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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29

a college story that is often told at
Harvard is cited sometimes as showing
the effect Cf an apparition upon the one
who beEolds it.
The story is of 2 youth who took it
into his wise head to nndeaVor to con-
vert an infidel companion of his by APP
pearing as q ghost before him. H.
accordingly dressed himself up in the
usual ghost attire. having previously
ksXtracted the ball from Il pistol which
always lay near the head OF his friends
bed
Upon first awakening ana seeing tho
apparition, Brown. the youth who was
to be frightened, very coolly looked his;
companion, the ghost, in the face and
said.
~ know you this is a good joke; YOU
see I am not alarmed. Now you may
vanish
The ghost stood still.
Go OH, now" said Brown. THAT is
enough. 7 shall become angry. Get
out of here
Still TIE ghost dill not move.
"I:y -" burst forth Brown, Eff YOU
don't get out of hero in three minutes
III show you
He waited tn" tim" stntc1, deliberate
~ levelcd his pistol and fired. When
he saw that The: imn;ovabla figure sto ID
stock still Brown uttered u shrek Of
|. fright. bocamr CONFUSED and soon
aftrrward died.
/ The very moment h" believed it to b.
Il ghost his human nature gave way.
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CARRIAGE REPAIRING
g. n. CHANDLER, 10 < IL Bangor St.

A fine line of carriages has just ar
rived at L. E MARSON'S. Second
hand ones at low prices.
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GHOST STORIES.
Collected from Parties Who Believe
Them to be True.

The following collection of ghost
stories mas been made by one interested
from people who are said to believe
implicitly all that is contained in them
The reader may form his own con-
clusion, as the documentary evidence as
to their authenticity is missing.
AT NasonVille, in the town of Burrill-
vile. X. l.. there was a large house
Nnlch mad for some time been bonn
barded with showers Of stones. The
people of the wrought-up village, after
weeks Of careful investigation and
many conferences with their neighbors
are at loss to explain where the
stones could have come from.
They had all heard the bombardment
often, and as many as fifty men,
women ana children had surrounded
the house looked behind every tree and
stone wall within Il hundred yards, and
had even secured distant grove OF
trees; but they had never been able to
catch Il Glimpse of any kind of being
eithcr in flesh or in spirit that could
have been suspected Of throwing the
stones.
Finally. the owner fjhe house offer
ed a reward of So fSUthe solution OF
the mystery Then the bombardment
ceased. From this many people argued
that a human being was at the bottom
Of the whole affair, contending that
ghosts would not stop their devilment
simply because a price had been set on
their apprehension.
"Eut if it isn't ghosts" asks one man
who isn't afraid Of being called bug
holSe - ''Vhat then is il ~
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BICYCLES AND REPAIRING
BUSINESS COLLEGES

SHAW BUSINESS COLLEGE
Augusta branch reopens Tuesday,
Sept. l, 1905. Send for "SuccessfuI
Student List"
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INVIGORATES Almost INSTANTLY

COMPOUND-Doc.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-29

said that the White Lady of the Ho-
henzolierns had been seen several times
ut the royal palace. This was consid"
cred a certain presage of the approach
ing death of the head of tlIe royal house
Of Prussia.
This mysterious White Lady is sup
posed to be the original mother Of the
Hohenzollerns.. and her appearance is
always regarded as a warning of the
death of one of her descendants.
Shortly before the death of Emperor
William l.. and again just before the
death of his son. Emperor Frederick.
this ghostly creature was said to have
been seen gliding through the corrl-
doris of the palace.
The spectre of the Hapsburgs was
reported by sentry in the Burg Palace
| in Vienna. and few hours afterward
news was received of the assassination
of Empress Elizabeth in Switzerland.
/ The approaching death of Crown
Prince Rudolph was announced by this
spectre to the Emperor of Austria
shortly before the news Itself was
brought to him by one of his courtiers,
A giant Cossack soldier dressed in
black is the wrath of the Romanogs,
This spectre was seen in the corridors
of the Winter Palace one evening in
March. 1881. The next day Car Alex
ander II. was blown UP by Nihilist
bomb in the streets of St. Petersburg
The spectre Cossack also appeared tc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
Russian Squadron Reported to Have Been
Sent Against Admiral Togo's Fleet-Hot
Battle in Gulf of Pechili.
JAPANESE, BY LAND AND SEA.
ATTACK BELEAGUERED CITY
Flashes of Fire and laundering of Guns in
the Night for Three Hours-Tale Carried
by Vessels and Coast DwelIers.

CHEEFOO, June "A junk just arrived here reports that the
japanese tried advance Port Arthur by land night
The Russians sent out their Port Arthur squadron give battle
Various other reports would tend confirm the report brought by
the junk These reports indicate that hot battle was fought in
the Gulf of PechiH
Steamers passing LiaoTSan promontoy Port Arthur
heard firing Reports from TengChan heavy firing was heard
there from II p m. to ? m.
FIRING HEARD IN MANY PLACES.
Vessels from MaIao Islands confirm these reports while residents
of the hills here state they flashes the direction Indicated
report received from northwest Of this place says firing distinctly
heard there last night
junk which has arrived from Dany reports heavy firing the
vicinity OF Port Arthur all day yesterday The officers the Junk deny
the report that japanese ship off Talienwan
Word reached here today that troop of Cos had been routed
by force of japanese Taku- Shan, Manchmia
RELIEF FORCE ENGAGED
ROME June IA dispatch from Tokyo says that IL
VISIONS between Kng and Fuchau apparently moving Kwantung
which in the of Port Arthur had engagement on Wednesday
last with advance parties OF japanese htvo miles Kap
ing.
The japanese have strongly occupied Port Adams oppose the
advance of the Russians
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
AerOgran1 Reveals Plan
To Relieve Port Arthur

command Of the second japanese army.
which is stationed north OF Port Ar
thur, Will have a chance to holC the
Russians in check, while General Kuro-
ki In command OF the first Janase army,
will make a flank movement These milf
tary officials also think il unwise 10
stake the whole issue OF the campaign
upon one battle, in which the Russians
viii be az a disadvantage
The opposition 10 Admiral Alexieff. the
viceroy OF the Far East. and others OF
the Car advisers, is growing. for il is
said, they place political above MILL
tary considerations.
Car to Kuropatkin-
CRACOW. Poland. June The Social
ist papers here publish what they claim
is the text OF a telegram sent By the
Car 10 General Kuropatkin after the
last council Of war. The telegram. as
published. reads:
The honor of Russian arms demands
that Port Arthur be held 1 order Won.
without delay. TO concentrate all ef-
forts 10 reDel the enemys attacks on
this stronghold, and make il possible
for the garrison there to maintain its
position victcriously."
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ROME, June "A telegram from
Tokyo states that a Russian wireless
message from Port Arthur has been
intercepted by the Japanese. which in
olCates that the Russians at the port
plan TO act simultaneously with Gen
eral KuTopatkin in an effort to dispose
OF the japanese force now threatening
Port Arthur.
General KuropatSin plans attacking
the japanese at LiaO-Tung Peninsula
from the rear. hoping by a double at
tack on th.ir front and rear 10 an
initiate the entire force.
AS a result of this Information, says
the telegram. an entire division is be-
inE dispatched from Tokyo, part Of
which Will land at Dalny, and the re-
mainder at KinchOw. Japan expects 70
have al army of 10000 ready by the
end Of the week TO meet any emergency.
Relief Plan Criticised.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 7.-Conser-
vative military officials here exhibit
much uneasiness over the reports OF
General kuropatkin's advance to the re
lief OF Port Arthur, as General Oku, in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
Yamagata to Command
Troops in Manchuria

ROME. June IA dispatch received
from the commander OF the Italian
squadron in eastern waters says General
Yamagata is preparing to take personal
command of the japanese forces in
ManchUTia.
General Oku Will command the assault
on Port Arthur.
Correspondents May Go South.
MUKDEN. June THE Russian au-
thorities have removed the restrictions
on correspondents. who have been grant
ed permission to proceed south.
LONDON. June baron Hayashi,
the japanese minister TO England, has
an official dispatch from Tokyo contain
ing a report by Admiral Togo on the
clearing of mines in Talienwan Bay.
The report reads. THE clearing Oper-
alton at Talienwan is progressing salts
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factorily, DESPITE a rough sea. Forty
one mines were discovered and exploded
between June 3 and June 8
Chinese, who We're formerly the enc.
my's pilots, are now being usefully en-
ployed by US"
Said to Be the YaShima.
A dispatch from CheefoO asserts that
the japanese vessel reported to have
been sunk by mine in Talienwan Bay
yesterday was the battleship Yashima-
The dispatch is not credited. inasmuch
as Admiral Togo's official report. made
public this morning. regarding the clean
InS OF mines makes no mention of any
disaster.
The Nashima was launched in 1896
She is a battleship of 12.517 tons dis
placement, an indicated horsepower Of
1851, and nominal speed Of eighteen
knots.
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TIENTSIN. June 6.-The Russians
have evacuated Sinminting Cwestern
Manchuria). and are said 20 be joining
the troops en- route to Mukden
Heavy firing was heard at Kin-Ckow
this morning in the direction OF Lao
Yang The Japanese movements are IN
known here.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 6.-Geaeral
KuropatlSin telegraohs the Gar:
ION June Cossacks were fired on 1y
Japanese infantry occupying a fortified
position on the heights near Kuotela-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
TOWN UNDER MARTIAL LAW.

Suspension OF City Marshal O'Connell
yesterday afternoon, the forcing Of
Sheriff II. NJ Robertson and Coroner
James Doran TO resign, the placing of
the city under military control. the
wholesale arrests of unionists. and the
announcement by the authorities that
no quarter or mercy will be shown any
one evidencing the slightest disposition
to make trouble. served wonderfully to
restore peace and bring order out Of
crime and chaos. which reigned yester-
day and the early part of last evening.
The authorities now have the situa-
tion well in hand and there are sufficient
troops and deputies on the ground 10
maintain order.
The arrest Of unionists has demoraI-
ized any further opposition TO law and
order and all that is needed &c main
tain peace is a firm hand on the part
Of the officials and the swift and ample
punishment for lawbreakers
Will Disarm Citizens.
Sheriff Bell. who succeeded Robertson
yesterday afternoon, announced this
morning that all citizens must 20 un-
armed and anyone who disobeys this
order viii be promptly arrested by the
militia Resistance TO his orders means
shooting. and no interference of any
kind Will be tolerated. Bell is a lead
ing member OF the Citizens Alliance
and his reputation for bravery is such
that his mandates will be compiled with
a fun lst of casualties yesterday. be-
ginning with the dynamite outrage al
the Independence depot, and ending with
the assault upon the union miners hal
by the militia, numbers twenty-nine
b including fifteen dead and fourteen
wounded
OF the dead. thirteen lost their lives
as result OF the explosion at the
depot The other two were killed dur
ing the first riot in Main Street. Six
non-unionists were wounded by the ex-
plOsion, and eight persons were wound
ed during two riots. four of them in
the miners union hall The latter in
cludes John CalderwOod. one Of the
most prominent union leaders in the
camp. and manager Of the Union Store
at Anaconda.
Regulators Busy.
The vigilance committee organized
yesterday is still at work in the small
towns in the district. arrcsting union
lists and bringing them TO Victor. where
they are placed under heavy militia
guard. These arrests viii continue un-
I'll every man Of any influence in union
circles IS a prisoner. when II is under
stood they will be placed on board a
special train and deported from the
country. Upon the return OF Governor
Peabody from St. Louis tonight or to-
morrow morning. II is believed martial
law will be declared and kept in force
indefinitely
Mine owners and the Citizens AL
lance will then formulate new plans 10
rid the district Of anyone connected
with the Western Federation Miners
and deportations will be the order OF
the dav. the same as has been the case
at Telluride for the past few months.
A revised list Of dead and injured al
Independence follows:
l. Shanklin. Charles Barber. Henry a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
JAPAN'S FIRST ARMY FIGHTING
ITS WAY TOWARD THE NORTH

LONDON. June IA dispatch to the
Telegraph" from Shongtaitse says that
heavy artillery firing was heard this
morning in the direction OF Tahwan. east
of LiaO-Yang- Natives report that the
Japanese first army is advancing and
fighting daily. Hundreds of Russian
wounded are arriving at Tashichao.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
that General Kuropatldn has now been
re-enforced by 1000 of the Fourth ST.
berian army corps, bringing the total
available force at Liao-Yang up TO 100000
men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
Strong Arm of Martial Law Establishes Or
der in independence After Dynamite
Outrage and Attack on Militia.
SHERIFF AND CITY MARSHAL
FORCED TO RESIGN OFFICES
Wholesale Arrest of Unionists Follows the
Stirring Events of Neutrality-suspicious.
Sweeping Small Towns and Mountains.

VICTOR yesterdays
nmtng otng militia
the Creek mining district
thrOng hourly
marching
military
being gathered in at frequent
City county compelled
their sympathy As estimated
and injured leading up to the con
ions above described
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
AMERICAN FLORISTS MAY
HAVE HEADQUARTERS HERE

The Florists Club Of Washington will
hold a meeting tonight for the purpose
Of taking action 20 obtain for Washing
ton the permanent headquarters of the
Society Of American Florists and Orna-
mental Iorticulturists, the proposed or
gfniZation which is attracting the at
teution of florists i'm all parts OF the
country.
The local florists will endeavor TO CO.
operate with the Board OF Trade and the
Business Mems Association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
Reorganization
Of THE RED CROSS
designations of Trustees
and Former Officers.
WILL END OLD DISSENSI0NS
Meeting Viii Be Held on June I6 at
Which Final Action VIII
Be Taken.

All the members Of the board Of trus-
tees and nearly all the officers Of the
Red Cross Society have rendered their
designations to former Secretary John
". Foster and former Secretary Richard
Olney and unless there is change
IN program at the meeting to be held at
the Arlington Hotel one week from
Thursday, the designations viii be ac-
cepted. This action is taken on the
recommendation of the former Sccre-
taries and other prominent men con-
nected with the society, and with the
commendation of President Roosevelt,
for the purpose OF putting an end 70 the
dissension which has threatened 10 dfs-
rupt the organization. An entirely new
board Will be elected, and Il IS said that
neither members Of boards Of the re-
monstrants nor the Red Cross boards
as at present constituted, viii be ap-
pointed.
A number OF important conferences
have been held during the last few days
for the purpose of perfecting a plan
which VIII build up the organization,
and make II superior 10 all such societies
throughout the world At present IL is
the only REQ Cross organization In
which there is any kind Of disscusiOn.
President Roosevelt has been Informed
of the results OF these conferences. and
he and others who have the good Of the
organization at heart are doing all they
NtAA- ~ bt''Nt-A e'fs AL NAt'A AA!HbANs
President Interested.
The President has talked the matter
over with former Secretaries Foster and
Olney. ogden Smith. and Mrs. John A.
Logan. at the White House. IL IS said
he favors the plan Of reorganization.
and VIII do all he can TO make the
new body the best in the world. If the
dissension ceases. President Roosevelt
is much interested in the upbuilding of
the society.
said an officer Of the society:
This move does not in any sense mean
that there is any more dissensiou in the
organization. Former Secretaries Foster
and Olncy are in charge OF the work
Of reorganization and the matter was
argued out thoroughly at the last con-
ference. The designations were agreed
upon. and IL was thought better 10 ap-
point "a new board of trustees composed
of the best men IN the country, around
whom all Of the old supporters Of the
society may gather. These men may be
selected June lG. IL they are. the work
of reorganization viii start then 1t Is
the intention 10 make the society the
best and strongest IN the world"
II is probable that there Will be
struggle at the meeting of the Red
Cross at Arlington. June 16 1t is re-
rOrted that both sides are working
hard 20 obtain control, and that efforts
are being made i'm every direction for
proxies
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
WEATHER REPORT.

Thunder showers continued in the At
lantic and Gulf States, except along the
south Atlantic Coast. There were also
showers In the upper lake region, the
Ohio valley, and the northern districts
west Of the Rocky Mountains: else
where the weather was generally fair.
Temperatures have fallen some what
from the Mississippi valley eastward
and considerably in Nevada and the
northern plateau. Freezing temperature
occurred I'm southwestern Nevada.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
REINFORCE BRITISH IN TIBET.

SIMLA. India. June Two regiments
Of -JunJabis. a mountain battery, and a
detachment Of engineers have been or
dered 70 re-enfoTce the British eXpedi-
ton ia Tibet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
PUTS
FAITH IN MILITIA

ST. LOUIS. June 7-Governor Pea
body OF Colorado. in an interview re-
garding the troubles IN and around Vic
tor. said:
i have but little hope things will set
CONTINUED on Second Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07

Best Lumber, $3.50 Per 100 Feet.
Frank Libbey &c Co.. 9Th * N. Y. Ave-
Adv.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
TIE SIN
THE TIDES.

sun sets today y..--...---... I :
Sun rises tomorrow r0w..................4 ::
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TEMPERATURE.

DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURES.
lRegistered by Amecl,s Sfnndnrd Ther-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
Make of the Gun.

The make Of the revolver Is such tina [
1t is impossible for It to be discharged
in the manner described by DR.. O'Han-
Ion.
Moreover. q revolver held in the way
Continued on Third Page.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07

Fair; cooler tonight; to-
morrow fair; light south
west to northwest winds.
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Continued on Third Page.)
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17
NIAGARA to St. LOUIS.

The steel observation tower al
Niagara falls, more than 900 feet
high, is being taken down, after
ten years of service in affording
bird's-eye view Of the falls, the
upper rapids, the whirlpool and
the great gorge northward 1t is
said the business value of it was
very disappointing, but the rea-
son for its demolition was that
lawsuits had been decided against
its owners for damages because
Of the fall Of ice frcrn the frozen
spray of its sides from adjoin-
ing buildings, when thaws came.
Of course, il is TO be taken to St.
Louis and set up there at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
all such ventures follow like
course. The Eiffel tower OUGHT
to be starting on journey before
ions.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17
How to Save limo.

Business men might save vast
amount of time, writes Victor
Smith in the New York Press, if
they should take a lesson from Sc
cial life and name the days OF
hours when they would De ct
home" to callers. Physicians
learned long ago to do this. Their
cards and window signs read !:
Or. Hossfetter. hours 9 to II
and 3 to 5. -,Irs. Jaikaitura IS
safe from intrusion except be-
tween 4 and 8 on THURSDAYS,
when she expects to be disturbed
and actually invites visitors to
come III and be nuis9aces. No
business man should permit HIM
self to be ANNOYED at al hours BY
friends or strangers. He should
set apart period OF time each day
for the entertainers. Of boreS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17
San lsidro Whim Whams.

Sept Sowing to a lack of
news, it has been some time since
l wrote you. We had one good rain
last month, and several very small
showers. The weather has been
dry. We are now about at the end
of summer, and I can say that it
has been a very mild one Last
month was exceptionally mild,
only a few DAYS in which the
thermometer went to 98 can be re-
ported. I hope next year will be as
pleasant, but am afraid it will be a
scorcher.
D. Encarnacion Rodriguez IN
tends to move his family to his
ranch, Las Plazetas. on the river.
Out of four seasons that he has
been here, he has had but one,
good one that of 1902-03.
d. Bias Pena is some better, but
is still helpless. d. Zenon Pena, I
hear, is confined to his bed by
paralysis.
D. Amado Pena has not been
able to build his store. as be finds
il hard to get a mason.
understand there IS a good deal
of malaria at Alice. I hope that
yellow Jack will fight shy of the
border. He will-if we fight his
mermydons, the skeeters.
Owing to the slow way of doing
business at the postal department,
we have no postofice as yet. A
week or two more and we viii have
one.
Ell SoLTERo.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17
HON F W. SEABURY.

We are authorized 70 announce the
name Of
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17
He Was From New YORK.

Rev George {. Loriiner, when
e was pastor Of fremont teaple il
siosscn. entered che evening q BoS-
,on hall, where i lectare was in pro
eress. Mr. J-c-imer stood in tbs
restibule a little while. listening Il
re lecture. and the ianitor. q col
ored man. approached him respect
fully. a fair lecture. sab" SAID
he janitor. oh, more than fair,
lent Won Think" demurred AIr.
Lorirer. I would cal this lecturer
a brilliant man" "Sca'cely 4 bril-
.iSnt man. san, said the ianitoy
All fink he's fair man. sab. but
aos o de prina facie class. Hes
a good man. sab. well meana'
mar. but moi a talented nan. He's
Acw York man. sab "
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17

as aicandidate for reelection as repre-
sentative from this, the 95th represen-
tative district, subject 10 the action of
the Democratic party.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17
ANNOUNCEMENT,

We are authorized to announce the
name Of the
Hon. JN0. y. GARNER,
rs a candidate for reelection to Congress
from this, the Fifteenth District, subject
to the action of the democratic party.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-17
9I6-11-16

Your chickens will lay if you
feed them on Barbour's cracked
corn. 8.23-tf