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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Current Events Club will hold its
regular meeting on Friday, Dec. ID,
with Mrs. f. r. Wellman, SO Western
avenue. 1t is expected that Mrs.
Stanley Plummer of Dexter, president
of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs, will be present and give an adj
dress along educational lines. The
program will also include music,
piano duet and solo by Mrs. Robert
Pattison and Mrs Ralph Conant, and
reading by Miss Inez Hill. Members
please+remember the roll call, quota
tions from Famous Authors" and let
there be a general response. Each
member is privileged to bring one
guest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

DR. Gustavus G. Kilgore of Belfast.
member of the Governors Council.
from the 5th councillor district was in
the city. Wednesday, on State1 pauper
business and viii remain over for the
session. Thursday, of the Governor
and Council.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
An Alarm at Niaht.

That strikes terror TO the entire house
hold IL the loud, hoarse and metallic
cough of Group. No mistaking II. and
fortunate then the lucky parents who
Keep FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound
on hand. H. w Casselman, Canton, n
y. says: ct is worth its weight in
gold. Our little children are troubled
with Group and hoarseness, and all we
give them IL Foiey's Honey and Tar
Compound. 1 always have a bottle Of 1t
IN the house" Howditch, Webster & CO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

The furnishings asked for by the
Augusta Woman's Association need
not be new. Any person wishing TO
donate one of these articles or all Of
them may consult Immediately with
Mrs. Dennis Donavan. Bangor Road,
by telephone or postal card, as il is
the desire of the women to open the
rooms for Merchants week.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Patrick r.. Desmond was committed
to the Maine Insane hospital, Wednes-
day evening, after a hearing before
the mayor and aldermen Mr.. Desmond
is an. escaped inmate OF an Insane
hospital in Concord, n. H., ana ne
claims to have some invisible inhu-
ence, leading him oyer the,rsoalntps,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

A Des Moines man had an attack OF
muscular rheumatism in his shoulder. a
friend advised him to go TO Hot Springs
that meant an expense of $50 or
more. He sought for a quicker and
cheaper way to cure it and found it in
Chamberlain Liniment. Three days af-
ter the first application of this liniment
he was Well For sale byall dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Mrs. William H. Smeltz and son,
have returned home to Albany \. Y,
after a visit with her sister Mrs. Chas.
W. Pike, Scott street. and relatives
at the National Home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Buenos Ayres reports that the British
steamer Gogovale, from HUI, and the
American schooner May Y. Neville. from
Boston. have been in collision The Ne
vile sustained some damage.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Fred w. Bunker of North Arson. a
member of Governor Fernald's execn-
tive council, was a business visitor,
Wednesday, in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
LOCAL NOTICE.

Rebekah Aid will hold a Christmas
sale of fancy work, aprons, fir wreaths,
cooked food and candy at /. o. o. f.
hall, from IL TO 6, Dec. 1874
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Miss Lottie Stafford began her an
nual Holiday Sale Dec. and will con-
tnue until Christmas at her rooms.
No. ~ East Crescent street.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

which he is not able to resist. Drs. Ro-
land Mckay and George A. Coombs,
both testified that Desmond was unfit
to be at large. and that it would be
better for him to be i'll an asylum,
where he could get proper treatment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Exhibition and sale of hand painted
china at 20 Sewall street, Friday ant
Saturday. decl3d4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

Try Wendenburg's cough candy.
Sold by i. G. Coehrane. 259 Water st.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

The Red Cross stamps may be oh
tanned Of Miss Stephanie Lancaster at
the Office of Charles A. Milliken, Opera
House block. Telephone 220. dec12d1f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

When you have a. bilious attack give
saesllent. FSf sais BY hi ir dealers. ''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14

A solid Christmas investment and
safe, the gold, silver and gems in
Chester a. Fullers window.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-14
Daily kennebec Journal

Telephone 1876.
Thursday, December IA, 1911.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
REALTY BROKERS TO MEET
Gathering at Milwaukee in January
to Extend Membership of New
State Organization.

Milwaukee, annual meeting
Of the Wisconsin Association of Real
Estate Brokers, which was organized
at Madison last winter, will be held
here on the third Tuesday in January,
1912. TIE object of the association
is to facilitate intercourse between
men engaged in the realty business,
in the belief that their united action
in regard to matters in which they
have a common interest will be mu-
tually advantageous With the OBJ
ject of extending the membership, the
secretary, of the Association, w. e.
Hamilton Of this city, is sending to
real estate men of the state who do
not belong booklet containing the
articles of incorporation and coDstitu-
ton, and a letter in which he says:
with extended acquaintance, ex-
change of views and opinions by the
units represented, greater POSSIBLE
tiles, broader ideas, stronger infiu
ences, will enaanate from this COM
bined force, for a state federation,
thus qualifying the Association for
membership in the National Associa
ton of Real Estate Exchanges
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
Our Rickety Men of Fame.

Many of the men whose names wa
revere today in science. art, literature
and poetry suffered from emotional
disturbances, resulting in nerve
storms, or outbursts OF mental vfo-
fence. which can only be described as
auper-acute mania.
The poet Cowper had strong sui
cidal tendencies; yet he wrote John
Giipin' when suffering from intense
meianchOlia Shelley had an insane
ancestry, and at Eaton he was called
Mad Shelley" Charles Lamb had TO
be placed in an asylum, and his sis
ter Mary stabbed her mother to the
heart while insane Wordsworth and
his sister Dorothy are almost parallel
to Charles and Mary Lamb.
At the age Of thirty Coleridge was
broken down, and he died wreck
at siXty-twO. Southey came of an in
sane stock. The mother of Richard
Brinsley Sheridan, the dramatist. died
demented at forty-two.
Pope was deformed and ricketv and
Keats was homeopathic to his finger
tips. Byron's mother was unbal-
nnced, and so was his maternal grand
mother.-Answers London
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
HOLD PASTOR ON
MURDER CHARGE
Police AIege Rev. RiCheSon
Killed Girl With Cyanide.
CAUGHT AT FIANCEES HOME
Young Woman Whose Tragic Death
Brings Minister to Cell Is Said
to Have Been Engaged
TO Him.

Boston.-A cell in Charles street
jail holds Rev. Clarence Virgil
Thompson Richeson, pastor of I'm
manuel Baptist church, Cambridge, ar
rested at the home of Mrs Moses
Grant Edmands at Chestnut Hill
charged with the murder of Avis Lin
nell of Hyannis, Mass, to whom he
had been engaged His commitment
to jail without bail marked a TEN
porary end to a chain Of circumstances
which detectives have followed since
the death Of Miss Linneu by cyanide
Of potassium poisoning. IA a result
of his arrest, the preacher will be
asked to resign from the pastorate OF
his church diss Linnell, who was
nineteen years old and student
at the Conservatory Of Music,
was found dead in the bathroom
of the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation home here.
Calm and smiling when he faced
William Hahn, q Newton Center drug
gist, who declared in his presence and
that Of Chief of Detectives Dugan that
he sold the minister cyanide OF pOtas-
SUM enough to kill ten persons on
the evening of October 10, Mr.. Rich
eson collapsed when the cell door
closed upon him and he sat on the
rough wooden bench with his face
buried in his hands.
He is being held without bail on
charge Of murder on the date on
which he was to have married Miss
Edmands, heiress to more than a mil
lion dollars.
III and broken-heaTted Miss Ed
mands remains faithful to her pastor
lover.
Chief of Detectives Dugan, veteran
of thousands of criminal cases, de-
clares this is the most diabolicaI crime
he has ever handled.
1t makes me shudder," he said.
when l think of the fendishness OF
the man who gave an innocent girl
cyanide of potassium, the most dead
ly Of pOisons, and told her to take it
that she might be relieved of a ply
zeal condition that was coming on,
causing her anguish and him fear OF
revelations that would bring exposure
of his relations with her and prevent
his marriage to girl wealthy and
socially prominent"
The police believe Richeson pre-
meditated the murder of Miss Lin
nell for days, and perhaps weeks.
When he bought the cyanide from
Mr.. Hahn he said: I've got a dog at
home; she's whining around the
house and making a disturbance, and
want to put her out of her misery.
l want to get her out Of the way"
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Richeson
does not own a dog.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
SINGLE DEATH In 200 CASES DAIRY SHOW WAS SUCCESS
How Board of Health Copes With
Rabies Epidemic in State-Free
Treatments Proposed.

Madison.-Out of 200 cases of
rabies treated under the direction Of
the state board of health, only one
has proved fatal,
Although rabies has been prevail
ent in the state for many years, no
systematic examination nor methods
Of prevention were used until the fall
of 1907. In that year rabies became
very pronounced in the neighbOrhood
OF Beloit. and then the disease took
a general direction to the northeast
Successfully rabid animals were
reported from GAINESVILLE, Milton
Junction, Watertown, Oshkosh, Green
Bay and Marinette. Scattering cases
also were reported from other parts
of the state. The majority Of rabid
animals, however, came from the
eastern district.
After the legislature had refused
to establish a Pasteur institute the
outbreak Of rabies in the state be-
came SO severe that DR.. C. A. Harper
and DR.. RaVeneI determined to be-
gin the treatment at once. Up to
the present time 1875 cases have been
treated and only one death has oc-
Cured.
More recently cases of rabies have
been sent to the laboratory from the
neighbOrhOOd of La Crosse and from
the eastern and southeastern parts of
the state. This is evident that the
disease is continuing to spread in
Wisconsin.
The death rate in Wisconsin from
rabies is considerably lower than in
many other states where no Pasteur
institute is maintained At pres
ent charge of $25 is made, which
covers approximately the actual ex-
pense of the laboratory treatment
AS soon as possible the state board
of health and the laboratory propose
to give the treatment free to all ap-
Dlicants who are citizens of Wiscon-
Gin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
Attendance at international Exhibition
at Milwaukee Over 5O,OOO-Plan
for Greater Show Next Year.

MilWaukee.-The first Interration-
al Dairy show has ended at the Audi
forum, and with the close went out
the news that Milwaukee had been
established as the dairy capital of
America.
There were about 5000 people
present for the closing. Manager
Francis A. Cannon estimated that
the attendance for the nine days
would run we'll over $4,000. Finan-
cially the exhibition was also a sue
cess. The total expense of putting
it on was about $4,000, while the
receipts will run well over $4,000.
with the closing of the doors on
this years show preparations will be-
gin for the show of 1912" said Mr..
Cannon. They will be on a bigger
and a better scale. Plans have al
ready been laid for the erection of
temporary structures to accommodate
some of the exhibits. We will be
crowded beyond capacity in 1912.
From now on tRare will be a cam
paign to make the 1912 dairy show
at Milwaukee the greatest dairy ex-
position ever held in the world.
over 118 samples of milk were
entered in the milk contest, coming
from different points in the country.
We have assurances that the health
departments Of every city in America,
with a population of over 100, 900,
will be entered next year.
The problem next year is not one
of success, but one of being able
to secure adequate accommodations
to meet the wants of the exposition
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
WARN CAPITOL CONTRACTOR
Industrial Risk Board Gives Order
for Safeguarding of Workmen
on New State House.

Madison.-An order requiring i'm
mediate compliance with the law
passed by the last legislature pro-
viding for the protection Of workers
on public buildings was issued by the
Industrial commission, directed to
the contractors for the construction
of the central portion and south wing
of the new state capitol.
The law, of which violation is COM
planned, provides that the floors of
buildings under construction shall be
filled in or covered over before work
men shall be permitted to begin work
on the next succeeding floor above,
Complaint was made by wOrkmen
that this law was not complied with
by the contractors and that because
of such failure they are subject to
liability of accident resulting from
the carelessness of workmen above.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
TWO-DAY BATTLE
IS WON BY REBELS
Loyal Army Crushed at Hankow
Forts Scatter Fleet.
CHINA'S THRONE IS SHAKEN
Rsvoiutionists Now Control Entire
River side-Martial Law Declared
missionaries Are Leaving
Copatry-AIi Wires Burned.

Peking.-Decisively beaten in a two
days battle before Hankow, the de
ctmated files or 10000 troops, forming
the advance guard of the imperial
army. are in rapid retreat along the
railroad line to Picking.
The warship feet under Admiral
Sahchen Ping was forced to drop sew
eral miles down the river under a
heavy fire from the shore batteries.
One Chinese gunboat was sunk by
its crew which deserted to the rebels.
There is CONSERVATION in the capital
at this reverse. the most serious since
the revolution started.
When the fighting ceased the reVo-
lutionists took up a strong position.
Reinforcements for the rebels ar
rived and a force fully 5000 strong
commenced an advance on the i'm
perial encampment.
The advance was conducted eau
tiously On the march the rebels
burned hundreds of huts. fearing am
bush.
The loyalist infantry made a faint
show of resistance, while the shots
from the imperial warships failed to
dislodge a rebel field gun which had
been made the special object of at
tack
When the rebel scouts reached the
imperial camp they found it desert
ed, and the main body entered, wav-
ing banners and shouting in jubiIa-
ton.
The loyaIists' evacuation was so
hurried that they left many tents and
six carloads of baggage and ammuni-
ton.
A rumor is current that the rebels
have cut the railroad behind imperial
troops and captured Siaokan. 80 miles
north of Hankow.
Another native report is that the
rebels hold the railway tunnel at
Sinyangchow. in the southern part Of
Ho-Nan province and about 100
miles north of Hankow.
Consular dispatches from Yun-Nan
report persistent rumors of disaffec-
ton among the imperial soldiers.
A Mohammedan rebellion is report
ed imminent in Kan-Su, the scene of
The Mohammedan revolt of 1858-75.
Shanghai.-The following message
message from Vice-Admiral Wlnsloe,
senior British naval officer at Han
kow. sent by wireless from a British
vessel off Hankow, was received here:
All telegraph lines to Shanghai and
to Picking were destroyed by fire for
a distance of a mile beyond the set
tlement"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
COOK AND SHIELDS
REGISTER DENIALS
CONTRADICT STATEMENTS BY
LIEUT.. GOV. MORRIS AT THE
STEPHENSON PROBE.
TESTIMONY DOES NOT AGREE
Shields Says He Did Not Have Meet
ing With Cook Nor Threaten TO
Snoot 4im-Senator Lyons Brands
lis Previous Testimony as Joke.

MlIwaukee.-The appearance of
Writ H. Cook of Duluth before the
senatorial committee and his denial
OF the most of the statements made
by Lieut.. Gov. Morris, was the most
sensational feature Of the Stephen
son election investigation thus far.
Mr. Cook denied fatty all the most
damaging statements made by Mr..
Morris, who gave Mr.. Cook as his
authority. Mr.. Cook said he did not
tell Morris and Husting that Hines
and Stephenson raised a pool to
elect Stephenson. He admitted he
did say Hines raised something over
100000. Cook said he did not say
the money was entrusted to Shields
and others to be used, and that some
OF the money was used in getting the
three democrats to walk out.
Cook admitted on the stand that
he and Hines were not on friendly
terms. He said Hines had been dog
ging him with detectives.
r. J. Shields, much wanted and
finally secured witness, went on the
stand and denied in toto all the
statements of Morris and Cook re-
garding conversations had with him
and statements alleged to have been
made by him. He said he had not
spoken to Senator Stephenson but
once in twenty-five years. Shields
denied ever having had any inter
view with Cook in Chicago or having
made a threat to shoot him.
Senator Lyons who was called to
the stand, said the remark he made in
the Legislature that he received 800
to be good, was meant as a joke"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
FIGHT ON M'NkMARA
JURY MOVES SLOWLY
or Innocence of Accused Is
Only Qualification.

Los Angeles, Cal.-With seven in
the jury box subject to challenge
but little progress is being made
In securing a jury to try the
McNamaras for the alleged blowing
up of the Times building here which
resulted in the killing of 30 people.
The selection of the jurors is being
fought out on the issue of whether a
fair juror will be one who believes
dynamite and not gas caused the dis
astsr.
Little progress is being made,
Seven men are in the jury box, sub
ject to challenge.
Because of the defense's position
that the explosion in the Times build
Ing was caused by gas and that coun-
sci defending James B. Mcnamara
should not be compelled to show 9th
erwise in order to get a fair trial, the
state contends that so long as any
juror has no opinion as to McNamara's
guilt or innocence he may be q fair
juror
The course of challenges, under Cali
fornia procedure. promises much work
ahead before a jury is empaneled, re-
CARELESS of the way the court may
rule. The defense, which tentatively
has passed seven talesmen as to
cause, but may return to some OF
them, will continue until the quota of
Il is obtained. Then the state, I'M
der District Attorney John D. Fred
ericks, will go over these IL to see il
any are to be challenged for cause
Whenever one man is successfully
challenged another will take his place
and the defense will first examine
him, followed by the state When
finally II men, all having escaped sue
cessful challenge for cause, are in the
jury box, each side viii have the
privilege Of peremptory challenge. OF
these the state has ten and the de,
tense twenty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
Must Guard Corn Shredders.

Madison.-Efforts are being made
by the industrial commission to cut
down the number Of farm accidents
caused by corn shredding and husk-
ing machines. Guards for these ma
chimes are simple and inexpensive
and the commission is advising farm
ers as to the proper method of build
ing them. Under the law, it is the
duty of every person using corn
shredding or husking machines to
equip it with safety or automatic
feeding devices for protection from
accident by the swapping rollers,
husking rollers and shredding knives.
1t is the duty of the industrial COM
mission to enforce this law. The pen
atty is $25 to 500 for each offense,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-26
NUISANCE OF WORD "AIRSRIP"
Exasperating Errors That People Fall
Into When They Tackle Vocabu-
larry of Aviation.

The most exasperating error in
characterization at present is the mis-
use of "airsniD.', Time and again one
can see headlines like this: "Airship
Flies $50 Miles an Hour" or 'Airship
Falls; Aviator Killed, when it is the
weighty fyingmachine that is meant.
If the generic term aircraft" had
been employed, there would have
been no atrocious assault upon our
language. but "airshiD'' contains one
letter the less, and that means much
40 the worried epitOmizer Rated ac-
Cording to size, it would be as permits
sibIe to speak Of a yacht as an ocean
liner, or naphtha tender as a yacht.
as to rank the automobile of the air
with an airship. Then, too, the lat
ter is buoyant affair, floating by its
own leyity and, If need by, sailing
with wind minus any other pTOpelling
force, whereas the heayier-than-air
apparatus gets It's sustaining power.
as already indicated. by a reverse
process.
The compact aero" is also fre-
quently requisitioned to denominats
all kinds Of aerial apparatus. and,
when adopted for gas-borne appliances,
can be made to serve useful Dur-
pose. Tt seems to fall down" how
ever, if coupled with heavier-than-air
rOntriVances. When is a kite, a flying
fish, or cIam-sheIl Suffering over
The water an aero" or. rather, an
"air?" How classify Granno-t's ma
chine that little more than a year
ago made its first and final appear
ance in public? It's inventor folded
lD its single surfaces somewhat after
The fashion of a buggy-top, set his
propeller in notion and, utilizing his
apparatus as a wind wagon. steered it
through most crowded streets of Ber-
in trunding from the JohannisthaI
dcld to The Tegel battle-ground. There,
his surface test being considered de-
cisiVe, il was impounded by the mill
larry authorities. and win travel on
.ong marches or participate in military
naneuyers moving along by its own
power, fully assembled and ready for
immediate scout duty But suppose
his wind wagon does not make an
ascension? viii it still rate as an
aero? Edward Wesley Potter. in
darper's Weekly.