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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

clear as quickly as possible, particularly
when nearing the finish of a race.
Don't swing too wide on turns.
Don't push ahead in your stroke with
the point of the skate alone. Use the
edge of the blade.
Don't set too swift pace at the open
ing of a long race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

the metaphorical shoes of luckless Jean.
Miss Elizabeth Johnson. daughter of
Tom L. johnson, the mayor of Cleve-
land, appears as F1ossie Adams, a viva
cious American girl visiting Genevieve
in France. Miss johnson has unmis-
taxable talent She has charming stage
presence and well merits more than
passing attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

men of undisputed eminence in the dra-
matte world.
Assisting Mrs. Fiske are George Ar
liss, John Mason, George Cartwright.
William B. Mack, Emily Stevens, Mary
Madden and Marie Fedor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
Count the Laps.

Don't fail to count the laps in all COM
petitions and govern your speed accord
ingIy.
Don't waste time and strength in ell
bowling your opponents. Keep your at
tention on the race.
Don't hold your head up while racing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
Sir Charles as Captain Mowbray.

Sir CnarieS as captain MoWOray.
Sir Charles Wyndham gives delight
full picture of Captain Mowbray, self
sacrificing here. but as the role does not
figure in the comedy part he is at dis
advantage. for the play depends on
comedy for success. which element
hinges principally on the clashes be-
tween Mrs Jardin and Mrs. Gorringe.
Mrs. GOrringe's Necklace" provides
an enjoyable evening in spite of certain
shortcomings of the author. The bright
ness of the lines makes up the genuine
stones in the necklace, while in the
shape of occasional Inconsistencies
rhinestones now and then alternate on
the string.
Sir Charles new play bears similar
Ity to Rallies" in which Kyrle Bellew
and E. NJ. Holland had a successful run
in this city last season. The ruling
theme is the theft of a necklace and its
recovery
Mrs Gorringe's necklace was stolen
by young lieutenant, David Cairn, but
Captain Mowbray bears the brCnt Of
suspicion. He suffers this stigma to at
tach to himself because Cairn had but
recently been welded to Isabel Kirk.
the object of Mowbray's devotion and
affection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
Mrs. Fiske,s Manhattan comnsnx

Mrs Fiske's stock company at the
Manhattan theater is midway in a sea-
son of marked success. The company
is one that commands more than ordi-
nary notice and includes men and wo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
Don't Get "RattIed."
deeply.

Don't pay any attention whatever to
the shouts of the spectators They may
merely be trying to discomfort you
Skate your own race at all times.
Don't give up a race simply because
you slip or fall and lose possibly hun
dred feet or so. Remember that the race
is never over until the tape is crossed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
Robert T. Haines to Star.

Robert T. Haines, the young actor
who during the past several seasons has
won repute as leading man with such
stars as Mrs. Fiske, Viola Allen and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

Lower it and bend sharply from the
waist so as to lessen the air resistance
Don't fail to call the referees atten-
ton to foul tactics.
Don't fail to breathe regularly and
deeply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

ing meet has drawn announcements
from three Beantown sharps to the eff
feet that they will be on hand when the
races are run off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
pon'ts For Racers.

Don'ts For Racers.
1t occurs to me that 1 may help am
bilious skaters by giving them advice
that has been hammered into my head
by seasons of racing experiences. Now,
boys, sit up and take notice
Don't be overconfident, especially at
the finish of race.
Don't crowd your opponent A skate
may strike one of yours and give you a
fall.
Don't get into a pocket" When
hedged in, however, work your way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

Don't stand idly about after a race.
Precipitation that dries in the cold will
stiffen you and may result in pleurisy,
pneumonia or rheumatism.
Don't talk or shout unnecessarily dur
ing a race. You waste needed breath
and unconsciously raise your head and
shoulders, meeting the wind squarely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

best, causing Mrs. Gorringe's Neck
lace to sparkle with brilliance, which,
in truth, is but slightly dimmed-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

Don't skate yourself "all in at the
beginning of a race. Reserve wind and
strength for a final squirt.
Don't burden yourself with extra
flesh Train down without sapping
strength.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
@HE skating season has swept
down on young America like a
wolf on the fold" and every


teresting racing season than we have
had since the days of the Donoghues
and John s. Johnson.
The racing branch of the skating
game has received new stimulus by the
lowering OF records, proving that a
sport advances only when men improve
on the exploits of leaders that have
gone before.
The skating championships this sea
son will be held late in January at We
roma lake. near Montclair, n. J., where
! won the amateur championship of
America last winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

And so they were married and lived
happily ever after"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29

gerous. Taylor, Palliser and Stolz are
likely lads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-29
From Our New York Dramatic Core
spondent.l

IRON Our New York Dramatic Corre-
spondent.l
- HARLES WYNDHAM and Ma
~ Moore are presenting at
l. the Lyceum theater Mrs.
Gorringe's Necklace" a COM
edy in four acts by Hubert Henry Da-
vies. Except for a few faults in the
construction of the play, the production
is decidedly pleasing.
The cast appears to good advantage.
Miss Moore is particularly well suited
by the role of Mrs. Gorringe, and Vane
Featherston as Mrs. Jardin is pleasing
" effective
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18

American Embassy at London. is very
popular in English society. The girls
rave about his dancing, and at the
Fitzgerald ball at Windsor he danced a
cOtillion with the royal Princess Veto
ria Of Schleswig- Holstein.
The Chicago Federation of Labor re-
Gently sent a communication to Count
Leo Tolstoy. asking his views on i'm
dustrial slavery" and his answer has
just been received. He says that the
fundamental cause of industrial slay-
cry and it's attendant miseries is legis-
lation.
A number of members Of the Sacred
College at Rome, including Cardinals
Satolh, Frisco, Vincent. Vannutelli,
Segna and Martinelli have written to
Cardinal Gibbons. expressing their
sympathy with the people Of Baltimore
on the losses sustained through the re-
cent fire.
The funeral of NJ. X. Michaelovsky.
the celebrated critic and publisher. who
died February 10. was buried in st.
Petersburg last Friday. The church
where the services were held could not
be approached because Of the dense
crowd surrounding it. and five thou
sand people walked to the cemetery.
four miles away. singing funeral dirges.
The coffin was borne by hand the en-
tire distance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18

life bright-eyed good face and fig
ure. eager for his candidate-than
whom the country has had few men
more deserving its hOnOrs-because he
believed him TO be a representative OF
| the best elements of its financial sta
| bility and safety. During the Presi-
dency of Mckinley, Hanna was a ia
miliar figure in Washington. Often of
an evening he gathered with the Pres
ident's friends in the cosey end OF the
great corridor of the White House, Mrs.
Mckinley busy with her knitting, the
President and the evening callers chat
ting socially together. 1t was like the
neighbOrly circle of our own New Eng
land homes. There was never any in
dication Of forth putting on the sena-
tors part or the assumption of a spe-
cial relation to the President. nor there
nor in the administrative working
rooms any suggestion Of domination or
surveillance.
The Hanna home was one of the
simplest, most cordial and attractive
in Washington. There was no display,
but always an open door and the most
generous hospitality. There was usu-
ally guest at the breakfast table,
always a circle around the evening fire
after dinner. always good humor.
Members of both parties and distin-
guished visitors in Washington Joined
it as welcome guests. All day the
threshold was worn with the feet of
all sorts of Corners. applicants for office
or help or favor. local leaders coming
from everywhere for advice or con-
Sultation. All who saw ANYTHING of
that household recall it as delightful
picture of domestic life: and their ten
der sympathies are with those who
added to it the charm of feminine affec-
ton and grace.
1t was good heart in a big man.
John D. Long in Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
Breezy Briefs,

Senator Foraker acknowledges that he
is the father of that antitrust bill, but
1t doesn't seem to have any other rela-
tions.-BOston Herald.
Since John Hay regained his health
amid the balmE pines of Georgia We
should justly share some of the credit
for his future diplomatic triUmphs.-At-
lanta Journal.
Tsi An has an automobile, and the Chi
nese Emperor has Il private gymnasium.
There is no longer room to doubt that
some one is going TO be hurt in China
Washington Star.
President Harper Of the Chicago Uni
verSitE, wants his professors to mix NOR.
with the students. This seems like plac-
ing an unwarranted hardship upon the
students.-Washingto Post.
\ negro musician in Kansas City. who
refused to play ''Wearin o the Green
at a saloon dance is now wearin' O. the
black. while his aSsailant is payin' o. the
green.-Des Moines Register.
Senator Quay wants to see an India n
Senator sent to Washington from Okla
homa when the Territory is admitted as
"A state. But why send a gentle red
man to a place where the pipe of peace
is never smoked?-Denver Republican.
DIR. Harper thinks the newspapers ought
to stop making fun OF the professors.
Couldn't DIR. Harper go into the subject
bit deeper by demanding that the pro
fessorS shall quit furnishing material for
the newspapers to make fun of?-SiouX
City Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
Personal Notes.

Richard Harding Davis has been APP
pointed commissioner from Venezuela
to the St. Louis Exposition.
A tablet was unveiled last Friday to
James H. Hoffman. the first president of
the Hebrew Technical Institute. at its
celebration of it's twentieth anniver-
sary in New York.
The Pope has sent a magnificent
chased gold chalice to the church at
Quero, d town in the Venetian prov
inces. to take the place of the one which
had been used there for a century, but
which was recently stolen.
The private car used by President
Lincoln during the Civil War. and which
carried his body to Springfield for bur-
ial has been loaned to the ST. Louis Ex-
position for exhibition in the Lincoln
Museum by the Union Pacific Railroad.
AT the Lincoln League meeting in
New York on Friday night DR.. Howard
Russell. the founder of the league. said
that $4,000 people had signed the pledge
which Abraham Lincoln composed and
wrote and signed himself in Springfield,
Ill., in 1892
William Miller. probably the Oldest
engineer in service in the United
States. has just been killed near Lead
vile. Col. Miller began railroading flf-
ty-two years ago with the Reading. He
look the first Rio Crande engines West.
He was II years of age.
Craig Wadsworth, an attache Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by Samuel II. Barker of Pressure Isle.
In the Biddeford municipal court.
Wednesday. willard g. Perry was charg-
ed with maintaining gambling house
He pleaded guilty and was fined so and
costs. He paid. The room was raided by
| STATE Detective Joseph H. Cote on COM
plant.
John W. Low. a retired Portland bust
ness man. died. Tuesday. He was born
In Denmark in 1924. but went to Portland
early in life. He served in the mexican
war, was for time a policeman in Sa-
vannah. Ga. and for many years was in
business in Portland.
Tuesday afternoon, in the court of pro-
bate at Portland before Judge Mattocks,
a preliminary motion was made by EX-
Coy. Cleaves for the fixing of a day for
the hearing in the contested will case Of
Solomon II. Chandler of New GlOuces-
ter March 8 was the day chosen.
Sunday evening at Portland man
was seen to enter a house on Bracket
street. and word was sent to the police
station that a burglar had been cornered.
A large crowd gathered in front and a
man armed with rifle guarded the stair
way. Two patrolmen went to the place
and found a drunken man on the landing
leading to the attic. He made mistake
in the house. and would proba bly, have
been shot had he tried to leave.
Rev. DR.. J. F. Albion was installed pas
tor of the Congress Square Universalist
church at Portland. Tuesday evening.
There was q large attendance. Rev. Fl.
+. Townsend read the Scriptures. Rev
John NJ. Atwood offered prayer. Rev DR.
f. G.. Bolles delivered the sermon. Rev
John c. Perkins welcomed Or. Albion to
charge to the minister. c. S. Fobes spoke
for the parish. and Rev. DR.. Henry
Blanchard gave the charge to the people.
DR. Albion came from Maiden to Port
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18

respondents on the spot, whose only
aim will be to tell the truth and do II
quickly, but they will be hampered Dy
a great many obstacles. more than they
would meet with in any other part OF
the world. and will also be in competl-
ton with men whose business is to send
to Europe and America stories whlch
are wholly false. and others which at
the best tell only half the truth. OF
course. what is true in the reports will
sooner or later be sifted out from what
is false. guessed at, imagined ana
hoped for, and the reader who follows
the newspapers intelligently will man
age to get Il fairly accurate idea OF
what is transpiring. But for Il Will"
things are going to be very much tang
led and readers will have to season the
news with liberal doses of common
sense. They must not expect some
thing new and startling in the head
lines every day. for even the lively lit
tie Japs will hardly be able to keep go
ing at the pace they set at the start.
The war is likely to drag through
many months and possibly through
years. and so we must not expect the
combatants to batter down forts. fight
great battles and sink fleets every day
or every week: and when you read the
war news. remember that the Orient
raises the worlds most artistic liars.
and that the man behind the rumor is
always more active in war time than
the man behind the gun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18

state prosperity and we feel confiden,
that We may assure the Chairman oil
the Game Commission that no righl
law, OF custom, which tends to forward
the prosperity Of the State will meet
with the organized opposition of the
Changers. We are glad. however, that
Mr. Carleton has taken the trouble to
get some statistics together relative to
the importance Of the game interests
for they will help not little to clear
the public mind concerning the ad-
vantage of the present laws.
Carefully preserved beneath glass
case at the Bowdoin College library are
valuable copies of at least four very
celebrated Bibles. One Of them is the
Indian Bible Of John Eliot, apostle 10
the Indians Eliot undertook the
monumental task Of translating the
Bible into IA written language invented
by himself and which he taught to
several thousand redskins. The
Bowdoin Library also contains a copy
Of the Vinegar Bible. in which the
parable of the vineyard is put down as
the parable Of the vinegar; OF the
Bug Bible, which. instead OF reading
(Psalms xci, 81 afraid OF terror by
night reads afraid Of bugs by night:
OF the Breaches Bible in which Adam
ard Eve are said to have made them
selves "breeches" of fig-leaves, not
aprons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,.
1!ESzEEg!5s%k
O. Railroad!
Arrangement Of Trains In Effect, OF
-. 1Qo3

Arrangement Of Trains In Effect OFT
Il 1898.
Pullman Car Service:
Bangor ss is 4: H.; and Caribou Il ~
TRAINS LEAVE.
LEAVE Portland. 1915 p. NJ: Augusta
H;59 A. NJ; Waterville, 1.4o A. n: Bangor
Ats 4. NJ; Arrive Millinocket At 81 x An :, I
r.: SS arib sSs Il n.@ p. NJ: For: fairS.id
100 4; n; Van Buren,, 2.g F. II.
gor. 7is a. NJ; Arrive Katahdin iror
xshlsad.' 20 +: NJ: 'Fafs Kent. rs :; n;
Eonl esh LIS f NJ R Rres Tas 1 s. ss
2. NJ; Limestone, 40 P. IA. Fort Fair:
4eld. sos p. M; Dover and Foxcroft. IS
4 n: Guilford; SIS 4. M; Monsoon. iaS
Lave Portiand. iS.S 4 NJ; Augusta
H.8 p. NJ; Watervilla. 10 p NJ: Bangor
| lis p. M: Arrive Mflinocket. sos 2. n;
Patton. TO P: NJ: Houiion. aX 2. y.
NJ; Fort F'sirneid. lo.l5 P. N.
LEAVE Portland. 1910 p. NJ: AUGUSTA
| 80 p: NJ; Waterville. sos p. n: Ban
gor. SO ?. n: Dover. ;!s 2; n: a'dlford
I.& 2. NJ; Greenville. so p. II
TRAINS ARRIVE.
| : VI 9TSeuVllo, o.S0 "A. NJ Dover
lbs "A. NJ: Arrive Bangor. 90 A. II.
leave Bangor, Waterviiie, Augusta
LEAVE Fort Fairfield. SOS A. NJ; Car
lbou, 800 A. NJ; Presque Isle, SIS A. IL,
Houlton, 80 A. NJ: Ashland. SIS A. N.
E9tten. 61 A. NJ; Mtllinocket. 10 - A. NJ
KSAhdn Iron Work.. 1O.7o A. NJ: Arrive
Augusta, 81 p. N
LEAVE Van Buren,, s.1 A. n: Caribou
A. NJ: Presaue Isle, I.11 P. NJ; For'
LA1gheld, Ills A. NJ; Houlton. LEE p. N.
gatten. rs p. NJ; Millinocket 40 P. NJ.
Hresnville, 1:s P: NJ; Monsoon. SO p. II.
Uulford. ~ P. NJ; Dover and Foxcroft
~ T: n: Arrive Bangor, rs P. NJ: Wa.
tc$ytae. S,z p. M: Augusta, 1913 P. n.
nLEAyE Caribou. AIS ?. n; Fort Fair.
Aculton, 80 p. NJ; Millinocket, SIS p
n: Arrive Bangor, lie p. n: Wate1vtlie
LII 4. NJ; Augusta, 40 A. n,
". n. BROWN,
superintendent.
bangor. Oct 2. In
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18

There was Il time, if the traditions
which have come down to us from the
early settlers are true, when the danger
of wolves at the doors i'll Maine. was
more than a figure of speech; but cX-
cept for an occasional stray specimen
in the extreme northern part of the
State. the wolf has become extinct in
this section of the country. But
things are different in Montana. where
the reports from the stock raisers show
that there are actually more wolves
than sheep. and that during the past
year sheep to the value of half Il
million dollars were destroyed by the
wolves. AS this has been an extremely
cold winter, the wolves have become
unusually bold and desperate and have
done correspondingly greater damage
there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18

Congressman Shafroth of Colorado
deserved the applause which he re-
received. when he voluntarily resigned
his seat because he had just learned
that his election was secured by fraud
on the part of his over-zealous follow
crs. Ii Is true that he would have been
. unseated by the committee. but that
fact does not detract from the manli-
hess OF his course, and his fellow
members seem a unit in the belief that
he not only had no part himself in the
fraudulent work. but was absolutely
ignorant that any was being done.
His course is the strongest kind Of A
,ebule to the Democratic machine of
Colorado which has been using all
sorts OF desperate means to hold the
advantage which was given it when
Colorado threw itself into the pit OF
PopuliSIn. Incidentally. the fraud
which elected Mr.. Shafroth elected ths
Democratic members of the Colorado
legislature. whose votes returned Mr.
Teller to the Senate, but we have scan
ned i'm vain the latest dispatches from,
Washington for any announcement
that Mr.. Teller had resigned his seat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
Boston suburbs.

Business in Cuba may now be ex-
pected to pick up along all lines. as
that s35 200, 900 loan has at last been
placed. and it will help the Cuban feel
ing toward this country that the loan
American bankers failed to show any
eagerncss to advance the money. but
all obstacles have been overcome, the
salve has been applied to the wounded
sensibilties of the Cubans, and the
circulation of n great amount of money
In the island will undoubtedly put
business there in a healthier condition
than /. has been for the past year Or
two.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18

The Massachusetts legislative conf
mittee. to which the matter of woman's
suffrage was referred, returned an
adverse report, the vote standing 10 to
/. This seems as though an over
whelming majority Of the committee
was opposed to woman's suffrage, but
it is very doubtful if one-tenth
of the women in the Bay
State desire the privilege and
responsibilities of the ballot. If the
women of Massachusetts do not like it
because their Legislature year after
year refuses to take with any degree of
seriousness their appeal for the ballot.
they have only their own attitude to
thank for it. And for that matter. it is
the same i'll all the states of the East.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-18
AUGUSTA, WINTHROP
& GARDINER RAIL WA
Change Of time on the Winthrop 4 IN
Divisions, in effect. Tuesday Dec

Change Of time on the Winthrop 1 III
Divisions. in effect. Tuesday, Dec \
| Cars leave Augusta for Hallowell 7
half hour from s A. n. to 10 P. 4,
Hallowell at II P. Y
Sunday time same a. above except q
leave two hours later in the morning
Gers leave Augusta for Winthrop 4
$50. $50. 1850 A NJ, 1850. LEO. 49, Il
s;n; 7.5s. 1o: . p; NJ And saturdl
s ssy' 20 g. 49, fs5,o iSso s. SO i's 4 u
Cars leave Augue Tor rogw kM
A.: N. And ccmmdhclnk7at Q Jpn ~
hour on the hoursfUDrPs NJ
First car Sunday n.
Cars leave TogusSfor Aukn1A WI
s CON Stnth,o are n %aqs With e ~ y
half Il ar until 50 N iaS p 4
Algns6 only; FtrttsosT frop Togs y
Cars @ ave MlntArop for Auri
where G01Nectf6n1 ms made for HaloN
and Gasd@e md 49gusSM ia
a 2; u; :. Z A s. Saturday, nights for Arsl
o1 Sunday q 80 t from winthrop as fold,
sel SO. La ia 10
The siex af- car from wln.hrs,
meets at AugustA With early N. c. d
East and We2tsss
The 1850 AN car leaves r. c. R
station at yginthrcp on arrival .;
due at WinthFer from Portland and
The Winthrc0 iEns. ID equipped
large, easy f31lnd eirht wheel an
ried on all TIL
All cars run to N. G. station IN
throp week days until 10 P. 4 n
siVA.
Cars leave Gardiner for Augusta u
connections are made for Winthrcp
T0gus lines every half hour hfteea
utee before and fifteen minutes -
hour from SIS A.. NJ. to 9.l5 ?, y
9.S, p. NJ Tor Hallowell. only. lRU
for Ha11oWell and Augusta only
sunday time same as above excel
cars start two hours later In thu n4
g. =