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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Work Of Drafting the Treaty Begun at kitbIy
Navy Yard--Japan Is Silent on Inception Of
the News Russian People Pleased, but Mill
tay Party, Which Hates witte and Expected
Him to Fail, Is Wild With Rage--More About
the Terms Of Peace
DRAFTING THE TREATY.

Portsmouth, n. H.. Aug. 30.-The
Portsmouth" began, today. 1t is being
done py Mr.. de Martens and Mr.. Den
nison acting as legal advisors for the
respective sides. While the bases
of peace have been accepted by the
plenipotcntiaries considerable detail
remains 10 be worked out in the elab-
Grafton Of the articles of the treaty
This is especially true in regard to
the articles dealing with the Chinese
Eastern Railroad and the surrender OF
the leases of the Lao Tung peninsula
and Port Arthur and Talicn Wan
Dalny). NJ. Pokotiloff, the Russian
minister to Pekin. who was formerly
manager of the Russo Chinese Bank
at r.. kin and who has an intimate
knowledge of all the details relating
to those matters is assisting NJ de
Martens.
4 very anomalous situation exists
as to the impression created by the
conclusion Of peace. While the out
side world applauds in Japan there is
evidently great disappointment in the
terms, and in Russia where il would
joicing over the great diplomatic vic
tory NJ. Witte has won the govern
ment seems to have received it coldly
With the People, il will make Nj. White
a popular figure and add to his laurcls
but at court evidently the very victory
NJ. Witte has achieved makes it all
the more bitterly resented.
1t is al open secret that the "mili-
tary party" hates and fears Witte and
that when the Emperor appointed him
chief plenipotcntiary, they expected
him to fail. They did not want peace
and it was freely predicted in st. Pc
tersburg when NJ. Witte left that he
had been given an impossible mission
and sent to American t. ''break his
neck" They expected him to fail in
the negotiation or to make a "bad
peace" and either would have spelled
political ruin
Instead. upon the very terms upon
which the Emperor told Mr.. Meyer he
would like peace and upon which the
military party did not believe it pos
sible for peace to be negotiated, NJ.
Witte succeeded in securing n treaty
honorable and under the circumstances
favorable to Russia.
This has evidently only exasperated
his enemies the more and intrigue is
again at work to discredit him. Since
Japan was in a conciliatory mood. they
now say he made IA mistake in sur
rendering half of Sakhalin. Yet he did
so by the Cars orders and himself in
sists that personally he would have
stuck to the end of his original declar-
alton not to cede territory or give in
deInnity.
Not a word or line about the receipt
Of the news has come from japan.
In view Of the situation, both at To-
kio and st. Petersburg, alarmsts are
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31

The afternoon races were the event
of the day. and the grandstand was
packed to the limit with interested
spectators. Fully 5000 people were in
the grandstand and ON the bleachers.
and that was only part of the i'm
mense attendance at the fair.
The two races scheduled We're the
go ana the 2.14 classes and both fur
nished some clean ana exciting rae
ing. In the go class. Mildreth Il. was
favorite. but she was bothered by
the hoppleS in the second heat, and
fell, as a result being diStanccd. The
crowd wanted the horse to be admitted
To the third heat. and when she was
ruled out by the judges. the express
sion of disapproval was loud and
vehement. In the 2.14 class Decima
Dean who won the first two heats and
was supposed to be an easy winner.
was headed in The third by Beatrice
Greeley. and the conclusion of the
race was postponed. until Thursday,
on account of the approaching dark
ness.
Another interesting feature was the
matched race between Roam Wilkes
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
AFTER FAITHFUL SERVICE
Head Of Corean Customs Is to BE
Ousted by Japan.

Seoul, Aug. 30.-John McLeavy
Brown, who for IL years past has been
at tn" head of the Corean customs, is
to b" dismissed. This is probably due
to the fact that the customs adminis-
tration will be undertaken by NJ,
Megato. the Japanese adviser of the
Corean government, and is part of his
general plan to reorganize Corean
finances.
1901. Russia attempted to GUST
Brown, who was retained. however
owing to the support of the govern
ments of Great Britain and America.
director Brown lighted the coast and
improved the harbors during his long
service in the department, which was
me only one honestly administered in
the governments " -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
WILL BE COURT MARTiALED?
Sec. eonaparte Says Captain Young
Must Explain Bennington Disaster.

Washington. Aug. 3o.-secretary
Ronararte, To-Day, acted upon the find
ings Of the court OF inquiry in the case
of the Bennington explosion. He dis
approved Of SO much of the findings as
declare that the Bennington was Tin an
excellent state of discipline and good
and efficient condition. ut the time OF
the explosion and is particularly severe
in his comment upon the failure of o.
ticers 20 look after the safety valves.
He further says that the court of in
quiry's failure to make any finding
respecting the captain 9: the ship,
Lucien Young. does not meet his APP
prevail and he therefore declares that to
clear himself Capt. Young must appear
before a courtmartiaI. Ensign Charles
Il. Wade, who was in charge of the
machinery is also ordered before =
cOurtmartial.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Two Sailors Finally Res
cued by Bark Thorean
After Three Days Without Food
or Water Adrift in a Boat.
Men Were Members Of Fishing Schooner
VaIbfe losI OFF Grand Banks, Aug. II.

st. John, n. B., Aug. 3D.-After drift
ing about in a dory through a dense
fog bank for three days without food
or water. Fred j. MUS" and Ramie S.
Hubbard, two fishermen of Gloucester
Mass, vessel, were rescued by the
Swedish bark Thoraan ana arrived, In
this city. today. The men. who were
members Of the crew OF Tie Gloucester
fishing schooner Valky"ic, We're lost in
the fog while setting trawle off the
Grand Banks on Aug II.
Every effort was made to find their
vessel, but without success, and rs
they We're without supplies of any kind,
their suffering was great. On Aug. IA.
the Swedish bark ThOrcan. bound to
Bucktouchc, ~ b., sighted the boat in
which the men wera lying exhausted
and almost unconscious.
The local consul will arrange for their
return 10 their homes in Nova Scotia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31

Herring are selling at 81 a hogshead
ut Eastport and so plentiful are they
that more are available than the fac
tories can handle. Every weir in Quod-
DIV waters is filled to overlooking each
tide. while over Jonesport way the fish
are said to be very scarce. While out
side weir owners get only 50 for their
fish those who are under contract with
sho SeacOast Canning Co. are being
paid the price agreed upon for the sea-
son, a a hogshead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
FiALA ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
After Unsuccessful Attempt To Locate
the North Pole.

New York, Aug. 30.-tnthony Fiala,
commander Of the Zeiglrr polar expe-
diti"n. arrived in this city. today. on
~" steamer Oceanic from Liverpool.
N" expedition under Fiala. consist
'hI ~ two ships, left Norway. June.
I-"'". ana was relieved by the Terra
Now under command Of W. s. Champ.
whose ship arrived at Honningsvaag,
-\fN-y. Aug. 10 last.
Among the other passengers on the
''"Hri" WAS Chief Justice Fuller Of the
I ui,d States supreme court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Issued By France to the
Sultan Of Morocco.
Foreign Office Insists On Re-
lease Of Algerian Merchant.
Sultan Refuses and France Instructs Minis
ter 10 Take Drastic Measures.

Tangier. Morocco. Aug. 3O.-The
Sultan has replied by letter to the
French minister, st. Rene TailIandier,
that he continues to regard the re-
Gently arrested French Algerian mer-
chant, BCuZian, as a Moroccan sub
ject and will refuse to comply with
the demand of the French government
for his liberation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
OBSERVED AT CAPITAL.
The Eclipse Partially Obscured by
Clouds and Only Partial.

Washington. Aug. 30.-The eclipse
of the sun. today, was only partial at
this point, and for a part Of the time
of its durati the sun was obscured
by clouds. Nevertheless the phenome-
non was observed at the United States
naval observatory.
The sun was never obscured to the
extent of more than six-tenths of it's
diameter and the observation attain
ed its maximum at $50 A. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Both VoSuviuS and StrOnl-
boil Are in Operation.
People Near StFomboIi in Panic
and Leaving in Haste.
Both Throwing Out Great Quantities Of
Lava, With Deep RumnIings.

Messina. Sicily, Aug. 30.-Thc anci-
ent crater of the island of StrOmboli
is in full eruption and is ejecting
heavy mass Of lava. Dense smoke
hangs over the island. Panic prevails
in the villages around the volcano and
the villagers are leaving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
ECLIPSE OUT OF SIGHT.
Cloudy Sky Prevents Observatory Off
Gals From Studying Phenomenon.

Cambridge, Mass, Aug. 30.-Obser-
vations Of the suns eclipse at the
Harvard observatory, today. were i'm
possible because of the clouds. AL
though the conditions were disap-
pOintment to the observatory officials
the local study of the eclipse would
rot have been followed by any scienti-
fc result
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
No Observation in New York.

New York. Aug. 3O.-The partial
eclipse Of the sun, which was due to
be seen il New York early. today. was
completely obscared by clouds AMI
fOGgY atmosphere.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
PARTLY CLOuDY-COOLER.

Washington. Aug. 30.-ForecaSt for
New England Partly cloudy, Thurs
day; cooler in south portion: Friday.
fair, fresh 10 brisk. west Ia northwest
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
VESUvIUS IN ERUPTION.
Lava Being Thrown Out and Deep
Rumblinss Are Heard.

Naples, Aug. 30.-Mount Vesuvius is
in eruption and is throwing out an
enormous mass of lava. Rumblings
are heard in the interior of the Greater
and lava is flowing down the right side
Of the cone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31

Petitions in bankruptcy have been
filed by james b. Waterman, Il labor
or Of Belfast, with liabilities at 1915;
Moses l.. Morrcll, Sangerville. liabili-
ties. s611.5o: Joseph w. Blaisdell Fair
field. Liabilities, $3.50. and assets at $500,
consisting Of real estate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Or. Salmon Exoner.t..I

Mas'lhg,on. Aug. 3O-A report OF
s l: McCabe of the agricultural
department. made public, today ex-
oherateS DIR. Salmon. chief of a b,reau
H.. IN, Una. department. from any wrong
fui act u the conduct of his huraan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
STATE OF sEQuOYAH
chosen As Name by Indian Territory by
Statehood Constitutional Committee.

Muskngec. i. T.. Aug. 3O.-The state
mood constitutional committee. YES
terday. agreed upon the name Sequo-
yam for the nam" of the commonwealth.
IL was also decided tn make rrohibi-
u"n \ part of the organic law and
to issue bonds for $4,000 coo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
PERHAPS FATALLY CUT.
Charles Rich, Boothbay Harbor, in
Critical State-Theo. Giton Arrested.

Boothbay IIarbor, Nc, Aug. 30.-Thco-
dore Clifton was arr;ligned in court charG-
ed with assault with a dangerous weapon
ON Charles Rich. Both of the men are
lobster catchcrs. The alleged assault
was committed, last night. Rich received
Il bai cut extending from the throat down
across the breast. ana also several gaShcS
in the arm. The police claim that Giton
inflicted these wounds with his jackllr,ife
The men had not been on friendly terms
Tor some time.
Rich is in a critical condition and il IS
feared that he will not survive. II: court.
today. Clifton WAS held in $1,000 bonds for
4 further hearing on Monday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Boston Forecast,

Boston, Aug. 30.--Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity: Thursday. partly
cloudy with occasional showers. fresh
northwest winds. Friday, generally
fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Uncle Sans Daily Business.

Washington, Aug. 30.-Government
receipts: From internal revenue $751;
SOS: customs. $685. miscellaneous
s31,106. Expenditures. s1.S90,000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

This story was told by an old physi-
clan who had practiced for nearly fifty
years in Il small country town. One
day he was summoned TO farmhouse,
where he found a woman in high fe-
yer and evidently exceedingly i'll. He
said to her husband, who was the only
other person in the house:
Your wife is very sick and must
have nothing to eat except milk and
beef tea, but l want you to give her a
cup of one or the other every two
hours" When he came the next morn
ing and asked about his patient her
husband said:
THAT beef tea don't agree with her,
doctor; it certainly don't. She began
to feel bad as soon as she took it."
That's odd said the doctor You
didn't give her any little bits of the
meat in it, did you?"
mo, sir; strained it first on account
Of the grounds
Grounds" roared the doctor. what
did you make that beef tea out off,
Corn beef and the best green tea. l
boiled 'em together all yesterday after
noon to get the strength out But 1t
don't agree with her, doctor: it certain
" don't"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

In the early days Of dentistry a hicko-
ry plug was put into the cavity to fill
the space where a tooth ought to be.
This plug had to be gently pounded into
its desired position. Old Judge Peck
ham was somewhat addicted to strong
language and when the dentist began
his work the judge INDUCED in some
classic comment. AS the tapping Of the
plug continued he threw all dignity to
the four winds of heaven, and his Ian
guage became decidedly more forcible
than elegant" When, however he arose
from the chair, after what seemed to
him an inte"minahle period of agony,
he pulled out all the stops in his vocab-
ulary for a grand climax. The impress
sion on his listener seems to have been
deep and lasting. AS the judge passed
out the dentist grimly remarked to a
waiting patient:
wasn't it beautiful? 1t wasn't really
necessary to pound half so long but l
did so enjoy his infection that almost
pounded the hickory plug into splinters.
Wonderful command of language the
Judge hasw-National Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
A Perfect Nose.

Nothing is more rare than a really
perfect nose-that is, one which unites
harmony of form, correctness of pro-
portion and proper affinity with the
other features.
The following are, according to the
rules of art the conditions requisite -
the beauty of this organ:
The nose should have the same length
as the forehead and have slight de-
preston at its root. From its root to
Its extremity it should follow a per
fectly straight line. and come exactly
over the center of the upper lip. The
bridge of the nose, parallel on both
sides, should be a little wider in the
center. The tip should be neither too
thin nor too fleshy, and its lower out
line neither narrow nor too wide. The
lobes must be gracefully defined by a
slight depression. Seen sideways, the
lowest part of the nose will have but a
third of its total length.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
LINING ALFALFA.
New Jersey Wrinkle With the Great
Western Fornge Crop.


Numerous unsuccessful attempts
have been made in central New Jersey
to secure q profitable growth of this
wonderful forage plant The seed
terminates promptly, and often
quick growth of the plant follows, to
be Smothered by weeds or to turn vel
low and dwindle away. No more per-
siStent eXperinenter is known than
John Z. Nelson. who owns a farm in
Monmouth county. on which he has
spent $1,JCO in experimenting with al
falfa. After repeated failures on the
farm he abandoned field experiments
and resorted to Il garden plot, where
lie could watch the plants and study
them more closely. Here he learned
two things which perhaps constitute
the key to success. Lining the small
piece Of ground heavily, he changed
the time of sowing to July. y growth
of seventy-two inches resulted. and
Mr.. Nelson thought he saw the way
clear to farm crop of this desirable
fodder
lie sowed in August, 1902. a field of
two and One-third acres after heavily
lining it. using thirty pounds of seed
to the acre, and the next spring added
400 pounds of bone dust. In 1903 he
made light cuttings and in 1904 cut
over thirteen tons, weighed when ready
for the barn. A later growth of TWEEN
ty inches was left uncut, probably
equal to two and half tons.
Mr. Nelson plowed ten acres of corn
ground last spring and sowed fifteen
bushels of cOwpeas. These he plowed
under in August and added five tons
of lime. He then sowed the field with
alfalfa, scattering over the surface
ton of soil from alfalfa fields in Onon-
daga county, \. Y. On this field there
are a good stand of alfalfa and a few
weeds. The soil has become inOculated
with the alfalfa bacteria, and if such
incubation materially adds to the pro
ducing power of the field Mr.. Nelson
may look in 1906 for a hundred tons
of cured alfalfa hay from this ten acre
field. concludes a Rural New Yorker
correspondent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

Some people think it would be i'm
possible to boil less than whole chick
en- to produce a satisfactory result. and
as an invalid can only eat a very small
portion, the rest would have to be
eaten by other persons-a needless ex-
travagance. as a half or even a quarter
of fowl can be prepared thus, and so
both monotony and waste can be avoid
ed
If possible, stew the piece in stock,
enor"h to cover the chicken, but if this
is not at hand put an onion, a carrot
and a few pieces of bacon rind into the
water to give it flavor Bring the
liquid to the boil. put in the piece of
chicken, boil for minute and then
pull back the pan off the fire and sim
mer gently until the chicken is tender.
When it is done take it out and make
sauce by adding to one cupful of the
stock in which it was boiled four table
spoonfuls of milk and beaten egg.
Stir this over the fire for minute or
two. but do not let it boil, and serve
while hot
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Your watch Is a Compass.

Most men who own a good watch"
said a jeweler. think they know all
about it. They have the number fixed
in their memory in case it is stolen.
They could probably pick it out from
fifty other watches with their eyes
shut But how many men know that
their watch is a compass and will tell
north from south as accurately as it
will tell the time of day? Stanley, the
explorer. did not know it until he had
CROPPED his way through the dark CONT
nent and net a Belgian sailor on the
coast Every watch is a compass. If
you point the hour hand to the sun.
the south is exactly halfway between
the hour and the figure MI on the
dial. Suppose. for instance it is 4
O'Clock. Point the hand indicating 4
to the sun and II on the watch is eX-
actly south If it is s O'Clock. point the
hand indicating to the sun and the
figure y on the dial is due south. No
man need get lost if he carries a
watch"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
Lion Signs In England,

In the middle ages the country houses
of the nobility in England when the
owners were absent were used as hos
tells for travellers. The family arms al
ways hung in front of the house, and
gave it a popular name among travel
ers, who called lion "gules" or azure
simply red" or "blue" AS these were
limitations of good cheer and enter
tainment. innkeepers adopted the idea.
Lions have always been, and are
now, very favorite signs in England;
lions white, black, red, brown, golden,
yellow-red being the most common.
Probably the Red Lion originated
with the badge of John of Gaunt duke
of Lancaster, who married the daugh-
ter Of Don Pedro, king of Leon and
CASTLE, and who adopted the lion. ram
pant gules of Leon to represent his
claim to the throne. Under Richard
and John lions became the settled
arms of England, and were generally
used by those who could find any
claim.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07

There is a story Of Carlyle in his old
age having taken the following fare
well in his broadcast Scotch of young
friend who had had him in charge for
walks and who. willie almost always
adapting himself 10 Carlyle'S mood,
had on 4 single occasion vcntured to
disagree with him: Il would have you
TO know. young man, that you have the
capacity of being the greatest bore in
Chrstendom.' The boredom had con
sisted solely In the rather negative sin
of not having been convinced of the
truth Of one of Carlyle's dogmas. sin
all the more heinous because, instead
OF standing boldly up to Carlyle and de
claring his doctrine utterly perverSe.
the companion had betrayed his weak.
ness by an apologize tone.
Now. Carlyle liked disciples, and he
respected antagonists, but he could not
endure being merely thwarted without
being thoroughly reused He felt in
that case that lac had made no impress
sion at all ON his interlocutor. that he
had neither won him nor excited him
10 resistance. And nothing bored him
so much as that or course il is only
exceptionally despotc minds that are
bored in this way.--Londou Spectator
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-07
AN ODD VERDICT.
Why an Indians Horse Was DeclaF-
eel Winner of Race.


eel Winner of IL Race.
A man who has Travelled extensively
in the west among other anecdotes told
this one:
Il was present at horse race in
New Mexico one day. where horse
belonging 10 an Indian had been
matched against a swift footed pony
which was the property of a cowboy.
The pony was known by the white
men to Ice a better racer than the other
animal, ana the race had been ar
ranged FOR the purpose of fleeing the
redskins. I'm impr0mptu course Of 2
mile had been arranged, and the race
was to hc four times over the course
Tie cowboys gave their rider instruc-
tionS to hold the pony back until the
finish SO that they could induce the In
dams to make big bets.
The Indians horse took the lead at
the start and retained it, The cowboys
Offered more money rs the race pro
greSsed, and the Indians. seeing their
horse in the lead, took the wagers. So
IL went uutl three ana half miles
had been covered and the Indians had
bet all their possessions against the
money of the cowboys Then the COW
boy rider put the spurs to the pony.
He passed the horse in the last quarter
and crossed the line five lengths ahead.
There Were three judges. Two Of
them were Indians, and the other was
a cowboy. We win" cried the cow
boys and started to collect the bets,
when the Indian judges interposed.
18th, uh,' they grunted, Indians
horse win" -
Flows that? shouted the cowboys.
Didn't the pony come III first?
But Indians horse was in front
most of the Way Indians win, came
the final DECISION of the two Indian
Judges, and there was no appeal
Louisville Courier-Journal.