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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08
NATIONAL HOME.

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El.y afternoon. ~ o'clock. with serm %
b., Rev. \. +. Russell and singing by jhc
,,,-ai-i ptart..r Of Augusta.
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The returns from furlo2=h- yesterday
Were. Patrick Gavin from 'helSe' .
Thomas Mnnsan, Lowell. Mass hH"h'
" Eerrian. Augusta. h.1'h : N'""'
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All thc YOUNG icr Wa cleared "It "i
th- reservoir Yesterday. ~ as ~ get "
gand ,l,uu freeze. Tx hId attained a
fbirlzn,ss rr inches
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The program for the Saturday and sun
day evening concerts in thu Opera house
by the National Home orchestra. Prof
l. w. Theme director. il IS follows
March The 10Th Century ,tirst limo.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08
HALLOWELL.

Henry Parks went TO North JAY on
business Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

NJ +. Austin left. yesterday. for a
f.0 weeks business trip u New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08
Daily kennebec 3onrnaL
GARDINER.
journals Telephone CaII-37-5.

]. J. Preney is confined To his home
10y a severe. Illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08
PORTLAND
RNa,kI..ANIl.


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-Tarrant. =: Campbell. $ StOps-N mt
"a: Mallory. y. Fouls-RCCkiaud. :: fufr
llnd. / Referee. Lane. Timer. Da'ic4
attendance. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

Mr.. +. T. Tcain-r went t. kinstield
Friday. Nhcr. sh- will pass The winter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08
BATH
GARDINER

Srn-,-Ifar,Iiner. Vt Bath. Z. stops
b.. burgess. 1i- F"lls-DawsgIl.
Purcell G-Iiara. Referee Connolly
Timer PurHcll Attendance. "@-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

The town clock on the Universalist
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

\. 4. Wescott who formerly con-
Quoted quarry operations on farther
Central street. il t. assume charge Nj
th- krnnenrc Mining ana Sm-lting
COS works i'll PittSton III Will have
charge If quarrying the rock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

Mrs. Nelson Weber ana son -. of
WaterNillo. ar" the guests of Mayor
and Mrs. Zen Trnu.y.
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Occasional Chairs

such as We are offering suit any room
ana beautify all. They are OF such vari-
ETY. in style. and shape, ana uses To winch
they can be put. that the name is espe-
ciaily appropriate. The old furniture
mi; kers who know so well how In com
bine beauty of design with strength. have
been largely copied in all but prices
These are original with us. and some
thing To increase the charm and comfort
of an apartment can lie found here fer a
very little money.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

Au thc young ier Wa cleared oIt ri
thr reservoir Yesterday. ~ as ~ get N
good clcuu freeze Il man attained a
thickness III in,hns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

The returns from furlol=h- yesterday
were: I'a;rick Gavin from chelsea
Thomas MpnEln, Low-ll. Mass. Edwin
u Eerrinn Augusta. Ebcn 5. VIM.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

Mrs. james Atkins ANA Mr. and Mrs
NJ NJ johnson. returned. Friday, from
a visit in Boston
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MAINE POLO GAMES.
GARDINER. 6: BATH, ).

Home Team Wins Fastes; and Hardest
Fought Game of Season.
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Take particular notice If JAS IL.
Leigh's 4 cos new handkerchief All.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

Hon. Andrew Halves Nc Portland
was i'll the city on business. Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

Mrs Il r. Hunt went ~ Ninaiha,-u
Friday. for 4 visit with relatives
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

officer NJ ta, day- cam. Lov-rins. Sur-
lay capt. Wullw.rk
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The program fo. the saturday and san
day evening concerts in thu Opera house
10y ;hc National Home orchestra. Prof.
l. w Theme. director. j. IS follows;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

William 4. Mcdonald w Alpa. VA X
F, iSitnr III tEe Home. Eestrrias-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
WE SAY SOMETHING
ON CHINESE QUESTION
The Administration Informs to Pow.
ers of Our Attitude on the Chin.
ese Situation.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The secreta.
ry of state addressed an identical note
to the powers interested in the Chi
nese situation, setting out tersely and
afresh the object of the United States
government as to China, pointing OUT
how such objects as are common to
the powers can best be secured. The
note marks the initiation of fresh nego,
tiations on our part on the arrange,
ment of new basis to tide over the
situation created at the las.
meeting of the ministers in Pekin.
Some responses are already at hand
and it is stated generally our advances
were well received and the state de-
partment expresses satisfaction with
the progress SO far achieved. 1t is be-
lieved the note is an appeal, from the
extreme course suggested by some of
the powers as to the treatment Of Chi
ma, especially in the matter of punish
ments and indemnity, to which the
ministers at Pekin seem inclined. The
intent is to push negotiations on a
more radical and business-like basis.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.

~SS~SSSSSSS~~
If the figures just compiled by the
house postoffice can be relied upon,
the republicans will have POI mem
bers in the house Of representatives
during the Fifty-seventh session, and
the democrats and all others 1876, Civ
ing the republicans a majority of
forty-five votes. AS is well known,
state after state in the northwest and
west returned solid republican dele
cations, and the democrats in the
next house will be constituted almost
solely by members from the south
The backbone of the republican party
as in the present house, will be com
posed of the members from the mid
die western states, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas with
solid delegations of republicans, COM
bined with eleven from Illinois, the
eighteen from Ohio and the ten from
Indiana, make up the bulk of the re-
publicans, and, as before, a combina-
ton of the first named states can
swing the house, especially in caucus.
Consequently it is not believed there
will be any material changes in the
personnel of the house officials. In
Pennsylvania the democrats secured
four seats out Of thirty-two, and in
New York thirteen out of thirty-four.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
LONDON is AFRAID.
seseseeseeeeeeesesese

Under the title, "The Threat of
American Industrials," the Londan FL
nancial Times has an editorial warn
ing English investors against trust"
stocks issued in this country. 1t
speaks of rumor that there is an
immediate prospect of an attempt to
place the stocks in England, but it is
inclined to doubt it, 'tho it's invention
may well belong to that class which
Lord Curzon, of Kedleston, styled the
intelligent anticipation of events .
In April last" the Times says, 1--WE
delivered a wholesale warning to the
British investing public against the
threatened danger of the introduction
on the London and other European
markets of the stocks of the great
American industrial enterprises. If
it is desired to induce the English in
vesting public to take an interest in
such ventures, it will be necessary to
choose with the greatest possible care
the moment when the campaign shall
be inaugurated. Only the great finan-
cial firms and corporations, trust COM
panies and the like can be expected
to consider each proposal on its mer-
its regardless of external influences.
and these have already been concern
ed in many of the big Rotations; they
have the facts and figures in respect
to them at their disposal and there
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
HOW MANY?

How many of the young men of Of
tumwa, who hope to make a place for
themselves in the commercial, me-
chanical or professional world, are
Systematically devoting some time
each day to such reading and study as
is calculated to advance their inter-
ests? A little inquiry among the army of
boys and young men in this city, who
are regularly employed, will reveal an
astonishing and most lamentable lack
of systematic effort along the lines
calculated to add to their store of real
knowledge. Every day the demand is
heard on all sides for men and boys,
and women, too, who can DO THINuo.
We know of one business house that
has been looking almost a year, and
as yet without success, for man to
fiji a certain position, and the position
does not require unusual talent, either.
And yet this same house has scores of
applications every month for posi-
lions by those, who when questioned
as to what they can do, reply ooh, we
can do almost anything" Usually,
when this is interpreted it means that
they really can not do anything we'll.
One incident comes to mind (and
thisiis a true story of man who APP
piled for the position of bookkeeper.
He was honest, morally clean, and
had held a county Office, showing that
he was a man Of good parts and re-
spected in the community. He had
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
A SAD SPECTACLE.

The spectacle of President Kruger
endeayoring at this late date to OBJ
tain material assistance in Europe for
the so-called South African republic,
as against the successful warfare
waged by England, is pitiful from
whatever standpoint it is regarded.
If President Kruger is sincere he has
sadly deceived himself as to what is
possible in the premises. If he is not
sincere then the present spectacle
which he is presenting to the world is
one of the saddest of the entire war.
lhe Louisville Commercial takes this
view of the matter and says:
"Oom Paul Kruger, fighting for lib
erty against the great English nation,
was a heroic figure; but President
Kruger, receiving the plaudits of the
French while his compatriots are dy-
ing in hopeless defense of their
country, is not an admirable charac-
ter. Dom Paul has too much regard
for his personal safety and for the
millions he has boarded. The "old
lion of the Transvaal" has shrunk to
the dimensions Of domestic tabby."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
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WILL WE GAIN ONE?
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The Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune puts the
membership of the new house at 1856,
an increase of % over the present
number.
The correspondent says there is a
widespread sentiment in the house
against the adoption of any ratio that
would bring loss of representatives to
any state. The lowest ratio under the
new census woulu be Iva, 344. This ra-
ito, and the fractions over half, would
make the membership 1855.
Figuring on this basis Iowa would
gain one new congressman, increasing
the delegation from this state from
eleven to twelve members. Illinois
and New York would get three new
members each, while Minnesota, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas would
get two each. Fourteen other states
besides Iowa would gain one member
each.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
Immense Capitals in America.
YIELD is MORE.
ossessssssSssssssss,s

Director Sage of the Iowa weather
and crop service, in discussing the
government crop report found consid-
cradle fault with the figures, especially
in SO far as they relate to the Iowa
crop of corn and says:
The government report credits the
state with but 100000 acres of corn,
while our department gives $4,000
acres. The government report is bas.
ed on the returns of the census enum-
orators ten years ago, with some addi.
lions as recommended by county cor
respondents in the state. Our acreage
is figured from the actual returns
made by the assessors every two years
and in odd years is supplemented by
special reports from our correspond.
lents, of whom we generally have sever.
al in different parts of every country.
We are absolutely certain our figures
are about right.
The government report credits us
win yield of thirty-eight bushels to
the acre, or total Of 306,000, 900 BUSH
els, while we claim on our acreage a
yield of forty-one bushels to the acre
or 353,000,000 bushels or 47,000,0000
bushels more than the government re.
port credits the state with. But tax.
! ing the government figures on the
yield per acre and our figures on the
acreage, we would have 327,-
100000 bushels,or over 20,000,000 BUSH
els more than the government figures
credit us with. When 1 take into con-
sideration the act that my correspond
ents reported an average yield of for.
ty-three bushels per acre, and scaled
! it down to forty-o4e bushels to be on
the safe side, I cannot help but think
our figures are nearer correct and that
the government officials, in their effort
to be conservative or to hold down our
yield to nearer that of surrounding
states, have overdoue it and done the
state an injustice"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
RuMMAeE SALE.

That institution, the primary object
of which seems to be to raise funds
for either charity or churches, known
as "rummage SALE" has not yet
struck Ottumwa, ALTO Keokuk, Mar.
shalltown and other Iowa towns have
passed thru them.
The prevalence of this lad, if it ma.
be properly classed as fad leads the
Chicago Tribune to say:
"The latest fao Of society is the
"rummage SALE" 1t began IN New Eng.
land, and is rapidly making it's way all
over the country. In a certain sense
Inc "rummage sale" is sort Oh house
cleaning on large scale. The house
keeper takes an account of stock,
with the result of finding numerous
things which are too goodIto give away
or throw away and yet are hardly good
enough to keep. Such articles have
usually found their way to the second.
hand store or the cart of NE peddler,
but as the owners get little or nothing
for them the New England spirit of
thrift has devised the "rummage SALE"
which, SO long as it remains fad, will
insure profitable returns.
The idea Of the ''rummage sale"
was first made public by the Woman's
Educational and Industrial Union.
Other charitable organizations adopted
it, and gradually it was taken up by
individual households, and now has be-
come the rage. The sellers are glad
to get rid of the articles, and buyers
are satisfied because they get great
bargains. The goods embrace every
thing from tin pans to overcoats, the
worse for use or wear, which formerly
We're consigned to the garnet when not
sold to the peddlers or given away.
The prevalence of the fad indicates
that sentiment is fast dying out, and
that family heirlooms are becoming
old truck. The only danger in the
fad is that it is cultivated mostly by
women, and in their eagerness 70 drive
a good bargain they may ruthlessly
sacrifice articles for which the male
members of the house will make clam.
orous demands. This was illustrated
at the time of the Galveston disaster,
when many fathers of families had to
demand the return of necessary ar
ticles Of clothing generously contribute
ed to the sufferers. Evidently even in
a "rummage sale" some discrimination
should be used, or articles may find
their way to the auctioneer the de.
parture of which may cause domestic
embarrassment If not scandal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
WOMEN AS LAWYERS.

In America woman may be admit
ted to the bar and practice in all
COURTS 1t causes but Isle comment,
but In France. it seems that women
have just gained the coveted boon of
cutting loose at jury with rhetori-
cal rapid fire gun. Their American
sisters have all lnis and more, which
leaas the Marshalltown-T Times Repub-
Ican.to say:
IF it be assumed that the advanced
woman is the coming woman, and that
she is to be sustained in her
entry into many of * the vo-
cations of life from which she has
hitherto been excluded, then she has
gained a notable victory. This subject
is preceded with an "if' because there
are many old-fashioned people who be-
lieve that woman's sphere is almost
exclusively in the home, and that what
IN any way interferes with the home
and motherhood is a menace to that
home and to .ne nation. However,
this may be, the victory she mas gain
ed is in France. After fierce de-
bate, extending over five years, the
French senate has finally passed bill
which long ago passed the chamber Of
deputies, allowing women lawyers to
plead in the French courts. If she is
permitted to enter other professions,
why not here?
Woman is more generally gifted
with speech than her fellow man. Her
intuitions are keener, and, if she were
guided by lofty Intentions, her intui-
tons would reach the goal of just con-
clusion while tardy logic was
threading its way to the front. In a
plea where justice and humanity were
involved she would be ...e peer of any
man.
But there are women and women.
There would be hosts that would miss
their calling, just as hundreds of men
struggle along at the tail end of the
legal profession, and like necessity
hang on because they know no law.
Imagine. class of this kind, guided
by their prejudices. 1t would be ne.
cessary to exclude women from the
jury in such cases. Imagine woman
| jury, with reason and justice thrown
to the winds, deciding a case because
the sister advocate had her hair done
up horribly or was dressed wretchedly
but the T.-R. forbears. 1t gives this
mere hint of what might follow. Fear
ing that it may get into deep water or
invoke the wrath of me new woman
of the baser sort it draws a curtain
over the suggestive picture"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Present Defalcations-Anothe de-
faulting official has caused national
bank at Newport, KY, to lose $780,
900 and to be thrown into the hands
of a receiver. The event calls re-
newed attention to the loose methods
often pursued by the managers of in
situations credited with being most
careful and conservative in their con
duct of business. It also emphasizes
the necessity of bank examiners per-
forming their duties in other than a
mere formal and perfunctory manner.
The officials of this bank insisted
that there was nothing wrong with
the accounts. The examiners inspect
ed its affairs only two weeks ago and
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27

1t is evident that those Chinese
princes and other high civil and mill
tary dignitaries, are not going to have
their heads cut off on demand of the
foreign powers without having some.
thing to say about the matter them
selves. General Tung Fuh Slang,
with 10000 soldiers and General Ho
with 10000 soldiers, if the dispatches
can be relied upon, propose to make
1t warm for the allied enemy, to whom
they have virtually thrown down the
gauntlet. It may be the Chinese
muddle can be settled automatically
without further war and bloodshed,
but we doubt it. The yellow terror"
is not to be so easily disposed of.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27

There is more Catarrh In this section Of
the. country than all other diseases nut To-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
disease, and prescribed local remedies. and
by constantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurabie. Sci
tional disease, and therefore requires con.
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by T.. J. Cheney & Co. To.
on the. market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 DROPS to teaspoonfui. 1t
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
dred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure
Send for circulars and testimonials
Address, =. j. CHENEY, & Co.,
Sold by Druggists, 75c. -
Hall's Family Pills are the best -.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27

stipulations are inserted in the con-
tracts that material employed shall be
ordered Of British manufacturers.
Quite recently an order for rails for a
Natal Municipality found its way to the
Lorains Steel Co., Johnstown, Pa, in
this way-wholly, it is permissible to
believe against the intentions of the
municipal authorities and possibly
against the intention of the contract
ors, who had probably based their es-
innate or the lower American COST
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27

The policy of President Mckinley
on the Chinese question will go down
in history as the wisest and most con-
sistent of all the nations.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27

is nothing new to put before them.
To secure the favorable interest OF the
general public would be much more
delicate matter.
Losses in Railway Stocks.
"Of American investments they are
familiar only with railroad stocks and
bonds. In these they have dabbled
freely in recent years with varying
fortune and an ultimate considerable
balance on the wrong side of the ac-
count.
Immense Capitals in America.
Nearly every trade has it's combine
in the States, where chewing gum
manufacture runs to 100000 cap
ital, starch to over $6,0O0,OOO linseed
oil to $33,500,000, and ice to $35 ,OOO,-
900. But the iron. steel and allied
trades have produced more combina-
lions than perhaps all the other trades
together, and iron and steel stocks,
as we limited last April. would be the
first to be introduced in the English
market"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
South Carolina GROWS.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The popula-
ton Of South Carolina is 1,340,316.
against 1,151 ,149. This is an increase
of 1874 per cent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
DIR. LAMBERT,
Eye and Ear Specialist.
Glasses Fitted.

treatment for catarrh,
nose and throat diseases has worked
wonders. Thousands have been cur
ed and remain cured. Lung diseases
treated by inhalation of remedies.
RUPTURE CURED by our special
treatment. We cure to stay cured.
Trusses fitted to retain the parts
We have given over 1000 treatments
for rupture. There is no danger.
CHILDREN are readily cured Of her.
mia or rupture. Why will you let
them go thru life ruptured when
they can be cured? Every child we
have treated has been cured. Don't
neglect the children.
false rupture) This
well known and common trouble
among men, causing weakness, drain
and dragging sensation, mental wor-
ry, etc. Our treatment restores the
parts. In fifty-six cases cured by
our special treatment, every cure is
in perfect condition.
PILES, FISTULA, all rectal diseases
treated and cured. Piles cured with
j., ten days. Fistula cured without
knife. Itching diseases of rectum
cured. Do not neglect such dis
eases, as they are often more SER
ious than you think.
NERVOUS DISEASES-St. vitas'
dance, paralysis, nervous disorders
of women, nervous disorders of men,
n,ryous diseases producing wasting
of the system, nervous diseases caus-
ed by excuses of any kind, cured.
DISEASES OF WOMEN Such as bear
ing down pains, liberation, intiamma-
ton of womb, leucorrhoea, ovarian
pains, irregular mensus, tumors, etc.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-27
Electro. Thermal Baths.

ELECTRICITY applied to the entire
body while the sweating goes on
arouses your circulation. cures cold
1t cures rheumatism, govt, aches and
pains, neuralgia, blood diseases. 1t
feet and hands, and improves the
condition of circulation in liver, kid
neys, heart and lungs, hence a better
condition of the entire system.