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Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

The first pea of the season to s.rout
in East jefferson caused quite u SELL
sation. 1t was swallowed by small
bog and lodged in his lung. He was
very sick younSster, until two weeks
later when the pea sprouted, split and
was couShed up.
One of the l. men to receive New
Years promotion in the Boston police
department was Herbert Z. Chapman,
who was born in Damariscotta. Ne, in
1864. He entered the department in
1895 and is now promoted from a
patrolrnan to be an inspector.
The books at the Bath city clerks
Office for the year 1903 show 113 mar
riagcs. % births, 1S6 deaths, and 80
bodies brought from out of town for
burial. In 1902 the record was 90 mar
riages. 90. births, 173 deaths and IL
BROUGHT from out of town for burial.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Seth Martin have just
celebrated their golden wedding anni-
versary at Chelsea Mass, having been
married in Portland, Me, on New
Years Day 1854 by Rev. Joseph c.
Aspcnwal. Mr.. Martin is one of the
Oldest Od,i Fellows and Masons in that
section. He has been for more than 20
years a member Of n Masonic lodge in
Portland, where both Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin we're born and where they l.vel
for l. years after being married. Mr..
Martin =: 13 and Mrs. Martin 60.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

OATs-No. ., 36Ts@SS; No. 8 white, 3sl4
as.
RYE-No >. u.
RARLEY-Good feeding. 35MS1.
MAITING-Fair to choice. 43G"S.
I'LAXSEED-No. l, 9Sl2; No. l north
western, 1.0i.
TIMOTHY SEED-Primc, go.
MESS PORK-l3.37I=M I=M13Jo
I.ARD-6S,rtM6aJ
SHORT RIBS. SIDE,S-Loose. f.5htf71
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-BoXed, 662tyd
CO.
WHISKEY-12
CLONER-11.25. %.
Receipts Shipments
Flour Observation-Disclosures. -, 500 2I,.rr
Wheat ............ - 9H0 f., i0f
Corn . ....... 293, ,~) 1880
Oats ............. 16l 500 Il, .2iH
Iye .... 1000 t,6E
Farley ........ 1860 1850
BJTTER-Stcady; creamcrics. 1Gr : ~
dairics 1Ni2l
EtiGS-Firm: 2jT2S.
CHEESE-Firm; lUMlo&.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

It is one Of the times WhcI it il;
difficult to realize the blessings and
beauties of the Maine climate.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.

Through t.ckets To California and IN
points South and West may be had OF &.
H. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta, the
only Office In Augusta selling via ali
pense.
GEO E. EVANS, v. p. & Gen. Man.
r 70. BOOTHBY, G. P. & =. A.
Portland, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05
RAILROADS AND STEAMBOAT
aSZnHKIzlIM Y I

IN 6U0CS OCts ~ ISVa
Passenger trains leave Augusta a fol.
THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING WEST-2s2 A. NJ, daily
except Monday. for Portland and
Farminston. Phillips, Rockland. Port.
snd pasbeo h'ia9n 81 B,idEton ;"1 Montrs.' and
iston. Pennington, Phillips, Cara be sset
Eangeley, Rockland. Portland Boston,
\. Conway. Fabyans, Lancaster. Cor.
n Stratford. Island Pond. CoIebrooE
and Beecher Falls: $40 P NJ, local to
s91rtland 1 3;i7 P. NJ: (ex2ress) for Bruns-
s ~icks Portland and Boston. connecting
toI Sn, Bath. Portland. Lewiston, Cornish,
o'i q Gton, NO. Conway, and Bartlett. 10
N for So. Gardiner: 1923 p. NJ (night
ppuIiman every night Tor Lewiston, Bath
rnrtland and Poston.
GOING EAST-l259 A. M. (nisht ex.
Pressl TOR Skowhegan. Bangor Bar Ear.
o' oor' - stephen. tCalais). St. John Hall
TAX anc Aroostook county and to Wash
EAST does not connect for Skowhegan,
eeIiast Foxcroft. or beyond Bangor; SKI
cor. e NJ; 10 dor Wateryille Foxcroft and Ban
Skowhegan. Bangor and Bucksport; I2s
T. NJ. Waterville. Foxc-ot. Bangor, Old
nown, Patten. Houl,on and caribou. via
(caiss1 = HouTton it, VaReeboro %oa%.oo st. Stephen.
and Halifax and to Lewiston via Oakland
and Winthrop; 2.30 P. NJ. express for Wa
ferylile. Bangor. Bar Harbor. Wash. Co.
n. H., Old Town. Greenville: 3.19 P. NJ,
Bingham. Skowhegan. Belfast. Foxcrofr
Greenville. Bangor. Old Town and Malta
wamkeag; 80 2. NJ, for Waterville.
SCNDAYS-Going west, 232 A. M. for
Portland Boston; 1923 A. M: 1923 P. "a. =
for Brunswick. Bath. Portland and Bos.
ton Going east. 12.59 a. NJ. (nght), Ban.
gor; 9l5 A. NJ. for Waterville Skowhegan
ID
The Night Pullman Train leaving NJ
25s A. NJ. Sunday morning going east
does not connect for Skowhegan. EaIfast.
FOxcroft or east Of Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

1t was the widest blizzard that has
sMclt The coast since the night when
tn" Portland went down.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05
Frank l.. Stanton

The olds st iniabitant is trying hard
to remember such a cold storm.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

Tho pastors hope that Sundays at
tendance is not TO be the years stand
ard.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05
EN4dllAyB Gossip
The Fidd!e's Playing.

| dunno whar this world ow ours
In light an night is strayin'.
| only know that. hail or snow,
The fiddlc'S playiu',
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

The Maine sportsmen will meet ut
Bangor, today. to talk things over.
Their association is a power for good
in the State.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

Then let the winter beat an blow
Can't allIS bC ;-Mayin:
Who cares for all the Slcct an snow
The fiddlc3 playin,
Frank T., Stanton
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05

Amt bothered bout tho price nf coal
The big strikes long d"layin'.
Sunlight is wrrmu' up my soul
Tho tiddl"'S playin'.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-31

dear. good-by. hoping we shall meet IN
the autumn; 1 WIN write TO you about
sending letters just before go,
Her Frantic Response.
1t was TO this letter that Mrs. May
brick replied:
Dearest: Your letter under cover TO
John k came TO hand just after
had written to you on Monday. did
not expect 20 hear from you so soon,
and had delayed in giving him the
turn have been nursf-sg NJ - day
and night He is sick unto death The
doctors held a consultation yesterday,
and now all depends upon how long his
strength will hold out. Both my broth
ers-in-law are here. and We are terribly
anxious
4 cannot answer your letter fully to-
day, my darling, but relieve your mind
the future. N has been delirfous
since Sunday. and I know now that he
is perfectly Ignorant OF everything.
even as to the name OF the street, and
also that he has not been making any
inquiries whatever. The tale he told
me was a pure fabrication, and only In
tended to brighten the truth out OF me
In fact, he believes my statement ale
though he viii not admit il. You need
not therefore, go abroad on this ac-
count dearest. but in any case please
don't leave England until ] have seen
you once again. You must feel that
those two letters of mine were written
under circumstances which must ever
excuse their injustice IN your eyes. Do
YOU suppose 1 should act as I am doing
IL I really felt and meant what I in
ferred there? IF you wish TO write to
me about anything do so now. as the
letters pass through my hands ar pres
emit. Excuse this scrawl my own darl-
ing. but ! dare not leave the room for
a moment. and I do not know when I
shall be able TO write to you again. In
haste, yours ever, FLORIE.
In a week Maybricb was dead Ar
senic was found in HIS stomach after
death 1t was found in the house.
Here are the facts. How would you
decide?
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"on the sth Of May received three
kilograms, one from Mrs. Briggs, and in
consequence OF the contents of these
messages I left London for Liverpool
the same day. was met by my brother
Edwin at Edgehill. and drove with him
to Battlecrease. was told on the way
about a letter written to Mr.. Brierley.
and 1t was read to me at the house
l met Mrs. Maybrick on the landing
near the bedroom Of my brother I
asked for the room and was shown II;
found Nurse Gore there; Mrs. May
brick followed me into the room. l was
much shocked at my brothers condition,
and can hardly remember what I said
then. Afterward, downstairs, I told
Mrs. Maybrick that I had very strong
suspicious of the case. She asked me
what meant, and I replied that she
ought TO have called in professional
nurses, and also another doctor earlier.
At that time I had heard that DIR.
Humphreys was In attendance, and that
a nurse had been procured that day.
also learned that DR.. Carter had been
called in as a consulting physician Mrs
Maybrick said that no one had a better
right than a wife TO nurse her husband.
and I agreed with this. 1 reiterated
that was not satisfied with the case,
and that I would go and see DR.. Humph-
reys, which / did. I had some CONVEX
sation with Nurse Gore that night. I
slept at the house that night
The Letter Of Brierley.
Rrierley's letter to Mrs. Maybrick
bears no date or address or signature
beyond the initials A B., and though
the writing was not identified at the
trial. he, in his affidavit, says that 1t
was written by him on May 3. and sent
under cover OF Bailee Knight in Lon
don. j. Baflee Knight is the nephew Of
Miss Bailee. with whom Mrs. Maybrick
stayed on a visit during part Of the time
she was in London, namely, from March
"a TO O.
It Is as follows:
MY Dear Florrie: suppose now you
have gone l am safe in writing TO you
don't quite understand what you mean
in your last about explaining my line o..
action. You know i could not write ana
was willing TO meet you. although it
would have been very dangerous. Most
certainly your telegram or yesterday
was a staggeTer; IL looks as II the re-
suit was certain: but as yet cannot
Ind an advertisement In any London
paper. / should Ike 70 see you, but az
present dare not move. and We had per-
haps not meet until late IN the au-
tumn.
II am going 20 try and get away in
about a fortnight. and think l shall
take a round trip to the Mediterranean.
which will take six or seven weeks, IN
less YOU wish me 10 stay in England
Surprising the rooms are found. / think
both you and / would be better away.
as the mans memory would be doubted
after three months. ] viii write tell
you when l go; cannot trust myself at
present TO write about my feelings on
this unhappy business; but / do hope
that some time hence l shall be able TO
show you that l do not quite deserve
the structures contained in your two
last letters. / went to the d. and D.;
Of course heard some tales. but myself
knew nothing about anything. And new,
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the mountain, and how through more
than three years small army of men
labored INCREASINGLY. both by day and
by night, before their gigantic task was
accomplished. and one might pass on
level ground from one side of the Santa
Susanas TO the other.
Mile and a Half Long.
The hole that finally was pierced Is
about 800 feet, or almost mile and a
half in length. and practically every
foot of this distance was dug and drill
ed and blasted through solid rock. and
the hardest of rock at that. The
great labor began in July, 1900; It was
completed but recently.
In an undertaking OF this sort, and OF
this immensely particularly. it is advisa-
bic 10 work from both ends at once.
thereby haIving the time of labor. And
so, behold a miniature tent city on each
side OF the Santa Susanas where no city
had been before. They We're cities or
masculines. these two. cities wherein
big, rawboned men came and went and
did their daily or nightly work. Withal.
they were 10 no small extent cities Of
enterprise and modern invention.
Electric and Air Plants.
For instance. these tent cities con-
tanned both electric and compassionate
plants. The latter was used for a dou-
bic purpose; first. to supply air for the
air drills. with which all OF the drilling
was done, and. second, to supply fresh
air to the men who toiled deep within
the tunnel, by whom it was much need
ed. AS for the electric plant, in these
progressive days electricity is used for
lighting tunnels as well as the outside
world.
The contractors who were responsible
for the successful execution of this
great enterprise were Erickson d Pet
terson, and from the beginning they
were confronted by a serious obstacle
In their work or the west side of the
mountain. The seams in the hard rock
OF the Susanas run from east to west.
in working from the east the. skilled
worknen who handled the tools were
drilling with the seams: in working
from the west they were drilling against
them
only a person who is acquainted with
such work could estimate the effect Of
such varying conditions, but in the end
IL was indiS tied by the much greater
length of tunnel that was completed
from the east side of the mountain: al
though the same number OF workers
was employed at each end.
Slowly the work DEMONSTRATING
all of the time through solid rock, fol-
lowed by blasts that sometimes shook
the mountain. this again followed by
the removal of debris; then again the
drilling. the blasting. and the rest. till
DAVIS and nights of labor, without an
hours intermission. had grown into
more than three years. Not infrequent-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-31
Maybrick Was an Arsenic
Eater and INDUCED
in Other Drugs.
The Letters That Passed
Between the Woman
and Brierley.
Hozv Girtis5 Folly
Was Sadly Erpiated

Miss Florence Elizabeth Chan
der. a beautiful Southern girl Of
fifteen. met an English cotton
broker twenty-six years her senior
IN 1878. and fell violently In love
with him.
Against the wishes Of her pa
rents she married him three years
later, found him sullen, sensual,
and cruel. and her love changed
to as deep a hatred.
Arrested on the charge OF muF-
der, she admitted placing poison
in her husbands medicine. but de-
clared it was at his request.
Served nearly fifteen years In
prison, TO be released with health
broken, friends estranged, children
torn from her and prematurely
aged with ignominy and hardships
of prison life.
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or at any rate l grain; trial. amount
not stated.
Bottle of solid white arsenic. inquest,
Is to 20 grains; trial. 10 to Il grains.
Tumbler with handkerchief, arsenic,
and charcoal, inquest, II to 20 grains;
trial, so TO 40 grains.
Totals. inquest. 40 to $50 grains; trial,
III TO 1872 grains.
Here was the evidence In brief, ad.
duced against this woman as to the
actual administration of poison. The
suggested motive was her desire to get
rid Of Maybrick. and so be able to marry
Briefly. AS TO this:
The Question of Motive.
On Wednesday. May s. in the early
morning, when the cook was coming
downstairs. Mrs. Maybrick answered her
inquiries by saying that he was very
much worse, and had been III all night.
and delirious. At 9:37 o'clock that morn
Ing she sent a telegram TO her mother
in Paris: Jim very ill again. At Il
a. N. Mrs. Briggs came 20 the house,
and she thought him in a serious con-
dition, In serious peril; and the profess
sional nurse, Gore, on her arrival at
2:15 p m. found him very ill indeed.
and his feet and legs very cold, and
said that. In reply 20 a question. he told
her himself he was very i'll. The woman,
Mrs. Briggs. Nurse Gore. and Mrs May
brick were right He was. as the event
showed, seriously III.
At 3 p. m. on that day Mrs Maybrick
brought down a letter TO Alice Yapp
who was on the lawn with the children,
and told her TO take it TO the postofice
in time for the 3:45 p. m. post. Alice
Yapp, instead of posting that letter
opened II. and having read IL, gave it tc
Edwin Maybr'ck at o'clock. when he
returned 10 the house. In her evidence
at the inquest:
The coroner-Did you tell Mrs. May
brick that you didn't post that letter?
No. I said nothing TO Ter
And in reply TO another question she
said:
81 intended telling Mrs. Maybrlck, but
hadn't an opportunity.
Alice Yapp's suspicious We're aroused,
and she communicated them TO Mrs.
Briggs, a neighbor of the MaybrlclSs,
who in turn teiegraphed them 10 Michael
Maybrick in London. He came down the
same night.
Michael in Charge.
When he arrived he took charge and
told Mrs. Maybrick he was suspicious.
OF what he did not say. In his evidence
he said:
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The Tedious Digging of Great Tunnel
Bmrouing Through Hard Rock in Darkness

~ water was encountered in great qran-
tity. and it was less acceptable to the
ii would have been but a little distance
away on the Mojave desert
Precaution Against Accident.
II might have seemed that the soiidsty
Of the rock through which a way was
slowly worked was in Itself q sufficient
safeguard against accidents, but the
contractors did not think so. and every
additional precaution known to the en-
cheering art was taken. Chief among
these was the false timbering. This
characterized the work from beginning
to end.
A foot or two Of rock beyond the head
ing was drilled and blasted; then the
timbering was at once brought forward
to this temporary end OF the hole.
Doubtless it was due to this and other
precautions that the notable fact may
be recorded that from the beginning 10
the end of this work there We're but few
accidents OF a serious nature.
At last the years Of labor were almost
ended; the voices of the men could be
chambers deep beneath the gray surface
OF the mountain; the final effort was TO
demonstrate how accurately the work
had been done.
Two Ends Meet.
The last drill was worked; the last
blast was fired; where there had been
solid rock a gaping. jagged hole showed
the electric lights that glimmered IN
the cavern beyond. Now note this fact,
reported by B. Wheeler, the assistant
engineer in charge:
The heading OF the two holes met I'm a
dead check; II the tunnel had been
worked from one end its floor could
have been no more level throughout.
Think. II you will. what a triumph OF
the engineering science was this-what
a tribute to the skill OF the engineer.
Here We're the two holes dug through
the heart of a mountain, the labor In
volved enduring through more than Il rec
years. and at the end OF this long celv-
ing IN the blacxness the two holes ex-
actly meet, simply because an engineer
had willed tx 10 be so: because he had
so exactly computed directions and dis
tances that il could not be otherwise
Rare indeed, Is the instance in which
an engineer has scored so great a tri-
umph.
Well. the long labor is ended, and sue
cessfuliy so. The last stroke Of a drill
has sounded. the last blast has been
heard In that man-made cavern. Soon
the brakeman will shuttle through the
trains and light the lamps; the traveller
VIII murmur. Long tunnel coming"
and the train Will hurry into and
through the great opening which so
lately was a part of Santa Susana's
massive pile.
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Read the Evidence as 1t
Was Given at the Trial
and Decide.
Enough Arsenic Was
Found in the House to
Kill a Regiment.
Principal Characters
In the 6uaybrick Case

James Maybrick, dissolute, bru-
tai, eccentric husband.
Mrs. Maybrick, fair, slight,
wealthy in her own right, loath-
ing her middle-aged husband, who
had won her girlish love.
Alfred Briefly. handsome young
Englishman, who consoled Mrs.
Maybrick for husbands coldness.
Judge Sir Fitzjames Stephen,
before whom Mrs. Maybrick was
tried on the charge Of murder and
who died shortly afterward in
madhouse.
Lord Charles Russell, counsel
for Mrs. Maybrick, who died sud-
denly while striving TO win a par
don for her.
Baroness de Roques. Mrs. May
bricks mother, who has spent a
fortune seeking her daughters re-
lease.
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CRobert Charlton. in Sunset Magazine)

CRobert Charlton. in Sunset MagaZine)
TINE traveller on a railroad on a
pleasant. sunshiny day sees a
L brakeman passing through the
car. pausing as he goes TO light the
lamps. Long tunnel coming, he says
20 himself, and awaits with languid IN
terest the temporary extinction or the
outer light.
Some moments later the train hurls
itself into the engulfing blackness, and
the anticipatory languid interest of the
traveller is increased or diminished ac-
cording as the tunnel is longer or
shorter. Right there. or. at any rate. as
the train rushes from the blackness into
the white glare Of the sunlight. the IN
terest of the average traveller in the
matter ceases.
IL ceases, but II should not. for, had
the traveller but known II, he has In
that longer or shorter underground pas
sage opened and closed the book where
In is written a story OF deepest inter
est 4 story OF mans combat with nature
and his victory in the contest; the story
of the construction Of great tunnel
Largest Tunnel in West.
Visit a point some thirty-hve miles
northwest of Los Angeles. Cal, and you
are precisely where the longest tunnel
in the West has just been completed.
Here the gray, rocky pile of the Santa
susanna mountains looms directly in
your path; you may climb over 1t. If you
are aspiring; go around IL. If you are
fond of walking, or go through it. If
you are able.
Some such problem as the foregoing
confronted the Southern Pacific Com
pany and Its engineers but few years
ago. In the path of their progress stood
the Santa Susanas Already they had
gone around the obstacle; now, regard
less OF labor and cost. should they go
through #? II was decided that they
should-and all. or primarily. because a
OF space could be gained: that meant
this much of easier and quicker trans
portation for the people.
Six Miles Saved.
Over the old line the distance be-
tween Montalvo and Burband, via Sau-
gus. was sixty-seveil miles; over the
proposed line now in operation) IL
would be but sixty-one miles. divided
as follows: Between MontalNo and
Santa susanna, thirty-four miles; Santa
susanna and Chatsworth Park. eight
miles: Chatsworth Park and Burbank,
nineteen miles. Six miles could be
saved. That six miles meant the con-
struction OF the Santa Susana tunnel
And here perhaps begins the real in
terest of a story that tells how a hole
was pierced through the very heart OF
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Traces Fade Away.

The same symptoms are what may be
produced by what may be called small
doses. II you administer dose Of ar
senic less than a fatal dose. one OF three
fourths Of a grain, OF half a grain. twice
a day. the same symptoms viii be pro-
duced; but IN the course Of twelve hours.
or couple Of days. the patient win get
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-08
VARIOUS LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Chicago Cattle-Receipts, 5000 includ-
ing 200 Texans; western steady to higher:
good to prime steers, $5.40@650; poor to
medium: S4.50@5.25; stockers and feed
$4,000, Gamers, $1.50@2.15; bulls, SEA
4.35; calves, S2.50@6; Texas fed steers
S4.5O@5.15. Hogs-Receipts today, 80
600; tomorrow, $4,000; left over, 1856:
mixed and butchers. s5.40Q56O; good to
$5.35@5.45; light. s5.40@5.55: bulk of sales
sheep, strong, steady; good to choice
wethers, S4.50@5.40; fair to choice mixed
S5.5Vq 40; western sheep, S4@4.60; native
Iamos. S4g!.6O Official yesterday. Ship
m1 9e cattle, 4,So5; hogs, 1906; sheep.
Kansas City. o.-cattIe-Receipts .
coo. including 500 Southern: market
STEADY; beef steers; s4.25@4.45; southern
steers. S3@5: southern cows. s2@3-75;
and feeders, $2.756475. HogseReceints
1000: market steady; heavy, S5.30@5. 10:
packers, 50. a 5.S5; pigs and lights. $3.50
$3.50. Sheep-Receipts. 10000; steady.
shsep. $S5o@5; lambs. 34-5O@6.5o.
$50 sioux CITY; SGattle-Receipts, 100
stockers and feeders, S3@4: calves and
Nearilngs. $2.15@3.75. Hogs-Receipts 2 :
S9V mead; market 5000 lower; selling,
sS;0S q 5.25; bulk, $5;15@5.20.
oo Soutn Omaha, Neb.--Cattle-Re
common; beef steers. s4.50@6.IO; cows and
heuerS. S3Q4-50; western steers s3M4 *.
range COWS and heifers, S225@3. go: STOCK,
ers and feeders. s2.50@4.15 Hoes@Re-
Se eaTy' lsgC 5oS Se to Toe lower trade slow
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; market active AID
lambs. S4.50@5.15. '.'s'