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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
INSURANCE MEN ORGANIZATION.
Maine Fire Insurance Agents Form a Branch
Of National Association.

Portland, Ne, May 25.-At o'clock
Thursday afternoon, at the Falmouth
hotel in Portland, there was formed a
State ASSOCIATION of local fire insurance
agents, which is a branch Of the ma
tional association.
The meeting was called to order by
H. \. Pinkham Of this city. who stated
briefly the objects and benefits of me
national association. He said they had
come together to organize State as
ISOLATION, 70 support right principles
and oppose bad practices in fire unle.
writing.
The membership is To be confined To
local agents Of this State \ platform
was adopted. following out these gen
cral principles.
The following are the officers: Pres
ident. d. -. Lelvitt, Passport: first
vice president. Maynard :. Bird, Rock
land; second vice president. l.. Tyler
Bangor; secretary ana treasurer,
Thomas !. Little. Portland; executive
committee Herbert y. Pinkham
Portland; Geo. :. Curtis. Houlton
George II. Grant. Ellsworth; Angus
tus Bailey, Gardiner; +. Z. Voter,
Pennington, Freeland Howe. Norway.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
SWEET BABIES
Thursdays Great Attraction
at the Gardiner Carnival.
Scores Of the Little Ones Admired
by an Immense Audience.
The Prize Winners---Five Crooks
Sent Back to Boston.

them enjoy themselves. The blue uni
forms make a very pretty feature of
the moving crowds. Many have had
relatives come to visit them through
the week Of festivities, and they take
as much comfort in showing the rela-
tives round as a small boy does in TAX
ing his baby sister out in the baby
carriage for the first time. The old
soldiers are always smiling. and one
would not think to see them walking
round with a happy smile that their
bodies are covered with wounds, and
many have Confederate bullets hidden
somewhere about them. Then again
there are others who have great holes
somewhere about their persons We
are glad to see them with US. and all
Gardiner hopes they will have good
time ana thoroughly enjoy the car
niVaI.
The day was one Of eXcitements.
There was the arrest OF the five alleg-
ed pickpockets and Of course that caus-
ed more than million rumors to be
fioated about. Another gang of three
was investigated but found TO be all
right There were no runaWays or
disturbances OF any KIM.
The Gardiner people ought to be con
graduated on the orderly condition of
the streets. There is but very few
other places which could have the
crowds in it that Gardiner has accom-
modated this week, and not have a
dozen scrapes. Gardiner has had not
even one and very little drunkenness.
Early in the afternoon there was an
enormous crowd on the street, chiefly
ladies' going to the baby show. although
there We're good number of men. The
street looked very pretty for the ladies
had on their light dresses on account of
the heat and then there was the liber
al sprinkiing Of children in light frOckS.
not to mention the dear little infants
who We're on their way to the show,
each mother hoping that she would be
one Of the successful ones in the draw
ing for prizes.
In the evening the trains and Flee
trio cars poured an enormous crowd
into the city. As has before been said
the crowd is larger at each perform
ance than at the previous one. There
was the biggest crowd present, last
evening Of any 50 far. The Coliseum
was packed and it was almost impos
sible to move around. at certain times
in The evening.
The detectives were after another
gang of alleged pickpockets, this even
ing. but could find out nothing about
them. They We're closely questioned
ana as soon as allowed to go they dis
appeared from sight and it is thought
that they left the city.
There is one thing lacking to make
the Coliseum audiences ideal. They
remain in their seats all through the
performances and pay attention to the
tunes. but when at the close the band
plays The Star Spangled Banner or
America" they remain seated Just as
for any ordinary piece The band al
ways rises and Mr.. Reeves is rather
disappointed that the audience does
rot follow suit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
The Babies. Bless 'em.

Following is the list of the little ones
and their ages and residences:
Ernest Leroy Ashton. years. Mrs
! Fred Ashton. Gardiner.
Helen Margaret Alexander, months
Gardiner.
Annie T. Burke, years, 10 months;
| Alice +. Burke. s months, Mrs. G. T
Burke. Gardiner.
| Guy Batchelder. years, Mrs. Maudt
| Batchelder, Gardiner.
Roy II. and Gray A. Burns, twins.
months, Augusta.
William II. Butterfeld. years, II
months.
Gladys Beedle. year, months
South Gardiner.
Louise Beedle. years, months
South Gardiner.
Lloyd NJ. Beck, years, months
| Gardiner.
| Harold G. Buker, months. Gardiner
| Roy S. Creegan, years, months
| Gardiner.
Madeline E. Crosby, months. Cal
| diner.
Elwood Dale. months, Gardiner.
Ellen Davidson, years. months
Gardiner.
Alton Dill. years, Gardiner.
Irene NJ. Delaware, years, Gardiner
Ruth Fish, l year, > months, Card,
ner.
Benjamin H. Galloway, months
| Gardiner.
Bonita Francis Crosse. months
Gardiner.
Ralph Gilpatrick, . years, Gardiner.
Sarah Angelina Horn, 2 years, Gardi-
ner.
Lloyd Wesley Hunt, years,
months Gardiner.
Julia May Hunt, months, Gardiner.
Helen Haraden, 1 year, ) months,
Gardiner.
Marion Haraden, years, 10 months,
Gardiner.
Frank Hadley, months. Gardiner.
Muriel f. Heath. years. Gardiner+
George t. Holbrook, 6 months. Car
diner.
Mary A. Harrington. years, Gardi-
ner.
Ernest l.. Hodgdon. 1 year. Gardiner.
Myra May Hodgdon, , years, Gardi-
ner.
Alice T. Henderson, years, G months,
Gardiner.
George a. Jaquith. -, Gardiner.
Lee Jackson. 8 months, Gardiner.
Ralph Elmer Jordan, 3 years, Gardi-
ner.
Herbert l.. Jordan, months, Gdrdi-
ner.
Madeline Littlefield, 13 months, Ran
dolph.
Alton Littlefield. months. Randolph.
NapUarat 1T
Gardiner.
Viola B. Merchant. 3 years, Gardiner.
George O'Donald. . years. South Car
diner.
Continued on page g.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
The Baby Congress.

1t was great show and no mistake.
1t has been said that Gardiner does
nothing by halves and it was doubly
true Of the Congress. There We're %
of the little darlinss on the stage,
among which were two sets of twins,
one set of triplets, two colored babies
and one Indian papoose. The mothcrs
We're all there smiling, each proud of
her own little mite and securely locked
locked in her heart was the idea that
hers was not only the prettiest but the
smartest and sutest baby Of all.
The committee in charge of the show
cannot be given too much praise for
the hard work they put into preparis: 3
the Congress and the grand success
which attended their efforts. 1t was
far beyond what was expected. The
following is the committee who had the
Baby Congress in charge: Mr.. and
Mrs. F. f. McCausland, Mr.. and Ms
A. c. Harlow. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Maxey, Mr.. and Mrs. F. z. Drake. Mr..
and Mrs. John Milton. Mr.. and MS
Bert Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood
bury. Mr.. and Mrs. George harrington
soon after dinner the hall commenced
to fill and by the time the hour Of open
ing arrived there We're nearly 5000 peo-
PIE in the hall. 1t was a much bigger
crowd than the widest dreams had ex-
pected. 1t was enormous. The man.
agement are perfectly satisfied with
its success. for it was greater han ex-
pected.
The babies in their pretty little white
dresses with their mothers holding
them made a most beautiful picture
They We're arranged in three tiers and
took up nearly all the available space
on the platform. There was not quite
as many as expected but still there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
"A Large Line Of the Celebrated
Palmer
Hamm0Cks
AT
Brooks acknowledgements,

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were enough to make a grand show
II you have never seen a baby show
we advise you to go to the next one
within 100 miles. 1t is worth travell-
ing whole day to see.
The hall was Oppressively warm and
some OF the babies had to be carried
out before the show was over but no
serious results We're had as the cooler
air OF the anteroOms and corridors
soon revived them. A number of ladies'
in the gallery also had to leave as it
was SO warm. The window were all
open but the afternoon was 50 warm
that nothing could be done to relieve
the oppression.
Mrs. Susep, the Indian woman from
Old Town, was there with her Indian
papOose. She wore dress trimmed
with deer thongs and beads. Her pa
poOse was dressed like any ordinary
baby and was just as sweet as it could
be. 1t is little dear and many a lady
felt like taking it in her arms and kiss
ing it. Miss Susep attracted a lot of
attention. In fact she was the most
interesting feature in the room. She
had more attention paid to her than
even the celebrated Reeves Band. Mr.
Reeves will excuse the people for this
once. because an Indian baby has never
before been seen by many and Mr..
Reeves has, and We hope will be many
more times, for he is too good to leave
us forever.
There were babies Of all sizes ami
ages. They were from , months up to
3 years. There We're all kinds of babies
dark and light, black and white, red
and pink babies. The little 2-months-
old baby was little darling and every
body was attracted by it. The babies
were high line all day. They owned
the town as well as being ruler Of their
respective homesteads.
The management was disappointed
in not having the Chinese baby adver-
tised but it was impossible to obtain
it. II was not greatly missed, for there
was certainly enough to take up peo-
pies attention without it, The Baby
Congress was a great thing and all are
very glad it was included in The PRO-
gramme.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26

nruaI tennis tournament OF the
the am ,''1.,,boIastic Tennis Associa-
Maine s.;i commence at Brunswick. Fri
ton VIII toia' THE tournament will be
day MOI ~ powdoin college campus
held on " M over Friday and Satur-
and VIII iii ,;,,s, Are the schools which
day follo ''od II teams: Portland, Kents
have ente[eu Hebron. Thornton and
Hill. Bahs0i !, IS probable that other
Brunswick, ha represented as the
schools ,nmtaarscholastic Athletic meet al
Maine liil9 80 20 at Bowdoin, Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
Nav, Annual Conference at Portland.

,mesbury, Mass, May 25--The quar-
.r,r conference of the Society Of
u,as held here, today. Dele
ratss were present from Boston Lynn,
sa.eS Iawrence and other cities. The
Saieiil' address was made by Ellison
optr,lM55 ~, If Portland. Me. II was Not-
i, III Ia The annual convention at
,,artIond. on June l.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
FIRE AT ROCKLAND.
lanes whaIens Farm Buildings at Ash FONT
Burned With $500 Loss.

Rockland, Me. May 25.-The farm
h,,t1dires consinsting of house and
two barns, owned by James "haieh'
located at Ash point, were burned. this
,e..r,oon The cause Of the first IS
,,n The Loss will amount To
ohout $4,000 and was nearly covered by
insurance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
Washington Forecast.

Washington. May 25.-Forecast for Fri
day: For New England, fair, Friday and
Saturday, except showers in extreme
northern portion; fresh southwesterly
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-26
GRADUATION EXERCISES
OF Oak Grove Seminary and Bailey Institute
al vassalboro.

Vassalboro. Ne. May 25.-(Spec.an.-
The graduation exercises of the senior
class, this morning, ana the alumni ban
quet. this evening, marked the close Of
the school Year ut The oak Grove Semi
nary ana Bailey Institute.
The graduating exercises were Held in
the chapel. at 10 o'clock this morning.
The hall was prejtily decorated for the
occasion the same decorations which
were used at the junior exercises. last
evening, remaining in the chapel The
programme:
Music. PRAYER Music.
Salutatory. THE Power of Thought"
Arthur l.. Steere
Warren o. Chace
Enduring Monuments, Ko<sa \, ' Tow .e
Grown Jewels, Ethel NJ Appleton
'''' Junia E. Rand
GLASS History Bertha l.. Weber
Good titizenshfp.'' Harold W. Jones
pronhery Maurice l.. Macombcr
Music.
III 7o''''i " Roger VI. Nichols
presentation - Grace E. Drummond
Abbie +. Burgess
Presentation of Diplomas.
Singing Glass Oce.
BenedictiOn.
IN The evening, fully y OF the al4lll II
y,-- lt the Yates manson, where q DAN
HIN HIN was served, Mrs. Seabury. the pro-
ndriatrrss doing everything in her power
II make the affair successful, The .,..;i7,
Nc Nc il,,s;cal Drogramme was one Of the
fi ne of the evenings banquet ana
The graduates are: Ethel May APPLETON p! tol,
,hhia Anna Austin. Mary Pearl 5iethen,
Ap p,,i n,Imira burgess. Warren Obadiah
1 Aonie Grace Evelyn Drummond, Ernest
Raymond Fl-h; ErneSt f H5pnl9 W tflIs5i
Mary irarIfnn Hambly Macomber. Maui
Jones; 3.on 'Macomber, Alice Louise Mich
F ols Roger william E EiGhols n Len2 yd Bs
| Priest JonT h,Ir I,invOod Steere, Perley
Rand a ~ rIr" Jeanne May Towle,
cross Adella Towle Bertha Lura Web
TO Harry Stedman Williams.
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FAIR AND WARM Err.

Boston. May 25.-Local forecast for Fri
day: Fair weather; slowly rising temper
ature; south to southwest winds.
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Continued on page p
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-27
SOME WHY'S ANSWERED.
IFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer.l

TF'ron the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Tt is not surprising what a number
of little things we do without knowing
the reason.
Why, for instance, do widows wear
caps? Perhaps you may say because
they make them look pretty and inter
esting. But the real reason is that when
the Romans were in England they shaw
ed their heads as a sign of mourning.
OF course, a woman couldn't let her
self be seen with a bald head, so she
made herself a pretty cap. And now,
though the necessity OF wearing 1t mas
passed away, the cap remains.
Why do we have bows on the left
side of our hats? In olden times, when
men were much in the open air and hats
couldn't be found for half a dollar, it
was the habit to tie a cord around the
crown and let the ends fall on the left
side to be grasped on the arising of a
squaM They fell on the left side SO
they might be grasped by the left hand,
the right hand usually being more use
fully engaged. Later on, the ends got
to be tied in a bow, and later still, they
became useless, yet the bow has re-
mained and will probably remain till
the next deluge or something of that
sort.
What is the meaning of the crosses or
ks on a barrel of beer2 They signify
degrees of quality nowadays. But orig
inaly they were put on by those an
cient monks as a sort of trademark.
They were crosses in those days, and
meant a sort of oath on the cross sworn
by the manufacturer that his barrel
contained good liquor.
Why are bells tolled for the dead?
This has become so familiar a. practice
that a funeral without it would appear
un- Christian. Yet the reason is quite
barbarous. Bells were tolled long ago,
when people We're being buried, in or
der to frighten away the evil spirits
who lived in the air.
Why do fair ladies break a bottle of
wine on the ship they are christening? q?
Merely another survival of barbaric
custom. In the days of sacrifice to the
gods it was customary to get some poor
victim when a boat was being launched
and to cut his throat over the PROV, so
that his blood baptized it.
Why are dignitaries deafened by a
salute when they visit a foreign port?
1t seems a. curious sort of welcome, this
firing of guns, but it seems the custom
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-27

State Teachers association. Frank A
Fitzpatrick of Boston, one of the best
known and keenest educators of the
country, was for seven years superin-
tendent of Leavenworth schools, and
Mr.. Klocl1, now of Helena, also a man
of national reputation, won his fame in
Leavenworth in the six years prior to
Miss DOlphin's election. 1t is disre-
spect to any of these three eminent
men to say that, in the eyes of the pub
lie, of the school board, of the princi-
pals and teachers she is second to no
one of them. For five years she has
occupied this position, and not for an
hour has there been the slightest fric-
ton or jealousy. Not a vote has been
cast against her, and never was the
class work better than it is today.
Miss Dolphin is a native of Kansas
City, and a. graduate of the State Nor
NAL school at Emporia- She taught in
the high school of EmpOria, was offered
81 900 to teach in the state normal and
was assistant in the high school at
Leavenworth, where without applying
for the position, she was elected super
iutendent,'
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-27
DYNAMITER CONFESsEs.
Herman Strelow Tried to Destroy {
Water Company's Property.

Santa Fe, N. NJ. Dec 27.-Herman
Strelow, aged IS years, today confessed
to throwing a dynamite bomb and four
sticks of dynamite into the stand pipe
of the local water company, with the
intention of destroying the large reser-
voir east of the city; also of throwing
large rocks and bundles of canvas tied
with wire into the fifteen-inch feed
pipe of the water system. He also con-
fessed that last week he took an ak and
entered the tunnel under the reservoir
wall and cut the large feed pipe, caus-
ing the electric light and power plant
to shut down for a night, and narrowly
escaping a death by drowning.
A pair of mittens Strelow abandoned
in his hurry to make his escape Leo
to his arrest. Had he entirely succeeded
in his plans the reservoir would have
run dry and the reservoir wall washed
out. He said he had been carrying on
his work against the water company
since 1894, thus explaining the many
mysterious annOyances and damage
the water company has been suffering
since that date.
Strelow said he had an accomplice,
but would not reveal his name. The
dynamite and other articles have been
found by the water company.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-27

arose in a, very reasonable way. Orig
inally, a town or a warship fired off
their guns on the approach of important
and friendly strangers, to show that
they had such faith in the visitors
peaceful intentions they didn't think it
necessary to keep their guns loaded.
Why do we sometimes throw a shoe
after a bride? The reason is not very
complimentary. From old, it has been
the habit of mothers to chastise their
children with a shoe. Hence the GUS
tom arose of the father of a bride max
ing a present to the bridegroom of a
shoe, as sign that it was to be his
right to keep her in order
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-27
LEEDY FOR SENATOR.
Ex-Governor Is Here to See
About Things"

The school ma'ams have not a monop-
oily of things at the National hotel to-
day. a dozen or SO Populist politicians
are gathered in groups in the lobby ard
halls, whispering mysteriously together.
and a few preliminary wires are being
pulled preparatory to launching various
political projects
The Populist state committee VIII
meet at O'Clock this afternoon. and
this is responsible for the incoming OF
the politicians. al OF the COMMITTEES
with the exception of three members
were here at noon and the others are
expected to arrive on the afternoon
trains.
It is announced that the committees
has been called together to receive re-
por.s from the persons who were auth
orized to solicit funds to carry on ths
approaching state campaign and 10 ap-
point the sub committees
But there viii be other matters OF IN
portance to come before the committee
one of these win be whether the Popu-
lists shall infuse life into the sun
flower league" which T. l. Browne ana
Bill Sapp organized among the Dem
ocrats at Hutchinson some time ago oa
whether the Populists shall procis1iElE
themselves independent OF Democracy
and organize a league of their own Lne
socialist and expansion wing Of the par
ty insists on the latter plan
Ex- Governor Leedy is in the city IN
consultation with some of the members
of the committee, and it is said that a
boom for United States senator for the
Ex-Governor is all ready for launching
The thing that stands in the way IS the
fact that Colonel Little may have as
pirations in the same direction and
Little and Leedy VIII not run against
one another. II Leedy is a candidate
for United States senator, Colonel Little
will probably be a candidate FOR con-
gress in the Firth district
J. H Curran, of Parsons, the newly
/ elected secretary of the commtttae- Is
attending his first meeting and getting
acquainted
Senator W. H. Ryan is up from CrslQ .
ford county with his gubernatorlaA
boom ready to be unfolded at a mo-
ment's notice.
| Another thing which is being brought
| before the committee but which VIII
not come up officially IS the place for
! holding the next state convention SEN
| ator Campbell is up from La0et-e
country, and, together with Carl Froo-
man. is making a pull TO take the con-
| vention to Parsons, and w A Ayers
| clerk of the court Of appeals for the
| central division OF the southern depart
| ment is presenting Wichita's atrrac-
| tions to the committee with view 10
| landing the convention for that place
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-27

tions point to a grand offensive operation
on the part OF the BOers-an operation
ton or Won MOltke--with the aim of ter
minating the war in a single campaign
by decisive blow.
To realize what is SO strongly indicated
by reading between the line of British
cablegrams, it is necessary to understand
that the German strategical method al
an impenetrable curtain composed of in
Vulnerable light squads of light mounted
men, and it does this for the specific
purpose OF preventing the enemy from
discovering either the number or strength
of its columns, or the direction of it's
march. At the present moment this cur
tain of mounted Beers is reported as ex-
tending from Dordrecht to Hope Town,
distance OF 200 miles, on cOncaVe line.
as approaching De Aar, General Meth
uen-s point 'appuir and its left has al
south bank Of communication with his
base, via De Aar, at Cape Town.
The operation thus indicated may, Of
course, be only a feint, but If it proves to
be q true operation. it is difficult to over
estimate the gravity of the present mill
tary situation of the British In South Af-
rtca. For this movement on the part OF
the BOers-if true ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
plainly the sun in the sky to those
who comprehend the military art that
the Boer army is in transition from the
defensive TO an offensive plan Of cam
paign; that the object of this offensive
plan Of campaign IS the capture OF I)e
Aar and from thence an advance in force
upon the chief English depot at Cape
Such a movement can only be justified
by the fact that the resources of the
Beers have been ridiculOusly undereStl-
dence that they consider themselves
strong enough to keep Butler at bay,
while they simultaneously destroy White
and Methuen and effect the military oc-
CupatiOn of Cape Colony.
Such movement can have but a single
fOundatiOn-the universal uprising of the
African Dutch