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Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
Split on the Rock o. frbitration.

There is little doubt that an impair
tial judge would decide that the Pan
American congress held in the city Of
Mexico. has been i iizzle. No doubt
Europe will laugh softly and give it.
self the pleasure OF imagining that
some deep Yankee scheme has thereby
been thwarted. But. a. matter of
face. ;his country had no interest in
the congress except as a sincere friend
IF The Central ana South American re-
publics Coming the tn, lose of a
most suc-rs,fulf Pan American expo
eition, ii was thought that the tim"
WuI:ld be aIspicious for this Mexican
accomplish something. But arhitrI-
tion proved lhe rcck upon which ttc
conference split. one OF tn. main oh
jer's uf the gathering was t" devise
SOM means to settle ,hr disputes oi
thesc counties which are always Ir-
sulting in quarrels aud wars. but no
sch M could hc Of value which uii
NOT carry some sort Of authority. and
tho.c !-nablicS were In" Jealous ami
suspicious ot each other to Unite On any
feasible plan.
The delegates of IN" Algentn" Gr-
public, Bolivia Fnru, Urugary. and
Venezuela favored compulsory arbitra-
ZION but chile Ecuador and Columbia
stood out against ii. I'll, United states
del gates refrained from taking sides
ana When the matter was referred "a
Washington this government urged
The congress To adopt the Hague plan
Of arbitration. But this cdvitc WAS re-
iected. 1t was felt that the plan adopt
ID At the suggestion " Mr.. Blain" at
the first Pan American congress. II
years ago. WAS better than that. And
50. after more or less polite wransling,
the congress went 80 pieces o. the first
real issue that came bcfor" it Ii Is Il
matter OF encouragement that ~ many
favored peaceful measures Of settling
disputes. Put if the older ana greater
nations utterly disregard the arhitra-
tion plan adopted at tn" Hague peace
conference how ran We expect these
cantankerous little Latin American
states 10 take kindly to it?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
The Boy from the County.

.tcc riding 10 the report Of his ser
J.. + il the newspapers a leading New
Yor', clergyman said this to his rich
nud fashionable congregation. last
sunday:
New York city would rot out in 4
single genera tion if it did not have the
whnleSum. blood of Il strong stream o.
vital Clcar-brained. pure c-heartel
lang men and young women poured
into it from the farming districts. II
sou viii take d poll IF the great mer-
chants. the great lawyers. the physi-
..als. clitsrs and educational men Of
NJ. Nn~k ,ity. You will find that three
;,urth* of them are haysceds Th".'
we're born ana bred on the farm. and
Il, ~ haze owed In" stamina. aNd the
Intellectual AMI moral soil out Of
which their splendid crop has spiung
L" !h.l taIt. TAX The country boys
uhp hay" Won great success out Of
Now Y-or! city today. and II" srclt
:r,'l would tumble IN with &wcul
i traier.'
True. every word Of il. and not only
true of New York but also of every
great city in our country. 1t is all
/ very we'll tor the city papers TO
caricaturc the country visitors and
pok" fun at "Cncle Rube" with the
naysacd dripping from his hair. but il
i the natural order IF things far
! "Urrle I:ubr'.-" SON 10 come 10 the city
ana hc its rnv1r or merchant King. or
great corporation lawyer. or rcprescn-
taii"e in Congress. a few years later.
I Tie 'nrm is furnishing far TIE greatct.
+ r;.r, of our leading men. today, just
I as il alWHvs has since the corne
4 stone of the Nation WAS laid. Ou:'
greet citie:, depend upon the boy from
tile country to save them from the
: i%n"rGac" and immortality and colrup-
don IF the foreign element centcretl
tncrc. The census shows that 4 large
iar' of the in ereasc Of population in
our cities during tile decade was due
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

In the influx of young people from
the countrv-boys and girls of tender
years going there to earn living. and
college educated country boys throng-
ing there to take the leads in the va
riCrs professions, in business and in
politics. Some writer's and speakers
profess 10 see danger in this move
m"nt. but il l. probable that the result
viii u" nrW. as in the past. a benefit.
That it is 4 benefit {" the city cannot
b. 4 ,ubtc,l. ana in.thc gradual rc-ad
ius1mcnt and balancing of things
til" whole country is the gamer.
,,ut can the farm always keep up such
4 supply Of brains for the city as it has
furnished in the past?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
A lesson in Condensation.

II.-,. t.. p, l,..,,,.i.., .. nov ,l,., j..,r, go.
wv" "'1N '''". " u" n.y. u WIZ u" nov
EnrW. hut h'i. ingenious enough 10 b..
L M.,n" Y. ,E... ,rd ris one hundred
,...i ,;.,..,. .r ,,,.i 4. .;,i,.
ll'''' 'A''t"S' 't ii E""* thH rrnn"S '.
tho r~.ea. Il ;s q .ri,!vl "f "ou.irnSa-
,i,.. amt tho yyrit.~ WIN, j.. ,o, ,vori-
us .1,.o., an =. r;,..,.. ..,.. ,..,, .,o ,,....,
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

points are SO set forth that all may
read and remember them. and for the
student who wants the details and the
reasons thereof each word and line is
of whole libraries ofelabora-
tiGn. Most people in these times are so
busy with the present and future that
thty have little time to devote to til.
past. and the age Is So welded 10 brew
ties that th. writer who devotes vol
unes to what can be boiled into para
graph will be read only by Il few spec
iaIists. The above would be an excel
lent model for school work in condef-
sation whether in historical or other
lines Now who will write an equally
complete history of the United states
in ln0 words
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
Look Before You Mail Them.

DO YOU look at the address on your
| irtta;s Il second time before YOU mail
| them" 1t isn't a bad idea; and at your
| packages also in this holiday sea.on.
| FOR mortal man is prone to great care
| lnssness in the matter of directing his
mail. as is amply proven by the fact
that during the past fiscal year no
fewer than S.507.25 pieces Of mail
matter turned up at the dead letter
Oft &c. after Uncle Sans postal clerks.
l5stm& sters and carriers had exhaust
I'd every effort to get them to their
proper destination. Possibly you sent
some of them and wondered at the de-
lay in getting an answer. or Were
amazed when your letter came back
from tie dead letter office ana YOU
found YOU had forgotten 10 write the
tuu n and state Of the person for whom
il VAS intended or had mailed it with
on, atliAin:: Il stamp.
Of these N.a01o51 pieces of mail mat
.r. ..93l .l07 We're letters OF these.
2f5. -" were returned TO postvflicas
If, m hotels; 39.SS. were letters without
4 scrap of address on them; l56,o3i
hadn't the requisite postage stamps
ON them. the number of misdirect"d
letters ana packages was +S3,959; tn"
number Of unaddrcssed envelopes con
taininc money was 15,Si3. In 3S,?6'
letters opened At the dead lette" ofiic"
ik,. clerks found drafts money orders.
face value OF $117S,S10; 47.532 letters
yielded small sums Of money aggre
eating $i",S55. The number Of letters
containing postage stamps was IL.
Clg- the number containing phu;r-
graphs was $500 Who knows hnw
mn. h suffering was caused by thn
si.aying Of those letters with money.
hnw many hcartAches by th~ lnss II
!pyc.s' photographs.
Ta, force IN the dead letter office vas
Kept busy. however. doing something p,
h"-ia,s receiving these letters. The"
everything u op n,l ana r"turncd ta
t,l,- sender il there is any elu~ t. Hi
i. ne ald address. unless rs the Sitt
ni second sight which I'll" clerks as
q; iio tar correct address is discovered /
During th- year the office delivered
> ~. .nl letters ana parcels t. th. IL
r:..rtfui "Ivnel "a fine showing. 1t is
hopefully trying t. deliver 1850 nloir.
Ii has returned to the senders 6.35y II
h, ,s .iled- subject t. reclamation --
II. .3el: Il has auctioned off - ,332l par
csls for So 49,: il has distributed % SO
magazines, etc, among the Washing
tn hospitals; t.766.22Q undelivcrabie
and unreturnablc letters. circulars and
parrcls have beer destroyed. You.
Who have taken rainy Sunday t"
& strny a iot of your old letters just
i.u22 2il the cremation Of almost five
CHliun ,..ttrrs' The report Of the
OFF, is an impressive sermon on the
caI.lcs=ness and forgetfulness Of man.
How much more impressive still it
would rc if We lad statistics of the
letters carried in their pockets by alb
s>at Ini"ded husbands and never
mailed at all
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
RAILROADS Z STEAMBOAT
CALIFORNIA
EXCURSIONS

Personally conducted weekly tourist :,
cursions to California. leaving Ch,cs..
every Friday night-from Boston -.
rhursday-over the Illinois Central p a
for Los Angeles and San Francisco -.
Omaha and the scenic line Of the wor,S.
passing through the grandest scenery =
he Rocky. Sierra Nevada and -.
rehachapi mountain ranges. and throu.t
such tourist points as Colorado sprirs.
Pueblo. Salt Lake City. Ogden ana n.
ramento. ALI. THE GRANDESr sr.r,.
lC FEATURES BY DAYLIGHT. r., N
lustrated advertising matter. rates, reae,.
ton apply to ]. c. Clair, New -
Agent, Illinois Central z. r.. 2es W.
ington St, Boston, Mass. oct3 derrc.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
Our Mkt Postm aster.

Augusta people We're sincerely
Washington that President Roosevelt
had sent to the Senate the nomination.
of John Y. Lane for postmaster Of this
city. With rare unanimity the patrons
of the office had endorsed the candi
dacv Of Mr. Lane for this position.
|, was felt that rot only that he was
in every way worthy OF the place blt
also that his service il the Office had
peculiarly qualified him for the dis
charge Of its important and exactinS
duties. His appointment comes as Il
mcrited promotion.
The main facts Of Mr. Lanes lie
have already been stated in our local
department. He came here : few
weeks after his graduation from Bow
doin College in the summer OF 1857. and
has resided h,rc ever since.
Practically his whole lie therefore,
outside of his school days. has been
passed in this city.
Fer five years \" was employed o"
tnr local vor! Of thr Jcurn.l during
which hc hli an opportunity To secure
Il viLc acquaintance ana make a host
Of warm ana steadfast friends. NJ
val5 assuming ana cuurtcous III his
hcaring. upright ir al his dealings. AMI
I,- n n ,,Dtlar-
tahings hc won the confidence and cs
tcem or an with whom h came in con-
tLCI.
IA 1875 lir. Lane came into the edi-
tp:ia room Of the Journal as associate
editor. in which capacity he served
uItI February. lS@S, when he resigned
tu "crert the position of assistant post
m4st.r und,r the LAKE Postmaster
Water II. stiuson.
This Position came 10 Mr. Lane IN
.ir,fr unsouGht. Indeed The first inti-
nation hc received that he had ever
been considered in this connection was
When Nj Stinson came 10 him ana
81 red rim the place. After serving FOR
It time n this capacity he assumed At
tht earnest desire Of the postmaster
tbr important and responsible duties
Of ,1shier, Which place II" stil retains.
H. tn spring of 1894 Mr. Lane was
elected d member uf tn ,ity council
/! m Ward ~ The Republican ticl;";.
tir was re-cloctcd in 1885, and in 1896
wa" elected 10 tn, board of aldrE-
m-n declining a -nornination To- that
pody il 1887
IL the editorial work Or the journal
MI. Lane found . cJngenial field Tor
thc rNcrcisr # his p3instaAins end
thorough scholarship. IL is man II
broad culture. who has always mad"
it !, point to 80 with patient and *
hastiv" care into any subject that cr-
Cages his attention. His editorial work
upon the Journal was characterized ~
clrarness. grasp. and force 1t le-
vcal.d t. the community. in .
stronger. clearer light that was pos
eb!e il his earlier work; his abiliti .
and attainments.
1t was . rare compliment u his ho,d
upon the good will and favorable rc-
gard Of his fellow citizens that tho
position Of postmaster should come to
him entirely without opposition. and
that hi. candidacy should. therefore.
Dc able 70 20 before the President
backed by the strongest petition that
ever went out of Augusta.
~ HIS hands the affairs Of our post
uii,rr VIII ~ administered wisely and
Veil ana the public viii have III"
pleasure in the futuir. as Il has had
in tn" past. of dealing with a pains
taking and courteous official.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

send tn" liars belt tn South Nor
.ilgewock without delay. \ cor
respondent in that place tells Of a fcl-
iJu cutting wood on his wood lot be
eide the river. a feW years ago, when
i hic rain storm struck and th" first
thing he knew the whole ood lot was
floating away. The wood chopper. with
rn.. presence of mind. continued cut
ting wood ana when he arrived at ono
If the cities down river he anchored
his lot which he had now cleared Of
timber. sold the wood in the city mar
htt and disposed Of the land for hous"
lots
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
Personal Notes.

Edwin i. Adams is expcrjmrutiuc. in
the Jefei son physical laboratory at Har-
ward University, with a big storage b,t-
terry Of nMf cells to show it's value in
and To find the magnetic eject di- u
moving charges
Robert L. McCormiyk who has just
been elected President OF the Wisconsin
State HISTORICAL Society was born :,t
Frarkhayen. Pa and began his business
career in the -:,lway service untlcI.
Frank Thompson. former president Of the.
Pennsylvania system.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

! Mai:s i,eople will b. interested 70
| know that there is some prospect at
| this session of Congress to seCur" q
statue in bronze at the federal Capito!
u Henry WadsWorth Llngfeliow. most
| beloved of all American poets. and 1nc
# the most illustrious sons Of the Pinc
free State. For some years the Long
fellow Memorial Association, comprIs-
iug numerous distinguished person
ages among them chief Justice Fuller
ana ,X-Spcaller Reed. have been urg
H.G Congress 10 allow 4 bronze statU,
uf tn" poet t. bc placed On one u tn
IuhHc reservations here ana alSn ~
appropriate 5000 for Il IeJcst Al thee
for Congress ~ exceedingly ChIry ~
allowing statues ana monuments To he
erected her, one 80 it is that tho KS
.-,iItiun thus far has lahored in vain.
'rh.e year. however. the work has been
iegun anew. Senator Hnar nf Nassa-
,at.s,tIS offering 4 bill i'm the Senate
and Representative Dalzell of Pcnnsyl-
Iania. one of the Republican leaders,
uff"ring il in the House. II is quite
probable that before Congress ad-
jdurns the desired authority will he
granted. 1t is quite significant that. Ill
Yl.itc If the numerous notable men
Maine has furnished to the service of
t'ln government ana tu the world Of
.ettcI>. there Is no public statue Of any
ti1em in Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

4 Washington dispatch states that
the University of Maine is receiving
S:5, ,00o towards its support. The com
penSation paid the university in 1890
Was sl5.G0O 4 year but The amount has
increased ut the rate Of $1,000 annually
til the limit was rcachcd-S35.0oo an-
uuallv This does not includ', the larE,
sum paid for tn" support of the TX
rcrimcnt station at Orono. Til. sum
Of Soa 600 is now paid 10 an agricultural
college in every state and territory or
EaniZcd III the Union except Hawaii
- that the total paid by the federal
government last year for agricultural
colleges WAS 81 2o0 0Oo
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
The Silence Of Wellington.

''!W'IWNHII F.IVuiT'TI.
II is a mattor of general r"tB3rA that
senator Wellington Of Maryland, is rot
saying much. When l." uo. break out
though. hr generally says crOugh 10 49,
q ions, time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

Minneapolis Joulnnn.

Her" are some of she things YOU Shnrii
never say to baby'S mother:
When VIII II begin to look Intelligent?
Goodness: believe the chi d is really
taking notice.
Do you think of raising IL?
Do you feel any attachment or affection
for il Nctr
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

..,.. whatever will bs taken ~
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be heso Tesp~-
sib.e for the preservation or return o'
rejected communications.
Address all communications relatihs
to subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
Mlt;3lyNV8 CHQ0GilG)|
The Winter Wind.

y" winter win blow ii 90 -, foul,
En- 'bcrgr ter maxi you Shivcr,
u ill chil,un f"eiin col.
En- AKIN YOU fer kiv"r.
Yvu better heed '"m aS Won 20:
Npu know Il" one dat loved en- 50
Too btd t.r ~ rn III ID cul
via winter night H-fallin'-
j." 10 los sheep. fur rum dc fol
\n CUn tl. Sh-I,a d's callin,
Ius' in ID night. ~ rain. On snow.
I'm yit &c SIrpa'h love en- 50,
-Ernnk L. St. lton.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

The annual catalogue Of Wesleyan
University. which we have Just re-
ceircd. shows that Il Maine boys are
lrc". 'The only Maine boy in TIL"
senior class is George T.. Lufkin or
Rumtovd Center. tho captain Of the
Varsity nine. He is well remembered
in Nairc as leading Kont's Hill
athlete.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

TGr shortest days. ana winter Is
officially arriving.
santa Claus doesn't like doing bust
nes; on wheels.
Tire Schonls and colleges are closed
ana It is the merriest vacation of the
yc,t".
Ten days 20 1907, and don't the clos-
ing days Of tie year just bring in the
bills.
i:attcr not bother with New Year
resolutions until your Christmas shop
ping Is done.
The bad week couldn't prevent the
poult1y and pet show 1T Lewiston
from being a success.
The cause of municipal ownership
takes = step forward at Pennington
where TIE town mas voted TO buy the
water works.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

As final shot i'll the liquor ad con-
10 remark that when yuu pour hot
water N a dog he naturally opens his
mouth and hoWls
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

None too early to be sending such OF
yonr Christmas presents as are to go
by mail or express II is unsafe and
unro oasonablc to dump into the post
office, on the day before christmas.
tons of packages with the expectation
that they viii be delivered as prompt
|, as letters are sent at the ordinary
time Of the year. The postal facilities
are such that the increase in the Work
cannot be met with increased force In
The same ratio. and there ought TO De
some consideration shown, some lore
thought exhibited by the public a
Christmas present is none the less
valued if it is received Il few days be
fore Christmas, it is much better re-
..ivcd early than a few days late.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

no portrait of a man has ever aP-
peared on United states coin or the
picture of a woman on the postage
stamps? An observing Maine eo''o'
remarks on these facts that they CON
stitute The reason why we lick the
stamps and squeeze the coin.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

\ splendid program has been ar
ranged for the annual meeting or the
Maine Pedagogical Society in Augusta,
December &c and -. and there is sure
to be Il large attendance in spite OF
the proximity Of the meeting to Christ
mas.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

The "D'Elmer brothers. acrobats'
now touring Maine with the Alma
Chester Company, are in private lie
the Ney brothers, three Portland boys
who are stars in their line and have
gone all over the world with circuses
and travelling companies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-19
Somerset S. ]. Court.

The September term of the supreme
court for the county of Somerset con-
vened Tuesday morning, Hon. l.. a.
Emery officiating as presiding justice.
After the customary opening prayer
by Rev. Daniel Onstott of the Metho-
dist church. the charge to the grand
jury, and the usual proclamations by
the clerk and sheriff, the calling
of the docket was taken up and oc-
cupied the whole of the forenoon SEES
sion. In the afternoon the cases
marked for trial were assigned.
The following members of the bar
We're in attendance:
s. j. Walton. l.. l.. Walton. Il. n.
Merrill. F. +. Danforth. S. w. Gould.
Forrest Goodwin. Daniel Lewis. A. X.
Butler, II. ]. Phillips ard c. II. Mills.
Skowhegan: l.. r. Folsom and F. l..
Ames Norridgewock Bernard Gibbs
and John w. Foster. Madison:
Thomas J. Young. Scion; Ben. S.
Collins and Augustine Simmons, North
Arson: VIM. r. Jordan. Bingham;
George M. Chapman and George G.
Weeks, Fairfield John w. Manson.
George H: Morse and o. II. Drake.
Pittsfield: Il. b. Barrett. Canaan; H.
W. Stewart. Har.land; ]. F. Holman.
Athens: L. c. Cornish and H. NJ
Heath, Augusta; c. w. Hussey, s. s.
Brown and VIM. T. Haines. Waterville
and II. l.. Whitcomb. Pennington.
Officers were in attendance as fol-
lows: Sheriff +. p. Pencil. Skowhe-
gan; deputies, c. F. Ham. Bingham:
f. S. Parsons, Scion: Chas F.. Duren
Fairfield. TT NJ Waugh StarLc. r. y
Haskell Pittsfield: Calvin Jones.
Athens: Ruel Williams, Hartland: F..
f. Caswe.l, New Portland. H. p.
Thing Of Skowhegan is acting as mes
senger.
The number of cases on the trial list
is not above the average, and the
term will doubtless be of the usual
length. Following is a list of the
members of the grand jury:
+ VIM. II. Paine, Skowhegan, foreman;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-19
THE PROPOSED ELECTRIC ROAD.
Il Will Cover Busy Section and Fill a Long.
felt Want.

Articles of association looking to the
formation of the Gardiner Street Rail
way Co. have been sent the railroad
commissioners for their endorsement.
AS soon as they are returned the nee
essary steps will be taken to secure a
location for a street railroad over the
following streets in the city of Car
diner:
Beginning at the terminus OF the A..
H. & G. Railroad in Depot square, it
will run w Water street to the New
Mills bridge, so called. thence down
Central street to Brunswick street.
thence down Brunswick street to
School street, thence down School
street to Lincoln street, thence over
Lincoln street to Danforth street,
thence down Danforth street to Ores
den street, thence crossing Dresden
street, down Kingsbury street to Wa
ter street, thence up Water street to
Depot square. point begun at. also over
Lincoln street to Quimby field.
The road will be about three miles
in length and the stock for building
the same has been subscribed in full