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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-04

over the reorganization plans. Neces-
sarily. this was of Il preliminary ma
ture because most of the new cCmmiS-
siOners were unfamiliar by personal
experience with the mechanism the old
commission has created. 1t is said that
there is no disposition TO make sudden
changes i'll it, though in the end Il more
or less complete reorganization is ex-
pecteu. Under the Presidents order
the actual headquarters of the COM
mission will be in Panama and there
probably will be Il considerable trans
fer of employees from Washington to
that place. leaving here only suffi-
Gent force to carry ON the work of the
administrative branch and to keep the
duplicate accounts. Chairman Shonts
with Governor MagOon and Engineer
Wallace will spend most of his time
inn the zone, but as the administrative
offices are directly in Mr.. Shonts
charge, he will be in Washington more
or less. The purchasing agent of the
commission probably will establish
himself in New York.
Rear Admiral F,ndicott and Col
Ernst are now engaged with import
ant duties in connection with the navy
and army. The admiral is chief of the
naval bureau of yards and docks and
Col. Ernst is not only in charge of inn
portant river and horbor work in the
neighborhood of Chicago. but is pres
ident of the Mississippi River Commits
sion and member of the lnternatiOn-
al Deep Waterway Commission, which
is to meet during the summer at To-
rOntO.
Their continuous presence on the
iStnmus is not necessary and it proba-
bly, will be quite sufficient if they are
there only long enough to attend the
regular quarterly meetings at Pana-
nia.
Col. Ernst has been detailed from
duty at Chicago and will repair to
Washington at once. Engineer Wal
lace, who is now on his way from Pam
anna. also will he here by Wednesday
or Thursday Col Ernst will continue
to art as president of the Mississippi
River Commission and a member of
the International Deep Waterway
Commission.
Governor MagOon has resigned his
present position as law officer of the
bureau of insular affairs and of the
commission.
Later in the day the new body met
at the offices of the commission and
perfected its organization. An eXecu-
tive committee composed of Chairman
Shonts. Governor MagOOn and CHIEF
Engineer Wallace was appointed.
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HALF SICK PEOPLE

Just sick enough to feel heavy-hccled, lazy
and listless; to have no appetite, to sleep badly,
tossing and tumbling about sometimes until
z or 3 O'Clock in the morning from one side
TO the other; restless and nervous, and to have
what you eat feel like lead in Your stomach:
not SICK enough to take to bed or call a doctor,
but Just sick enough to not know what to do.
Ninety-nne times ont of one hundred these
symptoms are all caused by the stomach, bow
els, liver and digestive organs. Just think for
moment what habtual neglect of the stom-
ach, bowels and liver means; sickness instead
OF health, nervous and wakeful instead OF
restful and cheerful. Now, all this can be rem
edled in one night. Smiths Pineapple and
Butternut Pills will always work wonders.
They will regulate the functions of the liver
and bowels, Immediately unload the conges-
non' cure the constipation and cleanse the
blood of impurities.
Anyone suffering from chronic constipation,
piilousness, sick headache or liver complaint
can tone up the entire system, elevate tie
spirits and again make life really we'll worth liv-
ing by single week use of Smith Pineapple
ana Butternut Pills. They will give you the
appetite OF youth, your food will agree with
you and sound, refreshing sleep will wait upon
yon. They are Natures laxative, entirely
different from anything you have ever taken
before. ana always cure sick headache, cen
stlpation and biliousness in one night. %
cents at all dealers.
All genuine signed ". F. Smith.
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INVESTIGATION
OF Consolidated Gas Co.
Develops Queer Facts.
Company Purchased Gas Of
Other Companies
And ManiE uIated Charge In Expense
Account.

New York, April 3.-Nearly three and
a half billion of the 1900, 100000 cubic
sect OF gas supplied to consumers in
New York city by the Consolidated Gas
CO., last year was purchased from the
New Amsterdam Gas Co., at the rat =
of about 81 cents per thousand cubic
feet This fact was brought out today
during the examination of BENZ. A.
Whiteley. assistant secretary of the
Consolidated ccI.lpdny before the leg
islative committee which is enquiring
into the lighting conditions in this city.
The Consolidated company supplies gas
10 consumers at 81 per thousand feet.
Mr.. Whitley testified that the Con-
so!itiated also purchased about one and
a half billion feet from other companies
at prices ranging from % cents to 40
cents per thousand cubic feet.
He explained that the gas was not
really purchased it was furnished 10
the Consolidated company under differ
eEt agreements.
Robert A. Carter. secretary of the
company who followed Mr. WhjteIey
on the stand, was asks d to explain what
disposition had been made of the s2O.-
000. GOO which was realized when the
capital stock Of the company was in
creased from So0.0G0. 900 to 800 600 900
He replied that it had been used for
CONSTRUCTION purposes.'' BY referring
to statement which had been prepar-
ed for the committee. however. Dr..
Hughes found that nearly s12 900. 900 of
this rum had been invested in corpor-
ate stock Of the city OF New York at a
lnrl to. n uhi1p q CT
holders were being paid interest OF the
sum at the rate Of six per cent Mr..
Carter explained this Was dcne because
the company might need the money ut
any time and wanted to have it avail
able. Hc did rot know that it would be
wanted in three months or even in six
months. however.
meantime, you are paying six per
cent on this 81. 900 900 out of the pro-
fits OF the company and charging up
these payments as part of the expense
of gas making?" said Mr.. Hughes.
''Procisely." replied the witnesses
Mir. Hughes announced that he would
have an expert accountant to go over
the Consolidated COS. books Ito get the
information we seek in the form asked
for it,
The remainder of the session was
taken up in the examination of Henry
NJ. Edwards. auditor Of the New Yorl.
Edison Co. Edwards testimony de-
velOped the fact that while the actual
values of the properties owned by the
Edison Company at the time of CONSOLE
d9tion with the Consolidated Gas Co.
was approximately S19500, 900. the COM
rany had outstanding stock and bond
issues aggre;gating S64.o00,000.
The committee adjourned until next
Thursday.
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TOWN ELECTIONS.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES r. j. White,
Alton Tarbell Geo. Grant: town clerk. RI.
l.. Plummer: treasurer. John yimoney
constable and collector. J. Crandall
school committee. Jos. Huntley Stanley
Clark. F. II. Adams. Amount appropriate
ed, s4l3S.
PORTAGE LAKE-Selectmen, H. f.
Coffin. l.. p. MCGOWAN. Fl. w. Stevens;
town clerk. Orren l.. Stevens; treasurer.
W. e Ross; constable and collector. ).
C.. Stevens: school superintendent. Orren
l.. Stevens: school committee. II. f. COT
fin. Mrs q. Iverson. c. O. Ross. Money
appropriated: Schools 800; roads and
bridges. 500: other purposes, $lll0
GRAND ISLE-Selectmen r. Sanfacon.
Peter Cyr Sylvan Corbin town clerk, F..
Sanfacon; treasurer. F. COrmier: cOnsta- :
biz snd collector. Peter Cyr: school SUI
perintendcnt. p. Theriault: school com
nittee. F. Cormier. Peter Cyr Zepherin
Madore. Amount appropriated, $500.
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GENERAL GREENE
Talks of Decision of Federal Venezue
la Court.

Buffalo n. V. April 3.-General Francis
V. Greene, president of the New York 4
Ber,nudez Co. when questioned today,
relative to tn. recent decision of the fed
eral district supreme court Of Venezuela
court in the action to compel the company
to pay damage to Ncrezucla for its al
legged participation in the revolution cali
ed "I.ibertadOra." said:
Last summer. l think it was June.
when the newspapers published reports
of this affair and before any Official
statements We're given out. made Il
statement DENYING all the charges that
affected me personally Later | think it
was in September or October. when tho
official statements We're published. | filed
Il deposition with the state department.
at Washington which is still on file in
Washington. where the attorney general
nav give ii out if he sees fit to do so.
Il did not Matos rs alleged did
not go aboard his ships. | did not give
Natos any money. did not write Il
draft in his favor and I did not give II
draft to MntoS. RevOnd this { do not
care to discuss the situation. The depo-
Stior filed in Washington is a fun and
complete stnter'ent ar1 is n denial of the
charges which have been made
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-04
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
Of Insurance Has Begun Investigation
Of the Equitable.

Albany. n. y. April :.-Superntcndcnt
oil Insurance Flancis Hendricks said. TO-
day. that he had begun an inNeStlgati"n
OF the affairs of the Equitable Lite As
s,Irance Society in response to requests
from President james W. Alexander and
First Vice President James ii. Hyde Oh
the society.
Announcement of the investigation was
made by Governor Higgins, tonight. He
s:id that he believed that the state s'l-
perintendent of insurance was i'll Il better
20 sitiOn to conduct rapid and eN-
haustive examination of the affairs OF IN"
company than legislative committee
Isaac VaiidcrpCOl. chief examiner for tn"
ticni rtment. will have the examination IN
charge and he will have such assistants
"a this work requires. Mr. HendrlckS
said today. that there would be no ht;ir-
ing tomorrow before him as scheduled.
on the application of the sc-callcd Grim
Minis committee of policyhOldcrs of the
F:,mtahlc Life ASsuranc" Society that he
withhold his approval from the suggested
naturalization of the company.
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LEGISLATURE ACTS.
Resolution Regarding Equitable Life
In Albany, N. Y.

Albany. ~ " April 3-Senator Brack-
EFT introduced in the Senate. tonight, II
resolution providing for Il Legislative M
ves:igation of the affairs OF the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. The resolution
provides for a Joint committee consisting
of three members of the Senate and five
members of the Assembly to ascertain
whether any improper use has been made
of the funds of the society. either tenn
Dcrary or permanent. or any waste. or
misapprODria ton, whether there has beer
am violation of law on the part OF any
director of the society with respect to
the sales of securities to the society. or
tirn receipt of commissions. or cOmpensa-
tior for such sales: whether the rates
charged for insurance and the expenses
Of the society are eXtravagant and gen.
orally whether tho society has been nan
aged honestly and with IA proper regard
to the interests of the persons interested.
The committee is givcr power to sub
pcena and enforce the attendance of wit
nessos and the production of books and
papers.
Investigation.
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NOTICE..

Taken bv virtue of an execution IN
favor of Charles Follen Adams of Boston
i'll tie Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
VS.. J. ]. Riegel of said Boston, issued on
term, 1901. of the Superior Court within
and for the County of Cumberland. state
of Maine. and will be sold by public AUG
ton at the office of Heath x Andrews, III
State of Maine, on the Goth day Of April
A. d. 1905. at three o'clock in the alter
noon, all the shares of the capital STOCK
of Automatic Time Switch Company
corporation organized under the laws Oh
Maine and having its Office at said Angus
ia, belonging to or standing in the name
of said j. j. Riegel, on the sd day Oh
March, A. D. 1904. ut ten O'Clock ana I'VE
minutes in the forenoon, the day WIFI
the same were attached on the orleh'"
writ in said execution. ,,..
Dated Augusta. Maine. March isun' ~
n 1905 Hlcn-otc,,
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The EQUITABLE
10 Be Investigated by
the State Legislature.
President AIexander's Non
Commital Statement.
Goes Not Wish to Embarrass Boari
of Directors.

New York. April 1.-The most i'm
port"nt DEVELOPMENT in the Equitable
Life Assurance Society's affairs, to-
DAY. WJs the announcement. tonight
ny Governor Higgins at Albany and by
President james w. Alexander of the
society in this city. that the state SUI
ptrintendent of insurance, Francis
Hendricks. had begun an investigation
Ct The companys affairs. This was fall
lowed by the introduction i'm the state
Senate. tonight. of resolution pro-
Vlding for legislative investigation of
the Equitable. The resolution was pre-
scented by Senator Bracket.
In IN authorized statement, tonight,
President Alexander says:
ct has been my settled purpose to
avoid as far as possible, Il iscussion
in the public press of the merits of any
phase of the contrOve: sizes now exist
i'!g Within the Equitable Life Assur-
ahce Society. 1t is property Il matter
Of concern with me to avoid dhy OK
preston which will em5arrass the
board of directors in the discharge OF
its duties of that society. or any indi-
NidCal. | am confirmed in this resolve
by the fact that an examination or the
society was asked for by me through Il
letter addressed to the superintendent
of Insurance on Feb. y. 1905. This ex-
ainilittion is now in progress. Its re-
suits will establish the truth or falsity
of many matters which are now being
alleged on the one hand and contfo-
verified on the other.
an Il signed statement issued by the
vice president of the society, James H.
Hyde. on Saturday. April l. 1909 GER
tail. statements We're made which L
cannot allow to pass unchallenSed. He
says that the charges that have been
made against him have their origin in
an effort by individuals to obtain con-
troll of the Equitable Society and its
assets. TN the part of myself and the
other officials of the society who are
associated with me in this movement,
/ desire to deny that our action is in
f:uenced by any motive except desire
10 discharge our duty as officers of the
society.
Mr. Hyde further says that he has
exercised 10 power except with the
presidents concurrence. In reply l as
presidents authority and his habitual
action without the consent or the
knowledge of the president of the So
ciety are among the subjects of seri-
Gus criticism against his conduct as an
officer of the society.
Mr.. Hyde's request for an examir.a-
ton OF the society's affairs by the SUI
perintcndent of insurance must b..
viewed as an acQuiesence in my course
in this respect. which a few days ago
Mr. hyde was disposed TO regard as
taken without authority.
Il have thus far made 10 denial Of
the frequent assertion that as one of
the trustees of the Hyde stock l am
vested with the voting power upon it.
The trust expressly provides that no
vote shall be cast upon the Hyde
shares at any election of the society
by the three trustees, except for per-
son approved by Mr.. James Fl. Hyde.
who is also one of the trustees.
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YOUNG CORBETT
And Erne Spar Six Rounds In phil,
deIps1ia, Penn.

rn n,,lde iin april $;-Young Ccrbctt of
spared six rounds at the Wasbin@,ry,
sporting club, tonight Corbett W. ~ fI't
ana fought wildly. frequently misiuda hae
ad Oh e1st ;,r ana many OF his blows land,
Erne. while active. was tiInid and r mnnI
hugging. '''iig and
In the third round Emo was en-, n,.or
the eye. and in the sixth Corbntt's ,,",,,I
was bleeding. In the same round Cnrh,,tt
rushed Erne through tn" ropes l,rn.,
landed the greater number OF blows ~
bett tried to stop Erne repeatedly and
Se"cral times cOuntered on Er;,c'S ~
but his blows lacked strength. I-nd,, ~
law n" decision can be given in this CITY
hut the SnectatOrS arpearnd to be- of ~
opinion that the fight was a draw wv
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NOTICE..

Taken nv virtue OF an execution III
favor of Charles Follcn Adams at bos.oi
in the Commonwealth of Massachns c,,,i
vs.. W. Fl. Gilman Of said Boston; ,r rs
on judgment recovered at the IL JaE Cn,,rt
term, 1905. of the Supreme Judic,ti Iva
state of Maine, and will be sold by pun
drews in Augusta. in the County OF 81
nebec and State of Maine. on inc 7ot n d tha
of April. A. D. 1905. at three c .,o cnnit,l
stock Of Automatic Time. Switch 11,oe CON- IN,
pany. a corporation organized una g,re 'n nt
laws of Maine and having Its o',ice in IN
said Augusta, belonging to or ssdh1 an the
18th dav of February. A. D. 1904, me datc
1 when the same were attached on inc
original writ in said execution. ,r,h
DATED Augusta, Maine, March racb issn; ct
d. 1906. - --
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SAN DOMINGO DEBTS.
Island Government Must Stand Ex
penses of the Commission.

Washington. April 3.-SecretarN Taft of
tn" war department. and Acting Secr"ti-
ny Lnomis of the State department. had
consultation today. and decided to send
Il cable message to Minister Dawson Civ
ing the terms on which the men nomi-
mated by the United States to collect the
revenues of TIE Dominican government
would go to San Domingo. with the re-
quest that Mr.. Dawson ascertain if these,
terms would he satisfactory to the Do
minican government.
The terms are that all expenses of the
men designated shall be borne by the Do
mincan government: that Mr.. Cotton. tn"
chief OF the collectors. shall receive 4
alary of 500 a month and the other col
lectnrs salaries to be agreed on by Mr.
Cotton and Mr. Morales when the col
lectorS reach the island.
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A COAL DEALER
Living in Boston Fatally
Wounds His Wife
And Then Turns the Revolver
Upon Himself.
Dauqhter's Death Affected Aged
Mans Mind.

Boston. April 3.-Frank Noyes, aged
60 years, Il coal dealer. living at II
Hamlet street. shot, and it is feared
fatally Woundcj his wife Katherine
Louise, aged 5S years, tonight. and
then shot himself. Ncyes died i'm
mediately. and his wife is in ii c"iti-
cal condition 1T the hospital. The
police say that the shooting followed
Il quarrel between the couple, when
Noyes returned hu:ac late tonight a
daughter. Alice. % years ola. died six
weeks ago. and il is said that her
death appeared to affect the mind Of
her father
Moves and his wife have four chill
dren. and the family is we'll known
in the Dorchester district. where they
reside.
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LOSS OF $4,000
Cashier Admits That Lorain Bank Viii
Lose At Least 100000.

Lorain. Ohio. April 3.-A director of
the closed Citizens Savings Bank is
responsible for the statement that the
shortage in the bank may reach $132.-
600. Counsel for the accused man said,
tonight. that he did not believe the
shortage would be so large. that it
would not exceed S1O2, 900. He said that
Cashier kanen admits that the dscrep
ancy NAV be S1u2 900.
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MISS SUSIE BABCOCk
Disappears From Fer Home In Mil
ford, N. H.-Suicide?

Milford. n. H.. April 3.-MisS Susie p.
Eabcock. daughter of Rev. u. {. Bah
cock of this town. who disappeared from
her home, yesterday. had not returned up
to O'Clock this afternoon, and no trace
of her had been found. In the fear that
she may have committed suicide, search
ers have dragged the river without result
Miss Rahcock has been in iii health for
several years.
The search for the missing woman was
continued until dark without result. To-
morrow. tho search vii! he renewed. and
large party of officers and citizens will
DRAG Railroad pond and Il neighboring
brook
Nothing developed during the day to
throw light upon the case
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COM MITS SUICIDE
Agent of Storey Cotton Co. Broods
Over Troubles.

New London, Conn. April 3-F'ranll
Smith, local agent of the Storey Cot
ton Company. whom il is alleged at
tempted to commit suicide Severa:
days ago as the result of the expo
sure of the company's condition took
another dose of poison, today. at his
store and died soon after. He was III
terested in the defunct concern. and.
it is claimed. brooded over the fact
that ne induced many persons To in
vest .neir money with it.
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NOTICE..
To Owners or Keepers Of Dogs.

To Owners or Keepers OF Oo9S'
Ten dollars fine, and. in addition ADDITION a ars
to be killed, if following PROVISIONS "''
not complied with: r,, do. except
,,an Ie Covered by special license, must
tnoSe arord his neck collar distinctly
name e, and registered number. - civ a,-
inc law I', nn,se ali dogs within the
G faeF not IL licensed and cared EXCEPT ,sert
those os aforesaid, to be destroyed ' nfter
issued within .t ten days as enter art
May l. and in addition tm wpers or Keepers
v Who are subject to fine of ten dollars Lr
VI" Licenses ems are payable. to Frank g. Far
rington, City Clerk. mil, no strictly
Thn foregoing provisions Will DC s''''''
enforced. HENRY NJ BREEN..
City Marshal.
mch28eod2w
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A NEW PLAN
To Restore the Patriarchate of Rus
STA.

St. Petersburg April 3.-The Holy
Synod has yielded to the request pre-
ferred at the recent meeting of three
metrOpOltans and a number of hish-
ops. that the church request the En-
peror to summon in the spring from
AL Russia a council of the true
church to revise the management OF
the church and restore the patriarch
ate of Russia.
Senator Sabler. the aide of Pro-
curator General PObedOnOStSeff de-
clares that the procurator general is
also convinced of the necessity for
greater freedom of the church. and
says he will not oppose the proposed
change.
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CARPENTERS QUIT.
Contractors Refuse Demands and
Then There Is Trouble.

Lewiston. Nc. April 3.-'Thc local car
pentcrs, with Il few exceptions. quit work
this morning. as Il result of the con-
tractors refusing to comply with their de-
mands for an advance in wages of -
cents per day. A few of the contractors
mo have work under way that must be
finished at Il given time. made temporary
arrangements with few OF the car
penters to work, granting their requested
increase in pay.
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$4,000 LOSS
BY Fire In Village Of NasonviIIe
Rhode Island.

Nasonville +. J.. April 3.-F'ire which
DESTROYED several buildings in the neigh
boring village of Mohegan. this afternoon
caused Il loss of S2a ono. Sparks from a
burning barn. the property of F'ayette f.
Bartlett. were blown into the fields and
woods and the flames from there jumped
into the bottling works and ice house Of
tho Great Western Hotel and to the vii
lage SchOolhOuSc.
The bottlinC works. ice house and
school building were destroyed, but the
hotel was saved in Il damaged condition
Rartletts loss is $4,000. The loss to the
hotel property is in excess Of this figure
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Pc RSONAL.

Rev. FIR. d. ]. Leonard, writing from
Cambridge, n. Y. says Il young iaoS
of his parish was rescued from QUICK
consumption by the use Oh fatner
Johns Medicine. she Is now wei anu
very grateful for her recovery, says
FIR. Leonard.
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AN EXPLOSION
CONTINUED from Page One,
was so disabled that # wo,,,

entrance was so disabled that If ,.o,,,.,
take weeks to repair il.
In the effort to recover the entonho,
men, i've rescuers were overcome 81.
atter-danip. All the searchecs for n.y.
men below were let down by hand ard
III two Instances the man abov. ~
nearly overcome by gas.
IRE workman killed at the s,,rfs.,.
WAS in the tipple. 40 feet above oro,,,-,
Three others near MIN uera f.,r.',,'
wounded