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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
Spectacular Drop in Price.
Of Stocks at New York.
Many Go to Low Record for
Year and Trading Is Heavy.


New York, May Not since the
Northern Pacific panic of May . 1901.
has there been such a spectacular de-
cline in prices on the Stock Exchange
as there was today. Heavy selling,
almost regardless Of the prices offered
began with the opening Of the market
and from that time until near the close
the tone generally was weak The
days trading was extremely heavy.
rising to a total of 2,445,000 shares.
Within Il few minutes after the trad
in gbcgan many stocks touched the
low records for the year. There WAS
much confusion as il seemed that
every broker had orders to sell and
was anxious to get rid Of his stocks
without a moments delay. Anaconda
which closed last night at 246 opened
at 234, ana Immediately sold at 232
a loss of II points. Northern Pacific.
which closed yesterday at 1870 opened
ut 1SS. and on running sales" sold at
1885, 1855. then back to lS6 and 1877.
Readings first sale was only Il below
yesterday at 11I%. but selling soon
broke out i'll this stock. forcing the
price down to 115A. Amalgamatcd
copper opened at $3.50. TO 80. as COM
pared with 1908 AT tho close yester-
day and Union Pacific which ended
yesterday al 1i2A. first appeared to-
day ut li2. 1i1H. 40.
The weakness grew more pro-
nounced during tho second hour. when
Union Pacific was hammered down be-
low 1879, Shelters below 1879. Reading
down to 1l5, Anaconda below go.
Amalgamated copper below 9S and
Steel preferred To 102.
At noon support seemed to have
been entirely withdrawn and there was
| absolute decentralization. Nobody
seemed 10 want stocks at any prices.
| and they were thrown over 50 fast that
| thc ticker tape was from 8 to 10 min
| utcs behind in reporting the sales.
/ There was q rally at 1915. but this
| VISA followed by a drive against Read
| ing which carried il down TO liz. At
| ter > o'clock il appeared that there
was no further liquidation in sight
| and prices rallied TO the best of the
day.
There was no definite news 10 aC-
count for the heavy selling and con-
sequcnt collapse in prices. Wall
street heard many r,Imors Of bear
pools. of alleged financial difficulties.
| an! Of alleged impairment Of conf
| dcncc in the values Of some Of the
securities listed on the exchange, but
nothing developed to give substantial
confirmation to'any of the reports.
Cali money opened at s per cent.
ana continued tight during the morn
| ing At o'clock il had jumped 10 II
per cent. There WAS little demand.
| however. ana ii soon slipped back to
: per cent. and the last loan was at
| 4 per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
Continue Grand Body Ses-
sionS at Portland.
Royal Arch Masons Have SO
Chapters and 1927 Members.
Report Of Committee on Returns Shows Gain
in Memhership Officers Installed.

Portland. Nc, May 2.-Thrcr of the
nual session today. Business Of the
Grand Chapter. Royal Arch Masons,
was resumed the third degree WAS cN-
cmplfied before the Grand Lodg" by
visiting lodge and the annual con-
vention OF the Grand Council. Royal
and Select Masters, WAS convened.
The Grand Chapter resumed work at
Q o'clock. The committee on returns re-
ported 80 Chapters. S321 members,
which was a gain Of 900. iN0 candidates
exalted AMI 100 members ncceaScd.
Past Grand High Priest James Nj.
T.arrabcc Of Gardiner was called 70
preside and to install the oIiicers-clcc!.
| Tho following appointments were made
after The installation:
District deputy grand high priests.
| Thomas H. HodGc. Augusta. Charles
F. Ridlon, Norway. Charles +. Davis,
| WatcrviIlc. Wilmer }. Dorman. Bel
| fast grand chaplains, Ecvs. Leroy W.
| Conns. Pittsfcld. Joseph Is. shepherd
! Portland. VIM. J. Taylor. Lewiston,
| Ashley \. Smith. Belfast; grand cap
| tain of the host. James +. EaSlcN, To-
| gus: cranl principal Sojourncr. Mil
| lard w. CaSWcll Brdc ton; grand RIVAL
| arch captain, Albert W. Mcscrvc, ken
| ncb,mk: grand master of third vail,
| Fred hammond. LiVermorc Falls, grand
| ma tcr of second vail, James II. With
| crell. Oakland: grand master first vail
l.. Eiwuod Jones. Winthrop; grand
| stewards. Enoch O. GrC"nl2af. FARM
inrtnn SilaS +. Adams. Portland
George w. Goss, Lewiston. Levi Seat
| vcy. Thomaston. Charles {. Newell
| Houlton; grand lecturer, Frank +;
| sleeper. Sabattus; grand sentinel War
rem o. Carney. Portland.
The Grand Chapter closed at liz
| 4. NJ.
| The Grand Council Of Royal and
| Select Masters was presided over ~
tho absence Of the grand master by
Deputy Grand Master Alexander A.
Rcaton of Stockton Springs. The re-
potr of the committee on returns SHOW
ed 16 councils. 346i members, $50 can
didatcs and 46 deaths. TIL" member
ship is the same as last year.
The following officers were elected:
Grand Master. Alexander a. BCaton
Stockton Springs; Deputy Grand Mas
ter. Alfred $. kimball. Norway
Grand l.. {. of Work, Convcrs" Leach
Portland; Grand Treasurer, Lcandcl
W. FobcS. Portland; Grand Recorder
stephen Berry. Portland.
These officers wcr" installed by Past
lGraud Master Emoch GrccnlcHf oi
Pennington. the following appoint
mcntS being made:
| Grand Chaplain, Roy. Ashley y
Smith. belfast: Grand Master t"rc-
monies, Murray =. Watson, Auburn;
Grand Captain of Guards. James II
lWilhcrcll. Oakland; Grand Conductor
Daniel Il. Bclchcr. Pennington
Grand Steward, Frank J. Cole. Ban
gor; Grand Sentinel. willard &. g
ICarncy. Portland.
The Grand Council then closed.
| In the Grand Lodge the afternoon
was spent in Witnessing work in The
Third degree by Augusta Lodge, No
l141, of Augusta. Percy Gr"ig, master,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
John C. Ma|oney Faces
Mans|aughter Charge.
Accused Of killing Mrs. Annie
Bishop at South Thomaston.
First Physician TO View the Murdered
Woman's Body Gives Evidence.

Rocklaud, May 3.-The trial Of
John &. Maioncy on the charge Of
manslauGhtcr iii connection with the
death of his fathers housckccpcr. Mrs.
Annie Bishop, at South Thomaston,
was begun "Wednesday before Justice
Henry G. Peabody in the supreme
court.
Mrs. Bishop was found dead in bed
on the afternoon ot the 27th day of
last JuIm. Her body was horribly
mutilited. the wounds having been in
rictcd,. it was believed, with an axe.
Maloncy was arrested at once and held
for trial. Twenty witnesses have been
summoned for the State. The work Of
cmpanclliug the jury occupied the
morning session.
Twelve of the - jurors summoned
were dismissed before the panel was
complete, leaving only one juror upon
whom the court could have drawn if
necessary William a. Moody of St.
George WAS appointed foreman. County
Attorney Philip Howard made the
opening address for the state. IL" re-
cited the story of the crime. referred
to the fact that Mnl"ncy is afflicted
with liquor habit and is subject t"
"piI.Itic fits. and announced that the
Iattcr atiliction would figure prnmi-
ncntIy III the trial.
I'll" first witnesses were Edward r.
Glover. an are hitcct Who nrru rl"ns
of the MalnnrN hoLsc. ana crnr,;.' y.
Handling who ten days aftc" th"' crime
WIS pc,pctratcd mat" interior photo
graphs
Whitney l.. IIail, "uc of the first
persons Ia enter the h"us" after the
tragedy Described the condition of
Mrs bishops bedroom.
Dr. Gcorgr 4. Horne, VII" was tho
first physician t. view the body, t"S-
tilted th4t when Il" arrived at The
house hr found John q. Mnlnncy. the
accused inan there. ANA asked him
no the victim WAS. MHloacy instead
of replying to the question demanded
I" know VIII" sent Dr. Horne Their"
and then added: We'll, suppose
ICull have to see it Dr. Horne
stepped mi" tn" bodr"um and SAW tn,
body of Mrs. bishop Blood WAS
#rrttcr"d about the walls aud tn" wit
ness also noticed red Ills, oIoration on
Malnncy'a hands. h" sail
Coroner NJ T.. Ludkine testified ~
~ the untur" ~ the wounds ~ tn
person "t tho victim. There was =
deep scalp wound. two hy two. There
Was i confusion above til" left ear
bruis,.; on the lower limbs AMI Gu
an iuch deep between the thumb an.
fore finger of thu, right hand
Testimony rs to tn" result of the
autopsy WAS deferred until tomorrow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
REGISTERED AT DOVER.
Man Answering Description and Using
Same Name Guest at Hotel.

York. Nc. May "A man wearing
Il vandykc beard ana in other ways
answering the description of Erich
Mucntcr. the Harvard professor who is
wanted nj Cambridge, and the man
who registered az the hotel ut Dover
today by that name, came I" York
Beach this afternoon and is believed
To have taken Il train for Portsmouth
or some point west OF that city Con-
ductor Thompson stated that the man
boarded his electric car ut Rosemary
Junction ANA was the only one who
went through 10 York Beach. which
he reached at 1.30 O'Clock. He came
from either Dover or Portsmouth. He
inquired if be could get away from
York Beach hy train and when told
that Il west bound train left ut 1.33 L.
NJ. started toward the station, owl
IDENTITY with the intention Of boarding
it, Ii is believed that Mucnt"r has
visited York Reach Us the guest Of ono
of the Harvard professors who have
summer residences there.
Inquiry III the station. however,
showed that 10 person answering the
description purchased 4 ticket. ANA
none If the trlinmcn or liNcrymcn in
town had seen Il man nf The dcscrip-
ion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
VETERANS OBJECT.
Neither Federal or Confederate Sol
dicrs Approve Fr. Sherman's Trip.

Savannah, Ga. May THE march OF
the Rev Father sherman. son Of Gen.
sherman. over the route his father took
on his famous March to the Sea. has
provoked a great deal of adverse COM
ment by the Confederate veterans.
Gen. s. II. f. Gillespie. a prominent
member of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. said:
1T is outrageous. IT the reverend
father wants to see the ground over
which his father went, why doesn't he
get a carriage? I can't see how the
government came to furnish an cs-
cort.'
Acting Mayor DiXon's opinion WAS to
the points: IF Il were left to me Id
have him caught and hanged before he
icachcI Savannah"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
THE ALPHA DELTA PHI
Will Open Its National Convention To-
day at Portland.

Portland. Me, May :, Tho first Of
the larg" number "f delegates VII"
will attend the Tlih annual convention
of the national body Of The Alpha
nclta Phi fraternity which will he
formally opened tomorrow and con-
tiuu" until Saturday arrived today.
The convention will be under the aus
riCcS of BoWdoin College Chapter. An
informal reception at Il hotel viii be
held this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
oston Forecast.

BOSTON. May : Forecast f"r BoStnl
and vicinity: Fair Thursday and Fri
day: light westerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
Conditions and General Forecast

Washington. May TIL" distur-
hauce central III Minnesota Tuesday
night has developed greatly i'll energy
ana moved rapidly eastward. Tonight
it ovcrlics Lake ontario having caused
numerous thunder storms throughout
the Lake region ana middle Atlantic
states, and rain in New England.
Tho weather Thursday will clear in
New England and fair weather will
prevail elsewhere except in the South
west where scattered thunder storms
are probable 1t will be somewhat
cooler in the middle Atlantic states.
The winds along the New England
coast will BE- fresh west; middle At
lantic coast light to fresh southwest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
FAIR.

Washington, May :.-f'"r"caSt for
Thurs lay nnd Friday: New England:
Fair Thursday. preceded by rain in
r.as, Maine; Friday fair, fresh west
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
GOV. COBB Is BETTER.
Leaves Boston to Return to His Homo
at Rockand.

Boston. May Gov. William Il.
Cobb Of Maine, left Boston today for
his home at Rockland. He was taken
i'll with an attack Of grip while stop
ping at the Hotel Lcnox several days
ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18
BY ELLEN OSMOND

The sheer black waist is a novelty that is meeting with much approval. chiffons and nets we'll to the fore. The vogue of the black voile suit makes the demand for the thin black waist the costume idea continuing to rule, waist and skirt of the same color. We also see an increase in the number of simpler black blouses, liking for tho shirt-waist of black China silk and even the golf shirt appearing in this material and color.
 Black and white effects, both in cot ton and silk, meet with favor at the present. the magpie combination again in style. The combination is noticed in stripes and checks and polka dots, Spots" feature of the day. Some ex- ceedingly smart costumes in black and white are seen, and some beautiful hats. As rule this conjunction of colors is effective and becoming. white has softening tendency and a touch of black generally reflnes and softens harsh outline and uncertain com plexion.
 White serge suits are trim and de- cidedly chic these days, made with a severe plainness that gives refresh ing after the over elaboration so often seen in summer, so much cheap ready made f1nery then on display. And the white linen suits are even more at tractive. There are soft white wool hats to wear with the white suits, some with scarcely any trimming at all. In millinery now we find this contrast, flowers piled on flowers, and next door hat with nothing on it save single rose. Some of the hats are quite bare on one side, on the oth- CT there is massed perfect tower of trimming. This gives in not few cases a decided jauntiness that is pleasing, but we must say it is only the youthful, jaunty face that can stand such headgear.
 i With the present fashions one may easily make up an evening costume out of pieces gathered from box and bag. Our Illustration pictures a gown con- structed of various materials and hav- ing points that mark it modish. There is simulated jacket of lace. the founces are of shaded pink chiffon although other material might be used i-the lighter shade at the top. The foundation is an old white silk dress, which has been we'll cleaned and fresh- ened. Little circlets of black velvet ribbon give the touch of black so fashionable. In the corsage some long-stemmed pink posies with plenty
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18
BISHOP OF SEOUL ATTACKED.
Japanese Soldiers Cause Trouble In
 Cathedral at Korean Capital.

Japanese Soldiers Cause Trouble In
 Cathedral at Korean Capital.
 SEOUL, Korea, June 1S.-Mgr. Mu- tel, Roman Catholic bishop at Seoul, was assaulted while performing mass by some Japanese soldiers who had entered the cathedral during the serv' ice and were smoking and laughing, thus disturbing the service.
 The bishop went to the men and told them they must desist or leave the edi- flee. Finally one of the Japanese sol diers struck the bishop heavy blow on the face Gendarmes were sent for, the soldiers arrested and the bishop proceeded with the service.
 A revival of Boxerism and consider able brigandage are reported from va rious sections of north China. In the Amur district number of Chinese off, cials have been murdered In Man. churia brigands held up train and robbed the passengers of valuables. with the result that Japan has placed guards on all trains.
 Advices from the seat of the Korean insurrection show that at Hongju a force of Japanese with artillery blew up the city gate and rushed the city. Five hundred rebels occupying that place were defeated and Mingchiong- six, the leader. was killed, with many others. The Japanese are taking ad- vantage of the failure of the Korean troops to cope with the insurrection to strengthen their political position in Korea
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18
RECLAIMING OUR VAST
 AREA OF SWAMP LANDS
in Congress for Reclamation of Inundated Lands Under System Similar to that Adopted
 for Desert Lands

exceeds 100000 acres, the money value of their best state will amount to at least $40,000,00O. The cost of reclaim ing these lands and reducing them to cultivation should not exceed the fifth of this sum-"
 Shaler spoke of the need for we'll skilled engineering direction in the retaining of the marshes, and that 1t was to be regretted the experiments had not been directed by some one trained in the work-as in the very successful work on the northern shores of Europe.
 In Europe salt marshes are consid- cred the most fertile of lands. For many years past large areas in Den mark, Belgium and Holland have been under cultivation. The Fens in Eng land have been diked and ditched and about million acres of matchless fer tility been reclaimed. ..s.,s
 There are many kinds of salt marsh es; some bare mud flats without vege- tation; others with heavy growth of grass, sometimes there is sod foot and more thick. It is comparative ly slow process to get the salt lands rid of water and saltiness, but in those cases where proper precautions have been taken, sufficient time and labor allowed, the lands have given good returns. The author of the circular says it is generally conceded one acre of reclaimed salt marsh is worth four or five acres of upland, and that ac- cording to the we'll substantiated hg- ures of Shaler, the cost of reclamation should not exceed one-ffth the final value of the land.
 The Yankee farmer has found out that a certain class of bog land can be turned to profitable account in grow ing the cranberry, but when considera- tion is given the extent of our swamp
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18

very deep. the chemisette is ornament ed back as we'll as fore. for so many frocks to-day are cut low or with V back and front
 A neat little embroidered collar, one of the high turndowns. has couple of bows of ribbon as finish, these made-affairs easily slipped in place and with no clumsy band to be ad- justed or make the collar bulge.
 Green silk gloves give touch of ver- dency to the streets. are accompani- ments of not few costumes. Usually they are of silk. and always match some trimming of the costume. girdle or foliage-adorned hat. They are rather fetching. look cool and pretty with light summer gowns. Some green parasels are abroad, considerable green is used for trimming. Pongee and tussah coaching parasols remain in favor, and they are SO smart one does not wonder they hold their own so we'll. Speaking of green gloves, it may be they are worn because nothing else is to be had-long gloves have become so expensive, in such demand, the dealers say to the manufacturers: Send anything. anything" Every body wears short sleeves, everybody wants long gloves.
 Suede belts the color of the dress lead for street wear. Yesterday We mo- ticed neat brown costume-and over in Paris brown. though rather a warm. dull color for summer. is the thing the belt shaped suede that seemed . very part of skirt and blouse. The skirt was light weight wool and fitted the girlish form perfectly, but without accentuation of the figure. The blouse was brown pongee made full back and front and with full sleeves coming just to the elbow. The hat was one of those coquettish tur- bans that this season Is responsible for it was all black. the gloves were black, the low shoes a dull black.
 ELLEN osMoNDK.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18
GREAT CHESS MASTER GONE.
Harry Pillsbury. Champion of Knight
 and Pawn, Dead at Philadelphia.


 and Pawn, Dead at Philadelphia.
 PHILADELPHIA, June 1s.-Harry Nelson Pillsbury, the chess master, died here yesterday of apoplexy after an illness of many months. Pillsbury was born Dec 5, 1872, at Somerville, Mass, where the body will be taken, the funeral to be held there tomorrow.
 Pillsbury learned the rudiments of chess when he was sixteen years old at the Deschapelles Chess club in Bos- ton.
 His first notable victory was score of to 4 in match with John F. Bar " of Boston in 1891. In 1893 he won the New York city tournament with a total score of z out of possible g and in 1895 won first prize at the Hastings tournament against many of the strongest players of the world.
 This victory logically made him ono of the quartet of the then most fa- nous players named to compete at St. Petersburg-Lasker, Steinitz, Tchigor- in and Pillsbury. His score with the world champion, Lasker, was 31a to 21a. -
 In 1897 Pillsbury won from Showal- ter the American chess championship, which he confirmed by second match with Showalter in 1898.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18
Republicans at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1S.-In the same assembly room in Musical Fund hall where, on June IT, 1856, the Re publican party opened its first nation al convention which named Fremont and Dayton as its presidential ticket, there gathered hundreds of Republic ans from different sections of the coun- try to commemorate the event. It was the openHg meeting of four days celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Republican party under the auspices of the National Republican league, which begins its annual con. vention here today. Governor Penny packer of Pennsylvania presided and introduced the Rev. Edgar NJ. Levy, a Baptist clergyman of this city, who delivered the invocation as he did at the opening of the convention fifty years geo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18
Veteran Dies AEed Io6.

LEYDEN, Mass, June 1s.-James Stewart. who was born in Scotland. is dead here. aged 1O6 years. His father WAS a lieutenant in a Scottish regi- ment and distinguished himself at Gibraltar. Stewart often recounted his fathers stories of the stirring times of the Sapoleonic wars. Stewart re- membered the signaling of the victory at Waterloo from hilltop to hilltop by means of fires. Stewart enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts vol unteers and served in the civil war when more than sixty years old
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-18

culture, attention is called to the fact that marshes and stagnant pools are the principal breeding places of mos- ouitoes. Science has shown that mos ouitoes are the most common, if not the only means of conveying malarial germs and introducing these germs into the human system; and that mos ouitoes are the only proved cause of the infection of yellow fever. In Italy vast areas of land have been aban- doned because of the mosquito pest. While our salt marshes do not seem Ito present the conditions necessary for the breeding of the species of malaria mosquitoes in this country, they are breeding places for immense numbers lof other mosquitoes that prove a pest Ito persons and to stock, in some cases so troublesome they lower the valua- ton of the land.
 Engineers believe the everglades of Florida can be drained, and here would be added to our rich lands 7,o0O.- 0oo tillable acres. There are 5.oO0.00o .acres of swamp lands in Michigan. be- tween s.o00, 900 and S.000,000 acres in Minnesota, 100000 in Wisconsin. In New Jersey and Virginia there are large areas. Salt marshes are promi- nent features of nearly all the states bordering the Atlantic and Pacific.
 In preparing this article We have found it difficult to get any very recent writings on the subject of the reclaim ing of the swamps. but are looking shortly for a food of literature on the subject. Some years ago quite a good deal was said. a crusade started for the reclamation of our salt marshes: their value as farming lands. emphasized, and that in the existing state they were A serious menace to the health Of ..ae people living in their vicinity. Notable among the government re- ports issued at the time was Shaler's "Sea-C Coast Marshes of the United States and Nesbit's Tidal Marshes.
 Writing on the sea-ooast marshes of ;he eastern part of the country. Shaler said: The great advantage of the
 .ortherr marsh areas is found in the ,act that they generally are near the large centers of population of the country. where they will have a high value as market garden soils or fields for the raising of hay. When brought into their best state such areas will, measured by the price of other lands in the sane neighbOrhOOd. have a vaiue of not less than s2pO an acre. AS the total reclaiGsable area between New York and Portland CMe1 probably