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MAP OF HAITI AND sANTo DOMINGO

the United States. The percentage OF
iiliteracy Is great in the Republic yet
Ii Is question whether this Is not to
be charged to lack OF opportunity rather
than to lack of desire 20 learn. MANY
of the wealthier of the Dominicans are
well educated, first in such schools as
their Republic provides, later, in many
instances, In higher schools and col
leges of the United States.
Tropical Paradise.
The island of santo Domingo itself
Is tropical paradise. 1t contains no
venomous snakes, no dangerous wild
animals. Yellow fever and malaria are
unknown there. and the climate Is sin
gnlariy saluDrious. Among the hills IL
is like the best of a New England June
the year round. and in it white men
grow fat and keep rosy" The soil is,
in many of the valleys, an exceedingly
fertile red loan, seemingly decomposea
volcanic rock and lava, of unknown
depth. Where the rivers have quilted
II you may see this red loan extending
to the bottom Of the ravines, and in it
grow all tropical fruits in profusion.
Coffee, cacao, sugar cane and tobacco
thrive as well as anywhere in the world
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NATIONAL WASHINGTON C,

refusal Of the Senate to ratify, hence
1t was worth one more fight.
Such is the presept-day situation at
Santo Domingo. 1t is a magnificent
island, one of unlimited possibilities.
II Is one Of the beauty spots of the
world, and has the finest climate ever
seen. It is inhabited and misruled by
mongrel population which, In spite
of many virtues and abilities. Is not,
and 1 fear never will be. of type
strong enough and vigorous enough to
control its own destinies and advance In
the paths OF civilization of It's own
initiative. For its own good and for
the good OF the world in general II
should be controlled by stronger Ma
ton. 1t knows this. and wants that
Nation to be the United States. But u
IS -superstitious and sees ghosts-and
they always wear the German helmet
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house at my side all was silent, but
lights cleaned through the cracks OF
the closed door. Here might already
be the preparations for the feast on
THE goat without horns" / shuddered
and rode on much depressed.
The next morning I mentioned the
affair in confidence to a Dominican
whom / knew l could trust. He laughed
heartily. What you saw" he said,
was Junta,' where all the neighbors
come and help e man put the roof on
his house-what you call in America a
e-up-the-h They strike the
palm leaves to drive out insects. Then
when il is all done they 20 to the other
house and have sanchoco and much to
drink. So. 1t is no harm. There is no
voodoo in San Domingo"
All Stages of Civilization.
Buckle, who wrote the history of civ
ilization, would have loved the island
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An oai>s q Hxiu.

There are many beautiful buildings
In the city, public and private relics OF
the Spanish builders. Little new build
ing Is being done by the Dominicans.
and the old structures pass steadily into
decay. Even the Spaniards, in many
cases, seem to have left unfinished the
fine edifices they planned. You see
magnificent churches here by the score.
yet hardly half Of them are Mt to De
used for worship. Some were never
rooted, and great tropical trees and
plants stand in their aisles instead OF
worshipers; others have fallen into de-
cay, and still others have been battered
by the guns of revolutionists. On
hilltop within the city limits is beau
tiful little chapel. Its walls and groined
arches still stand, but 1t is roofiess, and
it's whole interior is a banana grove De-
meath whose broad leaves stands little
thatched negro hut. Pigs, goats and
naked children revel in blissful ignor-
ance where, according to the plan of the
ancient Spanish architect, should stand
feet of reverent worshipers. Every
where about the city you breathe this
spirit of decay.
Semi-Savagery the Rule.
Such is the capital city and such are
the people of this Republic of strange
contrasts. You find limited class we'll
educated. The great bulk of the popu-
lace are as President Morales described
them, "semi-Savage." In the smaller
villages and plantations they live in nuts
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modelled after those of their Central
African ancestors, and live a life in
most instances little above that of the
savage. The island is in a continual
turmoil of political upheaval, yet the
bulk of the people know little about this
and care less. They know their local
chief, or 'jefe,' and do as he bids them
His is the local over-lordship just as II
was in England in feudal times. He
calls them out to fight for this Presi-
dent or that pretender, and they go of
not, as they feel inclined. The merits
of the case they know nothing OF. The
local "jefes'' owe in turn allegiance t.
a higher chief. perhaps the Governor OF
the Province, and he in turn is the ally
of the President or of his opponent, as
he sees fit.
Chaos in Government.
The result of this sort of thing, ol
course, is chaos in a Government nomi-
nally of and by the people. The only
way out of II is a dictatorship. on the
part of some man strong enough to rule
the contending factions by his person
ality. This is what happened in He
reaux's time, and what might have hap
pened since had Hereaux left behind
him any man strong enough to do il
But he did not. The number of his po-
litical enemies whom HereauX is said
10 have killed in cold blood is set al
1000. Every time a man gave evidence
of such strength it was his death war
rant.
VIII They Improve.
Whether the Dominicans themselves
have in them the Vigor which will make
them outgrow this state of savagery
leavened with the feudal system and
ornamented with modern republican
constitution, remains to be seen. One
| fact is surely in their favor. They are
| gentle, honest, teachable, and in many
| instances eager to learn. Outside tht
| cities there are few schools and few
| opportunities to learn. Yet many ot
| the municipalities do what they can tC
provide schooling and find eager anC
responsive scholars. This is particular,
| ly true of Santiago de los CaballeroS, {
| fine city among the hills of the interior
and of Santiago Province, which Is thu
| wealthiest and most advanced of any il
| the island.
| Education.
In the commune of Santiago, whicl
includes the city and its suburbs. are 3.
schools attended by nearly 1000 schoI
| arS daily, these numbers being made III
of the sexes in about equal proportions
| The Republic has its normal schools
from the graduates of which thes
teachers are selected, and the branche
usually taught in our own gramma
i grades are taught, as well as Frencl
and English. In the outlying towns o
this Province similar hopeful condition
u prevail. In Puerto Plata, the larges
| town on the northern coast of tn
island, there is a population of abou
5000. Last year, out of the city's bud
get of $4,000, s12,S00 was spent on tn
schools. Nine hundred scholars between
the ages of five and IA attended
Is per cent Of the population. This i
| a "a
u with that prevailing in many cities il
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beat you in a horse trade with all the
holy joy of a David Harum. Yet you
may trust him with your purse and
your personal safety without fear. ]
have wandered about the purlieus of
the cities of the island at all hours of
the night, have travelled 200 miles in
the forests and savannas of the interior,
and have met nothing but unfailing
courtesy and hospitality. I have talked
with most of the Americans in the
island, and the report from them all
is the same. No honest, fair-dealing
foreigner need fear TO be molested by
any Dominican either in purse or per-
son.
VOodooism.
San Domingo has been described in
recent magazine articles as a black Re-
public, in which no white man is safe,
in which black rule only is desired, and
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WAR ON LIQUOR AND TOBACCO.

The Kansas Anti-Iiquor Society has adopted new
plan to fight the LIQUOR traffic II is distributing
free to all who write and enclose stamp. recipe
for the cure OF the liquor habit II can be given
secretly In coffee or food Also for the tobacco
habit that can be given secretly The only request
they make Is that you do not sell the recipes but give
free copies to your friends Their address is Room s.
Gray Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
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west Point 80 Years Ago.

In 1852 Whistler, the famous artist,
was n cadet at West Point. and even
then his pencil showed genius. He left
some sketches of sights and scenes
around the Academy which are quite
taking and bright.
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Realize Their Weakness.

The islanders realize their weakness
it's those who fear who see ghosts
and they have a vision of some strong
Nation stepping in and administering
their affairs in decency and order as
they should be administered and as
suming sovereignty in consequence
Just why this vision OF the devourer
crouching for spring should always
wear the German helmet nobody can
tellSunless it is the Germans On the
other hand. the feeling toward the
Americans is different one. They be-
lieve that any arrangement made with
this country will be such as will give
them a chance to stand alone without
the threat of immediate absorption
They believe, moreover, that the abuses
which they now suffer at the hands of
Americans privately will be corrected
by the strong hand of the American
public when once that hand has the
legal right to shut upon the misdoers
There are a few l0ud-VOiced dissent
ers to this. Those are the Dominicans
of education and influence who have
learned to feather their own nests at
the expense of their countrymen, to
whom the old-time regime was the
golden age which suddenly vanished
when the United States took control
of the customs.
keynote of the Trouble.
And there you have the keynote to
all the political dissensions that Santo
Domingo has had or can have-the
control of the customs. The Govern
ment of Santo Domingo has practically
no other source of revenue. Whichever
political coterie there can control the
money coming in by way of the custom
dues controls the revenues of the
island. But there again there is ample
opportunity for Intrigue. The ports
are widely separated and communities
ton between them overland is difficult
1t has been possible in times past for
one faction to control one port, another
a second and still another third. With
the custom dues it was easy for each
faction to secure arms and ammunition
through our steamers which visit the
island and smuggle them In freely. The
action of President Roosevelt in TAX
ing control of the customs, then, was
the one thing which would stop these
dissensions and give the stable, pa
trfotic people of the island fair show
to work out their own salvation. Had
the United States Senate ratified this
action at the first opportunity, the NUT
terings and threats which finally cul-
minated in the recent outbreak would
never have been heard. The prize of
free access to all this income may now
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and In the interior are vast forests Of
valuable wood. Outside the principal
cities all transportation is on horse-or
donkey-back and the roads are execra-
BILE. That 10 to say. they are ungraded
trails which follow fascinating ridges
through rough woodland, dip Into
swampy stretches, drop at angles of %
degrees to rivers which you must ford
at low water and swim in flood time.
Even In the cities wheels are novelty
and paving q surprise. The streets of
the capital city of Santo Domingo lie
quilted by tropical rains, and in most
localities are so rough that carriages
traverse them with difficulty. Hence the
saddle horse is the favorite mode or
transportation for the gentleman, the
donkey for the man OF the humber
classes. The whole thing shows merely
lack OF energy and development. And
yet the island is more splendidly en-
dowed by nature than any other of the
West Indies. Development would make
of it q paradise of civilization just as ii
is now a paradise of nature.
Nothing Doing.
The question is naturally asked: What
are the Dominicans doing with this
magnificent property? The answer is:
Practically nothing. All the enterprises
of any size on the island are conducted
by foreigners with foreign capital.
There are two short railroads on the
island, owned and manned by foreign
ers. The hills contain amber, gold and
other minerals: these are mined by for
eignerS. Some of the Dominicans are
merchants and traders: many of them
are planters in small way. Most of
them are willing to work where there
is opportunity to earn wages Plenty OF
labor, such as il is, is to be had for 90
cents day, in gold. The result of this
labor is as a rule just so cents worth,
or less The DOminicans are willing to
work, but they lack the stamina and
staying qualities which make good
workman. They rarely have the phys
ique to do hard work and keep at II.
In n land where plenty is at every man S
door they seem in many instances to be
ill-nnurished and to lack vigor 1t is
perfectly easy for them To lead an ont
door life in the finest climate on earth,
yet consumption is prevalent among
them. They lack stamina: they lack
vigor. ambition and sturdiueSs. Ger
man physician ut La Vega in the in
terror whom ] questioned about this.
ascribed it to the natural characteris-
lies of a people resulting from centuries
of miscegenation. He had but q poor
oriaion of the possibilities of the half
breed black, thinking them bound to
pass away before races of superior viril-
ity He had lived among these people
for many years and as an educated
man. a physician, and Il student of the
situation his opinion should haze
weight.
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want the Americans to Control.

Also they want the Americans to un-
dertake this because-there Is the Ger
man spccter. This is as difficult to find
in tangible form as any ghost, but 1t
stalks up and down the island. Wher-
ever people discuss the future of Santo
Domingo, there is the German specter
also Few people down there say in
definite words when and how they think
this ghost will materialiZe. Few can
tell you tangible reasons for thinking
anything about it anyway; but they do
think and it is not Dominicans alone.
Any American in the island will tell
you that he has seen the same ghost
walk at club and banquet as well as in
private conversation.
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Incapable of seIf-Government.

am not so sure of this conclusion
as he was, however. 1t IL undoubtedly
true Of a considerable proportion of the
people. on the other hand. among the
wealthier, better-educatc1 classes you
find many of much VigoI and fine phys
ique. All this, however is aside from
the question which is OF main interest
! To Americans just nUT,, which il seems
TO me Is this: Are the Dominicans at
present capDb BILE OF el:-goVeTnl1ent in
its commonly accepted sense. and viii
they be for The next hundred years?
The answer is undoubtedly: No. The
! GcTcrnmeEt which they need, for their
/ own good and their own future develop
/ ment, do not believe them capable OF
/ supplying. My own experience among
them bears out the testimony OF other
! Americans and Europeans who have
/ lived among them Tor years. That IS.
/ they need TO be regarded as children:
] good children in the main, and perhap
: caDaDle of growing up bat needing Tor
| the present. and probably fer good
! while TO come a strong guiding hand.
/ They learn readily. They VIII learn
| good things IF they have the opportuni-
[ ty. That they can also learn bad th'nes
with equal readiness is evidenced by
4 the ease with which they take up the
| ideas which INSCRIPTIONS promoters
and self-seekers have set before their
| eyes in the last few decades. Sinister
1 forces are dE "DGh dilobS flitti4t' anu
| many of their worst performances in
the last few years have been prompted
| from the outside. The better Domini-
| cans themselves understand this. They
| know where the cheap political tricks
| which their own people have been play
| ing in the last half-dozen years orig
mated. They want that treaty with the
! United States because they believe the
Americans know the games of their own
| shysters and will be strong enough and
| bold enough to stop them, once they
| have the requisite authority. The deep
! financial acumen and strategy of i'm
| provement'' companies and of other
American promotions have deeply i'm
! pressed them in a way not over-favor-
/ ably They feel the grip of the claws
! through the velvet now. They know
| that the weak and the willful among
| their own people have been taught how
best to play into the hands Of these
| Others" and they know that they are
not strong enough to stop ii.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
JAMES cosGROvE FOUND.
MISSING Lad from Lynn, Mass, Turns
10 in kennebec Jail-Admits Identity.

James CosgrOve, the missing Lynn,
Mass. boy was discovered Saturday to
be n prisoner at the Kennebec Jail. to
which institution he had been COM
mitted from Waterville for vagrancy.
With him also are two boys named
Thomas Mahoney and Melvin Stevens
with whom he is supposed to have
run away.
The identification of young Cos
grove was brought about by news
paper clipping which was sent To Sher-
if Ham by City Marshal Burckes OF
Lynn Saturday morning and which
contained a likeness of the young man
Cosgrove admitted his identity to the
sheriff ana says that he was in swim
ming at one of the beaches at Lynn
when the other boys came along and
suggested that he run away with them
which he did The three boys bea,
their way to Maine on freight trains
and finally landed in Waterville where
they We're arrested as Migrants anc
sent down to Augusta. Sheriff Han
| has communicated with Marsha
Burckes. but up to last night had re-
ceived no directions regarding the dis
posal of the prisoners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
Railroads at Home and Abroad.

Last year the railroads of Great Brit
ain and Ireland transported over one bill
lion passengers and only killed . and in
jured 500. In America only three quarters
of a billion passengers Were carried but
We killed 1900 and injured 5000. In
medicine it is impossible to make COM
Parsons because there is no other rene
dy in the same class with the famous
IIostetters stomach Bitters. 1t has beer
first and foremost for s3 years, and it,
record of cures has been so wonderful
that we doubt If anyone will ever be abb,
to make a better remedy to take it:
fiatulency, bloatirg. liver or kidney ills
dyspepsia, indigestion. cramps, diarrhoea
or malaria, fever and ague. The genlsin'
the bottle. Refuse all others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
STATE OF MAINE.

KENNEBEC ss.-Superior Court, in Va
cation. Augusta. August 4, 1906
Charles II. Stone Lib't., VS.. Elizabeth
ID. Stone.
Upon the annexed Writ and Libel il is
ordered by me, the undersigned, Justice
OF said Court that notice thereof be given
to the I.ibelce by publishing an attested
copy Of the same. or an abstract thereof.
together with this order thereon. three
weeks successfully iE the Kennebec Jour
nal, a newspaper printed i'll Augusta. in
said County Of Ktnnebec, the last pub
LEGATION to be thirty days at least before
the next term of said Court, to be holden
in Waterville within ard for said County
of Kennc5ec. on the second Tuesday Of
November next. that she may then and
there appear III said Court and answer
thereto ii Sha sees fit.
Attest: OLIVER Ii. HALL.
Justice Superior Court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-20
SOMERSET.
ST, AL BANS.

Special Deputy Fred Lucas was in
town Tuesday.
Dell Hutchins Of Wellington was
here Wednesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hall of Nashua,
n. H.. are visiting her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. G.. +. Goodwin.
Mrs. Carol Southland and two chill
dren returned Wednesday from Wind
sor. Vt, where she has been visiting
her mother.
Some much needed improvements
are being made in our village streets
George Morre, Esq. of Pittslield was
in town Friday on business with Hon
| d. d. Stewart.
| Mrs. Roxy Osborn and Mrs. ALFRED
| Cool of Skowhegan were In towf
Thursday on business.
| Mrs. Charles Halves has gone t
Minneapolis to visit her sister.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Brown of Mel
rose Highlands. Boston are visiting il
town.
DR.. Joe w. Jackson of Barre, VT, ar
rived Friday the 18th
i Mrs Mary whittier had the mis-
fortune to have a bad fall Frida
morning. DR.. Moulton thinks no bone
were broken and that she will be on
in a weeks time
Some repairs are being made at tn
1 corn factory.
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copy OF IIRFL,

The Tibelant alleges that he was mar
rird to the said libelee at Saco in the
State of Maine on the 23rd day OF Novem-
Der. 1876. that the said libelant ami Ii
said marriage; that the hbelant resided
in this State when the cause Of divorce.
accrued as hereinafter set forth, ana mad
II sided here in good faith one year prior
to the date hereof; that the libclant has
ever been faithful to his marriage obli-
cations. but that the said hbelee has been
unmntful Of the same; that on the LIST
day of January. ISIS, she utterly deserted
the libelant without reasonable cause ana
has continued said desertion for three
consecutive years next prior to the Ill
ing of this libel: that Gn the lSt day OF
Januqry lNSS, ard on divers otner days
and times since their internlarriiSe me
said lihelee committed tn" CRIME 81 aduit-
ery with parties whose names are To your
ibelant unknown: that Sh" has been
guilty of cruel and abusive treatment and
extreme cruelty towards INN as follows,
to wit
them during their said marriage.
Wherefore. H. prays that Il divorce FROM
the bonds OF matrimonv between himself
and said libelee may Toe dccreed.
And the libnlant further alleges that ne
has used reasonable diligence" 10 ascertain
thu present residence OF SAID npriet; ~.
is unable to do 50, and does not know
where il is. ., ,.
CHARLES II. STONE. Idhelant.
KENNFREC. IS. July %, lN6.-The salh
| i,ibeIant made oath that the above al
| legation as to the residence o. the II
beln.. is true.
| JOS. WILLIAMSON.
| Justice of the Peace.
| A true copy of the order of notice anc
| Attest. G. W. JONES. Clerk.
auy6Mpn3t
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AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farm'ns'o,'
Railroad Property to be Sold Sept ~

A hearing was held before Juase
Whitehouse Saturday upon the Pc
ton of William ID. Patterson. receive :
for authority to sell all Of the pfopei -
and franchises of the Wiscasset' wa
erville and Pennington Railroad - "'
public auction.
Leslie A. Cornish represented the Is
ceiver and Hon. II. NJ. lieath l'' u 70
tee under the mortgage. ieie
no opposition to the petition anu ~,
court ordered the receiver 10 iii'Ae -,
sale at public auction at the couf'
bousa in this CITY. at 10 A. NJ, Friday
| Sent "a but specified in the decree
that no bids of less than $4,000 shoul'
| be received.
| This road has been in the hanos :"
the receiver since November, l9"'' any
has been operated by him during 'ii'
time.
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CANNUN
Twill Speak at Augusta
City Hall Sept. 3.
Il Will be the Leading Rally
Of the Campaign.
A Great Crowd Will Greet The Distinguished
Statesman.

If is announced that Hon. Joseph Ct.
Cannon. of Illinois, Speaker of the
National House of Representatives
viii be in Augusta Labor Day,
September 3 ana will discuss the
political issues OF this campaign at the
Augusta City hall that evening. This
viii he the most important campaign
rally in this city or vicinity, and there
| is no question that City hall will be
filled to its capacity. MI. Cannon is
one of the most prominent men in the
| country today, and is a strong presi-
dental possibility for 1908. He is
serving his second term as Speaker OF
the National House, of which he has
been a member for about 80 years. He
will speak in but two or three Maine
cities, and Augusta is particularly
fortunate in securing him for al
| address here.