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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
Washington

DR.. +. F. Friedman, dis, or OF
tuberculosis serum, applied - the
United States patent office for protec-
Sion for his cure.
The House voted, PA to ia, TO
override the Presidents veto of the
Immigration bill, but the necessary
two-thirds vote was lacking.
By a vote of Y to IS, the Senate
passed the immigration bill over the
Presidents veto.
The Pork Bari" bill, providing for
public buildings and grounds, passed
the House in an hour. 1t carries
25,643 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
SENATOR VARDAMAN OF MISSISSIPPI

James K. Vardaman, ex-governor
of Mississippi and now senator-elect
from that state to succeed lie Roy
Percy, is opposed to taking anything
out of politics.
In the course of an interview a
few days ago, the tariff question
came up. Senator Vardaman said he
believed that the question would be
taken up at the beginning of the ses.
sion of the incoming congress and
slight changes made in the present
schedule. To what extent the revision
of the tariff would 60 the senator
was not prepared to state. He stated.
however, that he believed that the
tariff should be revised schedule by
schedule, and that whatever changes
are necessary should be made as
soon after the converting of congress
as possible.
Senator, do you favor a tariff
commission in order, If possible, to
take the tariff question out OF poll
tics?" asked the reporter.
mo sir, do not believe In the ia
do not believe in taking anything 0
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
FOrei6n

Mrs. Eisenhauer of Scarsdale, N.
s.. gave birth to bankruptcies, three
boys and girl. All are doing we'll.
President Poincare, in his first mes.
sage to the French Senate, urged that
the army be increased
London suffragettes burned down
tea house in the Kew Botanical Gar
denS.
"Wasps" are Englishwomen, clad in
black relieved by orange capes, who
sit in church in silent protest at the
injustice" of not having the ballot
Toxic was fireswept again. The
center of the city was devasted and
$500 homes destroyed, making 15,-
600 persons shelterless.
Another big fire started in the neigh
borhood of the mosque of st. Sofia,
Constantinople. A hundred buildings
were destroyed.
Three of the assassins of President
Arajo of Salvador, were executed by
shooting in the presence of a huge
crowd
The United States Senate granted
permission to Colonel Gorgas and 9TH
er sanitary experts to enter the SER
vice of Ecuador for a short time. The
whole country is to be overhauled.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies
chsered the announcement that the
House sustained the veto of President
Taft in the Burnett-Dillingham immi-
grafton bill.
Gen. Victoriano Huerta, commander
| of the Federal forces in Mexico City,
made President Madero prisoner and
proclaimed himself as Provisional
President.
Doctor friedman, discoverer OF
| the tuberculosis serum, declared be.
fore sailing for America that he was
| coming here to make his cure more
widely known.
Rioting continues in Kyoto, Japan
and it was necessary to call out the
| police to save the newspaper offices
and quell the troubles. The demon.
stration was against the new consti
.utional unionist party.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
GOV. DUMMIES TIP AGAINST TIPS"

Some one. quite innocently and
well-intentioned, endeavored to apply
a whisk broom to Governor Dunno
of Illinois the other day when he
wasn't expecting it. 1t was a sight
to see him leap away and glover de-
fiance at the intruder. And that
reminded him" and he told it him
self
Il have come to disapprove OF I'M
invited attentions from brush WELD
ers," he said, especially since little
episode in a Chicago restaurant a
few weeks ago
eve had dined we'll and paid well,
though our coffee did not cost us 35
cents a cup, and were leaving the
place. I was talking to a friend, l
think 1t was Ed Roche when suddenly
someone confronted me, stopped me,
and laid violent hands on me. In one
of the hands was a whisk broom. The
broom was swung against my back
and over my shoulders, and some of
h1 rrrh al
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
SENATOR NELSON ROUNDS OUT 70 YEARS

Senator Knute Nelson of Mime
sofa, one of the most picturesque fig
ures in the United States senate, and
likewise one Of the most influential
of the Republican members of that
body. celebrated his SEVENTEEN birth
day February g. Senator Nelson,
whose present term will expire
March 4, has just been reelected by
the Minnesota legislature for another
term of six years. In the next con-
gross he will rank among the vet
Grams of the senate in point of serv-
ice as well as age
OF the entire membership of the
senate as it will be constituted after
March 4 only two members-Lodge of
Massachusetts and Perkins of Cali
fornia-will have seen longer service
in the upper house than the senior
senator from Minnesota. Both Sen
ators Lodge and Perkins came to the
senate in 1898, two years before SEN
ator Nelson made his appearance.
The career Of Senator Nelson is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
Something Like a Feast

kabyle tribesmen of the Sebt region
in Morocco, Africa, a few days ago,
celebrated the extinction of the blood
debts, which have for centuries
caused sanguinary conflicts between
them, b.. great festival at which
half a sheep per head was consumed,
each guest further accounting for
.hree pounds of boiled rice, one pound
If chocolate, and one dozen bundles o.
ed pepper.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
Mr.. WILSON'S PRIVATE SECRETARY

J. p. Tumulty. President-elect VIII
sons private secretary, was born in
Jersey City on May 5, 1879. He comes
from a family which lived in Jersey
City over half century, the greater
part of which time they have been
prominent politically. His father
Philip Tumulty. was a member of the
assembly in 1887 and 1888.
Mr.. Tumulty. the younger, re-
ceived his political training in the old
Bob Davis school In Jersey City,
where he learned the machine side
of the political game, the knowledge
of which has made him so valuable
an assistant to Mr.. Wilson. who has
made warfare on this kind Of politics
since his election to the governor
ship of New Jersey.
Mr.. Tumulty was elected to the
lower house of the New Jersey legis.
lature in 1907, and served four terms.
He was a member of that trio of in
dependent Democrats in the legisla.
ture who would not allow themselves
~ lille uyara oopoorpad hv Douio or
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28

to him about it Dannie would get out
a notebook and pencil and figure on
how much more he would be worth
In the next ten years by raising
pumpkins and ducks and chickens
than he would at engineering. But
this didn't fool anybody, because the
boys knew that Dannie had been born
railroader and that his only real ele-
ment was along the shining rails.
The thing that lsade Dannie quit
the road occurred when the baby Dan
was little better than two years old.
1t was a gloomy drizzly day. No. 55
vas approaching the town. Owing to
the slippery condition of the rails the
engineer had had some trouble in get
ting his unusually heavy train over
the road on the schedule. The train
was few minutes late. having lost
the time coming up the long grade
from North River, and Dannie was
crowding on the drivers every ounce
of steam they would stand without
slipping. There were several curves,
one of considerable length around a
sloping hill just before reaching the
place where Dannie lived. AS the en-
CINE swept around the hill, revealing
the long tangent ahead Dannie saw
on the rails a small white object
which he instantly recognized as a
little chap. lnstinctively he reached
for the whistle lever and then his
heart failed him at the thought that
it wouldn't do the slightest good; Lit
tie Dannie was no more afarid of a
railroad train than he was of Bill
Skaggs. He knew that his dad was
on that engine, and he felt satisfied
in his little baby brain that no harm
could come to him when his dad was
near. So he toddled up toward the
engine with a smile on his lips and
his little arms stretched out. OF
course the half-crazed father shut off
the steam and applied the emergency
quicker than | am telling it, and then.
overcome by the horror of the situa-
lion, his head dropped on the window
as if he had tainted. Bill Skaggs, big
"6iy oiu i'iil' 90 oOOi 90 IS odW thC
kid, ran along the running board be-
side the big boiler as lively as any
monkey could have done, climbed out
on The pilot, stood still for a moment
until he caught the baby's eye, and
then gave the regulation railroad sig
nal for the train to move forward.
Little Dannie saw it and obeyed or
ders. He cleared the track
Skaggs was a little wobbly and his
leathery face looked odd as he
climbed back into the cab. He saw
what had happened to Dannie-that
his nerve had entirely left him-and
SO he motioned him to get on the
ether side of the engine and took the
train into the division himself
Before going home Dan went up
into the superintendent's office and
resigned. He simply told the super
intendent that it was good year for
farming and he wanted to get back to
the land. Skaggs took his place as
engineer and made good. Little Dan
ME still retains his interest in rail
reading and will doubtless in time be
an engineer himself. He sometimes
thinks it funny, however that his dad
quit such kingly profession in order
to Ice in the garden
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
Elephant Derailed Train.

One of the most unusual accidents
on record occurred not long ago on
the South African railroad A pas
senger train making 80 miles an hour
collded with an elephant, with dis
astrous result.
The engine was running tender first,
and the elephant, coming leisurely
along the track, head on, was expected
by the engineer to take to the jun
giles. Instead, he charged the tender
with his huge bulk, only to- pay for
his daring with his life, His massive
body was torn open. The tender and
engine were thrown completely off the
rails.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28

I turned to the husky gentleman ando a
If | hinI Twill havey
nd
in wonder
Yes will
is enough to prefer the charge assault and
We
with But that of the
fall If theyHk
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28

quit his 1OD as
passenger engi-
neer on the Brook
haven division, by
which he pulled
down from $3.50
to $3.50 a month,
and go to raising
garden truck just
outside of town.
When they spoke
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28
WEEKS NEWS
STORIES RETOLD
Events That Made a Stir Con-
densed to a Paragraph.
WHAT WASHINGTON is DOING

News Of Interest That TrickIes From
the White House and the Various
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
Crimes and Casualties.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28

of
of including
Norway accompanied his widowed mother
practically penniess
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-28

The boys in the roundhouse thought
II funny that Dannie McCaull should
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
Resolutions.

Whereas, Death has once more entered
the ranks Of the Ladies' Circle of the g..
A. R., and called to rest one OF our
members,
Be it resolved, That In the death OF
Sister Hannah Holt, we are called to
part with a reliable, and, as far as her
strength permitted, an earnest worker in
our order, whose faithfulness was be-
youd question, and whose life was a
stimulus to the principles of true patriot
ism.
And be 1t resolved, That the memory
of her helpful spirit, and her patience in
suffering, shall encourage US to be active
aud strong in the work she loved.
And be it resolved, That copy OF
these resolutions be sent to the family OF
the deceased, and a copy thereof be
spread upon our records.
MRS L. A. ROUNDS,
MRS. RossIE MONK,
MRS. ELLEN +. WHITMAN,
Committee on Resolutions.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
A Noted Educator.

Miss Christina Rounds, noted for her
work in education in that city since 1868,
died at her home in Brooklyn, n. Y, on
the 18th OF December. Miss Rounds was
a native of Waterford, in which town she
was born in 1S4l, the daughter of Ma
haniel and Betsy Brown Rounds. Some
of the older residents of South Paris re-
member that in early life she taught In
this place, and that they attended her
school.
Miss Rounds completed her education
in Europe, and after her return became
a teacher in Charlestown. Mass. From
that city she went in 1868 to Brooklyn as
a teacher in the Polytechnic Institute,
where she remained for eight years. In
1868 she started Miss Rounds School for
Girls, which she had since conducted.
She occupied position almost unique
because of her activity in educational,
literary and art circles in Brooklyn, and
her library was practically salon where
many of the most distinguished visitors
10 Brooklyn were entertained. In addi-
ton this salon was the center OF sphere
of helpfulness which did much to build
up the influence of the Brooklyn lnsti-
tute, and which added greatly in bring
ing it support.
From this salon of Miss Rounds there
came also the organization of many bod
les, such as the Shakespeare Club OF
BROOKLYN, distinguished by the activity
of DR.. LYMAN A bbott, aud many socie-
ties which had decided influence in the
social world.
A brother of Miss Rounds, the late
DIR. Charles C. Rounds, was a prominent
Maine educator, being for a number OF
years principal Of Pennington Normal
School. He married Miss Kate Stowell
OF South Paris.
Miss Rounds is survived by two nieces,
Mss Katherine E. Rounds and Mrs.
Agnes r. Matthews; two nephews, Ar
thur c. aud Ralph $. Rounds, both law
yers in New York and her sister-in-law,
Mrs Kate Stpwell Rounds.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
Paris School Notes.

The fall term of the Paris High School
was remarkable from the standpoint OF
good attendance, the percentage OF at
tendance being ninety-seven; and thirty
six of the the ninety five pupils enrolled,
or over oue.third, were not absent any
session. About one-third Of the stu
dents in the three lower classes are en-
rolled in the new commercial course.
The common schools which showed
the highest percentage Of attendance for
the fall term were the Paris Hill gram
mar, and grades seven, eight and nine oil
the Brick Grammar. and the Partridge,
webber and North Paris schools.
All schools in town will begin Mon
day, Jan. 5th. Miss Agnes Gray has re.
signed her position at the Porter School
and will be succeeded by Miss Ethel
Chapman of Poland, a student at Farm
ington Normal School. Miss Ethel d.
Brock of West Paris, who has been at
tending Pennington Normal School this
fall, will succeed Gladys Damon at the
Tuell School.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
Maine News Notes.

Mrs. Margaret Taylor, about 80 years
OF age, employed as cook in Portland
hotel, was accidentally asphyxiated by an
open gas jet.
James, the three. ear-old son Of George
Paranakes of Saco, was struck by train
and instantly Filled Thursday, while
playing about the Boston and Maine
tracks.
Mrs. John Ahearn, widow of Bailey
vile, and her 12-year-old son Daniel,
while driving to Calais Monday to do
their Christmas shopping we're struck by
a Maine Central passenger train on a
crossing at Barring and killed.
Although not fully equipped in all its
details Bangor's new $3.50, 900 public H.
brary was opened to the public Saturday
and books given out. Formal dedica-
tory exercises with an elaborate pro
gramme will be held IN few weeks.
An unusual sight in Maine for Dec. IS
was witnessed In St. Adams. On the
lawn OF the home of Hon. D D. Stewart,
Mr.. Stewart, who is 90 years of age, and
Otis Turner, who has passed his 10th
birthday were engaged in contesting for
honors in a we'll fought game of croquet.
Croquet has been Mr.. Stewards favorite
exercise for many years. In the summer
season he spends much time playing the
game with friends from the nearby
towns.
Approval of the route of the Quebec
Extension Railway Co. across northern
Maine has been given by the railroad
commissioners. This route runs across
the state most of the way through a
wilderness, ITO miles, and Ia to be part
of a proposed line from st. John, N. b.,
to Quebec. A few miles of 1t, in the
eastern part OF the state, Is already built.
1t will be operated by electricity, on &C.
count of the danger of fire in the woods
from coal burning locomotives.
Heroic treatment for the "insane
hospital muss" was administered by the
last week. In brief, while generating
DR.. Miller, the superintendent, and the
hospital force, from misconduct, the
council request the resignation not only
OF DR.. Miller but of the whole board of
trustees OF the hospital. This action Is
taken because of the lack of harmony in
the administration of the hospital affairs,
and while drastic, was about the only
practicable way to Oppose of the hospital
troubles. The council was unanimous
in the action.
Norris w. Rowe of Buxton Center,
about 81 years Of age, died in a hospital
in Portland Friday evening as the result
OF wound received from shot gun
fired BY his son Leon, thirteen years of
age. Wednesday afternoon Rowe came
home crazy drunk, and threatened to
kill his wife aud the rest of his family.
The boy interfered, whereupon his father
chased him, aud the boy, catching up
shot gun, fired it. The charge struck
the man in the leg, making big hole.
The boy then rugged a rude tourniquef
to check the bleeding, and called the
neig hbors, and the man was taken to
the hospital, but he never rallied.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
Finn Woman Shot Husband and Sell.
MAN DIED IN FEW MOMENTS, WOMAN
Is EXPECTED TO RECOVER. =

At the room which they occupied al
Shows Falls Saturday afternoon, Hilda
Kokkonen shot her husband, Otto Kok.
konen, In the abdomen with 32.calibre
revolver, and then turned the weapon
upon herself. The man lived only few
moments after the shooting. The womaa
was taken to the hospital in Lewiston
on the early train Sunday morning. II
IL reported that her wound Is not serious.
Both were natives of Finland, Otto
being 81 years Of age, and bis wife %.
Otto had been employed In the vicinity
for some years as general laborer, and
Ia said by former employers to be good
fellow" They were married April IS.
1912, and had an infant daughter which
was year old on the day of the shoot
ing.
The Kokkonens occupied q room In
the south end of the house Of Erkki
Pulkkinen, on the Chandler Curtis farm,
short distance north of Shows Falls.
The man, who had been at work In tho
woods, came home the day before
Christmas. The next day Mrs. KOk-
konen took the baby and went to the
home of the Finn minister, Charles
Julin, at West Paris. On Friday her
husband went after her and brought her
and the baby home.
On Saturday, according to the story OF
the Pulkkinens, there was more or less
disturbance and evidence of dissension
in the room occupied by the Kokkonens.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
woman fired two shots at her husband.
They were evidently fred from different
points, as they went through windows on
opposite sides of the room, but neither
hit the man. Things then quieted
down, and the man sat down on the bed.
and the woman went along to him and
began combing his hair, standing beside
him. While engaged in this she drew
the revolver and fred point blank. The
bullet entered near the navel, passed
near kidney, and lodged In the tissues.
The man jumped through window,
ran around the house aud in at back
door, then fell and soon died. The
woman. with the baby in her arms, went
out at the door of the room, and In tho
hall outside shot herself also in the alb
domen.
Coroner William ]. Wheeler of South
Paris was notified, and on Sunday en-
paneled jury composed of Chester b.
Lane, Jr., Robert Z. Shaw, D. Henry
Fifield, Ellsworth D. Curtis, Alfred c.
Perham and Charles r. Barden. They
viewed the remains, and adjourned to
the call of the coroner for hearing.
DIR. D. NJ. Stewart and DR.. 81. L. Bartlett
performed an autopsy on the remains.
There had been no drinking at tho
place, and liquor had nothing to do with
the tragedy. 1t is not known just what
was the nature of the trouble, but some
of those best acquainted with the parties
consider the woman as mentally ire
sponsible.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
Barn Burned at Canton.

The barn on what Is known as the
Tobin farm at Canton was burned Mon
day afternoon, with all its contents.
This farm Is now owned by Wallace E.
Hutchinson aud ia situated about 2 2
miles above Canton village. In the
barn he had stored practically all of his
valuable, up-to- date farming machinery
and the loss is estimated to be $1,000
with no insurance. When the fire was
discovered by the family at 2. NJ, the
barn was blazing and past saving. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30

A bill to make Major General Joshua
L. Chamberlain q brigadisr general on
the retired list, which would give him
81 500 year for the remainder OF his
life, has been introduced 10 Congress by
Senator Charles r. johnson. General
Cham berlain, whose record in the Civil
War Is known throughout the country,
has been surveyor Of the port Of Port
land the past thirteen years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
Died.

In South Paris, Dec. Is, Leland. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred 4. Tubbs. aged months.
In Caribou, Dec. 20. John Stuart, son OF ME-
and Mrs. Fred s. Brown, aged 1 years.
In Paris, Dec %, infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs i.
Ralph Cole, aged days. -,
In Paris, Dec. q, Otto Kokkonen. aged 81
In Mexico, Dec. 10, Arthur N. Given. aged IS
In Lewiston, Dec. 20, Merritt Frost, aged SO
years, months, Is days.
In Haverhill. Mass, Dec 10. Mrs. Frances
Chase, formerly Of Norway, aged II years.
months, IA days.
In Browpnsid, Dec. 81. Robert, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton Spring, aged u years;
In Norway Lake, Dec. Is, Mrs. Ellen (hoDDs)I
wife of James Crockett, aged 70 years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30

The farm buildings consisting of
house and barn belonging to C. e. Nut
ting of Otisfisld, were burned on the
Goth. Mr.. Nutting was beating some
linseed oil in bottle on the stove when
it exploded, setting fire to the whole
room almost at once. Il was neither
possible to control the fire nor save any
of the contents Of the house. The horses
and some things were saved from the
barn. The loss 10 about $1,000 and there
was some insurance.