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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1906-11-16
Women as Well as hien
Are Made Miserable BY
Kidney Trouble.

\ -,ey trouble preys upon the mind, de-
pourages and lessons ambition beauty, vlEor
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1906-11-16

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man am leiGtefsn bur6 abreiben nit
sinem NIT Gfftg ~sefrantten 2Gpp6en,
MIR mub man BE Reibung b0Ib bors
men, bumit bic Tledt niht gu tisf frei
fen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1906-11-16

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den. pideIt man btsislben IN etn feuts
leg fpsiBes Sud unb IGBt lie BARN eis
nise Stunben. Nimmt man Iie beruus,
70 III 6us Gebsr bebubor.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1906-11-16

Die grnd1runs Der MenItGn tDiirbe
Iih 3peifellDs obne GrbObuns Der Ro'
fen pelen!li9 perbeIiern luIfen, tpenn
man niat ben @intdufspreis Der 2es
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grnGbrune, b. / bic preisnirbisteit in
8etra6t Sieben ipOllte. Ra9 &Onia
Ebemie Der menI9Iihsn Ndbrunsss
unb @enubmitteD erbGlt man fir cine
Mart I'm Gi $50 NGbrrsrtbeinbetten.
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Der erpo4ienen Msni9sn beranseSos
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1906-11-16

IL Ft6,n cY9 sih psris sf grst,S rem esrnHi4t
esH { ssssar. .os ssau STREET sen gs't
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

the bedroom. and holding the Ianar
high above him. he stared into the
room. The huddled figure OF Mrs
Crue lay on the carpet. Her head was
splashed with blood. and her clothes
were wet. A quilt partly covered her
lower limbs. The woman was quite
dead-and It was murder. The hus-
band ran out Of the house.
Presently the family Of Augustus
Woods. the nearest neighbors Of the
Cruas, we're disturbed at their supper
by peremptory knocking. Woods
hurried to the door and opened It.
Crue stood on the stoop. bare-headed
and wlld-eyed.
Somebody has murdered my wife!"
he shouted. "Come quick"
Groton became tremendously ex-
cited over the deed, and the medical
examiner and the constables immedi-
ately began to make their investiga-
lions. They found two bullet holes In
the woman's head and another In her
breast. But there were no signs of
struggle. and there was no robbery.
The officers retained the bullets and
took impressions of the imprints in
the snow outside the house. Crue was
questioned closely, but he proved an
alibi. Then the officers surmised that
a tramp committed the deed. and
searched the village thoroughly for
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

He served his time. and left the
prison q 1ail-bird for life. His frsl
destination was his home. He wished
TO see Claremont. even though he
were . jail-bird and his home q
wretched blur on the rural landscape,
He found nothing changed. His moth.
or was still suffering patiently, his
brothers and sisters were still pale
and hollow-cheeked. Everybody there
needed the commonest neeessarics OF
HE. 20 stearns Kendall Abbott the
youth. more self-reliant and energetic
than Stearns Kendall Abbott, the
child. went forth to obtain them. not
caring greatly how he obtained thcm
so long as he succeeded. He broke
into small store and was possessing
himself OF Its money when the coun.
try constables arrived and possessed
him. For his offense he served six
years In Concord prison.
Thence he went into the army for
service against the confederacy. Some.
body cheated him out OF his bounty
money, and he deserted In Hartford.
Conn. He was at once confronted by
the problems of feeding and clothing
himself. and he followed his bent.
One day he espied mail bag without
protection. He stole the United
States property, opened It and ap.
propriated its contents. But they
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25
The Strange Case Of
..A.,STEARNS> g.
A4EkENDAL-I M
W ABBOTT N
Nctme9f Enynoranent

Der land and out Of sight. His wife
watched his departure with phleg
matte interest.
During the afternoon a neighbor. on
his way across the country, called to
pay his respects to Mrs. Crue. He
knocked on the door and then, with
out further formality, turned the knob
and entered. Mrs. Crue sat in her
kitchen talking with stranger. The
neighbor excused himself, said he
merely stopped to say word of greet.
ing, and then withdrew.
Stranger Opened Door.
Later in the afternoon Miss Jennie
Carr. well-known Groton young
woman. also called. She knocked on
the door several times. Nobody an
swered. Then she noticed that the
curtains of the front window were
lowered. But 1t occurred to her that
Mrs. Crue might be somewhere in the
the house, so she continued to knock.
Presently the knob of the door turned,
the door opened few inches. and a
man looked out cautiously at her. He
was a stranger to her. She asked II
Mrs. Crue was at home. He replied
CURLY:
"No, she has gone to town for the
afternoon, to make some calls"
Then the door closed without
further ado.
OF the history OF the day, which i'm
mediately follows, the husband is the
only authoritative source. He returned
from Aver Junction shortly after SUM-
set. Much to his surprise. the house
was quite dark.
Failing 10 secure an entrance
through any door, he went 10 one Of
the windows and vaialy tried TO raise
H. Re ccacluied tia; his wife had
taken excellent precautions 10 proven,
Tie s-:rz-cs Of s1rz-Ee-s Yet the
draw cu-tA.as. staring hin biaak-y
II the tzce maize him uneasy. he
EllkE3 z-oz-5 Ire house 70 the csllE-
too-- TETU1ga the gioo- he Eru9ea
his EzF with czz:iOa. always sensing
sla@z15-g disaster. THIS y-ouOnstiur
grew slr0nEe. AID stronger sx ID
mounted he s-zs-z 20 The kitchen
I NOE IL proceeded oo-e wzrily tha-
ever. Msseaing for any Eigniscan'
sound The ho7se was quite silent
AID al las: be struck match and hu-
RED 10 the lamp The Light partly 70
| assured him
Then he decided TO look into hi
wife's room, and with the lamp In ons
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

Groton.-In this quiet Massachu-
Ssctts village 25 years ago, there lived
q family named Crue Their home was
a small farm house in particularly
lonely location, three miles from other
habitations.
Crue was teamster, whose duties
compelled him frequently to go to
Aver Junction, several miles away.
Sometimes he left home early in the
morning, and remained ia his labors
until sunset. His wife was left under
the protection of a dog, who spent
large part OF the day sleeping near
the kitchen stove.
Mrs. Crue was an ordinary New
England housewife. That Is to say
she was purely domestic, worked from
morning till night at household du-
ties. and knew the outside world only
slightly. The desolation of her domi-
Gle was second nature to her; she ac-
cepted 1t as her fate. When, day after
day. she was left practically unguard-
en- 1t never occurred to her to be
frightened.
III vagabond came to her door,
whether or not he asked for aims
surlily and peered about as though to
learn of her unprotected state, she
showed no fear, but gave him food and
tDld him to be off before her husband
came down stairs and detected her
charity. Moreover, Mrs. Crue. by rea-
son of her daily domestic exercises.
was strong and hardy enough to feel
selfreliant. Invariably she held a
stout broom during her talks with the
occasional Migrants. She believed
thoroughly that this traditional house
hold weapon would serve her faith
fully in time or need.
Rumors of Domestic Trcu6ies-
From time to time there we're ~
TuorS among people who knew re
Crues. They said the husband az 20:
pay as much attention 20 his wife "a
he should, and they mentioned o.hz-
names, but the wife never answered
impairment questions. She told c1-i-
Gus people that she minded Ter Own
business and expected her usighborz
to follow her example. Wherecpoa
they shrugged their shoulders. and
any possible sympathy for her they
might have felt expired.
On the morning OF January l.. 1850
the home Of the Crues was surround
ed with snow. The adjacent wood:
we're thin and scrawny. and the whole
Immediate world was bleak and chilly
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25
INTERIOR CITIES DEMOLISHED.

London.-In a dispatch from Val.
raraiso. without date, the correspond.
ent Of tho Daily Mail says:
Sixty per cent. of this city has
been completely destroyed. The death
roll Is heavy. There were SO shocks
during Thursday night, and there
have been 300 more since then. The
tremors still continue. One hundred
thousand people are homeless and
destitute. Water is giving out. Sur
rounding towns have been destroyed
and the railroad has been cut"
charlottesville confusion akin
to panic still prevails, 1t Is at last
possible to gauge the full extent Of the
destruction done by the successive
earthquake shocks OF Thursday and
Friday.
The most conservative estimate OF
the dead places the number at 1000,
while II Is certain that scores OF bod
los lie buried In the ruins which re-
main untouched.
The damage to property is enor-
nous, $250,OOO,O00 probably will not
cover the loss.
The fires which threatened to com
plete the ruin done by the earth
quakes have been checked, but at the
cost OF the city's water supply.
City 10 pesoIate.
The ruined city presents scene OF
inexpressible desolation. It practical
ly has been abandoned. Earthquakes
and FIRE have left more than 100000
OF It's population homeless.
Those whose homes escaped des'
truction long ago deserted them In
terror
Almost the entire population is en-
campcd in the hills surrounding the
city. The plight Of the refugees Is
dreadful. Without adequate shelter
through two bitterly cold and rainy
nights, they are now existing practi
caily without food.
Famine Threatens.
A famine both Of food and water
now threatens to add horror to the de
vastation. Milk Is almost unobtafna
bio, and meat 10 e luxury beyond the
reach of all but those who can pay
dearly for It.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

evidence o. Brr21Ee-k- Every BODY
was 2uzzled over me apparent 40
sence Ot any motive
stearns Kendall Abbott
u the home Of the Crues Ia G-oton
was lonely, the childhood home o,
Stearns Kendall Abbott IN Clarenont,
y. T., was the neres; existence.
There. in 1899. be was added TO an
already large family.
Il was very sordid existence; II
was almost worse than nothing. In a
general way the boy knew, as he grew
older, that other boys here and there
enjoyed three nourishing meals a
day, and slept In beds by themselves
and had enough clothing TO keep them
warm. Yet 1t seldom occurred 10 him
TO think much about other boys In this
world, because he was always con.
cerned with the problem OF satisfying
his hunger and his craving for warmth.
Later he went to the country school
He wore ragged clothes. and, OF
course. everybody In the school could
see them and everybody in the town
knew that he was poyerty-stricken
youngster, and, therefore, according 10
country traditions, looked down on
him and considered him an inferior
species Of the race OF small boys.
At the age of IA he went to Lowell
to obtain employment. But he was a
very helpless waif, who lacked every
lettering influence. who was thorough.
ly cowed-a hopeless waif whose des
tiny was nine-tenths death or degra
dalton and one-tenth honest livelihood
He failed to get Job at once. He
could furnish no references, and the
factories needed no small boys. He
fell among disreputable men, who told
him how to make money with ease
One companion OF the waif from Clare
mont explained that II he forged an
order for SIS he could secure the
money without any danger and
promptly lose himself in some other
city. The boy was without any an
swering argument. Indeed, the plar
appealed to him. for he lacked many
necessities OF life. So he made out
an order on firm for SIS. for worl
done, presented 1t at the cashiers of
fee, obtained the money, divided Il
with his adviser. and then went to ar
eating house and fed heartily. The lat
was suddenly wealthy.
Given state Prison Term.
But the swindled tradespeople CAV,
the police an excellent description o
the thief. and the police caught him
He could only say that he had needet
the money badly, and had taken tn,
advice OF an older man. He couldn'
tell them, however. that he had neve
had a fair chance. Lacking the vocab
uiary, he could not tell them one
tenth OF his sordid childhood. No
body defended him. He went befor,
the court and received a sentence O
30 months. Then they took him away
not to reformatory. but to stat,
prison.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25
Long Career Of Crime.

-fr AdOgr sSclh
Long Career Of Crime.
he was used % that sorr o, lie by
this time: and he was unused 70 any
other kind, save existence In q pow
erty-stricken home. Thereafter one
orense succeeded another. He stole
a horse and buggy, AID served a re
sultant sentence Of four years in
Charlestown; be eusbezzled $3.50 and
returned 10 Chariestorn for two years
more. Later he entered a house In
Manchester. y. H.. and stole SIT. For
this crime he spent three years In the
New Hampshire state prison. He was
now AZ years old, his terms Of con.
finement aggregated % years, and he
was known az an habitual criminal.
Stearns Kendall Abbott was in Gro
ton on the 18th OF January, 1880. He
was only a month and half out Of
Concord prison, and presumably was
trying to obtain employment as a
wood carver. This was his trade
his prison taught trade-and he was
capable man. He called at several
houses and explained ia one man that
he wished to secure a Job as a wood
carver and TO another-and to several
others-that he wished to purchase
some farm property. OF one man
Henry Hewins-he asked to be direct.
ed to the Crue house.
From house to house Constable
Reed, Of Aver, traced his movements.
until at last he located him in East
Weare, N. II. The prisoner denied
the crime. He said that he had never
known Mrs. Crue, and had never seen
her. He told the court that no left
Groton during the afternoon of the
18th and went TO Boston, where he
spent several hours in house of III
repute. But he couldn't corroborate
his statements. Witnesses located
him In the Crue house; chain Of cir.
cumstantial evidence held him firmly.
Death Sentence COMMITTED.
He was sentenced to be hanged, and
from his window In the Jail no
watched them building the scafold.
Wendell Phillips and others became
interested In his case. and urged Gov.
Long to commute tho sentence. At
first the governor refused, but whom
one Of the chief witnesses against
Kendall, Jennie Carr. admitted herself
a perjurer respecting part 81 her tes-
timony--respecting denial Of her
motherhood-Gov. Long reprieved the
condemned man and ordered that he
spend the remainder Of his days n
the state prison.
That was % years ago. Twenty-Five
years ago they wrote the last record
against the name Of Stearns Kendall
Abbott--'life prisoner for the murder
Of Maria L. Crue. Of Groton." II was
the concluding chapter Of ono OF the
most stirring murder stories OF west
ern Middlesex county. It was hise
the aftermath to the prisoners hope
LEGS childhood.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

evidence % Stranger Everybody
was 2uzzled over me apparent 40
sence o. any motive.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25
AT. Nav Auto Record.

New York;. !. Whitman and d.
8. Carris. who arrived at the Astor
house here Friday at 11:56 o'clock IN
s0-horsepowcr machine. thereby es-
tablshed new cross continent au-
tomobile record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

Big Buildings Destroyed.
Parliament building.
Municipal building.
Courthouse.
Central market.
National library.
Archbishop's palace.
Peruvian legation.
Presidents palace.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25
AK Waco Scale Conferences.

Cleveland, GA committee from
the United States window Glass Man
ufacturers association, In session
horc. called upon representatives OF
tho Amalgamated window Glass
Workers to confer on the wage scale.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

Row and then biting wind swept
arross the open stretches. and whiried
fhe snow on the roof OF the house. Be-
t5xnes the thin splrals Of smoke rising
nkom the chimney contrasted with the
brittle snowscape.
Shortly after dinner Crue told his
VITO be had to haul some logs to Aver
-Jssction. and expected to be late for
9uSpcr.
Crue harnessed his horses and
drove away over the white road,
1unt the windy corner Of the tim
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25

caught him ana seat hin 70 AL for
FIVE more years
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25
STATISTICS OF LossE,


Area of city destroyed. so per cent.
Big Buildings Destroyed.
Arsenal.
Naval schools.
Victoria theater.
italian legation.
Hotel Royal.
Electric light plant.
Bank Of Chilli.
Bank Tarapacay.
Spanish italian Bank.
BelIavista station.
EspIritu Santo church.
La Marced church.
Gas and water works.
EFFECT IN SANTIAGO.
Dead (officfaI report) .............5 5
Injured .................. 1000
Homeless :. 10000
Property loss $4,000, eco
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-02-28

hers-both cultivated orchards. Mr..
Il. Kreft in town, had all his fruit in
his cultivated garden to rot but a
peach and plum tree near the house
in Bermuda grass matured perfect
crops. Mr.. L. N. Mannel states that
an Early Rivers tree in sod that was
in bearing when he bought his place
about 13 years ago, has never missed
a crop or had a rotten peach upon it
and l could multiply many similar in
stances around the town. Now, it
seems strange if Mr. Falkner really
believed we were all making much
ado about nothing over my shipments
last summer, that he did not demon
strate it at the time by making simi-
lar experiments, for he either had
or could have gotten midsummer cul-
tivated peaches. He also inquiries
why L confined myself to Elberta and
shipped no other kinds? Here again,
Mr.. Falkner is mistaken, for 1 plainly
stated that my California basket con-
tained Elbertas grown by Mr.. Ed
wards, Stump, Crosby and Chilon,
grown by myself; while the Rochester
and other shipments were Elbertas
from an old sod orchard % years old.
L refrained purposely from using my
own Elbertas and you, Mr.. Editor,
alluded to the fact that the Stump re-
tained its flavor better than any of
the others. If Mr.. Falkner's memory
is so bad about events that happened
only six months ago, how can it be
depended on to give a verbatim con-
versatiOn 10 or more years ago?
II. NJ. STRINGFELLOW.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-02-28
The Telephone on the Farm.

Successful Farming tells how one
farmer become convinced that a tele-
phone in the house was a profitable in
vestment. 1t has been the almost un-
iversal testimony of all who have used
them that they would not allow them
to be taken out if the expense was
twice as great.
Before putting in a telephone. l
used to think that it might pay a bust
ness man in town to have a phone but
that it would not pay farmer like
myself.
1t is now about two years since
telephone was put in my residence,
and l have found it to be SO useful
that L would not want to be without
it on any account.
In fact, it is not what it was at first
thought to be, a luxury, but it has be-
come a necessity. If l have anything
to sell L can step to the phone and
make a bargain with purchaser be-
fore going to market, which often
saves a lot of time and trouble. If
friends are coming the phone tells us
what car they will arrive on so we
can meet them. If a man is wanted
for a days work, instead of having to
drive a mile or two as was often the
case, l can now engage him over the
phone and save that extra drive and
time. In fact l could mention a hun
dred things showing the usefulness of
the telephone on the farm. Every year
produces some invention or there is
something new being introduced to
rob the farm life of it's so called isola-
ton or drudgery. And for this reason
the farmers boys of to-day have
bright and enviable future before
them, if they will only stick to the
farm.