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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-08-29


ceived by the local military company:
Headqdarte > First Infantry,
West Virginia National Guard,
Fahnlcnt, August IL, 1908.
Circular No. 1.
Between now and the manauvers
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
from Sept. 10 to 31, inclusive, Com
pany Commanders will pay particular
attention to the instruction of their
commands in Military Courtesy and
Guard DUTY.
In Military Courtesy the enlisted
men should be given special instruc-
tons in how to approach and address
an officer, how and when to salute,
how to deliver a message from one
officer to another and the proper sa-
lrtes to the coloes.
Military courtesy Is the foundation
OF Military Discipline, and there is
nothing that immesses a Regular
Ap-ny Officer, or other observers, and
excites more praise than to find
bodies of soldiers, or even single sol
diers, that are attentive and proficient
in this respect. A lack OF Military
Courtesy in any military organization
is invariably Indicative of a lack OF
discipline and = poorly drilled CON
mand.
One nRn who is negligent in this
respect may refert discreiit ugaon the
whole compSay, and leave q wrong
impression as to the remainder OF
the command.
The men should therefore be in
dividually instructed in, ard become
completely conversant with, Para
graphs 592 to 602, inclusive, Imam
try Drill Regulations.
In Guard Duty, every nan must
commit to memory his General Or
ders. A gooJ rwtay to attain this pro
ficiency is to have the company recite
the General Orders Cor Seutinels on
Post in unison every time the com
pany falls in for drill, and just before
being dismissed.
The men will be thoroughly in
sruucted in the duties of a Sentinel
on Post. Reflects win be posted in the
regular n and tine sentinels Civ
en- practical instructions in chsileng-
ing AMI guard duty.
The Manual of Guard Duty should
be thoroughly mastered by every mar
in the command
The importance of close study of ex'
tended order drills and the formation
for attack and defense, as laid down
in the drill regulations, is impressed
on all officers and they will be ex-
pected t. fanlfliarize themselves with
same before the departure. for the en-
campment.
This circular will be read by Com
pany Commanders to their commands
BY order OF Colonel Smith:
Captain, Adjutant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The annual meeting of the Maine
branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to
the Board of Missions was held at ST.
Luke's cathedral at Portland Tuesday
in connection with the 89th annual
convention of the Episcopal church in
Maine which, will be held Wednesday
and Thursday. An address was given
by Rev Philip M. Rhinelander OF
Cambridge, Mass.
Benjamin G.. Ward of Portland has
been appointed temporary receiver of
the Coal Development Co.. a $1,000, 600
Maine corporation, said to have in
vestrnents throughout the country as
the results of bill in equity filed by
Charles E. Celschlagera, former pres
it,ent of the corporation, and other res
idents of Philadelphia. The headquar-
tiers CT the concern are in Philadelphia
1t is alleged in the bill that the treas
urer, John c. Carroll, has mismanaged
the company and that 1t is insolvent
unless certain assets are Immediately
made accessible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
NEARLY CHEATED LAW.
Jennie Blunt InhaIes Gas In Attempt
to Escape Prison Sentence.

New York, May 19.-Jennie Blunt,
the young woman, who Monday was
sentenced to four years in the peni-
Tertiary by Judge Dyke in Brooklyn
for shooting Charles M. Sanford, a
lawyer. came very near cheating the
law Monday. She was found uncon-
scious in her cell in the Raymond
street Jail from inhaling Illuminating
gas. Her Life was saved by the prompt
action of a physiciSA who was hur-
riedly summoned.
When Jennie Blunt was sentenced
Monday, after a scathing arraign-
ment, she declared that she would kill
herself rather than serve the long
sentence which had been imposed upon
her. Little heed was given to the
threat, but carly Tuesday when d ma
iron passed the cell to which the
prisoner had been assigned, she de-
tected the odor of gas and began an
investigation. When she entered the
cell the prisoner was lying on her
cot unconscious. q tube from gas jet
clcncfCd between her teeth. A ply
stefan succeeded in reviving her and
she was again confined to await re-
moval from the Jail
Miss Blunt shot Sanford in a Brook
Ign office building last February.
Miss Blunt was convicted and in i'm
posing sentence Judge Dyke de-
nounced her as the worst type of
blackmailer who, failing in her at
tempt to eXtort money would have
pursued her victim to his death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Planning Numerous Outings for st
Johns Day June ~.

Portland, Me. May 19.-Hundreds OF
knights Templar will visit Portland
Wednesday, June. "a. ST Johns day.
The passenger department of the
Maine Central Railroad has just COM
pleted arrangements for the movement
of this vast body of men.
Bradford Commandery Of Biddeford
will go to Rangeley Lake by special
train Sunday. June 81. returning the
next afternoon; ST. Johns Comman-
derry of Bangor, DeMolay of Skowhe-
gan and st. Omer of Waterville, also
Trinity Of Augusta and Maine Of Gar
diner will come to Portland on the Gath,
the Kennebec Communicates pass
ing the day at Long Island. The
Oriental Commandery Of Bridgton will
also come to Portland on the oath, and
Dunlap Commandery of Bath, Lewis
ton Commandery of Lewiston will go
to Rumford Falls. and on the oath or
the next day will, as guests Of Strath-
gass Commandery Of Rumford Falls.
will make a trip to the Rangeley Lakes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
WANTED TO WE'D NIECE.
New York Doctor Tries Suicide While
fiance Awaits Him.

New York, May 19--While his
flancee was waiting for him to take
her to Providence, r. T., where they
had planned to be married today, DR..
Jacob Haas. a young physician. cut
his throat and his wrists in an effort
to end his life. He was taken to a hos
pital, where he has but slight chance
for recovery.
Haas had written a note in which he
said he was without means and in
poor health and that death was the
only solution of the problem which
confronted him. The girl to whom
Haas is engaged to be married is Miss
Fannie Thaler. daughter of a Seventh
avenue tailor and niece of the young
doctor. 1t was because the laws of this
state prohibit the marriage of an uncle
and niece that the couple had planned
to have the ceremony performed in
Providence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
DARK DEEDS IN new
YORK ON TUESDAY.
Young Man Kills Father to Prevent Mar.
riage---1hen Kills doctor Tries
Suicide Nearly Escapes Prison.

would have started from me had they
known the prominent captions my
double crime would warrant tomor-
row.
There is a comical and laughable
end to this. l would willingly give $500
to RACHEL L. Blaikie to hear the beau
siful and touching prayer for the sal
walton Of my soul she will offer up. OF
course I am under a violent strain and
many Of my sentences may not be
grammatical and many sentences may
be crude. 1t seems to me that God has
told me to do what 1 propose doing.
have prayed to God no less than 20
times a day to show me some way out
of this trouble and truthfully believe
he has shown me the proper way to
save my family from disgrace.
(SigneD
GEORGE E. STERRY, Jr."
another point I desire to mention.
Two seconds after my father starts I
will follow as the poor old man needs
q guide and a guardian. Should we
run across some Of the bunch from
East Orange we will glide UP u side
street"
Miss Blaikie, who makes her home
with the family of Charles il. Clark,
a New Yorker in the fashionable sec
ton of East Orange, has a wide circle
of friends in New York and the
Oranges. She is a daughter of the late
Prof. William Blaikie, who was for
many years member of the New
York legal fraternity and for q long
time counsel for Mrs. Hetty Green.
Prof. Blaikie was native of Harris
burg, Pa, where the family was we'll
known socially for many years. Sub
sequently the Blaikies removed to this
city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
Will Be Size Of Fall River
Mills Gut Monday.
The Heaviest Ever Put Into
Effect There at One Time.
About $4,000 Operatives viii b
Affected BY tho Cut.

Fall River, May 19-The reduction
in wages which will go into effect in
the print cloth mills of this city Mon
Gay next, will probably amount to
nearly is per cent. the heaviest cut
ever made at one time here, if the
six months sliding scale agreement is
put in full operation by the manufac-
turers. The executive committee Of the
Manufacturers Association and the
secretaries of the various unions held
private conference today to discuss
the amount of the average margin be-
tween the cost of cotton and the SELL
ing price of regular print cloths during
the past six months, upon which the
rate OF wages during the coming half
year will be based. Both sides refused
to make a statement tonight, but so
far as can be learned the average
margin has fallen below so. which
would mean under the sliding scale
system q cut in wages Of 1924 per
cent.
The Textile Council at a meeting to-
morrow night will consider the situa-
ton and arrange to sign the new
agreement, which is called for. neith-
er side having given necessary six
months notice that a discrimination
is desired.
The reduction will affect about $4,000
operatives.
Business has been dull in the cloth
market since December. most of the
mills running on half or two-thirds
time. The rate of wages paid. how
ever, has been the highest in 40 years.
the local manufacturers under the
agreement not cutting wages in March
and April when the other Northern
mills did The trade situation has
somewhat improved this month and it
is thought more machinery will be in
operation next week.
II is not known here whether out
side mills will meet the heavy wage
cut in this city. They reduced wages
10 per cent early in the spring and it
is thought that if business improves
steadily they may not find it neces-
sary to order a further reduction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
n, John D. O'Bfien SAYS
He Has Found Germ.
Saws Fact Il Is Durable Has
Been Proved by Tests.
N, Work HAS Been Confined to
Living Subjects.

Masillon, Ohio, May 19.-In the lab
oratory of the Masillon State hospital,
Dr John d. OBricn today reiterated
a statement made by him beforethe
American Medico-P Psychological Asso-
cations convention at Cincinnati. that
be had discovered the germ OF pare
sis. and that the disease is curapie.
He summed the result OF his expert
ments in these two declarations: That
naresjs undoubtedly is germ disease
and that the germ has been discov-
ered: that while in the experimental
stage. sufficient tests have been mace
10 show that parc.is is durable ana
that he has specific cases to point TO
as dcfinitc results.
Or. OBrien does not believe it would
he proper to make public the names
Of the patients whom he claims the
treatment has cured but he gives the
spccjiic cases as newspaper man Ol
Washington, d. c., who was treated
for parcsis and again is at work, a
cured man; civil engineer OF prohil-
nence in Nashville. Tenn, VINO Is
cured and at work, besides hummer
of people in, Ohio who were brought
to the hospital with severe forms Oh
the disease and cured. Others who are
now at the hospital still under treat
ment are showing marked progress
toward recovery.
DR.. O'Dricn has at hand, in addition
TO his own statements and reports
from hospital authorities in regard u
the successful treatment of paresls pa
tients photographs which show the
historical form of attack when
brought to the MaSilon state hospital
and the patients when discharged from
the hospital as cured.
81 know" said DR.. O'l5rien, that 1t
is a bold statement to make that the
germ of paresis has been discovered
People may doubt it. Many people
scoffcd when the germ theory of dlph-
liberia and tuberculosis was advocated.
We feel warranted from the number OF
cases treated and from the satisfactory
results of the experiments MADE IN
stating without qualification that pa
rests is germ disease. We also feel
that from the work done, we have
found the bacillus. We have cured pa
tients. are helping many now and eX
pcct 20 go forward with the work
DIR. O'Bricn has confined his work tt
living objects: no pathological invcs
tigation has been done on post morton
subjects. He now has germs in "cul
lures" Since DR.. OBricn read his pa
per at Cincinnati he has received
many letters from doctors urging MN
to receive patients for treatment FOL
paress.
Acting on the theory that the dis
ease was similar to that of tubcrculo-
sis or diphtheria-tnat germ might
be found which would yield to serum
treatment, DR.. O'Brien began his cx-
perimcnts by taking serum from the
spinal columns of living patients
with this he treated dogs, rabbits and
rats with results which proved to him
that the animals innoculated contract
cd well developed forms of paress
In turn he used the treatment on hui
man patients.
DR. OBricn was graduated from
the jefferson Medical College, Phila-
delphia in 1903. He has passed foul
ard a half years at Masillon state
hospital, in hospital and laboratory
work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
A NATIVE OF MAINE.
Cunard Officials Say Heart Disease
Caused Death Of Gen. C. A. Whittier.

queenstown MAY 19.-The officials OF
the Cunard Steamship Co, state that
the death of Brigadier General Charles
A. Whittier, U. S. A, retired, which
occurred on board the steamship Maui
retainia On Thursday last during the
voyage from New York. was due tc
heart failure. Some of the passengers
who landed here assert that Genera
Whittier was stricken while taking &
bath and that he accidentally turned
on the hot water and was scalded. This
lacks confirmation. Gen. Whittier ava:
a native of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
PROF. LEE VERY ILL.
Operated On Tuesday At Portland
His Condition Is Serious.

Portland, Me-, May 19.-Professor
Leslie A. Lee, professor of botany,
geology and kindred sciences in Bow
doin College, and chairman of the
State Typographical Survey Commits
sion since 1899, was this morning
operated on at the Maine General hos
pital by his physician. DR.. John f.
Thompson, and is now considered to
be in a very serious condition. Profess
sor Lee has been at Bowdoin for 81
years and is especially noted through
his research expeditions in Labrador
and South America.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20

John A. Martinson, a prominent
granite manufacturer and citizen of
Barre, VT, was killed there Tuesday
by the fall Of "a derrick. Mr.. Martin
son was the head of the John Martin
son g. Go. He was a member of the
Hiawatha Lodge of Cd Fellows. A
widow and two children survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
Rubber Mills on Full Time,

Woonsocket, r. T., May 19.-An-
aouncement was made today that the
Alice mill of the Woonsocket Rubber
Co., will resume operations on full time
next Tuesday, after a shut down of
two months. The mill employs 1900
operatives. The companys rubber
boot mill at Millville started up last
week, giving employment to about 1000
persons
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
WATT e BOND
Ell BLACKSTONE
CIGARS

Our total Gain in sales for the past two years
on cigars far exceeds any previous record being
an increase of 1880, 500 cigars This shows an
appreciation by the public Of what we sta I'd for.
namely, Quality. Our cigars are known to be re.
liable and are manufactured in our own building.
the largest and best equipped factory il New Enc.
land. s1s. -"
HAITT { BOND, Inc, n'nrs, 81 Endieoii 81, ee,ten
lass,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
Will Resume on Full Time,

Amesbury. Mass. May 19.-Notices
have been posted in the mills of the
Hamilton Wooden Co.. announcing that
the plant. which has been running on
four days a week schedule for sever
al months, will resume on full time this
week. The mills manufacture cotton
print goods and employ 700 hands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
Boston Forecast.

Boston, May 19.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Partly cloudy to
cloudy, probably occasional showers
Wednesday afternoon or night and
Thursday; light to fresh easterdly
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20

The collection of anthropoid apes in
the Regents Park Gardens. London,
is the finest ever brought together.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20
THE WEATHER.
RAIN.

Washington, May 19-Forecast for
New England: Rain Wednesday and
Thursday; fresh to brisk southeast
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20

M. Callaiux, the French minister Of f.
nance, announces that the budget of 1903
shows an estimated deficit Of $780, 900.
the revenue being estimated at SIS, &c. 600
and the expenditures at $794.e00,0O0,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20

The Government is the largest in
dividual purchaser of electric lamps in
the country. 1t buys $4,000 annually.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-20

The operating expenses of Column
hia College for the present year are ST.
So. 563.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

sforx of an Amateur PouItrymnn.
About the most sensible (and
might add, also, the most pron1aDie-'
beginning l ever saw made in the poul-
try business was by young clerk, VINO
lived in the suburbs Of nearby CITY
He sustained a severe attack OF une
hen fever" and. as is the usual occur
renee, became enthused over the enoi-
NOUS profits to be made with poultry
He did not, however, allow MS
enthusiasm to get the best OF the pet
ter judgment, .and cause him TO resign
his clerkship and Immediately embark
in the poultry business on more OF
less extended scale, as has so frequent
" occurred; but, instead, he held on 10
his clerkship, fixed up a good, comfort
able little house on back lot, bought
a dozen standardized hens ana
rooster at a dollar a head, of a neigh
boring fancier, and thus made his
start
This was early in the spring; during
the spring and summer he furnished
the family table with eggs and chicS-
ems, and. besides. Matched and raised
something like a hundred young chicks
Out of these he retained twenty-five OF
the best pullets for breeders. and. OF
course, at the same time enlarging his
house room and so. by the next spring
we find that his business has, from nat
ural causes. tripled itself, and all this
time our friend has been steadily and
rapidly gaining in practical knowledge
of the business.
This natural increase continued for
another year or two. and by this time
he had his business so firmly establish
ed on a paying basis that he was iusti-
fed in buying a small farm out at the
edge Of town. and then and there be-
coming a full-hedged poultryman. max
ing this his exclusive occupation.
Speaking of profits. he recently told
me that he scarcely managed to meet
expenses the first year. the second
year he slightly more than kept even.
while subsequent years have not failed
10 show a nice little sum on the right
side Of the ledger.-Outing
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
squash bugs.

The squash bug never lays its eggs
on the stem. unless by accident. but
the under side OF the leaves. The eggs
are of dark chestnut color. glObular
in form. and exist in clusters. They
may be found by turning up the leaves.
when the eggs may be crushed An
other insect deposits its eggs on the
stem; this is the bOrer. The larvae
as soon rs Matched. eat into the stem.
and are then difficult To dislodge. One
Of the most eifectual remedies against
enemies Of the squash is solution OF
saltpeter. which Is prepared by dis
solving a teaspOOnful in a quart ~
water and sprinkling IL over the plant
though sawdust. saturated with tur
pentine. is also used on the ground
around each plant with success.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

As result Of plans which have
been matured By Secretary james VIII
there viii Dee esfahl ished shortly in bis
department at Washington a denatured
alcohol school This will include
small but complete disulling outfit Do.
Guiding watts. worms. engines aud other
necessary apparatus. while h will De
the aim of the secretary and bis spe.
cialists to give "a practical demonsira-
ton of what denatured alcohol is. how
a is made aud from what products a.
All visitors at Washington who may be
Interested in the subject Dr. n ~
Wiley chief chemist of the depart
ment, has been assigned to the job.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
BY MISADVENTURE
F. r A ~ K 3 A r r E T T


sudden fit of dislike to Laure which had
led him 20 make this savage onslaught
Laure chung closer than ever to her
only friend, and looked in terror at Lynn.
Miss Dalrymple held her hand firmly. The
servant brought in the tray and l helped
myself. Lynn waited till the servant
was gone, and then, going to the win
dow, said:
II shall go over and fetch Audrey
The certificate must be seen about at
once. Go and get my hat from the Ii
brary, Laure. The child sprang up and
sped from the room to fetch the bully's
hat; Miss Dalrymple stood with heaving
of color in her face. She could not speak
before me.
Lynn met her calm gaze with bent
brows, and turned again to the window,
Ticking his handkerchief from his side
pocket In manner which by itself was
insolent and offensive.
But In doing this he hicked a little
pellet of paper out. 1t fell against my
toe. and l quickly covered 1t with my
foot. The next moment he thrust his
hand sharply in the pocket from which
he had 1lcked out this pellet, then shook
his handkerchief and looked about the
floor at his feet.
what dreadful weather, Miss Dalrym-
pie" said 1, setting down my glass.
Lynn Yeames went hastily from the
room, snatching his hat out of Laure's
hand as he passed. / picked up the pellet
of paper and slipped it into my waistcoat
pocket
ION. is this true. dear-is 1t true?''
cried little Laure under her breath, an
she joined Miss Dalrymple. will he
send me away from you? Will he part
us?"
mo, my child said /, going up %
them. Take this assurance from an old
man who loves you for your fathers sake
and Nurse Gertrude for her own-you
shall not be parted
/ left them. AS ] passed through the
hall l caught sight Of Lynn Yeames on
the landing above with a lighted candle,
looking about for the pellet of paper /
was carrying away in my pocket