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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
COMET SEEN WITH NAKED EYE
Bea utiful Spectacle Presented, With
the Noon and Venus as
SupernumerarleS.

Providence favored those who got up
early enough Friday morning to catch a
glimpse Of Halley's comet.
The sky above the Eastern horizon
was beautifully clear, and the heavenly
visitan could be seen with the naked
eye without difficulty. From 80 to 4
o'clock it was in all its glory, yet 1t
formed only one feature Of the mar
Vicious picture presented in the Eastern
heavens.
On the low horizon dark streamer
of cloud, with its upper edges family
pUrpling in the glow of the asc -ndng
sun, marked with keen definiteness the
clear blue Of the upper sky. Just above
the horizon line shone the waning moon,
its perfect cycle of rich golden dull
ness. Just above and to the north of 1t
burned with unwonted splendor the
glorious planet Venus, and little dis
lance ABOVE and to the north of her
could be seen the comet, its tail easily
defined, its color being of that pale,
milky hue as of the full disc of the
moon when seen shining in the daytime
in a blue sky.
All three of the heavenly objects
could be observed by the eye in a single
glance. The picture was inspiringly
beautiful. 1t was seen from many
points. The same delightful picture of
heavenly splencor will be visible in the
Eastern sky before sunrise every morn
ing up to and including MAY 18th, the
comet increasing in brillancy a little
more each day.
The tail was traced fully u degrees,
which means that its visible length is
10, 900, 900 miles The comet was then
SO, 900, 600 miles from the earth
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

Prof. Frank Rathbun spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives in Loeb
Lynn.
Mrs. Sweet, who was reported i'll in
our letter last week, was taken to the
limbaugh sanitorium in Oakland Tues
day suffering with typhoid fever. Mr.
and Mrs. James Anderson will care for
her children during her illness.
Mr.. Thomas Harris is still confined to
his home. He is critically ill.
Mr.. Thomas Calls, who attended the
grand lodge of Red Men at Oxford Md,
last week, returned Saturday, having
visited friends in Philadelphia. New
York city and Trenton, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison and grandson
are in Romney cottage for the season.
They will entertain special friends only
this summer.
Mrs. NJ. A. Yost is here with her sis
ter, Mrs Cornwall
Mrs. w. w. Davis arrived here Mon
day and opened her cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Carr, of Fair
mont, arrived Tuesday and are in their
cottage which is being improved
Mrs. Lester Yutzy is very i'll, appen-
dicitis having developed Monday. Her
physicians hope for recovery without an
operation. Her oldest child. aged about
two years. is also very i'll.
Mr.. H. N. Cuppett and family left for
visit among relatives in Sang Run and
Friendsville districts Tuesday morning.
They will return Friday or Saturday.
/ Mr.. f. ?. Arnold is plastering Mr..
Fred Gortner's new residence on his
farm one mile south of here.
The old postoffice foundation has been
torn down and the material is being
utilized in improvements at other points
in the PARK.
You will find the advertisement of
Miss Carmichaels millinery store in this
issue. 1t was overlooked in the make
up last week.
Miss Della Calls, Of Hoyes, is visit
ing relatives in Mountain Lake Park
and Loeb Lynn.
Mr.. B. f. Crane will complete his
work as census enumerator for this dis
trict today.
Preaching in the NJ. E. church Sun
day morning at II o'clock. At o'clock
the Epworth League will hold anniver-
sary services. A special program will
be rendered. Everybody invited.
MIR. Walter Myers may have charge
of the meat department of Wilson &
Barnard S store this summer.
The Red Men will hold anniversary
services in the Baptist church, Loeb
Lynn, this evening at o'clock.
Mr.. Lee N. Hayden is painting the
postoffice building.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
FROST WAS FATAL To
GARRETT COUNTY FRUIT
Thousands of Dollars Loss Sustained
BY Local Farmers and Orchardists.

The freeze of last Thursday morning
when the thermometer reached % de-
grees F., followed on Friday and Satur-
day mornings by occurrences of this
state of weather, blasted the hopes of
all Garrett countians for fruit crop
which promised to be the heaviest in
the history Of the county, as the apple,
pear and cherry trees We're in full
bloom, presenting picture of rare
beauty and bringing to mind the good
things to be enjoyed when the crops
were gathered.
In addition to killing the fruit buds
and blossoms, early vegetables were
also nipped and in many instances these
will have to be replanted. Some farm
ers have expressed their doubts as to
the safety OF the wheat crop. From
all appearance it seems to have been
pretty generally frozen, which will
add very materially to the damage sus-
tanned by the succession of frosts of the
last three days of the past week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12

The following. marriage licenses have
been issued by Clerk E. Z. Tower since
our last report:
Lauren Rally Smith, of near Terra
Alta, and Susie A. Wirsing, of Fayette
county, Pa.
James Luther Arnett and Nell
Stealey, both of Monongah, w. Va.
James Reuben Layton, of Cassville,
w. Va, and Ida Blanche Miller, OF
Charlotte, w. Va,
Josiah Ellsworth Ross, of Goose
Greek, W. Va, and Laura Gnegy, of
Red House, Md.
Jasper Ezra Kisner, of Hutton, and
Jessie Feather, of Preston county, W.
Va.
James Edwin Kennedy and Louie
May Sine, both of Marion county, W.
Va
Three with request not to publish.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12

Harry Hetriech, youngest child of
Mr. and Mrs. Melchor Hetriech, depart
ed this life at Bittinger on Thursday,
May 5, 1910, at the tender age of
years, II months and days, after a
brief season of suffering from an at
tack of pneumonia. AS the fragrance
of the rose Is spent IN its brief season of
blooming, so the sweetness and inno-
cence of this child-life was spent in a
brief bright life on earth, and as we
hope to behold the beauty and inhale
the fragrance of the rose in another
bright, glad spring time, so also we
shall meet and greet the departed dar-
ling in the unfading sunshine of a better
and brighter world on the golden shores
of eternity.
One childish voice we hear no more
Filling the day with its song,
Since baby has passed to that fair,
bright shore
To join it that angel throng.
One brief span of three short years.
Such unto him was given
Be still, sad heart, forego thy tears,
Thy child is safe in heaven.
One vacant place, one empty spot,
In a home and a mothers breast
Sad heart submit and murmur not,
For God knew what was best.
A FRIEND.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
STEYER MINE HAS
RESUMED OPERATIONS
Under New Ownership and the Output
Will be increased.

The mines at Steyer, this county.
which have passed through the courts
and are now owned by number of
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Mary
land capitalists, resumed operations
Monday of this week with Mr.. A.
Spates Brady, of Fairmont, in charge.
The mines will be operated by a cor
poration under the laws of the State of
West Virginia to be known as the Bra
nard Coal Company, with Mr.. Brady as
president and manager and Mr.. Fred.
C. Leonard, Of Cowdersport, Pa, w.
r. Offutt and j. C. Rennmger and a
number of Pennsylvania capitalists in
terested. The new company has a cap
ital of $50, 600 paid up and will have I'M
limited financial backing to successfully
operate and market the product of the
mines.
Mr.. Brady is known as a successful
coal operator having been engaged in
such work in and about Fairmont for a
number Of years past.
The coal taken from the Steyer mines
is of a superior quality and has found a
ready market in years gone by. Bad
management on The part of the former
owners and operators brought about
financial difficulties and it was sold a
year or more ago to the bondholders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
DR.. JOHN {. LEGGE MET
WITH PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Back Fire" OF Automobile Engine
Resulted in Breaking His Right Arm

Tuesday evening about six o'clock
DR.. John E. Legge, of Oakland, was
painfully as well as seriously injured
near Deer Park, where he had been
called on professional business, when he
attempted to crank his automobile. The
engine "back fired" which drove the
crank against his right arm near the
wrist joint and resulted in fracture of
the large bone and dislocation of the
smaller bone.
Mr.. E. E. Friend, register of wills,
had accompanied DR.. Legge to Deer
Park and they were preparing to return
to Oakland when the accident occurred.
Mr.. Friend being unable to drive the
automobile home, telephoned into Oak
land and Mr.. Scott T. Jones drove his
machine to the point where Dr. Legge
had been injured and brought him home
in record time. The fracture was re-
duced by DR.. limbaugh and later Dr.
Legge went to Cumberland where he
became a patient in the Western Mary
land Hospital, returning to Oakland
yesterday.
While DR., Legge will be unable to do
any surgical work for some weeks to
come his office practice will not suffer
as result of his injury.
DR.. Legge was accompanied to Cum
berland by Mr.. Harland L. Jones, who
returned to Oakland yesterday morning,
reporting that he left the injured man
resting comfortably.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12

and serving room have been enlarged
and number of conveniences put in.
The refrigerating space has also been
increased. Mr. Parks, the care taker,
is putting in flower seed and looking
after the outside work. Mrs. List is
booking a number of guests from the
Mississippi valley.
The c. NJ. Rathbun Sons Co., incor-
porated, have the largest plant of the
kind in the county. The buildings are
located on a two acre tract of land.
The planlng mill is 32x9O feet and two
stories high. One lumber shed is 40x50
feet; two are 50Xl80 feet The store
and office building are well equipped
for the purposes intended. The firm
handles about fifty cars of coal a year
Last week they received a car of red
cedar shingles from the state of Wash
ington. The freight charges on this
car was $3.50. The firm handles every
thing necessary to build a house from
the foundation to the completed build
ing, full line Of hardware, paints, gas
stoves and fixtures, all kinds OF roofing,
etc. Mr. c. ]. Rathbun is president
and w c. Rathbun is secretary and
treasurer of the company. This plant
has been under the management of the
Rathbun family for the past quarter
century.
The city council has decided to put in
four additional street lights They have
also taken into consideration the ques-
ton of sewerage.
The Baptist church is to be painted.
Councilman Hewitt is having his house
painted
Mr.. P T. Lipscomb has put in a
cement walk from his porch to the side
walk equal to anything to be found in
the largest cities of our land.
Mr.. Ed Rathbun has purchased the
Loeb Lynn livery stable from Mr.. VIM.
Seebold and is pre- Aring to furnish the
public with the best service possible.
The greatest need of this village is
houses for rent A dozen houses could
be rented to all year people and to sum-
mer visitors. Several houses have two
families living IN them, because there
is not house for rent in the town.
Our painters. paper hangers, gas
filters, plumbers and carpenters are all
busy putting the town in fine shape for
for the summer. There is no boom,
Just steady growth such as might be
expected from a town possessing the
advantage of Loeb Lynn Heights.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
Case Argued.

Last Friday the appealed case of l..
F. Green VS.. the State of MARYLAND,
was argued in the Court Of Appeals by
the attorneys, Messrs. G. S. Hamill, of
Oakland, and Ferdinand Williams, of
Cumberland, representing Green, and
ATTORNEY General Straus and State S
Attorney Renninger representing the
State. The case came up on an appeal
from the ruling of Judge Henderson IN
the trial of Green who was indicted for
publishing libel concerning the char
acter of State Senator Speicher and
others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
L0CH LYNN HEIGHTS
Great Improvements Being nade and
Others Contemplated.

The Mountain Spring Water Co. has
the material on the ground to erect a
concrete building 30x76x13 feet. at a
cost of $4,000. The machinery for bot
Ting water will cost S600O The COM
pany has a contract with a Pittsburg,
Pa, firm fer one car of bottled water
daily. AS soon as they are ready for
| business they will seek orders in ad-
jacent territory. The B. & o. side
track is to be extended past the bottling
works to the grist mill.
The City Grist Mill is a two story
building with basement 28x40, and cost
$4,000. 1t is prepared to grind wheat,
corn, etc, has capacity of fifteen tons
of chop feed daily and can unload a car
of grain every five hours. Mr.. T. B.
DOMAIN, the proprietor, contemplates
putting in a roller process for wheat
this fall He will have a roller process
for this seasons buckwheat. With
these improvements the Heights will
have one OF the best grist mills in the
state.
Mr.. A. w. Miller, formerly of Oak
lard. successor to Mr.. Lincoln Calls, is
the village blacksmith and wagon
maker. He has just completed a deliv-
cry wagon for Mr.. Cartwright and a
blackboard for Mr.. Cal Cuppett. Mr..
Miller handles carriages, wagons, farm
implements and fertilizers and is build
ing up a satisfactory trade. He will
make his permanent home in Loeb
| Lynn.
Mr.. Jack Griffin recently put one
room addition to his cottage.
Mr.. w. H. Rathbun is erecting a
two-storY frame house, one block from
the depot. The house will have eight
rooms, including bath. hot and cold
water and natural gas.
Mr.. T. B. DOMAIN is getting the ma
terial on the ground for the erection of
two story, seven room house with all
modern conveniences. The location is
on the five acre tract he bought for the
mill site.
P. 7. Cartwright is putting a two
story porch in front of his store build
ing. He Is also putting in two large
show windows and a new entrance way.
Mr.. U. G. Ford has painted the build
ing and ware house.
Messrs. Cuppett, Leighton & Co.
have had their store building painted
Mr.. Lee Hayden has put two coats of
paint on the postoffice building.
The barn formerly occupied by Mr.
B. F. Crane has been fitted up as a
ware house for the growing business of
Cuppett, Leighton & Co. This firm
also has a timber yard on the lots east
of Squire Crane residence
MIR. John Halderman has charge of
the improvements being made at Loeb
Loeb Hotel The hotel has its own cleo
trio and gas plants and will also connect
with the natural gas lines, for heating
and Illuminating purposes. Natural gas
will be used in the kitchen. The kitchen
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
A CHILD AND HOME
PREY OF THE FLAMES
Infant Boy Cremated When Fire De-
stroYed the Dwelling ofW. H. Jacobs.

Fire, when it destroys property OF
monetary value and robs one of home
and home comforts, is dreadful calarl-
ity, but when a life is claimed as prey
to the flames. the calamity cannot be
rightly estimated nor can the loss be
repaired.
Such has befallen the family of Mr..
William H. Jacobs, of District No. IL,
Garrett county, when, on last Saturday,
fire swept away his home and its con-
tents and claimed as a victim the little
three-year-old son of Mr.. Stanley
Jacobs and grandson of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacobs.
The Jacobs home was located on the
farm three miles west of Homecoming.
The house was occupied by Mr. Jacobs
and his family and four children of Mr..
Stanley Jacobs, who since the death of
his wife two or three years ago has
been making his home with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Jacobs and two of their
grandchildren were in Homecoming,
while their son Stanley and the latter 5
oldest son were at a saw mill mile or
more distant from the house. The only
occupants left at the home were the
little boy who was burned to death and
young girl who was employed there.
The latter stated after the fire that the
child had been put to sleep in an upper
room of the house and that later she
also had fallen asleep by its side and
was awakened by the dense volume Of
smoke pouring into the room from be-
low. Being greatly excited she ran
though the smoke and flame to the
lower floor of the dwelling, forgetting
until too late the child left behind.
From all the information obtainable
the fire evidently started in the kitchen
located just below the bedroom. The
destruction of the house and all of its
contents, including $700 in currency,
was complete.
The charred remains of the little boy
we're recovered Sunday afternoon anc
were buried the following day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12
Temperance Meeting in Swanton.

Rev. Cyrus P. Keen, of Hagerstown,
Md. is booked for an address on the
"Anti-Saloon" question in the M. E.
church at Swanton on Tuesday evening,
May 18th, at 7:45.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-12

Try one of our Long Life Batteries
onyour telephone Satisfaction guar
anteed; % cents each. S. Lawton &
S onS.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-18
West Must Assist.

Washington.-Unle the western
members of Congress show some dis
position toward acting favorably upon
some of the administration conserva-
tion bills they are likely to fail in their
efforts to get their bill through the
House authorizing the Issuance of $780,
100000 in certificates of indebtedness
to complete irrigation projects. No
threat or ultimatum of this ma
ture has been made by the ad-
ministration or by members of Con-
gress favoring conservation bills
which were prepared by the secretary
of the interior and sent to Congress
for Introduction. but 1t has become
known that the western members can
not expect the President to exert him
self to help their certificate bill
through the House while opposing
strenuously every proposition recon-
mended by him for what he believes
proper legislation for conserving the
natural resources of the country.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-18
News Summary of the Past Week

Steel centers report that the pros
pect Is favorable for greater activity
The railroads are developing larger
orders for equipment, and the slight
ly lower prices prevailing for plain
structural material and fabricated
steel is bringing out larger orders
from railroads, equipment shops and
contractors.
The year 1909 in gold mining was
marked by increased recovery from
the depressed conditions of the two
preceding years, according to data pre-
sented in report by the United States
Geological Survey. 1t is estimated that
the output Of gold for the year reached
the total of s99,232 200. an estimated
increase over the production of 1908
of $4.672.200.
The intercollegiate swimming sea.
son Of 1910 has been officially declared
closed by the association authorities
in New York City, with Yale a clean
sweep winner. Yale went through the
season undefeated, capturing both the
swimming and water polo champion
ships. 1t earned also the special tro-
ply by taking the greatest number of
points in the intercollegiate meet.
The navy estimates for 1910 issued
by the British Admiralty provide for
an expenditure of $2o3.O1O.5 500. an in
crease of s27,005.o0o over 1903. Tho
increase is almost wholly taken up by
shipbuilding ornaments authorized by
Parliament before dissolution. The
new program provides for five large
armored ships. five protected cruisers,
twenty destroyers and considerable
number of submarines.
Henry and Maurice Farman, in
France. announce their intention of
sending lawyer to the United States
to aid them in contesting the suits for
the infringement of patent rights in
stituted by Wilbur and Orville Wright.
A large aggregate of new bond is
sues offered for public subscription by
syndicates in New York last week
made large requirements on the supply
of banking credits and frightened the
interest rates for money. The influ-
ence was felt particularly in the rates
for time loans.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-03-18
GENERAL NEWS.

DR.. Cook is said to be on his way
back from South America
DR.. Frederick A. Cook arrived at Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, and said that he
would sail for New York.
A special committee of the Cana
dian Parliament has reported favora-
bly, a bill to prohibit bookmaking on
all race tracks in Canada.
A private telephone wire from the
house of Charles P. Taft, brother of
President Taft, is being arranged from
Pittsburg to the White House.
Ed Nowac established new
worlds ice-boat record at Menominee,
Michigan, Sunday-seven miles in five
minutes.
Ten people were reported killed and
seventeen injured. many fatally. in a
terrific explosion at the works of the
American Maize Products Company at
Roby. Ind, on the night of the 7th
inst.
Barney Oldfield covered mile with
200-horse-power machine at Daytona,
Florida. Sunday, in 27 2-5 seconds-a
new worlds record.
The bakers. milkmen and grocery
clerks were ordered to cease work in
Philadelphia Sunday, in sympathy
with the striking carmen.
Barney Oldfieid. driving his 400,
horsepower Benz in practice at Day
tona. Fla, has covered mile in 2S
seconds. being one-fifth of second
faster than the worlds record made by
steam car four years ago.
The president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
has notified the railroads that II the
controversy with the firemen is not ar
bftrated strike will surely follow.
There are $4,000 men involved west of
Chicago.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
effected settlement with its conduc-
tors and trainmen by which all dan
ger.of strike is averted.
David Alexander Munro, assistant
editor of the North American Review
died in New York City on the 9th
inst. aged SO. Munro was born in
Scotland.
King Edward was received with
military honors when he visited the
Elysees palace in Paris on the 9Th
Inst. His Majesty had an interview
with President Fallieres lasting half
an hour.
The faculty of the Illinois State Nor
NAL university have decided to perma-
nently abolish intercollegiate football
because of the physical danger and the
lessening in scholarship Of those iden-
titled with the sport. Recently base
ball was also abolished.