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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
KENT"S HILL
RIDDEFORD.
Thanksgiving Games.

At Washington-Carlisle, p; George
town. o.
At Chicago-Chicago. II; Wisconsin, o.
At New York-Columbia. g. Syracuse, u.
At Ann Arbor-Michigan, %: Minneso-
ia, 6
AT Phiadelphia-Penn u: Cornell. II.
At northumberland Little. 10; Port
land. o. Ozanum. 81: Bangor, q.
At Saco-Westbiook. II; Thornton, 6.
Rents Hill. Il; Biddeford. 6.
At Gorham-Gorham. IL; North Deer
ing, 0.
AT Richmond. Va.-University of Vir-
ginia. II; University of North Carolina
II
Al Columbus. O.-Ohio State Universe
ty, 6: Indiana, 6.
At Kansas City-Kansas, Il: Nilsson
RI. 5.
At Lincoln. Neb.-Nebraska. II; North
western, 0.
At Easton. Pa.-Lafayette, %; Dickin-
son, 0.
AT Bethlehem. Pa.-Lehigh. Al; Swarth-
more, 0.
At Lancaster Pa.-Franklin & Marshall
~; Gettysburg, g.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29

most deeply the Socialist party. He
had struck. continued the speaker
from an ambush, and he should name
the man to whom he had alluded.
Herr Bachem replied that after such
treatment he would decline to do So
The House then adjourned on motion
of the conservatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
BUSINESS NOTES. y
CONTINUED from page ~

deliver on orders booked sometime ago.
Bank clearings, though reduced by the
holidays. are of full volume for this
season of the year. and from Jan. l to
date are very close to last years record
breaking figures. Some improve
ment is noted in the uaa5oo. cation
congestion, but the car shortage IS
still a matter of worriment to the rail-
road men and to dealers whose goods
are delayed thereby.
There is a rather more cheerful tone
in the iron trade, partly the result OF
improvement in fuel supplies at the
West and partly the result of larger
buying at the East.
Cotton goods feel the stimulating
effects of higher prices for the raw ma
terial. Print cloths remain firm at 3
cents and the volume of spring busi-
ness continues large for the season.
Specialties in imported cottons are ac-
tive with jobbers, mercerized products
especially so. The wooden mills are
kept actively employed, those engaged
on mems wear being particularly so.
The strength of raw wool is undated.
the latest London sale showing a high
er range. What foreign woods are sold
here now are at lower prices than new
woolens can possibly be exported for.
The wool clip for 1902 shows slight
gain, the fifth annual increase from the
depression of 1897, and the production
IL not now far from the record figures
of 1893.
Wheat, including -four exports for
the week ending Nov. q, aggregates
4l79,685 bushels, against 5,2'',6'Z,
last week, and 5.117,47s in this week,
last year. Corn exports aggregate
255,174 bushels. against 243.3s1. last
week, and $50, 96S, last year.
Bushes failures for the week num-
Der $50, as against POI, last week, and
1883 in this week, last year.
In Canada. mild weather has been
drawback in Canadian trade. Orders of
seasonable goods in Montreal are of
good volume. The demand for supplies
from lumber camps is especially good
and large output is looked for. Farm
ers were never so prosperous. Failures
number 10 as against 10 last week and
26 i'm this week a year ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
COMPELLED TO RETREAT.
Colombian Invaders Meet With Several
Defeats and Recross the Frontier.

Caracas. Venezuela, Nov. 2S.-The
Colombian invaders under Generals
Garbiras and Espiritu Morales. after
several defeats. We're obliged TO re
cross the frontier. Nov. %. They left
numerous prisoners in the hands OF
the Venezuelan tropS, among them
chief of staff Briceno. who was aban-
doned in wounded condition, and a
quantity of ammunition.
The revolutionary general Matos is
still lying sick at Willemstad, Curacao.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
THREE NEGROES SOLD
BY Sheriff at Lancaster, KY, as Pen
atty for vagrancy.

Lancaster, KY, Nov. 2S.-Sherif Law
son attracted a large crowd before the
court house door. today, by the sale of
three negroes two women and a man
The bids were lively but small. The man.
Charles Anderson. sold for T. months
brought ST. and the women, Belle Griffin
and Emma Reed. sold for one and three
years respectively, brought s. each. They
were convicted for vagrancy and ordered
sold to the highest bidder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
UnimpeachabIe.

If you were to see the unequalled
volume of unimpeachable testimony IN
favor of Hoods Sarsaparilla, you
would upbraid yourself for so long de-
LAYING To take this effective Alternative
and tonic medicine for that blood DIS
ease from which you are suffering
1t eradicates scr9fula and all other,
humors and curesTall their inward and
outward effects.
Take Hoods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
FOOTBALL GAMES.
/. kent's Hill, II; Biddeford, High, 6.

Biddeford, Me-. Nov 2S.-tSpeciaD.-
About 500 people braved the cold mist of
Yesterday afternoon to witness the foot
ball game between Biddeford High ana
Rents Hill, and they were well repaid
for their courage. The game was hotly
contested from start to finish. The game
began by Kent's Hill kicking off to Bid
deford but the latter soon =, Sc
cured the ball on downs. Then
Manter went through Biddeford and
down the field for the first
touchdown. 1t was here that the Bidde-
ford boys got in their work. After the
KICKOFF they soon secured the ball and by
steady work got the ball to kents Hill
l-yard line Here the seminary boys held
them for downs but the referee said
Biddeford's vaulter, Johnson, shouted
down when he was about five feet in the
air and before he was thrown back for
a loss of two yards and called it a touch
down This ended the first half
In the second half honOrs were about
even, until Manter got through for an
other run and touchdown The game end
ed with the ball in Kent's Hills hands
and being worked rapidly up the field
rh..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
Gen. Lew Wallace Is III.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-A dispatch from
Charlottesville, Ind. says: The fam
lily of Gen. Lew Wallace is quite
alarmed over an Illness from which
he has been suffering. At present he
is confined to his bed. The trouble
started from bad tooth. but has de-
veloped until the general is in weak
ened condition"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29

A large factory in Jena, Germany.
utilizes it's surplus hot water in such
a way as to afford the laborers nearly
thousand baths q week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29

Official notice Of an increase Of two
and one-haIf cents per hundred pounds 70
20 cents in freight tariff on grain from
Chicago to New York has been filed WIN
the interstate commerce commission. Inc
new grain rate will be observed by ire
lines east bound out of Chicago and ON
er points in the territory east of the niis-
sissippi river and north of the ohio. ms
Increase usually follows the closing VI
navigation of the Great Lakes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
Rev. Thomas Shahan Dead.

Boston, Nov. 29-Rev. Thomas Snahan.
the oldest priest in the Catholic diocese
of Boston and pastor of the Sacred Heart
church in Maiden, died at the Carney
hospital, this morning. His age was 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
John Dillon "Almost Well"

Chicago. Nov 2S.-At Mercy hos
pital at midnight, it was reported that
John Dillon was almost WE'LL When
asked if such was the case why Mrs.
Dillon had been sent for so suddenly,
the hospital authorities said they did
not know. They were positive, how
ever, in the assertion that she had not
been called because of anything alarm
ing in the condition Of her husband.
The eight muscles of the human jaw
exert n force of about 500 pounds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE pAv

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II II fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature ia on
0Ach box. Sc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-29
Today's Football Games.
Football Notes

West Point VS.. Annapolis, at Philadel-
phia.
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
A Nation of Optimists.

efrOm The Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
We are not a serious people. If we
Were We would be much less happy than
at present. If We We're as serious as
the English. for instance, no doubt we
would see the same attractions In blood
and traditions, and I'm the divine right
of kings. Let us be thankful for this
optimistic trait Let us be thankful
that the present does not worry us, nor
the future terrify us Here is this hard
coal famine, a serious thing i'm itself
and yet not thing TO drive us into the
shadow Not bit of it. The para
grapher treats ii with levity. the profess
sional humOrist makes jest of it, the
player on the stage rouses the risibles
about II. a Boston paper gives away
a ton of coal i'm a humorous manner, A
New York club offers a bushcl of an
thracite as an incentive to its pool
playing members. a Chicago progressive
euchre club gives a scuttle of coal as
it's first prize And all this with fuel
famine and wintry weather at the doors,
and little ar no brightness in the dismal
outlook.
Let us be thankful for this gift of good
humor. Ii is a safety valve and n shield.
We refuse to he depressed We decline
10 become hopeless We find no COM
fort I'm hysteria. We believe the sun
will shine again. and have no time for
mourning his temporary absence. That 3
the American way-and a good way ii
Is.
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
WILL KING COTTON MOVE
FROM DIXIE?

According TO recent reports received by
the Liverpool chamber of commerce. very
satisfa tory cotton growing experiments
are now being made by the British Colo
n,sts on the west coast of Africa.
The crop is said TO mature in ninety
DAYS. and the American seed planted has
produced results fully equal TO the parent
stock Next season Egyptian seed will be
tried.
Labor gives some trouble. At cents
day. the pre- sent rate of wages. 1t Is
doubtful whether The r.atives will come
up to the requirements Of big pianta-
ton system, and yet il would be risky TO
suddenly increase their pay.
President Jones, of the Liverpool cham
ber of commerce. is quoted as saying: II
we could transport the negro population
of the southern states to Africa, Great
Britain would be independent of the rest
of the world for raw cotton, but | do not
believe II is possible TO secure American
negroes for cur new cotton belt. Stl4.
the outlook IS promising, and the rail-
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
WILL AFRICA RIVAL SOUTH?
COTTON GROWING EXPERT
MENTS SUCCESSFUL.
President of Liverpool Chamber OF
Commerce Fears Lack of Labor
Will Cause Failure.

Liverpool, November 10.-Alfred Jones,
president of the Liverpool chamber of
commerce, has just received reports re-
garding the cotton-growing experiments
In west Africa. lie said to a representa-
tive of the Associated Press:
we sent out a hundred tons of Ameri-
can seed and divided II among all the
British west coast colonies. The results
have been most satisfactory. The crop
matured In ninety days and IN qualty
and quantity were quite equal to those
Of the parent stock. Next season We
shall send Egyptian seed and we hope
for equally good results.
The only question Is whether We can
make the natives work so as TO put big
plantations On a commercial basis. The
native wages are ( cents day. But
am personally afraid that n number or
years will elapSe before We can make
the west coast African serious compeu-
tors Of the American southern states
"If we could transport the negro popu-
lation of the southern states to the west
coast there would not be any question
the rest OF the world for raw cotton. But
| have had one experience with Ameri-
can negro colonization and / do not
believe IL is possible to secure American
negroes for the new cotton belt
I'VE are sending out Americans TO
teach the natives cotton growing and
must wait and see how the experiment
turns out The question Of freight does
not vet enter into the problem. The
railroads and steamships have agreed to
transport African cotton free"
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17

went into the Saltwater penitentiary for
life. They had tried to rob the Northf1eid
bank and had killed two men. After
desperate chase they were captured. BOD
died in prison. Recently Cole and Jim
were paroled. Jim's love affair and sui
eide leaves the oldest brother alone In
his misery.
OF the James boys there were two.
Frank, born in Kentucky in 1s4l, and
Jesse I'm Missouri in 1915. Their father
was Baptist minister. Soon after he
moved to Missouri The Rev. James anc
his wife separated. The preacher went
TO California, where he died when Jesse
was years of age. Mrs. James then
married DIR. Samuels. one of the leading
physicians of that section of missouri.
unlike the Youngers, the Jameses were
rank for the south aud both quickly JOIN
ed Quantrell. Then the Samueis nome
was the scene of many night visits py
Jayhawkers and Missouri militia search
ing for the boys. After the war there
was no place for tnem and they natural
ly drifted into outlawry. The founsers
were quick to deny charges. Inc Jameses
never did. The detectives raideo the
Samuels home in the early SeVenties'
hoping to catch Frank and Jesse lney
threw a bomb into the house, killing Dr.
and Mrs. Samuels youngest chilu
half sister to Frank and jesse ana
tearing away one of Mrs. Samuels' arms.
rne James boys were intense naters
and from that day on they considered
detective their rightful prey. For years
they beat off pursuit and II was not until
treachery was used that these two broth,
ers were rendered harmless. BOD ana
Charley Ford, cousins of the James boys,
agreed with Governor Crittenden to trap
them. Jesse was at st. Joe, Mo-, going
under an assumed name. lie admitted
the Ford boys to his nome. One morning
Bob Ford got behind Jesse and put
bullet through his brain. The Fords
were tried for murder. convicted and sem
fenced to hang The day before the ex-
ecution day Governor Crittenden pardon
ed them. The Ford boys got big re-
ward Bob Ford was shot to death
year or two ago in a gambling hell In
Colorado town.
Several months after Jesse's death
Frank James walked into the office OF
Governor Crittenden i'm jefferson City.
Mo. Stepping I'm front of the governor,
he laid his revolvers on the table, saying:
mo living man but me has had his
hands on these revolvers since 1861.
1t was all over with Frank James. Like
Cole Younger, he only was left to think
of the past and dream of the future.
James surrender had been arranged.
He knew he would be pardoned. and he
was He is now living quietly In the
west Both Of the James boys were mar
ried and each was the father of two chill
dren.
Who VIII say that these men were not
forced to lead criminal life?
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
WASHINGToN'S LUMBER.
Value of the States Standing Timber
Estimated at $3.50, 100000.

Milwaukee Sentinel: There is more tim
ber I'm the state of Washington than In
the combined states of Michigan. Wis
consin and Minnesota. and more than in
ALI Of the yellow pine states Of the south.
Professor Henry Cannett. chief OF the
division OF forestry. agricultural depart
ment. says:
with the exception OF the redwood
forests Of California. the forests OF
western Washington are among the
densest. heaviest and most continuous
H. the United states. The trees are
large. reaching from twelve TO fifteen
feet In diameter and go feet I'm height,
with clear trunks for 100 or more feet.
The timber IL mainly red or yell
low fir. mingled with spruce. The
mber In the state is estimated at
il4.77S.coO feet. board measure. OF this
amount. more than nine-tenths or 103. =
sos. 40 feet. are west of the Cas-
cade range. The remainder, n,27i.G0
feet being upon it's eastern slope
and in the northern and eastern portions
of the state West of the Cascade range
the prevailing species, which forms near
" two-thirds of the entire forest. Is
red or yellow fir. East of the Cascade
range the forests consist mainly of pine
The entire area of Washington is 6S,SS0
square miles. OF this .l65 square miles
are covered with merchantable timber
or 50 per cent of its area. The entire
area Of the ninetaeen counties of west
ern Washington Is 1880 square miles
OF this area but little more than one
third. or 9039. is regarded as containing
merchantabie timber. Twenty per cent
has been cut, y II per cent has been
destroyed 10y fire. and the remainder,
81 IL per cent. is stiu covered with
standing timber. 1t appears that
since numbering began IN that re-
gion there have been cut from II 36,-
V0.000.g0 feet. while there have been
destroyed by fire the enormous amount
of 10000. .000,e0 feet of lumber. In east
ern Washington, out of an entire area
Of Al 92G square miles, 14.l2G square miles
crIv are covered with merchantable
timber OF the area at one time tim
bered 1855 square miles have been cut
over, pa square miles have been burn
ed"
The standing timber Of Washington by
counties is ia, 77S. .0O0,O0O feet This
amount represents an approximate value
of $3.50 0oO0ol at prevailing prices, but
each year will enhance the worth Of
every acre of timber land Sixty per
cent. or GS262.91l feet of the standing
timber. is Douglas fir. a durable. strong.
semi-hard wood superior to all other
varieties. The proof of the value OF this
timber is. however. shown by the mag
, nitude of the lumber manufacturing in
dustries in this state which has only
enjoyed the dignity of statehood dozen
years. Among them are the St. Paul
and Tacoma Lumber Company. with an
annual output OF 100. 600 900 feet of lum-
ber and $4,000 000 shingles: the Port
Blekeley Mil Company. manufacturing
100000 feet and the Tacoma Mil
Company, 0o0 feet; the Puget L.um-
ber Company's mills turn out 100 0O0. 600
feet These are among the largest man
ufacturing plants I'm the world
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17

1t will follow its predeo oessors. some. of
which su h as wine tea, silk and stock
raising show signs OF revivinS
In discussing a question Ike this we
should be on our guard against positive
assert ons and glittering generahties.
Great changes in a nations industries
have occurred IN the past, and may come
again
King Cotton has not reigned more than
five generations. and in this age of Won
derful progress, even the wisest cannot
intelligently predict his status. or his
richest dominious fifty wears hence.
Modern invention has made cotton as
warm as wool. as fine as silk. but it is
possible that the ramie plant viii be its
equal in the near future.
Before the age Of steam, electricity and
other wonderful discoveries and inveu-
tions. IL took centuries to c0lonize and
develop continent; now. II Is the work
of a few decades.
Africa the orient and the countries
south of US. are leaping forward as if by
No one is bold enough TO attempt a
forecast Of our mate, ial progress for even
the next quarter OF a century.
King Cotton. however. is still with rs.
How can w best proong his stay and
make him a more powerful factor CT or
prosperity?
In trying To answer these questions We
should not get ratified and lose our nerve.
If we finl Oh systems and policies in cur
way II new line of march is the best.
from a practical standpoint We should
take it, and not waste time in opposing
II simply because II is new.
II the exemption of factories from tax
alton promises to build up and enrich the
south and prolong her monopoly IN cot
ton, then, take care of the factories, l
say.
III This policy be unfair to the farmers
there is A way 10 equaliZe matters in the
shape OF counties for certain yiebls or o--
vclopmentS of some products. as has
been done in other states and countries
Commerce will soon fake care of itself.
even without the a.L of state and feder-
al commissions The trader always has
the best of tit is the factory and the
farm that have the hardest lime in the
south.
WALLACE PUTNAM
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
FLAMES ON GREAT BRIDGE.
NEW EAST RIVER STRUCTURE
WAS THREATENED.
Witnessed in New York City
OF Vicinity.

New York, November l0.-The new East
river bridge. * process of construction.
between New NQrk and Brooklyn. was
damaged to the AMOUNT of mt least hais
a million dollars t\isht by fire that
for four hours raged\55 feet in the air.
on the summit of the \great steel tower
on the New York side. Three men who
were at work on top of tne tower when
the fire broke out are reported TO have
fallen into the river.
Owing 10 the enormous height of the
tower. il was impossible To reach the IRE
with anv apparatus in the dre deQarr-
ment. and the flames. after devourins al
the wood work on the top Of The tower.
seized on the timber false work IF the
two foot bridges suspended from the main
cables. burning away the supports until
nearly q million feet OF blazing lumber
fell with a mighty splash and hiss into
the stream.
The fan Of the foot bridge carried aWav
scores Of the lighter cables and suys.
which trailed i'm the water. rendering il
necessary for the police 70 stop all traffic
up and down the river The Fan river
steamer Puritan and several other craft
had narrow escapes while running rAe
gauntlet Of fiery brands that fei. in show
ers from the burning bridge. The Ire
was the most spectacular con.lagratign
thtl mas ever DrrA seen 4l- -Nt" AoiA
The fire started I'm "a TOOL shed and rom
this spread 10 the great timber frame
work. Within 1--WE minutes after tHa fIrs+
discovery Of the fire th- whole sop IT The
tower was In blaze. Then the io't
bridges fell carrying with them many
tons Of bolts. rivets nuts and tools
At that moment thc Brooklyn lire h1at
was just below the bridge. and heavy
steel beam fell ON her. breaking her ru.-
ders and sending her drifting ae..isf-
down the stream. sound steamers ana
aIl other up-rivcr navigation WAS stopped.
II is officially auun-ur-1 that ua 4lres
were lost during The fire. the threa mal
reported killed having beel accounted
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
ROBBED, NE LOSES HIS MIND.
Sad Fate Overtakes a Miner Return
ing to France.

New York. November 12-HoC-ewarj
bound with a bag of gold nuggets and
his pockets full OF cash 5000 In al. Won
in the mines of French Guiana. Jacques
I.aTravers, a native OF France. hls been
robbed in this city and is now III ihe in
sane ward at Bellevue. Travers ana mis-
partner had reached this city ON tn III
way back to France and as nei-her under
stood English they took room IN a
lodging house near the docks.
Both displayed their treasures care
Iesslv and when la Travcrs went out
alone to purchase a watch he Is believed
to have been induced To drink dgugge
liquor He returned shortly 70 his room,
his gold gone. When he realized his loss.
he became violently insane and was taxi
en- In charge 10y the police.
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
EUROPEANS FLEE TETUAN.
They Fear an Attack by the Kabyle
Tribesmen

Gibraltar, November 12.-Owing to the
fact that serious disturbances have
broken out at Tetuan. Morocco. a Spanish
mail steamer has been dispatched from
Ceuta to embark the European residents
of Tetuan.
Madrid, November 12-The disturbances
at Tetuan arise from a rebellion of the
Kabyle tribesmen. owing 10 the refusal
of the governor of Tetuan to liberate GER
tain Kabyle prisoners. including the muir
derer of an Englshman.
The Atlanta constitution., 1902-11-17
TO Raise Cotton in Jamaica

London. November 13.-The efforts Of
the members Of the Lancashire Cotton
Growers Association to emancipate them
selves from the American raw supply
have been extended To Jamaica. The as
sociation has voted n large sum of money
TO be devoted to cotton growing In that
island on an extensive scale. II is eX-
pected that a large area In Jamaica will
be plnnted next season.