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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22
DEEDS OF BLOOD.
CONTINUED from Page One.)
THE MAN WILL DIE.
North AttIeboro Man Cuts Himself
Worse Than He Did His Wife.

North Attleboro. Mass. March, IL
Norman n. Thompson of Providence cut
his throat with razor Saturday morning
after he had tried to kill Mrs. Sarah Gray
son of Westerly, r. l.. who had refused
to marry him. Although Mrs. Grays0n's
throat was badly cut, it is believed that
she will recover Thompson will probably
die.
Mrs. Grayson has for some time been
visiting at the home of David Clark on
Avery street. Thompson called to see
her Friday night and was refused admit
lance Saturday morning. however. he
came again and she consented to see him.
He eagerly importuned her to marry
him. but she refused TO listen to his
pleas and declared that she did not wish
to see him again. AT last he became in
furiated and pulled a razor from his
pocket Rushing toward Mrs. Grayson
he drew it across her throat before she
could make any resistance. She fell to
the floor and Thompson. thinking that he
had killed her, fled from the house and
ran down the road toward Pawtucket.
Deputy Sheriff Brown FASTENED in pur-
suit of the fugitive. After a long chase
ne HnalIS calllt upon MN III pai H.
where he had attempted to hide. Brown
ordered him to surrender, but Thompson
again drew the razor and slashed his own
throat.
At the Twin City hospital in Pawtucket.
where he was taken, a note was found in
his pocket which stated that lie had
been Tilted by one woman. and that If
Mrs. Grayso again refused to become
his wife he would kill her and himself.
Both Thompson and Mrs. Grayson are
cc!ored. Thompson told the hospital Of
tic:als that he is an actor and had been
playing in The Chicken Trust" and that
he is divorced Mrs. Grayson's husband.
it is stated, is living.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22
Good Sport at City Hall Tomorrow
Nioht

What should prove one of the yer.
best cards ever staged by the Augusta
Social and Athletic Association will DC
given at City hall tomorrow evening
when six events will be decided, three
of them being of Feature event" cali
bre, while any of the other three will
be worth the admission to witness
Delaney. who recently made Bergen
go to his limit for six rounds, will meet
Young Cote of Biddeford who ila>
been coming with rapid strides the last
few weeks and who has issued chal-
lenge to Bergen for bout on terms
to suit the latter.
1t will be much easier to pick tia
best man in this bout "Wednesday
morning than it will at this writing.
Young Nadeau will meet the best
boy of his career in Kid ODea and il
the little French champ can make good
with Boston's best bantam he will be
in demand at the clubs in the large
cities and has been promised a bout al
the Armory A. A.
The feature" bout will be between
Young Alger of Cambridge and Max
Baker of Philadelphia. These two boys
are in greater demand than any 125-
pound lads in the country at the clubs
in the large cities and as they ha re
never met there is much interest in
the outcome of the bout. 1t is sure to
be the best bout seen at City hall in 4
long time.
Then for preliminaries the manage
mcnt has secured the two veterans
Geo. Gilbert and Albert Lewis; Bobby
Goode and Shadow Mccormick; Young
Joe Cans and Kid Banks. Special -f-
forts will be made to give the patrons
the greatest show of their lives and
there will be no waiting.
Electrics will leave for Waterviile
after the show. Seats are on sale at
Perry's restaurant and Harry Jones
barber shop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22
Furnished by Loyal Friends
g. For the Coopers;
Convicted Of Second Degree
Murder, With 20 Years.
Men Almost Scramble for Privilege
Of Signing Send.

Nashville. Tenn. March 21.-After III
ing a bond totaling nearly $l,5oo,ooo'
Col. D. r. Cooper, convicted of murde'
in the second degree and sentenced "
20 wears in the penitenuary for killing
Former United States Senator +. W.
Carmack, retired to the home OF Judge
]. c. Bradford Saturday night ana dlS-
cussed the next move in the case.
Although Judge Hart fixed the BONA
at $4,000 for each defendant, there
was a rush to sign it by many wealth:
citizens of Nashville, which larry
swamped the clerk in the crimlnai
court.
In vain, he protested, over and over
again, that mere than enough sure
ties had signed, but the invariable an
Swer was:
Ave want to put our names on that
bona, too
1t seemed as though every friend OF
the Coopers considered it incumbent
upon him to sign the bond. When
there was no more room for names at
Tie foot OF the document, the new
bondamen endorsed it across the race
until it was difficult to decipher the
signatures.
The Coopers returned to the Jail late
Saturday and removed their personal
effects. For the present, Col. Cooper
Will make his home with Mrs. Buren,,
and Robin Cooper will return to his
old quarters with his uncle, Judge j..
G.. Bradford.
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CHECKS TRADE.
Continued from Page One.)

an increase Of treasury certificates FOR
$loD. 900, 900 to $685. 600 gave an i'm
preston Of apprehension on the part
of the trainers of the bill of short COM
irgs as Il revenue producer The pos
siblc effect Of these new government is
sues would be to stimulate nationa!
hank note issues and to inject into the
circulation an amount that would force
out gold ana produce abnormal money
conditions. ON the part Of the banking
and iinancial community this phase ol
the problem receives as much consider
alton as the effects on imports to fol
low the changes in duties.
The eject on the treasury position
of gold exports offers Il subject for
some anxiety, owing to the low sup
plies Of gold in the treasury vaults
and the congestion there of new bank
notes in course of redemption.
At the present the over-supply OF
morey in New York IS so great that
New York bankers are purchasing bills
in Londcn fer the purpose of employ
ing their funds. This makes a demand
for remittance and IS a factor in the
strength of foreign exchange. SO also
does the continuance of foreign liquid
alton of American securities. The for
eisn trade statement for February in
dictates low far the commercial eX-
changes are working in the same di-
rccti0n. the concurrent heavy Increase
in merchandise imports and decline in
exports having reduced the excess
value Of exports for the month to s.,
40 400 compared with $S5. Goa, 400 in Feb
ruary If last year. Large money re
sources seeking employment are an cf-
feCtive instrument in the present main
tcnanCe Of stability of prices, hot only
OF securities. but of commodities. Bank
loans on COpDtr are knOWn to stand at
large amount and banks throughout
the country nave bought largely of re-
cent bord issues to obtain return
on their funds pending the revival Of
mere antiie demand for their employ
inert. Som" liquidation would be look
cd for from these sources in the eNt mt
ui an awakening OF mercantile demand
for funds or OF Il Curtallment of TIL"
money markets supplies. The New
York money market, up to the present
time. has not been lppr"Clahly affected
by the gold OutSu, which reached Il
larG,' volume by the end of the week.
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Mrs. Caroline W. Parker
Neg|ects Son and Daughter
When Making Will and Leaves
Property TO PASSPORT Man.
A. II. Damon the Beneficiary...Con
test Is Regarded as Probable.

Boston, March 21.-The will Of Mrs.
Caroline w. Parker, widow of the late
DR.. Rupert W. Parker of 1641 Washing
ton street. was led for probate yester-
day and it beQueaths all her property
to Ambrose H. Damon of PASSPORT
Me, lifelong friend Of Dr. and Mrs
Parker.
Her two children, Raymond f. and
Dorothy p. Gleason, are cut off with
out cent
MI. DamCn is named as executor and
is empo Hered to act without furnishing
security Although the present where
abouts Of Mrs. ParkerS children are
unknown, Louis A. Bleakley, neph-
ew Of the deceased woman. said yes
t9rdny afternoon that the cause of the
children would undoubtedly be con-
tested IN the courts.
Mrs. Parker died Thursday morning
and was buried yesterday afternoon at
her old home in bingham. The prop
erty left by the will includes a bunga-
low III bingham. an equity in real es-
tate in Boston. silverWare and dia
nIonds valued probably at $4,000.
Mr.. Damon lived tor 10 years with
Dr. and Mrs. Parker and is said to
have acted as secretary and assistant
TO the doctor. He was with him con-
stailtlv during DR.. Parker'S last i'll
ness in bingham, serving as nurse.
Following DR.. Parker's death Mr..
Damon lived for some time in Hing
ham. assisting Mrs. Parker in settling
the estate
The children who were cut off in Mrs.
Parker's will are children by a former
marriage To Alonzo Gleason. who Sc
cured a divorce in 1901. Miss Jennie
Gleason. an aunt of the children, is
said to have taken care of them until
recently. but friends of the Parker
family said yesterday that they did not
know here they now resided
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DR.. GEORGE L. BAKER.
Harvard Medical School Assistant Vic |
tim Of Tuberculosis Research.

Boston. March 21.--Dr. George
Lorimer Baker Of II Rill street, Dor
chester, died Of pulmonary tuber-
culosis Friday at the East Bridge
water sanatorium after an illness Of
nearly three years. He contracted the
disease in the course of some research
work on tuberculosis bacill carried on
at the Harvard Medical School, whore
he was one of the junior assistants of
Professor n. G. Ernst.
DR.. Baker was 35 years old. and had
lived practically all his life i'll Boston.
He w;I' a graduate Of the English High
school and Of Colby College After
completing his work al the latter in
stitution ne entered the Harvard Med!-
cal School. where he became an in
StruCtor in 1904.
He was very much interested in
bacteriology. and in connection Will,
his work as instructor began Il series
of researches on the bacilli of tuber-
tulosiS, in order to discover their gem
eral behavior and methods of action.
He had hoped to make some discovery
by which the spread Of the disease
might be prevented.
While engaged in the work. how
ever. he became inoculated with the
Y, rms and contracted the disease be-
lore the end of six months. He recog-
nized it in it's early stages and went
to Saranac Lake, hoping to fight it off,
but it had gained too strong hoi1,
and shortly after he was taken to the
East Bridgewater sanatorium. whera
he had been struggling against it FOR
tWo wears and n half.
His researches. from which much
mad been expected, had not progressed
far, because Of the short time he was
able to carry them on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22
Opposed to Engagement
Of Beatrice Thaw
To Marquis Toedol, a Poor
italian Nob|eman.
The Family Has Had Enough Noble
men and Enough hotoriety.

Pittsburg, Pa, March ol.-The ThaWs
are bitterly opposed to the engagement
of Beatrice, daughter OF Alexander
Blair Thaw, the youngest son OF WI
liam Thaw by his first wife, 10 the
Marquis Toelol a poor ltallan NOPE
man. which was announced at Rome
| today.
Mrs. William Thaw, Jr, to frlenh
Saturday announced that she thought
the family had quite enough OF no
bility after Alice Thaw had succeeoed
in divorcing Yarmouth.
I'VE don't want any more Yarmouths
in the family" Mrs. Thaw is quoted AS
saving. Between the notoriety given
us by Harry and the nice things IN
timated about Yarmouth at the time
Of the divorce, the Thaw family mas
had quite enough notoriety. Now l
suppose it will start all over again
When Yarmouth and Alice ThaW
were married it was necessary to place
Harry in cab, in charge OF Roger
O'Mara, the detective, who drove ann
all over the city until after the cere-
mony had been performed.
Harry had endeavored to stop the
wedding by announcing that he did not
propose ito have his sister tied to that
degenerate" He tried to hit Var
mouth, but guests protected the Eng
lishnan.
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HORSE BREEDERS FuTuRlTY
WILL BE RUN AT READvILLE.

Boston, March 21.-The Horse Breeders
Futurity stakes Of $500 will be offered
during the Grand Circuit meet at the
Readville track next fall. according to
agreement made Saturday night by +. L.
Quimby of the Horse Breeders Assoca-
ton with Messrs. Welch and Jones, the
new owners of the track.
This will ensure purses of $4,000 for
the meet. which with the class purse to be
announced later will bring the amount
up to fully $4,000
The futurity stakes are divided into
$4,000 for trotting foals Of 1905 and s25Ot
for PAGERS of the same age. The pro-
gram for the Grand Circuit as now made
out is as follows:
Tuesday, Aug. 81, 900 trotting handi.
cap; Wednesday, Sept !, $4,000 pacing
handicap Thursday. Sept. .. Massachu
setts stake and the two divisions of horse
breeders futurity; Friday, Sept. g. conso
ation purse for trotters and PAGERS.
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SPORTING NOTES.

Midshipman Bernard o. WhsI
end Glass. of Walla Walla. WASH
been elected captain of the Al
lis basketball team for next yea'l
In tho fencing bouts at Wea
Saturday the Cadets defeated uis]
versity of Pennsylvania team
The Army team has won all lhe4|
liminary matches in Il decisive AaI
Ieymel won the eighth bout llOa)
croft, spelling the Army's siale'
In the annual Harvard MI
shoot on Soldiers field Salul"a'|
Juniors defeated the three other
The total score of the Juniors VI
irds out of a possible 300, WINE
the Freshmen was IA. ltie
score was 100 and the SophomV'Y
Nadzu. in the stable of H. u
well, won the Thornton stahes N
miles in easy style at Oakid'M'
Saturday. finishing 80 lengths y
of Orcagna, with Mendon y
third. The long distance event W,
before over 1900 people. lHe W
share was 5000.
"A fencing exhibition was snJ
Annapolis Saturday by me ID
men and the members OF '"e
delphia Fencing Club. There vi
decisions, but there was 'a'"-
gram OF bouts with dueilihe y
canes and sabreS. The lila'' i
exhibition was a sabre melee "
ed in by 10 midshipmen.
The Harvard Seniors won lh'
class fencing tournament IN wv :,
enway gymnasium at Har'"u i
day, with the Sophomore So,
the Freshmen third, the Juli'. :,
Icing represented. The scoie Il
bouts won by the Seniors 'n
lost, while the Sophomore VA
and lost the same number IL" d
men lost all of their Is bouts n
L. Cutting. II. A. Erharu, - M
and w. G. Weber, sub lor
1911, j. \. MacLaughlin, W. Nv 4
w. y. WILDER. 1912, n. stem
Boyd.
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BOXING NOTES.

frankie Burns knocked out
Stoney in the star bout at New Yona
urday night. Stoney's finish came
second round, after Burns had
him twice. In the semitinal Willie
forced Young Block to quit after til
round. Block refused to leave his
when the bell rang for the second.
Jimmy Clabby of Milwaukee had 4
better of his fight with Robert Slaj
Del Rosa. Cal, AT New Orleans SAT-
night, and was awarded the bou. \
third round. Slavin's seconds thrOw}
the sponge TO prevent a knockout
1850 spectators Were DISAPPOINTED 1
poor showing of the Californian.
James Burns, the last of the boxes
participated i'll the boxing exhibitl
the Faneuil Hall A. c. Monday ~
was arrested at his home, 81 Leon \
Roxbury, Saturday, by officers Of On
c. He was charged with assault o.
terry on Kid Burke. an italian
was arraigned in the South Bostr
Saturday and held with the othE
Thursday. Burns will he arrapl
the South Boston court Monday.
Tommy O'Toole. the feathers
champion of the East, knocked outl
Bowker of England III the second
Saturday night at Philadelphia I'M
punch was Il left hook TO the jaw
Tommy whipped to the Brtons
When Bowker recovered he said: VI
is the best boy ] ever met. 1t is @1
lose your first real big fight In All
but I guess they will give me "
chance
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BASEBALL NOTES

Lajoie has nine outfielde,.
squad at Mobile.
Bill Burns reported to II. :.
ton club at Waco THURSDAY
Charley French will proh.,,
tanned as the utility infis,S'
Boston Americans.
Pat Flaherty must plav III
Kansas City Blues. The Nat.
mission has SO decreed
Eddie Siever, the old Ds,,.,
paw, has signed with tho
club of the Pacific Northws.,A
The Cincinnati Reds are III
long siege Of cold weather =.
Every catcher on the team h..
arm.
La3oie will keep his Cievejs,,|
in the South until April II MI
of the teams of both major lea,]
SOON begin to work their way h
The latest from Charley al
that he will join the DetroI,.'
April /. He says he win mate
slons if President Navin win
Same.
Charley DCoin, the lively CO...
the Phillies, says he must hold !,
ord for hitting into triple NAV,
was the batsLnan in three %,
which this rare play was pulla
President John l. Taylor 6.
Red SoX are faster this spring
any time since he has owned II
and that it is all up to pitche,
the team in the first division
it belongs.
The Brooklyns had q novel ?
Jacksonville st. Patrick's day
ley divided his squad so that Ii
members played the Dutch. The
We're named the Sbamrocks A
Dachshunds and the latter b,
Irishmen s to 2 in five innings
Connie Mack is very much
aged by the work of young pJ
third. The lad is not only fieldi
but mas been getting on an I
two hits to a game. Baker w
the Reading club Of the II
League last year.
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FIRE AT TiLTON, N. Il.
About $4,000 Damage to Thompson
Block and Its Contents.

Titon. n H., March 21.-Fire and
smoke caused a damage Of about SIS
600 early today to the Thompson block
and it's contents. The building is a
three-story frame structure and was
occupied by stores on the street floor,
while the second floor is used by the
owner of the buildings a dwelling. and
the offices of two doctors. and the third
as a Masonic hall Mrs. Thompson
and George Allen. who boarded with
her were the only occupants OF the
building at the time, but they escaped
in safety.
The fire started in the basement OF
the Boston Clothing Co. from some
unknown cause.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22

One of the contractors in Panama
was very much annoyed by the exceed
ing iazllcss If the native workmen
under him. He resolved to make them
ashamed of their Incidence; so one day
when they were all Tired up. he said
i've got a nice. easy job for the la
ziest man: please step forward" Fifty
nine of them stepped forward. but one
remained behind. why didn't you
come forward with the others?" he,
asked. Because I'm too lazy" was
the reply.-kansas City Star.
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SPORTING
BASEBALL.

At Shreveport, La.-Cubs j. Shreve-
port l. . : .
Seals G.
At Los Angeles-White Sox 10, Los An
geles 3.
At Memphis-Red Sox IA, Memphis 2
AT Mobile, Ala.-Cleveland 2. Mobile l.
At Dallas-New York Giants II, Dallas /
At Houston-Houston Z, st. Louis
Americans 2.
At New Orleans-Pelicans 3, Athletics /
At Atlanta-Cincinnati 3. Atlanta l.
AT Galveston-St. Louis 49, Galveston l
At Decentralization ., Jackson.
vile 2.
At Athens, Ga-New York Americans
5, Georgia 2.
AT Southern Pines-Philadelphia Ma
tionals 2, North Carolina Aggies O..
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hartley CONNOLLY PLANS
EARLY RETURN HOME

Portland, Me, March 2l.-According to
letters received here Saturday it is pos
sible that BARLEY Connolly may decide
to return to Portland within a short time
Our Bart has been very successful in
to be able to put away almost any body
in their class. Connolly said in his letter
that a good deal would depend on his sue
cess in arranging fights with some of the
English sparrers, but he is getting anX-
ious to see home and friends again.
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HANLON AND MiSkELL
FIGHT A PRETTY DRAW

Portland, Me. March 21.-There was
Pastime Club Saturday evening be-
tween Jimmy Hanlon of Boston and
Jerry Miskell Of Fort Mckinley. The
opening was very spirited and the last
round exciting. Hanlon got in more
blows but Miskell struck the harder.
While no decision was given it was
accounted fine draw and the men
will probably be matched again. In
the semi-finals Pat MacCue Of Fort
Mckinley bested Young Kelley Of
Lynn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-22

Goats. more than any other thing.
have assisted the rural inhabitants of
Asia Minor to destroy the magnificent
forest; which once extended from
Smyrna through to Konia, the ancient
capital of Karamania. Not only have
TIL. peasants and normads destroyed
the timber for the sake of firewood,
bu. they destroyed it also in order that
their goats might obtain suitable pas
ture. Ard the goats in. their turn pre-
vented new shoots ever after from re-
nlacing the trees which had been cut
down.
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Arthur E.. Griffin was fined 1901 BY

Arthur E.. Griffin was fined 1901 BY
Judge Hill at Portland Saturday for
having in his possession SOL short lob
.ters. The seizure was made by Maj.
Ct +. Dow one of the fish wardenS of
the ;5tarc. COT. Eaton, county attorney,
appeared for the State and f. c. Viii
son for Griffin. The Holsters were lib
Grated after they were measured. john
Healey, a truckman. testified that Crit
fin paid him to take two barrels con-
tanning Holsters to the station. The
attorney for Griffin appealed and he
gave $500 bonds for his appearance at
the May term Of the superior court.
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MCFARLAND AND MORAN WIN
BERLIn'S 6.DAY BIKE RICE.

Berlin, March 21.-In the presence
of the crown prince and an immense
throng of spectators, the American
team, composed Of Floyd Mcfarland
and James Moran, finished winners of
the 6-day bicycle race at 10 O'Clock
tonight, and received an ovation, the
cheers of the crowd mingling with the
strains of The Star Spangled Ban
ner."
The Americans won by a full lap,
there being IA laps to the mile Stol
of Holland and Berthel of France, fin
ished second The total distance COW
cred was 2425 miles, 312 less than Nc
Farland and Moran made when they
won the 6-day race in New York in
1908. The crown prince will receive
them at the races tomorrow night.
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Absence of news regarding the four

Absence of news regarding the four
mastcd schooner William c. Tanner OF
Boston, Captain Rawding, leads TO the
belief that the vessel and crew Were
lost in one of the hurricanes that swept
TIE coast in January. The schooner
is owned by Gardner G. Deering OF
Bath. Me, and Crowell & Thurlow
broncrs of Boston. Captain Rawding
is a native of Bath. More than a
month the Tanner has been overdue
on a passage from Bay View for Key
West, Fla. She sailed Jan. % with a
cargo of l441 tons of riprap stone for
jetty construction. The schooner was
valued at $4,000 and is partly insured
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DR.. WING HELD.
Lynn Grand Jury Accuses Physician OF
Causing Midtown Girls Death

Lynn, March 21.-Dr. Edward P.
Wing of this city was held for the
grand jury after a hearing in the
municipal court Saturday on charge
Of performing an Illegal operation,
which Is alleged to have caused the
death Of Miss Ethel S. Rogers Of Mill
town, Me.
DR.. Wing furnished sureties and was
released. Miss Rogers died at the
Salem hospital on March 5. DR.. Wing I.
arrest Is understood to have followed
the young woman's ante-mortem state
ment,
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Anniversary of
Neal Dow Birth,

Portland, Me. March 3l-The annive"-
sary OF The birth of Neal Dow the father
of the Maine prohibitory law in its dras-
tic form. was obs rvcd here this evening
by Il public meeting at which Gov. Fer
maid presided. and the principal speaker
was Hon Seahorn Wright ol Atlanta
Ga There was a large audience and
those prominent in the prohibition cause
both past and present. were in attend
ance from various sections of the State.