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The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU.

6e2 King Street.
Alexandria, Va. March list Patrick's
Day was observed tonight by Alexandra
Division, No l. Ancient order OF Hiber-
mans. with a smoker at St. Marys Hall
During the evening several members OF
the order made brief addresses.
A large audience tonight attended the
emerald tea given az Lee Camp Han by
the United Daughters OF the Confederacy-
The participants included Mrs. William
WOolls. Sherman Fowlers. George T.
Pickett. Misses Rotchford. REGISTER. and
Domaine. and BIessrs. Fowler, slaymaker.
BirreH. Odgen. Westlaken. and Dlnwid-
die. who gave an interesting musical and
literary programme
Failing fEom a scanolding a distance OF
eighteen feet. Messrs. Julian Poss and
William Barber were seriously injured
while at work al the terra Gotta works
in Alexandria County yesterday. Winter
p Crupper was caught beneath the fall
Ing men. and received slight decorations
about the head The injured men were
brought 10 this city. where they were at
tended by DIT. W. II. Smith.
II. F. Gentry has purchased two lots
n George Washington Park. ]. Frank
Carlin has also purchased two lots in the
park
The board o. police commissioners held
its regular monthly business meeting to-
night The business was OF a routine
nature.
A contribution or so for the old Home
coming Week has been made by r. P.
Andrews & Co. OF Washington.
A musical and literary entertainment
was given last night by the infant class
Of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday school. and was well attended.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
TAKES BURGLAR ON STREET.
Man who Broke Jail Surprised by
Officer.


Parkersburg. W. Va. March T-John
Boring. a notorious burglar, who has
served two terms In the penItentiary. and
who broke jail a: St Marys MONDAY
night, was captured here while walking
down the principal street OF the city.
Boring's capture was effected easily. he
being surprised by officer Galway, or the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad detective
force. When searched a big revolver was
found on Boring. and he told the officer
that if he had seen him first he would
have used II.
Boring, with four other prisoners. es-
capped from the st. Marys jail. in Pleas
ants County, Monday night by breaking
the lock on the door, None Of the other
fugitives has been captured. Boring has
a long record as a burglar. and the fact
that he has served two terms in the peni-
tertiary already may mean that he will
go up for life Z convicted this time
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Man Sues Woman for Ring.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Roanoke, Va. March 1.-THE Corpora
ton Court was engaged to-day hearing
the case OF Spared Shartzer, Of Norfolk.
against Miss Myrtle Curley. stenographer.
Of this city. The suit was for the re-
cOvery OF a diamond ring which Shartzer
claimed he loaned Miss Curley. The
young lady asserted that the ring was
a present from Shartzer. The ring was
awarded TO Shartzer.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
WILL PROTECT ROOSEVELT.
Steamship Company VIII Keep Dock
Cleared Whe,l He sails.


New York. March lion account OF the
large number OF requests for admission
to the Hamburg-American Line piers IN
Hoboken, and also permission 70 board
the steamer Hamburg on March g. when
Col. Roosevelt sails for Europe. the Ham
burg-American Line has made arrange
ments TO issue special passes 70 board
the steamer TO nobody but friends OF pas
sengers booked 10 sail on the Hamburg.
To obtain pass It viii be necessary
for the applicant TO show the passage
ticket and only three admission ticket
viii be issued on each passage order. spe-
cial passes, admitting visitors 10 the pier
only. VII be issued upon application u
the officers.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Indorse HuIl for Mnrnr

SPECIAL 20 he Mashirgton Herald
Parkersburg ". Va. March 17.-Ona
hundred and twenty-five prominent citi-
zens to-day signed their names TO a me-
tition. placing in nomination Wesley Hyu
candidate for mayor OF the Citizens
party, recently organized by the Law and
Order League.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Company Troubles May Be Settled.

Special 10 Tho Washington Herald.
Salisbury. \. c.. March 17.-For the pur-
pose Of conducting a special hearing in
the litigation against the Whitney Power
Company. OF Pittsburg, owners of the
big electric and water power plant being
developed at the Narrows. on the Yad-
kin River. near Salisbury, A. II. Price
OF this city, went 10 New York to-day.
John S. Henderson, receiver OF the SO
O0G.Oc0 concern. and Burton Craige. also
OF this city. are in New York for the
hearing, which It is said viii last ten
days The principal issue In the case
arises over a claim Of the contracting
firm OF the T. A. Gillespie Company for
a balance Of about $3.50, 900. alleged 20 be
due from the Whitney Company. II IS
believed here that all the differences will
be adjusted and work resumed on the big
plant.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
HICKMAN TAKES STAND.
Declares MeIdrum Ran over Cliff
to Escape Him.

Special to The Washington Her4ld
Parkersburg, W. Va, March 1.-THE
climax in the trial of Ralph Hickman
charged with the murder OF Frank Mel
drum, was reached tonight when the de-
fendant himself took the stand and told
the story OF the fatal night Medium,
he declared, had ran away 70 escape him
and in doing so had, by accident. ran
over the clifI. at the foot Of which he
was found a short time afterward.
The trial was halted only for a few
hours to-day while Judge Woods. who
is sitting in the case. attended the fu-
neral Of his mother, who died yesterday
The trial viii now be rushed to a con-
clusion. The case should go to the jury
by the end OF the week
The girl. Ruby Hickman. will also take
the stand and tell her story. Il is ex-
pected that the defense wiz spring q
surprise when she is put on the stand
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Cow pitches Engine
-ial to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Fredericksburg, Va, March IA train
on the Potomac, Fredericksburg and
Piedmont Railroad. running from this
city to Orange Court House. struck a
COW yesterday. derailing the engine and
causing It 70 roll down a steep embank-
ment. The engineer and fireman escaped
injury by jumping.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
FIR e e
Pill
CUR
Sent to Demonstrate the Merits Of
Pyramid Pile Cure.
What 1t Has Done for Others II Can
Do for You.

We have testimonials by the hundreds
showing all stages, kinds, and degrees OF
piles which have been cured by Pyramid
Pile Cure.
II you could read these unsolicited let
ters you would no doubt go 10 the nearest
drug store and buy box Of Pyramid Pile
Cure at once. price 90 cents.
We do not ask you TO do this Send US
your name and address and we will send
You trial package by mail free
We know what the trial package will
do. In many cases It has cured piles with
out further treatment. II It proves its
value to you order more from your drug
gist, at 80 cents a box. This is falr is it
not Simply I'LL out free coupon below and
mail to-day
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
warwick Lumber Company Assigns.

E'I7-lat % lI.7 ''.794lIs'''N IitI0Il
Suffolk, Va, March 1.-THE Warwick
Lumber Company to-day made a deed of
assignment TO James II. Corbitt. trustee.
conveying assets, composed principally of
standing timber in North Carolina. valued
at $4,000 The liabilities are about $25.-
900. exclusive Of the $4,000 capital stock.
George L. Barton, formerly Of Maryland.
is president of the Warwick Lumber
Company.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
TO TEST PROHIBITION LAW.
Tennessee Liquor Interests VIII
Appeal to Supreme Court.

Nashville, Tenn. March 1.-THE law.
but recently enacted by the State legis-
lature. prohibiting the manufacture Of
liquors In the State OF Tennessee. Is TO
be carried to the Supreme Court of the
United States in n test case
Plans Of the liquor interests TO attack
the law have been guarded with the ut
most secrecy but to-day it became def
hitely known that suit would be filed by
ar least five manufacturers in the State
whose stockholders are largely nonresi-
dent. in order that the case may be
brought in the Federal Court.
Six attorneys. II is said. have been en-
gagged, two from Tennessee. two from
New York, one frem Washington, and
one from Cincinnati. TO prosecute the
case.
Along with the attack on the manufac-
turers' law It Is also planned to attack
the Statewide prohibition law.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
New Battle Abbey site Suggested.

hpeclaI % The Wasbington Herald
Richmond. Va. March 1.-THE latest
move 10 secure site for the battle alb
hey viii be made by Councilman John A.
Cutchin, who viii introduce an ordinance
for the purchase OF the present site of
the Richmond College. making thereof a
park and allotting portion OF the ground
for the memorial building.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Greenwood Dies from Injuries.

Special 70 The washington Herald
Staunton, Va, March Nv. L. Green
wood. a telephone lineman. died here
to-day, from injuries sustained Monday
when a pole broke and fen across his
body. He died Of internal injuries. HIS
wife and two young children survive. He
was a Mason. and viii be buried IN
Manchester.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Body Taken to Cumberland.

Cumberland, Nd, March I7-Ths body
OF Thomas Leiper Patterson, aged six.
teen years, the only sen Of Mr.. and Mrs
Lamar G. Patterson. Of Lynchburg. Va
was brought here this morning and taken
70 the home OF his uncle, Judge Robert
r. Henson. accompanied by Mr. Patter.
son and Mrs Nelson c. Read. sister OF
Mrs. Patterson.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18

% To
Lynchhurg. Va, March 1.-THE con-
tract for the erection Of two REINFORCED
concrete reservoirs and laying the mains
to supply water on Thomas +. Ryan's
Nelson County estate has been let 70
Lane Brothers Company. The work viii
cost about $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
MERRIMAC HERO DEAD.
BENJAMIN A. Richardson Was 9
Painter OF Naval ENGAGEMENTS.

fainter OF Naval engagements.
Norfolk. Va, March 17.-Benjamin A.
Richardson, one OF the last survivors of
the Confederate ironclad Virginia. Is dead
at his home here. aged seventy-five years.
He was one OF twenty-five artilIerymen
who volunteered for service on the YES
sci.
Richardson won distinction as a painter
OF the engagements in which the Viz
ginia participated. He IS survived by q
wife and six children.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
LynehBurs Signs New Pitcher.

Special TO ne Washington Herald
LynehbGrg. Va, March H.-Manager
orth has signed for the local team a
southpaw pitcher named TreviIlian, who
lives az Ashland. Va Orth expects the
big fzrcE 70 make good. This gives the
Shoemakers six PITCHERS.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
The H0LMHURST.

PeunsylT1nia sTs-- rear Beach- Unohstructed soesa
TieTs private baths Stationary WaShstznds With Rot
and cod rurn-ng water "a bedroorz Elevator 70
street le1sL Capacty go Ops1 al the yesr
Hotel electric cooch meets t-afnS Literature upo1
IeQle>l HENRY DARNELL
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Drops Dead walking Around House.

oIttlAI % Inc Nasnlngton Herald
Winchester, Va. March H-Rush
Himelwright. farmer Of Capon Springs,
Hampshire County. w Va, died suddenly
Of heart disease to-day at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. Lucy Orndorn, whom be
was visiting. While walking from one
room 10 another he fell to the floor dead
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
st. Patrick's Day Observed by
Local Division, A. D. H.
EMERALD TEA BY LEE CAMP
Two Men Fall from scanOIdfnE and
Are Injured-A Third IL Caught
Underneath and Is Also Hurt-PO-
lice Commissioners Hold Their
Regular Monthly Meeting.

Alexandria News Agency, 9o2 King street Alex
aDdria. Va. authorized agents and carriers for
The Washington Herald. The Herald viii be de-
hyered daily and sunday to any address IN Alex
audria Tor 50 cents q month.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
Kept Guard Over Victim.
RoanoIse DistiHers Forced to A.sirn

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Roanoke Va. March 17.-Arenhime &
Bro. whisky distillers and wholesale and
retail liquor dealers. were to-day forced
into Involuntary bankruptcy. The liabiI-
tiles are $4,000 Assets are not given.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18

While you think Of II, telephone your
Want Ad. 20 The Washington Herald,
and bin wiz be sent you at cent a word.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
KILLS SELF SHOOTING BIRDS.
Farmer. Cunning for SparrOws, Ae-
cidenta1ly Meets Death.

Sh'N4et ~ &c Nao44lLelou AAcldlu
HagerstOwn. Nd. March I7-SamueI
Newcomer. a farmer Of Smithsburg dis
trict. accidentally killed himself this aft
ernoon while shooting sparrows at his
barn. He was found dead by his son
Hubert in a wagon shed.
The load from his shotgun had entered
his left side and passed through his heart
Mr.. Newcomer was sixty-four years old
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
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The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
CAREFULLY E0TE THESE FACTS.

IS. PRINCE GEORGE" strictly rrs-
class passenger and nal steamer. Carries no czrtis
CT offensive freight. THE FASTEST, STEADIEsr
AND host COMFORTABLE STEAMER To
BERMUDA HanGsuns booklet and fuu partfC1-
Lars q
THE BERMUDA-ATLANTI :. :. CO.
- STATE ST.. NEW YORK.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-18
STEAMSHIPS.
BERMUDA s :nn S2Oa1'5.e
First eIass-TncIuiiny Berth ani Meals.

The most Delightful resort IN ne world Ide1i
climate al year. The gzrden SPOT q the Uorld-
Les thar two DAYS from New York b. The uaa-
ri6cent nineteen knot tuin-sc-eH OCEAN nysT.
PRINCE GEORGE" tequipped With wireless, tie
fastest and most comfortable steamer 10 Bermuda.
sails every THURSDAY a. u A. H.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
NEWTOWN

The members of the Newtown High
School ball team promise good game
Saturday, May I, when they will play
the team from Shelton High School.
No doubt the game will be- lnte. 7es ting
and the local team should Sbe encour-
aged by good attendance.
Miss Louise Biglow and niece, Miss
Amy Biglow Frost, and goyerness of
Boston, have opened Sunset cottage
for the season.
Miss Phoebe Carey Of Ansonia. is re-
newing old friends in town and is th6
guest of Miss Anna Troy, Berkshire y
Miss Abbie Peck is entertaining Miss
Hettie Way and Mrs. Anthrane of
Brooklyn.
G.. F. Beardsley passed Monday in
Bridgeport and Stamford.
The Borough caucus will be held
Saturday evening, May 1, at 7:3O
o'clock, at the Brick building. for the
purpose OF nominating officers for the
ensuing year.
Your correspondent wishes to correct
an error in the account Of the recent
oance given at the town hall in which
Curtis E. Cook feels that he has been
given an undue amount of credit.
Whatever success attended the func-
ton mentioned above was due equally
to each member Of the committee of
arrangements, no one acting as chair
man. We were nisinfornned through
the well meant modest inclinations of
member of the same committee and
herewith gladly give credit to whom
it is due.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
NEED FOR RELIEF
IN MASSACRE. ZONE
Appalling Conditions in Turkey Cabled
From constantinople Today to Amer.
ican Board fer- Foreign Missions in
Boston.
Especial from United Press.)

Boston, April 30.-The latest word of
the conditions in the Turkish massa-
ere zone was received by the Ameri-
can Board OF Commissioners for For
efgn Missions here todayby cable from
Constantfnop1e. 1t is in answer to
queries sent in to ". W. Peet, treas
urer OF the Turkish Missions with
headquarters in. the Ottoman capital.
The cable reads:
''Need for relief funds Increasing.
Twenty thousand to feed in Adana
alone. Hospitals and orphanages
crowded Feeding 1000 ia Tarsus also
large number in Aintab and MaraSh.
Food stuffs generally destroyed. Ship
ments from here. Hasten aid. Four
thousand pounds ($20,000) needed i'm
media tely. Notify Red Cross and the
public. Martial law quiets Adana
Missionaries and property safe. Trow-
bridge AXIS washington government
to Investigate killing of Rogers and
Ma,urer when ships come. (Signed)
Peet."
1.-The Trowbridge referred to is the
Rev. Stephen Trowbridge of Aintab,' -
said Mr.. W. E Strong of the American
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
BODY OF HELEN MARDEN,
MURDERED AT SMITH COLLEGE,
HAS ARRIVED In SOMERVILLE
Especial from United Press.)

Boston, April 3O.-Under the care of
her father, the body of Helen A. Mar
den, who was shot and killed by Por-
ter L. Smith, a Dartmouth graduate,
on the campus of Smith College, North
anpton, yesterday, has arrived at the
Marden home IN Somerville. Full ar
engagements for the funeral of the
young woman have not been completed
but a service will be held at her par
ents' home tomorrow at which a great
concourse of her friends will be pres
ent.
Miss Louise Marden, who was also a
student at Smith College accompanied
the body of her dead sister to their
home in Somerville. She, as well as
Mrs. Marden, is FRUSTRATED.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30

Charmion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
AN HONEST DOCTOR

remarked to his patient who had been
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound after his efforts had
failed, Mrs. Weber, 1 do not believe
in patent medicines, but 1 will say
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
is the best medicine ever
discovered for women. Continue to use
it" This is another link in the long
chain of evidence to prove the relia-
bility of this standard medicine for
women.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
$3.50 Cannon ST.

Board. He was at Adana at the
time of the nassacres. At that time
the word treacherous' was used in
connection with the name of Rogers
and Maurer and the demand for an
investigation indicates that their death
was not, as at first reported, the re-.
suit of an accident, but the culmina-
ton of a plot for their assassination"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

At the tenth annual banquet of the
Hartford Business Mems Association
last night at the Hotel Garde, the
Bridgeport Association was represent
ed by President F. w. Bolande.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-04-30

IT YOU want IN exterpinator for all
kinds of bugs and insects, why not
get one that has a $1,000 guarantee.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-08-10
North Paris.

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Littlehale of Dur
ham, N. H., are visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. d. Littlehale.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Andrews and fam
lily have returned to Portland.
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. ID. Foss.
Mrs. d. B. Dow and daughter, Esther
Of Rochester, N. a., visited Mrs. Dow,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Dow.
The ladies of the Baptist Church anG
Parish recently met with Mr.. Charlie:
Stevens and formed a club called, Tit
Willing Workers, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning funds to repair the church ant
make it into a more modern place o.
worship. The charter members are
Mrs. A. d. Littlehale, Mrs. Howard
McAlister, Mrs. Charles Stevens, Mrs
Eliza r. Putuey, Mrs. Carlton Bacon
Mrs. Arthur Abbott, Mrs. B. c. Lowe
Miss Grace Durham, Miss Ora Bonney
and Miss Ida Ross. The officers are:
President, Mrs. A. d. Littiehale.
Vice President, Mrs. Chas. Stevens.
Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Iona Littlehale
Manager and Director, Mrs. Elizabeth Rich
ardson Putney.
A lawn party was the first public
attempt, on the lawn at the Baptis
church, and it proved success, boil
from a money and social side.
Meetings will be held later to MAXI
arrangement, for a more extended work
such as charter and bylaws. Mrs. E
X. Putney has accepted the position a
manager for fair to be given at future
date.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-08-10
West Bethel.

"Tell me pot in mournful numbers;
Life is but an empty DREAM"
Will, s we've heaps Of green Gu; eacumIsrs'
"Give me old friends, the tried and true;
ct others seek for friendships new;
There's naught to life such comfort lends
As these two things: old shoes, old friends"
~ know we are not thankful as we ought to be,
For all the many blessings God hath given;
And 80 think the time VIII come at last, wher
Shall weep DER sundered ties which death
hath rlven."
Beautiful midsummer weather.
Mrs. Mary Lowell visited Mrs. i. D
Grover few days last week.
A. b. Tyler is done working in Bethel
and went to bis home in South Paris
Tuesday.
The hay crop is not abundant, but il
being gathered In fine condition.
Mrs. Elsina Coffin went to Berlin, N
H., Monday, to spend week in her ole
home.
Many went from this place to Bethel
Monday to attend Wheeler's circus.
Vegetation exposed to the scorchinl
heat of the sun is In dropping condi.
ton, and rain is very much needed.
Mrs. Alice Potter Ia done working in
the hotel, and now has employment il
the Written & Dennison post card house
Canker worms are more numerous thii
year than ever before, and are doing
much damage to fruit and forest trees.
Fred Wheeler and wife, after residing 6
few years in Wakefield, Massachusetts,
have moved back to Bethel.
E. Payson Philbrook visited his sister
Mrs. A. P. Mason, Sunday and Monday
aud has decided to once more make hi
home in Oxford County.
Master Harlie Dennlson of South Par
is visited his parents Sunday, and hi
uncle, e. P. Dennison accompanied him
We are becoming interested in philate
ly and numismatics, and those having
old postage and revenue stamps and rare
coins to sell are requested to write II
Democrat Correspondent" Box So.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-08-10


Il has been 6rst class hay weather for
several days past and some have hauled
10 their last load, while some others Will
this week II It continues favorable. But
the corn leaves begin to roll up, from
which Il Ia inferred that more rain Ii
decided.
The green worms are ut It again, hav-
ing already stripped many trees Of their
foliage; and II their depredations con.
tinue month longer, acres OF hard
wood trees will be - bare Of leaves - In
December.
New potatoes and cucumbers July 81,
being q few days more than two months
from the time of planting.
The strawberry crop was uncommonly
large this year, while the raspberry and
blueberry drops are fully an average.
About 40 quarts OF the latter have been
picked and the most Of them canned
here within few days. Floyd Morgan,
of Bryant's Pond, came here this morning
and is now out on blueberry picking In
company with another man.
Last Monday morning a. John Bisbee
was taking Herbert Rings milk to the
station, en- route for Portland, the horse
stumbled, breaking the carriage so that
the boy was obliged to leave the wreck
and return home; consequently the milk
failed to find . market that day.
Frank Bennett has been assisting Dan.
lei Bryant in cutting his hay and finished
up; he Is now cutting and hauling home
hay from Jesse Daniels place, which be
bought standing.
We have received several pictorial
post cards recently, and therefore thank
the persons who sent them altogether
instead or separately.
1t ia now less than three weeks to the
Hamlin centennial at Paris; and should
the day be propitious, as all hope 1t will
be, thousands of people will assemb le
there as they did at the town centennial
celebration several years ago. The writer
was there then and hopes to be again or
the day in question, and shake hands
with divers old friends and acquaintean-