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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15

nnteriai. the coarse pafiicles 70 predom-
mate.
Stone for concrete can be purchased at
the following prices. per ton. which prices
down: Two inch, sl.SO per ton; chips. $i.9O
per ton; screenings. 81 per ton.
In case of hard stone. weights should be
computed by measurement on the basis
of 1900 pounds per cubic yard for two
inch stone. 21OQ pounds per cubic yard
for chips and 2SOO pounds per cubic yard
for screenings.
Concrete for the first course should con-
sist OF one part of cement. two parts Of
sand and five parts Of broken limestone
and for the second course one part OF ce.
ment, two parts of sand and three parts
OF hard stone. evenly mixed.
In placing the concrete i'm position in
the construction of the pavement the men
should place the concrete where directed
and so as to keep the different layers of a
uniform thickness. Each layer should be
well tamped with an approved tamper
and as directed by the engineer.
The second course must be laid within
twenty minutes after the first course 10
completed and placed and tamped same as
the first course. And at night or at any
other time when the work is discontinued
all the work of both layers should be COM
pleted up to a common expansion Joint.
In other words, no section of pavement
should be allowed to be left unfinished for
longer period of time than twenty min
utes If work thereon has been started.
After the second course of concrete Is
laid and until 1t has thoroughly set IL
should he protected from the sun by q
canvas or other suitable covering.
When the concrete is sufficiently hard to
warrant, this covering should be removed
and the concrete covered with a layer OF
sand or gravel about one inch In depth
and sprinkled and kept damp TO prevent
the surface of the concrete from drying
out too rapidly, which covering should be
left on the concrete for a period of secen
days.
Expansion joints should be placed in
said pavement every twenty-five feet by
actual measurement. such joints TO be
made by placing in position a one-haif
inch thick strip of wood southern pine)
of the same width as the thickness OF the
road metal and cut so as to conform 10
the finished surface of the pavement.
This board should be removed after the
concrete has become set but not until
twenty-four hours have elapsed after the
placing of the concrete on both sides Of
the board. And when the board Is re-
moved the space left by ii should he filed
with a filler of the following composition:
Four parts soft pitch and one part as"
phalt Gehned Trinidad. to which mixture
must be added 3 per cent of still wax, the
whole 10 be heated aid poured into tho
joints In a boiling state.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15
Value OF CONCRETE
Roads Constructed of This Ma
teriai Very ServiceabIe.
DURABLE FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC

They Can Be Maintained at a Consider
ably Low Cost-Freedom From Dust
and Mud a Good Feature-Experi-
nnent In Michigan.
In paper read before the annual
good roads convention, held recently
ut Cleveland. o., Edward n. Hines,
chairman of the board of Wayne coun-
~ road commissioners, expressed his
views regarding concrete roads in the
following manner:
Concrete roads would meet the ideal
conditions of road building because of
comparatively low first cost. durability.
low maintenance cost. ease of traction
and freedom from dust and mud.
The value of concrete roads was
shown in Il rtrpnt experiment near
Detroit. Mich. Wlt re rnud was made
seventeen feet eight inches wide of
concrete. with shnu;dnrs ru each side
of the natural soil mlkn. the width
twenty-Si2 frrt over al II; lis narrow
est point.
Y The anneSrd Sp"cid. ALTON was draft
ed. IL being the Intention 1T tie board
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15
THE KINGS ORDER.
II Was Obeyed, and Yet the Monarch
Was Net Happy.

WAS NSl IldPPJs
When King Gustavus III. of Sweden
WAS in Paris he was visited by depu.
tation Of the SorbOnne. That learned
body congratulated the king on the
happy fortune which had given him So
great man as Scheele, the discoverer
of magnesium as his subject and fel-
low countryman.
The king. who took small interest In
the progress of science. felt somewhat
ashamed that he should be so ignorant
as never even to have heard of the re-
uowned chemist. He dispatched cou-
rier mt once to Sweden with the lacOnic
order "Scheele is to he Immediately
raised to the dignity and title of a
count"
Ills majesty must be obeyed," said
the prime minister as he read the or
der. but who in the world is ScheeleT
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15

He came back 70 the premier with
very full information. 'Scheele Is n
good sort of fellow" said he, "a lieu.
tenant in the artillery. a capital shot
and first rate hand at billiards.
The next day the lieutenant became n
count and the illustrious scholar and
scientist remained simple burgher.
The error was not discovered until
the king returned home. His majesty
was indignant You must all be
fools" he exclaimed. not to know
who Scheple isl Argonaut.
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weighed at the door, the weight of each
person being divided by eight and the
result was the amount to be paid. In
this way the entrance fee run from S
cents to 80 cents, and the fee entitled
you to refreshments. Nearly every
family in town was represented, the
occasion being highly enjoyable.
A prize was offered to the person
who would guess the closest to the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15

combined weight of all who attended.
Annie Sinclair little daughter of Mr..
Ed Sinclare, guessed the closest, her
figures being 23,1O0 and The exact
weight was %, 100, a difference of nine
She received a nice candlestiok
The receipts OF the evening, S3l.O0
The social WAS suggested by, Mrs.
Currie, and given to buy new furniture
for the parsonage Columbia Journal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15
CHRISTMAS TURKEY SALE.

A Fine Money Making Scheme For
Church Fair
One feature of II fair held just before
last Christmas WAS a turkey sale,
which. owing to the originality of the
idea and the very popular priced tur-
keys. made Il very great hit financial
ly and proved nm attraction In addi-
ton TO its money success An entire
booth was given mp to the fowls.
which were represented in every phase
of turkey existence. from strutting the
barnyard in full feather to roasted
upon Il platter. over the booth swung
Il pacard reading:
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15
Chiidron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
9 a 8 T Fri a
Weighing Social.

The most amusing entertainment
given in Columbia for many moons was
pulled off at the courthouse last Thurs
day evening, under the management of
the ladies aid society of the Methodist
Church. The procedure was out of the
ordinary. All who entered had to be
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\ Chicago judge recently rebuked
person who was sitting in the court
room with his feet placed upon the
table by sending him. through a bailiff,
a piece of paper OH which he had writ
ten the following query: What size
boots do you wear?" The feet were
at once withdrawn.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15

1--WE had bad fire scare I'm church
today
Good gracious Was there panic"
Not to notice. The minister preach
ed on the Internal regions. New York
Journal
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15

"That fellow seems to be extrava-
CANT"
"Hopelessiy. He spends his own
money just sls ii 1t were the govern
ment's. "-Louisvlle Courier-Journal
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-12-15

There's nothing so good for a sore
throat as DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Cures it in few hours. Relieves any
pain in any part.
The evening world., 1909-01-06
SAVANNAH RESULTS.

FIRST RACE--Purse for three.year-
olds and up; one mile Mclino, Ill
Murphy, ! TO 3 and cut, |: Ricadonna.
lu6 ,Mc,iulreD, % to l. to l and out, >;
Leonard Joe Hayman, III Ioungh .
to and ont. g. Time-l56 10 Benora
also ran.
SECOND RACE.-Furse; for three
year-0lds ard upward. six furlDngs -
Sunhve, l25 tBurnsl ! To and Ou;. Won.
RAY Thomson. l2J (SImmuns, 3 to J..
even nd out, second, Don Hamilton.
lI6 t0rowlevl. s to !. even and out, third
Tim--l22 3-5, Nj Tmocene also ran.
THIRD RACE-Purse; tor three ear
olds, six and a half furlonss,
Bultman, 10 dunlap, Is to ), even and
to 2, won; Siskin, lis tMGArdlel, ? To
/, 1 to 5 and to .. second; Pocotoligo.
lli Burns. ! to ., . 10 ). to >. third.
Time Is 20. Merise and Lydia Gunter
also ran.
FOURTH RACE.-Pursc; for three
year.olds and upward, ono mile and n
iNteenth-Counterma lOj CMcArdle).
TO |, : to > and TO 10, first. Spring
Frog. l02 dunlap, to !. to 10 and |
To >, second, 81. Valentine, III young,
to !, to > and to >, third Time
l.j9 l.j. Castlcwood trd Besterling also
ran.
FIFTH RACE.-SellIng. for thrcc-year-
olds and upward. five furlonss. Anna
smith, l0' tMurpny). TO |, 2 to / and
evan, woni hirdsiayer, iit .tbugAnl, Q 20
l. sVsa sae 70 I sssoud; Miss X o.
The evening world., 1909-01-06
MRS. HARRISON, WHO VANISHED
FROM A CAR, STRANGELY FOUND
Woman Anxiously Sought by Police of Entire City, Was
Sitting on Soop of House in West
Eghty-siXth Street.

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Burke Harrison,
wife OF T, Paul Harrison. president Of
the Harrison Electric and Manufacture
Ing Company, with an apartment at
the Lucerne Hotel. was found to. day
by Detective Timothy Murphy, Of the
Central Office. al the home OF Mrs.
j, Collins, No. lOS West EIghty-frst
street. where she has been since her
disappearance Saturday, as she alight-
ed from a Columbus avenue car. at
one Hundred and Ninth street,
Mrs. Collins told the detective that
she had found Mrs. Harrison faint and
weak on the street Saturday night and
took her home. Mrs. Harrison was un.
able to give any account OF her wan.
derings after she was lost from the side
OF her husband. She remembered being
left alone when she alighted form the
car.
II thought he was following me when
we got off the car" she explained. II
turned and did not see him Then be.
came confused This kind woman has
taken care of me since. We have celed
up my husbands apartments and his Of.
flee, but were never able TO get him on
the wire. Hence. my retreat was not dis.
covered
The evening world., 1909-01-06
CLAUDIA HAMS NOT TO BE
CALLED BY PROSECUTION.
Darrin Jolts Defendant on Stand With Questions
as to Alleged Actions Toward Her During ,
His Brothers Absence in q,
the Philippines. "

When Justice Crane adjourned the trial Of Thornton lains Flush
ing to-day Darn the special prosecutor had made one of greater
disaster the prisoner than yesterday the first day of his osexaI-
nation He caused Has hearse the story of the shooting Of Will
lam E. An the Baye Yacht Club by Capt Peter aS, and drew
him deeper and deeper into the mire of contradictions as the merci
inqlktion progressed.
Particularly did AaiS stumble in fixing the lapse of time between
the warning that Ans the boat approaching the float and his
effort get Peter anS away This he fixed all the way from eSs
than twenty minutes down "ony few moments Again he con-
founded himself by saying he feared Roberts with the captains gur be-
cause he had heard only six shots when he knew an automatic gun con-
aned Seve but he had failed identify the captains automatic and
had sworn that he did not know he had gun
As Thornton HaS Aounered and qned under his tonentors
ash his aged parents General and Mrs. Peter a r sat in the court
roon As contradiction followed contradiction the distress of the old
fighter was reflected in his face Suddenly there was slight commoon
and court halted while the wife helped him from the room in state SAID
TO border on collapse Physicians attended him in room the Court
House. and he was taken to his boarding place in Flushing
The evening world., 1909-01-06

Detective Murphy received tip to-day
that Mrs. Harrison was at No. los West
Eighty-first street
To former maid named "Abb!e,"
Mrs. Harrison owes the comforts she
has received since she was reported
missing The maid was hurrying
home to her new mistress, Mrs. Collins.
when she saw woman sitting on the
front porch OF a residence at Amster-
dam avenue and Eighty-sixth street.
The woman's head was concealed In her
hands. She seemed sick The maid
shook her and asked II she was III. AS
Mrs Harrison turned her face she was
recognized.
"Oh, Mrs. Harrison, what is the mat
ter?" the maid exclaimed.
"Abbie, dear, I'm so sick and weary
and tired OF It. I simply can't get WE'LL"
she gloomly replied.
Abbe then led the woman to Mrs
Collins's home, where explanations were
made and Mrs. Harrison placed In a
warm bed. Mr.. Harrison was overioyed
when he heard OF his wife's safety. He
eft party OF friends downtown and
hastened 10 her side. Worry over her
condition and Whereabouts has grieved
the husband greatly. She was taken to
her apartments in the Lucerne later
The evening world., 1909-01-06
AWAIT VERDICT
ON THE KILLING
Of CAPTAIN ERB
Mrs. Erb and Her Sister, Mrs.
Beisel, Will Probably Hear
Jury's Edict Tonight.

MEDIA, Pa, Jan. 6.-The fate OF Mrs
NJ. Florence Erb and her sister, Mrs.
Catherine BeiseI. who have been on trial
in the Delaware County Court for more
than a week. charged with the sensa-
,ional murder OF Capt. j. Clayton Erb,
the husband OF one OF the defendants
was placed in the hands Of the jury
to-day.
Both sides closed yesterday. District
Attorney MacDade made his first clos
ing address yesterday and vas followed
by ". Roger Froneheld. chief counsel
for the defense, Frank b. Rhoades, Of
counsel for the accused women. closes
for the defense to-day, after which the
Dlstrict-Attorney made the final argu-
ment.
Judge Johnson finished his charge at
4. 20 o'clock this afternoon and the case
was Immediately given to the jury.
verdict Is expected this evening.
The evening world., 1909-01-06
Mrs. Frank Sanicola Pursues
Man Who Shot at Her, and
NeighborS Aid Her.
POLICE CLUB STOPS HIM.
Trouble Begins Whcl Auon-
ando Goes to Bankers Home
:, to Demand Payment.

Pursued by woman with her clothes
on fire and crowd which increased
from half a dozen 10 two hundred,
headed BY a policeman, Salvatore
Auonando to-day enl!vened the lower
Bronx with a Marathon which for the
most OF its length would not have
done d!scredit to his compatriot Mr..
Dorando.
It started with pistol shot fred by
Auonando, which was fortunately al
most harmless, And II ended with q
policeman standing over the RUNNER
/ and nghtng off mob that wanted to
beat him TO death.
Goes to Demand Money.
Auonando went this morning to the
home OF Frank Sanicola. an Italian
banker who once had place in Null
berry street, but who OF late has con-
Quoted his business by meeting his ell
en,s at their homes and on the street
Auonando said that Sanicola owed him
; 81 and he wanted It risht away.
The banker WAS not at home. but his
$ wife. Josehna, invited The depositor In
10 walt. Auonando waited, grew i'm
I patient. argumentativc and frantic, and
at length went into rage and demand
ed chat Mrs. Sanlcola pay him the
: money at once or prepare to die.
, She screamed. He drew a revolver
and fired a, her. The flame from the
gun set fire TO her dress. She thought
she had been killed and fell. Her son.
! Frank, who was in the basement. began
TO yell.
Auonando dashed from the house TO
the street. The boy tried TO put out the
fire on his mothers dress, but she re-
covered instantly and wouldn't walt.
She started after Auonando. At the
door she was met by her daughter.
Maria Cangie!ose, who also tried to
stop her TO put out the fire.
Others Join the Chase.
, snatcning and sapping at their
mothers clothes, the three ran down
the steps and saw Auona do racing
down Eagle avenue, chased by two
| boys who had been playing In front OF
| the bankers house, No 6S Eagle ave
nue.. People came swarming out Of the
houses and stores along the way and
1olned the pursuit The pack was
strung out for q block or more, Mrs
sanicola In the rear-guard. with her
elofhes still smoking,
Auonando ran on One Hundred and
Fifty-sixth street 70 German place
! Here Policeman Fred Schad, OF the
! Morrisania station. swung into the
head Of the pursuing column. Auonando
ran through German place to One Hun
, dred and Fifty fourth street. west on
One Hundred and Fifty-fcurth street
TO 81. AIMS avenue and south on ST.
AIMS avenue, with Schad gaining on
him block by block and the rest falling
behind.
At Ore Hundred and Forty-ffth street
, Schad was so close to his man that he
could reach him with his club. He did
Auonando went down In heap Before
the policeman could DRAG Ihr man TO
hi feet the rest OF the pursuing crowd
was upon them. Schad, who is a sin
footsr, straddled Ills prisoner. drew MS
revolver and swung 1t until other police.
men came up, whin Mrs. Sanicold and
the mob, which now numbered several
hundred, shook their fists ana ragged.
with his reinforcement. Schid was
able 20 get Auonando TO the Morrisania
station without difficulty.
Mrs. Sanlcola was only slightly
burned.
The evening world., 1909-01-06

At times HaIrs fared up and showed
a disposition to argue with Darrn, but
in the main he was su5dued, careful
and deliberate, Mrs. AnnIs, widow o.
the slain man. sat through the session
with her eyes fixed on the prisoner, now
and then smiling as the prosecutor elc-
tied damaging admission. With Oar.
rim were a number Of men who had not
been in court before. They are to bo
called as witnesses In rebuttal.
The prosecutor led off with series Of
questions based or material which evil
IDENTIFY had been furnished to him by
Peter Hains's wife, his plain inference
being to show that Thornton Hams not
only hated AnnIs for private business
reasons, because Annls Is said to havn
kept his stuff out Of the magazines,
but because Claudia Hams favored the
advertising man over Thornton, her
own brother-!n-aw.
Although taken by surprise and furi-
ousy angry, Hams made better show.
ing under tlts opening skIrmish fire than
he did later on when the Prosecutor
brought up his heavy artillery and be.
gan battering at the vulnerable places
in Thornton Hains's testimony regarding
the events preceding the tragedy II Aug.
10. As on yesterday, Darrin made
ground here, even /: his method OF
cross-eXaminatiOn was often cumper-
some and clumsy.
kl4hnuyh uNu1Ip',
himself, It Is pretty certain that despite
his inquiries OF this forenoon he will not
call Claudia Hams as witCess In re-
buttal for the State.
"Do you remember" began Darrin.
attending a dinner at your brothers
house at Fort Hamilton Just before he
left for the Philippines, when your
father and Claudia HaiRs we're pres
ent?" II may have been there" said
the prisoner slowly Il won't be sure"
Did you speak OF some stories which
you had written Tor the Recreation
magazine-d.d you then mention Annls,
who was connected with that publica-
tom" Il wouldn't be sure,
Did you say at that dinner that the
gang on Recreation was trying to ruin
your reputation" The gang SAID
Hams in a high. scorntul tone; "a gang
on magazine?" he repeated Incredv,
lousy.
Answer" said the Court. You un-
derstood the question" why. no, SIR"
replied Hams.
Asks About Threats.
And" went on Darrin, did Mrs.
Claudia Hains on that occasion reply
The evening world., 1909-01-06
EL0P|NG PRIEST
DROPPED HER At
RIVER, SHE SAYS
Surrenders to Newark Police as
Accomplice, but Fails to Lo-
cate Clergyman and Girl.

Miss Bridget King, of No. 10 PrIncella
avenue, Newark, surrendered herself to
the authorities OF that city to-day on
the charge Of aiding in the abduction
of Juliet Tosta, the scvar;een-yoar-old
daughter of Pasuuale ies,a. who dis
appeared with Rev Father Nicholas
Siani, curate Of 81. EocC's Roman
Catholic Church, OF Tcwark.
She was Immediately arragned In the
Second District Court and held n $3.50
bail for the action OF the Grand Jury.
According to the story told by Miss
King, she and Miss Testa met Father
Sani on Broad street, Newark, on
Thursday afternoon She said that
Father Siani told them that he was go-
ing to. New York to buy some calendars
and insisted that they accompany him
to do the selecting,
Upon arriving In this city, she said.
they had something TO eat In a res
taurant and then walked over to st.
Peters Church, in Barclay street, whore
they attended watch night service,
After leaving st Peters Church. Miss
King says. Father S!ani engaged a
coach and they crossed over the Brook
lyn Bridge and made trip TO the lower
mart OF Brooklyn, on New Year
morning they returned to Manhattan In
the same coach, and when they got
down TO the water 'front.' she says,
Father SlanI ordered the driver TO stop,
and throwing open the coach door. told
ter. she says. that the ferry ahd been
reached and to get out and cross over
to New Jersey.
Miss King says when she alighted
from the carriage shc found that It was
not the ferry. hut before she had time
to get back the vehicle had pulled away
and she lost track OF II. She remained
In Manhattan until early to-day. she
says, when she decided to return tn
Newark and tell all she knew OF the
episode OF ths young Clergyman and
iiss Tss,a.
The evening world., 1909-01-06
PANIC IN FACTORY
AS 900 GIRLS FLEE
AT CRY OF FIRE "
Half a Dozen Faint and Many
Have Their Clothing Torn
From Their Backs.

There was a panic to-day In the six
story factory building Nos. 1851 Eliza
beth street, when 800 girls and about a
hundred men employees m.stook steam
from broken boiler valve for smoke.
They chok ed the narrow sta!-ways and
fought like manlaics n their hurry 10
get to the street. In the battle half
dozen girls tainted and many had the
clothing torn from their backs,
The first and second iloors OF the
building are occupied by the Alger
Laundry Company. wholesale wash
ing concern that caters TO hotels ana
barber shops. The four other stories
above are packed close with dozens Of
small clothing plants, employing women
almost exclusively.
The workers hai just settled down to
their sewing machines, ana the girls IN
the laundry had been at work short
time. when with racket Ike young
oIght-inch gun going into action a
valve on the boiler which heats the
building blew out.
Instantly clouds OF steam rolled UP
through the Railways in sulfocating
masses. Somebody yelled Fire" and
N second a hundred others Here
scouting the same thing, On the rect
people heard the shouts ana screams OF
lEc women. ANA saw the steam pour.
lng out OF the building. Some Jealous
citizen ran to an alarm box and sum.
muned the engines. Two lone police
men started to run into the building
and were fairly carried off tIeir feet
by the downrush!ng mass Of terrified
girls.
narrow and dark and had there been
a real blaze IL Is doubtful. said the
tiremcn. II half the employees there
would have escaped without injury.
As Il was. everyone got out, but not
without many scratches and bruises.
By the time they had all reached the
street Fred Eischenmeyer. the engineer,
had cut of steam. and plugged the
valve with wrapping ~ packing He
didn't realize all the trouble he had
caused I'll he emerged to the street
The evening world., 1909-01-06
PRIEST ROBBED At DOOR OF
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS
Pckpocket as He Was on His Way to
Testify in a Libel Suit.

The Rev. Father Dunkov!tz in charge
of the Russian Orthodox Greek Church
in Providence, r. l., who Is In New
York to testify 10 the good character
Of the Rt. Rev. Father Chhvozov,
Pr!mate OF Canada. in a libel suit now
being tried before Justice Mulqueen.
was standing before the door OF Part
l.. General Sessions, to-day when he
suddenly felt violent punch in his
stomach. He clapped his hand TO his
clerical wa!stcoat and discovered that
his heavy gold watch, chain and cross
were missing.
The priest raised the cry OF Pick