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The Republican journal., 1903-10-29
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF BELFAST.
ARRIVED.

Oct. o, Schs. Caroline Gray, Crockett,
Rockiand; Sunnyside, Eaton. Stoningt0n !;
ORION, Rich. Bangor; Annie May, Patter-
shall, Rockland
The Republican journal., 1903-10-29
THORNDIKE,

The Sunday School convention held at
the Centre church last Saturday was an
unusually interesting and profitable session,
with good attendance. Among the speak
ers from abroad were DR.. Pearson and wife
of Morrill,, whose words Of encouragement
added much to the interest of the meeting !;
Rev. Mr.. Hoxie of Freedom. and the Prin-
cipal of Freedom Academy. Miss Carrie
Weymouth of Troy, secretary of the society,
was also present. All these, with the help
of others, made the day one of enjoyment to
ALL. Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim johnson were
in Belfast last week to attend the funeral
of Mr.. Johnson's niece, Mrs. Gurney. .....
Joseph Lttlefeld and Mrs Florence Rose
of Belfast were guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. L. Wing. ..... Mrs. Fred Patterson
had a severe attack of asthma Thursday
night. DR.. B. P. Hurd was summoned and
soon relieved his patient Mrs. Henry
Black accompanied her two sons, Lincoln
and Robert, to Portland to the Eye Infirm-
ary for treatment last Thursday. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Walker, who recently moved to
their new home in Troy, passed Saturday
night in town, guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dolph Myrick. Howard Hurd, the R. F.
ID. carrier on route No. 2, had runaway
accident last week. His carriage was COM
pletely demolished. Himself and horse
were uninjured. Mr.. William Barlow,
who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Dray-
ton, in New York, returned home Oct oath.
....Estley Gordon is building new stable.
go. j. Parsons and wife visited friends
in Brooks Oct. 25th. Mrs. Peter Harmon
and Miss Hattie CornfOrth attended the
service at the Centre church Sunday. >. Mr..
and Mrs. Farr of Portland have been guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Ward few weeks.
Mrs. Paris Dyer passed Oct. 22nd with
Mrs. Rebecca Higgins. Charles Smith re-
turned from Boothbay Friday. Peter Har-
mon passed Oct. Oath in Belfast. .....A few
days ago as Fred Elkins of Knox was driv-
ing into the Sampson hay barn he struck
his head and shoulders against the beam
over the door with such force that it stop
ped his team. Mr.. Elkins was so badly
hurt that he does not walk yet. The little
son of, E. L. Bartlett was quite sick last
week. DR.. M. T. Dodge of Troy attends him.
The Republican journal., 1903-10-29

Oct. %. Schs. A. w. Ellis, Osborne, Or
land to load for New York; Polly, Ryan,
Boston; Maria Webster turner turner N Mt. aad,e De-
Holder, st. John, N. b.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21

principal part of the gloves and gaunt
lets used by the United States army.
Mr. Littauer's father was a well to do
and successful manufacturer of gloves,
and the son was trained in that busi-
ness.
After receiving such educational
training as the public schools afforded
young Littauer entered Harvard uni
versity, where he met and formed a
friendship with Theodore Roosevelt
which has since continued. Mr.. Lit
tauer graduated in 1878, and in 1882
business established by his father,
which has been greatly enlarged under
his shrewd and successful manage
ment. Mr.. Littauer has other extensive
business connections and is reputed to
be worth 81. .000.000. Despite his wealth
he is thoroughly democratic in his
tastes and habits and withal free
handed and generous. He is one of
the kind of men who know how to
spend money so that he and his friends
may NiJ'S thN Nhl'NhuituiN' iit
loves TO fish and TO hunt and is one of
the most companionable of men, al
ways cheerful and always ready to tell
or listen TO good story.
Though active in the politics Of his
district and state, Mr.. Littauer has
never held any office other than the
one he now occupies. He was first
elected to the Fifty-fifth congress and
has been elected to every congress
since. Including the Fifty-eighth.
Congressman Littauer first began to
attract national attention about three
years ago, at which time Theodore
Roosevelt. then governor of New York,
referred to him at n Harvard banquet
rs my most intimate personal friend
and my closest political adviser"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
The cold Home Weekv Idea.

The satisfaction which New England
Frs are getting out of their peculiar
observances of "old home week" this
year is causing something akin to envy
In other parts of the country, and 1t is
quite probable that the idea will be
taken up in various localities outside
Of New England the coming season.
''If the down east states enjoy home
week SO much," is the general burden
Of comment, why shouldn't we have
one too" Pennsylvania points out
that there is even more reason for such
an event in the Keystone State than in
the Bay State. More than one-slXth of
the natives of Pennsylvania, says
local newspaper, are living outside the
state, as against less than one-seventh
in the case of Massachusetts. Missouri
makes similar argument, some 615,-
900 native born Mlssourlans residing
now outside Of the state. This state
should find 1t easy to bring back
good number for the reunions. since
about 100000 of the emigrants are in
the neighboring state of Kansas and
$4,000 in Illinois, across the river. 1t
being impossible in Missouri to talk of
any subject without bringing in the
worlds fair, the newspapers are telling
hn 10 fol- IN, old
home and the fair ON a single excur-
sion.
To go further away than any of these
local manifestations, it has been sug-
gested that the 'home week" observ-
ances should partake of an interna-
tional character. When the prosperous
German in a western city, for instance,
sees his New England neighbor pack
Ing his suit case to return for week
to Brockton or Haverhill, why should
not he in turn pack his steamer trunk
and pay a flying visit to Munich or
Bingen on the Rhine?
Anyway the ''old home week" idea is
good one, and of it much should be
made by communities whose SONS and
daughters have gone forth to other
parts of the country to seek their for
tunes. 1t is good thing to remember
the old home and to get back to it now
and again-good for both the wander
ers and those who remain at home.
The college graduate knows well the
joys Of commencement reunions, and 1t
Is only fair to create a sort of COM
mencement atmosphere at home for all
without distinction of degree.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21

FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE MONUMENT
that almost wiped out the thriving city
will be reproduced in novel way
Taking in the immense territory that
was swept by flame on that memorable
occasion, the roofs of all the larger
buildings within the area will be GOV
cred with Roman fire. The cOmbustibe
powder will be placed also on all the
skyscrapers down town, which was In
1871 one of the boiling pots of the fire
simultaneously on certain evening
during jubilee week this red fire Will
be ignited, and for two hours the city
will be bathed in glare that Will be
seen for many miles through the coun
try. Excursion boats will cruise the
lake front to give those who wish a
chance to see the conhagratiOn from q
particularly good vantage point. A
special bomb display will be given
from the roof Of the O'Leary home on
De Koven street, where the famous
COW kicked over the lamp that set tht
city in flames.
Another spectacle will be a night pa
rade of automobiles under the supervi'
sion Of committee headed by G. W..
Gray. The city contains about 2,5oo
private automobiles, and these, re-en
forced by vehicles from Cleveland, In
dianapolis, st. Louis, Milwaukee and
other cities, will form an Illuminated
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
The Coming Americans.

The American people can never lose
its English -Teutonic force and master
fulness, but the infusion Of measure
Of Mediterra aean and Alpine blood Ia
to make us more versatile intellectual
ly, says Ivan c. Waterbury in the
World Today. It will make us more
truly scientific by developing that pow
er of inductive research and of form
ing judgments by scientific weighing Of
evidence which is declared to be corre-
lated with a mixture of bloods Above
all, 1t is to make us more imaginative
and gentler in our thoughts and feel
ings. In other words, it is to quicken
and develop in us the artistic and poet
ic nature Therefore not only will
there be great achievements In litera-
ture, music, painting, sculpture and ar
chitecture by American individuals,
but also an artistic public conscious
ness by which we shall enjoy highly.
the beautiful things of life and be In
tolerant of commercial neglect and van
dalism
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
Importa ton Of Tin Ore.

1mpUrtations of pig tin into the
United States in the past year were
larger than in any preceding year. The
statistics Of the years imports as pre-
sented BY the department of commerce
and labor through Its bureau of sta
tistics show that the importations of
tin were $4,000 pounds. valued at
more than S23,O00.0OO. In 1890 the i'm
portations were 100000 pounds,
valued at about $1,000,000.
These figures are especially interest
ing in view of the recent imposition Of
a duty on expectations of tin ore from
the British colonies of the Malayan
peninsula The rapid growth in the
use of tin In the United States and
the fact that practically none of that
article Is produced In this country.
suggested the importation of tin in the
form Of ore and the smelling of the ore
and manufacture of the pig tin at
home. A plant for this purpose has
been erected in the United States, and
the shipment of ore from the Malayan
peninsula was about to begin when
the department of commerce and labor
receivedword through the reports of the
United States consul at the Straits Set
Elements that an export duty of $50 per
picul Q33 pounds) had been levied on
tin ore exported, the purpose of this
export tax on the ore being to prevent
its expectation In the natural state and
to retain for the people Of the Malayan
states the profits of smelling.
Whether this will terminate the prof.
ect Of importing the ore into the United
States for smelling cannot yet be told.
The Malayan states now produce more
than half of the tin which enters into
the commerce of the world, their total
shipments in 1901 being $4,000 tons out
of a total Of $4,000 tons entering the
markets of the world in that year. 1t
Is interesting to note that three-fourths
Of the worlds tin comes from parts Of
the world not far distant from the
Philippine Islands, and this fact,
coupled with the growing demand for
tin in the United States. may lead to
careful examination as to t',r possi-
bility of tin production in the Philip
pines.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
suppressing Train Rowdyism.

The Washington Post tells of plan
adopted by the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern railroad to police its
trains for the protection Of patrons
from drunken ruffians and hoodlums
and from all persons whose conduct is
annoying to the passengers. This deter
minatiOn of the officials Of the railroad
is most commendable and should be
followed b., similar action by other
companies.
The rowdy is nuisance everywhere
and shows no partiality in his selection
of the railroad he is to patronize. Pas
sengers who can afford to pa tronize the
sleeping cars and parlor cars are prac-
tically exempt from the annoyances Of
this kind, but the occupants of the day
coaches OH nearly every train in the
country are daily subjected to annoy
ance, and frequently to insult and
abuse, ty the rowdy traveller. One
drunken ss,tfian is sufficient to disturb
the peace aud comfort Of car load Of
women and children, and other passen-
gers are usually powerless to protect
themselves unless some overt act is
committed. The average traveller will
submit to great deal of offensive and
indecent language from a rowdy before
he will take the matter of enjoining
good behavior into his own hands.
The rowdy and the rufiian are in
their element on excursion trains,
where the crowds keep the train crews
busy with duties other than looking
after the comfort and protection Of
the passengers. The Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern proposes to detail
competent police officers to accompany
such trains to preserve order and pro-
tect peaceful passengers from insults
of the hoodlums.. The service will be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21

~ AAi>h'o 10 bhSg
the centennial celebration OF
the permanent settlement of
the city. While history gives
August as the month of anniversary,
the men who are arranging the fetes
have fixed on Sept. 20 TO Oct. for the
Chicagoans are pretty generally scat
tered on vacation tours.
In 1895 the United States govern
ment bought from the Indians a piece
of ground six miles square near the
mouth of the Chicago river. This was
fixed on as the site of Fort Dearborn,
built by Major Whistler i'm 1903. This
was the first permanent structure in
the building of the city. and it is this
step the centennial is to commemorate.
No event to inspire greater civic pride
toward a celebration has come to Chi
cago, and therefore the plans that are
being made have in their scope and
character the object of surprising all
previous efforts of the city. This Is a
high mark, for there have been several
great fetes in the past.
C. r. Macloon, the present secretary
Of the citizens committees, suggested
the celebration. and in January the
mayor and city council took the first
step toward its development. An exec
utive committee, with Charles A. Pla-
mondon, a prominent manufacturer
at its head, was appointed. w. w.
Tracy, a banker. was made chairman
Of the finance committee which began
the work Of raising 100000 for ex-
penses. George II. Jenney was placed
at the head of the entertainment COM
mittee, which began to outline the
character of the six day jubilee.
1t was decided to give as many open
air spectacles as possible, so that ev-
erybody could enjoy the festivities.
Fort Dearborn being the historical piv-
OF of the events, it has been planned to
reproduce this fort in facsimile inside
and out and place it in one of the
parks and surround it with Indians
who are descendants of the tribes that
centered around Chicago in the early
days. For this purpose 400 Indians
have been engaged. These will come
from Michigan in their canoes and will
paddle into the river when the celebra
ton begins. They will camp near the
fort and at stated times will make a
sham attack ON the occupants These
Indians will give entertainments, and
there will be no admission charges to
any of the events.
A military parade will be another
feature. There is some hope that the
president may be induced to visit Chi
cago for one day, and if he does the
military parade will act as his escort IN
the afternoon. Should he fail to come
there will be numerous dignitaries in
the city, including members of the
cabinet and diplomatic corps, govern
Ors Of various states, senators, con
gressmen, mayors Of leading cities and
others well known in public life. For
these the immense and brilliant pro-
cession will move. In it will be seen
the government troops stationed in
Fort Sheridan. near Chicago; Uncle
Sans men from nearby military posts,
the several regiments Of the Illinois
national guard, the crack militiamen
Of neighboring states and local uni
formed organizations.
To give Chicagoans and their visiting
friends thrill the great fire of 1871
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procession four miles long. Striking
electrical effects will be sought. the OBJ
tect being TO make the parade the most
brilliant and dazzling ever given.
Prizes will be offered for the best color
and light arrangements. In connection
with this parade there will be an auto
mobile meet during two afternoons on
one of the race tracks. This meet is
likely to become historic, for crack rae
ing machines from all over the country
may be lowered. An eastern machine
that has all the excellence of the fa-
nous French machines will be one of
the entries, while western man is fin
ishing a vehicle whose mammoth size
dwarfs all the racers of today. This
vehicle is to be at least of ninety horse
power. With the noted machines will
come the crack racers of the country.
Not only will the contests prove alb
sorbing, but the owners will give visit
ors free opportunity to examine them
before the races begin. For the con-
tests many valuable prizes will be of
fered, the chief one to be a centennial
silver cup.
Another street spectacle will be an
Industrial parade which will by means
Of handsome floats tell the story of
Chicago's progress. This, too, will be
given at night in the glare of myriads
of lights and colored by thousands of
torches. The clty's history will be told
In Mardi Gras fashion. Its Indian orr
gin, its early settlement, the massa-
cres Of its pioneers by the red men, its
part in the rebellion, its great fire, its
worlds fair-all will be symbolized in
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OLD FORT DEARBORN CENTURY AGO.
elaborate floats, while the commercial
progress will be told in a series of illu-
minated pictures of artistic beauty in
form and color. Several series of tab
leaux covering other themes will be in
cluded.
Yachtsmen of the city are managing
a series of regattas for the week
These also will have centennial cups
for awards, and the season of the
year chosen and the enthusiasm so far
displayed indicate large attendance
of the best known yachts of the great
lakes. Besides these races there will
be athletic contests of international i'm
portance. Famous swimmers from
Sweden, England and Germany are ex-
pected to take part in races, and the
best athletic teams of eastern and
western universities, as well as the
leading athletic clubs, will be present
to participate in contests Of swimming,
rowing and water polo. An ideal spot
for these events has been chosen, the
beautiful Lincoln park lagoon, with
its wide stretch of lawn ON either side.
The athletics Of centennial week will
be under the care of the Chicago Ath-
letic association and the Amateur Ath-
letic union.
AS the week includes Sunday, patri-
otic services are to be held in all the
churches, and in the afternoon special
union mass meetings will be arranged.
The old settlers of the city, many of
whom have scattered to various parts
Of the country, will hold reunion in
the reconstructed Fort Dearborn, an
object lesson to the newer Chicagoans
who may not recall the rapidity with
which the city has leaped into the
front rank.
With all these big spectacles the city
has not forgotten its educa ational duty.
The week preceding the fetes a stere-
opticon lecture will be given in the
schools, reciting the city's early history
and growth. Professor Edwin Erie
Sparks of the University of Chicago is
at the head of this educational COM
mittee, and he has gathered photo
graphs of early scenes in the city. Go
ing over these same spots recently, he
has secured photographs covering the
same views, and these contrasts will
be shown through the stereopticon to
the school children. The lectures will
be repeated to adults in the evenings,
and in sections of the city where the
population is heavily foreign the talks
will be translated. Besides this, Pro-
fessor Sparks and his committee are
designing tablets to be placed on the
city's historic spots during centennial
week. These will be of no less interest
to residents than to visitors. Many Of
these tablets will be made permanent.
Chicago expects half million Wis
itors from surrounding points, and for
them have been secured low railroad
rates. They not only will be allowed
to enjoy every one of the features Of
the weeks festivities but special pro-
gramme of fireworks rivaling the re-
cent marvellous display at the dedica-
ton of the st. Louis exposition will be
given for their benefit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.
They Are blended In the Career OF
Congressman Littauer.

Congressman Lucius y. Littauer
who is conspicuous just now because
of the charge that he has been interest
ed in certain government contracts con
trary TO law, is fOrtyfour years Of age
rotund and genial. strenuous and keen
witted and popular in his congressional
district, the Twenty-fifth of New
York, which embraces the counties OF
Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery. Sara
toga and Warren. He was born at
Gloversville, y. Y, which takes its
name from the ileading industry of the
place. 1t is here that is made the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
TO TEACH HAPPINESS.
Paris Newest School to Take Up a
Vital Matter.

A "schOol of happiness" is to be open
ed at Paris in the autumn by Dr. Paul
Valentin, says the Philadelphia Press,
A complete course of lectures on the
subject will be given.
One of the teachers" recently de-
clared that "men and women will be
taught the art Of happiness just as they
are taught that of painting or Of play
ing the piano." Among the kinds Of
happiness to be lectured upon will be
how to be happy although married
DR.. Valentin considers that conjugal
felicity depends upon three things
circumstances which he does not de-
fine and over which one may not al
ways have control, cerebral equilibrium
between the two parties and suitability
OF character"
A periodical will be published by the
school called the Normal Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
A COMING PREMIER.
Winston Churchill Is One of Eng
lands Brightest Young Men.

Winston Churchill Is One of Eng
lands Brightest Young Men.
ga young man with career before
him" would be an apt characterization
of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill,
NJ p, the youthful Englishman who
has just crossed swords with the veter-
an Joe Chamberlain on the free trade
protection question, were it not for the
fact that young Churchill has already
considerable of career behind him.
Winston Churchill, who must not be
confused with the popular American
author of the same name, should be of
peculiar interest to Yankees. since his
mother, now Mrs. George CORVALLIS
West, is an American. His father was
the late Lord Randolph Churchill, un-
Gle of the present Duke Of Marlbor-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21

extended as rapidly as possible to all
passenger trains Of the company.
II Is unquestionably the duty of rail-
road companies to protect its passen-
gers from annoyance and insult as well
as personal injury, and it is somewhat
surprising that action similar to that
of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern was not taken long ago by the
railroads generally.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
Hector Macdonald Fund.

The Hector Macdonald memorial
fund is now approaching $4,000 $780,
O0O, and John Bannon Of Glasgow I'M
indorsing check for f1.0O0 ($5,OOO)l
renews his promise to contribute SIM
liar sum when the next $4,000 ($20, 0,00Ol
is subscribed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21

One of the latest penny in the slot
machines introduced in London sup
plies handkerchiefs at 2 or cents
apiece.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21
Essex District Probate Court.

sessions of said Court will be held at
Rri.hton the second Tuesday of October aud
Anil Canaan the second Tuesday of No.
srnibrr and May. West Concord the second
tuesday of December and June. Lunenburg
tbr second Tuesday of January and July.
Special sessions will be held at any place In
the District by agreement.
Wv ROBERT CHASE. Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-21

ough. Winston Churchill is not yet
twenty-nine years of age. He was edu-
Gated at Harrow and the Sandhurst
Military academy and entered the
British army in 1895. He served in the
Spanish army in Cuba in 1895 and
with the British forces in India, Egypt
and South Africa, attracting much at
tention in the last named contest by
his bravery and daring. Mr.. Churchill
has written five books, won several
medals for bravery and been a mem.
ber of parliament since 1900.