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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-13
DEER Staying CASES.
Finds For All at Sanford Me.-The
Particulars.

Sanford. Me. March 12.-The hearing
continued from Tuesday. when Wilbur
Corbett of Sanford. WAS arraigned be-
fore Judge Hanson in the municipal
court charged with killing deer and
with having i'll his possession deer
meat in close time and Allie G. Booth
by of Limerick. WAS ;trraigned charged
with killing three deer in Shapleigh
Feb. %. was held. Saturday,
COrbett pleaded guilty to having deer
meat in close season and paid Il fine of
$40 and costs. Boothby contested his
case, but was found guilty and fined
$40 for each deer alleged to have been
He appealed and furnished surety in
tie sum of 500 for his appearance at
the May term of the supreme court.
Kelley +. Smith of Limerick was ar
ranged Oh Il parrant charging the same
offence as that alleged in the Booth
St3nley. state game warden of STAN
dish that Hocothby. Smith and a man
named Horne. no has not been appre-
hended, were implicated in killing the
same three deer. Smith pleaded not
guilty and waived examination. He was
fined $40 and costs. from which he APP
pc,lcd and furnished SuretieS in the
sum of SEQ for his appearance at the
May term Of the court.
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A SUICIDE.
Leonard GoweII Shoots
Himself in Bath, Me.
Dependency Attributed as
Cause for the Deed.
The Oldest Marine Engineer In the
State-Was rs Years of Aae,

Bath, Me, March 12.-(SpeciaD.-
Leonard Gowell, one of the Oldest ma
rine engineers in point of service in
lhe state, committed suicide, this noon,
at his home OF Middle street by shoot
ING himself through the head. The bull
let entered near the temple and passed
through the skull, lodging in the wood
work of his room, and the unfortunate
man lived but two hours. Mr.. CioweIl
mad been respondent for several weeks
caused by imperfect vision which ne
ceSsltated an operation which would
nave been performed, next week. and il
is supposed that his dread of this on
GRAFTON WAS what led to his untimelv
end. ut y o'clock he went to his
chamber and standing near the foot of
ms bed shot himself with an old-fash-
Toned navy pistol and then fell across
tn" bed where he was found a few min
uteS later by his daughter He WAS 76
years of age and is survived by Il son,
Frederick +. GCWell of this city. also
two daughters. Mrs. Nellie Rogers OF
this city and Mrs. Herman Wright of
W oolWich. For upwards of 80 years he
had been engineer of the Maine Central
transfer boat on the kennebec river
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The Russian Casualties and Prisoners
Number Nearly 10000 Men.
The Japanese Capture Large Amount Of
Commissary Stores.

| While General Kuropatkin has APP
parently succeeded in saving more OF
his artillery than seemed possible his
losses in men. ammunition and COM
nissariat i'll the battle of Mukden are
| far greater than earlier reports indi-
Gated and even that portion of his army
which he succeeded in eXtricating from
the positions around Mukden, is still
IN serious danger. The Japanese gen
erals realizing that with a little more
speed. they could have inflicted a
crushing defeat on the Russian army
after the battle of Lao Yang, deter
mined not to again allow an oppor-
tunlty to pass and are following after
the defeated and sorely tried Russian
forces. While a small portion of Kuro-
patklns army has reached Tie Pass
the greater part of those who escaped
from the battle of Mukden are still
struggling northward being at last ac-
counts between l. and Is miles from
their goal with the japanese, flushed
with victory. and reinforced by fresh
men. harassing them from all sides.
Even should the remnant of the army
reach Tie Pass. it is hardly possible
Tor 1t to make a stand there against
me overwhelming froce opposing it,
especially as the Russians must be
worn out and weakened by the loss of
men. guns and ammunition. 1t is more
likely that kuropatkin will fall right
back to Hardin with what he can save
ana wait there for the re-inforcements
that st. Petersburg already has prom
lsed MIN. A possible obstacle to this
plan is General Kawamura's army
which has not yet been located and
which also may be heading for the
northern capital
General kuropatkin admits that H.
1870 officers and 46,931 men are not re-
spending to roll-calls. This is rather
vague 1t may or may not include the
thousands of wounded wOh have been
sent north and again it may not in
cltlde the losses suffered by the third
army, with which the COMMANDMENTS
chlef was not i'll communication for
some time. The figures given by the
Japanese war office appear more rea =
sonable namely: 10000 prisoners. % :
800 dead left on the field and 90 0OO
Killed or wounded. the latter figures of
course including the dead found by the
japanese. The Russian loses. there
fore, total over 100000 men. or more
than one third of the whole army. The
TACT that the Japanese report the can
ture of only go guns indicates that
General kuropatkin at the last mo-
nent. succeeded in sending con-
siderable portion of his artillery north
ward on the railway. The Japanese
losses up to this morning were reported
as 41.222, not including the army which
pushed north between Mukden and
Fushun.
Official Russia is determined to carry
on the war and St. Petersburg reports
that orders have been issued for the
mobilization of more troops This may
prove difficult task with the temper
of the Russian people in it's present
condition. There is still hope in St.
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A BAN QUIET
BY Skowhegan Grocers, Feed and Pro
vision Dealers.

Skowhcgan. Me, March u.-(SpcclaU
Tile Skowhogan Grocers', Feed and Pro
vision Dealers Association held their
second annual banquet ut Hotel Coburn
Friday evening. to which all tie mer.
chants of the town were invited. The
RESPONSE was general. and about 90 par
took of one of the best hanquets that
Bob ever served.
The object of making the invitation
general was to awaken an interest in 4
revival of the Board of Trade or some
similar association of merchants that
would lead to better co-OpCration among
the business men Of the town and in
crease the business Of the town. The
Board Of Trade ceased Ions ago to be an
lctiva factor in SkoWhogln business. and
the lack of concerted action through
sonlc such organization has been keenly
felt TWO years ago the Si1owhegan Gro
GERS. Feed and Provision Dealers Asso-
citation Was formed, for the protection OF
the mutual interests Of this class of deal
rrs. and the idea has been gaining ground
that an extension of the principle to the
other merchants Of tn" town would be of
great benefit to all ard might be the
means Of attracting ard kcepin. e lar2"
amount of trade that owing to the list
lrssneSs of local spirit has been detected
else where.
TI"Sc sentiments were cmphatically
voiced III tn" remarks OF the speakers 81
III" evening. and found 4 practical outlet
in the adoption of motion that a meet
ing shtll b. cul,l in III" near future. if
rlre,,hlc to the association, to take def
nit. action regarding til" r"organizIti ton
&c the Boar az Trade or the formation
of 4 Merchants Association.
The dining han was most invtingly ar
ranged. the tables being in the form Of
the letter f.. Palms. ferns, smlaX and
asparagus were used for decorating.
Arthur r. JcTctt, president Of the as
sociItion. was master of ceremonies. The
comrnittcc of arrangements consisted OF
George Simpson. a. Z. Jcwctt and ". +
Porter
E.x-Ptcsi.lcnt George arnold read n re
c,ipt from the Red Cross Society Of
Jantn acknowledging the safe arrival of
IS 20 contributed to their cause by the as
,ociatfnn The document was sealed with
tho official seal of the society and was
passed around the tables for inspection.
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THREE NEGROES
Commit Crime of High
way Robbery in Boston.
One Dead and Others Arrested
by Police.
Two Men Held Up On Outskirts Of
the City.

Boston, March 1.-TWO men were
held up beaten and robbed by three
negroes during last night on the out
skirts of the city. Four hours later
q negro named Matthew Hunt was ar
rested and another whose identity is
not known, was taken to the city hos
pital with bullet wound in his head.
The wounded negro who was shot by
Captain Page of the Brookline police
department, died tonight.
The robberies occurred in different
places, but were not more than 20
minutes apart. Frank H. Lincoln of
Medford, an engineer at the City Water
Pumping station at the Chestnut Hill
Reservoir, was held up in Brighton and
beaten by three negroes. Lincoln had
but little money on his person, but
what he had was taken
Twenty minutes later. three negroes
held up G. \. Birtwell, secretary of the
Boston Children's Aid Society, on Dean
Road, in Brookline. After beating MI
BirtWell, the three men robbed him of
gold watch and a small sum of
money
Both robberies We're reported to the
police of Boston and Brookline. Early
TINS morning, negro answering the de-
scriptlon of one of the highwaymen
was arrested in Village Square, Brook
line, as he was about to board Bos-
ton bound electric car. When he was
searched at the police station, a num-
Der of papers which the police say be-
longed to Mr.. Birtwell, were found in
his pocket
Later Captain Page of the Brookline
police force. saw a negro acting in d
Suspicious manner in Harvard Square.
Brookline Captain Page called to the
man to stop but the latter Immediately
started to run down Il side street. The
officer fired at the negro and the bull
let lodged just below the Jaw on the
right side of the face. The negro ran
nearly 800 yeards when he fell I'M
conscious.
III one of the pockets of the wounded
negro |; watch. said by the police to
belong 10 Mr.. BirtwelI, was found. The
feGfo who WAS first arrested said that
lie did not know the name of the man
who was wounded. nor would he admit
that he knew anything about the rob-
berries or a third member of the trio
The wounded man has not recovered
CONSCIOUSNESS since the shooting and
the police of this city and Brookline.
nave not been able TO identify him.
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GET RICH QUICK" SCHEME
Nipped in the Bud in New York Cit,
by the Police.

New York, March 12.-An alleged
get rich quick" scheme was stopped,
saturday, by the police. who at the
same time caused the arrest of Jules
Bach, operating as Jules Bach & Co..
brokers. at 1165 broadway.
Bach WAS arraigned before United
StHtcs Commissioner Shields and held
Ill $1,000 bail for examination.
According to the complaint. Bach &
CO.. in January, sent out letters prom
isinS big returns for Il discretionary
pool in cotton. which the firm stated
it proposed to inaugurate.
James Shea of Bruce Hill road. Mat
Japan. Mass, invested $50 in the pool,
ana later received statements which
showed that the pool had earned 3d.
per cent. for the month.
The postal authorities claim that the
scheme was being operated along the
same lines as all the old discretionary
pools and syndicates. the alleged profits
really being paid out of capital received
from new investors.
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petersburg that Russia can exhaust
the Japanese financially and for months
there has been talk of the mobilization
of an army on the Siberian border,
which would compel Japan to keep her
vast army in Manchuria
General Oku's Headquarters. Mon
day. March 6.-Evening.-Via Tien
Tsin. March 12.-Kankyachien was
captured, this afternoon. From small
hill two miles west the advance and at
tack We're plainly visible. The Jap
anese on March 5. occupied villages
half mile west and north of KAN
kyachien after a hard fight. and this
morning, began the attack on Kankya-
CHEN. heavily bombarding it with
field guns and hOwitzers. Russian guns
east of the village replied. obliging the
Japanese to bring up more guns to
look after the Russian batteries. Until
noon the artillery continued, thousands
of shells being exploded. the Japanese
pouring their fire into the village and
the Russian artillery positions and the
Russians attempting to find the Jan
anese batteries. The Russians also
heavily bomba rded the Japanese in the
FiiueCS cast anu IiOI III vi hdllkydCnleH.
which they had taken on March S, and
set fire to both the villages. At o'clock
in the afternoon, the Japanese bonn
bardment was redoubled. hundreds Of
percussion shell and shrapnel being
rained on the village and setting fire
to the roofs of Chinese houses.
At O'Clock, General Oku took his
place on the summit of the hill. A few
minuets later. the infantry attack be-
gan. The task had been give to a IA
nous division from northern Japan.
The attack began with the advance OF
q dozen men from Hankyachien, the
village to the north, who rushed sew
erdl hundred yards across the plain
and dropped behind a cover. They were
followed by another small section and
then by another When about COM
pany had been demolished the advance
was continued in the same manner.
The Russians threw hundreds of shells
at the advancing men. cutting them up
badly, but not stopping the advance.
Scores Of men dropped and remained
where they fell while the others adj
vanced, after which some painfully re-
turned to the starting point. Drawing
the Russian shells again. One party OF
five started to return but only one of
them arrived at the shelter. At the
same time. an advance began from the
western village. men going forward in
the same manner. From an old rail-
way embankment, long column stray
gled forward at wide intervals to re-
inforce the western village. The Rus
slams shelled all the advancing men I'M
mercifully. killing or wounding scores
but the advance never stopped. A ri
file fire from the village cut wide gaps .
in the advance, but still the Japanese
did not halt. The last third of the dis
lance, the men could advance only i'm
short PUSHES. Finally after the last rush
came the men disappeared into the viii
lage and the rifle fire was transferred
to the other side Of the village while
Continued on Page Two.)
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Hazing is Barred.

WilIiamstown. March 12.-The larg-
est mass meeting of Williams students
for Il long time was held, yesterday af-
ternoon. when the question of hazing
came up for reconsideration. a previous
meeting having voted to abolish all
kinds of hazing for the remainder of
the college year.
\ motion to rescind the former ac-
ton was discussed at length, but the
vote Was a Sood majority in support of
the previous action. The vote means
that all kinds of hazing must be elm
mated from the March Il celebration.
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AT B0WD0IN.
Midyear Rally Aroused
Great Enthusiasm.
Gov. Cobb and Many Other
Distinguished Speakers.
s0o Bowdoin Men Have Unique Jollifi-
cation in Memorial hall.

pr,,usvick, Me March 12.-(SpeciaD
-The mid: ear rally of the Bowdoin
,,.s yn,ln" and old, which took place
!. Memorial hall. Friday night, WAS in
same. respects the most notable event
y the college year, except Commence
,,.nt itself. There were fully 100
.,,I,rni present from all parts OF the
Stale. representing nearly every class
Cor tae past 30 years, and these with
he 800 undergraduates, the members
- f,n faculty and invited friends filled
i,.4lItiful ana historic Memorial hall,
.ud for three huurs they had a happy
r.1,.iol, and informal good time. The
..r.ir va, wholly in charge OF the I'M
I.rsr..duatrs. though they drew largely
IN the alumni and the faculty for the
sneakers. All were boys together and
III. orit;,utSts Of enthusiasm which
r.rkpI the granite building and shat
torri the clouds OF smoke were of the
Kind " nicil the non coilegiun can little
understand or appreciate. From the
time the band struck UP the first Sc
lection until Governor cobb mounted
The stLgc ana led the fiI,u cheering Of
the evening. there was an Outpourlng
Of Bowdoin spirit which nobody pres
ent viii ever forget. There We're elo-
ouent speeches, singing by the Slee
clab and by everybody else. cheering
and selections by the band followed By
!, grand march around the hall pariici-
lated IN by .vcrybndy; and then more
speeches ana singing and band play
Ing ana cheering ana marching.
Memorial hall with its many paint
ings Of distinguished graduates and its
bronZ tablets with the names OF the
400 Pow dom men who fought for the
Union needs littl; decoration. but there
We're flags. steamers and bunting over
head and ali around. and on the walls
were hali 4 hundred college banners.
representing all the leading colleges
aH3 universities Of the country. The
presiding officer OF the evening was
Nillilla +. Finn Jr. '05. Of Natick.
Mass. the chairman of the committee
of arrangements. Mr.. Finn was man
agcr of last springs ball team and is
tie ciitor-in-ch of the Orient. The
cheering vas led by Philip J. Chapman
No. o! f"Ftdhl. ana heith Ryan w. Oh
hampton. y. t.. the reader or the gee
cruz ieh III th' singing Oh the fo"d"ih
S"hSs' ne SPEAKERS Oh tHe evening
WET" freShi"ht i!Hd"' joseph W ilHi'H-
son. 80" - oi AuSuSia' f'eN. II. f.
H'lr'hlcN. ~ "l An:u"i"' Nhpt3l'
'''''fS y i3rk'. Va o' tAc haFep'li
tiii' ffdhAiii $. faNSol' -. u
i""''''' 'oN'Ff'"f " ilIHiHh J. '"p"'
a. VI i>"kl"Ht: if"i- Niifeh H. fur-
"'' ~ "''tl ~ "" MASSACHUSETTS, IN
H'''''' o. t"thh"l"SH' captain a <
'.'",-.' ~, - '"' ''"' '''n'' -
- NHl'''ci. 3d. -i'He'e'io az tcN''
III '''''7'' "l't'''l iie'''H N''''i'
'''''' W - rs io"tb'I ttd'h' d'i''
'.'' 'N j.. fi'W'S' 40 or f''''S"''
nc" vt III" Speakers WAS given :"
y l'Hiih reception AMI each aroused
h''r' rit1N5Iaem. Perhaps tn" great
'S' ''rHb@StratiuE of The evening was
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Going to Europe.

Chicago ILL.,. March 12.-President
William r. Harper. of the University
of Chicago. has so far recovered from
the effects of his recent surgical opera
tion for cancer that he feels equal to
taking a long journey. 1t was reported
n the university, Saturday that he
would leave next week for Europe.
Two destinations aregiven. Carlsbad
and Italy. but DR.. Harper will reserve
choice until Monday.
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ELIOT MAN DROWNED?
Angus Multi May Have Met Death in
Piscatagua River.

Portsmouth. y. H., March Eft is
believed that Angus Mutt. of Eliot.
Me. was drowned last night. in Pts
cataqIIa river. About midnight. two
w;ttchmcn nj the Portsmouth bridge
heard the clles of Il man in the water,
but were unable to render any assist
ance. Today an Eliot man reported that
Malt is missing and as the latter
called at the boston * Maine telegraph
Office. last hight. and stated that he
intended to walk to Eliot. 1t is sup
posed that he fell from the trestle and
drowned.
He was s. years of age and unnlar-
ri.Nd
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WEYMOUTH LANDING
Plans for 300th Anniversary at Rock
land in June.

Rockland Me. March 12.-The Maine
Historical Society. assisted by the citizens
of Rockland and of the towns in the val
ley OF the St. Georges river. is planning
to celebrate the D0th anniversary of the
landing of Weymouth and the planting of
the cross of British occupancy in June.
although II later date may be selected for
caDyeOience
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Four Months EXPLORING.

san Diego. Cal. March 12.-The L. S.
;. AloatroSs is in port after four
months Of exploration and soundings
in the South Pacific. The explorations
were under the direction of Prof. Alex
ander Agassiz. who had as his guests
and feliow-workers Henry Il. Bigelow
Of Boston, Prof. KofOrd of the Univer-
sity of Canifornia, and Prof. Chamber
lam. Their reports will be forwarded 10
Washington.
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HENRY A. WHITNEY
For Thirty Years Railroad Conductor
Dies at the Age of 81 Years.

Bangor. No, March 12.-Henry A.
Whitney, for 80 wears Il conductor on
trains east and west from Bangor, and
recently retired. died this morning. He
was 81 Years old. a Civil war veteran
and leaves a wife,
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Attempte.d Suicide,

Providence. K. L.. March 1o-Mesrob
Mammalian. aged 80. shot himself in the
left chest. with suicidal intent. Satur-
day. Notice that his wife had institut-
ed divorce proceedings. and that dep
ositions in her behalf would be taken.
Saturday. was served on him three
days ago. His wound is not expected
to prove fatal.
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Conditions and General Froecast.

Washington, March I'm New Eng
land and middle Atlantic states the
weather will be generally fair. Monday
and Tuesday. On the New England and
middle. Atlantic coasts the winds will be
fresh northWcsterly.
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Gen. Walker Dead,

Pawtucket. r. l., March 1z-Gen. vii
liam r. " aiker. a past grand command
or of the grand commandcry of knights
Templar of Massachusetts and Rhode r.
land. died. Saturday. He was in his 18th
year. and had been in business as an ar.
chitect in Providence since 1864.
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Keeps His Post.

Washington. D. c.. March IL
Thomas ]. Ryan has been Informed by
the President that he it to be continued
as assistant secretary of the interior.
Mr. RYAN has held the Office nearly
eight wears.
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MEDICAL DIRECTOR BRIGHT.
Wa shinuton.

Washington. March 12.-Medical Di
rector George y. Bright. L. S. n, re-
tired, died here today. He was Ga
Years OF age He was appointed to
the navy from Maine. \ widow and
two daughters survive him.
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Hioh Record Price.

New York. March ia seat on the
New York stock exchange has been
sold for $4,000.
This is the high record price The
name of the purchaser is not disclosed.
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FAIR WEATHER,

Washington, March 12-Forecast for
New England: Fair, Monday and Tues
day; fresh northwest to north winds.
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Norfolk. Va. March 1.-THE armor-
u, or,,iser New York sailed from ola
point Comfort. Saturday for the Bos-
ion Navy Yard. where she goes to be
~ 1,aood ont Of commission.
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Boston Forecast,

Boston, March 12.-Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity: Fair. Monday and
Tucs1ay; fresh westerly winds
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The First Bottle Of Il. F.
Worked Wonders

Mrs. G. 5. Bulge, OF Lee, Me. Box
4 writes. on February -, 1901
Dear Sirs:-
/ have suffered with stomach trouble
'or years and have tried several kinds
OF medicine, but never .fo~Hd anything
nat did much good until tried L
r. Butcrs. cannot begin 70 tel you
lAe good received from the use OF
one bottle.
1t Is easy to win your faith in =, r.
'eiwoods Bitters after the first bottle
i sick. why not get well? Commence
today. Try Il. F." All stores have 1t.
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took for the Owl
Mnen Won buy Sanford's Ginger and thus
aNoid worthless substitutes.
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Petersburg that Russia can exhaust
the Japanese financially and for months
there has been talk of the mobilization
of an army on the Siberian border
which would compel Japan to keep her
vast army in Manchuria
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BUY NOW FOR NEXT YEAR.