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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Unlicensed Insurance Companies.

Not long ago the Journal received,
through an agency, an advertisement
from a life insurance company in In
diana. announcing that it insured per-
sons from so to "a: that 1T had been in
business II years, and that it was pre-
pared to give liberal contracts to
agents. The Journal was Immediately
informed by Commissioner Carr that
the company was not licensed to do
business in Maine and the advertise
ment was promptly dropped.
We feel that the letter written us by
Mr.. Carr. who has been very active in
safeguarding the interests of our
State in matters of insurance, will be
of general interest to our readers. He
said: "The primary object of the adj
vertisement in question appears to be
to secure agents in Maine, and if it
accomplishes it's purpose, it becomes
my duty to prosecute such agents, al
though they may have acted in good
faith. as the company is not and never
has been authorized to transact bust
ness in this State. Honestly conducted,
sound insurance companies do not usu-
ally solicit business in states in which
they are not licensed, and all similar
advertisements. as we'll as the numer-
Gus circulars from numerous unau-
thorized fire insurance companies, with
which the State is flooded. offering to
insure property at lower rates than
are charged by the licensed companies,
may safely be regarded with suspicion,
as the indemnity offered by such cor
porations is usually of questionable
character and frequently of little or
no value. as some of our citizens have
learned from experience. Should such
companies refuse to pay loss in Maine
the policy-holder would have no re-
dress in our courts"
While Commissioner Carr does not
claim to exercise jurisdiction over adj
vertisements. he justly feels that the
of Maine would not know
ingly be instrumental in causing peo-
pie of their State to violate it's statute
laws or to purchase Insurance in COM
panies of unknown standing. 1t is a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Guard Against Typhoid.

There appears to be more typhoid fe-
yer in Augusta at the present time
than for several years past. The great
est care should be taken to guard
against all possible sources of infec-
ton, AS handled in hospitals, with
the scientific use of disinfectants this
disease is not contagious; but unfort-
unately the same degree of care does
not always prevail in private families,
with the result that the germs of the
disease are transmitted from the sick
to the we'll. If there is any question
about the water supply it should be
carefully boiled before using. The
best looking water may not be the pur-
est. This is very apt to be the case
with we'll water. We. know of one
well from which a number of people
obtained their drinking water. and
which was the immediate source of a
number of cases of typhoid, and yet
the water was clear and cold, and, so
far as the eye could determine, per-
fectly pure. There can be no question
but what considerable amount Of ty-
phoid is due to defective drainage, and
foul, damp cellars. All the evils from
such sources exist in their most ag-
gravated form in the winter and early
fall. At such times special care should
be exercised to avoid every possible
source of infection. Typhoid is often
contracted through sheer carelessness
and a wilful disregard of the ordinary
laws of health. 1t can, in most cases,
be guarded against by the exercise of
little care and forethought. Eternal
vigilance is the price Of safety"
OF special interest and value at this
time is the newly made announcement
of leading scientists that lemon juice
is a certain death to the typhoid germ
in drinking water. In our telegraph
columns, yesterday, the results of the
experiments of English and American
physicians were given. One teaspoon
full of the juice to half glass full of
water is known to be a good combina-
ton, and repeated trials have inva-
riably produced the same result-every
germ was killed. AS drinking water is
often the source of typhoid infection,
this simple and inexpensive preventive
agency is worth keeping in mind when
one is in doubt as to the purity of the
water, particularly when one is trav-
cling or away from home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
@i3llNpB Gossip
The New Year,

Another 9;me new leaf' Yes, again it's the
When we pause mid the pleasures Of
feasting and rhyme
And listen. while conscience reminds us
anew
Of the things that we ought and we
oughtn't to do.
The many small voicesi which cause
such expense
Must DE vanished for aye with a virtue
intense;
And the greatest ones, too if there hap
pens to be
Any left in the makeup of you or of me.
And yet. when 1 carefully look DER the
list
Of the earthly temptations which 1 must
resist,
In candor I'm bound to confess it ap-
pears
Like the very same leaf I've been turning
for years.
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
The Departing Year.

He came, he brought us meadow, bloom
And blrd-songs caroling the heavens
through;
Nor stays one thrush to hymn a sweet
adieu.
Dry. rafting stalks and clumps of frozen
Are all that tremble to his parting
tread;
From cottage windows where the home
light fluShes
No face looks out. no last farewell is
said. so0 atstg 3;ni
Bare are the walls where blushed his
garden roses, M W y,r39,a, II;
And bare the tree-boughs swaying DER
the lawn;
The grape-hung lattice not a leaf dis
And no late watcher signs that he is
gore:-
Gone with the beauty OF the Summer
morning,
The dreamy loneliness of vanished days,
The sky's soft glory and the earth's
June's rosy light and Autumn's mellow
haze.
I begged, when first he shone with Law
A prince triumphant come to rule his
own,
That he some token of his grace would
render
To me, suppliant, on his bounty
thrown.
He bent and proffered, without stint or
measure,
The utmost that my daring words could
crave:
With full arms closing round each
boarded treasure,
My lips forgot to bless the hand that
gave.
He made the evening glad, the sunrise
golden,
AnG all existence richer that he came;
Yet scarcely finds my spirit, thus DC
holden,
The time to weave this chaplet in his
name.
@ kingly giver old and unattended,
The worlds poor gratitude Is not fol
thee;
1t leaves unsung the reign so nearly
ended,
And turns to hail the king that is to
be.
Mrs Abba Goold Woolson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

The appointment of General Francis
v. Green as police commissioner of
New York is undoubtedly a good thing
for the police system of that city, but
It is not the only respect in which the
force is being strengthened. John
Flanagan. who holds the worlds re-
cord for heavy weight throwing. has
Just been made a New York police
man, his physical examination being
the best ever passed by an applicant
for the force. The trained athlete has
his uses in every day life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Are there to be prayers only for
the good and the pure? Are not the
fallen and SHINING much more in need
Of supplications for the mercy of God?
There is something very inconsistent
in the action of the clergy of Sax
ony in striking from their prayers the
name of the wayward crown princess
who has deserted the royal palace and
her four little children to elope with
a French tutor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
There is a nice little prosperit

There is nice little prosperity
pointer in the announcement of the
condition of the national banks at this
time as compared with that a year
ago. The banks increased in that time
Increased from $5,722,730,635 to &c.
1O4,091,916. That was at the rate of
more than $1.00o,OOO for every day in
in loans and discounts and of stocks
and securities held by the banks. In
dividual deposits increased during the
year about $1SS.0O0. 900. This is testi-
mony of the ccuntry's prosperity that
is indisputable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
New York Money Market.

New York. Dec. IL ;
Money on call firm,s9 to II per cent
last loan 9.
Prime mercantile paper per cent.
Sterling exchange heavy with actual
business in bankers bills at 4S6.50dl4. So %
for demand and at 4.S310q4Ss15 for "
day bills. -
Posted rates 4.S40l4.S71a.
Commercial bills 4.S2ss@32s.
Bar silver 4S1s.
Mexican dollars 3S34
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds firm.
United States new As, reg. ........... l52s:
do. corn. 1885,
United States 4s le9ls
do. coup 1i0,.
Denver e. Rio Grande lists . loE
Erie Gen. As ...................... S1i
Missouri. Kansas & Texas ends -. 81
Kansas Pacific consolS ...............
Texas Pacific ig. lists Observation-Disclosures. 1l6a
Union Pacific lists ........ l0i7
Sex. int. s*bid. IIasked
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

matter in which the newspapers can
be advised at any time by writing
Commissioner Carr. The safe rule to
follow. however, in buying insurance
is to place it in one of the recognized
strong companies, concerning whose
ability and disposition to meet all pos
sible liabilities, there is not the slight
est question.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
The Enforcement Of the Prohibitory
Law,

.
Law.
The prohibitory law and it's en-
forcment is coming in for very general
discussion in Augusta just now, and
the man who goes up and down the
views, on the best method of dealing
with the liquor evil. 1t has been
long time since any event has stirred
up so much excitement and comment,
as the recently. inaugurated era of rigid
enforcement. There has been dispO-
sition to attribute various causes for
it. Some people have professed to see
in it an attempt to forestan the in
coming sheriff, others assert that be-
hind it is the active influence of men
who are urging this policy for the fur
therance of their political interests and
ambitions. We do not believe that
either view is correct. While the out
spoken views of leading men have had
their influence, the enforcement here in
Augusta is simply the outcome of that
growing public sentiment which has
been manifested throughout the State
of late in a determined protest against
the further notification of law. 1t was
this that led to the recent unanimous
order of the city government calling
upon the city marshal for vigorous
enforcement of the prohibitory law,
and it is this that has led to similar,
action in other sections of the State.
Many of the men who are in favor
of rigid enforcement are frank to say
that they are not believers in the law;
but they feel that so long as it is upon
the statute books it should be enforced.
If after fair trial it does not meet
the public expectations the people will
have it in their power to try something
else.
The feeling is very strong, however.
that so long as this law exists it should
stand upon the same basis as other
laws. or otherwise all laws will cease
to command public respect, and become
ineffective.
1t is this feeling that has led r1en
Of prominence and influence to take
prominent and vigorous stand for rigid
enforcement, and to stimulate the SEN
timent which has made itself felt not
r.erely in Augusta; but all over the
State.
Undoubtedly this course has done
much to bring the question Of resub-
mission to the front, and to enlist in
the cause elments not often found
in working accord. Among those &C
tive in advocating re-submission are
men ana newspapers whose loyalty to
practical temperance is above sus-
picion. They believe that the cause
they advocate would be strengthened
by a referendum. If the friends of
temperance could bring themselves to
feel that this would actually be the
outcome of such a move, there would
probably be little difference of opinion
regarding it; but right here there is a
decided difference of opinion, and it is
already evident that the proposition
Will be warmly contested.
1t is useless for the friends of tenn
perance to be intolerant of honest diff
ferences of opinion as to the best meth
DDS to be pursued in suppressing the
evils of intemperance. These differ
ences, however, cannot affect the one
fundamental proposition, viz, that
laws are not made to be nullified, and
that, so long as they remain upon the
statut. books they should be enforced
without fear and without favor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Chicago Market.

gChicagp. Dee. 81
There was little doing an either the
grain or provision pits on the Board OF
Trade. today, and pricdSgSaa downward
tendency. May wheat elbxed 81 lower; May
corn off A@as and oats down 1sGh MAJ
provisions closed 214d5c. higher to 1AMi0e.
lower.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-Dec., 725s@a4; May, 76i4; Jqly,
7S4@as.
CORN-Dec., A: Jam, AIS; May, as.
OATS-.Dec. new. 31a; May. $685..
PORK-Jan.. LIS; May, 16.S1H
LARD-Dec., 10.00A; JAN, 9.97k; May,
9.5.hz.
SHORE Russian. s.421z; May, -.67ls
CASH FLOUR-Quiet but firm.
WHEAT-No. 2 spring, 1904; No. ,, IS;
No. 2 rel, 729su73M.
CORNING. 2. A; No. 2 yellow, A.
OATS.No. 2. 31as; No. ) white, 32lla33.
RYE-Eo. 2. 49,
BARLLY-Good feeding S9142
MALTNG-Choice, 45156.
TRANSFERRING. l. la; No. / north-
western, 1.21.
TIMO7HY-3S5.
| MESS PORK-17.25.
LARD 10. 00M1O. OH
SHORT RIBS. SlDES{s.3 7Ia6tS g. L.
| SHOUtDERS-Dr sailed. S.25QS5G.
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-9 OO6fg 12Ia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Relief to Her,

Bargen-Yes, my wife's quite happy this
morning. '''
=, Ascunt-I heard she was suffering from,
the grip On
D,argensIohe mas 1t, but she is not suf
fering.B She bought n 5-cent hottie ~
medicine for 81 cents some time ago, and
she was beginning to tear she'd never
have schance to use it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

continued light. The money market con
tinued stiff, today, but eased off in the
late trarsa ctions. The bond market was
broad and active and made general al
vances. Total sales, par value, S2,3i5,vt;;
United States bonds We're all unchanged
on the last call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Brother Dickey's PHILOSOPHY.

DE New Year Resolution is gittin' ter
pc ez FREQUENT cz de chills in springtime,
en- des erhout ez popular.
De WORT amt any older terday dan
what his wuz way back yander De
trouble is, lots er folks thinks dey's
EN-.
Wisdom don't die wild some folks; en-
ter tell de truth, hit won't live wild lots
er 'em.
You can't go ter heaven kaze you say
you gwine dar; but you kin git ter de
yuther Place without sayin' anything at
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
V|I| Kenl,sbee Journal
1ERMe. 100 PER YEAR.

No notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communica lions.
TIE Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return of re-
jected communications.
Address ell communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLMGH & FLYNT, Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Qujd Pro Ono

MlSress-You don't appear to have as
much affection for the children as vo a.,
might Rave. 60 ~"
Nurse Girl-No? Well, l was Just think
ING dont appear to have as much
wages as l might have, ma am.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Regarding Another Woman.

IessIThere's only one thing that pre-
religion. "A VI hei
Jess-And what's that?
Tess-She doesn't consider cloaks fa
ionable now. i''h-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
LIGHT AND AIRY.
His In.come

VIVA, what is your husbands income now?
We'll replied the long suffering wife.
O'Clock in the morning" anu
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
New York Cotton Market.

New York, Dec. 81
Cotton futures closed very steady.
January. S.67; February, $685. March, SCI
April, $C9; May, $50; June. $50; July, S5S;
August SAL; September, sos
Cotth spot closed quiet. Middliny UP.
lands, $50; do. gulf, 9.15. Sales, 32o0.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
A Happy New Year.

TO an it's readers, its friends and
patrons everywhere, the Journal wishes
a Happy New Year, this morning. May
the skies Of 1903 be bright above you,
and prosperity and happiness be the
lot OF you and yours through the
months ahead For us all the year
1902 is now a closed book. Its record
ia written, and no word or figure can
be erased or altered on its pages. The
wear brought us varied fortune, and
taught us lessons it is well for us not
to forget.
Our land has wonderfully prospered,
the cause of peace has made prog
ress; the store of human knowledge
has been added to, and the world. we
believe, is better world than it was,
a wear ago. On the other hand. the
wear has seen Industrial disturbances
whose effects are felt in almost every
home: the great calamity on Mar
Unique was one of the most extensive
OF its kind in history; and, as pub
1ished in this column, yesterday, Tie
roll of the years illustrious dead Is
unusually long. There have been
clouds in the sky, but the sun has
been stronger than the clouds and man
s.ever found the world a brighter place
to live in and work in than during
the year that has closed.
And as we Individually pass the
milestone and step out along the I'M
known road Of a new year, it is well
Tor each to pause moment and search
the depths of his own soul to find what
the year has added to his possessions
and to note if anything of value has
been taken away. What have you, ac-
complished that you are really proud
Of? What have you done that you
wish were undone? Have you brought
happiness TO the lives of those around
YOU? Are your sympathies broader,
your aims nobler. your faith stronger
and your standards higher than year
ago? Have you borne misfortune as
becomes a man, or, harder still, have
you borne good fortune as good man
should? Have you done your part as
q citizen of your municipality and
your State? Have you carried the
Golden Rule into your business, your
neighborhood and your home? Ask
these questions of yourself, and other
questions which they suggest, and in
the year 1903 whose bright light we
greet this morning try to profit from
the honest answers given.
And again to all, a Happy New Year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
Grand Larceny.
He stole

He stole kiss. Now that" cried she,
= III have you understand,
Is really petit larceny
It's rot, said he. Its grandv'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
True ENOUGH.

Morrell-After all, wealth does not
bring happiness. my
Sorrell-Maybe not, but it brings a bet
Ter imitation of it than poverty does.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Portland again feels a hankering for
the Capitol. 1t would also accept the
earth and the fulness thereof.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
dar and up

Down with the old calendar and up
with the new!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Ohio will celebrate the centennial of
IT'S admission to the Union, next May,
and proposes to do it in fitting style
although it will not indulge in any ex-
position. The President will attend,
and leading men from all parts of the
country will be present. 1t will be a
regular Old Home week occasion for
the sons and daughters of Ohio all over
the land, and they are children Of
whom their state is justly proud. Ohio
is peculiarly the child of New Eng
land. Connecticut has perhaps the
best right to claim that splendid COM
monwealth as it's daughter. though all
Our New England states can present
claims in this respect. After the ia
nous cold season of 1916 there was a
grand exodus from Maine to Ohio, then
the limit of the western movement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

This weeks Youths Companion con-
tains a beautiful little poem, entitled
Before the Fire." by Mrs. Martha
Baker Dunn of Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

OF the $1s,0OO,OO0 increase in Names
valuation. as indicated by the report of
the State assessors, it is to be noted
that over $6,OOO,0oO is on the wild lands
of the State
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

,rhe latest feather for Yankee Doodle
to stick in his cap is one from the
wing OF the dove of peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

There were other watch meetings
than those held in the churches
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Don't make too many good resolu-
tons: few are more easily kept.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

York county begins the year with
smallpox scare, but isn't very badly
scared
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Atlanta Constitution.

Henry WI Livingston, formerly coll
ohlal treasurer of the Jamica Islands,
mas just died at East Orange, N. J.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

The rigid enforcement campaign
will be of great help to those who be-
gin the New York by swearing off.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Lots of misfit Christmas presents will
make somebody happy, today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Happy the man, and as rare as he is
happy, who begins the year owing no
man dollar Happier he who knows
that other men owe him what is better
than money, good will and kindness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Not bad indication of the ncreas-
ing prosperity of the State is found in
the fact that the resources of tie trust
companies alone have increased $1,000
900 during the year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Calvin Graves will have to wait a
time longer. He has at least the salts
faction of knowing that few petition
ers for executive clemency ever had
1000 signers to their appeal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Charles Dunn who has been ex-
sheriff of Cumberland since midnight,
is already in the field for the enforce
,cent nomination in 1904 and proposes
to keep up a vigorous campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished Daily by the Federal Stock
ard Grain Co.; office, Opera House
Bbck, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

reported discovery of gold in a ledge in
that town. But the citizens wisely be-
lieve that the summer tourist business
is more valuable gold mine for the
town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

1t seems to be the verdict that the
enterprising Forest City should have
reserved the announcement of it's ex-
pectation of becoming the capital, until
the early morning hours of April LIST.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

Wells is somewhat agitated over the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
A Happy New Year to all!

Here's to 1903!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01

F. D. Crissman, Mgr.