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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
The Pat Grove Case.

The acquittal Of Pat Grove out in
Omaha was n deplorable travesty of
justice and something to shake the
long established popular faith in the
Jury system. Nobody has doubted the
guilt of the abOminable ruffian on trial
for kidnapping young Cudahy in the
hope of extorting a large sum of mon
ey from the childs parents, but the
Jury ignoring the Identification. and
even ignoring a letter of confession
which Grove had written. We're so
strongly prejudiced against the elder
Cudahy, who is prominent member
of the beef trust, that they declared
the prisoner innocent. Every one Of
the Il men violated his oath and made
himself a subject for the contempt of all
decent people. while the presiding Judge
was so disgusted that he rebuked the
jury in the severest terms.
a disagreement, with the minority in
favor of acquittal because of prejudice
| against q trust magnate would have
been bad enough. but to have IL men
unanimously declare a guilty man inno-
cent and seek to set him free because
they were filled with nnimosity against
| the family whom he had wrOnged is
an alarming indication of what has
been accomplished in this country by
wholesale abuse of individuals who are
officers of great corporations. Those
who encourage class crime by violent
denunciation of the rich are sowing the
seeds OF social whirlwind. This Ne
braska incident is rich in suggestions
of a most unpleasant nature. 1t is the
kind of thing which encourages lynch
law and promotes anarchy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
Freezing to Death in Mexico.

Nature usually evens things up.
While New England and the northern
part of the country in general has had
an exceptionally mild winter, Mexico
has been suffering the coldest winter
III the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
The people down there have neither
the clothing nor the homes adapted
to a period of continuous cold, and in
consequence there has been great suf-
fering among the poor. In the city O.:
Mexico poor creatures, without proper
clothing, have fallen stupefied with
cold in the streets, and so perished. The
novelty Of bonfires in some plazas serv-
ed to warm the shivering wretches af-
ter nightfall, and so to preserve life.
Shepherds have died in plains near
Toluca. and so have charcoal burners
up in the Sierra near the City of Mexi-
co. In late January and early Febru-
ary the mercury got down 10 48 in the
stone houses of the city without fire.
places. and oil stoves have been in very
&c neral use. 1t has been very cold in
Vera Cruz, and tourists who fled there
with Overcoats on. Around
Papantla. in the vanilla country. men
have slept under all the blankets they
could get. The unwonted cold has
made the tyDhIS fever rage and the
cases have been Unprecedented in num-
her, with deaths in proportion. The
death rate in the City of Mexico ran
up from the normal 4S to 60 per 1000.
Luckily tourists have escaped infec-
ton, but the fever still prevails, and
the authorities are waging war on the
dirty tenernents, and trying to get the
poor to bathe.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
Personal Notes.

Secretary Taft has started for the
West for short visit to keep engage
mentS made some time ago. he VIII
return to Washington on the 25th.
Thomas Burt, who was recently re-
turned by large majority to the House
of Commons, went to work as a trap
per boy in a colliery in Hazewells. in
Durham, at practically 20 cents a day.
Rev. John N. Mccormick, rector of
St. Marks Episcopal church. of Grand
Rapids. Mich, on Wednesday last was
consecrated coadjutor bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of Western Michigan,
the first in the history of the diocese.
Orrin Steinberger, a we'll known ar
tist of Urbana, Ohio has lived all winter
on the top of a majestic oak tree for
his health. His home, Camp Aloft, was
without roof, and he has there BRAY
ed and enjoyed the caress of the ele-
ments.
Professor William G. Sumner. of the
social science department of Yale, an
nounces that at the beginning of the
next college year Il new department.
that of sociology. and anthopology will
be established. He will be at the head
of it.
Upon the nomination Of the Prussian
Ministry of Education. the trustees of
Columbia University have appointed
DR.. Hermann Schumacher professor of
political economy in the University of
Bonn, to be honorary professor in Co.
lumbia University for the year 1867.
General Henry f. Tremain. the new
w ar nf
Club of New York city. has 4 splen-
did war record. He enlisted as 4 vol
unteer and rose to be n brevet briga-
dier general i'm 1865. He was one of
the founders of the Grand Army of the
Republic in New York State and al
ways has been active in politics.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
The Makinq Of Dictionaries.

The world is spared, for the present
another dictionary of 'steen volumes
or more. Work has been suspended on
Lippincotts dictionary. and it is not
difficult to see why the promoters are
discouraged since we read that. al
though $iOO. has been expended on
the project and many years of expert
labor. they have gone down the list
only as far as the word dog" The
suspension of the work. however, is
said 10 be only temporary. so those who
are anxiously awaiting for this new
authority will doubtless have it in their
libraries in due time. In the mean
time. there are several dozen diction-
aries. some i'm one volume. some em-
braCing close to half hundred vol
umes. in which every variety of spelling.
pronunciation and usage Is justified by
unaSsailab bic authority and abundant
precedent. In the time of our grand
fathers, there We're two dictionaries
which were regarded by their devotees
rs little short of sacred. The man who
swore by Webster would scarcely asso-
ciate with the man who looked at Wor-
cester as an authority in spelling or
pronunciation. while the Worcester
advocate considered all uncultured who
took Webster as their standard.
With the coming of other authorities
in the form of dictionaries of many
volumes. the old rigid rules have been
relaxed. and We are going back to the
system of four or five centuries ago
when u man made the art of spelling
suit his convenience, and even invented
his rules of grammar as he went along
The English language. fortunately OF
unfortunately according to the point OF
view. has almost as many varieties OF
spelling as there are people who spell
and in almost nothing is there uni.
. formity at any thing that is consis,en,
with anything else. The slang of TODAY
is the classic language of tomorrow
and our language. which already con.
tains little from almost all language
of ancient and modern times, is still in
the process of making. When the work
is resumed upon the suspended die.
tionary. it is probable that almos,
everything done upon it at the time o,
the suspension will have 10 be revised
and corrected.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
Pointed Paragraphs.

Great men have many friends and
many more enemies.
A dollar in the hand is worth ten
you cannot borrow.
Men shake your hand if you win
ard shake you if you lose.
Torn carpets are always ready to
trip the light fantastic toe.
Alas. the more a man reads the more
useless knowledge he acquires.
1t is easy to tolerate poverty when
il is chummy with the other fellow.
But the more confidence man has
in himself the less praying he does.
Many a man who is honest from
priciple is honorable only for ef-
feet.
Patience may enable a man to win
in Il walk but it's usually Il long walk
The man who doesn't want what he
hasn't got has all he wants and is
happy.
Most people would far rather listen
to undeServed praise than to merited
criticism.
1t is far easier to find fault at a
boarding house than ii is to find 4 sat-
isfactOry meal.
Our idea of a pestiferOus man is
one who waits until Saturday night
to get his hair amputated
There is nothing calculated so COM
pletely TO take the humility out of Il
man who blames himself as agreeing
with him.-Chicago News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

What will b" the fate of the statehood
bill in the Senate? The debate will
probably be more protracted there than
IL was in the House. though ii is doubt
full If the controversy brings out any
new points. The Washington Star
says both sides possess confidence and
that both sides will be represented by
very able leaders and speakers. The
Star itself hopes for the passage of the
bill as it passed the House. Says the
Star: 1T meets the occasion fully, and
II is high time 10 dispose of ques-
ton which has always been embar-
rassing and does not simplify as We
70 on. Arizona and New Mexico will
get along We'll enough together once
the start is made and certainly the
country at large has every reason to
wish them united. United they come
in; divided they stay out"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
Gleaninus and Coss;n.

Japan now has 12S Christian En-
deavOr Societies.
Lawson Of Boston has as vet showed
no signs of taking up the task of re-
forming football.
Northern California has lost one of
its great historical landmarks. It was
shanty built in 1874.
Shocogio Tamura, one of Japan's best
known noVclists. expects to be gradu-
ated from Indiana university next
spring.
1t is said that lamp chimneys are less
liable to crack if. before being used.
they are boiled in salt water and then
allowed to cool slowly.
\ Missouri exchange says that the
girls of Joplin honor an engagement
more in the breach of promise pro-
ceedinss than in the observance.
During 1901. Siam exported more than
Sl2.Oon,0oo worth of rice. Teakwood
was the second largest product of the
land to be sent to foreign parts.
A man in Kansas City was recently
held up in the street and robbed by
three plumbers. This WIS an unusual
method. bill is usually enough.
There is woman named Mrs. Sarah
Mills who lives at ogden. Utah, who
has not taken drink of water for
years. This is an unusual thing-ror
woman.
The king of the Belgians makes only
one appearance at public worship dur
ing the course of the year. That is
on the anniversary of his accession to
the throne.
One of the Kansas statesmen is down
on the whipping post for wife beaters.
He says that if girls were only brought
up to be athletes there would be no
tfouble.
man can never make himself be-
leEc that he had Il good time the night
before If he wakes up in the morning
and finds any money in his pockets
New York Press.
The annual meeting of one of the
small Kansas churches was held re-
Gently and it was found that Il of the
members had died during the year.
Thirteen of them were killed in lorna :
does.
Down in North Carolina they are
troubled by worm that has wings.
. and lilies about biting people. 1t was
thought that the revenue officers had
closed the majority of the moonshine
stills.
A California dispatch says that zone
or the heaviest pogonips that has pre-
vailed in western Neveda for years
has been hanging over Carson. "Pogo-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

nip is the Indian name for i peculiar
log that occasionally visits the Nevada
mountain country in the winter
months. The sun is obseured, usually
during The entire day, and sometimes
Tor days, while the air is charged with
a heavy fog Ill which fine particles OF
SHOW seem 10 be flying. Although the
temperature may not be low, intense
cold Is felt on account Of the unusual
humidity that prevails. The Indians
greatly fear 'posonips."
Shortly after little Margaret, aged
four, had been taken TO see Peter
Pam, i'll which Maude Adams plays
the title rClc, her siX-years- brother
undertook to tell her the story of the
creation. And then, Margaret said
he, after the Lord had made all the
rest of the things. he made man and
called him Adam, and by and by Adam
got tired Of being all alone, and the
Lord took one OF Adams ribs from
him when he was asleep and made
wife for him as Il surprise. ard her
name was" "Oh, l know, know.
exclaimed little Margaret quickly, cher
name was Maude Adams. s.'-Harpers 5
Weekly.
The late Lord Acton fer many years
kept Il record of condolences. A very
strange one occurred in his own expert
ellce. \ lumor spread that his wife
had drowned herself. She had done
nothing of the kind. but it was quite
true that q Baroness Acton had
drowned herself at Tegernsee, wnere
Lord and Lady Acton We're staying,
and had drowned herself under their
window. The strangest of all COIN
cidcnces noted by Lord Acton con-
cerned Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey.
who was murdered at the bottom or
what is now Primrose hill. but was
then known as Greenberry hill. in Lon
don. Three men we're hanged for the
murder. Their names. respectively,
were Green. Berry and Hill.
A Louisville" (kyD police official tells
o: IL funny incident he witnessed few
afternoons ago aboard street car.
Among the passengers was an OBI
colnrcd NANNY with snowwhitc kinkH
hair He sat directly across the aisle
from her ana his attention was called
to the Old woman when tie conductor
,.ppr,.achcd and asked for her fare. In
stead Oh taxing tHc ttll iio'i ~
luno,tcd pocket handkerchief Or eA-
tracting il from her shoe. as mGSt nc
groes DO. she began lingering among
the kinks Of her hair. He watched
her for fully two minutes and the ron-
ductor began to grow impatient.
Finally the old darlky found what she
was looking for. and removing her
fingers from her white wool handed the
conductor Il nickel. The coin had been
hidden away in the kinks of her hair.
and there is no telling how much more
money she had there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

Only 4 few months ago. the three
men who We're at the head of the three
great insurance companies. which have
since been under investigation in New
York, were vigorous i'm mind and body
and seemed certain of enjoying many
years of health, and business activity.
To-day, one of the three is dead. anoth-
er has suffered stroke of paralysis
and is in a sanatorium. and the third
Is completely broken down and is un-
der the care of physicians. The dis
closures of the investigation drove> all
three of them from the high places
they held and left them crushed and
broken men. The fate of these three
men. whose names were so all power
full a few months ago in the realms OF
insurance and finance, shows the other
side of the tragedy in the Insurance in.
vestigaticn. II was not the loss OF
their positions, or the loss of a part OF
their ill-gotten wealth which made
them what they are. On the con.
trary, it was the loss of their reputa.
tions and the realization that their
names had become things of scorn and
contempt throughout the world. Sure.
~ In their fate. the preacher does not
lack for many illustrations for his text.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

IL is significant fact that FL Caney,
the name Of the Cuban hill where 4
memorial has just been erected and
dedicated in memory of the American
soldiers who fell there. means 1.-THE
burial mound" 1t is a tradition that {
the hili was the ancient place for burial
FOR the Indians who lived in Cuba be-
fore ever a Spaniarl came there. In
later years the hill became 4 place of
slaughter of the Spaniards when they
first took possession of the island; then
centuries afterwards many gallant
young Americans gave their lives
there i'm the war which freed the islaEd
forever from European dominion. The
plain white shaft of marble dedicated
by General Chaffec. General Young and
Admiral Higginson and few others
together with n group of Cuban SOL
d;crS and statesmen, was n memorial
OF the most unsellish war which the
world has ever seen. 1t was fitting
that the ceremonies were made the oc.
Casion Of some very grateful remarks
by the Cuban speakers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

train but am inclined to the opinion
that it was the late Capt. William
Mitchell. ! got the date of the open
ins from an old friend, William Frye.
He was then a section hand on the
FAIRFIELD section. Mr.. Frye has been
in the service ever Stree. For several
years he was foreman. of the Skowhe-
gan section until placed in charge of
the crossing gates at this Water-
yille) station"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

The report that one of Bryan
sreecbes i'm Shanghai, China, has done
much to aegravate the hostility OF the
Chinese merchants towards the United
States shows that the Chinese are real
" more simple e-minded than the world
had supposed. In taking one Of Mr..
Hryan's speeches seriously. they have
a,a;n demonstrated that civilization is
making very slow progress among
them,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
Strenoth and Endurance

Are factors of the greatest success.
No person can do full justice to him.
self without them.
In no season of the year are they
more easily exhausted than in the
spring.
We need not discuss the reason for
this here. It's enough to say there is
one. and that Hoods Sarsaparilia gives
sti ength and endurance. as thousands
annually testify.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

The man who has been editor OF
Punch for many years mas now re-
signed, and the English people who, in
their exceedingly ponderous way en-
ioy something funny once in while.
hope that some man with sense oi
humor will now take charge OF That
famous publication.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

Mrs Lack Gardner has many works
of art and rare old DieceS Of bric-a-
brac treasured in her mysterious Fen
way palace. i'm Boston. 1t was evi-
IDENTIFY with the knowledge OF TINS par
ticuiar collection fad of hers in mind
that an enterprising correspondent has
TO Hon. I.ourke Cochran of New York.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

STATE OF MAINE. Kennebec SIS.
Clerks Office. Superior Court, Augusta,
Me, February 20. 1906. Notice is hereby
vile. in the County of Kennebec. and
State of Maine. has filed in this Office his
Application for Naturalization. and prays
that nc may ne heard thereon at the
term of said Court to be held at Angus
IL. within and for the County ard State
aforesaid. on the first Tuesday of .Anril.
A. D. 1906 c. W. JONES, Clerk. f2ldlt
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
There is No Use Fighting Nature.

DR.. KenneGy's Favorite Remedy does
nothing of that kind. 1t acts tender
ly and in sympathy with what Nature
is trying to accomplish. DO you have
trouble with your digestion. your liver
or kidneys? Does rheumatism pain and
rack you? Is your head thick and
heavy? 1t will charm away these all
merits almost ere YOU are aware
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

Long live Miss Roosevelt! This time
". refer to the young lady VINO mas
hitherto been known as Miss Ethei'
hut who IS now approaching sweet l6,
and whom the industrious washington
cores spoildenis during the next few
wears vii, serve up in the most ap-
proved fashion TO the eager newspaper
reader RS of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

A citizen Of Topsham, Me-, has just
died at the ripe age Of 100 years. one
hundred years in Maine is worth-how
many cycles of Cathay Boston Globe.
In. this case it was worth a Goud
many.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
ART CALENDAR

Every one Interested in mining and in
yestinent securities generally. or having
funds to invest. should send for one of
these calendars-symbOlic of this. our
art-intenSely interpS tint. ard Instructive
seat 're' uoon request This ad. will not
arp"ar again. Makeevcr Bras. Journal
Building, Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
maine Gossip
A ShininQ Example,

Jes' go long good natured,
Dat's de safes way:
Sun goes on a beamin'.
An a smilin' all de day.
Keeps de crops a-growin'
An de blossoms an de fruits,
Until the storm come 'roun' an try
To If EN- by de roots.
Sun goes on a-shinin'
Up above the cloud,
Wind it keeps a-blOwin',
An de thunder rattles loud,
Sky gifts blue an peaceful,
Like no storm ain never bin,
Sun he stays good-natured,
An mes allus Doun' to win.
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

An Old story is revived of the famous
Maine statesman, Hon. George Evans,
i'll his day and generation a power in
the state and nation. After his re-
tiiernenl from the Senate he resumed
the practice of the law, and one day
when his younger partner was not i'll
the city he went to the municipal court
10 look after a case. or course he HI d
become somewhat rusty and not up in
all the nice points of practice, and be-
fore he knew it his Joung opponent had
turned the tables on him, he was liter
ally out Of court, and judgment was
ordered TO issue against his client.
Senator Evans thought it over. The
Judgment was only for a few dollars.
and ne was convinced that he lost the
case because he blundered sadly, and
vas trippcd up by his bright young
opponent. He thought it over, talked
with his partner when he returned and
paid the bill and costs himself After
that he only practiced in the higher
courts. and he took good care to have
his partner present to post him regard
ing things he had forgotten.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
Wednesday, February 21, 1906

Algeciras is doubtless doing the best
II can: but It is hardly proving itself in
the same class with Kittery.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

Again the project of an electric road
from Augusta to Waterville by way Of
Sidney and Oakland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

The following is a composition on
George Washington written in the
primary grade Of the Searsport schools
by William Grinnell. Jr., aged Z years:
George Washington was once little
boy and had TO so TO school the same
as we do but history does not tell that
he WAS ever a bad boy, but l guess he
was just the same. il he hadn't he must
have been girl. He chopped his
fathers cherry tree down and killed
his mothers horse but he never told L
lie. He was Il great and good man and
vas the father of nothing else but his
country
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

The political situa ton over i'm Lewis
ton is indicated by the fact that the
News devOtes two full local columns
daily to pert and pithy political point
erS"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

A total of 61 divorces were granted in
AndrOscoggin county in 1905 and in 4a
ant.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

More men and teams wanted" is the
word from the ice fields of both the
kennebec and Penobscot.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

II will be Mayor Beal over in Bangor
fer ninth term.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

Only week more of fieeting Febru-
ary.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21

A Parkhurst man who bought farm
for $3.50 70 years ago sold ii for SIC, 600
last week.