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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
REACTIONARY JOURNAL
Attacks Foreign Insurance Companies
For Their Attitude.

Moscow. April 10.-The reactionary
journal Day attacks foreign insurance
companies for their prohibition of the
Insurance of police officers. declaring
that the information of the companies
regarding the plans and intentions of
revolutionists and terrorists is so close
as to be extremely suspicious.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
REVOLUTIONARY SPEECHES
And Large Gathering Cause Trouble
In St. Petersburg.

-. Petersburg. April l1.--RevOlutiOn-
ares yesterday cOntrivcd ar impromptu
meeting in front of the PutiiOff Iron
Works at the hour for beginning work.
An Immense crowd Of Workmen was
attracted and revolutionary speeches
were made, red flags rloduced and pro-
clam1tions distributed.
Six policemen, who attempted to dis
persa the crowd We're roughly handled.
but the assemblage scattered at the
approach Of the police reserves.
Anti-semite prOclamations have been
issued at Smolensk and Orcl and poste
1T fence corners in that section of Rus
sia. calling up the people to arise AMI
beat the Jews. The effect of this excite
ment on the peasant population in the
present condition of affairs i'll the rural
districts is feared.
Several cases of destruction of por-
traits of Emperor Nicholas, following
the example of the students of st. Pet
ersburg. have been reported recently.
A revolutionary leatet entitled The
Peoples Journal" distributed by thous-
ands among the working classes Of
Moscow and the peasants of that vicini-
" appears to be counter-blast to al
legged attempts to incita the protectriat
az ,inst the educated classes.
Reviewing the grievances of the low
er ella sses it declares shat the 'intellect-
uals'' were the first to understand thu
causes and enlist in defense of the p2o-
pie and it Indirectly commendS barn
burning. riots and terrorism; pillori"s
NJ. Witte with Won PlehVc. Grand Duke
Aiexieff. NJ. ReZobraZoT. and the do
wager empress for Cruising the war;
praises 1.-The brave Japanese" and de-
nands the instant termination of the
war and the summonins Of a costitutent
assembly,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
SHERIFF BAILEY
Will Investigate the Shooting Of
Spooner's Mayor.

Beaudette. MIMI, April 10. Sheriff
Bailey of Beltram county. is on the
way to Beaudette to inquire into the
killing of Mayor Matthew Cannon by
a crowd of citizens of Spooner. MINI.
Cannon also was president of the VIII
Iage board Of SDooner. His wife and
child narrowly escaped death at the
fands Of the roughs from Spooner. The
trouble was due to a years fight over
the town site of the latter town. Con-
siderable excitement prevails.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
DEPUTY ARRESTED
Charged With the Murder Of Captain
Nixor.

Phoenix, AriZ.. April 1O-W. A..
Hobbs, a deputy sheriff of Graham
county. has been arrested, charged with
the murder of Captain John Bennett
Nixon. of the British Leicester Castle,
on Sept. 2. 1902. The murder is alleged
to have been committed v ilhin 10 knots
II Pitcairn Island. i'm the south seas
Hobbs has been a resident of Arizona
for four years and says he was
deputy sheriff of Graham county at the
time of the alleged murder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
TOWERING IcEBERCs
15o Feet Above Water Sighted b,
Steamer Chemnitz,

New York. April 1O.-Eighty ice
hergs, some towering nearly $50 feet
above the water We're sighted by the
steamer Chemnitz which arrived today
from Bremen. The Chemnitz encoun-
tered the bergs on April 6. They COW
cred an area of 120 miles in length.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
LASTS EIGHT MINUTES
But Wind Storm Is a Bad One While II
Does Last.

Pittsburg, April 10.-Tonight. a
wind storm struck the city which last
ed for eight minutes only, but during
that time. it had a velocity of co miles
an hour, which is the highest ever
recorded for this section. A number
of houses were unrOOfed and other in
cidental damage resulted, but no fatal
tiles are recorded.
A conservative estimate of the dam
age done in Pittsburg and Allegheny
by the storm will reach $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
GAS INVESTIGATION.
Committee Learn From Witnesses OF
the Profits.

New York. April 10.-The Legislative
committee which is Investigating light
ing conditions n this city. today. re-
ceived letter from J. Hampden
Dougherty.
The committee learned from Witness
eS that the profits from lighting in
Manhattan last year amounted to $751;
9iS. In the Bronx the profit gained
from the city was s54.917. the price
there being i'm excess of that charged
in New York city proper.
The committee adjourned to meet
again Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
TOWARD MANILA?
Russian Fleet Reported Heading That
Way

Manila, April 10.-The American vice
consul at Singapore reports that u
Russian fleet consisting of six battle
ships. six cruisers, six converted
cruisers, eight torpedo boat destroyers,
one hospital ship. one repair ship and
Is golfers have passed Singapore
headed this way.
The American cruiser Raleigh. the
torpedo boat destroyers Barry and
Chauncey and the supply ship General
Alvado have been dispatched to patrol
the vest coast of Palawar islands to
enforce neutrality.
Three other destrOyors are prepar-
ing to sail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
STORY DENIED
Admiral Goodrich Claims He Was Not
Assaulted.

Los Angeles. April 10.-Rear Ad-
miral Goodrich commanding the Pa
oific Squadron, now at Long Beach.
denies the published story of an alleged
attempt by Richard Starr, a sailor on
the cruiser Chicago, tried TO assault
him. The sailor, it is said was ar
rested for over indulgence in liquor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Printers Association Formed.

Kansas City. Mo, April lO.-lhe
Employing Printers .Associi''oh
through the west was organized ne,-,
today at a special meeting caileu ps
the Typothetae of Kansas CITY anu =.
Louis, and attended by 200 deiega'ra
from western states. The headqu'T-
tiers will be at st. Louis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
VETERANS OF 81
To Have Chance to Form a Mutual
Admiration Society.

Washington. April l0.--A two days
greeting to the American soldier, con-
a meeting of the veterans
who opposed each other in battle in the
sixties has been arranged to take place
here May II and IL. Cordial invitations
to participate have been sent every
veterans association north and south.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Boston Bank Election.

Boston. Mass. April 1o.-Frankhh
Haven. President of the Merchahts
National Bank was elected president
of the Boston clearing house associa-
ton at it's annual meeting here, TO-DAY.
and Arthur w. Newell the president ol
the Fourth National Bank was chosen
secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
GUY ASHLEY WINS
From Patsy Fenton-PauII and Enc
Iish in PreIiminaries.

Webster. Mass. April 10.-Before
the Lakeside Athletic Club. tonight
Guy Ashley of Fail River got the de-
cision over Patsy Fenton. of Norwich.
Conn. in the sixth round and Kid
PAUL of Fall River over Tommy Eng
lish Of Cambridge. at the beginning of
the seventh round.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
MONTHLY REPORT
Shows Prosperous Condition In Winter
Wheat-The Figures.

Washington. April 10.-The monthly re-
port OF the chief of the bureau of sta
tistics of the department of agriculture
will show the average condition of win
ter wheat on April / to have been 9l.6
against 765 on April l. 1904: 97.3 ut the
corresponding date in 1903. and SCI the
mean of the April averages of the last 10
years. The following table shows for the
principal wheat states the averages of
condition on April /. the corresponding
averages one year ago, and the mean of
the corresponding averages of the last 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

When well-known comic singer arose
at one Of Torrey and Aleyander's revival
meetings in London the other day and
announced that he would write no more
comic songs. the announcement is said to
have been received by the audience with
denominations of the livelest satisfac-
ton
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Mistaken Identity.

Weltevreden. Island of Java, April
LETT Is reported that the supposed
Russian warships sighted Off Nuniok,
are really the ships of the Dutch
squadron which has left its former
anchorage under secret orders and is
now steaming north.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
Joseph Stsarky Shot by Father To Save
Grand ChiIdren's Lives.

Plocervilie. Calf. April lott In
dian DiggIngs, Eldorado County. Aus
tin Morgan Strakey. aged "A. to save
the lives Of his two grand children and
himself. shot and killed his son. Jo-
seph Starkey after the son had
chopped a 10 year old niece to death
with an axe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
SEVERE STORM
Sweeps Across Prairie In Vicinity Of
Lawton, o. T.

Lawton, o. r.. April 10.-A report, to-
day. from Frederick, says that a Sc
we're wind storm crossed the pasture
reserve there. last night, partially
wrecking some tents and causing 9TH
er minor damage. No one was injured.
No mention is made in the report ofk
President RoOsevelt's party but as
the President left Frederick early last
evening, ii is believed that he and his
party were not in the line of the storm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Vessels Confiscated.

Nagasaki. Japan. April 10.-The
Sasebo prize court has rejected the
appeal of the British steamer Roseley
captured by the Japanese Jan. ID anG
the British steamer Lexington (cap-
tured by the Japanese Jan. 12) and
both vessels and their cargoes have
been confiscated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
SOLDIERS PlLLORIED
For Cowardice In Japanese Ranks At
Mukden.

Gunshu Pass. Manchuria, April 10
General Linevitch has pilloried num-
Der of officers who displayed cowardice
during the battle of MuEden. publicly
disgracing them by posting their names
at all the division headquarters While
some of them We're ANONYMOUSLY
drummed out of camp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

Because its ingredients are of the
same kind of food and nourishment
that blood and tissue are made Of
pure and wholesome-Fathe Johns
Medicine makes flesh and strength,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
NAN PATTERSoN'S TRIAL
Postponed One Week by Request OF the
Prosecution.

New York. April 10.-The trial or
Nan Patterson on the charg" OF nilllns
Caesar Young. which was to have pc
gun before Recorder Golf in the court
of General Sessions. today, was posi-
pc ned for che week upon request 81
tie prosecution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Russian Squadron Movements.

Amsterdam. Holland. April 10.-A
dispatch 20 the Handelsblad from Ba-
tavia. Island Of Java. says that Rus
sian squadron is near Muntok ard that
i: is expected to arrive at Batavia, to-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
A Strike In Sharon, Pa.

sharon, Pa, April 10.-A dispute
over the appointment of a chech
weighman at the Slippery Rock coal
mines, owned by the United sta'eS
corporation, has led to strike; oe'
eral hundred miners are affected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
suroeon Dentist, a Suicide.

Quebec. April 1O.-Dr. Giimour'
Surgeon Dentist OF New Hamburg
ont Jumped from Dufferin Terrace
onto the rocks $50 fet below anu We
dashed to instant death. Almost ever
bone in his body was broken. pr. "i'-
mour was about rs years OF age.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
JAPANESE SQUADRON
unheard From In Vicinity Of Amster.
dam. Holland.

Amsterdam, Holland. April 10--A
telegram from Batavia. Island of Java.
Dutch East Indies, says nothing has
been heard there of the Japanese
squadron.
The Dutch East Indies squadron is
now at Tujo Island near Singapore.
The battleship Hertog Hendrix of that
squadron is at Singapore.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

II. NJ. S. Wye recently landed at
Sheerness thirteen turtles. each weigh
ing about five hundredweight. Several
We're forw arded to King Edward.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

Group is dangerous, but not if Fa-
Their Johns Medicine is at hand to
check it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Prince Henry Returns.

Kiel, Germany, April 1O.-prlnev
Henry of Prussia, returned mere 'o'"'
from his visit to st. Petersburg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

1t is a tonic and body builder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

The battleShip King Edward VII. is the
most powerful warship af1oat When she
was undergoing armament trials the re
coil of the guns buckled up the steel deck
plates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

About $1,000 tons of dust and refuse is
taken away in barges from London every
year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Bengal Won.

Paris, April 10.-W. IN. Vahoero' -
Bengal won the Prix Simoniah al ~
st, Cloud races. today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

1t cures consumption. checks the
wasting away, nourishes the body and
heals the lungs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11

Mothers with young children re-
quire pure nourishment such DIS Father
Johns Medicine contains.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
0f99H@
.vl0fM
tJedtctne
builds YOU up

At this time keep the children strong
to avoid the dangerous diseases that
threaten.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-11
Arril |. April |. Ten w

The average condition of winter rye on
April was 92.1. against S2.3 on April !,
1904. and SO the mean of the April aver
ages of the last 10 years.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Avaricious Man Saw Mistake Too Late

passed on, to return a month later.
well, will you take $50 now
| asked.
My price has gone mp he al.
rounced. Tell the old railroad that
I'm asking just $4,000 for the right o:
way
Did you ever hear of eminent DO.
main, my friend?'
Emery Dumain is nothing to me.
Either pay my price or run your old
line somewhere else
We took the case into court" said
the lawyer, and OF course the land
was valued and condemned. The
commission awarded the farmer the
sum of s. damages. and when the
case had been decided he came M
10 me with the money in his hand and
asked:
is this what YOU call a case Of
Emory Dumain?'
This eminent domaIf'' %TT'
AID il has cost mo s45 10 find 4.
oHj. Mud now I've got s., Tha,
Emory Dumain may he The higges.
Kind OK q fool, but dog my cats II I
dont reckon I'm a bigger one,'"-
New YOlA News.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Dire Disasters for the Coming Year

in South Africa and for Britons IL
France.
But April Is TO see something al.
most comic--a great clearance Of the
streets of bogus blind and lame beg
gars. In this month. too, the Crystal
Palace will be burned.
In May the dreamer's soul reaches
a fine height-one language and a
worlds brotherhood.
Next he sees "a vison of farm colon.
les gathering in tramps, vagabonds
and wastrels.
In July many wealthy people Will
die, trade will flourish and Russia
will make a rush for India. August
is to see a bank smash. September
is I hear some very free speech in
Hyde Park. and October will be dis.
tinguished by the wholesale killing OF
little shops by big stores.
Many railroad accidents and some
coal mine disasters will blacken Nov.
ember. December is to witness dam.
aging tides on the south coast, and Il
host Of destructive fires, and on top
of it all Old Moore has the courage
to wish everybody a Happy New Year,
London Telegraph.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
old Moore" Makes Many Pre-
dictions Which Will Cause
Discomfort TO Those Who Be-
lieve i'm His Prophecies.

Once again Old Moore. the altman.
&C prophet, has awakened and writ.
te0. But his dream of 1906 is so
ailazing that it is a wonder he ever
~regained consciousness.
His familiar white almanac, with
its grotesque hi~eroglyphics, leads off
with disaster-Death playing his sick.
lie Justify by land and sea. Then come
financial exposures. outrages, muir.
ders and earthquake shocks.
But, for all this, January will not
see so many unemployed in the
streets, and in the house Of commons
there will be an unwonted spectacle
the government steadily working"
february is 10 be distinguished by
such strange happenings as religious
controversies, and ere the nation has
recovered from the novelty March
will come in with a great stir about
hospital management a tax on
bicy cles, great time for white labor
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Forced 20 Admit That He
Compared Unfavorably with
Emory Domain"-Cost Him
S45 to Find II Out.

Let me tell you where greed and
avarice come to the surface as in no
other case said the old lawyer, as
he tilted back in his chair.
IT'S when a new railroad wants
the right of way across the country.
| was thinking of a case that hap,
pened twenty years ago, and in which
| played a part. In running the line
the surveyors crossed n swamp be.
longing TO a farmer. II was at ,h-
back end of his farm. and of no value
10 him. He had never had one shil.
ling's benefit from il. When / was
cent along the line to buy the right
of way the farmers price was 81 800,
Why YOU only asked that price for
Your whole farm | protested.
"'That's 50, boss; but the railroad
has got 20 pay my price or +, can.
cross my land.
, argued with him for Two hours
..- could make TO impression, and [
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Comte de St. German Added TO
Rare Gifts Of Deception a Keen
Sense Of Humor-Not a Hero
to His Valet.

Sir William CroOkes' lecture before
the British association on his eXpet.
iments in making diamonds has sus.
oested to a writer that Sir William
had a famous predecessor a. gem
manufacturing in that interesting fig
ure at the court of Louis XIV. Of Fran.
ce. the Comte de St. German. The
l~atter's reputed power TO make diam.
onds, even to draw them out OF the
earth by the beauty of his song, like
the Rosicrucians, was founded solely
on his ability, corroborated in the
memoirs of the time, to remove the
flaws from these stones. Unlike
most alchemists. though, he seems to
have hal a sense o; humor and TO
have PLACED up to bis reputation most
r~efreshingly.
An elixir CT lie. Of course. went
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Great Charlatan of the French Court

win the d almonds, and he sold it. for
!arce sums OF money 10 The ladies' OF
~! French court. According 10 Nine
Sc ~Pompadour's witty rendering the
COIntesse IL Clergy. who was ST when
she frs took II, looked no more than
- when she died, a few years later.
Bur the most amusing Of his prctcn.
siOns was that of having lived for
mani ccH1uries himself and rubbed
shoulders With Francis !, Charles V.
and many anOthcr.
His fayoiite amusement was TO talk
familiarly n these old friends OF his.
a pose which took in most Of his list
ener5 at conrt. But he did not con.
trive TO be 3 hero 10 his valet. Turn.
ing 10 him one day with admirable
i~mHudence, 81. German asked him il
II was not trUo that he had known
Richard |, Intimately, II really can.
not say, sir" answered his man. with.
out "A CULVER Of an eyclash; you for.
get that | have been only 500 years
in your service"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

spoken of the beauty Of that region,
as he spent several summers there.
What" SAID the guide, you know
jim Lowell?"
"Oh, yes returned the colonel,
amused by The mans familiarity Of
style. II have known Mr.. Lowell a
good many years"
lump asid the guide. rsAecrIre
Il, "ignorart cugs!"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Ted By Col. Higginson.

When Col. Thomas Wentworth Hig.
gtnson gas srYnning for Congress. in
the eighties, he told this story 70 H.
lIstrate she point of View"
He WAS enjoying a quiet vacation
Ia the Adirondack region, and n
day, vhge fishing on a lake with a
guide, nv CHANGED 10 remark that his
friend JaIaes Russell Lowell had often
New-York tribune., 1905-03-22
EDUCATION IN NEw.yoRK SCHOOLS

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The remarks Of q father In Sundays TTih-
une concerning 'Eads IN the Public Schools Of
New-Yorb apply equally we'll TO high schools up
the State. The writer boarded for three years
with a woman whose rourteen-y r-old attend
ed school IN White Plains.
Ths boys mother too busy with household
duties 10 assist him IN his studies. and IN sheer
desperation he came 20 begging that would
help him out in his work Hs could get practically
no aid whatever from hie teachers in the school.
Having nothing especial TO warrant me in refus-
ing, and moreover feeling heartily sorry for the
boy. undertook 70 give him hslf hour, and
sometimes more, for several evenings In w~ek.
and cid for period extending over much Of the
three years.
In questioning him to tine routine be sub
.ected to at the hands of his teachers It seemed
evident that the remarkable thing concerning the
system was how q scholar could acquire anything
from the school itself. excepting the thinnsst Eni
Of yensering, which, under the status prescribed
by the legal Ruthorfties dubbed education.
but which TO boy far removed from q com
inercially useful ai6 in getting through life II
was possible 70 conceiye OF
To q student unusually bright and alsst. perhaps
the system Of adv&ntaaes but to Elow "
mind. II the scholar could set help at herne he
or she might as well remain at homo.
In the mean time. the teachers, the 9Upsrinfen-
dent the board sS, and ~ the Psragssss.aa q sas
but Il RANGED wsn up Wits tkst eff Of other sehsoi.
OF ths State. and fronn the knowledge Acquired
Of this was daubsiees nrheh and probably nc
more Of fraud on the real causs OF sdueation as
any OF them A. r. T.
New-York March o. 1905