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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16
MESSAGE OF COINCIDENCE
FROM rres. Roosevelt and Their Males.
ties to Irving Family.

London, Oct. liking Edward and
Sueen Alexandra. through General Sir
Dighton MacNaghten Probyn. keeper
OF the privy purse and extra eoueerv
10 the King, today. sent a message Of
sympathy to the family of Sir Henry
irving In which Their Majesties saw:
He will indeed be a great loss 70
tne profession Of which he was sucb
distinguished member"
Messages of sympathy have also
oeen received from President Roose-
Welt, and Director Jules Claretie On IA
half OF the Coincide Franchise
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16
$1,000 THE LAST DAY.
Enormous Crowd at Last Day of the
Lewis and Clarke Exposition.

Portland. Ore. Oct. 15.-When the
gates Of the Lewis and Clarke expoSi-
ton closed. at l o'clock. this morning.
a total attendance of 5000 for the last
day of the fair had been registered,
making the grand total attendance for
the entire fair period Of 2545.509 adj
missions.
The exposition was a success as ex-
positions 50, for Pres Goodc has an
hounced that stockholders will receive
dividend of from so to 40 per cent.
On their stock. record said to excel
any exposition of like character ever
held in the world.
me passing of the exposition was
. , at midnight. by fireworks dis
pay and the playing of patriotic airs
by the bands On ,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16
CRISIS OF GIRLH00D
A TIME OF PAIN AND PERIL
Mise Emma Cole Says that Lydia b
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
Saved Her Life and Made Her Well

How many lives of beautiful young
girls have been sacrificed just as they
were ripening into womanhood ! How
many Irregularities or displacements
have been developed at this important
period, resulting in years Of suffering J
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16
HAYES Jersey.

Portland, Me. oct. 15.-Miss Caroline
Hersey, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Os-
car H. Hersey, was married to Charles
B. Hayes of Pennington, Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16

tNs'Hh"tr in A5yssinia car
:. ','"''S"A Crusoe straw u,nbre.-
~. which can"o. BE closed
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25
AdOlph Weber Is Convicted of
 Mudrer

Auburn, Calf Feb. 22.-AdOlph Weber was today convicted ot murder Tn the first degree for the killing of his mother. The jury was out fifteen hours. Adolph Weber, who is only 20 years old, is also accused of killing his faith CT, sister and brother, and burn ing the family residence. The tragedy occurred November 10, 1904, at Auburn, the countyseat of Placer county. He is sole heir to the estate which is very valua- ble. Eminent counsel was engag- ed in his detence, while the attor- nev general of the state conduct ed the prosecution. The trial oc- cupied twenty-eight days.
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25
Government Irrigation Work.

MT. Lippincott of the geologi- cal survey, furnishes the follow ing information:
 1t IS proposed, by the reclama- tion service. to lrrigate lands Tn both California and Arizona un- der the Yuma proJect. These lands are near Yuma, Ariz,, and are of two distinctly different classes, namely, valley or bottom land and high lying mesa lands. It is estimated that at least 1O3,- 900 acres of valley land in Ari- zona and 17,OOO acres in Califor- mia gross can be reclaimed by ir- rigation, drainage and protec- ton from floods by levces. These lands will be irrigated by gravity. The areas in Arizona are private holdings, but the land in Califor- nia is portion of the Yuma h. dian reservation. To reach the mesa lands it is proposed to pump water to a height otabout seventy feet and reclaim at least, 25.OOO acres additional. The Yuma mesa has an area Ofrough- ly, 93,OOO acres of irrigable land in the United States, which can be reached only by pumping. It is not at present, however, pro- posed to irrigate more than 25,- GOO acres, but additional areas can be brought under cultivation in the future, if the value of the produce and the condition of the markets justify the investment.
 The mesa lands are suited to fruit raising and high grade crops, while the valley lands will prob ably produce forage crops, grain, etc.
 "The preliminary plans and es- inmates for the Yuma project have been approved by the chief engineer and the board ofconsult- ing engineers, and the allotment of $3,OOO,OOO has been made by the Secretary of the Interior, for the construction of these works"
 Do you get THE ARGUS?
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25

Consequently, with railroad com munication, it would offer special facilities as the port for lines of steamships to the American and Asiatic Pacific coast, as well as the islands of the Pacifc.-Scien- tihc American.
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior, Land Off, fide at Prescott, A. T. Feb I7, 1904.

Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before F. J. Wattron, U. $. Court Commissioner at Hol- brook, Arizona. on April r, 1905, viz: Frank Nikolaus, for the El2 & NwtA of .Swt4 & NwtA SE14 Sec 2O Tp. 10 N. R. 22E
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva- tion of said land, viz
 Isreal Laxton, of ShowLow, Arizona Henry Mills. Adair, James Hansen, showLow, Arizona Frank Ellworth
 Fen $. Hildreth
 Register The Investigating committee appointed to make report on the Yuma penitentiary, has rec ommended that a prison commits sion be appointed to select To- cation for branch penitentiary at some other point Tn the terri tory than Yuma. The commit tee declared that it would cost not less than $75, 1000 to put the Yuma penitentiary in proper shape to care for the needs made by the rapidly increasing popu- lation of the territory, and to make the improvements that the penitentiary stands in imme- diate need of. It did not believe that the present location of the penitentiary was the place to put this amount of money, holding that it could be expended to greater advantage at some other point.
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25
PrOpOS'd Railroad to be Built to
 Key West.

Cnd10S OI lSld1US OH Ine AHleT)- can coast is the Florida keys, of which Key West forms a part.
 They constitute chain of land links stretching out into the ocean from the mainland, and forming the passage known as the Florida Straits. A glance at the map shows that they are separated from one another by channels varying from a few hiin- dred feet to several miles in width.
 In fact, between some of the keys the distance is so great that it would seem impossible to connect them with a bridge or other structure, but this is what is to be done, for engineers have re- gently completed plans and sur veys for what is undoubtedly the most notable feat in railroad en- gineering which has ever been conceived-the construction of a railway to Key West by means of these islands. 1t will form an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, which as its name indicates skirts the eastern coast of the state named, At present it terminate, at a station twenty miles south of Miama, and on the Everglades. Conse- quently, to lay the track to the nearest key, it will be necessary to construct a considerable mi leage through this swamp; but between the coast line and Key Largo, the nearest island, no less than twenty miles of saltwater marsh intervene. which must be spanned by trestlework.
 The building of this extension, however, will give the railroad in question access to one of the finest harbors on the American coast, that of Key West, which has a depth of 33 feet in the main entrance. The harbor is accessi- ble by four different passages, and is sufficiently commodious to accommodate a considerable fleet of ocean going vessels. It is understood that one reason for building the extension is to establish a transfer service be- tween Key West and Havana, so that freight can be shipped from this country to Cuba by the car load without breaking bulk en route. Havana is about 90 miles from Key West, and a car-ferry steamer having a speed equal to the terry-boats on the North Riv- CT could readily make the round trip in a day of ten hours. In connection with the Panama Ca nal, however, Key West possesses special advantages, as it is actu- ally 25O miles nearer the Gulf en- trance to the canal than any other city in the United States
, 1905-02-02
GIANTS OF OTHER A Y
Fossil of a New Amir i and Cne Of
the Found.

Fossil of a New Amir i and Cne Of
the IchthyosauT. Found.
Important discoveries in Western
fossil beds are al ounced by Prof.
John c. Merriam, head of the ra!eon-
tological department of the University
of California. A remarkable specimen
Of the very early ic%hthyosamus was
unearthed in the middle t~riassic line
stones in Nevada. The sre,taien
showed the greater part of the an.
terror half of the body. including the
skull. vertebrae and front limb or
paddle, the upper arm and forearm Of
the latter being perfec: and distinct.
Another important find was that
mad in the Samuel Cave in Shasta
county. 1t consisted of the greater
part of the skeleton of en- animal as
large as an elk, but with t'stinctly
sheep and goat affinities. The most
noticeable feature of the fossil is the
horns, which are so large and magnifi-
Gently formed that they make the ami
nal distinctive among bovines, at least
of any type known here.
The skeleton will soon be set up in
the archaeological museum at Berke-
ley.
, 1905-02-02
GOOD. DEED OF sPARRoWs.
How Two Of Them Fed a Little Robin
Wait,

The sparrow has never been noted
for its good works and kind deeds.
but Samuel 7. Fox, the well known
real estate man, says the Philadelphia
Record, relates an experience that
throws an entirely new light on the
character of the little scrapper. Mr..
Fox lives in Tioga and the other even
ing just about dusk he discovered =
young robin fiounderPg about his
lawn. 1t was unable to fly and had
evidently fallen from its nest.
Fearing that the cats might devour
it in the night, Mr.. Fox took the bird
to the real of his yard, where he haa
a couple of guinea pigs in an inclosurc
completely covered with a finely wov-
en- wire screen. He carefully placed
the young robin in the pen. intending
to liberate it in the morning. While
dressing the next morning he looked
nj of his window and vas amazed
at the actions Of a couple Of sparrows,
who were carrying worms to the
young robin in the Enclosure. They
would fly away, only to return a few
moments later with worms, which
they proceeded to drop through the
screen into the upturned mouth of the
captive. They kept this performance
up until the robin was liberated and
even then they continued to hover
around like self-constituted guardians.
, 1905-02-02
Barred Out Shakespeare.


There is one family in Brooklyn
that does not take much stock n Mr..
Shakespeare. The eldest daughter is
getting close to graduation in the
grammar school and some knowledge
of the bard and his work is requisite,
according to the notions of Surt. Max
well. This little girl took home The
Merchant of Venice as one OF her
class books and read a bit of it aloud
to her father. The old man did not
like the cuss words, and when she
read about the damned Jew" there
was trouble in hat simple little
household.
PUT that book away, Maria.' said
the horror.stricken father. "Ill write
TO your teacher about that"
And he did. He said: Teacher
That beck of William Sh~akespeare's
is nc good and l don't wan my aaugn-
ter to read any more of 1t. I never
let her read dime novels anyway. but
I don't think it's very nice to Put
books with swearing in them into the
hands of little girls. | heard
of this man Shakespeare, but his stuff
is not the style I want my little girl
to read. f. p. Roe is bad enough,
but that's notwithstanding Eagle.
, 1905-02-02

Forty-eight hours travel will take
you from the cold clustering northern
winter to a land of sunshine and flow.
ers. What Egypt and India are to the
old world, Mexico is to the new. "A
land Of white sunshine, redolent with
flowers; a land Of gay costumes
crumbling churches, and old converts:
a land Of kindly greetings, Of extreme
courtesy, of open, broad hospitality.
It was more than enough to revel In
an italian sun. lighting up a senli-trop-
ical land; to look up to white-capped
peaks, towering into blue; to look
down upon wind-swept plains, encir-
cled by ragged chains Of mountains:
and to realize that today. in its varied
scenery, costumes, architecture, street
life, canals crowded with flower laden
boats, market plazas thronged with
gaily dressed natives, faded church in
teriors and abandoned converts, Mex
leo is the most marvelously pictur
esque country under the sun A tropical
Venice, q semi-barbarious Spain. q new
Holy land" For rates and information
write
T. e. FISHER
@. P. A. c. Z 8. Ry.
Denver. Colo.
, 1905-02-02

100 miles more to travel. The Denver
Republican contains the following in
relation to the hearing before the leg
islative committee:
John A1olter presented a petition
OF North park residents, sigLou, ne
said. by a great majority of the tax
payers OF that principality. The new
county would have Al townships, he
said, territory enough for a county
larger than Boulder. The assessed
valuation of North park property last
year was 1898, 600. and the population
was about $500. This they held to be
large enough for all practical purposes.
His description of the park was poetic,
rivalling that famous one in the court
decision, rendered in 1889, declaring
North park to be a part of Larimer
county.
y. J. Hunter, said to be the largest
taxpayer in North park, urged the
committee to report the bill favorably.
The direct wagon road to Fort Collins,
county seat of Larimer county. was 80
miles long. he said, and it could be
Travelled just three months of the year.
The ordinary method of. travelling to
the county seat was by Laramie, in
Wyoming, making a trip of 2l0 miles.
Under these circumstances law could
not be enforced in the park as it should
be. as cases had to be taken to the
county court in Fort Collins, so far
away that each IA required a week
of absence from home affairs.
Carl Davis also urged the division.
stating that his part of the county
had received little recognition from
the part on the other side of the Medi
cine Bow range of mountains.
" Since 1886 said Mr.. Davis. North
park has had one county commission
err and three jurymen. That is all he
recognition that has been accorded us
by the officers at the county seat. We
are in another world almost At the
close of the hearing, Chairman Gordon
of the committee stated hat another
delegation would be heard on the mat
ter at . o'clock neXt Tuesday. He had
not been advised whether the second
delegation would favor or oppose the
formation of the county; all he knew
was that he had been called up by tel
ephone, and had set that date as the
time for the hearing"
, 1905-02-02
THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1905.
GRATIFYING PROMOTIONS.

The announcement of the appoint
ment of Mr.. w. l.. Park to the general
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Union Pacific
system is received by the railroad men
OF Wyoming and his friends generally
with the utmost satisfaction.
Mr.. w. L. Park is a railroad man
practical to the last degree, conserva-
tive in all his actions and energetic
and fearless in the performance OF
what he believes to b. the right thing.
He knows how to manage men. They
are given to understand that certain
work is expected of them and it is sci.
dom indeed they fail to assume the re-
sponsibility imposed upon them. When
Mr.. Park anne to the Wyoming divis,
ion of the Union Pacific all was chaos.
Like magic affairs we're Strengthened
out. So smoothly did matters run af
ter his advent that the men scarcely
knew they had a superintendent, yet
they were cognizant of the fact that a
master hand was at the helm. Again,
when the great strike came, with what
consummate skill was the traffic of the
Wyoming division handled. The men
who remained In the service of the
company were his steadfast friends
come his enemies. There vas no shirk,
ing in the service-employes gave the
best service they had to their superin-
tendent and largely because of the fact
that it was their desire that he should
not be censured for failures. Mr.. Park
came up from the ranks and knows the
hardships, the aspirations and the de-
sires Of those who gave their entire
time to the service of the company
who are subject to call by night and
by day in the handling of the tremen-
dous traffic of the Overland route-and
he has the happy faculty of keeping
their confidence and goodwill.
Second only in the hearts of the rail.
road men to the appointment of Mr..
Park as general superintendent is the
appointment Of Mr.. W. A: Whitaey-as
superintendent Of the Wyoming divis,
ion, hat portion Of the road from
North Platte to Green River. 1t Is the
most dificult portion Of the road to
manage, but Mr.. Whitney is equal to
the task. He knows every foot of the
road and has the confidence Of every
employee. While he has been over
them, he has worked with them. TIL
writer has never heard an employe
speak disrespectfully or disparagingly
of Superintendent Whitney. They give
him credit for being fair, impartial and
energetic; yet they say he is a discipli
marian of a very high order of ability.
The people of Wyoming are glat
these men have been promoted. They
have confidence in them and feel thai
their interests will receive just con
sideration under their management
Nav their shadows continue to enlarge
, 1905-02-02
THE "JOKERS" ORIGIN
HOYLE NOT INVENTOR OF FOUR.
TENTH CARD.
to His Attention by a
Plainsman's Shrewd Invention Of a
Means to Beat Four Aces When
Himself He Held but Three"

Sandy had no tinge of ochre. and he
played his hand at poker well sup
ported by the joker in the belt about
his waist:
Not his custom twas to bicker unless
orersteeped in liquor. but no man
was ever quicker on the trigger. and
his haste
II was written plainly. very, in the from
tier cemetery. where the custom twas
to bury those who dallied with the
wine,
Subsequently to be ruling when some ar
gument was and thereafter
something doing in the undertaking
line.
Now. upon the day I'm naming. Sandy
sat there fiercely gaming, and quite
frequently infiaming his mentality
with stun
Drawn from out a sombre bottle by a
gentleman named Wattel. who pre-
sided at the throttle of the bar at
Devils Bluff.
And while Wattel was infusing drink,
poor Sandy's cash kept oozing from
the hoard that he was losing to a
kindred spirit, known
Far and Wild as Bill -the-Soaker (.lt!a
given by some joker. who was very
fond of poker and was always dry as
bone.
Be 1t eyermore a warning to the gracelcss
souls adjoining that the reSuI fection
morning draweth near for him, who.
Seeks by sinful ways and handy in a
poker game to handy with a wick' d
man like Sandy when the deck is
passing cold.
For, when Sandy, having aces fun on
jacks. laid down ten cases there was
wonder on the faces of the watchers.
who looked grim
When the t~houghtless William. staying.
laid down aces four, and saying: You
can't beat it went to weighing what
the pot would profit him.
Now, no deck pom earth's face Is crnCrtl
with quite SO many aces. since there
are no fitting. places for the number,
and the brand
OF unfairness in his poker being placed
on ] ll-the-Soaker. Sandy drsw-ar|
drew his Joker seeking thus to ii.
his hand:
Drew and held it. muzzle aiming straight
at William, and, proClaiming what lie
held, declared the gaming at an emit
and. raking in.
Said three aces and a joker were a win
ming hand at poker. wherCat WiliiHT
tcallcd the Soake acquiesCed tie
and would win.
1t was in the rough and CORY days thN'
saw the Frontiers glory, and twas
thus. so runs the story, that the joker
came to be
introduced to Hoyle's attention by n
plainsman's shrewd invention Of u
means to beat four aces when himSri.
he held up three.
And the master CRATER sal,
in every pack thereafter must be one
card. named for Laughter, and he
kept there evcrmore.
Kept there in communication Of shrcw
Sandy's declaration that a quick dan
and three aces made a better haaU
than four.
j. w. Foley. in New York Times.
, 1905-02-02
A PRESS
Not at Present

Not at Present
House bill No. IS, relating to the re
peal of the law establishing the agri-
cultural college at Lander, will, in all
probability be passed by the eighth
general assembly. The matter of es.
tablishing an agricultural college apart
from the state university in a state
with barely 100, 900 population is ridicu
lous, and the bill to repeal this law
should receive the vote of every mem
Der of the house and senate who has
the welfare of the state at heart. The
time may come when it will be for the
good Of the people of the state to have
another experiment station. but it is
not at present.-Rock Springs Miner.
, 1905-02-02
COUNTY OF PLATTE.

Residents of North park are elo-
quently pleading their claim for a new
county before the Colorado legisla-
ture. They allege they have sufficient
wealth and population to support a
county government and that they are
now subjected to almost uncomfortable
hardships in order to reach their coun-
ty zeal at Fort Collins. The sympa-
thy of the people of this portion Of Wy
oming is with them. For years we
have seen the people of North park
go by our doors on their way to their
seal Of government. having Travelled
more than 100 miles and with almost
, 1905-02-02
For Voting Machines

Hon. J. S. Atherly of Albany county
has made a careful study of the vot-
ing machine as used in New York and
other eastern states.
Mr.. Atherly is thoroughly convinced
that it is a vast improvement over
present methods, at least so far as
cities are concerned.
After the initial cost has been borne
for installing the machines Mr.. Atherly
claims there is great saving in election
help and election equipment.
1t should not be inferred, however,
that Mr.. Atherly's bill makes the use
of voting machines compulsory in wy,
oming. 1t simply makes it lawful tn
use them when the change is consider,
ed advisable by the people.-Wyoming
Tribune.
, 1905-02-02
LEGISLATIVE SHORT TALKS.

Mr.. Atherly OF Albany county has In
troduced a bill providing that parties
polling two per cent Of the tote at
either Of the last two preceding elec-
tions may have a separate column on
the official ballot with the name of the
party. It is understood hat this bill
has been introduced at the request oil
the socialist party, which polleu more
than two per CEN of the vote at the
last election. If the bill becomes a
law 1t will entitle the socialist party
to a column upon the ticket with its
name above. This will hardly be of
advantage to the socialists. A good
many people might vote for socialist
candidates as independents who would
hesitate when they saw the word so
cialist."
A bill has been introduced by Mr..
Black Of Uinta county providing thai
in the construction of irrigation res
ervoirs when parties refuse 70 cell the
KTOuQu utCSSodiy hoS
demned.
Two years ago the doctors present
ed a comprehensive bill relating to the
practice Of medicine in Wyoming. Att
or advocating the measure for many
days, the profession engaged in an I'M
seemly wrangle over the appointment
of the medical board anil finally killed
the bill. Another bill, along pretty
much the same lii es, mas been intro
duced by DIR. Juhnson Of Weston III
ty. II 1t passes it will be exceedingly
hard for an osteopath to obtain a foot
hold In the state, and probably there
are some other schools t'.at Will have
4 rocky road. The bill should be
scanned with exceeding care by the
legislature. In their keen desire to
save the public" DOCTORS should net
be permitted to build a stone wall
around their profession.
The Republican has already refer
red to the Dubois bill providing for the
appointment Of court stenographers
while in the public service of eight
dollars pen day and fifteen cents per
folio for original copies and five cents