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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-05
SNOW ON PACIFIC coAsr
tremendous Storm With Heavy Snow Fall ami
Great Damage.

wv; VINO storm, accompanied IN, ne Severe
ing IN, rain; broke over the ~. ~ ,drv
it did cnnsi,7 although of short dur atls
and telephone wire Wires damage mage Telegram
f inu very little news was re cinoraiized
the state Tbo vi points in the interior or
s naaeo electric car line vac , ana San
ING ta lung cars for several hn'i,se 10
Clir House 1 TX OF motive power. At iha
~ ,u miles an hour and the o "a. ,ne rate o.
hieh ~ ~ rough, the waves break,nss eM
number Of d'y VERA a part of the roadwa~
were 6roken and The enti,o I'M House
"A ters ~ threatened with coIlaDs, Mt are
ira moorins si, On the water front got eX
ugi prevented serious disaeiar Piecdu
4 ra,a.h e city trees and many aJ,,a,;,
Tin Folsom s 9owh down A new residencs
and cornice of building at K.ar IN
and savn ri,iiento streets fell to the ern,ni
capes At AZ PEDESTRIANS @oss,r had narrow es
strset 'Mo Trees We're blown acroes -
| fine ri tracks. stopping ravel for son, |
! line from ne storm storm extended all along tn :, |
I rho I'm ION santa Cruz to Cape r At. ~.
me ame pay on the Oakland SIDE uan y,
VIZ i tnat The ferry steamer NJ,
| frejph, s1.a a"n from service and The
| to port h-"eh turned back
M ne british bark Invermark and ,ha
hav ~ DARK Theobaid collided in the
carried away ''''u hef Jibboom
Of s nEKa' g., oai Jan 4.-seyenty-two inches
y, sIIo" mas fallen since Tuesdav ana ~
storm has not ceased HIiIGi;y,...a i'd me
MIX '9eu tnder the tremendous wcieht
and III rna ana south bound trans. engines
",it SiloW plCws are showed in at dirrar9 s
NJ ii'iceS along the line of railroad
hoo - on. Jones and Etna stage has ,
10 cover s'i'i H. thursday morning, trying ,
- liver distance of 10 miles II 20 |
feared the passengers an. driver ~ =
~ IN me scott Valley mountains
jsts IN, mahGred and twenty-five excursion
Tro,,, rom inns county ana as many mo . 3
:, W. IN '|ea'heIn oregon and other noints h
.Ie al Fan Francisco. unable To return !
Oh account Of the blockade go
j, reno. Nev.. Jan. much damage WAC g
upiie mere ana in this vicinity bY iast
bo isnt ; na ,srrlie wind storm A south !,
DahIorhla q oregon railway was stricr /,
., .ne saie AZ Doyles. 40 miles north of Y
F11r 10 ~ s"l., was hurled from the rails.
huit. ne seVerest injuries Were sI,y- f;
AIMED |, ne by Mrs. II. d. Dodge of this civ a,
.ai IIssase car ON the Virginia & Trucket. =,
lere. SUM vi
portion of the roof Of The car,-at n
Pacific freight depot in this civ ui' a =,
unfairly. 81 ieu y
-. ', CITY hNtFY stable. n three
tory brick building and one OF the lnrg n
=. ~ town. was demolished. Mr.. ana Ii
RS Ferry and their children were buried II
the debris but almost miraculolisy
scared serious injury 49,
j. A. Puthons large brick livery sta
ie was also badly damaged -
INC western windows of the State I-ni
efsi'y ana insane asylum were blown in
ne residence of John s. Parks a nil
onaire dealer. was slightly dam3cad "
iaN house on the Fourth street Dublir Dr
;hool grounds was hurled intact Owe
a feet. 49,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-05

Gov crane at boston received, Friday
the application of Brig Gen. VIM 4
for retirement, and caused an
order to issue, placing the general On the
retired list of the M. Y. NJ as a maior
general.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-05

The general manager Of the Grand
trunk hallway has issued a circular
announcing the appointment of Mr.. r.
. Logan as assistant to the general
manager MI. Logan entered the EN-
pioy OF the Grand Trunk Company at
the time Mr.. Charles NJ. Hayes became
general manager as his private secre-
tary. Previous to that time he was en-
pioyed by the Wabash Railway Com
pany in its offices in St. Louis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-05

Inc state police. Friday night, called n
matt on all boxing bouts and 50 closed
athlelc exhibitions in Lawrence. Mass
ia violation of the law
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-05

For chapped hands there
is nothing so good as Vio-
let Lotion. Try a Csc bot
tie. Prepared only at the
k'nstnan Pharmacy.
Evening star., 1901-09-28

Archangel to pay call to his excellency
Alexander Engelhardt. governor of Arch
angel district. For some months this en-
ergetic and affable man had shown a SYM
pathetic interest in our expedition, and
upon my arrival Immediately extended his
congratulations upon our apparent good
prospects, and expressed a desire to see
the dogs and the ponies. No one was more
welcome than the governor of this great
Russian district to receive and enjoy the
freedom Of the expedition. While the gov
ernors of other districts, particularly those
In Siberia, had prohibited the gathering Of
50 many dogs, Governor Engelhardt had
personally found time from his official
duties in directing the affairs of territory
larger than all Germany to bring the gath
ering of the Siberian contingency Of the
expedition to a successful issue, notwith-
standing the strong opposition Of his coll
leagues in authority.
Our chief task at Solombala was the TAX
ing on Of the dogs and ponies. Four hum
dred yelping, wild Siberian dogs, which, If
free, could have torn US all to pieces In a
few minutes, are not easily handled. and
there were many exciting scenes in the
transfer to lighters and then to the dog
quarters on board ship Trontheim, who
had gathered the dogs for Nansen and the
Duke of Abruzzi, had been engaged for
months In collecting these animals for our
party. and right glad he was to see them
safely lodged with us. The six young
Siberians who assisted Trontheim were
taken on as recruits to our expedition
IOrCeS- OndDle 10 speak a WOrO OF EnSI1Sn,
they explained through an Interpreter that
they had intrusted all to me "as to a
father" and at this very unusual appeal to
me as young man without family ties
could scarcely repress a smile. The con-
tracts were arranged to their complete
satisfaction.
Hay and Oats Last.
By the time our live stock was aboard
the keel of the America was very low in
the water, and decided not to take on the
hay and oats required for the ponies until
after passing the two bars on our way
down the Dwina. We thereupon betook
ourselves to what might be called an inter
national love feast, a sumptuous repast
laid by the British proconsul, Mr.. Paetz,
and participatedin by several Russian and
German officials, as well as by more than
half Of the members Of our expedition.
Many were the expressions Of hearty good
will which were exchanged between auto
crat and republican, and the governor OF
Archangel led us all with his, After all,
we are all brothers, With the same gener-
osity Of sentiment he voluntarily trans
Evening star., 1901-09-28
The Bishops in the House of Lords.
From Good Words

The Bishops in the House of Lords.
From Good Words.
The attitude of the lay peers toward the
spiritual peers. according to Archbishop
Magee is one of Indifference, If not hos
tiIity. Writing to his friend MacDonnell, in
1878, DIR. Magee said: Il am thoroughly
sick of episcopal life In parliament, where
we are hated by the peers as set Of par
venus whom they would gladly rid them
selves of II they dared, and only allowed
on sufferance to- speak now and then on
church questions after timid and respect
full sort" But no one can deny that the
bishops, in their black and white gowns,
contribute to the picturesqueness of the
house Of lords. The wigs they wore in
former times-not curled or with a pigtail
like the familiar bob-wing of the barrister
but puffed out at the sides-were discarded
in the early years of the reign Of Queen
Victoria. DR.. Bloomfield, bishop of London,
was the last prelSAe who appeared with a
wig in the house of lords. Long before
that the wearing of pigtails and powdered
hair by lay peers had become unfashion-
able The Duke of Cleveland clung to the
old style of dress, and after he died, In 1872
the pigtal and powder were seen no more
In the house of lords. AS for the cham
berthe gilded chamber, as Gladstone first
styled it-that, indeed, is a fit dwelling
place for statesmen and sages.
Evening star., 1901-09-28
FOR THE NORTH POLE
Departure of the Baldwin -Zeigler
Expedition Last Summer.
SHIPS LADEN TO UTMOST LIMIT
Festivities Preceding Farewell and
Makeup of the Party.
FIRST DANGER OVERCOME
Copyright. 1901, by E. B. Baldwin,


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
SOLOMBALA, Russia, July 2S, 1901.
At last we are Off Our faithful old pilot
has fulfilled his task and is waving US a
farewell from the deck of a lightship off
the far-away north coast of Norway; three
Steamers. America. Frithjof and Belgica.
are dipping their flags to the civilized world
behind them, and their crews are listening
to the faint hurrahs from the shore. 1t is
gorgeous sunlight night-the Arctic circle
miles to the south of us-and we are bound
for the mysterious and fascinating realms of
the north, whose secrets so many brave
men have attempted to discover.
Not without unusual toll and trouble has
our start been brought about. Perhaps in
truth 1 should say that this little event
at all. We made that many months ago,
when our labors began with selecting our
ships and their crews, getting together the
members of the expedition and purchasing
equipment and provisions. Americans al
ready know how these things were accom-
piished and are proud of the fact that
American generosity has fitted out the
most completely equipped expedition that
And not only to Americans are these
things known, for at every stop in our
progress along the northern coast of Nor
way, even at little fishing hamlets. we
were greeted with cheers and sped on our
way with good wishes for success.
1t was at Tromsoe Norway, that we as
sembled our little fleet Here we took on
Evening star., 1901-09-28
DISTRIBUTING BOOTS,

bow and stopped her before any damage
was done. Strange to relate, a similar ac-
cIdent occurred to the Antarctica when
year or two ago. she lay at anchor In
this same port. Our chapter OF accidents
is made complete by the recording of but
one other. On the following Tuesday, the
day of our departure from Tromsoe, one Of
the large whaleboats dropped on the foot
of one Of our seamen. and an anputation
OF the little toe was necessary. The opera
tion was quickly and skiIlfully done by our
own doctors. The injured man pleaded
hard that he be not left behind. and with
such a spirit Of course we should not have
thought of denying him, even had he suf-
fered a greater disability. Dreilich. the in
Jured man. is a type of the men who make
up our party
On board our vessels many professions
are represented, yet every man does his
share of the hard manual work. As soon
as We were out at sea-on the way around
TO Solombala. where we took on our dogs
and last lot of equipment-the men busied
themselves getting our cargo into better
shape. On the forecastle a group was
busily employed In breaking up crates and
boxes, storing the WOOD in .he engine room
Evening star., 1901-09-28

cargoes which most sailing masters would
have hesitated to attempt carrying. In
deed, so confident were many of the ship
owners in Tromsoe that we should need
assistance in transporting our equipment
to Franz Josef Land that they had
steamers ready to offer me lat good
hire) when l arrived They all said the
FrithjOf was considerably overburdened
and that the stores awaiting shipment on
the America would require another ship at
least. There were 5000 separate bundles
in the warehouses, and the first sight OF
them in scattered confusion was somewhat
disconcerting. But when we had dispensed
with the useless crates and packing boxes
our four years supply of food assumed
of another ship was not apparent, and the
vessel lying at anchor by our side silently
spread her sails and stole away
Filled Up All Crevices.
Besides a general cargo of provisions and
equipment 1 had contracted for ten tons
of dried fish for our dogs, and now that the
extra steamer had set sail the merchant
from whom the fish had been ordered be-
came alarmed, and without waiting to see
whether We could take the fish from his
warehouse quietly remarked to me (taking
it as a matter of course that there would
be no room for the fish on the America):
''Of course, you will be Obliged to pay
me a commission for taking the fish OF
your hands,
He was not a little astonished when I
assured him that every fish would be taken
aboard, and it was only when bale after
bale of this dog food had been taken away
in large lighters that he gave up the idea
of an extra gratuity. By separating the
bales and slowing the fish, handful at a
time between boxes, barrels, tins, and, in
fact. wherever a small space appeared, we
at length solved this most important prob
lem. Finally there remained but the three
portable houses. and the Fr1thjof took
two of these and the third one was placed
on the America This last task was
completed on Saturday night and the Sun
day following was day of rest
Troubles Begin.
We were not able to get away with our
heavily loaded ships without accident,
however While all hands were at dinner
on. our first day of rest the America
began to drag her anchor on the star
board side before a strong southwest wind
and very swift sea current. She was
being driven rapidly toward the shore
wl4en we dropped the anchor on the port
Evening star., 1901-09-28

lated for me a lengthy dispatch published
tnat day in Russian gazette detailing the
plans of Admiral Makaroff. Makaroff. II
seems, will first circumnavigate Nova Zem-
bla In his famous ice breaker Yermak, and
proceed thence to Port Dickson on the
north coast Of Russia in order, II possible.
TO communicate with Baron Tolls expedi-
ton In addition to Admiral MakarofY' q
plans for exploration in Franz Josef Land.
It Is also his purpose to leave information
at Cape Flora. the proposed first rendez-
vous Of the America and Frfth1of.
Extraordinary Care Used,
Owing to the care we had to give to our
overloaded craft 1t was arranged that a
pilot extraordinary should accompany
US down the river. When we had passed
the second bar we no longer needed his
services, and our own pilot took charge.
1t was no easy matter. however. to take
our craft out Into the open sea We were
Obliged to proceed slowly toward the outer
par. at which point we arrived nearly an
hour too soon. We had let 20 the anchor
In order that the ship might not drift from
her position; the two hines OF stakes which
Evening star., 1901-09-28

mark the deep water channel drew closer
and closer together until but few rods
to the bar was painfully evident from the
sullen thudding of the propeller and the
trembling of the rigging. To one on the
bridge cognizant of the real state of af-
we would stop. Less than half the ships
length interviewed to the last stake. Then
few more turns OF the propeller sent the
bow beyond the outer mark, the rigging
forward steadied itself and joyously we
felt ourselves upon the bosom of the placid
deep. The old pilot. drawing a long breath
and crossing his arms upon his chest, sig
ndfed his relief from a mental strain
which had taxed his nerves to the limit.
We placed him aboard the light ship which
always lies at anchor at this place, and
as we got under full speed ahead he waved
us parting signal of ''bon voyage"
EVELYN b. BALDWIN.
Evening star., 1901-09-28
Education of Presidents.
m the Nashvfi1a Ranner


Theodore Roosevelt is the third graduate
Of Harvard who has become President Of
the United States. The first and second
were the two Adamses. Roosevelt's cleo
ton gives the college-bred men fifteen out
of the twenty-five who have filled the presi-
Dental office. Besides the three Harvard
graduates. Jefferson. Monroe and Tyler
were from William and Mary College, Vir-
ginfa; Madison from Princeton; Polk from
the University of North Carolina; Pierce
from Bowdoin; Buchanan from Dickson;
Grant from West Point; Hayes from Ken
yon College: Garfield from Williams Coll
lege; Arthur from Union and Benjamin
Harrison from Miami University. The
Presidents who were not college gradu-
ates were Washington. Jackson. Van Bu-
rem. William Henry Harrison, Taylor, FIJI
more, Lincoln. Johnson, Cleveland and
Mckinley. Jackson. Lincoln and Johnson
were almost entirely self-educated, none
OF the three ever having attended any
school OF consequence. johnson learned
to read after he was married. All the
others had good grammer school educa-
tions.
Evening star., 1901-09-28

to save fuel: another group was willing to
blacken hands and faces IN heaying coal
from between decks into the bunkers. Here
was an example of the sudden and strange
transformation from the gentler American
life which many of us have just left be-
whatever fate or fortune may have in
store, every one lending a hand as though
he had been accustomed to just such ways
as these for a lifetime These are the
kind of men who are facing the dread ter
rors of the north with such courageous
spirit-Dickson from the mechanical en-
gineers Office, Seitz and Werner from the
practice of medicine, F'ia1a from the pho
to-engraving room, Porter from the
draughtsman's office, Lefffngwell from the
Evening star., 1901-09-28
The Cape Railways.


Mr.. Elliott, the late general manager OF
the Cape railways, who has just been
knighted, held that important post for no
less than twenty years. During that period
he has seen the railway system OF the
Cape develop from a merely local concern
into part Of a great system, which origi-
mating at six different ports. traverses
the whole country almost up to the zam-
best. Mr.. Merriman, one Of the many min
listers Of railways under whom Mr. Elliott
has served, once remarked that If there
were a position for a railway manager In
heaven Mr.. Elliott would be the man for
the post. Meanwhile SIR c. B. Elliott, K.C
M.G., Is to put in q years work In Eng
land. Europe and America, on special
mission Of inquiry, with view to the
great development Of railway enterprise
which Is expected to follow the war.
Evening star., 1901-09-28
The Eleventh commandment
From the London Chronicle.

Thou shalt not Spit Is commandment
which has spread everywhere with a rapid
ity that we fear Is not to be attained by a
purely moral law. A man did It yesterday
on crowded boat coming from Hampton
Court. A lot Of people looked at him as
they would look at welsher or a pick
pocket. Greatly perturbed at the accusing
giances Of twenty pairs of eyes, he NUT
tered, "Sorry-habit," and skunk away to
the refreshnrent room. The effect OF this
public disapproval, silently expressed, was
striking, and taught others beside the Of
fender something of the power Of a unani-
NOUS public sentiment.
Evening star., 1901-09-28
An ingenious Youth.

An Ingenious Youth.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
''Our office boy hasn't returned from his
fresh-air vacation"
Haven't you heard from him?.
"Oh. yes: he wrote that he didn't like the
country very much; but II we'd let his pay
SO on he'd stay two weeks ionger.''
Evening star., 1901-09-28
NOrwegtans' Claim on King.
nm the nglo- Rus

Two deputies In the storthing have pro-
posed an amendment to the Fundamental
law Of Norway. to the effect that the SOW
ereign must spend six months In Norway
and six in Sweden alternately, or a year
at stretch In each country Hitherto
King oscar has spent two or three
months a year In Norway, which is IN fair
proportion to its share In the civil list
Evening star., 1901-09-28

Plgrim's Card.
From the Chicago News.
"a man to see you. SIR"
ssWhere is his card?"
"Heres'
why. that Is a tomato can"
Yes. sir: the caller Is tramp"
Evening star., 1901-09-28

university, Barnard from business, Hare
from the studio, Sandin from the theologt-
cal seminary, the two Veddo brothers from
the electrical engineering room, Andree
from the college, Ril1iet from the manual
training school and Vineyard from mer-
camille life.
CeremOniOus Calls.
On the afternoon of the day of our ar
rival at Solomba1a, in company with Mr..
Paetz, British pro-consul, 1 proceeded to
Evening star., 1901-09-28

Salaria Causes Billoasneas.
rove Tasteiess Chill Tonic semovss the cause.
Evening star., 1901-09-28

At the time Of the purchase. In 1867. the
population Of Alaska was estimated at
The Conservative, 1901-02-14

all Americans. 1t was an outrage to
raise the North against the South. The
book was an appalling, awful and
criminal mistake"
Mr.. Smiths language may be some
what crude, but his main idea seems to
be one that is coming generally to the
surface in the stirring of the nations
intellectual caldron. 1t is recalled, for
instance that "Uncle Toms Cabin" was
blackballed by the first book-committee
of the new public library of this city,
on what were practically Mr.. Smiths
grounds. His speech, however, has set
Boston a-bawling, and the Transcript
informs the world that "Uncle Toms
Cabin is q more accurate and reliable
work than the constitution of the
United States.
So we are reminded again to wonder
how this generation, which is not MAX
ing particularly brilliant success of its
own negro problem, would have settled
that with which it's fathers were con-
fronted and also how it would have
relished dictation from certain class of
New England intellects.
The Conservative, 1901-02-14
THE OUTRAGES IN CHINA.

What we have printed from time to
time of the outrages committed by the
soldiers and others on the Chinese, since
the troops began their march to Peking,
is only a faint shadow of the reality.
Sir Robert Hart, undoubtedly the high
est authority on Chinese matters, during
whose long years of administering his
financial department of the Chinese
government there has never been the
misrepresentation of single cent, has
two articles in the Fortnightly Review
in which he shows that even the Boxers
themselves have been outdone by the
lust, the outrages and the rapine of the
foreign soldiers. We must steadily bear
that in mind when we are denouncing
the barbarism of the Chinese forsooth.
"For century to come," said by
stander in Peking, "Chinese converts
will consider looting and vengeance
Chistian virtues. Central Christian
Advocate.
The Conservative, 1901-02-14
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST SMALL
NEWSDEALERS.

Newsdealers are somewhat wrought
up over the fact that they are not per-
mitted to buy copies of Bryan's Com
moner at the publication office on the
same terms accorded to the Western
News Company. Mr.. Bryan sells to the
latter company day ahead Of sales to
other patrons and the little dealers are
forced to pay the company 3 cents a
COPY for the Commoner while it is fur
nished to the news company at lower
rate, thus giving the latter a monopoly
of the business. If the dealers do not
wish to buy of this concern they. may
send to Lincoln, but they must pay the
same prices. Consequently sales here
have fallen off considerably. ly.-Chicago
Times Herald.
The Conservative, 1901-02-14
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.

Mr.. F. Hopkinson Smith, in a recent
public address, is said to have called this
work of Mrs. Stoves ''the most vicious
book that ever appeared" and to have
said further, 1--WE are all alike, we are