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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
STILL
CONTINUE THEIR
DEPREDAT|0NS

Fred Gardner reports the theft OF a
monkey wrench valued at 81 from his
lawn at 124 Brownell street.
Andrew Paulson reports that while he
was sleeping In Sam Marks lodging
house last evening some one stole his
sack coat valued at 81. his pipe and two
packages Of tobacco.
James Leonard reports that while he
was sleeping In the toilet room Of Nc
Coughs saloon some one robbed him Of
his watch valued at $2s.
Harriet Potter OF l24 Summer street
reports that on the 7th someone stole
from a pocketbook in a bureau drawer
81.
officer j. Il. Mcguire OF Station just
before IL o'clock last night discovered a
window In the vacant house OF George f.
Weston at 225 Lenox avenue broken in
He notified Lieut. Rankin who with
Sergt. Kent made an investigation ard
found that the bureaus and other articles
had been ransacked. An examination by
the owner can alone determine whether
anything was taken.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
TWO DEATHS BY
DROWNING ARE NOW
PUzZL|NG POLICE

Chicago. July IA dispatch from Tole-
do. o., says:
Following the supposed suicide OF IL
year-old Clara Strayner in the Maumee
OF the body OF Katie winover. house
keeper for the girls father. whom the
daughter looked upon as a step-mother,
floating in almost the same place as was
the corpse OF Miss Strayner when discov-
cred. Mourners returning from the flu
neral OF Miss Strayner found the house,
Keepers body.
Lincoln Strayner, the girls father. is a
farmer. living near Grand Rapids o., a
few miles up the Maumee. His wife died
when the girl was a babe in arms and
since that time Katie W1nover has been
the family housekeeper
On the river bank this note was found
Monday: II am buried I'm the old Maumee.
l am going to mother. Good bye. Clara"
A search then revealed the body. Tues
day there was found in almost the same
spot a note I'm an entirely different hand
writing. which read
Dear Papa I want TO bid you and Az
the friends good bye. l expect to go and
live with mamma. for you knows how |
am treated by Katie Your loving daugh-
ter, CLARA"
Two notes which experts say were writ
ten by different persons and the death
OF the Winover woman, who might have
supplied the key to the mystery are puz-
zling the police. The housekeeper disap-
peared Tuesday night
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
Superstiti0ns of Farmers

Farmers stick to the moon in re-
gard TO planting corn and other crops.
Some OF them will not under any cirum-
stances plant corn In moonlight nights.
claiming the corn planted then will
produce a tall stalk with a short ear.
Others just as successfully plant when
they are ready, when nights are dark
or moonlight, as the case may be. Other
notions are INDUCED In, such as throw
Ing the cobs in running water to keep
corn from firing.
Some farmers would under no consid-
Grafton burn pinder hul!s. the seed Of
which is to be used for planting: they
must be scattered along path or high
way, to be trodden upon In order to
secure a good crop.
Green butter bean hulls must he thrown
in road after being sheiled for table
use from day 10 day to insure good
crop for the following season. Charleston
News and Courier.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
JUSTICE At LAST
CONTINUED from Page One)

continued from rage one')
The friends OF Dreyfus brought about
the arrest of Col. Henry. chief of the In
telligence department. who confessed that
he had forged one of the discriminating
documents. and committed suicide In
prison
on June g. 1899. new court-martial OF
Dreyfus was ordered and the prisoner was
brought back from Devils Island to be
retired: but after a long and sensational
trial, Dreyfus was again convicted and
was sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment
in a fortress. Later he obtained full
pardon from President Loubet and was
set at liberty.
The friends OF this unfortunate captain
finally got the case before the supreme
court.
The decision OF the court was read by
the presiding judge, NJ. Ballot-Beaupre
president of the court of cessation, imme-
diately on the reassembling of the court
today.
Capt Dreyfus was not present. remain
ing secluded in the garnet where he has
hitherto been cut off from the outer world
The reading OF the decision lasted an
hour, and Matthew Dreyfus hastily dis
patched a messenger to bring the good
news to Capt. Dreyfus and Mrs. Dreyfus.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
They Hate the Auto

IL is a curious thing that some people
who love tho horse. think that because
they do love the horse they ought 20
hate and blaspheme at the motor. At
all events, that is the impression their
utterances make on the mind OF the
intelligent observer One would imagine
says Motor News. that. In view OF the
fact that the motor has shown itself
such useful aid 70 many forms OF
sport, that a great deal OF such prejudice
would have disappeared. Perhaps some
OF II has. but a good deal survives. and
even In the press there are sporting
journals that seem TO think thai they
supply a long-felt want by heaping all
the contumny they can gather together
on the poor, unoffending motor.-EN.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
TWO FRAUDULENT
SOLICITORS GIVEN
JUST SENTENCE

Emrick ]. Conkling. 20 years old. and
William X thompson, 3o years or age;
were each sentenced TO 30 days in jail
by Judge Reuckert In the Sixth district
court this morning. They each pleaded
guilty TO collecting 81 from Attorney
stock. falsely representing that they
were authorized 10 collect for a benefit
advertising book for the Motormen's and
Conductors Mutual Aid Association.
The police OF the Fourth station have
received several complaints of fraudulent
collectors being about the city. the com.
plants coming from the Cranston Street
Baptist church. the Edgewood Baptist
church and the @. A. r., but these two
men deny that they were the ones con-
cerned in these cases.
was a fraud telephoned 10 the station
what he had observed Patrolmen j. j..
Dessaint and II. III. Galllgan were sent
out and found Conkling on Broad street.
The prisoner was searched by Capt. Hor
ton, who found a typewritten paper
which apparently authorized Conkling TO
make collections for the benefit Of the
car mems association. From the entrSSs
which had been made Conkling had coN
lected sl7.
AS result OF Conkling's disclosures
Detective Johnson was sent out and
brought in Thompson from weybosset
sured that the men had no right TO make
the collections, and that their credentials
were irregular. caused both men to be
Among others from whom the two
made collections were Bishop McVickar,
Gen. Charles r. Brayton, Edward c.
the John Nj. Dean company. and several
physicians. Thompson claims his resi-
dence I'm Cambridge, Mass. The two
have been collecting for the past two
had been living with women not their
wives.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
Just Why II Is Rare

There are two stories regarding the
rarity OF the silver dollar OF 1904. the
most generally accepted one being the
one which accounts for the scarcity by
saying that they were gent to Africa to
pay the soldiers engaged in war between
this country and Trpoli. There were
only 1880 OF them coined. Another YER
sion OF the story which accounts for their
rarity Is that a vessel bound TO China
with almost the entire mintage OF that
year was lost The former story appear
To be the most likely explanation.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
WAGON BROKE IRON POST
AND SOUNDED FIRE ALARM

Just before o'clock this morning VIII
liam Eddy, driving one OF the lowgears
OF the II. 3. Hunt company, turned from
Washington into Union street He
cut to the curbstone too close and the
rear wheel struck the iron post, to which
flre-alarm box % is attached. breaking IL
at the sidewalk and throwing II over 10
the ground.
The concussion released the mechanism
and sounded the alarm, to which the fire.
men came with rush. Repairs were inn
mediately ordered. The box was not dam
aged and II was left lying on the sidewalk
for use In case of fire In the neighbor-
hood.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
Titles In Spain

Spain has 100000 titled persons. or about
one to every 80 inhabitants. Such titles
are held OF no esteem TO the original
peerage OF yhe country, however. These
original peers are known as grandeeA
and form an arlstocracy entirely Of birth,
some OF them having no handle at all TO
their names. yet they refuse TO mix with
even dukes OF new creation. To become a
Spanish baron $1,000 Is sufficient. Wis
county costs double that amount. while
20 be made a count a payment Of 5000
Is necessary.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
THIS MORNING
IN THE SIXTH
DISTRICT COURT

Fred Coffron. II years old, was ar
rested by Detectives Nickerson and Byron
yesterday afternoon for the larceny of 81.
from John Williams. and a bicycle from
Charles Hart. OF the value OF S.. II
was told 10 Judge Reuckert OF the Sixth
district court that the boy had been given
the money To pay a bill but that he
went 10 Crescent Park and had good
time. He was held in $500 for sentence
on Saturday.
Maria Healey went shopping yesterday,
and when I'm the Outlet store she lift
ed several articles all OF the value or
1884. She was arrested by Constable
J. ]. Morlarty and this morning she was
fined SIS and costs.
John McGrath was fined 81 and costs
for the larceny OF hammer valued at
81 from Gilbert S. Baker, IT being the
property OF Andrew j. Barber.
Fred j Foster was fined $40 and costs
for peddllng a liquid polish on Canoni-
Gus square without license.
Joseph Collins, the 17-ear-old boy who
yesterday was found guilty OF stealing
spoons. knives and forks from his mother,
and who also was on probation on an
other charge against him was sentenced
to the reform school during his minority
this morning
James H. Kinston. Bernard Hackett and
John Barry each pleaded guilty TO the
charge OF being common drunkards. Bar
ry was sentenced to nine months at the
state workhouse. and the other two were
placed on probation.
George Hanson, who yesterday pleaded
guilty 10 being a vagrant was this morn
ing placed on probation. Honson at his
arraignment yesterday said that he be-
longed I'm Worcester. and that he came
here In search OF work. He was arrest
ed for begging money on the street.
John Corcoran was fined SIS and costs
for an assault on Archillo Lipolla Ii
poila came into a saloon where Corcoran
was drinking and was Immediately struck
I'm the face by the latter
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
As To Newspapers

Napoleon said: -Four hostile ncws-
papers are more to be feared than n
thousand bayonets."
Lamb said: Newspapers always excite
curiosity. No one ever lays one down
without feeling OF disappointment
De la Bruyere said: The highest
reach OF news-writer is an empty
reasoning on policy. and vain conjoctures
on the public management"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
TRIED TO PROTECT HIS
OWN DOG AND WAS BITTEN

Louis Kraus OF 16 Maple street re-
ports that he was bitten by dog owned
by Mrs. Chase OF 10 Byron street
while he was protecting his own canine
from the attack OF the other dog on
Broad street near Beacon avenue last
evening.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-07-12
The TWO SHARPE CHILDREN
MISSING FROM HOME

William Hamilton OF $50 Westminster
street reports missing from the same
house since Monday, Robert Sharpe IL,
years old, and Lena Sharpe. 10 years OF
age.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07
FAMOUS CAT
Known As 1.-The Silver Lamok'n
Dies in England.

i.ondcn. Deer MIR O. ne o"Ver
I.,mnn.i" Tao c-"Drltcd chnchllia 60
imGv.H L. every cat tdrcitr the Wortt
over mas INST di,d at tr.tnllnSdy. IIi'1-
or u>5e~l.rC. az, w.. !
In every country whore cats arr brti
bts Irncnn, holds Il lcLdinS poS tlon i
n. u,.w s\ Wears S.DCe oi.c ri rs E;tf1>
MI Won The cold medal at Boston. Eorn
III HUI, This RI .iI.trllab,. animal tadln q i
.rcat age as compared to most Shly
hrnd 7,ts. ana from the tine nc WAS
fhrrc wears old to III" present his d.
scnndautS have Won ~ tiIe 'iNNt,tl
lace al every succeeding show
IN .o,,r years he raised the color I"
wn:,h ne belonged from one or two
lI.,.O-le SpcCinl.ns to the most fa$l .onah!c
variety in the country. TIL" ethereal
lnyelilias< Of tic chinch.lla became souSht
aftet. by fashionable Fades. NtI
g,linras. the hEh' st price ever raid & a
eat. was civeI! f"r one OF Ih" SILVER
l.anlhkin's' {, MS.
Princess Victoria If SchlnSwir-f'ol
stem. ranks chine! Hes among Lrr flNor-
ia ret-. and i UntrDn Of tn" t11"ti. a
tIIh fo,r-,ticd r. the owner Of TIE ST.
,,.r Tar,hi5;r"-AIrs raid ne. This IL T.
II cons darc1 thu loading authority On
rrtS. AND h Ids &c pos ton Of hoTorah ne
life r>r'nhar Cf the CIT Cluh formerly
/. r--,>ir,' ~ tl,o l1tn y 'rris7n Weir.
The crhaln-ed remains Of 'Iho, SILVER
T.rmhkin'' ravc bhcn accepted by tn
Na,,~ai TT'etnrv Museum. nod.
which ;Irn:.1rs l;no- thN cirh silver chal-
1eucr cups is 4 portrait of this interest
irG animal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07

William Pinckney Whyte, United
States Senator from Maryland, who
recently celebrated his SEA birthday
has never been inside saloon.
never smoked and never rode in q
cab.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07
The Really
Perfect LauRGry
Work

that you get from us at popular prices
L. the road by which we have slid" So
easily into public favor. The best we
can do Is the best there Is. and better
work al any cost is quite outside the
range of reason.
Open Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday
evenings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

John S. Locke, for y years supcrintcn-
den Of schools of Saco. died Wednesday.
aged 20 Years. IL was q native of Bid
Gcford, taught Z Grammar school in Saco
many years and afterward mad a book
store in Boston under the firm n7mc Of
Locke {; Graves A widow and q daugh-
ter survive.
The Weber Hospital Association has
taken a lease of the William p. Freeman
house On Pool street. Biddeford and will
convert it into Il public hospital. The
Feppcrcll Manufacturing Co. has offered
to maintain two free beds. and the Saco
& Pettec Machine Shop and the York
Mills of Saco one bed each.
Wednesdays game shipments through
Bangor were the very smallest Of any
day Of the season thus far with the en-
ccpton of the very first day. Only 10
deer were brought down during the day.
This brings the total shipments of the
season up TO 322S deer, 1S9 moose and Is
bears. against 1901 deer, 2lo moose and
81 bears in the same period in 1905.
Tho now ConeroGational chapel ct Cam
den was dedicated Wednesday. rcccp-
ton 20 the pastor. tho Rev. l.. p. Evans
by whose efforts largely the chapel was
built, was held from 8 to +. Nj. In the
evening the dedicatnry exercises were
hold. The chapel keys were presented to
the church and parish by S. G. Ritter
bush. Tho Icy. N'.t- "occDtcd by Judge
Rcul Rob.ascN .' u. i.-,t Of the board OF
directors IrE.. : was offered hv the
Rev. J. H. Quinn, Kookland. Addresses
lnli,-nreI EI- thn A FLINT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07
STATE NEWS.
-AMDR0sCOGGlN.
WALES.

BESSIE Ham Of Lewiston is visiting
at Meadow bcor! Farm.
arthur Carve was the guest Of
friends in Norway Saturday and Sun
day.
]. y Thompson has been pressing
hay for Frank SanbOrn.
Several lost their house plants during
the cold wave.
Miss Bertha nccklcr, the teacher il
;hc Centre district has been On the
sick list
a. $. Ham has bought 4 ilpck ut
sheep.
The &rlcctmcn were i'll Winthrop,
Wednesday On business for TIL" toxin.
There VIII be an all day session at
Wales GranG" Saturday Dreelrbrr y.
Tho officers fpT the ensuing year will DC
cleo It'd.
NcnGan Andrews is saving lUm-
bCr ut his mill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07
CURED TO STAY CURED,
How An Augusta Citizen Found Com.
plete Freedom from Kidney Trouble.

If you suffer from backa che
From urinary disorders
From any disease of the Kidneys
Be cured to stay cured.
Doans Kidney Pills make lasting
cures.
Augusta people testify.
Here's one case Of it:
Mrs. f c. Fogler, proprietor Of
boarding house, SO Northern Ave. Au-
gusta. Me-, says: In the spring of
1896 l got Doan's Kidney Pills at the
drug store of Willis r. Partridge and
they cured me Of excruciating backache
which caused me to lose rest and sleep
at night and made it difficult to attend
to my household duties during the
DAY. ! allowed my testimony to be
published in our local papers, and now,
fully eight years after, l am only too
pleased TO confirm what l said about
Doan's Kidney Pills in my first state
mcnt. The cure they made has been
permanent. In my case they proved
to be true kidney remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07

One Of the largest pieces re granite
taken from the Newport. Vt, quarries
was shipped 10 Albany, \. Y, Il few
DAYS ago. The piece weighed - tons
and required 20 horses to move it from
the quarry. which is about four miles
from the railroad, to the freight yard.
where it was loaded on a special Hat
car
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07
DOG UNCOVERS MINERAL VEIN
Discloscs Garnet and FeIdspar While
Diggins in Quarry.

Clifton Heights. Dec. Ga dogs paw
ing il some loos" soil i'll Patrick Ma
r"ny.' store quarry uncovered 4 vein
~ garnet ann fciGsnar. The dog dug
ont som" ..I""rts that attracted att-.-
ti"n ard 7 little Eater tic animal
reached solid rock. which mineralos:s.5
pronounce to be worth mining.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07

In France the transport trade have
tho largest number of unions. but the
engineering. metal, mining and textile
trades have the largest membership.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-07
KENNEBEC.
NORTH AUGUSTA.

Arthur Leighton has recently pur-
chased 9 E"W horse.
Mrs ". l.. button and children Of
Sk"wnosan have been spending few
days at hu"l buttons.
Walter Ayers and son OF Portland,
and F;ngcni0 Ayers of Worcester,
Mass. passed Thanksgiving with their
brother and family ". r. Ayers.
George whitney Of Nov York has
been visiting at Horace Haeans.
Everett Mitchell has some 70 VIM,
where he has employment in a lumber
mill.
4 new organ has been purchased at
the Stone school much 10 the joy an
satisf.lo ton Of the teacher Miss Carrie
y. Paul and her pupils. The Bracket
school is n close second in having an
organ. y fund was started at the be
ginning Of the fall term under the in
struction Of Miss Anna Wood and there
is now over $500 in the treasury. much
credit is due these efficient teachers
for their untiring efforts in having or
gans placed il the school rooms.
RIVERSIDE.
Mrs. !. r. Farwe!l is visiting friends
at Fairfield.
Mir. and Mrs. T. L. Gage ana children
CT Augusta were The ''ncs:s OF MI. ana
Mrs r. F.. HAYES THANKSGIVING.
Mrs. Helen T. Eahbins OF Orient is
visiting her mother, Mrs. A. +. Dunlap.
Mrs. r. VI. Pcacocl: and son Alfred ot
Milton, n. II. are visiting Mrs. Alfred
Lee. Mrs. loeacock's mother.
Willie Urquhart has some to Sout.:
Par for the winter.
Mrs. Susan ". Fosse:t of Augusta
was visiting Mrs =. II. Tossett last
eek.
Mrs Sarah Wentworth and Miss Effie
Wentwcrt nth were visiting friends at -Au-
austa last week.
c. II. Ptinrey made q business trip 20
Portland last Saturday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-07
A DEADLIER TORPEDO.
Missile Equipped with Turbine EnD
gines Nayy's New Acquisition.

Missile Equipped with Turbine Enc
gines Nayy's New Acquisition.
The United States government is sup
plying its navy with new engine of
destruction, the employment of which
will be Il deadly step in the evolution
of modern warfare, says the New York
Times. This agent is a turbine tor
peuo intended to supersede the old
Whitehead 1t is said that the turbine
torpedo will travel nearly twice as far
as the Whitehead and at least eight
knots faster. The new invention is
known as the Bliss-Leavitt torpedo.
These turbine dirigible tOrpedoes are
| being built in Brooklyn. The govern
ment has let a contract to O company
for 800 of them.
A naval inspecting officer and force
of naval experts are supervising the
construction of the torpedOes. Several
of those turned out have already been
tested. Noyac bay, Long Island, was
selected as the proving ground, with Il
fifty yard net as Il target. The torpe-
does were discharged from the steamer
Sarah Thorp at a distance of l,2OO
! wards. The center of the target was
struck three times in succession.
The new torpedo has the advantage
of the Whitehead in two other respects.
1t travels at full speed a few moments
7 after striking the water, and it can be
fred successfully from the submarine
tubes.
The torpedo itself is a marvel Of
, mechanical skill. 1t weighs l,22912
pounds and is cigar shaped shell, the
component parts being adjusted with
such nicely that scarcely joint is ViSl-
Bile. 1t is enough like the Whitehead
in its several lines, however, to permit
of its use in the old torpedo tubes, and
this has the advantage of a cOnsldera'
Bile saving to the government. The tor
DedO is sixteen and a half feet long and
seventeen and three-quarter inches
across at its greatest diameter The
shell contains 1870 horsepower turbine
engine and an air flask ninety-three
inches long, made to stand a pressure
of 2.25O pounds to the square inch.
There remains enough space for 26S
pounds of explosive and the machinery
to set it off. The air flask contains the
compressed air to drive the engine and
propel the torpedo. This air is heated
bv an alcohol lamp which lights auto
matically. The new torpedo's chief SUI
periority lies in the improved air cham
her and the turbine engines. If it is
emDloved in naval battles the engaging
sbiDs will attack from greater dis
tonce than in cases where the White
head has been used.
These torpedOes will cost the govern
ment from $1,000 to $4,000 each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-02-07
A New swinburne Poem.

The following poem was written by
Algernon Charles Swinburne for the
Queens Carol" the Christmas book
published on behalf OF her British maj
estys fund for the unemployed, says
the New York Times:
Winter, friend of health and wealth.
Hailed of goodly girls and boys,
Stays the poor by strength and stealth
Makes their lives his lifeless toys.
One boy goes galloping over the moor
land,
wild with delight of the sunshine and
speed,
Blithe as a bird on his bleak bright fore
land,
Glad as the wind or his own glad steed.
One. with darkness and toll fast bound
Bound in misery and iron fast,
Drags his nakedness underground
Sees the mine as the world at last.
Winter, lord of laughing Yule,
Winter, weeping on his dead,
Bids Us ease mis- iron rule,
Bids us bring his poor men bread