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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-21

II is rumored that the James E. Full
Ter Co. will establish its wholesale
grocery business in the south side OF
the HILL Wight block while
the Oscar Holway Company will oc-
cupy the upper part Of the building,
over the jewelry store Of A. NJ. Wight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-21

The Fish and Game Commissioners,
Hon. l.. r. Carleton, Hon. Henry o.
Stanley and Hon. E. f.. Ring, held an
texecutive session at the department.
yesterday. and transacted considerable
routine business. They decided the
matter of closing Snow pond to Ice
fishing. which they We're petitioned to
by large numbers of fishermen in that
| section. The decision will be found In
another column OF the Jolrnal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-21
card.

We. the undersigned, do hereby agres
to refund the money on so cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted, Syrup OF Tar II Il
fails to cure your cough or cold We
also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
Bowditch & Webster. Kinsman Pharmacy
F. X. Courtemanche. c. K. Partridge,
Arthur Tetrault, Temple Pharmacy,
John Coughiin. Augusta.
Jackson Bros, Chas. Ward & Co..
J. C. Houlehan, c. II. Beane, =.
octlSd& w6rn0 Gardiner
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-21
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL TuEsDA Y.JANuARY 81 1902

matters as Commissioner Carleton is
known To be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-21

Governor Selden Connor of Au-
gusta. ana Mrs. Julia st. r. Thaxter of
Portland. are the Two latest additions
to the list Of life members of the Maine
State Sanatorium Association. Each
contributed $50 which makes them
members for life. There are now eight
life members In all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-21

The portrait of Governor Hill which
went through the fire in the New
England building at the Buffalo Expo
sition. last fall, has been touched up
by the artist. The Governor was
obliged to give a setting while in Bos-
ton recently, and the artist now writes;
that the portrait Is now as perfect as
before. s....- .s-.
Clerk Russell OF the secretary OF
States office. Ia preparing the copy for
a nomination book to be used In the
election this year. A place is provided
in the book to enter the names and
residences Of alt candidates for State
and county offices and members of the
Legislature. When completed one can
readily find the name of any candi-
date In the bunch with little difficulty
as the classification Is complete ir
every way. @
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

had been suffering from heat prostra-
ton since Tuesday last, died at his
residence on Carlton House Terrace
at $50 o'clock last evening.
Mr. Mackay's condition. as stated on
Saturday, had improved, but the pa
tient had bad night. and yesterday
morning a consultation was held by
three physicians. Mr. Mackay grew
worse as the day passed. He was I'M
conscious most of the time and died
very peacefully. The immediate cause
of death was heart failure. The right
lung was found to be congcsted, and
the sypmtoms indicated pneumonia.
Mrs. Mackay, her mother, and Coun-
tess Telfonor were present when Mr..
Mackay died, and Princess Galatro
COlOnna arrived from Paris a half
hour after her stepfather's death.
Mr.. Mackay was the last surviving
member of the four Bonanza kings,
Flood. OBrien and Fair, the other
three having long since died.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
Many Miles of Fertile Farm Land Cow
cred BY Water.

Keoliuk, Ia, July 21.-EXploration
of the flooded district of the Mississip-
pi river from Keokuk south shows
conditions beyond the appreciation or
realization of any but those of long
experience with the Father of Waters
in its most destructive mood. The
situation Is growing worse hourly
and a great conhagration would not be
more rapidly destructive. There is
not the slightest chance of stopping
this most costly flood in the history of
the great river. People at the river
cities give accounts of losses aggre-
eating many millions of dollars. Hun
dreds of farmers rich ten days ago
are penniless and homeless.
Careful estimates gathered from the
statements Of best informed people in
dicate the loss up to date is about s6-
100000, with every prospect of two
or three millions additional by the rise
above, not yet reaching the lower
stretches of the river. Most of this
loss is on the Missouri side of the
river between Keokuk and Hannibal,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
FEDERAL AID COMING.
Htional Government May 500. TAI.
IA Hand in Promoting Buildiax
Of Good R0ads,

While the good roads movems,.
Ias yielded tangible and practical ra
suits in few states the necessi,.
of federal aid and cooperation in N.
building of state highways has Ion,
been recognized. The fact that e,os
state concerns itself with its Own
rural highways does not DESTROY N.
enterprise, for these highways. 10 h.
of permanent value must not on,,.
reach across state boundary lines IN
many instances but must ultimately
form parts Of a great connected in.
terstate system of country roads,
Its close and vital relation to in.
terstate commerce therefore maks.
the good roads movement a question
of as much national interest as tbs
Improvement of rivers and harbors
for which congress has appropriated
since the establishment Of the gov.
crnmcnt, nearly half billion dollars
II the millions that have been ev.
pended in the Improvement" of nm.
heard-of creeks and bogs to further
the interests of rural congressmen
had been expended in the building n,
interstate country highways the ben.
eft to commerce and to agricutura
would have been far greater.
To secure action that will lead to
the adoption Of definite and prac.
tical national policy in this direction
is the purpose of the bill now perd.
ing in congress, introduced by Repre-.
sentative Beidler. of Ohio. 1t provides
for the assembling of a convention
representing the war department
post Office department, agricultural
department, interior department Of
the federal government. as well as
every state and territory in the
union. As this assembly will natu.
rally be largely composed of good
roads experts it is expected that Il
will be able to formulate Legislative
recommendation TO congress looking
to national aid that will be practica,
and that will form the basis for m.
tional policy upon which the fedora,
government can enter actively
and Observation-Disclosures Record.
Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Wire Fence TeIephOncs.

We have telephone line six miles
long. using wire on fences. To
cross highways we. raise the wire On
poles high enough to serve the pur-
pose. lnsulators must be used, l2o 10
the mile we use, and they cost one cent
each. We have had no trouble with
breafHg of wires by climbing fences
but We post notices along warning
people not to do any damage, Each
farmer inspects the line on his own
farm occasionally, to see that every
thing is all right. We started with
secondhand phones that cost etgA;
dollars each, but now buy new one,
for S12. With new phones and fence
wire it costs about $3.50 to install a
phone in the house, and it will cost
about 80 cents yer for maintenance
We expect to have much more line
by fall.-Farm, Stock and Home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
PLEASURE SEEKERS DROWNED
Excursion Steamer On EIbe Cut In Two
BY Tuq.

Hamburg, July 22.-Between so and
60 lives were lost in collision on the
river Elbe early yesterday morning be-
tween the excursion steamer Primus
and the Hamburg American line tug
Hansa. Early reports made the loss
of life over a hundred, but as the day
advanced missing passengers turned up
and reduced the list to the figures given
above.
The Primus had made an excursion
trip from BuXtehude, province of Han
over, Prussia, and had lS5 passengers
on board. While on the Elbe, between
Bankenez and Ninstettn, the Primus
attempted to cross the river channel
and was rammed by the Hansa. The
tug tore her way clear through the
side of the steamer, almost cutting her
in two. The Primus began to settle,
and the Kansas crew set about to res
cue the painc-striCken passengers OF
the steamer, many Of whom jumped in
to the river rather than go down with
the il-fated steamer. Fifty of the pas
sengers We're hauled aboard The tug by
means of ropes and boat ho0 IS, and for
a time it was thought that tbs number
was all that had been save. Later it
was learned that 70 Others had been
rescued by other craft.
The terrible panic that occurred on
the Primus when the Iian5a struck
her rendered the efforts to save ner
passengers almost useless. Some OF
the survivors furnish graphic descrip'
tions of the awful suddencss of the
disaster According to their story, the
band was playing and many couples
were dancing on deck when the crash
of the collision came like thunder
bolt In the midst of the confusion
the boilers exploded adding to the
horrors of the scene, and many per
sons are said to have been injured by
flying splinters of metal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

was found guilty of the charges by the
court-martial and sentenced to be ad-
monished by the reviewing authority.
The president has so admonished Gen.
eral Smith and retired him under the
law winch provides that officers having
reached the age Of 62 years may be re-
tired at will by the president. Root
supplements, the reprimand OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt in long circular, in
which he explains the conditions which
resulted in the court martial OF General
Smith, and shows that although Smith
issued the kill and burn" order, as a
matter OF fact very few persons were
killed as a result of that order, the cas-
ualties being confined almost wholly to
the II natives killed under Major Wal
ler's direction.
The court sentenced him to be ad-
monished by the reviewing authority,
and the court appended to the sentence
the following explanation: "The court
is thus lenient in view of the rudis-
puted evidence that the accused did
not mean everything that his dneX-
planned language implied; that his
subordinates did not gather such a
meaning; and that the orders were
never executed in such n sense, not
withstandng that a desperate struggle
was being conducted with cruel and
savage foe"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

The up-to-date farmer pays his
debts. Oneiof the debts which he does
not forget is the one he owes to the
soil. He knows that each crop which
the soil yields takes from it some
thing of its fertility, and that. unless
this fertility is returned to the soil, ii
soon can yield only diminishedcr crop
So he is very careful, year by year, 10
pay back to his land that fertility
which the crops have taken from IT.
He will keep his hired help all the
year, and year after year. for the
longer they are fept in his employ the
more valuable tf>y are to him.-Jo'
seenh Carter. in Nhrmers' Voice.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
superintendents Of some Of the com.

superintendents Of some Of the com.
panies say they can. operations will
be resumed at two of the mines In this
region. The Maltby colliery Of the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company is about
ready to resume the mining of coal.
The superintendent says he has 50
men sure. whom he can depend upon
to report for work when the whistle
blows, and that they are nearly all ex-
pert miners. The strike leaders say
II will be impossible for any of the col
lieries to start up, as the miners can
not be obtained. n
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
LAWYER Charaed With Robbery.

Greensburg, Pa, July 22.-The eli
max in the alleged robbery of nearly
$25O,00O in money and bonds from the
venerable Jacob Byers was reached
here last evening, when William S.
Byers, a leading lawyer of the West.
moreland county bar and the Demo
cratic nominee for congress, was ar.
rested on an information containing
three separate charges, larceny by
bailee and two for larceny. The infor'
nation was made and sworn to by
Jacob Byers, the reputed owner of the
lost bonds and money, aged and in
firm, and who has been unable to rise
for several weeks from what is be
lieved to be his deathbed. The bail
bond was fixed at the sum Of $780, 900
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Fatal Head-On Collision.

Rochester, N. Y, July 2l.-A fatal
head.on collision occurred between two
passenger trains on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, near Hope Hospital, this
city, last evening, in which one person
was almost instantly killed and 19
others more or less seriously injured
Both trains were running at a high
rate of speed when they came togeth
.er. An engine and one passenger coach
in one of the trains was thrown from
the track down an embankment and
into the Erie canal, and was complete
ly wrecked; the other engine was de
molished, but remained on the road
bed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
New suraeon General Of Army.

Washington, July 22.--The president
has designated Colonel r. NJ. O'Reilley
TO be surgeon general of the army to
succeed General Forwood, who will re-
tire on September I next. Colonel
O'Reilley will have until January, 1909
TO serve as surgeon general. He was
appointed from Pennsylvania as a med
ical cadet in 1864. He is a graduate of
the medical department of the Uniyer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
DECLINED A JUDGESHIP
Senator McLaurn Refused Appoint.
rert Offered BY President.

mert offered BY President.
Oyster H. l.. l., July 22.-President
Roosevelt ; IN receipt of letter from
Senator J,ln l.. McLaurin, of South
Carolina, d lining the proffered ap-
pointmen' lie vacancy on the bench
of the L. Il States court of claims,
The pres ut, it can be said, much re-
grcts Sen tor McLaurin's decision, as
h believes that McLaurin's senatorial!
perience and his career as attorney
general of South Carolina would have
rendered him a particularly good addi-
tiOn to the court Of claims.
The president now is uncertain what
he will do about Senator McLaurin. II
is understood that he is anxious to ap-
point him to some position in recogni-
tion of what the president regards as
his services to the country and his
demonstrated ability in public life. Sem
ator McLaurin's letter is cOuchcd in the
most positive terms, and evidently was
based in particular upon a newspaper
article which accompanied the letter.
The article stated that the senator had
sold himself for the prospect of getting
such an Office as that offered to him.
1t can be said, however, that the presi-
dent regards such type of accusation
as beneath notice, and sincerely re-
grets that Senator McIaurin should
have deemed it necessary to pay any
attention TO il
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

The Geneva ST ton botanist has
investigated a ca in which pear trees
stored in nurs y cellar were Sc
verely injured r., being thawed too
quickly. The sar | around the roofs
of the trees had become frozen, and 70
facilitate the removal of the trees a
small wood fire WIS built to thaw the
sand. The tops of $4,000 trees were
blackened and killed. Had the trees
been thawed very gradually it is prop
able that no injury would have re-
suited. ii.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
BULLETIN LETTER BOX.
An Excellent Idea for Farmers in
Places Where Rural Free Deliy-
cry Has Been Established.

Now that rural delivery is spread.
ing so rapidly, there is new field for
invention. In driving over the coun.
try one sees funny variety of mail
boxes, and good deal of ingenuity
is displayed. This illustration shows
a good plan of putting up box with
bulletin board at the top. On the
board is the name of the farm, with
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
LETTER BOX WITH BULLETIN.

LE lEh Boh W II II bU Liz IN
a place below where the farmer may
advertise what he wishes to sell. as
for instance: pheasant Hill farm.
White Leghorn hens for sale" The
box is made of galvanized iron, which
renders it weather proof. 1t may or
may not be attached to the bottom
of the sign board. \ brace ATTACHED
to the post at the rear and fastened
to the sign board is necessary where
cattle run at large.-Lee Grover. in
EDitomist.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

"Would YOU" asked the million
aires daughter, marry girl with
red hair?"
NO" replied the poor young man,
"for my heart is possessed by one
with rich auburn tresses. viii you
be mine?"
She threw herself into his arms
and sobbed for joy.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Newspaper to Publish the Bible.

Pana, H., July 22.-The Assumption
Independent, weekly newspaper, an
nounces that it Will begin the publlca-
ton of the Holy Bible this week, COM
mencing with Genesis, and continuing
until the whole is published. Accord
Ing to the plan, it will require so years
to complete the publication.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
PLANNING 70 Work Mines.

( Wilkgsbarre, Pa. July 21.-The ma.
eional convention OF tie miners at In.
hianapois having gone on record, 1t
is believed that the operators will take
aggressive measures this week. If
enough men can be obtained, and the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
The Feminine Trait.

lie (elated)-Then it's bargain;
you will be my wife?
She-Certainly. \ woman is always
looking for bargains, you know.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
TOMIINSON HALL.

ToMINSON HALL.
Where Miners Convention Was HEIDI
A week to aid the striking anthracite
miners. \ few changed We're made In
Mitchelrs plan by the special commit
tee but they relate only to the method
of assessment. The committees report
was as follows:
First-That the national secretary
treasurer OF the United Mine Workers
be authorized to appropriate S50,pOG
from the funds Of the national treas.
,urer for the benefit Of the districts |,
! and 9 anthracite districts.
Second hat all districts and sab.
districts and local unions be asked tC
donate whatever they can afford for
che support of the strike.
Third That an assessment Of 20 per
cent. he lcyiod on earnings Of members
where check system is used and Il;
other mines OF 81 "A man every week
This assessment is not to be made
against members OF union now on
strike. but to commence when strikes
are over
Fourth-The assessments to be paid
direct by the local unions to Secretary
TREASURE Wilson.
Fifth-T'ot - per cent. be deducted
from the salaries of all national dis
trict officers and organizers
Sixth-That the assessment begin
from July Is.
; Seventh - That all contributions
made by the national organization. be
distributed to the anthracite districts
in the ratio shown by the last coal
reports.
Eighth--That each local union he
requested to aid rs far as possible in
securing work for men now on strike
In this connection the good Offices OF
the American Federation of Labor VIII
he requested
Ninth-That an address be su1Ti.
ted to Tie american people.
The salient points Of the address to
the American people are rs follows:
The convention of the United Mine
Workers hereby states the line of ac
non VINE. IT'S Nom ''. ar determined
TO pursH".
The COS! miners Of the country re
coghlze i'' marvellous Industrial pro.
srcsS o' IN" country during the last
decade, '.t 'ur labor has produced the
tourdat!," Tor l.ost of this wealth by
producins .'' coal which has made the
progros possible. But when the min.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Searching For s7o,ooo.oo

San Francisco, July 22.-The schoon-
er Hermann has sailed for the South
Sea, ostensibly on pleasure trip, but
in reality, it is said, in search Of buried
treasure, amounting to s70,000,O00 re-
ported to have been hidden on an
island by the mutinous crew OF Japa-
nese ship. Captain James Brown, a re-
tired mariner Of the Atlantic coast, is
In command Of the Hermann, and is
accompanied by four or five eastern
friends. The little Schooner was fitted
out at an expense of $4,000.
Fatal Collision at Sea Grit N. j.
Sea 'Girt n. J.,tJuty 22.-A collision
occurred here yesterday between pas
senger train ard freight train on the
Central RniiiUad OF New Jersey. Lloyd
Clark engineer of the passenger tra'n
was killed. No one else was hurt.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24

Remember, my dear brethren" said
the minister, that charity covereth
a multitude Of sins. hope you'll be
unusually generous in your offering
this morning."-Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
BIG FUND FOR MINERS
President Mitchell's Plan Adopted
by National Convention.
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR s1,ooo.ooo

Assessment Levied On Members Now
at Work WIN Raise 100000 a Week.
Soft Coal Men Will Violate No Con.
tracts.
Indianapolis, Ind. July 2l.-The ua-
tional convention OF the United Mine
Workers of America adjourned Satur-
day afternoon after unanimously adopt
ing the plan offered by President
Mitchell for raising a fund of 100000
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
oeMGRAL sMiTH GUILTY
Author Of "kili and Burn" Order Re-
tired BY President Roosevelt

, Warrington, July l7.-Secretary
Root brought from Oyster Bag the case
Of General Jacob H. Smith. tried, by
court-martial at Manila on account Of
orders to Major Waller. General Smith
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
Relieved BY Macarthur.

New York, July 22.-Major General
Arthur Macarthur yesterday assumed
COwmand Of the department of the
east, relieving Major General John R.
Brooke. The ceremony took place in
the headquarters building on Cover
nor's Island. General Brooke was pre-
sented with a large silver loving cup
by the officers of his staff.
The troops of the post were paraded
and a double line of sentries was
formed from General Brookes house to
the wharf Down this line he passed,
escorted by all the staff, and the 13
guns of a major generals salute were
fired in his honor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
GENERAL BROOKE RETIRED
Presented With Loving Cup BY
Staff Officers.

Washington, July 22 Major General
John K. Brooke, commander of the
department of the east, having reached
the age limit, was retired from active
service yesterday, and is succeeded by
Major General Adna r. Chaffee, who is
now stationed at Manila, as commander
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-24
JOHN w. MACKAY DEAD

Millionaire Succumbed to Heat Pros.
tration at London Residence.
London, July 2l.-John w. Mackay,
the San Francisco millionaire, who