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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-20
WY FOR ROCKY RIpGEp

Jas w. LeGore. railroad builder (Yl,
electric juice developer, bridge and road
builder, and successful lime burner, Of
| LeGore, Nd, Is circulating petitions In
| the neighborhood of Rocky Ridge, Creag-
erstown and other places, the object of
which SO we have been told being two
/ fold LIST, to sell his bridge and road (not
railroad) to the County Commissioners
for the modest sum Of $50, 900 End, along
with this sale goes chrome, handsome
| in its promise, that If the aforesaid $780,
900 is Forthcoming he will guarantee
! (when!D the building of an Electric Rail-
road from Glyndon, Baltimore county,
Md, to Rocky Ridge, and furnish electric
power from his great dam to run this, as
well as the w., F. & g., provided it
comes by Rocky Ridge.
Mr.. LeGore has great imagination,
large ideas emanate from his fertile brain,
particularly with reference to electric
railroads and power plants run by water
thus far they have only been dreams.
1t has been known for some time that
he has been exceedingly anxious for the
W., F. &. G. to come by Creagerstown
and Rocky Ridge, and his been doing a
little work con the side" in aiding those
advocating this route.
He doubtless would like to sell his
bridge and road to the County for $780,
I 600 (and even less we suspect). He did
sell road to the County some years ago,
at handsome figure; so We will not be
surprised if his persuasive arguments will
cause the County Commissioners to drop
800, 900 into his pocket for his bridge and
road.
Build your railroad dpower plant Mr..
LeGorc but don't try to direct the route
of the w., F. & q. Railroad.
In Mcmoriam.
In tender and loving rem ,mbrance of
Mr.. d. C. Hammett who departed this
life seven years ago today-Feb. ii, 1908.
At times when you don't feel just right,
: when you have a bad stomach, take
something right away that will assist di-
gestion; not Something that will stimulate
for time but something that will posi-
lively do tire very work that the stomGch
performs under ordinary and normal con-
di,ions. something that will make the
food digest. To do this you must tax a
natural digestant like Kodol for Dyspep-
sia. Kodol is scientific preparation of
vegetable acids with natural digestants
and contains the same juices found in a
healthy stomach. Each dose will digest
more than 5000 grains of good food. 1t
is sure to afford prompt re..f; it digests
what you eat and is pleasant to take.
Sold by James X. Waters.
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Local Items.

Use DeWitt's Little Early RIsers'
pleasant little pills. They are easy to
take. Sold by James X. WatcIs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-20
ROBT 4. TKSON s CO.,
EAST MAIN STREET, THURmoNT, I'd.
Are Having Special Sale Of seasonable Goods at
Prices Greatly Below Value Sale Closes Feby goth.

Note the Low Prices Skis Und.r..r
Goats, Belts Mems Goats. Shirts Blankes
lOc Dark and Light Fannelet
1Oc; good dark Outings goods now zoe 52
Plaid dress goods 4Oc Toe Plaid Wool Waigs
aid Brown Mh O Soc all goods one odd lot Of
dress goods that sold 25c 12; 25c
Ladies' Knit Sweaters ' No..
bed comforts &c. 5O bed comforts
&c., ST. horse blankets $685. rs bug
gy robes now 81 S. 81 rs buggy robes $2l5
Ladies $500 skirts now ST. co. $500 skirts
lot blue wool skirts that up o &c $500
Ladies Coats at less than Ladies' Belts
Mems Heavy 81 rs work OOc sl5O
SOC blue shirts men nova
odd
from manu-
fauer and they all bargains Oned Off
eEh Don't mss this sale something
Country Produce Taken In Exchange.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-20
Personal.

Miss Ethel Baxter is WISHING Mf'
Chas. Addison at Lantz.
Miss Catherine Ehrhart, Seiins
grove, Pa, spent few days last we'h
with Mrs. Clara Root.
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n inches of snow yesterday.
New Advertisements.

Found. Bus. Loo.
Notice. Bus. Loo.
Notice to Creditors.
Order Nisi on Audit.
Executors Sale.
Peerless Meat Sacks.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-02-20

At Meeting of the Board of Directors
held on December rs, 1907, semi annual
dividend of per cent, payable on or at
ter January 2, 1903, was declared
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CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
TIT
~. 49,

You want your Notes Discounted or
Collected, wen be glad to do either
or both for you.
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In McIn0,'ian.

In Mcm0riam.
In tender and loving rem nmbrance of
Mr.. d. C. Hammett who departed this
life seven years ago today Feb. II, 1908.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
GRAND u TO PAY
PENSIONS TO MEN

Portland, Me-, Dec. 27.--The Grand
Trunk railroad, which has its eastern
terminus here, will put into effect
January / a pension system claimed to
be the most comprehensive and most
generous in the country, embracing
every employee of the railroad in the
united States and anaGa The rail-
road will finance ali the details of the
scheme, not levying any assessment on
employees.
As n nucleus with which 10 support
the plan the company has set apart
$500, 00G, the interest on which. with
SIS, 000 additional. IL necessary, each
year will be turned over TO supporting
the plan.
Under the new rule, the compulsory
retiring age is fixed at 65, while any
cmploye who has served the company
fifteen years or more Will be ertitled
10 a pension on a graded scale. The
pninimum pension has been fixed at
5000 and there is no maximum. Pro-
:visio.- is made for employees who have
been disabled in the company's serv-
ice, also for men dismissed without
cause under So but who lave not
served over fifteen years.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03

Chicago. Dec. 2S.-America is pre-
paring 70 begin in fact "a prosperous
new year"
The last of the money boards which
contributed in d large measure TO the
recent currency stringency. were
dragged from their hiding places and
poured into the channels Of trade dur
ms the Christmas shopping period.
The millions thus liberated, swelled
by nearly 5000, 100000 Of dividends
which will be paid in Chicago n
New YORK during the next ten days
will make cashiers checks rare guests
in the pockets OF the wage earners.
Many corporations anticipated the
dividends and already have sent out
checks TO their stockholders. Those
which did not pursue this course are
writing checks which will be destrib-
utcd before January 5, 1908.
The w~orkingn1an, too. has cause for
welcoming the coming year. From all
sections Of the country come
ments that mills and factories closed
when the Wall street cyclone developed,
will be rcopencd without delay. Around
Pittsburg, Pa. alone. 10000 will go
back to WORT next week.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
REFORM MAYOR Is
AN AID TO CUPID

Spokane. Wash, Dec. sc. Herbert
Moore, reform mayor of Spokane. has
branched put as a representative for
Dan Cupid. He did not seek the APP
pointment. In fact, 1t was forced upon
him by bachelors and widowers and
spinsters and Widows in various parts
of the middle western, eastern and
southern states, and, rather than dis
appoint even a. single one concerned,
he has engaged an assistant secretary,
whose duty it is to carry out the chief
executives suggestions and bring the
inquiTers and inquired for together.
So far he has been successful in
finding husbands in the Spokane Coun-'
try for girls in Chicago, Indianapolis,
Memphis, St. Louis, New York, Boston,
Montreal and Philadelphia. and he has
secured wives for ranchers, mining op-
orators and fruit growers in various
parts of the inland empire of the Pa
cific Northwest.
The latest request for a husband
comes from Mrs. Ida De Void, who
gives her address as Dayton, Ohio. She
says, in part, in her letter TO Mayor
Moore:
81 write to you in regard to getting
me n husband. | am n widow of 45
years old, ambitious and home-loving,
and considered good looking, III am
tired Of living alone. and would marry
a kind hearted, ambitious man-one
that is able financially to provide a
home for a wife. ] am willing to work
and help a man in his business. None
but healthy, respectable gentlemen need
to answer this letter. References given
and required and photos exchanged"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
lew Is PHYSICALLY
INFERIOR, SAYS ELIOT

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. 27.-In adj
dressing the newly formed Menorah
society at Harvard, the membership Of
which is composed of the Hebrews at
tending the university, President Eliot
made an amazing statement on the
physical infirmity of Jewish people. He
said:
Your race has not had n chance to
develop physically and intellectually as
it should, but now that you have OBJ
.tained freedom in this country you
young men should be quick to seize
your opportunities.
: 1T is a well known fact that If you
a representative gathering of, say,
Il, 900 Jews, will find them distinctly
inferior in stature and physical devel-
'opment to Il similar gathering OF any
other race This is the NATURAL result
of the hardships which your race has
undergone for many generations.
1.-The Jews here at college neglect the
outofdoor life. and l urge you to do all
in our power to develop splendid
phySiques."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Brown NOT SANE,
SAYS CHILDREN

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 21-The
rlause of his will in which he espe-
cially disavows the paternity Of Mrs.
Anna Bradley's children, is now of
fered as evidence that the late Ar
thur Brown was not of sound and de-
posing mind when the will was drawn
up, when their guardian ad libitum,
Mrs. Mary Madison, mother of Mrs.
Bradley, Arthur Brown Bradley and
Martin Montgomery Bradley, today
filed suit to break the will of the man
their mother shot down in Washing
ton.
II is contended that Brown had SO
frequently acknowledged the children
that the disavowal in the will proves
an abnormal state of mind. This alb
normality is attributed by the COM
plants to habitual intoXication.
The Brown estate is valued at $50, 600.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
CITY DRY, RICH MAN
GIVES MANSION AWAY

Ashville, n. c., Dec. 27.-John H.. Roeb-
ting, multimlllionaire, and son OF Colonel
Washington Roebling, of Brooklyn bridge
fame, owner of "Beauxchenes," a half
million dollar estate on st. Dustans road,
between Asheville and Baltimore, has
decided over his entire property to the
Home Mission board Of the northern Pres
byterian church. and will return shortly
10 his home at Trenton, n. j..
Mr.. Roebling says that he is leaving be-
cause Asheville has gone for prohibition.
Mr.. Roebling says that there is no per-
sonal motive in his going away and aban-
doning a magnificent mansion he has a
under construction for three years. and
which would take ten years to complete.
1T is just a matter OF principle with
me-" he stated, ION account OF prohibition
which l oppose from principle"
He has been a resident of this place for
ten years. He has been the largest indi-
vidual taxpayer except for George Van
derbilt, and has paid the city $40. 600 be-
sides a heavy state and county tax. He
has been noted for his philanthropy.
Last winter, when a large posse was
hunting for a negro, who killed five per-
sons, Roebling carried a 81 900 Mauser rife
and searched night and day with the
posse until the victim was found and sho
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
MISS ~VANDERBILT'S
WEDDING OFF AGAIN

Newport, r. T., Dec. 27.-Society was
amazed today that the wedding OF Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, heiress to a s12. 000,-
900 Vanderbilt fortune, has been called
off owing 10 the dissatisfaction on the
part of Count Szechenyi, the Hungarian
To whom she is h~etrothed, with the
amount of marriage settlement which
was to be made to him.
In all the salons Of Newport a story
went hat the sturdy A~mericanism of
Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Reginald
Vanderbilt, the prospective brides
brothers lad revolted against the mar
riage of their sister to a man whom
they believed has revealed himself as
a fortune hunter and hat they have
persuaded their sister after much trou-
BILE that the foreign nobleman is I'M
worthy OF her.
The Vanderbilt family, however, will
go no further than an admission that
the wedding has been postponed. But
this statement is given out In such a
manner as to lead close friends Of the
family to the full conviction that Ii is
equivalent to an announcement hat in
due course it will be followed by a sec
ond one declaring that nuptials never
will tax place.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
ROYAL SCRAP IN
UNCLE SANS NAVY

Washington, Dec. 2S.--Not since the,
days preceding the passage Of the per-.
sonnet law ten years & has the feel
Ing between the line and the staff of
she Eavy beer SO acute as it is today
rs the result OF the refusal OF Admiral
Bcownson to transmit orders from his
superior officer, the president of the
United States, assigning a nava sur-
Eeon 10 command a vessel In the navy,
Through a published statement of
SurgeoE General R!xey, the merits of
the doctors side OF the case have been
clearly set forth. The line officers be-
lieve that in common fairness, they
should also have a hearing, but they.
are in IN embarrassing position in that
respect. Brownson preceded his resig-
nation by . cold, clear logical presenta-
tion OF the reasons why he objected to-
the assignment Of a physician TO COM;
mand a naval ship, ever though that
vessel we're exclusively devoted to hos.
pital uses. The statement was sub.
mitted TO the president and uotw.th-'
standing the staff has a It's say IN
print. applications at the White House.
for this letter are met with refusal. '
Afraid to Talk.
Now II IS clearly impossible foy
Brownson or n of his line officers to
make public . copy of the letter With
out mourning tho risk OF courtmartial
on charges of d~isrespect towards their
superior officer, the president Of the
United States. So they can only look
for a change in the executive mind or
for congressional investigation which
will develop all the facts.
1t may be stated in the absence of
Brownson's letter. that his objection to
the execution of the presidents order,
TO place a surgeon in command of tn.
hospital ship Relief was twofold. INK
the first place, like every line officer
he believed that the differentiation Of
any line officer, no matter how low III
grade, to any staff officer on shipboard
was a bad policy subversive of naval
discipline. But a stronger objection ir.
HIS mind was that the proposed action
was clearly Illegal inasmuch as IL Is
forbidden by law or naval regulations
10 assign a staff officer to command
n ship.
II is only fair to the staff's side ia
state that this is debatoble ground and
that II would not be difficult to con-
strue naval laws and regulations either
way. So IL is o TO be doubted that
when the ease comes before congress
for consideration, lawyers in that body
will find material TO support either con.
tention.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
RICH Ex-C0NVICT BUYS
CLOCK FOR PRISONERS

Milan, Dec. 2T.-After having spent
half of his life in prison, under police
supervision, a man OF the name of
Pasquale, aged 40, through the death
OF an aunt, had become the owner of a
great fortune and the proprietor Of
villas at Corno and Gravedona.
While working in the prison colony
on the island of Lampedusa news came
of the death OF his aunt. On being re-
leased Pasquale married a widow with
n son. He passed the first days Of his
liberty luxuriously at Como. u soon
became homesick for L.ampedusa,
where he returned and completed his
honeymoon within sight of his former
prison.
His first action on receiving the
money from his aunt's will was to send
TO Lampedusa a great clock which
chimed the hours. He says the prison
ers sometimes found that the dark I'M
broken silence of the night which were
almost unbearable would have been
greatly relieved IL they could only know
how many hours were yet 10 be passed
before daylight.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
SEARCH
WAS FRUITLESS ON

Rosalie. Neb., Dec. 2S.-Rosalie's
Christmas was a bleak one.
From early morning until late at
night, a party OF so searchers made a
ina desperate attempt to find traces
of Lille Olson, the 4-year-old daugh-
ter of Olaf Olson, the renter, but night
descended upon the fruitless hunt.
The only theory which seems ten
able, is that the girl was criminally
assaulted by a passerby on the night
she disappeared. after which she was
either carried away alive or her dead
body vas dragged to some remote hid
ing place.
Headed by Sheriff sid" Young, yes
terday'S hunt was the most thorough
one which the environs of the renters
hut have been subjected to. Pitch
forks turned over every cock of hay,
and pried into every shock OF grain
on the 200 acres surrounding the spot
which marked the extraordinary dis
appearance. Every inch of the stubble
fields, and every foo of every lane
and road leading away from the house,
for Il distance of two miles, was scru-
tinized by eyes that did not allow any
thing to escape them. Satisfied that the
remains of the girl are not in that
territory, every searcher has been
forced to give credence to the theory
that a raVisher is responsible for the
disappearance of the child, and he
alone knows where her body is lying.
The men in the bizarre Christmas
party, who had left the cheer of home
and the tinselled glitter OF Christmas
trees, started early and willingly on
their hunt for grewSome quarry.
CARRIED in the shaggy fur coat of men
who are used to wage the long winters
fight against cold and screaming biz
Zard the searChers trudged sturdily
over the often traversed stubble, hop
ing against hope that the bleak land
Scape might be hugging jealousy to
itself evidences that could clear up the
terrible mystery, and grant respite to
the long patience of the searchers.
And so the worn out patience of
hardy men fiiCkered lower and lower,
until when twilight obscured the heav-
ems, the party had to disband after an
other day of toiling vainly over the
farm land
Another attempt to drag the creek at
various points was made, but ice had
covered it at many points, and drag
ging was difficult.
Mrs. Olson's friends are insisting that
she leave the place and go for a visit
to South Dakota where she has friends
But she clings desperately to the hope
that each succeeding day will unravel
the threads of mystery and relieve the
tension she is under. She refuses de-
t~erminedly to go away. Her husband,
the father Of the lost girl, seems near
collapse. He has grown haggard, and
deep lines Of worry have. crept into his
face. He weepS much, when he talks
brokcnly Of the possible fate OF Lille.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
CLASH IN NAVY OFFICE;
FLEET MINUS HOSPITAL

Washington, Dec. 28.--That a serious
breach exists between the bureau of navi-
cation and the bureau of medicine in the
navy, involving the question of the re-
sponsibility of the latter bureau, was
made apparent in a statement issued by
Surgeon General Presley NJ. Rixey. of the
navy, regarding the resignation of Rear
Admiral w. II. Brownson, chief Of the
bureau of navigation. /;
Admiral Brownson's resignation has
been assigned TO various causes, among.
others to a difference of opinion as to the
command of the hospital ship Relief" said
RiXey. Hospital ships as a rule always.
have been commanded by medical officers
with a sailing master and a civilian crew,
for purposes of navigation. The Relief,l
formerly belonging to the United States
army, was always commanded by a med
ical officer when used as a hospital ship.
II nave contended that hospital ships,
should be conducted in peace exactly as in
time of war. During war time line officers
cannot be- spared and do not, and should
not, desire the command of these ships,
4 medical officer in m with a civil
ian master and crew for the navigation Of
the ship has been proved over and over.
again the proper personnel for this type,
OF ship. ]
The internal administration of the
bureau Of medicine and surgery has been,
in my opinion, too much interfered with
by the bureau of navigation. This inter4
ference has at times caused me grave con-
Germ as to how / could meet the needs of
those under our care. At present the hos
pital ship Relief should be in commission
and, after having done good service with
the fleet before starting, would have ac-
companied it on the cruise south. The.
bureau of navigation thought otherwise.
and the fleet of 1900 men with its auxil-
N-fa- q. ~ hA-~st- Ill - It'll
be until 1t arrives at Magdalena bay, moro
thar three months from now"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Webs WIDOW IN
DEATH PACT, DIES.

Philadelphia, Dec. 2~7.--Christian w.
Stengel, president of the ~Feigenspan
brewery interests in Newark, N. j.,
died in a hospital here today, less than
twelve hours after he nae been mar
ried TO Mrs. Louise ~Feigenspan, the
widow of the man who n employed
him.
Mr.. Stengel was the confidential as
sistant of Christian F~eigenspan. Short
ly before the latter died 1t is said he
expressed the wish that his wife should
marry Stengel in case he did not live
Last Thursday Mr.. Stengel was OPP
Grated upon for appendicitis. Compli-
cations set in and another operation
was made necessary yesterday. Hav-
ing been informed that Stcngel prob
ably would not survive his illness, the
couple decided to carry u the dying
wish of the late ~Feigenspan. a license
was granted yesterday and the cere,
mony was performed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
FOOTBALL TEAM
HEROIC IN WRECk

Seattle, Wash. Dec. 27.-St. Louis uni
Versity football athletes made heroes
of themselves before daylight this
morning near Brocket station, on the
Canadian Pacific. when they arrived
on their way to the coast 20 minutes
after a headon collision between two
freight trains.
The engine crews and trainmen were
under the debris. some of them calde
,frightfully by escaping steam. Immedi-
'ately the students set to work TO res
cue the injured and materially aided.
though working against escaping
steam, to save life and limb. They op-
rated on three of the crushed train
men. Brakeman Ormsbee was crushed
to death and Fireman Chris Won Valid
and c. McKinnon were so badly injured
that they may die.
The wreck was caused by the failure
of the operator at Brocket to deliver or
ders. He afterward fled.