davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-24

he had taken no part In the destruc.
ton Of the North Star. he happened
to be In Kronstadt on the night OF
the explosion, and as he knew that
he was suspected Of being concerned
In revolutionary movements, be
deemed It wise to 20 abroad. Con.
sequently he had bribed q boatman
to carry him to . Swedish schooner
which was on the point Of leaving the
harbor. and paid the captain to take
him to Sweden. From Sweden he
went to England. from England to
Ceylon, where he had q cousin en-.
gagged on coffee plantation.
Through the work Of his govern.
ment spies Danevitch gained posses.
sion Of this letter instead Of the per.
son to whom It was addressed. He
was aware that a. q political reiu.
gee, taking sanctuary under the Brit.
ish flag, Treskin could not be extra.
dited. but he had recourse to strata.
gem. He visited Anna Plevski, who
was still In jail awaiting her transpor.
tation to Siberia. The detective pro.
ceeded to work on the girls Jealousy.
He told her that Treskin had basely
deserted her on the night OF the
crime. showed her Lydia Zagarin's
love letters to Treskin; and finally
laid before her the intercepted mis-.
sive from Ceylon.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-24

latter met the blow with the fatalistic
bravery of a misguided fanatic. He
frankly admitted that he had been
concerned In an attempt to bring
about better form Of government;
but steadfastly refused to denounce
his accomplices. Smolski, In com.
mon with most men, neglected the
safe rule that letters should be de-
stroyed when they are likely to COM
promise ones honor, or betray ones
friends. And thus 1t came about that
when the professors papers were eI.
amined. not only were Isaac and ia
cob Eisenmann brought into the po-
lice net, but many other conspirators.
Piece by piece the whole story was
put together, and the plot laid bare;
but though many were brought under
the iron grip Of the law. the arch
conspirator was still at large.
In the meantime. while Danevitch
was trying to get . clew to Treskin's
Whereabouts, smolski. the Eissnmanns
and four others were tried. found
guilty. and executed. Anna Plevsh
had been sentenced to Siberia, but .
circumstance arose which altered her
fate. Danevitch had traced Lydia
Zagarin Of Werro. She was the
daughter Of . retired shipmaster, who
was = widower. Lydia was his only
daughter. and at her fathers death
would succeed to snug little fortune.
Treskin had borrowed money from
her, and 1t was probable that he had
singled her out from the rest OF bis
female acquaintancss - one to whom
he could adhere on account Of her
financial circumstances. Four months
after the fateful day when the cars
yacht was partially destroyed Tres.
kin wrote to this young woman. ask
Ing her to send him money, and to
Join tim with view to his marrying
her. He gave bis address As Point de
Gale. Ceylon. He stated that. though
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4ionaI Home that the body of a soldier
lad I,ern found in the woods and ask-
ing Coroner Andrews 10 Investigate the
case. Mr. Andrews left for the scene,
which was about lali way between
this city and Tegus in tl's deep woods
There the body WAS found and it was
plainly a case OF suicide as tho rpVol-
yer with which the deed had been done
was lying by his side. The man was
known as big Lou'' &id go reported
missing about q month aeo. \ careful
starch was made by the Homo author
tiles but WAS given mp about two
weeks ago. The BODY was badly Geeom-
posed and the features were not rec
ogni2able but the body was easily
identified ny the clothes. The man had
told friends ut the Heme that he Was
going TO commit the deed but none
took him seriously. The body was
brought 10 the undertaking rooms of
hmesbury & Wakefield in Ibis city to
await authority from the Home Of
ficials as to its disposition. A search
of the clothing resulted in finding a
card giving the name Nevis New
hing
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doing business in Wateryille without let
or hindrance. lie testified from personal
experience, for he stated that he had
just come from one of these shops, where
he had purchased and drank few drinks.
He contended that under license liquors
would be cheaper, better and more CON
Veniently obtained and that the city
would get some money out of IT,
When lac was through, Mr.. Cotterill
complimented his effort as that of a typ
ical yes man.
During the remainder of Senator Cot
tereIlS address he was continuously in
terrupted by the yes" yells of the oppo-
sition.
The police Of the city were moving
about but made no attempt to prevent
the disorder which was plainly intended
10 destroy the effect OF the speakers con-
vincing utteraaees
The union of churches, having engaged
hr. Beach of Bangor for an address at
the Opera house on Sunday evening. was
surprised to find that the Opera house
had been engaged for Saturday and Sun
day evenings by other parties and for
reasons bent known to themselves, as
they did not use it for speaking purposes.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Dixie ~ winner Of the iutelna-
tional motor boat cup, Topped over On
her side SATURDAY while speeding at Il
miles an hour over the race course
at Huntington \. Y, throwing Z. +.
Wasson overheard and Spinning the
water for half mile before she eoul5
be rightcd, stopped and turned about
to the rescue. Frederick x. Burnhare.
at the Dixie's helm, saved himself and
the vessel BY clinging to the steering
wheel: then put back and saved Was
son. who was nearly exhausted in his
fight for life. Wasson aceidentiy kicked
the switch of the forward motor as
the craft was going at top speed The
resultant CONFUSION hurled him on his
back in the wafer. Had he fallen head
first, the sgeed Of the boat prof ably
would have caused his Death. He was
not seriously hurt Durham was I'M
injured,
As It result OF an automobile acct
dent early Saturday at AttIeboro.
Mass, Mrs. Lillian May Shoemaker.
wife Of Dr. \. = shoemaker OF this
toWp, is dead and Dr. n. c. Bullard.
also Of Attleboro. who was riding II
the machine with her, is in a serious
condition at the Emerson hospital
After passing the evening at the
Shoemaker nome DIR. Bullard took
Mrs. Shoemaker for ride upon sug-
-rcstion OF her husband, who was call
ed out. Speeding down the turnpike
on the road from Providence the au-
tomobile skiddcd and turned turtle.
Both occupants were thrown to the
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FAIRFIELD.
The Opera House Crowded
Sunday Evening
For The Temperance Address
By Rev. Fl. ChaTland.
Shawmut School Opening Post
poned by Scarlet Fever.

The schools at Shawmut will not
open Monday morning. owing to scar
let fever having broken out in SIN tam
lilies.
a dress rehearsal of the play,
Broken Bonds" was held Sunday FL
ternoon in the Opera house. The next
rehearsal will be held Thursday eve
ming in Parish hall
the nolls for the special election
Monaay will open at O'Clock Iii the
forenoon and close at T. M
Miss Eva Smith has returned from
Greene. where she has been visiting
with relatives.
The Opera house was crowded Sun
day evening at u Mass meeting held
in the interest of the No-License ques-
ton. rev. Pr. \. Charland of Water
vile delivered "a very stirring address
and he thoroughly convinced his au-
dience that prohibition is far better
than tie license law. Tho speaker was
introduced by Hon. G. g. Weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. O. Files have re-
turned from Boston, where they have
leen on weeks business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Tolman have re-
turned from short visit at Dead
river
Miss Ethel Lovejoy has returned
from the North Pond camps at North
pond, where she had been employed
during The summer.
! Miss Phyllis Thomas is enjoying her
vacation from her duties as clerk in
Il. O, Files store.
Miss Vera Thorpe Of Waterville pass
nut,
Mrs. ID. 5. Donnelly and daughter.
Margaret, have returned from Bath.
where they have been visiting with
relatives.
County Commissioner Henry Crow
ell of Skowhegan was q guest, Sum.
day. of II. -. Bigsby. stss,s +
Richard Fletcher. who. is employed
in Scion. is visiting his parents for "a
few days.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

After he had sashed the throat of Mrs.
Albert Vaughan, daughter of white
farmer. shot and killed one of his own
race and assaulted an aged Negress, Ar
thur Dean, Negro. was taken in hand
by a mob of white men and Negroes sat-
urday at Augusta. Ark. and hanged from
mill shed on one of the principal streets
of Augusta.
Jacob Zimmerman of Wellsville, Ohio.
pleaded guilty in the probate court at
Lisbon, Ohio, Saturday, to charge OF
htching his wife to a pillow and beating
her because she failed to pull 1t. thinner
man sought the mercy of the court. but
was sentenced to 80 days In the work
house.
Threatening clouds dampened the en-
thusasm of a small crowd and prevented
thousands from attending the closing day
Saturday of the Rhode Island State fair
at the hills Grove Trotting park at Hills
grove. r. /. The track was wet and slip
perry. making it necessary to declare OFT
the light harness races. Eugene b. Ely
was again the center of attraction and
his exhibition kept the small gathering
on the aui viye while he was In the air,
He gave remarkable demonstration OF
skill and accuracy with his bplane by
volplanlng and scaling the tops of build
ings by less than two feet
Eben w. Spears, former policeman Of
Lynn, who ran for mayor of that city,
was indicted SATURDAY at cambridge,
Mass. on the charge-of extortion by the
grand jury. 1t is charged that he at
tempted to get money from Hugh Fergu-
son, saloonkeeper of Lowell. by repre-
senting that he was member of Law
and Order League and for a considera-
tion. would protect Ferguson. Three in
dietments charging murder in the first
degree, one in the second degree and two
for manslaughter, were also reported to
Judge John Mclaughlin of the superior
criminal court. The three persons charged
with murder in the first degree wers
Bliss w. Darrah of Cambridge, who IL
alleged to have killed his wife in Bed
ford recently With a carving knife: Peter
George, who IL charged with numbering
Mrs. Spiro Stoyi at NaticlS on July 4. ami
Frank X. Baskovee. who Is alleged TO
have admitted that he murdered Mrs.
Frances Wilkinson in SOyncfvhS> ON rJply
q because he was laborirg. under tha tHg
preston that the woman had given hifn
consumption, germs Both Darah and
GsoFge are stiIf al large bl4skdsssf Mas
taken, into custody shortly after Mrs.
nllkmsons WIS indfdtfsds = =
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BOSTON COMMENTS.
What Some Ministers Think About the
Astor- Force Wedding.

Estor F orce Wedding.
Bnstcn. SlBt. 1D.--CenGe!anation Of
the .Sstor-Force wedding and eli he
laws governing divorce and fe-marri-
age in general sounded from many
pulpits today in Boston. IN some
cases The entire morning or evening
discourse was devoted to the subject
but ia mast OF the churches where
t;Ie marriage was touched upon. the
comment anne merely as an interjec
ton, the pastors declaring they did
not c3re to dwell upon the subjeet
one - the strongest expressions IN
the f1attcf came from the Corner
Stone Mcus' Glass al the T'Eion Con
grcg2tionaI church al Columbus ave
nue. the pastor, Rev. Allan \. Stock
dale, speaking in the name of The class.
He said:
.Att he meeting of the Corner Stone
Glass, the class was unanimous IL
their condemnation Of the marriage.
All the men are of the opinion that
thu SRI IS the victim il the affair.
We blame Col Astor and the parents
of the sill Tor permitting him to mar
re- their daughter. we believe that
the hhbhetN given 10 tie dt'aF u
good rather tfan bad and IS ~ e&-
preston q moral reHoit against the
system of divorce, Moreover, We are
heartY IN our commendation Of the
attitude With the piscopa1 church his
taken throughout the case. The class
believes the congregational church
shani@ take action md make ae'ld-
ed stand against he PraVidehe1 rili'-
is'er VIII" has SO degraded this q 1rcils
Rev Walter Galley, pastor ct the
First baptist church OF 3afnai' .
Plains. said:
.GoA Aston docs not dtffer gftatt
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The Last Temperance Rally.

The last speech has been made for
the cause Of temperance in this city
and the question of the retention OF
the prohibitory amendment in the con-
stitution is now up to the voters of
this city as well as all over the State.
In this city vigorous campaign has
been conducted under the auspices of
the Gardiner Civic League and for the
past eight weeks the question has been
presented to the voters Of this city in
a digniiied but aggressive manner and
results for the work are expected to
appear in the NO vote. The polls will
be open the usual hours and it is the
duty of every voter to cast his ballot
on Question No. /, if on no other.
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All City and Rural Schools
Will Open Today.
Closing Temperance Rally Held
Vote AnxiousIy Awaited.
PIT. W. Whist Club Entertained.
Personals and Locals.

All the schools in this city and Hicin-
lily will open the years work Monday.
All the buildings of thegcity have been
Thoroughly repaired and cleaned and
everything is now in readiness to re-
ceiye the students. 1t is not expected
that the number of pupils will be much
larger this year than formerly. The
school committee has issued a school
calendar, which gives all the facts
about the school year. the names of
the different officers and also the
teachers, there being but few
changes. Following are the school Of
ficers and teachers:
Experimenting School Committee
Hon. o. b. CIason, chairman Mrs. E
p. Genthner, Dan S. Weeks
Directors of High School-Hon. B.
y. Lamb, chairman, eX-ofticio; s. c.
Decker, Geo. \. Harrington. secretary;
j. NJ. l.. Bates.
Truant Officer Henry King. city;
Chester "A. Philips. South Gardiner.
Teachers of the High SCHOOL,. IL.
Conant, Phi. b., Drown '03) principal;
True c. Morrill,, y. B., Dates o. sub
principal; Alice NJ Richards, Il. l..
tSmith '96) first assistant: Lillian NJ.
Norton. Oates '03) second assistant;
Guy NJ. Monk. third assistant; Edith
c. Wilson, stenosraphy and type
writing.
Teachers of the common schools.
Central Street-Mallian NJ. Reed. A.
b, principal, Grades VIII and TX; Bes-
sic II. Grant, Grade VII; Blanche
Woodwork. Grade VI;
Highland Avenue-Charles p. Al
len, A. r., principal, Grades VII. VIII
and TX; Susie \. Cary, assistant. same
grades Carrie vi. Cornell. Grade VI;
Nellie T. Springer. Grade V, Alice
L. Payne. Grade ".
South Gardiner-Jula c. Whitney
principal. Grades VI, VII, VII and TX;
Zetta NJ. Nudd assistant in same
grades: Myra l.. Black. Grades III.
" AMI V; Edwina Jordan, assistant
plummer Street-Myra +. Wood,
Grades " and V Kate f. Flitner,
Grades II and III; Barieta Parshley
sub primary and Grade 1; Emma
Nelson assistant; Doris Berry, as
sistant
New Mlls-Thirza Raynes, Grades
III. ~ and V: Jessie A. Kimhall. sub
primary and Grades / and II; Mildred
Parker, assistant
Spring Street-Bessie \. Charles.
Grace IL and HI; Myrtle L. Barker,
sub primary and Grade /.
Winter Street-Sarah +. Lord, sub
primary and Grades | and II.
South Gardiner-Agnes Lancaster
sub primary and Grades l and H.
Rural schools-Josephne II. Will
liams. Lawrence school: Ella A. Pea
cock. Libby Hill: Gertrude Shannan.
music and drawing
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Mrs. Rebecca Jeffries. mother of the
former champion pugilist who is dy-
ing at Los Angeles. Cal, continually
askes for her son. Jefries is in Alas
ka ON Il hunting trip and efforts are
being made to reach him.
The total vote in Thursdays Demo-
craft primaries in Virginia shows ma
jorities of 32,U55 and 1928, respec-
lively, for Senators Martin and Swan
son, nominated to succeed themselves
in the federal Senate over Congress-
man Jones and Glass.
The aviator Raimund Eyring was
killed Saturday night while making
flight at the aerodrome at Esslingen,
Wurtemberg His machine collided
with mast marking the limits of the
field. isyring was warned beforehand
against flying in the dark.
II is reported at San Salvador. Re-
public of Salvador that martial law
has been declared in Honduras. Re-
Gently a gigantic revolutionary plot
against the administration of Hon
duras was unearthed. 1t was said that
Former President Davila. who was de-
posed by the revolution under Gen
Manuel Rnnilla was implicated.
It was stated on good authority sat
uraay At Gainesville. Tex, that 4. >
Senator Bailey viii not change his
residence TO New York city after the
expiration of his term in tho Senate
but will practice law in one of the
larger Texas cities. This statement
was the outcome OF Fridays confer
cnae between the senator and several
prominent Texas Democrats.
Proving that he exercised all due
care, Joseph Seisal was found not
guilty of a charge of manslaughter in
causing the death Of Reuben Marshall
in Lynn. Tuesday, when given hear
ing Saturday in the Lynn police court
and was discharged. Seigal was oper-
ating an automobile and was unable
to stop the car when young Marshall
suddenly ran in front of it.
4 ffoie in the Boston & Maine
freight yard in Newburyport, Mass
cost thirteen-y ear-old Frank Johnson
this life With some other boys he was
PLAYING In and about some frelght
cars and Jumped out of car directly
in front of switch engine. The IN
juries which ne received resulted IN
his death Saturday at a hospital. lie
was the son Of Greenleaf A. Johnson
OF Federal street
The closing DAYS program OF the
ninth annual convention of the Amer
lean Institute of Banking at hoehes-
ter, " y included the election OF OF
ficers and the selection of the next
convention city. 1t was conceded that
Salt Lake City would be chosen. The
election of officers resulted as follows.
President, Raymond E. Cox; wee
president. Joseph s. Bradley OF st
Paul, Mimi. secretary, Andrew Z
Doris of Nashville; treasurer, Car
Dieter of st. Paul.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by fire that broke cut about
f2.3G Sunday morning in the one-story
brick building at t79 Clarendon street
Boston. close To the Boston & Albany
tracks. which is used by Kenneth a.
skinner as a garage In the build
ing we're about so automobiies-4G OF
them privately owned, the rest stock
cars only five of these cars could be
saved, including a big sightseeing au-
TO. The others We're either destroyed
bv the flames or SO damaged as to be
worthless.
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The service at the First Baptist
church Sunday morning was of I'M
usual interest. Pastor pinkham, instead
of preaching a regular sermon gave an
interesting account of the kennebec
Baptist Association. which he attended
last Thursday and Friday. The report
WAS alive with enthusiasm and rich
with information. Mrs. Pinkham rem
dered a solo in a very pleasing man
ner, the church was beautifully dec
GRATED with autumn leaves golden rod
and other flowers.
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SATURDAY was the last week day OF
the preparation for the coming special
election on Monday and the day was
passed by both parties putting iorth
eve,y effort. Early in the forenoon.
posters were thickly placed about the
city bearing the words Vote Yes.
Monday" 1t was not long before 9th
crs bearing Vote No. Monday" APP
peared and then every vantage place
seemed to bear some sign. The work
ers against the repeal of the consti-
tutional amendment were out in the
omen in their work and they left no
stone unturned to further their ef-
forts and this can easily be seen to-
day at the polls. Their fight In TINS
vicinity has been on open and hard
one and no thoughtful voter can help
BIZ admitting that their cause IS a Just
one. The election places have all been
put in order for the voting and all
the former places will be used. Moth
ing now remains to be done but get
the voters out and count the 'esrils.
The usual place of receiving the re-
turns will be found busy as during
general election, the street corners.
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still rang in the ears of the people today
as they talked Of the case ~
Expressions of sympathy were heard
everywhere for the aged father OF the
prisoner, Il prominent merchant and
highly respected citizen His grief Sat
urday was heartrending The anecton
between the father and son manifested
in the long days of the trial as he sat
beside him. the parent had related on the
witness stand. has grown intensely since
tie early death Of the boys mother.
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GEORGE THOMPSON KNIGHT.
Well Known Theologian Passes Away
Native OF South WirtEarn, Me

Medfetd, Mass sept - f3,e.
George Thompson Hnigai. u :. w5t4=
known as It theoiogian. aiea -
niGht At private hospita. l.. &.s'tnrt's
DR.. knight was professor Of Garistis.a
theology at the Crane Theological
School, formerly the Tufts Divinity
School, and WAS widely known as an
author and lecturer on theological sab
jects. He was born at South Wind
ham. Ne, oct. %, 1850 and graduated
from Tufts in 1872. In 1898 he re-
ceived the degree of doctor of divinity
from Lombard College, Illinois and was
ordained to the pHiversalist ministry
in 1873.
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Eloquent Appeal
For Temperance.

Rev. David :. Beach, l.. -. Of The Ban
gor Theological Seminary delivered an
eloquent appeal Ter the retention OF pro
hibiton in the Maine constitution al the
First Baptist church sunday evening.
This was the closUg address Of the cam
paign. which has been u vigorous one,
and the church was well filled. The Rap-
fist, Congregational Free Baptist, Meth
odist and second Baptist churches united
in the service. Special temperance
hymns were sung under the leadership of
s. A. Maxim.
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The recent rains did not have amy
effect upon the supply of water in the
streams and ponds in this vicinity ana
it is now getting down to low stage.
While the supply is 2S0 cubic feet at
normal height, the supply has neces-
sarily been cut down to 200 cubic feet
per second. This is enough to supply
about all the many water wheels along
the stream, though there can be no
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About 1000 feet of new 12-inch pipe
is being layed at the pumping station
at the New Mills. This is being con-
nected with the new pump and will
give service that will allow of no
Interruption is the water services in
the future. The new pipe is being so
laycd that both pumps VIII enter the
water main separately and one will
lead TO the old main running down
Central street while tine other viii on
ter the new le-inch main over Harri
son avenue. Another enters the mains
so as to go direct to the reservoir.
With this arrangement. should there
be a bad break, it can be repaired with
out interruption of the services ex-
cepting between the two gates where
the break occurs. Before this \ was
done. a bad break necesstated the
shutting off of all the services on the
side farthercst away from the pumps
and reservoir.