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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22
PRESIDENT GRANTS REQUEST
Orders Disposal of Suicides Bcdv and
Takes CHARGE Of Her pets

New York. Dec 2l-Reforo I,,,u Grove,
committed suicide By tile u. nf poison
in her Harlem home az De-. I she ~
pressed i'll writing the wish tina, tn,
President should receive her nersonal
property. she added The hope that Nh.
Roosevelt would order The disposal of her
body and take car. of her nets TWO An
CORA cats.
Today it was learned tha. although Mr.
Roosevelt had never known the woman
her wishes were respected. Acting under
the Presidents orders. I'nitc,, States Dis
trirt Attorney Henry l.. Stimson in con
nection with the public administrator
personally supervised the cremation OF
the bo0y and forwarded the wv" pet An
CORA cats to the White House. Secret
service men also saw to il that all tn
property left by Mrs. Grover was taken
in charge by the public t,lmin;stra;o!
and advertisements inserted in the news
papers notifying her relatives of her
death. Mr.. Stimson said today.
"When President Roosevelt h ard of
the death of Mrs. Grover and the con,
tents oi the letter she left behind h.
notified me to See that her wishes Were
carried out ard that her body was given
4 decent burial. l worked in conjunction
with the public administrator ana as HI
did rot know what to do with the Angor:l
cats she had left behind. the President
told me to send them TO him ana hc
would take care of them. l did 50. and
they are in the Whit. House now" Lit
tile was known of Mrs. Grover than tina
she described herself as a magazine writ
er OF independent means.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22
PASSENGERS LUCKY.
Two Sleepe"s Daraiied and No One
Killed c. s riolsly Injured.

Shelburne. VT. Dec. 22.-Two sleeping
cars of the rear of the Montreal-Nc
York night express on the Rutland
Railroad We're derailed a mile and a
half north of this station at about 1lGO
O'Clock last night, but, according to the
railroad officials here no one was killed
and no one severely injured, although
both the Gerailed slcepers tipped over
on the track. Several persons are said
to have been slightly hurt, among them
Il negro porter, who received bruises
and decorations. The express. which
was due in burlington at 1920 last
night, left that station 20 minutes late
On its way to New York. a defective
rail is said to have caused the acct
| dent.
The station agent here said early to-
day that all except the las, two cars
Of the express passed over the defective
rail safely, but that these two cars
were derailed. the rear car being tippct
over and thrown at right angles to the
track laying on its side while the cal
next ahead was also overturned ant
fell parallel with the car.
| According to the station agent the
| passengers from the derailcd cars were
transferred 10 the other cars and i
was expected would leave for New Yorl
about $50. A dispatch from Burlington
said a wrecking train with two nhysi
clans. railroad officials and wreckin!
apparatus left that city for the seen
of the wreck at o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22
HANDSOME NEW ARMORY
Dedicated BY 85-Year-Old Standish
Guards of Plymouth, Mass.

Plymouth, Mass, Dec. 21.-The
one of the oldest militia organizations
in the state, celebrated it's SSth ami
versary this afternoon by dedicating
it's new 100000 armory. Captain
Charles C. Doten who commanded the
company when it responded to Presi-
dent Lincoln's first call for troops in
April, 1861. and did service at Fortress
Monroe, presented the guards with a
large flag for the building. At l
o'clock the company marched through
the principal streets, halted at Ply
mouth Rock. where. according to Gus
tom, it fired a salute and America
was played by the band. Thence the
march was resumed to the railroad
station where Adjutant General James
A. Frye. chief of staff of Governor Cur
tbs Guild. Jr., representing the COM
monwealth. and his party, We're re-
ceivcd, and escorted to the armOry.
The dedication exercises We're held
in the large drill shed, William S
Kyle, chairman of the reception COM
mittee. made an address of welcome
and was followed by General Frye
and William T. Davis and Arthur Tod
of this town. In the evening concer,
and ball had been planned to conclude
The festivities.
The new building is of brick and is
well appointed in every particular fol
its uses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22
DANIEL MCLAUGHLIN.
Seaman Of Navy. Famed for Patriot
ism, Dies at Boston.

Boston. Dec. :l.-Daniel McLaugh-
lin. one Of the most prominent sea-
men in the United Stares nav. die.
today at the City hospital at the age
of IS years. 1t was Mclaughlin. who
was known in the navy as McLane.
who when another man won by lot
the chance to join Hobson in the sink
ing Of the Merrimac. as a representa-
. tive Of the battleship IOWA. declare
that he would give all his possessions
to be permitted to be able to take the
place Of the man selected. Admiral
Evans, then captain. declared that
! Mclaughlin represented the highest
/ type OF patriotism in the American
navy. The seaman was pcnSione
, three wears ago and has since lived ].
/ this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Leroy Butler of Stamford, CT, who
has twice been tried for murder in the
first degree, the jury disagreeing in
zach case, was Friday liberated from
the county Jail at Bridgeport on his
'wn rccOgniZance. A bond of $50. 900
vas required as formality, but as
Butler owns no property his bond is
valueleSs. No further action is antici-
dated. Butler was accused of killing
1ls stcpfathcr with an axe, two years
1870.
The officers of the American Board
II commissioners for Foreign Missions,
sSued a statement Friday denying the
ruth Of the charge recently contained
n statement by the governor Of Ma
al IN n Blue book issued by the Brit
Sn government. According to a dis
)atch from London, the governor of
Natal said that "Whatever good work
ne American missions have done in
n" past their congregations are now
beyond their control and a danger to
| h" government" The officers of the
| american Board maintain that the
:hargc is wholly unwarranted.
| j. y. r. Rinehnrt former cashier ana
wee president Of the dcfunct Farmers
ma DrovcrS National Bank Of Waypes-
burg. Pa, who is accused Of falsifyine
reports to the comptroller of the cur
rency. Friday denied that he had know.
ingly violated the rules or regula
lions Of banking. Allegations of en-.
beZzlement, forgery, Justification of tn,
looks. or that risky loans or paper
':ere taken by the bank on account o
politics. he said We're false. The re-iis
-ount2d notes he said We're as good a
! gold and unless a miracle happened
will be taken up on maturing or sooner
It was announced Friday night tina
Rollin H. Allen has had plans pre-
, pared for a theater in the Back Ba
district of Boston. The new theater wi
occupy the site of the old Harvar
| Medical School at the corner Of Boy
ston and Exeter streets. adjoining III
,oston Public library on the Boylsto
street side and the club of the BoStO
Athletic Association on the EXete
street side. The Medical School site wa
sold recently to Mr.. Allen for $3.50 90
The building to be erected. besides il
Guiding d theater with Il seating caDat
ity of 1900 will also contain stores an
offices. 1t will be the first theater 10
Il established in the Back Bay district.
Complaint was filed Friday with the II
o terstate Commerce Commission ut WaSi
y | ington against the Pennsylvania Raj
Il road and the New England Transport;
e | ton Co. by the Enterprise Transport.
ton Co, alleging they Disseminated
10 rates on fish from New York to Phil
y. delpfia. The Enterprise and the Ne
&c England Cos. are both steamship comp
We mics running from New England poir
a. to New York. The Pennsylvania Ra
III road is alleged to be i'll combination W.
the New England Co. whereby il receiv
by seven cents hundred on these shipmer
ne of fish. while it charges - cents hu
dred for Transporting fish for the Ent,
prise Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22

While accompanying a state inspector
on a tour through the ware mill of Da
vi,s & Mahoncy at Adams. Mass, Friday.
Oscar Wood. carder at the mill. WIS
prccipitared INFO the raceway. carried
TIN oueh the water underground for q
distance Of 800 yards. scrambled out on
the bank OF the stream when h reached
th,. open air and escaped without serious
injury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22

The will # the late Senator Brown.
WHO was shot and killed by Mrs. Bradley
in Washington. u. G., recently. was hleo
Friday at Salt Lake. 1t dlsclaims tht
Maternity of Mrs. Bradley's children and
cuts them OFF absolutely.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22

Prof. Bailey Willis holds that there is
conclusive evidence that the North
American continent has been sub
merged four times and has five times
been elevated above the sea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22

Most Rev. William II. O'COnnel. coad-
tutor 10 Archbishop Williams. FRIDAY or
dained II candidates TO the priesthood at
the Cathedral of the Holy Cross at Eos
ton. Twelve other candidates. students
at the st. Johns Ecclesiastical Seminary
were advanced 10 the Office Of deacon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22
Sow for &gee Children

thltr*. Trhlcs. p,2.!;s, Sheds,
81 i,~h.i ami Huhcs. What littl"
hoy or &irl W"aid rut like Il eat"
little Dy-k or !, h,.W Sled: Tir:;r
:tir ~; CAMS ~ l;tst hut i f,w days,
Int good sensible. :;iiis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-22

Royal Push Button Chair. No ROD
to get out of place. Back can be
adjusted while seated. You push
the button, the chair does the rest.
The Husband or Father would be
more than pleased with one OF
these chairs.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
Don't Mail Letters
Written at Night

FROM to 10 p. m. the tall girl
- wrote letters. The next morning
Immediately after breakfast she an
nounced that her time up to IL
o'clock would be devoted to corre-
spondence.
Surely you are not going to write
more letters" said the top floor girl
You wrote a dozen last night
II know I did, was the reply. but
am not going to send them. I never
mail letter that write at night. 1t
isn't safe. I say too many idiotic
things. I only write them as a kind
of safety valve.
II used to, but that was before they
got me into so much trouble. We let
our emotions run away with US when
writing at night We get entirely too
confidential. Under a shaded gas jet
we tell things that wild horses couldn't
drag from US by the light OF day. Next
morning we realize what geese we have
made of ourselves, but If the letters
have been mailed it is too late to do
anything. and we Just have to sit down
and wait for the avalanche.
Il still write letters at night. but
only as reflex This morning I shall
write to the same persons I wrote to
last night, but the letters will not be
even first cousins to those emotional
epistles. These will be safe and sane
and warranted iunocuous."
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
Fiction

would take me to the Palace Hotel in
jiffy. Where did you get himY'
''Oh. 1t was just a little Sherlock
Holmes work on the part Of Officer
Henneherry. The fellow was spending
too much money on the Barbary Coast,
and Henneberry pinched him on gen.
eral principles. After we got him
locked up a friendly barkeep tipped us
or as to where we'd find the baggage,
SO we gathered that in and awaited de-
velopments. or course. you'll be on
hand tomorrow to prosecute"
I'll be-
But Raymond did not dare finish his
sentence. He picked up his baggage
and got out of the station as quickly
as possible.
Prosecute. I guess not" he ex-
claimed to himself. when he had
reached the sidewalk Business be-
fore pleasure. every time" Then he
hurried or to bank, cashed a draft
for three hundred, bought his steamer
ticket and found that he had just
twenty minutes to catch the steamer.
He hailed q passing cab. made special
inducements to the driver for fast
time, jumped in and pulled down the
curtains. Curious people stopped in
the middle of the street and gazed at
the mysteriously curtained cab that
ratified fuFiously over the cobblestones
s1At toIc EcChicSSly dIOuAu Tie CuIucIos
but none imagined what was taking
place within It. BY the time the cab
had rumbled over the rough planks OF
the steamship docks Raymond by a
wonderful series of contortions had
managed to transfer a considerable
part OF his baggage to his back. When
he Jumped out of the cab he laughed
at the startled driver.
ITS all right" he said. I'm your
man. Take the old duds inside back to
Dan OConneli. Meiggs wharf-don't
forget Tell him I'll send him let
ter from Japan Then he slipped a
gold coin into the drivers hand and
rushed UP the gangplank.
An hour later the Manchuria. with a
host OF war correspondents upon deck.
was steaming out of San Francisco
harbor. but Denny Raymond. his brain
and muscles tired fAom strain and need
Of rest. was sound asleep in a comfort
able berth, dreaming of bloody battle
fields and oval-eyed, brown-skinned
eeaGaxs-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
TEIE sT1ANOHAIED WAR cO2REsPONDENT

Continued from Back Page of This
Section.)
thought had come to him that IL the
fog should roll in again over the bay
he would lose his bearings, the shore
lights would melt away in the mist
and he would swim aimlessly on and
on until exhausted.
He rolled over and drove the horror
Of 1t from him by striking out with
a fercer stroke. Again some salt
water splashed into his mouth. 1t
got down into his lungs and
weakened him For an instant black
shadows chased themselves over the
water in front OF him. Then he lay
on his back and laughed. and won
dered why he laughed. Yes. he knew
why-the thought had come TO him,
and then he had almost lost it--now
il came back. and he laughed again.
He was swimmingSto the steamer Man
churia, to Japan. to the seat of war
to-
A sudden twitch in the muscles of
one of his legs caused the strange
laugh TO turn into a stranger cry of
distress. He turned over. and his mind
crept across the water TO the two
bright lights, now 500 feet away, that
seemed to dance tantalizingly in front
wisps. An appalling sense OF his own
weakness told him that he would never
be able to reach that long, rambling
streak Of black that he knew was
wharf. and he began to cast about him
for a piece Of driftwood, barrel, an
empty box-something near to which
he could swim and cling until he re-
gained his strength. His legs and
arms were heavy. numb. almost life
less, and every time he made an effort
with them his head would sink lower
into the water and his mouth and nos
trils would ill with the brine that
choked him, His heart was beginning
to pound like an engine and his chest
seemed as II II were being crushed by
the weight Of countless tons of water.
with a supreme effort he raised his
head high out OF the water.
Help. Helpi" he shrieked.
Again the cry rang out. only feebler,
dying away in his throat with deep,
gurgling sound.
He heard an answering cry from the
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

The other route TO Alaska Ii BY
steamer from Seattle to Valdez, 1900
miles. then star route" from Valdez
to Tanana, 62o miles away. The sever
est of all routes in the service from the
standpoint OF weather is entirely north
OF the Arctic circle 1t starts at Kotze-
bue and extends northward to Point
Barrow, a distance OF $50 miles. Point
Barrow is the most northerly postoffice
In the United States. This route must
be travelled with reindeer.
In the service of all these routes over
snow and ice the Government has found
that the white man makes the best
mail rider. Indians were employed at
first. but 1t was soon found that they
were not sufficiently reliable. though
more immune, perhaps. from the raw
ages of cold. The Indians pride-that
same irrepressible pride which pre-
ferred race extinction to subjugation
by Caucasians since 1492--disaualified
him from patriotic duty under hard
ships such as these. There are, how
ever, few Indians still in the postal
service In the Western States and in
Alaska They are not engaged for the
most difficult routes or intrusted with
the mails where the responsibility is
great.
In the early days the Indians of the
Western frontier found their greatest
satisfaction in breaking up the mall
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

aoor across the wharf to the little
white revenue cutter that lay trim and
quiet in the bay, with crew asleep.
In very short time the man rushed
back and hustled Raymond aboard
the cutter and into the warm cabin
of Captain John Hills. U. s. N. to
whom Raymond repeated his story.
Then gong sounded, there were a
few brief commands. and in the glin-
mer of the cutters lanterns every man
Of the gallant crew tumbled quickly
into his place, the cutter slipped Its
moorings and with the grace of a swan
and the swiftness of an arrow 1t darted
out into the bay and headed for the
open sea.
About two miles out from the Cliff
House beach the Mary Lee was sighted
and soon 1t loomed up big and black in
the powerful seafchlight of the cutter.
Captain Hills. followed by Raymond
and six of the crew, boarded IL. On
deck they found the I'VE logs, ready
to be thrown into the sea. The cap
tain of the Mary Lee was oyerpowered,
arrested and put under guard, while
the drunken sailor and the shanghaied
man in the hold were released
1t was long after daylight that Ray
mond.s tired hungry, penniless and
looking like a tramp. walked up to the
desk sergeant a the Harbor police sta
ton and reported the theft OF his
clothes and baggage. The sergeant
asked for a minute description of the
stolen property. which description was
promptly given him.
well, I guess we got all except the
clothes you had on your back and the
money you had in your pockets" he
said, going to a side room and coming
out with ali the baggage and an en-
velopc containing Raymond's private
papers. Then he beckoned to Raymond
and led him to the rear of the station,
where a row OF cells showed up gloom
lily under the dim station light. He
opened the door OF one OF the cells and
dragged forth the limp form OF a man
In a beastly state of intoxication. He
jerked the prisoners head back so that
d good view could be had OF his face.
do you recognize this fellow he
asked.
We'll, guess III never forget him.
was Raymond's quick reply. That's
the accommodating chap who said he
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

shore--some one was yelling for a
boat. Then he saw something dark
shoot out across the water toward him.
Almost instantly the thing seemed to
disappear before his blurred eyes like
q phantom. Then everything seemed
TO become smothered and yeiled in a
strange mist that was peaceful and
soothing A feeling of resignation
stole over him. 1t was not hard after
all. he thought, to drown; only 1t was
hard to perish thus alone and to roll at
the bottom of the limitless sea forever.
He was aroused suddenly from his
condition of partial coma by a loud
voice that was commanding him to
keep his head up out OF the water. He
tried to do 1T, but could not His head
seemed to be held in a huge wise, pain
less, yet crushing With frantic, plung-
ing strokes he fought back the water
that was engulfng him, and beat and
churned it into dangerous, whirling
circle of salty foam. Then darkness
came to him, and the awful rushing
and roaring Of water.
A. few minutes later the apparently
lifeless form OF Denny Raymond lay
stretched out, face downward. on the
floor OF the United States Barge ONCE
at Meiggs Wharf. Under his stomach
was rolled a cushion torn hurriedly
from one OF the custom house chairs.
Dan OConnell, night watchman of the
Marine Exchange, was kneeling on the
floor. rubbing Raymonds sides and
chest in rhythmical manner with his
big, sea- bronzed hands. Another man,
in the uniform of a revenue officer, was
leaning over in front Of Raymond gen.
tly working the latter's arms backward
and forward, keeping time with the
movements OF OConnell. Suddenly
OConneil glanced up into the eyes of
the other man.
Hes comm gs through, all right" he
exclaimed. Did you hear that bub-
bling in his MOUTH"
Then he shot a glance toward the
open door. where an Italian fisherman,
with a tam-o'- -shanter on his head,
stood idly looking on.
Here. you Scotch Dago." he shouted,
lay down them kicking crabs and
get over TO Sanguinetti's for some
cIothes-get whole outfit, from socks
to overcoat."
They raised Raymond gently from
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

the floor, carried him to couch
poured big glass of whisky between
his livid lips and piled blankets upon
him. After awhile Raymond opened
his eyes and looked dazedly about him
Then he smiled feebly attthe two men
in front of him. He was shaking from
cold, as If he had the ague.
That was pretty close call, wasn't
it?" he said. his teeth chattering
You did damn fine. considering" re-
sponded O'Connell. admiringly. II sup
pose you escaped from Alcatraz: IL you
did you're the first man / ever heard
Of that made it by swimming
Raymond was strong enough by this
time to sit up, and, with the aid of
O'Connell, he began putting on the
clothes that the italian fisherman had
brought him. At first he did not fully
comprehend O'Connells remark but q
moment later its full import came to
him. He Strengthened himself I'D. "I
hope you don't take me for q military
convict" he said, II didn't escape from
Alcatraz Island. jumped off the
whaler Mary Lee--I was shanghaied.
The two men stared at him.
Furthermore" continued RAYMOND.
we've got some quick work to do.
There's poor devil on that ship who
was drugged and dragged on board.
He's leaving family behind to starye.
his condition is pitiful. Is there any
possible way that we can effect a
rescue?"
The revenue officer shrugged his
shoulders and jerked his thumb toward
the door. There's the swiftest little
revenue cutter in the service tied IN
at the wharf out there. but the Gov
ernment doesn't pay US for rescuing
crimped sailors or sllanghaied lands
men. There would be an awful howl
by the department about our wasting
coal IL we took to chasing every ship
that had man aboard that didn't be-
long there. Our duty is done when we
stop smuggling and prevent Chinese
from getting into the country"
Then you have a serious job on your
hands right now" exclaimed Raymond.
Briefly he related what the drunken
sailor had told him about the opium
and what he himself had seen.
The eyes of the revenue officer gilt
tered with suppressed excitement. He
jumped from his chair, ran out the
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

feet above sea level One OF the car-
riers has trained two horses to wear
snowshoes. which characterizes the
method OF mail transportation over this
route as unique. An agent Of the POST
Office Department from Washington
went over the route one day last June,
and his face was badly out by snow
and ice. even at that season of the
year.
There are two routes by which the
mail gets into and out of Alaska.
With Seattle as the starting point, one
of these leads northward. either by
steamer or overland. to Skagway.
which is 1000 miles from Seattle. At
Skagway the mail goes over the Cana
dian soil to Eagle. on the eastern
border. Then it is taken down the
Yukon River from Eagle to Tanana,
Alaska, distance OF 5s1 miles, and
in the winter. which lasts most of the
year. 1t has to be carried on dog sleds
over this route.
The law puts limit of 500 pounds
on the dog sleds. A connecting route
takes the mail at Tanana on to st.
Michael, 412 miles. and this, too, is
by dog sleds. Another route branches
off at Unalakleet to Nome. 23o miles
Ing total of 1928 miles, which must
be travelled q great part of the year
with dogs and sleds.