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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-11

This weeks college ball games in
clude Bowdoin VS.. Colby at Water
vile, Wednesday; L. of M. VS.. Colby at
Waterville, Saturday; and BoWdoin VS..
Bates at Lewiston, Saturday. The 9th
annual field day of the four colleges
will be held on Whittier field, Bruins
wick. Saturday, and possibly on that
account the Saturday ball games may
be ARRANGED for another date.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-11

Yesterday was Hospital Sunday in
the Bangor churches. This year the
collections are to be devoted to the
building fund fol: the children's ward.
It is only within a few days that a
year-old baby with club feet was re-
fused admittance 10 the hospital be-
cause crying of children dstuibs adult
sufferers An operation would have
cured the difficulty but there was no
suitable place for the child. Such
cases are continually occurring and it
has therefore been determined to take
every available means to raise money
to provide proper accommodations for
| children.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

they have some other wild experience with
a big whale?
why, as to that" said Captain Vierra,
bordering, 81 never heard Of such a thing.
Whalers don't think any more Of going for
a sixty or seventy-foot whale than they
would of driving a COW home. In fact, -
and he laughed as something struck him,
II asked a boat steerer a few days ago to
milk that COW of mine there and he was
afraid to go near her"
Comparing whales with cows is a COM
mon simile with New Bedford men. And
when the comparison is used even the I'M
imaginative listener cannot help thinking
of that wonderful cow-herding of the ocean.
A mighty COW indeed is a seventy-foot
right whale-a COW whose mouth alone
would furnish a comfortable stable for ten
Jerseys, whose tongue alone weighs as
much as ten oxen and whose lips. throat
and jawbones weigh as much as twenty
five 1,OO0-pound steers.
"a hundred barrel fish" says the can
tain, us about seventy feet long. Some
times you see bigger fish, but not often.
No, a whale as big as that doesn't stick
out of the water very much. Whale. float
so that only just a small part of their
backs and heads shows. In harpooning
N-N'A - NhN lhdlu lutd is 10 get the
iron in deep, so that it will hold and stop
the lighting as much as possible. A man
has to take mighty good care not to strike
the white horse. That's the part of the
whale that's all bone and gristle and the
harpoon will simply slide off If it hits
there, 1t means a good deal of ridicule for
a harpooner If he makes a mistake like
that.
'When a whale is struck the first thing
That he does generally is TO roll over into
the sore. Now and then a whale will roll
over and over till he has the line wrapped
around his whole body. We don't let a
whale run any further than we have to, of
course.
Many times a whale will hardly move
away from the spot where he has been
struck. Sometimes one will lie still and
take two and even three irons without try
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

ing to run. As soon as the boat is fast We
try to work up on him and get alongside so
that the mate can use the killing lance and
reach his life.
The life of a whale is as big as n house.
and there isn't any trouble to find it. The
lance is driven in with all the mans might
right behind his fukc and from the shoulder
downward. When the lance reaches his
life the blood comes up thick as tar. Then
we lay off and wait. A good, quick man
will often brace himself right on the hart
Of the harpoon that is sticking in the whale
and lance him half n dozen times before the
boat backs away. Then it's merely a case
of keeping out of the way till the fish dies.
Sometimes a whale will die as easily as IL
he was asleep. There won't be "A furry or
anything. He takes the harpoon and the
lance and just dies.
IF a whale runs too fast and far there is
nothing for 1t except to cut way. Whalcrs
don't generally hold fast long enough to
permit a fish to tow them out Of sight of the
ship. That makes the usual limit of hang
ing on in clear weather about eight miles.
II they can come up with a whale in that
distance they heave in on the line until
they have as much as they can get and then
they cut, or course they don't cut till they
have to.
w CANNED Ellen Swift one day. 1t had
just lost six lines of 45O fathoms each to
one whale. He took 1t all without stopping
a minute and at last when they were towing
behind him with more than three miles OF
line out they lost the whole business. That's
pretty expensive work, for whale line is
mighty costly and fine line"
Whalers still recount in their logs that
they CANNED" a ship, meaning that they
stopped and had a talk, just as the logs
of fifty years ago put 1t. Comparison
between those old logs and a log OF last
year shows a difference only in dates.
They still use all the log terms, just as
they still use the old weapons.
Each ship is supplied with a set of rub
Der stamps, one depicting a sperm,
another a right whale and so on. When a
whale is taken and saved the entry for
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

get some water" what! In those trous-
ers?' NO, sergeant, in the pail"
.
In a recess of the Molineux trial in New
York, District Attorney Osborne discussed
one afternoon the value of circumstantial
evidence with a group of reporters. Sup
pose" he said, that | am talking to a
milkman. This milkman claims there is no
water in his can of milk, He tells me that
he MIXED the COW himself; that he washed
out the can; that he strained the milk-and
then, while he is speaking, out leaps 2 frog
from the can. That frogs evidence is cir
cumstantial, but, nevertheless, it is much
stronger than the mans, which is direct, ="
The late Rev. Joseph Parker was a truIy
good man and never wearied of doing all in
his power for the benefit of his fellow NOR
tails. He was willing to admit, however,
that as a missionary he would have proved
a failure, and to sustain this opinion once
told the following story:
The criminal" ne said, whom / first
tried my youthful hand upon was accused
OF the murder of a woman. The case against
him seemed a good one and the future of
the poor fellow looked black.
This man, when / visited his cell, well
coined me and my instructions in a natter-
ing manner. He could not talk with me
enough upon spiritual matters. He asked
to see me daily and it did my heart good
to note how sedulously he studied the little
black bible that I gave to him.
"AI through his trial his piety con-
tinued to be fervent and deep. All through
his trial the man showed a religious unc-
ton truly remarkable and unique. In the
end he was acquitted and / shall never for
get my last visit to him in his cell. a few
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

have been IN Maine, for he neither saw nor
heard"
Judge Martin j. KeOgh OF the supreme
court, Westchester county, New York, while
presiding at the trial of an action based on
the negligence of a landlord in falling to
keep a certain stairway in proper repair,
took occasion to question one of the de-
tendant's witnesses for the purpose of OBJ
tanning an accurate description of the loca-
ton Of the stairs. Judge Keogh asked the
witness, who in this instance was the iani-
tress of the house:
Madame, kindly explain TO the jury how
these stairs run"
The janitress answered, in a loud voice:
well, yer honor, whin yer up stairs they
run down, and whin yer down stairs they
run up"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

man was out for a days shooting, he rode
up again to the farmer's place.
Just thought I'd stop while / was up
here he said, "to see If you wanted to
take out a little Insurance."
Il got notings to insure, said the farmer,
'~'notings but my wife"
We'll, then" said the insurance man,
cheerfully, Ensure her"
'Nein!' said the farmer, with determine
ton If she die, you come out here and
say, i not gif you one tousand dollar. / get
you a bigger und a better wife for six hun
dred,' No, sir, | dakes no more insurance
oud!"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

geant major to captain: 1--WE are going
100 tar away from the railway station, sir
II we retreat any more We'll never get back
IN time TO catch the train" Captain: How
absurd OF the colonel to drive us so far,
Orderly, run over to the officer in charge Of
the enemy and ask him, with my compIi-
ments, If he will please retreat toward the
railway station"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

CANADIAN paper tells this story
1t was during a sham fight be-
tween two volunteer corps. One
OF the opposing forces was re-
treating hpfnrn tho nthnr Cnr
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

moments before his release and departure.
ION my entry he looked up from his
packing, and, recognizing me, ne extended
the bible which had been my gift and
which he had so carefully perused during
his peril.
"'Here, sir he said, ALLOW me to return
this book to you, ! hope never to have use
for 1t again."
II wish" said a New York street car
conductor the day after Thomas B. Reeds
death, that We had more men to travei
on these cars of Mr.. Reeds build"
A strange expression, considering the
room such men would take. The follow
ing explanation was made by the collector
Of fares:
when near the end Of the line people
begin to Chamber on the car before we have
time to turn around. This makes it difn-
cult fer the people in the car to get out.
Premature %crowding also is an injustice to
those who comply with the rules of the
company and wait until the terminal is
reached. The street car hog is a brute
development and we conductors are helpless
to stem their onward rush for seats.
"Mr. Reed was on the car one evening.
Just before We reached the end Of the line
he got up, buttOned his overcoat and walked
out to the lowest step on the rear plat
form, There he remained. Again and again
the street car hogs attempted to board the
car, but bumped up against the great
statesman and fell off. Some lost their
hats, others were tumbled into the street,
but not one succeeded in boarding the car.
At the end OF the line the deserving pas,
got the seats and when the hogs
up they dangled from the straps,
Reed? oh, he never noticed them. He
on the platform, but his thoughts must
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

Barring those who get killed, says the
Boston Transcript, the profession of arms
appears to be conducive to longevity. Gen
eral Francis j. Lippitt, who served in both
the Mexican war and the war Of the re-
bellion as an officer, died at Washington
recently at the age of 80. General Lin
pitt graduated at Brown as far back as
1880, and was always a busy man, being in
his time not only a soldier, but a lawyer of
and a writer of approved stand
ing on military matters. But the most
striking example of a member Of the pro-
fession OF arms attaining great age is af-
forded by Rear Admiral Thomas O. Self
ridge, the elder, who according to one biog-
raphy was born in Boston, April 24.lSO4.
and who has been an officer in the navy
since January !, 1918, the date of his ap-
pointment as midshipman. Admiral Self
ridge has a son, Thomas o.. Selfridge, ir.
who like himself is a rear admiral on the
retired list and is in his Goth year. It is
believed that there is no other instance
In the present world OF father and son
both of1cers Of the same rank in the same
service and both retired by reason Of age.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

81. clair McKelway, editor of the Brook
lSh Eagle, tells a story of DR.. Leighton Parks
Wen, he claims, may be taken to heart by
many ministers, that they may profit
thereby.
The tale is to the effect that when the
Boston clergyman went to Annapolis re-
Gently to preach a d"dicatory sermon there
was present as another part of the en-
tertainment' the Marine band. DR.. Parks
is said to have been very well satisfied with
his effort, and the next morning asked an
old negro nanny what she thought of the
exercises. Not recognizing her questioner
minus his clerical robes, she replied:
wei, honey, dar wus a preacher thar
dat fought he wus de whole show from de
way he talked, when, by de truth. we-aIIs
went to dat function fur ter h'ar de band.
An Irish soldier was crossing a barrack
square with a pail in which he was going TO
get some water. A sergeant, passing at
the time, noticed that Pat had a very dis
reputable-looking pair Of trousers on and
wishing to make a report, stopped the man
and asked, Where are you going" ITO
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

The business methods of insurance com
panies are not az all to the liking of a
shrewd old German farmer with whom a
certain agent had some dealings. The
house OF the farmer, insured for 81, OCO, had
burned down. The privilege of replacing a
burned house is reserved by insurance com
panies, and the agent, having this in mind,
said to the farmer:
Wen put you up a better house than the
one you had for $500"
Mem" said the farmer, emphaticaIly.
Il Will haf my one tousand dollar or not
ings! Dot house could not be built again
for even a tousand."
"Oh, yes, 1t could, said the insurance
man. 1T was an old house. It doesn't cost
so much to build houses nowadays. A 5000
new house would be a lot bigger and better
than the old one"
Some months later, when the insurance
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
Gleanings From the Story Tellers' Pa

get some water" What! In those trous
ers?" mo, sergeant, in the pail"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

have been in Maine, for he neither saw nor
heard"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
NO FUND YET
ELECTION OFFICERS HAVE NOT
BEEN PAID FOR THE
PRIMARY.

Some of the Democrats 10 this Sec
tion are getting "sore" because they
have not been paid for serving as cleo
tion officers at the recent primary.
The officers out in MoCracken county
have been paid but those in the city
have not, and none Of those in Mar.
shall county have. Chairman Morri-
son, Of the MoCraoken county Demo
cratic committee, has written again
to Chairman Young for the quota of
money due this county for paying the
election officers. but some of the cleo
tion officers have about been convinced
that they will get the hot end Of it,
and never be paid.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
HOTELS MAY CLOSE
SERIOUS SITUATION AMONG
HosTLERIES OF WINDY CITY.

Washington. May sS-"Every hotel
and restaurant in Chicago will be
closed at once II the employees union
submits exorbitant demands" said
joe. Biefield, president Of the Sher-
man house, land II we shut up the
lockout will continue until the en-
ployes are thoroughly tired out. This
action will surely follow q refusal Of
the union to recede from Its preposter-
Gus demands or refusal to arbitrate. Z"
Mr. Biefeld spoke for the hotel mems
and restaurant keepers association,
recently formed. A committee rep
resenting the 1000 or more members
Of the union will submit q demand
that amounts practically to an ultima
tum. 1t is schedule Of increased
wages that must be paid and affects
all classes of hotel workers.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
THE OTHER GETTING READY.
RED MEN INCORPORATE THEIR
CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION.

The Paducah Red Mems Amusement
association is the name Of the corpora
tion that will give the Red Mems fes-
tival in Psducah next fall. The in
corporation papers show that the In
corporators are II. o. Rhodes, Lewis
l.. Bebout, Ben weille, AL Foreman,
Melvin wallerstein, James NJ. Lang,
O. E. Whitesides, will Farley and J..
J. Freundlich, all Of whom own thir-
ty shares each OF the stock.
The officers elected are II. u.
Rhodes, president; ]. J. Freunlich,
secretary, and l.. L. Bebout treasurer,
while Mr.. Ben weille is director gen
eral. The association begins its ex-
istence June /.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
THE CAIRO BRANCH.
WELL POSTED MAN SAYS 1T WILL
PAY HANDSOMELY.

The ION Dit" man in yesterdays
Courier. Journal says:
THE branch Of the Illinois Central
railroad from Paducsh to Cairo will
be in operation in few weeks" said
Mr.. Q. Q. Quigley, lawyer OF Padu-
cab, who was at the Louisville hotel
last night. THE road will cross the
bridge at Cairo, and will be about 35
miles long. II is thought that the
company will eventually extend the
line into Missouri and probably Texas.
1t is generally believed that there
will be as much business between Pa
ducah ssnd Cairo as the branch can
handle, and that it will pay handsome
lvp
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
BARNETT WINS
NO APPOINTMENT PROVIDED IN
CIVIL SERVICE.

An interesting controversy bet ween
the civil service bureau and Surveyor
Of Customs O. M. Barnett ct Louis
willie, has been settled by the appoint
ment of Captain J. B. Foster, Of Hart
ford, KY, as inspector Of excursit n
steamboats,, Captain Foster is bro
ther-in.lsw of Mr.. Barnett and IN old
river man. He did not take the civil
service examination. The contention
was that civil service eligible should
be named. The reply to this was that
there were no civil service inspectors
of excursion steamboat eligibles. The
appointment, therefore, was approved.
The position pays 500 per month.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
TO DEGRADATION
AND FOUR YEARS IN PRISON
Is GERMAN OFFICER
SENTENCED.

Berlin, May 2s-The attention Of
Germany u centercd on the public
court martial Of Naval Ensign Huss-
ner for killing with his sword Artil-
leryman Hartmann, which was held ss
Kiel before five judges. HussnerS
replies TO the presidents questions
were straightforward. He said that
while regretting that his sword strokes
killed the artilleryman, he affirmed
that he acted within the service in
structions and that he was obliged by
honor to compel obedience. Hussner
claimed that Hartmann did not salute
him properly.
But" said the president, you
said you never drew your weapon
without using ni"
Yes" replied the prisoner, lit is
so ordered in tho regulations.
lyon were seen loosening your
sword before Hartmann left your
side," continued the president.
Eyes," answered the prisoner. ~
thought off,
Here Hussner mentioned the name
of an officer who, after having been
struck by . private, was Obliged to
resign because he was unable to loosen
his sword and the private, who was
not identified, ran away.
The impression made by the pro-
longed examination Of Hussnef on the
hearers was that the action was the
result of system of training on ma
terial which was dull, though passion
ate, and which affected the mind filled
with exaggerated ideas Of honor.
Hussner was sentenced to four years
and one week S imprisonment and to
degradation.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
NOW PATCHED UP.
PEACE DECLARED BETWEEN
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
AND WESTERN UNION.

New York, May 2s-wsll street Is
discussing an amazing story of a war
in tho stock market between John ID.
Rockefeller ami his brother, VIM.
Rockefeller, which has finally been
patched mp after decline in stock
values of several hundred millions Of
dollars.
The recent bitter fight between the
Pennsylvania and the Western Union
Telegraph company, owned by George
Gould, John d. RockefelleT's ally, the
bear attack ON Pennsylvsnis and on
st, Paul and the resignation from the
directorate OF the National City bank
board OF directors OF John ID. Rookie
Teller, Jr.. are incidents Of the fight.
BY the peace compact arranged be-
tween J. ID. Rockefeller and A. J.
Casssit. president Of the Pennsy lvanis
railroad. the Western Union Tele-
graph company will not be molested
further, and Mr. Rockefeller becomes
the largest subscriber to the s7b, ooO,-
900 syndicate to underwrite the new
Pennsylvania stock issue and the stock
market fight ceases.
The truce between the Pennsylva-
mia and the Western Union 10 said to
have been patched mp several days ago
as result Of a personal interview be-
tween J. ID. Rockefeller. ST., and A.
J. Cassstt, president of the Pennsylva-
mia. Mr.. Casstat, becoming alarmed
over the big declines in Pennsylvania
stoch, which threatened the success OF
his recent issue Of $4,000, 900 new
stock, proposed the truce.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
died ON WIFE'S GRAVE.
INDIANA MAN PLANS AND exc
CUTES HIS OWN DEATH
INA CEMETERY.

Hammond, Ind, May 2S-Because
he could not find a suitable housekeep-
or to care for his nine children who
had lately been left motherless, Peter
Mansfield went to his wife's grave ct
Hessville cemetery about O'Clock in
the morning and blew his brains out.
Leaving his work at the Grsssel
chemical plant, where he was super
intenuent, Mansfield went to his home
and dressed in his best black suit. He
.salled about midnight on Rudolph
Prablow, 8 saloon keeper, living at
Hessville, and borrowed q lantern, so
that he might find his way home read
lily. He was never seen alive again.
Pedestrians passing the cemetery,
which is situated on high knoll near
the public highway, found the body.
Mansfield had shot himself twice in
the head, pntting the pistol muzzle in
his mouth. When found the remains
lay at full length on the grave.
Three of his children live at Rose
land, ILL.,, Letters to each Of his nine
children and one to the public explain
ing his action were found on his body
o. Coroner Turner'S inquest.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
SPRING AILMENTS.

There 10 an aching and tired feel
ing; the liver, bowels and kidneys be-
come sluggish and inactive, the diges-
tion impaired, with little or no appe-
tite. no ambition for anything, and a
feeling that the whole body and mind
needs toning up. The trouble is that
during winter there has been an &C.
cumulation of waste matter in the sys-
tenn. Herbine will remove it, secure
to the secretions right exit, and by
it's tonic effect fully restore the vast
ed tissues and give strength in place
of weakness. SOC at Dubois, Kolb &
90.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
SHARES CALLED in
CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION FINAL
LY FINISHES ITS BUSINESS.

The Padueah Carnival Association
last night finished its business, and or
dered al stock turned In to be paid
for, it being worth IS a share. The
exact profit Of the carnival, after all
expenses were paid, was 80, 1000, some
thing under the first estimates. the
expenses were over $1,000 1t has not
been decided what disposition to make
Of the money.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
PEDRO DIAZ TO HANG.

San Juan. P. R., May 2s-Pedro
Diaz, convicted of murder at Huma-
Gao last August during political riot,
has been sentenced to death. Notice
of an appeal to the supreme court was
filed. Diaz will probably be hanged
in the penitentiary here July 81. The
natives are making desperate efforts to
save the prisoners life.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
heavy FINE
IMPOSED ON MAYFIELD MAN
FOR DISTURBANCES.

Lawson Jones, of Mayfield, who on
the 10th of May created some little
excitement on an |. o. train, south
bound, by shooting off his pistol, was
yesterday fined s75 and sentenced to
Is days in Jail by County Judge Webb,
of Mayfeld. There are tvo more in the
case who will also be given hearing.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
REMARKABLE OLD MAN.

Elmira, N. Y, May 2s-Dennis
Conuelly,s native of County Cork, Ire
land. is dead here, aged 10s years
He read without glasses mp to the time
he was 100 years old. He was mar
ried at 40 and reared three sons and
two daughters.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
STRIKE Is CERTAIN.

Philadelphia, May 2S-In all of the
local textile mills notices were posted
today by the manufacturers announc-
ing their refusal to grant the demand
of the employees workers for fifty
five hour weeb The employees fixed
June 1 as the time limit for the con-
cession, and it is almost certain that q
strike involving upward of 100000
men will be inaugursted next Monday
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-28
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD ExCUR-
SION BULLETIN.

The Illinois Central Railroad 90.
announces reduced rates as follows:
Boston, Mass. July 2 to 8, one fare
plus 81 for the round trap, good re-
turning until July ~, with privilege
of extension until September. by de-
posit of ticket and payment Of 80
cents, account of National Education
al association.
]. T. DONOVAN, Agent.