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The news-herald., 1903-11-28

their actual value huctuates from.
day to day, according to the price
, of silver. AT the present time sill
yer is worth between 80 and 81
cents per ounce, making ratio
with gold of about 80 to |.
National Bank notes issued
against deposit bonds With the
Government are usually canceleo
by the banks when in the course OF
business they get back to the banks
IN presenting satisfactory proof t'
the Treasury Department the CID
bank notes are destroyed on ac-
count of being mutilated.
"At the present time there is
supposed to be deposited in the
vaults of the Treasury silver bnlliol
@ the amount of $55O,OOO,OOO. AS
he Government has paid different
prices for it at different times.
there.is no means of ascertaining
the exact amount of loss that it
stands the Government. Probably
of this $55O,OOO,OOO in bullion, the
market value would be in the
neighborhood of $4OO,000,0O0. This
is a loss tothe Government through
the farcical laws, that for certain
number of years obliged the Treas
ury to purchase certain amount
of silver.
"The amount at present out
standing of Gold Certificates is
about $4,000, 300, against which
the Government has bullion in the
Treasury vaults, and to the best of
my recollection the issue of Silver
Certificates at the present time is
about the same amount as that Of
gold:"
Those who have hitherto asserted
that this amount of $127,213,O00
81 and So bills represented Silver
Certificates which, in turn, repre-
sented silver dollars, will please
note how greatly they have been
deceiving themselves. These 81
and 50 bills are National Bank
notes; not Silver Certificates.-Los
Angeles Mining Review.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

E. B. Gage, T, w. Pemberton, F. NJ. Murphy D.
NJ. Ferry, r. N. Fredericks, L. H. Chalmers f..
F. Alkire, J. NJ. Ford, H. J. McClunE.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28
FOR ARIzONA'S GOOD

The Panama quarrel, in which
political papers all over the coun-
try are engaging, would tend to
make any one think that they are
the ones whose duty it is to settle
these weighty questions for the
Government, instead of letting the
Government do the job and then
have their say at the polls. This,
a republic, and the people of the
United States (Arizona does not
belong yet) have a chance by their
ballots to choose the men who
will handle the affairs of the Gov
ernment. The majority chose the
present governmental force. 1t may
be faulty in some respects, but we
can not help ourselves now. Let
US take our medicine like men and
not kick before the Government
gets through with what it wants to
do in the Panama case. The canal
may mean a lot of good for Ari-
zona.
Arizona has what we might term
long coast line. For about $50
miles the Colorado river is naviga-
BILE at all seasons of the year, and
during the wet season for much
farther. If that water way is
opened across the isthmus it will
mean that ocean steamers from
Boston and New York can land
their cargo at Yuma, Ehrenburg
and Parker without transfer.
What will this mean to this section
OF Arizona, in particular, and the
entire Territory in general?
With a transcontinental railroad
to cross the river at Parker, practi-
cally the head of navigation of the
Colorado, why will not the cost Of
many of the necessitie of life be
reduced a great deal? Not alone
this, but the entire Pac ic seaboard
with its numerous por will send
us goods of Eastern manufacture, Il
great many of which we are using
now, at prices reduced by at least
one-half the freight. The build.
ing of that canal means Il new era
for the Pacific coast country. Let
no true Arizonan oppose its build
! ing.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

In THE Statehood fight which will
take place at Washington this win
ter; there will not be half the local
interest taken as there was in the
last fight. Some people here feel
like there is some danger OF the
merger bill if we push the PROPOSE
ton too hard, and hence they pre-
fer to let the matter rest till time
when separate Statehood will be a
cinch. But it would be q strange
thing if we should get Statehood
without any particular effort. AS
matter of fact we would get along
better without some people work
ing for the proposition.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28
ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART?

Have you sent your specimens
to the Commissioners to have them
put on file for the st. Louis Worlds
Fair? The reason we ask this
question is because the time is get
ting extremely short in which to
make your display. 1t is not very
likely that any exhibits will gain
admittance to the display unless
they arc filed prior to the middle
of December. Now, there are few
people who are posted on the facts
in the case who will deny that
every property in the Territory
that stands q show to become a
mine ought to be represented at
the big fair by specimens fairly
showing up the situation.
Arrangements have been made
with Prof. Blake of the University
of Arizona to assay all the speci,
mems and label them. If you live
in Maricopa county send your ex-
hibits to the Board of Trade rooms;
if you are in Yavapai county send
them to A. A. Johns, at Prescott.
But, any way, get a hustle on
yourself and get the specimens
there. Don't sit around any longer
and wait. This is an opportunity
to do yourself some good and at
the same time to advertise the Ter
ritorv; so get in line at once.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

THE Phoenix Enterprise has
pulled off it's coat and rolled up its
sleeves and is making the fight of
its life against the present water
system in Phoenix. The enter
prise of this rejuvenated journal is
highly commendable. The voters
of that city will soon be given an
otheropportunity to choose between
municipal water or corporation
water. If the water could be all
squeezed out of the corporations of
the country, there would be enough
to go around. But the Enter
prise man says that the Phoenix
water corporation does not afford
much water. Perhaps that COM
pany has been putting the "fire
water" into it's stock, getting ready
for the slump that will occur when
the Phoenicians do start out with
the municipal water bucket.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

THE Sequo Club, headed by
Charles F. II nmis, some time ago
made charges ,gainst c. f. Burton,
superintendel of the Hoyi Indian
Reservation. The case has been
investigated ~ Special Inspector
James E. Jenkins, and the charges
against Mr.. Burton have been
found groundless.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

JOHN J. BYRNE has announced
that from his observations of the
East during his recent visit to
Chicago and other Eastern cities,
there will be a big travel of folk
from that country this year to the
mild climate of the Pacific coast.
Arizona will come in for her regu-
lar share of this business.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

The Benson Reform School will
be formally opened on the 30th
instant. We are in receipt Of an
invitation to that function and
have been requested to publish an
invitation to all citizens of the vi
cinitv to likewise attend.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

"THE importance of patenting
mining claims is not generally un-
derstood, especially in commu
nifty where claims have been held
at nominal prices. A claim that
is worth developing is worth pat
enting. A patent does away with
all chances of litigation, which fre-
quently puts the owner to cost
of many times the amount re-
quired to patent the claims.-Cop-
per Era.
Right you are, brother Era man.
If all the mining companies in the
Territory would get a patented
property on which to build up a
stock company, it would greatly
advance some of them in the esti-
nation of the investing public. A
mining property that is worth doing
assessment work on is worth pat
enting.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

THE Bisbee Review got out q
special Thanksgiving number
which will attract attention. 1t
would be good thing if all the
papers in the Territory could afford
to get out good special edition at
least once a year.
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

SOME one should secure the ap-
pointment as voluntary weather
observer here. Such a climate
should be advertised,
The news-herald., 1903-11-28

Steel lineo Vaults and Safety Deposit
Boxes, General Banking Business.
Drafts issued on all principal cities
of the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

he rawle to the manhol and was pulled
out by stokers.
Five minutes later he again went into
the boiler. This time, after nearly two
minutes work, he succeeded in cutting
away two tubes. On the third entry he
removed three, and after that he spent
another 1--WE minutes rest.
Then came the task OF roaming in new
tubes, and to do this he was compelled to
enter the boiler five INES. In each case
he stayed inside nearly two minutes, and as
he crawled out the last time he barely
had breath aud strength enough left to say
to his chief before he tainted dead away:
ITS done, sir"
As a result OF his experience in that hell
OF heat, the man was laid up in the ships
hospital for over a week. And to this day
his sleep is constantly disturbed by dreams
In which he is roasted in redhot furnaces.
This same engineer was In the boiler
room one day when suddenly a valve, in
among a great coil Of pipes above the
boilers. began leaking badly and filling the
room with scalding steam. Instantly, and
regardless of his own safety, he scrambled
upon the pipes and breathlessly began max:
ing repairs. He had almost finished when,
as Unexpectedly as the valve had got out
OF order. a pipe joint. below the one on
which he was standing. broke, and a stream
OF kissing steam enveloped his foot. When
he endeavOred to pull 1t way he found
II to be tightly wedged in the joint. He
had on low shoes and before his cries
brought aid his shoe and sock were burned
of his foot and lower leg parboiled. He
was unable to resume work for three
months, and today he walks with a per-
ceptible limp, Yet he looked upon IL all
as a part OF he days work, and uttered
no complaint.
1t was in December of 1892, just around
Christmas time, that the Umbria broke its
thrust shaft and houndered helplessly in
midoccan. The part that broke was
twenty-six feet long and weighed tons.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

Under the direction of Chief Engineer
Lawrence Tomlinson the pieces were
secured and suspended by chains from the
top of the shaft tunnel, and then, although
the shaft threatened to fall on him at any
moment, he crawled into the tunnel, found
that the shaft was broken of square, so
that it could not be riveted together, and
spent hours in taking measurements for a
collar to be welded over the break. He
spent other hours in making and putting
on the collar, all the time either lying on
the fat of his back or working in a squat
ting position, so small was the space. All
told he labored increasingly for two full
days. After that he slept for two hours
and the twenty-five hours following he
worked without pause until at last he had
not only welded, but bolted, the jacket in
place.
The job was finished late Monday night
and the ship was got under way. Early
Tuesday morning the head of a bolt broke
Off, the jacket slipped and once more Tom
linson had to crawl into the tunnel and
make repairs.
Again the ship got under way. and again,
after an hour of running, snap! went two
bolts. And once more Tomlinson Tisked
life and limb in the shaft tunnel.
To make a long story short. Tomlinson
was crawling into the tunnel continually
until the voyage ended, but, While the
passengers did not know of his heTOism
until they landed and read Of 1t in the
newspapers, Tomlinson had the s~atisfac-
ton, at least, of knowing hat his work had
prevented the shaft from knocking a hole
into the ships side and from leaving the
vessel helpless and in peril in a stormy
sea until a tow should chance along.
1t was one Of Engineer Tomlinson's fellow
Scotchmen who pried open a safety valve
and prevented n serious explosion on a
liner that is sailing the seas today.
For some reason or other the donkey
engine, used for hosting cargo and luggage,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

had been started at sea and a trustworthy
fireman put in charge of it. An hour or so
later the second engineer, whose watch it
was, distinguished an unusual noise among
the multitude of sounds of the big ship-so
keen is an engineers sense of hearing. He
located it instantly as coming from the
donkey engine and he rushed thither. AS
he got near he realized that the safety
valve had stuck and after he had slid down
the narrow, oily companionway he found
not only the safety valve stuck tight, but
the fireman asleep at his post and the
boiler all but ready to explode.
In less time than 1t takes to tell It he
grabbed a crowbar and was up among the
pipes, frantically trying to pry open the
valve. How long he worked he does not
know-"It seemed years" he said-but he
finally got the valve open in the nick of
time and prevented an explosion which
would surely have blown a big hole in the
ships bottom.
Not infrequently the engineers are COM
PEELED TO work in water up to their knees.
The plates OF many a ship, when IL strad-
dies a sea, move and cut at their rivets
and leak nightly. Then the engineer
must wade around in an engine room
flooded from port to port and give heed to
naught but the welfare of his engines. He
must not think about the manifold dan
gers Of sailing in a 'leaky old tub" or of
rheumatism, OF other ills that will come
to him from working for hours in brine and
bilge water.
1t is a trite saying Of the sea that, wher-
ever there is a ship engineer, there also
is a bad case of rheumatics.
1t is only when a cylinder head bursts
or a large valve gives way, filling the
engine rooms with s~calding steam before
the opportunity can be seized upon to re-
pair the damage, that an engineer Is forced
to leave his post. Then it is that he has
TO charge for dear life up steep, narrow
companionways, made slippery by engine
CONTINUED on Seventh Page.)
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

M~~ lulullG lAuNlB ao hO hOANNo ~ 49,
&A4R&I retreating figure of his late WIS.,
S itor. Zone of our engineers, and
no and his kim save many a ship many a
time at great personal risk, and are not
oven thanked for their efforts by the pas
sengcrs. But that's because the latter
don't know when or whore nor how the
engineers preserve their lives, for their
deeds are unheralded outside the engineers
mess and the captains room. Yes, sir
it's true that
They've words for every one but me-shake
hands with half the crew,
Except the dour Scots engineer, the man
they never knew.
The manager pondered a moment.
I'll prove to you that these men are
the real heroes of the ocean" he said; and
these are the stories that he offered in
proof:
A certain steamship in the Pacific trade
had been sent out from It's home port with
the majority of its boilers out Of commits
sion. In midocean one of the few boilers
capable OF being fred got leaky tubes, and
It became necessary, in order to keep the
ship under any sort Of Roadway in a hur-
ricane-swept sea. to repair the boiler i'm
mediately. The fire was pulled out from
under f., the manhole lid was unscrewed
and removed, and the first engineer,
wrapped from head to foot in a thick coat
ing Of asbestos, crawled into the redhot
heller and with ehisel and hammer began
tearing out the defective tubes. For two
minutes he worked. and as he worked held
his breath. for a single gasp Of the fiery air
in his lungs would have killed him. Then
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

My engines. after ninety days o. race and
rack aud strain
Through all the seas of all Thy world,
slam-bangin' home again,
Slam-bang too m~uch-theY knock a wee
the cross-head gibs are loose;
But thirty thousand mile o. sea has gted
them fair excuse.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-22

NE of the real heroes OF the sea-"
said the manager Of q transat-
latntic liner, as he nodded at the
retreating figure Of his late WIS.,
itor. zone of our engineers, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29

One of those specimens of mankind
who have bristles along their spinal
column was sque lched by the table girl
in one of the local restaurants, the
other day. and if his skin is not too
thick he will probably remember it for
som" time. He went up into the ladies'
dining-room, at noon, in quest of a
dinner. Tho room was full of ladies,
ANA the table girls were busy bringing
in orders. The man sat for a few min
utos, and not having his order taken as
soon as he thought it should be, he
blurted out: Say, girl have you got a
Bible-I thought l would like to read a
few chapters of Job while I'm wait
ing" Some girls would have been con-
fused. but not this one. and looking
him straight in the eye, she calmly
said: mo, sir, we have no Bible-you
can get one up street; and furthermore,
YOU will be waited on when your turn
comes-not before The scene was a
source of much merriment in the din
ingroOm, and the proyerbial meekness
of Moses was not n patch to that shown
by the man while he remained in the
room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29
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End of Bitter Fioht,

1.-TWO physicians had a long and stub
born fight with an abccss on my right
lung" writes j. F. Hughes of DUPONT
Ga, land gave me up. Everybody
thought my time had come. AS a last
resort I tried DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. The benefit !
received was striking and was on
my feet in few days. Now I've en-
tirely regained my health" 1t con-
Quers all Coughs, Colds and Throat
and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by
Bowdtch, Webster & Cos. Drug Store
Price soc, and s1.O0. Trial bottles free
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29

In an advertisement which appears
elsewhere in the Journal the people
of our Kennebcc cities are given Il bit
of advice which they will do well to
heed 1t is Il fallacy to suppose that
money can be saved by patronizing the
merchants of other cities to the neg
lect of our own. for experience proves
the contrary. We have as good stores
as Other cities of the same size in New
England possess. and from a live and
let live standpoint the people should
spend their money at home. A tcnden-
cy to do otherwise can but result in
conditions which every public spirited
individual should seek to avert The
merchants of our cities are in a posi-
tiCn to meet all outside competition
in supplying the demands of the pco-
pie. and they should have the support
of those who are in any way respon-
sible for and dependent upon local
business prosperity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29
AUGUSTA CHURCHES.
Sunday Services to Which All are Cor
daily Invited.

GOSPEL MISSION: Sunday school at
1890 A. M: gospel meeting at 3 and 40
p. M; meetings every evening except
Monday.
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH,
State ect:-IIigh Mass at 1000 A. NJ;
Vcspers and Bencdiction of Blessed Sac
rament at 80 p NJ.
ST. MARKS CHURCH. Rev. Geo f.
Dcgen. rector:-7 A. M. Holy Communion;
II, High Celebration with sermon by the
rector: 7.30 r. NJ, EVenSonG.
STATE STREET FREE BAPTIST
CHURCH, Rev. C. G.. Mosher, pastor.
Preaching service at 1870 with sermon by
the pastor: Sunday school at n.45; Prima-
~ and Kindergarten Dep'ts.; Christian
Endcavor meeting at els, r. NJ. Field
president: Gospel service at 40. led by
the pastor; mid-weck meeting, Wednes-
day night at 73G.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH on Win
throp street, Rev. +. p. Hope, pastor
Service at 1890 a. NJ. with sermon by the
pastor subject; True Freedom" Sun
day-school at noon; Y. T. S G. f. prayer
meeting at $50 p. NJ; evening service at
I 80 with sermon by the pastor, subject:
What Never Faila;" prayermectins, OH
Wednesday evening at 80.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29

1t is not very often that the con-
ductors of the a. w. & G. Electric Road
get left. in any way in which the term
may be applied. but there was some
thing OF this kind happened, Wednes-
day evening, if the story which came in
from Winthrop by wireless can be re-
lied upon. The way the story goes is
that two gentlemen We're waiting at
the Maranacook station for the Z
o'clock car out of Winthrop, and when
it came along noticed that the conduc-
tor was not at his usual place, and upon
their asking the motorman where his
superior officer was, that official was
very much surprised to find that he
had made the trip alone. The motors
were at once reversed and the car ran
slowly back in search of the missing
man, and after going about half mile,
there appeared out of the darkness the
glitter of brass buttons and of a con-
ductors badge. The conductor had
fallen from the car in some way, but
aside from a bumped head, he was
none the worst for wear. He had not
been at all disturbed at seeing the car
vanish around distant curve, Tor ne
knew il would come back when he was
missed. So he plodded along the track
after the car until he saw it appear.
He did not tell of his mishap, put oth-
ers did. and it is said that ne is now
wondering how many cigars II VIII ''the
at 5 cents each, to square MN Win
the gang.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29
AMUSE M ENTS.
The Harcourt Comedy Company.

Inc matinee, yesterday afternoon,
was well attended and the play well
presented. "Reaping the Whirlwind'
was the attraction, and it's previous
success was repeated. The evening
number, however, was somewhat of Il
disappointment. after the pleasing per-
1ormances which have preceded II.
me parts were we'll taken, as usual,
out We're not we'll learned. and the
prompting marred the success of the
play, especially in the minor parts. The
leading couple seemed to be as strong
as usual, however. The specialties
were, for the most part repetition
OF what have been given before.
Tomorrow afternoon, the matinee
VIII be Lights of New York" The
evenings performance, which will con-
clude the repertoire, will be New York
After Dark"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29
Augusta,

No reader of the Daily Kennebec
Journal can have any excuse for suffer-
ing from any disease of the Kidneys.
Liver, Bladder or Blood, when they can
test that remarkable medicine DIR.
DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE
REMEDY absolutely FREE at our
store REMEMBER you are under no
obligation to purchase. Simply present
the above coupon at our store and a
trial bottle of this famous specific will
be given to you absolutely free. We
consider this an unusual offer and our
supply of free bottles cannot last long.
NOTICE-If not convenient to present
coupon at our store you may have trial
bottle absolutely free by cutting out this
coupon and mailing it to the DIR. David
Kennedy Corporation. Rondout, II. y,
with your full post office address.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29

Posters are out, announcing d boxing
contest at HailOwell, Tuesday night
ESept. |. 1903. 1t will be a 12-round bout
EbetWeen Twin Sullivan of Cambridge
Fand Eilly Jordan of Boston for the
Welterweight championship of New
England. There will also be two other
bouts; one Il six round match between
Harry Sears of Gardiner and Bob
Brown of Lewiston; and the other a
four round match between Bob Dalton
Of Bangor and Charlie Roffee of Bos-
ton. The boxing will be at Wilson Hall
at 8 o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29

There is a heavy travel over the
Maine Central of homeward- bound
summer visitors from Bar Harbor and
it is said that at the end of the route
it is impossible to get parlor cars
enough to take care of the rush. Yes
terday, train No. 1912 was made up OF
10 cars, four of which were Pullmans
and the conductor of one said that he
could have filled four more, had, he
been able to get them. In order to ac-
commodate the travel from Bar Har-
Dor, train No. 102 will be run in two
sections, commencing next Monday,
Aup n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-29

F'iheld Bros. are in condition now,
since they succeeded f. l. Clark, both
as to room and machinery to do all
kinds of light and heavy work promptly
as will be seen by their "ad." They
make specially of automobile and
gasoline engine work. They also sup
ply gasoline engines cylinder oil, bat
teries, sparkling coils, generators, &c.