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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
GRANGE NOTES.

White Rock Grange of South Wind
nam will not resume its meetings until
August 3.
Two Candidates were instructed in
uie first and second degrees at the ST.
Aioans Grange last Saturday evening.
Fresumpscot Grange of South Port
,and entertained forty members OF
iieasantdale Grange p. of H.. on June
g. VII 'u''o
AT 'he regular meeting of the New
sweden orange, last Monday evening.
TOUR candidates received the first and
second degrees.
George River Grange of Jibor+,
uS 'he distinction of being the only
H'anse reported at the Waldo Pomona
as not having missed a session since
January 1. ''" ''''''
ing rohlona Grange met with NortI,
''' orange. Bangor. June 80. there be-
hs large attendance. North Star re-
1eh.ig held special meeting tn confer
"'shef degrees on four candidates
on June 2Sd, Union Grange at To Ct
sumner observed children's dav and
~ DAY. AT the morning session the
A'st and second degrees We're confer.
oh candidates, after which a Dime,
m. as served. which was followed by a
dr." fy entertainment. About 50 chill.
W" participated in the exercises.
h.. NE last regular meeting of Kenne.
POMONA was held with Sidney
lars The attendance was not as
co,s rs usual. The 9Th degree wa,
w.,..ieo on a class of candidates ir
nv pn The welcoming address was
bv GU I. G. Tilley of Sidney; response
SISTER Boardman of Oakland.
aro.se Will be no meeting of the An.
ha os Pomona in July. This has
tbs -. .ne custom for several years a.
inr ,sr are too busy with gather.
m. a a hay crop to spare the time
Co,,a nex. meetng will be with Rowe.
N0'ner Grange in August.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
SIGNS MANY COMMISSIONS.
President Puts Signature to $50 APP
pointee's Credentials.

Oyster Bay, L. l.. July 11.-President
Roosevelt is enjoying his first real va
cation since his occupancy of the White
House. In the week and a half he has
administered affairs from Sycamore
Hill, he has had but two visitors, Jo-
seph Ward and Secretary Taft. and
each of these calls was but two hours
in duration.
In conducting the affairs Of state by
correspondence entirely, the President
is required to devote from three to hve
hours daily to his mail. Secretary Loeb
went to Sycamore Hill at 3 O'Clock to-
day and did not return until 1.3O. In
this time the President signed more
than $50 commissions of officials in the
diplomatic and consular service and
poStmasters.
The Diplomatic and consular officers
were commissioned under the new law
reorganizing that service, it being the
intention to inaugurate the reforms
provided for as rapidly as possible.
Elisha Moore was arrested here to-
day because he was trying to impress
the villagers that he was in charge OF
the secret service force. He telephoned
TO Sycamore Hill that he would soon
he cut there and warned local saloon
kcepers that he would arrest them as
soon as he could get his uniform De
cause of defects in their licenses. Moore
told Squire Franklin that ne had Deeh
discharged from the navy 10 days, his
last service being on the battleshli
Kentucky. He said he had wife and
family in Staten Island and if allowed
his liberty would 20 to them. He was
sentenced to 10 days Imprisonment for
being drunk.
Tho Roosevelt children are planning
an informal party for Friday evening
NJ Sycamore Hill, when their play
mates in the neighborhOod will be in
y;tcd for a fro1ic and children's dance
,rhcse informal affairs have formerly
heen of frequent occurrence during ting
Dree;dc,t's summer sojourn at his
summer estate.
President Roosevelt is having more Oh
=. holiday than he has had since he be-
carne President. There are. OF course
many applications by mail and wire
for interviews. but these are universal
Nv answered by request that all mat
tors of business with the President DC
transmitted in writing. No visitor
arc expected this week.
secretary Taft will come to Oyster
Raw Monday and there will be some
other callers next week, but summer
o,,iet is to be maintained to the ut
most.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
GREATEST SWIMMER
Ever Known Was the Australian
Wonder Who Died Recently.

With the death of B. 3. Keran in
Australia recently, says the New York
World, there passed from this earth
not only the fastest and most, wonder
full swimmer ever known, but posi-
lively the most marvellous specimen of
the power of physical endurance that
the world has ever seen.
This youngster was cut down right
at the flower of his youth, and what
he might have done had he lived is
just as wonderful to contemplate as
the unapproachable swimming records
he left behind him. Every time he
swan 200 yards or over he shattered
every existing record for the distance,
including his own. On such occasions
experts would say, Surely, even
Keran himself can't go that distance
any faster,' which calculations Keran
himself would knock skyhigh the very
next time he entered the water.
He was but 10 years old, weighing
$50 pounds and standing feet 6
inches.
Some idea of the wonderful ability
of Keran compared with contem-
poraneous stars of his own country,
England and America may be gained
from the table herewith. This table
will also give an idea of how lamen-
tably far behind the rest of the world
we Americans. are as swimmers. 1t
| will be noted that the fastest time ever
made in this country for a mle-26: 10.
by Howard Brewer of California-iS
just three full minutes slower than the
worlds record of keran, which will
! probably stand at 23:16 for a good
many years. 1t is even a minute and
a half better than the English record.
The best American record for 1000
yards is 1928, while Kerans worlds
record stands at r.: 81 2-5. It's the
same all the way down the line-we
are way, way behind both Australia
and England. At the half mile I
estimate that Daniels can do 1880
| (his American record is 1850, while
kcran's worlds record is 1111 3-5.
When Ellington made his $40 rs
for 500 yards in England it was flashed
all over the world as the greatest
swimming ever seen. The next thing
we hear is that Keran tried his hand
at this distance last summer and
shattered Billingtons mark by thirteen
| seconds.
| Kerans fame dates back only a little
over a year, and the way be came into
prominence is interesting. In 1902
and 1903 Richard Cavill. also of
Australia, was the swimming sensa-
ton, and on invasions of England both
those years he cleaned up everything
! in his way with the utmost ease.
| 1t was on his return to the antipodes
from one of these all-conquering tours
that he was billed as the whole thing
| in the New Zealand half-mile
championship. An unknown was en-
tered. The unknown was Keran, and
he left Cavill many lengths behind.
| That was his debut. and he was never
headed after that.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
A Valuable Agent.

The glycerine employed In DIR. Pierce's
0a6icines greatly enhances the medk
einsl properties which 1t extracts and
holds In solution much better than alco-
kol would. 1t also possesses medicinal
properties Of its own, being valuable
ferment. It adds greatly to the efficacy
Of the Black Cherry bark, Golden Seal
root, Stone root and Queens root, con-
tanned in "Golden Medical Discovery in
subduing chronic, or lingering coughs,
bronchial, throat and lung affections,
for all Of which these agents are recon-
mended by standard medical authorities.
In ali cases where there Is Q wasting
away Of flesh, loss of appetite, with
weak stomach, as in the early stages Of
consumption, there can be no doubt that
slycerine acts as @ valuable nutritive and
Sids the Golden Seal root, Stone root,
0ueen's root and Black Cherrybark in
promoting digestion and building up the
Euh and strength, controlling the cough
IA bringing about . healthy condition
n the whole system. OF course, it must
not be expected to work miracles. 1t will
not cure consumption except in its earlier
gfapes, It will cure very severe, obstin.
Ate. chronic coughs, bronchial. and laryn-
zeal troubles, ard chronic sore throat
With hoarseness. In acute coughs it is
not 50 effective. 1t is in the lingering
when accompanied by bleeding from
Mnas, that ii has performed its most
marvellous cures. Send for and read the
little book of extracts, treating of the
properties and uses Of the several med
Email roots that enter into DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and learn aChlj
this medicine has such wide range OF
application in the cure of diseases, It is
ssnt free. Address DIR. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y. The Discovery" con.
tsins no alcohol or harmful, ha bit-form-
ina drug. Ingredients all printed on each
Bottle Wrapper in plain English.
Sick people, especially those suffering
from diseases Of lcn9 standing. are invited
70 consult DR.. Pierce by letter, free. All
correspondence Is held as strictly private
And sacredly confidential. Address DR..
R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Or. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent fires
On receipt of stamps to pay expense Of
mailing orly. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for paper covered, or 81 stamps for cloth
bound copy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
In effect June 4, 1896

Pullman Car Service.
Pullman sleeping car between session
and Caribou on train leaving Boston at
a.@ T. n; Augusta, LIS A M; Bangor.
BIS A. NJ, and Caribou. 455 Z. NJ.
Parlor car on train leaving Northern
Maine Jet. at 3.15 P. NJ. ana Caribou at
Augusta at 25s A. NJ and GreenviiIs at
TRAINS LEAVE.
LEAVE Portland. 1890 p. NJ; Augusta,
3.25 A. M; Arrive Mllinocket at 61b A.
M: Houlton, SET A. NJ; Pressure Isle, 1913
A. NJ; Caribou, 1910 A. NJ; Fort Fair
eld 70 3 M Van d Buren, l2o5 aeI M
2SS A. M; Watervllle. 3.35 A. M; Ban
gor. 10 A. M: Arrive So. Lagrange. Sis
A. M; katahdin Iron Works. 9.55 A. M;
NJ: Ashland. Us P. NJ: Fort Kent. SO
P. M; Houlton. 1920 p. M: Presque Isle.
ts g P; NJ; Carbon. rs F M; ven Buren,;
9.1S A. NJ; Guilford, s.32 A. NJ; Monsoon.
1879 A n: Greenville' 1910 A. NJ; Kineo.
Leave Portland lilo A. M; Water
vile. 1.5o P. NJ; connection for Aroostook
County via Northern Maine Jct); leave
Bangor. 2.55 P. M; Arrive So, La grange.
$40 P. Nj; Ashland. 90 P. NJ; Houlton.
$50 P. NJ; Pressure Isle. $50 F. NJ; Carl
bou. s.2s ?. NJ: Fort Fairfield: s.l5 ?. NJ.
LEAVE Portland: Ice T; NJ; Augusta
AoP: M: Arrive Dover. SO F. NJ;
TRAINS ARRIVE.
LEAVE Greenville. $50 a; NJ; dover.
rive Bangor, $40 A. M; leave Bangor.
1.s5 P. NJ: Arrive Waterville. al7: Au-
LEA LEAVE Il? Fort Fairfield, us A. NJ; Van
Presaue Isle, IA A. NJ; Houlton,. s15 A.
Millinocket. Ills A. M; Katahdin Iron
Works, 1870 A. M. Arrive Bangor. 1.45 P.
M: Arrive Watervile, 3.17 M; Angus
ia, s.55 P. NJ. (via Northern Maine Jct)
| Isle. 1858 +. NJ; Fort Fairfield, 11.55 A.
NJ; Houiton, 2s5 p. NJ: Fort Kent. 1l.2o
A. NJ; Ashland, Is P. NJ; Patten. 30S T.
M; Millinocket, All p. M; Klneo. 1.45 2:
n. GrsenEilIe; 4oS Is T M; MInson: S5s
Foxcroft. 5.a2 p. NJ. Arrive Bangor. rs
r. NJ; WatervilIe. s.54 P. M: Augusta.
III Leave Van Buren,, sos P. NJ; Caribou.
iresgne Isle s;2a p :; n; Hou,tons 7,S n.a r:
cor. ids r. M; Wstervilie. 15s A. M.
Train. leave Northern Maine Jet for
Stockton and Searspnrt. at So A, NJ: Lbs
81 and e NJ Els NJ + sTr' sn1 81 s1eFhs9H
and and s SeaTspI rs Retnrn,1sx isave sasrspor
at sos A. NJ: 200 P. M. and 1225 P. N.
and Stockton at 615 A. ~ e1o p. NJ
Md as5 81 p Nj srryinE so ct NSrth sna
- 4,e c e, & BROWN 3 " y !.
w. A. CT; SSG suTT'~r',terdent. z: II, y II. Il
| Bangor ! ~. ieG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

St Louis dynamited the old Ferris
wheel recently. and now 1T is announced
VT at the end of the present summer
nndon is to destroy it's own great wheel
t',iIt on the order of the mechanical won
der of the Columbian Expositi3n' Ii Is
~, the london wheel. The year after
IL vas opened the London wheel received
~ y. bierrst advertisement. One night ii
suddenly stopped. sixty passengers sisse were IRE
IN e COS on paper came fiuttering down
me- aSreais for food. After a time some
Sailors were found who climbed -, up the
supp sixtv anassengers had to be content
INIT, INF o'clock the following morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

Natives of the east coast of Africa do
not object to the presence OF the great
white ant colonies in their neigiborhood
Tho ants exercise great fertiliZinG power
on the crops A resident of that coun-
try writes: EVERY season | have seen
the wonderful effects the white ant hill
produces on the kaftirs maize and corn
Whenever there happens to be an ant
hill in a garden its immediate vicinity can
be at once distinguished as the maize
and corn are fully double the size of tho
surrounding crop The bush country Il
few miles from this place, IS swarmina
with white ants and has also a large ac-
tive population. The ants do not attack
green crops to any extent"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

A well-known museum in England con-
tains n cork model of the Colosseum in
Rome The Keeper was showing party
of American visitors over the museum
and mentioned that this was made in
cork" THAT is curious said one Of
the ladies. I'VE are Just going to visit
he exniaineTl. that this model was made
out ii cork. THAT is still more curl
Gus" she replied; CopE friends live just
London has five regularly built
open-air pulpits from which there is
preaching. and the results have been
so good that other churches are con-
sidering the question of having such
pulpits built upon the outside of their
edificeS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
STATE OF MAINE.
Supplies for Encampment, National
Guard, State of Maine. Proposals
for Commissary Supplies.

Adiutant Generals Office. Augusta July
10, 1906.
Sealed proposals for furri'' i~.., n, ! de-
fivcring at Camp Cobb q t.a aces
needed for the annual cac n, ,f.I"nt "a The
National Guard. STATE r 1Na:.i, To- In,
holden August 9Th 10 .iSth. 5nElus.Un. VIII
b" resolved until u Nj. july 3ith, IjN;
All bids must contemplate Furnishing
material of best enality. Full irfor,nl-
ton may BE- obtained at the Adiptapt-
proposals should be endorsed: 'i"Propts-
us for Subsistence Suppicsi Camp
Cobb"
tSiynedl EDWARD j. MAYO.
Cornmissar nv -CsencralI'
ii;ly11d12t atjf -,,a r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
Diminished Vitality.

Some people talk very hippantly
about diminished vitality.
They don't stop to think that vitality
il the principle of life-that 1t Is that
little understood something on which
every function Of their bodies depends.
Diminished vitality is early indicated
by loss Of appetite, strength and en-
durance. and Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the greatest vitaiizer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

Ibid you ever stop to think of all the
the old carrier I've been taking mail
out of EN- for thirty odd years and you
wouldn't begin to believe how many queer
things. There's no place pickpockets and
their undesirable loot I've found mora
empty pocketbooks in them than I could
ever count. I've found complete carving
sets, stag mounted. and with the own
er's monogram. too deeply set in to make
| them easily salable by. the burglar. Su-
perfic;aly the most valuable thing ever
found was a check. properly made out,
for 80 OcO New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
NEWS FROM BELFAST
Assessors Work is CompIeted-Figures
Show Gratifying Increase.

Belfast, Nc, July 11.-(Special)-
The annual excursion by the Universal
list Sunday-school Tuesday was well
attended and was most enjoyable
outing. About so persons went on the
steamer Silver Star to Ryders cove
and Hewes' point in Islesboro and to
CaStine. Arriving at that historic
town the party first examined the
points of interest in the village and
then by buckboards skirted the cape
to view the scenery. A picnic dinner
was partaken of. The return was by
the regular afternoon trip of the
steamer. arriving in Belfast at about
40 p. NJ.
"Tinkers," or small sized mackerel.
have struck into Belfast bay and good
catches were made with hook and line
yesterday.
Clarence F. French, ESQ, Of Boston,
is in correspondence with his class
mates of the Belfast High school, class
of 1851. with a view to holding re-
union this summer in honor of the 25th
anniversary of their graduation The
class numbered II at the time of gradu-
alton and twelve are now living. Ow-
ing to sickness in the families of some
of the members no date has been fixed
or definite plans made.
Sheriff Carleton now has spilling of
Der at the Jail almost daily. as the time
of libel expires on the various totS
seized. One of the latest was 25 bar
reIs Of beer condemned by Judge Black
of the Searsport municipal court, and
originally intended for the Italian Ia
borcrs in that section. Mr.. Carleton
and his deputies have made large
number of seizures this year and thus
| far have not been ordered to return a
single lot.
The assessors have completed the tax
lists and delivered the books to the col
lector. The valuation shows a gratl-
fying increase in all classes of property,
| the total gain being So, 200. The figures
| for the two years are as follows:
| Real estate. resident 81, Si,7lO s1,ss5.69l
Real estate, nonresident 15SS 1R,oH1
ro,o, ron, estate .S,053,o95 s2,n27. 80
| rarS"n,i as,atc resident 665 sos G2S, 69d
| Personal estate, nom econ ar
| resident ........-..--.--- Cow
Total personal estate s6ii. Iao 80 ~ y
Total real and personal 212,.S 2"T's o.,
| Number of polls ........o ,d,,-o D Ono ,dc NJ
City tax ..............Ft.'i ooy 'So9 ~
So,,nty tax - 2.JjJi, 2.OO9 l:
| Total asse ssmcnt ......S 1,co. ~ SiN. IoI;ts
| Rate of taxation 80 per cent, l!'2 NILS
| Edward II. Kelley, managing editor
of the Bangor Commercial, is spending
a three weeks vacation with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Kelley OF
East Belfast. He is accompanied by
! his Wife and son.
| Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Frost have closed
their ice cream parlors on Church
| street.
| Two Salvation Army workers are as
tsisting at the Gospel Mission tent
| meetings for a few days
John w. Kimball of Belfast, Demo
cratic candidate for clerk OF courts four
wears ago. announces that he will he
candidate for denomination before the
convention. August 4. He is at pres
.ent a bookkeeper for NJ. B. Smith OF
Hartford, Conn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

Add to your pocket money.
Take a look into the garnet or
spare room for articles which
have lost their usefulness for
you. Phone 1876 will connect
you with the Journals for
sale columns. Rapid riddance.
~yxck cash!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

In Russia an extensive domestic In.
a,,stry consists of the manufacture or
wooden spoons, of which as MANY as ~
90 0O0 are made annually. They are near
IL all of birch wood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

The founder is an industrious fish and
lays 100000 eggs year.
tx n nf ppa apo .os r. makes for itself
fresh bed of straw every night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12
aAILaoAps AND srsAmsoAra
AIqEM|REIS1sa
In Enect June 4. 1906.

THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING WEST-6.G A. NJ. for Lewiston.
Pennington, Rargeley, Rockland. Port
land Boston Quebec and Montreal; 94
AM. 900 A. NJ. Sundays only,) for
Rockland. Lewiston, Portland and Bos-
ton. Brunswick, Lewiston, Pennington,
Rangeley. Fabyaus. Lancaster and
I RncE, s5S p; NJ, express for Brunswick.
No. Conway and Bartlett: SO p. N. sun
days only. for Portland and Boston, con-
Meeting with through sleeper for New
York; 7.10 P. NJ, for South Gardiner; 90
2. NJ, daily for Lewiston, Bath, Rock
land, Portland and Boston, LIS AZ ~
GOING EAsT-l945 A. NJ for skowhe-
gan. Bangor, Moosehead Lake. Caribou
sbs pArsHstook SoantS s. John Can. and
and Bar. Harbor; sos A. NJ. for Water
vile and Skowhegan, Oakland and way
stations to Lewiston; els A. M. for Wa
terville, Foxcroft Bangor: 1884. noon for
Bangor Bar Harbor Aroostook County,
st. John and Hailifax. Lewiston and way
stations Win Wntcrville; IA p. NJ, ex-
press for Bucksport and daily to Bangor
and Ear Harbor; go P. NJ. for Water
ytlIe. Oakland. Bingham. skowhe a,
wamkeag; 733 p. NJ. for Waterville and
SkowheEan: ao7 A. NJ, Sundays only, for
Waterville, Bangor and Bar Harbor.
The night Pullman train going East at
1245 A. NJ runs every night. Sundays In
clude6, hut not to Skowhegan on Monday
mornings. nor on Sunday mornings to
Belfast Dexter or beyond Bangor. ex-
cepting to Ear Harbor and Wash. Co. r.
snon~ Po~ ,os,> Nva vS,fp%s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-12

Co.. sun "r'oterdefit.
Bangor ~. : ifsG
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14
Weighing The Mails.

1t is announced that some time
this spring the government will
weigh the mails west Of the Missouri
river for the purpose of fixing the
compensation the railroads shall re-
ceive during the next four years fer
carrying the mails. The weighing
will occupy about 100 days. The
railroads will be paid for four years
on basis Of what is carried during
the weighing period. This plan
makes it easy to pad the mails dur
ing the weighing period. 1t has
been charged time and again that
during the mail weighing season the
mails have been loaded down with
publ: documents sent out under
congressional frank and shipped
from point to point, weighed and re-
weighed time and again during the
weighing season. That the pay
ments made to railroads for trans
porting the mails are responsible for
the deficit in the postal department
is well known. Forty millions of
dollars are paid every year to rail
road corporations for mail service.
Pound for pound the railroads charge
500 per cent more for mail carrying
than they do for express carrying,
and instead of furnishing cars as
they do to the express companies,
they charge Uncle Sam a rental for
the mail cars that annually equals
the cost Of the cars, and in many
cases exceeds it. The Commoner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14
800 mines in Illinois, the aggregate out
put of which is 100000 tons Of
bituminous coal.
TWENTY KILLED
TH1RTY-N1NE ARE IN THE PIT
Twelve Are All That Get Out Alive
After an Explosion - Six
Bodies Recovered.

Charleston, w. Va, Feb. 9.-At least
twenty-seven men have met death in
a terrible mine explosion in the Parall
mine of the Stewart Galleries com.
pany, near Oallhill. Thirty-nine men
We're employed in the mine, and only
twelve have escaped alive. Six bodies
had been recovered near the mouth of
the mine, and it is certain that all the
others in the mine are dead.
Among those known to be in the
mine and supposed to be dead are
Mine Boss Miles Pratt and his son
White: four negroes-David Wells,
James Swan. George Jones and Will
liam Madison. Robert Feathergill es-
capped with Il broken leg. The explosion
was terrific, and 1t is thought that many
of the miners We're killed outright The
system of fans was completely wrecked
by the explosion and all air was shut
off from the mines, leaving the men
who had not been killed by the eXplo-
sion 10 smother to death.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14
DEATH WIPES
OUT DISGRACE
Peoria Residents Manifest Sorrow ut
Funeral Of Rev. Simmons, Who
Killed Himself

Peoria. H., Feb. 12.-That death
has wiped out the disgrace of Rev.
George H. Simmons. late pastor of the
First Baptist church, who killed him
self rather than face exposure, was
shown when 1900 residents of Peoria
gathered at his funeral in the church
over which he once presided.
Rev. John Whiting, of Kewanee,
preached the sermon calling to mind
ceaseless activity of DIR. Simmons in
Ills lifetime, and the good work he had
done for the church and city. Public
sentiment has thrown mantle Of
charity over the pastors tragic death.
Eight of the depositors of the Peo-
pies Savings bank, of which DIR.
George II. Simmons was president,
have filed proceedings in the United
States court here against Rev. f. L..
Kelly, the surviving partner in the
bank. asking that the bank be de-
clarcd bankrupt.