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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
SHOOTING ALL THE WEEK.
Company D. At Target Prac.
y tice With Capt. Boston
Instructor. f

Capt. j. w. Boston, of Mclean
county. is here this week as instruct
or in the target practice of Company
D.. which will begin tomorrow; at
the rife range near the County Poor
House and continue every day this
week. Practical y all of the soldiers
will take part in the shooting. both
morning and evening shoots being
held.
Capt Boston is prominent citi-
zen of Calhoun and the newly elect
ed member of the Democratic State
Central Committee from the Second
District. He is captain of the CAL
houn Company of State Guards.
Boys. now is the time. Date her
for every night next week. Park
Big Show.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
On Little River Inside the
City For a Mile or
More.
PARK NOW READY.
Formal 0peningIFriday But
Public Will Not
Wait.

Edgewater PARK will be opened
officially Friday afternoon at five
O'Clock at the Custodian's Offices in
the Park.
There will be brief remarks by
Mayor Meacham and an address on
behalf of the young people of the
city by Mr.. Alvan H. Clark.
Everybody is invited to attend the
exercises. after which there will be
boating on the river and perhaps
some swimming contests.
The ordinance creating the Park
will go into effect today and Hugh
Nelson will be appointed custodian
until the council meets again, when
he will be formally elected.
THE river is filling up slowly but
will be over the dam by that time.
Yesterday it lacked about one foot
and was a clear, beautiful stream
or feet deep in many places.
The new Mullins Steel rowboats
arrived Saturday and MIR. Nelson
put five of them into livery yester-
day. the young people refusing to
wait until Friday. The others are
owned by M. d. Kelly, Clark & Lin
ton and W. T. Cooper. Besides
these. George Graves. ]. M. Startling
and H. w. Linton have wooden boats.
The Custodian's office and bathrooms
were yesterday painted red. The
platforms are being finished today.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
For The Summer

The Dixie Flyer will hereafter
stop at Sebree Servings
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

NV local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi-
ZION of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is in1amed
You have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness is the result and unless the in-
han1mation can be taken out and this
tnbe restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; min
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condi-
fion of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars forany case Cr
Deafness Caused BY cata rrh that mot be cured
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
FL CHENEY, & CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
SMALL BLAZE.
Roof Of Dwelling Damaged By
i. Fire. b

The Courtney house. Cor. Third
and railroad. caught on fire about
z o'clock yesterday morning from a
spark falling on the roof. but the
flames were quickly extinguished
by the fire department with chemi-
Gals. without the use of water. The
damage was small. The dwelling is
owned by Judge Walter Knight and
the loss is covered by insurance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
On Tour of Inspection.

Councilmen Dabney, P'Pool. Met
calfe, Hayden and Draper ard City
Enginee- Moore went to Nashville
yesterday tn inspect the Bitulithic
stneetsin that city.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
Judge Bell Improving

Judge DOUGLAS Bell, who has been
in a Nashville hospital for a week, is
steadily improving from an opera
ton for appendicitis and is almost
out of danger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
Back From State.

Robert Dabney. Charles Petrie
and Edward Danforth have returned
from the State University at Lexing-
ton. Coleman Moore will not reach
home for several DAVIS vet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
JULY6.
Is Time For Final Vote On
Ousting Lorimer.

= Washington. June l0g-Seyeral
conferences Of senatorsand consulta-
tons with Lorimer. q special meet
ing of the Lorimer investigating
committee, and action by the senate.
resulted in fixing the time for final
vote on the resolution asking for the
ousting of the Illinois senator for
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
Consumption Causes Death.

Lee hurry died at the county poor
farm Satn rday. Consumption was
the e.nlse of death TIE deceased
was q years old. Interment in the
farm c cemetery.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
Taken To Nashville.

Mrs. Margaret Wormald was
taken to Nashville Sunday, her con-
dition having grown so serious that
an operation is necessary She was
accompanied by DR.. Austin Bel
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
Watson Held Over.

Augusta. Ca. June Thomas
E Watson, editor and publisher,
was bound over m the Federal cour,
in the sum of $500 on the charge Of
sending obscene matter through the
mail.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11
Col. WinStead Dead.

Col. A. S. Winstead, of Hender-
son, one of the most prominent
wholesale liquor dealers in Kentucky.
died Saturday, aged SO years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11

on South Campbell street at3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon by Rev. A. R.
Kasey and the interment took place
ia Riverside Cemetery.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11

July 6. Should congress adjourn
before that date, by agreement. it
will be submitted to the senate for a
vote at least day before the time
for adjournment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11

Don't forget to see us about you,
watch or clock. Forbes Mfg. Co
Incorporated.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-11

Let US see that watch of yours.
We can make it run. Forbes Mfg.
Co. Incorporated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30


asked for ticket AS he received The
piece OF pasteboard hand touched him
on his shoulder
You're wanted-at the station" came
a voice. and the man was under arrest
But the tie OF blood is the one which
pulls the rnnaways back more often than
any one else. such was the case with a
County Treasurer Of Iowa, who had been
bonded by a Chicago firm for more than
$4,000 He mad stolen $4,000 and depart
ed, leaving wife and child at home
AS soon as the bonding company heard
the report the detectives started, but
they We're late on the trail
They went 10 Honduras. They shad-
owed him. They watched his every ac-
ton and they saw his every letter.
They knew that his heart was aching
to see those whom he had left at home.
They felt that some time that longin..
would become SO great that he would
leave Honduras and seek to return to his,
own home that he might see his wife and
child, il only for a few moments And
they were right.
But months went by before that time
came, months in which the mans face
showed the effect of the mental struggle
that was in progress, and the lines of his
forehead deepened and furrowed. stu
the dogs of the law hung grimly on, noti-
flying their offices OF every move he made
and every symptom that showed his reso-
luton to stay away was Weakening At
last he came
One day there flashed over the wires
this message:
~. A. II. sails. Steamship Oeeonola.'
Detectives missed him at the port of
the ship, for he had left il in the night
and swan ashore. They missed linn in
the city, for he had become q tramp and
lived in the part of town where dere-
lets drift to and fro. and where identi-
fieatioH is hard They missed him here
and there. but they did not seem 10 mind.
They knew where the big trap waited.
baited and ready to spring. They knew
where he would finally walk into the
meshes=-and they were right.
y crouching figure SUNK into the front
yard of the embczzler's Iowa home one
night and hurried silently to a window
to look in. There was a muffled signal a
start for the porch 1t was all over
The detectives were there They had
their man and the search was ended
Chicago Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
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feSE hours Aasers,tite hole ca

A feM hours saserstile hole cayea
in at the, sldcS enlAfsing consider
ably. and the dwelling. which Was Of
two stories and 25x35 feet In floor d.
mensions, finally dropped through and
vanished
For a while the whole AFFAIR was
regarded as unaccountabIe, but an in
vestigation set ON foot BY the govern
ment geological survey has since fur
nished a complete explanation. two
experts Messrs. Kindle, and Van
Horn, being dispatched TO the scene
for the purpose.
1t seems that the city of Staunton
is in n limestone region in fact Il
bed of limestone 1900 feet thfs.k un-
derlies the town. AS in other limc-
stone districts, there are subterranean
streams. one of which had excay9sed
large cavern directly beneath The
place where the caye-ins occurred.
The cavern grew in size until the roof
became too weak to hold itself up any
longer, and then 1t fell in.
In the limestone region of Kentucky
there are hundreds of underground
stream channels marked by cave
mouths and sink holes More than 500
three counties In the vicinity OF the
great Mammoth cave. Over consider
able areas of Indiana likewise more
than nine-tentlis of the rainfall Is car
ried off by sucII streams, which col.
Iect the surface water largely through
hopper shaped depressions called sjf1rD
or sink holes.
Often tile outlet of sink hoie con-
Meeting 1t with the stream below. ID
cheked by plug and the sink becomep
first Il pond or small lake, then q
marsh and later on, when filled with
silt. dry land. This in fact, is what
happened at Staunton But the cavern
below remained, with the stream,
since located by borings for cols-
siderable distance, running through 1T.
What finally happened to bring
about the catastrophe taccarding 10
the report made by MFR. KindIe} was
remarkable. For itgappears that the
trouble was due Fto a. man fssstHed
Smith, who established an lice-niaking
plant about feet from the line sof
the subsequent caye~ins. & Driving a
well to the depth of 500 feet, he IN
stalled powerful machine and began
pumping water just five days. before
the cave-ins began agq
The cavern had been filled with wa
ter. which helped to upheld its roof
pumping for the ice plant the roof
could no longer sustain itself and fell
through in spots.-New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
Gen. Grants Will
Gives All to Wife,

New York. April % The viii of
the late Major General Frederick Dent
Grant l.. S. A. filed in the surro-
gates Officer today, leaves his entire
estate, valued at over $4,000, to his
wife, Ida Honore Grant. The will was
executed at Fort sam Houston, Tex,
Aug. %, 1903. and in it the general
declared that he left it to his wife
alone because of assurance that the
children who had already been pro-
vided for by will of his deceased
mother would receive whatever fur
ther aid they needed through his
widow and that upon her death the
estate would be divided between them.
The two children are Ulyssis $.
Grant, 3D., captain of engineers in
the United States army, ard Princess
CantaeGzzen. Countess OF Speransky
Although $4,000 is given as the
value Of Gen. Grants estate it is pre-
summed that this figure is merely
nominal and that probably the value
of the estate is considerably larger
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
OLD CHICAGO.
Five Stories Rare in 1868 Bat Two
Houses in 1878.

What appears as an even more In
teresting occasion now than it was In
its own day was an oldest settler
festivity held in Chicago in 1853 to
celebrate the early coming of Gurdon
S. Hubbard as youth of IS to the
reed-grown shore of Chicago, now pee-
pied by two and q half millions or
more. Mr.. Hubbard on this Occasion
showed a map of Chicago in 1918 with
just two and one half houses OH 1t. The
half house being tumble-down cot
tage inhabited by a French trapper.
Mr.. Hubbard was a fur trader Of the.
old story book type apparently. and
Frederick Il. Cook, writing Of him In
his book On eaTgs GhlcRsas says that
after he had become one of the lead
ing citizens Of the city OF 1868 he still
retained many of the characteristics OF
the man who had lived with the Indi-
ans and done as the indians do.
His walk had the graceful, free
lift of the man accustomed to mos'cs-
sins and under all the genialfty ~ tie
civilized man who has arrived there
was the keen-eyed reserve Of the abb
origine who knows how to keep slant
at need.
or course the development OF the city
in those 80 years. remarkable as IL was,
and then accounted the most wonder-
full thing known to civil histories ct
all the world, was nothing compared
with the advance since then We noies
enc building at about this period spok-
en- of as a massive iron strucfurc OF
architectural grandeur which will defy
the desolation of time and the slsoif OF
the ages, on the corner of South. Water
and Wells streets" This colossal stra3-
ture was five stories high. ~
At the Hubbard reception the g3tE-
ering spoke the oids Chicago aands the
new that was abutil To he St,fDu 1t
the guests appeared insfor garmentSta
complirnentaryssar "Reminiscences OF 8Bc
early days ole the host, whose skgSr
wedding. by the way. was also hers
celebrated. and other of the guest
were almost as interesting froR wire
fact that they we're in full essning
iress of the latest approved cut II,
tween the two extremes was a great
majority of solid lniddleclass5olk who
represented the. strong and aclilis
Americanism and common sei,se ~
that period.
One of Mr.. Hubbard's Interesting
"reminiscences was that when bis friend
Abe Lincoln, as he called hfm. was iiis
guest in the campaign OF 1858, bis next
door neighbor, also one of the pFoins-
merit men OF the town. entertained Afr.
Douglas. This condolences was not
known till both the family groues csinss
out on the piazza after supper to en-
joy the evening cool, after the pleas
ant informal fashion of those d..ys.
Then the rival candidates discovered
cath other and by friendly greetings
built a social bridge across the poliii-
cal gap that separated them and across
which they We're to be dueillHe next
dsty-Christian Science Monitor
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NATIONAL HOME.
'fficer of the day, Capt. Snow.

officer of the day, Capt. Snow.
Hon. John w Ballou. the veteran
sheriff OF /Sagadahoe county, who
passed the Sabbath with Major y. L..
Smith. returned, Monday, to his home
in Bath.
Francis p. Dunbar of Newport, r..
l., late co. b, LIST r. I.ssL. A.. and Den
mis- r. Kclleher of Cambridge, late
navy. formerly members of the Home.
LAKE been re-admitted.
George w. White, late Co. Il, list n.
]. Cav. formerly member of this
Branch. has been transferred here
from the Central Branch.
Thomas Bowman of HavcrIIill. late
CO. II. 9Th and 9th \. Ii. Inf. and
james Davis OF Boston. late Co, \. LIST
Cal. II 4. We're admitted to this
Heme. Monday
Hugh Pattinson. late Cos X = 96th n.
Y. Inf. Charles :. Lord. late Co. a.
9Th Mass. Inf. John Bevers, late navy,
and Patrick Sweeney, late Co. G, 18th
n. y. Inf, have been granted dis
charges from the Home.
The returns from fuloughs. Monday,
We're Daniel Carley from Searsport
John b. Mccoole from Boston: Stephne
1imntons from Hampden; Henry G.
smith from Hallowell Wilson Orr
from Middleboro; David Fl. Harriot'
from New York City, and Oswald
Wienhold; Ezekiel C. Rand from Bos-
ton,
The last moving picture show of the
season will lie given. Tuesday evening.
The subjects. "A just Verdict THE
Baby on the Spot Wig wag, kiss
ing Pills and General Daft" Tick
cts viii he sold i1-30 to | o'clock
Among those leaving the Branch, Mon
day. on furloughs were: Eben A. With
ereII to Lynn. Albert j. Whipple t.
Woonsocket, Robert Newman to Boston
Robert S. Edison to Boston, John Il
Bowen to Atteboro, Peter O'Neill IL
Providence, George y. Horton to Nortl
adams. Leander 5. Frost to Franklin
John J. Grady to Ashuelot.
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CHEATS CHAIR.
Alfred DeBrahIas Of New
York Murders Wife,
And After Two Days Takes
His Own Life.
Leaves Notes In French Giving the
Reasons for Both Acts.

New York, April 29--Albert De
Brahms q restaurant orchestra lead
err, after killing his wife in jealous
anger, more than two days ago, and
apparently making every preparation
to dismember the body and take it
away in j trunk, committed suicide,
today. in his apartments on West
18th street Il don't want to die in
the electric chair, SO ! take my own
life" he wrote in one of three fare
swell notes eonfessing his crime. The
body of his wife, handsome woman
OF 80. was found in a bath tub in the
apartments, packed in sawdust and
plaster of paris, bullet hole through
the temple, and knife wounds in the
throat and other parts of The body.
De Brahms body was found still
warm, hanging in closet with a
cord around the neck and a bullet in
the head
The double crime was discovered
when a large trunk which the musi-
clan ordered on Saturday. and in
Which the authorities believe he in
tended to pack his wife's body, was
delivered at his door. In response to
the transfers knocks. Two notes,
written in French, were showed an
der the door. one addressed 10 the elo-
vaior boy and another TO De Brahms'
mother. IN both of which the musician
confessed that he killed his wife and
announced his intention to pay the
penalty by taking his own life. Be-
fore the notes could he translated De
Brahms went into the closet, put his
ndcl; through the rope hanging TO a
clothes hook and shot himself.
The police found in the apartments
a third note Of Dc Brahms. explain
ing his crime and addressed ITO the
law and whom il MAY concern"
1t read Il was too miserable since
I was married. My wife made me the
most miserable man on earth She
came home. last Friday. after being
out all day and had terrible black
eye. She had had fight somewhere.
SO | killed her then because she want
ed TO Xiii me. | stranglcd her and will
die in my turn. Take carczof my angel
mother She is the grandest mother
ON earth. My wife inslgltcd her and
this is the reason / killed her.
Il don't want to die in the electric
chair. SO / take my own life Good
bye TO all my friends and thousand
kisses 20 my angel mother Good bye.
SSigned1
GILBERT DE- BRAHMS"
According to neighbors, the must
clan, who was Il Russian, was insane
1y Jealous of his wife, a Belgian girl
whom he married abroad, and ~tf5ey
frequently quarreled,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30
WESTERN UNION CHANGE
Office, Will Be Removed from Depot
to Telephone Exchange.

Beginning Wednesday, May l.. the Car
diner Office of the Western Union Tele-
graph Co will be located in the public
office of the New England Telephone &
Telegraph Co. i'm the Maine Trust &
Banking Co.'S building.8 kilograms will
be received for transmission and for de-
livery at this office in the future and
the office in the Maine Central Railroad
station will be discontinued as the teIe-
craps Office OF Gardiner.
This change cannot but help making
the telegraph service of the Western
Union even more popular with the public
/ in this city, giving, as it does, the joint
|service Of the telephone and telegraph in
the transmission and delivery of all tel
|egrams Through the joint operation of
the two great public utilities every tele-
phone is telegraph as well as a teie-
|phone station kilograms may beteIe-
phoned to the local Office and the amount
entered as a charge on the monthly bill
for telephone service Ap Improvement
of the greatest interesUto Gardiner peo-
pie will be that whenever the local Of
flee is closed at noon, evening or night
|a telegram. is not delayed In the least.
LIT Is telephoned to a nearby open office,
called a relay office, and sent on Its way.
In this way the telegraph service be the
Western Union is not dependent on the
presence at the key of the local operator
lat any office. &
For the convenience of the general pub
lic kilograms will be accepted for trans
mission at the night pay station of the
telephone Office on Church street at such
times as the Gardiner telegraph operator
is not on duty and they will be tele-
|plloned to the nearest open Office and i'm
Inediately forwarded. kilograms may
also be tetephoned from any coin box or
ATTENDED pax station -
The joint Office arrangement at Angus
Ia which has been IN operation for a
number. Of months is filing "a long felt
wantsia putting before the public a SER
vice always ready. at any time Of day
and night and at the same time doing
away with tiac bother aud delay of filing
IA written message at the office by the
Joint saise OF the telephone The central
location of the new Office SiIi doubtless
strongly appeal to Gardiner people. the
former Office in the railroad station being
somewhat out of the way from the busi-
ness center and having become consider
ably more so since the new station was
built
Workmcn began. Monday putting ia
the connecting cable from the office to
1.-THE Western Union lines. using duct Of
the New England Tel e Tel. Cos. under
ground system. which obyiates the use
of any overhead wires on tine business
street SsRlxss
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Mondays Doings
in 66zd Congress
IN THE SENATE.

Titanic investigation continued, Gug-
lielmo Mareoni testifyfng relative to mes
sages which he sent.
Senator cummins introduced compro-
mise amendment to metal schedule, max
ing reductions from House measure.
On motion of Senator Reed President
Tafts Boston speech of April 25, Col
Roosevelt's reply and President Taft's
rejoinder were ordered printed as public
documents.
Senator Works spoke in opposition OF
owen bill to establish a government de-
partment of public health.
Adopted resolution requiring fun report
on contributions to all national political
committees in Presidential and congress
ssional campaigns of 1904 and 1905 Ad-
sjourned at $50 p. NJ. until r. NJ Tues
Jnx rila
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Ia TILE HOS SD.

Considered District of Columbia Iegis-
lation
Excursion and short distance coastwise
ing confused with ocean liners i'm relation
TO legislation to require life saving APP
paratus.
Patent medicine interests charged be-
fore interstate commerce commission
that bureau of chemistry officials were
trying to slip ..iokers into revision OF
pure food and drug law.
Seven Republican members of insular
committee filed minority report opposing
Filipino independence blu,
Adjourned at 6io p. NJ. until noon
Tuesday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-30

sG.sH. Wells tbs contractor. has con-
siderable work before him, this spring.
lie has just completed repairing
Quimby baseball field. ON Lincoln
avenue a new fence has been put
around IL and the field has been roll
cd ard smoothed up in-flne shape. and
the erandstand repaired He has been
repairing the house of William CHM
on WasningtUa street and at the
present time has a crew of men at
work OH the Oakland Cos. lumber
shed, putting on new rubberoid roof
ing. He is also to repair Gray's
wharf. to have it in readiness for the
coming season. The Islander lands
at this wharf.