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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-16

Much routine matter was rushed
through the morning session at at 1880
O'Clock owing to the latenesS of the
hour. and the number of important
matters assigned for consideration. it
was voted to adjourn until $50 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
The matter first considered at the
afternoon session was the bill to permit
free SEEMING east of the Penobscot
river. a bill which has been supported
on one side by the sardine packers OF
the eastern part of the State and OPP
posed strongly on other by the people
living along the coast of Washington
and Hancock counties. who conduct a
weir fishing business.
1t is claimed by the opponents Of the
bill that hundreds of fishermen living
along the coast depend entirely on their
weirs for an existence and to deprive
them of such Il right would be crime.
1t is said that if free SEEMING were al
lowed that it would practically destroy
the weir fishing industry. The bill
provides for free SEEMING for 10 weeks
in the fall east of the Penobscot and
within 500 feet of either side of the
mouth of Il weir.
After one of the warmset debates of
the session. participated in by Repre-
sentatives Baldwin of Boothbay Har-
Dor. Newcomb of East Machias. and
O'Brien of Lewiston. in favor of the
bill and Representatives johnson OF
Waterville, Tracey of Winter Harbor
Hanson of Machiasport. and Treworgy
of Surry. i'm opposition. the House by q
vote of 95 to 25 refused to sustain Mr.
Raldwin's motion that report "A" OF
the committee on shore fisheries "ough
to pass on the bill be accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Tracey. report "B'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-16
TO PENSION FiREMEN.
o'i Passed In Senate to Permit Bangor
to Aid Her Firemen.

A bill was introduced by Senator
Stetsan of Penobscot in the
senate, Wednesday morning. rela-
,ihS TO pensioning members of
| 'ne police department of the
CITY OF Bangor. The bill provides that
pension Of 81 day shall be paid by
the. city of Bangor. First to any
| MEMBER Of said department who shall
pe certified to the city council of said
lily as being permanently incapacitat-
Gu, either mentally or physically. by
INJURIES sustained through no fault Of
| MS IN the actual performance of duty.
ior further performing Of duty as such
member.
second. to any member of said de-
'"i'liieht who has performed faithful
service therein for period of not less
man 20 years if. in the judgment of the
poiice examining board of said CITY
such member is incapacitated for fur
'hef useful service in said department
section .. \ pension of 50 for each
DAY is hereby provided for. to be paid
py said city to any member of said de-
partnient who. through no fault of his
ana which in the performance of his
"f11cial duty shall receive injuries caus-
ing his death or totally disabling him
Tor labor-while living. or while SO dis
abled: and on and after his decease
the same to be paid to his widow. if
any-if no widow, to the guardians of
mis- children-if two or more-pro rata;
II out one. and if more when but one
remains under II years of age 81 to
That one. for each day until they sev-
orally arrive at the age of II years.
Section g., All persons pensioned
under the provisions Of this act shall.
IN case of emergency. upon call of the
mayor of said city, or chief of police,
be liable to temporary service in the
police department for which he is fit
ted. and during such service shall be
entitled to one-half pay in addition to
his pension.
Section 5. This act shall take eff
rect upon its acceptance by two-thirds
or the members of each board of the
city council"
IhlS DILL was passed to be engrOssed
without reference to q committee I'M
der suspension of the rules
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-16
At a business meeting of the Pianelli

At a business meeting of the Pianell
Fencing club held last evening. at the
club rooms. a committee of arrange
mcn1s for the coming visit Of the Ban
COR team was elected. consisting of the
following members: F. w. Lee. C. F..
Bilodeau. and :. A. Per.ey. The con-
test will take place during the last
week in March. probably on the even
ing of the 3Oth. if that date be agree
able to the members OF the Bangor
club. 1t is desired that all members
bear in mind that the regular annual
meeting and election OF officers occurs,
Wednesday evening, March %. at S
O'Clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-16

of ought not to pass was then adont
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-16

Lindsey Ellis. one of the employees a.
tho mil, of the Cushnm Paper Co.. me:
with a painful accident Wednesday ar
ternoon. by cutting the middle finger
Of his left hanl quite badly, with 4
scrapcr. The wound was dressed by
DIR. g. r. Campbell. and a number of
stitches were required in order to close
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-16
;556 REWARD FOR WOMEN
uuo CANNOT BE- CURED

,....d up by over third of a century
bac.rtable and uniform cures, a record
Of iem as no other remedy for the diseases
suen . - peculiar to women ever
snd the proprietors and makers of DR..
atialnS, Fayorite Prescription now feel
n PER- varranted in offering to pay $500 in
iriIy, money of the United States, for any
lsaaTeucorrhea, Female Weakness, Pro-
ease " or Falling of Womb which they
h psus' cure. Ali they ask is a fair and
canns ,hle trial of their means of cure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15

you can fool most any sort of man
most any time in the day if you are earn
est about it" said the Chicago drummer
FOR a good many years chap named
Jim Lee was one Of US, and he could put
up a job and keep the straightest face Of
any man ever saw He died about a
wear 90 and I presume the whole agricul-
turaI population Of Indiana rejoiced over
eOne day Jim pocketed some common
furnin seeds and went out among the
farmers from Lafayette and claimed that
thew were the same kind of turnios that
the French used to make champagne Of.
Owing to a shortage of the French turnip
croT1 he said there would be a demand for
one million bushels Of American turnips
that fail He gave the seed away to a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
WILL GET HEARING.
Man Attacked by Standard Oh Asked
for Details.

Oberlin, O., April 15.-S. ". Glib
son, a retail dealer whose sales are
made largely from wagons in the
nearby country districts and who
alleges that the Standard Oil COM
pany has Waged a relentless war
against him, with a view Of driving
him out of business. because he does
not buy the product of the Standard
company, has received the following
letter from the department of COM
merce at washington:
I'm a clipping from a Cleveland
newspaper dated recently. it is stated
that during December, on account of
your purchase of oil from an indie
pendent manufacturer representa-
tive of the Standard Oil company
warned you not to buy more oil from
that manufacturer and finally de-
clared war against you by cutting
prices and establishing competing de-
livery wagons. Will you kindly give
me full Information with regard to
this transaction, stating the name Of
the representative Of the Standard OIL
company, the substance OF his state
ment to you, the price charged by the
company to retail dealers in Oberlin
before and since and the result of the
reported competition It is important
that the Information furnished should
be full and complete
"HERBERT KNOX SMITH
Acting Commissioner
Gibson will furnish the desired in-
fOrn7atf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
GLORE sTGHTa
from the Atchison Globe. ]

LFrom the Atchison Globe
You can hatter the average woman
by calling her intense"
oh, well, what if the bears do show
their teeth: so does the president.
We wish the people would get to-
gether, and agree to like or dislike
some other thing.
The average college professor makes
a speciality of trying to be boyish.
when he meets his pupils socially.
The average country town princess.
AFTER she has married begins to look
as If she had sold her birthright for
a mess of pOttage.
An Atchison man who has about
forty square feet of garden. is adding
his clamor to that of the farmers, and
saying we need rain.
Don't expect the women to curl
their hair these days: this is the sea
son when they have to spend the
whole day washing spinach.
Every woman wonders how a man
can have so much patience watching
cork bob on the water, and SO little.
patience with his children.
When an actress marries, she does
not go to pieces like the ordinary
country town bride: she takes care ~
herself, for the sake of her second
chance.
When two women, each pushing a
baby buggy, meet the sidewalk prom
ises to be blockaded until the children
cry; tn ne mothers never get through
.., ne man VINO talks loud in using A
IS19pliJ ~. qlslutos every one in the
disturbs them because they try tn
hear, and can't
- - -, - LIS lhuCn ABOUT an engage
ment: the girl viii not admit it. but
she has a feeling from the start ~ -
he might have spent more on the
engagement ring.
It is about time for the big towns
to devise something new in weddins
parades, go Promise Me- hsVi1,es
reached the smallest villages. rs
This is the season OF. the wear vybev
the mother goes out to the corner ~
bring the children right straight bac5s
70 oed, and the father knows that All
One OF lnefn VIII be gone in an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
FINE PICTURES COMING
One Hundred Modern Oil Paintings to
Be Here a Month.

An art exhibit OF unusual worth and
attract1veness consisting of100 oil paint
ings from the annual artists exhibits
Of the American Academy at Boston
and New York viii be opened up here
beginning with May Is. The exhibit is
made under the auspices of the Wash
burn collegiate department Of drawing
and painting and will be had in the
auditorium Of the Mutual Training
High school The exhibit has been Sc
cured by Professor Penny, dean of the
Washburn School Of Fine Arts. The
paintings were taken down from the
walls in New York and Boston where
they have been on exhibition for the
annual opening and win be shipped the
forepart of next week to Topeka. To-
peka is the only city in the west which
will have on exhibition this representa-
tive grouping Of the best work of the
best American artists Of the past year
The exhibit will run the gamut of sub
jects and treatments and will furnish
an opportunity for the artistically in
clined to enjoy themselves with what
ever school they are partial to-
The exhibit viii be open in the after
moons and evenings continuously from
the 18th Of May until the same time in
June. On several of the evenings Ian
tern slide lectures in art will be given
in the auditorium of the manual train
ing school.
It is planned to make this exhibit a
permanent annual feature and it is hop
ed that the patronage Will be sufficient
to insure the purchase of a number of
the paintings each year, which in time
will form the nucleus of a Topeka art
museum. The exhibit is known as a
loan exhibit that is. the paintings are
all the property Of the artists making
the exhibit and are loaned for the occa-
sion.
The expense of bringing the pictures
! here, including the items of freight.
insurance, and packing will be about
$500. The annual meeting of the
State Federation of Women's clubs
which will be held here during the
time of the exhibition will add to the
success of the occasion. The club WO-
the matter and have lent their in
fiuence and are endeavoring to make
it a pronounced success.
The general committee in charge of
the arrangements of the exhibit are
Mrs. c. o. Knowles, Mrs. L. D. White
more, Mrs. r. L. Clarke, wife of Prof.
Clarke of Washbur college, Mr..
George W. Stone, Prof. Penny togeth-
er with subcommittee appointed from
the clubs in the federation.
In connection with this exhibition OF
paintings, an arts and crafts exhibit
will be held in another part of the
building under the auspices of the
federation. A system of artificial
lighting has been introduced in the
building so that there win be a guar
antee of proper and sufficient light al
all hours of the day.
A fee of Is cents will be asked for
single admissions with season tickets
on sale at a lower figure. A reduction
viii be made in favor of students OF
/ the colleges and public schools, IL
cents being the admission fee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15

What the Chinaman wanted, of
course, was that the Frenchman, whose
name was Supry, should get up an ex-
petition and go after the treasure.
There were many difficulties in the
way. Supry was no sailor himself, and
he could not put faith IN the natives
or the white sailors who deserted their
ships. There would be considerable ex-
pense, and there must be absolute Sc
crecy. Why he trusted Haynes and
Bruner was perhaps because he had be-
come desperate in his desire to overhaul
the treasure, and as they were deserters
from a man-of-War he had reason to
believe that they would not dare serve
him any trick for fear of being reported
and recaptured. Whatever the motive.
however, he told them a story, and
suggested an expedition, and q few
weeks later one left the port of Ningpo.
The people were made up of Supry,
Haynes, Rruner, an Englishman named
Webb, and two Chinese laborers, and
their craft was junk. They took with
them such an outfit as was deemed
necessary, and in due time reached the
Humans and ran the junk into a small
but sheltered bay.
The first difficulty encountered by the
treasure hunters was that OF finding
their map all wrong. The Chinese cast
away had done the best he could in
drawing in, but he was all turned
around. Tt was two weeks before the
wreck was found. She had been driven
into a narrow rift in the cliffs during
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
AFTER BIG GAME.
Grand Jury Trying to Reach
High Official of Beef Trust.

Chicago. April 5.-The grand jury in
vestigating the alleged beef trust made
special efforts to secure enough evidence
from two women and one man to indict a
high official of the leading packing firms
in Chicago. The charge is attempting to
influence government witnesses. The
three witnesses were summoned and We're
rigidly questioned but failed to tell as
much as had been expected Although in
dietments on the charge named have been
returned against five persons, it is claimed
that efforts are still being made to inter-
fere with government witnesses.
It is reported that the first intimation
of the alleged interference with another
witness was gathered from the testimony
of E. r. Fish. on whose testimony four
employees OF sehwarzschild & Sulzbur-
ger were indicted Thursday. Another de-
lay in the hearing of the case of Thomas
J. Connors, the indicted general superin-
tendent Of Armour & Co, was granted by
Judge Lands today by agreement of coun-
sci Of the packers and for the govern
ment. The matter went over until next
Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
GRANTED HEAVY BAIL.
Mrs. Chadwick Can Get Ont by Giving
Heavy Bond.

Cincinnati, o., April 15.-AIrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick, who has been convicted and
sentenced to prison for 10 years on charges
of procuring money by false pretenseS.
was today admitted to bail in the sum OF
IS 600 by United States Circuit Judge Lur-
ton after consultation with the other
judges of the circuit She is already under
heavy bond in other cases and the 5000 IS
additional and in no way affects the other
cases. The bail is allowed pending appeal
proceedings which are to come up next
October before the United States circuit
court of appeals. Judge Wing, counsel for
Mrs Chadwick, said it was not yet certain
whether bail could be secured or could he
tell Just how soon the papers in. the ap-
peal case could be fled.
District Attorney Sullivan was in court
to look after the interest of the govern
ment when Judge Wing applied for bail
and opposed the request that it be fixed at
So 900. which was the amount desired by
Mrs. Chadwick's attorney. After confer
ring with Judges SeVerins and Richards,
Judge Lurton placed the bail at the figure
stated. Bail may be deposited with the
district court in Cleveland
Cleveland, o., April 15.-Mrs. Chadwick
when arraigned in the United States dis
Indictment returned against her by the
grand jury, charging her with aiding and
abetting Cashier Spear of the Oberlin
bank in making false entries in the bank S
hooks and in making untrue statements to
the comptroller of the currency. Spear
was also arraigHed and pleaded not guilty
to the Joint Indictment. The court increas-
ed Mrs. ChadWielk's bail from $4,000 to
S27 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
LOCAL MENTION.

At Grace cathedral tomorrow morning
Mr. Ernest Conant Will sing The
Palms. assisted by Mr.. Allen of the
Washburn college quartette. Unfold
from The Redemption will also be sung
by the choir at the service.
The spring meeting of the Presbyter-
ian Missionary union will be held in
Oakland Friday, April q, beginning at
10 o'clock. A good programme has been
prepared and a good attendance is
Beaudry, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hale, committee
from the Second w M. society Cooper
ating with local society, have exercises
of the sessions in charge Luncheon at
noon in the church.
Lucille E1more celebrated her eighth
birthday at her home. 1877 Greenwood
avenue, Friday.
Major T. J. Anderson and James
Lacey will go to Lindsborg Sunday to
hear The Messiah.
Rev. H. A. OFT will preach at the in
sane asylum Sunday and Edward
Shumway viii lead the choir and
sing The Palms.
Tomorrow is Palm Sunday.
The Norwegian Evening which was to
have been given at the Auditorium in
the near future for the beneht OF the
fund of the Humane society, has been
Indefinitely postponed
Staff Captain and Mrs. Harris will
have charge of the services at the Sal
walton Army tonight and Sunday. They
are both interesting people, the staff
captain being a speaker OF more than
ordinary ability.
At 10 O'Clock Sunday morning,
there will be confirmation of chill
dren at the Central Lutheran church
Next Thursday evening the A. o. u
w. is planning to have big rally in
the Auditorium.
Two ordinances will be passed by
the council Monday night One is the
Sixth ward sewer ordinance; the other
is the ordinance relating to bonds to
pay for the new pavement to be laid
this year
There will be an excursion to To-
peka from Kansas City on the Rock
Island Sunday. The excursionists are
scheduled to arrive at a. m.
City Physician Hogeboom stated this
morning that there is no material
change in the smallpox situation in
South Topeka. Only one new case of
the disease was quarantined this morn
ing It was IN a coloTed family on To-
peka avenue. No investigation has yet
been made Of the alleged existence OF
the disease in Keith's addition, which
lies adjacent to Walnut Grove Several
families in that locality are said to have
the disease but it has not been report
ed by any physicians
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15

dozen farmers and the news was all over
the state in two weeks.
There was a grand rush for seed and
most of the sellers toook advantage to
claim that they had the only genuine Half
a dozen falirs also sprang into the gap.
and 'champa gne turnip seed sold for a
dollar a tablespoonful. More turnips were
raised in Indiana that year than for the
three before, and farmers everywhere
hustled to be first in the market
"Of course 1t was an absurd sell but as
lar as l know not a newspaper in the
state exposed it. and not farmer stopped
70 ask himself how champagne could be
made from such a vegetable. The farmers
got onto Jim at last, and he had to drop
the Hoosier state from his route. He re-
ceived all kinds of threatening letters. and
one farmer, who had raised 500 bushels
OF turnips and could not dispose Of them
at any price, wrote:
I've got a one-horned, one-eyed. bob
tailed, sore-backed COW. but If she ever
condescends to kick you III knock her
blamed head of with a fence rail- Ny
wife has gone into fits, my daughter has
eloped with a tinker and I'm sitting or
the hoss-block with shot gun and asking
heaven to send you talong the road with
some more Of them seeds. M. Quad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
MISSING A MILLION.



Off the east coast of China. between
the coast and the Loo Choo Islands. is
a group of three small islands called
the Humans. None of the three is
over q hundred acres in extent. and
they are little better than bare rocks
with sparse verdure. There are con-
siderable deposits of guano on all of
them, but the tides and currents sweep
around them so swiftly that it has
been found impossible for a vessel to
lie within four or five miles of the
shore. The islands have never been
inhabited, but now and then they are
visited by fishermen or shell gather
ers, or castaway sailor is taken off
after weeks or months of desolation.
There is fresh water on the middle
anyssfood except shellfish.
IN the year 1870. while a British
man-of-War was lying in the port Of
Ningpo, there was something ap-
preaching a mutiny among the men,
and Immediately after over forty men
deserted. Among these were two
Americans named Haynes and Bruner.
They got away to Shanghai, and from
there they fell in with a Frenchman
who had been in the country several
years as an agent. He had a story to
tell about the Human Islands
story that had been told him two
years before While he was at Ningpo.
A Chinese sailor whom he had be-
friended later on had been cast ashore
on the middle island and had existed
there for four months. In. roaming
about he had discovered an old wreck
driven into a break in the cliffs, and
had lowered himself down to it to
find that it was an old pirate craft and
full of treasure. He had taken out a
small amount when a fishing craft ap-
peared and took him off, and later on,
during a storm at sea, he had met with
an accident that had paralyzed his
lower limbs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
QUAKER REFTlECyrToNs

AOli the FnlIadelphla Reeord1
here today and gone tomorrov-tbe
Il isn't difficult to tell which is the
butt end Of goat
The process of elimination nav .4-o
be applied to divorce.
Even in the theatrical armament All
the stars are not fixed stars.
Some people are so mean that thew
won't even supply their nelghbors with
food for gossip.
Sam Johnsing-' Hello. Nose; where
long man, amt workin' no mo. 1'ee
married now"
Tommy Pop, what becomes of uaoa
little calves when they die2y ToruTn4y,s
Pop-''Wen if they are very, very good
they become chicken cro@zettes.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
MORE new HOMES.
Nearly $1,000 Worth of Building Per-
nlits Issued Today.

Building permits to the amount of
$500 were issued today by Fire Mar
shall Wilmarth. These permits cover
five dwellings, as follows:
David Reservoir, $1,000, two story
dwelling, Douthitt avenue.
Q. E. Osborn, $500, one story dwelling,
324 Lawrence.
S. A. Maxwell. $1,000, two story dwell
ing, 1925 Polk street.
s. A. Maxwell, $1,000, two story dwell
ing 1927 Polk street.
G. r. Sherburne $1,000, one story
dwelling, 1920 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
FOUR PLEAS OF GUILTY.
Judge Pollock VIII Sentence CuIprits
on Monday.

Four pleas of guilty were made to
Judge Pollock of the federal court this
afternoon. Sentence viii be pronounced
upon them Monday.
John Hartzler of Salina pleaded gull
ty to using the mails in scheme to
defraud; T. J. Wilson, to mailing OBJ
scene letters; L L. Moon, to robbing a
postoffice; and Claud Imbler, to passing
counterfeit money.
The jury in the federal court this aft
ernoon. in the case of Louis Metzger,
charged with stealing surgical instru-
nents from Fort Riley, returned a YER
dict of acquittaL The evidence was in
sufficient to convict.