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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-03-09

er, ana was nearLlly encoreO, responding Win
"Taps." Mrs Thomas Cannon read patriotic
selection, "The Picket" which was very much
enjoyed. Little Miss Charlotte Knowlton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence M. knowl-
ton of East Belfast, followed with a sweet
little lullaby, "Why Don't You Sleep" and in
response to an encore gave 1.-The Old Tobacco
Box" Mrs. Dora Bridges read patriotic
poem, Before Petersburg" and extracts from
the life of General Grant were read by Com
rade j. G. Harding. Piano solos were given by
Miss A. Louise bennett and Miss Marie Sholes
and were much enj Dyed.
Following the program many of the veterans
spoke informally of their experiences, the
stories ranging from grave to gay.
Daniel o. Bowen of Morrill, spoke of the ILL
ness of w. B. Cammett of Waldo, and then of
the injury and illness of Rev. ]. w. Vaughan
of Belfast, and asked that the veterans and
families contribute testimonial in shape of
purse to him. The response was generous and
a purse of $2O.73 was forwarded to him.
Alfred Stinson of North Searsport spoke of
the interest in the association, which was form
ed by small delegation that met in Swanville
many years ago. OF lts increase IN membership
and of its value to the veterans
James G. Harding of Waldo spoke of the
boys who were soldiers in the Civil war, of the
hardships they endured, and closed with relat-
ing some things they had done.
Rev. William Vaughan thanked the associa-
ton for the sympathy expressed for his broth
er and the accompanying gift, and brief re-
marks were made by T. G. Smart Of Waldo,
Rev. ]. A. Corey and Frank Colcord Of Sears
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
A HEALTHY,
HAPPY OLD AGE.

May be promoted by those who
gently cleanse the system, now and
then, when in need of a laxative
remedy, by taking a desertspoonful
Of the ever refreshing, wholesome
and truly beneficial Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. which is the
only family laxative generally APP
proved by the most eminent ply
sicians, because it acts in a natural.
Strengthening way and warns and
tones up the internal organs without
weakening them. Tits equally bene6-
fcialfor the very young and the mid
die aged, as tits always efficient and
free from all harmful ingredients. To
get its beneficial effects it is always
necessary TO buy the genuine. bear
ing the name Of the Company
California Fig Syrup Co.-plainly
printed on the frontof everypackage.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
|BEATTIE MURDER TRIAL REPORT
SENT OUT BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

saw big automobile going west along
the turnpike. very slowly"
Who was in that carr"
One man"
What did he do as he passed."
He ran around and stopped ahead
of me-
How near was the place he stop
ped to the blood spot which marked
the scene of the crime?"
Not more than thirty feet either
way" said the witness.
What did the man do?"
Beattie leaned forward in his .seat
and gazed intently at the witness as
the question was asked.
when 1 left him." said Sydnor. he
was working in ditch at the road
side on the machines right rear tire"
Was he an old or young mann"
About Beattie's Size.
He was young man and wore a
brownish suit"
There was hush in the courtroom
as the sheriff unrolied the bloody
brown coat worn by Beattie on the
night OF the murder. The witness
said the color OF the garment resem-
bled that of the coat worn by the man
at the roadside.
He was instructed to look at the de-
PENDANT and to state IL the man he
saw was about the same size.
Yes" said the dairyman, about the
same size"
Have you seen the Beattie automo-
bile since the murder?" he was asked
He said he had. and that generally
II agreed with the car he had seen on
the roadway.
1T was a big. four passenger car"
he said. and the top was yellow"
The Beattle car has a yellow top.
Cross-eXamned by II. NJ. Smith, Jr..
for the defense, the witness admitted
that he was not expert on auto
mobiles and might mistake a four
passenger car for a Ave passenger car.
He stuck generally to his story. how
ever.
Sam Talley. who said he worked in
quarry followed Sydnor on the stand.
Il was sitting on the back porch of
my house about 500 yards from the
road" Talley testified in direct exam
ination. when nll OF a sudden, about
II O'Clock l heard the scream of a
woman. then shot. In about ten
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couldn't tell whether 1t had stopped
or not I just heard IT start up and
go on toward town"
Did you hear an auto stop before
the gun was hred?'
No"
Didn't yen tell your mother-ln-law
and wife so?"
Not TO my recollection"
Did you hear anybody holler or
blow a horn?"
NO. l didn't hear anybody holler
or blow horn, but heard the noise
of an auto starting after the gun was
fred"
What sort OF a noise?"
The sort of noise an auto max es
In starting"
Heard Womnn's Scream.
j. c. Talley. a young white man,
living on the old coal railway about
800 yards south Of the scene OF the
crime. was called and testified that
while he could hear what went on on
the Midlothian Turnpike. bushes and
trees in the summer time prevented
his seeing 1t.
After testifying that he was at home
on the night of the murder, he was
asked by Mr. Wendenburg what he
had heard
81 heard the scream If a woman"
he answered. land then gun shot
Three or four minutes atterward a
heavy automobile moved Off From
the gun firing to the auto moving I
never heard a sound"
Did you hear any other autos that
night"
About ten minutes before the shot
heard an auto come down the pike"
Did the womans scream come from
the same direction as the gunshot
sound?"
Yes"
Mr.. Smith on ross-examination
went after the witness with gloves
off, but received some. severe blows in
return
You have made e good many diff
ferent statements in regard to this af-
fair" Mr. Smith began
NO more than You have heard me
say right here" answered Mr.. TalIey
with resentment.
Didn't you on the day following the
homicide when a car came down the
road with five or six men in II and
YOU were standing with a baby in
your arms"
Didn't Have n Baby.
NO, SIR" cut In the witness. II
haven't got baby"
We'll, anyway" persisted Mr.. Smith
abandoning the baby, but sticking to
his point, didn't you meet carload
of men In which Were John Saunders.
Luther Wells, Henry Owens. Henry
Beattie and Douglas Beattie. and didn't
they stop TO talk to you?"
NO. sir. don't remember talking to
them about the matter
Didn't you say to them at that time
that you heard the shot and then
heard some one call and sound a
horn?"
IT say now" answered the witness.
with some heat, after the auto start
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
(By AssocIated presnl

Chesterfield Courthouse, Va. August
25'-R. l. Sydnor. a dairyman; Sam
TaIley. day laborer. and A. X Briggs
the hfteen -ycar-old son of a Richmond
contractor. took the witness stand in
old Chesterfield Courthouse to-day and
gave what the prosecution regards as
the most important and the most dra-
matte testimony SO far introduced in
the trial of Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.,
under indictment for Wife murder
In all an even dozen witnesses were
heard. but Paul Beattie, the star wit
ness for the Commonwealth, was not
among them. He may be called late
Tomorrow afternoon.
During the morning session the wit
nesses rehearsed a great deal of the
testimony that came out a. the como
ner's inquest.
The dairyman swore that between
sunset and dark on the night of the
murder he saw an automobile similar
to Beatie's halt at the roadside not
for from the scene OF the crime a
lone man stepped out he said, and this
man the prosecution will attempt to
show was Beattie. concealing the gun
with which 1t is alleged he shot his
wife.
Talley swore that about IL o'clock
that night. sitting on the back porch
of his home. not far from the roadside.
he heard the scream of a woman, then
a shot and finally the noise of an au-
tomobile starting.
The Briggs boy testified that some
time between 1880 and II on the same
night he and q number of companions
In an automobile passed a car at the
roadside. stones throw from where
the murder was committed.
The man. he said, apparently fixing
q tire; the woman was standing on
the running board.
sydnor's Testimony.
The boy was not asked If the man
he saw was the prisoner. but under
REORGANIZATION by the defense he
maintained that they passed no other
car or the remainder of the journey
to Richmond. Some of his companions
will be called to testify along this line
tomorrow.
Just between sunset and dark" tes-
tilted sydnor in direct examination. 81
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minutes more heard an automobile
start"
Henrd No Help Cry.
Did you hear anything else. the
cries OF man tor help or the footing
of an automobile horn?" asked The de-
Tense. in support of Beattie's story
that he had tried TO summon aid after
the bearded highwayman had fired into
the car.
Il did not" said tho witness.
on further examination he admitted
that he might have said on the morn.
ing after the crime that he heard an
automobile horn sounded He recalled
having talked with Henry Beattie and
a party of officers when they visited
the scene
What did you saw them" he was
asked
Il said that II a man had sho, into
n car of mine would have crawled
out over my wife's body. grabbed his
gun and beaten him with 1t until only
FRAGILE was left"
Among the other Witnesses al the
afternoon session were Il p. Pettigrew.
to whom a negro delivered the gun.
w. 4. Jacob. a justice of the peace of
Chesterfield county: Eddie Sheppard
son end James Thomas. both negroes
who live near the scene OF the crime.
Jacob Found Dirt.
Jacob. who was called to the Owep
home soon after the tragedy. TESTIFIED
that Beattie gave him q statement OF
the alleged encounter substantially as
told to others. The boy had said, how
ever. that he did not believe he could
identify the man who fred the shot.
He had examined the Victims body and
had found dirt-he was not sure ii was
griffin the bloody hair. He said he
had seen blood on the gun. but under
oss-examination admitted that sew.
eral persons who had been around the
bloody car had handled the weapon
The negro Thomas, whose house
stands about $50 yards from where the
blood spot was found in the road, tes-
tilted 10 hearing two automobiles one
after the other, then the shot. He
heard no cries or footing of horn. The
Sheppardson boy. who said he lived
two squares" from the scene. told OF
having heard the shot and the noise of
car starting toward town
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
Minor Can't Specify.

Louisville. Ky, August 25.-J. $.
Minor, contractor, of this city,
WHO wrote to the lawyers defends
ing Henry Clay BcnttIe, Jr., says
he In unwilling to give the name
of mum who told him Tint he
knew two men who said they snw a
man on the Midlothian Turnpike
the night Mrs. Benttic wns killed,
and Tint this man answered the
description of the hiEhwnyman
who, Bcattie claims, committed the
murder. The man who told him
the story, he says, is not In the
city.
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all the evidence Surrounding his part:
in the case. Beulah B,nford and her5
relations with the accused. ana the
new evidence whatever It may prove
to be, are all asserted to be OF moro
Importance than all that has gone be-
lore The state asserts that it has
merely constructed foundation for
the testimony of these witnesses.
Whether the defense will prevent the
superstructnre from reaching the
promised proportions before the jury
remains to be seen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
raui ana Beuiah.

Gould Beattie's own statement adj
duced at the coroner's inquest be
placed Ia evidence, II would be found
to be in marked disa agreement with
much OF the testimony OF the past two
days And the prosecution sticks to
It's assertion that It's really big guns
have not be fred. Paul Beattie and
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Defense Not Cast Down.
The defense was not un,luly cas-;
down however It was the l.rosecu.
! TONS day in court. but the defcns,
gathered from the wreckags a ruling
, of the court which prevented SyGnor
from saying that he I Sought the lcny
I man in the motor CAT was Henry Beat
tie when he was unable or unw.llinc
to make positive Identification.
The defense also reduced the dis.
lance along the railroad track that
the gun had jolted or had been thrown
from car passing along the Midio-
THAN Pike. Late last night Attorney
ri Nj Smith, Jr was said to have
gone to the scene OF the crime, IL is
believed. in search OF evidence from
neighbors as to the screams and sho,
that will controvert the damaging
statements of Talley
The state seems to be proceeding on
the theory of exclusion. Beattie him.
self has stated that he motored out
the Midlothian Pike and back without
once getting out save when he grar-
pied with his assailant over the gun.
witnesses returning from Bon Air
nave testified that they passed but two
cars ON the whole road. one near Bon
Air. and the other with a man stand :
ing on the ground. and woman on
the running board at the scene OF the
crime. Beattie said he passed no one
that no one stopped and offered him
aid.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-26
Henrd No Help Cry.

inutes more heard an automobile
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Continued on Ninth Page
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
Charlotte Cordav-

Charlotte Corday. the slayer Of Ma
rat, was, according to the best au-
thorities, Of noble lineage. Unlike the
Maid Of Orleans, the most illustrious
blood flowed in her veins She was
well educated, and not q whisper was
ever heard against her moral clarac-
ter. 1t does not appear that she ever
manifested the slightest signs of In
sanity or fanaticism. Her action in
killing Marat was attended by nothing
like madness or hallucination. Taught
to believe that the Paris butcher was
the one man who hindered the right
eous settlement Of the strife that was
destroying her country, she quietly
went down to the great city and in a
very transformations n dispatched
the man she believed to be her peoples
greatest enemy.-New York American
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
THE PHALANX.
Its Formation In tho Military Methods
of Ancient Greece.

OF Ancient Greece.
A phalanx in. the military affairs Of
Greece was a square battalion or body
Of soldiers formed In ranks and files
compact and deep, with their shields
Joined and pixies crossing each other so
as to render it almost impossible to
break it. At first the phalanx consisted
Of 1000 men, but this number was aft
crward doubled by Philip Of Macedon,
and the double phalanx is hence often
called the Macedonian phalanx. Polyb-
Jus describes it thus:
ut al q square of pikemen, con-
sisting of 16 in flank and 500 in front.
The soldiers stood so close together
that the pixies of the fifth rank extend
ed three feet beyond the front. The
rest. whose pixies were not serviceable
owing to their distance from the front,
eouched them upon the shoulders Of
those who stood before them and. so
locking them together in file, pressed
forward to support and push on the
former rank. by which means the as
sault was rendered more violent and
irresistible" The spears of those be-
hind also stopped the missiles Of the
enemy. Each mans pike was twenty
three feet long. The word phalanx is
also used for any combination of peo-
pie distinguished for solidity and firm
ness. A grand phalanx consisted of
1884 men.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
The Shin of State.

Sir. Wilfrid Laurier once took a fall
out Of Sir Charles Topper. for years
leader of the Opposition, and Sir John
Macdonald. Bantering them on their
self praise for their own political serv-
ices to Canada, he admitted that they
lad sailed the ship of state fairly sue
cessfully, adding: "Sir John was at
the helm and supplied the brains,
while Sir Charles supplied the wind.
His blowing filed the sails"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
NOISE OF THUNDER.
Theory as to the Cause of the CrackIe,
Roar and Rumble.

e
1t has usually been thought that the
noise Of thunder is caused by the clos
ing up Of the acuum created by the
passage Of the lightning. the air rush
ing in from all sides with q clap. But
the intensity of the noise is rather dis
proportionate, and it Isl now supposed
thunder is due to the intense heating
of gases. especially the gas Of water
vapor along the line of electric dis
charge and the consequent conversion
of suspended moisture into steam at
enormous pressure.
In this way the crackle with which
a peal Of thunder sometimes begins
might be regarded as the sound of
steam explosion on a small scale caus-
ed by discharges before the main
fash. The rumble would be the over
tapping steam explosions, and the final
clap, which sounds loudest, would be
the steam explosion nearest to the
auditor.
In The case Of rumbling thunder the
lightning is passing from. cloud to
cloud. When the flash passes from
the earth to the clouds the clap is
loudest at the beginning. Trowbridge
gave substance to these ~suppositions
by causing electric flashes to pass
from point to point through terminals
clothed in soaked cotton wool, and he
succeeded in magnifying the crack, Of
the electric spark to a terrifying ex-
tent.-ESchange. nj
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
COMFORT IN CONGRESS.
Free Baths and Shaves and Massage
and Other Thinqs as Well.

Every member Of congress has the
and the barber shops under the capt.
toll. He can take a nifty Turkish bath,
a Russian bath, q Roman bath, q
needle shower or the plain, old fash
toned Pike county style Of bath, lying
down in a tub with both faucets going.
and it doesn't cost him a cent.
AS often as he pleases he may have
a shave, n hair cut, q facial massage
and be inanicured all around. as they
say in parts Of Iowa when shooting q
horse. Every other day he can have
The back of his neck shaved, just as
If he were going to some large social
function back home. Uncle Sam pays
for the attendants and provides the
whole outfit. . v..
We mustn't overlook the notion conn
ter at the capitol either. The mem
bers don't, so why, Should we, espe-
cially as the said notion counter is a
gracious and enduring boon to states
men. their wives, families, heirs and
assigns.
1t contains everything you can think
of that would properly come under
the head Of notions and q great deal
besides-an kinds Of stationery, al
kinds of typewriter and desk supplies.
pocket knives, scissors, fountain pens.
card cases. purses. wrist bags, visiting
cards, business cards and-sh-h-h!-
even the kind Of cards which run fifty
two to a set and may be used for play
ing old maid and other harmless
games.-Munsey's Magazine.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
Persian Marc.

True porcelain was never produced
in Persia, but hard paste porcelain In
Persian forms and styles Of decoration
was made in China for the Persian
market. Wine ewers with powder blue
glaze and gold overglaze decoration,
small vase, and bowls with bronze
luster glaze and designs reserved in
white are found in collections Of Per-
sian ware, but these are unquestion-
ably Of Chinese origin.-Argonaut.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
The Wav of Them.

ooh, yes; he's a very intellectual
man."
what makes you think that?"
81 judged so from his talk"
"Why, what does he talk about?"
Hes forever talking about how
intellectual he is-"-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
His Usual Preference.

"What kind of meat have you this
morning, Larry?" asked the board of
trade operator.
"Well, sir" said the butcher, 1--WE
got some fine bear steak and some
beef that's just bully"
"H'nphl Give me some lambp-
Chicago Tribune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
HomeIike.

Mamma-Why are you hiding from
your little brother, Lizzie? Lizzie
Oh, we are just playing. I'm the lady
Of the house, and Tommy is the butch
er come with his bill.-Chicago News.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
Tho Measure of Life.

There is no use In repining that life
b short. 1t is not to be measured by
the quantity Of its years, but by the
quality of it's Observation-Disclosures
phia Ledger.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16

Binks (who ordered Il pancake half
an hour preyiously)-Er-I-say, will
that pancake be long?
Waitress-No, sir; it'll be round.
Then he waited patiently another
half hour.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
UNNECESSARY.

docs your course Of home reading
include the profane authorsr
mo, 1 don't need 'em. / belong to a
golf club Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16

He that plants thor1ts wfl:not gather
roses.-Proverb,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
Fireproof Wood.

Though there are a number of diff
ferent kinds of wood. ebony. ironwood,
ETC.. of such closer hard fiber that even
the ~iercest fire has difficulty in get
ting hold" of it, there is only one sort,
so far as now known. that is. practical
ly freproof. This is a small scraggy
tree, d native of South America, call
ed the shopala, with thick. tough,
stringy bark full Of a sort of fire resist
ing sap. This curious shrub grows
largely on the great, grassy savannas,
which are swept by fire almost every
year during the heat of the summer.
There it thrives splendidly, for the an
nual scourge kills off only its bigger
and harder competitors and leaves the
ground free for the growth of this
vegetable asbestos.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16

We never desire earnestly what we
desire in reason.-La Rochefoucauld.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-16
FAXED PAINTINGS.
An American Who Was Fooled and an
Artist Who Was Insulted.

An American Who Was FOOLED and an
Artist Who Was Insulted.
M. Henri Rochefort was being inter
Viewed one day on bogus picture col
Iections, says the Paris correspondent
Of the Kansas City Journal, He is as
good an expert as any on the question.
The subject always interests him. 'Sit
down, my friend" he said to the jour
nalist. IT will tell you a good story.
1t happened not long ago either. An
American one day rushed in and beg
ged me to say what [ thought Of the
pictures he had just bought They are
here at your door, he said. Il brought
them along in a cab.
'"They were carried into the room.
There were Rembrandts. Corots and
Harpignies.
1.-The Rembrandts are false 1 said,
the Corots ditto, the Harpignies ditto
The American was horror struck. He
said they had cost him $4,000
"'Then.' I said, let usjleave the Rem
brandts and Corots aside. These mas
tiers are dead, but Harpignies is not.
Here is a note for him from me. Ask
him yourself If he signed these pic
lures My American disappeared. 1
never heard from him again, but 1 got
q letter from Harpignies some days
later. He said: My dear friend-If 1
were not ninety-two years of age /
would have sent you my seconds for
sending that American to me to ask if
those worthless daubs were mine.
Yours, Henri Harpignies.'"