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Buoys Reported Missing.

A notice to mariners regarding buoyage
in water frequently visited by vessels
from this city has been issued from the
Office of the lighthouse inspector, Com
mander Russell as follows:
Chesapeake Bay. Main Ship Channel.
Virginia-Middle Ground North End Gas
Buoy. No. 8. reported extinguished July
20. was relighted July "a.
Baltimore Harbor Entrance. Maryland
Beaverton Channel Buoy No. II. a Sec
ond-class can, was reported missing July
q and will be replaced as soon as prac-
ticable.
Poole's Island Channel, West Side.
Maryland-Poole's Island Shoal, West
Side Buoy No. =. a spar. found missing,
and Robins Point Shoal Buoy No 3, a
spar. found missing, were replaced July
a.
Elizabeth River, Va-Channel Buoy No.
IS a spar, found broken off, was replaced
July "a
Dinner Creek, Virginia Flats
Buoy No. 1 and Dinner Creek Flats Buoy
No. .. each spar, reported missing June
2S, were replaced July %, 1909.
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KILLED WITH scANTLING.
Louis Isaacs Dead and Mox Hirsch
Accused of His Murder.

HARRISONBURG, Va, July 31.-Louis
Isaacs, young married man. Is dead
here as the result Of blow inflicted by
his brother-in-law. Mox Hirsch.
The tragedy was the outcome Of fam
lily disturbance, which apparently had
its origin in some trivial disagreement.
Hirsch used piece Of scantling In his
assault on his brother-in-law, and dealt
him a blow on the side Of the skull which
resulted fatally in a few hours.
In the same melee Hirsch struck his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Arthur Hirsch, blow
which broke her nose. He was held
under police surveillance pending the re-
suit Of Isaac's injuries and after the
latter's death he was committed to JAIL
Hirsch is the senior member Of a
prominent firm of horse dealers in Har-
risonburg, and is a man Of some prop
erty.
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Mrs. Germon Seriously Ill.

BALTIMORE. Md, July 31-Mrs
Jane Germon, the aged Coincidence
who has had the distinction of play
ing with Joseph jefferson and Edwin
Booth and of being the wife of the
original Uncle Tom in Uncle Toms Cab.
in is seriously i'll at the home of hel
son. DR.. Frank G. Germon, 322 NORTH
Greene street. She has been suffering
for many months from heart trouble anC
dropsy, and her great age--eighty-eight
years-combined with the intense heat OF
the last few days. has caused her TO sinh
rapidly. Many times yesterday her mine
is said to have wandered back to the DAYS
Of her stage career and she often spoke
of the old times and recited long selec
lions from her old roles
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MURDER STORY UNFoUNDED.
Body of Virginian Exhumed to
Prove Case of Suicide.

WINCHESTER. Va. July 31.-yThe body
of Lewis A. Tussing. prominent farmer
and general agent for a sewing machine
company, who is supposed to have COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself recently
with chain in his barn at New Market,
shenandoah county, was eXhumed a few
days ago and examined for the purpose Of
determining whether there was truth in
reports that he had been murdered and
his body suspended by the chain from a
rafter The autopsy showed that the re-
port of murder was unfounded.
The injuries in the neck, which led some
of his friends To believe that he had been
murdered, were made by the chain with
which Tussins hanged himself. accord
ing to the report of the physicians who
conducted the examination. The murder
report spread throughout the county and
was given credence by many people.
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Convicted of Selling Liquor.

LYNCHBURG. Va, July 31.-Sue Cook.
a pegress past the middle age. was con-
yicted in the police court here on the
charge Of selling liquor in the city. She
was fined $50, given a month in Jail and
required to furnish bond in penalty of
$500 for her future conduct. The woman
was charged with selling whisky in the
Tenderloin uptown. The police think she
represented some out-of-town mail order
house but they cannot ascertain anything
further, for the woman denies absolutely
that she has sold liquor.
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SEVERE DROUGHT IN VALLEY.
Low Water in the Shenandoah May
| Cripple Power Plants.

ESTER, Va, July 31.-The wa
ter is SO low in the Shenandoah river that
officials of the Winchester and Washing
ton City Railway Company, whose great
electrical plant at Millville, Jefferson
county, w. Va. supplies electricity for
street lighting and commercial purposes
in Winchester and other towns in this
section of the Shenandoah Valley, Gear
that it will interfere with the operation
of the plant. They are practicing econ
omy wherever possible.
Already steam has been substituted for
a :D0-horsepower motor in q large manu-
featuring establishment at Martinsburg,
w Va and the mills of the Virginia
Woolen Company in Winchester are also
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Wants to Be Speaker of House.

SUFFOLK, Va, July 31.-In the
Academy of Music here last night Rob-
ert w. Withers, in his first platform ap-
peal for the SURFACES of his home peo-
pie, predicted the defeat of Speaker
Richard Evelyn Byrd, who, Withers
said, was the one man who stood be-
tween himself and the speakership OF
the next assembly. provided Nansemond
county will return him. He declared
that if people of other sections thought
him big enough to be considered in
connection with the speakership, his
neighbors should be loyal enough to
send him back.
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Fails to Get $4,000 for Foot.

WINCHESTER, Va, July 31.-The
suit of Thomas j. Howell. a brakeman
on the Norfolk and Western railway
who fell from a train several months
ago near Cedarville, Warren county, and
had one of his feet so badly mashed
that it had 10 be amputated at DR.
fuckers Hospital. in Berryville. has
been tried before jury. which returned
verdict in favor of the railroad COM
pany. Howell sued for $4,000.
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Investigating Fever Outbreak.

STANTON. Va. July 31.-Dr. Allen
Freeman, assistant state health COM
missioner, who has been investigating
an outbreak of a mild form of fever at
Grottoes, pronounces it paratyphoid
Quite a number of cases have prevailed,
but none has proved fatal. DR. Free
man announces that the state will prob
ably establish a temporary bacteriologi-
cal station here in connection with
Staunton's new health office.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner William Cobb, plaster, from
New York to Georgetown; schooner Robert
T. Murphy, ice, from a Maine point 10
Alexandria; tug Hampton. light, after a
tow of light barges for a down-river
point; tug Fortuna, towing three light
barges. from Philadelphia to Georgetown
coal dealers; sloop Harriet G. Smith,
cord wood, from a river point to the
dealers; schooner S. l.. Bowen, cord
wood, from Wades bay for the local
market; barge Nanticoke, at Alexandria
with coal from Philadelphia; tug Capt.
TOBY, with raft of pine piling in tow
from Occoqudn; schooner Isaac Solomon.
cord wood, from a river point to the
local dealers; tug Eu2enia, with a tow
of lighters from Piscataway creek to
the local dealers
Departures.
Schooner Five Sisters, light, for Coles
Landing to load cord wood for the deal
ers here; schooner William Henry, light,
for Chicamuxen creek TO load for this
port; tug S. o. Co. No. l., towing barge
No. q, light, for Baltimore; pungy Dove,
light, for the Ycocomico river to load po-
tatoeS for the local market; schooner Isa-
belle, light. for the Rappahannock river
to load number back to this city;
schooner Silver Star, light, for Quanti-
co to load lumber; schooner Sidonia
Curley, light, for Virginia point for
a cargo of lumber for the local deal
ers: schooner c. X. Wheeler, light, for
a Rappahannock river point TO load for
this city; schooner Eloise, light, for a
North Carolina point TO load; tug Camilla
towing C. c. Co barge, coal, from
Georgetown TO Boston.
Memoranda.
Barge Annie E. Embry is i'm Upper
Machodoc creek, loading railway ties for
a northern market, schooner William
Cunningham is on her way to this city
with timber aboard: schooner Matte
Newman has gone to Baltimore to load
coal for a New England point; schooner
j. S. Hoskins is chartered to load lumber
at Charleston for this city; schooner
Edith Verrall is at a down-river point
loading for this city; schooner Ella is at
High Point, Va, loading cord wood for
the dealers: schooner Peri is at a river
point loading for this city.
Barge No. IS of the Consolidation Coal
Company fleet which loaded coal at
Georgetown after unloading ice here, has
sailed for Point Lookout, where she will
join a tow bound up the coast Consoli-
dated Coal Company barges Nos. 5 and
D, which also unloaded coal here. are at
Georgetown loading for New England
points and will sail this week.
The American bark Mary Barry. laden
with ice for this city, sailed from Bangor,
her loading point, July 20, and should ar
rive here early in the coming month.
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Mrs Ann Cook, widow of Alexander
Cook of Shepherdstown, w. Va, a former
resident of Hagerstown, died as the re-
suit of injuries sustained ten days ago i'm
a fall at the home o. her granddaughter.
Mrs E. O. Strine, at Carlisle, Pa She
was eighty wears old. Mrs Cook was
"A native of Shepherdstown. being Q
daughter of Daniel Cameron.
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using steam power. The water in the
river Is now lower than it has been for
many years.
Reports received here from many sec
tons of the Shenandoah valley indicate
that the present drought has caused ir-
reparabe damage to growing crops, and
in number of localities the corn crop will
fall below 80 per cent. Gardens have been
burned UP and all vegetation damaged.
Several recent showers were not sufficient
to counterfeit the damage. The city wa
ter department of Winchester has warned
people to be economical in the use of wa
ter from the city mains under pain of
arrest. The pumps at the pumping sta
ton are kept going day and night to keep
a supply of water in the reservoir
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E s T Ely

This letter was recently received
from prominent official of the
Southern Railway Company. hv-
ling near the city:
This is to acknowledge the
EStey Piano, which was re-
ceived in due time and i'll good
shape. 1t gives me great pleas
Ilre to say We are highly
pleased with il in every par
ticuIar. and TO state. further.
We have had the instrument
tested by several musicians of
note. who pronounce it second
to none. both as to sweetness of
tone and style of construction.
II I were TO purchase another
instrument tomorrow, | would
select the FStey-'
tSigned)
We are the eENCIJ SlNE
AGENTS for the ESTEY and
other high-grade instruments, as
well as the PIANOLA.
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Here Is
Another
One!
Just Like
The Rest,

because every buyer feels the same
satisfaction over the purchase of
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Stone springs from which clear and
cool Water could be obtained might be
located at different points in Rock Creek
Park for the use of those who may go
there To enjoy its natural beauty and
scenery. New driveways could be con-
structed through the Businesses of the
park over which horse or electric omni-
buses would carry passengers to all sec
tons of the reservation from the termini
of the street car lines That such ac-
commoiations in the beginning would do
more To make the park popular and APP
preciated than any other movement Vet
suggested is the opinion of many citizens
OF the District who have strolled through
the highways and byways of the reser-
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

Representative Piood ~ Virginia
tells q good story in which ore %
tha characters was Gen. Reuben ilna.
eay Walker of the confederate army
on one occasion the senerai was wait.
ing for Mia breakfast. ami bis faithful
negro aervant bad gone 10 catch some
fiah for the feast When fhe servant
was away an 6nusuaiig long time the
general called 70 him impatientys
sWiiy don't sou come here uiih that
FISH. aamg"
Sam IN The meantime had eaughs 3
Founder. which - white On one side.
with 4 Wilderness that looks ike raw
fish meat
"An right. MaEsa Reubens" called
cut Sam "Ffe comm des e. aoon e.
! kotch de u4fer haf o dis here 6sh.
Washington Times
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as great a mistake ae 4 would have
been 10 sebsldize the great trans
continental railroad lines of the early
days Rnd then have failed 20 open
public lands FOR settlement
"Great nations should and do en-.
courage taeir people 10 sell goods in
distant lands and far Oh countries and
secure ia return an inflow Of foreign
gold The prosperous and progreEgiye
nation must. like this energetic farmer,
raise and sell more than Il buys
III we wish to keep pace with the
other top notch nations Of the world
and keep our labor employed va must
expand our exports In great variety.
To accomplish this Il Is absolutely es.
sential that 2 vast comprehensive sys-
tenn Of improvements Of the iDland
waterways Of the continent shah be
laid out and maintained
"The great source OF wealth IN the
United States, the great producing sec
ilon. as well in minerals. fuel. timber
and staples OF manufacture, ls inland
and not on the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf
Coast To-day many commodities OF
I the Middle West never reach foreign
markets because OF the long mileage
and heavy toll exacted by rail trans
portatiop TO tide-waier The whole
! Mississippi watershed, while now prac-
tically producing for export only food
products, raw cotton and petroleum,
win some day be the workshop Of the
world. But this can never come until
( this large and fertile area can reach
the sea with its products at the lowest
possible cost THIS SPELLS RIVER
I NAVIGATION.
] Can you estimate the increased ter
ritorles TO which the products OF the
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

mines, farms and factories Of the state
OF Missouri would have access were
transportation charges reduced TO a
water basis2 II so. You can realize
that all the great worlds markets.
now closed 10 the products OF our
state win be open to us when the
Missouri becomes the great highway OF
the West
"NoW--Iset us take just one quick
look ahead
Kansas City has taken the initiative
In reviying river traflc on the Missouri
IN a practical manner, aud without
waiting for the government to improve
the channel
I'VE are raising s1.000.0o0 or more
Tor the building Of modern boats and
baEgss and the developing OF terminal
facilities FOR handling freight In large
quantities al small cost over $780,.
900 is already subscribed.
The Boats and Barges TO be used
win be modelled upon the modern craft
operated successfully in shallow water
ways. instead Of the old inefficient type
OF packet boat They viii be con.
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cause their Rrea, manufactures are
ioctted elthor ON tidewater. or by
natural and artificial waterways are
enabled to reach the hlgh seas az
minimum rates These old nations OF
Europe have grown great because Of
their being naylgaiors and carriers on
the high seas
with thu early completion oi the
Panama Canal, The people OF the Uni
ted States win have increased their
handicap IN the chase for worldwide
trade unless We Immediately improve
and navigate our inland waterways
and restore our one time powerful mer-
chant marine ihis Is clear because
she great ditch. connecting the Atlantic
and the Pacific, designed Is be OF heno-
hi 10 tho people OF The United states.
wlli. under present conditions, more
certainly tighten the grasp OF the sea.
farms nations of Europe upon world.
Wide tranlo, and enable these nations
10 siili further outstTip us 10 the race
for International business with our
very nolghhors
"fho United states, ~ building this
canal. and upon falling % stimulate In
SOME way the restoration 81 the Amer.
iean Gag unon The high seas and the
revival of traaic upon tho mighty
rivers 81 the inlerior wili have made
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16
BOOST FOR RIVER NAVIGATION
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING or KAN.
sAs CITY BUSINESS MEN.
MarvelorH Advance 10 Come From
Rivers use Told BY President Of
Navigation Company.

Missouri's navigation project haA re-.
ceiyod additional impetus from Ind 70.
cent Navigation meeting Of the EaIl.
aas city Commercial Club.
stan Views and moving pictures
along the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers were shown Al the meeting. and
aroused much interest among the sew
eral hundred business men present.
Theae pictures were taken on the re-
cent waterway trip OF the Kansas City
delegation 10 New Orleans with the
Presidential feet, and show the scenic
effects Of the mighty streams and their
tremendous freight carrying poasiblI
tiles.
The meeting was addressed, and the
pictures graphically described. by
Walter S Dickeys president OF the
Kansas City Missouri River Navigation
Company, the million dollar company
being organized By Kansas City mer
chants and manufacturers. The Com
mercial Club offered to cooperate with
the navigation company ia raising the
capital required to revive river traffic
and this assistance was gratefully ac
eepted. Mr. Dickey, in his address e
the club, said in part:
"Time was when the waters OF the
Mississippi valiey, teeniing with activ
ity, furnished the sole avenue OF In
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gress and egress. Tor both freight and
passengers. 10 this vast territory OF
ours which has SO often been referred
to.as the bread basket country. and
which I like 70 think Of as the very
abdominal cavity OF the North Amer
team Continent
"Ellhu Root. senator from New York.
aace made the statement that 80 per
cent Of an human effort IS occupied, di-
rectiy or Indirectly. IN the ransporia-
tion % sTticies from the place Of pro
ductlon 70 the place OF consumption.
Direct and indirect charges for
transportation OF commodities are by
FAR, the greatest contribution every
man makes 70 the cost Of existence
and any movement looking towards
Tightening thar burden Is Of paramount
Importance 20 every American, and IN
fact. 70 an mankind
Commercially we are utterly unable
20 compete ID the markets Of the world
with the producers. manufacturers and
shippers Of such countries as Great
Britain and Germany. as well as many
other Enropean countries. solely be.
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

slruclod of steel with Waterught com
par,monts far storing large caseoes;
of low dram and big TONNAGE capacity.
and equipped with freight handling
apparatus
"Imprpyed mechanical means for
loading, unloadinE and transferring
freight nom the barges 20 warehouse
or cars viii be used, and the develop.
ment of storage, transfer and delivery
facilities encouraged at the principal
shippins points along the river.
Enough freight has already been
pledged by the shippers OF Kansas City
alone 70 assure paying tranie from
the start Of the nrst barge. And with
the navigation Of the Missouri De.
veloped 20 Us fullest extent. an Inn.
monse volume of freight viii bo moved
up and down the RIVER. TO and from
the seas, at profitable rates 10 the
company and saving to producers
and consumers Of millions ol dollars
annually.
And at the hoad nf the main trunk
ci the Missouri River stands Kansas
cts 10 the Great Southwest
IN iobhlng center OF the nrsi lmport.
anco. hig manufacturing eiiy. ane
lhe controlling gateway for "a be.
mense east and west traf1c.
Think this oyeriH
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

The consul in London OF a eontinen-
tai Kingdom was informed By his gov
ernment that one Of his country
women, supposed to be living IN Great
Britain, had been left million Of
money. After advertising without re-
suit, be applied 10 the police. and a
smart young detective was sea 10
work
When a few weeks had gone by his
chief asked him how I've was going on.
1--WE found the lady, sir"
Good Where is sheg'
AT my rplaee. got married 10 her
yesterday"
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sIOO Reward, 500.

dhe Feafsrs q fhis psper VA be plssaa1 - Hazr4
ttat thern a. eaEt 81e ffeared Giaesas ta1t e11ns
hae been ahie 70 cure 81 aa ~ staeeE ard tiat h
CRfsrrh Haua Catarrb Cure b tte c1iT rcrrtirE
cure nov kluun 10 EEs r.del1ai srntruliy. Caaarrt
heinE q caaElitltig-al disease. ra41lrl1 crzszttu.
rnnsi ffentre1t Hats Cafarre C1rs e. fsken ~
ttrualy, HctiuE directly upon the boQs and fnusfs
E1rfaees q ne EgEtela thereby oe1lfQTlnE ~
frslndati1u q The di1eate. ard EiFirz the pEsent
ElFEnEth hy building ~ the c1rf1lf1rit1 and leErsr
inE nature 10 dolnz tis work me prorrsfi1rz anFF
much s1ifh n ~ curative puEera ttaf thfy essf
One Hrudred uciarH iur any that h fsta v
gEfe Seld ~ Nsf % tesfilnuatsE
AadrEas F. J. cFIE.sFsN a Co. Toiaco. o
Eoid b aH DruzEltls re.
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

Newzanee-Do you know. yoanE
man. that I'VE out Of six people who
sufTer from heart trouble have brought
IL upon themselves through the nithy
habit of smoking?
Karmiey Really And possibly you
are aware that nine out Of tea people
who suffer from black eyes can trace
the complaint to a habit of not mind
ing their own business -PearsOn's
Weekly.
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tired al the time and very nervous. r
began uMhg Doan's Kidney Pills. and
after taking a few boxes was cured
and have been well ever since"
Remember the name--D0an's Sold
by all dealers. 90 cents a box. Foster.
Milbnrn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16
Resinol in Three Weeks Does What
Other Remedies Failed 20 % IN
Four Months,

Other Remedies Failed 70 % IN
Four Months
Ny baby's face was ike a raw and
bleeding piece OF meat I was at my
wits ends what 70 do. Medicine from
three physicians and ointments recon
mended seemed to make the Eczema
worse. Then another mother spoke Of
Resinol which / procured at once-re-
member I had no more faith in il than
in all the rest I had tried-but
thought it would be wasting only SOC
more. Never did spend soc 10 bet
ter advantass, for the FIRST and sec
ond days I noticed a remarkable
change. a-d now at the end OF the
third week / have my pretty blue
eyed, rosy checked, cooing baby
well again. / am safe in saying he is
perfectly cured and the cure was sure
ly something remarkable. Your Soap
and Ointment Did Ia three weeks what
everything else I tried failed 70 do IN
four months. Ny baby was positively
disiigured. now his complexion is all
right again.
Mrs II = clemmer, sunbury. Pa.
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16
Anfl Laorlnpe RemcdN.

II Is now claimed by several vest
ern medical men that a whiskey mix
ture Obtainable at any drug store Is
an absolute preventative and quick
cure for bad colds and lagrippe To
make this powerful system tonic add
one ounce Of compound lluid balmwort
and two ounces Of glycerlne 10 a half.
pinT OF good whiskey Dose. a table
Epeanful three % six times 0 day.
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

~ The b a u q 9 r
reached IL climax
last spring and Iauf-
fered terribly. Ny
back ached and
pgined 90 I could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty. fre-
quenl Of passage
ane painful. I was
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

The little girl was acting naughtfiy
before company. Hsf mother warned
her sharply.
IL you do that again. IN smack
you." she said
No you won't" replied the pert
daughter. "Tn sit down on myself and
then you can't"
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

Possible Hoarder-Ah. that was a
ripping dinner and II that was a fair
sample OF your meals, should Ike to
come 10 terms
Scotch Before we gang
any further was that fair sample
o yer appeuteG
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16
Rheumatlsm Cured h a Day.

nr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism
radically cures in 7 90 days. Its action is
remarkable ID removes the cause and the
disease quickly disappears. First dose
greatly BENEFITS. sc Druggists
The Rich Hill tribune., 1909-12-16

Its better 90 deserve success and
not have it than 20 have success and
not deserve g. although less pleasant
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Aseountes For.

Landlady-This is a bronze turkey.
starboard--Ah, 1 see; survivor from
the bronze age.