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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19
CHILD ABANDONED.
Four ear-0Id Girl Found on Last
Nights Pullman.
Woman Left Her in Cars IT Bangor,
After Arriving on 3. G. A.

When the Pullman train for the West
pulled into the station in this city, last
night, it was learned that an abandoned
child was on board. The little one was in
the first passenger coach next the smoker
and was soundly sleeping on a car seat.
1t was a little girl, apparently or )
years of age. and the Journal reporter
was informed that it had been alone since
leaving Bangor.
One of the lady passengers was ques-
toned and related the following story:
Il came down from Moosehead on the
E. & A. train, this afternoon. At some
small station on the route Blanchard or
Lagrange, / cannot say which, | noticed
a woman and this child get aboard the
train. The woman cried good deal on
the way to Bangor. and kissed the child
repeatedly. They sat in front of me, and
was attracted toward them quite a good
deal When the train reached Bangor
and as it was moving into the station the
woman tapped on the window to some
stopped she went to the car door and
talked with some one
was it man or woman?" asked the
reporter.
II did not notice." the lady replied. in
fact, at the time did not take so much
notice as you might imagine from the
way l talk; but everything that happened
has come back to me now that the child
is alone. | went into the station res
taurant and had my supper. When / got
into this car at Bangor ] found the wo-
man and the little girl here together
Just before the train left the station the
woman went out, leaving the child here.
and / have not seen her since.
After a time the conductor came along
for the tickets. Then he found the little
girl had none. I questioned the child, but
all she could seem to say in answer was
4 don't know. l should Judge she was
French, as she does not speak very
plainly. l gave her some fruit and then
made a bed for her and she has been
asleep couple of hours or So
A small bundle covered with brown
wrapping paper and tied around with cot
ton Irvine was found with the child. In
blue pencil was written the name lisa
belle Clifford. = The writing was good
and was evidently written by some one
accustomed to rapid writing. zr
At Newport. Conductor Murphy tele-
graphed the Bangor chief of police, Civ
ing him a description of the woman as
nearly as he could ascertain. Nothing had
been heard here up to the time of the
trains departure. Mr.. Murphy planned
to take the child to Portland and leave
it with the Young Woman's Christian
Association there until the parents are
discovered.
The woman. as near as could be learned,
was somewhere about 80 years of age
and, while not very prepossessing in APP
pearance, looked like well-to-do farm
ers wife The child is neatly and cleanly
dressed. and is quite pretty.
All sorts of specu!ations were rife
among the passengers as to where the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

1t was announced in the Journal
few weeks ago that the survey of the
Augusta e Waterville railroad would
begin right away. 1t has now peeh
commenced, under the direction OF
John a. Jones of Lewiston, who was
the civil engineer in charge of the
work on the Winthrop branch of the
Augusta, winthrop & Gardiner Rail
road. The route begins at Cony street
and runs through Bangor street to the
Vassalboro line, when it cuts across
land of Wallace Weeks, around the
shores of Weber pond, into North
Vassalboro and thence to WinsloW ana
into Waterville. The main road may
also touch the shores of China pond:
If not. a spur track may be built TO
that place. 1t is said that the territory
through which the road is to pass IS
quite level and well adapted to railroad
construction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

G. T. Gannett, the State street bar
Der, showed a Journal representative.
yesterday, an interesting old relic in
the form of a copy of The Washing
tonian. a paper published in this city
in the time of the great temperance
movement which swept the State, two
generations ago. The issue bore the
date of April 6, 1912, and it was pub
lished by VIM. NJ. Doe, opposite the
postoffice, over Allen Taber's store"
There were reports of large total alb
stinence rallies in Newcastle, Owls
Head, Waldoboro, Brunswick. Mercer.
Vassalboro, Bucksport and other
places. One of the miscellaneous ar
ticles in the paper told of the death
bed confession of a Maine sailor that
he was in the gang of pirates who
killed the daughter of Aaron Burr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19
SUPERIOR COURT.
Thursdays Session Devoted to
Calling Criminal Docket.
Alleged vioIators Of Prohibitory Stat
ute Arraigned Before Court.
Demurrcrs Filed and Bonds Furnished
Demurrcrs Filed and Bonds Furnished
in Many Liquor Cases.
OLIVER G.. HALL, Judge.
w. s. CIfOATE. Clerk of Courts.
A. l.. McFADDEN, Sheriff.
THOMAS LEIGH. County Attorney
EPED w EE, Ctepoora nhar

w. s. CHOATE3. Clerk of Courts.
A. l.. McFADDEN, Sheriff.
THOMAS LEIGH. County Attorney.
FRED w. LEE, Stenographer.
Augusta, Thursday, Sept. IS.
Thursday in the Kennebec county su-
perior court was devoted to the calling
of the docket and the arraignment of
prisoners against whom indictments
We're returned. Alleged dealers in in
toXicating liquor appeared and in most
instances filed demurrers and furnish
ed sureties until the January term.
Every dealer in Gardiner and Halo
well received three indictments, one
each for liquor nuisance, drinking
house and tipping shop and common
seller.
County Attorney Leigh stated,
Thursday evening, that the first case
for trial. outside of liquor, would be
State VS.. Alonzo Bickford of Clinton,
for incest. it being alleged that Bick-
ford had undue intimacy with his own
daughter Bickford's case will be
called sometime Friday.
The traverse jury in the case of
Gardiner VS.. West Gardiner on a suit
for pauper supplies furnished one Sid
ney Potter returned verdict, Thurs
day morning, for the plaintiff for s74.06.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19
at Valley Forge" Tomorrow Nigh


AT Valley Forge" which will APP
pear at the Opera House, tomorrow
night, is a romantic comedy with a
strong Anthony Hope flavor in its con-
ception, a jerome X. Jerome clever
ness in its execution. Every scene is
lit up with appealing and pretty senti-
ment; every line sparkles with heart
interest or wit. 1t describes the adj
ventures Of a sweet, young Colonial
maiden who wins the love of n dash
ing young Continental Captain serving
in the army of Gen. Washington, who
at the time is located in and around
Valley Forge and Trenton.
The play is written in true moral
tone and is founded on absolute his
torical fact, reminding the memories
of youth and carrying us back to the
pictures of our childhood, in the re-
membrance of the daring deeds, which
finally eliminated in Washington
crossing the Delaware and the sur
render of Lord CORVALLIS at York
town. The company is an especially
strong one and is headed by pretty
Josephine Foy, one of the cleveres
leading Indies on the stage today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

An important real estate deal was
concluded, yesterday. by which the
Fuller Grocery & Grain Company pur-
chased the property of Mrs. Hayes, To-
Gated on Water street between the
opera House building and the Hill
Macomber & Wight block. This prop
erty is so feet in width and about 120
feet deep. The Fuller Company finds
it advisable to buy this property on
account of the rapid increase of its
business and. while their plans are not
yet perfected, they propose to make
extensive changes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Probably no one more fully appre-
ciates and takes advantage of the
benefits accruing from the completion
of the electric road to Winthrop than
r. w. Soule, who ships quantities of
furniture to customers living along
the line. Merchants of Augusta will
undoubtedly more and more appre-
ciate the opportunity for extending
their business by shipping parcels and
freight over this popular line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

George L. Corner Of Lincolnville
Beach. was, Thursday afternoon, ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner w. S. Choate on the charge of
selling liquor without government
license He furnished sureties in the
sum OF $500 for appearance before the
United States district court at Port
land, the first Tuesday of December.
The arrest was made by United States
Deputy Marshal Norton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19
Lingering Summer Colds.

Don't let cold run at this season.
Summer colds are the hardest kind to
cure and il neglected may linger along
for months. A long seige like this will
pull down the strongest constitution
One Minute Cough Cure will break up the
attack at once. Safe, sure, acts at once.
Cures coughs, colds, Group, bronchitis,
al throat and lung troubles. The chill
Sse1 like It. Bowditch, Webster & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Mrs. H. r. Randall, 3S Oak street,
has sent curiosity to the Journal
office. 1t is a stalk of japanese sun
flower which Mrs. Randall has grown
in her garden from seed the present
season. The stalk measures 13 feet, 8
inches, and the top is covered with
small yellow blossoms something like
buttercup blossoms, only larger in size.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Trinity Commandery, No. Z, knights
Templar, Will have a stated conclave at
7.S0 o'clock, this evening, at Masonic
Temple, to which all Sir Knights So
journing in the city are invited. Asy-
lum Lodge, No. 20, 1. o. o. f. will
confer the first degree upon two
candidates, tonight. Imperial Lodge,
d. of H., will have regular session at
A. 0. Z. w. hall at 73O this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Allen Partridge had called to mind
by the fortunate recovery of valuable
ring by his son Lester. that he, about
so years ago. also lost valuable ring
and recovered it in an equally as for
tunate a way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

The voters of Village District will
meet this afternoon at $50 O'Clock. The
meeting is called for the purpose of
nearing the report of the directors in
regard to site for the erection of a
new schoolhouse. The question of
erecting a building or taking steps
looking to the same, may also be con-
Sidered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Readfield fair tickets. 20 cents for
the round trip and admission to the
grounds, will be for sale at the Elec-
trio Road waiting rooms and by
conductors only on the winthrop
branch
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Danl Sully who will present The
Parish Priest" in our city on Friday,
Sept. IS, has, it is said, found the play
he has for years been seeking. 1t
deals with every day life and shows
how ambition and wealth will make
person give up friends and those who
are near and dear to him, to gam 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19
Paint Your BUGGY for 75c.

to 500 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage
Paint. 1t weighs to ozs. more to the
pint than others. wears longer ana
gives a gloss equal to new work. ''ola
by ]. H. Cogan & Co. I'LL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Amateur photographers can secure
list of prizes in X. of p. fair photo con-
test by writing to G. +. Hathorne.
A splendid list is offered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Miss Louise r. Buck is on a two
weeks visit to New York, where she
will secure all the latest millinery
tylaS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

"Ole Olson one of the best Swedish
comedy dramas every written viii APP
pear at the Opera House on Saturday,
Sept. %.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

The officers and members of Imperial
Lodge, d. of H.. are requested to be
present. this evening, and assist in re-
the degree team.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19

Mrs. I. Q. Pease, 10 Gage street, who
mas been in i'll health for a long time
was taken to the City hospital, yester-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-19
Daily kenneber Journal
LOCAL MATTERS.

Apples are scarce and high. Good
eating apples being IS cents a bushel.
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

crowds will be made insufficient through
fear of making the paths. roads. steps,
and the like. too conspicuous, with the
result that the crowds overflow the places
made for them and reduce the whole
park to shsbbiness. One OF the most i'm
portant paints, therefore, in the continued
Improvement OF the Geological Park Is
to watch it's use carefully: to forecast its
future use by larger crowds, and to pro-
vide such accommodations that the peo-
PIE will be led always to concentrate their
wear and tear or the places prepared to
Withstand II, leaving the remainder fresh
and wild locking, to give character to the
whole.
Speaking of the Rock Creek Road, the
report says:
Rock Greek Park occupies the valley
of tine creek from the Geological Park
northward to the District line. including
an area of 1893 acres varying in width
from less than 800 yards to a little over
a mile, with total length of about four
miles. The valley is crooked and mar
row and fianked by steep. high, and thick
ly wooded hills. In the southern portion
of the park some of the hill tops are
comparatively level, but with the excep-
tion of these limited plateaus and few
narrow strips of bottom land along the
creek the whole area is hilly in the ex-
treme. Most OF the land is timbered and
much of the wood is of considerable age
and beauty, especially in the narrow and
gorge-like portions Of the valley, Offering
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

ard promenade should be carried through
at tho landward side of the quay proper,
between it and the commercial establish
ments, but at 4 higher level, with fire.
quent arched openings underneath for the
transfer OF goods, ard possibly, also, for
storage purposes.
Separated by the difference in level
from actual conflict with the pleasure
travel. ,hc activity of the water front
would really add to the interest of the
parkway and give z character to it PCS
seased by no ether ip this country. IN
several European river cities, notably
Paris. Vienna, and Budapest, there are
suci. combinations of a commercial quay
with a promenade at a higher level, and
they form. In many cases. the most popu-
lar ard delightful resorts for the people:
but in no case, we believe. are the con-
ditions so favorable as at Washington.
fer elsewhere the abuttirg private land
and streets are invariably at the higher
level, thus neCassitating the traI sfer of
goods up occasional inclines and across
the promenade at grade, whereas in this
case merchandise can be readily trans
feTred at any point without the least
interference between business and pleas
ure.
This quay treatment is proposed for
the entire stretch between Potomac Park
and the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge
across Rock Creek, as the lower portion
of the creek is part of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, and is as much part Of
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

its grades are generally good. It Is mors
resorted to than any drive leading OUT
of the District. except to Arlington. We
believe that deliberate permanent pro-
vision should be made for the ends that
are filed in temporary and partial man
ner by the Conduit Road and that this
provision should take the form of what
might be called a cliff drive alo2g the
Potomac, including in the holdings. in
order to prevent Objectionable ecca>ancy.
all the unoccupied steep land from tho
top Of the bluif down to the river.
4 Street for Traffic.
at the upper or landward edge would
run street for traflc and for house
frontage, next below would run the troll
ley lire. altered in places from its pres
ent location, and then. in the best posi-
tion to present the changing panorama
of the river. would come the pleasure
drive and the promenade. fitted to the
steep and irregular hillside by well-ad-
justed slope and wall. Still farther down
comes the picturesque canal and Its bor-
dering roadway. and in places there might
be call for a road close down by the riv-
er's edge.
THE arrangement of these several
parts would vary with the varying condi-
tions Of the bluff. as is suggested in the
accompanying typical sections. but al
ways the plunging views from the up
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

some very beautiful sylvan scenery. This
has recently been made accessible by
macadamized road. known as Beach
Drive, along the creek from the Zoologi-
cal Park halfway to the northern end,
connecting with the Military Road at that
point, and continued by an earth road,
which was very skillfully laid out has
brought a large number of visitors into
the valley TO enjoy the beauty of its
scenery, and, as the road is of limited
width. there is danger that it may soon
become overcrowded; If so. a very serious
problem in the Development of the park
will arise at oucc.''
Broad Branch Parkway.
The report then discusses Broad Branch
parkway as an entrance to Rock Greek
Park, which it recommends, the Fort
Reno Park. the highest point in the Dis
trict, and the Soapstone parkway, which
enters Broad Branch just where it joins
Rock Greek.
"As part OF a through parkway" the
report says, the valley offers an op-
portunity for the drive to pass under
Connecticut Avenue, with its heavy and
swift suburban electric cars, and to rise
through the opener and broader stretch
to the west, reaching by slight turn OF
an easy grade one of the spurs OF the
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

high ridge in which the western portion
of the District eliminates. From this
point, at an elevation of $40 feet. is &c be
obtained another extensive eastern view
down the valley and over Rock Creek
Park 20 Soldiers Home, view that might
well be marked by terrace or concourse
especially as the character OF the park
way would change at this point from the
informal type appropriate in the wooded
valley to a formal avenue across the
nigh plateau, the terrace thus making a
strong terminus for the latter and en-
phasizing the drop into the valley.
The formal section would be a widen
ing OF Yuma Street. laid out but not con-
structed and would lead directly TO a
circle at the junction of Nebraska Ave-
nue. and Wisconsin Avenue, commonly
known as Tenley Road, within 1000 feet
of the proposed Fort Reno Park, the
highest point in the District of Columbia.
In connection with Nebraska Avenue ex-
tended, a branch drive on easy grades
can easily be provided to Fort Reno.
thus bringing it within pleasant reach of
Rock Creek Park and the city"
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

buildings and memorials has reached an
acute stage. there has been t.saitatioG and
eruba rrassmert in locating them because
OF the uncertainty il securing appropriate
sites The commission was thus brought
face 10 face with the probla:a OF deyis!ny
such plan as shall tend ID rsstore that
unity CT design which was tha fuada-
mental conception of those who first laid
out the city as Il National Capital. and
of formulating definite principles for the
placing OF these future STRUCTURES which
in order to become effective. demand both
landscape setting and visible orderly
relation enc to another for their mutual
support and enhancement u =
TO the unique problem CT devising a
way Of return to the original plan of the
city CT Washington, was added the task
OF suggesting lines for tae development
Of those large parks which have been
obtained in recent years either by pur-
chase or by reclamation; of advising the
acquisition of such additional spaces as
are deemed necessary to create mod
eTn park system: and Of selecting for
purchase and improvement suitable con-
nections among the various park areas.
A City of Great Importance.
'If Washington were not nations
Capital, in which the location OF public
buildings is of the first Importance; and
if the city itself were not by its very plan
tied to historic past, the problem would
be less complicated. The very fact that
Washington and Jefferson, L'Enfart and
Ellicott. and their immediate successors,
drew inspiration from the worlds greatest
works of landscape architecture and of
civil adoTnment made it imperative to go
back to the sources of their knowledge
and taste in order to restore unity and
harmony TO their creations and to guide
future development along appropriate
lines. Indeed, the more the commission
studied the first plans of the Federal City,
the more they became convinced that the
greatest service they could7perform would
be done by carrying to legitimate con-
clusion the comprehensive, intelligent,
and yet simple and straightforward
scheme devised by L'Enfant under the di-
rection of Washington and Jefferson
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

has made many valuable suggestions. 1t
is the Engineer Corps of the Army which
will be called upon to do much OF the
work If the plans of the Commission are
adopted.
The other members of the Cabinet-Sec-
retaries Gage, Wilson, Hitchcock, Long,
and Attorney General Knox, walked
around the rooms and examined the wash
drawings on the curved walls and recrcG
over the boundaries Of the model city. in
order TO get a closer view of the Capital
that is to be and of the department build
ings which the Parking Commissioners
have planned for them.
Mrs. Roosevelt Greatly Interested
Hrs. Roosevelt appeared to take quite
IS -nuch interest in the plans as her hus
hand. After remaining in the henicycla
for time the party walked across the
hall into the room where the drawings of
most Of the proposed Government build
;ngs are hung.
Then they went into the small room
where under bright electric light was
| displayed the model OF the Mall. In the
| exact reproduction of the Mall as 1t will
| be when the plans Of the Commission are
The Washington times., 1902-01-16

goes to the Great Falls in sufficient mum.
bers to maintain the pay bridge to the
islands. erected by private enterprise, and
with increased facilities of access the
place is likely to become deseryedly
popular excursion.
The falls form one of the greatest
cataracts of our Atlantic watershed, and
while they themselves cannot be injured,
yet the great trees that once clothed their
banks have been cut, and in private hands
the surroundings may be so injured as to
detract greatly from the beauty and gran
deur of the scene. Without interfering
with the future utilization OF the water
power, the surroundings of the Great
Falls on both sides of the river should in
our opinion, be converted into national
park. to be connected with the city by
continuous river drive.
Rare and Beautiful Scenery.
THE beauty of the scenery along the
route of this proposed noble riverside
improvement is so rare ard. :. h minds
of the commission, of SO great value not
only to all Washington, but to all visitors,
American and foreign, that it should be
Safeguarded in every way. No building
should be allowed between the drives and
the river. aud no change should come tn
pass in the character OF the canal that
VIII tend 10 transform itS primitive ciidI-
acter and quaint beauty. The canal has
a charm of its own, as, half disclosed
and half revealed, IL winds among the
trees and not the least part of this
charm. SO desirable to be preserved. is
the slow, old fashioned movement of the
boats and of the people on and near this
ancient waterway Already the canal Is
used, aside from the navigation of COM
merce. by pleasure seekers in canoes, and
by excursion parties in various craft.
More and more will the canal be used
as an attractive route between the popu-
lous city and the natural charms of the
picturesque region between Cabin John
Bridge and Great Falls. The preservation
and continuance of the canal in its orig
inal character will thus add elements of
CONTINUED on Fifth PaSe.l