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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

Ralph II. Brown has placed power
boat called the Red Wing on Weber
pond in Vassalboro for use the coming
summer. The navy at that popular
resort now numbers five craft.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

ON account of the annual session OF
the Bowdoin Conference Of Free Bap-
fist churches which will be held AT
Bath on Wednesday, June s, the Maine
Central Railroad will sell tickets AT
reduced rates on that date, good Tor a
return the following day, the fare FOR
the round trip from Augusta being
$l.33
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

1t is reported that Frank Farnham,
who has with l.. G.. Haskell owned a
cottage at Birch Pont, Weber pond,
has purchased Mr.. HaskellS interest
and now owns the cottage alone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

Asylum Lodge, No. 10, 1. O. O. F.,
will hold It's regular meeting Friday
evening, June 10, with work in the
Second degree. All members are re-
queSted to be present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

the houses Of amusement: Lewis A.
Burleigh, Rev. A. c. LaRivere, Rev. c.
q. Mosher Rev. l.. w. Coons, Alderman
t.. j. .NUyes and Blaine Owen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

George w. Milmore of Boston was
among the business visitors in the city
yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

General Manager Harry r. Ivers of
the Lewiston, Augusta & Watervilie
Street Railway was a visitor in the
city for a few hours yesterday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07
GLAD TO RECOMMEND THEM.

Mr.. E. Weakley. Kokomo. Ind. says:
we're backache left me, my kidneys be-
came stronger. the secretions natural and
my bladder no longer panied me. am
glad to recommend Foley Kidney Pills. -
D." follow package. Bowditch. Web
ster & Go,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

John i}etts OF Fairfield was among
the people from other places who We're
in the city Yesterday on business
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

Mrs NJ s. NORM of Waterville is
visiting in the city as the guest of
relatives and friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

Mrs Maxfield of Pittsfeld is the
guest of her daughter, Miss Hattie
Holmes, on Court street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07

The Howard Benevolent Union will
meet at the regular time this evening
at l22 State street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-07
LOCAL BRIEFS

Miss Helen York of this city is visit
ing friends in Bangor for a few days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18

day is that 1t gives men the chance
to do this and puts them in the mood
to do 1t. 1t Is the last and greatest
truce of Cod" The pause it i'm
poses rs not so much on wars alarm,
although the din of conflict grows
ever feebler the while the message
of good will unto men" deepens into
deed and custom, as it is on the alb
sorptions and distractions of an age
so wrapped up in its pursuits that it
hardly has time to look about it. At
ChristmastiDle men do look about
them. That its atmosphere could
make bad man out OF a good one
or a generous man out of selfish
one is one of the paradoxes whereof
perhaps We must look to the genial
fiction of Dickens for complete veri
fication. But it does make men kind
er, more thoughtful, more serene,
than their wont.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18
CHRISTMAS IN A
scotch CITY

classics, for their Hbretu undergo
weekly improvement at the sugges'
ton of local WITS noted for the pun
gency of their sayings and the funG
OF dry Scotch humor they possess.
II is no exaggeraion to say that
these pantomimes are visited BY
some persons each night all the sea
son through and by others fully n
score of times.
Then there is the usual exodus
of young men to the country at
Christmastidc. II is a common say
ing among Scotchmen that all roads
lead to London. This is changed to
Glasgow in some cases. There is
scarcely a family of note in the
Highlands that has not a son at
the universities of Glasgow or Edin-
burgh studying for the professions
OF law, medicine, the pulpit, the
army or the home or foreign civil
htINlNt. WIN W Idl upl' anu ~ NV
the advent of the young student is
looked for at the little railroad sta
tion up in the mountains on Christ
mas eve or morning! If he lives on
an estate the next Gay he is civ.
en- side by his rustic countrymen
in their annual Christmas day foot.
ball match. The game is usually a
stoutly contested one, umpired and
refereed by the laird and heads OF
the estate. At the corner of the
field is placed cask OF good
Scotch ale, from which the players
rega,e themselves at half time. Then
the game resumes and the seconG
half is fast and furious. Around
the ropes are the young women of
the estate looking on with pleasure
and discussing their choices in the
dance list of the Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18
(By ELLIS PARKER BUTLER)
Author Of "Pigs is Pigs" Etc.
Copyright by The Story Press Cor
poration)

On account of the Christmas rush
1t was customary to send out train
No. IL in four section on Christmas
Eve, but this year the rush was
greater than ever and at the last
moment two day coaches and three
sleepers were coupled up and the
only available engine, old squaky
No. 564, was hitched on in front
and the combination pulled out as
section five, running on No. lis
schedule, with nearly every seat and
berth filled.
No. 564 was wonderful engine
She was regarded as an infant phe-
nomenon, but it was her second in
fancy, and when she pulled out of
the station this Christmas Eve with
her usual rattle of asthmatic coughs
every employe except those on the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18

| directed q universal slaughter. His
men surprised several garrisons and
put them 20 the sword. Neither age
nor sex was spared, and every house
in the disaffected regions was razed
to the ground. 1t is said that over
100, 900 men, women and children per-
ished on Dec. 25, 1868.
1t was on Christmas day in the year
117O that Thomas Beckett, the great
est English cleric of his day, ascend.
ed the cathedral pulpit at Canterbury
and preached what may be called his
own funeral sermon. The words he
made use of so angered Henry II.
that he let fall those fatal words "lf
anybody loved me he would rid me of
this turbulent priest"
Four knights took him at his word,
and on Dec 20 they slew the prelate
before the altar of st. Benedict in
the northern transept Of Canterbury
cathedral.
On Dec %, 1884, John Wycliffe died
as he was about to preach his Christ
mas sermon.
One of the saddest Christmases
known in London was that of the year
1868. The great plague had stricken
the city, and the people We're dying at
the rate of 1000 a day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18

a week ago by Courtney, returned
to the Courtney farm last night, and
upon being refused admittance, shot
Courtney. Rossetuscher entered the
house and sat talking to Courtney's
wife and son, aged eight and niece,
Bernice Culligan. The little boy ran
out of the door, mounted a horse and
rode to Utica, two miles away for
help. The house was soon surround
ed by armed men.
After Rossteuscher agreed to allow
friends of the family to remove them
from the barricaded home. Sheriff
Hickey ordered the soldiers to open
fire, and shots were poured into the
house.
Rossteuscher, II is said, was en-
amoured with Bernice Culligan, niece
OF Courtney, and threatened TO kill
her, but failed to carry out his threat.
The girls refusal to marry him and
his discharge on account of his un-
welcome attentions We're the cause of
the tragedy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18
SLAYER HOLDS UP
SHERIFF POSSE
STATE MILITIA CALLED ON TO
AID IN CAPTURE OF FARMERS
MURDERER.

Yankton, S. D., Dec. 15.-George
Rosseteuscher, the discharged farm
hand, who last night shot and NOR
tally wounded his former employer,
Daniel Courtney, living six miles
from here, and then barricaded him
self in the home was shot and cap
tured this evening by the sheriff's
posse and members of the South Da-
kota national guard.
Rosseteuscher made a truce with
Sheriff Hickey and members of Com
pany NJ, whereby friends were allow
ed to enter the house and remove
his dying victim, the latter's wife
the niece, Bernice Culligan and
son.
Rossteuscher, who was discharged
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18
THE HOLIDAY OF HUMANITY.


Christmas is indeed the holiday of
humanity and by that token no less
interesting than humanity itself. The
rich current of its observance has to
carry all the beQuests of other ages
their ideals, their hopes, their recol-
lections, the belief that had won
the right to live, the gracious, joy
Gus customs which had won the same
right by helping or heartening men,
as we'll as all that our age can con-
tribute TO it from the material, ar
tistic and spiritual side. The mod
ern feeling has made a place, as the
feeling of each age is sure to do for
the mood of carnival as we'll as the
mood of faith. 1t can weave into the
fabric OF the holiday time the little
spectacles of .fireside felicity, the af-
fectionate pledges of friends, the
cheer of the loaded family board or
banquet table, the taper lights and
organ music OF cathedrals, the offer
ings of music and the drama and all
the noble product of the artist and
the artisan. In sense Christendom
takes inventory of itself at this time
in each of its thousand activities.
One of the benefactions of the holi-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18

For thirty years J. F. Boyer, Of
Fertile, Mo-, needed help and could
MT find it. That's why he wants to
help some one now. Suffering so
long himself he feels for all distress
from Backache, Nervousness, Loss Of
Appetite, nassitude and Kidney dis
orders. He shows that Electric Bit
ters work wonders for such troubles.
Five bottles" he writes, wholly
cured me and now l am we'll and
hearty" It's also positively guaran-
teed for Liver Trouble, Dyspepsia,
Blood Disorders, Female Complaints
and Malaria. Try them. SOC at
Ringer Drug Co
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18
TRAGIC CHRISTMAS DAYS.
Worlds Greatest Holiday Has often
Been Redeemed by Blood.

Been Redeemed by Blood.
Christmas, which should be and un-
ually Is the merriest day of all the
year, has sometimes been Redeemed
by bloodshed and blackened by trag-
edy.
One of the most barbarous of the
prosecutions against the Christians
was begun by Diocletian on Christ
mas day, A. d. 1903, when a church
in Nicodemia, filled with Christians,
was ordered by him to be set on fire.
Every way of egress was barred, and
flames.
Yuletide in 1906 was melancholy
time in England, which nevertheless
always celebrated it with the utmost
eagerness, for Harold, the last of the
Saxons, had fallen before the Nor
man conQuerer, and on Dec. % of that
year William the Conqueror was
crowned in Westminster abbey. The
occasion was signalized by the slaugh-
ter OF huge crowd of ngloSaxons
outside of the church through a mis-
taken idea that they had risen in re
volt.
Exactly two years later there was
an uprising Of the malcontents in the
northern counties who hoped to throw
off the Norman yoke. William march
ed in person against the rebels and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18

GLASGOW, the commercial metrop'
oils of Scotland. with its well nigh
million in inhabitants, can be chos'
en- AS an interesting Illustration OF
the manner in which one-fourth ol
the people of the country spend me
HOLIDAYS. Many days before the
store fronts on Arye street-a
thoroughfare as busy as any in the
land--are gayly and profusely dec
GRATED with holly and evergreens.
Above nearly every entrance signs
of welcome and the compliments OF
the season are exhibited in holly
leaves. On Christmas eve the
stores keep onep late. Either side
of the thoroughfare is mass OF
blazing. cheerful light and there is
a moving mass of humanity be
tween. But when the stores close
they close until boxing day All
the working people now get their
Christmas holiday.
On Christmas afternoon the lord
provost or mayor presides at the
annual meeting and breakfast given
by the directors of the royal in
firmary His lordship makes
speech, after which there is dis
aribution of good things to all the
patients in the large institution.
Then he visits sundry other insti-
tutions for the care of the sick and
poor. where there are Christmas
freeing and feasting. BY the way,
Christmas day is one OF the lord
provost's busiest days. At . O'Clock,
according to annual custom for
years past, he presides at the an
nual dinner given to from 5000 to
G000 poor men, women and children
in the city hall, Albion street. His
iordship ami the city magistrates Oc-
cupy the stage and take dinner with
the poor During the repast, which
consists of soup, beef, an entree.
plhm pudding, tea or coffee and
fruit, stirring Scotch airs are play
ed on the big organ by the city
organist. At the close his lordship
makes a speech, which is reported
verbatim in the newspapers. 1t is
usually a mastery production.
Outwardly the aspect OF the city
resembles that of Sunday. Never
theless thousands of people are
moving about. The myriad of rivet.
ers in the miles of shipbuilding
yards along the CLYDE have come
to the city with their wives and
families and are attending the mat
inees or evening pantomime per.
formances that have already been
running These pantomimes are n
feature of city life in Scotland dur
in the winter Usually three open
at the big theaters in Glasgow
Christmas eve. They are rehearsed
fir weeks before The playwright
usually chooses as his theme a
fairy tale. Jack the Giant Killer"
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, +"
ami Aladdin and the Wonderful
Lamp" have been favorite themes.
AS a rule, the playwright retains
enough of the tale so that the
young folks can recognize the char
acters. but taken altogether the
production becomes really a dra-
matte burlesQue of local life and
character, interesting. entertaining
and even elevating TO old and young.
Actors hsd actresses of renown
take the leading parts, while there
are dazzling costumes, magnificent
scenery and gorgeous ballet
thrown in. No wonder 1t is that Of
ten until the middle of spring the
pantomimes enjoy a continuous run
Latterly they become in a sense
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18

Children take BALLARD'S HORE.
HOUND SYRUP willingly because it
tastes nice. There isn't better
remedy anywhere for children's
coughs, hoarseness and bronchitis.
It's a good medicine and easy to
take. Price Csc, soc and $1OO per
bottle. Sold by Hoffman, Drug Co,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18

EVERYTHING THAT'S NEW IN
HIGH SHOES NOW ON DISPLAY
AT HAMILToNs SHOE STORE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-18
Annual New Year Rate.

The Daily Ardmoreite by Carrier
Boy until January l, 1912, for $3.50.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-22
ALLEGED HORSE THIEVES
FIGHT WAY TO LIBERTY
One Attacks Turnkey With Iron sar
and Frees His Companion
From Cell,

ELYRIA. Ohio. March 2l.-Rooert
Green. former banker. charged with
being a horse thief. and George Wolf
youth jailed on the same charge
escaped from the county prison here
this morning.
Green attacked Turnkey Ray Van
Dusen with an iron bar, which he de-
tached from his bunk. The turnkey
fell senseless. Green took his Keys
and revolver. Then he freed Wolf
from his cell and the two left the jail
without detection.
The sheriff discovered the turnkey
unconscious on the prison floor and
the escape at 1880 o'clock. He imme-
diately organized a posse OF deputies
and started in pursuit OF the fugitives'
Van Dusen was removed TO Mem
orial hospital, where II was FOUND that
his skull was crushed, perhaps fatally.
Green, until two years ago was
banker and leading citizen OF Wayne
town, Ind. Then he met reverses on
the stock market which wiped out his
property. Soon afterwards he was ar
rested as a horse thief and sentenced
10 10 years in Michigan City prison.
He escaped and was arrested In Cleve-
land on the charge Of stealing horse
in OberliD.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-22
BEEF MONOPOLY
IS INDICTED
Bill Charges Conspiracy in Restrain
of Trade-Government Sues To
Dissolve Trust.

CHICAGO. March 2l.-Indictments
charging the National Packing Co. ard
subsidiary companies with operating
a combination In restraint of trade
we're returned by the federal grand
jury shortly after noon today. No in
dictments against Individuals were re-
turned.
simultaneously the government nlei
a dill in chancery in the United states
circuit court asking for the dissolu-
ton OF the National Packing Co.
The companies indicted are: Ma
tional Packing Co. q. II. Hammond
Co.. Hammond Packing Co, Omaha
Packing Co. Fowler Packing Co,
United Dressed Beef Co, ST. Louis
Dressed Beef Co. Western Packing
Co, Colorado Packing & Provision Co.
New York Butchers Dressed Meat CO.
The indictment charges that all OK
these companies were in a combination
In restraint OF trade and commerce,
that an understanding exists whereby
they eliminate competition and nix
uniform and non-competitive prices.
The subsidiary companies are charged
with surrendering TO the National
Packing Co. domination OF their az
fairs. All the corporations are ac-
cused of operating this alleged trust
for three years
In addition 10 proceeding criminally,
the government also proceeds civilly
In petition for the dissolution OF the
National Packing Co. The defendants
In this bill. in addition 20 those named
In the indictment are: Continental
Packing Co. Armour & Co.. Swift &
Co. Morris & Co. Edward Tilden.
Louis <. Swift. Edward +. Swift.
Charles II. Swift, l.. A Carton, Frank
a. Fowler. j. Ogden Armour, Arthur
Meeker, Thomas j. Connors. Edward
Morris. Thomas E Wilson and l.. II.
Heyman.
The dissolution bill is sweeping IN
| its character. In IL the government
charges that the National Packing Co.
lis the instrumentality through which
the big packers evade the antitrust
law
The bill recites that on Feb. is, 1906,
the government filed a bill in the
United States circuit court restraining
the packers from operating trust.
that this injunction was granted On
April 4, 1903. and that on March IS OF
the same year the packers organized
the National Packing Co. for the pur-
pose OF evading the Sherman law and
the federal courts injunction.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-22
COUNTESS LEARY PLANS
A GREAT ART GALLERY
Expects Mrs. Hetty Green to Purchase
House Next TO Her Own ard Join
In PhiTanthropTc Movement.

NEW YORK, March 21-The plans
OF Miss Anna Leary, papal countess
for a Christopher Columbus memorial
about which there has been consider
able romdncing. were given by a wo-
man friend Of the countess.
Miss Leary is intending to gather In
TO her home, at No. 1882 Fifth-ave.,
rs many great paintings and works OF
art as il will hold. and will devote her
life 10 making the collection and ar.
ranging IL properly. She is anxious
that Mrs. Hetty Green. who rs a close
intimate friend. buy the residence adj
joining her house on the north. and
that these two houses be thrown to-
gether and made into one great art
gallery, which rhe two women VIII
leave in their wills 10 the public as
the Christopher Columbus Memoir
ial."
Mrs Green has. as yet. taken no
steps towards securing the house next
door 10 Miss Leary's, but the fact that
this Is a part OF the plan Of the coun-
tess gave rise to the story that MR..
Green had bought half block OF land
on Fifth.ave. for $500 900. on which
the proposed memorial would be erect
ed.
Miss Leary is considering the maxi
ing OF a definite announcement Of her
plans within a week OF 10 days.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-22
DOCTOR ON A LATE CALL
MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR
Woman SO Badly Frightened That She
Jumped From Window and ls
Now In a Hospital.

NEW YORK, March 21.-Several
rights ago Miss Margaret Flynn, OF
Railroad-ave., Riverhead, Long Island.
nnstook a lame physician for burg
lar, lost her head and leaped from d
second-story window. Now she is in
a hospital in Brooklyn, suffering from
nervous breakdown.
DR.. J. II. Benjamin, OF Main-st..
Riverhead, was making late call. The
sound of his crutches awakened Miss
Flynn, who mistook the physician for
a burglar. She screamed and jumped
from her window. Finally getting TO
her feet. she fed 70 neighbours house,
where she was sheltered for time.
+ A telephone message was sent To
Sheriff Plat and another TO Judge HUI
Greth. They consulted. and decided 1t
would be best TO take her to the court
house for the night, as she surely
could not suspect burglars OF assault
ing that stronghold. Accordingly, she
was escorted there, where she passed
the remainder OF the night. Upon ad'
vice OF physicians, she was later taken
10 81. Peters hospital.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-22

Friday, but just enough 10 make first
editions of afternoon papers-Garc-
ners story was printed In all afternoon
papers OF Friday. March IL, and as he
was the only afternoon newspaper or
rews agency man on the scene, the
United Press scored a clean scoop.
:" ON the next day. while drifting
down the river Col. Roosevelt gave Il
dinner TO his newspaper friends. dur
inl the course OF which he loosened mp
Sufficiently I'm the matter OF conversa-
ton TO furnish the ingredients OF an
other good story.
Ion the next day, as before. tho
element OF time was all In Gardeners
favor, AMI the United Press enjoyed
another scoop. printing on Saturday
afternoon in full the story which ap-
peared in the other correspondents
Papers on Sunday morning
AT Khartoun the representatives
CT the other news agencies and big
metropolitan papers were waiting,
and on Monday Garaner's news cor
ner." which was the most complete
OF any since the New York Times
sewed zip the Peary story, was
bIOhen'"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-22

greet Col. Roosevelt, O'Laugnlin was
the best sprinter ana got TO the telc.
graph Office first, while Gardner was
the favored OF fate. and got his
stun published first, because the story
broke" In afternoon paper hours.
In an effort 10 land a beat and
be the first TO give this country the
answer To the question OF the hour,
What will Teddy say" Wellman.
Sturdevant. Gardner and OLaughlin
each chartered boat at Khartoum
and steamed up the river 10 meet
"Dwana Tumbo," Wellmans boat was
the fastest and he was the first 10
reached the Dial, bearing the returning
hunters party.
Unfortunately for Wellman's hope
Of a scoop, however. Col. Roosevelt.
when he learned that the other cor
respondents were on the way, declined
to make a statement until the other
three arrived. When the full force OF
the journalistic advance guard had
boarded the Dial breakfast was
spread aud afterward the party AS
sembled on deck 10 receive the inter
view which the journalists had come
thousands OF miles &c secure.
When the task was finished there
was lively scurrying over the sides
for the boats. and with Nubian stokel S
holding down the safety valves. all
steam was crowded on in the run for
Renk. the nearest station at which the
stories could be put on the wire.
According 70 reports O'Laughlin
was the first 10 file his copy, nosing
ont Wellman by few strides. Gard
ner. however knowing that he had a
pat hand IN the matter of time, took ne
chances on a heat stroke In the mad
rush for the telegraph Office.
'Sturdeyant, who also realized that
Gardner could not be beaten, also de
clined 10 get excited.
1.-The result was that with eigat
hours difference in time in his favor
not enough TO enable the matter to
reach American morning papers oi