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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29
Some Good Medical Advice,

Throw away pills and strong cathar-
tics which are violent in action and al
ways have on hand DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin, which cures constipation and
all diseases arising from stomach, liver
and bowel troubles. 1t will cure old OF
young, and is the greatest family rem
edy that home can have. Keep bot
tie always at hand. You may need il
any moment.
1t is absolutely guaranteed to dc
what we claim, and if you want to try
it before buying, send your address fol
free sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup
Co., 119 Caldwell Bldg, Monticello
Ill. 1t is sold by all druggists at SOC
and 81 a bottle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

''Say, Mike, "queried Flooding Pete,
who was looking at the piece of q Sun.
day-school paper that had come with Q
hand-out, "wot does it mean bout bein
between de devil an de deep sea?'
TITS de same as bein' told T. take vel
choice between goin' t. work an takin
a bath. " explained Meandering Mike
Chicago Daily News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29
For Chronic Diarrhoea.

while in the army in 1868 / was
taken with chronic diarrhoea," says G..
M. FELTON,, of South Gibson, Pa. 81
have since tried many remedies, but
without any permanent relief, until A.
W. Miles, of this place, persuaded me
to try Chamberlain's Colo, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, one bottle of which
stopped it at once" For sale by Fl. O.
Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

"Good gracious, old mani" exclaimed
Ascum, what sort of suit is that?'
"This," replied Dingley, who was at
tired in a combination of football, goli
and riding clothes, lis what you nigh,
call suit for damages. I'm going tc
ask old Roxey for his daughter. Phil
adelphia Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Teacher Gin Sunday school class y
Who can tell me anything about Abra-
ham?
First Small Boy Used to know, but
can't remember now.
Teacher-Perhaps some one can tell
me the name of Abraham's wife.
Second Small Boy (promptly)-Mis
Lincoln. Life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

A country woman, residing near the
town of Sligo, thinking her husband
was rather late in coming home on Sat
urday night with his pay, went to the
police station to inquireif he was there.
SIS Pat IMP" she asked. "No," replied
the constable; "but sit down; we're ex-
pecting him every minute. "-London
Opinion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Among the oldest personals ever
inserted in the "society column " was
one that appeared in paper published
in an Iowa town. 1t read as follows:
''Mrs. Coulter, being confined to her
bed by, illness, will not be at home next
Thursday as usual. "-HarpersW eekly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

whats all this clamor?" asked the
traveller approaching Manhattan. "That
sun, replied the porter, sis the people
of New York braggin' that they have
abated useless noises, sub. "-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29
A Healthy Family

"Our whole family has enjoyed good
health since we began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills three years ago." says
L. A. Bartlett, Of Rural Route 1, Gull.
ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone
the system in a gentle way that does
you good. 25c cents at II. 9. Miller's
drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

'Barney's wooden leg has been pain
ing him of late" said Scholes to hii
wife. SLOW can that be?" said Mrs
Scholes iritably. "Mrs. Barney has
been thrashing him with it," was the
explanation. Judges Library.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty d.
gestion, lazy liver and sluggish bowels.
Burdock Blood Bitters strengthens
stomach, bowels and liver, and purifes
the blood.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Tourist-Looks like pretty good soil
around here. What crops do farmers
grow in this section?
Native-That all depends, stranger.
Tourist-Depends on what?
Native-On what sort Nv seed they
puts in an the weather-Chicago News
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29
LAND SALE.
In the County Court at Jonesboro,
Tennessee.
Guy L. Smith, Administrator,
vs.
Frances f. Pile ct al,

In obedience to decree of the county
court at Jonesboro, made at the October
term, 1908, in the above styled case, /
will, on Monday, the 9th day of No
vember, 1908, during legal hours, in
front of the courthouse door in Johnson
City, the 9th civil district of Washing
ton county, Tennessee, sell to the
highest and best bidder, the property
in said decree described, being five
town lots, known as the land of Horace
Bartlett, deceased, lying and being in
the Ninth civil district of Washington
county, Tenn, and described in said
decree, as follows: Being in Johnson
City, Tennessee, and being lots num-
bered twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen
and sixteen, in block numbered twelve
OF the West End Land Oompany's Ad-
dltion to johnson City, Tennessee.
TERMS OF SALE.
Said sale will be made on credit of
six and twelve months, except onethird
of the purchase money to be paid cash
in hand. The clerk will first sell said
lots separately, and then sell them as a
whole, adopting that plan that pro-
duces the most, and in bar of the equi-
ty of redemption Notes, drawing in
terest from day of sale, with good per-
sonal security, will be required of the
purchaser, and o lien will be retained
on the property sold, as further securi-
ty.
This 9Th day of October, 1908.
CHAS. s. MASON,
1856 Clerk and Commissioner.
E. J. Vaught, Solicitor.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

she didn't care to write her when he
wanted her to arrange for secret mar
riage, so he sent her running vine.
"What did she do?" "Sent him q can
teloupe. Baltimore American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Jimmie, your face is dirty again
this morning." exclaimed the teacher.
what would you say if came to
school every day with a dirty face?''
"Huhl" grunted Jimmie; "I'd be too
perlite to say anything. The Circle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

In Cheyenne the other day woman
asked her husband If Bryan's daughter
Grace was q debutante. II have never
heard what church the organs belong
to-" he replied. Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

"Does GladJ look any different since
she and her husband have separated?"
'Yes. She wears her hair a la di-
vorcee."
''Heavens! How's that?"
parted. The Smart Set.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

After heavy meal, take a couple of
Doan's Regulets, and give your stom-
ach, liver and bowels the help they will
need. Regulets bring easy, regular
passages of the bowels.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Itching. torturirg skiu truptions dis
figure, annoy, drive enc wild. Doan's
Ointment brings quick relief and last
ing cures. so cent? at any drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Everybody's friend-Dr. Thomas Ec-
lectric Oil. Cures toothach, earache,
sore throat. Heals cuts, bruises, scalds.
Stops any pain.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Leaves are falling. Babies don't fall
away while taking DR.. Fahrney's Teeth
ing Syrup. 1t makes sap-blood. ESQ
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Watch babies bowels till the frosts
come. DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syrup
keeps them in good shape. Sample free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-29

Jones-Is that cheese good?
Shopkeeper-Good! Why, it's unap
proachable. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
z SLAIN THROUGH A WINDOW
Assassin's Victims We're Seated
at Family Card Table.
Jerry Apple and Albert CrowGcr
Killed in Cabin on Apples Isl.
and, in Black Lake, n. Y.

Ogdensburg, N. y Royal Dun
ming was arrested near mis- home OF a
small island in Black Lake, ST. Law
renee County, following the murder
the night before of his fatner-in-law,
Jerry Apple, and the latter's son-in-
law, Albert Crowder. News OF the
tragedy was brought to WATERFOWL
by Mrs. Dunning, who escaped from
the house late at night and fed
through the woods.
Dunning and his wife quarreled,
and Mrs. Dunning went to her faith
er's cabin. Dunning appeared at the
cabin late at night and sought 10
bring about a reconciliation. Failing
in this, he went away Apple and his
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Crowder,
and Mrs. Dunning then took seats
around table to play a game Of
cards. Apple sat nearest the cabin
window.
The crash of shotgun outside ter
rified the players. The window was
shattered by a charge of buckshot
and Jerry Apple fell to the floor,
killed instantly. The others jumped
up from the table in an effort to get
out of range. Crowder had reached
the stairs leading to the loft of the
cabin when a second shot was fired
He, also, was instantly killed, a
charge of shot entering his neck. His
hand still grasped the cards which he
held as he jumped up from the table.
Other shots were fired through the
shattered windows, but the survivors
of the family had succeeded in reach
ing places of safety.
Ben Harder, boarder, was in the
cabin at the time, and told the au-
thorities that he saw Dunning fire the
first shot. Members of the family
say that when Dunning left after fail
ing to reconcile his wife, who said he
had been drinking, he called toaher:
You will be sorry for this!"
Dunning stoutly maintains his in
nocence. The Coroner, Sheriff and
District Attorney are on the scene,
and they say there is evidence that
others beside Dunning are implicated
in the double murder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
LABOR WORLD.

The average length of life of
tradesman is two-thirds that of
farmer.
Deputy State mine inspectors OF
West Virginia have begun an inspec.
ton of all the mines in the State.
The amalgamation of the two bod.
les of organized plumbers laborers
at Brooklyn, N. Y, has been com.
pleted.
The Veteran Employees Association
OF the Reading, organized less than
two years ago, now has membership
of 452.
Over fifty per cent. of all boys
from fourteen to sixteen in Berlin,
Germany, are students in the indus
trial schools.
Monday, September Z, has been
fixed as the opening day for the forty
first annual Trade Union Congress at
Nottingham, England
South Carolina State Federation Of
Labor advocates committee at the
State Legislature to look after the in
terest of labor legislation.
Nearly 10000 miners in the Pitts
burg district resumed work in &C.
cordance with the agreement reached
at the Toledo joint conference.
Boilermakers and helpers of the
Charlestown (Mass.) navy yard have
formed navy yard union for better
ment of themselves and to assist in
advancing the Importance of the yard.
At the present time the constitu-
ton OF the paving cutters provides
for the nine-hour day, but also con-
tains clause to the effect that after
May l, 1909, the hours of labor shall
not exceed eight hours.
During the year ending October 80,
1907, there were seventy-one strikes
In Connecticut, involving 1890 en-
ployes, and $3.50 days time was
lost, while the loss in wages amount
ed to more than $155,542.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
The Bait and the Lure Used by Mrs. Guinness

CcagoFown matrimonial ad" by which victims
lured to - - ~ "
PERSONAL COMELY WIDOW, LARGE FARM IN ONE OF
districts
gentleman unusually well
sonal visit ~ =
Waupa WisThe letter which Carl
Mrs Belle Guinness who
from Norwegian into as lows: -
Carl Petersen, Waupa Wis:
Dear SAs in
ad will,
is answe
to
all have picked the
such. = " "
First will tell that Norwegian country
for twenty live Indiana about Chicago
north Laporte the sole
There
land
practically windmill
IN beautiful suburb of Chicago, worth about $4,000
All Of paid 1
three small children eleven old The smallest
the two largest girls all fky and well lost husband
help could hire getting tired this
others with 10 much.
u" much for look
My of
phcant have considered avoraby make satisfactory
security think that
always looking for such opportunities
can prove . - $500 - :
Now, think that cash we
talk matters personally
would of
regards MRS p s. GUINNFSS
"Laporte, Ind"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15

to the suspicion that Mrs. Guinness
herself was not dead, but that she
had cleverly substituted another wom-
ans body for her own and disap-
peared.
The Roster of Victims.
But for the moment admitting that
Mrs. Guinness actually died in the
fire which destroyed her own home
and children, its roster of victims in
this most battling mystery of crime
stands:
GUINNESS, Mrs. BELLE, whose
headless body was found in the ruins
of the Guinness house after the fire
on April 2S.
SORENSON, MYRTLE, aged elev-
en-, daughter of Mrs. Guinness, who
also lost her life in the destruction OF
the residence.
SORENSON, LUCY, aged nine
youngest daughter of Mrs. Guinness
who likewise was burned to death in
the fire.
GUINNESS, PHILIP, aged five, son
of Mrs. Guinness. whose burned body
was found clasped in the arms of the
mother after the destruction of the
Guinness home.
HEGELEIN, ANDREW, aged for
ty, bachelor, Aberdeen, S. D., sutton
for Mrs. Guinness hand, who came tc
Laporte January 5, 1908, and disap.
peared three weeks later, after draw
ing $4,000 from the bank.
OLSON, JENNIE, aged seventeen,
daughter of Anton Olson, of Chicago
whom Mrs. Guinness took to rear
when eight years old, and whose body
is believed to be one of the four found
in one grave in the barnyard.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, believed by
authorities to be Ole Budsberg from
lola, Wis, who came to Laporte
about year ago in answer to mat
rimonial advertisement, and who was
not seen after drawing $1,000 from
the Home Bank.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, sex unde-
termined, dismembered and found in
three-foot hole.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, sex unde-
termined, dismembered and found in
three-foot hole.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, sex unde.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
PROMINENT PEOPLE

E. H. Hartman is sixty years old.
DR.. William T. Manning was elected
rector of Trinity Church.
The Rev. Morgan Dix was rector
of Trinity parish for more than forty
five years.
John Hays Hammond S new contract
as mining engineer with the Guggen-
helms calls for a salary of 100000 a
year.
Andrew Carnegie, guest of "The
Vagabonds," said he would gladly
exchange places with an ambitious
young artist.
Edward A. Abbey has been elected
corresponding member of the Acad-
emie des Beaux Art, Paris, in place
of the late Robert Bompiani
The hand of John D. Rockefeller is
seen in the establishment of the Agri-
cultural Guild at the University of
Chicago, which the oil magnate is to
financially assist.
Sir William ]. Lyme, treasurer of
the Australian reception fund SUBJ
scribed to welcome the American
fleet. said that most of the money
would be spent in entertaining the
sailors.
At the recent suffrage hearing in
Boston President Huntington, of the
University of Boston, declared that
the young women of the university
averaged better in their studies than
the young men.
General William Booth, the vener-
able head of the Salvation Army, eats
neither fish, flesh nor fowl, and he
does not smoke nor take tobacco or
opiates in any form. He says that he
finds his comfort and stimulation lin
the conscious favor of God"
President Roosevelt's portrait.
painted by Mr.. Philip E. Laszlo, an
Austrian, who came to America to
have the President pose for him, was
shown to several of the Presidents
friends, who expressed admiration for
it. 1t represents the President in rid
ing costume and is life size.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15


| .termined, dismembered, and found in
the same hole.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, dismem-
bered, supposed to be that of man
from Chicago, found lying face down.
ward in box buried in the barn lot.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, possibly a
man of middle age, recovered from
barnyard grave in advanced stage of
decomposition.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, probably
woman, taken with two others from
the same crude grave.
And in the light of the develop
| ments the authorities are asking
whether two more victims of the
woman will not be found in Chicago,
namely:
SORENSON, MAIDS, first husband
Of the woman, who died under mys-
tar!ous circumstances in Chicago, be-
/ lieved to have been poisoned, but
! nothing was ever proved.
GUINNESS, PHILIP, second hus-
band of the woman, died at the house
OF mystery about four years ago as a
result of the skull being fractured
with meat chopper which fell from
a shelf.
Four Theories OF the Crimes.
The bodies here in Laporte and a
mass of circumstantial evidence, COM
bined with score of suspicious cir
cumstances, afford the basis upon
which the authorities have built up
four theories to account for series
OF crimes which have startled the
whole country. These are:
Theory No. THAT Mrs. GUM
ness, fearing exposure of her long
murderous career, killed her three
children and herself, setting fire to
the house to conceal crime. supported
by circumstantial identification of
nody as hers. and reception OF letter
lust before tragedy making her fear
for life and withdraw money f.om
bank.
Theory No. 2--hat Mrs. e lin
ness, fearing exposure. fed after kill
ing children, putting body of another
woman in house to mislead autbori-
ties; head of body identified as hers
not found
Theory No. 3-That Ray Lamp
here, her farmland, did the killing
from double motive of revenge and
jealousy; was seen near house Just
before the fatal fire, and when told
of it asked If woman and children es-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
SPORTING BREvITIEs.

p. There is no lack of good boy jock.
eys to do the riding this season.
Gotch lost $25 by failing to throw
Henry Ordemann in fifteen minutes
at Minneapolis.
Swarthmore College defeated Le-
high University at lacrosse by score
of nine goals to four.
Fred Herreshoff captured the low
scored prize in the annual spring golf
tournament at Lakewood.
Harvard proved victor over the
Middies, to 1. in the first lacrosse
match, played at Annapolis.
1t will be shame to tell what the
Western athletes will do with some
of the Eastern cracks at the Olympic
try-outs
The 165-mile cruising race on Lake
Onatrio from Hamilton to Chaument
for cruising sailboats will be started
on August 10.
Hackenschmidt says he will go into
strict training for wrestling matches,
and will not enter the arena again
unless he is in good condition.
Automobiles of the Pacific Coast
tried hard to have the Vanderbilt cup
contest run over a course in Califor-
mia last year, but without success.
Sir Thomas Lipton's new racing
cutter, the Shamrock w., has arrived
at Southampton from the Clyde for
her trials. Her first race will be on
May 80.
Tom Jenkins, once champion wrest-
Ter of America, is excited by the chal-
lenge of the Frenchman, Cazeaux.
who has challenged him to a mixed
contest of Graeco- Roman and catch
as-catch-can wrestling.
The game wardens in Pennsylvania
are using every means in their power
to protect trout. In a mountain
stream near Hazlet,n a prominent
resident of that city was fined SOS
for having trout in his possession
one-eighth Of an inch under the legal
size.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15

lieved that the manner of the wom-
ans death will be found to have been
like that of her children.
The key to the mystery is thought
to lie with Ray Lamphere, former
man-of-all-work for Mrs. Guinness.
The authorities charge him with the
murder of Mrs. Guinness and her
children and with burning the farm
house. Lamphere was madly in love
with Mrs. Guinness and had been
f1outed by her. He was poor, an
noyed her with his protestations and
she sent him away.
She was Turing men of small means
from the West and Northwest to her
slaughter house. Lamphere, with the
ever watchful eyes OF the lover, be-
came troublesome. She would no
doubt have murdered him and buried
him with her other victims in her
barnyard had it not been that he was
a native and his disappearance would
have been more difficult to explain
than were those of the men from dis
tant points. These merely had left
town, gone home, according to her re-
ports. and that ended the matter. The
Staying of the infatuated Lamphere
might have aroused suspicion and
brought about an investigation.
The theory that Lamphere was her
accomplish is disputed. He may have
suspected her of being in some mys-
terious way concerned with the sud-
den disappearance of the visitors The
authorities arrested and locked up
here Bessie Wallace, CT Michigan
City, a woman of the underworld,
who asserts that Lamphere had said
to her that If Mrs. Guinness did not
treat him more kindly he would send
her to the gallows, and also that he
would burn her OUT
On the night that Mrs. Guinness
murdered Andrew Hegelein the
Aberdeen Is. DakI stockman, she
sent Lamphere on a mythical trip TO
Michigan City, near by, to meet q
supposed John Moo, or Maa, who, she
said, was her cousin. She told him
to wait over night for the arrival of
the cousin, and IL he did not come in
the morning to return home. When
he got home she told him that Hege-
lein had left on en- afternoon train
for South Dakota.
No one douatcd that the woman's
body found in the ruins was that of
Mrs. Guinness until the first of the
series of sensational discoveries led
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
Astounding Details in Regard to the
Wholesale, Brutal Killings on
'COmely Widows" Place
Near LapOrte, Ind.
AUTHORITIES CONVINCED THAT
MURDERESS Persisted In FIRE
Various Theories Advanced to Explain
the Series of Mysterious Assas-
sinations-List of Victims Grows
as the Investigation Proceeds.

Laporte, Ind.-The certainty that
Mrs. Belle Guinness was a cruel STAY
er of men and children has been made
apparent by developments and the
method by which she lured her vic
tins to their death has also been
made clear. That she, too, died by
the sword" and that her two daugh-
tiers and small son, whom she dearly
loved. were brutality murdered. are
the conclusions reached by the au-
thorities. States Attorney Ralph H.
Smith asserts that there is no doubt
that the body of the woman found in
the ruin of the burned Guinness home
Is that of the murderess.
The medical experts, after exalnin-
ing the bodies of the woman's chill
dren = Myrtle and Lucy Sorenson,
aged eleven and nine, and Philip
Guinness, aged six-announced that
each had been killed by blows on the
head. The murderer concealed the
woman's head. If it is found it is be-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
MILLION AND A HALF FIRE.
Two Atlanta Blocks Burned - Poor
Water Supply.

Atlanta, Ga.-Two business blocks
were destroyed by a fire which for a
time threatened the entire down.
town district, owing to the poor water
pressure. The loss is estimated at
$1,500,000. There was no loss of
life.
The fire started in the Schlessin-
ger-Meyer Baking Company, Madison
and Nelson streets, and spread across
the street to the Terminal Hotel, con-
tanning 200 guests, who hurriedly es-
capped. Spreading from Madison to
Nelson street, the fire ate its way into
the Liquid Carbonic Company struct-
ure, and in a few minutes there were
two terrific explosions. The fire
stopped after running the Childs Ho-
tel. Across the street postoffice Sta
ton B, the Southern Suspender Com
pany, the Southern Handkerchief
Manufacturing Company, the Georgia
Vehicle Company, the Piedmont Hat
Company and McClure's Ten Cent
Store were all destroyed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-15
The National Game.

The Boston American club has sold
pitcher Louis Marie to the Providence
club
Manager Griffith. of the New York
Americans. has eleven pitchers on his
pay roll.
Mike" Donlin is pounding them
out for the New York Nationals in
his we'll known style.
Jack Kleinow. of the New York
Americans, is hitting the ball harder
than any other catcher.
The young Detroit pitcher, Malloy,
made a very good impression in his
first championship game.