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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED.
Two Lehigh Valley Trainmen Killed
 and Three Hurt Near EImira.

and Three Hurt Near Elmira.
 ELMIRA, N. T., Dec. 23.-The boiler of locomotive drawing a southbound Lehigh Valley freight train running between Van Etten and Sayre explod- ed at swamp siding" one-half mile east of the village of Van Etten last night, killing Fireman Frank Morse and Freight Handler Leon Dennison and fatally injuring Engineer Fred Swart- bout, Brakeman Henry McMann and Conductor Martin Gallagher.
 The explosion was witnessed by a large number of people, and the deaf ening roar was heard three miles away. The boiler was blown clean from the carriage of the engine and hurled fif- teen rods down the tracks, where it continued to roll end over end, tearing deep hole on the Lehigh Valley tracks, crossing over to the Elnlira, Cortlandt and Northern tracks and then coming to rest at right angles across the Lehigh tracks again.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Money From Frogs.

Several young women of Clyde. N. r.. have been engaged during the past few days in catching and ship ping frogs to the city market, says the Rochester Herald. The frogs are raked up from the bottom of the canal, where they lie in the mud in a torpid state. The business pays those engaged in it from s to 90 per day. From co to 1SO pounds of frogs legs can be secured daily. which can be readily sold for 15 cents a pound. One man fin Clyde has been driving about the country recently catching frogs in the ponds and ditches and has realized from S to SC a day for his services after paying expenses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
HOW THEY WORKED IT.
Mutual Life Men Tell of Bookkeeping
 Legerdemain.

AN6 VI AsA<AAtNAAs
 NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Lou Payn called on Senator Armstrong to make date for his appearance before the committee. On comparing notes the chairman of the committee and the for mer state superintendent of insurance found that they were both pretty busy, but MT. Armstrong found that he could spare MT. Payn little time about the middle of next week. So it was set tied.
 The first men called were Stephen M. Smith, second assistant treasurer, and Charles Preller, auditor of the Mu- tual Life. They explained new trick of bookkeeping. the kind that Exami- ner Vanderpoel admitted was too deep for him. This trick is simply re versal of one already demonstrated by another prestidigitateur. One of the smaller companies marked up it's real estate to make a good showing of as- sets. The Mutual, according to the tes- timony, marked its goods down to hide speculative losses.
 MT. Smith furnished a list of net profits on securities for the last ten years. These amounted to over $12,- 500,000. Certain losses that the Mutual is known to have suffered did not ap- pear. The year 1901 was one of the worst so far as the company's Wall street dealings went. Mir. Preller, who was the second witness, said that at the end of that year he marked down a loss on real estate and charged it to the long suffering profit and loss ac- count. This deduction saved the total from showing the heavy speculative losses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
We'll known Yncht.mnn Dead.

NEWPORT. R. l.. Dec. 23.-Freder- ick P. Sands. one of the best known yachtsmen in this section. is dead at his home here Mir Sands was for meriy commodore of the Warwick Yacht club and vice commodore of the Rhode Island Yacht club. He was also a member of the New York Yacht club and numerous other organizations. Mir Sands was born in New York fifty years ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
EVER FOR HARMONY
Governor Higgins Goes to
 Clean Quite Satisfied.
REGRETS UNKIND THINGS WERE SAID
Regards Contest For Speakership as Practically Over and Thinks Elec- tion of J. w. Wadsworth,
 Jr., Is Assured.

ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. Ex-Governor Higgins left Albany last night to spend Christmas with his family at Clean. He did not attempt to conceal the fact that the outcome of the past week S political conflict, unprecedented in some of its aspects, was eminently satisfac- tory to him and fulfilled his expecta- tions in almost every particular, tex cepting," he said, ''some unkind things that have been said"
 T regard the contest as practically over," said the governor, provided all ways, of course, that the assembly must first act for themselves. But in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
nrer Rnsket of ArnIe..

wESTBROOK. Conn. Dec 23-In- furiated because he thought his broth er-in-law, John Tripple. had stolen a basket of apples from him. Michael Fischel, seventy-six years old. attacked Triple with an ax. crushing in his skull and infiicting wounds which doubtless will cause his death. Trip pie. who is sixty-seven years old, and Fischel lived together and were not on good terms. it is alleged.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Nocturnal Farming.

An interesting trial made in England on a farm near Biggleswade shows that fields can be so illuminated by acetylene gas that harvesting may be easily carried on at night. In this test two mowers, each cutting a six foot swath, were employed and field Of 15 acres was moved in three hours and 35 minutes. A gasoline traction engine furnished the power.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
nIne orner- Wsnt coelle..

JOHANNESBURG. South Africa. Dee. 23.-lIinfng officials here depIore the action of the home government re- gar1ing the importation of Chinese coolies. as announced by the premier. Sir Henry amptelI-Bannerman- in London. Pending more complete de tails. however. responsible persons out side of those more directly interested are withholding the expression sf opi1- ion as to the outco.e-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Hobby Of Norway. New aueen.

Queen Maud of Norway has her hob bIes. Ike most other European royal ties. says II. A. F. Among the many things she has collected at various times are miscellaneous ornaments and useful articles made of ivory. of which she is a great admIrcr. She has also for years collected ivory tusks. the spoils of royal sporting expeditions all over the world. and these will doubtless be added to when her broth CT. the Prince of Wales. returns from his Indian tour.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Beautle. on w.l.teoat pstton..

"Oh masters are being pressed into service for the establishment of mems fancy waistcOats. says the London Mail 4 London tailoring firm is sell ing sets of six miniature reproductions of beautiful women by Gainsborough, Greuze and Lawrence just as big as . sixpenee. These are considered ap- propriate when posed ou tartan plaids, fancy checks or knitted vests. The buttons are said to be much sought after by ladies as gifts for men frfpude
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Woman Exprt

Miss Neil Ravens. of San Francisco. is the only romzn recognized by the government as an expert ia pnotogra- phy. She has studied the Bertillou system Of idsntiacation and pictures taken bT her are accepted hy suthori- ties ss squsl to thOss made by Bsrtil- lon hiuse1f
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
general chnres p.e,rn.a-

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-Leuten- ant General Adna R. Chafee. chief of staff of the army. in a letter to Mayor Mcclellan has declined to accept the oface. tendered by the mayor. of poIIce commissioners of New York. General Chafee told Mayor NcCellan that when he rstires in February he win really retire frpn active fife He um @ to CaIfsrnia to i've
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
oe-.,s For Pfano..

A report from Yokohama is to the ef- feet that there is a growing deua1d in Japan for pianos. which gre ehie1y supplied bT the Tnited States Great Britain and GeTuany. American pi- znos are ngw to be found in the hones Of many wealthy Japanese fn all the lzrrzr cites of the mfknd1's empire.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Ready to Remove pritI.h Subjects.

BERLIN, Dec. 23.-It was announc- ed that the British government, in re- sponse to communications from it's consuls at Riga and other Russian ports, has authorized them in case of danger to charter vessels for the re- moval of British subjects.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Very Little nnnnor

T say, boy" remarked a would-be fisherman, "are there any fish in this stream?"
 "Yes." Will they bite?"
 None of them ever bit me, mister; but you don't need to go into the wa. ter to fish, if you're afraid of 'em."--- Stray Stories.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
P1ot to Assn..inate Inp premier.

TOKYO, Dec. 23.-A former soldier named Higurashi has been arrested here on the charge of being concerned in a plot to assassinate the premier, Count Katsura, because he consented to "disgraceful peace"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
Itr. stock Markets.

CATTLE = Supply fair. market slow, choics. E-&Gss1s prime. EG5I. veal calves G1t 90
 HOGS = Receipts fair. market active. prime feavirz. a1zE. medfl-r1 s-s heavy Workers. e U- T-hf dn- and rsxz &aE1<. E1= rouzts. f4H4r1
 SHEEP AND LAMBS - Supply ffrht. market slow rr-e wstfe~s- zrGf sI common. E11ss. lambs EG70
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-23
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing stock auotationa

Money on call per cent; time money and mercantile paper unchanged in rates. Closing prices:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10
toric accretions Of purely ecclesiasti
cal metaphysical INTERPRETATION ~ -

toric accretions Of a purely ecclesiasu-
cal metaphysical Interpretation OF re-
hgion. In all probability must come In
this country. under pressure similar to
that which in Europe has made friends
Of those who for long have beer foesE.
1t is as true today ais II was when Oliver
Wendell Holmes said 1t. that The Mis-
sissippi will not be dominated by the
Tiber;" but 1t also is true. as President
Samuel Eliot OF the American Unitarian
Association told the Liberal Christian Of
Europe, assembled in Amsterdam, 1902
that the achievement of the Roman
Catholic Church in the United States n,
receiving and caring for the great masses
of emigrants Of diverse nationalities and
tons s,.s has been an I, exhibition Of incom-
They have taught" he said. "the Pro-
testants how to study the infinite varieties
OF human nature, how to have compas-
sion on the multitude-and how to cali
music to the aid of devotion. They
the Calvanistic Sabbath and to glorify
SOCIAL enjoyment and good cheer. Above
all. they bave defended the clinging love
between our souls and the beloved dead
=. 1t Is almost always to be found
a stout hghter for temperance and econ
omy In public administration. . . Ameri
can Protestants must gratefully recognize.
that for great mass of their fellow citi-
zens the Catholic Church performs a
service which no Protestant Church is
fitted to render"
If alongside of this tribute by a later.
day Puritan is put that utterance of an
other ultra-Protestant, the late Hon.
George F. Hoar. q believe if every
Protestant were to be stricken down by
lightning stroke, that our brethren OF
the Catholic faith would still carry on
the Republic in d spirit of true and lib.
eral freedom" 1t Is not difficult to Sc.
that the climate of New England In mat
tiers of religion today is very different
from what it was formerly, even though
or trustful Senator Hoar was.
In times of f1ux diSintegration and de-
parture from old and established stand
ards like the present, those who believe
most strongly in evolution rather than
revolution, turn instinctively to some
society like the Church of Rome to put
out anchors to retard a drift out to sea:
and those who dissent most emphaticalIy
from the dogmatic scheme of the Roman
Church at such times may yet admire it
for the service it may do in conserving
social stability. and respect for law and
order, and in preservation of society from
individualism gone mad.
Thus also have argued the Protestant,
of Holland, led by DR.. Abraham Kuyper.
thus argues Emperor William of Ger
many. thus reasons Italy's able young
secular socialism. Thus may the Puri-
tan Professionals of the United States in
the presence of license in commerce.
literature, art and politics, as the present
mood of an ever increasing number of
people tends to modify the older Ameri-
can ideals and customs.-Boston Tran
script. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10
Pointed Paragraphs.

Even hunger isn't an infallible cure LOT
lazinesS.
Never judge a woman's beauty by her
makeup.
Diplomacy is the art of yielding grace
fully to the inevitable.
Most men are the better for knowing
the worst of themselves.
Cupid takes day off when the feminine
matchmaker gets busy.
Don't pour secrets into a mans ears I'M
less you have control OF his tongue.
When a doctor. encounters an ailment
that puzzles him he blames 1t on iii
crobe.
Ignorance loves Ito wear borrower
plumes and sit in the same pew with WIS
dom.
When a man is long on energy ana
short on ability to use 1t he IS 10 oe
pitied. a..
A woman usually knows her HUSBAND Is
a liar, but she wants him to be truthiui
about it.
You can't train up child In the way
he should. go by throwing cold water U"
his ambitions.
II a girl is all the world to young niah
he naturally reSents any attempt Oh o@"
er men to acquire the earth.
1t is some consolation to youth wneh
girl refuses him on the instahment pian
. Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10
He Can't Sleep.

I cannot Sleep however I strive,
A minute after half-paSt five.
1t matters not if closest gloom
From lowered shades pervadeS the ROOM
A perfect quiet, too. may reign,
But any effort is in vain.
That still to slumber I may make,
I'm hopelessly and wide awake.
1t is not use for me to try,
And wide awake cannot lie.
So | get up while all around
The household is in sleep profound.
They simply cannot leave their beds;
l never saw such sleepy heads!
They'd sleep all day. I've little doubt,
Did l not come and rOut them out.
They're lazy or perverse or both;
They're drunk and drowned in soddeE
sloth.
I know no vice that more I hate,
Nor one more quick to aggravate.
So so round and ring bell
And pound upon their doors and yell:
"Hey there. get up and look alive'
Say, don't you know it's half-past five
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10
Let the Laws be Enforced.
(Waterville Mail.)


Laws are an expensive necessity and
it is not to be supposed for a moment
that taxpayers can have them exc
cuted without some cost. The Sturgis
law is no different than the fish and
game laws so far as it's method Of
enforcement goes. One is to reduce
the sale of liquors to a minimum: the
other to reduce the slaughter of fish
and game to a minimum. To accom-
plish these results special commits
sion has been provided for and special
deputies and wardens have been ap-
pointed. The persistency with which
violations of these laws are frequently
made simply shows the need of the
laws and the Importance of their i'm
partial enforcement AS long as our
statutes command that we shall not
sell liquors or shall not kill game. all
good citizens should comply. Obedi-
ence to law is the first requisite of
good citizenship.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10
Personal Notes. /,

A committee has been Formed in
England to raise funds for. monu-
ment to Livingstone, the great African
explorer. 1t is to be placed in Chitam-
DO. at the place where he expired.
Lady Wyndham- Quin, the daughter
of Lord Dunraven, is among the prac-
teal horticulturists of the peerage and
has established a wonderful violet
farm at Adare Manor, the family seat
in Ireland.
Bishop Macs. of Covington, KY has
purchased the Thomas Moberly home
stead, at Richmond, KY. a magnificent
old Colonial mansion, which he will use
for the establishing of home for the
band of missionaries connected with
his diocese.
Senator William P. Frye, of Maine.
Is fisherman of renown. He has
splendid library at his home in Lewis
ton. but the chief feature of it is the
long shelf set aside for his valuable
editions of Isaak Walton's book. THE
Complete Angler"
] Carl Heinrich Horix, Of AeAbhSnn.
with five trained Swiss Alpinists. has
started for Mount Everest. in the Him
alayas, where. 29.O02 feet above the
level of the sea. on the highest known
spot of the earth's surface, he will play
"Wacht am Rhine" on his piccolo.
Miss Helena T. Goessmann, who is
the leader of the Catholic women's ed
ucational movement in the United
States, in spite of the tremendous
amount of work she is required to do
with that association. will deliver 20
lectures this winter before foremost
clubs and colleges.
Miss Annie Beecher Scoville.
granddaughter of the late Henry Ward
Beecher. for many years has been max
ing a careful study of the Indians and
their needs. At present she is gather
ing data at the Winnebago and Omaha
River Reservations. which promises
to result-if Congress can be made
to see the point-in d distinct reorgani-
cation of the Government Indian
service.
Pope Piux X contemplates founding
an official press news Office in the Can
cellaria Palace for supplying Vatican
news to correspondents. The idea was
suggested to him by Cardinal Merry
Del Val and is likely to save the Holy
Father from much of the annoyance
he experiences now. through the cir
culation of unfounded rumors and the
presentation of views inimical to Vatl-
can interests.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10

Certainly the most surprising result
of the election, so far as Boston or
Massachusetts, is concerned. is the de-
feat of Michael ]. Sughrue for district
attorney by John B. Moran. Mr..
Sughrue, who has been an assistant for
many years under the late District At
torney Stevens. was endorsed for the
office by both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, while MIR. Moran ran upon nomi-
nation papers as an Independent. His
candidacy was not taken seriously at
first. but by waging a whirlwind cam
paign he seems to have convinced the
voters that he was a second Jerome. and
that conditions i'm Boston were enough
like trose in New York to warrant his
election. The result is doubtless in a
large measure due to the influences of
the Jerome campaign i'm New York city.
MIR. Moran, who is admittedly an able
lawyer with clean hands. has made all
kinds of charges and promises, and
now has a chance to make good.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10

The increase in the cotton exports
from the United States continues to
be a remarkable feature in our foreign
trade These shipments according to
the advance sheet of the monthly sum-
mary Of commerce and finance of the
department of commerce and labor
show for the past nine months remark
able results when compared with those
for the same period during 1904. The
total of the nine months ending Sep
tember 80. 1905. amounts to 603.040, S66
yards. valued ut s36.2O4,2O6, as against
253,159.G70 yards. valued at $15.325.696
for the corresponding period in 1904.
This. as can readily be seen, is more
than double last years yardage. Or in
other words. represents an increase in
favor of this year of 349.SS0 1896 yards,
valued at s2o.S7S.51O. Exports for the
month of September, in spite of the
boycott movement in China, and other
unsatisfactory factors. amounted to
bS,O16.l04 yards. valued at $3,994.756. as
against 35.s62.245 yards. valued at
s2,16O.5O5. for the same period in 1904.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10

The renewal of the outbreaks in Rus
sian cities, resulting in the massacre OF
thousands Of Jews is the most unfor-
tunate and unhappy feature OF the
present revolution in that empire.
These massacres, it may be said, are
not wholly due to religious fanaticism,
as is commonly thought in this coun-
try. though such bigotry Is doubtless
often an important factor. Another
reason for the riots and massacres Is
found in the fact that the Jews show
themselves much more capable in bust
ness and more successful in saving
money than their Muscovite neighbors.
Greed and envy such as actuates high
way robbers and burglars are an inn
portant influence which lead to these
frequent attacks of mobs upon the
Jews.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10
Dreams.

Harvey, who discovered the circula-
ton of the blood, is said to have re-
corded a dream in which bumblebee
stung him in his left thigh. on a place
where a couple of days later appeared
an ugly ulcer. Malesherbe, the re-
nowned French author, found himself
in a dream attacked by a rowdy who
stabbed him in his left breast with
dagger in an area where the following
evening he felt the first attack of Sc
we're pneumonia 1.-The archives OF
medical reports" says DR.. Axel Emil
Gibson, ARE heavy with cases of a
similar character, which have either
received no explanation at all or else
have been explained away entirely"
Dr. Gibson calls attention to the fact
that dreams depend upon some other
media than those known as the five
senses A conclusive evidence in favor of
this view is found in the circumstances
that even the blind are able to see
in dreams-as witness experiences re-
corded by Helen Keller, Blind TOm,"
the poet Milton and others. Hence the
conclusion seems to be unavoidable
that it is only as far as physical vision
is; concerned that the optic nerve
guides and limits the field of vision.
This same author arrives at the de-
duction that dreaming and walking
differ in degree and form of maifesta-
ton only, not in principle and essence.
Like waking consciousness" he AYERS,
1.-The dream reveals, but does not create.
The same world that surrounds the
waking individual surrounds the
dreaming. only the viewpoints and me-
dia of observation are changed"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10
The Intrepid Old Bird.
(Biddeford Journal.)


In it's election news. under the pic
ture of Il nondescript bird with the
legs and spurs of a rooster and the
head of an eagle. the Portland Argus
prints this sentiment: Intrepid old
bird welcomes the dawn of a better
day" 1t is indeed an intrepid old
bird that can. from Democratic
standpoint, see any indications OF
better things to come. Wherever the
Democrats won in Tuesdays cleo
tons it was where they had taken
advantage of a movement for reform.
rather than because they had taken
the initiative in any crusade to rem
edy the evils that exist in the body
polite. The Democratic party always
has been. and probably always will be,
the Johnny on-the-Spot to take adj
vantage of the necessities of its politi-
cal opponents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-10

The small and narrow margin oy
which Mcclellan has been reelected
mayor of New York. assuming that
the recount shows that he is elected at
all, probably puts an end to the talk
about him as candidate for the gov
ernorship of New York next year. and
perhaps for the presidency in 1908.
Two years ago his plurality was g.
900, and this sinks to "a beggarly few
hundred this year, with every indica-
ton that this margin was secured by
wholesale fraud and intimidation on
the part of the Tammany machine. 1t
is only fair to say. however. that the
great decrease in his vote was not so
much a blow aimed at him personally
as at Murphy. the BOSS" whose collar
he wears. ..