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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
WOULD MAKE MIGRANTS LABOR.
Only Those Who Will Not Work FIJI
Bread Lines of Greater New York.

New York-Robert W. Hebberd,
commissioner of charities of New
York, takes the stand with Special
Agent Powderly of the United States
department of immigration that a ma
jority of the me6 in the bread lines of
the city are professional tramps, un-
deserving of aid. He declared before
the Y. M. G. A. the tramp and vagrant
are a menace To civilization and urged
stringent treatment to regulate them
He Endorsed the movement for the es-
tablishment of colonies by the state
where such men can be put to work.
"A conservative estimate of the
number of unemployed in New York
city today" he said, 'is 100000. Per-
haps $4,000 of these are union men
temporarily out Of work. They gener-
ally have money saved to tide them
over the hard times. For that reason
the men who frequent the bread line
and the municipal lodging houses are
not fair samples of the unemployed.
A farm colony for Migrants has been
tried in Germany and Switzerland
with great success, and we should
have the power to keep these men at
work in colony for two years If nee
essary."
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
PET DUCK SWALLOWS RING.
Owner Receivers Clrclet When Fowl 10
Roasted.

Hoboken, N. J.-Six years ago Mrs.
Clara Heinze lost a diamond ring. The
other day she had roast duck for din
ner and she recovered the gem. Then
she remembered how she had lost her
ring. She was spooning with her
sweetheart. They were sitting on a
log that ran out into a duck pond back
Of her fathers house. The ring must
have slipped of and fallen into the
water.
But for the diving duck she never
would have recovered it. The duck
was a pet of her little sister, and when
father said the time had arrived for IT
to die the little girl wept. She was
so fond Of watching the duck dive In
the pond. Father, however, was de-
termined, and the duck was duly exc
cuted. Little Nellie averred she would
not eat morsel of that sacred duck,
so father said: Cali right, take It over
to Clara"
Clara, now married, lived close by.
Nellie took the duck over to her sister,
and sister cooked It. When she and
her husband sat down to eat Mrs.
Heinze felt something crunching In
her teeth. 1t was the diamond ring.
1t had been picked up by the duck in
one Of its dives, and had gradually
worked its way into the breast.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
Lauqhed Jaw Out Of pIac.

Philadelphia.-John w. Bratcher of
2452 Alder street heard an ancient
story that caused a fit of laughter
which raised the roof of his house and
dislocated his lower jaw. Open
mouthed, he applied at the Samaritan
hospital for relief, and the jaw was
reset by DR.. Ruff. In attempting to
retell the joke the fit of laughter be-
gan again and Bratcher had to quit as
his jaw showed signs of going out of
place. The story will never be told
by him.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
COUNTY COURT DAYS.

Below is a list of the days County
Courts are held each month in coun-
ties tributary to Winchester:
Anderson, Lawrenceburg, 3rd Mon
day.
Bath, Owingsville, End Monday.
Bourbon, Paris, LIST Monday.
Boyle, Danville, 3rd Monday.
Breathitt, Jackson, 4th Monday.
CLARK, WINCHESTER, 4th Mon
day.
Estill, Irvine 3rd Monday.
Fayette, Lexington, End Monday.
Fleming, Flemingsburg 4th Mon
day.
Franklin, Frankfort, LIST Monday.
Garrard, Lancaster, 4th Monday.
Grant, Williamstown, End Mon
day.
Harrison, Cynthiana, 4th Monday.
Jessamine, Nicholasville.. 3rd Mon
day.
Lee, Beattyville, 4th Monday.
Lincoln, Stanford, End Monday.
Madison, Richmond, LIST Monday.
Mason, Maysville, End Monday.
Mercer, Harrodsburg, LIST Monday.
Montgomery, Mt. Sterling, 3rd
Monday.
Nicholas, Carlisle, End Monday.
Owen, Owenton, 4th Monday.
Pendleton, Falmouth, LIST Monday.
Powell, Stanton, LIST Monday.
Scott, Georgetown, 3rd Monday.
Shelby, Shelbyville, End Monday.
Weodford. Versailles, 4th Monday.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
JUDGE RELENTs LATER ON.
Repays Fine of Man Who Declares
1t Unjust.

San Francisco.-A group of club
men were seated around the big
long fire in the bar of the ST. Francis
In the party were former Judge w. H.
Hogue of Portland, Ore NJ H. Thomp-
son, an insurance man and permanent
guest at the hotel, walked up. Judge
Hogue was introduced.
81 think 1 ought to remember you,"
said Thompson. you cinched me for
$25 once"
81 did not catch that remark, SIR"
said Judge Hogue.
well, five years ago in Portland,
Ore, was arrested for fast driving,
and the case came up before you. and
you fined me $685." explained Thomp-
son.
Am l to understand, sir, that you
feel that you were unjustly treated?"
asked the Judge in a quiet, well modu-
lated voice.
Eyes. l, most certainly do" replied
Thompson, holly.
well, all l can say is that l never
Intentionally wronged any one" said
the judge. when 1 sat on the bench
I tried to act fairly and conscientious
ly to all. If you feel that you were
unjustly treated 1t is not too late
now for me to attempt to repair the
wrong"
With that Judge Hogue wrote his
check for $25 and handed 1t to Thomp-
son, who accepted it and put it in his
pocket.
Then the incident was closed. Judge
Hogue is no longer on the bench at
Portland, Ore, but is practicing law
with great success.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
FAMOUS ENGINE IS RETIRED.
Old 1899" Now Doing Half Service
Hauling Milk Train.

New York.-What was probably the
most famous locomotive in the world
has been retired on half service The
engine in question is the famous $780,"
which Is years ago hauled the Empire
State Express and established a speed
record at the rate of 112 miles an hour.
Among the exhibits in the Transports
ton building at the worlds fair in Chi
cago 1t probably attracted the greatest
attention, not only because of the
speed records which it had established,
but because of it's size, its 61z foot
driving wheels being at that time the
largest ever used. After a year Of
service it was sent to the Chicago ex-
position, with its original gold, silver
and nickel trimmings and mahogany
woodwork
To-day all this glory has departed.
The once famous, but now almost for
gotten locomotive is still in service,
but without its fancy trimmings 1t is
hauling a combination milk and pas
seDger train in the northern part of
the state on a short run. Even it's
driving wheels, once the cause OF won
der because Of their size, have been
supplanted with smaller ones, and the
former speed king is merely a railroad
plug. A few years more probably will
see 1t forgotten, doing service on a
branch line.
Although this best known of the
worlds locomotives has refrigerated,
its former driver, Charlie" Hogan,
has advanced. From locomotive en-.
gineer in 1892, whose driving Of the
engine brought his work to the notice
Of officials, he has been promoted to
the position Of division superintendent
of motive power. So far as old "sss'
Is concerned, however, 1t Is doubtful Il
she could to-day make half the speed
which nearly two decades ago estah
nshed new worlds record and made
her famous throughout the country.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
HEAD OF BIG FAMILY
DELAWARE MAN NUMBERS DE
SCENDANTS BY THE SCORE.
Five Generations Are Represented In
Group and All Are AIive-Pater
Recently Celebrated Ninety
Second Birthday.
Photograph By clinedinst. washington, D.

Smyrna. Del.-When President
Roosevelt issued his celebrated fulmi-
nation against race suicide it caused
Samuel Bender of this town no prick
lngs of conscience. He squared his
shoulders, stroked his gray beard
complacently and gazed with undaunt-
ed eye toward the White House. Bend
Ter was the proud possessor of an
~earth-peopling record he felt sure no
Roosevelt could equal.
THE president isn't talking to me-"
he said, and he went on his way re-
joicing.
The old man has seven children, SO
grandchildren, "a great-grandchildren
one great-great-grandchild, eight sons
ln-law and daughters-in-law and %
grandsons-in-law and granddaughters-
in-law. That makes a total of 1913, and
the best of it is that they are all liv-
Ing.
Members Of the family say it is
likely there will be material increase
In the number before the old man is
year older. He was go years old on
December 1 last, and celebrated mis-
birthday quietly in the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. John Webb, in this
town.
One of his granddaughter Is Mrs.
Frances Bender Morrison, wife of AL
vim r. Morrison, president of the Nor
rison Dredging Company in Newark,
n. j. Two of his great-grandchildren
Alma H. Morrison and Hay H. Morri-
son, also live in that city. Herman
Webb, grandson, is assistant super
lntendent of the Pennsylvania Insti-
tute for the Deaf and Dumb in Phila-
delphia.
Samuel Bender, another grandson,
of Port Penn, is an inspector for the
United States government, and so is
Joseph Yearsley, a grandson-in-law,
IN that town. Three of the old mans
granddaughter, Carrie, Lizzie and
Jennie Bender, all sisters, are Della
ware school teachers.
The old man, who can look Presi-
dent Roosevelt straight in the eye on
the race suicide question, was born in
Haddonfield, N. j., on December 1,
1917. In early manhood he was asso-
cieted with Samuel Roe in the nursery
business there. In that connection he
superintendent the planting of hundreds
Of elm trees in Haddonfield, Camden
and Woodbury., N. j., which now evoke
much admiration from lovers of large
trees.
Bender also planted many of the
trees in Pitman grove and in the low
lands in Burlington and Cumberland
counties, New Jersey. One of his most
cherished recollections is that in 184S
he carted potatoes across the Della
ware river on the ice from Cooper's
Creek, Camden, to the present site of
Cramps shipyard in Philadelphia.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20

The Lever That Moves II.
Behind every big accomplishment
there is always one big man.-Hub
bard.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
Teamster Etiquette In Chicago.

Chicago.-A school of etiquette for
teamsters is to be established, with
John t. Stockton, known as the Ches-
terfield of the teaming industry, as in
structor. In a dispute at a freight
house over precedence. according to
the new authority, the Language"
must be after the following model:
Pardon me, Mike, but / believe !
have the right Of way. If you will per-
nit me to suggest that under rule %
of he revised code of Manners and
Meals for Teamsters' my claim has
,precedence-
"All right, old man. back up; you've
Won"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
Stamps and Sentiment.

A monument to Burns has been
erected by the people of Scotland be
side the aud kirk. where his father
was buried, about half mile from the
cottage. 1t Is an ugly affair, and the
interior is given up to selling post
cards. A thriving business is done by
the postmaster here.-Boston Herald
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
Mink rown,s ONLY produet.

Spokane, Wash.-Fairbanks, Wash,
a new town in the Palouse wheat belt,
south of Spokane, will have the dis
tinction of being the only community
in the Pacific northwest devoted ex-
clusively to dairying.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20

In the mountain regions In Cuba
there are many ridges and valleys Of
extremely fertile land, nearly all un-
touched, and existing practically 60
they did before the time Of the span
sards.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-20
Raps at Faith Cure.

Says the Philosopher of Folly: 'The
thing that faith cure has cured most
people of is faith In the faith cure."-
Cleveland Leader.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Causes Fearful Tragedy
At Stafford Springs, Ct.
Mrs. Rister Seriously Injuries
Agent With an Axe
Then Kills Two.year-oId Son and
Makes Awsy With Herself.

Stafford Springs. Conn. May g
Driven insane apparently by the sight
OF memorial card which he she had
ordered for her daughter Elsie. who
died about month ago, Mrs. Bernard
Ristcr this morning beat Charles E.
Emery of Boston, who had called to
deliver the card over the head with
ar axe. inflicting very serious wounds,
shot and killed her two-year-old son
Bernard. and then took her own life
by sending a bullet through her heart.
The tragedy occurred at Jacobs Hol-
low and it became known when the
wounded man, Emery, was brought
into Stafford Springs for medical at
tention.
About two weeks ago Mrs Rister
gave an order for a memorial card for
her daughter Elsie, IA years old. Emery
came from Boston this morning to de-
liver it. According to his story, Mrs.
Rlster seemed pleased with the work.
He had turned from her for a mo-
ment. he said. thinking that she had
gone to the other side of the room to
care for her baby. At that moment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
WRIGHT BROTHERS GIVEN
AN OVATION BY LONDONERS
Presented With Gold Medal Amid Enthu-
siastic Demonstration at Institution of
Civil Engineers-=-All Are Pleased.

London, May "a demonstration Of
enthusiasm, remarkable in it's charac-
ter, was made at the Institution of Civ
il Engineers tonight, when the Aero
nautical Socity of New Britain present
ed a gold medal to Wilbur and Orville
Wright of Dayton, Ohio. Those who
had gathered at the institution to wit
ness the presentation of the gold medal
cheered and applauded repeatedly,
while the Wright brothers blushingly
bore their honors through an hour of
the warmest eulogies. Finally the en-
tire assemblage rose and gave three
cheers for each of the brothers. They
sang For They Are jolly Good Eel
lows" and ended by cheering Miss
katherine Wright.
Sir Hiram Maxim, Lieut.. Gen. Ba-
den-Powell. Capt. F. s. Cady, an Amer
lean who is struggling. but thus far un-
successfully. to perfect his own aero
plane for the British army, and a large
number of scientists and ladies were
present. Speeches were made by Lieut.
Gen. Baden-Powell, Col ]. f. Capper,
the war office aeronautical expert, who
referred to the Wright brothers as
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04

"Unspoiled, as they they were no.
todies," and declared that the nation
which failed to keep peace with the
flying developments might get badly
left in war, and the chairman of the
gathering, Edward Purkis FROST, who
presented the medal.
Both Wilbur and Orville Wright
made brief speeches. tersely express
ing their thanks. Earlier in the even
ing they We're given a dinner at the
Ritz hotel by the Aeronautical Society.
The war Office is not likely to con-
clude arrangements with the inventors
until the aeroplane has been given a
trial in England in the presence Of
experts. Their engagements in the
United States and Germany, however,
preclude the possibility Of their being
able to attend to this personally for
some months but they have made ar
rangements with a builder here for tho
construction of machines and have APP
pointed an agent for Great Britain.
Their patents therefore will be pro-
tected and they expect to sell privately
even if the government does not pur-
chase
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
CAPT. HAMS MUST
HAVE Seen THINGS.
Otherwise He Would Not Have Known
Of the Relations Between Annis
And His Wife, Claudia Hams.

Flushing, N. Y, May S.-With 16 of
the defence's witnesses disposed of,
the Hams trial entered today on it's
third week before Justice Garretson in
the supreme court. Perhaps the most
important testimony in behalf of Capt
Peter C. Hams, Jr., the defendant,
charged with the murder of William E.
Annis, came just before court adjourn
ed for the day. Leo Bugg, a real estate
dealer, and a member Of the Bayside
Yacht Club, where Annis was shot, tes-
titled that he had discussed the merits
of certain property adjoining the Yacht
Club with Thornton Hams, the de-
PENDANTS brother, and at one time
made an appointment with Thornton
Hams to meet him at the Yacht Club
landing.
Bugs testimony tends to show
lack of generalization by the defend
ant, and to corroborate that of Thorn
ton Hams, who testified that he and
the captain went to the Yacht Club
place Aug. 10 last. the day Annis was
killed to find Bugg or his partner, Jes-
person, to inspect the Baysde proper
ty. 1t was purely by accident that Capt.
Hams and Annis, the man whom he
believed had ruined his home, met
there that day, the defence contends.
Major John p Hams, a brother of
the captain. continued his testimony
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Second National Congress
Opens at Chicago.
Delegates Welcomed by Gov
ernor and Mayor.
President Taft Sends Letter Defln-
Ing Our Peace Policy.

Chicago, May 3.-The second Nation
al Peace Congress was opened for
mally here today. Orchestra hall was
we'll filed with delegates. Robert
Treat Paine of Boston, president of the
American Peace Society, was in the
chair.
Addresses of welcome were made by
Gov. Charles S. Deneen and Mayor
Fred A. Busse of Chicago. The Rev
A. E. Bartlett, chairman of the recep-
ton committee. welcomed the delegates
to the work of the Congress and told
them of the arrangements that had
been made for their comfort and con-
venience.
A letter from President Taft was
read by Secretary of the Interior Rich
ard a. Ballinger who had been dele
gated to represent the administration.
Miss Anna B. Eckstcin Of Boston pre-
scented petition to the third Hague
conference. DR.. Benjamin F. True
blood, secretary of the American Peace
Society. told of the present position CT
the peace movement aid Dean w. P.
Rogers of the Cincinnati Law School
spoke of THE Dawn Of Universal
Peace"
In his address of welcome, Dr. Bart
lett said:
I'VE welcome you to the serious work
OF the congress. Large have been the
expenditures, but we expect you to do
your work so faithfully that the
achievements of this gathering will be
UNNECESSARILY greater than it's expen-
ditures. This congress must be more
than spasmodic expression of pro-
test against war, ard a resolution that
disarmament would be desirable. 1t
should inaugurate a still more effective
campaign of education of the people
in the interests of permanent world
wide peace. The burdens of war are
borne by the common people and in the
end the verdict of war or peace must
rest with the RANK and file of the
people,"
Exercises of many kinds were held
in the city yesterday as a. preliminary
to this session. Special peace services
were held in all Of the churches in the
city yesterday as a preliminary to this
session. Special peace services were
held in all of the churches in the morn
ing. In the afternoon there was a la
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he felt a singing blow on the head.
AS he turned he saw Mrs. Rister rails
ing the axe to strike again. Before
he could get out of the way she had
again brought the blunt end of the
weapon down on his head.
Weak and dazed and with the blood
streaming down over his face and
shoulders he got out of the house. The
woman pursuing overlook him easily
as he was weak from the loss of blood
and brought him to the ground. She
was holding him down and had the
axe uplifted to strike him again when
two men, Leon Rounds and c. T.. Oh
sen, the latter travelling for Boston
concern, came into sight in team.
They cried out to the woman and dis
tracing her attention rushed up and
seized her. She broke away from them
and ran into the house. While they
were assisting the wounded man to
the road. Newell Dolphin drove up and
all three put Emery into a wagon and
brought him here. AS they were driv-
ing away they heard shot in the
house Had. 4Es
The woman after entering the house
had shot her two-year-old son through
the head and then herself through the
heart. Mr.. Rister, who works here,
said that his wife had appeared to be
all right when che drove him to work
this morning Later she had driven
to school their other two children. II
is said that Mrs. Rister had acted
strangely at times since the death of
her daughter. Emory's wounds though,
serious are not fatal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04

at the opening of court today. His
cross-examination by District Attor-
ney Dewitt was brief and barren Of
any consequential discrepancies.
Most of the day was occupied with
the examination of officers of the Unit
ed States army and government en-
ployes, stationed at Forts Hamilton
and Hancock, and the Negro servants
who were employed in Capt. Hams
household at Fort Hamilton at the
time he was in the Philippines. The
army men testified to conversations
with the captain at various times dur
ing July and August, 1908, and charac-
terized his speech and conduct upon
these occasions as Irrational"
Emma Lavelle, the Hams cook, and
Minnie Rohme and Lille Sawyer, Me-
gro maids employed by Claudio Hams.
caused considerable amusement by the
characteristic manner in which they
told of the alleged "antics" of Annis
and Claudia Hams at the Hams Fort
Hamilton home during the captains
absence.
The prosecution, it is said. expects to
call a number of army officers who
were acquainted with Capt. Hams and
observed him during the summer of
1908, to combat the testimony of ir-
nationality submitted by the defence's
army witnesses. .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04

With reference to published reports
that the use of certain forms Of ar
senic in spraying trees to destroy in
sect pests might cause storage OF
poison in the soil which would be dam
gerous to human beings. the Massa-
chusetts highway commission has re-
ceived letter from L. o. Howard. chief
Of the bureau Of entomology Of the de-
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton, stating that there is no danger
whatever in the methods employed in
this work in Massachusetts,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04

Washington, May 3.-Temperaturos
rose generally over the country Mon
day. and the weather was fair. except
from tho Ohio valley and lower Lake
region over the interior of the middle
Atlantic states, where showers occur
red Temperature will continue to rise
in the east Tuesday and "Wednesday.
The next disturbance will advance from
the northern Rocky mountain district
to the NJ antir coast from Tuesday 10
Thursday attend ID by showers and fol
lowed by cooler weather that will
reach the Atlantic states about Sun
day Tho winds along the New Eng
land and middle Atlantic coasts will b.
moderate south to west.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Zones ARRA|GNED.
|gads Not Guilty Of As
! uuh With Intent to Kill.
), Steen, Whom He Shot
/ n Monson, Recovering.
~ 4. Doherty Convicted at H.
/ burn on Similar Charge.

Doyer, Me, May 3.-Griffith Jones,
|asrged with assault with intent to Kill
M murder Miss Ethel Steen, the
|,rung girl shot at Monson Sunday,
|lnril Is, pleaded not guilty in the
municipal court today, waived a hear
n and was bound over to the Septem-
er term of the supreme court. Being
Unable to furnish bail in the sum OF
kN0o, he was committed to Jail.
Jones counsel announced that APP
sicaton TO the supreme court would
n made this week for an order for
Ebnes' commitment to the State Insane
kespital for observation. Miss Steen,
tho was taken to the Bangor hospital
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