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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
FEEL 1T KEENLY.
Boer Generals Disappointed in
Their European Visit.
British People Have No Reason for
Doubling Beers Sincerity.
The Funds They Need Have Not Been
Forthcoming.

| New York, Oct 3O.-Gen. Botha o
| the Boer mission, now in Europe en-
deavoring to raise funds for the re
demption Of the ruined farming dis
| triats of South Africa, has cabled The
World at length on the results of ths
generals mission up to date. The ar.
| ticle says in Fart:
Our words have been misconstrued
to our actions have been assigned the
wrong motives. and our very aims have
been mis-statcd and condemned
THE British people have no reason
to doubt our sincerity. We called on
our people to come in and lay down
their arms. How many million pounds
We're saved to the British nation by
that surrender it is needless now To
reckon mp.
Having accepted the terms Lord
Kitchener WAS authorized to offer us.
we never sought to have them modi-
fed. What we sought for was not a
modification of the terms Of the peace
treaty. but the, immediate help of
which our people We're i'm need.
"davinS come to plead Il cause which
should speak eloquently enough for it.
self. we are sorely disa appointed by the
result. AT least we have had every
reason to consider that we have failed
in our errand
1T IS assumed that we did not take
blindly to IL loan. That supposition
was gratuitous. AS to the shape in
which material help should be given.
we had neither the right nor the will
to pick ana choose. But having seen
no prospect of receiving such help. we
appealed in urgent need to all the ma
tons of .he world.
That course has been sharply criti-
cised. SO far as we can see all our
appeals to foreigners implied was that
our people We're in sore need of instant
relief and that we We're willing to un-
dergo the humiliation of pleading
for it.
Memories of help withheld. despite
pressing needs and urgent appeal for
justice or generosity. are certain to live
long, die hard and inflict aemand out
Of all proportion to their seeming i'm
portancc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Japanese cabinet has adopted the
proposed scheme for naval eXpension. IL
involves an annual expenditure oi ~. :
$4,000 for 10 years.
Mrs Patrick Campbell the actress, is
III with a cold and the Garden theatre at
New York. where she Is appearing IN
The Joy of Living VIII be closed Ior
those two evenings.
The Berlin Staatsburger Zeitung AYERS
that Sarah Bernhardt is German. claim
ing that she was born at Frankfort-on +
tne-Oder. and that her father was Il
horse dealer named FeibeL
The lonsshoreman who went out on
on strike at Montreal. Wednesday for an
increase OF wages have all returned To
work. the steamship companies having
granted their demands for an increase OF
pay.
1t has been decided to hold an inter
national! tournament of Olympian games
in 1904 at Athens. in connection with the
archaeological congress To be held In ceie-
bration of the completion OF the restora-
ton of the stadium.
here at ST. John. n. b.. Thursday. He
was aged 81 years and was a veteran
shipbuiider 1t was he who built the ia
NOUS Warco Polo and other clipper ships
of the Black Mail Line.
Fire visited the famous Ross Fenton
farm or Deal Lake. Asbury Park, n. j.,
Wednesday night destroying the main
building Charles J. Ross. the actor. owns
the proDerty and IL was the summer
home of many theatrical people
a Milwaukee, Wis, evening special
from FIX Horn SAYS: william Wick
inson. aged As, his brother Albert. AZ and
sister Julia IS. were burned to death in
their home near here. today. The Wick
insons were well to do farmers
The navy department has received a
decision by the controller of the treasury
to the effect that enlisted men on the re-
tired list of the navy are entitled to ex-
ira pay OF 20 cents for each medal or
! honor. min. or service bar earned by
| them
Political rioting at Ponce. Porto Rico,
was renewed, Wednesday evening. From
3 to II o'clock the city was in the hands
of a Republican mob alleged to have
been aided by municipal police. The
Federal Club was fired on. One man was
killed and several were wounded but not
fatally. The rioting was renewed Thurs
/ day Business at Ponce is suspended.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
A BAD FREIGHT WRECK
At Clinton Station-SeveraI Cars Piled
Uo in Heap.

Clinton. Me. Oct. 30.-(SpeciaD.-Quit
a bad freight wreck occurred at the sta
ton. this morning. AS the freight that
arrives here at SO O'Clock. was coming
in il broke apart about cars from the
engine. The remainder of the train,
about fifteen cars was shifted to the side
track that passes into the rear of Alton
Richardson's yard.
These cars were going with such force
that when they struck the bumpers AT
the end of the track they knocked the
trucks out from under the two front cars
throwing the first car up over a rise OF
about six feet and into the rear end OF
Mr. Richardson's stable. smashing the
end so that about five feet of the ear
was in the stable. Mr.. Richardson cane
very near getting hurt as he was stand
ing in the door Of the stable when the a G.
cidcnt happened. and MANAGED to get out
of the way just in time me damage 10
number of hundred dollars.
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.M0NTREAL'S STRIKE
Two Thousand Dock Laborers
Demand More Pay.
Twenty Steamers Waiting--As Many
Due--Winter Near.
Mems Demand Based on the lncrea Sod
Cost Of Living.

Montreal Oct. 3O.-Two thousand
dock laborers went on strike, Wednes-
day afternoon, completely tying up
the business of the port. The men
have been working all the sea-
son on a fiat scale of 20
cents an hour. night or day work.
and they now demand that they be
paid at tie rate Of 30 cents per hour for
day work and IS cents per hour for
night work. Their demand was pre-
scented to the shipping agents. this
morning. and was refused. and. this
afternoon, 30 per cent. of the men en-
gagged on the wharves quit work This
evening. a mass meeting was held and
resolution passed unanimously that the
men would remain out until their full
demands have been conceded.
The demand of the men is based upon
the great increase in the cost of living.
especially in the case of fuel. They
point out that in comparison with other
Atlantic ports they have always been
greatly underpaid and that this COM
parison not only holds good with re-
spect to American ports but to all Ca
madam ports without single excep-
ton: that moreover. with the single
exception of the port Of Quebec. the
ship laborers are able to secure work
the year round. while i'm the port Of
Montreal the shipping season consists
of only seven months work.
The shipping agents contend that the
men are being paid all that the condi-
tons of the port permit.
With the end of the season less than
a month away, with 20 steamers in port
waiting cargoes and as many more still
due. the situation is a serious one.
The shipping agents met. late
Wednesday night. and decided, in view
of the urgency of the situation. 10 Of
fer the men % cents per hour for day
labor and 80 cents for night work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE,
A By Crowd Will Attend Football
Game at Lewiston, Saturday.

OrOnO. Me, Oct. 30.-(SpeciaD.-A
college meeting was held directly after
chapel, Wednesday, for the purpose of
arousing Il greater amount of enthu-
siasm on the part of the student body
in the support of the football team i'm
the coming games. and especially for
the purpose of urging as many of the
students as possible to accompany the
team to Lewiston. Saturday. when it
lines up against Bates. Enthusiastic
speeches were made by President Eel
lows. Prof. Lewis. Coach Robinson.
Can't. Dorticos. Manager Cole and Capt.
Harris of the track team.
Prof. Lewis, the chairman. stated
that arrangements had been effected by
the committee in charge. and special
train would be run to Lewiston. sat
urday. leaving Orono at O'Clock sharp
and Bangor at $50. arriving in Lewis
ton in easy time for dinner. The train
will leave Lewiston at $50 O'Clock or
as near that hour as VIII be possible
AS the game is called at O'Clock IN
stead of at go, as was the wish OF the
University of Maine manager. the tram
will have to necessarily leave at u
later hour than was originally planned.
Manager Lothrop of the Bates team.
stated in a letter to the Maine man
. eement that the price of admission
10 the game had been reduced from
20 cents to - cents. for the benent
of those who patronize the special
train. This is a courtesy on the part
of the Bates management that Uni
versitv of Maine students are not SLOW
to appreciate.
The University of Maine Cadet Band
of % pieces. under the leadership OF
G. r. Soderstrom. will accompany the
team to Lewiston to furnish music be-
fore and after the game and between
halves.
Last night. the practice was the best
that the team has had for some tifne'
for on account of the unfaVoraple
weather of the PAST few days, 1t was
iunossible to line up the team ana
Tuesday night. on account OF the sau
condition of the field, practice was
confined to the gymnasium. During
the remainder Of the week the prac-
tice will be of the most vigorous sort.
All arrangements have been satis-
factorily completed by the committee
| in charge of the special train. ana now
all thar is asked for is supply Oh
good weather for next saturday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
Twenty millions for Theatres.

!, is estimated that the American peo-
~, Maid "A, ooO for its theatrical en-
tortainment last season, and while II ma!
he possibie to estimate the amount spent
an this way 1t is impossible to estimate the
amount spent annually by those In search
~ health. ocean voyages, change OF
o ,,,,, mta and many other things are sug-
cested but even these often u, fail ,e, T IN
stomach is the foundation o. s%pa ana msa yon
II xou' from indigestion. dyspepsia, con-
suner ,.on i,;,inmsness. nervousness or in
st,pa;;io", yo, need Hostetter's< Stomach
sitters at It is the best s mea1e,ns
in the VIZ, condition. Good health is
to its s, norma ~ follow Try ii and be con
,he,. Avoid substitutes ana imita-
tiOnS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
MEMPHIS RACES.
Lord Derby Goes in 2.O6l4-Races in
Single Heats.

Memphis, Tenn. Oct. D.-The fall meet
ing of the Memphis TrOtting AsSociat ton
closed, today. The attendance has been
large and the weather favorable The
Association will give a matinee tomor-
Tow afternoon. at which several well
known stars will attempt to lower for
mer records. CreSceus will trot agains |
his record. and Dan Patch and Prince
Alert. PAGERS, will try for marks at Il
mile.
Today's program was something of d.
novelty, the majority of the races being
single heats for beaten horses at tn.
the worlds trotting record of 2021. but
2.06i; was the best he could do. In the
2.v6 pace. mile dash the bay mare
Darrell came home first in the tastes,
Laurete. driven by, Kinney, won two
races during the Cay.
Lord Derby to beat 2o2i4 (Spear). Time
by quarters. 52l2. ln3la, 1.344. 206i4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
READINGS MYSTERY
Officers Hard at Work on
Wednesdays Murder Case.
After Man Seenin That Vicinity With
Murdered Woman.
Seen by Several People, Who Give
Description-StiIl Missing.

! Reading, Mass, Oct 30-Chief of Po-
lice Merrill ana State Officer Whitney
| lost no time. today. in resuming inves-
uSations into the murder case brought
To light here. yesterday, by the finding
| OF :. wonlans body in brush pile near
the Wakefield line. AS far as can be
/ learned the officials have little TO en-
courage them in trying to discover evil
dencr, although they express consid-
efabie confidence that the murder Will
soon be arrested.
Although hundreds of persons visit
ed The undertaking rooms where the
body of the woman rests. no one has
been able to identify the woman. The
verdict OF all the tOwnspeOple is that
she was stranger i'm Reading. One
man, who refused to give his name as
ne could not make a positive identifi-
cation. said that i'm a general way tn.
woman looked like his wife, but that
he had not lived with her nor seen her
in a number of years. This fact ;.s well
as the Disagreement caused by the bull
let wounds in the upper part of the
head and the cut across the cheek have.
made it impossible for the man 10
't'oSiilIt the murdered victim. The
police know where to find the man if
they should need him in subsequent
proceedings.
The police. while not disputing the
evidence that The woman was va
grant, are Of the opinion that she had
not been such for any length of time.
They are fully convinced that the muir
der WIS committed in anger, from the
fact that either one of the wounds
about he head would have caGsed
death. 1t is believed also that the
body was conveyed in 4 team to the
place near where it was found. and
dragged from the road to it's hiding
place. The dragging of. the body is
taken to indicate that only one person
handled il. and the fact that it was
only partly hidden by the bougns
which were thrown over it is taken to
show that the work was done very hur-
riedly at early dawn or ut night when
the murderer could not see clearly to
make the hiding effectual
1t is thought that the Investigations
CT the police will lead them toward
Boston, but they will not discuss the
movements. 1t WAS intimated during
the forenoon that one clue that prom
Used some chance of definite result had
been found. but the nature of il WAC
not revealed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
AT NASHUA, N. n.
Nancy Allen, Midnight and Lake
Queen the Winners, Thursday.

Nashua. n. H.. oct. Gothic warmer
weather. today. brought out Il better at
tendance ut the Nashua track. The af
ternoon's card consisted of Il 2.19 pace.
2.15 and 2l9 trot. 1t WAS great day
with the iavCiites: they won out in each
event. In the 10 pace Nancy Allen. al
ter losing the first heat took three
straight. Billy Hurd. blk. e.. was second
and Henry n. b. g.. third. Best time.
217A.
The 215 trot went to Midnight after five
hard heats. Byron Wilkes. blk g.. was
second and Alberta. b. g.. third. Best
time. 2.i6li.
Lake Queen. b. m. took the 2l9 trot
with Parker e.. br. g.. second and Rus
tic. br g. third. Best time. 2lg4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
Chrysanthemum Exhibition.

,,. s'oh. Oct. 3o.-The approaching en-
@olticn by the Massa chusetts Horti-
ns.. ai society will be the most i'm
h%ht show of chrysanthemums ever
w' IN Boston, 1t will take place at
'euisoral hall. 300 Massachusetts
,.,u u"ue. NOV. 6, :, S, and .. and there
oe music every afternoon and
Aw,u over $1,000 and several medals
-. I've awarded to the successful COM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
SENTENCE COMMITTED.
This Misled Indian Will Suffer Life
Imprisonment Instead Of Death.

Washington. Oct. 30.-The President has
commuted To life imprisonment the sen
tence pronounced upon Solomon Hotena.
convicted in Texas Of murder committed
in the Indian territory. Nov %. 1901.
Hotena. Chocktaw Indian. is well
educated. He has been a lawyer. a judge,
a PRESBYTERIAN minister and a man of
wealth and high standing among his peo
pie. He was addicted to drink however.
a short time before the murder he lost
several children in rapid succession. and
believing in witches and witchcraft he
conceived the idea that certain persons
whom he believed to be witches, We're re-
sponsible for the death of his children
and for misfortunes which had happen
ed to other members of his tribe.
On the morning of the killing. being
intoxicated. he started out with the ex-
pressed intention of killing certain per-
sons. whom he declared to be witches
Three persons were killed and several
others wounded
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
BOER LEADERS, LOYALTY.
Gen. Botha Publishes Article INSISTING
on Their Sincerity.

London. Oct. 30.-The Contemporary
Review has published an article by
Gen. Botha in which the writer in
sists upon the loyalty of Boer leaders
to Great Britain. He expresses regret
that the language of some of their
continental appeals has been misin-
terpreted when scanned microscopical-
ly in England and reiterates his fer
vent desire to cooperate with the
British government in smoothing the
effects Of the war.
Gen. Botha says ii is humiliating to
have to appeal to foreigners for funds
to aid his countrymen and that he be-
lieves if Englishmen realized the pitt
able conditions of their vanquished
foes there would be no need to make
appeals for help.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
Thev are Good for Women.

Ladies, II you want stirnulant that Will not in
1ure you In any way, try Champagne Tablets; they
will stimulate and exhilarate, but will not intoxi.
cate you nor affect your breath. They will i'm
nsdiaiely relieve brain-fag, mental and physical
exhaustion. They will improve your health and
complexion, make your eyes bright and sparkling.
cure weak, aching back, all nervous affections
and female weakness.
lney will cure relaxation of the stomach and in
"aines' and remove abnormal fatty formations,
and that fat. gross appearance by which so many
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31
THE PRESIDENT
Plans to Make Trip Through
South, Next Month.
Will Try Bear Hunt in Cane Brakes
Of Mississippi.
The President Appointed 2370 Post.
masters Last Year.

Washington. Oct. 3O-President
Roosevelt Will make trip through a
part of the South. next month, if Off
cial business should not make his pres
ence in Washington necessary at that
time. The trip will be made about the
middle of the month, the primary OBJ
ject of it being to enable the President
To attend the reception to be rendered
by the citizens of Memphis to Gen.
Luke Wright, vice governor of the
Philippines. Subsequently it is expect
ed that the President will accept an
invitation to participate in n bear hunt
in the cane brakes of Mississippi. He
may embrace the opportunity while in
the South to visit the Tuskegee Insti-
tute at Tuskegee, Ala.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31

During the forenoon several PERSONS
who live in the vicinity of the place
where the woman's body was found.
met Gen. Whitney and gave him such
evidence as they possessed. Among
them were Dennis DAILY. who lives OF
Main street. Wakefield. and Joseph
Burns. also Of Main street. Daily saw
man and woman walking along the
highway, yesterday afternoon. about
half Il mile from the place where the
body was found. The woman answered
the description of the murdered one.
and the man was of middle age, about
! feet . inches in height. weighing
about 14O pounds. He had a heavy,
dark moustache. streaked with gray.
and wore "A dark coat. Mr.. Daily no
ticed the couple because they walked
in the road opposite the sidewalk.
Mr.. Burns also saw the couple He
was driving. and had to turn out for
them as they walked in the road.
These facts were learned before Mr..
DAILY or Mr.. Burns had viewed the
body. After they had looked at it. Gen.
Whitney hurried them away, and it
was not learned whether they had
beer able to identify the woman as the
one seen. yesterday.
Later the man who had partly recog
nized the woman as his former wife re-
turned and was given another opportu-
nifty to look upon the body. Some
changes had been made in the appear
ance of the corpse. This man. like the
others who had come under the direc-
ton of Gen. Whitney. was not seen
81. no had tab h,
has been learned. however. that his
name is Sam Weingert of Boston. and
that he was brought here. very early
this morning. because the police had
found upon the body marriage GER
tificate bearing his name.
Weingert is Hebrew pedlar and his
home is at 81 Prince street. He says
that the woman whom he married
lived in Baltimore and that the we'd
ding took place in Cincinnati about
fifteen years ago. The couple lived to-
gether three years, coming to Boston
Then Weingert obtained divorce.
This was about IL years ago. one
child. boy, born to the couple was
sent TO his grandparents in Baltimore
where he still lives.
Weingert says his wife was weak
mentally and that she was well known
in the North End of Boston, although
he had not seen her. She was known
under the name of Mary Mears. The
man intimated that the woman fire.
auented places where he was not likely
to meet her and said that his divorce
from her was because of infidelity.
Gen. Whitney refused to disclose
what Importance. if any. he attached
to the story of Weingert or to state II
the second view of the body had re-
shifted in a more positive Identification
than the first one.
The autopsy over the body was be-
gun, today, by Medical Examiner Jack
OF Melrose. Assisting DIR. Jake are
Drs. s. D. Richmond and George r.
Dow of Reading and c. w. Harlow Of
Melrose-
, It is thought that the Identification
,(Continued on page 81
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MAINE PENSIONS.

u"shilSton. Oct. 30.-The following
N" pension changes resulting from
'ssue OF Oct. Is, are announced:
L. ."'ieaSe reissue. etc, Samuel IL. Ty-
fryheld. $40: Alex Johnson,
,,a, ',,'u' "; Samuel F. Stearns. Nor
p;o. 81 Jos A. Frye, BrooiSton. S14;
,;an ~ Spear, Gardiner, Sl4: Chris
Jo. a n'fei'. National Rome. Togus. sl2;
or., '".'h hidden. Woodville. IS. Will
.Ws, ETC., II. Augusta McI<ennn ran
Rome. rogus. IS.
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Belle Meade Disposal Sale.

Nashville. Tenn. Oct. 30.-The second
day of the Belle Meade dispersal sale DIR aw
"a larger crowd than the opening day and
the prices realized were satisfactory.
Among the sales were the following:
Stand Pat. ID. g, =. Lake Blackburn
Festise. j. Gardner. 1890: bay filly, l, Imp
list-Vateriana. J. Gardner $1,000
brown tilly. Imp Observation-Disclosures, Eu
Kane s15,0; bay colt Longstreet-Pre
entense Milton Young. $3.50; Chestnut
colt Inspector + Nitetis. Milton Young.
SOFA
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The Prince of Pless. who has been
appointed tc represent Emperor Will
liam at the opening of the new build
ing of the New York Chamber of Com
merce. is the son of the head of that
house and secretary of the legation
attached TO the foreign Office here. He
married Hon. Mary CORVALLIS West
She viii not accompany her husband t.
the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-31

r. j. v. Skiff. director-general of exhi-
bits of the Louisiana Purchase t,xposi
ton. and Alfred l.. Chapleigh. also an Of
ical of the Exposition. both of st. Louis.
conferred in New York City. ThHrsday.
with A. G. Spalding of the Olympia n
games committee of Chicago to arrange
dates for the athletic contests to be he'd
i'm st. Louis and in Chicago In 1874. The
object Is to so arrange the dates for the
athletic contests as to permit OF the same
athletes competing In both the Olympian
events at Chicago and thosc Of the
worlds fair at st. Louis.