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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-19
(BY Associated PresS.D

Waterville, Me, June 1S.-Hon. Leslie
G. Cornish of Augusta, Hon. PerciVal
Bonney and DR.. King of Portland,
members of the board of trustees of
President White at the latters resi-
dence and with the student body at the
college chapel, tonight.
The trustees called on the president
at O'Clock and were with him for
more than an hour. Then the gentle
men met about 80 of the students in the
chapel. Mr.. Cornish and Judge Bonney
stated to the students that they were
here for the sole purpose of getting at
the bottom of the matter, not to coun-
sci or determine upon anything.
The trustees asked questions which
were answered by students and once,
when Sophomore Jones was being eX-
amined by Mr.. Cornish and had replied
to several questions, Judge Bonney in
terrupted saying:
That knocks the whole case in the
head. You disobcyed orders and the
case against you would hold good in
any court in the land"
1 MS WAS inc Dilly ny any
of the trustees. The students talked
freely, but maintained the same posi-
ton they have occupied for days.
When the conference finally adjourned
it WIS 11.30 O'Clock and there had come
10 change. Judge Ronney will remain
over night and continue the investiga-
ton, tomorrow.
President White left, tonight, for
Gorham where ne is to deliver the
HaccaIaurcate sermon before the State
Normal school. Before leaving, how
over, he told the representative of The
Associated Press that there will be
commencement exercises at Colby, this
year. but the program must necessarily
be changed; that unless there is a
change among the students there will
be no junior exercises or senior parts
except by the Women's division, but
there Will be appropriate and interest
ing exercises, the alumni dinner will be
given and the different meetings of the
trustees held.
President White will issue a state
mtnt, to the public, tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

! The schooner Shamrock, for whose
safety some fears were entertained, has
arrived at Burgo, N. F. The vessel
sustained no damage.
| In the Ascot races, Thursday. the
gold cup (value 1000 sovereigns, with
! 5000 sovereigns in specie, for 3-year-
| olds, two miles and a half, was won
by Maximum Second; Rising Glass was
| second and Elba third. Four horses
started.
The schooner Annie M. Allen, from
Hillsboro, N. B., reports at Philadel-
phia that, June IL, 100 miles east north
east of Highlands, during sout beast
gales, she lost part of her starboard
rail and part of her deckload of laths.
Heavy weather lasted two days.
Shortly before midnight, Thursday,
an eastbound Big Four passenger train
ran into the rear end of an Illinois
Central train which was standing on
the approach of the Illinois side of
Fades bridge, at st. Louis ]. L. Dodge
of Dallas, Texas, who was in charge of
an express car loaded with race horses,
was instantly killed. Thirteen of the
horses were so badly MANNED that they
will have to be killed.
Major James H. Pond, manager of
lecturers and singers has had to have
his right leg amputated to save his life.
The operation was performed at his
home in Jersey City. Major Pond, who
lis 65 years old, withstood the shock
well, and the physicians believe the
outcome will be favorable. The major
has been i'll for a month. Two weeks
ago a slight operation was performed
on his foot. The wound failed to heal
and amputation of the limb below the
knee finally became necessary.
Herbert NJ. Wolfe, colored waiter at
Hotel Brunswick, at Boston, killed
Frederick Moore, colored waiter of
the same hotel, Thursday. at 62 Rug
giles street, and then gave himself up.
Moore was shot in the left breast and
dned in q few minutes. Jealousy
caused the tragedy, Wolfe finding his
wife in Moore's room. Moore was
single, "a years old. and roomed at 62
Ruggles street. Wolfe, who is 25, lived
at 66 Sterling street with his wife and
two children. ..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-19
DRANK SNAKE STUPEFIER.
Two Boys Taste the Contents of Bot
tie on a Circus Lot.

Greenwich, Conn, June 1S.-Poisoned
by drinking what is believed to be a
mixture of something used to stupefy
circus snakes, siX-year- old James
Golden, Jr., died in commissions last
night, though Drs. Griswold and
Brooks worked over him for five hours.
The two physicians succeeded in saving
the life of five-year- old Francis Con-
Ion, son of Thomas ConlOn, who drank
from the same bottle of poison.
Sun Bros. circus pitched it's tent
at Meadow Brook Park on Tuesday
near the house in which the Conlons
and Godens live. Yesterday noon the
two boys We're playing on the circus lot
when they found a bottle from which
they drank. Soon after they became
sick and went into commissions.
The Golden boy was the only child Of
his parents. A search has been made
for the bottle to discover its real con-
tents but it has not been found. The
boys said they found bottle with a pic
ture of snake on its outside and that
they thought it was pink circus lemon
ade
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EFFAcEs MURDER MEMORY.
Mrs. Burdick Refurnishes Den Of Death
and Appears Dressed in White.

Buffalo, June 18.-By refurnishine
the den in which Edwin L. Burdick
was murdered last spring the widow
has tried to efface all suggestion of the
home tragedy. Mr.. Burdicks body
was found on a couch under a heap of
pillows. This couch has been taken
away and instead of sporting prints on
the wall there are new pictures.
Even the lace curtains have been re-
moved. Notwithstanding these changes.
the Burdicks rarely visit the den, and
the children of the murdered man
avoid the place Of grewsome memories.
There have been rumors that the
widow was about to move from
Buffalo, but this is unture. She, her
mother, Mrs. Maria Hull, and the chill
dren go about the same as though they
had not recently figured in murder
mystery that interested the entire
country.
Mrs. Burdick has been criticised for
appearing in the shopping district ar
rayed in white gowns, and with her
eldest daughter, Miss Marion, In pinks
and blues. Mrs. Burdick is accustomed
to the stares of the curious, and even
when visitors approach the house in
Ashland avenue the widow will rock
unconcernedly on the veranda, quite
indifferent to the observations of
strangers. Title to the Burdick house
now is in the name of the Burdick
children's guardians, Augustus KEEL
logg and George Miller.
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CRITicISING LORENZ.
New York Doctors Seem to be Sore on
the Great Austrian,

New York, June 15.-No word was
received from DR.. Adolph Lorenz here
today. 1t is reported that the famous
Vienna surgeon was in the city. but If
SO he did not notify any of his friends.
His name did not appear on passenger
lists of any of the steamships booked
to sail for Europe from this port to-
morrow.
Many doctors say they would not be
surprised if DR.. Lorenz should go
through New York without telling any
body of the fact. Rumblings of resent
ment at the manner in which they had
been treated by DIR. Lorenz have been
heard among local doctors for weeks
but only now are these feelings becom
ing so intense as to reach the surface.
This LorenZ matter has been one of
the greatest soap bubbles of the age"
said the director of a prominent hos
pltal today. What has it all been about,
anyway? We have cases every few
days of children on the verge of the
grave, whose lives we are able to save
by orthodox methods. Yet here comes
man who operates for congenital hip
disease. The patients are not suffering
before he takes them. They are merely
a little lame. "f
His operation is horrible and takes
years before it's final effects can be real:
lied. Yet it is proclaimed abroad that
he has accomplished the most remark
able surgical feats of the century. AS
a matter of fact, when all this excite
ment has blown over it will probably be
found that this bloodless method is
after all, a scientific failure
An assistant of DR.. Virgil p. Gibney
said DR.. LorenZ had been entertained
by DR.. Gibney early this year, and that
every effort had been made to make his
stay here agreeable. Yet, after DR..
Lorenz left he never acknowledged any
Of the courtesies.
And it was all because Mr.. Armour
took him up. Lorenz had performed a
ations, but in other lines of orthopedic
surgery he was actually behind the
times"
Another surgeon who had been close
lv in touch with the work of DR.. Lorenz,
told reporter taday that he had been
Informed that the operation on Lolita
Armour had not been the unqualified
success it had been reported to be.
4 understand" said this doctor,
that the bone of the left leg, upon
which DR.. Lorenz operated, has not
been successfully placed in its socket,
and that the joint now rests on the hip
bone as much forward of the socket as
it was formerly behind it. The child
has been benefited. There is no doubt
of that. But, as a scientific proposition.
the operation has not been a success"
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A DISAGREEMENT.
Jury Unable to Agree in the Jett-White
Murder Trial.

Jackson. KY. June 18-As was ex-
pccted here, the jury in the case of
Curtis Jet and Thomas White,
charged with the murder of J. b. Mar
cum, have been unable to agree on a
verdict. The case has been in the
hands of the jury all the afternoon,
and, tonight, it is stated that ut least
two Jurors are holding out for COnvic-
ton. while the others are divided, most
of them favoring acquittal. The jurors
went to bed early and there will be no
report before tomorrow.
During this suspense there has been
intense anxiety about the court house
and throughout the town in discussing
what might follow verdict either of
guilty or of acuuittal or of COM
promise on Imprisonment.
The Indications are that the jury
finally will report that it has disagreed
and ask to be discharged. All hope
of conviction seemed to be given up
here. tonight.
Although court has been in session
some weeks at great expense to the
county and also to the commonwealth
on account of the troops. it is believed
that State Inspector Hines will make
such Il report to the governor as will
secure other trials under different con-
ditions.
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COLBY SITUATION.
Continued from page ~
help towards an adjustment of the diff

help towards an adjustment of the diff
ficulties.
The club as an organization has not
been backing the boys more than it has
the president and faculty. AS a club
it has been neutral, the members in
dividually doing as they saw fit
The citizens deplore the result of tho
trouble which has been the principal
topic of conversation since it began. 1t
will not seem like Waterville at all
without the regular Colby commence
mcnt and there will be a big gap in the
year. .
Both sides have supporters outside
college circles. The boys can point out
this and that influential citizen who is
in sympathy with them and those sup
porting the faculty can do the same
thing for their side. But the majority
perhaps, not thoroughly understanding
the whole situation, withhold positive
support for either side and earnestly
hope that q settlement of the whole
matter can be reached in some way.
The desire for a settlement is very
general and emphatic and doubtless if
either side could be proven to be wholly
to blame for preventing this it would be
most severely and harshly criticised.
Most people apparently do not care so
much about the merits of the case as
they do about having it fixed up some
way.
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CROWN PRINCE FOUND.
Rudolph Of Austria Reported to be Liv.
ing in Wisconsin.

| Milwaukee, Wis, June ia dis
patch from Marinette, Wis, says: The
Marinette Star is authority for q story
to the effect that Prof. Hoffman. who
recently resigned from the faculty of
| the University of Iowa, is Crown
Prince Rudolph of Austria, who was
supposed to have killed himself fifteen
years ago. Hoffmans resignation was
forced because he refused to reveal his
identity and stated that he was going
under an assumed name.
1t is stated that Prof. Hoffman visited
in Menominee, Mich, at the home of q
prominent woman, who is a sister of
the commander of an Austrian battle
ship. At the time it was reported the
crown prince had killed himself in
Austria. it is asserted that a corpse re-
senbling him was made use of at the
funeral, while the prince disappeared
from the empire, and that he is none
other than Hoffman, professor of medi-
cire.
The crown prince was considered one
of the leading physicians of Austria.
The story in part is confirmed by DIR.
Redelings of this city and Attorney B.
j. Brown of Menominee. Circum-
stances in connection with Hoffman's
stay here also tend to confirm the story.
From DeS Moines, Iowa, dispatch
says: Prof. Charles H. Hoffman, who
is said to be Crown Prince of Austria,
was connected with the faculty of the
Iowa College, the medical department
of Drake University in this city, for
two years. Dean Lewis Scholer, who
had known that he was living under an
assumed name, desired that he produce
the diplomas and certificates which
would attesthis educational standing.
Rather than deaths and divulge his real
name DR.. Hoffman resigned.
lie had the support of many persons,
however, and opened a successful bac-
THEOLOGICAL laboratory in Des Moines.
He appeared in thi scity in May, 1899,
wandering in the streets and apparent
ly demented. He was examined by the
insanity commission and committed to
the hospital at Mount Pleasant. His
trouble was nervous disorder caused
by insomnia. He displayed great
learning and talked freely, except as to
his identity, of which he would say
nothing. He was committed under the
name of Carl Schwartz.
Leaving the institution cured in three
months he assumed the name of Hoff-
man. Under this name the board of
control employed him as state bacteri-
oio2ist at the institution at Mount
Pleasant. From this he entered the
faculty of Drake University. When he
resigned from the faculty OF the Uni
versity the mystery in his life became
common gossip, and he was urged to
tell his story. This he declined to do.
or any part of it. 1t has been learned,
however, that he had worked in the
Carnegie mills in Pittsburg, and was
injured in a dynamite explosion in a
slneter in Butte, Mon. He had been
ronfined at st. Peters Hospital, Mimi,
and also had been employed as a bac-
teriologist. He is thirty-eight years of
age married and has n child. He is
sail to be in MarshalltoWn.
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Prof. Pierre Pianelli of Boston, for
whom the pianelli Fencing Club in this
city is named. is in town, and is the
guest of Chas. ID. White. 4 School
street. Prof. Piancll is accompanied by
his wife, and will remain in the city
several weeks. He is Instructor in
fencing to the Boston Athletic AssOcia-
ton, and also to Harvard University,
and is probably the most skilled expo
nent of the art in the United States. He
is Il typical Frenchman, in looks, man
ncr and action, and n gentleman with
nj, whose cordial manner quickly wins
him friends. He is Il native of the is
land of Corsica, and is 40 years old. At
the age of Il years he began teaching
aud has been an instructor for - years.
Before coming to this country Prof.
Pianelli WAS ex-adjutant and icnCin&
master to the 18th Dragons ct Paris
That he is a wizard with the foil is
easily believed by all who have seen
him. He has a large and enthusiastic
class in the members of the club, and
is also giving private lessons to several
young ladies in the city.
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follows, because this is a civil case. The
on'y responsibility in this case to the de-
PENDANT would be for the amount of mon
ey which he took, If you find he took
anything.
Frank Hart vs.. Mary Morgan, f. w.
Clair for plaintiff, Brown e Brown for
defendant. In this case the plaintiff.
who is a resident of Old Town and has a
store there, sues to recover $500 for per
snnal services The defendant is his
mothcr-in-law. The plaintiff claims that
prior to his marriage Mrs. Morgan
bought a farm with the understanding
that they would all live there together
and make home. but that after d few
months she notified him she had Gus
toner for the farm and should sell it,
defendant claims the plaintiff did not
know how to do anything on a farm. that
he mismanaged 1t, and that she had to
sell it.
The testimony was not all in ut adj
journment.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

W. A. McKenney, Boston. was visit
ing Augusta friends, yesterday.
Miss Clara Common of Norway, is tho
guest of Mrs. T.. NJ. Conner on Maple
street.
Miss Elizabeth Glidden returned,
Thursday afternoon, from Il short trip
to Portland.
A. j. Cameron Of New York, formerly
of this city, was in Augusta, yesterday,
calling upon old time friends.
Rev. b. +. Hope pastor of the I'll; st
Baptist church, arrived home, Thurs
day afternoon, from Byrn MaWr, Pa.
Miss Annie Wheeler, who taught for
many years in the public schools Of
Augusta and who went to California,
about five years ago, is in the city for
a time and is the guest of Mrs. French,
Green street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-19
A FIERY AGiTATOR
Seeks Notoriety at Ottawa by Attack
ing the United States.

ottawa, Ont, June 18.-When the
proposition to aid 700 miles of the
Canadian Northern Pacific Railway in
the Northwest, by guaranteeing its
bonds, was up in the House, tonight,
S. Gourley, M. p. Colchester, Nova
Scotia. made another attack on the
United States and it's institutions. He
characterized the constitution of the
United States as being more tyranni-
cal than that of Algiers. In his opinion
the Grand Trunk should get no sub
sidy or assistance until it abandoned
it's terminals at Portland Me.
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LOStHQ ~ tas. turning sae 0 gray e'' ,r asd
Ayers Hair Vigor 1t stopped
Mrs. NJ D. Gray. No. Salem Mass 10 T.. y.

was finally transferred for trial from
Sewer to Loudon county and the YER
diet just rendered is regarded as un-
biassed and fair.
The results of this marks the final
overthrow Of whitecapping and the
consequent crimes and disorder in Sew
Ter county. Sewer county has been the
scene of almost as many feuds as Breat-
hit County, KY. but the worst crimes
were committed by the whitecaps of
whom Cattlett was regarded as a lead
err
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-19
RACES AT BALTIMORE.
Ziba, Hardy H.. March Gale and Golden
Rod Win.

baltimore, June 1S.-Light. harness
racing at Electric park, was resumed.
today Clear. sprng-likc weather
brought out II large crowd and the bet
ting was heavy. Results:
Ziba won the go class pacing: Her
man b.. second: Sewing Machine. third.
Best time. 2.21A.
Hardy II. won the go trot; Lady
Thclma, second; Sonata, third. Best
time 2.20.
The 2.12 class. pacing. March Gale
won: Evadne, second; Tula X, third.
Best time, 2.1612.
The 2l5 class, pacing. Golden Rod.
won; George Burton, second; sloppy
Weather. third. Best time, 2.1Gh2.
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DEATH FOR wHlTEcAP LEADER.
w. f. CattIett Sentenced to Die in Ten
neSSec.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 1S.-The
conviction of w. r. Cattlett for muir
der is believed to mean the end of the
whitecapping and feud troubles that
have terrorized the people Of Sewer
county Tennessee, for years. The trial
of Cattlett has just been concluded at
LoudOn, Tenn, on change of venue
from Sewer county.
The jury returned a verdict to the
effect that he was guilty of murder in
the first degree with mitigating cir
cumstances in hiring persons to kill
Laura Wealey.
When he was brought into court for
sentence Judge Burke said that he was
unable to find any mitigating circum-
stances in the evidence, and therefore
sentenced Cattlett to be hanged. The
latter at once took an appeal to the
Supreme Court of Tennessee.
Sewer county, up to the time Of the
murder of William Wealey and his
wife, Laura Wealey, was kept in con-
slant terror through the activity of a
band of whitecaps, which developments
proved was composed of many Of the
well-known citizens of the county,
among them Robert Cattlett, one of the
wealthiest and most influential farmers
of the county. In a trial of Cattlett
and others, charged with whitecapping,
the Wealeys had given testimony in
eliminating Cattlett. Later the Wea-
leys were murdered.
Two men, Pies Wynn and Cattlett
Upton, We're arrested, convicted and
hanged for the crime. Before going to
the scaffold Wynn and Upton made
confessions in which they charged that
Cattlett had hired them to commit the
crime. Cattlett was arrested and for
three years, by reason of his money and
influence, has been able to avoid the
consequences of his crime. The case
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-19
LOCAL MATTERS.
WILLIAMS DiSTRlC l..
CIosino Exerciecs of Middle Street
School, This Morning.

The closing exercises Of the Middle
street school of the Williams District will
be held in the school house, this Friday
morning, and will he as follows:
Grade | and II, Miss Daisy L. Young
teacher.
500 Opening Exercises.
Reading, Grade J., A and b.
gM.- Nambcr Work, Grade !
920-Music. Grades ! and III
45-I.anguage, Grades / and III
1u.tdi- Recess.
TO- i5-Numher Work, Grade IT
1O3 Reading. Grade ri
10 30 Oral Spelling, Grade II
Grades III and w, Miss Augusta T. Lib
by, teacher.
S30-Opening Exercises.
$.4D-Srallng, Grade "
S5;,- Language. Grade "
gf5--Number Work, Grade III
90 Music.
9t5-Rcading, Grade "
9.55-Spciing, Grade III
1000-Recess.
10l5-Music
10 autobiography, Grade "
1c.4!s-r:cading, Grade III
10.a5-MusiG
ll.:Ft-N Number Work, Grade "
11.31-M,isic
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The strike of the longshoremen which
was inaugurated, last Monday, at Phil
adelphia. was officially declared on
Thursday. The strike affected about
ECO men, all of whom are lumber hand
log. principally in the vicinity OF Fort
richmond and the demand made by
them was for an increase of about 20
Der cent. III wages.
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RUSSlA'S HAND
Continued from page -

monarch, should administer the lesson
King Peter has already assumed the
reins of government by directing that
all important matters should be refer
red to him at Geneva.
An unfounded rumor that King Peter
had been assassinated caused great
CONSERVATION here, today.
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LIEUT.. MURTAUGH ARRESTED.
Alleged to Have Deserted His Troops
at Cicnfuegos, Cuba.

Washington June 1S.-Gcneral Bates
has notified the war department that
he has found and arrested in Chicago.
Lieut. Thomas T. Murtaugh, United
States Coast Artillery. who deserted
his troops at Cienfuegos. Cuba. about
three weeks ago, leaving the exchange
accounts mixed up. He will be sent to
Governors Island for trial by court
martial.
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Fifty Against Two.

1t is not reasonable to expect two
weeks of outing to overcome the effects
OF fifty weeks of confinement.
Take a bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla
along with you. Three doses, daily Of
this great tonic will do more than any
thing else to refresh your blood. over
come your tired feeling, improve your
appetite, and make your sleep easy and
lestful.
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A party of young ladies' from Brad
ford Academy. Bradford, Mass, among
whom are Miss Macomber Miss Anne
Macombcr and Miss Gertrude NcWbclt
OF this city. will spend the summer va
cation in Europe. They will sail, Sat
urday and will return home in Sep
TENDER.