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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-25
OLDEST BAPTIST CLERGYMAN
Special Dispatch TO Evening CapitaL

Cambridge. Mass, May 25-The
Rev William Howe, the oldest Baptist
clergyman in the United States, OBJ
served his ninety ninth birthday at
his home here today Many friends
called to pay their respects to the
veteran clergyman, and scores of tele-
grams and letters of cOngratulation
were received from Baptists and others
in many parts of the country
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
TIRED OF LIVING.
Suicide of Geo. M. McKelvey at
Youngstown, Ohio.

Youngstown, Ohio. Dec. 24.-Gcorge
NJ. Mckelvey, one of the most promi-
nent men Of this city, committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the head
while sitting on his bed in his room
this morning while his family was at
church.
Mr.. Mckclvcy had been in ill health
for a long time. He went to New
York last week to undergo surgical
operation which did not prove sue
cessful and he returned to this city a
day or two ago. He told his family
this morning that he wanted them to
go to church. The indications are
that Mr.. McKelvey went to his room
soon after his family's departure and
killed himself.
Mr.. Mckelvey WAS largely interested
in the iron furnaces at Hubbard, and
was president of the Commercial Ma
tional Bank at the time of his death.
He was vice president of the Youngs-
town Steel Roofing Co, was interested
in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
and the Republic Rubber Go. and was
a director and chairman of the board
of the Standard Table Oilcloth Co. He
WAS born in Indiana county, Pennsyl-
wanna, in 1Si7 and came to Youngs-
town in 1883. A widow and five chill
dren survive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
"Showering" a Bride Eject.

1t certainly was a charmingly sue
ccsSful affair. this Japanese shower
rendered recent bride by Il very origi-
nal and clever hostess. 1T was, indeed
a Japanese affair. this idea being car
ried out in the decorations and menu,
every detail suggesting the little Island
Kingdom. Invitations were sent out
for an informal luncheon, the guests,
other than the bride elect being secret
~ invited To bring or send to the home
of the hoStt IS. II few days in advance.
some piece of their handiwork for the
bride-elects room. The hostess pre-
pared number of gay Japanese
lanterns by removing n circular piece
from the bottom. When the gifts were
sent in she pinned each gift to a long
streamer Of red ribbon and ran the
other end through a circle Of tissue
paper which she glued to the bottom of
the lanterns. Each gift had the name of
the SiVer with some appropriate quota
ton written on a slip of paper and
pinned to it.
The nature of the affair had been
kept a secret. so the surprise of the
guests can be ina gined when the
hostess greeted them costumed as a
Geisha girl The house was gaily de-
corated with profusion of Japanese
lanterns, fans and umbrellas in brill
liant Oriental colors. A huge japanese
umbrella hung in the centre of the
sitting-rOom with the lanterns contain
ing the gifts hanging from each spoke.
the ribbons from the lanterns We're tied
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

Portieres arc not a "Must-have"
Do not vulgarize your tasteful rooms
by colored cotton or bogus draperies
They deceive nobody who knows what
really handsome hangings are. Least
of all do they deceive yourself.
Avoid overstocking your kitchen
closets with utensils.
Select with care and forethought
what you know you will require in the
regular work of the culinary depart
ment, and give seductive patented ideas
the go-Ey. If-as Il practical cook-you
nave never felt the need of them, it
would be :: waste of your slender stock
Of cash to indulge curiosity or fancy by
the purchase. A made want Is seldom
4 real want. Before dwelling upon
such temptations, apply the homely
toucbstone-the king cure-all of Ex-
travagance i'm any guise-"CAN GET
ALONG COMFORTABLY AND CON-
SISTENTLY WITHOUT TIP"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
LIKE MOST OF THE FIGHTERS
Fitxsimmons Has Little to Show for
His 800 Battles in the Ring.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 24.-Bob
Fitzsimnons, although ne has engaged
in over 300 battles in the arena and has
earned a fortune with the stuffed mitts.
has very little of this worlds goods to
show for his long labors as a wieider
of the gloves. Fitz Is not "broke," but
the bulk of what he now has he earned
behind the footlights in recent years
and he has practically nothing to show
as a direct result of his long career in
the ring.
The main reason. for his not accumu-
lating a competency out of the big
sums of money he has received from
time to time as his share of ring en-
counters lies in the fact that the old
red-top has been an easy mark for
bunco men of high and low degree ever
since he first drove on glove.
F'itz has just unfolded a story of
how he was separated from every PEN
ny he received from his greatest ring
victory-his defeat of Jim Corbett at
Carson City.
He does not include this story as one
referring at all to bunco men, but
merely to indicate his run of luck.
Fitz declares that before the fight
his manager. Martin Julian, came TO
him with a proposition from Dan STU
art, the promoter of the fight. to de-
clare him (FttZ) in as as an equal part
ner i'm the venture. Fitz says it was rep
resented to him that Stuart expected
TO clear an immense sum in the three
days fight carnival at Carson. OF Whlcn
the Titz-Corbett championship battle
on st. Patrick's day, 1897. was the stel-
lar feature and that the big IeXan
would take F'itz in as an equal part
ner on the profits provided he would
stand his share of the losses. if there
were any. Fitz agreed and says that
after the fight he received the sum OF
So, 900 in all as his share of the purse,
side bet and for expenses for hlmseir
and his wife and for special reports OF
the battle by himself for various news
papers. AS soon as he was paid the
money, however, FitZ says, he was in
formed by Julian and Stuart that the
fight carnival had been a big losing
venture and that the $2I 900 would no
more than even his share of the losses.
FitZ says he turned over the money
without word and that he did not
even ask for an account.
Il had wen the championship and
had licked Corbett. and that was all
wanted" said the Cornishman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

a young woman college graduate Wis
asked ore Christmas cv, to read to :; par
Tor circle w. II. Murray's fine Christmas
story, John Norton. the Trlpp"r. After H.
minutes of So-ca!lci reading the mother
of the young woman took the book from
her daughters hand. Pardon me-" she
said, II cannot listen to this any longer.
You are not rcadlnS-you arc racing.
When you are not racing You are mum
bling. You do not show any respect for
your author
PERHAPS then: mother, you will consent
to read in nv place"
Il will certainly. if it will give our
elderly woman read with SO much pleas
ure to her hearers that the evening WAS
one long to he remembered
Good reading is fast being relocated
to the back stair: Of time" with many
other good things which We cannot well
afford to lose. There seems to be no time
or place found ir the curriculums Of th@
higher schools for plain. common sense
lessons in reading. a woman who WIS
trying to arrange q program for an even
ings entertainment. sent for Il bright
JOAQUIN Miller's Men of Forty-Ninc."
"Oh. but l cannot she exclaimed. I'VE
have no time for reading lessons in our
school. We have exercises in clocution,
but ] would not attempt to read Il poem
like that"
Elocution exercises are good. but the
professional clocutionists are not the best
aid most pleasing readers One has only
to notice the readers at the clubs, not tn"
old-faShiOncd ones who were taught to
respect vowel sounds. and give heed to
commas and periods. but the modern
readers. to SympathiZe with the mother
who called it not reading, but racing and
nunblin~. The mo time mantle" covers
I'll our lives. and all we do, or shirk.
There is so much to be done" on every
hand that when it comes to reading, we
have to clip our words. or we should
never finish. Time presses. It is so much
quicker to humble. than to pronounce
every syllable distinctly. We have to
humble or we could never get anywhere,
And so VIC slur and slip and slash. and
cut and race our lines. slaughtered vic
Tins of tho kings English.
And what We do not express, We courtc-
ouSly leave tC our heroes to find out by
their wit. or by their learning. And in
nine cases out Of ton the hearers have no
time to give the matter momcntS
thought beyond the hour. Said Il club
woman from the west. II have no time or
patience to give tn slow readers: | want
rapid reading or none at all" We race
iron, morning to night
Said an OctCg"narian, "Thc time has
come to nc, when | read with my eyes,
not with my mind"
We are not all octoC"narianS. Do Let ms
civ" Curse Ives tho tim" to read with our
minds if we read at all. Sorl" DC us rc1d
too much. A mere sponge is not the type
OF the highest life. Ralph Waldo F.ncr-
son said: when 7 see u MIN staggering
from Il library every week. under Il load
cf books, I ask myself, how long since
that man has heard from himSeif? Now
ENGLAND Homestead
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
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CHRISTIANS IN INDIA,
The Report of the American Board and
London Missionary Society.

Boston. Dec. 24.-Thc American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
missions made public Saturday a re-
port of the first assembly of united
churches of the London Missionary
Society and the American board in
south India and Ceylon. This union
follows a similar union among Pres
byterianS. and is said to show that the
Christians of India are united in spirit
and in fact not having the Inheritance
OF the struggles of western denomina-
tons to divide them. The report saws
the assembly represented 1872 Indian
christians who have renowned idola-
Try. submitted to Christian discipline
ana who support wholly or in part
christian institutions and are free to
accept such form of church govern
inent as may seem to them most
agreeable to the Bible
The present Christian community in
me Madura mission is 1852 The
congregations include representatives
OF more than 80 different castles. The
Madura mission Christians have for
many years united together in the
work of supporting pastors and main
tanning evangelistic work among the
stations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
BASEBALL NOTES.

Pres. John 1. Taylor of the Boston
Americans is spending the holidays
with members OF his family at Hot
Springs, Va.
Doc" Graham, the Scranton out
fielder, refused to come to the Boston
Americans, claiming he could not get a
fair show with Il big league club and,
therefore. preferred to take chances
with Altoona of the outlaw band.
Jack Chesbro will go South with
Clark-Griffiths' team next spring. Har-
ward will have to worry along without
Happy Jacks services. Baseball men
ascrihed his downfall last season to the
fact that he didn't go South WIN Tue
H;ehlanders end temper his arm to the
raw April winds.
Jimmy Sheckard refused 10 STAND Tor
the trade by Brooklyn, which SENDS hlni
to Chicago, claiming he wants to re-
main in the East. The chances are
that Jobn McGraw has shown Sheckard
how. he can do better with the Giants.
Money talks with Sheckard, and talks
long and loud, for tougher young man
to handle does not exist than the
Brooklyn grasshoper.
After the holidays Capt. Collins of
tine local Americans will return to Bos-
ton and map out his spring trip. AS
the American League refused to waive
its claim on Grimshaw, Boston must
use him or let him go to one of Ban
Johnson's clubs. This blocks the
deal whereby Grim was to be traded
for freeman OF indianapolis. Boston
had already paid $1,000 as part OF the
trade.
Minneapolis Journal-Magnate Hav-
enOr of Milwaukee is rip-ranting
mad over the mention of r.
J. Hickey's name as president of the
American Association, and Cream city
rupted if things progress favorably for
the Minneapolis man. Well. there are
orher good live towns. and Milwaukee
isn't the only brewery icehouse in the
worlds cooling system.
Jack Slattely. the clever South Bos-
ton catcher, has been draftca by the
St Louis Americans from Milwaukee.
This player refused to play with Mil
waulsCe last year and spent the season
with the Pennsylvania outlaws. He
never jumped a contract, however, and
was eligible for national agreement
clubs. Slattery is first-class man and
Should never have been sent to AIilwau-
kee by Comiskey.
Captain Chance of Chicago says that
with the services of Sheckard and Mo-
ran he will win the pennant. The clubs
will stand pat on this combination {:
Captain Chance, first base; Evers,
Tinker. Steinfeildt and Hoffman. in
ficldcrs; Sheckard, Schultz, .'lagle and
Sebring. outfielders; King. Moran and
NOonan, catchers and Reulbach, Wick
er, Brown. Lundgren. Pfeister, Beebe,
I;odge and Schaub, pitchers.
A special from Indianapolis says:
wv. II. Watkins, the baseball magnate.
is i'll and confined to his room at the
Grand hotel. chiefly on account of the
nervous strain he was under while
attending the baseball meeting in New
York. He was threatened with pneu-
monia. but he is said to be OFT of
danger now Even the minor league
magnates have their troubles, especial
ly in the American Association and
Eastern League.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
Maine Polo League Schedule.

Dec. 25-Rockland at Lewiston (after.
noon. Lewiston at Rockland evening"
Dec. 25-Bath at Portland (afternoon)
Portland at Bath (evening).
Dec. 2S-LewistOn at Bath.
Dec. 2S-Rockland at Portland.
Dec. 2S-Portland at Rockland.
Dec. 30-Bath at Lewiston.
Jan. 2-I.ewiston at Portland.
Jan. 2-Rockland at Bath.
Jan. 5-Bath at RockIand.
Jan. 6-PortlenG a. Lewiston.
Jan. 9-Bath at Portland
Jan. 2-Lewiston at Rockland.
Jan. 13-Portland at Bath
Jan. 13-Rockland at Lewiston.
Jan. 1s-Rockland at Portland.
Jan. 1S-Bath at Lewiston.
Jan. 19-Portland at Rockland.
Jan. 20-Lewiston ut Bath
Jan. 2s-Lewiston at Portland.
Jan. 23-Bath at Rockland
Jan. 2l-Rocklard at Bath
Jan. 2-Portland at Lewiston
Jan. S-Bath at Portland.
Feb. 2-Lewiston at Rockland.
Feb. $Portland at Bath.
Feb. Strickland at Lewiston,
Eeh S-Rocklsnd at Portland.
Feb. SHORTHAND at Rockland
Feb. 10-LewisNon at Bath.
Eep. !S-Lewiston at Portland.
Feb. 13-Bath at Rockland.
Feb. lI-Rockland at Bath.
Feb. 1I-Portland at Lewiston,
FEB. 0-Rath at Portland
Feb. 9-Lewiston at Portland (after
noon), Portland at Lewiston (eventngl.
rep. 2!Rockland at Bath (afternoon)
Bath at Rockland (eveningJ. '
Feb. 2i-Portland at Bath.
rep. 2l-Rockland at Lewiston.
Eeo. 2l-Iewiston at Portland
FEB 2E-Bath at Rockland.
March aRockland at Bath.
March Shorthand at Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
BOXING NOTES.

Sentiment cost the hackers of Rob-
ert FitzsimmonS good many thou
sands of dollars. Sporting men and bet
ting meR are only human after all. Sem
timent played so strong part in their
make up that they backed the winner
of $50 battles when they knew full well
that he was not the Fitz of old.
Boston Post: McGovern and Britt in
a limited round bout is the call of East
ern ringside seaters. If Nelson can't be
induced to toe the scratch the native
son would be worthy substitute to
meet the Brooklyn terror. Britt ought
to beat Terry, but he would have to
be cagey about getting in the way Of
one of McC;overn's finishing wallops.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
SPORTING NOTES.

Farmer Burns is so. yet he keeps right
on winning wrestling matches. Burns
beat Hackenschmidt, the Swede, in Il
return match. The farmer" never
stays all night in the city. Great white
lights, he says, hurt his eyes.
The West Point Cadets defeated the
I'd Signal Corps basketball team at
West Point, n. Y, Saturday, by IL score
of II to 20. The finakhalf ended with
the score II to Il. and UP to within five
minutes of the final whistle each side
led alternatively.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
MRS. FRANKLIN SIMMONS
OF Providence, r. L.. Dies Suddenly rs
Heart Disease in Rome.

Rome Dec. 24.-Mrs. Franklin Sim
mons nee Slocum, of Providence, r /
VIZ Q, the weli-known American sculp-
,or' oied suddenly here Saturday of
near. disease. Prior to her marriage ia
: r. summons. she was Baroness Won
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

DR.. George NJ. Gould. the Philadel-
phia eye specialist, asserts that fully
half OF the sufferers from eye-strain
have some form of dyspepsia, partly.
at least. as a consequence of their
visual defects.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

Providence. r. l.. noe .,
franklin Simmons came from H. a,s,
ttnooe Island family of Slocums na
Ier marriage to the Baron Won Je;rsa,,
was one of the social events 90 .ssi
Simun , rue baroness married Franklin
summons the sculptor, June 9. 1899 and
nau oeen abroad with him most of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

There are indications that an i'm
portant oil field may be developed by
the application Of modern methods OF
petroleum production III the regions in
Persia and Turkey lying north and
northwest of the Persian Gulf.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

Tho Earl of Aberdeen belongs to
PERHAPS the longest lived family in the
Bfitish peerage. The title, which was
granted in 1852, was in the possession of
the fourth bearer only in 1860.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

Near Redding, cal, the trees in an
orchard bore the second crop If June
apples in October. a fact that is the
more remarkable as grassbnppers
visited them after the first Crop and
stripped them bare Of leaves
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

For shaving customer with razor
that had not been dsenfected Il bar
Der at Eisenach. Germany. has been
sent to prison for month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25

1T isn't the size of the chrysanthe-
mum that counts in Judging" said j. +.
Mathewson, a florist of Shehoygan, who
is one of the Judges of the flower show.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
Portland, q; Bath, 3.

Bath, Me. Dec. eft required an eX-
ira period in a highly exciting polo gam:
at the Alameda Saturday night for Rock
land to win from the home team. to ;.
1t was good. hard playing from start to
finish. The home aggregation Gagged
three balls In the first period, then Rock
land Gagged two in the Sesond and tied tn,
score with one in the third making an
extra thrce-minutc period necessary.
Lang of the Bath team was laid out early
in the game by hard blow from the bal
which struck him in the head. but he re-
covered and continued in the game. The
score:
decentralization 1r, Skinner 2r Mitch
ell C, Larrabee hb, Richards 6.
Bath-Lang If. Parks II. Ryan c,
GharphneScey bh Hart ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-25
SMITHS
Pineapple and
Butternut
PILLS
Natures Laxative

which are an infallible remedy for hilloaS'
ness and all other forms of liver trouble ,
Their effects are quickly seen in eo i,,-
plete change of spirits, regular a GAN
movements Of the bowels. refreshing sieuf t
and a rapid return of healthy appetite ant
digestion. Smiths Pineapple anu M
ternut Pills are purely vegetable aaa-
lures true laxative. These little 'es
table Pills
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-10-05
AN INSURANCE MERGER.
II Appears to Have Been a Bad Thing
for the Policy Holders in %
Small Companies.

Chicago, Sept 27.-Investigation of
the affairs of the Western Life In
demnity Co. by a state examiner yes
terday brought to light facts tending
to show that claims of perhaps thou-
sands of policy holders in assessment
companies have been practically
wiped ont through company manipula-
tions. Examiner Lucius Frouts dis
covered that 2S small insurance com
panics have terminated their existence
by merging into the Western Life In
demnity Co.
THAT means" said the examiner.
that the policy holders of the original
companies have gone through a pro
cess which leaves them practically un-
insured, although they are still paying
their premiums and have been doing
so for years This condition is not
particularly the fault of the Western
or other absorbing companies, for the
absorption is done according to law" "
Charges that the company was be
ing "milked dry" We're made at the
hearing before Judge Kohlsaat by At
torey Levinson for the complaining
policy holders.
The company may transact ordi-
nary business, but the assets may not
be used for anything except To pay
death claims" ruled Judge KOhlsaat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-10-05
Draws the Color Line.

Baltimore, Sept. 29.-At the demo
cratic state convention which was held
in Ford's opera house, this city, Thurs
day, Comptroller of State Gordon T.
Atkinson was renominated and a plat
form adopted which, excepting a para
graph endorsing the excellent business
administration of the present demo
cratic governor, Edwin Warfield. is
wholly devoted to the advocacy of the
proposed constitutional amendment to
restrict negro suffrage which will be
voted upon at the November election
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-10-05
A DESPERATE DUEL.
An Express Messenger and Former
| Friend BattIed in an Express Car
Both Are Probably Fatally Hurt.

Decatur, H., Sept. 2S.-John f.
Ryan, of Chicago, Pacific express mes
senger on Wabash passenger train No.
-, and Edward Greene, also of Chi
cago, a former express messenger,
fought with pistols in Ryan's car yes
terday. Both were seriously wounded
and may die. On arrival here Ryan
was taken to the Wabash hospital and
Greene to st. Mary's hospital.
Conflicting stories are told by the
combatants. Greene says that he got
on the express car at Forty seventh
street, Chicago, intending to go to his
home at Pittsfeld to visit his rela-
tives. He was an old friend and Ryan,
Greene claims, permitted him to ride.
Greene says he assisted Ryan with
the express matter and that they then
began drinking. Jokes led to a quarrel
and Greene says he and Ryan drew
/ pistols at the same time.
| Ryan's story is that he did not see
Greene in the car until the train
reached Cerro Gordo. Believing that
Greene jumped in for the purpose of
robbery, Ryan fired at him. According
to Ryan they clinched and both of
them, with revolvers drawn, rolled
about on the car floor. Finally separ-
ating. each sought shelter in the car
and waited for the other to expose
himself. Just as the train was near
/ Decatur, Ryan says, he and Greene
fired and both went down, but were on
their feet in a short time and the duel
continued until the train reached the
outskirts of Decatur, when Greene
opened a door and jumped from the
car. Greene was unable to run and
was found an hour later by the police
/ Greene has bullet in the breast
and another in the right lung, while a
third ball is in the heshy part of the
abdomen. Ryan was shot in the left
jaw, in the left ear and in the left
shoulder.