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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18
DEATH OF CLASSMATE
Casts Gloom Over Commencement Ex.
ercises at Springfield.


Springfield, Mass. June 1.-THE 18th
commencement of the International Y. M.
c. "A. training school, today. was sad
dened by the death of Henry Seifert a
member of the senior class, in the Gencr-
al Slocum disaster in New York City. He
was a member of ST Marks church OF
New York, and had gone to New York on
business and to attend the picnic. 1t was
learned here, today. that his death was
caused by blow on the head, presum-
ably from falling timbers.
Owing to his death the class day ex-
ercises scheduled for this morning were
given up and a memorial service substi-
tuted. This afternoon, the commence
ment exercises were held and a class of %
WAS graduated. u in the sectarial course
and II in the physical course.
The alumni banquet was held this even
has been started for a new library build
ing, and the seniors started fund for a
library in memory of their dead class
mate. to be known as the Henry Seifert
Memorial library.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18

Civet is pasty, yellowish substance,
that is taken from a pouch, near certain
glands of the civet cat, which is found
in Abyssinia. 1t is first of a yellowish
color that gradually turns darker. 1t
has strong. musky odor that to many
is very disagreeable, but by many of
the women Of Abyssinia it is considered
an indispensable article of perfume.
There is only produced annually from
$50 to 900 pounds of this article, about
one-half of which is shipped to New
York. A considerable amount goes to
France, and the balance is used by the
natives in its natural state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18
FAILED TO APPEAR.
People Summoned in Asphalt Co. Case
Hesitate to Testify.

Philadelphia. June IA number of per-
sons who had been summoned to appear
at a hearing. today. before Henry Tatnall
receiver of the Asphalt Co. of America,
ignored the summons and failed to ap-
pear. The act under which the hearing
was called empowers the court of chan
Gerry to commit such persons to prison
until they shall submit themselves to be
examined and pay all the costs of the
proceedings.
The following are understood to have
Sidney F. Tyler, William j. Latta,
George w. Elkins of this city. and Gen
Francis ". Greene of New York.
The purpose of the investigation was to
enable the receiver to secure information
concerning the inside history of the
Asphalt Co. in order to aid him in the
suits brought in the New Jersey courts
moneys received by the Correspondent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18
A $1,000 HOUSE
For Gorham Normal School rendered
by Ex-Gov. ROBBIE.

Portland. Me, June 17.-At the annual
graduation exercises of Gorham Normal
school. today. ex-Gov. Frederick ROBBIE
announced that he would give $1,000 for a
presidents house to be erected on the
grounds and to be given rent, If accepted
by the State
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18

The Patriotic League (Junta
Patriotica) Of Peru has already col
lected nearly $4,000. which has been
deposited with banks in Lima. The
purpose IL to raise a sufficient sum
wherewith a man-of-war is to be built
and presented to the Peruvian Govern
ment. - f,.-....s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18

The municipal authorities of Catania,
Sicily. offer an annual subvention 0or
five years. OF. $4,000 to any new indus
trial establishment to be located in
said city which will afford daily en-
p'oyment to 100 persons. For each adj
ditional number Of SO employees fur
ther sum of $1,000 is promised for a
period Of five years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18

The Indians camping in tepees on
the grounds surrounding the Indian
building at the worlds fair number
more than 200 and represent many
different tribes, some of them almost
extinct. I 80 i
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18
It Caused Another Death.

st. Petersburg, June 1.-THE gov
ernor general of Warsaw was stricken
with paralysis when Informed of the
death of Governor General Bobiikoff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18

Somebody has estimated that the
Lake Superior iron deposits will be ex-
hausted in twenty-five years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18

The formal appeal for aid issued by
Mayor Mcclellan on behalf of the re-
lief committee, is as follows:
IAN appeal is hereby made to the
citizens of this city to render any aid
in their power to victims of the General
Slocum disaster.
1.-The active interest manifested en-
couragcs the committee to hope that
there will be generous response to
| the necessities caused by this calam-
ity.
Checks should be drawn to the Or
der of Jacob H. Schiff, treasurer, and
sent to him at 50 Williams street.
(Signed) George 3. Mcclellan"
Among the messages of sympathy re-
| ceived by Mayor Mcclellan, today, was
| one from Gen. Ballington Booth, COM
| mander Of the Volunteers of America.
Gen. Booth in his letter. places the off,
GERS of the Army at the command of
the mayor to help in any way in their
power, and offers to receive and provide
| for any children who have been left
helpless and motherless.
John J. COakley, a deckhand on the
Gesn. Slocum, made a statement before
Coroner Berry, this afternoon, that the
| flames were first discovered in hay
| which had been used in packing barrels
placed in stOreroom where oil was
| stored. He also said that when the hose
| was unrolled it kinked so badly that it
burst when the water was turned on.
He testified, in addition to this, that
| the boat was passing Blackwelrs Is
,, land, opposite seth street, when the fire
| was discovered. Others have variously
said that there was no sign of fire I'M
| til 10th or 13Sth street was reached.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-18
EVERY HOUR


stand the heat. Then the others and
tried to run to the upper deck but the
Eangways were so crowded that we
had no chance to get up at all. Then
we tried to get life preservers for the
women and children. A sight I saw
on the boat I'll remember for a long
time. I guess. / saw a woman give
birth to child and then jump over
board with the new born babe. They
both died. I could not get to her the
crowd was so great and she had no
help at all, people were crazy. The fire
was all round her and she picked up
her babe in her arms wrapped a piece
of her clothing about it and sick and
frightened as she was. looked about
for a way to escape. There was none.
1t took only a moment for her to
realize this. Then she climbed on the
railing and leaped into the water"
Continuing. Corcoran said: THE
chief engineer (Conklin) was not at his
post at the time of the fire. He was
one of the very first to leave the boat
Conklin did not get the soles of his
shoes wet for he boarded the first tug
that came alongside or anywhere near
Captain Van Schaick did WELL
" hatever anyone says. He and Second
Engineer Everett Brandon worked
hard until the end. BRANDON helped
people till he was Just about to be en-
tirely surrounded by flames. He put
on full steam before leaving the en-
CINE, SO that who ever happened to be
at the wheel could use the steam as
long as it lasted.
1.-THE fire started opposite 1C3th
street. The captain tried to put in at
Port Horrs, but he was afraid the gas
tank there might explode from the
flames so he kept on to North Brother
Island
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Laurie went for the hundredth time
and looked at the spare room" She
knew every smallest detail of its ar
arrangement by heart; the gay rag car
net. the blue-andwhite spread, the
open worked pillow shams. We're
they not part and parcel of the spare
room, always in order and ready for
the chance conner? But she herselr
had gathered the honcysuckle blooms
and the wild grasses for the tall vase
in the window, and she herself had
arranged the few little books on the
stand with the white cloth. Was 1t
chance that the pretty copy of Tenny-
son was the topmost one of the little
heap and that it lay shyly open at
the poem about the king who wooed
"a beggar maid?
When she had looked wistfully at
everything once more, then again she
Tread the letter-for he had written
the letter to her, and not to her faith
Ter and mother, as might have been
respected. Her cheeks famed as she
read again:
81 will be there Thursday, and am
going to have great surprise for
you this time. This will be the
fourth summer l have spent at the
farm, and it will be like going home
again. l have watched yor grow up,
little Laurie, and have thought about
you a great deal more, am sure,
than you have thought about stupid,
stiff, selfish old fellow like me-"
Thursday. He was to be here
Thursday, and this was the time.
She had begun arranging the room
for him four days ago, and every day
swept and garnished it afresh and
gone to the woods for more flowers.
Even now she went to the window
and twisted the tendrils Of honey
.suckle so that the flowers would
show better, and resolved to go to
the woods after prettier ones, after
all, and then was in a panic lest he
should come while she was gone. If
only she might have made this room
look as she had dreamed it, over and
over again.
She stood, seeing it through gold
en- haze. Filmy laces fioated at the
window, caught and drifted here and
there by the breeze; and soft car
pets were on the floor, and tall mir
rors stood between the windows, and
everything was so beautiful that the
golden-banded bumblebee on the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
Tho LIGHT Over There.

Forevermore when Sorrow came thorny
crowned an gray
When the black storms hid the heavens,
an the light along the way,
We hear him singing-sInging in valleys
of despair:
1.-THE bells-the bells are ringing-the
light is over there!'
The deep voiced Dark walled round us.
and not a star injured:
Like a lost soul sent from heaven back
to n homeless world!
But still that singing-singing, sweet as
Love thrilled prayer:
1.-THE bells-the bells are ringing-the
light is over there!'
And the weary world low list'ning took
heart and courage strong,
And blest him for that ray of light that
glimmered in his song.
And an echo to his singing came from
dim wales and drear:
1.-THE bells-the bells are ringing-the
light is over there!'
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
Making Sunday Cheerful.

Sunday is often dull for the boys
in the families where the parents
believe it is proper to keep quiet on
this day. The boys grow restless aft
err church and Sunday school are over,
and do not know what to do with
themselves. Yet the day may, be kept
quite differently from other days and
still not be dull. One little mother OF
whom a recent writer tells, and who
had three little boys, has made Sum
day so delightful that all three lads
look forward to it with pleasure. She
chooses some especially beautiful sto-
ries which are read during the quiet
afternoon, and keeps for this day IA
%orite walks in woodsy fields. And to
close the afternoon comes candle
lighting time" when, at twilight, the
boys each light their own candles and
the three-branched candelabrum by
which to eat their simple supper. And
Sunday is thoroughly enjoyed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
Sketch of Tent Hospital.

an overcrowded tenement house when
the temperature is at 100 degrees.
Quiet and nourishment are also two
items to be taken into consideration.
1.-The superintendent, Miss Higgen-
botham, is one of the most successful
trained nurses among crippled chill
dren. She has made a life study Of
their ailments and needs, and besides
the scientific knowledge necessary
possesses a sympathetic nature that
binds the little folks to her. They
have all possible faith in their re-
covery if she says so. Special sup
plies have been furnished for these
patients. They include flannel coats,
trousers or petticoats, sweaters, WOOL
en- bathing clothes and eiderdown
capes. The treatment will include
special exercises. A novel set OF
games has been adopted that will add
to the children's pleasure and instruc-
ton and not fatigue or injure them.
"In this work action is the thing.
Delay means death sometimes. A sick
mother and languishing babe often
have to be sent to the seashore the
very day of the visit. Here Is another
point in our method-that Is, we take
the family, treat it as unit, and do
not separate mother and children. We
even try to have them in little room
of their own at the ocean home.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
Preserving Ancient Costume.

The ancient Roman amphitheater of
Aries recently witnessed a strange
festival, quite Provencal and half Pa
gan. Mistral, the poet OF the Pro-
vence, lamenting the gradual disap-
pearance of the picturesque feminine
costume of the region before irresist-
ible paris fashions" has succeeded
in organizing provincial movement
for it's preservation. This was pub
licly launched at "maidens festi-
VAL" in which Mistral himself, as
Emperor of Provence" publicly en-
braced every Provencal maid who,
having completed eighteen years, had
first signed wow" never to discard
the traditional dress of her ancestors
lor new-fangled notions from the cap
ital,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24

tall. pale from work, but smiling with
frank delight.
"Ah, here she isl" he cried, catch
ing her brown, rough little hand and
drawing her closer. Didn't l tell
you. Laurie, that had surprise for
you this time! Well. here she Is.
This is my wife. Mrs. Olga Fairlie,
If you please-and we are both going
to spend a whole, long summer with
you"
The beautiful woman with the blue
eyes and the golden rings of hair
took the hand he put into hers, and
looked at the small, frightened face.
Clearly, this country was not so
healthful, after all. A look at this
girl, with her white cheeks and start
led eyes, suggested the thought that
they might have belonged to some
wild thing out Of the woods.
Mr.. Morrell came staggering IN
with a trunk, shouting cordially.
well, If this amt surprised" Mrs.
Morrell peeped in from the kitchen,
smiling and nodding.
81 can't shake hands," she said;
"but you've gone and got married,
have We? Well, I'll bet Laurie's glad
to hear that. The lady'll be so much
comp'ny for her. Just go to your
room-you know where it is"
Mrs. Farlie pulled off her gloves
and looked around the room a little
disdainfully.
"You have talked so much about
your little woodland nymph that |
suppose l expected too much" she
said. she's rather a commonplace
little country girl, it seems to me-
no powers of conversation-no ex-
pression-and not the smallest spark
of imagination"
Mr. Fairlie did not try to answer.
He stood still, looking absently at the
heap of books on the table.
Here are her books" he said, fin
gering them one by one. See
Longfellow, Whittier-Mrs. Browning
II gave her Tennyson, too, l think.
wonder what she has done with
that?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
Philanthropists Seek to Save
Poor Children of Great City

deDartments, police headquarters,
houses and parks are made OF sand,
shells and pebbles, and the children
mimic the ways of tho city in very
lifelike manner. The seaweed float
ing in with the tides is constant
JOY The kind that snaps is called
firecrackers. The feathery sort trims
little sunbonnets, and the brown coral
types make wonderful dress trim
mings for miniature danes. The fid-
dler crabs, jellyfish, and all small
jewellers of the ocean are captured
and made friends with. Often they
are snapped to the orphans at the st.
Johns home next door for more con-
crete objects, such as pink candy
sticks or marbles.
When the wild roses come, rose
parties are the order of the day, and
the home can hardly hold the flower
treasures brought in by the little
ones. September ushers in the gold
enrod, the favorite Of the east Side
mothers, and bundles of it are sent
home by the day parties to the neigh
bors who can't get a vacation. For
the boys there is nothing like base
ball. Teams are gotten up by the
youngsters, and called after all the
colleges, the boys even assuming the
names of the big players. The chill
dren dance on the piazza. and the
mothers rock back and forth, hum
MING and grooming in their willow
chairs.
Other fresh air societies are watch
ing the work being done by the as
ISOLATION in it's tent hospital, and no
doubt ere the season passes by plans
will be made to dot the ocean front
with tents for the isolation and cure
of tuberculous cases among the poor
children of the Greater City.-New
York Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24

eyes. But once in the garden she
found the row of hollyhocks against
the further fence. and walked beside
them, touching their petals tenderly.
HE likes hollyhocks," she said to
herself. That's why planted 'em
again this year. He says they made
him think of his grandmother's gar
den. It would be nice to have whole
garden planted with hollyhocks and
marigolds and pinks, just for him."
And then, all in a moment, she
had planted just such garden, and
1t had grown to its full glory; and
the figure coming down one OF the
pink-bordered walks was not his
grandmother, but was Laurie herself.
clad in the short-waisted old brocade,
like that pretty picture of his grand
mother when she was so fair and
young, and was the belle OF the
whole country round.
"Laurie!' called her mother.
"Ain't you ever coming with that
wood?"
The wood was carried in, and
Laurie was at once placed in charge
of the churn, and began splashing
the dasher up and down YEARLY.
We'll, declared" exclaimed her
mother, with quite justifiable vexa-
ton. "You amt payin' bit of at
tention to what you're doin'. Look
how you've splashed up this floor.
An your checks is that red, body'd
think We had fever. Jest as like as
not you're frettin because yen have
more work to do now that he's
comm, but the moneys somethin',
reckin! People can't always consult
children, like you, when they want
to take in boarders. Listen! Amt
that the stage comm? You'll have
to go out an meet i'm, for I've got
my hands in the dough"
But before she had finished speak
ing Laurie was off like flash. and
was hidden away in the dining room,
drawn back into corner-holdins
her heart down to keep it from burst
ing There was rattle of wheels
and a cheerful "Heilo!" at the gate
and then the sound of dragging
trunks down from the roof of the
stage, and her fathers voice in loud
and cheerful greeting. He was down
now-he was paying the driver-he
was coming along the walk, and UP
the steps, and into the house. He
would be there in another moment
She could hide no longer. She mus,
creep out of her corner and meet
him.
He came along the bright hallway
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
To Impress Children.

One great reason why children often
dtsobey is because they do not under
stand what is desired of them. They
are careless, their minds wander
while they are being instructed, and
consequently they disobey. A very
effectual way to secure a child's obe-
dience is to insist upon direct gaze
during the time the mother is talking
to him. Have him look the speaker
straight in the eyes, and II still in
clined to wandering, have him repeat
what has been told him. This i'm
presses it on his mind and increases
it's importance, and there is nothing
a child likes better than to know that
what he is to do is important, or even
that it Is important that he refrain
from certain acts. And really, what
is more important to both child and
mother than obedience on the part OF
the child?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24

dining room, third is devoted to rec
reation, and the rest are dormitories.
The furnishings are not only scien-
tific but dainty as well, white being
the prevailing color. Over the can
vas tops and sides is stretched wat
erproof khaki. Instead of glass Win
dows there are wire screenings, let
ting in plenty of air and at the same
time keeping out all insect life. The
doors are of glass. Over the platform
canvas and khaki are stretched, SO
that the little patients may have their
outings even on rainy days. The very
delicate will be carried or wheeled
about.
All sorts of ingenious things have
been done in the way Of ventilation,
so that as one sits in tent he feels
as If he were in the open air, though
there is 10 draught and no shock
from sun or wind. In front Of the
nest of tents and nearer the roadway
are others devoted to medicinal work.
The association has felt the need
Of such a sanitarium for some time,
as its staff has been unable to treat
in their other homes the many chill
dren suffering from the disease. Tu-
berculosis has been one of the great
est hindrances to the labors OF the
summer colony. It Is the terror OF
the tenements-a monster the doctors
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24

A tent hospital for tuberculous chill
dren has been opened at Sea Breeze,
Coney Island, New York. 1t is undsr
the management of the Association
for Improving the Condition Of the
POOR, being part Of their summer
colony Of homes. 1t is the first hos
pital in America to be maintained In
winter as we'll as in summer for the
exclusive purpose Of seaside treat
ment of the non-pulmonary forms of
the disease, such as scrofula and tu-
berculosis of the bones, joints and
lymph lobes.
It has been shown in France, Eng
land and other countries that this pc
culiar form of tuberculosis can be
cured by sea air. In France, where
there are the most successful tent
hospitals, girls and boys suffering
from tuberculosis are kept as near
the water as possible, some living on
ships anchored out at sea, while in
other cases ambulances are employed
to carry the children to the ocean
edge every day.
The tent hospital, though the idea
of scientific men, is partially the out
growth of the intuition Of nurses. A
large number of tuberculous children
have been coming to the Sea Breeze
colony every year, and the effect Of
the salt air upon them so impressed
the attendants that they recommend
ed an ocean hospital, to be kept open
the year around. Some $4,000 was
appropriated in February and the
work started. Other help has been
given, and the sanitarium is now COM
pleted. Tie institution is not an ex-
act copy of any European beach hos
pital, but represents the best ideas
of all sanitariums of its type.
The camps are as picturesque as
they are useful. Built on a gigantic
octagonal plan, the ocean home seems
veritable nest Of tents. Each sep
arate one rises from point of the
central platform, and is devoted to a
special purpose. The platform is
generous and comfortable, and encir-
cles an open space Of sand. The
whole is just above high water mark.
One tent is the Office, another the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24
At Play.

try to cure the little patients who
have been carried through the winter
by our workers. We will then take
in convalescents from other sources
who would in the general run OF
things have to 30 back to sweltering
tenements and perhaps undo all the
good they had received at the SAM
tariums.
1.-The tent hospital is the climax OF
our fresh air work for tenement chill
dren. In the tents they will practical
ly be living outdoors. There is very
little hope Of recovery for tubercu-
lous child who is obliged to sleep in