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Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
HOTEL PRoPRIEToRs
Hold Meeting and Elect Officers in
Portland.

Portland. Me. Feb. 3.-The annual meet
ing and banquet of the Hotel Proprietors
Association of Maine was held at the
Prehle House TO-DAY and was voted the
most successful in the history of the or
PreSident-Geo w Pattee, Lewiston.
First vice observation-disclosures F. Kicker
South Poland.
County vice preSdents-F A. Baker
livermorc Falls; o. B. BuzZell. Houlton
r.. NJ Castner. Portland; w. H. McDon-
aid Pennington; F. II. Gould. Ellsworth
II. p. c. Wright. Camden: G. w. Boynton
Augusta: u. +. Fisher. DamarScotta: +.
Q. Young. Bangor; c. II. Sawyer. Roach
River, Moose head Lake: F. j. Mathews
Bath. II. @. Williams Hartland; G. r.
Duncan. Winterport; G. II. Bayes Kenne-
bunkport.
Secretary and treasurer-E. NJ Bland
ing. Bangor
Directors-Geo. w Pattee. Lewiston;
G. Z. Thomas, Portland: W. j. Bradbury
Fairfield: Fl. A. Chapman. Bangor; G. Fl
Bayes. kennebunkport.
At the banquet. this evening, the speak
ers We're +. w. Blandins. Mr.. Pattee. the
newly-elected p1 esident; Hon. f. T. Wins
low, president Of the Stale Board Of
Trade: W. Wallace Waugh editor OF
Home and Abroad; Harry l.. Brown of the
Massachusetts Hotel Association; Oscar
r. Wish of the Argus: w. H. Lapint OF
Boston, ex-prosident of the Massachusetts
Hotel Association: +. II. NunnS of the
Falmouth. ard Geo. w York who repre-
sented the railroad interests
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
FOSTER AND DICKINSON
Will Soon Be Tried in U. S. Courts for
Misrepresentation Of Funds.

Boston. Feb. 5.-Within a short time
it is expected the case against Former
Cashier George Nj. Foster of the failed
South Danvers National Bank of Pea
body, and John W. Dickinson. a brok-
e and stakeholder of the bank. will be
heard in the United States courts. John
II. Casey has been appointed special
counsel to assist the government. F'os-
ter ana Dickinson were convicted
March 20. 1902 in the United States dis
trict court and a bill of exceptions has
never beer filed.
Foster was convicted of misapplying
the funds of the bank and Dickinson
with aiding and abetting in the misap-
plication. The hearing on the appeal
has been delayed on account of the res
ignation Of Boyd +. Jones as district
attorney ard because of the death OF
his successor. Henry p Moulton. Mr..
Casey WAS formerly assistant district
attorney.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
Mysterious Stranger in
Williams Murder Found.
Calmly Gives Himself Up to the
New York Police.
Claims Mind a Practical Blank for =
Week-No Remembrance of Crime.

New York. FEB. 3.-Declaring that ne
wanted to surrender himself because he
had heard that he vas wanted by III.
police of Plainfeld for the murder of
George Williams. a grocer of Watch
ing y. j.. iii sleigh in the outskirts
or NarfthVll!". Yesterday afternoon
George II. Wool. 26 years old an iron
worker. living in Harlem. surrendered
himself. tonight. to the lolice of ;ha
West 2nth street station. Wood said his
memory was more or less of a blank re-
garding what happened to him or
'Vhere he had been for nearly a week.
BY the Plainliell authorities the po,icn
We're assured by telephone that Wood
was the man who the I.olce of thal
place assert started on tn. sleigh rid.
which ended i'll the g"ocer's death
Wood was accompanied to the police
station hv his wife ana the latter (
brother, John Hschoff. with whom he
had been STAYING in West 9th street.
The only discrepancy letWecn the tn )
appcal ancc of Wood and the description
given by the Plainiicld police. was th,4
absence Of a mouStache He will be he'll
in police headquarters pending the ar
rival Of Chief lNiely OF Piainfirld. to
nOirON.
Wood told tn" police he left this city
last Monday With a man named Mack.
for whom he had worked in the iron
business. He said their destination was
to be Il small town in Pennsylvania.
whore Mack WAS to start him i'll bust
hess, having given him $1,000 for that
purpO'r.
Wood says he remembers scarcely
ANYTHING more. He says he does not
know what became of the $1,000 or
Mack. II" says he has an impression h.
was i'll Trenton but he is Hut sure about
It. He says quite positively he was not
in PlIinfeld.
Wood says he returned t. New York
and joined his wife and children in
BiscoTs home. yesterday afternoon.
nut Mrs. Wood and her brother say
that Wood did not appear until today.
When the poll % asked him what had
become of his Vllisa and Slouch hat
WoGd said he had lost them. The
Plainfield poii"e say that the stranger
who accomriui II Williams left valise
and n hat behind him.
Bischoff told the police that before
Wood was tax n 10 the police station
by him and Mrs. Wood the three went
Ia Il physician who exG mined Wood
with view u dctermin" his mental
condition.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
A STIRRING SPEECH.
Lord Of British Admiralty Tells of War
Possibilities.

London. Feb. A speech delivered i'll
TIE hampshire village of E.astleigh.
Thursday evening. by Arthur Hamilton
Lee. civil lord of the admiralty. creates
sensation. In dealing with The recent
redistribution of Great Britain's naval
fGrccS Mr.. Lee frankly declared that
Grea; Britain had not much need to
Keep her eyes IN the Mediterranean. but
had To look with anxiety. though not with
fear. towards the North SPA. and the fleets
had bo en- So distributed az to enable them
to deal with any danger in that direction
should 1t unfortunately occur. If war
should unhappily be declared. he contin-
ued. under existing conditions the Brit
lSh navy would get its blow in first before
the other side had time to read in the
papers that war had been declared He
maintained that ''by recent naval reforms,
Great Britain's strength as naval fight
ing power had been practically doubled
during the last few weeks
The speech. which was delivered at a
railway dinner in no wise political in char
acter, is commented upon in some of the
LONDON morning newspapers as exceed
1nsly indiscrcet and likely to be greatly
resented by Germany. at which i. evident
y pointed. The Daily Chronicle suggests
that Premier Balfour should muzzle his
civil lord of the admiralty.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
HUNT FOR MURDERER
Fails to Locate Assassin of George
Williams at Watching.

Planfpld. \. J.. Feb. 3 This vicini-
~. today. Mas hunted over BY a
posse III All lttrnnt 10 ind the mur
dcrer of GenrC" Williams. a young
grocer in the Village Of Wa1chunG. who
rWas found shot lead in his sleigh on
the road 20 Wlrr"nville, yesterday.
Williams had started our to drive
we'll dressed strange to Warrcnvillo
and that was the LAST seen Of him. un-
til he was found d"ad. The stranger
has disappeared and no TOtive for the
crime can be learned
The mysterious stranger visited
Watching before noOI. He was uerha IS
IN years old. of light complexion with
candy mouStarhc. well dressed and
pleasant in manner. He said that n"
was in a hurry to reach WarrcnVillr
whore he had an important engagement
and after several futile attempts tD
negotiate for a vcniclc and someone to
drive him he entered Williams store
and Induced tho grocer 10 drive him to
Warrcnvillc. Later in ;h" day Eugene
Pope found III" sleigh at the side Of
the road. With Williams dead BODY
crouchrd on the bottom. r. pc nbscrv. d
:
made by Il man walking backwards He
followed them short d!stanc" but rr-
turned ana br"lgnt Williams body AMI
81 Ugh to Watchung.
A posse was organized to search fer
The stranger. Tho footprints when fol
lowed NJ led 20 the house Of \ French
man named Pollock. The stranger had
said nc wished 70 visit Pollock. The
house was apnal clltlv deserted and ;Ip
t. today, Pollock caann, he found. Hr
| is the man tn" str@ngcr said hc was go
ing to visit ana mas a good reputation
| in ths vicinity. FioEl TDiiockS houg..
.hr footprints were followed to the
| MilIinetun station. Whcrc the agent
caid Il man answering thr description
"f the stranger h"d boarded a train foI'
| New York without buying a ticket. To-
| day = posse of farnirry are guarding
the Pollock h"ue.' aW litng the return
of tn" F'ren"hn'an. who. ii is hoped
may he able to throw some light on the
,rime
Nothing about TIE appearance of tn"
sleigh indicated thlt there had been n
struggle and "A car cful examination of
the WarTcnVill" roal for miles did not
afford any further Information alon.;
that line.
| 1t is believed that thu stranger shor
| Williams With"u; warning. The bullet
hole in Williams back. seems to in.li-
cat" that the bullet won't Into his heart
Mrs. Williams says thai her husband
Ead no business troubles o. other di1E
rulty that would bea. out a theory IF
suicide and knows of nn enemies Of bo,
husband that could have a motive ror
his murder.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
A REAR ADMIRAL.
OF the Navy Gives Some Points on
Coffee.

A naval officer of all men has
chance to become an expert OF, coffee
and when he talks about it, naturally
knows somewhat of his subject
n certain famous (now retired) Rear
Admiral whose name can be given by
mail on request, says:
Il have Travelled this wide world over
from the Arctic to the Antarctic. and
have drank the best coffees ever grown
on this continent or in the East, made
by the best chefs. and am an expert
coffee maker myself.
"Of late noticed that there was
something wrong in my dietary and
that l was suffering from dizziness i'm
mediately after my coffee. / was be-
coming sadly constipated. something
unusual Tor Inc. l was averse to
thinking that coffee was giving me SO
much inconvenience, but thought per-
haps it would be best to reduce its
strength but 1t made no perceptibIe
Change in my feelings.
AT last | thought would venture to
try Postum Food Coffee, a preparation
that l often laughed at, as I read its
advertisements. so I purchased a small
explicitly and prepared my first cup.
was surprised to find that SO far as
taste was concerned it was all right,
besides 1t had a satisfactory feeling.
Inc next morning l found that my
bowels were moved normally. and as in
DAYS when 1 was younger and in the
prime of life. Next thing noticed
tnat when l sat down to my morning
paper and later to my mail that my
head and mind were much clearer than
they had been for a long time, and
mad no feeling of depression and lassi-
tude No one could have made me be-
lieve that change from coffee to SO
simple a liquid food could have pro-
duced such a rapid and marked change
in a persons condition. It is now
about three months since 1 began to
use Postum. l have never hankered
after coffee, do not want to see ii. for
am in excellent condition. no constipa-
ton. no Indigestion. no dizziness, no
dullness and in fact feel like new
man and ! attribute it to the change
wholly, and I may say that feel
stronger than l did three months ago
and at my age, rs, strength Is a much
needed thing. in short since I aban-
doned coffee am better natured. bet
ter conditioned, and better pleased
than ! have been for long time. The
experiment l made with Postum cost
me fifteen cents, the beneficial results
obtained cannot be calculated In dol
lars and cents. 1t takes a little more
time to make Postum Coffee than ordi-
nary coffee, but count the difference
In time as naught in comparison with
the benefits gained. think shan
try Grape-Nuts next" 'ffF'7ii NJ
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
GOVERNMENT WILL ARRAIGN
Maxim Gorky and Seven Others on
Political Charges.

st. Petersburg. Feb. IL A. Nit is
tnn intention Of the government tn
bring Maxim Gurky and seven other
authors and Iuhlicists to trial on politi-
al charges. Cove rnor General Trepo!f.
who received Tnt AssoClattd Press cor
respondent, Friday afternoon. said
The whole case is now in the hands of
the Ministry Of Justice. which is CON
Quoting the invcs stIgation. at the con
clusion of whi,h the procuator general
Will decide whether the prisoners shall
be tried by civil or military court
Turning to th" question of the pres
ent aspect of affairs, the governor gen
eral said:
I'VE have every reason to feel salts
fled. Masters and men are now on en-
cellent terms. and work is proceeding
everywhere quietly. The reception of
III Workmen by the Emperor has Great
ed the best impression.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
COMPROMISE EFFECTED.
Manufacturers and Quarrymen's Union
Settle Differences.

Quincy, MISS. Feb. 3.-A compromise
has been effected between the Granite
Manufacturers Association and the
Qrarrymcn's Union, committees of
which have been in conference endeav-
orinG to adjust differences. The quar-
rymeI ask for - cents an hour mini
mum wages. time and a half for over
time and double time for Sundays and
holidays. Cndcr the agreement the
men will receive m average wage Of
% cents. which is nj increase over the
present rate ana waive the matter of
oN ertimC.
The committee representing the man
ufacturers and the unions are conSid-
crinP differences As 20 wages and time
on the nalt Of the cutters and tool
sharpeners.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
BACK TO ELIJAH ~.
Mrs. Ruth Hofer Once Again in lions
Welcome Fold.

Chicago. Feb. 3.-Miss Ruth Hofer, the
Swiss heiress who came to Zion city last
summer, and who returned to Switzerland
two months ago. Is back in the Dowteite
head quarters. Her return. however. was
in marked contrast to the elaborate recep-
Miss Hofer who is generally believed to
be the a:fianced wife of Gladstone Dowie.
left Zior City for Switzerland 1t was re-
ported that she had had tut with John
Alexander Dowie and that she had with
drawn her financial support.
Zion officials now assert that Deacon
ess Hofer" went to Zurich on special
Ii il surmised the object of the visit was
to obtain Miss Hofers wealth. which she
desires to deposit in Zion. Miss Hofer re-
that she is still loyal to Dowie.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
RElDS AWARDED
Damages Of $1.503, 100 in Suit Aoainst
Newfoundland Government.

st. Johns. y. f. Fen, 3-Tho award
of tn" arbtratr.'s in thr claim made by
the Reid N,.N Fpuntllamd 90. against
III" New Fonniland P"vt rnment for
S2,fhS.H3S for rNrroprIaiImG the colonial
Telegraph system which the Reid 60.
mad leased FOR - years was announced.
today The lrbitratnrs award the Rci.i;
$loo3 400 with three percent Interest,";
since October ,963. making a total of
sl,Je".22 payable in lash before June
II. Each side bears its own cots, about
$50 5000
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
WORK FOR SIX MONTHS.
iron and Machine Industries in Flour
ishing Condition in West.

Chicago. Feb. 2.-Th" Iron and Ma
chincry World. today. says:
If not another or'ler is received by
III" nail and wire prnluCt and the iron
and st"el pip" mills throughout the
West. rhry VIII he Kept busy for the
next i've or six months to fill present
orders The prirr Of all of th" products
named has advanced 81 q ton during
tho last week. making total adNan""
oc 81 on nails and wire products since
last October.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
ITALIAN LODGING HOUSE
Burns in Stamford. Ct, and Occupants
Barely Escape.

Stamford. -. Feb :.-A saloon and
lodging house Owned by Michaelang"lo
Pastori here. WIs buried early. today,
and the - o"up1nts of the lodging
house all Of Wrom except four. were
Italians had bar"iE time to escape i'll
their night clothes. Some of them said
after the fire that on" man whose name
:.as not known. had hccI burned to
death. but search of the ruins made
by the firem"a failed In disclose any
trace of a victim. The loss is $500.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
CLOSE INDEFINITELY.
Boot Cotton Mills Shut Because Of
Business Complications.

LEVEL. MISS. Feb. 3-The Boot cot
ton mills will close. tomorrow, for an
indefinite period. This Was announced
by good authority, tonight When il
WAS given out earlier in the week that
the present management would retire
tomorrow, il was generally believed
that new management would then
assume charge. The plan for reorgan-
ization, however. has not been COM
plcted and il is not known when the
plant will be operated again. The op-
eratives will be paid off, next week and
only the watchmen and firemen re-
tanned.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
THIRD CONVENTION
of Penobscot County Christian En-
deavor Held in Bangor.

BANGOR Me. Feb. 3.-The third an
rual convention Of the Pehoosco'
County Christian Endeavor III Bangor
Friday. was attended by delegates
from Il societies. The session was de-
voted wholly to the transaction OF
routine business.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04

Paris. Feb st is the understanding
her. that tn" movement of the America i
squadron is a precautionary step taken
in connection with movements of the Rus
slal second Pacific squadron and Of Jap
an"SF WarShipS. \ recent dispatch said
that japanese warships had been seen in
MEASURES apply equally against the Rus
slams or Japanese. The Dutch islands of'
Sunatra and Java and the uneXplore.l
waters of southern Mindanao offer a DOS.
Sihl" rendezvous for hrlleercnt UarshipS
The Dutch government has already sent
I've WarShrS to protect the neutrality
ot Dutch waters aud th" movements Of
til" Am"ricau warShalS assume TIL" sam"
character. !, is not expected that Vice
Admiral RntcstvcnskN's squadron will
proceed I" the Far East until Joined hy
~" DIVISION oi the squadron which left
ia built tndnN.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
THE ENDOWM EMIT
School Of journalism at Columbia Has
1000 Applications.

New York. Feb 3-President Nicholas
Murray Butler of Columbia Umversity,
today made the appended statement con-
cerring Joseph Pulitzers decision to with
naliSm at Columbia until after his death !:
Columbia University and Mr.. Pulitzer
are in entire accord on all matters per-
tanning to the school of journalism. A.
an indication of the widespread interest
in the school of journalism 1t may be
worth while to say that more than 1000
applications have heen received from per
sons who contemplate entering the school
when established"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
Emperor William Entertains.

Berlin. Feb 2.-Emperor William en-
tertained Amhassado. Tow er and Alti-
son " Armour Of New York at state
dinner given at ,he palace. last night.
His Majesty who was uNcommonly ami
mated, detained his guests in conversa-
ton until midnight.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
STILL IN LIN 30.
Maxim Gorky Will Not Be Released
Without Trial.

st. Petersburg. Feb. 3.--5.30 p. NJ
The report of Maxim Gorky's release
is incorrect. -oThree of the eight mem
hcrS of the delegation to Interior Min
lister Sviatopolk Mirsky. Hessen,
Miakotin and kareieff. who were ar
rested. Jan. II. have been released.
Professionally, pending an investigation.
The others probably will be held un-
Ill they are tried.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
DECkLOAD WASHED AWAY.
The Lighter Sampson Has Hard Fight
At Sea.

ProvincctoNn Mass. Feb 3-Thc Iich-
or Sampson. bound from Boston for Var
mouth Flats in tow of tug Peter Bradley.
came into this port. today. with her deck
load of coal washed away. South of
Wood End the captain of the tug reports
extremely high seas were encountered
and as a result the coal on the deck of
the lighter was swept off while the tuo
lost her ventilator. After a hard fight
the tug succeed ded in making this port
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
GET BUSY.
Officials IN St. Petersburg Endeavor to
Better Existing Conditions.

81 Petersburg Feb. i-G.a0 a. ND
Official reports Of III" drlibcration of the
committee Of ministers on guarantees for
til observance of the laws and for the
prevention Of arbitrary conduct by off
calS. cvokcs general satisfaction. The
prnnosal I" restore the Senate'S original
character as the chief guardian Of thg
laws is described in some quarters aS the
cornerstone of the new ediiicc which is
being raised on tn" ruins of the bureau
cracY.
Special commissions Of the ministries of
the interior. finance ana Justice arc busily
studying the questions of equality peas
ants. legislation strikes ana state ipslr-
ancc for wo"km"n. which were outlined by
the impcriai ukHsc Of Dec .
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
GOODMAN WINS.
Awarded the Decision Over Burdick in
Three Rour.ds.

Portland, Ne. Feb. 3.-"kid' Cool
man vas awarded the decision over
Johnny Burdick At the end Of the third
round at the Auditorium, tonight
Goodman forced the fighting from II
@tart and BurIick vas helpless whra
the referee ended the bout
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
FIRE At BUFFALO.
inaIesde Home for Women Destroyed
One Fatality.

Buffalo, n. Y. Feb. 3-Fire. probably
of incendiary origin. tonight. destroyed a
part of the lngleside Home for Women
In panic among the 50 inmates OF the
place one woman. Mrs. Mary kyttile, was
killed and one was seriously hurt. The
fire was discovered while the women were
preparing for supper. Most of them were
on the second and third floors of the build
ing. They became panic-stricken as the
flames and smoke rapidly filled the build
ing. Mrs. kyttile succeeded in getting out
OF the building but returned for some un-
known reason and perished Mrs Mary
Orton, bed-ridden invalid was overcome
by smoke and may die. The property loss
is about $500
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
FIRST ORDERS ISSUED
By Lieut.. Gen. Miles to the Massachu'
setts State Militia.

BOSTON, Feb. ;.-G"no:.l Nelson n.
Miles issued his first general order to-
,Iay. tn the Massachusetts, Militia. tie
laws down principles for members ~
IN. national guard. They are patriot =
ism. discipline, physical development
self-respcct. self reliance and resource
fullncss and professional knowledge.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04

Three cars were reuuired to transport
tn" big crowd hOmA from the basket
ball-polo games. Thursday evening.
The arrangements; made BY the Garfi-
ner Board of Trade for these specials
is one that is meeting with praise from
the patrons of the games. many VINO
live in Augusta and who would be un-
able to attend were il not tor the con-
Nrnirucr Of TIL" late cars.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
WILL NOT MEET CUT.
WooIner Distilling CO. to Fight Trust
in Illinois.

Peoria Ill. Feb. According to y
settlement made by Samuel W"olner
H.. vice president of the Woolnrr Dis
tillinS Co. the independent dls'iIifrS
will not meet the cut OF l22ie III 'he
price of high proof spirits just an
nnunred by thc so-called trust. lhe M
derendert rricc for high proof spirits
will remain Is
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-04
SIGOURNEY IN THE LEAD.
Heads the List in Chicago Billiard
Tournament.

Chicago, eFb. 3.--W. II. Sigourney of
san Francisco. heads the winning col
umn in the amateur billiard tourna-
rlent for the national championship
now being played at the Chicago Ath-
letic Club. SigOurney defeated Rein
of Chicago, tonight, by a score of 900
to PA.
n the afternoon. Gardner of New
York. vanquished Threshie Of Boston,
900 to 100, and Schmitt of Racine dis
posed Of Stark Of Brooklyn, 300 to 275.