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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-15
OFF CAPE COD.
Wreck of Schooner Went.
worth, Ten Drowned.
The Ship Went Ashore in Ter.
rifle Gale.
Vain Efforts of Life Savers to Effec,
Rescue.

chatham, Mass, Oct. 14-A Sma II
part of the forward section of the hill
and il slantinS foremost stood as mute
| reminders. tonight, of the ocean trag-
cdy enacted here, last night, when the
thrce-mascd schooner Wentworth of
Moncton, N. g., struck on Chatham
bar during a raging northcrly gale.
and al on board persisted in the terri
fic seas. with the exception of the
loss of the Steamer Portland in No
venlbcr, 1893, the wreck of the Went
worth is the most appalling disaster
that has occurred on the Cape cod
coast during the last decade Twelve
persons. who were on board the strand
ed vessel, and not one reached shore
alive. although two bodies were
snatched from the surf, this morning.
one Of them, that of Il woman, believed
to be the wife of the captain. With
her three children, she was accompany
ing her husband on a trip from Hills
buro. n. b.. to Newark. n. j.
The loss of the Wentworth was par
ticuHriy distressing. inasmuch as
those on shore could do nothing to as
sist the crew Of the disabled craft. The
Dor ana Orleans stations were unable
to laGnch their surf boats. as no craft
toul'. have lived 10 seconds in the fear
lu! surg"s that crashed upon the sandy
beach. TIE hardy sulfmen dragged
their boats ard surf guns by hand
through tie soft, shifting sands. ana
made almost superhumHp efforts t"
assist those on hoard the doomed yes
sci. y shot lire WAS fred To the
Schooner. which lay not mIch more
than 300 Yards from shore. There was
one answering pun. and tie life savers
thought they heard = voice above the
road of the surf crying "AN right"
but beyond this there was no further
sign Of life on board the craft.
Not receiving another pull on the
shot line the life savers thought it had
sanded and more lines were shot out to
the vessel. Today, when the Wreckage
came ashore, it was discovered that
the first line had been made fast to
the wheel of the schooner and it is be-
liaved that heavy sea swept over the
vessel just as the line was fastened
and that ali the men on deck were
washed overheard. 1t is also believed
that those who sought safety in the
rigging climbed the main and mizzen.
both of which fell early in the morning.
while the life savers were hoping
against hore that the schooner might
hold together until the sea moderat-
ed sufficiently to permit the launching
OF the lifeboats.
The Wentworth was bound from
Iiiilsboro \. B., to Newark, n. j., with
Il cargo of plaster rock. On board were
ehcaptain. his wife and three chill
dren and q crew of seven men.
The cape Cod shore for a distance
of many miles is being carefully pa
trollcd in the hope that when he sea
gives up its dead the bodies of those
unfortunates who persisted in the
waves may be recovered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-15

The dismcmbered body Of man. APP
parently sailor. was washed ashore.
Friday. near the Race Poinj life saving
STATEN at Provincetown. Mass. The
hands and head were missing. The body
was clothed in q blue sweater and over
abs 1t was badly decompoeed and had
apparently been in the water a long time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-15


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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-15

| Chatham, Mass. Oct. H.-Driven
down the coast by a northeast storm,
| the Nova Scotian three-mastcd Schoon-
or Wentworth was thrown upon Chat
ham par. Thursday night. and Friday
morning. smashed to pieces in the ter
on board survived.
| AT O'Clock, Friday morning, the
| body of a woman was dragged from
| the breakers 10y a surfman who had
been watching poWeress to assist the
| vessel. At S o'clock. another body, that
of a man. was recovered.
1t is believed that in addition to the
| unfortunate woman the Inflated vessel
| carried a crew of at least eight men,
| besides her skipper, Capt. Freddie.
Tn" Wentworth was a three-maSted
| schooner owned in MonctOn, n. b.. and
was bound from Hillsboro. n. =, to
| New York with "A load of plaster.
II was Just before dark. Thursday
night that the schooner was seen by
th, keeper of the Nauset light flying
south before the gale with her foresail
SET She was about three miles off
shore at the time and it was believed
that sbe would be able to find entrance
of Pollock Rip Slue and thread her
way through that narrow channel in
to safety behind the Handkerchief
shoal. But at O'Clock. the south pa
troll of the Old Harbor life saving sta
ton. 10 miles below Nauset. suddenly
discovered the schooner on the outer
mar head on the beach.
Turning his torch as a signal to those
on Loard that they were seen as well
az IN his station that the crew was
wanted the surfman hurried back to
aid his companions in getting out the
hn,t and gun. Within half an hour.
tho crew had mustered on the beach
onnosite the wreck and a line fired. Il
Tho breeze was quite low at the
time and the life savers We're able to
o.t within 500 yards of the stranded
,,assel and as the line frightened after
,roing toward the wreck it was believed
thot the crew had caught it and could
coon null aboard the big hawser and
..oh shore in the breeches buoy. /
Tho life savers waited several min
,,+.s hut there came no sign from the
,.sesa, although lights were seen shin
- from the cabin. Several surfmen
10, "a near. the breakers as POSSIBLE
"a nailed the vessel through mega-3
anones but there was no answer. 9th
&c burned signal torches. but still
CONTINUED on page ~
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my D y
Time 2.i2a. 2.l312. LIZ. 21rt.
The 221 class. trotting. purse 500 gun
ffnishcd:-Daricl b e. by Hichls avn
PRINCE GET 4stl. won the only heat de-
rided Tine 33-1s,: Lon Wilkes. Dix
Lynn Holt bingham. Baron Oakland.
Bonnie Lass and Susie f. finished in the
order named
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26

Mrs. speneers-"But l simply must
have that silk ball gown"
Mr.. Spenders-"Now, my dear. you
promised to economics"
this one cut .lower, SO 1 won't need
SO much silk."-Philadelphia Press.
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all right, and presently they went away
and left me with a splitting headache
which kept me company for my sins.
When I put my hand to my head, I
found 1T was all bound up, n there
was a great bump on n side. which
I said to myself, must be the bump of
jealousy, and I only hoped 1t wasn't
as large as it felt.
But. by George!" I muttered out
loud, Il was %tealous!"
Please do you want anything
asked a small voice, which seemed to
come out of the corner Of the room.
I tried to peep out from under my
bandages. but I could distinguish MOTH
ing. However, I recognized the voice
and put a plain question:
rs that you?" I asked.
YES, it u.s." answered the voice, quite
naturally, but with a little tremble.
Then I want you" I said promptly.
A small, timid fgure crept up to me
and said:
Can I do anything for your"
Eyes," 1 said, but you won't do It,
I know, l added, in a tone of fixed con-
| viction.
"How dc you know?' said the voice
Indignantly. "Of course I will! Try
mel"
1 couldn't see her for the bandages
oAAo - 0AAibP VI GULL OuS "
them, I'm sure I should have never
had the courage; as it was, 1 said in
audible tones:
You might kiss me-" -.
Silence.
you might kiss me-" 1 ventured, in
a weak murmer this time.
Dead silence.
Il shouldn't have thought" l said,
more weakly still, that you would re-
fuse a dying mans request"
l own that vas my last card, but
still 1 never thought it was going to be
such a trump as it proved.
Dolly flung herself on her knees be
tside me and clasped me around the
neck in a manner one might have
the demise of a man with out few more
breaths left to draw, but which on the
contrary had a s%ingularly pleasing and
revivtng effect on a mar Of my natural.
ly robust constitutions; so much so
indeed, that in a few seconds 1 was
able to sit up n return with consid-
cradle vigor, the caresses she had hith-
erto lavished on me.
You're not going to die!" sobbed
Dolly, don't. don't say such dread
full things"
DO you love me?" asked.
ooh, yes, yestyou know I do. And
if you had died l should have felt
murderess, and Nj. ~Saunderson would
have been one. because he put the
them there, and now he is covered with
I bruises and can scarcely walk, and his
hands are scratched all over"
Il feel BETTER" I said, ignoring the
latter part Of her speech. II think
I shall recover-with care. I shall re-
ouire all your care,'' 1 said. sinking
back as the memory Of the bump or
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my head and her concluding words &C.
Cured to me together. :.
"Oh. / shall be your devoted nurse"
she sal tenderly, as tenderly as even
I could wish.
my sweet Dorothy" l said.
But that IL o my NAME" she said,
pouting. land you don't like my name,
You said hateful things about IT."
The sweetest name In all the
world!" I cried enthusiastically.
but my real name 10 Jemima," h
said, with crimson checks. and Dolly
is only q pet name. l quite thought
you knew"
And then suddenly 1 understood ev-
erything. but even II my head ached
with my folly, what did it matter, my
heart was light now.
IT'S only a matter Of spelling" I
declared fondly. whatever your
mama. 1t would always read Dorothea
to me-"
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x SHOULDN'T
HAVETHOu6HT
THAT'YOU
WOULD REFUsE
ADY1NG MANS
REQUEST.v

4 don't think we should be at all even
~ matched that way"
I felt hurt, Miss Neville and Dolly
played about an equally good game. I
wondered If she mean to %insinuate
that THAT Ted
All right" I said hufily. you girls
can play us. Come on. Ted"
Ted Is my younger brother and 1
have always considered him extremely
lacking in respect for me, but on oc-'
casion he can surpass, Eve himself,
this was me-.
"Rot!" he said loudly, and have
you poaching all my balls! not II I
know it,"
And to cap this rude speech he ap-
p%ropriated Miss Tracy to himself as his
partner, by ostentatiously turning to
courts or let them toss?"
I accepted the situation with sufIici-
snt, though not too much dignity. and
tried to recover my temper somewhat
by slashing all my balls hard and fast
at my young brother.
Naturally I took care they should
all go wide of Dolly, and my partner
and I were getting an easy victory
and I was beginning to feel somewhat
better, when Dolly, who had come up
to the net for balls, cried out peevish-
ly:
70 HOW, anu us all your 1dull. ME.
Blake, l consider it most ungentleman-
" to slash balls at a lady"
I a%pologized profusely and tried to
explain that it was just what I had
been carefully avoiding doing. 1t was
here serve now, and, anxious to please
her, I was at great pains to lob her a
ball that the veriest tyro could scarcely
LAY failed to return. I suppose she
had done me the injustice to
for a lasher and could not change her
mode of defence n time, for h only
Just let her racquet touch it, and the
Sail fell into the net.
I was hopelessy in her black looks
after that, and the game drew to a
victorious close for US, but a melan-
choly one for me.
l wandered away feeling terribly
out of sorts, / a meant to put my
face to the test hat afternoon, but
now 1 felt suddenly robbed alike of
courage and confidence. Dolly could
not care for me, else she would never
have acted like that, just when my
heart had began to beat high with
hope.
I came moodily back and r~ecrossed
the tennis ground. Oh! this was too
bad! I might get over her flirting with
young Ted-he was only a boy, but
when 1t came to coquetting with that
ass. Sanderson, it was more than flesh
and blood n love and jealousy could
stand.
At the side of the tennis court, under
a l~uxuriantly Towering Thurman tree.
had been placed two garden chairs, and
ensconced thereon, with their heads
close together. under the shade of a
huge, white sun umbrella, l deserted
Dolly and Arthur ~Saunderson.
My blood boiled.
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II was a summer afternoon in the
orchard. The conversation had died
down, but / brought 1t to momentary
life with a somewhat belated remark
on the subject which had just been
under discussion.
For my part" I said lazi]y, loung-
Ing on he grass. II think most names
are good enough, but at least preserve
me from Obadiah! knew a man once.
who was actually christened Obadiah
NINA is an atrocity. IL there ever vas
one Now Dorothy. Dorothea, Theo-
dora, the gift OF God, that's the best
woman's name I know Of"
I spoke with meaning, for I had a
special reason for thinking SO, and l
glanced stealthily at pretty Dolly Ira
cy. who was sitting in a low deck chair
not far from me. but still a good deal
further off than I could have found
1t in my heart to wish. But presently
when h others scattered themselves
q bit I meant to change all that.
As l looked at her now, I gathered
courage from her bearing; her cheeks
seemed to have taken on a pink tinge
and she lifted her ayes momentarily
to mine, removing them hastily with
a r~eproachful, almost frightened glance,
which l was at a loss to understand.
The pink color %deepened to red, but
as she did not look up again, 1 contin-
ue0 " my SelllSllleSS 10 gaze at ner.
Whether h felt my scrutiny and
the love that provoked it, or not, I do
not know, but all at once the blush
seemed to have become scarlet, dis
tressful, and even to my bewlldered
fancy a tear trembled on her eylids,
a dew drop that glistened for a sec
Dnd in the sun and was gone the next.
as she sprang from her seat and cried:
Come, the court Is in shadow now,
who'll have a set Of tennis?"
Ny airy, fairy castles all came tumb-
ling to the ground for the moment,
but I was quite willing.
TIL help you play against Miss New
tile and Ted!" ! said eagerly.
mo thank YOU" she replied cody;
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leosS va HEARsr6pkA ea1IAa 2,ears RxsERyzn

How dared he? that was what !
wanted to know! And how could she, my
pretty. dainty Dolly, endure to have o
clown Of a fellow like that Dancing
attendance on her! Why, he couldn't
even shield her from the sun without
putting her to twice that amount OF
Inconvenience by corwding her and
managing her delicate muslin dress
And as for elbow-room, he evidently
was under the impression that she
didn't need any.
I'LL teach him manners!" l thought
'grimly.
Dolly looked over at rue just as the
thought crossed my mind, but l wasn't
to let her see that I cared. so ]
shouted to Ted. who was sitting on the
|drawlng-room steps, whistling.
Come on. Ted. I'll play you singles"
Ted accepted the challenge with alac-
.rity and came and picked up his a C
.Quet, and we started our game In ear
nest. Ted is a close match for me at
the best Of times. still, It's not often
that I can't beat him, but today he
in unusually good form, and
my own play was scarcely as steady as
l was annoyed when the games
stood at three all, especially with Dolly
hooking On. I had a bad temper, and
every one knows l am a bad loser, so
1T was not surprising il l. should de-
.termine to carry all before me.
Ted's balls We're here. there and ev-
ierywhere about the court, and after
.frantically returning a difficult stroke,
the impetus of my desperate effort
was such that it carried me on, and be-
fore I could stop myself. 1 had collided
with Saunderson's garden chair, and its
occupant, the white umbrella and ]
were among the debris.
1t was not my business to know ex-
.actly what happened after that, but
when I came to, I was lying on the
sofa in the library. The blinds had
been drawn down, and some one said;
He'll do now" There seemed to be q
great crowd of people. and I said I felt
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26
Such 10 Eama.

Minneapolis Journal: Some one has
defined fame as being the glorious re-
compense Of having your name spelled
wrong in the papers after you have
died in battle. Sioux Falls now grasps'
the full meaning Of that cynical defni-
ton.
scribner's magazine is publishing
a serla. story entitled THE Undercur-
rent" the same being a problem novel,
with the popularity of divorce il the
United States as the problem. So far,
so good.
The accommodating nature of the
South Dakota divorce laws is duly
emphasized, INC n Of the h%eroines
starts in the July number of the mag
azine to take up her residence In the
divorce colony at Sioux City.
What a row therell be in Sioux
Falls! To be COMPOUNDED with Sioux
City, Ia. for the te~n-thousandth time,
and to have such an important indus
try transferred by a stroke Of the pen
from the greatest divorce center in the
world to a town that enjoys nothing
but some local eminence as a pig
packing metropolis is, indeed. too bad
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26

Nearly one-ffth of the deaths in VAL
paraiso are from pneumonia. In Bonn
bay the deaths from the same disease
are IN the -atio of only twenty-six in
10, 900,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26

II don't want any ice." she said.
"Ice!" exclaimed the ice man in a
perplexed way. Who said Ice? I
merely wish to contract with you to
leave a little wet spot on your back
porch these warm mornings."-Cleye-
land Leader.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26
saIvationists in Panama.

La Estrella de Panama: We have
now with US Staff Captain ell seno,
Leib, the social superintendent of the
Salvation army of Jamaica. He has
been commissioned by the headquarte,.
in london to come to the isthmus and
gather information concerning the ad.
visibility of inaugurating in oul
midst" their spiritual LII social oper.
ations for the ethical and material adj.
v%ancement of the laborers who will
flock to the isthrnus on account of the
canal. A most p~raiseworthy feature OF
the enterprise will be II. has been i'm
parted to us, the running of cheap food
and shelter depots for the laborers and
poo combined With the aforesaid eff
forts to raise the spiritual and moral
tone of the men.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-26

II was a summer afternoon in the
orchard. The conversation had died
down, but / brought it to momentary
life with a somewhat belated remark
on the subject which had just been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-29

Gillespie. Kenneth M. Goode, Clifford ". Hall, Samuel F. Holmes Oifn In- graham, Edwin 0. Jones, Ralph w. Keeler, Howard F. Legg, George Rock- CTS, Annie Fisher, Mary E Smith aud Marguerite Van Ben-Schoten.
 Degrees on examinations: M. 4. on A. T. Adams, B. A., 1908; on e. C.. Goodrich, Ph B., 1898; c. A. Pierce. B.. S.. 1902; A. E Rowe, B. S., (A6assa- chusetts Institute of Technology. 1901: M. c. Rigby, Ph B. l..
 Honorary degrees were conferred as follows: D. D., Rev John IT. BicEford. pastor of First M B church, Wilkes barre, Pa; Rev Benjamin CHI, TO, pro lessor Of Latin, State college, Pa: Rev Charles w. HiIlard, '67. Ph D., pwesid- ing elder, New York dtstrict of New York conference, NJ. E. church.
 The degree of LII. ID. was conferred on Abram w. Harris 80. Sc D.. presid- ing elder of Jacob Tome Institute. Port Deposit. Md.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-29
NOT SATISFIED.
Freight Handlers at Bridge port Ask Shorter Hours
 and More Pay.

Bridgeport, June 29.--About POO employees of the local freight yards of the N. Y, N. H. x H. railroad em- ployed as freight truckers. stevedores and clerks, have petitioned the officials of that road for day of shorter hours and an increase in pay. The men claim that they are entitled to as much pay as the New Haven freight handlers for the reason that Bridge port is a. freight center as well as New Haven, and they say they are get ting SLIGO per day as against $1.75 and upwards in New Haven.
 The petition was not submitted as a demand, but more in the nature of a request. It is reported time limit has been set for the granting of the request and 1t is supposed to be July l. If the petition is not granted the men will probably work .on Fri day. As there is q large meeting of the freight handlers billed for Satur- day the chances are the men will not report for work on Monday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-29
MEMORIAL FROM GER
 HAN MANUFACTURERS

Berlin, June 29I--An important mem oTial on the American customs admin istration and German trade has been presented by the League of German Manufacturers to Chancellor von Bue- low Baron won Ritchthofen. secretary of foreign affairs; Herr Moeller, Prus- sian minister of commerce and indus try. and to Herr Ruenz, German consul general at New York; who is now in Berlin.
 The memorial is based upon material which the league collected in accord ance with a resolution adopted in 1903, and was written by the Saxon manu- facturer, Alfred Petschow, who was sent to the United States to collect in formation among importers. The league summarizes it's views in the fol- lowing five points:
 Eirst-The American government should be prevailed upon to accept Ger man manufacturers declarations, sworn to before American consuls, as evidence of value in all cases,
 Second-It is necessary to reintro- duce the former privilege of appealing directly to the American treasury de partment because, under the present practice, a decision rendered by the general appraisers cannot be over- thrown even when the courts find 1t to be erroneous.
 Third-The general appraisers should be required to communicate to the importer sentenced the penalty and dqYty, and the reasons for the board 8 decisions. so that the importer can de fend himself.
 Fourth-The practice of chasing Ger man goods sold in the United states as consigned and subject to special tegls' 1ation merely because the invoices are made out in dollars and cents, must cease.
 Fifth Shipments of goods ana samples shall not be detained in pub lie stores as hitherto until the buyers refuse to take the goods because of too late delivery and the samples are no longer available for the approach ing season.
 The memorial complains that such. detention now occurs even when bond or security is offered. It concludes with reference to the importance of the German market to American cx- porters as being much greater than that of the American market to Ger many, and argues, therefore, that it is only a question of how the German government acts i'll the matter which will decide the response of the Ameri- can government to the wishes of the German manufacturers