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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
WANTS 70 KILL PRESIDENT.
aldolph Grossman Accused by Vile Of Being
an knarchi.t.

New York. Dec. 29.-Rud3lf Cross
man. "a years old. editor Of the Austro-
hungarian Gazette. was arrested, Fri
day, by headquarters detective charg-
- with having assaulted his wife with
a knife. Mrs. Grossman declared her
husband to be an Anarchist ana said
That NJ recently told her that he would
consider himself highly honored If he
could but do 10 President Roosevelt
what CZolgosz ala To President McKin-
~. She alleges that her husband on
Dec 2. addressed meeting Of Anar-
,hists IN This city. where he was intro
du,"d to Emma Goldman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
NELL CROPSEY'S REMAINS
Taken from the River Near Her Home a
Elizabeth City. N. C.

Elizabeth City. y. j.. Dec. a9.-The
body of Nell Cropsey, who 50 myster-
iously disappeared from her home on
morning. in the Pasquotank river oppo-
site the Cropsey residence. by two
fishermen. The news of the finding
flew over the city like wild-fire and
within a short while over 200 people
had assembled on the river bank wait
ing for the body to be brought ashore.
The coroner was Immediately notified
and selected a jury of prominent citi-
Zens. Two physicians were called in &c
make an examination Of the body. The
evidence given by the physicians does
not tend to show any external or in
ternal signs of violence. The body is
without the usual bloated appearance
of one drowned. The head is we'll pre-
served.
The verdict Of the coroner's jury was
as follows: We. the coroner's jury. hay
ing been duly susmoned and sworn by
DR.. |. Fearing. to inquire what caused
the death of Ella NJ. Cropsey. do hereby
report that from the investigation made
by jhc physicians of Elizabeth City and
from their opinion and also from our per
sonal observation. that said Ella NJ
Cropscy came to her death by being
stricken blow on the left temple and
by being drowned in the Pasouotank
river. We have not yet Investigated nor
heard any testimony touching as to who
inflicted the blow and did the drowning.
We are informed that one James Wilcox
is charged With same and is now in Gus
tody. We recommend that investigation
as to his or anyone elses probable guilt
be had by one or more magistrates in
Elizabeth City township and that said
Wilcox be held to await said investiga-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
SEC. WILSON WILL REMAIN.
No Truth in Report That +. D. Coburn. Kan as
Will Succeed Him.

Washington. Dec. 29.-The cabinet
met as usual, Friday but 10 business
was transacted The session was occn-
I,ied II the exchange Of holiday reml-
riscentes. The most positive denial'
are given Of the story published, FIJI
day. that F. u. Coburn. secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture of Kansas,
is to succeed Secretary Wilson.
When the fact that Governor shaw
had accepted the tender of the treasury
portfolio was made public, tn" an
nouncement was made that Sec"etaE..
Wilson woul1 remain in the cabinet
and, Friday. the same statement was
reiterated at the White House in tn
most emphatic manner.
The President is anxious that Secre-
tary Wilson should remain and tn
secretary himself has informed thu
Pres ident that he will be glad to do 50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
"A SURE THING"
Continued from page -

namely. the border controversy, both
az to Canada and Alaska. The British
officials usually link these various
boundary controversies together as
they are more or less connected. At
present modus vivendi exists as to
the Alaska boundary. chiefly for the
purpose of avoiding a clash and hold
ing each side in check until a final
boundary is determined upon. 1t seems
to be conceded on both sides that the
modus cannot be carried on indefinitely
and that sooner or later the main ques-
tion Of establishing II permanent
boundary must be settled.
Lord Transformers desire to take up
the question was expressed clearly in
his note II Secretary Hay. last spring,
when the British government declined
10 accept the Senate amendment to the
first Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Recently
LORD Lansdowne has again expressed
i'll speeches the need Of taking up the
Alaskan boundary question. Just what
steps will be adopted are not disclosed,
out it seems likely that direct nego-
tiatinn and the subsequent assembling
Of :: commission will commend itself
t. the parties concerned as the most
feasible procedure. The other issues
outside of that relating to Alaska are
those which have long existed and
hay" created more or less friction.
The reciprocity question, which is
among those formerly considered. is
not likely TO be taken up in this con-
nacti IN. as Canada desires to make it
the subject of separate negotiation
Tho Atlantic fisheries question also
may be the subject Of separate nego-
tat Ons
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

"A change Tor the worse has taken
lace in the condition Of Gen. VIM. H.
eaman, adjutant general of Califor-
ia. Who is i'll at his hotel al Wash
agton, Ills condition il critical.
EThc worlds bowling record Of 800 at
en- pins. tha best score possible, was
uuallad Thursday night, at the Com
nercial Athletic club at South Bend.
nd The Scpr,. was made BY Samuel
i. Robinson. al wcll-known oil man
AID club mvnhrr.
winfield = AFTER. a well-known stock
Toker Of Pittshurg. Pa, shot end Kill
ii himself. Friday. AFTER has been des-
,ondent for several weeks on account
I is said. Of being on the wrong side Of
he copper market. He was IS years OF
ICE and leaves a wife and family.
Robert Hensen. colored. was hanged.
Friday. at Trenton, y. j., for the muir
Ter Df Mrs. Mary Van Lieu. colored'
ind her child. Henson set fire to the
louse ard the two persisted. Henson
Sho had been unruly in jail for some
Zine past. ana had struck one or two
IF the Keepers. was Very orderly, Fri
lay morning.
An explosion at the Old Sharpsyille
furnace at Sharpsville, Pa, Friday,
wrecked the furnace plant and Killed
shree men. Another workman was
probably fatally injuredsThe men were
Working ar the top of the furnace wheh
the explosion occurred and cary
Dickson and Bartlett We're burned g
Heath. Donnelly was injured by jump
ing. The cause Of the explosion is not
known.
The general committee of Tammany
Hall was organized. at New York, FIJI
day night, without any changes OF I'M
[rortance being made. Lewis Nixon
was chairman Of the meeting ana
to frame the rules for isv-
was appointed. The executive conlihh-
tee does not organize until its neAt
meeting ana so far as could be learned
lone of tho changes talked Of for next
iear were discussed.
Three children Of Madary Greza
we're burned to death at Buffalo, n. ~
friday by the burning of 4 two-story
-
thSy were Joseph, aEed - sears:
frank. aged !. and Adam. aged 3 years.
he mother and baby days old were
'arrisd from the building on a mat
ress. The fire is supposed 10 have
zen caused ly an overheated stove IN
liquor saloon on the first floor.
John Kelley. working on a church
teenle $50 feet above the street. ex-
erienced a remarkable escape from
cath at Chicago. Friday. He slipped
rom the top of the steeple and fell -
,et. where the edge of the roof inter-
.red with his fall in such a manner
lat his hands were thrown against a
nall projections. Though almost I'M
he chung TO his hold TOT
rec minutes until fellow workmen
scued him. He was seriously injured
ternally but it is believed he will re-
Yer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
PASSENGER CATCHES FREIGHT.
Wreck at Malta. Il...Several Persons Killed
and Injured.

Chicago. Dec. 29-Reports have been
received Of Il wreck on the Chicago *
Northwestern Railroad at Mala. Illinois,
60 miles west of this city. IN which sew
cral persons were killed and injured.
Among those killed are: George Rudio
and wife OF Omaha. Rudio is general
western agent of the J. S. Kirk Soap co.
y Mr. Nichols OF the Electric Light co.
Of Council EluffS, is aTlo:.e the severely
injured.
The wreck is said to have been clus ,ti
by a passenger train running into a
eight which had taken the siding a
Malta. y dispatch received here states
that the freight had taken the siding.
which was too short to hold all the cars
portion of it protrudinG. When the
passenger train came into the town it
was unable to stop in time to avoid the
wreck. The passenger train is reported
To have been badly demolished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
4 Good Cough Medicine.

find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is an excellent medicine. l have been
suffering from a severe cough for the
last two months, and it's has effected
a cure. I have great pleasure in rec
ommending it.-W c. Wockner. This
is the opinion of one of our Oldest and
most respected residents, and has been
Voluntarily given in good faith that
others may try the remedy and be
benefited. as was Mr.. Wockner. This
remed! is sold by John Coughlin. III
water ST.; J. c. Houlehan, Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30

prig. Good siaughtering veala a. ~
ohdb. Probable values an Iii az, az sssq
for he year, $3S7. 3isi % a. hffvals
Agodd season for the sale ~ hor.
Tntbusin"ss has exceDded IN, n.vrsts.
la, win total arrivals 2i7se ha aa
1 I'm 80 ~ IN ,,5 E", II the arrissj:
buIess. not including the nearf,,, yssrs
Wld amount to s.. "a ,snUi ''oisss
ISmiicf cows, the years dea,,,
wnd compare favoraD;y with ~,
so1with plenty Of choice COWS N, sale
giving the above statements II ~
nobut be- observed that the live gu. .as-
buness Is In q Furnishing condition u w
IL hoped that the year we are ab,,,,s ai,t
enr upon may eclipse the one lust erd =
ed ''' enc
happy New Year to ali.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
200 DROWNED
BY Bursting of Waterspout
Over Saffee, Morocco.
Town Inundated for IL Hours--Every-
thing Swept to Sea.
No Europeans Among Dead. Damage 10 The
Town Is Enormous.

TlnGier. Dec. GA waterspout has
burst over the town Of Saflce. Moroc-
60. 1t inundated the lower part OF tho
town for the space OF l. hours. sweep
ing everything into the sea. TWO nun
dIed persons are reported to nave been
drowned. There are no Europeans
amcng the dead. The damage to SAT
f was enormous.
s;affec is fortified seaport town Of
Morocco 1t mas a population of 12.coo.
including about 5000 Jews. 1t is ca
closed by massive walls ANA has 4
palace, ana Il small fort.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
NSYlvAN0A RAILROAD
WASHINGTON TOURS. S2S.

Few tours have proven as popular as
those to the National Capital and Phila-
delphia. The low rate the period of time
occupied. and the complete manner III
which the points of interest are reviewed
are features which tend to this great
popularity. With the exception of supper
returning. $50 covers all necessary ex-
penses for a weeks trip. StopOver privi-
leges If desired. Tours will leave Boston
January a February 81 March ! and II.
April and IS. and May .. Itinerary of
ID. n: Bell. Tourist Agent, 2O5 Washing
ton St, Boston lec3Ol3taw l3yy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
CHEERS FOR ScHLeY.
An Ovation Given Him. Friday Evening. i
Washington Theatre.

Washington. Dec. 29.-Admiral .Schley
and eX-Secretary Of the Navy Herbert
occupied a box at the new National
theatre. Friday right. To witness James
Is. iiackett and company in Don
Caesars Return 1t was the first time
the admiral had been in a public place
here since the verdict of the court of
inquiry The house was crowded and
when the admiral appeared he was
given an ovation the applause lasting
several minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington, Dec. 29.-The following
pension changes. resulting from the is
sur OF Dec. 10, are announced:
Naiac-original benjamin F. Cakes
Tl@us Sc. Increase. restoration, reis-
sue. etc. James II. SittIc. Canton. $40
Original widows. etc. Harriet X. FL
We'll. Wilton. IS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
HEART DISEASE.
Ninety Per Cen. Of It Really Caused fror, Poor
Digestion.

Eyal organic heart trouble II incur
"hie. but scarcely one case in hum
Gr-d is organic.
The action If the heart ana stomach
are BOTH c"nti plIed by the same great
nerves. the sympathetic and pneu-
rlusastric. and when the stomach
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30

There are 1000 Russians in Kansas. Il
thousand heads of families who do lit
tie beyond raising wheat. They vote
in elections as enc man, and attend
strictly to their own business
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30

Accidents come with distressing ne
uuency on the farm. Cuts. bruises, yeanea.
sprains. Dr. Thomas Electric OIL -
lieves the pain istantly. Never safe w1tn-
out II.
m. W. f&W.tf = | A1o
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30
MARKET REVIEW.
The Annual Review oil the Boston Live Stock
Market for the Year 1901.

The following annual statement Or the
amount of live stock at ITightOn ami
WATERFOWL yards shows The increase ana
decrease as compared with the 10 prccci-
ing years:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30

The market arrivals of live stock VIII
| compared with last years. reaches CO
siderably ahead, and also compares
Norahiy with some of the most prospe
GUS seasons as to values and number
and. as far as estimates can be mad
mas been certainly a prosperous year 4
those engaged in the live stock traffic.
me hog business has assumed lari
proportions. That shows a dctermin
tion on the part OF pork packers toalr
every nerve that will bring TO The fIu
this commodity.
Dealers in cattle have dashed o9t b3l
~ IN exports as well i'll the hcyr
trade. and sheep dealers have had plfH
OF courage TO invest. NOTWITHSTANDING
high prices West, and the moderate piiI-.
OF Boston market for dressed stock. q
market has been thrifty and the seas
drug markets seems to be confined to
past. Stili the shipments here are lal
than any year for at least II yJ
Mich cows have come in quite Freely 4
command good market prices.
1t was hardly expected To notice.
large arrivals of horses shipped fj
from the West and largely for the flSd
trade. and for the better class that,u
been constant demand and o4u1
could not be filled as fast as reqriref. II
Fattering figures are noticed ink II
above tables. From rougn estimates
cattle that have been received at m$rl
cost N4.22l .oll.io. Prevailing prices XII
compared favorably with the precfDl
year. with tops at 6hTIl5 u. w. fQI
To Lease l.. W. for the more conf
cattle, including cattle for canning y
poses. ~
Sheep considerably in excess al III
year. As arrivals were largely frdU |
West the quality of the offerings. ff Ii
most part. could be relied upon{ II
prices have been quite reasonab se
of the best lambs at a range of lo9I
rs. ard best sheen at S4.25 pa 81
Estimated cost OF the years arF
81 ,Soi S2i. 90. IT
There have been received I2s 6 L Y |
hogs than in 1900 and dealers tkF
themselves as satisfied all thing ~
cred. with the years business. y
prices on Western hogs. Cssr6S la
laid Down here. Money values nuN -
supply something like slS.l40,os;.t IL
Veal calves with but little val t-r ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30

The population of the Australian COM
monwealth. according to the latest re-
turns, is 3.775.356.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30

The appended table shows the number
Of cattle and sheep from each Of the
New England states. northern New York
canad;s and the West for each quarter,
with tn total receipts Of 1871. and each
az the nine preceding years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-30

\ carefully prepared detail of the way
OF transportation WHEREBY cattle an
sheep reach Brighton and Watertow
yards. as taken from our weekly stoc
market reports. shows the following:
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-11-28
Sheep Raising
ION Ranches

Sheep raising, while it may seem
simple to the inexperienced, is a most
difficult business to successfully con-
duct, says the Anaconda Standard.
The sheep must be carefully herded,
and n day of neglect will scatter the
herd for miles and entail a loss OF hun
dreds of dollars. Then there is the
feeding and watering during the win
ter months, which must not be neglect
ed; and the worst work Of all comes
with the spring time, when "lambing''
begins, and for weeks neither day nor
night is there rest for the men who
work in the lambing herds. A lamb
does not look large, but let a cold
storm come on when several hundred
of them are dropping daily and the
pens are crowded to su~ffocation. and
if the men rest for an hour it means
hundreds of dollars gone to the bad.
Then there is the shearing, which
must be looked after and done in such
a manner that every ounce of wool on
the sheep will add to the dollars of the
wool sale. which goes to pay the run
ming expenses of the herd for the year.
1t is not enough in the sheep business
that you have good men to do the
work, but you must see that the work
is lone every hour out of the "a.
Sheep are without reason in many
things, and the slightest thing out of
the ordinary in their everyday life
may mean a loss of thousands of dol
lars to the owner. In the winter time
a blizzad may come up and dive them
before it for miles, until at last hun
dreds of them are piled up in some
ravine and are lost. Two years ago
last October the storm which visited
northern Montana meant loss of
thousands of dollars to the sheep own
ers, and also it meant death to seven
sheepherders on the range, who were
caught out and e~ndeavored to be faith
full to their charges. In a corral 1t
sometimes happens in the winter time
that the sheep get cold and crowd to-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-11-28
THE SECOND
ISLAND

Excluding Australia. Bafin Land.
situated near the east coast Of the
american continent, a short distance
north OF Hudson strait, lis the second
island of the world in point of size and
still little is known about 1t. 1t has
long 9 represented on the maps as
composed of a number of islands. II
is still shown in this way on a num-
Der of maps now in use. One by one
these supposed islands, Cumberland
island, Fox Land, Meta Incognita, Sus-
sex island and others have been found
to be a part of the main island; thus
Balm Land has been gradually In
creastng in size on the maps until to-
day it is known to be inferior only TO
Greenland in size. The latest edition
OF the best map of the polar regions
published in any American atlas. how
ever, still shows Cockburn island.
which is separated from Bafin Land
by a wide channel, though a number
or foreign maps show that it is a part
OF Baf1n Land. DR.. Robert Bell. the
new director of the geological survey
or Canada, who mapped a long stretch
OF the west coast in 1897, has just pub
l1shed in the Geographical Journal a
report of his explorations. He saws
that it is "the third largest island In
the world, being only exceeded by Aus
tralia aRd Greenland" AS Australia
is Q ranked by nearly all geograph-
ers as the smallest of the continents,
Bafin Land will undoubtedly take it's
place among the islands as the second
In area. All the best maps of Bafin
Land now show a great lake region in
the central part of the southern Dor
ton or the island. These lakes lie be-
tween mountain ranges. DR.. Bell a v
that the two greatest bodies of water
are larger than any of the lakes In the
whole peninsula of Labrador and that
they may almost be compared to
Lake Ontario in extent. He visited the
so~uthernmost, Lake Amadjuak, which
may be 120 miles in length by forty in
breadth in the middle. According to
ESKIMO accounts, Lake Amadjuak dis
charges northward into Lake Mettill-
ing by a short river, without rapids,
the natives passing from one lake to
another in their kayaks. Lake Mettill-
Ing is perhaps 140 miles long and sixty
miles wide and its waters reach the
sea through a large and rapid river,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-11-28
BAFFIN LAND RANKS
SECOND IN SIZE In
H r

fifty or sixty miles long, that has a.
descent of about five feet to the mile.
The conspicuous honor of being the
largest island in the world has been
held by quite a number of islands at
various stages of geographical knowl-
edge. School children were taught for
many years that Australia was the
largest island. Then Australia came
properly to be regarded as one of the
continental masses and Borneo took its
place as the largest island. Less than
twenty years ago it was discovered
that New Guinea was larger than Bor-
neo n SO the latter island took SEQ
ond place. When Peary practically
outlined the northern coast of Green
land, early in the last decade
geographers began to think that they
q overlooked an important section
OF the earth's surface and so they
placed Greenland at the head of the
list of islands. At last Bafin Land
looms up as an island 1,O05 statute
miles in length, with a breadth vary
ing from 200 to 500 miles, the aver
age being S05 miles. Its area is there
fore about 300, 900 square miles. In
other words, the island is larger than
the state of Texas by about. 4 10000
square miles or about ten times as
large as either Scotland or Ireland.
Though it takes it's place as second in
the list of islands, Baffin Land an
pears to be of no great value, since it
is composed, as far as we know, Of
barren rocks, partly covered with ice.
The twelve largest islands in the
world in order of size, are: Green
land, Baf1n Land, New Guinea, Bor-
neo. Madagascar, Sumatra, Nippon
(the largest island of Japan, Great
Britain, Celebes, New Zealand (South
island), Java and Cuba.-Chicago
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-11-28
KILL OR
BE KILLED

1t is said that the law of the insect
world is kill or be killed. 1t is a
vengeful law but were one acquainted
with insect life he might see the force
OF the statement. 1t seems that ma
ture is somewhat partial to the in
sect world when we compare it's exis-
tence to that of ours. Man has to learn
all the methods of sustaining life in
order that he may fight for an ex-
istence in this tumultuous world,
whereas the insect appears to spring
warrior, fully armed and prepared to
battle for the safety of it's cupidity,
and a livelihood gained by preying on
its weaker brethren. After the mother
has deposited the egg in a most adj
~vantageous place and the young insect
has broken its shell, even in it's most
incipient stages of development it
manifests it's heredity and begins it's
work as a destroyer. Nature is full of
resources and a marvellous mother of
invention. If. all insects are destroy
ers, it is just as true that some are
much less able to protect themselves
than others, consequently, nature has
to provide some means by which they
are enabled to escape the clutches of
stronger brethren. Some insects
which could not successfully hold their
own in combat are given swiftness OF
wing by which means they generally
are BILE to elude their pursuers.
Others, instead of possessing either
sWiftness of wing or the ability of hold
ing their own, are given a foreclosures
appearance which, in the case
insects, in most cases is an effectual
protection against marauders. What is
known as the tree hopper or brownie
bug is a queer insect. It's harmless
ness is in sharp contrast to its intimi-
appearance. 1t gains it's live
.ihood by extracting juices from plants.
1t is therefore a toothsome bit for
Dreylng insects. The ant evidences it's
proverbial wisdom in the capture of
hopper from which it takes honey.