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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-11

THE REAL ESTATE OF THE LATE
Col. Elias Milliken on Western avenue,
consisting of a three-story house with ell
and stable and all modern conveniences,
situate on a large lot on one Of the mos.
desirable streets In the city, can be pur-
chased on easy terms Apply to Thomas
J. Lynch. attorney-at-law, Augusta.
Maine. iulySdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-11

ONE BANGOR BUGGY IN GOOD
condition. Inquire at IS Grove st. James
w. North. aug19dtf
A SLIGHTLY SUMMER HOME, DE-
lightfully situated in the immediate vi
cinity of the city of Augusta. G. p. Sar-
born, No. So Granite street. aug19dtf
FIRST-CLASS DEEP-WELL FORCE
pump. with piping, etc. G. p. Sanborn,
Ben Venue. aUgf2dtf
A DESIRABLE HOUSE, WITH GOOD
stable attached; water and furnace in the
house; buildings in good repair and well
located. Apply to John w. Chase, at
by, Kennebec Savings Bank July1dtf
HOUSE LOTS FOR SALE ON
Chestnut and Lincoln streets Apply 70
Miss Nellie VI. Stevens. II Western ave
jtIly3 diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-11

Popham Beach at P. NJ. for Boston.
Returning steamers leave Union Wharf
Boston, daily, except Sunday, at p. NJ
for landings on the river. connecting at
Gardiner with steamer Della Collins"
for Hallowell and Augusta.
ALLEN PARTRIDGE, Agent, Augusta
Maine.
C. y. COLE, Agent HalloWell Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-11
BOOTHBAY DIVISION.

Leave Bath daily Except Sunday at
S.35 a.. N. for Westport Junction, Saw
yer's Island, Isle of Springs. Southport,
Mouse, Capitol ana Squirrel Islands,
Spruce Point, Ocean Point and Boothbay
Harbor; connects ut Mouse Island for
Christmas Cove, Heron Island and Pema-
quid
Returning leave Pemaquid al 115 p. NJ,
Boothbay at 80 p. M, making same
landings.
Leave Boothbay IIarbor at rs A. NJ,
landing daily, Sundays excepted at
Squirrel and Mouse Islands, Southport.
RiSgsville. WcstpOrt Junction and West
port; on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri e
days at Five Islands; on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at Isle of
Springs and Sawyer's Is Connections
made with Ocean Point and Capitol Is.
land on this trip.
Returning leave Bath at go p NJ
Leave Bath daily, except Monday at
80 a. NJ. for Wcstport, Westport juno
ton, RiSgsville, McMahan's and Five Is
lands, Southport. Mouse, Capitol and
Squirrel Islands, Ocean Point and Booth.
bay.
Connections made at Bath with steamer
to and from Wiscasset, and points on
Wiscasset, WatervilIe and Pennington
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-11

AT THE WORCESTER INSANE
Hospital female attendants. Apply to
the Superintendent, DR.. II. M. Quimby.
Worcester, Mass. July2ldtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-11
EASTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
KENNEBEc DIVISION.


Monday. Sept.
LIST, 1852, Steamer
Della Collins"
will leave Angus
Ia at 10 Z. NJ,
Hallowell at .,
daily, except Sun
day. connecting
with main lire
steamers, leaving
Gardiner at 3.35,
Richmond at 40,
Bath at 6 and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09

THAT fact is often stranger than
fiction and the mystery in real
life sometimes too deep for even
the keenest detective of the country
to find a solution thereof is strikingly
Illustrated by the Ely-Rogers case, of
Evanston, III. Since the disappear
ance Of Frank Ely Rogers, a boy of
IA years, from his home last July ac-
companied by his aunt, Miss Florence
Ely, the police and detectives of Chi
cago and the country have been IN
tlrlns in their efforts to trace the
couple and return them safely home
10 the sorrowing parents of the boy
ana the aged mother of Miss Ely. Every
clew has been followed up and every
means employed which might possibly
furnish a solution of the mystery or
induce the infatuated aunt and her
young nephew to return to the home
where only loving welcome awaits
them.
MISS Ely, up to last July, had been a
music teacher in Evanston. She is a
handsome gentlewoman of more than
usual intelligence, with large, express
I've dark eyes, dark brown hair and
slender form and q delicate physique.
She is 40 years old. and for 20 years
mas made her home with her sister.
the wife of Mr.. James c. Rogers, as did
her mother, who is heartbroken over
the peculiar conduct of her daughter.
1he family lives on Hinman avenue,
one OF the beautiful residence streets
OF Evanston, only a short distance
from the campus of the Northwestern
university. Mr.. Rogers is connected
with the mercantile firm of Carson.
flrle, Scott & Co., in Chicago, and is
man of ability and some means.
fourteen years ago, when Frank was
born, Miss Ely idolized the baby, and
was as devoted to him as if she had
neen his mother. 1t was her supreme
delight to care for and amuse him, and
as he grew into boyhood her affection
grew to be an infatuation which led
her to forsake all her social duties
and devote her entire time to her
nephew.
On the morning on which they disap-
peared (July 13) it is known that Frank
lett home ostensibly to attend picnic
in the woods near the town, but that he
walked by circuitous route to the
station of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. There he met his aunt, Miss
Ely, who had left a satchel with the
station agent the day before. This
she secured and placed therein the
contents of a box she carried, and
then threw the box away.
Frank" she called to the boy.
The boy turned quickly, took the
satchel from his aunt's hand, and the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09

two walked out of the depot together.
They took a north-bound electric car
which runs from Chicago to Milwau-
kee, and that was the last time thew
were seen in Evanston. On the 29th
OF last December bundle of clotkinr
belonging to Miss Ely and Frank Rog-
e's was found tucked away under the
Central street station Of the Milwau-
kee & St. Paul railroad in North Evans
ton, and where it is now surmised bv
the police that the pair stopped an,
changed their clothing, the boy pos.
sibly Disgusting himself as girl-for
he left his collar behind-and Miss Ely
Transforming herself into an older
and shabbily dressed woman. Since
then dozens of clews have been fol
lowed, but not one has led to relia BILE
trace of the couple.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
FAMOUS NEW YORK WEDDING.
Was the Most Sensational Ever
Performed in That City.

Perhaps the most sensational cere-
mony of marriage that has ever
been performed in New York was the
one known everywhere in the United
States as the Diamond Wedding"
1t was the union of daughter OF
Lieut.. BARTLETT, of the United States
navy, to 4 Cuban gentleman of great
wealth, Don Estaban Santa Cruz de
Oviedo, says Ladies' Home Journal.
AS generous as he was opulent, Owl
edo lavished upon the bride more
than 100000 worth of pearls and
diamonds. The nnptial rites were
solemnized by Archbishop Hughes.
Stedman commemorated the event
in q poem, and moralists pointed to
it as an extraordinary instance of
the evils of splendor and luxury that
were corrupting American society.
So great was the curiosity to witness
this wedding that probably for the
first time on such an occasion cards
of admission were issued to the
church. A squad of policemen was
required simply to protect the bride
and groom from strangers who
rushed after them. The magnificent
nuptials, it may be remarked, had a
melancholy sequel; the bridegroom
soon died; his widow, under the Span
ish laws, was entitled only to the
right of dover, and all the gifts
which he had showered upon her
were taken away from her on the
ground that legally they were heir
looms
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09

A woman and a boy answering the de-
scrlption were living in that town. but
are now proved not to be the Evanston
runaways.
Hoping against hope and with the
heartbreaking sorrow crushing their
hearts, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers early last
December inserted an advertisement
in the newspapers calling upon the
missing boy and his aunt to come home
for Christmas and all would be for
given. All day Christmas they watched
for the return of the fugitives, and
during the night a lamp was kept burn
ing brightly in the window of the home
on Human avenue to welcome their
return. The family felt sure that they
would come, but they were doomed
to disappointment
AS last effort to reach the missing
couple or secure information regard
ing them, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers have
resorted to the chain letter scheme.
Here is their plea for help:
Dear Frterd-Win you kindly help
heartbroken father ard two mothers
in an effort to tiCd their loved ones by
writing three copies of this letter ard send
ing them over your own signature, to
three friends, making the same request OF
them, and SO on. forming an endless chain
Miss Florence A. Ely ard nephew. Frank
Ely Rogers, disappeared from their home.
713 Human avenue. Evanston. Ill, July
i, 1901 Nothing has been heard of them
since.
Miss Ely is 10 years Of age. about Eve
feet three inches in height, very thin and
weighs frou, 80 to 1G0 pounds; face rather
long and very expressive: dark brown
hair: large dark brown eyes, with an In
tense expression. are her most noticeable
feature; good music teacher: attractive to
children.
Frank E. Rogers will be II years Of ago
in March. 1902 Height about five feet Two
inches: weight about 50 pounds; medium
brown hair. gray blue eyes. long. slender
hands. IS left handed, writes with either
right or LEFT: draws Well. always using left
hand. Only love and glad welcome await
them both. A large reward will be cheer
fully given for information leading direct
ly to the restoration Of either or both
Printed letters with pictures will be sen,
upon request Send ali informat ton 70
JAMES c. ROGERS.
71c Human avenue, Evanston, III!
AS these letters, by the aid of SYM
pathetic and kind people, go broad
cast over the country in ever widening
circle and reach perhaps every nook
and corner of the United States, the
result sought for may be attained and
a mystery cleared up which in some
respects is one of the most pulling
ever coming to the notice of the po-
lice. If Frank Rogers and Miss Ely are
alive. how has it been possible to elude
the shrewdest detectives of the coun-
try? If dead, what has become Of their
! bodies and why have they not been
discovered? If they have left the coun-
try, where have they secured the
means for so long an absence and SO
extended trip? These are some Of
the questions one is led to ask in con-
sidering the case, and which may never
be answered this side the grave.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
A DISAPPOINTED DARBY.
His Watermelon Proved to Be Urine
and There Was a Terrible
Transformation.

/ stood one Saturday afternoon on
the porch of Luray (Va.) hotel, and
saw file past hundred or more dar-
kies, returning from work. each and
every one of them carrying water
million" under his arm. They had
been paid Off, and a convenient farm
wagon loaded with melons happened
to pass as they filed along and the
darkies all bought, relates writer
in Forest and Stream.
One young buck, after hugging
that melon for several blocks, lust
couldn't stand it no longer" and
without ado sat down upon the curb,
and in the absence of a jackknife he
deity tapped the melon against the
edge of the curb until it broke asun-
der. Mansfield, in Transforming his
Jekyl face into that of Hyde upon
the stage, never equaled the lightning
change of countenance exhibited BY
that darby. One moment his eyes
oulged, his mouth distorted, his teeth
glistened, and his face fairly glowed
with pleasurable expectancy, and in
the twinkling of an eye, when the
parted halves of that unripe and
white-seeded melon fell from his pal
sled hands, his eyes contracted to
mere Sits, showing an angry, snake
like red, his face became of an ashen
hue-cau it pale, if you willard
through his slightly parted lips like
a devil incarnate. he Kissed out i'm
precation after imprecation upon the
farmer, showing the fact clearly
that the disappointed one was a past
grand master in the art of profanity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
POST CHECK MONEY.
A New Suggestion for the Easy and
Safe Transmission OF Currency
Through the Mnilx.

A cIear-headed business man has put
! his practical mind to work and evolved
sensible plan for postal currency
| which has been embodied in the Nc
| Mlllan-Gardner bill now before con-
gress. 1t seems to be altogether the
| pest suggestion yet put forth for Sc
curing safe and convenient method
OF sending money through the mail.
In brief, it is proposed to reissue all
one, two nd fve-dollar treasury notes,
coin or silver certificates now in circu-
latlon and have the faces of the new
| bills provided with blank lines This
would be the ordinary money of the
Gay. When one wishes to send money
by mail, say $500, he takes such a bill
from his pocketbook, writes on it's face
the name Of the person or firm to whom
1t is to so, the city and state, fixes and
cancels two-cent stamp in the square
indicated (one-cent stamp for frac-
tlonal bills), and signs his name on the
| back The bill which previously was
negotiable money now becomes per-
sonal check on the United States gov
ernment for $500, as safe for trans
mission as any bank check. It is en-
closed in letter to the person or firm
desired and is collected by the receiver
upon identification at the post office
named. new bill being given for the
! old one.
The scheme would be of great benefit
| to farmers, business men and publish
ers: ladies would appreciate it's con-
venlence. Business houses now receive
large quantities of postage stamps
| through the mails. One Chicago pub
Usher reports the receipt of $3.50 900 in
stamps in one year, nearly $1,000 per
day. Others have this same experience
on smaller scale. With post check
| money this nuisance is avoided as we'll
as the tiresome and Understanding
trip to the post Office to secure money
order; convenient. safe and instantly
available form of money is supplied
with which the public can safely
transact mail business which now ae-
gregated IL small sums upwards of two
billion dollars year. The small fee
charged would probably aggregate
AGA Soi AeFSuuc u Tie government IMAM
IS received from the present money or
der system. The continual retirement
and re-issuing of these bills would in
sure clean money and keep the circula-
ton at par.
The financial policy Of the govern
ment is not disturbed, the only change
being in the form OF printing upon the
bills. The inventor offers the govern
ment his patent free of cost upon adop-
ton. The acceptance Of this system
would be fastened if all who desire it
would write their senators and repre-
sentatives in Washington urging its
adoption.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
News In Brief.

An unknown man over 50 years of
age was found dead by the North
western tracks at Stockton at mid
night Saturday. A cash was in the
skull and the legs were crushed. He
was dressed as laborer.
Fire damaged the Hotel Tedford S.
600 worth at Cass Lake.
The First Minnesota infantry will
hold its annual reunion in St. Paul
this year, probably during the third
week in June. The program includes
a steamboat trip to Fort Smelling, a
banquet and a visit to the theater.
it Complaints are coming in to the
office OF the state dairy and food COM
mission about co1oringt matter in
sausage In the cheaper grades that
are shipped in, there are not only
borax and other preservatiyes, but
dyes to give the meat a bright, fresh
appearance.
Arthur Joyce, son of Col. Frank NJ.
Joyce of Minneapolis, has received an
appointment to the naval academy at
Annapolis. It was made at the re-
quest of Congressman Fletcher. The
fortunate young man is Is years old.
and . freshman in the university en-
cheering class s.. 81 zS5- @s.s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09

Several times the couple have been
reported as being in Chicago Balm
Winger, of Evanston, declares that he
one day saw Frank Rogers sitting in
window of LIE Grand hotel, Chicago,
but when the police whom he notified
arrived, the boy had gone. At other
hotels and restaurants the couple have
been partially identified. but have al
ways eluded capture. They are be-
ieved to have spent some time at Wan
kegan, q summer resort. The latest
clew, from Casselton, N. D., appears
more hopeful than any of the others.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
A CASE OF PROVIDENCE.
Jones Had Everything Fixed All
Right So There Was No Blame
Coming to Him.

Il have heard more or less about
the ways of Providence" said De-
troiter who was in reflective mood
the other day, relates the Free Press,
land can cite what looks like fair
instance of it. I was in the western
part of the state this last winter.
and business took me out to q farm
where a portable steam engine was
saving wood Things were running
at high pressure, with half a dozen
men at work, and I sat down on a
log with my man to talk business. An
engineer might have noticed by the
hiss of the steam that the water in
the boiler of the engine was low, but
of course had no suspicious. had
been talking for perhaps ten min
utes when 4 big rat ran out from
under pile of wood and made for
the barn. Some one raised a veil,
and we all jumped up and grabbed
clubs and started after the rodent.
The snow was deep enough to bother
him, and we overlook him about 200
feet from the engine. We were in
circle and whacking at him when
there was roar like a cannon and
every man was knocked fat The
boiler had burst, and if we had kept
our places not 4 man of US would
have escaped death. AS it was, no
one was even hurt. A justice of the
peace came along just then and said
he thought he'd better hold an in
quest.
AS no one has been killed, what's
the use of an inquest?' was asked.
Ito fix the blame for the BURST
up he replied.
But how are you going to do it?'
You'll see. Now, then, Jones, you
was running the engine:'
"I was
80 You know all about engines and
boilers?'
~ do
Steam wasn't too high nor water
too low in this case?'
"'No, sir
Everything just as it should be
when she took bust, and you can
swear to it?'
Yes, sir
"tAll right. When a biler busts
either Jones or Providence is to
blame for it, and as Jones has
cleared himself there's nothing to do
but to lay it on to Providence and be
burned glad it was no worse!'"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
Dummy weapons for omc~

The new war office regulations will
lay down that an officer is still to
carry a revolver in his belt, but is
also to be equipped with carbine.
Some wiseacre has induced the au-
thorities to add that no carbine am
munition whatever is to be allowed.
The carbine is to be merely dummy
weapon, the idea being to make the
officer as little distinguishable from
his men as possible, but at the same
time to prevent him from yielding to
the temptation to shoot when he
should be looking after his men,
Allahabad Pioneer
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
Cheese Factories.

Eight new cheese factories will be
opened in various parts Of Minnesota
during the coming spring months, as
result of the agitation started among
the farmers of the state by the dairy
and food department to secure better
utilization of Minnesota's resources as
cheese producing state.
The larger factories will be estab-
lished at lie Sueur, st. Thomas, Dodge
Center and Cannon Falls Dodge coun-
ty is now the banner county of the
state for cheese production
Another favorable indication for the
Minnesota cheese industry was the
winning of the first prize at the Mil
waukee cheese contest by Minnesota
cheese maker. Wisconsin has within
her borders about 500 cheese factories
and has always prided herself upon
the quality of her output, but, as in
the case of butter, Minnesota has
proved that she can turn out as good.
If not a better, product. The Mime
sofa full cream cheese compared favor
ably, it is said, with the best made in
the country, and our present factories
turn out good quality OF cheddar and
brick as we'll
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
Was Better on Without H.

Hewitt-Gruet is a very polite fell
low. asked him if he would have a
cigar, and he said he would. I found
didn't have one, but he thanked me
just the same
Jewett-He ought to have thanked
you ore.-Jadge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
The Neglected Husband.

"What makes you so blue?" asked
the first new woman at the club.
'My father-in-law has come to stay
with u.s." replied the other, land John
and he sit at their knitting all day
and cry about my treatment of John"
Catholic Standard.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
Manufactures.

LABOR Commissioner O'Donneu is
sued statement taken from the 1900
census report and the manufacturing
statistics gathered in Minnesota for
that year. A comparison is made with
similar figures for 1890, showing the
growth in manufactures for the decade.
The statement shows that while the
population increased 1873 per cent in
the ten years, and the number of man
ufacturing establishments increased
4s.1 per cent, the number of wage
earners in factories increased only 10. :
per cent. This is attributed to the
vast immigration into farm lands. The
number of wage earners in 1890 was
SO. 100, and in 1900 it was 1924. The
number of establishments was II ia.
OF the total employed in 1900, there
were 1889 men, e,553 women and 792
children.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09

The japanese parliament has amcng
its members $50 farmers, % barristerz,
six editors, three doctors, 26 mech.1p
les, and &c without fixed profession.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
His Head Knocked on.

When Engineer Richar,t Gray pulled
the Burlington's Chicago train into the
union station at Minneapolis he found
his fireman, Fred Busacker, stone dead,
with the top of his head knocked off.
Investigation showed that .Busacker
was killed as the train went onto the
University railroad bridge The bridge
supports were spattered with blood.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09

Any man can teach wisdom; few are
able to learn it.-Chicago Journal
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
Royal Arcanum.

and installed at the 12th annual meet
ing Of the Minnesota Grand Council of
Royal Arcanum, held in Minneapolis,
are as follows: Grand regent, Willard
l.. Constock, Mankato; grand vice re-
gent, James Craig, Merriam Park;
grand orator, F. L. Palmer, Minneap-
oils; grand secretary, George T. Hughes,
Duluth; grand treasurer. r. D. Cone,
Minneapolis; grand chaplain, e. G.
Cooper, St. Paul; grand guide, R. Plank,
Minneapolis; grand warden, NJ. J. Null
lin, Duluth; grand sentry, D. c. Arm
strong, Albert Lea; grand trustee for
three years, James J. Regain, St, Paul;
finance committee, W. w. McFarlane,
h. l.. Hunter, L. l.. Sanford; commit
tee on laws, f. w. Cooley, Harry Liv-
lngston, D. f. McNaught; representa-
tlves to supreme council, 81. c. Gilbert,
r. B. Mckinney; alternates, George
T. Hughes, F. J. Meyst.
Reports of the grand officers showed
the state membership 10 be 500. net
gain of II per cent for the calendar
year 1901. The constitution was
amended so as to change the date for
the annual meeting to the fourth Tues
day in April, instead Of March. Me-
MORALS were adopted and short adj
dresses made upon the deaths of w. !.
Footner, the first grand regent of Min
nesota, and Past Regent R. L. Still
man, life member of the grand couu-