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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-15
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-15

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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
-oaEArEa LOVE HATH NO MAN.
Commander Craven Yielded Life That
Pilot Might Be Saved.

The higher and more valuable . life
the moro ready 1t 10 to lay itself 1t
the service of others. II would some
times seem that the sacrifice were too
great, A. in the example instanced By
Mr.. Hutchinson in his Battle of Mo-
bile Bay" Yet the very act of hsroism
impressss the merit Of the whole char
actsr with dignity and worth which
carries It far in influence and rev.
srence.
During the battle . shot from the
shore struck . cask torpedo and o1-
ploded 1t near the Tscumseh. A hole
was torn In the bottom 20 feet square.
and the ram sank like q stone, turn
Ing over ~ It went down in eight
fathoms Of water. Ono hundred and
ten men out Of 120 were lost In an in
slant
Commander Craven. one of the most
gallant ofnoers Of the service, was in
the pilot-houss with the pilot, close to
the only opening In the vessel. There
was only room for one man to pass.
Craven felt himself grasped by the
leg. 1t was the pilot.
Let me get out nrst, for Gods sake,
captain!" he cried. II have Ave little
children"
The captain drew back.
60 on. sir" he said, and he went
down with the ship. while the pilot
was saved.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24

IN ROLE
Chicago Policemen in
ALVEY Stunt Last
Evening

CHICAGO. Sept. ga camel play.
ed stellar role last night. when three
policemen, after some violent foot
work, succeeded in arresting DR.. Geo.
How and Mrs. Bessie Won Boris. at
the How hospital. Mrs. Irene How,
wife of the doctor, set the wheels OF
justice In motion when she swore out
a warrant in the Harrison street DO
lice station charging her husband and
Mrs. Won Boris with serious OF.
fense.
Detectives were sent to the rear or
the hospital while the other detectives
entered by the front door When Quin-
Ian reached the rear end OF the lot
he was confronted with high board
fence. He had one leg over the fence
when a camel, kept in the yard by Dr..
How. came at the detective through
the gloom. Thinking the animal only
a COW, Quinlan entered the yard and
before he realized that How's watch.
surprise turned to fear when the cam
ell resented the intrusion, and viciously
attacked the officer with teeth and
hoofs. Quinlan was in eminent danger
of severe injury, but fought off the
camel until his two comrades. chasing
DIR. How and Mrs. on Boris, came
out of the back door of the hospital
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
BASEBALL REMNANTS.

The closing days OF the National and
American league teams are becoming
mighty exciting for eastern fans. Up
to yesterday It appeared as though
New York held safe lead but two
defeats by Chicago places the New
York National league team only one
or two points ahead of Chicago, the
Chicago team having won 90 games
and lost So, while the New Workers.
have won 81 games and lost5O, with
Pittsburg and New York even in games
won but Pittsburg has lost four more
games than New York. Still 1t is
possible for the pirates to land the Ma.
tional league pennant Should Chi
cago win from New York today the
Cbicagos win be In tho lead and stand
by far the best show of winning.
In the American league a week ago
Detroit looked like a sure winner but
this morning Cleveland led by two
games won and the same number lost
while Chicago is two games behind
Cleveland In number won and has lost
two games more than Cleveland, max.
Ing Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago
within range Of the pennant.
No wonder those who have money
posted watch the bulletin boards night.
ly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
THE WHITE HORSE PARADE.

The white horse parade on Wood
men day, the second day of the fair,
Will be one of the most attractive fea-
lures of the afternoon. The parade
Twill consist OF thirty white horses rid
deh by thirty ladies, members OF the
Women Of Woodcraft, dressed in white
and the drill team of Aztec camp, IN
white uniform, forming an escort to
Head Consul Boak and party, who
will be conveyed to the grounds In
a carriage drawn by four white charg-
ers.
At the grounds an address of well
come will be made by the president
of the fair association and a response
on behalf OF the Woodmen by Mr.
Boak. The guards Of the women's
circle will go through their maneu-
vers. followed by the drill team OF
the Woodmen. Then the sports will
begin.
The idea Of the white horse parade
u novel one and has required much
haA1s work on the part of the com
mittee to arrange, but it will be pull
ed off to the smallest detail and will
furnish the topic Of conversation for
many days to come.
Tho parade will form at the Strater
hotel promptly at 1 O'Clock and all
participants are expected to be on
hand. ~
In the evening the Illuminated pa
rade will be another pleasing and en-
tertaining feature. Then will follow
the initiation of a large class of can
didates from Durango and the sur
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
FREIGHT TRAIN
THROUGH BRIDGE
Span Of B. { 0. Bridge Across Susquehanna
Gives Way, Carrying Engineer and Fire.
man and Ten Cars to Watery Grave

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ga .ong
distance telephone message from Per.
ryville, Md, fcrty miles from Ba IT,
more, says that one span OF the Bal.
timore & Ohio railroad bridge over
the Susquehanna river, fell this morn
Ing. A freight train was passing ever
1t. Ten cars were carried down With
III. bridge. The false work o: the
bridge. which was being reconstructed,
gave way as the train passed over it.
The span that fell was several h IN.
dred fet long and carried hundreds
OF telegraph Wires with |. The en-
sineer, IatricE Lynn, and the Ore
man, both residing In Ba timore. were
drowned. So far as can be learned ut
this time NJ ether msmbers of the
crew of the Inflated ,rain were In
Jusst.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
In Full Swing
At Farmingto1

Things are In full swing at Farm.
ington today. For the first day OF a
fair that is rather unusual. The town
Is alive with people and rooms will
soon be at a premium. The town is
handsomely decorated and every Farm.
ingtonian wears an expression that is
SO good natured that 1t cannot DOS
sibly be mistaken for anything else
but ASK Me" And you d ask and
ask again. But try as hard as you
may their courtesy is unfaltering.
The train rolled into the depot this
morning to the stirring strains OF =
fine brass band. 1t sound like See
the Conquering Hero Comes" 1t was
something martial at least, and made
us all feel happy and as II we were
welcome.
The fruit exhibit Is much better
than was at first thought possible. Peo-
pie are busy getting these In shape
today. The stock exhibit on Thursday
will be better than any former year.
Five different ball teams will play
during the fair: Kline, Aztec, Fruit.
land, Center Point, Flora Vista and
Pennington. A splendid program il
on this afternoon.
Time is fleeting and trains won,
wait for a newspaper reporter-hence
this brief account But. II you are
looking for good time come to tha
Pennington fair. BLUDBELL.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
FAIR COMMITTEE MEETING.

At the meeting of the various CON-
mittees OF the fair association Tues
day evening 1t was decided to appoint
a superintendent OF agriculture to have
full charge of the agricultural exhibits.
]. P. Lowell was appointed superin-
tendent of live stock and he will have
full charge OF entries and allotment OF
stalls from now on and during the
fair.
The final completion OF the arrange
ments for the business Of the various
committees was left with the com
mitteeman with full power to act.
Everything 30 far is In nne shape
and the indications are that the ex
hibhts OF all classes will be the larg
est in the history Of the fair. The
sports program is a full and complete
one and guarantees successful week
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
CONCENTRATES.

The week Is five days long in Thibet.
Asia and Africa have about S.00O,-
900 Christians and 642,OOO,OO0 nom
Christians.
A statue of Liebig is to be erected
In Darmstadt, where he was borning,
In 1903.
One thousand alligators, ranging
from the length of lead pencil to
monsters that could crush a man In
their jaws, have arrived from the
southern part Of Louisiana and were
landed loose in new gator farm In
East Los Angeles. They were brought
In specially arranged freight car
over the Southern PacIfic.-Los An.
geles Times.
The briquets which the State Coal
Mine department of New Zealand In
tend to manufacture at westport will
be in two shapes-one win be of an
oblong block about two-thirds the size
OF an ordinary brick and will be used
for boiler purposes, the other will be
egg-shaped, weighing only a few
ounces, and will be suitable for house
hold use.
apparatus has been In use for short
time on the Union and Southern Pa,
cffic lines for the instruction of EN-.
ployes, and In order to ascertain Just
what amount OF benefit had been de
rived by the men they were subjected
to series Of surprise testD. Eighteen
kinds Of regular signals were employ
ed, besides some specials" including
torpedoes. fuses, stop lights, reversed
lights. entinguished lights. semaphore
lights, extinguished lights, semaphore
arms at danger and lantern and hand
signals. Twelve hundred and nifty
eight tests were made and the engine
men showed an efficiency Of nearly 90
per cent. OF the small number of vIo
lations none was OF a character tn
have caused any serious accident.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
HEAD=0N, COLLISIONS;
Flf INJURED
Two Street Cars on Philadelphia Traction
Liae Come Together in Terrible Crash.
Several Fatally Injured

PHILADELPHIA, Sept GA fog
was responsible today for a head-on
collision between two cars on the
Southwestern Traction company's line
between this city and Chester. About
fifty persons were injured, several
probably fatally. The car, leaving
Philadelphia with workmeu employed
oy the Baldwin Locomotive company
at Its out CT town plant known az
BALDWIN Tripper," was s,.eeding along
on single track with seventy-two
men or board, when suddenly a car
coming from Chester loomed up in tie
fog and before the brakes could be
placed there was an awful crash. Men
were hurled in every direction and
both cars were wrecked. Among the
most seriously hurt: Edward Smith.
leg cut off. shock; may die. Will
liam Mullen, ribs crushed in; may die.
Phillip flanagan, George A. Caffrey.
Harry Potter, N. Poscoitch, all hurt
internally. Hiram Neil and John NJ
P. Chambers, broken leg. In addition
a score or more are at the various
hospitals with broken arms and other
injuries. The most are suffering from
slight cuts. At Baldwin Tripper the
car had waited on siding for the reg.
ular Philadelphia bound car to pass
and then proceeded toward the Bald
win works, the crew unaware that an
extra car was coming toward them on
the same track. AS heavy fog pre-
vailed the collision was unavoida bic.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
PolItsness and In. Clock.

When q very polite woman has COM
pany she never looks at the clock.
II by any means her eyes must wander
to that side Of the room she very
carefully looks above the clock, or be-
low 1t. or to one side Of 1t. but never
ID she guilty of the rudeness Of look
ing at the clock itself. When . guest
looks At the clock and comments upon
the lateness Of the hour, then a hos
tess may look At 1t, but she must i'm
msdiately. in very polite and ladylike
tsrms. insist that the clock lies; that
It IL at least four hours too fast. The
clock is an important factor in true
politeness. Only by utterly ignoring 1t
when there II company can q woman
become . perfect lady.-Atchison
Globe.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
WORLDS TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS.
Proverbs Of Many Nations Show Love
and vsnsrstIon.

At q mothers' meeting young
woman recountsd with some pride \
number Of proverbs about mothers.
TT is easier for 4 poor mother to
keep seven children than for seven
children to keep 4 mother That sad
and striking proverb," she said, zig
from the Swiss.
IA mothers love is new every day
He who will not mind his mother will
some day have to mind the jailer'
Better lose . rch father than q poor
mother "A fathers love IL only
knee-deep. but q mothers reaches to
the heart Those splendid proverbs
are all German.
"The Hindoos say POLITICALLY, Moth
er mine. ever mine. whether / be rich
or poor
"The venstians say. rMotherl He
who has one calls her; he who has
Aons misses her
"The Bohemians say. "A mothers
hand is soft even whom It strikes.'
"The Lithuanians say. Mother means
martyr"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
CAPTAIN RACKET.

The play Captain Racket" as pre-
scented last night by the Orpheum
stock company was especially good,
but. unfortunately the audience that
greeted them was very small.
The company is first class In every
respect and It is hard to understand
why Durango theater-goers persist In
giving the higher class companies a
frost. There is nothing cheap or yul.
gar in connection with the plays
the specialties. though funny and well
delivered. are refined.
The violin solos by Miss Gladys
Bush were exceptionally well deliver.
ed.
The society play 'The Young Mrs.
Winthrop" Is billed for tonight, and we
hope the public will show their ap-
probation by giving them crowded
house.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
SENATORIAL CONVENTION.

In connection with the proceedings
Of the senatorial convention Monday
evening the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved. by the Republican conyeu.
ton assembled at Durango. Colo,
Sept. 21. 1908. at the county court
house Of La Plata county for the pur,
pose of nominating = candidate for
senator for the Ninetssnth senatorial
district Of Colorado. 70 ~ vo>sd Tor
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
Women Growing Younger.

No women need now regard herself
- paseee at 80. Ripened charms
should be At their meridian. Society,
70 far from relsgating her to the back
ground, ignores the flight of years in q
belle OF past conQuests. In the words
of competent London observer.
"thsrs has been . complete disappear
ance Of the middle-agsd woman. The
social world seems now to be made up
Of girls, young married woman and
old ladies who are great-grandmoth-
srs. Every one has bright eyes. .
flower face and = slender form. and
every one IL dressed to perfection. the
same style suiting equally well the
girl Of Is and her mother"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
Another Suicide
Near Telluride

TELLURIDE, Sept 22.-Mrs. Nels
A. Helm, residing on the mesa few
miles from time. committed suicide
last night She was in town few
days ago with some produce. butter,
eggs. ETC.. and among other purchases
bought a bottle of carbolic acid and
some turpentine. She concealed the
acid and no one knew 1t was in the
house. She left home last evening
and was found this morning near a
clump of trees. having drank the con-
tents of the bottle. No cause is as
signed for the deed. She was so years
OF age.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
ou..r Es.c, Of Extr.m. cold.

Some idea Of the effect Of extreme
given by DR.. Kane of an incident
which occurred when An expedition
went north in search Of Franklin. The
crew organized some amateur tho
atricals. says DR.. Kane, and the con-
dsnsation was 70 excessive that I'VE
could barely see the performers; any
extra vehsmencs Of delivery was ac-
oompanied BY volumes Of smoke;
their hands steamed. When an excited
performer took on his coat he
steamed like . dish Of potatoes"
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24

on Nov. 3, 1908. That. the chairman
OF this convention is instructed to ap-
point a committee OF three, who with
himself. shall constitute committee
to flll any vacancy that may occur on
the Republican ticket, so far ms re-
lates to the office of senator and said
ticket aforementioned. Unanimously
adopted.
J. H. McDEvlTT Chairman.
WILLIAM ]. MILLER. Secretary.
In accordance with said resolution
the chairman appointed as said com
mittee. Chas. B. Kelly of Montezuma
county. VIM. p. Vaile of La Plata
county and John Haggart of La Plata
county.
J. H. McDEvITT. Chairman.
Tuesday. Sept. 90.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24

rounding camps.
The building formerly occupied by
Hahn, the jeweler, next to the Thea
torium has been secured for a free
dance for all visiting Woodmen and
their families.
Woodmen day will be a hummer.
The Woodmen of this section appre-
ciate the kindness of the fair associa-
ton in setting aside the second day
for their benefit and will be here from
all sections OF the southwest.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
knowledos Of Reality.

Nothing IL so valuable as a knowl-
edge of reality. No other knowledge
II permanently valuable without it.
The extsnt to which the human mind
u capable Of dsceiving itself with
knowledge of phenomena, the better
to avoid the temporary discomfort Of
recognising the vital truths Of prog
ress. is only less remarkable than the
extent Of the power 1t Is capable of
sxsrting when once inspired by the
consciousness that 1t has become the
vehicle Of some truth necessary for
the worlds advancement.-William
Vincent Byers. An American Com
noner."
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
STAR OF
BENGAL
Goes Down and 10
People are Drowned
at Helm Point

WRANGEL. Alaska. Sept 11.-Ons
hundred and ton out Of . total oe IN
persons aboard the cannsry sAip star
of Bengal. were drowned lat Sunday
afternoon when the vessel vas toen
from the hold Of protecting tuss a1a
dashed ashore x Helm Poin< Il ths
southeast end OF coronation ialan1.
The news was brought BY ~ ~
Hattie GagA" Captain Tsrrsf. vAieh
carried the survivors. twsutyasvea -
al. The survivors. before lsaving q.
Foaafioa island, buried u bo1ao e
onssa uAlas ~ = ~ bsaaA
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
MACHINE ON DRUNK.

When linotype machine gets to
bucking good and hard there is mourn
Ing in a print shop, and that Ia the
case with The Herald today and Ruhm.
land says he would rather tame
red headed girl. This explains delay
In getting out this issue and also lack
Of reading matter as we are compelled
to fill with plate, etc.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24

Ralph Cargile. 16 years Of age, of
Pueblo. was caught robbing q cash
register and is now in jail awaiting
trial
Mrs. Henry C. Lovejoy, aged 35,
was killed In runaway at Berthoud.
Her two companions were badly
though not seriously injured.
II. F. Brant. bookkeeper for the
Rocky Ford Lumber company, has dis
appeared and it is alleged his cash
account is $4,000 short.
Two Denver & Rio Grande brake
men from Denver were arrested in
Pueblo, charged with completely in the
theft Of 500 cigars from freight car.
John M. Schultz, aged As, of Pueblo,
was accidentally shot and killed at his
ranch near Ordway while examining a
shotgun owned by his tenant, Joseph
Fishencord.
The remains of an unknown Mexi-
can were found In a lumber yard at
Trinidad, where 1t had evidently lain
for several days. There was no evi.
dence Of foul play.
William Dalton OF Lakewood has
brought suit against District Attorney
Potter and Sheriff Whipple of letter.
son county, asking $4,000 damages for
treatment at the primaries in that pre-
cinct. The trouble arose over The
qualification of a voter and In the
mix-up it is alleged Dalton was roughly
handled.
After suffering intensely for twenty
four hours from burns inflicted by a
gasoline engine explosion, Perry Ed
wards, aged rs years, of Alamosa, died
at the Minnequa hospital in Pueblo.
Edwards was employed as engineer in
charge of the power plant at an Ala
mosa laundry. While working with
the machine Saturday the engine ex-
ploded, fatally burning him.
Death is rapidly reaping his grim
harvest in the family Of Alexander
Pittock of Kersey,for Leila, the third
of their children to die within SIX
months. answered the summons. A
younger child is in the hospital await
ing an operation for appendicitis,
while the father is critically Ill from
tuberculosis. and cannot live. The
family drove to Kersey from Iowa a
year ago in the hope that the climate
OF Colorado would benefit their health.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
J. |. RUSSELL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.

Up to yesterday evening Judge Jas.
l. Russell was supposed to be r..
covering from the severe attack noted
last week, but late In the night his
condition changed and for q time 1t
was feared that he might pass away
at any time. b. b. Russell. located At
Silverton, was informed by phone and
he secured q motor car and arrived
In Durango at this morning. Tele-
grams were also sent Mrs. Russell
who is with her newly married daugh-
ter. Mona, in st. Louis. This forenoon
the Judge was taken to tho hospital
where an operation is said to be nee
essary and his case is considered ex-
tremely critical.
Judge Russell has many friends Who
will be panied to learn OF his serious
condition and will hope for tho bsst.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-24
GROWING
WORSE
thousand Fires Raging
h Michigan Forests
To-day
rM,

ASHLAND. Wis, Sept 22-4Aore
than q thousand miles of nre wall
stand About Lake Superior, northern
Michigan and Huron. Not one contin-
uous IRE, but . thousand small fires,
some times q mile apart and often
nve miles. Three distinct fires can be
seen from Ashland. One Ia not . great
distance from the Atlantic Dynamite
company plant In Bayfield, county. Sur.
rounded on all sides BY forest It would
~ ~ sasy victim.