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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

THE day was when men Of prpmi
- hence hesitated to give theft testi
monials to proprietary medicines fol
publication. This remains true today
Of most proprietary medicines. But
Peruna has become SO Justly famous, its
merits are known TO 80 many people Of
high and low stations, that no one hes
itates to see his name In print recon-
mending Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna q strong endorsement
Men representing all classes and sta
tons are equally represented.
A dignified representative of the Pres
byterian church in the person Of Rev
E. G. Smith does not hesitate 10 state
publicly that he has used Peruna In bis
family and found 1t cured when other
remedies failed. In this statement the
Rev. Smith is supported by On elder in
his church.
Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor Of the Presby.
terrain church of Greensboro, Ga writes
"Having used Peruna in my family
for some time 1t gives me pleasure to
testify to its true worth.
"My little boy seven years of age had
been suffering for some time with ca
tarrh of the lower bowels. Other Yeme-
dies had failed, but after taking two
bottles of Peruna the trouble almost en-
tirely disappeared. For this special
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North
East, South and West.

A Chesapeake & Ohio freight train
ran into a Camden interstate car well
filled with passengers within the limits
OF Huntington, w. Va, Thursday.
Four people were injured. Charles X.
Armstrong of Cincinnati lost both legs
and will die.
Capt. ]. H. Dalton, who, in February
last at Chicago was convicted of
fraudulent use of the mails and con-
Quoting a lottery system, was, Thurs
day night. arrested on the same charge.
Since his conviction he has been allow
ed his liberty in bonds of $4,000, the
case having been appealed to the Unit
cd States supreme court.
The American Society of Electrical
Engineers, which has been holding it's
40th annual meeting at Saratoga
Springs, this week, visited Schenectady,
n. y, Friday. The delegates left
Saratoga on a special train at 10
o'clock, proceeding directly to the
works of the American Locomotive Co.,
where they inspected a number of loco
motives in course of construction. AZ
ter luncheon at the Mohawk Golf Club
the final business session of the meet
ing was held in the chapel of Union
College. AT the conclusion of the ses-
sion the party was taken to the General
Electrical Works.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
NEGRO CHEATS THE GALLONS.
Condemned Murderer's Third Attempt
at Suicide Successful.

Columbia, s c., June 26-John Brown.
field. Il negro barber under sentence OF
death for numbering j. G. Scurry, Wnlte
constable. at Georgetown, s. e, IN sep
tember 1899. has ended his life IN the
Georgetown Jail by taking poison re-
ccived. it is supposed, from his relatives
who preferred this to seeing him haheeu
Brownlield was convicted and sentenced
tn be hanged in December, l%g Hi'
negro attorneys, Whipper and Mitchell'
appealed to the State Supreme Court on
the ground that there We're no negroes on
the jury. The appeal not being sustained
his attorneys then took the case 10 thc
United States Supreme Court on the
Same grounds, and again the decision, OF
the lower court was sustained. Nv"
weeks ago Brownfield was again ser
fenced to be hanged. Friday being the DAY
set for the execution.
At the time of the killing a race rlol
was narrowly averted by troops sent ,o
Georgetown by the Governor. In MarCh
1900. Brownfeld dug n hole through th'
wall of the Jail with a stove leg ana mace
his escape but was soon recaptured; vi
two previous occasions he took lars'
doses of poison. but prompt medlcai Il.
tention saved his life. His negro itlenas
raised large sums of money for ms de-
fence and often declared that ne never
would be hanged
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
TO SETTLE STRIKE,
Proposition Made to Those Interested in
New York Trouble.

New York, June 26.-John McMackin,
commissioner of the New York depart
ment of labor, acting in his capacity as
chairman of the state bureau of media
ton and arbitration, today, addressed a
communication to OFT M. Eidlitz,
chairman of the board of governors of
the Building Trades Employers Asso-
citation, and to the representatives of
the organized employees in the building
industry of the city, submitting the fol-
lowing proposition for the adjournment
of the existing differences:
THAT committee of three chosen by
each of the organized trades and occu-
patiOns affected meet jointly like
number of Representatives of each as
ISOLATION of employers in the building
industry such joint committee to dis
cuss the whole question Of arbitration
with Il view to deciding upon some mu-
tually satisfactory plan that will in
the future tend to prevent a general
cessation of work.
THAT the present lockout and strike
be declared off and operations resumed
pending negotiations
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
TO POLICE COURSE.
Treasury Department Assigns Al
Available Cutters for Cup Race,

Washington, June 26.-The course
to be sailed by the ninety-footers in -.e
international cup contest to take place
from August 20 to 80, off Sandy Hook,
is to be thoroughly policed by all of the
available revenue cutters along the
coast, augmented by a fleet of small
steamers to be furnished by the New
York Yacht Club and Differed by the
revenue cutter service. The necessary
orders to this end have been issued by
the Treasury Department having been
signed by Assistant Secretary Arm
strong.
The request for the policing of .--e
course was made by George G. Cormack,
secretary of the New York Yacht Cub,
who presented letter signed by f. u.
Bourne, commodore of the club. The
order granting the request designates
Captain T. D. Walker, r. C. S., to have
charge of the revenue cutter fleet,
which is 20 consist of the Gresham,
from New York; the Seminole, from
Providence; the Dexter, from New Bed
ford; the Dallas, from New London;
the Onondaga, from Philadelphia; the
Windham and the Tuscarora, from Bal
timore, and possibly the Mohawk, which
is just being completed.
The policing of the yacht course is
done under special act of Congress
passed some years ago at the instance
of d. B. Hill, former United States Sen
ator from New York. 1t is to protect
life and property.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
THE PRESIDENTS THANKS
CabIed to Emperor William for Kind
Remarks About Fleet.

Washington, June &c. - President
Roosevelt, today, sent the following
tlegram of thanks to Emperor Will
liam in reply to the latter's message
regarding the American squadron now
at l<iel:
Washington, D. c., June &C.
II thank Your Majesty for your
gracious welcome to the United States
squadron, and for the complimentary
expressions of your dispatch. had al
ready received notice from Admiral
Cotton of the kindness shown him and
his squadron by Your Majesty. I am
deeply impressed by these tokens of
Your Majestys friendship and good
will towards the United States and 1
reciprocate in the heartiest manner the
sentiments which your dispatch con-
veys.
(SigneD
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
CRAM M Err Is DEAD.
One Fatality in the Thursday Nigh,
Riots at Wilmington.

Wilmington. Del, June 26.-As a re-
suit of Thursday nights riotihg VIM.
Carmmer, a negro, who was shot dur
ing q disturbance in the negro district
known as the Coast" died in n hospi-
tai, Friday. There was considerable
disorder in the district and the rioting
reached its climax in q fight among the
negroes themselves. This occurred
about midnight. VIM. Simms has been
arrested on the charge of murder. He
is alleged to have shot Crammer and is
held without bail to await the action of
the coroner's jury.
James A. Mercer and another negro
who were shot during an encounter
with white men in another section of
the city are not dangerously wounded.
1t was during this outbreak of lawless-
ness that Sergt. of Police McDermott
and Patrolmen Green and Hutter We're
slightly injured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
ANDREW G. WEEKS.
Senior Member of Weeks G. Potter,
Boston, Dies at GuIford, VT.

Guilford, VT, June 2s.-Andrew G..
Weeks, senior member of the we'll
known wholesale drug firm of Weeks
& Potter, Boston, died at his summer
residence at Guilford Center, today, at
the age of 20 years. Death was due
to heart difficulty. The body will be
taken to Boston, tomorrow.
Mr.. Weeks was born in North Var
mouth, Me, and attended school at
Portland. At the age of 16 he sought
employment in Boston and from that
time until a few months ago he had
been connected with the drug business
in that city. The partnership between
Weeks and Potter was formed In 1851.
the firm engaging in the wholesale bus
mess. He was director of the Equit-
able Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of
Providence, r. l., of the Theological
Library of Boston and warden of the
Emmanuel church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
PRINCE HENRY COMING.
Will Be Here in 1904 to Visit the St.
Louis Exposition.

Washington, June Pep. V. Degraw,
Eastern press representative of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, makes
the following announcement:
prince Henry of Prussia, according
to adviceS received by the Eastern
press bureau of the World Fair, will
visit the United States again, in 1904
and will be a visitor at the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis. This information
was impaired by high German off,
cial and q close friend of Prince Henry.
The prince will not come in his Of
fetal capacity, as he did on the occa-
sion of the launching of the EmperOr's
yacht, the Meteor, but will travel in
cognito After viewing the sights of
the Exposition, Prince Henry will make
Il tour of the United States, including
n trip to the Pacific coast. Advices
from Berlin indicate that the crown
prince will also be a Worlds Fair WISH
tor, and that he may be accompanied
by q younger brother"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
No CHARS for Jurors.

New Brunswick Pa. June 26.-CigarS at
by Jurors when the county of Middlesex
foots the bills That is the opinion or
Justice Fort. who refused. today to APP
prove bill of l.. d. Mas. a hotel keeper,
at that figure. The bill was for two and
half days board of the twelve Jurors
and three constabes in the recent trlai
of Frank Verga for murder.
The fifteen men had eight meals anu
had n cigar after each meal That made
20 cigars and the charges for cigars was
SIS. Judge Fort signed his name as APP
proving the bill before he read it through
When he saw the charges for cigars nc
scratched out his name.
Il won't approve that bill untli inc
charge for cigars Is cut out altogether,
he said. II wouldn't sign 1t now II the
cigars were put In at IS cents instead oil
SIS"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
CROWS RUIN FIELDS OF CORN.
Berrien County, Michigan, Suffers
Heavily From the Pest.

st. Joseph, Mich, June 26.-Never be-
fore, in the history of Berrien County,
have grain growers suffered SO greatly
from the crow pest as they have this
year. During the past month great
flocks of crows, numbering many thous-
ands, have invaded the southern part of
the county, where they are protected by
heavy woods. Hundreds of acres OF
corn have been ruined by the birds
Joseph Fl. Burkhard, manager of the
LAX aside Vineyard Company, said ia
acres of corn recently planted by the
company that he represents had been
ruined by crows during the last two
weeks. The loss to growers in the
county will reach several thousand dol
lars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
MRS. MARY A. LAUMA
Says, "Dr. Williams Pink Pills Cured
Me of Spinal Trouble and | Recon-
~ mend Them"

Some wears ago Mrs. Mary A.
Lauma, of No 702 East Fayette street
Syracuse. N. Y, wife of A. Lauma.
the manufacturing jeweler of that city
sustained an injury to her spine by
falling on slippery sidewalk. Six
months later she took to her bed and
was an invalid Tor years, in fact. until
she tried Dr. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People and was cured. She SAYS:
MY trouble was q spinal irritation,
but the doctors could not determine the
exact nature of 1t. consulted a num-
Der of eminent physicians, perhaps ten
or twelve in all, and took treatment
from some of them. I tried massage
and electricity, the latter affording
temporary relief. Perhaps it was be-
cause took so much medicine, at any
rate my stomach gave out and I was
troubled with indigestion and gas On
the stomach. l had a peculiarly I'M
pleasant feeling in my head and there
was numbness in my limbs At this
time 1 seemed confirmed invalid.
"A friend of mine induced me to
give DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People a trial. OF course | knew that
HOlIllS WAS SOliiS " cure HE Ill an III
slant and 1 tried them faithfully.
After taking three boxes l began to feel
better and | had taken thirteen boxes
altogether when | was cured. / have
recommended DR.. Williams Pink Pills
to every ailing person l have met and
| am glad to 90 So
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are the only eminent spinal
tonic and their distinction in this re-
spect is due to their double tonic ac-
ton, on the blood and on the nerves.
The nervous system, like all the other
parts of the human body, receives it's
nourishment from the blood. DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills cure nervous trouble
by supplying directly to the blood the
elements required to rebuild the wasted
nerve fibre. No other remedy has SO
remarkable n list of cures to its credit,
Even after doctors have failed, these
life-giving pills have cured obstinate
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head
ache, the after effects of the grip, pal
pitation of the heart, pale and sallOW
compilations and all forms of weakness
either in male or female. DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People are
sold by all dealers or will be sent post
paid on receipt of price, fifty cents Il
box; six boxes for two dollars and
half by addressing DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
Presbyterian Greensboro, Ga

"oAV1 UosD duu AUS hSVUH uhu Liucks
malady consider it we'll nigh specific.
"As tonic for weak and worn
out people 1t has few or no equals. "...
.Rev. 8. q. Smith. a
Mr.. NJ. J. Rossman, o prominent mer-
chant Of Greensboro, Ca, and an elder
lin the Presbyterian church of that
place, has used Peruna, and in o recent
letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of
columbus, Ohio, writes as follows,
"For long time was troubled with
catarEA of the kidneys and tried many
remedies, all Of which gave me no re-
lieM Peruna was recommended to me
byeeveral friends, and after using few
bottles am pleased to say that the long
looked for relief was found and lam now
enjoying better health than I have for
years, and can heartily recommend
Peruna to all similarly afflicted. It's
certainly grand medicine. IN. j.
R0sSman
Catarrh is essentially the same where
ever located. Peruna cures catarrh
wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write ut once TO DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement Of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitariura, Columbus,
Ohio
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
TO PUNISH FEUDISTS.
Governor Beckham Will Not Drop
BreathItt County Murders.

Lexington, KY. June Ex-Governor
Beckham. announces that he will pun
fish the men back of the transformations
at Jackson. The special term OF the
Harrison Circuit Court to try Curtis
Jett and Thomas White for the murder
of Captain Marcum will be convened at
Cynthiana July 81. Judge Osborne IRE
siding. Captain r. ]. Even. the princi-
pal witness against Jet and White, will
go into hiding until the day of the trial
The officials have decided that Jet and
White must put up with prison fare. and
their friends will not be permitted to
send their meals from restaurants.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
MAN WHO LIVED AS AN OK DIES.
Or. Edward Stanton Of kokomo, Whose
Diet Was Grass and Hay, Is Dead.

Kokomo, Ind. June 26.-Dr. Edward
Stanton, a character of this place for
sixty years. is dead, aged so years.
Years ago Stanton lost his practice and
fortune, and it affected his mind. Since
then he had imagined himself TO he an
OK. and grass and hay was his principal
diet. lie walked on all fours in the
pasture of the county farm, grazing
constantly with the cattle. horses and
sheep. He almost lost his power of
speech, and of late years his CONVERSE
ton consisted of cultural sounds, re-
sembling those of an animal. He died
suddenly with mouth and stomach nllcd
with grass. 1t is thought poisonous
herbs killed him. He had no relatives
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
THE METEOR WINS
The Cruising Schooners Race off kiel
and Kaiser Is Happy.

Kiel. June 26.-The Meteor won the
race for cruising schooners Glass A and
with it the American cup beating the
Hamburg by minutes, 10 seconds, cor
rccted time.
The Herreshoff-bu Navahoe in her
class beat the English-built Comet,
which was presented by Emperor Will
liam to the German navy, by IA minutes,
IS seconds.
In the contest for cruising schooners
Class b, the Clara beat the Evelyn by
20 minutes. The crack boat Cicely was
third and the Adela was fourth.
Betty V won the commodore's cup,
easily finishing 5 minutes, seconds
ahead of Herr Mendelssohn's Jenny,
the Glueckauf third and the Swan last
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
TRANSATLANTIC RATES.
No Cutting, Perhaps, but All Lines Go
ing After the Business.

New York. June 26.-While no cutting
of rates on transatlantic lines is gen
orally expected AS the result of the
Cunard Lines withdrawal from the So
called rate pool, the first step in a
fight for passenger traffic has been
taken, according to the Journal of
Commerce by the announcement on the
part of the line mentioned that they
will, beginning July 2, book Storage
passengers for the continent. Booking
of Storage passengers from the con-
tinent has already been begun on the
other side and there seems no doubt
but that it Is in the direction of the
continental steerage business that the
first signs of the coming contest will be
shown
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
MADE DEAF AND DUMB.
Doctor thinks arrytown Young Man
Was Poisoned.

Tarrytown, N. Y, June 2G.-The doc
tors of Tarrytown are puzzled over the
peculiar case of John Davis, of that
town, who was stricken dumb Monday
and has not uttered a word since. Da-
Wis is twenty years old, and is big fell
low. He was employed as special Off
Ger in Il concert hall in Cortland St. He
drank two glasses of beer. and felt no
bad effects till he got home. Then he
lost his power of speech. Later he
was stricken with deafness. A doctor
was called, and he said Davis was pois-
Oned
Davis Is in good health and able to
walk around but he is still deaf and
dumb. He was brought to the Eye and
Ear Infirmary, Manhattan, but the uoc-
tors could do nothing for him. Davis
threatens to shoot himself if he does not
get well. The police have not been able
to get any clews as to whether Davis
was poisoned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

In order to supply the Coolgardie and
kalgoorlie gold fields in Western Austria
liza with water an aqueduct is under con-
struction. leading from a reservoir on the
Helena river. rs miles distant. and .. 700
feet below the level of the district to be
supplied. The water is to be carried in n
30-inch pipe and elevated from tableland
to tableland by means Of eight pumping
stations. The cost of the work is estimat-
ed at $l5. O00,00. and the annual expense
for operating and interest at ST. 700. 600; but
those who have undertaken it believe that
the gold fields for the benefit OF which
they are working are the richest in the
world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
MITCHELL is WRITING A BOOK.
Labor Leader Will Devote His Vacation
to Arranging the Data.

Indianapolis, June 26.-Before leav-
ing here for Chicago President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
consented to take a vacation during
the entire month of August, and the
affairs of the mine workers will be in
the hands of president Lewis and
Secretary Wilson. Mr.. Mitchell con-
templates a trip to some quiet health
resort, possibly in the state of Michi-
gan. He does not expect to be idle,
but will devote his time to arranging
the data for book which he began
some months ago, and which he hopes
to complete in August The book will
be q history of unionism, but he will
devote much space to the anthracite
strike, which Mr.. Mitchell considers one
of the greatest stimulants to trades
uniOniSm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
She Has Smallpox Aboard.

Boston, June ga Baltimore mes
sage to the Chamber of Commerce says
that the schooner Henry Sutton, Rogers,
Bangor for Fernandina, has been an
chored off Oranoke, N. c., the last
three days, with smallpox reported
aboard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27
NEGRO HANGED BY MOB.
Tho People Forcibly Took This Would
be Murderer from the Sheriff.

Clarendon, Ark, June ga mob of
so masked men has hanged Jack Har-
ris, a negro, to the porch of a building
in the suburbs of this city. Harris as
saulted and seriously injured John Co
burn, white farmer. The mob forci-
bly, took him from the custody of the
sheriff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

One of the most remarkable cities In the
world is kelburg. near Cracow. PoianI.
for besides being situated underground,
it is excavatcd entirely in rock salt. me
inhabitants. to the number of over 3'uoe,
are, of course, workers in the famous
salt mines. and all the streets and houses
are of the pureSt white ina ginable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

A native Hawaiian was recently beaten
to death with n Bible by a native 'medi-
cine man" who thought the patient pos
sessed by n devil and considered the Bible
the best weapon to drive the devil away
with.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

The monks of the Chartreusc. who have
been expelled from France under the en-
forcement of the associations law, nave
haan afforded large sums for the secret
Of the manufa cture of Chartrcuse liquor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

A dog was seen in the streets Of Paris
the other day riding on a motor car,
wearing pair of chauffcur's goggles to
protect his eyes from the dust and wind
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-27

The population of New York In 1900
xx,,s 3437 .2O2. o f whom more than three
fo,,rths were foreign-born of foreign par
entage.