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Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-07

Hon. Edward Wiggin of the educa-
tiOnal department has returned to his
desk after an illness which confined
him to his room for number Of days.
He deeply regrets that because of this
illness he could not attend the funeral
of his lamented friend, the late Hon.
Sumner J. Chadbourne. The friendship
between these two gentlemen was
formed many years ago and always
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-07
STATE HOUSE.
Gov. Hill Expresses Himself
Concerning Coal Situation.
Thinks President Roosevelt Intensely
in Earnest to Settle Strike.
Revolutionary War Relics to ee Placed
in Front Of Capitol.

Yesterday Gov. Hill received tele-
grams from two newspapers, one in
New York and the other in JOhnstOwn,
Fehn., asking him what he would do if
ne We're governor of Pennsylvania re-
SardIng the settlement of the coal
strike. The Johnstown paper asked
MIN if he could commend the PROPOSE
ton to tax the operators for failure to
operate the mines. The Governor an
swered both kilograms by saying that
he was not sufficiently informed re-
garding the laws of Pennsylvania gov
erning the conduct of the mines to
form correct judgment as to what
could be done in the matter. He had
no doubt, however, that Gov. Stone
was doing and would do all he possi-
bly, could to bring about a settlement
of the dispute between the operators
and the miners.
Gov. Hill was in Washington. last
week, and had an interview with Presi-
dent Roosevelt i'm regard to the coal
situation, especially as to the condi-
ton of the supply in Maine
The President is deeply interested
in bringing about settlement of the
strike" said Gov. Hill, yesterday, "and
cSiNNC hC Will IIIu Il way 10 ac-
complish it. When l saw him on
Wednesday, the day he sent the invita-
tions to the operators and to President
Mitchell to meet him on Friday, he was
anxious to obtain all the information
possible concerning the condition here
in Maine. 1 told him l did not think
the people of our State would suffer
quite so much from the coal famine as
those of some of the larger states, and
l suggested that Maine had a large
amount of wood that could be utilized
for heating purposes. OF course the
use of wood will make it little less
convenient for househOlders than will
the use of coal. but l told the President
l did not think that any great amount
of hardship would prevail among our
people.
President Roosevelt is intensely in
earnest in his desire to secure the re-
sumption of operations in the coal
mines, and l do not believe he will
cease his endeavors looking to this
end until every resource at his COM
mand is exhausted. He is so thorough
ly honest there is little fear that he
will hesitate to exercise his powers
regardless of whom it may strike"
Hon. Edward Wiggin of the educa-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
A QUESTION OF FOOD.
The Most Serious Obstacle in the Way
of Reaching the North
Pole.

DR.. Frederick A. Cook, of Brook
Ign, who was with Lieut.. Peary on
one of his arctic trips and with The
Belgica expedition to the south pole
as chief surgeon, expresses the opin-
ion that Peary's latest endeavor was
by no means a failure and that tho
explorer has added material to the
annals of science which will be found
invaluable, in fact, more valuable
than the actual discovery of the pole
itself"
"All this talk about the terrible
dangers to be met before reaching
the pole is sheer rot" continued DR..
Cook. "A man, all things taken into
account, is just as safe on the arctic
ice fields as he is in New York
There are no fever germs there, no
contagious diseases, no miasmatic
swamps, no sewer gas, no decaying
vegetables, no rotting rags. Every
thing is on ice. There is no danger
in traversing the ice fields, nor from
the cold, which is not so severe as
the cut of the saline blasts on the
Atlantic sea coasts"
1T IS the food question" he added.
"that was the cul de sac that closes
up the way to the pole. When this
problem is solved reaching the pole
will be quite simple undertaking"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
RETURNING TO INCINERATION.
Cremation becoming General LIN
Civilized Countries.

Recent statistics show that there
Ms constant and growing tendency
to return to the custom of cremation,
that prevailed throughout the civil
ized world before the Christian era,
excepting among the Egyptians, Chi
nese and Hebrews. The disposition
of the human dead by incineration
has beer meeting with more and
more favor, that has in no wise been
retarded since the first cremation So
|ciety was formed, in London, in 1874.
That same year a crematory was
erected in Milan, and two years
afterwards one was built in Lodi,
Italy. In two years more there was
one in Gotha, Germany, and after
wards they began 10 appear in all
lands. The first one in this country
was erected in Washington, Pa, in
1888, and the one in Fresh Pond, l..
l., came two years afterwards. In
this latter eight bodies were cremat-
ed the first year and 76 in the sec
ond year. In 1900 the total had
passed the 600 mark, and during the
last year it reached 654. There are
now 26 crematories in the United
States. In the year that New York's
first crematory was opened only 46
bodies were cremated in the entire
country, while last year the number
was 2,645.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
A CONVICT IN PRISON.
Daily Routine OF Life i'm a Dungeon
Gel! Described by One Who
Knows.

If I had little work to do in prison,
how did I spend the time? At Auburn,
where l lived the greater part of my
first term, says the Autobiography of
a Thief, in Leslie's Monthly, the rou-
tine of my life was as follows: After
rising in the morning ! would sweep
out my cell, turn up my bed and blank
cts and clean up. Then to breakfast;
then. if there was no work to do,
would go back to my cell and eat a
small portion of opium. Then would
exercise with dumbbells and take a
sponge bath with cold water. Next
would come a nap till dinner time.
After dinner | would read and think in
nv cell until three o'clock, when !
would go to the bucket ground or ex
ercise in the yard, in the lock-step with
the others. for half an hour. Then
back to the cell, taking with me bread
and a cup of coffee made out of burnt
bread-crust for my supper. The count
was made at six o'clock to see that
all was right for the night. After that
read in my cell as long as the oil
lasted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
CAN ESTABLISH ALASKA LINE
Greek Cat a. ollie Priest Who Has VAL
liable Docum nts on boundary
Dispute.

Father Anatoly, of the Greek Cath
Ollie church of Minneapolis. Mimi, adj
mitted that he was in possession Of &c
clesiastic documents tending to con-
firm the American claims to the rich
gold bearing territory in the far north
west which has been in dispute be
tween the United States and Great
Britain for years. These papers con
sist chiefly of reprints and surveys
authorized by the Russian govern
ment when Alaska was in the cars
domain. Father Anatoly was sent to
Alaska by the Greek church in 1897,
and he remained there four years.
II was on account OF his position in
the church that he was enabled to
secure documents that promise ma:
terially to aid the American govern.
ment in proving its Alaskan claims
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09

A physician, talking to reporter of
a New York paper, asserted recently
that govt is, rapidly increasing in that
city, as disease prevalent among the
wealthy classes the increase being al
together out of proportion to the
growth of population. He claims that
this is largely attributable to the in
crease in clubs, fashionable restau-
rants, and cafes, and also to the gener-
al use of cabs, even when the distance
from the club to the home is only few
blocks. IF people would take more ac-
tive exercise in the open air, they
would run less risk from heavy meals.
He says that rich foods are more re-
sponsible for govt than wine, although
practically the two usually go To
gether.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
PUZZLE THE WOMEN.
lative Affairs Are BewilderinE
to Women Visitors

Two ladies from Massachusetts
were in the senate gallery one day re-
Gently when their escort, who was
showing them various objects of in
terest, pointed out the desks of Sena-
tors Hoar and Lodge, says the Wash
ington Star.
THE desks, you see," said the i'm
promptu guide, "are next to each
other"
"Oh," exclaimd one of the ladies', 81
know now what it means when 1t Is
said that senator's are paired"
Stories of the mistakes which wom-
en- make concerning public matters are
always current at the capitol The
other day an eastern congressman re-
ceived a letter from lady in his dis
trict who asked him to look after her
nephew. "He is a secretary in the cab
met or something of the Sort" wrote
the lady, and the congressman finally
found him acting as clerk to a very
subordinate official in the treasury de-
partment. The capitol guides tell the
story of the woman who, when told the
vice president presided over the senate,
said that she always wanted to see
Bryan.
"But Bryan is not vice president"
explained the guide.
81 thought he was" replied the lady,
"becausc he got almost as many votes
as Mckinley"
And there is still another story Of
the woman visitor to the capitol who
asked the name of the secretary OF
state.
"Mr. Hay" was the reply.
"Mr. Hay?" queried the woman, in
surprise. THAT can't be, because Mr..
Hay is a member of the cabinet!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
AFTER TOBACCO FILLER.
Secretary Wilson Endeavoring to ID e.
velop Fine Quality of Weed In
This Country.

"What may be considered an impor-
tapt step in agriculture is the develop
ment of fine tobacco filler" said Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson. "Sev-
eral years ago the deprament began
its work in the tobacco industry by en-
deavoring to develop wrapper tobac-
co of the finest quality. At the Paris
exposition this wrapper tobacco took
the gold medal on account of its fine,
silky quality and light weight. We
showed 25 leaves to the pound more
than any other wrapper tobacco pro-
duced.
SIT is just as well that our filler ex-
periments are developing rapidly, as
the department experiences great diff
ficulty in keeping it's experts in this
line. Just as soon as the wrapper to-
bacco had been developed commerce
bid so high for the departments ex-
perts who had developed 1t that they
Immediately left the government serv-
ice. This undoubtedly will be the case
also in the filler line.
"We are making these experiments
in Ohio and Texas. In the development
of filler tobacco attention only is paid
to the aroma. This aroma is often
found in Havana tobacco, but not al
ways. The people of the Caribbean sea
follow the tobacco industry exactly
as their grandfathers did. They know
what was done to the crop then, and
they do the same now. However, the
raising of single crop year after year
on the same land is bound to result in
the deterioration of that crop. This is
the explanation of why the quality Of
Havana tobacco does not run equally,
and why much of it has deteriorated
within the last few years"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
WOMAN CATCHES SHARK.
Jumps Into the Sea After 1t and Has
n MOst Exciting Strug-
gle,

While Mrs. NJ. Foley, Of Bristol.
Conn, summer visitor at Wood
mont, was fishing for snapper blues
in small boat off Charles Island,
she caught shark. There were sew
eral other women in the boat. All
the women wore bathing suits.
Mrs. Foley felt strong tug at
her line. The fish pulled so hard
that she could not hold it, and, see-
ing that she would be obliged to let
go If she remained in the boat, she
retained a hold on her pole and
jumped overheard. She is an expert
swimmer and had no fear when she
went into the water. Her friends
quickly pulled on the anchor of their
boat and started to row to her res
cue.
When they caught up with her
other hands seized the pole and,
after an exciting struggle, a shark
about four feet long was landed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
THE NATIONS PROGRESS.
A s. atement of What Has Been Ac-
complished During the Last
Quarter of Century.

The wonderful progress of the Unit
ed States in the last quarter century
was the theme of an address delivered
by o. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of
statistics, before a meeting of the
Manufacturers association at New
York. From fourth expectation ma
ton in 1870, he said the United States
has climbed up until it now leads the
world.
"The chief question of interest in
relation to our foreign commerce"
Mr.. Austin said, "is not so much the
rela tive rank of the United States as an
exporter, but whether the demand of
the world for her products is likely to
continue, and thus the high standard
Of our export trade be maintained"
He expressed the opinion that there
is no reason to believe that the worlds
demand upon the United States is like
ly to be reduced. The chief require
ments of the world are food, clothing,
heat, light and manufactures, and all
of these the United States is now the
worlds greatest producer and is like
ly to so continue.
Combinations or concerted move
ments for the exclusion of American
products from the worlds markets
seem, in Mr.. Austin's opinion, improb-
able. The exclusion from the great
markets Of the world of the products
of a country which supplies so large
a proportion of the consumption of
those markets would, he said, have the
effect of advancing prices of those ar
ticles in other parts Of the world, and
thus the effort to exclude American
products would compel the nation ex-
Guiding them to pay higher prices for
those products when obtained else
where.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
ABANDONS FINE MANSION.
Bishop POtter's Bride to Present an
Elegant Home to New York
Charity.

1t Is reported that Mrs. Alfred Cor
ming Clark, who is engaged to marry
Bishop Henry c. Potter, purposes
aband oning her magnificent New York
mansion at Riverside drive and
Eighty-ninth street, New York city,
and will give the house to some char
ity, to be designated by the bishop.
For the last few weeks the bishop
has been visiting Mrs. Clark at her
summer home, Fernleigh, on the
shores of Otsego lake, and there, it is
said, they have been planning for the
disposition of their town and country
houses, when the union shall have
combined the two valuable estates.
The suggestion that the Riverside
drive house be devoted to one of the
bishops many charities gave the final
impulse to Mrs. Clark's preferences,
and thus the choice was made. After
her marriage to the bishop she will go
to Washington square to live.
Mrs. Clark's mansion on the River
side drive was completed only about
two years ago. 1t is one of the most
striking residences on that beautiful
thoroughfare.
One reason for Mrs. Clark's desire to
give up the house is said to be that she
is disappointed in its appearance. An
other reason is attributed to the sol
diers' and sailors monument that has
been erected in Riverside park. just
across the drive from the mansion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
IMPORTANCE OF WASHINGTON.
A. London Journals Opinion of the
Capital City az n DiplO-
matic Post

There Is a new. factor in European
politics; it is America. More par
ticularly is this new factor import
ant in the calculations of the British
empire. The development of the
United States has shifted-for Great
Britain, csrtainly-the diplomatic
center from Paris to Washington,
but our government altogether ig-
Hores the altered situation, says the
London Truth The following table
of salaries paid to our diplomatic
representatives is instructive: The
British ambassador at Paris receives
10000; at Berlin, Constantinople and
Vienna, $4,000; at St Petersburg,
e7,SO0; at Rome, $1,000; at WASH
ington, G6,50O. Apart from other
considerations, it is, therefore OBJ
vious that Paris is regarded by our
diplomatists as the prize of the ser
vice, while Washington is low rung
in the ambassadorial ladder. But
the United States send their best
men to represent them in London.
and London is the appointment
which those men most value. 1t is
time for us to remove from our
minds the lingering impression that
America is "A rebellious British col
ony-a vulgar Anglo-SaXon suburb.
The United States is now a great
country, the most important foreign
element that Great Britain has to
deal with Washington, must, there
fore, be made the principal post in
our diplomatic service, and to do
that the salary must be considerably
raised, even if at the expense of the
other frst-class appointments. 1t
would be pitiful blunder to appoint
new ambassador to succeed Lord
Pauncefote on the old lines, to wit.
as Il representative to the last i'm
portant embassy but Madrid!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
CUPID AT WORK IN SCHOOL.
Eight Fair Teachers in an Eastern
City Learn Lessons UnGsr
Cupid.

Cupid has played pranks with the
public schools at Millville, n. j., dur
ing the summer recess. 1t may be all
due to the era Of prosperity that seems
to be sweeping joyfully over this sec
ton of the earth. or il may be due to
the pleasant weather of the past sum
mer, but certainly matrimony has
taken deep root upon the corps of
teachers of the schools. When the
board of education met the other night
it was confronted with the resigna-
tions of no less than eight of the young
women who have been teaching the
young idea how to shoot, but who have
evidently been learning lessons of
their own during the holidays.
The members of the board had no
hesitation in saying that while they
were sorry for the scools they were
very very glad for the teachers, and
they at once placed on the regular list
n sufficient number of supernumera-
ries to fill the vacancies caused by Dan
CuDid
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
FAVORED BY ROOT.
Secretary of War Approves Findings
In support of Disappearing
Gun Carriages.

Secretary Root has approved the
findings and recommendations of the
board appointed to conduct tests
and report upon the value of disap-
pearing gun carriages for seacoast
defenses. The board is unanimous
in recommending the continuance of
the manufacture of disappearing gun
carriages for S-inch, 10-inch and 12-
inch guns, without regard to high
or low sites. 1t recommends that no
more Ginch guns be mounted on dis
appearing carriages, as the develop
ment Of rapid-fre 6-inch guns has
made IL essential that they should be
mounted on barbette carriages. In
conclusion the board says: 1.-THE
board desires to record it's opinion
that The general mechanical princi-
pies involved in the chief elements
and movements of the Burlington
Crozier disappearing carriage are adj
mirably adapted to their purpose
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
BEGINNING OF OSTRICH FARIdS
ON es tfcatfoa of the Great Birds
Was First Undertaken by Cape
Colony Farmers.

Fifty years ago, the domestication
I the ostrich was an idea secuted by
host of the biologists who had given
inc and thought to the subject. The
Dung, it was believed, could not be
hised in state of captivity. The
reat demand for ostrich feathers
vas then met by hunting and killing
rid birds, and there were indications
hat the species would soon become ex-
net. But in the early sixties, .
French scientist named Gosse issued a
pamphlet in which he argued that the
|omestication of the ostrich was feas-
BILE and practica BILE, and not long after
yards brood of ostriches was reared
b the city of Algiers, says Success.
BOSSES pamphlet and news of the ex-
pertinent in Algiers became familiar
10 two farmers in Cape Colony, who
determined to undertake the domesti-
Fation of ostriches in South Africa. Be-
ginning with two birds, which they
taught and placed in an Enclosure, in
b twelvemonth they had brood OF
30, which marked the birth of a new
industry which has played potential
part in the development and commerce
bf vast region. Large tracts of land
in South Africa, which could not be
Profitably used for any other purpose,
hre now devoted to this business, and
feathers to the value of $6,000,000,
from nearly 400, 900 domesticated birds,
are now annually sent abroad from
Cane Colony,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
Mug I'm SlherIn

For many years Russia has been de-
porting to Siberia its men of the most
active intellect and turning them loose
in new country to make livelihood
for themselves and for their families.
1t is not strange, then, to note that
universities and museums are spring
ing up in Russia's eastern possessions
nor that many Of the men Of science
and teachers on the staff are exiles.
There is scarcely town of 10000 in
habitants in all Siberia but has public
museum, under the care of a learned
and competent curator.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
NEW CABLE FOR PACIFIC.
steamer Sails from England to Lay
the Strand Between United
States and Hawaii.

The submarine telegraph cable
which is to join the United States
and Hawaii, as the first link in the
system to the Philippines, has been
completed and placed on board the
cable steamer Silvertown, which
sailed for San Francisco, whence the
vessel will Immediately begin laying
the cable to Honolulu. The Silver
town is expected to reach San Fran
cisco early in December. The cable
is wound around three enormous
spools, each 80 feet in diameter. Its
total length is 2,413 miles. The
strands are one to three inches
thick The total weight of the cable
is 10000 tons.
Vice President Ward, of the Com
mercial Pacific Cable company, said
to a representative of the press:
1.-THE shipment of the cables give
the assurance that the United States
may look forward to being in tele-
graphic communication with Homo
lulu by the end of this year. The
manufacture of the remaining three
sections to the Philippines is pro-
ceeding at the rate of so miles day,
and I am confident they will be fin
ished by March and laid during next
summer. Two cable steamers, the
Colonia and the Anglia, will lay the
line beyond Hawaii. l would like to
see the entire project consummated
nv newt Fourth of JuIv
Pending the arrival of the Silver
town work will be pushed on the
underground cable approaches at San
Francisco and Honolulu, each seven
miles long. 1t will take the Silver
town two weeks to unwind her
spools between San Francisco and
Honolulu. The service will begin i'm
mediately thereafter"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
TO PHOTOGRAPH POLAR SEA.
Scottish ScientistA to Use Cameras
In the Arctic by Means
of Kites

The Scottish National Antarctic
association. under the leadership of
William S. Bruce, director of the
laboratory of marine zoology, Edin.
burgh, has completed arrangements
to sail for the antarctic regions on
the auxiliary screw steamer Scotia
early IL October. The ship is SPLEEN
didly equipped and has several novel
features, including an apparatus for
taking bird's-eye views from kites,
moving picture machines for obtain
ing records of the movements of
south sea organisms and 5000 faith
oms OF cable. with the object of
sounding the ocean where Sir James
Ross failed to find bottom with 1000
fathomS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-10-09
BEAR BONES IN TREE.
Animal Lodged There Years Ago
While I'm Quest of the Tooth
some Honey.

While Farmer Ridgeway and his
hired men at Lawsville, Pa, were
saving up a large log for firewood
the teeth of the saw encountered a
hard substance, and they were UNI
able 10 penetrate it. Taking axes
they cut the log apart, and enconn-
tered the bones of large animal
which, when fully exposed to view,
proved to be those OF large bear.
1t Is supposed that many years ago
the bear climbed into the hollow OF
the tree in search Of honey, and be-
ing unable to extricate himself. he
persisted there. There was also a
large quantity OF new honey in the
hollow of the tree.