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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09
RUSHING TORRENT.
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combs building mas been torn away
and the water has taken full possession
Of the lower part of the building.
Purngton Bros coal sheds are .iedp
In the flood and the only means Of
getting coal is by boats. The proDrie
tors hauled out some in thiSNmanner
yesterday. and viii continue to supply
enough 50 that their customerSwill not
suffer a coal famine. The fires in the
basement of the Purington sbuildng
were eXtinguished, yesterday morn
ing, and that ana the COMMUNICATING
is without steam heat. Puringtpn Bros.
horses have peen removed from the
stable back of their building cas- the
building is flooded with watef.& go
The coal sheds of L. Stone * Co. are
also surrounded by water. several feet
deep. f.
Almost every basement from the
post office to A. d. Wards is flooded.
but as rule all the stock had heen
taken out.
The Augusta Lumber co. has great
deal of lumber on it's Wharves, which
1t was unable to ship, last fall, before
the river closed. Men have been ut
work fastening the lumber down ana
1t will probably remain safe.
The Brooks Hardware Co. had, ut 9
o'clock last evening. suffered no loss,
but the water had flooded their base
ment, ana it required a rise Of Is
inches to reach some of their stock.
The fires in the building occupied by
whitman & Adams, dry goods dealers,
We're extinguished, yesterday, and the
clerks performed their duties clad in
jackets. a
The siphon pump I'M the basement of
the post office met more than its m2tch
IN the water which leaked through the
cracks in the door and came vi
through the floor and the fire in the
furnace was put out, yesterday morn
ing.
The water entered the basement Of f
NJ. Rowman's stable, yesterday morn
ing, and the police and others rescued
Two pigs from drowning. hauling then
out with ropes amid the usual squeai-
ing accompaniment.
The rats are forsaking the old bu!!d
Mss back OF Water street, and, yester-
Jay afternoon, several people were
having great sport shooting at theii
with rifles. 1t is not known that any o
them We're killed. \ running rat - /;
ulfhcut mark for q riiieman.
AT p. NJ. the water below the ia II
was rising at the rate of q of an Incl
an hour.
AT 10 o'clock last evening. at TN
EDWARDS mills, it was believed that tn
water had reached it's height there
ana 1t might be expected to go COW
Il There was no more heavy rain. -
oourse the tide would naturally eitec
,lie water at the wharves somewhat s.
uiat 1t might rise a few inches betof'
iofhing. The highest point reached q
"ne Dam. yesterday, was at o'ciocf
"heh there We're 9 feet, 9 inches. I'M
zen OH, and at 8 O'Clock there was oni
leet, I inches. At $50 and at 10. tn
water was feet, inches, and shove
Ho indication of a further rise.
J., AT 10 O'Clock the water below tn
uain showed slight rise from the cor
"i.ioh at o'clock
AT A. NJ. the water below the Jar
seemed to be holding its own, pelbaI
GQKly: rising.
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WATERS STILL RISE.
Continued from page %

Camden and above that town along the
Megunticook stream. Early today, an
ice jam formed at the dam at what Is
that the dam would be wrecked. This
would mean the destruction of 4 WOOL
en- mill besides other important indus
tries along the MeGunticook stream.
The dam wthstood the severe on
slaught of ice without weakening,
however. and there is less concern felt,
tonight, although the danger is not re-
garded as fully passed yet. At Rock
port the kiln sheds are flooded and
work is inconsequence suspended.
Traffic on the Georges Valley Railroad
which runs from Warren to Union has
been held up since Saturday, the
tracks being under water that reaches
the platforms Of the ears.
Boston. April S.-The floods scare all
over New England, due to rising wa
tiers under the influence of nearly five
DAYS of rain, has fattened out, for late
tonight, the reports indicated that 4
change for the better would come by
daylight. The loses will be heavy, no
doubt, but nothing to be compared
with some of the freshets of recent
springs.
The chief stream on which damage
threatened was the Merrimack. and
while the height of water indicated at
dams below Concord and at Manchcs-
ter and Nashua, was very high, it APP
peared to lose rather than to gain to-
night. At Nashua the freshct came
within three feet of the 1896 record. AT
points below Nashua the outlook was
for a decreasing flood. although high
water will stop industries for many
days.
The turn in the flood on the Connec-
ticut. Kennebec and Penobscot rivers
NAV not come for some hours, for they
drain vast areas over which the bands
of winter have yet to be thoroughly
loosed by warm winds. Especially is
this true in the Maine Lake region, yet
the head of water there is not likely to
cause ruin. as in some frcShctS when
ice ,ams-On the lower parts of the
streams hold back the flowage to the
danger point. What ice is left in the
rivers is chiefly in the far north. The
penobscot river is clear Of ice almost
its; entire length.
Taking everything into an account
ing the food, tonight has not the seI'i-
Gus outlook that reports of yesterday
and this moIaing showed, provided
however, that good weather comes
| sneedily and in warm open fashion.
Concord, n. H. April SIT has beer
raining here almost continuously fol
| = week. the amount registering 40
! inches. This has been exceeded three
! times in 90 years. AS Il result the Mer-
,r,,ac river and its tributaries have
flooded their valleys causing large
damage by washouts. The water il
the Merrimac is four feet below the
level of the great flood of 1896, but is
! still rising. Communication with thai
mart of the city in the east bank of the
river is cut off. The railroads are bad
" troubled by washouts, the Manches'
TOR and Milford and Peterborough ant
Ui;,sboro branches being closed t.
traffic for the present. No trains from
tho Copcord and Clarcmont can get il
until late Monday afternoon. Train:
have been kept running on the Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09
Lincoln County.

Real estate transfers in Lincoln county
for one week:
BoOTHHAY-Wm. c. Tnkham to Ed
enn C. Giles. land ana buildings, 81.
BOOTHBAY-J. Burnette sherman 70
Town of Eoothbay, land and buildings, 81
BREMEN-Dolora y. Simmons 10 Geo
Prior, land ana buildings, 81.
II. Iailcr. land. $50; Hattie a: Jones TO
Austin J. Nash land and buildings. sl'o.
JEFFERSON-David : weeks ssIsSo 10 "eo'
r. Trask land and buildings. sl5oo.
ELECTROMAGNETIC Y. Perry S estate
TO Geo. Bliss * ais. land and buttons
81 Murray: +. Bonner to Levitt S'o i'tt.
land $3.50; Mamie II. Sidclinger to LePiti
Storcr land, $500.
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Effort to Release Carter on Bail.

Washington. April S.-A motion vas
made in the United States supreme
court by Hon. jeremiah Wilson for the
admission of Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter
to bail. Solicitor General Richards gave
notice that he would resist the motion
on behalf of the United States. and he
was given five days in which to pre-
pare q brief.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

rive. Wednesday afternoon, on board a
warship, being escorted from Nillefranche
by the French squadron. His time here
will be taken up with banquets. visits to
gymnastic competitions and flower shows,
and other such functions. Ten slch func-
tions We're gone through with. today, con-
Guiding with a fireworks display and a
gala performance at the opera.
After receiving further populations NJ.
Loubet witnessed a disply of fireworks
and a gala performance at the theatre
Everywhere he was warmly acclaimed
The town, this evening, was brilliantly
illuminated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09
WILL SUE THE CITY.
Mrs. Carrie Nation Wants Her Hatcher G
Wants to Be Unidentified.

ronc<a. Kan. April s.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
+;an savS she will sue the city for some
Of her hatchets which are now in r rhe
nossession of the police department. ~
hatchets were taken from hef on w "a
Ga sions of her several arrests duf!"l5 -,
loon smashing days. She mace G.ii hat.
ON the chief of police for tie hatcii' -
n,ll,- but was II fused.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

A conference was held at Pittsburg.
Pa, Monday, by the Independent fur
mace operatives for the purpose of
forming a combine of all these plants
with q capitalization of s12,0OO,0OO. 1t
is said the combine will undoubtedly
90 through in a short time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

Leavenworth, Kan. April S.-Warden
McCloughey of the Federal prison.
said. tonight, that Oberlin NJ. Carter
appeared to be in good health. He was
attending to his duties without com
plant, and has not been under med
ical treatment for long period
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09
CHILD STREET

Mrs. Phoebe Cyphers of 26 Child
street. says: Il think more of
Deans Kidney Pills today than !
did when / gave for publication 4
statement in the spring of 1896.
about my experience with that
remedy which l procured at C. X.
Partridge's old Reliable drug store
opposite the postofiice. Doans
Kidney Pills cured me of twinges
across my back. stopped the tor
ture that occurred when STOPPING,
and toned up my physical condi-
ton wonderfully. The cure was
not imagination for during the two
years and n half which have
elapsed. there has not been trace
of my old trouble" ~
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gate houses have been the same for
water over the dam. 1t is not known
positively by those familiar with the
river whether the Contoocook water
has come down or not, but if it has all
danger is over.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

Lowell. Mass. April S.-The cOntin-
ned rain of the past week has caused
freshet in the Merrimac and Concord
rivers that has flooded part of the city
and caused several of the mills to shut
down The water is now 10 feet above
the dam at Pawtucket Falls, or above
what is considered the normal height
of the river In 1896, in the freshet
which caused great damage to prop
ertv. the water flowed IL feet, 6 inches
over the dam. AT present the Massa-
chusetts and Prescott mills are shut
down. The Boot mills is almost COM
pIetely closed: the Merrimac mills are
partly idle on account of high water.
The MiddleseX mills are entirely closed
as are the United States bunting mills;
the dive house of the Lawrence mills is
closed and the fremont and Suffolk
which was to enter upon a period of
curtailment, is practically all closed
Monday.
The street railway power house is
flooded to the depth of three feet and
the engines may soon be put out of
business.
The Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill
Electric is under water for part of the
yvav. and q washout has stopped the
cars. passengers being transferred in
barpes. Washouts have interrupted
travel on various lines throughout the
citv and more are expected as the river
is still rising.
The old Pawtucket bridge at the
Falls which has been condemned. may
succumb to the freshet and even pc
destrians are afraid to venture across
it during the flood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

Lawrence. Mass, April 9.-The water
in the Merrimac river has practically
reached its height. Since o'clock yes
terday morning. it has risen half
n foot. The height of the water seems
to neither increase nor decrease. The
shut down in the mills will continue.
today. and probably tomorrow. The
river has risen within half a foot of The
height it reached five years ago when
Lawrence experienced its largest
fraShot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09
FIRE at OTTAWA.
Russell! ouse Block Burning Believed dues's
Are All Sale.

Ottawa. Ont. April "a serious n' !;
started in the Russell House D!och ~ tbc
his morning. 1t is believed that az Inc
auests succeeded in getting OUT VI ~
hotel. The flames are mdkiis r,ho. q
headway and it now looks as il ne Wy,oteI
suuare which includes. besides Ihc ,avernl
the Russell House theatre anu
stores. will be destroyed.
Fire destroyed % houses in A Al ren.
Uampshirc. EnE.. Saturday mofni's'
dering $50 persons homeless.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

IIolyoke. Mass. April S-The Connect
cut river is higher than at any time since
the big freshct of 1859 when there was l.
feet 6 inches of water on the dam. The
trolley line to Springfield is several feet
under water in Springdale and all traffic
suspended. while connections with North
ampton are made by way of Easthamr-
ton. direct line between Mount Tom and
Northampton being under water for more
than a mile Nearly one-half Of the pa
per mills have been obliged to shut down
on account of high water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

Get what you ask for. Get
D 0 AN S. Don't accept
something ''iust as good
Most druggists sell Doan's
Kidney Pills and will give
you what you cal! for. Some
may endeavor to substitute
an article they make more
profit on. Insist on having
the genuine. Price 50 cents.
Manufactured by Fostsr-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

Lowell Mass, April 9.-The Locks
and Canals Co. thing that the Merri
mac river has reached its height at this
point and that il will begin to recede.
this forenoon. The river was running
10 feet. 3 inches over the dam at 6
o'clock last evening. and had not in
creased up to 10 O'Clock. 1t is expected
that the several mills which have smut
down on account of the water will re-
main closed. today. and perhaps until
Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

Northampton. Mass. April S.-The wa
ter in the Connecticut river continues to
rise and the streets in that part of this
CITY bordering on The meadows are under
--n.er NAVY cf the people in houses in
that vicinity being rescued in boats.
wuue others have moved into the seconi
stories of their houses. The mills at Mt.
Tom are shut down and the boiler rooms
n re flooded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09

Manchester, N. H., April Sail day.
today the Merrimack river continued
to rise until o'clock when the height
of the freshet seemed to have been
reached, the figures at the Amoskeag
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-09
BELFAST AVENUE

Mr.. Seth Cay of Il Belfast Ave.
says: Time demonstrates the Won
derful value of Doan's Kidney Pills;
They cured me in the spring of
1896 and at that time / gave
statement for publication in our
Augusta papers. 1t is now fully
two and a half years since that
statement first appeared and my
faith in DoanS Kidney Pills in
place of lessening has increased.
They are one remedy which acts UP
to the representations made for IT.
Any one who goes to Partridges
drug store. procures them ami
gives them a fair trial, will not lac
disappointed with the results OBJ
tanned"
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NORTHERN AVENUE
Mrs. ]. S. Jones of 1lG Northern
avenue, says: When we lived at
- Franklin street in 1886. a gentle
man called for our experience with
and opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mr.. Jones told him they had cured
him of backachc which annoyed
him all day and prosecuted him 1T
night: not continually but too fire.
qucnt during eight years to be
pleasant Since procuring Doans
Kidney Pills at c. X. PartridSe's
drug store in 1896, my husband
has had no cause to change his
mind in regard to the opinions
then expressed. The benefit he re-
ceived from this remedy has
proved to be lasting"
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Suncook, n. H.. April S.-Thc sun
cook river, Monday morning reached q
point 10 feet higher than its normal
condition and there are serious wash
outs in this section. The Suncook VAL
ley Railroad is impossible between
here and AIlenstown on account of the
washouts and repairs are being
made us rapidly as possible. The
mills are handicapped by the height of
the water and are using steam power.
AS the day advanced the water dld
not increase in depth and it was
thought that the river had reached It's
highest point.
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division, but there are several danger
Gus spots, notably at Penncook.

Montreal, April S.-Telephonic adj
vices received from Richmond. Quebec.
announce that the business portion OF
that town rests in the midst OF rag
ing torrent. At 10 o'clock the granite
piers of the steel bridge erected few
years ago at q cost of $4,000 We're car
ried away, totally wrecking the strUc-
ture. The tracks of the Grand Trunk,
Portland, Me. line are under water for
a considerable distance. The people
were compelled to take refuge IN
houses on the hills back of the town.
The property loss will be heavy.
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BRIDGE STREET

DNlUUL ClNLLl
Mrs. a. y. Sibley Of 3 Bridge
street. says: The statement in our
Augusta papers about Doan's Kid
ncy Pills curing Mr.. Sibley in the
spring OF 1896 of kidney complaint
was absolutely true. We pro-
cured the remedy Of c. X. Par
tridsc's drug store and it gives US
the greatest Of pleasure two years
and half after that statement
WIS first published to say. that the
cure then effected has been per-
manent. SO that others may bcre-
fit from this wonderful medicine
you are at liberty TO continue the
use of our names rs endorseIs."
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Woonsocket. Il. l., April 9.-F'rom
March one to date the unprecedented
amount of 1884 inches of rain has
fallen here, the storm of the past few
days amounting SO far to 5.0l inches.
The rivers have been block full for
week but no serious overflows or dam
age is vet reported.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-15
ENGLAND's COAL TAX.
Boston Transcript,

The proposed export tax on British
coal Is calling out vigorous protests
both from mine owners and mine
workers. These classes profess to see
the ruin Of the British coal industry
in the new duty. A member of parlla-
ment, who was formerly miner, as
serts that two days after the tax goes
into operation every pit In Wales will
be closed. This prediction recalls q
similar statement By the late Marquis
Of Londonderry made in parliament at
the time the miners act Of 1912 was un.
der consideration. The marquis de-
clared that this act, which prohibits
the underground employment OF wo-
men and young ohlldNn, would inn
mediately close every colliery In the
United Kingdom, The prohibition was
enacted, and the mines continued In
operation, the owners finding the law
rather to their advantage than other-
wise
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-15
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. WEDNESDAY, MAY Is, 1901.

world are responsible both for the fall
log 81 = the hirth-rate and the physI-
cal de'alofaticn that Is noticed. Man
needs plsnty Of room. pure air, healthy
exercise and freedom, in order TO de-
yelop i's role on earth is that Of ruler
over cie'tion. and not slave of social
restre'ons' In France, too, It has been
noticed mat there is a tendency to de-
generation, and one man is said TO
have 'alcelved Of the original idea Of
leaving 'hs large fortune for distrlbu-
ton @prises among French men and
women physically most fitted for
maiTlm'ny, who enter that state. He
hopes 10 'nis way to improve the species
and pl~uve giants. Undoubtedly the
condition is one that Graves attention
The remedy would seem to be the re-
modelling Of human society on the lines
indicated by nature. Whatever en-
ables nan to live In accordance with
nature anu hll the mission for which he
was pi''eu on earth, will ennohle him
both mHtally and physically. while the
transgssion Of natures law, either
by socI''y or individuals, VIII have the
opposite effect,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-15
'booM' AND SLANG.

The chicago Tribune has an interest
ing essay on the growth Of language,
and tnds that but little of practical
value Is added to II by the educated
classes While from the rural districts
many d'he most expressive terms find
Their way upward. Tho following H.
lustratlm is given.
The lunbermen OF Wisconsin piled up
many Iinons Of logs in booms, and
watched me logs go tearing down the
swirl Nue rivers after the boom was
DuSled, TOT many years hfore the
stock COOKERS and real estate agents
adopted lheir phraseology. Now there
are few people indeed who do not know
what room is and what is likely TO
happen then q boom Is busted. and
the eSHSsion has come to have a place
OF It's oaA In the language OF the mart"
All H'is Of slang, however, do not
survive Much OF 1t has but a tempor-
airy POPULARITY. Only the slang that
really mans something, becomes per.
manen' @rt OF the vernacular. This
story htoid as an instance.
Then are many people who are
greatly impressed by the sound of any
phrase % meaning of which they do
NOT undEstand. II was this feeling
winch Eoved so effective when DR..
samuel 'nhnson was vocally attacked
by one Of the famous flshwives of
hllllngsnte. DR.. Johnson knew that Il
would Otldle and useless 10 answer the
woman kind, even II ne had been
Wiling . lower his dignity to that ex-
tent Alhe same time he did not wish
70 listen 70 more of her abuse. Accord
iingly hePointed the finger OF scorn at
her and exclaimed In a voice OF indig-
nation and contempt: Madam, you are
an lsosc'As triangle, parallelopipedon,
an oelagYnal rhomboid" The fishwife
was totally overcome and was unable TO
answer ne Doctors scathing denuncia.
tlon' but II is not recorded that the
use OF mathematical terms has ever be-
come popular In the vocabulary Of Bill
ingsgate'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-15

BRITISH VITAL STATISTICS.

The Boston Herald finds that the
population Of England and Wales. ac-
cordng TO the British census. now is
30 52j,7l6, which Is said to be a gain Of
3.52S,l9l in the last ten years. or an
increase Of 1914 per cent. The previ-
Gus decade showed only an increase OF
ll05 per cent. Since 1901 the popula-
ton has almost doubled twice. The
largest increase was recorded In 1921,
when the percentage was 1906 and the
smallest was In 1891. when 1t was but
llGi, The average for the entire CEN
tury is 1884 per cent, so that the gain
during the last decade is really 10 per
cent under the average.
In this connection 1t is Of interest TO
note that II has been claimed lately,
that the effects of factory life are seen
In the physical deterioration Of the
laborlng classes Of Great Britain. A
writer on the subject, Allen Clark, af-
ter having made careful observations
among the cotton operators. says that
they, as a rule, are pale, holow-c chest
cd and troubled with bronchial com
plants The weavers, he says. (most-
~ women and girls) are bloodless OF
face. round shouldered, and have bad
teeth. The young children are bleached
OF c1untenance. The writer Is a fac
tory worker himself, and his opinion is
that his growth was stunted by being
sent TO work In a factory at the age OF
ton or eleven years, His father,
uncles and several Of his brothers who
nd not go to work early in the mills
were big men, nearly six feet high,
while he was about FIVE feet and slen-
der.
Another writer has made similar OBJ
seryations He says he has watched
the men and women on the streets, in
the cars and In audiences. and seldom
seen a well-built man or woman among
the working people There are many
Of them among the aristocracy but
they are rare among the masses. You
would see, he says. strong faces, faces
that expressed character and ability. but
the well-formed bodies were rare, far
rarer than with us. His conclusion Is
that the British race has physically
deterlorated.
Probably the conditions under which
the working classes live in the large
and thickly populated countries OF the