
be thrown open to entry
The local land office is receiving nearly
200 letters a day from every State in the
Union. One of them from New York
State requests the fullest details, saying
that the writer is planning to settle col
ony of 10000 ranches ON the desert if he
can locate ION the ground floor" of the
agricultural sections along the river.
A pilgrimage to the rich sections along
the Colorado river, to be included in the
operations now in progress, under the
provisions of the National Irrigation bill,
has set in. Desert land, however, com
prises the greater part Of the land to be
opened to settlement, and it will have
very little value until water is turned on
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03

She made movement of astonish-
sment, and her FAM slid from her lap.
AS the young manybent to restore it,
something in his attitude or gesture
brought recollection in flood. Dorothy
|paled, then flushed crimson.
\ at can't be true" she began, then,
fstopped, watching with fascinated eyes
while he took from his breast pocket
a case, and held out his hand. On the
palm lay little silver Filipino coin.
"And you are really that poor boy?"
she cried, impulsively. mo wonder
your face haunted me. oh, why did
you never let us know-when we owed
you so much?"
Norwood's eyes roved from her eager
face to the bit of silver. Il should like
I to return it to you" he said, irrelevant.
~. at has been veritable mascot.
yet at times a source of sharp misery
"Why do you say that? 1t sounds
dreadfully like a riddle, and I was
never good at guessing them" said the
girl, holding out her hand for the coin.
| AS her soft fingers touched Nor.
woods palm his own closed over them,
and he replied, Because it might have
been the gift of a"
| "Friend?" she supplemented demure
| ly, as he hesitated.
He frightened his clasp. sit could
be the gift of lover" he insisted.
ooh, hush!" murmured Dorothy, ris.
ing. Some one is looking" Then she
added, ''But come and see US to-mor-
rowland don't forget to bring the
| oin."-Ledger Monthly.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
RAILWAY MEN INDICTED.
High Officials Held for the Killing OF Nine
Children.

Newark, N, J. (speciaD High off
Gals of the North Jersey Traction Com
pany, including the executive committee,
were indicted by the grand jury of Essex
county, sitting in Newark, for the killing
of nine High School pupils in the Clifton
avenue trolley disaster of February 70.
The road einployes-the ssmotorman,
conductor and sandman--3were not in
dlcted. Neither were the officials OF EN-
ployes Of the Lackawanna Railroad,
whose train ran into the trolley car. Be
SIDES the members of the executive com
yhittee Of the road, those indicted were
David Young, vice-president and general
manager of the North Jersey Traction
Company; Charles Shipman, general SUI
Perintendent; Superintendent Smith, OF
4he Crosstown division; Richard Eick,
assistant superintendent and R. NJ. Pratt,
%oadmaster,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
WAS s25?,OOO,Ooo DEMANDED
President OF Spanish Senate Says Ualtsd
States Wanted Such Indemnity.

Madrid (By Cable) .-Senor Montero
Rigs, President OF the Senate, has
brought upon himself the condemna-
zion of the Spanish public press by a
speech which he made at Campostella,
Galicia. He referred TO his work as
president of the Spanish commission
sent to Paris in 1893 to conclude
treaty OF peace with the United States,
and said, in part:
Though | have been the object OF
much violent criticism, consider the
treaty OF Paris to be my lifes great
est honor We lost our colonies, but
we did not lose any part OF our ma
tional territory | was able to save the
integrity OF our peninsula. ! was also
able to avoid the payment OF the wars
indemnity, in spite OF the menace of
the North American commission,
which demanded $2so,ooo,ooo from
Spain. Therefore. think l. deserve
my country's gratitude"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
LIKE THIRTY CENTS"
How Current Slang Phrase Started on
Its Travels.

The origin of slang has always been
a puzzle to philologists, but once in
while a current phrase can be traced
to it's source. The colloquaiiism "To
feel like thirty cents" is apparently
nonsensical, but it is certainly the
most forceful expression of the day
for denoting anything small, mean and
contemplate in ones one sight. Its
origin is thus explained by a PhilaGel-
phia lawyer, who sometimes practices
in New York:
There is vagrant law in New York
under which person having no visible
means of support may be placed in
durance. 1t has also been decided in
that State that person having so
small sum as thirty cents in his pos
session has visible means of support.
Now, there is no law in New York ex-
cept the vagrant law under which pool
sellers and gamblers of that sort may
be held. Shortly after the decision
just mentioned was formulated two
gamblers were captured in a raid and
taken to the Tenderloin station house.
They sent for a lawyer, who came and
had talk with them. 1T will never
do to make any show of money here.
he said. Give me your rolls They
handed their wads over to him, and
he gave each of them a quarter and a
nickel, with instructions to produce the
coins when he asked them to do So IN
court
''When their cases were called the
lawyer got them off on the plea that
they were not Migrants, each having
the legal amount of funds in his pos
session. Just as the decision was rem
dered in favor of his clients, messen-
ger entered the court room and re-
quired the lawyers presence at the Su-
preme Court. He left without seeing
his clients, and they wended their way
to the nearest saloon.
elbow do you feel?' said one.
81 feel like thirty cents said the
other, and probably will until I get
my roll back, or what's left Of it,
"And that's how that phrase was
started on it's travels. New York
Mail and Express. II szis sgs tt,esss ,slsr
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
AT FLOOD-TI

to degenerate into obstinacy, so Nor
wood held his peace. Having made q
| mess of his life, he would abide by the
| consequences.
During his last night on earth a con,
demned man may mercifully lose con-
seriousness. Norwood must have dozed
| for moment. He was awakened by
shock that threw him violently for
ward on his knees, and seemed to lift
the boat out of the water. FIinging
out his hands to save himself, he
clutched soft leathern object, and
still grasping it, lurched to his feet as
a white-faced deckhand ran through
the cabin crying, '"There's been a col-
lision! The boats sinkingr'
Instantly the widest panic prevailed.
The veneer of civilization, more or less
thin, cracked; cowardice, brutality and
weakness appeared. Struggling men
blocked the entrances; they gashed
hands on the windows; they even piled
up against the partitions like trapped
and savage animals. Shrieking women
and children ran from side to side of
half in, half out, shattered window,
contributed the element of grotesque-
ness, as he gesticulated frantically,
filling the air with alternate prayers
and curses.
With death at hand, Norwood ceased
to desire it. Springing toward an exit
he remembered the two women and re-
turned. The girl, who was trying to
raise the elderly woman to her feet,
looked at him appealingly. t'My moth
er's heart is weak" she said hurriedly
THE shock has brought on an attack
I can't move her"
'Just a moment" cried Norwood
Don't stir from here, and I'll see what
can be DONE"
When he gained the slippery deck he
l. found order, coming out of chaos,
through the nerve of the officers and
! the calmness of some of the passengers.
Boats were lowered, but only to pick
| up few progressive spirits who in the
| first panic had seized life preservers
and thrown themselves into the water.
Lines had been cast from one steamer
to- the other, flashing them together;
and men. working like madmen-or
heroes-were quickly passing the
| women and children to safety over the
rail-
| Norwood ran back. AS the girl turned
her white face mutely toward him he
| felt glow of admiration for her self
| control.
| "All right" he said encouragingly.
| "There's no danger. Are you strong
| enough to help me lift herr"
| She nodded, and together they raised
the almost unconscious woman. She
was no light weight, and Norwood was
still weak, but they succeeded in half
leading, half carrying her on deck.
The doomed steamer was rapidly
settling, and the water was running
into the cabin when they left it. Nor
wood shouted to the deckhands who
We're beginning to cast off the lines,
and a dozen brawny arms lifted the
women to the opposite deck.
The men followed, and almost imme-
diately the boat they had left plunged,
bow first, and with a rush through the
blackness, disappeared.
AS the girl had been drawn over the
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
ORWOOD had tramped over
San Francisco. unsuccessful
ly seeking employment from

sunrise to sunset. He had
been out of the hospital only few days,
and when he paused before an evil
looking eating house on the waterfront,
ne felt too spent and disheartened to
enter. Exactly twenty cents stood be-
tween him and starvation. He jingled
it mechanically and watched a dissi-
pated looking cat making its toilet in
an angle of the wall The heaviest fog
of the season hung low over the bay
and fell necessarily in small rain and
mist AT last drunken man, roaring
out the refrain OF a popular coon song,
us he staggered heavily by, reused Nor
wood, and he entered the restaurant
and gave a ten-cent order. In spite
of apprenticeship at the County Hospi-
Eal, his weakened stomach revolted at
the quality of the food; but the warmth
revived him little, and he fingered I'M
It'll he drew the notice of the surly pro-
prietor.
''See here, young fellow" said that
worthy. roughly, you'd better move
on. This amt any Salvation Army
barracks. We don't give lodgin' with
ten-cent showdown"
/ Norwood wondered bitterly if there
were lower depths he had not sounded,
ms he paid his score and struck out
aimlessly through the fog. When the
great ferry building doomed up in front
of him he was shivering again and he
entered the Sausalito waiting room. A
sign conspicuously posted assured him
that loafers would not be tolerated. so
he invested his remaining capital in a
ticket, and, fortified by this badge of
responsibility, assumed a position near
q heater.
The foghorn still clamored, although
Che mist had cleared a little. Norwood
reflected that about the middle of the
bay, when the wet decks were empty,
he could slip over the side and out OF
existence as easily as though he had
never felt that life had q great deal to
offer him. In the meantime he still
craved warmth, and he followed the
crowd into the cabin and found COR
ner near the door.
A moment later two women, one
Giuclly, tAC OtHcT young, SOOu lUoAluS
and with an air of quiet distinction,
seated themselves opposite. From time
to time snatches of their conversation
reached the young man, The elder was
nervous at the prospect Of crossing in
the fog-the younger tried to reassure
her.
When the boat started, the girl
moved to look out OF the window, and
her purse, that after the careless fash
don of women, she held in her lap, slid
to the floor. AS Norwood restored it
she looked at him keenly, evidently
struck by the contrast between his
manner and his unkempt and haggard
appearance. He wondered duly what
she would do if she could realize that
her well-filled purse held the price OF
a human life. A momenrary impulse
Ito tell her SO and throw himself on her
generosity struggled through his mind
Something in the. level glance xof the
brown eyes told him it would not be in
vain. But when pride pushes itself
into the place Of the intellect, it is APT
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
Sn>>>s~----.---~-~-%a S>>-~1
4 OLD TINE TAVOWTES 4
! ~ .s1zs.gs@,. a. a.
EARLY RISING.
BY JOHN GODFREY SAKE.

God bless the man who first invented sleep!"
So Sancho Panza said, and SO say [;
And bless him also, that he didn't keep
His great discovery to himself nor try
To make it-as the lucky fellow might
A close monopoly by patent right!
Yes-bless the man who first invented sleep,
Il really can't avoid the iteration);
But bless the man, with curses loud and deep,
WY Mha s. the rascaFs name or age or station,
That artificial cut-of-Eary RISING
"Rse with the lark and with the lark to bed,
Observes some solemn, sentimental OWL
Maxms like these very cheaply said;
But, ere you make yourself fool or fowl
Pray just inquire about his rise and fall,
And whether larks have any beds at all!
The time for honest folks to be abed
Is in the morning if reason right
And ne who cannot keep precious head
Upon his pillow till it's fairly light,
And SO enjoy his forty morning winks,
Is up to knavery; or ese-he drinks!
Thompson, who sung about the Seasons" said
:. 1t was glorious thing to rise in season;
But then he said it-lying-in his bed,
At 10 o'clock a. m.-the very reason
he wrote so charmingy. The simple fact is
His preaching wasn't sanctioned by his practice.
lis, doubtless, well to be sometimes awake
Awake to duty, and awake to truth
But when, alas! rice review take
OF our best deeds and days. find, in sooth,
The hours that leave the slightest cause to weep
And those passed in chill dhood or asleep!
IT'S beautiful to leave the world awhile
FOR the soft VISIONS OF the gentle night;
TO live as only in the angels sight,
In sleeps sweet realm costly shut in
Where, at the worst, only dream" of SIM
So let us sleep, and give the Maker praise,
:, like the lad who, when his father thought
10 clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase
Of vagrant worm by early songster caught,
Cried Served him right!it's not at all surprising;
The worm was punished, sir, for early rising"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-03
A Rat story.

A particularly good rat story is told
in a Belgian paper.
A gardener had planted ESQ tulip
bulbs; the following day, when about
to complete the number. the man no.
ticed that the bulbs had disappeared
mysteriously. He was told that per-
haps rats had been at work, and looked
for their hole. 49,
This he found, and dug down into the
earth until subterranean chamber
was disclosed, where the whole of the
$50 bulbs were. hidden, packed neatly
in rows one above the other.
There was bundle of hay and dead
leaves, also, Showing that the rats had
made most elaborate preparations for
the winter season.. London Express.
q
Steps are being taken to wind up
big Ben" the great clock in the Brit
ish House Of Parliament, by electrical
power instead e by hand. .isS---.---
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-03-20
Worry
Almost Unnerved Me
Heart Pains.
S hort Of Br e ath,
Faint and Languid.
DIR. Mile s'Heart Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.

1T has been five years since | was cured OF
heart trouble by your Heart Cure and Nerv-
inc, and | am just as sound as dollar in
that organ today. For several years | had
been suffering with my heart. Breathing
had become Short and difficult at times,
short, sharp pains about the heart, sometimes
accompanied with huttering would make
me feel faint and languid The least excite
ment or mental worry would almost unnerve
me. felt that the trouble was growing
worse all the time, and after trying many
remedies prescribed by physicians without
obtaining relief, was induced to give your
remedies a trial. | was relieved the second
day, and after taking three or four bottles all
symptoms were removed and have never
showed signs of returning GEO. w.
KIRACoPE, Chincoteague, Va.
There are many symptoms of heart disease,
which SO closely resemble those of more COM
mon nervous disorders as to frequently mis-
lead the attending physician. Often in cases
of heart trouble the stomach. kidneys, liver or
lungs become affected. Again the symptoms
may be those of weakened nerves, as tired
feeling, sleeplessness, timidity, the patient is
easily exctable and apt to worry without
cause. If you have the least suspicion that
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All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-03-20

| Sprague. Waterville, Jonathan B T..
Bartlett. North Jay. Charles w. Stevens.
Portland. now Boston, Mrs. Chas. W..
Stevens. Portland, now Boston. Miss
Angie NJ. Gordon. York Beach. DR.. G. F..
Hildreth. YORK Beach. DR.. A. E. Bessy.
Waterville. Mrs. Clara A. Bessey. Water.
!, lille. Fred III. Bacon, WaJeryille. G. T.
Bacon. South Windham. now Cottage
City Mass. Mrs. C. S. Patch. Gardner. now
Southern Pines. Mrs A. A. Moulton. West
Newfield. Charles F. Meserve Waterville.
now Raleigh. N. c.. Mrs Francis P.
Meserve Waterville. now Raleigh, N. c.,
Prof. S. K Smith, D. D. Waterville Mrs.
S K. Smith. Waterville. N. F, Junkins.
Kittery. Mrs. N. F. Junkins Kittery. Mrs.
Laura A Goodwin. So. Berwick, Mrs.
Sarah G. Couch BucKsport, Margaret B.
Warren. Bucksport now Southern Pines.
Drusilla Russell. South Brewer, Miss Lula
Carter Mass Mrs. DID,. Wright. Augusta.
Mrs. ]. Wallace West. Waterville, Mrs P j.
Twambly Berwick now birmingham Mass
Mrs. NJ. R. Gilchrist Thomaston. now East
Pepperell Mass. Fremont Varrell YORK Mi
II. Josephine Baker. York Harbor. c. M.
Emery Waterville now Southern Pines,
J. G Webster Kingfeld now Hartford
Conn. Mrs. Mary +, l.. Webster Kingfield
now Hartford Conn. Mrs. John Cabot Jr.
Mount Vernon N. Y.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-03-20

How far have walked today? Buy
pedonetor at the News Depot and
find ous. Reliable and guaranteed by
makers.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-03-20
REUNION OF THE
SONS DAUGHTERS
OF MAINE.
&
BY j. S. SANBORN.

most successfully carried ont:
Singing. "5teal away home
Jesus" by the Shaw Universit
Quartette of Raleigh, n. {. w
cannot speak too highly of thei
singing, and all considered it ,
great treat to have them present
they were repeatedly encored. 4
strong and stirring address wa
given by Maj. Chas. w. Stevens
of Boston, Mass, formerly of Port
land. Me. He closed by reading q
poem written by Julia Fl. May OF
Lewiston. Me-, on the occasion OF
odd Home Week, entitled, 20
Wanderers OF Maine," and also a
reply to it written by himself.
Both poems received much ap-
.plause.
Singing by quartette, "Old Folks
at Home Address, The pro-
duets of Maine,,' by Mr.. j. B. L.
Bartlett of Boston, formerly of Jay,
Me. A beautiful poem written for
the occasion by Miss Celia Stand
ish, neice of Mr., Webster and
distant relative OF the historic
Miles Standish, was read py Mrs.
Webster and received hearty
applause.
The next address, "What Maine
has done for the Medical Pro
fession," was given by DR.. A. +.
Bessey, of Waterville, Me. He
spoke of some of Names leading
surgeons and physicians and what
they had done for the advancement
of medical science, some of whom
have been pioneers in their respec-
tive fields.
A recitation, The Party" a scene
on a Southern plantation during
old time slavery was beautifully
recited by Prof. Franklin of Shaw
University.
The address of President G. F.
Meserve of Shaw University on
"Ihe Race Problem and how to
solve it." was listened to with rapt
attention. DR.. Meserve always
has something interesting to say
and knows just how to say it.
The officers of last year were
re- elected.
A unanimous vote OF thanks was
extended to Mr.. and Mrs. Webster
for their generous hospitality.
The exercises ended by the sing
ing Of that grand old national
h mn, America" written by that
grand man Of Maine, DR.. S. F:
Smith.
The following are the names and
residences Of the guests present:
w. B. Cottle. Mrs. w. B. Cottle. Lubec,
Mrs. G E. Harvey, Sanford. Miss Jessie E.
Owen. Lubec, Mrs. E. E. Edwards. South
ern Pines, Mrs Wm.J. Alger, Saco, now