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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17

About two weeks before the g1rls
visit to New York, Hazel had been on
a trip TO New York. Boston and Prov
idence She sent her friend, Carrie, a
postal from each city. stating that she
was having good time. While in
Providence Hazel is said to nave
stopped at the home of a Mrs. Jones,
but the details of the trip the author
tiles have not yet been able to learn.
Neither is it known with whom she
went. if anyone, or with whom she
stopped in New York and Boston.
Miss Weaver left Troy on the even
ing Of July s. the night on which the
officials are unable to locate Hazels
whereabouts, for visit to her former
employers home in Ohio. Hazel was
not at the station when she left, ac-
cording to Prof. and Mrs. Green. who
went with Miss Weaver to see her
safely aboard the train. Miss Weaver
is expected to return about Aug. l.
Both Prof. and Mrs. Green speak
very highly OF Miss Weaver and of
Hazel as well. They say the girls were
not known to have had young men
callers but spent much of their time in
each others company. "Miss Weaver is
q fine girl who came to US from the
country and is not the type ordinarily
employed in domestic service" said
Prof. Green. Mrs. Green said she con-
sidered Hazel a girl of good moral
character with high ideals.
The sheriff today sent broadcast the
notices offering $1,000 reward for the
conviction of the murderer
was in Troy on the afternoon of Tuesday.
July :, the day upon which she is sup
posed to have been murdered. and her
body thrown into Teal pond. has been
established by the authorities. She was
here on Congress street walking toward
Fifth avenue carrying her suit case.
which was found checked at the Union
station, at 1.49 that afternoon. presum-
ably by the girl herself. Adelbert A
Wood. employed at the station, says he
remembers receiving the suit case but
cannot identify the bearer as Hael Drew.
1t was left by girl of blonde type. he
says. but whether she was accompanied
by companion he is unable to recall.
On Monday afternoon the girl called at
the Westcott office at the station and
asked that her trunk be taken from the
home of Prof. E. r. Cary where she was
last employed. to the home of her pa
rents. Where she spent Monday night
the officials have been unable to learn.
Mrs. Cary said that within the last six
months Hazel had taken four trips out
of the city. She went to New York
twice. staying two days on each trip; once
to Providence for two days and to Boston
for three days sojourn. Who her COM
panions were on these visits the police
are trying to ascertain. Letters were
found in the girls trunk from persons in
the cities mentioned but the district at
torney refuses to make known their con-
tents. He says that in none of the let
ters thus far examined is there anything
to indicate that Hazel had a sweetheart
The search for clues that will aid in
fixing the responsibility for the crime
continued Thursday. The county author
lties have offered a reward of $1,000 for
the arrest and conviction of the murderer
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Master Plumbers Thursday a,
Boston elected the following officers:
President. w. H. Halsey, Milwaukee
Wis; vice president, Walter D. Nolan
Washington. d. c.; secretary. Philip H
Murphy, Milwaukee, Wis: treasurer
William McCoach. Philadelphia. The
only contest was over that of vice
president. The choice of convention
city was feft' to the decision" Of the
executive veecommittee. A reception. was
given to the retiring national officers
at the Hotel Somerset
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
KILLED BY FALL,
M. J. Cummings Meets Almost Instant
Death at Portland.

Portland. Me, July 16-Michael J.
Cummings. % years of age, while al
work this afternoon. fell from the
frame work Of the steel coal diggers
that are being constructed on the
Maine Central and Boston & Maine
wharf in this city. His skull was
fractured and several ribs We're brok-
en-. He was taken to the hospital
where he died few minutes after his
arrival A wife and several children
survive.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17

The death of Mrs. Eva J. Winn Of NAL
den, Mass. while in Newport. r. l.. at
tending an outing Of the delegates to the
convention Of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs in Boston, June q last.
was due to accident and not to any
criminal negligence on the part of any
one. according to the report of Coroner
Andrew Mcmahon. filed Thursday. Mrs.
winn sustained d fracture or the skull by
being thrown to the ground when tally
no In which she was riding overturned
owing to the collapse of one of the
wheels.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
WILLIAMS is NOTIFIED.
PopuIist Candidate for Presidenc,
Criticizes Other Parties.

Vincennes. Ind. July 16-In the
Grand Opera house last night. Samuel
w. Williams, an attorney of this city
was notified of his nomination as Vice
Presidential candidate of the Populist
party in the presence of 1000 persons
1t his speech of acceptance Mr. Will
liams sounded the keynote Of the
Populist campaign and criticised the
platforms of the Democratic and Re-
publican parties.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
GILES MAKES NEW
AMATEUR BIKE REc0nl

Salt Lake City, Utah, July 16-Ha.
ley Giles. racing on the saucer trad
at Saltair last night established a new
worlds record for amateurs, when b;
finished the 2-miles open lap event h
3.541-5. The best time recorded here.
tofore was 3.56lh.
In the three mile open lap, profes
sional race, Jack Clarke established
record, his time, 5.41 2-5, being eight
seconds better than his own record d
last Sunday on the same track.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
Perry-HalI.

Brunswick, Me-. July l6.-N0p
Cards were received this evenihs
nouncing the marriage at Boston y. !.
June %, 1908, of Miss Sara -
FIahss.ahs~<aaaGhters Of uCapt-sa ,ht
James Belle Hall, formerly ol n.
town, sur row r6f Alefneda,s Cal, ~ 4
mer Perry of Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
Boston Officers Not Interested.

Boston. July 16-Chief William b.
Watts of the bureau of criminal in
Vestigation said today that he had re-
ceived communication from the TROY
authorities with regard to the Drew
murder mystery. The chief added
that no Investigations in connection
with the murder were being carried
on i'm this city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
HEARST HAS LOST FAITH
In the Empty Professions Of An Unre-
generate Democracy.

New York, July 16.-A cablegram has
been received from William Randolph
Hearst in reply to a message transmitted
to Mr. Hearst from Samuel Gompers.
stating that in view of the Democratic
stand for labor 1t would be IAN act of
greatest patriotism for the Independence
League to endorse the Democratic plat
FORM" and urging him not to run third
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17

Dover, Del, July 1.-THE supposed
murder Of William Williams, a we'll
to-do farmer, who lived near the
Maryland state line and who was
about to marry Elizabeth Walls, 13-
year-old girl, has aroused the entire
Delaware peninsula.
Williams who was q widower and
resided with his sons and daughters,
visited one of his daughters at
Crumpton, Md, last Friday. After
leaving her house he was not again
seen until his body was found hanging
to a tree between Marydel and Temple
vile Tuesday afternoon. Marks on the
body indicated that the man had been
murdered by heavy blow on the
head and this view was taken by the
coroner's jury last night. The license
to marry the girl was in Williams
pocket when the body was found.
The family of the victim refuse to
discuss the tragedy. The Delaware and
Maryland authorities have discovered,
it is said. that both the Walls and
Williams families We're opposed to the
marriage. 1t is said Williams was kill
ed at some other place and the body
carried to the thicket and hanged to
a tree as a subterfuge.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17

Two monster whales have just heen
killed or the Eden coast of New South
Wales, thereby furnishing reminder that
the whale fishery was once looked upon as
the staple industry of the Australian con-
tinent.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
LOSS $4,000.
Residence of Henry e. Beal at Jones
port, Me-, Is Burned.

Jonesport, Me, July 16.-The resi-
dence of Henry E. Beal was burned
today. The loss was $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
The Remodelled Express Proceeds.

New Haven, July 16.-The White
Mountain Express. remodelled as leav-
ing Greenwich, but carrying the great
er part of the passengers who left New
York this morning, went through this
city early this afternoon. 1t was stat
ed by the train officials that new
train would be made up in Springfield.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17

she brought it out and showed it to
her mother.
The body of Williams was buried to-
day at Camden in the odd Fellows
cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
FIRES IN MAINE.
Continued from Page One.)
AROUND ELLSWORTH.

boundary line between Wells and York
but was said to be under control.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17

Springfield. Mass, July 16.-When
the White Mountain Express reached
here today. it was decided to make no
change, and the train continued north.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
QUICK RELIEF
Sudden Cramps

Morrill,, Me-, July 70, 1906.
II have used L. F. Bitters, and
recommend them as the best general
medicine ever tried. I always keep
them in the house for sudden
cramps" Yours truly,
Mrs. Ada Wilkins.
The danger and pain of sudden sick
ness may be prevented by always keep
ing bottle of 81. F." Atwoods Bitter,
in the house. 35c at druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-07-17
ANOTHER MURDER.
owed it to

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
Selections
HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE.
The New Structure viii Be the Eighth
Wonder Of the World.

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The New Structure viii Be the Eighth
Wonder Of the World.
The magnitude OF the projected Hud.
son river bridge does not at first strike
the unthlnking person. but when 1t
does strike II comes with breathless.
aerial Significance. 1t will be the eighth
wonder Of the world, and the eyes Of
foreign engineers are turned to New
York with expectancy,
The plans Of the new structure are
practically those of the original North
river project. 1t was long step from
LOO foot span, then and still the
longest in the world, to over 1900 feet,
the distance to be covered between the
piers on either side Of the broad Hud-
son. To make bridge almost double
the length of the Brooklyn bridge
meant building the towers nearly twice
as high, and In order to allow for ad-
ditlonal roadways and tracks the
bridges OF double length must be also
twice as wide. Thus the proposition in
volyed was really very much more
than building bridge with double
length span. for three dimensions had
to be considered. making the entire
structure nearly eight times as large as
the Brooklyn bridge.
At first other engineers were loath to
believe that modern materials made
possible 90 great bridge, but the en-
tire profession is now agreed that the
bridge is possible and practicable, and
the estimates of construction cost vary
between $35, ,o00, 900 and 500. .O0O. 900, de-
pending upon the number Of tracks
and the carrying capacity designated
These figures do not include the cost OF
approaches or of right of way.
1t is an astonishing fact that Is con
templated. this Of suspending between
steel towers distant more than half O
mile eight great railway tracks and
four driveways. says Charles II. Coch
rane In the New Broadway Magazine
AS n triumph of engineering the work
will have no equal. There will be foul
stupendous towers at the piers, eacl
suggesting In appearance the celebrat
ed Eiffel tower. These four towers will
be about 800 feet from foundation
stones to top. They will carry thu
eight mammoth steel cables that will
curve gracefully across the noble Hud
J son and support the two deck stee
truss bridge 40 feet wide capable o
transporting 100000 persons in on
hour without undue crowding.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
Peoples TransfeI
{ Storage Co.
A Government pawnshop.
Phones 155

One thousand watches a day, one
thousand wedding rings week.
that Is the ordinary course OF busi-
ness the year round atthe great pawn
broking establishments OF France.
The watches and wedding rings
which daily make their way to the
Mont de Piete are, of course, the last
resource OF. the poorer classes, but
the borrowers from this government
pawnshop. with Its twenty-five
branches In Paris. are by no means
drawn exclusively from the masses.
1t is indeed, the women Of the upper
classes who are the most reckless In
their expenditure, and who are.
therefore, the most exposed to sud
den pecuniary difficulties. Women In
society, when driven to the Mont de
Piete. carry their Jewels In their
dainty handbags, and they encoun-
ter many a poorer sister on the way.
dragging heavy sewing machines or
shabby bedding across the court
yard.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago. May 27--Grain close
Wheat--May sold between 104 and
1.06 1.2 opening at 1.04 closing at
1.06 1-2; July between 81 1-2 %
80 3-s. opening at 92 1-S and clos
Ing at 80; Sept. between Ss 5-S "a
SO "a, opening at SO 1-2 a closing
at SO 1-S.
Corn--May sold between 79 and
81; opening 70; closing 80; July
between ca ga and 69 is. open
ing 6S and closing at 6s 3-S; spet
between G5 5-S and G7 IA, opening
at 65 7-S and closing at G6 3-S.
Oats-May sold between So 3-4 @
SO 1-2; opening 55 "a and closing
at Sc 3-S; July between AZ 3-S and
4S 1-2, opening at AZ 1-2; closing
4S IS; Sept. between 3S 3-S and 80
Ia, opening at 3S 1-2 and closing
at 39.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
Movino a Town In a Boat.

The transltory nature of life in Alas
ka Is shown by an incident in Dr. H. A.
Cooks account OF his ascent OF Mount
Mckinley, ITO the Top of the Conti-
nent." He was In search of town on
Yentna river when ''at about 10 o'clock
we saw a big dory drifting down the
stream. A corpulent miner, with all
kinds Of things, was In the boat. TO
our question. How far to Youngstown 2
he answered: 1T used to be twenty
miles above, but 1t just moved. | have
the town in the dory and am taking 1t
down the stream"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
New Stunt. Of Beaaars.

To he an up TO date beggar requires
n lot of ingenuity, and one would
think that the same amount Of thought
along different lines would produce
something more worth while. The lat
est scheme in New York is to stop the
pnsserby and ask for money enough
to have prescription filed and show
the paper.
IL just got out Of the hospital, and
the doctor told me | must take this
regular" the beggar will say, and
usually he wins. for no one cares to
feel that he may have sent the poor
devil away without the medicine re-
quIred to keep him alive. There is an
other chap running about the city. He
carries loaf OF bread on which he
nunches huugrlly. All he asks Is a
nickel to get cup OF coffee to finish
off his meager fare.-New York Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
AMERICAN INVENTIVE GENIUS.
Trend o. Present Activity Is to Fseil-
itate Transportation.


Since the establishment of the
Patent once there have been In all
about 100000 patents. applied for,
and approximately 10000 patents
we're examined last year. To-day
America leads the world, as It has
done for long time, in inventions
of every kind.
The Patent ONCE has no statistics
OF the number Of patents on any one
subject, but those who have been
working on the files of the Office for
years tell OF tendencies along certain
lines OF activity. For instance, Ia
1895, at the height OF the bicycle
craze, when, instead of the usual
Ave examiners IN a division thirteen
we're required to do the work. Now
one attends to bicycles and does 9TH
er work besides. The bicycle has
been supplanted by the automobile,
a large number Of patents for new
developments OF which are constant
ly being fled under classifcations OF
vehicles, motive-power machines,
and steam and gas engines. The
number is on the increase every
week.
The desire Of the human family
to initiate the birds and fly through
the air Is shown by the number OF
patents on that kind of invention.
Only Ave or six month appear at
the present time, but this division is
looked upon as sure of growth. The
inventions In transportation appii-
ances continue to hold the palm and
lead them all. Sixty-eight patents OF
this sort we're filed in one week. and
despite the fact that the railroad hat
reached very high state of effic.
iency, the work OF inventors con
tinues. In general machinery the
steam turbine Is being developed es
| pecially for use on the big battle
ships, one having been ordered fol
the biggest battleship in the world
which Is to be built by the British
| government. Pneumatic tools cause
an increasing number Of patents.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
John Randolph,s Old Office.

Few people know that the law Office
IN which that famous Virginian John
Randolph of Roanoke once practiced Is
still in existence and is still being used
for similar purpose. In the court
yard In the little village Of Kenbridge,
Lunenburg county. Va. stands today
an old weather beaten brick office
building with shlngle roof. 1t Is one
story high and has only single large
yoom. but 1t Is now famous in Virginia
as the building In which John RAN
dolph did much of his law work and
prepared his speeches. In the earlier
days OF virginla's history II was the
custom TO build a number of these lit
tie offices ON the courtyard green's, and
II was unusual then for a lawyer to
have an office anywhere but there.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
Leather Candy.

Leather Is often heavily dressed with
sugar to increase Its weight. In order
to show that their leather Is not faxed
with sugar the government Of the Aus
tralian commonwealth stamps leather
exports with an official declaration that
they contain mot more than per cent
OF crystal sugar" Certain bales so
stamped were recently held back by
the custom house here as goods partly
composed of SUGAR.. e., confectionery
and were not released till the sugar
tax had been paid upon them.-London
Spectator.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
SIGNALLING WITH DRUMS.
Means of Communication Where an
Alphabet Is Unknown.

Alphabet Is UNKNOWN.
The natives of the West Coast OF
Africa have little need for wireless
telegraph, according to story told
by missionary at the rooms OF the
Presbyterian Foreign Board. Talk
ing of the susceptibility OF the ma
tive African to rhythm he told this
incident: The African always calls
the people together by means Of
drum. The drum varies in size, but Is
always made by following out sec
ton of a log. The drum not only
tells the people of the meeting. but
its purpose as well. The news which
may be thus sent Is astonishing. On
one occasion missionary WAS In the
Palaver House at Efulen, at some
distance from his home. A rain
storm came up and he had no UNI
brella. A drummer, learning his
need, tapped message to a friend
and In short time the latter APP
peared with an umbrella. The ma
tives have no alphabet and an um-
brella is not usually in the require
ments of a palaver. How then. did
the drummer make himself under
stood? During native wars the gov
ernment has to prohibit the use OF
drums as the natives are able with
them to send news from one village
to another.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
pbo.ooraphlo Introduction.

Owing to many swindles perpetrated
recently through forged and stolen let
tiers OF Introduction, a card of photo
graphic Identification invented by a
Pittsburg man has become popular In
that city. Now when the Pittsburgers
friend asks him for a letter OF intro
duction he takes the friend to the near
est photographer and is photographed
with him In an attitude Of presentation.
Then he writes his note on the picture.
And when It Is presented the recipient
has no doubt as to the identity of his
caller.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
TIE joys of the Plunger.

II Is estimated that everywhere
only about five people in Atty who
bet on races ever win anything. II
this were not the case. bookmakers
could not live. The odds are so
placed as to encourage betting and
at the same time provide large
margin OF success for the book
maker. But 1t is just the possibility
of winning big stake for little out
lay that constitutes the fascination
Of betting for the average frequenter
OF the tracks. These risky plungers
generally wager small amounts, but
the aggregate sums Invested are
large; as the bookmakers know very
well. In nothing is the old saying
that fool and his money are soon
parted better illustrated than In bet
ting. Baltimore Herald.
Number Of Feet a Second.
Few men could tell II they were
asked how many feet per second they
walk. A press photographer. whose
work requires him 10 know all manner
of speeds, said the other day.
"The average man walks four feet
per second. A dog on Its ordinary jog
goes eight feet a second. A horse trots
12 feet second. A reindeer over the
Ice makes 20 feet. A racehorse makes
As feet. A sailing ship makes IA feet"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
Auto. In citv Parks.

Boston has taken q whack at the au-
tomobilists, following New YorS's ex-
ample In excluding from its parks mo-
tor cars equipped with tire chains or
metal covered tires. The Metropolitan
park commission OF Boston has iecid-
ed that the anti-skid devices on the
heavy cars tear up the parkways faster
than an army OF men can repair them
and has decreed that from now on any
chauffeur operating a machine with
spiked. chained or studded wheels shall
be mulcted to the tune Of $40.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
Labor SAVING Device.

"Yes, siree." said the freckled lad
proudly, my dads genius, he is."
"That soT" responded the weary cof-
fee mill agent
"waal, L should say SO! Dad noticed
that every time the old hound came
around Sunday mornings he began
wagging his stumpy tall"
Anything unusual In that. sonnyT
''No, not for the hound, mister, but
dad got up the idea of attaching a
shoe brush and whisk broom to Bow
ser's tail. Now when dad Is ready to
20 to meeting his shoes are shined and
the legs OF his trousers are busted
without his moving finger. BY gosh,
dads got as much brains as a furrin
dlplomatr-Detroit Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
AUoTJoNERHs

AUCTIoNEERiEG--W every de-
scription in Marion and adjoining
counties. associated with ]. W.
Clark will be H. l.. Protsman,
OF Cincinnati. He comes highly
recommended as . stock salesman.
Has been associated with Harold
Wagner. one of the best salesman
In Ohio. SO we guarantee the best
OF work in sales OF any descrtp-
ton. Office ia Court Street. Give
us q trial. Marion q.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
The japanese Parliament.

Perhaps the greatest sign Of the
westernization OF Japan was when It
formed Its parliament, only sixteen
years ago. The first meeting. =
somewhat stormy one. took place In
the winter OF 1901. Japanese mem
bers OF parliament are paid about
$50 year as salary, In addition TO
travelling allowances. which they are
not at liberty to refuse even II dis
posed to do so. The number OF quail
fed voters In Japan amounts TO lit
tie over ] per cent. OF the total pop
ulation. All electors must be twenty
fiye years OF age. and must pay ff-
teen yen (about S0s. In English
money! direct national taxation. -
Era Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-27
Japs the Yankees Of the East.

The Japanese traders, officials, SOL
diers and workers are pushing irresisti-
bly, into Manchuria, and now that the
war is ended the Yankees of the east
will guide and instruct the Chinese and
dominate them and their markets, II
seems likely that, wilnout any Chinese
boycott whatever, American industry
will be put to the test to compete on
fair terms with the Japanese before
many years have elapsed. .-Phiisdel-
phia Ledger.