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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL.
The Young Ladies' Teams-Seniors and
SophOmores.

Previous to the fall of 1904 ladies basket
ball was unknown in the history of Belfast
athletic circles. The High school has al
ways had an abundance of material for a
good team, but the young ladies had entire
ly overlooked the possibilities of the game
Therefore when the project was suggested
there were many objections raised and a
large number opposed the idea. The boys,
who had already organized two teams and
had played several games, lent their sup
port and after the newneSS and novelty Of
the idea wore off two teams were started
and practice games were commenced in the
Belfast Opera House, the boys acting as
coaches and referees.
The seniors adopted very handsome suits
of blue. They consist of boomers and sail
or bl0uses, with the class numerals, 'O5,
done in green and gold embroidery on the
left arm.
The suits of the sophomores are black
and of the same pattern. Their numerals,
O7, are in the class cOlOrs, red and white.
Both teams also wear hair ribbons of their
respective cOlors, which being of large size,
make an elaborate show.
The young ladies make very natty ap-
pearance and look very attractive in their
neat suits. After playing many practice
games and being coached by the High
school players and Miss Roes, a profession
al physical culture teacher, they gave a
game was very exciting, and the young Ia
dies played in a way which astonshed
many of our basket ball enthusiasts. The
victory was with the seniors by fair mar
gin, although 'O7 played fine game.
The next public appearance was awaited
with great interest, the general verdict be-
ing that the seniors would lose their aurels,
and such was the result. After a hard,
closely contested game, the sun of victory
shone ON the sophomores and there was great
rejoicing among their sympathzers.
The probable result of the next game fur
nished a topic of conversation for some
tine in sporting circles. The fraternity was
about evenly divided and when the game
came off the house was packed. The game
was contested with great skill and vigor by
both sides and the result was in doubt until
nearly the finish of the last period, when it
became obvious even to the most sanguine
'07 rooters that the game was lost to the
lower class.
The young ladies practice in the Opera
House nearly every day.
They are DESTROYS of maintaining repu-
tation equal to the B. Fl. S. boys, who have
never been beaten on their own flOor.-Ban-
gOr News
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
Subscribe for the Home Paper.
A Story With a Moral.

A correspondent of the Norway Adver-
tiser is resposible for the following story
with moral:
As the story goes, there was man who
was too close listed to take a paper. He al
ways borrowed his neighbours paper to
read. So one day he sent his boy over to
borrow neighbOr Browns paper. The boy
thought he would cut across lots to save
time. He ran into a beehive, the bees COW
ering him from head to foot His cries
reached his father, who started and ran to
the rescue. Going over the fence his
clothes caught on the fence spelling brand
new pair of pants that cost him four dollars
The old COW seeing the break in the
fence jumped into the orchard and choked
to death eating apples. His wife hearing
the cutlery started out to see what the trou-
BILE was about, tipped over a churn full of
cream into d basket of little kittens, drown
ing the whole lots While she was gone the
baby took to crawling and crawled through
the cream into the parlor spelling a new
tapestry carpet.
The dog ran through the henhouse break
ing up three setting hens. The calves got
out of the barn and chewed the sleeves off
from four shirts. And the maid took the
advantage of the situation and eloped with
the hired man.
MOral-We should be better off to SUBJ
scribe for home paper.
*We have reason to believe that these
were coon kittens, worth from So to $25
each.-Ed. Journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
SOME RED TAG TALK

you n customers-and those ~
hope may be: OoHhon
want to listen to our little talk want to re
sale runningTo tell the special are gy %
erTo thank the people for the splendid
shows TINT our low prices appreciated = "-gbeI
Here's a few specials that paayzes competition:
Mems good servce0be business Suits $3.95
Mems good hedVy OVe'cO0ts. listers and
at any clothing store. go % Rgqa
NJ, fine Dress-up Suits, SIS IS 49,. rs. Both
values.
Good 0ar'n Siberian Dog $500 Fur Coas no,g st.
and Waanba Fur Goats at big reduction prices. 30 CAY
Mems and Yom his Heavy Kers.y %, durovpo.
So 90 to So so everywhere. $I39 '"dfs
Boys Knee Pants Suits 81 49, regular So to vgo
Heavy underwear and formerly to '
Shirts black and white plain black H1
Here's big bargain for with big @
negligee shirts and few white shirts m
sold for 80 cts. for dollar three
Knee pants for boys BOYS 'a
latest winter buys good Over a
ages from years. aN
Hundreds of other bargains which
MOw,-bMy for is o,,o..
HARRY W. CLARK & CO., T 4An %ag1 s s1FsaT
BELFAST, MAINE.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

The apple season is drawing to close
and those who have been holding their
fruit for higher prices are rushing 1t to
market. The steamer Penobscot took
over 500 barrels from this port Monday
and left 1850 barrels for another trip.
There are still many apples in storage
and the prediction is made that unless
Europe buys heavily of American APP
pIes the balance of the season a big
slump in prices may be expected. The
latest advices We have seen are not
favorable as to the European market.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

And here is another lesson from relig-
i0us weekly, The Rams Horn: "a cOun-
try newspaper speaks of man who always
reward he was never sick in his life, never
had a corn on his toes, or tO0thache, his p0-
tat0es never rot, the frost never kills his
pears. his babies never cry at night. his
wife never scOlds, and he has succeeded in
serving three terms on the school board
whether such happy results would follow
paid up subscribers to religious papers or
not, but it wouldn't do any harm to try it. :"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
OLD DIR. MONROE.

Come Doctor be clever,
And fling off your beaver.
Come bleed me and blister me,
Do not be slow.
am sick, / am exhausted,
My schemes are all blasted,
All tumbled heels over head,
Doctor Monroe!
Be patient, dear fellow,
l will foster your fever.
Pray, what's the misfortune
That bothers you so?
Oh Doctor AIN ruined,
| am ruined forever,
My lass has forsaken me,
Doctor M0nroei
l will bleed and l will blister
You over and over,
l will master your malady
Ere that go.
Come, rise up your head
From below the bed cover,
And give some attention to
Doctor Monroe.
The girls will cajole you
And constantly fool you.
1t is so the world over
Wherever you go,
And then they will leave you
And basely deceive you.
Oh! none knows them better than
Doctor Monroe.
If Christie had wed you
She might have misled you,
And laughed at your love
With some comedy young beau.
Her conduct doth prove it;
Say, how do you love it,
The thought nearly strangles me,
Doctor Monroe.
Each year brings comely
Young son, or daughter.
Perhaps you are the father,
But how shall we know.
You love them most blindly
And treat them most kindly,
But soon they will leave you, said
Doctor Monroe.
The boys cost you many
A penny, shilling,
And cause you much trouble
Wherever they go.
While one proves a rake
And the other villain,
And you are broken hearted, said
Doctor Monroe.
Dear Doctor, l will thank you
To pass me my breaches.
l AIN better; will drink with you
Ere that you 60.
l will never more sicken
For women or riches,
But love my relations, and
Doctor Monroe.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
Work Begins at Stockton.

Contractor j. F. Spellman, with a crew of
eight men and Michael Toole of Bangor as
cook, went to Stockton Springs Monday
of the wharyes which are to be built there
for the terminal of the Northern Maine
Seaport railroad. This is only small crew,
which will do what work the conditions of
ice and weather will allow and get every
thing in readiness for the big crew which
will push the work as soon as Stockton har-
Dor is clear
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

The arrest of the alleged dynamiter,
Gessler Rosseau, recalls to Julius Cham
bers, author of walks and Talks in
the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. the even
more remarkable case of Thomasson,
who was trying to smuggle such ma
chine aboard German steamer at
Bremerhaven and took his life rather
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
Gov. Cobb and STAFF to Go to Washington.

AUGUSTA, Me, January %. While as
the trim of Governor Cobb and staff to the
inauguration of President Roosevelt on
March 4th, the general plans have been
settled. The governor will be accompanied
by but one company of the Maine militia,
the WestbroOk company, Captain Graham.
This company and the members Of his staff
will be his only escort.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

The general opinion alongshore is
that but for the steamer Pemaquld
this port would be closed to navigation;
and it is the further opinion that we
shall now escape freeze-up this year
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: In advance, 500 year;
S1.OO for six months; 50 cents Tor three months.
ADVERTISING TFRMs: For one square, one men
length in column, so cents for one week ana
Is cents for each subsequent inser, on.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

The twelve men who found Charles
Tucker guilty OF the murder OF Mabel
Page stand firmly by their verdict and
will not sign any petition for retrlal.
They believe he had a fair and impair
tial trial and are convinced that he Is
pniltN.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

Bowdoin College comes in for $780,
600, and eventually as much more, by
the will of John C. Coombs of Boston.
Lucky Bowdoin!
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

Col. F. Z. Boothby of the Maine Cen
trail takes a very encouraging view OF
the coming season. He is confident
that if there is good weather there
will be perfect rush to Name, thae
the hotels and boarding houses will be
crowded, that all resorts will boom, and
that generally speaking, Maine will
good deal more than keep up her repu-
tation as the great summer State OF the
United States, as we'll as very great
Canadian resort.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

Mavor f. W. Sorber of Gowrie, Iowa,
affords good illustration of ''the engl-
neer hoist by his own petard.' Early IN
1909 he published a decree that every
old maid, bachelor widow or widow
er refusing an offer of marriage dur
ing leap year would be fined from s.
to 500 and the money credited to
tie public library fund. The unique
proclamation soon made the mayor of
Gowrie famous; and, further, he being
a bachelor, propositions from marriage
able women began rolling in. Each Of
fer was refused and on one pretext or
another the mayor kept postponlng
paving of the fines which the pubic
declared should be assessed against
him. On the last night of the year a
committee of determined citizens wait
ed upon Sorber and Informed him that
for 10 Gowfie women whose hands he
had refused he was fined the limit, ag-
gregating 5000. Sol Der asked for stay
of 80 days. 1t was granted ON condition
that bond for the amount be furnish
ed. The bond was executed. Saturday,
Jan. 2Sth, Mayor Sorber led his blush
ing bride to the altar in the person Of
Lillian Cooper of st. Louis.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
FISHERIES AND dAHl

viii The eve cemm paSie Ee an6aOS IN
house in Augusta, Thursday, feInt ., ,ai
an act to amend section IL OF ch@I Oh btgr
Revised Statutes relating to clost iset,e,H'
3W4 G. G. klNoMA'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
LEGISLATIVE NOTICES.
LEGAL AFT AXIS

The Committee on LegaI Annt,, NJ. H,a@.SS
public hearing in its room at Gu, so @ &, 40 ~
Augusta, Thursday. Feb. 2, 1880 Ndr~
to incorporate the Stockton Sp'''t .,t
The Committee on Legal Aha'r' Nj" a5',,s 20 Y
lie hearing in its room at the stat, -All ~
gusta, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1895 .nlBAA'N
for the better protection of sleef
islands. ...,.'..ff7'.
BY order OF the Legal AftalIe rt w .r.F'1l
PERClVAL T. BAN
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

The d. A. R. remembered the
Maine" the remembrance taking the
form of a handsome banner presented
at Portland last Saturday.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

In another column we give some facts
concerning the BURBERRY industry OF
Maine. While commercially this indus
try centers in Washington county the
blueberry flourishes in other secllohs'
notably in Lincolnyille and on cape
Rozier and Isle au Haut. The island
berries are particularly large and line
and for many years parties have gone
to Isle an Haut in vessels, burberry
ing, and incidentally to dig CLANS and
catch bottom fish.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

Bangor has voted to close her city
agency and it begins to look IKE
drouth up river
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

To Cure u Cold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

Florida has experienced the coolest
weather in 10 years.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

While we read that "sheep husbandry
on the great lands of the West is lessen
ing year 10y year we are also told of a
decline in sheep farming in New Eng
land In the West it is said that as the
land is being taken for agricultural pur-
poses its price has advanced and the
free use of large Government tracts
can 10 longer be obtained, hence the
number of sheep kept has been decreas-
ing while the demand for wool and
lands has been increasing. Among the
reasons assigned for the decline of this
industry in Maine are the following:
The low price of wool; because there is
greater profit in potato raising, with
less work; the cost of building fences;
the killing of sheep by dogs and wild
animals; the increase of the dairy cow,
and the advent of barbed wire fences.
One Waldo county farmer says:
We are trying to keep improved breeds
on old methods. The improved sheep
kept in the old way OH our deteriorated
pastures give bad results. There is
more profit in the intelligent keeping
of sheep, in my opinion, than in the
keeping of any other farm stock, poul-
try excepted.
And there are others who think that
with the advance in the price of wool
and the increasing demand for lands
many farmers in New England might
find that the raising of sheep will bring
returns second to those from no other
animal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

>p,-nv Editor and
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02

Published Every Thursday Morning by the
Republican Journal Publishing 20.
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The Republican Journal.

FAST. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1905.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-18

1t Is said the Beef Trust will Use
every effort to defeat Congressman
Martin, OF South Dakota; the Stand
ard Oil Company will oppose Con-
gresham Campbell, OF Kansas, and
the Steel Trust will look after the de-
feat of Congressman Little, all be-
cause they wanted these great trusts
Investigated. These constituents OF
these gentlemen should see to it that
they are not defeated because Ottheir
opposition TO trusts. What the
country needs in the House and Sen
ate is men who are not afraid oil
trusts.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-18
JUDGE F. W. SIMS.

The Democrats OF Louisa county
met at their courthouse on Monday
and endorsed Judge Sims for the
Senate from this Senatorial district.
The Judge announced his candidacy
some weeks ago, since which time his
nomination has been regarded as a
certainty. Ii is generally admitted
shat it is Louisa's time to furnish
the Senator, and it is pleasing to the
people OF this part OF the district
that she endorses Judge Sims, who is
also their choice. So We may write
IL down Senator Sims.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-18
RUSSIANS DRIVEN
FROM TIE PASS
laps SweepEnemyFrOmLast Strong
hold in Southern Manchuria.
i<uRoPATkiN AGAIN IN FLIGHT

Fleeing Army Is Attacked Above Tie
Pass and Line Of Retreat Is Threat
ened-May Have to Cut His Way
Out or urrender-GeneraI LineVitch
TO Succeed General Kuropatkin.
General Kuropatkin and the rem
nants of the army which was defeated
bv the japanese on the Shakhe and
Iun rivers and again around Mukden
and Tie Pass. are now in the noun
tains a few miles north of the southern
entrance to the pass trying TO shake
,ff their pursuers. who apparently are
not going to repeat the mistake OF
.iao Yang and allow the Russian army
10 escape. Kuropatkin has been rein
forced bv the garrisOns OF Telling and
other northern towns and a few new
troops. who were on their way from
Russia when the battle of Mukden be-
gan. But even with these there seems
little hope for him. True, he has some
80 or 40 miles OF hilly country, eX-
tending from Tic Pass TO Fenghuat-
sien. which might enable him to hold
on the enemy for time, but once out
of the hills he has before him nearly
800 miles Of fat, open country and in
Vulnerable rivers md streams to cross
This is what is termed the Great
Valley Of the Sungari. but is in fact an
immense plain. bounded on the east
by high mountains and extending
northward into Siberia and westward
into Mongolia. Kirin, east OF the rail-
way. and Hardin. the most northerly
point on the railway where it branches
o ffto Vladivostok eastward and to ST.
IBERIA westward. are the centres of tnis
wonderfully rich country. resembling
in many respects the northwest terri
tories Of Canada
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-18

Warsaw. March l7-One OF the high
est officials in Poland. in the course u!
a conversation. said
ct is all very well to talk of con.
tinulng the war but with no leaders
no generals. no soldiers no guns. and
the theatre Of war so far away. We are
unable to transport troops quickly, and
the war now appears to be ended. IT
is true we have soldiers in the empire.
but II is impossible TO withdraw them
from Central and Southern Russia To
Manchuria while the disturbances con-
tinue. All is quiet in Poland now but
let orders for mobilization be given
and we will have a revolution
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-18
RUSSIANS POSITION CRITICAL
Kuropatkin May Have to Cut His Way
Out or Surrender.

OUt OF
st. Petersburg, March 17.-With the
evacuation of Tie Pass Wednesday
night the Russian army abandoned the
last stronghold in Southern Manchuria
and definitely turned over the section
to the Japanese for the campaign OF
1905. At least no other strategy is pos
sible for General Kuropatkin. in view
OF his scanty supplies of ammunition
and stores. the shattered condition of
his army and the wide enyeloping
movements which the Japanese have
continued almost without stop since
the Russian defeat at Mukden. Moth
ing has been heard of the part which
General Kawamura's army is taking
in these operations. but Generals Nogi
and Oku, operating in the low hills or
the Tie Pass gorge, were themselves
sufficient to turn the shattered Russian
army out of the Notifications which
had been prepared with view to being
held by the army after it should have
been withdrawn from Mukden.
Field Marshal Oyama is striking an
other blow at the defeated Russian
army. In spite Of the exhaustion OF his
forces after the long l2-day struggle
for Mukden he has been able to or
ganize fresh turning movement in the
hope Of completing the victory won UNI
der the walls OF Mukden.
Tuesdays attack upon the Russian
advance line at the Fan river. ii is now
evident was only a feint while Japa-
nese columns were being worked
around to get in position to fall upon
the Russian rear, and Wednesday the
blow was struck, dispatch to the AS
ISOLATED Press froR Santoupu bringing
to st. Petersburg the first word that
battle was in progress north Of the
Tie Pass.
That General Kuropatkin was taken
by surprise is a fair inference from the
manner in which Tuesday night he
abandoned the Fan river positions.
leaving so hurriedly that he again was
obliged to burn his stores to prevent
them from falling into the hands of the
Japanese
With the Japanese in behind the Rus
sian army at Tie Pass. General Kuro-
patkin's position is extremely critical.
Once the Japanese are across his rear
In force. Kuropatkin would have to cut
his way out or surrender.
The japanese evidently are doing
their utmost to accomplish the envel-
opment Of the Russian army, which all
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-18

was achieved only after he had given
his pledge to resign and surrender the
chair TO Lieutenant Governor Jesse F..
Mcdonald Republican. Governor Pea
body took over the Office OF governor
from Adams last evening
The vote in joint convention OF the
general assembly by which Governor
Alva Adams. Democrat was ousted
and Governor James II. Peabody. Re
publican. installed. was 81 to Al. Ten
Republicans voted with the Demo
cratic members for Adams. Peabody
maintained that Adams was elected
only by fraudulent ballots. cast for the
most part in Denver
Although the Republican majority on
Joint ballot is 50. the membership OF
the legislature being Sc Republicans
and 81 Democrats. II had been found
impossible TO gain for Peabody enough
Republicans votes to reinstate him as
governor for the remainder of the BIZ
ennial term ending in January, 1901
twenty-five Republican members OF
the general assembly. according to re-
port. refused to be bound by any ac-
ton in caucus on the contest. and en-
tered into a compact not to vote for
Peabody. A majority Of them. however.
was in favor of seating Lieutenant
Governor Mcdonald in the governor
IL no found ln 60
legally. Finally the leaders Of the OPP
posing Republican factions arranged
a compromise by which Peabody would
be vindicated by being declared elect
ed and Mcdonald would be made gov
ernOr
At the conference. at which the bar
gain was made. pledges were given TO
the Independent Republicans by active
supporters of Peabody that he would
retire after being seated and permit
the lieutenant governor to take the
office Of governor.
Governor Peabody's undated resigna-
ton. 1t is said, was placed in the
hands of w. S. Boynton and was filed
with the secretary of state today.
Governor Ames surrendered his Office
10 Governor Peabody last evening.
Scores of letters. kilograms and tele-
phone messages had reached the exec
utive chamber during the day urging
Governor Adams to hold his seat by
force, but he decided to ignore this ad-
vice. He said he felt outraged at the
action of the general assembly, and ex-
pressed surprise that Mr.. Peabody
should become a party to what he
termed a conspiracy to secure the Of
fee of governor for man who had no
claim whatever to the place.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-03-18

The underhanded effort so iDiure
Col. Willard's candidacy for Cover
nor will no doubt strengthen rather
than weaken him. Virginians willnot
endorse trickery, aud will not be in
fluenced by it. 1t is hoped that no
competitor OF the Colonel had any
thing to do with getting up or send
ing out the slips.