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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
How Mabel Felt,

Stella-"So, you kissed the youna
parson in the dark hall, thinking II
was your brother. You must have
felt awfully cheap when you discov-
cred your mistake"
Mabel-"Cheap! Why, l felt like
a Friday remnant at Monday bar
ain sale. Chicago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Accounted For.

Mr.. Bacon-"Don't be frivolous,
now. hate a frivolous woman"
Mrs. Bacon-"I know you 60; not
because she's frivolous, but just be-
cause she happens to be your wife!"
-Yonkers Statesman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Helped Some.

"What has wealth done for yOu?"
inquired the cynical person.
"Well," answered Mr.. Dustin Stax,
at has given me certain advantages,
BY owning a considerable amount OF
good dividend paying stock have
been enabled to save most of my sal
ary asa director. ."-Washingto Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Forks.

The earliest mention of them was
in "Crudities," singular book OF
travels by Coryates, published In
1911. "The Italians and most stran-
rers that are cormorant in Italy, do
always, at their meals, use little
fork when they cut their meat"
oueen Elizabeth was the first Eng
lish sovereign to use one. and her
court condemned the fad as silly
affectation.-The Delineator.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Irrepressible Laughter.

Stage Manager (at rehearsaD-
But you laughed in the death scene.
You mustn't do that"
Actor-"With the salary you give
me l can only greet death with joy"
-Meggendorfe Blaetter.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
I'rosaic.

"And methought the air grew dem
ser. Insense from an unseen Gems
err" murmured the poet.
NAV" responded practical per-
son. Gasoline from buzzwagon
that just passed. Washington Her
aid.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06

so Nelson is dead. What killed
him?"
"You know he had one foot in tho
grave?"
Eyes"
"Well, some one pulled his leg. -,
Harper's Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06

The Right Rev William G. Nc
Closkey, bishop of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese of Louisville, celebrated
his eighty-fourth birthday and his
fortieth year as bishop in Louisville
recently.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Afraid To.

Parke-"Tell me, cid chap, hon
est now, do YOU permit your wife to
control you?"
Lane--"To be honest with you,
that is a question have never dared
ask myself. New York Life.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Had Measured It.

"How far" asked the first automo>
bilist, as they met at turn In the
road, "is it from here to the next
town where there's repair shop?"
"Eleven hills, three bad bridges,
one long stretch of deep sand and two
arrests" answered the second auto,
mobilist. Chicago Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
Not Very Serious.

"I know he's very learned. He's
an Italian, isn't he?"
"Yes, but he's been in this country
quite number of years.
"Yes, but he speaks broken Eng
lish, doesn't he?"
"No; not broken, exactly, only
slightly sprained. = Philadelphia
Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
BE0PZUEkRg1
.scTEsMlN6EBl, slN6EBl,

Reliance on screw propellers for
vertical motion as we'll as for horiz-
ontal progress Is not new idea In
aeronautics, but the exhibition given
by Captain Baldwin in Buffalo shows
that he has mastered the trick more
completely than other experimenters.
v-shaped troughs from the new ice
quarries in the Swiss glaciers have
given engineers peculiar problem.
as they have required many curves
to act as brakes and insure the safe
delivery of the ice blocks at the
railroad at the foot of the mountain.
Professor Barus, of Brown Univer-
sity, recommends as motive power
for sky-ships some form of high ex-
plosive, particularly those which can
be worked up into wicks and ribbons.
He proposes obtaining a continuity
of power values from nitrogen ex.
plosives by using cold storage.
Animals born in darkness or red
light are found by DR.. Oerum, of the
Finsen Institute, at Copenhagen, to
be heavier, but to have only half as
much blood as those born under nor.
NAL conditions. Living in darkness a
few weeks reduces the blood three
per cent. or more, while blue light
tends to give an excess of the total
amount and that in the heart.
The Nevis Is small British island
near st. Kits, as round as your hat
and consisting o one lofty mountain
peak and a lovely shell road, some
celebrated ruins and the finest of
mineral springs-real, hot, rotten
smelling sulphur water being brought
from the mountain top In a stone
conduit. A few baths in this water
at 103 or 104 degrees will renew
your youthful vigor.
An interesting German invention
Is a fan driven by hot air, and so
simple in construction and economical
in working that 1t Is said to compete
very successfully with electric fans.
The hot air is generated by a kero-
sene lamp holding quart of oil. A
small glass chimney on the lamp fits
into a large metal chimney, which
conducts the air current to the en-
CINE driving the fan. The speed of
the fan is regulated by turning the
flame up or down. The whole ap-
aratus weighs about thirty pounds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06

Ararat.
The output Of cast.iron sash
weights In the United States has
reached $4,000 tons year in recent
years.
OF domestic animals, sheep come
first as cold registers. Sheep have
lived for weeks buried in snow.
When the great blizzard of March.
1891, swept Devonshire, sheep were
dug out alive from the enormous
drifts twenty-four days later. Goats
and pigs take, respectively, second
and third places.
New York has taken her first in
ventory of school property, and finds
that it foots up a plump hundred
millions, a sizablc educational plant
for single city.
Some varieties of fish can stand
any amount of cold without harm.
Perch will live in ponds which are
frozen practically solid in every hard
winter The whitefish of Canada,
caught through holes in the ice. have
been picked up frozen SO stiff that
they would break like brittle sticks,
yet when carefully thawed out
showed signs of life.
The Rye and an adjoining spur OF
the Chiltern hills, near High wy
combe, England, are nightly overrun
with a countless host Of frogs.
H. L. Shaw, of Glen Rock, York
County, Pa, has some rope machines
over one hundred years old. He got
them quite recently from Joel and
Ell Craumer. Eli said he used to
help his father. John Craumer. to
twist bedcords and washlines with
these quaint old wooden machines.
When Sultan Abdul-AZiz OF Tur-
key visited Queen Victoria in 1857
he took with him a personal suite OF
1000 persons, all Of whom had to be
accommodated By the English Gov
ernment.
At a recent auction in Paris an un-
published letter was offered, written
b. the poet Heino, who said therein
(the letter is dated April. 81, 1s3G:
81 am to-day the best German
author. Among the blind the enc
eyed man is king. But since | have
two eyes, no doubt can remain
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06

The output of cast.iron sash
weights In the United States has
reached $4,000 tons year in recent
years.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06
II SHZNGX
ESWoRTH KNoWINGn

A Yankee motor boat has been
ordered for use in lake near Mount
Ararat.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-06

New York has taken her first in
ventory of school property, and finds
that it foots up a plump hundred
millions. a sizablc educational plant
for a single city.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
B|SH0PR|C DENIED
HIM, HE ASsA|LS
IN SERMON
REV. DR.. cHAs. GOOOELL DE.
cLARES THE EGYPTIANS WILL
LIE sTREWN ON THE BEACH,
RECEIVES OFFERS.

NEW YORK, June Rev. DR..
Charles l.. Goodell. who. by the cir
culation OF story to the effect that
he had been connected with dl-
vorce scandal. failed In election to a
bishopric at the recent general con-
ference In Baltimore, delivered q cut
ting criticism OF his foes before a
Congregation that packed Cavalry
Methodist Episcopal church.
The worst thing in the world"
said DR.. Goodell. lis conceited con.
science. A man SO afflicted viii ap.
ply the torch and the sword, and not
stop at the faggot. to carry out his
purpose. forgetting entirely that hat
red and death have no place IN God s
plan and that righteousness will
alone prevail. Righteousness will pre-
vail; Gods Israel will go free and
the Egyptians will lie strewn on the
beach"
DR.. Goodell reminded his congrega.
ton that God not only delivered ma
tons. but delivered individuals from
their enemies"
l.. o. Thayer, one OF the leading
members OF DR.! Goodell's congrega-
ton. said that three Methodist Epis-
copal churches-one In Brooklyn, one
in Baltimore aud one in the south
west--had called on DR.. Goodell, offer
ing him twice the salary he is now
receiving. Bishop Quayle's church In
Chicago has also sent him call
The newly made bishops were con-
secrated Sunday. at the Lyric, in Bal
timore.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
NEWbERRY AND HIBbL Err ARE HELDF0R
TRIAL; COMMISSIONER SMITH FREED
Prosecutor Yerkes Scores Head of
Police Department For Accept
ing Present, But Says He
Couldn' t Be Convicted On
Criminal Charge.

case. Prosecutor Yerkes at once
arose and made the following state
ment:
your honor. we subpened two OF
three witnesses for this morning ana
Just got word from one or them that
she has sick daughter and can't get
away; and as to one or two others.
understand they are on the way down,
but as I view the testimony In this
case, I do not think l viii wait Tor
these witnesses. l am ready now to
say what I think OF this case. The
witnesses were only In a way accumu-
lative as TO testimony already In.
I'VE have spent good deal OF time
over this case and We have done our
best TO ferret out any criminality. and
I may say to the court that when TINS
matter first came up I detailed Mr. Nc
Clear 10 act with Justice Jefrries In
going after the testimony. and they
did IT, covering period OF two or
three weeks. They took a good deal or
testimony and swore great many
witnesses. And after the testimony
was taken Judge Jeffries called me In
not agree with Justice FERRIES as TO
the testimony relating 10 Commission
err Smith. j did not believe that the
evidence was suthcient 10 warrant
complaint against him.. but a COM
plant was taken.
II do not want to be understood as
criticising Justice Jerries In the least
His Judgment as~to evidence may be
better than mine. I've got TO follow
my own Judgment. because on me de-
velopes the duty OF prosecuting these
cases II they go to the other court
And I might say that ~ the testimony
taken by Justice Jeffries had stood up
on cross examination I Believe II would
have been my duty then 10 ask you TO
bind these defendants over, but IL did
not stand up as TO Commissioner smith
am not passing any opinion as TO the
guilt or Innocence OF Commissioner
Smith. As l see my duty, II devolves
upon me TO say whether I think the
evidence Is sufficient, IL II were be-
fore a jury, for me to stand up and
face that jury and say TO them there
was not any theory except that Com
missioner Smith was guilty and
should be convicted. l cannot do that.
smith Was Indiscreet.
There aFe~two theories that can be
applied TO the evidence relating to
Commissioner Smith. Under one OF
those theories the evidence does not
show that Commissioner Smith was
guilty. but simply shows that he was
used by Mr.. Hibbler and by his friends
to feather their own nests. do not
belieye-I don't know whether IL 10
any OF my duty-but / don't believe
anybody In public office should ac-
cept presents Of value from people who
might later on want to use him In re-
turn for those presents. And IL Seems to
Continued ON seventh Page.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
Gets DIVORCE;
HUBBY 0UsTED
CHARLES p. BRANDT is ORDERED
TO LEAVE WIFE'S
HOME.

As the result of decree handed
down by Judge Rohnert Monday
morning, Mrs. Matilda Brandt OBJ
tains divorce from her husband.
Charles p. and the husband finds him
self without q home.
The Brandts live on Mt. Clair-ave.
st. Clair Heights. where they have a
home almost paid for. Mrs. Brandt
alleges cruelty. and charged that her
husband Is lazy. and has not worked
for years. She claims to have paid
more money on the place than her
husband did, and that her children
kept up the home.
After the case was heard two weeks
ago letters were found In the hus-
bands room In which he instructed
his son to have mass said for "us,'
and left directions for the disposition
OF the property. These letters were
signed: Your broken-hearted father"
The family feared that he meant 10
make away with himself and wife,
and for several nights there was no
sleeping in the Brandt home.
The husband Is directed by the
judge to leave the place at once. and
not to interfere with his family.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
NEW SIDEWALK
SCHEME PLANNED

A radical departure in the handling
OF sidewalk complaints will be under
taken by Commissioner Haarer. of the
department OF public works-It has
been customary, heretofore, to inspect
all the walks of the city at intervals
and TO send inspectors out on all COM
plants received. When walks were
found bad, the owners were first noti-
fed, and then the location was ad-
vertised, thus requiring long time
to get the dangerous walk removed
and new one built.
Haarer has written to the legal de-
partment TO learn whether he can
tear up dangerous walks as soon as
they are inspected without waiting
for notification to the owner. This
procedure would lessen the danger Of
accidents and law suits against the
city. p. j. NJ. Hally Is now looking
up the law in the matter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
AGED WOMAN
CRIES save THREE
MRS. HINES GIVES FIRE ALARM
IN TIME FOR OCCUPANTS
OF HOUSE TO ESCAPE.

Were It not for the screams OF Mrs
Margaret Hines. a woman over 20
years old. living upstairs in the rear
OF No. 269 Monroe-ave., 1t Is not i'm
probable that the family OF Pete"
Brennan. living downstairs, would
have been suffocated by a fire that
broke out shortly after o'clock Mon
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Brennan and their
son, John, retired early Sunday even
ing and have no idea how the fire
started, unless 1t were from a lamp
left burning.
Il was Weakened out of sound
Sleep" said Mrs. Brennan. who with
her husband keeps q notion store a.
No. 269 Monroe-ave. IL heard Mrs
Hines screaming for help, and l then
realized that I could hardly breathe.
the smoke had smothered me SO. With
some difficulty | reused my husband
and son and we all escaped into the
street In our night clothes"
The furniture In the rooms occupied
by the Brennans was nearly all de
stroyej, but the upstairs and from,
OF the store Is practically uninjured.
Mrs. Hines escaped from the building
safely.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
BEECH HARG|S
ON TRIAL TO-DAY

LEXINGTON, KY. June 1.-The
trial of Beech Hargis. charged with
the murder of his father. Judge James
Hargis, the famous feudist. last Feb
ruary, begins at Jackson, Breathitt
county. today. Trouble is expected in
securing a Jury. because there Is high
feeling on both sides.
Judge Hargiss former followers de-
mand Beechs conviction, while the
supporters OF the boy say he should
be acquitted on the ground OF self
defense.
The boys mother says she Is pre-
pared to spend $4,000 to free him.
while he has the same amount for
his own defense
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
POLICE CHIEFS
ARE GATHERING

Police chiefs from all thS big cities
of the country are beginning TO come
into Detroit for the international con-
vention which begins Tuesday. Ses-
sions will be held In the Wayne hotel
but much OF the time will be devoted
to sightseeing about the city. We'd
nesday there will be a police review
for the benefit OF the visiting chiefs,
Thursday Walkerville will be visited.
and on Friday the chiefs will 90 To
Mt Clemens.
Among the early arrivals were: J.
III. Maddo. Port Worth. Tex: Dan. L.
Lynch and Henry o. Case, Grand
Rapids; w. II. Rodenbaugh. Norris
town. Pa; George Black, Wilmington.
Del; VI. NJ. Youck. Norfolk, Va; z.
Van Buskirk. Washington. ID. c.; J..
III. Hanger. Louisville: Richard Ssf
vester. Washington; F. III. Brenicke,
Evansville. Ind; George II. Bodeker.
birmingham. Ala: Fred Weimer and
Henry Hopper. Newark, n. j.; @. z.
Pollock, ID, +. McCauley and j.. b.
Welsh, Richmond. Va: Edward KEN,
Los Angeles; Michael Regan, BufYa-
10; Thos. II. Lyons. Niagara Falls;
Patrick Hayes. Jr.. Hoboken: Benja-
min Murphy. Jersey City; J. II. Hay
den. colchester; w. ID. Vinzant, Jack
sOnville. Fla
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
SWEARS He " AS
MRS. GUINNESS
AIDE
J. G. TRUElSoN. JR.. OF NEW
YORK, WHOSE STORY SEEMS
PLAUSIBLE, LATER DENIES 1T
ALL-sTARTLlNG POINTS.

VERNON, Tex, June Swearing
that with Ray Lamphere he acted as
aide To Belle Guinness. OF La
Porte. Ind, in her career OF murder,
and then declaring his whole story a
lie, Julius G. Truelson, Jr. OF New
York. Is puzzling the officers here.
His retraction came only as Sheriff
Shutter. OF La Porte. was about to
leave with him for Indiana.
Truelson has been in jail here since
March 20 charged with swindling by
representing himself to be Jonathan
G.. Thaw, OF Pittsburg, and passing
forged checks and drafts. His father.
J. G. Truelson. a piano manufactur-
er. OF $40 West Forty.Sixth-st.. New
York, has abandoned his son to his
fate after futile efforts TO redeem the
young man.
Truelson swore that he took his
wife. Mae Frances O'Reilly, OF Ro-
chester, n. Y, TO the Guinness farm
10 have her put out OF the way. help
ed Lamphere bury her and assisted In
disposing OF six other bodies in the
private cemetery of the La Porte MUIR
deress.
Mae O'Reilly is missing Jewelry
bearing the name of Mae F. O'Reilly
was found in the Guinness ruins.
Met Woman in Chicago.
In his confession, Truelson said
that early in 1904 he read Mrs. Gun
a Danish paper published In Milwau-
hnr In hn nj m
House, at Chicago. From there he ac-
companied her to la Porte.
Truelson declared Mrs. Guinness
told him she was practicing as mid
wife illegally and that many OF her
patients died and 1t was part OF her
contract TO dispose Of the bodies. She
said she had one man, but 1t required
two to do the work.
Truelson described horse and sur
rey that fitted we'll the rig owned by
the murderess. He then told OF re-
turning to Chicago and OF having wan
dered during the next two years.
including his meeting his first wife.
Mae Frances O'Reilly. who. he says,
was a dissolute woman. at Saratoga,
On August 3, 1904, and marriage on
the following day in Albany by Rev.
Frank J. Knapp. curate OF st. Peters
church. He said he took his bride to
Rochester to the Powers hotel and
deserted her In two weeks.
Helped Bury Jennie Olsen.
Truelson says he arrived In La
Porte on Christmas night and the
same night met Lamphere and helped
bury the body OF q girl. He later
learned from Lamphere that II was
Jennie Olsen.
The confession runs on that Truel-
son remained three days. on the Sec
ond night helping bury the body of a
man Lamphere said was John Moe.
Truelson declared that then he realiz-
ed Mrs. Guinness was not practicing
midwifery, but murder. and that he
confronted her and said he wanted to
get out OF 1t. but was induced by the
promise Of $50 TO remain another
night.
Truelson said he received $500 from
Mrs. Guinness and went back to Chi
cago and to New York.
His last trip to the Guinness farm
was described in great detail. He was
going to take his second wife, Belle
Vreeland, there. He wrote to Mrs
Guinness from Quebec on March 10
that he would arrive with his wife
in a week and told her TO reply to
him at the Place Viger hotel. Mo-
treal. She did write there, but told
him to come alone.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
POTATO PATCH PLAN
DIES ABORNIN'

The revived potato patch plan has
died a bornin'.
When II was proposed some time
ago by the City Service league to re-
vive the Pingree plan OF helping the
poor families of the city TO cultivate
vacant lands, II was thought that
many would respond with applications
for land. This did not turn out to be
the case. however
Only rs families I'm the entire city
applied to have patches OF vacant
land set aside for them TO cultivate.
As this would not~>pay, the project
will be given up. The park committee
OF the council will meet. Tuesday, TO
give the plan its quietus.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
IS DEAD; TOW n
WIPED OFF MAP
BY FLOODS
PAcHULA, MEXICO, SCENE OF APP
FALLING DISASTER FROM RUSH.
ING TORRENT - SEARCHING
PARTIES LOOK FOR BODIES.

CITY OF MEXICO, June 1.-Eigh-
teen persons are known TO be dead
and the town OF Pachula has been
wiped off the map as the result OF
two days foods. The waters rose
with unexpected speed and carried
away entire buildings In the rushing
torrents. Searching parties are hunt
ing for more bodies today.
A cloudburst filed the Barranca
Secca from side TO side and the rush
ing torrent completely engulfed the
village without warning.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
bR|MM|NG
GIVEN FREEDOM
SET FREE MAN ACCUSED OF
MURDER BY HIS WIFE
ONLY.

DOWAGIAC. Mich, June 1.-(SpL)-
James Brimmingstall. charged by his
wife with the murder OF aged David
HUFF, Is a free man.
He was released today, on motion
of Prosecutor Bresnahan because the
sole evidence against him was that
of his wife's testimony which, under
the law. cannot be admitted.
The liberation OF Brimmingstall fol
lowed the return of the sheriff, from
Missouri. That official looked up the
records and found that the woman
with whom Brimmingstall was living
at the time OF his arrest and who
alone accused him, Is legally his wife
and was married TO him In Poplar
Bluffs, seven years ago.
1T was a close call for me-" said
Brimmingstall, after learning that he
was free. If my wife could have
presented her evidence, II would have
been bad for me, although there was
nothing In ner story. l cannot de-
scribe my feelings, now that | am
out of Jail. But I'm going back to
work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
MAURITANIA. DISABLED.
~ BREAKS SPEED RECORD

NEW YORK, June Wireless dis
patches received today. by Vernon II.
Brown, OF the Cunard line in New
York. show that the turbiner Maure-
tania, due early tomorrow from Liver
pool. has broken all ocean records for
speed and has broken them, more
over. with only three OF her four
propellers in operation.
The wireless messages show that
for IL IL hours yesterday the Maure-
tanla maintained an average OF 27.2
knots an hour. covering 313 knots In
that time. This beats anything. even
the Lustiania has done under four
propellera
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
SUNDAY MORNING
SERVICE ON B. OF, c. TRIP

Rev. Lee 8. McCollester will CON
duct the Sunday morning service on
the steamer City OF Cleveland. while
the Detroit Board OF Commerce is
away on the fifth anniversary trip.
The service. which is looked forward
to as one OF the unique features of
the voyage. will take place In Lake
Huron while the steamer Is on the
way back to Port Huron.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-01
BENCH WARRANT
FOR THE0. PRICE

WASHINGTON. June IA bench
warrant calling for the appearance
In this city OF Theo. II. Price, the
cotton king. was issued this afternoon
by Assistant Dist. Att. Adkins. The
warrant was signed by Justice Stat
ford In criminal court No. I, and was
Immediately forwarded to New York
On it's arrival the regular action will
be taken 10 bring Price TO this city
to face the charges placed against
him