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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-01

! kind, and get along without minister or
priest.
/ Nearly a century ago a few families
/ in Scotland settled in northern Maine and
/ took up meadows along the Allegash.
/ having a patent from the King of En-
/ gland to hold as much territory as they
! could enclose the span OF A big moose
hide, and cut into thin strips and fastened
end TO end
They killed huge bull moose and all OF
one winter the women spent their leisure
time in pairing and stretching the strips
of skin, so as to make them reach as far
as possible. Then the men went out on
the crust. in March. tosurvey the land to
which the deed of gift entitled them.
They made the shredded moose skin en-
compass 5000 acres OF land, equal TO
four full townships Of sixty-six miles
They then built village of logs. and
cleared up the land and began farmins.
All went weli until 1910. when Edward
Kent. the Whfg candidate. was chosen
governor OF Maine. to succeed Reuben
Fairfield. the Democratic eneumbeRt Of
the office. A hot presidential fight was
in progress at the time. and the Demo-
Gratis. wishing to redeem their state in
November, called special session II the
Legislature. and organized a new form
Of municipality, 20 which they gave the
names Of plantations. every one Of which
vas given the right II vote IN state and
national elections. Il was hoped that.
az the inhabitants II these plantations
we're strongly Democratic. their vote, ed-
ded to the regular party vote in the
towns and cities. would stem the tide
Of Whiggery. and redeem the state; bu;
when the November returns came In. and
Maine was found % have. cast its electoral
vote for Harrison. nearly every Demo
Crat in AIieeash resolved 70 become q
whig. out Of spite. saa those who would
not change their politics were compelled
70 emigrate from the plantation
Three families packed up their goods
and moved west 70 township i. range y,
where they have resided until now
Though they aunot vote under q town
ship form q government. every E1aa =
voting axe Is a Democrat. while ~ tlie
election held At AIiesash two years ago
the entire vote of fftx-three vas cast
for the Republican nomfAee
Auegssh has stage nne. 3 Dost-oGi1a
ard a root and herb doctor - give sezn-
1lauCe or Citlt1ais.A ~ +tr o-trT t.-%
township Is. range =. Is SIN ~ primitive
Irnocsace- The nearesi doctor. lawyer. Or
clergyman is al Forr Keat. sixty Eliles
70 rhe east There = - cnlrch- posi-
onice OF store 81 arr Kid EstAin ne
town a tv0-acre paot on a W-rn BILL
side serves as a common 1sryine pace q
The village dead. whose Eraves are SUP
rounded hy a strong s,unp fence. Every
resident Is a farmer ard q i-nseralssi-
The crops growa ara hay- cats ard 1ota-
toes all = Rhlch are SD az Ssh I-sees
4 th- iunAerIag AIRS vho sead crews
lnt8 ne vols Durizs * l1s1tFs air
k1-H ana three months - dEirles
goods FOR ths Use = ne faU-les AZ
arsuEht from Fert Eerl - cascs ~ s4t7ls
II fhs thres ether Eozszs ths gascs e -
sEaccess.ble 81 the zeoa-
The ruler aue supreme Dictator & tc~-z- +
ship g Il Alexander Castles17. Ws-o >
ths richest usaa = The Tllzse. ard. ss.e-
sz11g okssT pr0strsy. o~Es farm <
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100 acres, which yields 1000 tons OF hay
, every year. This is sold to the lumber
men. from the stacks, at SIS a ton. King
Castleton,' as he is called. fixes the
amount Of money or labor every resident
must pay for roads. schools and contin-
gent expenses. He makes the assess-
ments and his subjects pay without ques-
tioning his decisions
John Boyer. who is OF French origin
and who does a large business in cutting
timbers and putting them into drives for
the Fort Kent mills. having no sons to
assist him. has trained his three daugh-
ters to his calling. and takes them to
camp every winter. where they have
charge Of different crews They are skill
ed in walking on snowshoes and can han
die an axe or a cant dog better than most
men.
The company which mas bought the
land. instead Of ob5ecting 70 having the
squattoTs clean Up farms and cut or such
wood as they need. is pleased 20 favor
the villagers and do everything possible
To make them contented with their lot
Their presence is not only a safeguard
against forest fires. which frequently do
great damage, but. BY raising food FOR
horses and men. the community enabies
dollars tn transportation expense every
year Hence it is the policy - the COM
pauy TO keep the queer little village a.
much isolated from the outside word IS
rossibl Boston Herald.
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STOOD ON BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT
Girl Gymnast Practices in Sleep and
Gets Her Nose Smashed.

Indianapolis. May Sl.-AIiss Marguerite
Bowen. daughter Of y NJ Bowen Of
Delphi. Is a member Of the senior class
Of the girls classical school this city,
and is now disabled by a peculiar and
mysterious accident. Her classmate
found her seated at the foot Of the bed
during the night. wiping blood from her
face. but Miss Bowen assured her that
nothing serious had happened and she
fell OF to sleep. The next morning it was
discovered that Miss Bowen's nose had
been mashed fat. one eve was swollen
shut and the other nearly 50. while the
skin had been scraped from one side OF
her face and she was suffering terribly
from the shock.
She laughingly remarked 10 the sur
geon. Doctor. ! now understand the
poem I stood on the bridge (of my nose)
at midnight while my head was strik-
ing the aoor-" During the preceding AZ
ternooa Miss Bowen uractoed 10 che
gymnasium and It is the supposit.on hat
she was dreaming q her exercises while
asleep. and attempted a feat which
brought her in collision with the floor.
Miss Bowen is not permanently disfg-
ured. but It VIII be some tine before the
scars VIII entirely disappear.
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QUAINT MAINE VILLAGE
Town Without Store, Doctor, Law
Yer or CleroYrnan.

Among the strange and primitive com
munities Of people who live in TIRE deep
woods Of Northern Maine. none IS more
verify of note than the farming ard lurn-
berinE settlement which has bean ID ex-
istencs a. the junction q s. John rivsr
and Chenenucook stream s.xty--one years
The village IS IL that part x Aroostoaz
county which is known 81 The nap IS
township IS. range -
Ths families are a mixture q Nova ser
Iii Scotch and Montreal French, and 81
though the Two races have held orposisiE
religious faiths many years. The residents
Of township Is hare made zn agreea5ie
cezp-onise ~ having "a rellgisa q any
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SHE MADE MILLION BY LAsoRiNo
Mrs. !. c. LaUghiin ard Her Wonder
fuI Business Successes.

IS. - u LaU9NtiN ara 6cr Wcrcer-
fUI Business Successes.
Denver. May A.-Mrs- J. q. LagEhiiu q
Seattle. formerly ~ Denver. r. n1H he-a
% place her daughter. Miss Daisy sharp.
g. dramatic school she has another
daughter 1siss Winnie SHARP who s. nov
receiving z musical education az Seattle.
Roth are young women set in taeir teens
ambitious ard pretty. and their friends
say they have bright futures ahead q
them
when Mrs. I1asghin lee Denver eigh-
ten years ago. shs was Yrs sh1Tp
About Eve years ago she sustained heavy
Iosses through otaers These reversFs
ST her thinking Why could she not at
teu5 % her ozn Affairs ard take - a
regular llne o. business7 TIE sdfa crgs-
raiiixed into a detsrrainaton q embark
n the raj estate hesiness- wish she
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AssAssINs AZ MoRK
Wound a Cincinnati SaIesmsn's Wife
and Her Brother.

ST Louis. May 2a-James Brasher and
Mrs. Mary Harris. brother and sister
were assassinated last night AZ Poplar
Bluff Nc. whiic returning from dance
Bvasher Was mortsiiy wounded. being
shot through the left lung. His sister
was shot twice IN the arm. but her in
juries are not considered fatal She Is
the wife o. Jesse Harris travelling sales
man for a Cincinnati house Not clew
has developed as 70 the idsntT of their
sssailant- and the authorities confess
they are completely baniel. Ms. Harris
and her brother were walking along a
lonely road when the assassin. heavily
masked. stepped fro@ q hillside aad BE-
gar nring At them
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know Curtis best are not slow in saying
that he will counsel his friends to drop
the fight. Then the district viii be big
enough to hold the next governor of the
state and the next United States SEN
ator"
The Winfield Courier. Ed Greer,s pa
per. says:
The Republican state convention of 1902
has passed into history. 1t was one of
the largest conventions ever held in the
state. There were 1881 delegates present.
besides about 1900 alternates and visit
ing Republicans The contest for the or
ganization Of the convention was intense
and earnest, and was waged by Mr.. De-
land and his friends upon the one side
and the friends of Senator Burton upon
the other. There were no other issues in
volved in the contest. Both sides agreed
upon the platform to be adopted. There
were no contested delegations, no disa-
greement on the order OF business. Mr..
Leland had behind him the influence of
the state administration, the chairman Of
the state committee and many OF the
aggressive organizers of the party. In
addition to this he had a volume of
strength, the personal popularity of Mr..
Bailey. Auditor of State Geo. L. Cole
was the candidate Of the Leland people.
and z. P. Greer of Winfield of the Bur-
ton forces. Mr.. Lelands candidate for
temporary chairman was elected by a
majority OF &c on d total vote Of 1031.
Mr.. Bailey was nominated on the first
ballot, receiving within six votes of the
number cast for Mr.. Cole for temporary
chairman, but there Mr.. Lelands infiu-
ence ceased. From that time on TO the
end Mr. Burtons friends were nominated
for all the places on the ticket except
state superintendent. The contest while
exciting was waged in d friendly spirit,
and perhaps no more harmonious conyen-
ton was ever held. The Results bespeak
success and if some disinter-
ested friends of the Republican party
had been empowered 10 select a ticket
that would best unite the active and en-
thusiastic support Of both elements of
the party, he could not have succeeded
better. Mr.. Bailey is one OF the ablest
men in the party. He is a strong, vigor
Dus and well balanced man, and enjoys a
high degree Of personal popularity. Each
side in the contest having received its
fair share of honors and successes, is well
and the Republican party of
Kansas is stronger and better organized
and more enthusiastic than it ever has
been.
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Emporia Gazette: The nomination OF
Tom Kelly was good nomination. Kelly
was bounded by lot Of home fellows
who were Jealous Of him. he viii make
a good average treasurer and Will add
strength TO the ticket. Tom Kelly Is Il
good. honest Irishman and here's 10 him.
Topeka Herald TWO things conspired
10 defeat Frank Nelson lie was run
ming for a third term. which was unpop-
ular. He voted TO down D ". Fmney.
an old soldier. for railroad commissioner,
which weakened him The William Mar
tinGale influence in the Fourth district
was thrown 70 Dayhon for the purpose
Of defeating Nelson.
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The LeaTenworth Times says:
1T is apparent that some friends of
Congressman Curtis think it a capital
crime for any man In the First district
90 be the friend Of ". J. Bailey. There
IS no reason why such condition Of az
fairs should exist. IL is possible for a
man to have more than one friend at a
time. even IN politics. Besides. the Re
pubncans OF this district are everlast-
ingiy tired Of this Bailey-Curtis feud.
There is no sense in IL. Ii only means
disrupted party. While this may not
hurt in the district. it does in some Of
The counties and Will be the means Of
losing representative votes IA the legis-
lature This senseless feud has grown
20 such proportions that It is impossible
for man II aspire 10 be road oversecr
without nrst announcing whether he be-
longs 70 the Bailey or the Curtis fac
ton. The Republicans from this district
who voted Tor ". J. Bailey Tor COVER
nor at Wichita, did so not only because
they were for him. but because they
want 10 settle forever the light between
these men They want TO show that
there is room in the district for both
Curtis and Bailey. The friends Of Con
gresham Curtis who are the friends Of
Bailey see no reason why the congress
man should not so 70 the senate. There
s. but one way 10 make his calling and
election sure. and thar is 10 stop the
fight between the members Of the party
The friends Of Bailey voted for Curtis
81 Hoiton. and showed their wiling
ness 20 drop the quarrel. The friends OF
Curtis should be as magnanimous, nov
that Bailey is a candidate for governor.
Bailey and his friends have made the
FIRST overtUres for peace. II now de-
wolves upon the friends q Curtis 20 sag
whether IL is 10 be peace aud a united
party, or whether II IS TO lie war aud
disrupted organization. These who
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me Sterling Bullet:n SAYS:

The governorship was the great battle.
It was between Bailey and the Leland
faction, on the one hand. and Troutman.
Miller, Enright and Richter on the
other. backed by Senator Burton's infiu-
ence. The friends of all the various can
didates did not line up in the fractional
fight. vet in a general way the lines We're
thus drawn. Bailey's strongest support
ers were in the Seventh district. where
the fight was made in the interest OF
MIR. Long for United States senator. This
district was Bailey's hollow square, and
except for a few breaks. was nearly i'm
pregnable."
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The Topeka Herald: AS Morton Al
baugh. who is to be chairman of the new
Republican state committee, is for Ches-
ter l. Long for United States senator, the
friends of Charles Curtis, also a candi-
date for senator, will ask for the election
of a committee secretary who will be
friendly to that side of the fence. Such
a division was made in the organization
two years ago when Lucien Baker and J.
R. Burton were candidates for the SEN
ate. Albaugh, a Baker man, was made
chairman, and Kelly, a Burton man, was
made secretary. 1t s impossible to tell
how the new committee stands, as 1t
was chosen by judicial districts instead Of
by the convention. Each side claims 10
by three majority. The candidates are
disposed to recommend the election Of
a secretary friendly to Curtis. Three men
are mentioned for secretary
Grimes, j. B. Case and Frank Brown.
Grimes and Case are friendly to Curtis,
while Brown is for Long.
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The Topeka Herald says:
kansas has not witnessed a campaign
for the nomination for governor in many
years so energetically contested as the
one that closed with the nomination q
Mr.. Bailey for governor, at Wichita. The
FIVE gentlemen have carefully canvassed
the state, attending county conventions
and gatherings Of every kind in the past
three months. The people Of the state
have had an opportunity 10 see and be
come acquainted with these different can
didates for governor. The convention was
the largest that ever assembled, and its
decisions must be accepted By the voters
as the will of the majority of the party
ANY of US may have been for Troutman
or Miller. or Richter. or Edright yester-
DAY. but today we are for w J. Bailey,
because he was fairly chosen by the ma
5ority. The earnest and vigorous fight for
supremacy is over. and as loyal Repub-
Hcans We recognize in the nominee a
candidate worthy the support of every
Republican. Mr. Bailey is a strong, able
man who win give the state a careful
and conscientious administration. The
Herald very much wanted to see Mr..
Troutmau head the state ticket for rea-
sons frequently set forth in these col
umns. He was defeated without trick
cry or fraud in tan honorable contest,
and the Herald believes no man will give
Mr.. Bailey more influential support in the
coming campaign than Mr.. Troutman.'
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The Topeka Herald saws:

The Topeka Herald says:
IT would pay Topeka TO steal Dave
Leahy, the night editor of the Wichita
Eagle and make him the chairman Of
the committee on getting things for the
city. Dave is a Democrat. and an Irish
man. but in all other things he is an
electic. He keeps a stock of good ma
ture and pleasant words on hand which is
equal 10 The demands OF any occasion.
II is safe to say that he knew more of -
visitors 10 Wichita this week by name
and sight than any two men in that city.
He does invaluable work for Wichita,
and gets most Of his pay out of the
pleasure Of doing IT,"
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GREATEST N KANSAS
Vic hita Convention Acknow-
lodged to be Record-Breaker
WHAT PAPERS ARE SAYING
Various Side-LightS on the
Big Gathering.
WHAT PAPERS ARE SAYING

Every paper in Kansas is full OF the
Wichita convention, full of reports Of the
action. of conclusions drawn from that
action and of forecasts. Every county,
every district had its troubles, and these
are being explained. The candidates are
being written up. By all newspapers
the convention is designated as the
greatest in the history of Kansas"
Below are some of the expressions, po-
Etical and otherwise:
The Atchison Globe says:
1.-The Globe admires Chester L. Long.
No one connected with the paper has ever
met him, or received a letter from him.
or been interview in his interest by any
one We admire Long because he has
attracted attention in congress on his
merits He seems to be a man of abil-
ity; a man among men. His popularity
Is not due to puffs written by editors
holding postofrices in his district. There
have been only a few really strong men
IN congress from Kansas: ingalls,, Har-
ris and Long are the more recent ex-
amples- Long is entitled to credit; The
Globe is willing TO give any man credit
who deserves it. We admire the Kansas
men who can attract legitimate atten-
tion in Washington. Long has accom-
plished this. The Globe asks nothing
at the hands OF Long or of any other
politician It believes thai the newspa-
per business should be entirely divorced
from politics. The successful newspapers
are those that print the news fairly,
without reference to political prejudices.
When The Globe is unfair, it is because
the editor does not know any better;
his intentions are good. The Globe has
long admired w. J. Bailey because he
&c a creditable man. He is the best man
that has been nominated for governor
or Kansas in many years. His nominal
ZION is a tribute to the quiet worthy
citizens who do not loaf around the To-
peka hotels; to the worthy citizens Of
Kansas who are not whisperers or fxers.
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Topeka Capital: H E. Richter, one of
the defeated candidates for the Repub
lican nomination for governor was at
the Copeland yesterday, mixing up with
the politicians and joking as though moth
ing had happened TO dampen his ardor-
When asked by Capital reporter how he
was feeling. he replied:
Why. ali right. I didn't feel sore or
disappointed even when Bailey was nom
mated. That was all over with me two
months ago, When l started in the race
things looked pretty fine for me. Then
H B. Miller got into the race, and soon
afterward James a. Troutman, and L
was. to use racing term. pOcketed.
When w ]. Bailey got into the race and
the other two men refused to withdraw,
1 knew I was up against it. Bailey was
too popular too strong, to be defeated
in a four-cornered race.
Il realized two months ago that I was
out of it, and ceased making a fight
letting things slide I agreed to stay in
combination with Troutman, Miller and
Enright until after the temporary organi-
cation but I told them The day before
the convention that I would announce
my retirement as soon as it was decided.
hold no resentment whatever against
Troutman and Miller; they had just as
much right TO get into the race as l did.
was simply the victim of circumstances.
There is one thing 1 am proud of,
however, and that is how the state SEN
ators wished to run me for denomination
for lieutenant governor. If I had con-
scented to allow my name TO be used l
would have been renominated. for the
senator's had Pledged me the votes to
turn the trick At one time I nearly de-
cided TO go before the convention for the
nomination but after thinking it over.
I came to the conclusion that it was not
right to back Into race at the expense
Of candidates who had been spending the
money in their fight, and so notified my
friends that I would not accept.
Just before the nominations for lieu
tenant governor were called for I learned
that some Of the senators had fixed up
a scheme TO throw their counties TO me
whether 1 was nominated or not: and so
II was necessary for Congressman Miller
70 so before the convention and announce
positively that I was NOT a candidate and
ask that I be not voted upon. 1 think
played square throughout the fight and
did nothing which would lose me any
friends. ] VIII be in the campaign this
year. as usual. fighting for the whole
ticket. It is good one and strong
one. from top 70 bottom