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The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Louis b. Hanna, governor-elect Of
Ncrth Dakota, entered Congress in
1903, having previously served in both
houses of the state Legislature Mr.
Hanna was born in Pittsburg, but was
one of the pioneer settlers of the Da-
kotas. He began as a lumber mer-
chant, but later became a banker and
purchased large land holdings.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Josephus Daniels, Democratic ma
tional committeeman for North Caro-
lima and well known as the publisher
of the Raleigh News and Observer, is
picked by some politicians as a likely
choice for the post Of Postmaster Gen
eral in the Wilson cabinet.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Staunton, Va, the place of Governor
Wilson's birth, is planning to make
the President-elect's home coming
jubilee next month one of the biggest
days in the states history.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

oI the league is given authority to
make all contracts with players, after
'h'! nave been secured by club man
ayers, there would be no occasion for
salary limit complication and troubles
in the future.
The Cotton States league. it is saiu
will have the following towns to draw
from for teams next year:
Jackson, Greenwood, Columbus,
which finished the race in 1912; vicks-
burg, Meridian and Hattiesburg,
which dropped out before the close
OF the season, and Selma, Ala, Green
vile, Clarksdale, Helena, Ark, Tusca-
Ioosa, Ala, and Baton Rouge, La.
1t Is stated by the president of the
league that Helena, Baton Rouge, and
Tuscaloosa are in a receptive mood,
and that they are considering apply
ing for membership.
1t will be proposed at the next
meeting Of league directors that a
president be employed to devote his
whole time to the league, sign up
players, receive gate receipts above
the regular guarantee to visitors, and
in fact, personally conduct league af-
fairs in matters that have heretofore
oeutered in club management, and
which are considered to have been
The rocks on which a number of teams
were wrecked the past season.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
GOSSIP FROM THE PROVINCES

They Saw Handwriting on the Wall.
Tama Jim Wilson and Philander
Knox we're great little forecasters
when they said that they would leave
their cabinet positions on March A.
Chicago Post.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Frank T. O'Hair, who is to succeed
Uncle Joe" Cannon in the House. was
born in a log cabin in Edgar County.
Illinois, and spent his boyhood days on
farm.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Circuit Judge John w. Mason. for
several years Republican national COM
mitteeman for West Virginia, seeks to
succeed Clarence w. Watson in the
United States senate.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

In the defeat of William B. Wilson
of the 10Th Pennsylvania district or
ganized labor will lose one of its ablest
representatives in Congress.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
FEEL BULLY! HEAD ClElR, STOMACH
SWEET, BOWLS RIGHT" "CASCARfTS"

swcetcu tNn stomach, remove the sour
uudigestro and fermenting food and
foul gases. take the excess bile from
the liver and carry off the constipated
waste matter and poison from the
bowels
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning-a l0-cent pox
will keep your head clear stomach
sweet liver and bowels regular and
make you feel cheerful and bully for
months. Don't forget the children
their little insides need a good, gentle
cleansing, TOO.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

You men and women who cant got
feeling right who have headache
coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath. dizziness, can't sleep, are
nervous and upset, bothered with a
sick, gassy, disordered stomach and
are all worn out. ,
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets-or merely dosing
.o,,rse,f every few days with salts
csebartic pills, castor oil and o'neF
hay h irritants? , and
nrcarets Immediately cleanse and
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Put an Awful Dent In Their Roll.
Let us hope Mr.. Finn Mr.. Perkins,
Mr.. Munsey and the others feel that 1t
was worth what it cost them.--Phila-
delphia Record.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
Spiked

Uncle Joe Cannon, who started all
the trouble, also goes into the discard.
New York American.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
In the .AIso-Ran Class.

incidentally, just take look at the
figures Hon Albert jeremiah Beve-
ridge didn't win by.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Barratt O'Hara, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
elect of Illinois, is one of the youngest
men ever elected to that office in the
United States.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

In the recent election the Socialist
vote in Kansas exceeded 10000, about
10000 more than ever before.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Governor George M. Donaghey O
Arkansas aspires to seat in the Uni
ted States senate.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
Is About Am Erom ceclI.

The late Colonel CecI Lyon of Tex
as-but you can exam'n1 the returns
'ourself-Pittsburg Ga1,t'p-Times.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
Voters Smashed t5 Cup.

The third cup of coffee, politically
speaking, has passed .ato innocuous
desnetude.-Springficlt Republican.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Massachusetts has elected a Demo
cratic lieutenant governor for the first
time.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
Bet Bob Just Can't Stop Laughing.

No message of coincidence has been
received at Oyster Bay from Senator
La Follette.-New York World.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Before the election of November 5
women could vote in six states, having
a total of thirty-seven electoral votes,
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20
Found a PLENTY of Looal Color.g

FOUND a PIenty Of Local CoIor.7
Well, anyhow, Editor Roosevelt will
have whole lot of subjects to write
about. t.-Washington Post
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

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The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Save rs per cent by purchasing your
boys Suits at sHEL6Y's. 20-2t
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

HULETT UNDERTAKING CO.
FiRsT-cLAss FUNERAL DIRECTING
AND EMeAL MING.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-11-20

Raston and Fellowcraft Shoes for
men, can be found in Hattiesburg only
at sHELBY's, sole agents. 20-2t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
VERMONT NOTES

During the past year the postal receipts
at Brattleboro were A,5"S.1,. an incrca se
over the year before ~ s70S.5S The
receipts for Christmas week were 81. 733. Is
Fire destroyed The house of ". D.
Wnittemore in sheldon Saturday. the loss
heing 500. The fire IL thought to have
started from heater in chamber.
Thermometers registered ~ degrees be-
low zero AT sheldon Saturday morning
and also at fnoshurg Falls. At Swanton
the mer' airy went down 20 3 below.
The 2srd annual orleans county fair
will he hold at RnarnS Crook Park.
Barton. August -. p and 20. A Fourth
of Jelly celebration and races will also
he held
An epidemic of chickenpox and German
measles has been prevalent in Brattleboro
since the beginning OF December. During
that month 81 cases were reported and
since January there have been over j
new cases
As he thought he had cause to discharge
four girls. one Of the proprietors Of the
Wheeler laundry in Bellows Falls had a
strike on his hands At once the greater
number OF tho remainder Of tho employees
some 81 in number struck in sympathy.
After attacking George Mattison of
North Bennington with an axe. ol-year-old
Oveda Pereault has been committed tc
the Rrattlehoro retreat for treatment
Shackes were placed about his feet but
II required four men to hold him when a
crowd formed about the trolleT car ir
which he was seated with his father
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
CENTRAL VERMONT PAYS
TRAINMEN BETTER WAGES

Montpelier, Jan. "A change in the
wage scale on the Central vermont
railway now effective gives material
increases to conductors, haEgagemen
and brakcmcn. On the Montpelier
Barre branch line conductors re"eiN"
s1a5 instead Of $50; bagGagemen. s'N
instead of $50. and hrakemen. $40
month ON the main line. conductors
receive for runs Of i53 miles or oVeH
l2CS cents mile. baggagemen. Loo
cents per mile. and hrakemen, .'o
cents per mile. on runs Of less 'hah
l55 miles. conductors will receive $40
day. baggaEemen. S2.7j day and
hrakemen. 50. 80.
On way freights. conductors who
were paid So month will receive
3a,5 cents mile aud brakcmcn 30
cents mile with 100 miles the mini
mum run. ON through frcights con-
ductors receive ass cents a mile ana
hrakemen c.42. on RichforL and ts-
sex Junction passenger trains condu'-
tors will receive $3.50 month. bag
gagemen ss7. and brakemen. sN4 ii
month On freight service, conductors
will receive sos and brakemen $40 n
month on Burlington and Cambridge
Junction branch conductors will re-
ceive SIOo "A month. baSgagemen. 81
and brakcmen. S6s.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

Boston. and took room in the Boston
Y. W. e. A.
January. io11--l'pon request of certain
members Of the Cambridge church. If
icials OF the Newton Theological SEM
mary, where Mr.. Richeson had studied.
went to Hyannisport to investigate re-
ports of his courtship of Miss !.innell
March 1911 Mrs. Lnncl received a let
ter from Avis. saying her engagement Ia
Mr. Richeson had been broken at his re-
quest. In the same month the family Of
Moses Grant Edmands of BrOokline an
nouncfd the engagement of Miss Niolet
Edmands to Mr.. Rich~son.
October 6. l9l1-Avis was heard holding
telephone conversation with unknown
person in which she made engagement
for Saturday afternoon.
October a. iail--Avis Vas found i'm
conscious in bathroom ut y. w. C. A.
dormitorl, with feet Immersed in hot
water. and expired withou. making
statement. Richeson. Informed over
telephone of her death. expressed sur
prise at being told, and suggested that
her hro.herin-law at Rrockton he
notified. Medical Examiner Leary ar
rived and found that death was due Ia
poisoning by cyanide of potassium.
October BIN his sermon Mr. Richie
son referred to the death of n beautiful
girl friend. Autopsy revealed he condi-
ton OF the unfortunate girl and sug-
gested possible motive for - rhine.
October 1S--Mr Richeson went into Sc
clusion at the Edmnnds home in Brook
line. The following day he consulted hi.
attorney.
October l9-Drnggist William II. Hahn
of Newton informed authorities of the
purchase Of cyanide OF potassium by the
clergyman on October 10. on the asser-
ton that he wished to kill a dog.
October 2N-Mr Richeson was arrested
at rs a. m. after the Edmands hons,
had been surrounded by police all night
Druggist Hahn. AT police headquarters
repeated his accusation In the presence OF
the minister. Mr.. Richeson was remove
to the Charles street Jail.
October 31-Mr. Richeson was arraigneC
on "A charge of murder in the first degrc.
on the day he was to have welded Mis-,
Edmnnds He was held without bail.
November 26.-He resigned as pastor o
the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Cam
bridge.
December % Mr.. Richcson mutilate,
himself severely in his Jail cell and wa
removed 70 the infrmary OF the institu
ton for further treatment. Later he wa
! returned TO his cell.
December &l-He had so far recovered
from his wound as to be able to eat
Christmas dinner and tho physicians SAT-
he would be ready for trial on January Il
January C. .gl2-T{e confessed to his Dar
in causing the death OF Miss lnnell
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

New York Jan. During the year just
ended the New York police have been
called to the aid of families from which
some member d. appeared exactly $50"
times, and during this same time approx'-
matey geo women. most of them young
girls ranging in age from II 10 =" years,
have utterly disappeared
From an authoritative ~ourcc at police
headquarters the New York American Is
Informed that the list of persons report
ed TO them " not one-half tho nun1~er OF
persons that actually disappear. iiesi-
fancy on the part Of relatives causes mem
to fail to call upon the public authorizes
only one-third request that ne cases ne
made public.
During 1911" said one official, we
have been confronted with hundreds "f
cases similar IN every degree 70 thdt OF
Dorothy Arnold. Many other cases are
as baffng as hers. The young girls 'eIt
ABSOLUTELY no trace behind They maze
no preparations for departure. and re"
have since been heard from
1--WE succeeded in locating hundreus
of women and young girls VINO left '"eir
usual surroundings. but in every one u
these cases there was some clue on wh'cn
the detectives in the bureau Of missing
persons could work
The principal reason why girls leave
home. we have learned is because or a
guiding hand that Is too severe. Parents
should be more lenient in their methods
OF restraint They should know that
, nothing is gained by methods too harsh
| and that young woman in this country
| will not remain under the roof OF parents
| whom she rightly knows msunderstanc
| her or are entirely too brutal in then
! matter of fact dealings.
"The next reason why the young won
an disappears is because she sees sucl
ahject poverty in her own home and sucf
utter hopelessness II she remains there
| Shc sees her mother shaving and saving
an old woman at 50 and she runs away L
forget
"A third reason is the glitter Of III
stage. the allurement OF the gayety ii
life and the development Of the ide
that one must live for the present an
Ilct the future care for itself
''Thc fourth main reason. and fourt
in the list is the man in the case. Some
times he lures the girl away and de
sciis her She lis ashamed to return
Sometimes he is Of Il different socia
|station, and she wants to forget her ow
and live in his,
| During the year many women tro'
homes of refinement and from famine
where the financial standing is very mig
have disappeared as utterly as did poi
othy Arnold. We can do nothing fo
they left no clues behind.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
TIE xHERIFFESSES.

Iconoclastic Sheriff julie,
lis this the way YOU start to rule,
BY giving Madge
!. cart-wherl badge
To naunt upon her chest
DO you revive an ancient pun
BY telling Jones. the htnpecked one.
His darling wife
Will ease his life
Fly giving him arrest?
She takes the badge and pins II, so
Amid the folds Of her iaho,;
Then murmurs. at
l. scarcely 1T
To match my MORE antique"
Thereon TO Julie she telephones
"Td Ike badge in softer tones
III change this pin
When YOU get in
Some newer STYLES next week'
RI. sheriffcs.es. In the crush
That turns the subway maid To mush
You may refuse
The strap to use
In hours from five to seven
Aye. When the battles getting brisk,
We see YOU Hash your metal disk.
While. stern OF Jaw.
You say. by law
A seat I now repevin,'
JOY for the married Sheriffess.
When pa makes her allowance less
Ry legal writ
She'll put her nit
Within his pocket tight
No more. In nisht-cap diadem.
Need she sit mp till two a m
BY ruling strict
She may evict
The man that's late at night,
John O'K~efe, in the n Y. World.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
WHAT HE WANTED,


DARLING.
well, Henry"
Are you going to lie very busy to-
nigh -
you know ! am. rhs Is the night our
neighborhood literary circle meets
We'll, how about tomorrow after
noon"
"To-morrow afternoon cur bridge club
meets.
Dear dear, Then how about Tuesday
evening
Tuesday evening I'm going to road a
paper before the Suffragette society"
I'm sorry. VIII YOU he engaged on
Wednesday evening?
Il shall our church missionary society
hold. its annual meeting then. I'm it.
president. YOU know
"HOw unfOrtun~ e-er-not that YOU are
president. It's uh- ortunate that YOU viii
he engaged DO you expect to he AZ home
Thursday evening.
II do not, Henry. The Womans Upiift
society meets on Thursdays. and on FRI
day | have promised to serve tea at Mrs
Swelkid's musicale. But what is IL YOU
want. Henry"
"Oh, nothing, | merely thought IL you
were going To be at home some night soon
I'd get you to sow "A button on my trous-
crs. but perhaps can find a tailor TO DC
| 1t whose time isn't quite so taken up as
| yours. "-DetrOt Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
PUBLIC SERVICE DATES.
seven Hearings Set for the Next Three
Weeks.

Newport. Jan. ,-liearings have been
set by the public service commission as
follows
January Sat the city court room.
Barre. r. m, hearing on petition OF
f.. II. FYtzhugh and "a others. incorpora-
tors of the Barre Granite Railway COM
pany. for certificate showing that the
proposed railroad Is for the public good
and that the provisions of the statute
have been compiled with
January AT the Chittcnden county
court house. Burlington, a. M: ad-
iourned hearing in proceedings with ref
rrence to union station and the elimina-
ton Of grade crossings.
! January l6-At the Sons of Veterans
hall, South ROyalton. 1919 a. M. ad
tourned hearing on petition of selectmer
of Royalton. ct. al. VS.. Central Yer
mont Ry. Co, for the elimination OF
grade crossings in the village Of South
ROyalton.
| January l7.-At the room of the com
mission, Montpelier, 3 a. M: hearing or
petition OF John q. Sargent. attorney
general. vs.. Rutland Railroad Co, ant
the Central Vermont Ry, co, These com
plants allege that the railroads in Dues
ton have violated the State demurrag,
law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
PASTOR RICHESON ADMITS
MURDER OF AVIS LINNELL
Says He Has Suffered the Tortures of the Damned
Since Giving His Former Sweetheart
cyanide of Potassium CAPSULE.


The following carefully written confession. addressed to
Messs Lee. Morse Dunbar for Mr. RichesOn>
and dated Boston. january given the at
O'Clock Saturday afternoon:
Gentlemen: Deeply penicnt for sim and earnestly de-
string far in power lies to make aoncmen hereby
confess that guilty Of the ocn of which stand indicted
am moved to this by nucemcnt of Sclt-bcnef
lcniency. cnous God has not wholly aban
doned and conscience and manhood however dcpraved
and blghcd will admit of still further wronging by
public her whose pure young life have destroyed
Under lashings of have suffered and suf-
fering the damned In this find of
comfort In mental anguish recognize that there is still
by mercy of the Master the divine spark
\ of goodness still lingering with
could wish to live only because within prisons walls
| might. in small redeem sinful help
other desparng SOUL and last find with Cod
You instructed deliver district attorney
to the judge OF the court. Sincerely yours.
CLARENCE V. r. RICIIESON.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
FOUND AGED WIFE DEAD

Castleton, Jan. When A T.. Afford,
who is 81 years old. returned to the house
shortly after noon he found his wife sit
TIM, unrirht In her wheel chair dead. They
had been married Is years
Mrs Afford was born In Middletown
Springs in lse5. She Is survived by one
son. William H. Afford OF this place be-
sides her husband. Mrs Afford had been
In the best OF health up 10 two years ago
when she fell and broke one mp
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
THE DANGER or la GRIPPE

Is Its fatal tendency to pneumonia 10
cure your la cripple coughs take Foley
Honey and Tar Compound. r. r.. FISHER
Washington, Wan, says was
troubled with severe attack OF Ia
grippe that threatened pneumonia a
friend advised Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound and ! got relie. after taking
the first few doses. | took three bottles
and my Ia grippe was cured" Get the
genuine. in the yellow package. J. W
O'Sullivan. ~ Church ST.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
THOUSAND GIRLS
MISSING IN 1871
Hundreds of Cases Similar in
Every Degree to That of
Dorothy Arnold.

I Police record of missing persons
in Greater New York:
Persons reported missing in l'll,
$500
Number not located 800.
Total number disappeared 1905
/ to 1911 inclusive, and not located
1924
Women who have Disappeared.
1909 1al" 1911.
&c, oS- 900
Roasors why girls leave home:
Iirst-SeVere home restraint
Second-EXtreme poverty
Third--Theatrical aspirations.
Fourth-I.ured away
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
HIS CHOICE.

There is an old negro down in my
town." said John sharp Williams, the
former democratic leader Of the House,
who did me a service. wanted TO re-
ward him. so | said;
"'Incle. which shall give you-a ton
OF coal or bottle of whiskey"'
"'Foh de Lo'd. Massa John, he replied,
you-all shorlev knows ! buhn wood
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
MARBLE WORKERS. INJURY FATAL

Rutland Jan. 4.-Steve knoll mum
garian, aged y Years and unmarne" "'eo
to-day at the Proctor hospital as the re-
suit OF injuries received yesterday IN the
building sheds OF the Vermont Marn'e
company at Proctor where he was EN-
ploycd He was struck by fallins slao
of marble and was injured internally the
surgeons being unable to locate the exact
nature of his injuries. Tho funeral VIII
he held Tomorrow
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

The Kansas utilities commission hus
granted permission to Winnipeg. Salina &
Gulf railroad to issue $20.s97.ooo five per
cent bonds which have been sold in
London TO cover the construction OF ,Oso
miles Of road from Winnipeg to the Gulf
~ Mexico with cross line from Kansas
city to Dos Nones. Construction will
start in the spring.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

The BOSTON Globe SAYS that. in tho
adoption Of u plan for the dissolution u
the Boston Railroad Holding company
and absorption Of the Boston e. Maine bv
the New Haven. Governor Foss will have
the cooperation OF President Mellen The
latter also believes in. and will probably
co-ooerate in, a plan to effect a physical
connection OF the two roads in the Boston
and ia willing TO make this connection by
either a cross-town tunnel between the
South and .torth stations or by tunnel
under the hSrhor
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

Testimony introduced in the trial OF
Chicago packers Thursday showed that
q per cent of the profits OF the packing
business come from hy-products. In 1879
Armour e. Co. made hut S2o2.00o from the
slaughter of 2otSM animals The dressed
meat Of each animal showed "a proht OF
three cents. whereas there was profit nf
~ cents in the fat. - cents in hides and
~ cents in glue.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
HER SECOND DIMENSION

IT was on a little branch railway In "A
Southern State that the New England
woman veniured to refer to the hig,
rates. 1T seems to me Ave cents mile
Is eXtorton." she said, with frankness'
to her Southern cousin.
TITS big lot of money to pay II YOU
think OF It by the mile" said the south
erner. In her soft drawl; but you )"s'
think how cheap 1t is by the hour COUSIN
Annie-only about 35 cents
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

Toledo is to have thrce-cent fares
for two hours in the morning and two
hours in the afternoon. with six tick
cts for quarter and universal trans
fers the rest Of the day AS a result,
a receiverrship will not he insisted on
by the trustee for bondholders
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

Ijr. Simon. Zurich. Switzerland Oac-
terologist, is dead from the bite of an
inoculated mouse with which he VAS OK
perimcntinp in an effort to find a serum
for curing blood poisoning.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

Mother. what Is the least common
dominator?"
"Your father Is"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.

Leonard Bliss. As. who weighed $50
pounds was found dead in bed at
Bloomington, III
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-11

Progre ssiVe republican leaders in
New Jersey talk OF putting Colonel
Roosevelts name on the presidential
primary ballots without asking his
permission