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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

''This shall be stopped" | swore. |
prayed for return of my faculties
i wanted to write confession. |
had heard that cocaine had a won
derful effect, and that for a short
time it would bring back the lost
mind of morphine eater, and then
leave him wretch, with a dead
brain.
Early this morning | took cocaine
and / have been writing all day. /
have full command of my faculties.
Amy will not go out tonight. The
brute came to the door just now, and
/ told him she had gone away. She
now lies on "a pile Of straw near me,
breathing heavily. | gave her poison.
Tomorrow morning all will be chang
ed. She will soon be dead. I will
watch her until her poor, soiled soul
passes away, and then my blackened
spirit shall follow her. I know not
what to expect in the world beyond,
and l do not care what may come,
for [ know there can be no hell worse
than the one | have passed through.
Amy is dead. I will now swallow
the poison.
R. B. Mayhem, a former coroner of
the county, and the man who gave me
the manuscript, said: "We found
them lying dead upon "a pile of straw.
The man face bore evidences Of hor-
rible suffering, but the woman must
have died peacefully"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
Life and Speeches Of
ThoS. E. Watson

Mr.. Watson tells us the story of his
life. His gallant fight for reform is
told in his speeches, which cover ev-
cry social, political and economic ques-
ton that has come to the front in the
last thirty years. The subjects that
are now prominent in the peoples
mind,-Child Labor National Finance,
the Tariff system, National Banks, the
Government Ownership of Railroads.
are treated exhaustively.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

Crowds line the streets; the horses
wear
Their black rosettes with dropping
head:
The birds fly silent through the air:
The friend of all the dumb is dead.
The man who stood in halls of state
To plead for those who can not
speak,
Who knew that only those are great
Who bear the burdens of the weak,
Who saw the patient creatures fall,
Through heavy loads, or cruel blows,
Who heard the sick or homeless call
In summers heat or winters
SHOWS;
Who hated wrong; who knew no fear;
Who never failed where duty led,
With tireless zeal from year to year;
The friend of all the dumb is dead
Was this king whom we bemoan?
One famed in war, on rich in gold?
All! no, far better than throne,
He ruled a vast and helpless fold.
His kindly face is hid away;
His kindly voice no more is heard;
But through the long, eternal day,
He lives in every spoken word.
The dawn Of kindness streaks the sky;
The peace he sought comes on
apace;
The children voice the gladstone cry
Of justice to the speechless race.
We honor him for glorious deeds;
He blazed the path for us to tread:
No other monument he needs;
"The friend Of all the dumb" is
dead.
Sarah X. Bolton, In Our Dumb
Animals.
We are offering cash prizes of $115,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

Nancy Hall, Cleveland Early Pro-
life, Bunch, Dooley and Pumpkin
Yam now ready for shipping, $500
per 1000.
E. L. Johnson Seed and Plant Go.
LAGRANGE, Ga,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
bbe Jeffer,ontan

to engage in any sort of business, al
though my deposits ait the bank was
shrinking. Several years passed,
and we were forced to sell our house.
We resolved to remove to less ex-
pensive city, and we came to Omaha.
We rented respectable looking fat
and continued to live pretty much in
our old way. [ knew that | should
soon be compelled to do something,
but | put off the attempt from day
to day. The time soon came when /
was compelled to go out and solicit
employment. / tried at number of
dry goods stores, but my appearance
was against me, and I failed. It was
not long after this until | was re-
duced to so urgent necessity that |
was willing to do any sort of drudg-
cry. / found miserable employment
in brick yard. We were unable to
pay rent, and were elected from the
fat. We took a small cottage, a
mere shanty. Ny health failed, and
[ was compelled to give up my work
at the brick yard. We were not wor-
ried over our daily bread, but over
our daily morphine. I resolved to
steal. One night l broke into a drug
store, and for weeks afterward we
lay in bnsotted contentment. We
managed to beg what little food we
needed, but the rent fell due. We
could not beg that. | went out in
the street one night and roamed
about looking for something to steal,
but could find nothing The hour had
grown late, and the streets were al
most deserted, when took refuge In
an alley and waited for some one to
come along. I held a brick in my
hand. Echoing footsteps-a man. I
sprang out and struck him. He fell,
and, bending over him, I recognized
a grocer who, the day before had CIV
en- me ham. But what difference
did that make? I found a purse in
his and ran away with it.
"We are all right now," [ said,
when I reached home.
How much have you?" my wife
asked.
"Twenty dollars.
''How did you get it?"
Borrowed it."
A month passed, and our stock Of
morphine was exhausted. [ went out
in the street, expecting to rob drug
store, but every place appeared to be
watched. I took nay place in an al
ley, but a policeman drove me away.
1t was nearly morning when | went
home. My wife upbraided me.
eve have just enough to last I'M
til tomorrow" she said. "Some-
thing must be done"
The next morning I was so I'll and
weak that I could not go out. We
passed an awful day. At night my
wife, almost raving, cried: 81 would
give my soul for morphine.''
"Then give it," l answered, point
ing to the street. "You are still
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

morphaa, not abandonly, for I was
determined to quit; but the weeks,
yes, the months passed. Finally I
gave up all thought Of quitting, and
began to increase my allowance. 1t
was long time before my wife sus-
pected that she had married NOR
phine-eater, and / thought that her
heart would break when she made
the discovery. She urged me to make
another attempt to quit, and declared
that she would help me. How little
she knew!
About this time / made discov-
ery-my strong tendency toward ly-
ing-and it was not long after this
until it was almost impossible for me
to tell the truth. | went home one
day and told my wife that | had
bought out my partners, and when
she asked me where I got the money,
thus replied:
my uncle came to town this
morning and gave it to me-.
''Dear," she said, you must be
joking"
''No, I'm telling the TRUTH The
truth was that I had been requested
to sell and get out of the store.
By this time the drug had ceased
to have a pleasurable effect. All that
| could expect was freedom from
pain. I became more and more talk
alive, but what | said amounted to
nothing. Ny wife would often go
to bed and leave me sitting up,
talking. | would go into the bed
room and talk her to sleep, and
then feel disguised. A hellish
idea occurred to me one night. ''If
[ should get her into the habit of
taking the drug, she would then be
companionable. I cannot live with
out companionship. But how can I
get her to take it?''
For several days | succeeded In
putting it into her Coffee / ought to
have been shot down like a dog She
was a nervous creature, and the eff
feet of the drug was wonderful. She
found no more fault with me, and
was anxious to sit up and talk. By
this time was out Of the store, and
had nothing to do but sleep all day.
One day | did not give her any
morphine. 1t had become too much
trouble to slip it into her coffee. I
would make her take it of her own
accord. By noontime she was almost
raving. Her nerves were unstrung.
I told her what had done, and she
cursed me, not with oaths, but with
an upbraiding that no one could ever
forget.
"Dear," said I, attempting to calm
her, "it was love for you and yearn-
ing for your society that caused me
to give you the drug. You once said
that you would help me to quit.
There is is one way you can help me.
Take morphia for while, and then
let us quit together. Your nerves
are unstrung. Let me quiet them.
measured out dose. "Come. take
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15
OPENS TODAY.
Boston'S Museum Of Fine
Arts to Be Opened
To The Public, With Its
Wealth Of Art Treasures.
Worth St5,o00,o00 to
Be Shown Without Cost.

Boston. Nov. 14.-Whether the Au
gust alabaster brow of King Mycerinus
Of Egypt, dating back to 300 Il. c.,
or the diminutive, long tailed japanese
goldfish swimming among the lotus
and papyrus plants in pool of crystal
water. first catches the attention of the
host Of visitors who tomorrow open
Roston's magnificent new Museum of
Fine Arts IN the f'cnWay, the I'M
riVallcd richness of art treasures here
collected Will be seen for the first time
i'm surroundings worthy and betting
their international Importance and
calculated to display to the fullest the
beauty and charm of The $l5,0O0,000
collection.
Massive in size, built Of cut stone in
Greek and Roman style, the new
museum building was erected through
private subscription. 1t covers II
acres ana embraces $4,000 square feet
of surface for museum purposes, To-
$50 for school purposes, 266S0 for
casts and 1870 of open court yards.
Completed plans provide for doubling
the size Of the museum with a similar
building at the rear, which would
make lllt tbldl dItd lSA,obV SIuell
feet.
The plant comprises three distinct
buildings all connected; a central sec
ton for the exhibition of works of art
and the administration Offices; 4 large
structure for casts, and a building for
the art school.
The distinct feature marking the
new museum is the dual system Of ar
rangement which provides in the first
place for the display on a second floor
of all objects that are distinctly beau
tful and interesting and designed for
the public's admiration, while second
w. on the first floor will be kept the
objects designed for the use Of stu
dents and investigators. The Japanese
collection, uneXcelled in the world, is
estimated to be alone worth over &c.
000, 000.
The contents of the old Art Museum
Continued on Page Ten).
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15
Prevails in Jamaica, A.
ter TorrentiaI Rains,
Hard TO Learn Extent Of the
Damage, But Il Is Great.
No Earthquake Shocks Felt Either
In Jamaica or haYti.

Kingston, jam, Nov. 14.-After tor
rental rains lasting many days nor
NAL weather conditions now prevail
but it is difficult to ascertain the eX-
tent of the damage done by one of the
worst storms in Jamaica's history,
owing to lack of communication.
Practically all the telegraph lines are
down and the railroads have been
badly washed out. Although the en-
tire eastern portion of the island was
swept by winds and rains no earth
shocks occurred and the damage to
crops and property resulted largely
from the foods.
Reports from st. Mary, an important
banana center. say that within a radius
of 10 miles of Port Maria the banana
fields were entirely laid waste. The
town of Annette Bay for Il time was
three -fourthS under water. GRAY"
fears were entertained for several days
regarding the safety of the Inhabitants
of That section, but the floods are noW
subsding and. so far rs can bc learn
ed. no lives were lost.
The cables to Colon ana bermuda
are still out of commission, and at
tempts made by the coastal steamer
Arna to carry dispatches 10 Holland
CONTINUED on Page Ten)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15
FULL EX0NE':RATION
Nine. SteiahGiI Acquitted
OF Charge Of Murder,
Crowd Expresses lis Approval
By Tumu|iuOus Cheering.
juryaen, on Their Consciousness,
Say mo" TO Every Question.

Paris. Nov. 1i.-Mmc Marghorita Stein
he'll was acquitted by jury ut an early
hour Saturday morning of the murder Of
her husband. Adolph Steinh"il, a mated
painter and her stepmother, Mime. Japy.
The verdict was rendered at Id y. NJ,
after two and a half-hourS' dellheratlon,
during which the jury thrice summoned
the president of the court for eNplana-
tions. thus proving that the original ma
i0rity was for conviction.
To some degree sentiment and stuffy.
crowded court room. favored the prisoner
and the delay caused much apprehension.
With the first appearance OF the jury.
however. several of whom were smiling,
an indicative feeling of acquittal flashed
through the court room. y dramatic
scene. followed The red robed judges
and counsel field in and took their places.
EVERY eve was riveted on the door
through which the prisoner should en-
ter but she did not appear, M. beVai!es'
the presiding judge. turned to the jury
and said:
Have You reached a verdict?
The foreman arose and replied:
ION our conscience we answer no to
every question
A salvo of 'Bravos" followed this an
nouncement and a perfect bcdlam broke
loose NJ. Aubin. counsel for Nine. Stein
he'll, embraced his colleasues Men ana
women in the rear of the hall jumped
and screamed for joy The Judge threat
encd to clear the court room. and when
= semblance of order was restored, he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15
THREE KILLED
And Five Seriously In
juTed in PiItsburg Fire.
A Dozen Other Persons SUI
ferFr0m Shocks and Bruises.
On Account Of FIRES Mysterious
Origin PoliGe Ere Investigating.

PitjsburG, Nov. 14.-Thrcc unidcnti-
fed men, all Foreigners are dead. five
others are seriously injured and II
men ana women are suffering from
bruises and shock, the result Of an
early morning fire in a Polish lodging
house on the river front today.
When the fire broke out at o'clock
about so persons were asleep in tho
building. F'iremcn aroused the oc-
cupants of the place and carried the
women and children to safety.
The bodies of the unidentified for
eigners, known to be street laborers,
were not discovered until this after
noon when persons clearing away the
fire debris, found their charred bones
under a stairway. The damage to
the lodging house is in excess of So
600.
on account of the mysterious origin
Of the blaze, the police are conducting
a rigid investigation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15

called, Bring in the accused"
Fully. two minutes passed before the
black robed figure, with a white face
dropping on her breast, appeared in the
doorway, supported on either side by a
gendarne. The woman swayed and
seemed to be fainting. but in response
to a wild outburst of cheers she lifted
her head and looked about, smiling
family in acknowledgement. Then she
tottcred forward ana sank on the floor
beside the rail.
When the judge pronounced the YER
Continued on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15
TODAy'S JOURNAL COhTEHTS

Page One.
TELEGRAPH = Imprisoned Murray.
H., Miners Make Signals; Nearly 400 Men
and Boys Dead or Perishing in St paul
Mine-Attempt on Lives of Lord and
Lady Mimic in India-Maii Stedln%r In
Seyne Run Down ~ steamer Onda
Ninety zone Persons Drowned Like Rats
in n Trap-Roston' Museum Of Fine Arts
to be Opened Today.
Page Two.
LOCAL-Skowhegan Pittslield and Car
diner Local News
Page Three.
LOCAL-Gardiner ard IIallowell Local
News.
Page Four,
SPORTING-Bowdoin Wins From L. Of
NJ, - to 0-Yalc Defeats Princeton and
Harvard Trims the Dartmouth Eleven
Other Football Results Saturday-Gen-
eral Sports
Page Five.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Page Six.
EDITORIAL
Pace Seven.
LOCAL AND STATE state House
News-Sketch of Widow and Children of
Sidney Carnegie Hero-County News
New National Bank at Belfast.
Page Eight.
LOCAI.-Social Club Meetings-Dcath
of John Observation-Disclosures Clergyman
to Speak at Unitarian Church This Even
ing-Augusta Manufactures to open
Branch Office in London-Local Briefs
Page Nine.
LOCAI.-October Term Of Supreme
Court E,nds-Company NJ NotcS-i4ocal
Amusements-Briefs.
Page Ten.
TELEGRAPH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15
Boston Forecast.

Boston. Nov. 14.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Monday fair and
warmer light southwest winds: Tues
day fair and colder, westerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-15

The explosion. ran III and found a man
on the ground with his hand blown
off II" proved to be an innocent by
stand T.
The bomb throWcrs made their cs
cape in the excitement and as yet nc
arrests have been made.
Attempts have been mado in India
against LGri Mimic, Lord Kitchener,
Sir Andrew Fraser, Lieut. Gov. Ben
jam and many other officials and for a
year or more there has been fear Of
an uprising against British rule in In
dia, based in the almost daily attempts
on the lives of British officials. In
February last 4 bomb was thrown at
railroad train near Earrackapor,
near calcutta and an investigation
caused the suspicion that Lord Mimic
was tn" intended victim. for the vice
roy was to pass that place about that
time, but it 50 happened hat he was
on another train.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
BASEBALL UMPIRES.
Kicking on Their Decisions Is as Old
as the Game.

bNtSNs'9 "" SSS'S'S"S - - ~'e
as the Game.
Much has been said and written
about the habit that ball players have,
and apparently cannot break them
selves of entirely, OF disputing deci-
sions Of the umpire. The practice dates
back for many years. AS far back as
1860 In an account Of a game between
the famous Atlantics of Brooklyn and
the Excelsiors there appeared the fol
lowing:
1--WE hope to see the boys play Of dis
putting over the decision Of umpires en-
tirely done away with"
Many years have passed since that
was written. and the players still dis
pute what in some quarters it is ar
gued should be the sacred decisions OF
the judges Of play. Nowadays the best
umpires In the game make allowance
for the state Of mind player Is In
while engaged in close contest.
The following extract Is from a New
York paper printed in 1867;
kelly says that Peck's dummy has
created quite an excitement on Ann
street. Dressed In a full baseball rig.
he looks quite natty. Scofeld of the
Haymakers did think about bringing
the figure over to the Union grounds
to act as umpire in the Haymakers-
Eckford game yesterday. but young
man named Mcneil was found who all
swered nearly as well."-New York
Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09

The ANGLER Fish.

A singular superstition about the
angler fish is entertained In some parts
Of Sweden (BohuslanJ. according 10
Malm and Smitt. at Is so feared by
many that the tackle is cut as soon as
the monster reaches the surface. and
Its captor hurries home in order to get
there. II possible. before the misfor-
tune portended by the monster over
takes him." The extreme of misfor.
tune-death-is believed by some to be
Indicated. Nilsson tells that the Swed-
1sh fishermen on the banks believe
that on board the vessel on which an
angler is taken some one is doomed to
die soon. They therefore never or
hardly ever take the angler on board,
but prefer to cut the line and thus lose
the hook with the fish,"
An anemometrical faculty is attrib-
nted to the angler in Massachusetts.
According to Storer, among the fisher.
men In some parts Of the bay there
Is common saying, When you take a
goSSSefish. look out for an easterly
storm:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
DOWNWARD COURSE.
Fast Being Realized by Owosso
P0onIo

People.
A little backache at first.
Daily increasing till the back is lame
and weak.
Urinary disorders quickly follow;
diabetes and finally Bright's disease.
This is the downward coarse of kid
ney ills,
Don't take this course. Follow the
advice of an Owosso citizen.
August Spiegel, 937 Factory Street,
Owosso, Mich, says: About a year
ago l was laid up for few weeks I'M
able to work. l began to suffer from
sharp, shooting pains in the small of
my back and through my shoulder
blades and at night could get only a
few hours sleep, as the kidney secre-
lions were too frequent in passage. If
the secretions were allowed to stand for
a while, a sediment was deposited in
them and l often noticed that the pas
sages were attended by a scalding SEN
sation. Being told to try Doan's Kid
pey Pills, .aaiid SO AID they cured me.
I cheerfIify recommend theh.,"
For Sale by all Dealers. Price bU'
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09

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