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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

its being re-opened. Admiral Ramsay
announced that the challenge against
Admiral Mccormick has not been sus-
| tanned.
Only second in point Of interest to
the challenge entered against Adj Nc
Cormick was the courts determi-
nation to request the secretary of
the navy to order that the body of mid
shinm2n Branch be exhumed and an
autopsy held. 1t is believed that by an
can be obtained as to the existence of
any previous diseased condition Of the
heart, brain or other organs such as
would have made death possible at the
time from any cause other than the
blows received in the fight.
Annapolis, Nov. 24.-The court mar
tial which is trying Midshipman Minor
Merlwether for manslaughter in caus-
| ing the death Of Midshipman James
K. Branch in a INST fight continued its
| third session. today. The prosecution
expects to close its case. early today,
with the testimony of one or two min
or witnesses. The defense will then
proceed with the case Immediately.
Surgeon A. M. d. Mccormick was
the first witness called. He said:
Il saw Branch between 10 and II,
Monday morning. He was uncon-
scious, his left side was paralyzed, his
right arm and leg were continually
thraShng and he was much bruised
about the face, head, shoulders and
foredrnS. The injuries could readily
have been inflicted in fight by sue
ccsSive blows of the fist incased in
light gloves. The symptoms indicate
oedema of the brain, producing COM
preston. l think the condition was
brought about by the repeated blows
lie mao received. l do not think his
life could have been saved by any
treatment, nor do l think that the hot
baths or other treatment he received
from his friends accelerated. his DEATH"
on crOss-eXamination by Mr.. Munroe,
counsel for Mediwether. Surgeon Nc
Cormick said that an autopsy might
have developed a cause of death
existing prior to the fight. He added,
however, that his convictions were that
the bruises Branch had received in the
fight had caused death.
Surgeon Mccormick was examined
very rigidly by Admiral A. H. McCor-
mick of the court, the object being to
bring out whether or not any possible
cause of death could have existed prior
to the fight. The witness answered that
it was impossible to say this absolutely
in the absence of an autopsy, but there
was no reasonable doubt that the blows
had caused Branch's death. Admiral
McCormick's examination was evident
ly designed to bring out clearly the de-
grae Of certainty Of the knowledge Of
the medical men as to how for artece-
dcnt causes on possible diseased con-
ditions of Branch might have contrib
uted or even caused his death. Admiral
Mccormick evidently was not ut all
satisfied that the hot applications upon
Branch's head by his companions on
the night OF the fight had not contribu-
ted to the death. He brought out from
the witness that hot applications might
contract veins If applied to them close
~ and continually
Or. +. p. Stone was recalled and tes-
Continued on page six.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25
He MADE A CONFESSION
To Br0ther=in=LaW Day Deed Was
Committed ===TOld of Placing
BODY in Trunk===Latter Held.

Albany, y. T., Nov. 3f.-The police
hohcvr they have 4 compl't" case
against John Hammond, the missing
24-yrar-oId curpentrr. the body OF
whose 57-ycar-uld wife was found, yes
tcrday, huddIcd ANA dcc"!nI'"Sed IN AN
IA trunk in the prcttily furnished par
Tor of their llat on South Ferry street.
DANES Nln@iBi or toho"s, the hus-
band Of IILmmond'a sister. WAS taken
INTO custody there, today. brought to
ALBANY and hl@ CONT SSrd to til" 20
hr" al hn,h c:;ic., that on Tuesday.
NV. ~. tAo days Or more after the
murder must have been committed. h"
arcntuu;uiroI Hammond from tnh"rS
Ia Knt.r'+ I'uiut ana that Oh I'll" jour
u,y FMmrrnai who, II" says. WIS in
= .o,rii;lnu boIdcri,!., GA nervous col
Iare". told him that ne hId killed his
vie ana hidden her body in a trunk.
Mnmgiui IS being held both MS a Wit
lt%S and rs accessory after the fact
ot the murder. He says Hammond
also Iu1dr Il confession ON the fifteen
On To- ,'n uncle, at HnuScS Point. The
Iulic. say they are confident that
Hammond is IN or near Montreal and
that ne will soon y" arrested. Albany
d,t"ctivcS .rr in Canadn searching for
him.
'rhc autopsy upon the Woman's BODY
l;.> shown that she WIS slr..ngicd with
prJt violence aud that before death
sh" was Brutality beaten or kicked.
There srcra to be It'll" doubt that
the murder was committed on the af-
t,rn"on or Sunday, NOV. II, for neigh
h"ra on that day heard the piano be
INK played by Mrs. Hammond. She
VAS 4 musician Of considerable abili-
~. They say that the playing stopp"f!
abruptly and after that no sound was
heard from the Hammond apartment,
though Hdnlmond himself WAS seen
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

Morgan & Co. with Hamilton showed
that in December, 1901, that firm had
advanced to Hamilton the sum of $56.-
80, :hat oct. 1. 1902, this account
amounted with interest to S5g.31O and
that it was then cancelled by the en-
try of that amount to Hamilton's cred
it. The entry of this amount in the ac-
count of the New York Life read:
As per cancelled statement and ar
rangcmCnt with G.. w. Perkins"
1t was also Gev Hoped that the par
ticipation III the syndicate by the New
York Life was affected through the
New York Security & Trust Co, which
retained one-fourth of the profits of
the former company.
Pressed by Mr.. Hughes to tell wheth-
or he knew Of any other instance of
money due the New York Life being
paid to a third marty as in the Hamil-
ton case, Mr.. Madison recalled the pay
mcnt in 1904 of $4,000 to George w.
Perkins rcpr"St nting the profit on Il
loan of $40 0nn to the Boston firm OF
kiddIr. Pcatrpdy 4 60. The profit. wit
ness said, came iii the form of a check
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25
ATKINSON WAS ALARMED
But the Suspected Smallpox Proves to
Be Only Chickenpox.

Atkinson, Ne, Nov. 24.-( Sp"ciaD.-
This town has just recovered from 4
smallpox scare at that time early in
the week threatened to tie UP all bus
thing.
Mel Written and another young man
named Dow arrived home, late last
week. from Boston, whore they have
beer employed for several months.
Shortly after arriving here young
Dow was taken i'll with a disease, iii"
nature of which the local doctor was
unable to determine. He was very i'll
and was rapidly growing worse whom
Dr. Noycs Of Charleston WAS sent for
and pronounced the disease smallpox.
The house was promptly quarantine
and business in general was suspend
ed. Tho people were in mortal terror
lest the dreaded smallpox should
spread and felt like taking every pre-
caution to guard against such q thing
All of the schools We're closed, Fri
day night, last. and have not since beer
opcn. AS the condition Of the young
men did nos improve, DIR. tiaicn NJ
Woodcock of Bangor, was sent for. DR.
Wondcock, who is one of the members
Of the state Board Of Health, can't
here. looked young Dow over and pro
rounced him i'll with nothing but chick
cnpOX in a severe form.
Needles to say, the people here fee
much relieved to know that it is moth
ing more to be dreaded than common
oId-fashioncd chickenrox. School.
will reopen, Monday morning, while
| business is fast resuming its norma
| 9SppCt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25
COMBINED FLEET OF POWERS
Moving From Pieraeus for Naval De-
rnonstration Against Turkey.

F3ris. Nov. Pitt is stated in Off
cial qua rtCrs here that the exchanges
of communications between the pow
crs concerning Turkeys answers to
their uitimatum have resulted in the
practical discrimination not TO consid-
or the answer as rosiponins the naval
dc monstration which will proceed
without further parlcy. u is under
stood that the warsliips OF the powers
are already moving from Pieraeus.
Their objective is not Vet definitely
stated. but the island Of Mytilene still
~, ars to be thY objective applicable
to the situation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

about the house, later that day. HI
told the woman living down stairs
that his Wife had gone down the river
to buy Il farm and would be gone sew
cral days.
1t was learned. today, that on the
10th. Mrs. Hammond drew upward a.
$500 from savings bank. at first re-
Cciving New York draft, but next
day exchanging it for cash Impor-
tant il this connection is the fact that,
Monday, Nov. Is. a man declared t.
be Hammond ordered from a leading
clothing house an expensive fur over
coat. They could not fit him and ask
ed fur 4 deposit on the order. He LEFT
r.iIat was supposed to be two $40 bill ).
but when the clerk examined them
after Hammond had gone he found
the bills were 500 each. At another
place he bought other clothing and
loft his name and address.
When the house was searched, This
morning. Il new pocketbook was
found behind the piano. II had u
small lock. but had boon cut to pieces.
II is believed that this contained tn"
large sum of money drawn from the
bank by Mrs. Hammond.
The house whore til" murder was
committed was formerly used rs Il 20
lice station and 1T least th""" suicides
ard several fires are said 10 ~" &C.
Cured there. The families n"w liv-
ing there are al quiet, respectable
pcopl.
1t b"camc known, tonight, that At
least $1,000 was probably taken by the
murderer Of Mrs. Hammond. III" police
have learned that Mrs. Hammond drew
out Of the banks. Friday, three sums
agErcgatinE this amount and Mangini
Hammond's brother-inla Y. says that
Hammond showed him Il roll of money
counting IN to $1,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

on the First National Bank. which he
cashcd, giving the money to Mr. Per-
Eins. What the latter did with il, the
witness did not know, as no entry OF
the transaction was made on the books
of the New York Life.
Other witnesses examined during the
day were George 7. Wilson, fourth vice
rresid ant of the Equitable; Francis W.
Jackson, auditor. and Gerald Prown, in
charge Of the bond department Of the
Equitable.
New York, Nov. 24.-George W.
Perkins of the firm Of J. r. Morgan
<, Co, tonight. gave out the following
statement in relation TO the testimony
brought out in the insurance investi-
cation, today:
1.-THE transactions referred to before
th@ insurance investigation commit
tee. today, were perfectly proper ones.
II the natural course of the inquiry
does not make this clear. | am sure
the committee will give me an oppor-
tunity to offer further testimony in
the mdttcr.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25
CHALLENGE DISMISSED,
Method OF Questioning Falls Under
Ban of Counsel===Branch's Body
to be Exhumed for Autopsy.

Annapolis, Md, No.. @i.-one of tn,
most remarkable incidents III the his
tory OF naval courts, martial in thi.
country. marked today's sessions of the
court which is trying Midsh;pnan Mi
nor NeriWcthcr, Jr., in connection witt
the first fight between himself and Mid
Shipman James +. Branch, Rear Ad1ni.
raj Alexander r. Mccormick, next il
point of rank of the members of the
court, to Admiral Ramsay. it's presi-
dent. was challenged by Judge Advo-
cate Mark after the whole testimony
for the prosecution had been submitted
4 proceeding which the judge advocate
said he had never been taken by him i'll
all his years Of previous experience and
of which he had never heard.
Th" grounds for the challenge ap-
neared after the beginning OF the trial
and were, first that Admiral McCor-
mick had consulted with a high medi-
cal authority, (MetlicaI Director Thorn
as G. Walton, L. $. n, retired), in re-
latiun to the case; second. that he
had by his repeated and continued
cross examination ri the prosecutions
witnesses practically taken the place of
the counsel for the accused. and third.
that he had cVinc"d the possession Of a
theory in the case, which was So deep
rooted that it would he impossible to
move il. After Judge Advocate Mark
had stated these grounds, Lieut.. Com
mandcr Robinson. counsel to the ac-
clIsed. jumped To his feet and addressed
tho Judge advocate spiritedIy.
"C1ptain Mark" he said. II am
very young man. You wear more
stripes on your arms than l can hope
to % Cor many years. But"
At this point Captain VAIN
wright suggested that counsel
address the court and per-
scnal colloquoy was avertcd. Lieut..
Commander Robinson, though Admiral
Mccormick suggested that the question
was one for the immediate corsidera-
ton of the court. continued an argu-
mcat to show that it was proper for q
member of the court to ask such queS-
tionS. as he wished to elicit the facts in
the court and that to fail to ask ques-
tions along lines touching which a
member was doubtful would be wrong
IF the members of the court had asked
any improper questions, the judge adj
vocatc should have objected to them
IT the time. he said. Admiral McCor-
mick said:
Il should be deeply mortified if I
thought | had done anything contrary
10 tho oath I took when I became a
member of this court but Of course if
am relieved of further duty I shall sim
ply feel that a weight has been remov-
ed from my shoulders. have had a
Thomas G. Walton and / asked him
what other causes might have brought
about n persons death. and practically
tho same symptoms have been exhibit
cd as those due to external blows. |
did this in order that l might ask such
questions Of the witnesses brought be-
fore the court as would affirm or mega
tive the possibility of Branch's death
having occurred in the manner charged.
7 am fully aware that in the end /
must reach my conclusions upon the
testimony of the witnesses before this
court and in that manner only"
Tho court was then cleared and upon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25
Cant. Artenu5 B. WYman.

r"ston. Nov. 2i.-Capt,,in ArtCinus
l.. Wyin1n. Il well known retired mari
ucr ana formerly Il New orleans brok-
cr. dropped dead in West Newton, to-
day. Captain Wyman was born in Cal
ai, NJ. 76 years ago. Apopl"Xy was
tho cause Of death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25
GOVERNMENT CAMP BURNED
~ WinncpeaJ Strearo-Moncy Loss
Smali-Cuts Off Spawn Fish Supply.

l.lsv orth, Ma, N"v. Tho gov
cruucut camp 1T Winn"poag stream
Nh tho head Of Green Lake. sub sta
used for tnl:inE snnwn fish, was burn
m. lust ni1ht. I'll" r:oll"y loss is
yrla!l !.nt tn" cutting off "r this sup
ry "f spawn fish in I'll" height Of the
run ~ ,n,.si'l"rahi".
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee, Friday. ap-
pointed August Belmont of New York, as
treasurer of the committee to succeed
George Foster Peabody. who, it is stated
resigned on account of sickness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

oaH'oros o'nser Cures Bowel Ills
Breaks up colds and fnvor, d. ar
warming stomachics, always healthful. /.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25

Frank W. Goss of Hurnsid" Post. O..
4. T.. Auburn. has been nominated by
th, post us u candidate for the next
department commandcrship of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-25
RAIN AND COLDER.

Washington. NOV. Forecast for
New England: Rain. Saturday, colder
in northwest portion; Sunday, fair and
colder, high southwest to west winds.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05

State OF Ohio, CITY OF Toledo,
Lucas County, IS: Frank J. Cheney
pmakes oath.that be eissenior partne
Of the irm of F. J. Cheney & Co.
doing, business in the cityof Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and
that the said firm will pay the sum
Of One Hundred Dollars f6r each
and every case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by the use Of Halls !
Catarrh Cure-FRAEK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to. before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day Of
December. A. d., 1886. (Seal. Al.
w. GLEASON, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nalIy, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Send for testimonials free. F, ].
CH1NEy & Co, Toledo, O.. Sold
By all Druggists, 75c. Take Halls
Family Pills for consultation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05
ANIMALS CAUSE RUNWAY
I'd. Sahnu' Hsrus Frightened a. ihe
Circus Sights

Fd Johns horse became fright,
ened near the residence Of iona.
Cook this morning and ran away.
The sight Of the strange animals
in the circus was what troubled
him. Fortunately Mrs. johns aud
her little son had just alighted
from the buggy. The colored
driver was thrownout and bruised
about the head. The vehicle was
capsized but managed to land right
side up as the horse ran. and no
great damage was done,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05

7. G. Gore, a farmer living near
Naples, lost a,pocket book contain
ing SIS and several receipts hear
ing bis name, this morhing Al the
Gilkey- -Jarboe hardware store. He
thinks he left the book in the
store. When he went back to
look for it, it was gone. II was a
memorandum book with pockets
inside. Anyone hearing Of its
whereabouts will confer 4 favor by
leaving information at The Cilkey-
Jarboe store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05
Try 1t Now
and you will new
er use any other.
Crystal Ice Co
PHONE no. ~
BETTER THAN GOLD

BETTER THAN GOLD
II was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion ard ner-
vous debility, = writes F. J. Green
Of Lancaster, N. H. 'No remedy
helped me until / began using
Electric Bitters, which did me more
good than ali the medicine / ever
used. They haue also kept my
wife in excellent health for years.
She saws Electric Bitters are just
spleudid for female troubles; that
they are grand tonic and invigo-
rater for weak, ran down women.
No other medicine can take its
place in our family" Try them.
Only Soc. Satisfaction guaranteed
by Brown & Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05

w. II. Pratt was tried before
Judge Payne this morning on
charge Of forgery. He was bound
overip the sum of $500.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05

This is the last week ;of DR.. M.
iOppenheimer's free open air shows.
There will be an entire change of
program every nigt this week. A
genuine diamond ring will be Civ
ien away Friday night 34-3o
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05
LoIS.nrRNETr

Teacher OF Piano and Harmony.
Studio Within one block of West
School Building. Those interested
in lessons eau see me at 800 Col.
Ave, Baptist Parsonage, Phone
81. 1851
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05

MODERN WOoDkEN on AMERICA
meeia every Friday night ~ A. o. u. III Ixnll.
Visiting members cordially invited q attend.
JOHN lIxEN Ccnarl; J. s. TA1MAlS. Clerk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-05

JOE SHELBY CAMP s7B. U. c. v.
viii meet on Saturday of each week at o'clock
D. n. All veterans are cordially invited % attend
9. G. BUCHANAN Commander; I. J. COSs. Ait
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-12
THE WORST MOSQUITOES.
maubin, Burma, Has the Biggest and
Most ViruIent Known.


Unsurpassed in all the world in
number, size and virulent activity
are the mosquitoes of Maubin, a
town of Burma, according to V. G.
Scott O'Connor. He says: Zones
first visit to Maubin in the mosquito
season is an experience, and to see
them under the flare of an electric
searchlight come over the ships side
in hordes and occupy like an ire
sistible army every fraction Of its
surface, to see them hanging in fes-
toons from the white canvas avn
ings, the mosquito nets, the table
linen and the punka flaps and from
every object on which they can Sc
cure a footing, is to have lived in
deed. How to continue to live after
the novelty of the spectacle has worn
off is the definite problem that occu-
pies every ones mind in Maubin. 1t
is achieved in the main by intrench-
ing oneself within an iron fortress
of fine mesh. In some houses there
is special room, kind of inner
citadel and last refuge, which is
wholly of iron gauze, and within it
the master of the house sits like
vanquished lion in a cage.
"To enter this fortress in advance
of the enemy calls for the exercise
of agility of high order. The doors
have swing backs and are made to
close the instant that they are re-
leased. Outside them the light cav
airy of the enemy hover in clouds.
The man within, this Englishman
in his strange castle, observes your
with furtive and anxious
eyes, and if you be newcomer he
begs Of you to be careful in entering.
Immediately you enter he falls with
an astonishing onslaught upon such
of the enemy as have come in on
your back, in your hair, in the
creases of your clothes and in an au-
rora of cloud about your brows.
"At one end of the chief magis-
trate's house there used to be, when
| was last at Maubin, long room
thus defended, in which he sat daily
to dispense justice, and great activi-
~ in entering was expected of the
prisoner under trial, the assembled
witnesses and the counsel employed |
n each case. Many sentence, it is
has fallen with enhanced |
ieverity from judicial lips, many a
prisoner has come away with a light
IT punishment as the consequence
# his manner of entering the court"
Chicago News.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-12
Wanted Some Himself.

A travelling agent for a large
wholesale grocery house was selling
a bill Of goods to one of his Gus
toners, a grocer in a little village
"Now," he said, "to wind up with,
don't you want few cans OF our
maple strip? You'll find it the
best you have ever kept in stock"
mo-" said the grocer, "I've plen-
ty of maple sirup."
"When did you get it2 | don't
remember selling you any when l
was here on my last trip"
"You didn't. 1 got this in the
country"
els it the real stuff ?"
"That's what it is. My brother
made it in his own camp. He's got
500 trees"
"I'd like to taste it."
A sample of the country maple
strip was brought out. He tasted
it and took the grocer to one side.
"Say," he said in a low tone, '1'm
not going back on the strictly pure
goods ! sell of course, but ! want .
gallon Of shis stu6 xog NY own use"