davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
ATLANTIC FLEET
OFF FOR AUSTRALIA
Given Generous SendOff by
People Of New Zealand

Auckland y. T.. Aug. 16.-The Am
erican Atlantic fleet departed at $40
O'Clock this morning for Sydney. The
weather was fine and large crowds
ashore and afloat babe farewell to the
Americans. Excursion craft. loaded to
the rails, dotted the harbor.
AS anchors were hoiSted and the
flagship pointed her nose toward the
mouth of the harbor, pandemonium
reigned The shore batteries belched
forth parting salutes, which were an
swered by the American ships. and
whistles and sirens on the excursion
fiOtlla resounded across the harbor and
We're re-echoed by the distant hills.
The American ships were kept busy
dipping their flags in answer to the
salutations of the New Zealanders.
The fleet steamed in perfect alignment
out Of the harbor and many of the ex-
cursion craft followed it far to sea.
The sight when the ships left their
anchorage was a magnificent one, the
flagship Connecticut turning and
steaming between the lines Of battle
ships. which turned in order and fol
lowed it to sea. Premier Ward and a
large number of officials were aboard
a government steamer. and as each
battleship passed Ward led the rousing
cheers for the Americans. The battle
ship Kentucky. which was the last OF
the line, responded Justify with cheers
for New Zealand, and the bands or
both vessels played the British and
American national anthems and "Ault
Lang Syne"
Cordial farewell messages between
Admiral Sperry and the New Zealand
authorities were exchanged prior to thu
| DEPART
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR
Hams Brothers Interested In Attitude
of the Captains Wife

New York, Aug. ia predominant
ing figure in the Hains-Annis tragedy
Is Mrs Claudla Hams, the attractive
young wife OF Captain Peter c. Hams
Jr.. U. S. a., who OH Saturday last shot
and killed William E. Annis, an adj.
vcrtising manager. at the Bay side club,
vented interference by holding Il crowd
ut bay with his revolver.
What the attitude of Mrs. Hams will
be is of paramount interest and i'm.
portance to the lawyer for the Hams
brothers and to the district attorney.
Rumors are rife that Mrs. Hams will
drop her hostile demeanor toward her
husband and will take her place at his
side when the trial comes.
These reports, however, come from
no authoritative source and Mrs. Hams
ard her lawyers are keeping silent as
tO her plans. Mrs. Hams, it is said, has
returned to her home in Massachu'
sets. Her lawyer, who came here
from Boston to advise Mrs. Hams, an
ncunces that he will have a statement
from her within day or so, but he will
rot intimate what the statement will
contain.
Captain Hams and his brother will
be represented by the most eminent
counsel that can be procured. John f.
Mcintyre, one of the ablest lawyers
practicng at the criminal bar, has
been retained A newspaper quotes
Mcintyre as saying that insanity vii
be the defense.
The Hams brothers still remain
calm and upon advice of counsel re
fuse to make any statement regarding
the tragedy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
CONTRACT is Full
FILLED BY BALDWIN
His Military Dirigib|e Balloon
Accepted by the Army

Washington, Aug. 19.-The United
States army now owns the BALDWIN
military dirigible balloon. At 6 O'Clock
last evening. after three signal corps Of
ficers, Lieutenants Lahm. Foulois and
Sefridge. had made eight trips in the
airship. General Allen. chief signal of
ficer, Informed Captain baldwin that.
having fulfilled his contract. he could
turn over the balloon Mt any time.
While the airship had been accepted
as far as construction, speed and en-
DURANGO were concerned, Baldwin still
had one provision of his contract to
carry out. This was to train two signal
corps officers to handle the craft. In
all hours time he trained three officers
to Aliens satisfaction.
The officers of the signal corps will
lose no opportunity for further prac-
tice with the airshlp, and ascensions
at Fort Myer will be of almost daily
occurrence
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
STATE NEWS.

Extensive plans are being made for
the entertainment of the delegates To
the annual meeting of the New England
Democratic Progressive league, 70 be
held in Burlington August 20, 81 and
90. James E. Burke of Burlington,
Democratic candidate for governor, is a
member of a special committee selected
at a meeting of the league in Boston a
few days ago, and he. with local COM
mittee of prominent Democrats. are ar
ranging to combine the league meeting
with big Democratic rally. 1t is ex-
pected that the principal speaker will be
Senator Thomas p. Gore of Oklahoma,
who has been assigned to Vermont by
the national committee for a speaking
campaign.
The attention of Chairman Williams
of the Republican State Committee has
been called to statements of newspapers
in New York and Massachusetts,, copied
by some of the Vermont papers, to the
effect that the Republican national COM
mittee is to furnish the funds for the
campaign in Vermont, and he states that
this is absolutely false; that the Repub
! lican State Committee of Vermont will
not have one dollar for the campaign
| from the national committee, or any
!
at present informed. And he states that
although the fund for the Republican
State Committee this year is very much
smaller than in any recent J ear yet the
committee Is doing very well with it at
the present time and expects to be able
to finish up the campaign in good shape
and pay all bills. The people are de-
veloping an interest all over the State
which was not expected three weeks
ago. and which is very gratifying 10 the
chairman of the State committee.
Plattsburgh, n. Y, August II News
of the death by drowning of three
young women-two of them residents OF
this city - reached Pittsburgh from
Adams Landing last night shortly before
7 o'clock. The victims of the accident
were Lucy Perry, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Perry; Sadie Dissosw
and Lizzie Dissosway of New York,
: niece of Mrs. DssOsway and they me
their death while in the lake bathing
The young ladies, together with Mis-;
Helen McDougall, Annie and El.aro
Dissosway, chaperoned by Mrs. Di>s :
way, had been in camp at c. y. Di,fcn
DORIS cottage, about half mile from
Adams Landing since the first of tn,
l month. Yesterday afternoon, about fiv,
O'Clock, while the four girls were il
bathing, Lucy Perry stepped off thu
sand bar which runs into the lake ant
disappeared in about eight feet of water
Needless of her own safety, Sadie Dis
sOsway rushed to her rescue and she ais
disappeared. Lizzie Dissosway quickl,
S followed her cousin into the deep waite
and to her death.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Fertilizers for Summer and Fall
Top-DressIng and Seedins-Down.

Up-to-date farmers are agreed that in many
cases better results are obtained on meadows
from fertilizers which are applied in the
summer OF early fall. This is true both as to
top-dressing and seeding-down.
We wish to call the attention of the
farmers of Vermont to the fact that we can
furnish formulas for mixing fertilizers es-
pecially adapted to top dressing and seeding
down grass land These formulas have not
only been approved by the Vermont Expert
ment Station, but have been used with
excellent results by great many farmers in
Vermont. We can also furnish the materials
for mixing fertilizers in accordance with these
formulas. We should be pleased to send the
formulas together with full directions fol-
mixing, cost of materials, etc., to any one
who will write US, mentioning this pancr
Address CARROLL S PAGE, Hyde Park, VI.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21

Mr.. Sherman asserted that the APP
proval of the Roosevelt administration
was the real issue of legislation about
to be undertaken. The Bryan ques
ton Shall the people rule? was de-
cared to be no issue at all. surely the
people shall rule he said; surely
they have ruled; surely they do rule.
Shame ON the candidate who insults the
American people by suggestion or dec
laration that majority of its electorate
is venal."
Mr. Sherman's speech was unusually
brief and he did not attempt to discuss
in detail any of the questions touched
upon by Mr.. Taft, saying he could not
hope to persuade anyone not con-
WINGED by the presidential candidates
presentation of the platforms and the
issues He did enter into brief dis
cussion of the tariff. and his declara-
ton Il am strong protectionist'
brought spontaneous response from
his hearers The candidate then went
OIL to explain that he thought the time
had arrived for n revision of the tariff
from the protectionist point of view.
Mr.. Sherman paid tribute to the rec
ord of the Republican party, and in con-
trasting it with the Democratic organ
ization referred to the latter as IAN ag-
gregatiOn of experimental malcontents
and theorists whose only claim to his
tory is party name they pilfered."
Senator Burrows of Michigan, chair
man of the notification committee,
whose members gathered here from the
various states of the Union. made ten
der of the nomination. In his speech
he. too. resented what he declared was
thinly yelled accusation by Mr.. Bryan
that Republican administration did
rot represent the rule of the people.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
Mr.. Sherman was presented with d
magnificent gold lined silver loving cup
gift from his colleagues in the ma
tional house Of representatives.
Referring to labor and the negro
questions Mr. Sherman said:
The Republican party believes in tn,
equality of all men before the law; be
lives in granting labOr's every reQueS
that does not seek TO accord rights L
enc man denied to another. can
not hope to better state my position ol
injunctions than by a specific indorse
ment of Mr.. Taft's Cincinnati declara
ton on that subject That indorse
ment | make.
AS nation our duty compels tina
by every constitutional and reasonabl
means the material and educationa
condition of the colored race he ad
yenced. This we owe to ourselves a
Noll as TO them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
A Youngsters Dangerous "PIay''

Exeter, n. H., Aug. 19-When Rev
John Finen, rector of st. Michaers
church, was informed by Clarence
Nidell, aged 6. that the church was on
fire, the priest rushed in and found
altar draperies and pew cushions blaZ-
ing. He summoned assistance and the
blaze was eXtlngulshed after damage
Of about $50 had been done Young
Videll acknowledged to the police that
he had set the fire. He was Just play
ing" was his explanation when asked
why he did it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Motor Cyclists Neck Broken

Paterson, n. j., Aug. lin the
presence of several thousand specta-
tors. Sonny" Bridge. a motor cyclist,
was thrown from a motor cycle which
he was testing on the track and in
stantly killed. Bridge, whose home
was in Waltham, Mass, lost control Of
the machine and it shot into one of the
supports Of the grandstand. Bridge
was hurled fifty feet and was dead
when picked up. His neck had been
broken and his body otherwise badly
mangled. He was % years old.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Sour
Stomach

No appetite. loss OF strength. nervous
ness. headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risings, and catsrrh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves Indigestion. TINS new discov-
cry represents the natural juices Of diges-
don as they exist in healthy stomach.
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing.
purifying, sweetening and Strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball, Of Ravenswood w. Va. ssyss-
was troubled with stomach for twenty poara.
kodol cured mo and using II In n,lh
Tor baby"
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. Relieves indigestion. sour stomach,
belchne OF gas, etc.
Prepared by e. o. Dewitt Il CO.. oHioAoo.
Sold by W. a. Sheldon, Middlebury; South
Side Drug Store, Bristol
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Six Men Held For Murder

Boston, Aug. 1S.-The six Italians
who We're arrested, charged with hay
man of the Union Freight railroad, Sat
urday night, We're in the local police
court and held in $1,000 each for assault
with intent to kill, and without bail on
a murder charge. The charge of as
sault with intent to kill was laid by
the police because of uncertainty OF
their part as to which Of the six actual
~ caused the death of Needham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
LYDIA Z. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

For proof Of this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
FOR eight years suffered from the
most severe form Of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. wrote Mrs Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur R. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. n. j., writes:
81 feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. I
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and today am we'll and strOnpn
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Taft Going on Fishing Trip

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 17-Judge
Taft and party will leave Virginia Hot
Springs Aug IS for weeks fishing in
Lake Erie. at the end of which he will
go to Cincinnati to remain until election
day. Taft is very fond Of fishing and
has been induced to believe that the
change for a week from the mountains
to the lake will put Just the proper edge
on his condition of fitness for the front
Dorch work he Is to do in his native city.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
SCALED MOUNT HUASCARAN
Miss Peck Makes a Record by AS
cending IS, 900 Feet

cending 25, 600 Feet
Lima, Aug. 1G.-Miss Annie S. Peck
Of Providence, the mountain climber,
signalled at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon her arrival at an altitude of $4,000
feet on Mount Huascaran, the summit
of which is covered with perpetual
snow. The enrgy displayed by Miss
Peck in scaling this mountain has
brought forth expressions of astonish-
;neht from the natives here. She Is ac-
conpanied by two trained Alpine
climbers.
Miss Peck left New York two months
ago to make another attempt to reach
the summit of Mount Husacaran, be-
lievad to be the highest peak in the
western hemisphere. On an earlier
trial she was compelled to give up the
attempt after reaching a height of IT,
500 feet, owing to the cowardice of her
guides.
BY reaching an altitude of $4,000 feet
Miss Peck has assembled higher than
any person in the world. The previous
record was held by w. w. Graham,
who reached a height of 23,S00 feet in
the IIimalayas.
Miss Peck began her mountain
climbing in 1895, when she scaled the
Matterhorn. She assembled Mount So
rata in Bolivia reaching height of
2O.500 feet. Husacaran towers above a
notable group of volcanic SUBMITS in
the south of Peru and to the westward
OF the great plateau in which Lake
Titecaca lies.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty Years Lydia Z. PinK-
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Boy Knitted by Burglar

Hayerhill, Mass, Aug. 1S.-Attacked
by a burglar who was detected by the
boy robbing his fathers home, Ralph
Gray, aged IA, Of South Groveland
was twice cut with knife and badly
beaten. He was found by his father
on the latters return home from work
The burglar escaped with SIG which
had been taken from bureau drawer
and SO which he found in the boys
DOcket
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Hughes the Logical Candidate

New York, Aug 1S.-In reply to in
Quiries on the subject Of his attitude to
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor, in connection with which his
name has been mentioned, President
.Schurman Of Cornell university gave
out a statement in which he says: I'm
my judgment there is only one man for
the Republican party 10 nominate for
governor this year. and that man is
Charles Z. Hughes"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Earthquake In Massachusetts

Boston, Aug. IA slight earth
shock was felt by a number of cities
and towns south of Boston Saturday
night In some places buildings were
shaken, but the quake caused no dam
age. In a score of towns the rumble
was distinct. An earthquake shook
Aroostook county. Me-, villages and
places in northwestern New Bruins
wick ten DAYS ago.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Castro Makes More Trouble

Caracas, Aug. ia sensation has
been caused in diplomatic circles by
the refusal of President Castro 10 per-
nit the Brazilian minister TO take
charge of French interests in Nene-
zuea. although Jose Paul the Nene-
zuelan minister of foreign affairs had
originally agreed TO this arrangement.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Let's Sent to Jail

Dedham. Mass, Aug. 1S.-Sentences
of thirty days each in the house OF cor
rection We're passed by Judge Grover
upon two Let's who appeared in court
on the charge Of assault upon an officer
in Norwood Saturday night. Three
others were fined SO apiece for dis
turbing the peace. They We're charged
with assault upon Patrolman Weber
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
A "Black Hand" Threat

New York, Aug. 1S.-Because Of his
campaign against unleashed and un.
muzzled dogs in New York city, Dr..
Darlington, health commissioner, re-
ceived a letter signed BLACK Hand
The writer Of the letter swore to Kill
the commissioner on sight. This was
but one Of many threatening letters
Darlington has received in the last few
DAYS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Remarkable Long Range Shooting

Camp Perry. o., Aug. l9.-Captain
Casey of the First Delaware won both
the Leech and Wimbledon cup matches
by record breaking scores. In the
Leech match, at 800. 900 and 1000 yards,
Casey scored 1O4 out OF possible lO5.
Iii the Wimbledon 10O0-yard match he
scored o., beating the previous match
record OF 81.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Russian Empress Very Weak

St Petersburg. Aug 19-The en-
press appeared to be greatly benefited
by the cruise in the Finnish archipel-
ago, but since her return there has been
a recurrence of hysteria and, general
weakness, preventing her from walk
ing and sometimes even from standing.
Il is said also that she Is mentally de-
pressed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Rapid Progress In Canal Work

Washington, Aug. 19-That the
Panama canal can be completed within
i've years and at much less cost to the
government than has been generally
supposed is the Information which
Colonel Cocktails, engineer in charge of
the work, is expected to bring Secretary
of War Wright from the isthmus next
month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Magoon Starts For Washington

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Governor
Magoon of Cuba is coming to Washing
ton for a conference on Cuban matters
with Secretary of War Wright. He left
Havana today for Tampa, From here
he Will go to Oyster Bay to discuss Gu
ban affairs with President Roosevelt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Alfonso Wins a Yacht Race

Bilbao, Aug. 19.-King Alfonso, sail
ing his own cutter, the Corso, won the
first prize in the ten-metre class and
the first heat In the series for the Lip
ton cup. The kings victories were re-
ceived with great enthusiasm.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
Death of Ira Sankey

New York, Aug. 16-Ira d. Sankey,
known as an evangelist throughout the
Christian world. died at his home in
Brooklyn. Sankey was 6S years old,
and for the last five years he had been
blind and suffered from complication
of diseases, brought cp from overwork,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21

If there is any one thing that a
woman breads more than another it
is surgical operation.
We can state without fear of a
contradiction that there are hun
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos
pitals which are entirely unneces-
sarY and many have been avoided by
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
SURELY PEOPLE
SHALL RULE
Sherman's Reply to Issue Of
the Democratic Party
IS A STRONG PROTECT|ONIST
Favors Early Revision of Tariff
Schedules Endorses Taft's Decla-
ration on Subject OF lnjunctions--
For Material and Educational Ad-
vancement of fiegroes--T Touches
Briefly Upon Campaign Issues

Utica, n. Y, Aug. 19.-The last for
nal ceremony attending the official
launching of the Republican national
James $. Sherman was rendered and
accepted the nomination of his party
for the vice presidency. In doing so. he
subscribed heartily, he declared, to the
declaration of principles adopted at the
Chicago convention in June, to the ev-
cry utt0rance of Mr. Taft in his Gin
cinnati speech, and to the policies OF
President Roosevelt
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-04
OVER THE COUNTY
CoNovER

The young people gave Hal
lowe'en party Saturday night.
The evening was spent in games
and varied amusements, followed
by fine supper
Miss Bessie Bergman and Chas.
Johnson of Rhinelander visited
with Miss Bergman's sister at
the Reed school house Sunday.
Miss Helen teacher of
the Conover school, spent Sum
dav at her home in Wausau.
Miss Hilda Johnson came down
from Watersmeet Saturday for
Sundays visit at home.
Mrs. A. A. Denton and Miss
Raymond of Eagle River were
visitors here Friday.
c. H. Blohm was in Eagle
River Monday on business.
Charles P. Reed is making final
proof on his homestead
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-04
A. w. SHELTON DEAD
Had Been Prominently Iden-
titled With Oneida County
Manufacturing and Power
Interests.

A. w. Shelton, we'll known IN
Eagle River, died at his home in
Rhinelander, Sunday, at the age
of 40 years.
He was the president of the
Rhinelander Power company
and the White River Power
company at Ashland, was prom
lnently identified with leading
manufacturing interests, and
owner and publisher of the
Rhinelander Herald. He was
graduated from the Wisconsin
university i'll 1888. He leaves a
wife, Mary Howe Shelton, also
a graduate of the university OF
the same year, and daughter,
Margaret, who is attending
WELLESLEY college at Boston. Mr..
Shelton was district attorney
Of Oneida county for two con
secutive terms.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-11-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The lower primary room en-
joyed Halloween parties last
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Madden and Mrs. Stat
terry visited the first and second
primary rooms and also the
grammar room Friday after
noon.
The pupils in Miss Thompson's
room are learning songs for
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Hart visited the high
school last Monday.
The new libra y books are in
great demand
Elizabeth Reightlv, who has
been attending school here, has
departed for her home at Chiffon
Maude Bemis has taken up her
studies in the grammar dept.
The political economy class
will have a debate next Friday
afternoon.
Question: Resolved that pro-
tective tariff is a benefit to Amer
lean labor. Affirmative: Frank
Carter, Susie Frankel and Ida
Cook. Negative: Lloyd Ray
mond, Esther Austin and Walter
Gander.
They are putting on storm
windows and storm doors at
the school house this week.