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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11

A number of Hallowell people attend
ed the recital at ST. Marks church, Au-
gusta, last evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11
Easter Sunday Hospital Concert.

An appropriate Easter program will he
sung at the hospital. Sunday evening at
8 o'clock. by the Home Male Quartet.
Easter Carol-'"Twas on This Easter
Morning." oliver
Christ Hath Redeemed U.s." Seedlings
Thou Art My Rock Rreck
Hide Me" Doane
Il VIII Sing the Wond'rous story"
Rawicy
Saved by Grace" Crosby
Tell Ii Again, Seedlings
Easter .Carol-"Every Flower That nios-
sons, Oliver
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11

Miss M. f. Snow has returned from a
10 days visit to Miss N. M. Spear at
West Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11

H. NJ. Shepherd has returned to
Cambridge after making a business
visit to the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11

Meantime the Home Orchestra holds
the fort. and Bandmaster Theme has
made selection of the following pro-
gram for this evening and for Sunday
evening:
Priest War March fr. "Achatia."
Mcndels1ohn
Overture-"Festival" Leutnar
Cornet Solo,
Mr.. McSheehy.
Selection of Sacred Airs. Rcver
Easter Song-"Come with Your Iil'ns 4
Loring
american IantdSla- GcmS OF SieNv.I
Foster" Tobani
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11

WATERvILLE ADVERTISEMENTS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11
HALLOWELL.

Rev. F. w. Weber was in New
Gloucester, calling on friends, Friday.
The many friends of Chester Coombs
will be glad to learn of his continued
Improvement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-11

J. V. Eagleston, proprietor of the Hill
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

Though Arnold Bennett, the author Of this
story, is listed as the author of two earlier
books, his name is not a familiar one, GER
tainly, to American readers. In this story,
whatever he may do in the earlier ones,
he shows the ability to portray wildly GER
tain phases of life. They are not unusual
phases; the scene of the tale is rural En-
glish town, and the personages who figure
in the pages are commonplace. everyday
people. The events described are not in any
way out Of the common. and yet in their
setting forth the reader gets a distinct and
vivid idea, not only of existence as il must
be In such place and under such condi-
tons, but of the characters and underlying
motives of the people introduced. Anna, the
heroine, If such term can be applied to a
girl who does little TO distinguish herself,
has father SO misery that he depriyes his
daughter almost of the necessities of life,
though much of the wealth he controls is
hers by right. She, however, being timid
and thoroughly under her fathers domino
ton, though having nothing in common with
him, is absolutely obedient, even when re-
CURED to do things against her wishes and
judgment 1t is her experiences of her mar
row life and her two pale love affairs that
make up the incidents of the story. 1t is
not pleasant story-none of the charac-
ters, not even Anna, winning much sympa-
thy from the readers, but a piece of lit
English fiction, and will lead those who
read it to look with interest at anything
further by the author. Mcclure. Phillips &
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
The woman Who Tolls.

This is the book the reading of which led
to President Roosevelt's much quoted re-
mark concerning suicide, the author.
or. rather. the authors, having dwelt in a
certain chapter on the disposition of a class
of factory girls to delay marriage, if not to
refuse it entirely. These authors, Mrs. John
Van Worst and Marie Van Worst, set out to
discover by personal experience the actual
condition of American working girls, and by
securing employment in shops and factories
of various sorts they acquired good deal
of information and more or less interest
ing experience. Like the sociological studies
of Professor Wyckoff and others who travel
over the country as laborers. the practical
value of such enterprise, far the
working people Investigated are concerned
is doubtful. The point Of ;'iew Of these anna
teur workers, who are at home only under
conditions entirely different, cannot be the
same as that of those with whom they tenn
porariy associate, and their pity and SYM
pathy are not always well placed. The
two women have succeeded in making some
good copy" however, which was probably
the chief intention, but the social and in
dustrial theories they evolve are rather
crude. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

Evidence has come to light to show that
the Indiana Jefferson League was not the
product OF sudden inspiration and the
hurried preliminary work of but a few davs
prior TO the meeting of the founders July
4 at the Grand Hotel here. On the con-
trary, it was conceived last fall. either
just before or Immediately subsequent to
the election. Representative David T. Poor
of Gwynneville. Shelby county, a good Dem
ocrat, OF course, because he was elected to
the Legislature from a Democratic strong
hold, was here last evening, and in the
course OF a conversation anent his partv.s
affairs casually impaired the Information
that dates the leagues origin back at lea sf
eight months. In reply to query as To
ms opinion or the new organization. its pur-
pose and future, he said he was not o,IaIi-
ned TO express an opinion because he knew
so little OF the league.
Il have heard nothing about II since
last fall, he said. except what / have
seen in the papers. Just after the cleo
ton received a long letter from Edgar 7.
Maines, OF Zionsville, who is the preside nf
OF the league, believe. outlining a pian
for such an organization. do not recall
the exact contents of the letter. bur I
know that IL gave in detail the plan thar
Is nov being worked out. IL the newspa per
reports are authe1tic. The letter did NOT
call a meeting. as remember IL. but mere.
ly stated that such a project was being
considered. and asked for an opinion con-
corning its feasibility. Nothing has been
heard OF the league since IN Shelby coun-
~. according TO my knowledge. and. OF
course. l do not want TO say what think
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

A provisional organization of the Em-
ployers' Underwriters Association has
been effected. The headquarters of the
association will be at Louisville for tho
present. and branch offices will DE estab-
lished throughout the country as fast as
possible. The movement meets with gen.
eral favor among manufacturers and en-
ployers. and is expected to result in one of
the strongest industrial insurance COM
panies known. The premiums will be low
II Is said. and no employer will find n a
burden to pay the amount necessary to pro-
tsct himself against loss by strikes. II is
proposed to reimburse policy holders for the
amount actually lost by strikes by having
them the amount for the days the strike
last that would have been the profit under
ordinary conditions. The projectors of the
plan believe that labor agita;ors will not
ctuse strikes when IL Is clear that the en-
pioyer win not suffer thereby, and that no
matter how long strike may last he will
be reimbursed Tor his losses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

modern methods OF preventing disease by
DR.. F. NJ. crandall. a practicing physician
Of long experience and a well-known writer
on medical topics. The authors aim is n
give the reader those definite rules and
principles for the avoidance Of disease which
every person should know. Among the ton
les treated are the causes of disease. int
tious and contagious, anti-toxinS. vaccine
ton, the rearing and diet of children. bereS.
ity, sedentary life. etc The book is HANDY
guide, first, TO keeping well; second, 10 the
treatment of such simple ailments as 10
not require a doctors care Ii Is written
in plain language without technical terms
New York: Doubleday, Page * Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

Washington Irving's narratives depicting
the facts and the romaRces of trapper life,
and relating the efforts Of the first organ
lied fur trading in the far West present
an intensely interesting account of that
fascinating phase Of pioneer life. His AS
toria" and his Adventures OF Captain
Bonneville" should be read by every Amer
lean who wishes to become acquainted with
of the most interesting episodes in
American history. The attempt TO condense
the two books above named into one vol
ume has been intelligently carried out by
Frank l.. Olmsted, editor of the knicker-
booker literary series. The volume is en-
titled 1.-The Fur Traders of the Columbia
River and the Rocky Mountains as de-
scribed by Washington Irving in his ac-
count of Astoria and the record of The
Adventures Of Captain Bonneville with
some additions by the editor" The addition
referred to consist namely of a chronicle
gical table of important events connected
with the establishment of the early fur
trade. No editing could add to the interest
of Irving's narratives or improve his style.
but this volume is a fair compendium of
the two from which it is drawn. New York:
@. 2. Putnam's Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
Close together and increasing the conven-
fence and multiplying the comforts of life
can only be coniecfrred



The statement given out by Senator Lodge
that the extra session of Congress in No
vember will be called not only to handle
| the Cuban treaties, but also TO consider
currency legislation. indicates that the Pres
ident is fully as earnest on this question
as he was in making the promise that the
| Republican party would go as far in the
regulation of trusts as the Constitution
would admit. The trust legislation was
! cleaned up in admirable shape at the last
session. and since Mat time the President
has. in his public speeches. frequently al
| luded to the necessity of currency legisla-
| ton that would meet the seasonal ebb and
flow OF demand for cash.
The organization known as the Indian
apois Monetary Convention, that pushed
through to successful conclusion the gold
standard legislation of 1900. presented at
the same time plan for a flexible currency,
contemplating an issue of bank notes
against the general assets of the issuing
bank. limited to small percentage of the
banks capital and further secured by a
gold guaranty fund in the hands of the
government. In one form or another this
measure has been before every session of
the House since that time. At the last ses-
sion the Senate finance committee brought
in measure known as the AIdrich bill,
contemplating the issue OF bank notes
against fixed securities other than govern
ment bonds. This was defeated, largely
through the efforts OF Mr.. John Perrin. an
Indianapolis banker, who showed the con-
gressional committees interested, by very
simple calculation, that issues under its
provisions would be productive of loss. in
stead of profit, to the banks, and there
would thus be no inducement for them to
issue the notes.
AS Senator Lodge states. it is understood
that both the Senate finance committee
and the House banking and currency COM
mittee are doing more or less work or the
currency proposition during the recess, and,
what with all the discussion there has been
on this subject, both in and out of Congress
SINCE 1897, it is reasonable to believe that
congress can agree upon proper measure
at the extra session The adoption of the
gold standard has been a momentous factor
in the remarkable progress of American in
dustry and commerce since the election of
1896 made its adoption almost a certainty,
and the people can trust the same party TO
thresh out currency measure that will
promote our commercial expansion without
the introduction of dangerous elements.
The conditions Of the time speak for some
such legislation no less emphatically than
does the President. On the surface il is
Wall-street speculation that feels the pinch
that comes with the crop-moving season.
but at the same time the hardening of the
market for cash in hand ramiies through
out the country and imposes expensive bur-
dens on merchants manufacturers. farmers
and everybody else requiring money to
carry stocks Of merchandise, whether that
merchandise be manufactured products.
grain or cotton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

a happy faculty for seeing the ridiculous
side OF things They are all short. and the
change of subjects helps to prevent ne
coming too tiresome. as Il might In a
lengthy work like one OF Mark Twain's. In
an after-dinner speech advertising the DOCK
the author said: ut will be so arraneeu
that it NAV be used as a paper weight
stove-lifter waffle iron. eggbeater. sleep
inducer and cat-destroyer. In ADDITION 70
all this il will contain the cream OF my
after-dinner speeehes-slightly curdled ano
cheesy but warranted 10 cure the blues, re-
move warts and bunions, brighten the IN
tellect and touch up the liver. Every GUS
the book will receive an endurance medal
and a coupon, which, when presented at any
hotel accompanied by cents, Will entiue
generally in this style, and many OF them
are amusing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

saturday was the day appointed for OPEN
ing the bids for the construction of eleven
lines or street railway in Cleveland to car
~ passengers at rate of fare not exceed
Ing cents. and as it was Mayor Tom john
sons birthday great things were expected.
Instead Of bidders tumbling over one an
other, as he predicted. there were only two
bidders. and these on one route, leaving ten
without bidder. Under the specifications
each bid had to be accompanied by de-
posit of $4,000. and arrangements had been
made to have one of the banks keep open
all the afternoon and furnish men to HELM
count and deposit the money. They were
not needed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
ANTI-JEwIsH SENTIMENT.

Among many signs OF liberalism and
progress that mark the beginning of the
twentieth century hostility to Jews stands
out by contrast as a conspicuous feature of
an opposite character. Why it should exist
at all and why 1t should abide so persist
emily are among the unsolved mysteries
Recent events have concentrated public at
tention upon the sentiment I'm Russia but it
Is not confined to that country 1t has not
been year since Secretary Hay addressed
note to all the signatory powers Of the
treaty of Berlin relative TO the disabilities
put upon Jews by the government of Rou-
| mania In that country Jews are treated
as aliens, and are excluded from the learned
professions. from the public service and
from many other occupations. They are
not permitted 10 own or lease land for agri-
cultural purposes. or TO carry on the trades
of bakers. grocers or innkeepers in agricul-
tural districts. The colleges and secondary
schools are open to them only after all
| Roumanian children have been accommo-
dated. and then on payment of the fee. In
March, 1902. law was passed practically
debarring them from all the mechanical
trades. Secretary Hays note was based on
the fact that this treatment of the Jews in
Roumania was driving TO the United States
many Jewish emigrants who, made double
paupers by physical and moral oppression,
became burden and a menace to the COM
munity.' He treated it a policy of sys-
tematic oppression, and said, This govern
ment cannot be a tacit party to such an
international wrong" The note aroused
considerable discussion in Europe because
1t was a marked departure from ordinary
diplomatic communication but it did no
good The English press commended the
tone Of the note. but in Germany and Aus
tria the tone OF the press was in general
hostile to what was regarded as the meddle-
some attitude Of the United States. The
anti-Jewish sentiment Is pronounced in both
of those countries. Among the intellectual
and professional classes in Germany the
sentiment is strong and aggressive. In
Austria il is a recognized influence in poll
tics. Even in England King Edward last
year appointed q royal commission to in
vestgats the evils and dangers Of unre-
stricted foreign immigration, and it was
well understood that the movement was
against the immigration of Russian and
Roumanian Jews. An organization called
the British Brothers League" has the
same object in view. Only in the United
States are Jews free from legal disabilities
or social prescription. Considering that the
Jewish race has contributed largely to all
the walks Of literature and art, and has
given the world some of it's greatest states
men and noblest philanthropists, this al
most universal opposition to the race is
one Of the curiosities of history. Although
it is widespread and active at present, it
can hardly survive for any great length of
time the broadening spirit of civilization
and Notwithstanding progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
SOME OF THE new BOOKS


few years ago this story appeared as
serial in the New York Tribune and at
| tracted a good deal OF attention because
OF It's vivid portrayal of stage life. 1t was
plain even to readers who had ac-
qualntance with actors and their affairs
that this was a truthful presentation of
the little world behind the scenes and of
the ups and downs in the life OF player
folk. Only one having an intimate accuain-
lance with the theater could have written
such story, and doubtless most readers
assumed that the author had himself been
an actor at some time. This il seems was
the case Mr.. John d. Barry, the writer
OF the story, had at one time some practical
experience on the stage but left the theater
Tor literary pursuits. For some reason this
story was not published in book form until
as dramatic critic and writer of plays
mas caused its revival and its introduc-
ton 10 larger audience. 1t is the story Of
a girl who was educated for a teacher but
broke down at the work and went on the
stage In minor position merely for the sake
or earning living, not because she had any
hiking for the lite. She had no especial
talent or natural fitness for the work. but
being intelligent and conscientious did the
best she could. with the result that she
succeeded in making fer herself reputa-
ton as clever actress and in commanding
very good positions. Her relations with her
associates, the trials incident to the calling
and her attitude toward thee outside world
make up the burden of the tale. The chief
characteristic Of the narrative is its pre-
eminent common sense, its atmosphere of
actual life. Reading it, one knows that
the personages Of the story behaved in
precisely the way described, because it is
the natural way. Tie petty jealousies, the
gossip, the Observation-Disclosures, the kindness
in emergelcies-these are not peculiar TO
stage life only, they are human manifesto
lions and prove the realism of the tale.
Such glimpse of the life OF actors and
actresses is hardly to be found in any work
of fiction. 1t is free from all sensationalism
and though the stage is far from being
represented as Objectionable place, no
false glamour is thrown about it, and the
stage-struck young woman reading is not
likely to receive encouragement for her
fancies. The literary style leaves some
thing TO be desired, being rather crude and
abrupt, but the story is out of the common
and worth reading. /. c. Page q Co.,
BOSTON.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

Journal. They are designed 20 aid in "a.
building OF small homes. the plannfrg ~
which IL commonly left TO unskiued hs1f Y.
They are not Intended 90 take the place -
architects services. and the author ,..,,
lures the hope that his plans and ides.
may afford useful suggestions to Enerobs-s
OF this profession. Estimates and stat.9
ments OF probable cost accompany 49,.
plans. Plans OF several small churches a.
included in the list. The furnishing QUE
ton Is considered in the later chanfsrr
The volume seems quite practical and gss-
full. The authors are William J. Price ana
w. NJ. Johnson, the publishers Doubledsr
Page * Co, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
Some Bibliographies.

No work being done by the Library of
Congress is more practical or generally USE
full than the photographers 1t complies on
many subjects. Some of these subjects are
those in which but limited number of
persons are interested; others, again. are of
a popular importance. The books and peri
odicals containing matter on the several
topics named in these lists cannot all be
available to readers distant from the Lii
brary OF Congress Itself, but some of them
are in all public Libraries, and, in any case
the lists serve as guide to the investigator
and student. photographers just issued in
pamphlet form are on Mercantile Marine
Subsidies" "Old Age and Civil-service PEN
SONS, Government Ownership Of Rail-
roads," industrial Arbitration" Federal
Control of Commerce and Corporations
Constitution of the United States" La
bor, with especial relation to strikes:
.Anglo-Saxon Interests" 1.-The Negro Ques-
ton and Cabinets Of England and Amer
ica." These photographers are to be found
In public Libraries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20

The grand jury at Evansville has made
pretty thorough work OF its investigation
OF the recent riot by returning nearly nine
~ indictments 1t now remains for the To-
cal prosecutor and court TO do their duty.
The grand jury reported that the soldiers
We're attacked by the mob before they fired.
and they complimented the soldiers for do
Ing their duty and censured the employers
who. through sympathy with the rioters or
from cowardly fear. discharged their en-
pioyes for being members of the militia.
The report concludes by saying: THE laws
of the State have not been enforced with as
much RICHNESS as should be, and citizens
and Juries are as much responsible as the
officials The pernicious granting of Hquor
licenses without regard to character OF the
applicant ought to be stopped, and the IL
eenses of those in existence revoked" The
grand jury deserves a vote OF public thanks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
Echoes from Erin.

There is a little good poetry and much
good verse in this little volume. The verse
is "oratorical;" the reader is too conscious
not of effort to make rhyme, but Of the fact
Of rhyme Perhaps this is true in large
measure of all verse that tells a story OF
emotional qualities. In extenuation a sort
of poetical preface contains the following
addressed TO Erin:
Land where the mirth-pot sings DER Sor-
rows fires;
Where now. as ever. to Hopes funeral pyres
Pathos leads Hun1or, weeping. by the bier;
Where keen-edged wit is mellowed by tear;
Where Courage looks on Sorrow with a
smile
Bidding Hope live for yet awhile!
/ love thy bulls and brogues, whose artless
art
Conceals the deeper meanings of the heart.
G. p Putnam's Sons, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20
Bub and Sis.

This is a New England love story in
rhyme by Simon burst. 1t relates the
events OF a season in a household where
for the first time summer boarders are
taken. "Bub" and isis" are the names
by which the son and daughter of the house
are known, though no longer children and
they are leading figures In the adventures
of the summer. Unlike most rhyming ven
lures of this sort, grammar is not murdered
nor the language painfully misused. The
rhymes, or. rather, jingles. are fairly
smooth-and there is dialect. There are
readers, no doubt, who like this sort OF
thing. The Woonsocket Publishing Com
pany, Woonsocket, r. i.