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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
NEW ILLINOIS SENATOR.
William Lorimer, Who Succeeds Al
bert J. Hopkins.

bert J. Hopkins.
The breaking Of the senatorial dead
lock in the Illinois legislature and the
election of William Lorimer as the sue
cessor of Albert J. Hopkins in the
upper branch Of congress add one
more to the number of ''progressives"
or friends Of downward tariff revision
in the senate. The Illinois general as
sembly had been in deadlock ever
since Jan. 20 over the election Of Mr..
Hopkins successor, and Mr.. Lorimer
was chosen on the ninety-tifth ballot
by a vote of los to 80. In his address
to the legislature after his election Mr..
Lorimer said:
PERSONALLY all my life l have been
a protectionist. All my life 1 have
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
A QUEER STREET cAR

How Methods Of Transit Were I'm.
provised During Philadelphia Strike.
The big street car strike in Phila-
delphia caused improvised cars and
coaches Of every description to be
brought into requisition, and many an
owner Of n wagon not ordinarily used
for conveying passengers turned a few
honest dollars by taking advantage Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
NEW DIRECTOR OF CENSUS.

e. Dana Durand and His Designation
to Succeed S. N. .. North.
The friction in the department Of the
interior between its head, Secretary
Nagel. and the director Of the census,
S. N. D. North, has been a source of
much trouble to President Taft, who
wished to avoid a quarrel in any
branch of the service at the outbreak
Of his administration. But the differ
ences between Secretary Nagel and
Director North were too radical to per-
init of adjustment. and the result was
the resignation Of Mr.. North and the
nomination as his Of e. Dana
Durand. MI. North had influential
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Annual Event,

That tired feeling
That is due
Along in spring
When a fellow
Feels like doing
Not a single
Blessed thing?
Nothing pleases
More exciting
Than to sit
With line and hook
Where the little
Fish are biting
In some quiet
Sheltered nook,
But they mustn't
Bite too often
That would queer
The calm repose
And would be
A great annoyance
When a fellow
Tried to doze-
With a couple
OF companions.
Not to CAB
Too much inclined,
Who can sit
And in communion
With the silence
Rest their mind.
Just a touch
OF a suggestion
OF the fever
That the spring.
Aided by imagination,
To delighted
Sufferers bring.
There is nothing
Quite so pleasant
To the office ridden gent,
And the beauty
OF the trouble
Is it doesn't cost a cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
MRS. H. n. ROGERS.
The Widow of the Vice President Of
the Standard Oil Company.

1U0 VVu0o" III Nv VSSS VISSsNS's W
tho Standard Oil Company.
The widow Of the late II. H. Rogers,
who under the terms of his will inner
its a large share Of his vast estate,
was Mrs. L. r. Hunt. The great oil
man was married first, in early man.
hood, to a Massachusetts girl, who be-
came the mother Of his four children,
a son and three daughters, all now
married. The first Mrs. Rogers died
in 1898. Three years later Mr.. Rogers
led Mrs. Hunt to the altar. She is a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30

well preserved woman approaching
middle age and Is much interested in
carrying out the ideas Of her late hus-
band in respect to benefting the people
of his boyhood home in the Old Bay
State, Fairhaven. Mrs. Rogers was at
her husbands bedside when death
came.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Attachment FOR CANOES.

Wheel Device That Overcomes the Diff
fieuIties Of Portage.
Very few people consider it neces-
sary to built a b%oathouse for a N
yet to carry the lightest make. with
paddles. cushions and other accesso.
ries. is a task for two persons and
even for more when the portage is
long, says Popular Mechanics.
The wheel attachment herewith
shown makes the transportation Of a
canoe loaded with cushions, fishing
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Progression

In the first flush Of romantic notions
the girl wants a lover who looks like a
prince.
In the second stage she would pre-
fer a lovable. house broken party.
In the third stage a meal ticket looks
good to her.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
The Test.

us that q good dOg!'
II should say so. He is brave as a
Hon."
did he ever bark at a president?"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Outclassed.

Her lover true vas Peter.
And, though he stayed and stayed,
He couldn't feaze the meter,
For staying was its trade.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30

Although as a new member Of the
house Mr.. Cassidy is not supposed to
take much part in legislative doings.
the fact that he holds the seat occu-
pied for sc long by a nan Of Mr.. Bur
toms prominence and ability gives him
a certain amount Of prestige that a
new member would not ordinarily en-
Joy. He was born in Cleveland thirty
eight years ago, graduated from the
Central High school of Cleveland and
Is q lawyer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Haiti.

Haiti has been an Independent ma
ton now for more than a century and
has been ruled by emperors, kings and
whichever title the leader
Of the successful mob saw At to take.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Humble Hint.

Lives of prairie dogs remind US
IT'S a lesson worth a fig
If we want to make a living
We must dig.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30

scenes We're amusing as some portly
and dignifed person In search Of a
ride on an improvised coach climbed
to a high perch by mean Of a box or
chair. Though such experiences were
not always pleasant to the people who
furnished the amusement, in general
the exigencies of such transportation
were taken good naturally.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
The Wunnn Worker.

The nan who does his humble best
Regardless Of the cynic's Ming
Should be respected by tho rest
Excepting when he tries to sing.
Minneapolis Journal
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Had To.

"You can't do two things at once"
"Maybe not. but Flasher is"
"What are they?"
swell, he is counting a girl for oue
"And the other?'
"Dodging her father"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
HumOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN N. SMITH

Some people find minding their OWE
business neither pleasant MOI profitable.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-30
Sweet May.

SWceC way.
Oh, May is sweet and cool and fair
And charming as a month can be,
But still, l tell o on the square,
Her coming makes no hit with me,
Because these months all nav a way
OF coming on the first, you see,
And. June or May, the day means pay
So neither makes a hit with me.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
PHILADELPHIA SHAKEN
BY EXPLOSION
Powder Plant In Jersey Blows
Up, lnjuTing Twenty Men.

Philadelphia. Jan. 21.-This city was
shaken by an explosion that wrecked
the Dupont Powder works. at Gibbs.
town. on the New Jersey side of the
Delaware river, twenty miles south OF
Philadelphia, and that was felt within
a radius of thirty miles.
Twenty men were injured. and they
escaped death with the other en-
pIoyes only because of the presence of
mind OF Joel Bates. an employe. who
was the only one who was seriously in
jured.
Just before the explosion Bates went
into the mixing room and. discovering
something wrong. fed and gave warn
ing to other employees in the nearby
buildings. All of the men ran from
the pace. but the explosion occurred
before they all could get to a safe dis
tance.
The first explosion occurred In what
is known as the dope house." Almost
Immediately the pulp house was blown
up, and then the "judson" house. the
ammonia house and the sulphur house
went into the air.
Every building in Gibbstown was
rocked as If by an earthquake. and the
shock was equally great at Paulsboro.
four miles away. The window glass in
every house within ten miles was
shattered. and at Paulsboro. In the
high school building. not pane of
glass was left unbroken.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Sheriffs Sale.

By virtue of writ Of ficri facias is
sued out Of the Circuit Court for Wor-
cester County, Maryland. upon judg-
men wherein King v. White and John
w. Wilkins, partners trading as White
& Wilkins were plaintiffs and Jacob S.
Webb and John T. II. Brittingham were
defendants, have levied upon, seized
and taken into execution the following
property as the property of the said
Jacob s. Webb;
All that farm or tract Of land known
as Jacob S. Webb's Home Farm, bound
ed on the East by the land of Sidney
Gault; bounded on the west by Steve's
Island, the land of Jacob Webb; bound
ed on the South by the land of z. p.
Henry; and bounded on the North by
the County Road, leading from Chainy-
town TO the Pocomoke River. contain
ing one hundred and twenty acres of
land, more or less; Of which tract of
land about 40 acres are in timber and
the balance of so acres are cleared.
And l hereby give notice that | will
offer all the right. title. and interest of
the said Jacob s. Webb in the aforesaid
land. at public sale TO the highest bid
der for cash, on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
UPSHUR & UPSHUR. Attorneys.
ROAD EXAMINERS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed. Examiners duly appointed, COM
missioncd and qualified, will meet on
Wednesday. February Sd, 1909. at Bish-
opville. Md. at 10 O'Clock, a. m, on the
premises, and proceed to examine and
determine whether the public road shall
be opened, beginning at Bishopville,
Maryland. and extending by and with
the divisional line between the States
of Delaware and Maryland to point
where said line intersects the county
road leading from said Bishopville to
Williamsville, Delaware.
THOMAS G. HANLEY,
CHARLES II. BURBAGE,
JESSE B. TAYLOR,
Examiners.
Jan. I'd, I'd.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23

fifty-three bodies had been carried to
the shore and placed in morgues to
await Identification. The bodies of the
victims In the majority of instances
were unrecognizable.
When the rescuers on the tugs
reached the crib scene worthy the
brush of Dore greeted their eyes.
Frantic victims of the fire, their hair
signed off and their skins blackened.
we're struggling In the water and Ice.
Some Of them fought against their
rescuers. only to sink unconscious on
deck when forced on board the tug.
When everybody in sight had been
taken on board second mufiled ex.
plosion was heard. probably marking
the snufiing out OF more lives In the
tunnel under the crib.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
FOUR MEN BLOWN TO DEATH
Ten Others Injured by Explosion u
Powder Mill In North Jersey.

Newark, N. j., Jan. 21.-Four men
were killed and ten others injured,
one fatally when several tons OF dy-
Mantle in one Of the buildings OF the
Forcite Powder works. at Lake Ho
patcong. blew up. The detonation OF
the huge mass OF explosives shock the
country for miles around and blew
the building containing II to atoms. OF
the fourteen men In 1t not one escaped
death or injury.
While It probably nevoew be def
nitely known just what caused the
explosion. II Is presumed that one of
the sticks OF dynamite piled in the
structure was Jared from its resting
place and exploded. detonating the en-
tire mass. There were three or four
tons OF dynamite in the building. and
the force OF the explosion was ter
rife. The bodies OF the men killed
were mutilated beyond recognition.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
PASSED BILL over
GOVERNORS VETO
Tennessee Legislature Again
Adopts Prohibition.

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 21.-The sen.
ate refused to sustain the governors s
veto on the Holiday prohibition bill.
The vote was 20 to 13 The house also
passed the measure over the govern
or's veto. 61 to SO.
The passage Of the bill was the oc.
casion OF an enthusiastic demonstra-
ton. The reading of Governor Patter.
sons veto in the senate called forth
some caustic criticism of the governor
Senator Lane charged that the mes
sage contained an ingenious SANDER
upon the senators. the manhood and
womanhood OF Tennessee.
The law is effective July /. 1909.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Is Your Money
At Work For You?

If it is and you keep on saving and
keep your savings at work your funded
capital will relieve you of work in old
age.
NOW is the time to begin saving.
NOW is the time to open an account
with us. NOW is the time to begin
getting ready for THAT RAINY DAY.
It will surely come, so why not start
now to prepare for it-while you are
young, strong and healthy.
WE will be very glad to talk this
matter over with you and more than
glad to have you open an account with
US. If you don't start now you will
probably never start.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Sheriff's Sale

BY virtue of three certain writs of
fieri facias issued out of the Circuit
Court for Worcester County, Maryland,
at the suit of Edward Jones, of Isaac
Fl. Jones and Edward Jones and of w.
Lee Bradford against the lands. tene-
ments, goods and chattels of Isaac H.
Williams to me directed l have seized
and taken in execution all the right.
title, interest and estate at law and in
equity of the said Isaac H. Williams in
and to the following property, to wit :
l. All those parcels of land lying and
being situate on both the westward and
eastward sides of the road leading from
Parker's River Bridge to Purnell's Old
Mill Branch in Queponco in Worcester
County, Maryland. which were con-
veyed to the said Isaac H. Williams by
James Laws by deed dated the seventh
day of June, 1902, and recorded among
the land records of Worcester County
aforesaid in Liber F. H. p. No. IL,
folio 65, to which deed reference is here
by made.
2. All that house and lot of land con-
tanning three acres more or less, situated
in the Ninth Election District of said
Worcester County, bounded on the north
by the county road leading from Liberty
town to Berlin and on the south and
west by the county road leading from
Libertytown to Ironshire and on the east
by other land of the said Isaac H. Will
liams, said property being known as
the storehouse and lot and so much of
said land as is used in connection with
the said storehouse being referred to
herein. and hereby give notice that
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
TUESDAY,
February 9th. 1909.

at 2.3O o'clock P. NJ, in front of the
Court House door in Snow Hill, Wor-
cester County. Maryland, l will offer
for sale all the right, title. interest and
estate at law and in equity of the said
Isaac H. Williams in and to the herein
before described property by public
auction to the highest bidder for cash.
CALVIN E. TOWNSEND.
(Jan. 1880 Sheriff.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Killed Mother.in.Law with Axe.

Washington. Jan. 21. - Revengeful
over his arrest for cruelty to his wife.
John Thrilling. a steel worker. armed
himself with an axe and. going to the
home of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Lu.
cretia Corliss. aged nearly seventy
years, in this city, beat the aged wo-
man so terribly with the weapon that
she died soon afterward without re-
zainging consciousness. Thrilling
made his escape.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH
Miner Believed to Have PerIshed In
Storm on Mountain Path.

Mahanoy City. Pa. Jan. Missing
from his home in New Boston. small
mining village near here. since Satur-
day night. Andrew Kaunas. miner,
was found lying on a lonely mountain
path not far from his home. frozen to
death.
Clasped tightly In his hand was a
bottle of whisky. while in his pocket
was his two weeks pay. amounting to
$25. 1t is believed that, fatigued and
overcome with the cold, he sat down
to rest and perished in the storm that
was raging at the time.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
GA ST @ -. Z n.
$685. C.; !; :; MzN' !, Z; B Z; - :

John L. Mason and Zadoc II. Cherrix.
partners trading as Mason & Company,
from Edward ]. Taylor. ct al, two
tracts of land known as mil Angle
and "Cla,v.ile's Security" containing
2l5 acres, more or less. in Stockton Dis
trict. Consideration. 50. 600.
Alfred Johnson from John I. .Holstein,
farm in the Second Election Distr'rr
at present "H"''
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
GETS ONE CENT DAMAGES
Governor Of Alabama Brought Suit
Aaainst a NeWspaper.

Birmingham. Ala, Jan. 21.-After a
trial lasting exactly one week. the jury
in the case OF Governor b. b. Conner
against the Montgomery Advertiser
awarded damages of l cent for the
libel. The governor demanded $25.00O
for an advertisement printed during
1904. when he was candidate for rail
road commissioner.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
GRIGGs FOUND GUILTY
Youth Convicted Of Murder In the
Second Degree.

Bridgeton. N. j., Jan. 21.-The jury
in the case of Herbert Grigg. the sec
ond youth tried for the murder of Will
liam Read. of Vineland. after forty
nine hours deliberation, brought in a
verdict of guilty in the second degree.
The penalty is thirty years imprison-
ment.
Cline Wheeler. the third of the three
lads implicated. will be placed on trial
next Monday.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
CHILDREN SEE PARENTS DIE
Husband Killed Wife and Himself
With Four Little Ones Looking On.

Newburgh. N. Y. Jan. 21.-With
four OF his six children looking on
Frederick Coping. an Englishman.
about fifty years old. shot and killed
his wife and then committed suicide
by blowing out his brains. The tragedy
was the result of domestic troubles. A
few weeks ago Mrs. Coping left her
husband taking her six children with
her and set up separate home The
shooting occurred when she refused to
return to him.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
For Rent or Sale.

The large. two-story brick store house
in Berlin, next to the Postoffice. and
recently occupied by the Berlin Hard
ware Co.. is for rent for 1909, or for
sale. Apply to r. B. Adams. Ocean
City, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Workmen Caught Like Rats In
Trap in Submarine Tunnel.
TRAGIC CALL FOR HELP
Explosion and Fire on Water Works
Crib In Lake Michigan Caught Them
unprepared For Escape-Many Men
Jumped Into the Icy Water and Were
prowned-TerribIe Scenes Witness
ed by Reseuers.

Chicago. Jan. 21.-Blown to pieces
by exploding powder. burned to death
by the resultant fire or drowned In
the icy waters Of Lake Michigan. WAS
the fate OF fifty-three workmen who
were working on a submarine tunnel
at wooden crib. a mile and half
from shore. The crib was used for the
construction OF new submarine water
tunnel connecting with the south side
shore Of the city at Seventy-third
street. It Is known that ninety-fve
workmen were employed in the crib
and the connecting tunnel at the time
of the explosion. which started the fire
and blew or drove the men into the
water.
As nearly as the investigators have
been able to ascertain. the explosion
had its origin in a powder house OF
small dimensions. situated about 100
yards from the crib structure proper.
but at the same time being part OF
the general structure built on founda-
tions resting on the bottom OF the lake
at this point.
The dull detonation. muffied as 1t
was by the crunching of floating Ice
against the crib and the atmosphere
laden with heavy fog. simply aroused
the attention Of the workmen. accord
ing to survivors. and 1t was not until
the heat Of the flames and the sitting
smoke penetrated the so-called living
81 ktA hn t.n
meath the waters of the lake that the
full import of the disaster dawned on
the workmen. cut OF from quick sue
cor .
One OF the workmen made his way
through the smoke to little inclosure
in which was telephone that COM
municated with the shore station. The
drowsy attendant on shore was
brought into action by violent ring.
ing Of the telephone bell. and this was
the message which set on foot the
work of rescue:
"The crib is on fire. For Gods sake
send help at once or we will be burned
alive. The tug -"
At this point communication ceased.
and through the fog an occasional
burst of fame and an unmistakable
odor of smoke made It known to the
watchers on shore that the telephone
message was In earnest.
The tug T. T. Morford had forced
its prov to an anchorage within a
short distance Of the imperilled crib.
and this boat was the first to get into
the work of rescuing the frenzied
workmen. The ice made 1t impossible
for the tug to reach the improvised
pier. but a small boat was placed in
service to carry the injured to the
steamer and to rescue those who had
plunged into the waters OF the lake
rather than face the flames which were
raging on the crib structure.
After several hours OF heroic work
on the part of the rescuers thirty-nine
workmen were rescued. When the fire
tug Conway and It's crew had finally
succeeded In quenching the flames
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Retry s2s, ,ooo, 900 Fine Case Jan. %.

Chicago, Jan. 21.-United States Dis
trict Judge Anderson selected Jan. 23
for beginning the retrial of the rebate
case against the Standard Oil Com.
pany OF Indiana. In which Judge Lam
dis fine of $29.24O.000 was reversed
by the appellate court.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
JOHN l. A MATCHMAKER
Sullivan Offers $4,000 For Fight Be-
tween Jeffries and Johnson.

tween JeHrIes and JOHNSON.
Washington. Jan. 21.-An offer OF
$4,000 for match between Jeffries
and Johnson has been made by John
L. Sullivan, according to a statement
made by the former heavyweight
champion. who is playing at a local
theater here. He stated that he repre-.
sented number OF men who are will
ing to put up the money for contest
between these two men.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Dropped Dead In Restaurant.

Lancaster. Pa. Jan. 21.-D. w. Slim
mer Of Philadelphia. travelling for
shoe Arm. dropped over dead in res
taurant here while at luncs. Death
was due to heart trouble.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
All HaIIOWS P. E. Church.

Holy Communion, 7.45 A. M, every
Sunday except the first of each month.
Sunday School, 1000 A. M. Morning
prayer and sermon, II A. M. Evening
prayer and address, 7.30 p. M.
Fridays, 7.30 P. M.
All Holy days, Holy Communion, 7.45
REV. ALEXANDER M. RICH.
Rector.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
Preacher Bites Foes Cheek.

Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 2l.-In a desper
ate fight with Albert Johnson. a prom
inent merchant, Rev. Jerome Emanuel.
Of Aurora. Neb.. bit piece out Of
Johnson's cheek.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23
$500 FOR FOUR CHICKENS
Rooster, coekereI, Hen and PuIlet Val
ued az Enormous Sum by Fanciers.

ued at Enormous Sum by Faneiers.
Philadelphia. Jan. 21.-Fifteen hun
dred dollars Is the price of four live
chickens-rooster. cockerel. hen and
pullet. The four weigh about thirty
pounds. so that the price. after all. Is
only trifie of $50 per pound. II any
body wants them they may be bought
at the third annual show Of the Phila-
delphia Poultry. Pigeon and Pet Stock
association.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-23

The little book in each package gives
the formula Of our new Hair Vigor, tells
why each Ingredient Is used, and ex-
plains many other interesting things.
After reading you will know why this new
hair preparation does It's work so well.
---flade by the J. Q. Agar o., II