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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
Letters Of Murdered Girl, Read in Court,
Tell a Sad and Pathetic Tale.
Grace Brown Threatened Exposure if Promise Of
His Marriage Was Not Fulfilled.

her affairs with Gillette and in this
that mad been Of great annoyance to
her.
Tie never called on me-" said Miss
Benedict, referring to Gillette. land he
never was at my house, except to es-
cort me-"
The prisoners eyes were filled with
tears during the reading of Grace
Browns letters.
One of the most important letters
Monday night.
my Dear:
81 have often heard the saying 1T
never rains but it pours. but I never
knew what it meant until today"
After rehearsing some family
troubles. she wrote:
81 cannot help thinking you will new
er come for me. but then / say that you
can't be so mean as that and besides
you told me you would come and you
have never disappointed me when you
said you would not
The letter closes with the following
passage:
please write often. dear, and tell me
YOU will come for me before papa
makes ne tell the whole affair or they
find it out for themselves. I just can't
rest one single minute until hear from
you This is horrible letter, but l
can't write a better one. ] am so blue.
Lovingly yours, G. w. 3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE,
The Roosevelt Has Hard Struggle
Against Wind and Wave.

st. Johns, n. F., Nov. 20.-Comman-
der Peary's Arctic steamer Roosevelt,
which is still at st. Georges bay. New
FOundland. is reported to have had a
terrible experience while coming south
from Hopedale. Labrador. She had to
tie UP for II days in Battle Harbor,
which is about 80 miles north Of Cha
teau bay, on account of hurricane.
In Battle Harbor the Roosecelt car
ried away her heaviest anchor and sew
eral lines had to be run out to keep her
off the rocks. She was short Of coal and
it became necessary to augment this
fuel with wood and blubber. A portion
of the ships interior work was dis
mantled in order to secure wood. Dur
ing a binding snow storm, it is de-
clared. the Roosevelt was near,y
wrecked on the west coast Of New
Foundland and the steamer is still
short of coal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
TURKEYS ARE HIGH.
Twenty one Cents a Pound Already ~
New York City.

New York, Nov. 20-Turkeys for the
Thanksgiving table may reach IS or ~
cents a pound this year. Dealers agree
that the toothsome bird will be moro
expensive than in previous years as
they can place no reliance on the sup
ply this year. The wholesale price
reached q cents yesterday and the re-
tail price is much higher.
A plague. known as blackhead. mas
been sweeping the East. killing thou
sands of turkeys and dealers say this
will diminish the supply.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
WAS 1T FRANCIS?
Burglar Coolly Prepares Food and o.
cupies Warm Bed.

Thomaston. Me. NOV. 20.-The state
Il report that the escaped negro crini
nal Francis possibly may have broken
into the unoccurled house Of Mrs.
Willard Moody a half mile above Lin
colnville Center last night. The house.
which is located nine miles northwest
of Beauchamp Point at Rockport. was
entered through & shed window. Pota
toes and eggs We're cooked and eaten,
other food was eaten or taken away
and the burglar slept in one Of the
beds on one Of tho pillows three black
curly hairs were found. AS far as
known nothing except food was taken
from the house. Mrs. Moody was away
for the night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
SUICIDE AT ELLSWORTH.
Capt. w. V. Cogons, Suddenly Taken
Insane, Shoots Himself.

Ellsworth. Me, Nov. 20.-Capt. Will
liam V. Coggins, aged about -. who
was taken to his home at South Surry
Sunday night from Stockton Springs.
where he became insane while in COM
mand Of the schooner Hazel Dell. sue
ccedcd in GLIDING his watchers last
night and committed suicide. sending
Il rifle bullet through his head. a
widow and three sons survive. He had
been sailing from Ellsworth on coast
ing vessels for several years.
The shooting took place in small
room adjoining the kitchen of Captain
CogginS home, n few minutes after he
had entered it. Death was instantane-
Gus
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
A letter postmarked Otselic. June z

A letter postmarked Otselic, June ~
1906. said:
Chester, there isn't n girl in the
world as miserable as am tonight and
YOU have made me feel so. Chester, l
don't mean that, dear. you have always
been awfully good to me and l know
YOU will always be. You just won't be
a coward know
Another letter read by the prosecu-
ton, after referring to her coming trip
with Gillette said:
Il have been bidding good bye to
some places today. There are so many
hooks. dear, and all of them so dear to
me. l have lived here nearly all my
life. First 1 said good bye to the
spring house with its great masses of
green moss. then the apple tree where
we had our play house. then the Bee
hive a cute little house in the orchard.
and of course all the neighbors that
have mended my dresses from little
tot up, to save me a thrashing ! really
deserved. Oh, dear. don't you realize
what all this is to me. l know / shall
never see any of them again and man,
ma. dear. great heaven, how l do love
my mamma / don't know what / will
do without her. She is never cross and
she always helps me SO much. Some
times / think if could tell mamma,
but ! can't She has trouble enough
as it is and could not break her heart
like that If I come back dead perhaps
if she does know she won't be angry
with me. l will never be happy again
dear. / wish I could die.
please think, dear. that have had
| to give up whole summers pleasure
and you surely will be brave enough
to give up one evening for me. I shall
expect and look for you Monday fore
noon.
Heaven bless you until then, low
ingly and with Kisses
(Signed) THE KID"
Another letter dated, July 4, 1906,
said In part:
Don't think you have got to keep me
| awfully we'll for I can give up lots Of
Continued on Page Two.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Mrs. Maud Bean Tries to Kill Herself
Brockton, Mass.

Brockton. Mass, Nov. 20.-Mrs. Maud
Bean, the young wife Of Joel Bean. at
tempted suicide today. engaging in a
frantic struggle with a man and a
woman who sought to prevent her from
self-destruc:ion. Physicians say she
was mentally irresponsible. She sue
ceeded in gashing her throat with a
piece of a broken tumbler. Her wounds
are not dangerous.
Mrs. Bean came originally from Lew
IstOn, Me-. and was a school teacher be-
fore her marriage. She had been suffer
ing from nervous trouble for long
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
ALMOST THE LIMIT!
Lewiston Once Again Claims Honor Of
Seeing st. Francis.

Lewiston. Me. Nov. e0.-The police
have been searching the lower sections
of the city tonight for a negro. who is
st. Clair Francis, the escaped convict.
At SIS o'clock Elmer G. Wardwell saw
a colored man who looked very much
like the pictures of Francis. near the
freight sheds at the lower Maine Cen
saw Mr.. Wardwell he ran across the
alley and disappeared into dark
driveway.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Nov. 20.-The disturb
ance that was near the Texas coast
Monday night. is moving slowly north
eastward and rains and SHOWS have
continued from Texas northward
through Kansas and nOrtheastward
through the Ohio valley. and the great
er portion Of the lake region. There
were also light local rains in the At
lantic states. At Memphis 1852 inches
of rain has fallen during the last four
days and much damage has been caus-
ed by overlooking of the smaller
streams in western Tennessee.
The wind along the New England
coast will be light to fresh north to
northeast; Middle Atlantic variable,
becoming northeast and fresh: south
Atlantic coast. light to fresh except on
the Florida coast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
or First Christian Church at kittery
Point Is Now On.

Kittcry. Ne. Nov. 20.-The centen-
Nal anniversary Of the first Christian
church at Kittery Point is being OBJ
served in connection with the S1st an
nual session of the Rockingham Chris
ton conference. which was opened this
afternoon and will continue Thursday
evening. Rev. John ii. Mugridge of
Starham. n. H.. will give an historical
address tomorrow night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
RAIN WEDNESDAY.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Forecast for
Wednesday and Thursday: New Eng
New F,ngland-Rain Wednesday except
fair in north and east Maine; Thurs
day rain; light to fresh east winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
AGAIN SEEN, AGAIN!
Another Suspected Francis, in Canoe,
Near Bath, Me.

Bath. Me. Nov. 2O.-Last evening
there was quite a bit of excitement
about the city because Of the report
that Minot St. Clair Francis had been
seen at the South End. Late yesterday
afternoon. as Percy Bowker and Loring
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21

The New York court of appeals Tues
tlav handed down a decision affirming the
Judgment of the appellate division. first
department which dismissed the appeal
of John r. Platt from a decision denying
his demand for the restitution of about
sfs40oo by Hannah Elias. The case was
one of great notoriety some months ago.
Mrs. Elias having beer. as Platt admit
ted in court. the recipient of large gifts
Mt his hands. The grounds urged for
restitution were those of alleged undue
snfuence over Platt by Mrs Elias.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21

Boston. Nov. 20.-Congressman ana
Mrs. Longworth arrived in Boston to-
day and proceeded to Chestnut Hili
where until tomorrow they Will be the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. George 8. Num-
ford. Mrs. Mumford is an aunt of Mrs.
Longworth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21

river. they passed. just below the
was stout, had Il thin beard, was dress
cd poorly, Wore a Slouch hat and had
two guns in the canoe. according to
the story told by the boys who stated
positively that they were within talk
ing distance and that the man asked
them if there was any seal shooting
in that vicinity.
me boys We're thoroughly frightened
when they arrived here and straight
way told their story and Marshal Nc
Fadden was notified. He with several
officers went directly to the south End
where tn" boys repeated their story to
him and he called up the warden at the
state prison who asked him to do
everything possible to Iun down the
ciu" and learn as to its truthfulness.
This morning Marshal McFadden
ana oHlcer Lemont i'll 4 launch went
down the river to look for the canoe
described by the boys. They had not
returned up to 3 o'clock.
An Officer of the night watch WOulC
rather have met Francis the now famous
desperate. than skunk which assailed
him on Washington street a few morn
ihss ago while he was on his way home.
He saw kitty cat ahead on the side
walk and STOPPED down to pat it. The
heavy overcoat he wore now raposes in
mother earth and will remain there for
some tirle.-Bath Times
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21

Gen. John H. Bryant, q prominent
resident of Washington and New York.
and having extensive business interests
in many parts of the country, died
Monday at Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Nov. 2O.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Generally cloudy
weather, possibly with occasional light
rains; Wednesday and Thursday;
light variable winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21
1904

Factory made in October more than one on
miIjion' Now the largest selling loc.
Cigar in New England. Packed IN boxes
OF Is forstfe holidays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-21

sANFORD'S GINGER A SAFE
Stimulaut in overworked. nervous OIL
slcerless conditions. ALMaES neaI!n.u.;
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-11

inquisitive seller was found to yield a
tremendous profit. 1t was purchased at
the back door for 40 cents and two weeks
later sold for $3.50, in practically the
same condition 1t was in when it left the
original owners home. Old rubbers, too,
form the basis for a good many prosperous
businesses, and dealers in old furniture
fat the proceeds of their antique
pieces-many of them fresh from the fac
tory. In all my research, however. l
failed to find n duplicate of the man who
made his living by buying, begging or
stealing old discarded tobacco pipes. He
never told just what he did with them.
though once he admitted that some of the
stems he made over into c:yarette-holders
and sold at a good profit. Some of his in
Inmates say that he sells the bowls of the
pipes TO well-known tobacco concern,
which polisheS them over puts new stems
on them and gives them away pre-
miums for the return of so many coupons
found in some certain kind of cheap con-
coction foisted upon the unsuspecting pub
lie as tobacco.
While slipping your stocking in the
morning did you ever stop TO think that
in America alone 5000 people, draw
ing annually S25.000.0o0 in wages, work
in 1000 factories representing an invest
ment of $50, Coo. 900, in order that you
and the other $4,000, 0o0-odd of you In
America might not go barefooted to work
and play? Yet such is the case. In some
stocking factories as many as 400 900
pairs in one year are made. The stock
ings are knit by machinery and some OF
the finer kinds are handled 80 times be-
fore they are finished. .'You wouldn't be-
HeTe. said one of the girls at the dye
ing machine In a big stocking factory
THAT a stocking, which goes TO seven diff
ferent machines before it is fini he'd can
be sold at retail on the open market for
10 cents. But 1T is 1t has been COM
puted that about 5000 pounds OF cot
ton yarn and 10000, 600 pounds of wooden
yarn are used annually In America for
stockings
Down on the Atlantic Coast there are
men who rake the bottom of the sea-
much you rake of your front lawn
after having cut the grass They are
after the oysters and clans We have
heard OF the men who telegraph without
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-11

wires, but we are not yet prepared to
believe that there are women who cook
without fires There are, however. and
If you will visit Schenectady, N Y. in
one of the finest homes, there you will
see an electric kitchen in operation, the
roasts and broils and fries being done to
a turn by the juice that now runs our
trolleys, prints our newspapers and will
soon, IL the present line of Development
keeps up. comb our hair and give US our
morning bath.
He Was an Elephants Leg.
An enumerator employed by the arm
in New York that gets out the Metropol-
itan City Directory asked a man who
opened the door in a rooming- house sec
ton the usual list of questions. He got
In reply YER ordinary name, and an
age that correspondent well with the
what Is your occupation?" asked the
enumeration.
Il am usually the left front foot of
an elephant" he replied, but last night
l was the tall.
The enumerator was undecided as to
whether he had gotten hold of lunatic
or only joker. Further inquiries ELECTED
the fact, however, that the man was tell
ing the truth. He was actually one of the
men who comprised a gigantic elephant
then appearing nightly in a popular comic
opera From New York to the Pacific
Coast Is long step, but this Incident
brings TO mind queer employment, found
nowhere In America. except in avail
cities of California. There are many weird
laborers among the Chinese OF the Pa
cific Coast, among them being the Chi
nese schooiteacher, with a hearty con-
tempt for everything American except
the language, which he desires to master
for business reasons. Far more unique,
however, Is the position OF the man
known as The legs OF the dragon" The
dragon can be briefly described as a
peculiar object maze OF silk. some 200
800 feet long 1t has some 800 or 400
legs each a man, and il can readily be
seen that to impart the proper effect
it twirls down the street In Chinese
festival parade these legs must have some
training. Indeed whenever possible the
men are carefully selected for the honor
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-11

and strive to retain the position from
year to year.
Each large city, where there IS a con-
siderable settlement of Chinese. has one
Of these dragons. They resemble a huge
caterpillar when In motion and are said
to be worth about $4,000 each, as they
are made of expensive silks, and are
heavily trimmed with gold and fine
jewels. When times are hard the dragon
is brought out TO appease the evil spirits,
and Ii has a prominent place In each Chi
nese New Years Day procession When
1t appears 1t always creates a sensat ton.
In Old New York.
And now back to New York. There is.
perhaps, no city in the country that has
50 many and varied occupations as the
dear old metropolis. IN the strenuous
scramble for wealth and living the peo-
pie of the great centers - driven TO odd
occupations for a livelihood. There is; for
instance, In New York man who -ats
good wages just looking after dogs and
cats while their owners are out of town
while another enterprising fellow-a good
looking chap. by the way-hires out as
escort to maiden ladies regularly.
young woman without a beau, we will
say. has q friend visit her. She has more
money than male acquaintances bur de-
cides to make a good impression She
hires the professional escort For a really
reasonable sum he will make a social call
OF an evening, will take the two young
ladies TO some restaurant they designate
VIII take them TO the theater. etc. His
employer, OF course. footing the bills He
says that IL he could pick his employers
he would really have a very pleasant job.
When the temperament Of some Of his
bosses Is considered, however 1t Is
quite plain that be earns his money sew
eral times over In some insta noes
Another man gets So a week for break
Ing eggs. He works in big pie-bakiRg
Iii
dozen eggs day He separates the yolks
from the whites and beats up some of
them The pay seems rather high for the
nature OF the WORK. our II Is said that the
man In question more than makes I'D for
the high wages paid him By the econ
omical way in which he handles tie eggs.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-08
PHoENIx, ARIz., APRIL 8, 19oG
It Is 1orning

MT. Hurst's cartoon th's morning is inspiring and it illustrates the truth Arizona, not this time a beseech ng ard lovely maid, but a mail clad knight stands over the prost-ate forms oe his two deadliest enemies and looks be- yond them at a sun rising upon u field of victory.
 One of these, the particular foe of the valley, will no more stalk through the land. The uncertainty which in- timidated water users has been dis. pellei forever. When the farmer shall hereafter plant his. crop he sha1 do so with the knowledge that he vii reap tenfold. He will know that the courts will not consume the meager sutstance which tte drouth nay leave him for there will be neither drouth TOT itgation. These tribu:e5 which i has exhausted him 10 gay, will no more be levied upon m.
 The shadow of joint statehood may fall upon the land again but it VII never be terrifying as it has been. The monster, though not dead, has been laid low.
 Arizona has conquered al it's enc. mics. First the Apache, then the des- ert and now these two later ones have fallen.
 The sun of prosperity is r:s.rg.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-08

Mineral application No. 75: Unit ed States Land office, Phoenix Ari- zona, March 21, 19O6 Notice is hereby given that E. c. Caruthers. whose post office address is Yuma. Arizona, has made application for a patent for the Copper King Min ing claim. situated in the Ajo mining district of Pima county, Arizona, sur vey No 2194. in township eleven s., range six w, Approximately deScrib- ed as follows: Beginning at Cor. No. l. whence T.. s. NJ. M No. l bears S. 75 deg. 57 min. .. lOS3.95 it. Thence II. S7 deg. ". 16) 1t. to cor. No. ?. Thence n. deg. 36 min. W. 14S2. 36 it. to cor No. 3. Thence s. S7 deg. e. 600 1t. to cor. No. 4. Thence S. deg. fl min. W. 1030. S3 it. to cor. No. Thence s. 31 deg. ". 5O5. 20 ft 10 cor. No. l. the place of beginning. The notice of location of said Copper King Mining claim is on record in the office of the county recorder of Pima county, at Tucson. in book EFF rec ords of mines. at page 526. Said Copper King claim is bounded on the north by Childs and Dykes claim, name un- known, and unsurveyed; on the east by the Wedge claim, unsurveyed. and the Aio Junior lode, sur. No. 451: on the south by the Southern lode. sur No. 454; and on the west by the Ajo View claim, unsurveyed, and the Val ley claim. unsurveyed.
 MILTON R. MOORE, Register.
 First publication. March g. 1906.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-08
Tuskegee's Anniversary.

There was a general interest in the celebration last week of the twenty fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Tuskegee Institute. Dr. Booker T. Washington's useful school for the training of blacks in Alabama. The school has had great influence for good in the last quarter-century and starts on it's second twenty-five years with the promise of widening this in fluence incalculably in the future. When the remarkable man who has been its guiding head throughout the period of its growth began the work he had almost no resources except courage, persistence and faith, but with these he pushed forward, gradu- ally interesting more people in his en- terprise, and now the primitive shan ties of the first few years have given way to notable group of substantial and well-equipped buildings. The in stitution Aas performed a great work in giving the negro something to do head. It has taught him the dignity Of manual labor, and through it's nun dreds of students it has played an inn pOrtant part in leavening the whole negro lump in the black belt of the south
Arizona republican., 1906-04-08

PROPOSALS FOR BRICK BARN and Septic Tank Phoenix, Arizona. March 19, 1906. Sealed proposals. plainly marked on the outside of the envelope: Proposals for Barn. or Sep tic Tank Gas the case may be). Phoe- nix, Arizona,' and addressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Wash ingtOn, D. C., will be received at the Indian Office until two o'clock D. m- of Friday. April 20. 1906, for furnishing and delivering the necessary materials and labor required to construct and complete a brick horse barn and septic tank in strict accordance with plans, specifications and instructions to bid
 ders, which may be examined at this Office, the offices of the Arizona Re publican" Phoenix. Arizona. the Times Los Angeles. Calf, the Chronicle" San Francisco, Calif.. the Builders and Traders Exchanges at Omaha, Neb., Milwaukee, Wis, St Paul, Minn., Minneapolis. Minn., The Northwestern Manufacturers Associa- tiOn, St Paul, Minn.. the U. s. Indian Warehouses at 265 South Canal St. Chicago, H., SOP South Seventh St. St. Louis, Mo, S15 Howard St, Omaha. Neb., 119 Wooster St, New York City. and g Washington St. San Francisco. Calf, and at the school. For further information apply to c. w GOODMAN. Superintendent, Phoenix. Arizona. C. r. Larrabee, Acting Commissioner.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-08
NOTICE TO VOTERS.

Pursuant to resolution No. PTS of the common council of Phoenix, notice is hereby given that the great register of the city of Phoenix will be open in the city hall of said city on the 31st day of March, 1906. and will close on the goth day of April. 1906. for the entry of names of qualified voters entitled ID vote at the general and a special nun icipal election to be held on the 1st day of May, 1906 as by law required for the election of mayor and councilmen in the Second and Fourth wards and for voting upon such other matters as may be by law then submitted to said cleo tors.
 Dated Phoenix, Ariz. March 29. 1905
 FRANK THOMAS
 City Recorder.