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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-15

The Cony High school and Hallowell
High school boys will play baseball on
the Trotting Park Grounds at o'clock
this afternoon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-15
Rest, Health and Comfort to Mother and
Child.

Child.
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, for
Children teething, softens the gums, reduces
Inflammation. allays all pain, and cures wind
say to every mother who has a suffering child !:
Do not let your prejudice, nor the prejudices
of others, stand between you and your suffer
ing child and the relief that Will be sureEyes,
neGtcine, If timely used. Price 2Jc. bottle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-15
Athletes in Training Kept in
Healthy Condition With
BIOodine..

One athlete prominent in New Eng
land Sporting Circles recently remarked
that he had found Bloodine the most
satisfactory medicine he had ever used
owing to its strength giving qualities
when taken for a day or two before go
ing into cycle race l found 1t gave
me force and energy that l had never
had before. 1t contains no opiates or
dangerous drugs
Bloodine costs but soc. bottle or, in
tablet form, soc. a box. Bloodine Liver
Pills cure Constipation, csc. box.
Write for booklet and sample free. The
Bloodne Co., Boston, Mass.
Sold and Recommended by
BOWDlTCH, WEBSTER G. CO.,
Augusta;
S. S: LIGHTBODY,
Watervile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-15

BOWOITCH WEBSTER e. co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10

always have a deck or so of cards. with which they spend their spare time playing solitaire, but they are perfectly willing to loan a deck to passengers to play for the small amount of twenty five cents to pay for the wear on them while in use.
 The complaints grew to such an eX- tent that it was finally decided that the only way to stop the small games com plained of would be to prohibit card playing of all kinds on the trains of the road on Sundays. This order was is sued on Saturday, 14th, and the con- ductors were informed that they must see that it was obeyed
 l The conductors enforced the new rule on the following Sunday, Passengers who wanted to play protested to the conductors in angry tones, but it was of no use. Several who travel on the 1 New Haven road every Sunday threat ened trouble if they were prevented from playing next Sunday. They would bring their own cards, they said and their own playing board, and would insist on being allowed to play friendly game of whist or poker or any thing else they care to.
 | Now that they have succeeded in stopping Sunday card-playing, it is the intention of the religious passengers to begin crusade against the playing in- dulged in by the commuters who come to their business in this city by way of the New Haven road every working day. Although they admit that seldom is anything but whist or euchre played by this class of passengers, the church-goers state that the playing has an evil effect on the minds of the youn- ger element that travel on that road. They will meet the strongest kind or opposition. however and it is thought that they will not meet with anywhere near the success that crowned their at tacks on the Sunday playing.
 Division Superintendent Shepard, of the New Haven road, when seen to- day, said:
 "The order to the conductors, prohib- iting Sunday card-playing on the trains is probably the result of the many com plaints that I understand, have been made to the main office at New Haven. It is a regular general order and will be obeyed to the letter.
 Tt does not, however, refer to the card-playing indulged in on week days by the commuters. They are welcome to play as much as they please, and playing boards are provided for their convenience, but they must not gamble.
 Tt is true that sometimes a party of men will play a friendly game of po- ker, but this is always stopped as soon as it is discovered that real money is being bet on the game. We never did allow gambling, although have heard that it is sometimes carried on without our knowledge.
 Card playing is allowed on practical fly all of the other roads and why shouldn't it be permitted on this road? The passengers demand it and, as long as no gambling is indulged in, I don't see any reason why it should be stopped. .''-New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
A CAVERN IN THE PRAIRIEs.

4 IA EEEkzN A-s A4A- Ae<l1-NAA-Als
 At a spot eleven miles southeast of this place, in the level prairie upland, Is an opening about forty feet in diam eter and sixty feet in depth. By cling ing to its rocky and precipitous walls a person may descend to the bottom and there find the openings to the two caves. one leading westward and the other to the east. For years this cave has been known as Rock Prairie Cave. Ii is one of the most striking natural curiosities in the Chickasaw nation. The caves are of unknown length and through one rushes a subterranean stream of great depth in places and of icy coldness. Exploring parties have ventured into these labyrinths for hum dreds of yards. but the danger of be- coming lost has prevented a thorough examination of the underground pas sages.
 The cave leading westward is easiest of access, and contains a number of spacious chambers. The room is about seventy fSet square, and fifty feet from the floor to the ceiling The floor is obstructed with hugh powders. The
  mic parties sometimes go there, and with large powder for table eat their luncheons in the glare of torches that cast uncanny shadows along the massive walls
 Timid persons hesitate ill Venturing | into the depths of the eastern cave. The passage slants downward at all an- 1 gle that compels the explorer to crawl and slip and slide for nearly one hun dred feet before reaching spot where person may stanr upright and walk safely. From the darkness echoes the sound of rushing water, which later is 1 found to be a stream which runs from eight to thirty feet in width and from | six inches to many feet in depth. Men | have waded in the stream until the wa 1 ter reached their chins and then gone l in boat to points where they were un- able to touch bottom with the longest oars. A farmer carried his boat into the save several years ago to follow the stream to it's end. At depth estima- ted to be two hundred feet below the surface of the ground is a natural bridge formed by huge stone that fell | across the stream. l He "dlel pluhSCa underneath this bridge like millrace. A boat can be pulled over the bridge. however, and launched on the other side About one hundred feet below the bridge the stream widens into broad, deep pool, with high vaulted roof. Beautiful Stalagmites and stalactites adorn the chamber. Two hundred feet below this pool the passage is difficult It is claimed that this cave has been [ explored for a mile.
 The stream is believed to find it's out let at spring about three miles from the entrance to the cave. The spring is of great size and volume and flows with remarkable swiftness. In the rainy season this spring boils and gushes as if choked with the flood of water that pours from is mouth. The stream in Rock Prairie Cave rises when there is a heavy rainfall in:the surrounding coun- 1 try, and the increased flow of both spring and stream at such times is ta- ken as evidences that they are connect ed.-Oklahoma State Capital.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10

ing up to it, how Perry sent for him and said he realized he was going to die. The sheriff in this statement con- tinues:
 T then said: George, if you are g2ing to die, you had better tell the truth, and not die with somebody else blamed for anything that you have done
 He lay still for some moments and then said: I am only a poor niggcr, and like all niggers must do the best that l can.
 T then said: Did you do what they said you did and what they have sent you here for?'
 He nodded his head in the affirma- tive.
 George. did you hit those girls, Misses Agnes McPhee and Clara Nor | ton?"
 The boy began to cry and said: oh, don't ask me
 T said: George, if you did, you can tell me and if you live I never shall mention it, but if you die it ought to be known. Did you do it?' "'Yes, sir; did
 Did Mason have anything to do with it?"
 He shook his head in the negative and said Don't ask me any more ques- tions.'
 After :ew minutes I promised to see him again in the morning, and left the cell. Since that time in all my talks with him he said nothing about the case.
 "On that particular day the boy was very sick and felt that he was surely going to die. On no other day during his illness did he feel in this nood.'' | The above statement was read by 1 Sheriff Fairba:rn to District Attorney Sanderson and his assistant, Hugh Bancroft. They both agreed that it should be published for the good of all concernedt
 Mrs. Conway. Perrys mother, was also informed O. it's .purport. She ac- auiesced in anything the officers thought for the best. ! Mason, who is referred to, is the Bos- ton man. member of prominent family, who was once arrested on sus- picion of being Jack the Slugger,' but who afterwards was discharged in court.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
ELECTRIC DEATH FOR RATS.

Superintendent Stephan of the Zoo is thinking of getting out patent. He has not decided exactly what to call the machine he has recently perfected, but in all probability it will be named "Stephen's electric rat eXterminator. The invention was born of that nec- cessity which has mothered so many other labor saving devices, and has proved invaluable to the zoo.
 Not long agoo'a number of rats and stray cats discovered that the ZOO was a splendid place for foraging, and that game birds, such as phesants and quail were numerous in the big inclosure All that was necessary to secure good meal free of charge. was to jump the fence and pick out the one which pleased the fancy of the marauder. Superintendent Stephan was the first to discover why so many of these valu- able birds were missing every now and then and it did not take him long also to find a remedy for the trouble. While the Zoo management is willing to re- place it's animals and fowls that fall victims to ordinary diseases or acci- NtIllSs IL ldS Ilt u6SlIt lo ~uEIlISH IuOu for all the rodents and felines in Avon dale, and MT. Stephan immediately set about putting an end to free lunches. One evening, after he had retired to rest, a suspicious noise in the locality of the pleasant inclosure caused him to dress hastily and repair to the spot As he approached he noticed large and rusty looking rat taking French leave over the fence. with a handsome pheasant in it's mouth. MT Stephan said things that would not look we'll in print, and sat up the rest of the night, waiting to slay any other rats that without result
 The next day MT. Stephan did some deep thinking with satisfactory results. A wire was stretched along the top of the fence and connected with live electric light wire. When the garden was closed for the night the current was turned on and the superintendent went to bed convinced that there would be lively times for any animal that tried to cross the trOcha he had pre- pared for the enemy. Nor was he wrong.
 At day break several large and well fed rodents were discovered as dead as the Droverbial doornail on the outside of the fence, where they had fallen after coming in contact with the charged wire. The next night MT. Stephan was awakened by wall of pain and surcrise that made the air vibrate. At first he thought the anil mals were holding political meeting in i the carnivora, but another howl put him at ease. It was merely the death wall of cat which had tempted fate once too Often and fallen a victim to it's own expensive appetite.
 Since then daily harvest of rats and
 cats is heaped by the attendants at the Zoo. They are found lying across the
 wire or on the ground. but the pheas- ants are safe and can sleep with both ] eyes shut now, where they had to keep
 one open if they hoped to alive the next
 day.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
vuh,,n Had mn Ensy Thing.

Philadelphia, March 9.-Gus Ruhlin and Mexican Pete Everett were sched- uled to go six rounds at the Washing ton club tonight. The bout, however lasted but a few minutes and was a miserable exhibition on the part of Ev- erett. At the beginning of the second round he received a right hand blow on the face. dropped to the floor and took the count.
 Pittsburg, March 9.-In the ten round fight tonight between Joe Wolcott and Mike Donovan, Wolcott secured the de- cision. Donovan stood his punishment we'll but was entirely outclassed by the negro.
 Pittsburg, March 9.-The Pittsburg Athletic club opened its new club house tonight, the main attraction being a ten round bout between Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien and Jim Jeffords of Cali fornia. O'Brien was awarded the de- cision at the end of the tenth round.
 Portland, Ore, March so Keefe won From Britt on a foul in the sixth round tonight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
Starln Nav Haven IransnprtatiQnL Line

: 9ID- Daily, Except Saturday.
 Steamer John H. Starin Capt. McAllis- terl. leaves New Haven from Starin's Pier, foot of Brown Street, at 10:I5 D. m, Snn- days, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Steamer Erastus Corning, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Steamers leave Pier, 13, North River, N. T., at p. III. daily except Sat urday), Fare. D cents Excursion tickets, room for sale at J. B. Judson's s. S67 Chapel |st, Peck & Bishops, 703 Chapel st.. Free stage leaves depot on arrival of Hartford train and corner of Church and Chapel sts. every half hour. commencing 8:30 D. ir. Through freight rates given and bills of lad ing issued to points west, south and south west. Order your freight via Starin Line.
 c. H. FISHER, Gen'l Freight Agent,
 Office, 150 Orange Street.
 F. J. GREGORY, Agent, starin Pier.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
WABASH SITUATION.
Sweeping Denial of Complaint Upon Which Iujumctiom Was Granted.

Whicn AUJuhcttOh was UFahseUs
 St. Louis, March 9.-A sweeping de- nial of all the charges made by the Wa bash Railroad company in it's bill of complaint, upon which was issued the injunction to prevent a strike among it's employees, was contained in the answer to the injunction suit filed to-day in the United States district court by counsel for the Wabash firemen and trainmen. Tn support of the answer were filed the affidavits of all those named in the in- junction.
 At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Fed eral Judge Adams will set a date for hearing arguments.
 The motion to dissolve the injunction briefly stated is based on the grounds that the writ of injunction was improp- erly granted; that charges of illegal conspiracy contained in the bill of com plaint are unfounded and disproved; that there is no equity in the bill of complaint; that the injunction was is- sued without notice, and that all the material charges in the bill are fully denied.
 President Ramsey of the Wabash and the railroads legal counsel began the preparation of their arguments against the answer immediately after 1t was filed and continued busy at work all day. None of the brotherhood off, cials has left the city. All say they are well satisfied with the answer as filed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
GERMAN ARMY ABUSES.
Herr Bebers Structures on Duelling and Ill.,
 Treatment of Soldiers.

Treatment of Soldiers.
 Berlin, March 9.-Herr Rebel, the socialist leader, during the debate on the military budget in the Reichstag to-day, said the higher classes of society were in state of permanent conspiracy against the law and religion, so far as duelling was concerned. All the military courts and the fixed opinion of the military class, including his majesty, regarded duelling as necessary in the army, notwithstanding the Reichstag's resolutions on the subject and the weight of public opinion against if.
 Continuing, Herr Bebef referred ill detail to the recent instances of duelling and conl- plained of the invariable pardoning of duel lists before their terms of Imprisonment had been completed.
 Turning to tine ill-treatment of German soldiers, Herr Rebel said it was common for old sergeants to boast of their ingenuity in abusing young privates. Most of the ex- treme instances, the speaker added, we're those of weak minded young fellows, some times bordering on idiocy, who ought not to be in the service, and who would not be there if militarism did not bias the minds of the medical officers.
 Among the incidents referred to by the socialist leader was that of a private, who was compelled to open his mouth while q sergeant spat into it several times. One must wonder" said Herr Bebel that the man treated thus did not have the moral courage to stab such beast to death.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
RAGE ISSUE IN SUPREME COURT.
Charge of Negro Exclusion from South Car
 at

Charge of Negro Exclusion from South Car
 olina Jury Not Sustained
 Washington, March 9.r-rhe United States supreme court to-day affirmed the opinion of the supreme court of South Carolina in the case of John Broomfield vs. that state. Broomfield is negro resident of that state and was convicted of murder. He alleged that he had been denied the equal protec- tion of the law under the Constitution, be- cause, notwithstanding that four-tifths of the people of the community are cOlored, all negroes were excluded from the grand jury by which he was indicted.
 Justice Holmes who delivered the opinion of the court said there was no proot ot the allegation, and therefore sustained the judg- mert of the state court, which was adverse to Broonlfield.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
THE MoosE-CAR1BoU RACE.
Joel Peters Comments on the Speed of
 City Horses.

Joel Peters Comments on the Speed of
 City Horses.
 Joel Peters, of Nicatous, veteran lum- herman and hunter, was mildly in- terested spectator of the races on the ice track at Bangor, the other day, and after watching the city horses show their speed for a few heats, he re- marked:
 Pretty good-but they ain't in it with a moose for fast goin'"
 Then Joel told about famous race between a moose and a caribou on Jo Merry lake, when he was logging up there, not long ago.
 There were two numbering crews on Jo Merry said he, and I was boss of one of them. The two camps were on the shore of the lake. about two miles apart, and the two crews used to visit back and forth regularly. Everything was all friendly enough, that being in the days when most of the loggers were Maine men, but there was a pretty strong rivalry between the camps.
 One day after it had been thawing for about forty-eight hours stealy, we heard most awful crashing and floun- dering in the woods back of the camp and most of the men went out to inves- tigate. We found a bull moose up to his belly in the snow. and so tuckered out that the crew hustled into the hov- el and got ropes, and soon we had him lassoed and tied up in a sort of box stall. Talk about being jealous! l never see nothin' like the way the fel- lows in the other camp carried on when they heard about this. Wouldn't want live moose down at their camp, they said, and even if they did, they would not take such poor specimen as the one we captured. The boys kept feed- ing the moose, and in a little while they got on pretty friendly terms with him. Finally we built sled on purpose for that moose, made a harness out of bucksl1in and after while got him so that he would take couple of us over the lake anywhere about as fast as we wanted to travel.
 "All the time we'd been educating of our 'critter' the men down at the other camp had been trying their darndest to get hold of moose for themselves. It hurt 'em had to think that we were one ahead of 'em. About half their crew knocked off work and went in the woods a-huntin' for live moose. They didn't get one, but I'll be darned if they didn't get a full grown caribou, in just about the same way that we got our moose.
 They commenced the first thing two weeks later they had the nerve to challenge us to race our moose against him. Both crews turned to and scraped track on the lake, leading from our camp way down to theirs. and one af- ternoon we had the race. We had l measured off a two-mile coursee, and you'd ought to seen that moose and car- ibou leg it. Our moose won by about a length. but the race was a mighty close one.
 That was only the first event, and we used to have races two or three | times a week all winter. Sometimes one critter W. Il win, and sometimes the other, but it was always close enough to be exciting. We kept the critters until we broke up camp in the spring, and then We turned them loose I wouldn't wonder if they were some- where up around Jo Merry yet."--Ban- gor, Me, Correspondence of the New York Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
NASHVILLE LIQUOR CASE.
Manager Callahan, of Eureka Club, Fine
 in ,,adnr, Ca,arA .

Manager Callahan, of Eureka Club, Fined
 in Hamden Court.
 Patrick F. Callahan, who was arrested in the raid made on the Eureka club in West vile by the Law and Order league and charged with two violations of the liouor law, was fined $25 on each count by Judge Futile in the town court in Hamden yester- day morning. He appealed the case, through his attorney, under $200 bond. Secretary Thrasher, of the league, was the first witness and he testified that the league came there at the request of Constable H. F. Warner and ex-Constahle George Corey. At the time of the raid 206 bottles of beer, 165 bottles of cider and ten gallons of liquor were contiscated. The books of the club were also taken at that time.
 About two hundred people filled the court room. |'5
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
BASKETBALL IN ANsoNIA.

Local Team and Branford Team Both De.
 feated in That City. Two contests at basketball were won by the Ansonia high school in Ansonia last eve. ming. The girls team of that school defeat. ed the girls team of the Hillhouse high school by q score of to 4. The game was a close one and was won on foul. game was then played between the boys teams of the Ansonia and Branford high schools and resulted in a victory for the former by a score of q to IS. The game was very in. teresting and closely contested.