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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-15


GOING WEST-s.iO A. NJ. for Lewiston
Farmineton. Phillips. Rockland. Port
land, Boston, Bridgton, Montreal ane
Quebec; ioon A. NJ for M, Brunswick; IL L sew
Rangeley. RGckland. Portland. Boston
No. Conway, Fabyans, Lancaster, uor'
ham, n. H.. Berlin Falls, Groveroh
No Stratford, Island Pond, ColeSrooH
and Beecher Falls: $40 p. NJ local &c
Portland; $50 p. NJ. Cexpress) for Bruins.
wick, Portland. and Boston. connectiihhe
Rridgton- }. Conway and Bartlett: 1o.5;
=. NJ. tn.1- Pullinan) every niEht toi
Lewiston, Bath, Portland ana boston
1855 A. NJ. daily except Monday for Port
GoiZG EAsT-l.35 A. NJ. might ex
press for Skowhegan. Bangor. Bar Har
Dor, St. Stephen, Calais, 81: John, han
ington Co. II. K. Monday morning, Eoins
east does not connect for Skowhegan no
on Sunday morning Tor Beiiast. FQxcrol
willie, Belfast, Skowhegan, Bangor an;
Bucksport, Vanceboro -. otepnen. Houl
ton. Woodstock. st. John and Halifax
Town. patten, Houiton and Caribou vi.
i. & a. r. r. and to Lewiston. VIA Oak
land ard Winthrop; = 80 =. VI. express 10
Waterville, Bangor. Bar Harpor;, Wash
Co. +. r.. Old Town: Greenvllle AM
terville, Oakland. North Arson. Bingham
Skowhegan Belfast, FoXcroft, Greenville
Bangor. Old Town and MattawamKeag
T2S r. NJ for WaterViile.
SUNDAYS-Go:ng West, 1.5o a. NJ. 70
Portland, Boston; 1877 A. NJ. 1855 P: NJ
Cor Brunswick. Bath. Portland ana Bos
ton. Going East, 80 y. NJ Bangor; 81
A. NJ. and go z. NJ. for Waterville an
The Night Pullman Train leaving a
1.35 a. NJ. Monday morning. going cas-
does not connect for Skownegan nor OF
Sundl- morning for Belfast, Foxcroft
beyond Bangor.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
Boyx Ignite Dry Grass Near the Pow
der Magazine.

BALTIMORE, March 25-If an enemy
had attacked Fort BIcHenry there would
hardly have been more excitement tnan
reigned for a while yesterday afternoon
Just after the soldiers had finished mess
and had scattered in groups they were
surprised to hear shriu bugle call which
meant fret Instantly the post was IN
state Of intense activity Looking to-
ward the waterfront between a steep hill
and the powder magazine they saw line
of flame cracking the dry grass and NOV
ing steadily toward the magazine. in
which is stored 800 or 100 pounds Of pow
der.
They did not wait for the orders of the
officers on duty, but rushed toward the
magazine. For several minutes coatIess
and hatiess soldiers, armed with sticks.
spades, rakes, brooms, or anything upon
which they could lay their hands, were
rushing to the fray
Soon Major Leary, the commandant,
was at the front, and after several min
utes Of hard fighting the blaze succunbed,
but not before the strong east wind had
driven it within 100 feet of the magazine
door
AS the last spark was extinguished the
men were lined up and marched back 10
the barracks, where the roll was called
With the exception Of the arms they car
ried they looked as though they had been
in the heat of battle. Their hands and
faces We're bIackened by the fire and
smoke and bat few Of the men had en-
their coats In the whole company there
were but two buckets which one thought
ful soldier had grabbed as he left the
barracks. Broorns and sticks were pIenti-
fui, but many OF the men had gone into
the fight empty-handed-
Major LeaTy instituted an enquiry into
the cause of the fire and learned that
/ three boys had been seen in the yicinity
shortly before The blaze started An or
der was issued to close the gates. and
the three boys were shortly after aPpre-
hended- one of them confessed to having
thrown lighted match into the grass
and that the fire which sprang up around
( il became too fierce for them TO subdue,
and they fed
The maj gave them a severe lecture
/ and told them il they ever came TO the
! post again to leave all matches behind
! MAJOR Ledry said that the fire was dan
gerOus. as the grass was both long and
/ dry. ard if il had not been noticed as
soon as il was il would undoubtedly have
/ reached the magazine and caused an ex-
pl0SiOn-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
The PHILIPPINE HARBoRs.
Coast and Geodefie Survey to Chart
All of Them.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey has made
plans for charting the harbors and coast
Of the Philippine Islands 4 while ago the
Survey. established an Office at Manila in
charge of g. r Putnam. who is now en-
gagged with a number OF assistants pre-
pairing for the surveys of the season II
is expected that active work Wiz begin
next month and that sufficient data viii
he collected before the close of the year
to make il practicable 10 publish charts
Of all the larger harbors among the isl
ands
The work, however, VIII not be confined
to the most important ports, but many Of
the minor harbors that serve as points Of
distribution fer the inter-isiand trade viii
also be chart@d- There is at present little
map material that is of any service in the
navigation OF these minor ports. though
they PLAY an important part in the com
nierce Of the Philippines. In the absence
OF railroads and good highways these lit
tie ports are the collecting points for the
products Of all the surrounding country
which small vessels carry 10 the larger
ports for shipment 10 foreign purcha sers.
\ considerable number OF the small har-
borS. for example. are known as the
hemp ports, because they are the col
lectinE and shipping points for this
unique article Of Philippine commerce
As approaches 10 these harbOrs are little
/ known the work Of the Coast and GeOdet-
&c Survey VIII be Of great usefulness 10
1 navigation and commerce; il viii also
supply important Information needed for
our better acquaintance with the geOgra-
phE OF cur new possessions in the Orient,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
PROSECUTORS DOG FINDS GOLD.
Starving Miners Canine Brings in 81
Bone Coxered Wiz, Dust.

CAsS LAKE, MINI. March Be
cause he was too poor to buy food for
his dog, John Anderson settler at the
little village OF Black Duck near here
Is now rich man. with ever. prospect
Of becoming richer in the near future
Anderson. who took up a claim near
Black Duck last fail was i'll nearly all
the winter How he ged to live is
q mystery. A short time ago his pro-
visions were entirely exhausted. and he
was forced to turn his yellow dog adrift
Saturday he dog returned with a bone
and earth adheTing TO 1t filed with shin
ing yeiIOT particles. His curiosity was
aroused, especially as his claim is on
land that has every Indication Of being
gold bearing SCraping together 4 large
number OF the particles he carried them
to Black Duck and visited the local
jeW@ler.
When a jeweIer tested them they
;iryrs-Gsi TO be gold. The value Of the dust
was So which was paid by the jeweler
When Anderson located the spot from
which The bone had been dug. he found
il rich IN gold dust
Inside Of an hour Anderson had Eeen
offered eXOrbitant figures for his
claim. but he has thus far refused to
sell NttJ the money obtained from the
sale Of his gold he has employed several
men. who are now prospecting and max
ing strikes that are proving rich indeed
\ small creek flows through one cor
ner Of the claim, and he is now divert
ing the course Of the water in order Ia
bring IL near the gold beds So that ~
can wash ont the dirt. The ground is
frozen as yet, and the work IS slow. but
up 10 yesterday afternoon he had OBJ
tanned over 5000 worth OF gold dust from
q tract less than ten rods square
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
GILMAN PAPERS MISSING.
Every Document Taken From The
Black Rocsz Mansion

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. March l7--The
startling discovery has been made that all
the valuable papers Of the late George
FRANCIS Gilman-bonds. mortgages. lnsur-
ance poIicies-have disappeared from the
Black Rock mansion Not u scrap Of pa
per has been found to show that at the
time of his death he was possessed Of one
dollars worth Of property. That an ar
rest for theft viii follow is considered
certain Developments Of most aston
lshing character are promised
We have searched every nook and cor
ner of the house" said Edward s Per
cival today, and have found absolutely
nothing. Sheriff Fenelon and Polio I1an
Wright aided in the search. All of Uncle
Georges papers are missing It is Ger
tainty that he did not carry them with
him beyond the grave. What. then. has
become OF Ihem2
We have received evidence that when
Uncle George d ed there were certain
documents here that are now missing.
missing. Miss Catherine kupfer visited
the studio today and made the discovery
il Is peculiar thing that there are 10 val
tables about the house. My uncle Ger
tainly had some jewelry ar trinkets. If
he did, they are gone now.
If Mrs. Helen Han, her mother, and
Miss Clayton do not vacaie the Gilman
mansion soon they viii be elected Wen
starve them ont if we can't do better The
supply Of provisions viii be cut off In a
short time. Then Wen see if they will
on -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
a COMMUNIST COLONY.
Experiment of the ssStFaieht-Edge
People, Said to Be Success.

EtOpitE S4Eu ne u success
NEW YORK. March 25--A practical ex-
pertinent which has been in progress for
the last two years in New York is about
10 be expanded by the establishment OF a
branch settlement near RoseviIe, s. /
The society, which IS known as the
-Straight-Edge People. is founded on
seni-reIigious principles. It's members
declare that their creed is the Golden
Rule, and anyone who is willing TO prac-
tice il and give more than he receives IS
welcome l. become a member
At present the society consists Of eleven
men, two women, and three children, who
live together at 30 Sixth Avenue. They
publish a little weekly paper there. run a
printing Office, and a small bakery. All
take q share IN the domestic as well as
the productive work and all money is
turned into q common fund
Wilbur r Copeland is the originator
and leading spirit of the society. which Is
also known as "A School Of Methods for
the Teachings OF Jesus 10 Business and
Society.
A small farm and a large house have
been leased on Staten Island, and the
place has been named The Land of the
Living" There they will engage in mar
ket gardening and the manufacture of
Their printing Office VIII be moved there.
They viii, however retain the headquar-
tiers at No 240 Sixth Avenue
The Land OF the Living" VIII be taken
possession Of by the Communists about
April !.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
a MOTHER GETS HER CHILD.
Ruling of Justice Cole in the Case
of the 5tickeiIS


Justice Cole today sustained the writ Of
habeas corpus by which Mrs Frederick
StickelI last Thursday obtained possession
Of her two-year-old child which had been
taken from its nurse by her husband
The breach IN the domestic affairs Of
AIr- and Mrs Suckell has not been healed
and Justice Cole decided that the child
was too young TO leave its mother.
Last Wednesday evening the trouble &C
CURED which eliminated in the decision
today 4 nurse took the infant. which
had but recently recovered from an at
tack Of scarlet fever, 1nr an airing, In q
short time she returned and said the
child had been taken from her by AR
Sticken. The anxious mother at once
sought the counsel OF her brother, J. Fred
RupertUs- Last Thursday a writ Of ha-
beas corpus was applied for and granted
Mrs SJickelIS brother, with several dep
uties started out IN search of Stickeii
and the child. but were unsuccessful in
the quest until they finally went 10 the
home Of Mr. StickeITs mot her. Here the
boy was found with Mr. StIckeu and its
grandmother.
Without d hearing the child was com
mitted TO the care Of It's mother AT the
conclusion Of the hearing this morning
Justice Cole said that the technicalities Of
such cases generally favored q child
being placed under care of the father He
ruled, however, that in the present case
II would be TO the best interests OF the
child TO remain, for the present at least
under care Of the mother.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
BURNING OF a PEsrHoUsE.
Grand Jury TO Investigate the Work
of Mob

NEW YORK, March 25.-The Essex
county grand jury viii Investigate the
burning Of the temporary isolation hospi-
tai this week Detectives have been gath
ering evidence and q large number Of sub
poenas have been served upon persons
suspected Of having knowledge OF the acts
Of the mob which chopped down the build
ing. An effort viii be made 10 learn
where the mob secured the new hatchets
used and lay whom the money was fur
uished- Another enquiry viii be made TO
ascertain who contributed the barrels of
oil used 10 saturate the building. Start
ling developments are expected
a third case Of smallpox developed in
Orange yesterday. The patient is Mrs
Florence Davis, Of 81 Hickory Street, d
tenement house three stories high. with
four apartments on floor. The entire
house and the dozen families living in II
are under quarantine.
The woman was a friend Of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Williams. of - South Street.
who have been sick with the disease for
three weeks All the cases are light ones
Since the present appearance of small
pox more than nine hundred persons have
been vaccinated by the board Of health.
third of these were children IN a parO-
ChiaI school.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
SUIT ON A MAIL CONTRACT.
The Postmaster General Named in
an Action Drought Today

4
an Action Drought Today
a petition for an injunction involving
the carrying of the United States mails
and which names Postmaster General
Smith as :; defendant was filed this morn
ing by Henry E Davis, attorney for G.
w Underwood. of Missouri. and the
Fidelity and Security Company of Mary-
land
Jasper Rhoton is named as defendant,
together with the Postmaster General.
who is sued in his official capacity
According 20 the bin the complainant.
Underwood, who is a resident Of the
State OF Missouri secured a four-year
contract TO carry the mails between Hol-
brook. Arizona. and Fort Apache. Of the
same Territory II further appears that
with the approval of the Postoffice De
partment the contract was sub-let 10
Jasper Rhoton by the complainant
The bill goes on t. state that Rhoton
fulfilled his part OF the sub-conJract I'M
til December -. 1893. at (which time he
refused 10 carry the naiIs longer Since
that time the mails have been carried
by the department, which employed ser
vice at greatly advanced rats
The compliments further state that the
Postmaster General declared (. ". In
derwoOd d failing contractor and adv-r-
tiSed anew for the carriafe o. the mails
The complainants ask that the Post
master General be restrained from pay
1 ing RhOtOn $5lS.24, which he technicaIy
earned and pray that this sum be appEec
/ to any fines or fOTfeitureS they may sui
: fer through the derelictiOn Of Rhoton II
carrying out his part as Sub-cOntractor
! Ia this connection the complainant stat,
/ that the terms Of The sUb-CpntraCE made
I Rhoton liable 10 any fines or losses Of IN,
/ original contractors.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25

The northbound train from Alexandria
consisted of three ears, a motor car and
two trailers and was in charge Of Ben
jamin Whaley conductor: Walter Batey.
motorman, and Ed. Davis. troIIeyman-
on the southbound train trailer No los
was attached to motor car No. ana on
the northbound train trailers No III and
another was attached to motor car No Q
When the cars in the collision were pIac-
ed on the siding by the wrecking crew Of
the road they were put in charge Of a
guard and no one was allowed 10 enter
them An inspection CT them from the
outside. however. showed that they were
terribly shattered by the great force with
which the motor cars came together.
There was not single iron bar or rod
in the frame work of the motorman's box
on either car which was not either bro
ken or twisted The force with which the
cars coilided also affected the traiIers. The
glass in every window was broken The
seats in the motor ears also were displac-
ed from their holdings by the great force
! of the shock, and the passengers who
! occupied them We're thrown in all direc-
/ tions
! The body Of motor car No. was thrown
| from the front truck This materially
/ added to .he general shaking up Of the
! passengers The bumpers between the
! cars making Up the two trains were also
greatly strained by tie force of the col
Iision. and. in each case, the great iron
bars which held them in place were
I bent upward at an angle of about thirty
degrees.
About 10 O'Clock the wrecking train of
the company returned to the scene of
| the wreck and commenced to remove the
Debris of the collision
When heard from several hours after
the accident the injured were doing as
! wei as could be expected under the cir
| eumstances- It is not believed by the
| physicians who are attending the injured
that any Of the wounds viii result IA
! tall
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
A GOLD WATCH FOR DRINKS.
Story of II Timepiece Stolen During
the Inauguration.

Samuel r Suit. q 5arkeeper at a down
town hotel, turned over 10 Inspector
Boardman this morning a gold watch
that prov ed TO be- the property Of William
H. Riddle. Of London, Ohio Mr. Riddle
was here FOR the Inauguration. and
stopped at lis Massachusetts Avenue He
reported the loss Of the timepiece te the
police, and said he thought that his pock-
ct had been picked On a street car.
Mr.. Suit. who is d cousin of .Artier
Suit. the Maryland sheriff informs the
police thtt the watch was left with
him by a welI-dressed man as collateral
for several drinks. As the man BY whom
the timepiece was left did not return for
II. Mr.. SUIT consulted with his cousin
who ascertained from Detectives Brown
and Lacey that the watch had been
stolen II WAS accordingly turned over 10
the police.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
MRS. HoBART's HOME ENTERED.
Thieces AT Paterson. n j. Fail to
Secure Plumber

PATERSON. y. J.. March 25.-Thieves
who have been operating extensively in
Paterson Of late, last night entered the
residence of Mrs. Garret A. Hobart. wild
ow OF the Vice President They made a
hasty search for vaIuables, but secured
none.
When the members OF the household
arose this morning, the silver plate was
found in a pile. 4 front window had
been pried Oren with d cniseI- The police
were notified. but there is no clue TO the
thieves \ neighbOr saw two men Ing
the yard of the Hobart house about 8. 80
o'clock. but no description can be given
1t Is thought the thieves may be the
same who stole $ 0t0 worth Of silver from
the home Of Philip katZ last week
Mrs Hobart keeps all her valuahIes in
banks in this city, New York, and Nash
ingtOI.-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
DISMISSAL AND ARREST
Fate Of Noses Dillon, Collector of
Customs at FL PasO. Texas.
Charged With Soliciting Campaign
Funds From Federal Employees
and Providing Civil Service ADpIi-
cants with Questions ana Answers

and Providing Civil Service ADpli-
cauts with Questions ana Answers
The Civil Service Commissioners have
recommended the dismissal of Moses Dill
lon. United States Collector of Customs at
Ell Paso, Tex who was arrested at that
place Saturday night by the United States
Marshal on warrants charging him With
soliciting and receiving money from Fed
eraI employees ia his Office for campaign
purposes, and with having divuIged to
certain Civil Service applicants questions
and answers to be used at an examination
held there.
The arrest Of Collector Dillon is the re-
suit of a thorough investigation made by
an inspector of the Civil Service Commits
sion 1t was learned this morning that
last October the Commission received in
formation from FL Paso to the effect that
the Civil Service rules were being vio-
lated by the collector of customs Of that
port; that the Federal employees were be
ing assessed for political purposes, and
that certain applicants for admission into
the custom service at that port had been
furnished with a list OF the Civil Service
examination questions and answers
On receipt of the information the Civil
Service Commission at once sent one Of
its agents To investigate the cha rges
made against Collector Dillon. The in
vestigation was carefully conducted, sud
the agent collected a large amount of
evidence tending TO substantiate the Sc
Tious charge OF soliciting and receiving
money for campaign purposes and Of di-
yulgfng Civil Service examination ques-
tons and answers
The report of the agent made quite a
bulky document. II was carefully gone
over by the Civil Service Commissioners.
and on February . last they transmitted
the report, with their recommendation. to
| the Secretary Of the Treasury
The Civil Service Commissioners rec
ommend the dismissal of Collector Dillon
I and three Of his inspectors They also
/ recommended that the case be referred TO
/ the Attorney General with the view of
/ prosecuting the collector Of customs and
| the three inspectors under section 5, of
the Civil Service act. relating TO frauds.
and under section $40 of the Revised
! Statutes. relating to conspiracy. The Civ
! il Service Commissioners also recon-
mended that the collector and one in
| spectCr be prosecuted under the section OF
| the Civil Service act. which prohibits So
liciting and receiving money from Federal
| employees for campaign purposes. In ac-
| coradnce with the recOmme ndationS OF
I the Civii Service Commissioners. the pa
per- IN the case against Collector Dillon
! were turned over 20 the Attorney General
| with the result stated above
1t vas infimated this morning that the
! three inspectors IN question viii also be
| arrested. It Is claimed by those in a Do
sition to know that this is the strongest
mission of d violation Of the Civil Serv-
ice law
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Oainine Tablets. 25c
DIED.

DOCGLAs-On SUNDAY. March -. 1901. ct 6.Io
a. ~. IT f2I + Street northwest MRS. SARAH
JANE DOUGLAS Azed dfty-seven years, widow
OF the late James =. Douglas.
Funeral from her late residence on Wednesday
March p, at , p. Ii. Friends and relatives IN
yited. nj
BURKE-On Sunday. March d. 1901 at $50
S. sl-, EDWARD +. BURKE. beloved son
q Major b. Burke. aged tweuty-nine
years and two months late Company ]. First Dis
trict Infantry, Spanish var
IntermeEt at Arlington Tuesday, March &C. at
p. ~, from &24 I Street. northeast. ~
TALREBr- SUNDAY, March -, 1921. at rs
o clock, at the home OF her parents. lsl5 Mary
land Avenue northeast. ri TIL beloved daughter
of Tobias and Melissa ralbert. aged seven months
ard eight DAYS.
Funeral Monday, March .. 1901, at o'clock
p n. MI
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
PEAR BLIGHT IN MARYLAND.
Some of the Finest Orchards Prac,
tieaIIy Destroyed.

CHESTERTOWN Nd, March 25-Not
within the history Of pear culture in Kent
county has the blight in the fine orchaT is
Feen so seriously felt as during the past
twelve months Some Of the most produc-
tive and beautiful orchards OF the East
ern Shore are almost swept out Of exist
ence. while others are badly infected
In the vicinity of Still Pond. a verit4ble
fruit garden. the ravages Of the disc ase
are being most seriously felt. It is cen
servatiyeiy estimated that in that section
alone from l9ee0 TO I2,o09 bearing trees
have been or are row being taken out
and burned. James s Harris, President
Of the State horticultural Association, is
taking ont $500 trees z A COney is
taking out the same number. the beauti-
fui orchard OF Hamilton Crew. in the
81 me section. is almost ruined. while
many other orchards are TO Il greater or
less extent affected.
The great prevalence IF this trouble is
attributed 10 the protracted brought md
excessive heat OF last summer. How els,
Mannings. Bartletts, and the more ten
der varieties Of pears have suffered rest.
" lille keiflers have been comparatively
EXEMPT