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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-08

rat little lir there was moving at
mat time was from the southwest,
ana famed by this the flames began
sweeping along the roof toward the
LuiiolllSs adjoining on the north
9telh& this, Assistant Engineer Pee
der Who had been in charge since
hiet Kicker was overcome by the
smoke fearing that the fire might
max" clean sweep to the bridge
ii'li"d IN the general alarm at Az
rms alarm called for Ire steamer. bui
rs every fo't Of hose owned by the
citF was working, the steamer was
not taken ont.
me situation at this time looked
dark. Appeals for help had been sent
TO NaterNille, Hallowel and Gardiner.
p@t no assistance had been received
although it had been promised ana
many ears listened anxiousIy for the
distant whistle Of a locomotive.
AZ about Az the fro reached it,
climax. Noonian block was then 4
huge cauldrnn Of flame The floors
had fallen IN. also the roof. and the
mass ots material i'll the cellar sent
great sheets of fire to the ton OF the
ruin and high into the air. making
Water street, and the surrounding
country as li&ht as day. and present-
ing i grand but awful spectacle.
The heat or Water street was in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-08

are occupied by +. W. Church. grocer
while the second floor is occupied By
the Collateral Loan Co. On the third
floor \. A. Soule had Il lot of furniture
stored. All of the occupants of the
block will suffer Il smoke and water
loss.
It was the hottest fire on Water
street that the city has had since the
great fife of 1860. ~and one of the most
stubborn To conquer. being more 50 on
account Of the Inconvenience oc-
cuSiJned by cold weather. The boys
made a good fight again heavy odds,
and won. and are thoroughly apprecia-
tive Of the kindness shown them dur
ing the night by the proprietor of the
tOny House. and \. H. JeWett, who
furnished them with hot coffee. They
with the tiremen from out of town
We're given a breakfast at Hotel North
at $50 a. NJ. Many, also We're given
i breakfast at Hayes lunch room on
the bridge. Another kindness which
shcu,d not be forgotten in the fact
that the Messer-Pericy Co. furnished
the firomcn with mittens. which was
most gratefully accepted.
The buildings were owned by the
North estate, and occupied as follows.
beginning ut the north end upon the
street floor: A. ]. Pierce. crOckery: NJ.
l.. Wheeler. jcweler; F. II. Butler
millinery; G.. f. Halves, boots and
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Building o. Picture
Worked
Left Opposite

tense. making it impossible for one to
stand on the sidewalk across the way
from the burning building. 1t was 50
hot that square after square Of glass
III the windows If tho Cony House
vas shivercd and fell to the Sidewalk.
and the window castings ignitel in Il
number Of places. and the paint upon
the doors was blistcred. In addition
to this, several big plate glass Win
doWs were broken, among them being
ore in Sherbur.Ic g. Dailcy's, \. II.
Chadhournc's. Z. II. Jenkins, u. +.
Davis & Cos" and F. l.. Hersey's
When the flames were thus threaten
ing 10 jump the street. the men with
the hose made 4 supreme effort. EN-
tension ladders were raised. ana lines
Of hose taken to the roofs next 10 the
burning buildings. and the flames were
attacked. The men had had Il hard
nights work. and We're weighed down
by ice incrustel clothing. but they
climbed the ladders. taking the long
lines of frozen hose with them, and
when they attacked the fire from the
roof it was the first turnilg point in
their favor.
soon after ) o'clock, help arrived.
from Hal;owcll ana Waterville. the
| former city sending n hose ana hook
ard ladder company. and the latter. a
hose company. The men on both
teams were fresh. and got 10 work at
speedily as if they had planned what
to do before arriving. Both companies
! did excellent work, and cannot be COM
mended too highly for the valuable as
| sistance rendered. Gardiner frcmen
We're i'll readiness to answer the call
| hut owing to the latcness OF the ar
rival Of train s, they We're unable TO
/ start befor" 4 message was sent. telling
them that their services were not necl
lea.
The fire WAS from that hour under
/ control. so far as preventing its fur
/ Tie: spread was concerned, but many
/ hours elapsed before it was finally
( killed out. On the Union hail block is
\ double roof ana into this roof the fire
worked its way, demonstrating much
work on The part OF the firemen to
drive it out. Some of the men were
relieved during the forenoon. and nc
hose taken ~ so that il might be dried.
bat water was kept pouring into the
rains until the all out sounded, at 1.06
p. n.
Although, the fire was cinfned to the
above buildings. smoke and water
worked It's way into adjoining buildings
On each side. and did considerable
damage. In the building on the north
side owned by Lcndall Titconb. there
was d small loss. ana {. Fl. Pettis, who
occupies two floors for the manufac-
tare of candies, also suffered loss
In the Pray block, south of Meonian
block, the ground floor and basement
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shoes; L. II. Dudley, tailor; First
National Bank: Whitman & Adams.
Second fiOor-Miss II. II. White. nil
linery; Or. Mary Conant; Miss L. Il.
Eack, millinery: J. w. Beck, clothing
\. II. Goddard, lawyer; A. J. Pierce,
living room: w. II Fisher. lawyer: W.
L. McFadden. lawyer; f. w. White
house. lawyer; Sheldon & Sawtelle,
Third floor Highland lodge, A. o. L.
W, Union hall, MeOnian hall.
The total loss occasioned by the fire
will be about $20o000 The individual
losses. as nearly as can be estimated at
this writing, With amount Of insurance
10 meet each loss. are as follows:
North estate. on Meoniln anG Union
Hall blocks, $50 600; insurance. $4,000.
Whitman & Adams, $4,000; insur-
aace, $4,000.
First National Bank, nothing.
G.. +. Halves. $4,000.
l.. ii. Dudley. $1,000: insurance. $500.
a. j. Pierce, $500; covered by in
sUranCe.
T. III. Butler, $500; covered by in
surancc.
II. l.. Wheeler, not es;imated; insur-
ance, $500.
Miss II. r. White. $1,000
DR.. Con1nt. not estimated.
j. W. Beck. $500; insurance, $3.50.
\. NJ. Goddard. $4,000; insurance.
$1,000.
". l.. McFadden, $3.50.
W. Fl. Fisher. $3.50; no insurance.
+. w. Whitehouse, not estimated.
Sheldon & Sawtelle, $1,000; insurance.
$3.50.
Misses Allen & Enright, $1,000; in
surance, $500.
Continued on page So
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BACK TO PULPIT
What Food Did for a Clergyman.

\ minister of El;zabethtown tells
hoW Grape Nuts food brought him
hIci: to his pulpit: Some years ago
had an attack Of what seemed to be
L2arippc which left ne in a complete
state of collapse and | suffered for
some time with nervous prostratiCn.
nv appetite failed, | lost flesh until |
was 4 mere skeleton, life was q burden
to me | lost interest in everything and
almost in everybody save my precious
wife.
Then on the recommendation Of
some friends l began to use Grape
Nuts food. AT that time l was Il mis-
cradle skeleton. without appetite and
hardly able to walk across the room;
had ugly dreams at night. no DISPOSE
tion to entertain or be entertained and
ana began to shun society.
Il finally gave up The regular minis
try. indeed | could not collect NY
thoughts on any subject. and bccai 1e
almost a hermit After / had been rs
Ing the GrapeNu food for a short
while | discovered that [ WAS taking
on new life and NY appetite began to
improve; | began 10 sleep better and
my weight increased steadily: | had
lost some 80 pounds but under the
new food regime have regainel Il
most my former weight and have
greatly improved in every Way.
Il feel that | owe much to Grape
Nuts and can truly recommend the
food to ali who require a powerful re-
building agent. delicious to taste and
always vel, ONE" Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich. i
true natural read to regain health, Or
hold ii. is ny use Ct a diail of Graz e.
Nuts and cream in the morning ana
night. Or have the food made into
some of the many delicious dishes in
the little recipe book found in each
pkg.
Ten days trial of Grape-N helps
many. There's z reason.
. Look in each package for q copy of
the famous little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE"
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PICKED THE LOCK.
Second Burglary Within Three
Weeks at Brunswick.
Cash and Silk Umbrellas Their Choice
from Singer Store.
Carefully Dawn Plan of a Residence
Left Behind.

ErUNsWi.k. Nc. Jan. Tho second
burglary within thr"e weeks WAS per
Hotratr! during last night. the burglars
securing $50 in cash and Il silk ur:-
brellas from the Singer dry goods store.
After shovalling n path in the rear they
entered the store ana picked the lock
Of an old-fashoned safe. The break
was not known until the store was
opened for business.
a carefully drawn plan Of the interior
OF Il residence. evidently dropped by
lie burglars. was found in the store.
Each riom to be entered was desi"
mated ana the exits We're carefully
marked. The plan is not recognized
us that Of any brunswick residence.
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CHAMBERLAIN-F.TCH.
A Former Maine Man WEEDS a New
York Girl at Rome.

For'e. Jan. DIR. A. T. Chamber
llin, originally of Maine. was married,
today, to Jessie. daughter Of Eugene
Fitch Of New York. The witnesses
of the bridegroom We're Hector De
Castro, the United States consul gen.
eral and Charles NJ. Wood, the wee
consul. For the bride the witnesses
were y. II. Chamberlain, her father
in-law and Mrs. Sheldon OF London.
After the civil function at the capitol
there Wu; a religious ceremony in the
American chulch. al which DR..
Thompson of New York. ofIiciqted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-08
YESTERDAYS FIRE.
Loss of 100000 With In
surance Of $4,000.
Worst Fire Since the Con-
flagration Of 1865.
Help from Sister Cities in Fighting the
Obstinate Blaze.

The fire which started in the base
m"nt Of Meonian hall block, lat"
Wednesday night, and was discovered
at about 80 yesterday morning,
ragged with undated fury until the
whole interior structure Of the build
ing was consumed, and nothing re
manned but the bare and blackened
walls.
Adjoining it on the north, and prac-
tically a part of the same building,
was Union hail block, and this, too.
would have shared the same fate, had
it not been for the logged pertinacity
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with which the tTemen fought the
flames back inch by inch. As it VIZ (,
t." uprrr iart Of the building WIS
grtj'd. ana the lower floors 50 drcnch-
"a with water that they Will nave 10
~ Practically rebuilt.
II was seen early in the fight I'll: :
M'pni;tn bln-!s was doomed, for though
all the hose available was pouring a
perfect tollrSc of water upon the fir,
!. @.in"d steadily, and the whole
LiGrk, from cellar t. garnet was -
n;.ss, Of flames, and they were working
cir WY into the other block.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-08

A fire alarm ut o'clock Wednesday.
called out the department at M2chias.
The occasion was slight blaze in the
house Of T. ". NcCabe on the Dublin
side. Fortunately the fire was discov-
cred before it had gained Roadway ana
it was quickly under control. AS it had
worked in beneath the floor it was
some time before it was all out. and
the CHIEF damage was from the efforts
to get at he FIRE.
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Boston Forecast.

Boston. Jan. 7.-Forecast for BOSTON
and vicinity: Friday generally clou,!y.
probably occasional light rain ANA snow
in the afternoon or night: Saturday.
fair: fresh southeast winds shifting To
westerly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-08

Vice Chancellor Emery at Trenton,
y. j.. has appointed Jas. Il. Clark of
New York. and Chas. Z. KimbIll Of
Summit. y. J.. receivers for the Inter-
national Fire Engine Co. a $9,oha.o0o
corporation with plants in New York,
Baltimore. Chicago. cleveland. St. Paul.
Elnia ana other places. The liabili-
ties are S3i1 .431. and assets $3.50.
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SNOW or RAIN,

Washington. Jan. 7.-Forccast for
Friday ana Saturday: New England,
snow or balm, Friday: warmer EXCEPT
on the coast: saturday, fair brisi>
south winds Increasing
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Parke {. Goodwin Dead.

New York. Jan. 7.-Palllo +. Gcdwir.
f.urn I>a7 to ~: editor ~ the New York
!:ycuIng Post, If which hc again hccamc
eCltur i CcW year. latr". and well known
~ ~ editor ami author Of : vcrai books.
li.,!. today, in this city, aged - years.
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M EONlAN HALL

ire has not put lis out of business We
are still at the old stand and can quickly
accommodate those in need of financial
assistance. Easy monthly payments
COLLATERAL LOAN COMPANY.
~ Water ST. opp. Cony House
ESTABLISHED 10 YEARS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-08
Money Saved !
On a Winter Suit
or OVercOat.

Can ana sec the low prices We are max
ing in all winter styles in made to
measure suits ana ovcrcoats Perfect lit
or You don't have Ia pay.
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POLO.

At Salem-Salem 6: Woburn. I.
At -Stoncham, 6; Lynn. ..
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.rr one IIluldi ed u Hon
100 &

r.. Cisare I'D in Nv E""Iana since 1874.
~ Ill lDthore and Krtai!cIS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-07
OBEDIENT
Is the win Of the Republican Board
oi Tax Commissioners 10 The
Dic.um Of Corporations.


The report of the state Board ~
Tax Commissioners for the year 1904.
showing rhc assessment q railroad
ana other corporate property in lnil-
ana. has Just been ISSUED. To say
that it viii surprise the investigator
IS puuIn- hut a small estimate upon
the feelings that the report win ex
cite III tile average taxpayer. for
many win no doubt feel a genuine
disgust when thcy reflect that the
board has again favored the corpora
tious. while only one year aso it ig-
norod u.c returns 81 local boards az
review and increased tho assessments
on lands and on Improvements ON
lands tn many counties. some of the
increases reaching as high as hity
per cent
The policy Of tho board for several
wears has been 20 conciliata the c1r-
poratious al the expense Of the people,
and. while really lowering the assess
meuts uf the one. 10 compensate for
Il by increasing wherever possible
the assessments Of the other and, ~
order that tie revenues might not be
reduced. maintain the high rate q
taxation which has become such
burden ~ the people Thus the man
inulator- have made a showing % pay
ing or fha state debt with money
vrnuE from 'he people. whilo ail in-
croases n raNroad mileage and other
curnOrrf f1rfrIos for earning money
have la.u lplIously ignored II
was shown fow weeks ago that, by
thegr marrrlat -ons. the railroads are
navinr on valuation o. S-3.0O0ooo
lass than thoy should he and that this
systematic reduction in their assess
mcnts had been brought about hy
failure to increase the assessments In
PROPORTION 20 tho increase in mileage
Of the roads
The report for le04 contains fur
thor cyhib.uons of THIS seductive pol
lev and shows coacllsively that tho
board Is fast hcc mirr a creature ~
tho cornaraticfs cle1ieni 20 ther
will ana vhoiiv slt r,ieut IN tho
matter 81 taxes Flor instance there
was an increase IN the mileage cf the
railroads ratwcan 1903 and i9of Tn
cludng rin track second main
side track .rd rolling stock ~ 2 toia.
~ t9foz lcs nt ttc board in
creased tha aszessm. nt nf the ran
t -r.. a. Wnt u~r ns compared
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a REAL PATRIOT.

Hon William jennings Pryan never
appeared before the people of hts
country Us "a al.l.rar uelt lhan dlr
iue A.s nnorarc. al snr.naG li Mo
i days ego wLon hn declared
lat thoah d. IS bme,aliist aud
Judge Parker q believer "a ,he gold
standard the laf'urs election 90 tic
Presidency wold tree tha country
from Imperialism and tlat should
II ichale1-e to rncst SUPPORT of every
ltrue Auueal SIT Bryan recognizes
Itha, .h, Z publican policy of ignoring
the Constitution of Tie Unitod states
Z "a our fore so possessions VIII ulti
mately lead 20 tramp'ing upon its
provisions ~ home. and be feels that
this Is The one great danger that now
confronts the American people
History justifes the fear that is
felr by an patriotic citizens Of the out-
come ~ such 4 policy as that now
pursued ly the Republican party T.
party that can deny liberty 20 q peO-
pie WHO arc abundanuy able 10 gov
crn themselves. who can glory in such
policy and defend it on the ground
7 ~ roclnIary gain. will sooner or later
arrly TIE doctrine % the administra-
tion 10 me nome -overnmont and a
Dictatorship H.ll eventually result
Tho FIRST stop in tho fall ~ ovory great
nation in thc world has hecn arhi-
trary government f1r a conquered pco-
ula even though tho gov ruing nation
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HEMENWAY. W-FE

Or course the present situation ~
tho Indiana Republicans 10 respect 70
senatorial candidates is The natural
outgrowh of the bose rule that has
been inaugura'cd under Mr Fair
banks. Years ago DE began TO con-
tribute 20 the campaisn fund and for
the purpose Of advancing his own in-
terests and il was not unnatural that
he should be rewarded with a mort
gage on his party This mortgage not
only covered his own claims on the
party. but was construed by him and
his hackers % cover any claim that
DE- might pnt forward In behalf Of his
friends
II is wen known that the machine
was loaded against Beveridge in 1899.
when the manifest destiny" states
man was chosen by the caucus, and
that choice was made only after II was
demonstrated that it must either be
Beveridse or Hanly. Now Mr Fair
banks comes forward and. in spite of
the unwritten law OF parties that all
candidates shall have an equal show
within the party, he and his friends
are openly advocating the nomination
Of Hemenway for the senate. And
this Is being done In the face Of the
fact that Governor Durbin, Charles b.
lands Edrar ID. Crumpacker and
others Of less note but equal versatil-
ity arc aspirants for the senate.
The open championship OF Hemen-
way by Speaker Cannon in recent
speeches "a Indiana was IN direct de-
nance OF every law of courtesy and
Of every rule of right II there was
but the one candidate and no prospect
that others might enter the race II
the Republicans as party We're
agreed that Hemenway should 20 TO
the senate in the event that the legis-
lature IS Republican. then the case
would he different but the bringing
into the state Of a man Of Cannon's
prominence in the party for the ex-
press purpose Of booming Hemenway
was an insult 20 the party and an
outrage upon other candidates
But the Fairbanks machine has
come TO regard itself az invincible,
and there is probably nothing which
IL Will not dare 10 do. even in the face
OF party law. TO reward favorlte and
porpetuate itself in power
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-07

Senator Charles A. Towne, In
speech at Fort Wayne last week, had
this to say on the money question:
"Now. was not in love with silver
as a metal. never hated gold as
metal. But I did want gold TO be
little more sociable a little less rotir-
Ing. ala think gold ought 20 come
out more as money AT critical stages
in our business. thought IL ought TO
be more in evidence. In fact. thought
We needed more gold than we had.
But since then new gold mines have
been discovered. new processes Of re-
fning have been invented that have
made mines formerly Improbable
worth working. New iahorsaving ma
chinery has been put into use until
last year the output of gold alone was
larger than me output Of both gold and
silver was in the days when we began
10 demand free silver coinage. Today
ten millions of people are able TO do
TWENTY-FIVE million dollars more busi-
ness than they were able 10 do before,
because there is just that proportion
Of increase in the metallic money OF
the country"
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Tho Increased cost Of living due 20
Tho Republican policy Of exorbitant
iards "a fit 20 every home In tho
land Housewives Snow that because.
Or example of the beef trust meat
costs from NJ 10 ccnts n pound moro
row than d did formerly; worNnEmon
inow that thotr clothing costs more
locauso ~ Republican high tariff
taxes mechanics know that The tools
end implements ~ their trade cost
moro Than they should or would cost
tlt for Republican policies: business
men know that the typewriter for
which they must pay 800 costs only
k55 when sold 10 n foreigner: rail
road mon know that American steel
rails are sold IN japan for SIS to $50
9 ton while from American railroads
iho steel trust EFFORTS s2S a ton ln
Ihort The Republican tariff system Is
tovisod not as falsely claimed % pro
toct labor. but 70 enable certain huge
consolidated institutions. known as
tmsts % lped the American people
iv pooling interests AZ home the
Trusts eliminate domestic competition
md thora is no foreign competition
because m me hlgh tariff tayos im
posed hy Republican Congress and
enforced ly a Republican administra
i.on
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A REPUBLICAN OPINION.

I'm snocch ~ Boston IN Jauua-v.
1908. Governor Cummings of Iowa
sail "In my opinion some Of Tie
schedules az The law of 1897 arC too
high. and during the period of over
whelming demand which we have Wit
messed in the last three or four years.
our homo producers have been ahie
90 exact more than a fair price Tor
what they have sold J recognize Tho
difficulties of preparing tariff sched-
ulcs So that they viii answer with ac-
curacy tho abstract test and we may
not look for absolute perfection. yet
the dis parity Is SO great In some
things that have believed. and still
believe. thar. without regard 70 rccip-
rocal treaties there shond and must
ho revision ~ these schedules"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-07

The order of President Roosevelt TO
the heads of departments at Washing
ton not 20 give out their estimates OF
expenses FOR the coming year shows
concluslvely that he Is afraid OF the
effect which extravaganza will have
upon the people He declared in his
letter OF acceptance that the dehcien-
cy was mythical rather than real, and
he tried 70 defend the ever-lncreasinG
expenses Of the government. But he
evidently don't want 70 do II again.
and he therefore orders that the esti-
mates be withheld.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-10-07

Whom Senator ncverIirc begins his
snoaNnr next month ana gives his
ust III eood trusts DE ought hy all
means rs include tho Republic Iron
G stool Company which has dis
mantlcd plants at Terre lIauto Mari
an Franhton. Alexandria and New AT
hany These plants wore torn down
and the machinery sold as junk for
no other purpose than % Fet rid q
comnefition Tho Indiana Senator
would do woll 20 cnumerate them u
his good" trust list and point oul
n the people who're The benefits tC
tbom come In There are many
worllnrmcn. now ont ~ fob. who
would ne Glad to listen 70 a tale q
prosperity as resulting from disman
tllnr factories aud throwing them ou
Of work
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Mon who arc interested IN clean.
honest business like administration
~ national affairs whether they be
Democrats or Republicans. Will in
dorse that mart az Judge Parker's let
tor ~ acceptance that refers 70 the
frauds IN the postal service which a
Republican Congress refused TO IN.
vestlrate lie assures the country
that Democratic Executive and q
Democratic Congress would probe the
scandals 10 the bottom and there Is
no reason TO doubt that he means
what he says.