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The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25

Peace hath higher tests Of manhood
than battle ever knew-Whittier.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25
HARMONY.

Bernice Bartlett has arrived home
from ten days visit in Portland.
The selectmen are in their Office
arranging the financial affairs of the
town.
Mrs. J. T. Smith has returned from
the hospital in Bangor, where she had
an operation for appendicitis per-
formed. She is improving.
The late heavy rain and thaw has
greatly interfered with numbering
operations.
w. B. Huntress has closed his clerk
ing in Charles McLanghlin's store.
He is going to work in the Creamery,
for Mr.. Johnson.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25
REVERE-CORNVILLE-


Last week was one of the stormiest
weeks we have experienced in long
time. One of our mail carriers was
obliged to lose three trips. The
snow got very deep, but the rain Of
Saturday settled 1t, so now we can
get on very nicely.
Miss Edda Locke is spending this
week here with her brother, @. E.
Locke.
Miss Loantha Pike has closed her
school in Scion and IL now at home
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. limo
thy Pike.
Remember the town meeting next
Monday, March LIST.
Mrs. Emma Locke and Miss Edda
spent Tuesday with friends at Show
hogan.
Miss Pearl Collins was home from
Skowhegan school last week on ac-
count Of very bad cold.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25

STATE LANDS AND STATE ROADS.
The Committee on State Lands and State
Roads will give Public hearing in its room
at the State House in Augusta, at
IL p. m, on Tuesday, March ?. 1909 on
No. IS. Resolved in favor of repairing
the road between Seboomook and Pittston
Farm
H. 6 JORDAN Secretary
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25

STATE LANDS AND STATE ROADS.
The Committee on State Lands and State
Roads will give Public hearing in its room
at the State House in Augusta, at
2p. m, Tuesday, March 2, 1909, on
No. TO. Resolve authorizing the land
agent to sell certain lands in Township
3, Range 4, (Lots l. 2, 3 and 4 in Township
numbered 3. 4th Range, w. X. R., B. X. p.
Somerset County.
ii. S. JORDAN, Secretary.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25

Send Job Printing to This Office
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25
INTERIOR WATERS.

ELISHA W. PIKE, Secretary
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-25
LABOR.

d. NJ. LIBBY, Secretary.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
ADVERTISE CITY, SAYS MAYOR
Cumberland Has Many Advantages
for Factories.

SPECIAL 20 TIE Washirg-on Herald
Cumberland, Nd. May THE annual
message Of Mayor George A Kean was
submitted 10 the city council last night.
The message says: we have been
cramped for money ever since we en-
tered upon the discharge Of our duties.
nevertheless we have made great deal
Of needed repairs and permanent improve
ments during the past year
Mayor Kean complains about the ordi-
nance requiring the removal of nuisances
from the pubic highways not having been
rigidiy enforced. resulting In a number Of
actions against the city for damages. He
says hereafter it viii be his purpose 20
require strict compliance.
The net bonded Indebtedness OF Cum
berlazd Is Sz22 S6lA The city's total in
ae5tedness during she year was reduced
SCI ss9sL. Mayer Eean says the city taxes
are not paid CT collected as promptly as
they ought 20 be The amount or out
standing uncoIlected taxes due the city IS
81 ss7.sS. The city attorney has been au-
thorized 70 put in suit the bonds OF for
mer Tax Collectors Hahne and Kaieriem.
Mayor Kean concludes his message by
calling attention TO tie many advantages
Of Cumberland for manufacturing enter
prises. He SAYS: I'VE should DO more
20 advertise our city and Its advantages
than We DO. We need more civic pride
than we have heretofore exhibited.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
AGAIN ENDS INFIZZLE
Tucker and Mann Disagree
Over Debate Terms.
LARGE CROWD DISAPPOINTED
Tucker Offers Judge Mann Reversal
Of BOyntOn Terms, which Are De-
fer's TermS-Tucker Issues Whole
sale Challenge for Entire State.
nscal 70 NE washlnrtan Her.n

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald
Lebanon. Va, May 4-The hopes OF the
large crowd which came to Lebanon 10
day to hear a joint debate between
Judge Mann and Harry Tucker were
disappointed. There was no debate. Mr.
fuckers challenge 10 a joint discussion
was declined. His invitation 10 Judge
Mann to engage IN joint debate to-day
and 10 follow it with series OF ten such
debates IN different sections Of the State
was likewise declined.
Mr.. Tucker said this afternoon that he
would continue 70 challenge his opponent
to meet hisn on the stump. that as Judge
Mann had said, OF II had been said al
Judge Msnn's headquarters in Richmond
that the latter was not given fair
chance in the debate at Boydton. it was
only justice that he be given an oppor.
tunlty where conditions should be fair
and that nothing could be fairer thar
to have Judge Mann take the reverse
Of the Boydton debate terms. Mr.. Tuck
er offered these terms to Judge Mann
to-day.
Mr.. Tucker claimed in his first note
10 Judge Mann that. as he himself has
made the appointment for Lebanon some
time in advance, Judge Mann should be
allowed 10 name the terms Of the debate
To this Judge Mann replied with a note
accepting the challenge. but saying that
he was the challenged party. and there
fore should be allowed 70 name the
terms. which he did. as follows:
M Tucker 10 open in an hour: Judge
Mann TO follow in an hour; Mr.. Tucker
to rejoin in fifteen minutes, and Judge
Mann 20 close in fifteen minutes: neither
speaker 10 bring in any new matter in
lis closing speech
Mr.. Tucker declined TO accept terms re-
quiring him 10 open without giving min
any corresponding advantages unless
Judge Mann would agree TO a series OF
debates at which the terms would he al
ternated.
Judge Mann would not admit the right
claimed by friends OF MT- Tucker that
owing 10 the priority Of the latte='s ap-
pOintment he was entitled 70 the court.
house first. and at O'Clock began his
speech. and when he had concluded short
ly after (. Mr. Tucker spoke.
Mr. Tucker attacked the record Of Judse
Mann. as he has been doing In the past
and as he says he win continue 70 do. But
he admits that ne is disappointed BY the
failure OF Judge Mann TO meet him in
debate. although offered the reverse Oi
the terms under which the two debated
al Boydton.
Mr. Tucker viii speak IN Roanoke Sat
urday night Both Mr. Tucker and Judge
Mann are in Lebanon tonight. Mr.. Tuck
e. was a guest Of honor at q reception
tonight al the home Of c. c. Burns. the
Demncrafic county chairman
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
DESPONDENT, ENDS Ills LIFE
Philadelphia Sends Bullet Through
Heart at Hagerstown.
Ask Cabmen to Drive Him to Some
"Quiet Place. After Buy
ing Pistol.

SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald
Hagerstown, Nd. May 4-Despondent
over mis- condition in lie, Martin Sehsll-
man, OF Philadelphia, to-day committed
suicide in an open field in the northern
suburbs Of Hagerstown. Entering a local
hardware store this afternoon. he pUr-
chased q revolver. and then hailing a
cabman he requested the driver to take
him 10 some quiet place"
Arriving al the point in question.
Schailman paid the csbman and dis
missed him He then crawled over a
fence into a field and shot himself
through the heart When found an hour
later his body was stin warm. but life
was extinct
Coroner Hoffman decided an inquest
was unnecessary SchaHman was thirty
six years old and unmarried. He was a
native OF Germany. and spent i've years
n business in South Africa, after learning 3
the matchmaking business al lancaster.
Pa. He was an uncle Of IsadOre 5. Kahn,
Of Hsgerstown. whom he frequently visit
ed. but when he arrived here yesterday
he went 10 a clearinghouse instead Of
20 the residence OF his nephew.
Kahn was not aware thaI his uncle was
here until Informed OF The suicide When
the body was found, Schallman was well
dressed and had S25 IN his pocket
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
10 POOL 1909 TOBACCO CROP
Virginia and Carolina Bright Leaf
Growers Want IL Cents.
Committee Named 90 Ask Congress
for High Tariff on Turkish
Tobacco.

SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald
Danville. Va, May 4-The Mutual Pro-
tective Association OF Bright Tobacco
Growers Of Virginia and North Carolina.
al a special meeting held here to-day.
adopted resolutions 10 pool the 1873 crop
at a general average OF y cents per
pound. and II not sold at satisfactory
prices. to reduce the 1910 crop.
The meeting to-day was largely at
tended and presided over by President H
o Kerns. Of Sutherlins.
Representative z W. Saunders, who IS
in the city. upon invitation, addressed the
farmers and explained his position ia
favoring a high tariff on Turkish tobacco.
he contended that Turkey prohibited
American grown tobacco. and that it
would be a great injustice TO allow the
product from that country TO come IN and
compete with tobacco grown In this sec
ton
The remarks Of Mr.. Saunders were well
received. and President Kerns and Vice
President S. c. Adams were named as a
committee 10 90 10 Washington and ad-
vocate a Sigh tariff on the Turkish
product
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
TWO COUPLES ELOPE.
Neutrality-suspicious. &c 10 Rockville and
Arc Married.

Rockville. Nd, May frank Lemoyne
Steep, aged twenty-five. of 1916 jefferson
street. and Miss Mary Catharine Jung
haus. aged seventeen. OF I719 Gale street
northeast, both Of Washington, tried TO
procure a marriage license here Sunday.
but when informed that they could not
do so, the day being Sunday. they gave
vent 10 their wrath on Deputy Clerk Of
the Court J. Darby Bowman. whom they
had requested 10 issue the license
They said that they were informed that
the Rockville courthouse was always
open-night. day. Sundays. and holidays
for that purpose. and. furthermore. that
by that means the county procured it,
greatest revenue They departed with q
warning 10 Mr. Bowman that they would
return the next day. and so they did Sc
cure a license and were married BY the
Rev. s. r White
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
VIRGINIA WILL help
Joins New Jersey in UnYeil-
ing Exercises Nay y.
MEMORIES IN SPOTTsYLvANIA
One on Bloody Angle and Other at
salem Church-PrOgramme Com
PIeted, and Gov. swanson and Gov.
Fort VIII Be OraserS-Blue and
Gray VIII MinEIe Together.
specssl to ne wsshinrton Hsrald.

SPECIAL 10 Tie Washington Herald.
Fredericksburg, Va, Nay 4-Plans
have been completed for the unveiling. on
May I2, Of two memorials 10 the New
Jerssy volunteers who fell on the battle
fields in Spottsylvania County during the
civil war One memorial tablet viii Oe
unveiled on the Bloody Angle, and the
other. a monument. viii be erected at Sa-
lem Church. The Bloody Angle exercises
wiz be held at 10 O'Clock in the morning.
and the Salem Church ceremonies at
o'clock in the afternoon
a feature Of the exercises viii be that
two Southern girls and two Northern
girls VIII jointly pull the cord. which viii
uncover the memorials.
The day VIII be one Of general com
mingling Of the soldiers Of the North and
the South. Conspicuous among the
speakers viii be Gov. Swanson, OF Yir-
ginia, and Gov. Fort. Of New Jersey.
The official programme OF the exercises
follows:
Tablet dwelling, Bloody Angle.
Sounding the revelIle-Cornet
Prsyer-Rev. W ". Hammond. Of New
Jersey,
Singing. America Led by cornet-
Address OF welcome-Hon. Claude A
Swanson. governor OF Virginia
Unveiling Of tablet-Niss Jennie Cav
ley. OF New Jersey. Miss Miriam E. Cor
don. Of New Jersey; Mss May Douglas
Rowe, Of Fredericksburg. Va. and Miss
Lena Rowe. OF Fredericksburg. Va.
Address. report, and transfer TO state
Of New Jersey-Hon. John F. Dryden. OF
New Jersey.
Address. acceptance. and transfer 20
Fifteenth Regiment Veterans Association
Hon. John Franklin Fort, governor Of
New Jersey
Address CT acceptance on behalf OF Fif-
teenth Regiment Veterans Association
Theodore ?. Swayze. OF New Jersey
Correct sOlo-Selected.
Addres-Gen. Joseph ". Plume.
Singing. seiscted-Led by. cornet
Presentation and return OF battle fiag
Of the Fourteenth Georgia Regiment-A-
". Whitehead. OF New Jersey.
Acceptance on behalf Of State Of Geor-
gia-COl John ". Preston, Of Georgia,
and Dr.. u. J Coler, Of Georgia
Sounding the retreat-COrnet.
BenedictioR-Rev. Dr. ". S. Cranmer,
OF New Jersey.
Lunch
Monument Unwilling, Salem Church.
Sounding the assembly-Cornet
Prayer-Rev. Dr. W s Cranmer, New
Jersey
AddressHon. Claude A. Swanson. gov
ernor OF Virginia
Singing. star Spangled Banner" led
by coTnet-
UnveiIing OF m0nUment-Siss Jennie
Cawley. New Jersey; Miss Miriam Z.
Gordon. New Jersey; Miss May Douglas
Rowe. Fredericksburg. Va, and Mss
Lena Rowe. Fredericksburg. Va
Presentation Of monument TO State OF
New Jersey-Hon. John F. Dryden. New
Jersey.
Acceptance OF same and transfer "a
Fifteenth Regiment Veterans Associa-
tion-Hon- John Franklin Fort. governor
6f New Jersey
Acceptance Of same on behalf CT the
association Theodore F Swayze.
Cornet solo-Selected-
Address-Hon- Joseph S Frelinghuysen.
New Jersey
Address-Hon- Johnston Cornish. New
Jersey
Address-John S. Gibson. New Jersey.
Address-A. W Whitehead. New Jersey.
Sounding taps-COTnet.
Benedictlon-Rev. ". ". Hammond
New Jersey
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE.
Fires Bullet Into Her BraIn-III
Health the Cause.

Special % ne Washington Herald.
Norfolk. Va, May Awhile alone in
her room IN the Hardy apartment house
this morning. Mrs. Sarah Nash mortalIy
wounded herself by firing a bullet from a
32-calber revolver into her brain. She
lived in the apartment house with her
son, John ". Nash. and his wife. but
they were away al the time OF the shoot
ing. The cook was preparing breakfast
Mrs Nash was sixty years old She had
been in 81 health for some time, and this
Is supposed 10 be the cause for the act
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
REFUSED CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
Federal Judge Does Not Recognize
Service In United states Navy.

Norfolk, Va, May Federal Judge
Edmund waddm. jr., Of the United
States Court for the Eastern district OF
Virginia, Ia the application FOR naturali-
cation OF Namyo Bessho. a japanese
chief steward" in the United States
navy, denies the petition, holding that
under the Federal statute no japanese
or alien except OF white blood or OF
African descent OF nativity can become
sn American citizen. even though ne ha5
seen service in the United States navy
or Marine Corps.
BesshO claimed the right OF naturali-
zatiOn under the act OF Congress Of July
IS. 1sSs. giving any alien Of the axe Of
twenty-one years and upward who has
served honOrably in the navy OF Marine
Corps the right OF citizenship after
proper court form. United States Dis
trict Attorney Robert II. Talley. appear
ing for the government resisted this
holding that under Section Zl69 OF the
Federal statutes. as amended in 1S75,
only free white persons" and aliens of
African nativity OF African descent" are
entitled TO naturalization. Judge WaddiIl
sustaining this. ruled that the act Of 1891
could not repeal by implication the stat
ute of iS75, and that there are no direct
terms of repeal
BeSshO is preparing to appeal
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
wss5iustOu. Tuesday, Nay lag P

Washington Tuesday, Msy & l9e-3 P -
Z. s. Dept. q Agriculture. Weather Bzreau-
Showers and thunderssours occurred Tuesday n
the ONO Valley and Tennessee and the interior q
the East Gulf States; elsewhere the weather Was
far
Temperature Tcss rapidly n the Plains States
with rs&jinEs rarsing % S and S degrees fro,
Kansas ever the DasCtas and q maximum q "a de-
srees at Abilene, Tex.
4 deep barometrie depression thst nov covers
the Plains States VII move over TIE centr2l valleys
wednesday ard reach the Atlantic states THURSDAY.
Temperature VIII rise decidedly over TIE Aiissis-
sipp and Ohio vslleys and the Lake region Weines-
day and over the Atlantic seabcard THURSDAY. FTUm
the Ohio and Lower MississirT,i valleys 70 the
Atlantic ard Eass Cub cossts showers are likely
% occIr.
The winds along the Atlantic Coast VIII be
moderate 70 hTisk southCTiy; oR the Gulf coast
moderate scutheTiy- on the Lover and Upper Lakes
Moderate 70 brisk s0UthcTly.
Steamers departing Wednesday for European ports
VII have moderate southerly winds. partly cloudy
weather. and occasional showers 10 the Grand
Banks
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
Lynchburg Printer Dead.
al to The Washington Herald.

. Ile " asllflelfl t1eTall-
LynchbUrg, Va, May 4-Henry W
Baker. aged fifty-nine. a lifelong printer.
and for twenty-five years foreman Of the
Advance composing room, died this morn
ing after two weeks Illness He was at
one time captain OF the Fitz Lee Cavalry
troop Of this city. He was a native OF
Abingdon, and leaves his wife and seven
children, all OF whom live here excepting
". D. Baker. OF Clifton Forge, and En-
sign Guy E Baker. Of the battle ship
Tennessee. now at San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
Post-offIee Appointment..

Postmasters were appointed yesterday
as follows:
Maryland - Champ, Somerset County.
Mrs. Catherine S. Tyler. vice J. ". Tyler.
deceased
West rginia-Rosebud. Harrison Ceun-
". Jacob z. Straight; Hermione. Braxton
County. Albert A. Rhodes
Rural route No. l. Westernport Ale
gany County. Nd, serving 116 families.
was established. 10 commence July /.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05

Joseph c. Findley. aged twenty-three
years. Of 1Z56 Thirty-sixth street. and
Miss Florence G. Mason. twenty-five
years. Of 1883 Wisconsin avenue. applied
for a marriage license here. which was
issued 10 them, after which they began
systematic search for all the newspaper
reporters in a vain endeavor to suppress
the news OF their marriage The groom
conided TO the clerk that they had eluded
the parents Of the young lady, and de-
sired TO keep the affair a secret for a
while. until he could win the appreciation
OF his brides parents. They were married
by the Rev. S R. White
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
Mrs. Stayman Dies.

SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald.
Winchester. Va. May Mrs. Mary
Jane Stayman, wife Of NJ J. Stayman
died this evening. after a brief Illness
aged seventy-fOur years She was for
merly Miss Bailey, Of York County. Pa
She leaves her husband. TWO sons. Frank
B Stayman- OF AIiddletOwn, Pa and
John u Stayman, OF Richmond, Va, and
three daughters, Mrs Boring A. Cover,
Of Baltimore; Mrs Alfred 3. Reed. OF
Ciearheld, Pa, and Mrs. Ralph Kaufman.
Of EIleasburg. Wash.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
ORGANIZED FOR FREE HIDES.
West Virginia Leather Interests
VIII wage Campaign

SPECIAL % The Washington Herald
Keyser, X. Va. May AT q meeting
Of the tanning and leather interests of
West Virginia here to-day nearly all the
tanneries in the State were represented.
A permanent free hide league was or
ganized. with H X. Grubb. OF J. X.
MOsser Company, Parsons. president. and
L. c. Dyer, OF the Hambleton Leather
Company, secretary II Is claimed the
duty on hides IS a serious handicap 70 a
score OF more large independent con-
Germs in West Virginia. The purpose OF
the league is 70 carry on an active cam
paign for free hides.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
Leaves All to HIS wife.
SPECIAL to The wasAiaStoa HraA.


Lynchburg, Va, May THE viii Of
J Gordon Payne was probated to-day.
the estate passing to the widow. H. H.
Harris qualified as administrator. giving
bond for 10000 A number of the larE-
est concerns in the city will be compelled
to reorganize because Of Mr.. Pavpe's
death The viii was q plain letter from
the testater TO his wife, which was writ
ten in f95
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
REV. DIR. BULLARD DIES.
Prominent Disciples of Christ Min.
lister succambs to Heart Trouble.

PROMINENT DfseaF1eS OF NnrIst M1n-
lister Succumbs to Heart Trouble.
Special to The Washington Hefzld
Lynchburg. Va. May 4-Frank P. Bull
lard. for many years pastor OF the First
Christian Church OF this city, and for
several years located IN q similar capacI-
" at Greenshurg. Pa, died this after
noon from heart trouble. His condition
had been alarming at various times. and
in the past few days the end was momen-
tarfly predicted.
The deceased was one OF the best
known ministers among the Disciples Of
Christ in Virginia He took an active
part in evangelistic and missionary work.
The best portion of his life was given
70 the church OF which he was a pastor.
Mr.. BuIlard was president OF the board
OF trustees Of the Virginia Christian Col
iege. He was native Of SnowviIle, Va.
and was in his fifty-frst year. He is sur
viyed by his wife.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
President Wells Issues order,

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald
LynchbuTg Va. May 4-President
Wells has issued Instructions 10 the UNI
pires that In future players whose con-
tracts are not IN the Office OF the secre-
tary, as provided for by the constitution
OF the league, viii be prevented from
participating in championship games.
President Wells. II IS reported on good
authority. is taking steps looking 70 the
enforcement OF the salary and player
limit on June .. On that day the teams
must not have over thirteen men, includ-
ing the manager. nor must they pay more
than S,7J9 a month for players, this be-
ing exclusive Of the managers salary.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
Mrs. knight Dead at winchester.
SPECIAL to The washington Herald

oI'efl1i . lIle FasllIsLt'ti tttIElu
Winchester. Va. May Mrs. Octavig
Owen knight. widow of benjamin N
knight. died this afternoon. following Z
lingering illness. in her seventy-t1irt
year. she was daughter OF the late
George R Long. OF Winchester. Four
sons sUTvive-William ". Knight o,
Kansas City, No. Dr. B. Mitchell Knight
Of Winchester; Owen Beall Knight. Of st
Joseph. No. and Harry Knight. L. 5. A
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
DECIDES FOR CONVENTION.
Direct Primaries Turned Down at
Warm Meeting.

SioclaI @ no v asilI1ston He7lld-
Upper Marlboro. Nd, May THE
Democratic central committee for Prince
Georges County, composed Of State Sen
ator William 3. Clagett. Richard J.
Swami, r Lee Manning. ] c. Sheriff.
and Robert ". Wells. met here this aft
ernOOn and decided to adhere to the con-
vention system OF nominating candidates
for Office this fall
At a meeting OF the committee held in
Baltimore last Wednesday a delegation
from the county urged the adoption Of
the Crawford, or direct county system.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05

VIII BE Managed by Incorporated
Concern ar LynchburE.
SPECIAL 70 The Washington Herald
Lynehburg. Va. May 4-The four to-
baeco warehouses through which the leaf
tobacco is sold on this market viii be
managed by an Incorporated concern in
the future, the name OF which will be the
Lynchhurg Tobacco Warehouse Company.
The capital stock is limited TO Sl0oo00
The officers for the first year viii be
George I. Fleming, president; c. II.
Nowlin, vice president; J. r PUgh, secre-
tary and treasurer. and George L Flem-
ing. G. Il NOwlin. J. r Pugh. R G.
Robertson. W P. Bass. and J. D. Ogles-
by, board OF directors
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
Lynchburg Drug Company Sustained
speciaI % The washington Herald

Lynchburg. Va, May 4-Judge Chris
tian. Of the Corporation Court, to-day n
an appeal Of the Commonwealth from a
decision Of the police court. in which il
WIS held that the StrOther Drug Com
pany. a wholesale concern. is not break
ing the Byrd law in selling pure alcohol
in dry territory to druggists 70 be used
in compounding drugs, sustained the
lower court Whether or not the State
will appeal TO the Supreme Court depends
upon instructions from the attorney. gen
eral OF Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
CarOIinian Drowned in New York.

III. q Tt washington HlIall.
Danville, Va. May A message was
received here to-day announcing the
death, by drowning, in New York, OF
Earl Newton. son Of ". T. Newton, an
auctioneer. here. at the Central ware
house He was in a boat with two
friends when the boat capsized. Newton
failed in his attempt to swim ashore.
but his companions, who clung to the
boat. were rescued He was employed
IN New York by the British-American
Tobacco Company If the body Is re-
covered it viii be sent TO his home at
Concord, y. c.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-05
Local Ten,nrrnfure-

Midnight. s.: : q. n. %; q. n. g S a. n. a.
a. T., 9; 10 a. n. =; q noon. $; p n. 81
i4 , m. 81: .. n. S.; p n. 50; 70 p. n. s.
Maximum IS minimum. s.
Relative humidity-S a. IL. s.; ? D H.. q. 6
2. n. sf
Rainfall g q NJ "a s r m. trzce. Hours of sun
shine. 40 Per cent Of possible sunshine. I0o.
Temperature sane date last yesr-1IsEimum. g
minimum. =.