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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
0'Keefe.

Dennis O'Keefe died Friday at Mont
pelier after three months illness with pull,
monary tuberculosis. He had Just made
plans to 60 to Canada hoping the
change would benefit him but his heart
tailed him and he dropped dead at his
room on Friday night. He had lived in
Montpelier II years and was employed
by Kyle and Mccormack as stone cutter,
at the time of his death. He was born
in st, Johnsbury ~ years ago to John
and Ann O'Keefe, Two brothers and
three sisters survive him, Edward |. of
bedford, p. O., Albert of Montgomery,
Katherine and Mary OF St. Johnsbury
and Mrs. Fred Campbell of Burlington.
de was a member of the Eagles and the
Granite Cutters. Union. Edward l.
q keefe of Bedford and John Broderick
OF Barre accompanied the remains to ST.
J,ohnshury. The funeral was held Mon.
day morning at St. Aloysius church. Rev.
~ Leonard officiating.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
Museum Notes.

]. H. Martin of Newport has recently
loaned the Museum some old china and
Mrs. May B. Lackie Of East Ryegate
has loaned a plow over 100 years old,
used by James Beattie in building the
river road from Wells River to McIndoes
in 1880.
Next week is class week at the Museum
and the following subjects will be
treated: Grade 3, Sponge; Grade a.
Common Granite Grade 5, Hattie ;
Grade 6, Lead; Grade 7, Pyrite; Grade
8, Marble; Grade 8, Experiments in
Electricity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
New Automobile Firm.

Howard B. Blossom for six years a
successful salesman for Martin l.. Hall &,
Co, has become member OF the Union
Garage and Machine Co. and will take
charge of the sales portion of the bust.
ness while J. b. Guild will attend to the
repairing as heretofore The company is
agent for the well known Buick car in
Orleans and Caledonia counties and has
a well established business to which Mr..
blossoms recognized ability as sales
man will only add success.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
More Calendars.

Griswold& Mackinnon have presented
their patrons very attractive calendar
with a color reproduction of Perriet's
"Shepherdess." Another much admired
calendar is that distributed by W. W.
Sprague and son, with a picture by
Fletcher {. Ransom, Don't Forget the
Old Folks at Home"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
The Reece Companies

The increasing business of the Reece
and international Buttonhole Machine
companies is being reflected in the
strength of the stocks, which are in
demand at advancing prices. Reece nets
nearly per cent. and International 10
cent atper current quotation.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
FLOODS FOLLOW
FEARFUL TORNADO
Two Oklahoma Towns Devastated
BY High Winds and Rainstorm
Which Swept Over Wide Area.
At Least Fifteen People Met Death,
While Many Were injured, II BE-
Ing Estimated Two Hundred
Are Left Homeless.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-At least fif.
cen people were killed Saturday
night in tornado that devastated the
Oklahoma towns of Key West and De
pew. Forty or more were injured.
At least ten were killed in Key
West. That figure is confirmed by q
number of people who fed before the
storm. Five are dead at Depew. The
farming country.
Following the wind came a deluge
of rain. Floods then added to the ter
rible situation. The wreckage of Key
West soon was overwhelmed by the
rising waters. Practically nothing was
left Of the town of 200 inhabitants.
The residence of j. l. Hart was de-
molished after being rolled over a half
dozen times with the occupants in
side Every member of the family
was injured. Mrs. Harris back was
broken, a little. girls leg was wrencned
from her thigh and Hart and two
children were seriously injured.
Depew was destroyed by a double
twister that formed from that striking
Key West and from another coming
from the east. The tornado wiped out
Depew and then pushed on northeast
presumably spending its force few
miles further on.
AT an early hour Saturday after
noon was Witnessed most unusual
phenomena Small tornadoes rapidly
followed one another. They rose
high into the air, circled about and
dipped. AS many as five were oh
served during the display. The little
tornadoes had spent their force when
the big one came along at o'clock
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
TAFT TOUCHED GOLD KEY
THAT OPENED EXPOSITION
The MISUNDERSTANDING Exposition
Thrown Open to the Public, a
Great Multitude Being Present.

Seattle, Wash.-The Alaskan-Y Yukon
Pacific exposition that cost $40 00O.-
900. and the first sod of which was
turned exactly two years ago, was Of
ficially opened at noon on Tuesday,
June /. with fitting splendor and
ceremony with great multitude In at
tendance
In the east room Of the White House
in the presence OF a distinguished
gathering of diplomats. President
Taft opened the exposition by touch
ing gold key, studded with gold
nuggets taken from the first mine
opened in the Klondike. A hearty
cheer from the assembled guests fol-
lowed the fash of the electric circuit
to the other side of the continent.
The military parade, the speeches,
President Taft's signal, the magic re-
sponse-all were carried out exactly
as planned
When James j. Hill was introduced
in the opening exercises, tumult en-
sued that recalled the demonstrations
for favorites at national political con-
ventions, except that here 10000 peo-
pie were cheering spontaneously for
only one man, who waited several
minutes before he could begin his ad-
dress The management in their nice
~ calculated program had omitted to
count on this ovation, and when Presi-
dent Taft pressed the golden key at
noon, and touched off the high signal
gong he cut short Bishop Keator's
benediction- A striking feature of
the parade was the popular applause
Tor the Japanese visitors of the
cruisers Aso and Soya.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
TAFT'S TRIBUTE
TO WAR HEROES
President is Principal Speaker at
dwelling of Monument to Men
Who Fought at Gettysburg.
Declares That Services of Regular
Army Have Never Been Commemor-
ated Adequately by Congress
or the Nation.

Gettysburg, Pa-The dedication OF
monument to the regulars who
fought at Gettysburg was the occasion
which brought President Taft to this
city on Monday. May 81, grateful
congress having somewhat tardily
caused TO be erected a 100000 shaft
In the bloody angle where the regulars
bore the brunt of the fighting upon
the last day at Gettysburg.
The imposing shaft of granite was
unveiled by the Presidents daughter,
Miss Helen H. Taft, while the president
paid tribute to officers and men OF
the United States army, past and
present
The president put himself squarely
on record as opposed to any reduction
in the standing army. He told of the
prejudice that often has arisen
against the possible aggressions of
regular army and a professional sol
diery, and of the corresponding diff
Guilty In arousing that love and pride
of the army which expresses itself
today, and has frequently expressed
itself in the past in behalf Of the navy.
The president asserted that the SER
vices of the regular army have never
been commemorated adequately by
congress or the nation.
THE profession of arms always
has been an honorable one" he de-
clared. 'All honor to the regular army
of the United States. Never in it's
history has it had a stain upon its es-
cutcheon."
On the way to Gettysburg from
Pittsburg, the presidents car was
sidetracked at York for two hours,
and during his stay he made a brief
address in which he declare again his
hope for the early enactment of a
tariff law. IF the Lord will only be
good and send some real hot weather
in June"
Four regiments Of the regular army
were here to participate in the exer-
cises. There also was a personal es-
cort to the president, composed Of
veterans of the regular army who
fought in the Gettysburg campaign.
The president arrived shortly before
10 o'clock and was taken for a drive
over the battlefield At several points
he alighted and stood on the promi-
nences overlooking the valley below
and the mountains in the far dis
lance.
Returning to his private car for
luncheon. he remained until the ar
rival Of his daughter from Washing
ton. Miss Taft came with the secre-
tary of war and Mrs. Dickinson. In
the party from the capital were also
many distinguished officers Of the
army
The ceremonies Of the unwilling
were simple. Miss Taft pulled the silk
en- cord that released the flags draped
about the monument and the magnifi-
cent shaft of granite was exposed to
the view of the applauding throng.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
ROMANCE IN SCOTCH HISTORY.
Curse Pronounced by Mother of Great
Soldier Seemed to Have AIDE
quate FuIfiIlment.

The widow of the great Viscount
Dundee married shortly after his death
William Livingston of Kilsyth, who
had long been In love with her. Dun
dee's mother, who considered Living
ston virtually her sons murde rer, pro-
nounced a curse on her daughter-in-
law and her husb band, praying that God
would show the unworthy couple
some swift token of his anger. The
wedding day of Livingston and Lady
Dundee was fraught with bad omens.
The bridegroom gave the bride a ring
inscribed, Yours Till Death" but the
ring was lost before the day was over,
sent as her wedding gift a nightcap
pair OF white gloves and a rope, all
tnese articles typical of condemned
murderer In October, 1895, it seemed
as though the unhappy fate so desired
by Lady Dundee fell on her daughter
1n-law, who died at Utrecht through a
terrible accident. She. her infant son.
and her maid were crushed to death
through the roof falling in her hus-
band being rescued with great DIM
Guilty The bodies OF Lady Kilsyth and
her baby were embalmed and brought
to Scotland, and in the year 1900 it
was the common practice OF the in
hab1tants OF Kilsyth to go to the vault
and see the bodies, which were as per-
feet as the hour they were first
placed In the coffin
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
TEXAS TOWN DESTROYED.
Thlrty-two Killed and Many Others
Injured as Result Of Tornado.

Brentwood, Texas.-A tornado OF
great fury struck the little village of
Zephyr, in the eastern portion OF
Brown county. at / O'Clock Sunday
morning, and left a path of death and
destruction seldom paralleled. The
death list has reached a total of
thirty-two, and the number OF serious
ly and fatally injured will reach fifty.
The storm formed half a mile south
west of Zephyr and swept down upon
the village, cutting a wide Swath di
rectly through the residence and bust
ness districts.
Nearly fifty houses were entirely
demolished. Lightning started a con
fagration which destroyed one entire
business block. No effort was made
to fight the fire as the care of the
dead and wounded victims demand
ed the attention of every one.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
TO UTAH EDUCATORS

The Salt Lake Route, Utah's most
popular road, announces many rates
and dates for east and west-bOund
cursions. These excursions include
attractive water and rail trips, ocean
voyages and side trips to the Alaska
Yukon Exposition and other notable
places.
For the N E. A convention at Den
yer, July 5th to 9th, all stations In
Utah will sell round trip tickets. also
on many other dates low round trips
to Denver Cheyenne, Pueblo and Col
orado Springs.
On May 10th all stations in Utah
will sell low round trip tickets to
Missouri river, Chicago, ST Louis, ETC.,
also many other dates during the
summer.
The round trip to Los Angeles
days especially suited for teachers go
ing on their vacation Is $4,000 Tick
cts also sold returning via San Fran
cisco and Portland, Ore, and good
for ocean trip to Portland Every
teacher in Utah should call the
nearest Salt Lake Route agent for full
particulars write to Kenneth c.
Kerr, d. p A. Salt Lake City,@who
will cheerfully give full information
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Idahoan Stood Up for Rights.

Seattle, Wash.-Because he object
ed to the erection of a selling booth
on the grounds allotted to his state
A. d. McKinlay, commissioner from
Idaho to the Alaska Y ukon-P acific ex
position. was arrested and escorted
from the fair grounds by exposition
guards. A protest was Immediately
lodged by friends of Mr.. McKinlay
with Exposition President ]. E. Chill
berg and Director General L. A. Ma
deau- The result was that an apology
was offered to Mr.. McKinlay and the
booth was ordered from the Idaho
grounds.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Train Robbers Secured Only Three
Hundred Dollars.

Omaha, Neb-It is announced by the
postoffice authorities that the actual
cash secured by the robbers who held
UP the Overland Limited on the Union
Pacific railroad on May %, amounted
to less than $500. Reports have been
received from all points where the
stolen registered packages originated.
About 5000 was recovered from the
three men under arrest charged with
the robbery. Three sticks OF dynamite
were discovered in the attic OF Brown
Park school in South Omaha where
the robbers were In hiding.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
crazed With Liquor.

Fort Benton, Mont.-Crazed with
liquor and angered because he was
found fault with, Jack Moore, a we'll
known painter here. Sunday afternoon
shot his wife and then attempted sui
eide. Present indications are that
Mrs. Norre viii die. but the suicide
part of the tragedy was not success,
although the man is seriously wound
ed Moore has frequently been arrest
ed and has served Jail sentences for
abuse OF his wife and other times has
absented himself from hts home for
varying periods
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
HEINzE's LIEUTENANT JAILED.
Must Remain in Prison Until Missino
Books of Copper Company Are
Restored

New York.-George Baglin, vice
president of the United Copper COM
pany, was taken to the Tombs prison
on Tuesday and must remain there
under an order of Judge Lacombe of
the United States district court, until
missing books Of the company, which
contain evidence In the case OF F..
augustus Heinze, are produced. A
similar punishment hangs over San
FORD Robinson. prominent director
OF the company, whose case will be
further considered by Judge Lacombe
Wednesday.
Both men are alleged to have per-
mitted the spiriting away of the
books that were under subpoena. Bag
lin testified before the grand JUICY
mat he had overheard Robinson and
one OF the Heinze brothers conspiring
to remove the books and had inter.
posed no objection.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
TREASURE HIDDEN IN EARTH.
Priceless Relics So Concealed Must
Some Day Be Restored to
the Light Of Day.

The actual prosaic instances of
treasure trove and the Old World
ceremonial involving "crowner's quest
law to decide the legal rights are
to be found in any text book on the
subject More interesting with a GER
tain fascination of romance, is the re-
dect1on that even in our own country
there are probably numerous buried
boards, says the London Chronicle
One cannot always ignore tradition
and throughout the length and
breadth of the land are to be found
old legends of hidden treasure. some
times guarded by a curse, sometimes
by a special warder There is prob
ability almost amounting to certainty
that valuables were hidden by the
Romans, and even more probably by
the Romano Britons. The treasures
or the Incas and of pirates such as
Kidd are still existent in theory: the
buried wealth of India is among the
rudfmentary facts known to all stu
dents of the east
But perhaps most startling and al
Turing OF all is the theory that among
the treasure trove to be at some time
recovered from Persian sands or ruins
are the Sacred Breastplate and the
mysterious Urim and Thummim of the
Jewish priesthood
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Some New DeHnftion.

Girls in fashionable seminary not
hundred miles from town IN ex-
animation papers. recently turned out
a batch of delightful definitions
1t is evident from their answers that
several of them. while they may not
be trained thinkers. have more or less
logical processes of thought One de-
fined .'red tape the Inability Of
any one holding political position to
do anything necessary without special
ORDERS" showing she had read her
Little DOrrit' to advantage. to say
nothing of Bleak Horse Another
girl, asked why does ship float the
right way up?" replied. Because If 1t
did not the people in it would tunb BILE
out" One ingenious girl suggested,
'foxlet" noun for young fox,
which certainly is more specific than
puppies And a young person. evil
IDENTIFY determined not to let herself
be numbugged, said .-B-Sc-' meant
bad science. "-PhIiadelphia Evening
Telegraph
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
EDITORS SCORE A POINT.
Government Must Prove Malice in the
indianapolis News Editorials.

lndianapolis.-Delavan Smith and
charles Williams, editors of the In.
annapolis News, on Tuesday success.
rully resisted, for the moment at least
their removal to the District of Colum.
bla to stand trial for criminal libel on
account OF publishing articles init.
mating that there was enormous graft
IN the Panama canal purchase.
Lawyers for the publishers denied
malice in the stories and editorials
complained of. They gained from
Judge Anderson a ruling that evil
dence should be introduced to this eff
feet
The defendants committed no Of
lense Tor which they could be re-
moved to another district for trial
they said Attorneys for the govern.
ment vigorously resisted the introduc.
tlon OF testimony, but were overruled
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Religious Crank Gets Twenty-Five
Years for Murder.

Kansas City. Mo.-The jury in the
case OF James Sharp, or Adam God"
charged with the murder of Policeman
Michael Mullane in a religious riot
here December last. Saturday morn
ing returned a verdict of guilty OF
murder in the second degree, and
Sharp was sentenced to twenty-five
years, in the penitentiary. Waen the
verdict was read, Sharp heard 1t
without show of emotion That's all
right" said he. Its the will Of
God" The case against Sharp's wife.
Melissa. will come up soon.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Montana Mining Man Suicides.

Sheridan, Mont.-Walter Mesch,
aged 40 years, prominent mining
man Of this part of the state. commit
ted suicide Sunday afternoon by stab
bling himself in the heart with a
pocket knife. Mr. Mesch had not
been feeling well for some time past,
and 1t Is believed was not in complete
possession Of his faculties when he
killed himself. His brother was the
only one in the room with him at the
time, and although he Immediately
tried to prevent him from stabbing
himself. was too late.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Made Costly Bonfire.

Mrs. Christian Kabb of Hartiand
Hollow. Conn, a farming village. told
her children to take their fathers old
felt boots outdoors and burn them up.
She was doing her spring house-clean-
Ing, and could not bear the sight of
them. The children did as directed
and the high wind blew a spark from
the bonfire into a dry meadow near
by. igniting the grass. A calf grazing
In the lot caught fire. ran into the
barn and set some hay ablaze. In a
jiffy the building was in flames. The
barn, with six head of stock was de-
Stroyed, also tobacco warehouse.
The fire spread to woodland and
burned over SO acres before villagers
cOnQnered it
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03

The maidstone is a stone popularity
supposed to cure hydrophobia- Sucn
stones, usually of the size and shape
of an egg. are superstitiously pre-
served in parts OF the United States
because they are believed to absorb
venom The maidstone is light. por
Gus stone OF greenish color They are
quite rare. being only occasionally
found in the south
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
American Steamer Saved from Dan
gerous Position by Wireless.

Guaymas, Mexico.-Through the use
of wireless telegraphy the American
steamer Precursor. rendered helpless
by broken propeller was rescued
from dangerous position and towed
into this prt on Sunday. The Pre-
cursor had drifted aimlessly for three
days. when a wireless communication
was had with this port. A tug was
sent out and brought the steamer
to port. Some of the passengers had
become uncomfortable from fear and
had to be locked in their staterooms.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Good Football Player But No JurIs,

Notwithstanding much of foot
Dali player and not enough of law
yer is the sealed verdict OF the SEN
ate committee in the case of George
w woodruff, nominated some weeks
ago as federal Judge for Hawaii. In
consequence of this verdict, the COM
mlttee has declined to report the nom
nation OF Mr.. Woodruff and the nomi-
nation remains pigeon-holed in the
committee room. Unless there is a
change of sentiment among members
OIL the committee, the nomination is
not likely to be reported.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Vice Admiral uriu Wants Peace.

Washington.-Vice Admiral Sotoki-
chi Uriu OF the Japanese navy and
Baroness Uriu returned to Washing
ton Sunday from Annapolis. The ad
miral and the baroness in the evening
were the guests OF the Japanese am
bassador and the Baroness Takahira
Admiral Oriu said: You ask of
war; | speak only for peace Why
should not this great nation have all
of that and more? II has abundant
resources. it has wisdom to guide. TC
me 1t is a great happiness to be amons
YOU. for | love this great nation of
the west"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03

Washington.-Her Knox Smith
commissioner of corporations, con.
ierred with President Taft on Tues
day concerning Investigations in his
bureau. Mr.. Smith says some inves-
legations have been on foot for years
ana only the inadequacy of his forces
prevented the clearing up of all the
matters at once. The so-called steel
trust and its business, the so-called
harvester trust and all machinery
combinations, cotton exchanges. lum-
Der, water transportation, water
powers and tobacco are the principal
matters under investigation.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Mob Record For Twenty-Five Years.

New York.-That 1884 men, women
an children have been lynched in this
country in the last quarter of cen
fury was the assertion of Mrs. Ida
Wells barnett at the National Negro
conference in this city Asking why
this was permitted by Christian ma.
ton, Mrs. Barnett quoted John Tenn
pie Graves as saying that the mob
stands as the most potential bulwark
between the women of the south and
such carnival of crime as would pre-
cipitate the humiliation of the negro
race, All know this is untrue, Mrs.
Barnett said.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-03
Words Meaning Modernized.

Literally the word "rajah" means
king; and ''maharajah," the great
king" or ruler over several kings;
but, generally speaking, the titles "ra-
3ah." "maharajah" and "nawab" have
no greater Significance than the words
'feudal lords" used in medieval
times in Europe. Many of them have
been made by the will of the reigning
chief; many bestowed for meritious
acts and deeds