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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Papers were served. Saturday, upon
Charles +. Goodwin Of Biddeford as
treasurer of the Corson Gold Mining
c.. in Il suit to recover $4,000. in which
Ivan Dow. Il hydraulic engineer Of
Manchester, y. H.. is the plaintiff. This
is an action brought to recover money.
Which the plaintiff alleges he spent
while working for the company in the
k!ordike regions. Mr.. Dow. Friday.
said he had an order from the directors
of the company, authorizing Mr.. Good
win as treasurer to pay him. Mr.. Good
win. il is alleged refused to pay. and
said what was in his possession was
Only enough to compensate himself for
services to the company. The writ is
returnable at the May term Of the SUI
IRENE court at Alfred. Since the suit
OF Francis NJ. Cove of Biddeford was
commenced against the Corson' Gold
Mining Co. for wages. while in their
employ, many others have been
brought, including that of Mr.. Dow.
The promoters Of the new telephone
line in Mercer met at Blaisbell's hall.
OH Saturday afternoon. adopted a con-
stitution and bylaws and effected an
organization under the name Of the
Peoples Telephone Co.. by electing the
following officers: President, c. X.
Allen, vice president. A. NJ. Pattee:
clerk. George Morse: directors, c. *.
Allen. ]. L. smith, n. E. True, David
Tracy, y. VI. Pattee: treasurer. N. E.
True; auditor. c. E. Brown. Mr.. {. X.
! Allen presided. The standing commit
tee on construction appointed at
previous meeting, reported that init
i nations had been received that the old
! telephone company would sell to the
new company some of their poles and
wires on branch lines. It was voted
that if the directors could make sat
isfactory bargain for the purchase
within two weeks to make the ps1r-
chase. but If nothing had been effect
ed at the end Of the time to make ar.
engagements for Immediately getting
out new poles. It was vottd to have a
single ground wire, to pay rs cents
each for poles. and the directors have
been instructed to have the material
or the ground ready to begin constrttc-
ton as soon as the ground is free from
frost The selection Of telephone In.
stru1nents was left to the directcrs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
Japanese Nation Begins P|ac-
ing Of Troops in Korea
and ManChuria.
A BATTLE MAY BE HELD.
Fighting Expected Any Moment
Russian Reply Not Delivered
Whole World May Be
Involved.

St, Petersburg. Feb. San advance
detachment of Russian cavalry is
leaving Mukden for Corea.
The telegram from Mukden an
nounc;ns the departure Of the cavalry
adds.
'Hussias love of peace has been
exhausted by Japan's demands. Troops
therefore have been concentrated at
Yalu river.
The Russian troops are in the best
Of spirits The Japanese everywhere
.;r. hurrylng homewards.'
TIL. Aiukacn dispatch repeats the ru-
nor trut q japanese squadron is OF
Wci-!Iai-Wci on the north coast OF
the shan Tung peninsula with the OBJ
ice. OF intcrceptinG the Russian ships
coming; from Europe.
The rupture OF diplomatic relations
between Russia and Japan was dis
cusscd calmly in the morning papers
here tctlay. the onuS being Unanimous
l.; placed on Japan for severinS reia-
lions tho very day the Russian reply
MS 10 reach TOXIC.
The Viedomosti still sees Il dim ray
Of nope of peaceful settlcment,"sand
saws TIE last word has not yet been
spoken. ~f
The NOvo Nremya repeating Its yes
telday's charges that Japan's desire
vas L. bring about war. no matter
what was the tenor OF the Russian
rcpl" aids:
"E3:on Japans extraordinary man
u"r Of rupturinG relations has evoked
40 chauvinism i'll Russia but merely all
outburst OF keencr Patriotism"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
RUSSIAN TROOPS AT PEKiN.
Detachment Arrives Bringing Legation
Guard Up to Full Strength.

pekin, Feb. S-A detachment Of Russian
tr ,nrs arrived here, last night. brligin-
the legation guard 81 Russia up 10 It's
full strength .. .v.,,,
In response to memorial from Yuan
Shai IIai, colnmHnder-in-chief of the ar
my and navy. Informing the goNcrnmeht
that n war between Russia and japan htu
Virtually begun renewed orders were sent
to the provincial authorities enJoihinS
thcm to exercise the most strict meas
urce to prevent lawlessness.
TO guard the frontier of Chi Ii province
4 Russian form at New Chwang has
completed the purchase OF the ayailan I,:
to 200 tons. ..: az
Germany has rcorencd the question 81
the payment Of the Boxer indemnify III
gold. The Chinese foreign once Is cofsic
ering its reply.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
EXCITEMENT AT PARIS.
Great Activity Manifested Throughcus
Official Circles.

Paris. Feb. S-Great activity and
excitement was manifested Throughout
ofTirial circles here. today. as the -
suit OF 'Japans action IN breaking OIL
! relations with Russia.
The latest official despatc1eS receNe
!, Old not diminish the gravity OF the SIT
suation but, indicated that actual hos
tilities We're not likely to break OUT
immediately. This was shown chiefly
by two< dispatches, saying that both
NJ krrino. the japanese minister to
Russia, and Baron de Dosen. the Rus
I sian n,inistc-.2 TO japan. stin remained
at St Petersburg and Toxic. respect
! fully, Y
- The aun Understanding at the foreign
off & here, hssts night. was that Baron
ue posen had actually departed but
tullet adyices, this morning confirm the
dispatches saying he has made pCepa-
ration, to depart, Friday.
Reports Of Frances intention, with
Great Britain and other powers to
make some effort to avert war con-
tmue tn circulate. The foreign Office
decline to confirm or deny them, but
this is said to be due to II. Delcasse :
insistence that all official comment be
withheld for the present. However,
the general trend Cs official opinion
indicates that little or no hopes are
entertained of averting war. III
French authorities say the only course
new open is to await J2pan's frs
beiligerent move as this will deter
mine whether Russia will adopt often
s,ve OF defensive tactics. All is con-
sidered to be Ringing on Japan's frs
strategic move.
\ strong movement has begun t,
develop in the Chamber of Deputies t.
induce NJ. DelcaSse to make Il declara
ton to the effect that France has no
surrendered her liberty of action. un
der the existing arrangement witt
Russia. concernis the Far East.
The papers here. published ION higl
authority the report that Japanes
Warships have captured some Russia.
merchant ships in Chinese waters Tn
report lacks confirmation in oficia
circles here as we'll as in Berlin
No information has been received O
any steps toward peaceful interven
ION. To The Associated Press tn
statement was again made at the Jan
anese legation that Japan cannossa g
eept 1t whatever be its form and b,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09

whatever Iiltion It may be rendered.
The British embassy says it is ig-
norant cf any action in the direction
OF mediation by its government, but it
is regarded as strongly proba bic there
that views have been exchanged by
stveral nations i'll order to make
stronger any such representations.
The Chinese legation reiteratcs that
China viii maintain an attitude OF
strict neutrality and is confident that
whoever isT the victor Manchuria Will
remain Chinese in consequence of the
treaties by which ports We're opened
to to the commerce OF all nations
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
May Go to Far East.

New York. Feb. S.-A score of nurses
from Bellevue hospital will in all prob
ability leave for the Far East as soon
as the lighting begins and it is not i'm
probable that the hospital ship Maine
which under the direction of Mrs.
CORVALLIS West rendered valuable
services in the South African war will
again be put into service. Several
nurses who served on the Maine are
here and are anxious to so TO the front.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
LANDING TROOPS.
Japanese Transports Said to Be En-
gagged in Corea.

London. Feb. o-The Chez Foo CORE
slordent of the Daily Mail cables that 80
Japanese transports are landing troops al
various ports in Corea from Masampho
and F'uSOn on the south. to kusan, Mok
pho and Chemulpho on the west.
Seoul is to be occupied and the landing
is being covered By the torpedo division.
The main body of the Japanese fleet. the
correspondent concludes. will sail in the
direction of Port Arthur.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
LANDING AT MASAMPHO.
Dispatch Received at Berlin Giving
That Information.

Berlin. Feb. "a dispatch received here
from Port Arthur says news has been re
crived there that japanese troops have
landed at Nassampho.
The dispatch says further that the Rus
sian warshipS at Port arthur frequently
put to sea. and that the inhabitants OF
Seoul are Tneasily expecting the arrival
of Japanese troops.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
NO AGREEMENT.
United States and Great Britain Will
Not Intervene.

Washington. Feb. S.-State depart
rnent officials deny that any agreement
has been made to the effect that the
United States and Great Britain would
intervene after Russia has crushed
Japan and insist that Manchuria re-
main a part of China. Ever since the
Tlrko Russian war it has been Gus
to,rary for the great neutral powers to
hold some sort Of conference at the
conclusion of the war to assure the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
France Will Be Neutral.

Paris, Feb. Sin regard to the ques-
ton Of Frances support Of Russia.
Foreign Minister Delcasse said that
France was at this moment in the
same situation as in March. 1902. at the
time CT TIE declaration of France and
Russia with respect TO China. NJ. Del
casse said that then France had re-
tanned her absolute independence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
japanese Leave Port Arthur.

Port Arthur. Feb. SIN response to
instructions from the Japanese gov
eminent. many Japanese sailed from
here for Nagasaki. Monday. The Chi
nese in Marchuria are greatly excited
and numbers Of them are preparing to
leave for Che Foo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09

voluntary subscriptions of $1,000 900 to-
ward her war fund.
"That would run a war for about one
cay, said the diplomatist. with
Russia unable to get more money here.
and Japan unable to get it at home, it
is believed that if a breakdown in the
negotiations occur each side will take
long breath before fighting"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
NEAR GREAT WALL.
Reported That Russian Force Is
There Concentrated.

London, Feb. 9.-In Il dispatch from
Tien Tsin correspondent there of the
Standard says a Russian force is re-
ported at Kalgan, in Pechili province,
10 miles northwest of Pekin and near
the great wall, and that preparations
are being made for the fight of the Chi
nese court and the removal of the i'm
perial treasures as it is feared that
Russia will descend upon Pekin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
Asking President to Intervene.

Vienna. Feb. S.-The Austrian Peace
Society has sent a cablegram to Presi-
dent Roosevelt requesting him to in
tervene III the Russia-Japanese conflict
under the provisions Of the internal
tional arbitrational tribunal at The
Hague.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
Gable MESSAGES in Code.

New York, Feb. S.-The Japanese
government has decided that cable
messages in code may be sent to
Japan, without restriction and an
nouncement to that effect was made,
today, ~ The Commercial Gable Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
TO FAR EAST.
Score of Nurses from Bellevue Hos
pital to Go There.

New York. Feb. S.-A score of nurses
from Bellevue hospital will in all PROB
9hility leave for the Far East as soon
as the fighting begins and it is not I'M
probable that the hospital ship Maine
which under the direction of Mrs.
CornWallis-West rendered 'aiuaoie
services in the South African war VIII
.r.;r he MT into service. Several
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
RUSSIAN STEAMERS SEIZED
BY Japanese Warships, Says Special
Dispatch from Berlin.

London. Feb. S.-A special dispatch
from Berlin says that a strong fleet Of
japanese warshios reported to be on
its way to Chemulpo, Corea, has seized
several Russian trading steamers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09

Some of the old Vile lakes. which
were formerly dry salt plains 3fi sum.
mer and covered with few inches Of
alkali water in the wet season. nave
been reclaimed by the British governs
n1ent, and are now worth from IA ia
$500 an acre. They produce III 1t1s
cent crops. - Z. Y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
Russia Wants s20o, 900, 900.

London, Feb. a.-"Russia is negotia-
Ding with a syndicate of French, Bel
| gian ard Dutch bankers cables the
Brussels correspondent Of the Stand
| ard for loan of Sa00, O00, 000.''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09

dent of the Daily Mail says that France
has agreed with other powers to land
troops in China directly hostilities begin.
die kingdom.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
Firinq of Guns Heard.

London. Feb. 9.-In a dispatch from To-
kio. correspondent of the Daily Mail
says the Jill Shimpo has received tele-
gram from Fusan. Corea. declaring that
the firing of guns was heard 10 the east
| of I~oje island (about y miles southwest
of Fusan), at o'clock Saturday morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09
Naval Division to corea.

has received cablegram from Lieut..
Commander Marsh. the American naval
attache at Toxic, announcing the depart
ure of a naval division from Japanese
waters for Chemulpo, Corea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09

nurses, who served on the Maine. are
here and anxious to go to the front.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09

France to Land Troops in China.
London, Feb. 9.-The Paris correspon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-09

1 IGst Ct t, the ZEAL Cause.-The
-Irof. l.. Z. Phelps. NJ. D.. LII. D., of
Dartmouth. University. Discoverer of :
Paine'S Celery Compound.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-05
! he Ancient Chapel of the Pyx
in Westminster Abbey X =. X
1t Has an Interesting History Dating Back to 1903
Once the Kings Treasury.

To begin at the beginning, it is quite
certain that, as part of the original
building of Edward the Confessor, It
was made over by him to the monastery
that he founded: and we have unmistak-
able evidence that it was a chapel before
It was treasury. It is equally certain
that all the buildings within the pre-
cincts Of the monastery passed, by the
grant Of Queen Elizabeth, to the college
of deans and prebendaries which she
founded to take the place OF Queen
Mary's regretted monastery. The terms
of the grant are explicit. They include:
"All that church and monastery Of st.
Peters, Westminster, lately dissolved. and
the Whole site, circuit, and precinct there
OF, all privileges, and liberties, and FREQ
customs Of the late dissolved monastery,
the whole church, and all the chapels to-
gether with the leads. BELLS cloisters and re-
factories. bakehouses and brcwhouses.
granaries, and everything else that was,
or was reputed to be. within the close and
precinct Of the late dissolved monastery"
II the Chapel Of the Pyx" had been
excepted from the grant, it would Ger
tainly have been excepted in plain terms,
and the fact that it was in use as royal
treasury no more affected the title of the
abbey to the property of it than the use
of Henry Wis chapel as royal mauso-
leum affected their title to that-a point
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-05
Uruguay and Paraguay Follow
South American Traditions II
Instruction and Violence Has Been the Marked Feature
Of the History Of the Two Nations.

Ayres, and continued under Spanish rule
until news of SPANS loss of prestige
caused the colonists to make concerted
action against her oppression. John
Bull had endeavOred, with no great Sue
cess, to teach this lesson to them along
in 1906, when trying to carry out Pitts
project of destroying Spanish influence
in South America by the use of British
arms; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo
were actually held fer awhile by the
English, but presently the invaders
were glad to evacuate and sail away for
home. The knowledge that SPANS
glory was waning was added to when
the" French were successful over old
Spain, and in 1910 the La Plata country
made issue with the mother land. A rev.
olution raised its head, and an attempt
was made to establish a confederation Of
the Province of the Plata River.
The dream was a great one, but tho
territory was too gigantic, the people
were not at all of one mind, and the fed
eral system collapsed at the end of four
years, the revolt being led in what is now
Uruguay. This little land, when the
federation was dissolved, fell under the
jurisdiction of Buenos Ayres, whose gov
ernor at once set about forming a new
confederation. The emperor of Brazil,
desiring to annex Uruguay to his own
domain, declared war with the AIgen-
tine Republic, and in the battles ensuing
the Argentines proved themselves
formidable foes both on land and sea,
so formidable that Brazil was glad to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-05

argued and allowed in the reign Of
George II.
Supposing, then, that King Edward,
having no further use for the chapel as a
treasury, should restore the custody of
it to the dean and chapter, from the
abbey point Of view it goes without say
Ing that its future use should be it's orig
inal use-a sacred one. The Chapel of
the Pyx" is the oldest chapel in the alb
hey precinct. and the only portion of Ed
ward the Confessor's building which is
still capable of being used for divine
service. 1t would be the natural course,
therefore, to use it for service on GER
tain high days connected with the
history of the abbey, provision, of
course, being made for its inspection
by visitors.
The dean Of Westminster, however, in
lecture given recently at the Royal in
stitution, and printed in the Cornhill
Magazine for June, makes the interest
ing suggestion, that in view of the diffiA
Guilty of finding room in the abbey
church for further interments, the va
rious chambers (of which the Chamber
OF the Pyx is one), into which the crypt
under the old monkish dormitory has
long been divided, should be thrown to-
gether again by the removal of the pxrti-
ton walls so as to form once more sin
gle vaulted chamber. The chapel so con-
structed would be 100 feet long by 80 feet
wide, and would provide last resting
place for the ashes of the great men
whom England chooses to honor, during
not few generations to come, especially
if the rule were made that cremation
should precede burial. The dean is care
full to speak OF his suggestion as
dream" rather than "scheme;" but it
is dream that is certainly worth the
serious consideration of all persons in
terested in maintaining what the dean
speaks of as ''the splendid tradition of
abbey burials." Then there is the ques-
ton of monuments. The lowness of the
vaulting would prevent this crypt
chapel being used as a place for statues:
but it would be we'll suited for busts
which in the abbey church look iusignif1.
cant, and woefully disfigure the col
uAAAS, W "AACA III wv AuoAy Sno0o SA0y
have been fixed. But on the eastern side
is an open space; observe the flood Of
light that is coming from it in the clever
sketch of the reconstructed crypt as it
would be seen from its southern end.
looking towards the altar in the Pyx
chapel. This open space is at present
occupied by the school gymnasium, but
it would conceivably be possible to ar
range for the removal Of the gymnasium
to better site, so as to erect here a
building in which the famous series OF
statues Of great English statesmen
might be continued.
II. c. BEECH1NG.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-05
A STREET IN MONTEVIDEO.

there are less than a million inhabitants
in this richest" region.
Uruguay is small comparatively. It
contains $4,000 square miles of land, an
area for possession of whose rich acres
vigorous warfare has been waged re-
peatedly. 1t has been an Independent
state since 1925, at which time the treaty
Of Montevideo declared it no longer I'M
der the control Of Brazil. Formerly it
was part of a viceroy of Spain, lying in
the region of the Rio de La Plata, or
River of Silver, and therefore coming
under notice of the fortune-hunting
Spaniard. The La Plata was discovered
as early as 1915; in 1919 Magellan sailed
up this river, and few years later Sc
bastian Cabot explored its shores with
the view of establishing "a settlement
there. In 1884 Spanish courtier, Don
Pedro de Mendoza, founded the town Of
Buenos Ayres, and in time this spot be-
came the commercial center of the valley
of the great river. The natives tried to
stop the advance of the Spanish, but in
effectually, and presently (by 1920 all
the settlements south of the confluence
of the Panama and Paraguay rivers were
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-05
FINLAND.

Copenhagen, Sept. PA Danish
lady, who has just returned from Fin
land, tells curious story of the meth
DDS of Russian espionage in that coun-
try. She was staying on the estate of
much respected old lady, the widow
of highly placed Finnish official.
There called at the house one day a
man who described himself as piano
tuner in search of work. He was en-
gagged to- tune the hostess piano, and
after doing this he said, with a men
acipg air, to the old lady: MADAME, I
have found these two objects in your
possession One was the reproduce
ton ola forbidden picture by the Fin
nish painter Istos: It is called "At-
Tackled" and represents a young wo-
man holding in her hand book repre-
senting the laws of Finland, which the
Russian eagle is endeavoring to wrest
from her. The other object was lit
tie savings box, now to be seen fire.
quently in Finnish homes It bears
the motto, "For Law and Justice. -
The money gathered in these boxes is
devoted to helping the agitation for
Finland's freedom and sustaining the
arrested and deported. The tuner
was, in fact, Russian spy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-05

4
formed into a government under the
name of Rio de La Plata, with Buenos
Ayres for the capital city.
But rival to Buenos Ayres sprang up
just across the way, over in what is now
Uruguay but was known at that time as
the Banda Orietnal eastern Border);
the Portuguese, who already had posses
sion of Colonia in the Banda Oriental,
deciding to extend their enterprise, be-
gan an important settlement near Monte
Video, but were ousted by the Spaniards,
who founded the present beautiful city
of Montevideo-"the Paris Of South
America. the healthiest city in the world
and the cleanest city on the continent"
The Portuguese did not submit tame
ly to Spanish aggression, and discord be-
tween the two continents for many
years. The Portuguese, noted as they
were for ruthless slave-dealing, were
hated and feared, and finally general
hostility made them felinquish their
claims in Uruguay. But it was not un-
til 1777, when was signed the treaty of
peace between Queen Maria of Portugal
and Charles III. of Spain, that Portugal
withdrew from the Banda Oriental.
During this period Uruguay was made
aprovince Of thevice-roy<y of Buenos