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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17
Far From the Ideal.

Meanwhile let us be practical, we are
tstrlye',for the best; but until tho best Is
secured beyond peril she must bs, ready
forS the worst and 50 long az war IS sly
possple, SO long ms IT remains me 500
, so long must America put faith in her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17
Arch bishop Speaks.

Mayor George B. Mcclellan, presided.
and was the first speaker lie was fol-
lowed by II. Linn Bruce and Archbishop
Ireland. While the archbishop was speak,
Ing, he was interrupted by man who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17

Highest temperature yesterday .........'s - ~
Lowest temperature Ncstsraa ". 4 -; -
Mean Temperature ycsterdaSt...., = % o.
Normal Temperature for peceinher...., ~ ~
Departure from normal temperature "a
lsrliI ni LAiloii dtiIlnE nAst "a .nouis... W
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dee, To- Forecast for
n Virgiilfa- saturday: Sunday fair
md somewhat colder; fresh east TO sot i1t I 1
east winds. IS .,a, Il
North Carolina Rain SATURDAY WIFI, i IN.
fresh southeast ahfting 10 west winds.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09

| would not enter my list of friends,
Tho graced with polished manners and fine sense,
Yet lacking sensitility, the man
Who needlessly sets his foot upon
To lay posons any public place, where to them
be had by dumb brute which administers the pleas
profit comfort of argues cruel disposition, which
upon greater povocaon would not such unworthy per
Torrance to the lower order of Gods creatures"
And yet within week, nearly of valuable dogs all
them owned by reputable citizens of Ekon have fallen
Tins posons cran localities of the by
persons suppose dy une dy the gen
orally but seeking vengeance particular dog dogs
Most Of the animals destroyed valuable domestic pets
highly priced by their who found pleasure in their
eshp in which they protected by law and for whose depe
aons injury done persons property they legally
liable.
Now, outside of the inhumaniy of the act Of placing posons
where only dumb animals. but human beings be
fatally injured by Them because he be annoyed
injured by worthless owneress justified IN lay
ing death traps for the niscmnae slaughter of good and bad
animals alike, in the community in which he lives?
He has moral legal right to take the law in his hands
the concealed public execoner of ownees
conceded to be public nusances much less in the of
valuable household animals whose ready protect
their property well their neighbours from and
reckless destruction
If any annoyed injured by predatory dogs ami
mails any kind it is his plain duty ascertain the of
the the dog animal If the depedaons continue
and the of the animal fails to abte the nuisance then
the town authorities upon proper information, have ample
authority to abae remove it.
But the sowing of poisons about the town surcptousy
which in their death dealing charac make discrimination
between the offending and the unofending animal and
dennis dumb brute lingering suffering and final DEATH at
cruel assassin like and unmany and the person who
not be able to look honest dog much less honest
the face.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
The LEGlSi AZURE.

" 9TH branches OF the Maryland
* Legislature met at noon, on
~ WEDNESDAY. Mr.. Spencer c.
,IG..,. WIS chosen Pro ,i,!cnt of
the Senate. hcil.g put in Nomination by
Senator Lewis, of Allcgany, Senator II.
NJ. MccullougA. # Cecil. being named
rs the Republican, candidate hy Senator
Dixon. Nh. Jones WAS elected by Il
etlai=At party vote of IS to /, n2ither
Mr.. Jones nor Mr. Mccullough voting.
President Jones a"@rupr,l the APP
poirtmrut Of the Commuters on Flee
tions and Rules ;S follows =
Elcct.ouS-Mossrs. Wi,.on. Brewing
ton. German. Perkins. Klwm. McCul-
lcugh and Palmer
Rul,s-McsSrS. President. Gill and
Dixon.
In the IIors', DR.. George Y Evcrhart
wa, made Speaker. Protests were made
against swearing in Benson u. r. Bond
and Oliver ID. Simmons, of Calvert
CUurty. IIungcrfGld Sm0ot and James
Dob. Walluch. of Charles County, and
William II. Wilkinson, of st. Mary $
County. The seats of the Charles County
Delegates are being contested ca Con-
stitutionAl grounds. In the case of the
others, contests have been instituted by
their defeated opponents.
The Proceedings in both Houses were
entirely of routine character. Cover
nor Smiths message was read and Mr..
Edwin Wariicld declared duly elected
Governor. The election of ~ United
States Senator was the all absorbing
subject, both Houses adiournng until
Tuesday evening
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09

Now that the frost kings reign has begun in earnest what
inconvenience it has at least redeemng
feature that shver the aches and the
pains that ampness and murky weather universally ntct
Crisp and sharp the frosty air be- it has its compen
sations since it is not adened with rheumatic touch twnge
The advent of real winter evokes from esteemed
temporary, the Baltimore News the following timely
ment The oldest inhabitant who delights in discussing the
rigorous winters that prevailed in his youth in fair
have the wind taken out Of his sails this year of Lord
there every believe that there has
spell" of real winter weather At Troy
N " which is not very far away from the flies
the thirty below Zero in our own
suburbs it has been registering two degrees above in the
sma hours of the morning. when pater famas doomed
trip the light fantastic the cold oil cloth while he sirs
up the fire in the kitchen range and goes trembling to his
final wreste with the oblurate furnace.
Fortunately however, the cold has brought with
bright sunshine and dry air. and this renders the rgos of the
temperature far bearabe than might be expected There
necessarily much suffering among the poor but with it
responding increase in the warmth of public enevoence
disposition to relieve the wants of those who have ability
relieve themselves noticeable 1t is nsprtng
of weather. after ALL with heahfu crispness in the air that
those who compelled to face biting winds do
altogether unlearae ngng blood bounds responsive
added zeal of the pedestrian moving smarty his way and
the glowing cheeks and sparkling of the young
much to Indicate that touch of real old winter
then not bad thing when houghtfuness is had for those
whom necessarily bring degree of suffering Re
ports from all parts Of the country indicate that it the
cold that has been experienced for and temperature
ratings in Baltimore show that have not nearly
to complain of as many other cities
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
HOW NICE!

w OW delightfully."- harmonious
r. Maryland Republicans can be
"A L in their bread and water days
How refreshing it is to witness
the determination Of their caucus to stick
TO Senator McC"ma> through thick and
thin. until the bitter end Htt,stS
\ love and devotion
As broad as the ocean
and lS warm rs II mid, ummcr day
How SrAphic must have been the
smile tha' cam" To the countrIlEce of
the Senior Senator of the Old Line State
when he read THAT the romirrt.oN speech
WIS made hy the former private s"crr-
taIy ANA tiduA ArhatcS of the Hon.
George l.. wellington. and that a right
hand man of the HDI. Sydney T.. Mudd
p,,cd on more praises in subsequent oga-
tory
How nice it is to dwell Together in
peace ;lnd Hmity. AMI to- exhibit an I'M
broken fl,nt and III, rliGl ranks Or
pE El- never turned his Tyre to more al
luing iu> piration than that afforded by
present evidences of cImElrlIplic in Il
camp which recently ryso;mirl with I'M
sermIy contentious. Baltimore Herald.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
DIR. HARRIS AND THE TOME INSTITUTE.

VT Is matter of general congratulate
tion among the friends of the
- Jacob Tome Institute. that DIR.
Harris has decided To remain its
Director. His polite defamation of so
tempting an offer as the Presidency of
Boston University, is the most graceful
tribute he can pay the Tome Institute,
and is Il pregnant evidence of his faith
in its future. Commenting on it. the
Boston "Hcrald.' Il leading journal of
that city says =
''In Maryland much satisfaction is
taken in the defamation of DR.. Harris to
be Il candidate for the Presidency of
lighted that he has determined to remain
mt the head of the Tome Institute at
Port Deposit in that State. They re-
gard it az an additional assurance that
this we'll endowed institute. now very
young. has Il fine future before it. They
may not understand all the reasons
winch nave lea III. ltalflS 10 refuse TO
leave the institution Mt the cali Of Bos-
ton University, but they regard the fact
us emphasizing the Importance of their
school in "A way that is gratifying to all
who are interested in it. The Institute
has great beauty Of situation, a liberal
endowment. and those in charge Of its
management feel that there is reason to
look forward to the fulfilmont under Dr.
Harris of the expectations that have
been cherished that Tome Institute will
become one of the best and most noted
Of American institutions for secondary
education. 1t is certainly an unusual
thing for the head of an institution that
is established as u preparatory school for
college students to refuse to take the
offered presidency of higher institution
80 well established and so widely known
as Boston University is"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
LOST
Notice To Trespassers.

All persons are forbidden to trespass on the
premises of the undersigned with dog or gun
or In any matter whatever under penalty OF
the law. THE WHITAKER IRON co,
3locttf
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
DURABILITY OF TUBERCULOSIS.

~ ONERNOR SMITHS message To
tn" legislature read O" Wed
~ II, Sddy. refcl> t. two subjects
If r%ramuun; Importance t. the
people Of Maryland pIblic loaGs-and
the treatment Of Tuberculosis. On the
latter subject. the Governor emphasizes
the fact that IL lCd:t ten thGus md citi-
zenS of the State are suffering from con-
sump.uI. and that Il small amy of over
$500 died Of Tubcrcu,n,. j. in this State
in 1902
While Sci,Utitic phySicinl.s are not
looking for specific "curc" for con
sumltio:l, they are locking for the best
mearS /" stop its I.lVIG,> ;,:!l restrain
its prr Igat:ou. They Al, t:>pC<yl a,.o.
to take most hopeful view of it, curab-
fifty. While they may not 'oNcedc its
absolute durability. they think it pos
siblc under Favorable c"nlitic.s to resist
the infection, and in time to overcome
it. In view Of the Tuberculosis EXpoSi-
ton soon to he held in Baltimore. Gov
ernOr Smiths recommendations are of
timely interest. and the general cXpecta-
ton is being INDUCED. that this long
dreaded disease vii! gradually ce;lE, L,
be II terror and II Scnurgc to civilized
humanity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
JOHN E. HURST.

MARYLAND has lost valuable citizen and Baltimore progress
ive and public spirited merchant in the death of Mr. John
1895 he the Democratic candidate for Governor
of the State but not elected His defeat in
reflection upon his ability character standing He
nominated because of his high epute which, high was
did not condone the political oenses of those who nominated
him. He leader in the business life of Baltimore which
he earned deserved prominence and success.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
ALI. or WHICH
THE READER GETS FOR
ONE CENT

The Sun is the best type of newspaper,
morally and intellectually. 1t is an educa-
tor of the highest character, constantly
stimulating to noble ideals in Individual
and national life.
THE Sun is published on Sunday, as well
as every other day of the week.
BY mail The DAILY Sun. % cents per
month. 50 year. including The SUNDAY
Sun, 81. The SUNDAY Sun alone. 81 90
year. THE WEEKLY Sun $1.00 a year.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09

y exchange thinks tEnl Senator
u German should rot he crnsured
4 h for trying to make II national
issue of TIC Panama affair 1t
WAS the only thing in sight
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
ABOUT POISONING DOGS.

| would not enter my list of friends,
Tho graced with polished manners and fine sense,
Yet lacking sensibility, the man
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09

Address
A. S. ABEL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
Baltimore, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09

s pieces of Flanelette,
Ioc quality Just for a
flyer we make these pieces
o. cts. per yard,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09

Who needessly sets his foot upon a worm
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-09
REAL WINTER.

Behold, the joyous winter days
Frosty. succeed and thro the blue serene
For sight too fine. the ethereal mitre flies
Killing infectious damps, and the spent air
Storing afresh with elemental life"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
Funeral of Late Joseph c. King.

The funeral Of the late Joseph c.
King. whose death occurred at his
home on Fremont street, Sunday, will
be held, this afternoon. His age was
ca years. Mr.. King WAS one of the
known residents of the city.
where for many years he has conducted
n saw filing and repairing shop on
Bridge street until some little time ago
when he was obliged to retire on ac-
count Of i'll health. During the Civil
War Mr.. King was one of the men,
hcrs of Co I. oath Me. Vol. He was a
member of Heath Post, No. G, q. y. r..
of this city. and also of IIermon Lodge,
+. and A. NJ. Both these organizations
will attend the funeral, this afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
GIFT FOR CONSUMPTION vi
rIttsburg Steel Man Sends $a1
Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Baltimore, July 1.-THE facd|
Johns Hopkins University Hosphl
completed plans for a systemats|
scientific fight against tubercula
will be aided materially in caryi3
its purpose by gift of $4,000
Henry Phipps of Pittsburg. al
amount $4,000 viii be used in ia
a dispensary. The other $1,000 I
used as n maintenance fund
buildings will include dispensar|
apartments for scientific work. q
pigs, which are very susceptible
tuberculosis, will be kept for IND
ticn.
DIR. Henry NJ. Hurd, superintss
of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, I
was hored ana expected to attrs
the dispensary tuberculosis Taa
from the very inception of the ds
In making n success of the underta'
the hospital expects the co-opel
of the Association for the 1mproya
of the Condition of the Poor.
association has rendered valuab;
in the past by taking all need
steps to insure the sufferers the q
diet.
tuberculosis" said DR.. Hur
more prevalent in Maryland
climatic conditions justify. The d
is being fought on scientific prina
in Massachusetts, with the result
the death rate is now the same
was twenty-five years ago, aln'
the population has doubled.
means that a systematic fight as
the malady has decreased its iai
just ore-half."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Entertain.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Newton of
the hotel here entertaiSea party from
Bowdoinhanl, misunderstanding. con
sisting of members of pnebec Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, a1dhe Sisterhood
of Mcdonald Assembly, in the party
We're Mr.. and Mrs. III. y. Cornish and
daughter, Hazel, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Shelton. Mr.. and Mrs Berry and son,
Charles. Mrs. Mcfarland. Mrs. George
Minot and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Elliott
of South Gardiner.
Some time was passed in viewing the
beautiful scenery of South Gardiner
when the company returned to the hO-
tel where most delightful evening was
passed, everybody having about the
best time they ever had. Refreshments
in the form of ice cream, fruits and
lemon punch We're served during the
evening, Flossie Fogg, Flora Newton
and Lillian Avcrill being the mattresses.
TO Mrs. Sheridan and Miss Zetta Aver
i'll much credit is due for the excellent
arrangement of the evenings enter
tainment George Minot, who should
have formd one Of the party, will have
to take considerable guying for getting
left behind in BOwdoinham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
LIGHTNING HURTS FOUR.
Two May Die-Woman's Body Many
Colors.

New York, July 11.-Four persons
were injured by a bolt of lightning
which hit a two story frame house in
Flushing, Queens Borough. Two of the
injured may die from the effects of the
burns. The others were only slightly
hurt. The injured are Mrs. Helen Will
helmson, forty-three years old, of No.
642 Tenth avenue, Manhattan, burned
all over the body. may die; Miss Mary
Williamson, sixteen years old, bruised
on back and suffers from shock;
Charles jacobson, Jr., thirteen years
old, left foot burned, suffers from
shock, and Walter Jacobson, eight
years old, burned all over the body and
blood apparently stagnated. may die.
The house struck was at No. PA
Coulden avenue, Flushing. Mrs. Will
helmsun and her daughter We're visit
ing the family Of Charles jacobson.
She, her daughter and the two boys
hurt We're i'll the parlor of the house.
The other inmates of the house We're
elsewhere.
About 315 r. M. Flushing was
startled by brilliant flash of light
ming. followed by the crash of the
thunder and then by Il violent down
pour of rain. The bolt hit a chimney
on the east side of the jacobson house
and ran to the parlor floor. where it APP
pears to have leaped into the parlor ana
exploded. A big hole was torn in the
east wall of the house, where the CHM
ncy had been. The room was for an in
slant filled with the burst of fire. and
all four in it We're injured.
DIR. Keas was called from the Flush
ing Hospital and took the four injured
there. All were unconscious at first,
but Miss Williamson revived and is
suffering only from shock and where
she struck some object in falling. IN"
elder Jacobson boy is shocked, but Will
recover The fire seems to have burned
his left foot. but the fluid did not eX-
tend into his body.
Mrs. Wilnelmson is badly burned. ana
her body has turned many colors. the
Younger Jacobson boys blood appears
to have been CONCEALED, as the veins
ana arteries, even to the smallest. are
all outlined in vivid red. The doctors
are trying to start the flow of blood
again. The main channels are work
ing. but all the small ones appear dead
or paralyzed. His condition is critical.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
STRIKERS GET $4,000.
Tailors Receive Largest Benefit Ever
Paid in New York.

New York, July 1.-THE fight between
the New York Clothing Trade Association
and the cutters and tailorS over the open
shop declaration Of the employers has
settled down To question of endurance.
The first strike payments took place and
$4,000 was given out, being the largest
sum ever paid in strike benefits in this
city in one day. The strike benefits are to
continue weekly until the strike is over.
The clothing cutters got 81 each, and arc
to get this sum weekly. About eleven
hundred out of thirteen hundred received
the money ut their headquarters No Al
University Place, the others declining to
take the money. saying that they could
hold out some time. The money for the
cutters comes partly from the funds OF
the union and partly from n special strike
assessment of Il days pay every week
levied on each of the two thousand union
cutters now working.
The strike shows no signs of breaking,
but it is learned that DISTINGUISHED out
sidcrs' are trying to bring about Il settle
ment
once or twice this week there have been
encounters here and there between union
ana nOn-union men. Several striking tGdl-
OrS We're fined in different sums in York
Vile court for attacking one Of the shops
of Ivan Frank Dc Co. where non-unlon
men are employed. one of the prisoners
bore the marks on his mouth OF the fair
fist of Il young girl who tried to DEFEND
the shop ana who knocked him down
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
SWIMS TWO MILES FOR Al
Party of New Workers Has Narrm'
cape in the Sound.

Stamford, Conn. July 1l.-M%'j
Prudhomme of No. 112 West vi
fourth street, New York; Gustav
mer, son of Mr.. Elmer, Oh
well known wholesale drug nm
Elmer &, Amend, New YORK.
Harold Wesley, a New YORK VI
who is Il guest of Mr.. Elmer. ia
thrilling experience in the Scum
Shipper Point. A small st. LaWi1
skiff. in which they were sailihs'
sized, and all were thrown into
water, but managed to cling
boat. Elmer swan two miles 10 y
to give warning of his friends uaiel
William McDevitt put out III a II
and took Miss Prudhomme Oh
yacht. On the return, near shois
canoe capsized, and she and Mcp,|
were thrown into the water
Prudhomme is a skilled swimma
IVES able to swim ashore wlu
Devitt's assistance. Wesley was'1
ashore in n rowboat by Edward "
den and William Oster, civil ensp]
Elmer reached shore with difhcum]
was under = physicians care TOT
time, suffering from shock ana Z
ure. Elmer and Miss PrudhomD'
cottagers. The latter is a stepda~1
Of DIR. Winfield Ayres, a New
physician. She Is eighteen years Il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
COMPLETE SUCCESS
Was Dancing Party Given by the
Misses Sawyer.

The new sanitarium just completed.
the scene of n pleasant social event a
week ago when the board of managers
banquet was given there, was again,
Monday evening. the scene of very
pretty and pleasant, and in some re-
spects novel dance, given by the Misses
Sawyer to their friends at the Home
and in Gardiner and Augusta. The
dance was purely a summer affair and
almost out Of doors, inasmuch as the
dancing was upon the platform under
huge tent.
The space was tastefuly decorated
with potted plants and the music was
by Pearce's orchestra. Besides the Of
ficers of the Home, their families and
the young people at Togus, there were
parties from Augusta and Gardiner
VINO came by special train and by spec
1al electrics, all of whom returned
home tired but happy and pronouncing
the dance a brilliant success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-12
NEW MARKET FOR RICE.
The Louisiana and Texas Product Be
ina Sent to the Pacific Coast.

Houston, Tex. July I'm. II. Tree
want in charge of the literary bureau OF
the Southern Pacific Railroads business
here. SAYS that there are at the present
time in this city two Japs worth many
hundreds of thousands of dollars. oruku
and Zetayama by name. who are huyin-
large amodnts of rice in the Louisiana
and Texas fields and shipping it to the
Pacific coast On account of the Russo
Japanese WAR and the high tax on OK
ported rice, caused by the desire to kcer
the entireN supply in the East tor the
active. armies in the field the amount of
the staple usually received from tho orr
ent has been greatly reduced. The result
is that a greater amount is demanded
from the producing area in The state OF
Texas. and the Southern Pacific is snip
ping as much as ten carloads per day. all
of it purchased by these two. who are the
brightest of business men.
This supply of the Chinese and Japan
csc poprlation of the Pacific coast by Nc
rice growers of Texas and Louisiana will
have two results. 1t will open up a new
market. heretofore supplied by thu Orien-
tai product. and perhaps Will extend e
tho Orient itself, if the crop of Indian rice
does not supply it. and it may. if tho de-
mand increases. prevent an overproduc-
ton of rice as it has been intimated there
will be. )